{"author_link":"\/author\/nitrik\/","author_name":"nitrik","author_uid":"4355","comments":[{"author_name":"nitrik","author_uid":"4355","time":"May 2, 2011 @ 1:49am","epoch":1304300640,"text":"Forgot to mention above, the game is played using the mouse (just in case it's not obvious)."},{"author_name":"fueelin","author_uid":"3827","time":"May 2, 2011 @ 6:27am","epoch":1304317320,"text":"Overall I really liked it! I thought the main mechanic was very interesting and was used in some pretty cool ways.  Unfortunately, I found the controls to be frustratingly inconsistent.  In some parts (like the room with 3 bouncing red things that you have to trap in various parts), I couldn't get the fairy to place\/remove blocks nearly responsively enough.  But other than that little complaint I really liked the game! My favorite so far."},{"author_name":"Xedfire","author_uid":"4431","time":"May 2, 2011 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1304359080,"text":"NICE"},{"author_name":"ladron","author_uid":"3184","time":"May 2, 2011 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1304367000,"text":"Very clever idea, and it worked really well too! I got to the bit near the end with the three bouncing red things, but couldn't get past.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Auto-scrolling to follow the hero would be nice - perhaps being overridden if you mouse to the edges to look ahead.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"nitrik","author_uid":"4355","time":"May 2, 2011 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1304376600,"text":"Thanks!  @fueelin: I agree, for some reason I decided to make the blocks toggle when you release the mouse button, as opposed to when you press it.  Seemed like a good idea at 1am :)"},{"author_name":"mwest","author_uid":"24","time":"May 3, 2011 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1304445180,"text":"Took me a while to figure out that I need to scroll manually and I got stuck at the first 2 bouncing red blocks :(... The slow speed at which the character moves is a bit annoying when you try the same puzzle 10 times...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Other than that, good idea and well done!"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"May 4, 2011 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1304524620,"text":"Very well done, very innovative!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was rather disappointed there wasn't more, so that's a good thing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work, highly recommend you polish this further."},{"author_name":"eli","author_uid":"1395","time":"May 5, 2011 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1304626740,"text":"Love this game mechanic! Another win for NPC-games!\r<br\/>Some of the puzzles were very clever!\r<br\/>The fact that I could figure them out probably means that the difficulty could be raised a bit :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I thought there was a huge scrolling bug until I realized that the mouse controlled it. Afterwards, it was fine.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The dialog added a lot.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good work!!"},{"author_name":"Draknek","author_uid":"741","time":"May 11, 2011 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1305129060,"text":"Not sure why it's a download when it runs in a browser. Next time it'd be worth finding someone that can host it for you if you don't have a website yourself.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I opened it up in the background then closed it because I wasn't sure if there was an opening I'd missed. Now the guy is just running in a black void: he jumps off the right edge of a platform and when he hits the bottom he respawns to repeat it forever.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Restarting doesn't get me anywhere: he's just stuck like this..."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 12, 2011 @ 11:05am","epoch":1305198000,"text":"Aren't those Mega-Man animations?"},{"author_name":"nitrik","author_uid":"4355","time":"May 13, 2011 @ 3:17am","epoch":1305256320,"text":"@Draknek: hmm, I thought I fixed that bug...I think you'll have to re-download the game if you want to play it.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>@matthias: yep, good eye!  Although they're not the identical sprites, I used them as reference material when drawing my own."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"May 13, 2011 @ 6:41am","epoch":1305268560,"text":"Surprisingly good game :)\r<br\/>I expected a platformer of some kind on first glance. I also like the ensuing dialog throughout the game. Good one!"},{"author_name":"tzachs","author_uid":"3877","time":"May 13, 2011 @ 10:07am","epoch":1305280920,"text":"Nice, innovative and clever!\r<br\/>I very much enjoyed the in-game dialogs,\r<br\/>It would be nice if you could control the speed of the hero somehow, as I found myself waiting for him a lot.\r<br\/>Also, the controls felt a bit clunky. For example, in the last part I knew that I had to remove the block from underneath the hero as he walks on it, but it still took me like seven times until I managed it..."}],"images":["ld20\/4355-e719a802b790c2c6de9b204159156a19.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/file\/07oglc9dgan2ol9\/LudumDare.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33225","g_author":"4355","g_event":"LD20","g_eventkey":"6","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33255","g_title":"It's Dangerous: The Escort Quest","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"51","g_commentcount":"13","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\/\/45257\/4355-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"To play, unzip the folder and launch the web page \"play_game.html\".\r\n\r\nI had a lot of fun - this being my first Ludum Dare, I definitely didn't have time for everything I thought I would (like a background).  Still, I'm happy with what I managed to complete.  Enjoy!<\/p>","title":"It's Dangerous: The Escort Quest"}