{"author_link":"\/author\/johnfn\/","author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","comments":[{"author_name":"philomory","author_uid":"1112","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 10:37am","epoch":1292841120,"text":"Clever game. The controls could be a little finnicky at times, but that may be due to my machine's poor relationship with Flash than with the game itself. I liked the twist, it'd be neat to see it developed further."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1292863380,"text":"Thanks. The main issue I noticed (not sure if this is what you're experiencing?) is pressing 3 buttons at once (i.e. jumping up and left while holding shift). As you suspected, this is more Flash than me; I figured out a bit too late that Flash sometimes can't deal with 3 simultaneous key presses. It's really strange though, and in fact I didn't notice because it depends on where the keys are on your keyboard (for me, right shift didn't work, but left shift did)."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:49am","epoch":1292917440,"text":"Really good game. I like explory games like this. The &quot;jump&quot; feels floaty until you realise it's more of a float power and needs to be treated as such.\r<br\/>Took me a while to talk to the guys on the dark side as well (instead I tried to get to the top right corner of the bottom right screen)."},{"author_name":"Ryan","author_uid":"3326","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 10:26am","epoch":1292926860,"text":"Haha, lots of losing focus. Nice sort of dream-like music too. Getting used to the controls took a while, I think it responds a little too quickly. Overall it was satisfying to play."},{"author_name":"KoryWazHere","author_uid":"2486","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1292937060,"text":"I really enojoyed the game. Movement speed is fast ;P"},{"author_name":"Sos","author_uid":"1405","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1292960220,"text":"I couldn't find the last one :(\r<br\/>Also, it reminds me of Knytt, which is cool!"},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1292965320,"text":"Thanks guys. Do you think I should turn down the speed a little? I made it pretty fast because I always got frustrated with games when the movement speed was too slow.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Sos: Cool! I really like Knytt :) I think in my final version of this game I'll give some sort of indicator to see if there is a guy in this room - because I really dislike games where you have to do endless searching.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for now, a hint to anyone who is still searching: there are TWO guys in the dark world."},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1292972700,"text":"Fun game, and the music was really fitting. I like the quick responsive controls."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 22, 2010 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1293044160,"text":"I really loved this game. I had played something very similar on Kongregate not too long ago with the same kinda of basic mechanic minus the shift key. I really enjoyed this game although I was annoyed that I couldn't find where the last guy was hiding."},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 11:58am","epoch":1293882780,"text":"Twitchy controls, but I like the dual-world thing very much."},{"author_name":"joekinley","author_uid":"3012","time":"Jan 2, 2011 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1293985080,"text":"Talking pie sidekick? That is just awesome. At least you made the dream come true.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice game. I played it till the end. I really wanted to find all guys. The ending was amazing. Really nice game, great concept, good theme fulfillment. Great humor, overall a really really fun little game."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Jan 7, 2011 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1294434960,"text":"Thanks for the comments guys. I guess I kinda messed up on the controls. I'll be sure to improve on them next time around, (assuming I end up making a platformer again). \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, @Starspell, wouldn't my game without the shift mechanic just be a normal game? :)"},{"author_name":"bmcgames","author_uid":"3141","time":"Jan 10, 2011 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1294680780,"text":"I initially found the controls quite floaty but I later realized that's on purpose, good job with the theme and the level design."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Jan 11, 2011 @ 3:17am","epoch":1294715520,"text":"Wow, thanks for the nice votes guys! I was just hoping to get in the top 10%. 'Course, I plan to do even better next LD. ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also I think it's funny that I was the only one in the top 10 to not get any other rewards. Apparently although I suck at innovating, being fun, theming, making graphics, making audio and being funny, I'm a decent game maker. :P"}],"images":["ld19\/3187-8bdf1fca3be50782de276aea85b1f117.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cIB1wHl8h34","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/~grantm\/test.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?1ahmnyexa3205mv","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33513","g_author":"3187","g_event":"LD19","g_eventkey":"5","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33543","g_title":"The Dreamer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"14","g_commentcount":"14","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\/\/33232\/3187-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"FAQ (don't read until you've played through the game) : http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/~grantm\/spoilers.html\r\n\r\n\r\nMy first LD entry, finished with seconds to spare :) It's a tale about a dreamer abandoned on a foreign world. What's there to discover? I wonder.\r\n\r\nPlatformer game with W\/A\/S keys. (W jumps). \r\n\r\n<\/p>","title":"The Dreamer"}