{"author_link":"\/author\/tnelsond\/","author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","comments":[{"author_name":"daandruff","author_uid":"3244","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1314027960,"text":"I loved the way you controlled the character. It would be nice to be able to stack commands like code though :)"},{"author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1314032100,"text":"You can kinda "stack" commands by typing commands really fast.\rAll you have to do is type a command, then a space, then another command.\rOr do you mean like create new commands?"},{"author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 4:34am","epoch":1314073740,"text":"Or do you mean stack commands like "walk 5"?"},{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1314130680,"text":"Didn't get past the flap command, but interesting control mechanic. It would be nice if it would automatically press enter after every successful command."},{"author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1314138960,"text":"I considered not requiring the space between the commands, but then I figured it wouldn't help people's typing skills as much.\r\rYeah, I should probably polish and simplify it and make the learning curve easier, I'm the only one I know who actually beat it.\r\rFor a post compo version I'm envisioning two lines of text, one for running, another for jumping. If you type the text from the first line then your character moves, and if you type stuff from the second line your character jumps. And as you progress through the game you'd have to type more and more to "escape" bad guys chasing you or something like that."},{"author_name":"Shadow","author_uid":"4250","time":"Aug 24, 2011 @ 3:34am","epoch":1314156540,"text":"Loved the command-based mechanics, although i would have appreciated to end simple commands with ENTER. I know later in the game you need to input them fast but having ENTER as an optional delimiter would've been great.\rSometimes the 'hints' are a bit misleading because when you find them you just go and try to input the command and sometimes the result is instant death. LOL.\rIt kinda feels good once youn manage to finish.\rGood job."},{"author_name":"Rudy","author_uid":"4807","time":"Aug 24, 2011 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1314206460,"text":"Very cool concept! The character could move slower, or it gets too hard."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 24, 2011 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1314216000,"text":"The flapping eventually got me, but it's a very interesting approach to typing games, I'd like to see it expanded upon (preferably with less flapping)"},{"author_name":"Chaoslab","author_uid":"5609","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 10:11am","epoch":1314266760,"text":"That was some entertainment tnelsond thanks! :-)"},{"author_name":"thristhart","author_uid":"3164","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1314277800,"text":"I would love the ability to list the things I want done then see them done (i.e., "jump flap flap flap flap flap<enter>" but then it wouldn't really be a typing game would it."},{"author_name":"d_m","author_uid":"4106","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1314285360,"text":"Neat idea, but I couldn't figure out the commands myself, and am also (apparently) a wuss at typing things over and over again. Good idea, maybe create difficulty levels where the game is in slow-motion and\/or lets you know which words are available?"},{"author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1314295080,"text":"d_m: Well there are ingame hints. You just have to look for them."},{"author_name":"Shigor","author_uid":"5242","time":"Aug 26, 2011 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1314379980,"text":"Very interesting idea, one of the few games in LD which tried something genuinely new (never expected to play platformer with "command line" controls), but the difficulty is over the top :) (btw I'd never ever thought of "flap" myself, but I've seen it in the level :) So question of curious non-native english speaker... is really flap correct verb for the very small hop? :) I don't remember that I'd ever seen it used like this."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1314454980,"text":"Nope, can't end it... It is an original control schema, but I don't particularly like it."},{"author_name":"tnelsond","author_uid":"1044","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1314464880,"text":"Shigor: "flap" is what birds do when they fly, they flap their wings, thus in the game if you type "flap" fast enough you fly, not just "hop""},{"author_name":"LegacyCrono","author_uid":"3093","time":"Aug 29, 2011 @ 10:52am","epoch":1314614820,"text":"I flapped so fast my hand now hurts. :P At least I escaped. Whee! Very neat concept, it was really fun! Except when I dug to death and had to start all over again..."},{"author_name":"jwfrosty","author_uid":"5119","time":"Sep 3, 2011 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1315076940,"text":"Phew! The last lot of flapping was very very very hard (it's not an easy word to type!) but I finished the game and 'escaped'. A cool idea, the hints dotted around the level were very helpful. I liked the way you could e.g. move around slowly or quickly depending on how you typed the word. Didn't really fit the theme, I'm afraid, but still a nice concept."}],"images":["ld21\/1044-cf248e67101eba38b92bff1769221baf.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/morejesuslessme.com\/tommy\/code\/esca_win32.zip","text":"Windows 32-Bit"},{"url":"http:\/\/morejesuslessme.com\/tommy\/code\/esca_linux.tar.gz","text":"Linux 32-Bit"},{"url":"http:\/\/morejesuslessme.com\/tommy\/code\/esca_src.tar.gz","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32502","g_author":"1044","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32532","g_title":"Esca","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"354","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/1044-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is written in C (Standard 89) and uses SDL and SDL_ttf.\r\n\r\nI didn't quite finish as well as I wanted, but it's playable. It runs well on both Linux and Windows.\r\n\r\nTo play, type in a command followed by a space.\r\nThe commands are usually pretty basic stuff like \"run\" or \"sprint\".\r\n(Those aren't real commands in the game, if I told you what the commands were that would spoil the fun.)\r\nJust remember commands are separated by spaces which means when you type a space the command starts over.\r\nThis is a simple game which hones your typing skills, so any key that isn't a letter or a space will just send gobbley gook to the program.\r\n\r\nKeep typing and you can help Esca (The purple rectangle) escape from illiteracy.\r\n\r\nEDIT: If anyone can beat this please let me know. As for right now it's probably too hard. (I made the level in the last couple minutes before the compo ended) :D.\r\n\r\nPeople who have finished the game:\r\n-Tnelsond (ofcourse :))\r\n-Shadow\r\n-the31 (editted the mapfile)\r\n-LegacyCrono\r\n-jwfrosty<\/p>","title":"Esca"}