{"author_link":"\/author\/pyrosneak\/","author_name":"PyroSneak","author_uid":"22612","comments":[{"author_name":"szahn","author_uid":"4661","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 1:32am","epoch":1460942820,"text":"Can't download anything"},{"author_name":"HoldMeImScared","author_uid":"92332","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:48am","epoch":1460976180,"text":"Yeah, your links are broken, man :("},{"author_name":"qu2","author_uid":"87890","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:55am","epoch":1460976600,"text":"The link is broken. It leads to a 404 error"},{"author_name":"CJKinni","author_uid":"64668","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:11am","epoch":1460977560,"text":"The link to itch.io seems broken."},{"author_name":"Andre Odendaal","author_uid":"7438","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:13am","epoch":1460977680,"text":"Still missing?"},{"author_name":"nicoplv","author_uid":"36527","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:15am","epoch":1460977800,"text":"Can't download, link is broken :("},{"author_name":"crisp","author_uid":"59904","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1460982480,"text":"Really beautyful style and graphics, I loved it!"},{"author_name":"crisp","author_uid":"59904","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1460982540,"text":"I'd love it even more if the download worked! :')"},{"author_name":"CryoGenesis","author_uid":"14720","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1460991300,"text":"max rateage"},{"author_name":"Saymon","author_uid":"50227","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1460994300,"text":"Game not working on windows"},{"author_name":"ohmmus","author_uid":"45331","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1460995680,"text":"(not scored yet) Crashes on my Win10 PC. Last line in stack trace dump is OpenTK.Audio.OpenAL.AL.GenBuffers(int32 n, int32* buffers)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Looks like your last line called was &quot;LD35.Game1.LoadContent()&quot;"},{"author_name":"FloatingGhost","author_uid":"20843","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1460995800,"text":"Does not work - Uses direct file paths, which don't exist on other people's systems - we don't all have a D:\\Game dev you know :D"},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1460995980,"text":"Doesn't work; openal32.dll is missing."},{"author_name":"vini60","author_uid":"49640","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1460996100,"text":"Nice little game. You actually had time to level design so I give you props for that. Music is nice and chilly."},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1460996280,"text":"Nice graphics and music\/sound, but a bit short and the puzzles are easy. Also I think you can get stuck in level 2 if you miss the first key. Overall well done!"},{"author_name":"rossborchers","author_uid":"76474","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1460997420,"text":"Without modification im getting: Unhandled Exception: System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'openal32.dll'"},{"author_name":"iSasFTW","author_uid":"91946","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1460998020,"text":"I liked it, but i got stuck at one point. But despite that it was cool. I liked the graphics and the audio, and the shapeshifting works well :)"},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1461007560,"text":"Only the source is available for download, I cannot build C# sir."},{"author_name":"Skipi","author_uid":"34647","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:18am","epoch":1461125580,"text":"This is a nice little game. Some of the collision detection was wonkey, but other than that great job!"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 12:12am","epoch":1461197220,"text":"Nice game! Music was really chill and mechanics are fun! Bear FTW!~ Graphics were nice too, though I missed some animation, but there's only so much time... And you had levels enough I think!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyways nice entry!"},{"author_name":"mightymarcus","author_uid":"90966","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:36am","epoch":1461403860,"text":"I played it through. The leveldesign and the game mechanics are great. I really like this game. It has a great retro-feel. I used to play kind of such games on my Amiga 500 in the early 90s. I'd love to play this game too, cause I am a nostalgic. The graphics are quite good.\r<br\/>What's not so good is the small window size and there are no animations. But apart from that its awesome and needs more levels."},{"author_name":"HoldMeImScared","author_uid":"92332","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:02am","epoch":1461553020,"text":"I missed a key somewhere and got stuck, unable to go back and get it as there was no post on the original platform for the frog to move back over, and every other path was blocked.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But other than that (an understandable oversight with only 48 hours), the game is very functional, and the puzzles make sense.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics are simple but cute, though could use a little animation (which I bet you just ran out of time for) - though the sliding bear was fairly amusing.  The frog moving so slowly was both a little surprising and kind of frustrating, it meant I had to immediately shift back, not necessary with any other transform.  Though it also seemed like the frog got caught up on things very easily - as though his collision box was much larger than his sprite, or as though some items had very large collision boxes relative to their sizes and this was only very apparent with the frog.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Music is decent, and I like the overall feel of the game :)  I liked the controls UI in the upper left, too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for sharing this! :)"},{"author_name":"LudumAnthony","author_uid":"89892","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1461613920,"text":"Good concept, but the movement controls really ruined the experience.  If I wanted to move up and then left, I would have to release up before pressing left (otherwise it would continue going up).  Other than that, it was a fun game."},{"author_name":"in3orn","author_uid":"65201","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1461614160,"text":"Levels could be more tricky, but all other things are just great. I Really enjoyed the game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"in3orn","author_uid":"65201","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1461615420,"text":"Ps. You can read my little comment about your game here:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/krk-dev.com\/2016\/04\/25\/balthazar\/#more-89"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1461685020,"text":"The first time I tried to play, I got stuck in the first level after the tutorial - I took the path that led to the water area first, and could not backtrack to get the key that I needed. Second play, completed successfully.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, nice job!"},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 5:36am","epoch":1461735060,"text":"I love these puzzler games. Good use of the theme and chilled background music. The first level does a good job to introduce your abilities. It did not bother me that the window is small or there are no animations, the game is playable and fun. Nice entry! FYI The exe runs under Linux WINE."},{"author_name":"ziege","author_uid":"24822","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1461860460,"text":"Good job! \r<br\/>The tutorial like first level is a nice touch.\r<br\/>The ability to change into other for while being in other form (does it make sense?) would be nice."}],"images":["ld35\/22612-ed3d6af6559fb970154eea3ba985eced.jpg","ld35\/22612-06bc714395c5508a39b8b7ead4b6d843.jpg","ld35\/22612-d760160b148e6014cac5a281d4d7a514.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/tomcroasdale.itch.io\/balthazar?secret=ItKQQmcwGYm28LtFvPW7M1kHWxg","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/tomcroasdale.itch.io\/balthazar?secret=ItKQQmcwGYm28LtFvPW7M1kHWxg","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4265","g_author":"22612","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4263","g_title":"Balthazar The Shapeshifting Wizard","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"168","g_commentcount":"28","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\/\/542293\/22612-shot0-1460924750.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/22612-shot1-1460924750.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/22612-shot2-1460924750.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\t<-----About----->\r\nBalthazar is a wizard the can change into a frog, bear or Woodcutter.\r\nthe 3 different transformations have a different ability, the frog can stick their tongue out to grab objects, the woodcutter can cut down trees, and the bear can roll boulders.\r\nThe Objective of the game is to get the end of each level by solving puzzles.\r\n\r\n\t<-----Controls----->\r\nArrow Keys -> Move\r\nQ -> Shift into Bear.\r\nW -> Shift into Woodcutter\r\nE -> Shift into Frog.\r\nSpace -> Activate ability.\r\n\r\n\t<-----Notes----->\r\nTo cut down a tree with the woodcutter, keep walking into it and press space.\r\nDownload is for windows, but it might work for max and linux as well, if someone could test this and reply that would be lovely. thanks.\r\n\r\n\t<-----Technologies used----->\r\nCode - C#, Monogame and VS Studio 2015 community\r\nArt - Paint.net\r\nMusic - Presonus 3, SFXR\r\nLevel Editing - Ogmo Editor\r\n\r\n\r\n<-----Update #1----->\r\n\u200b\u200bIncluded Openal.dll in the download, hopefully this will fix issues with people who do not have this dll.","title":"Balthazar The Shapeshifting Wizard"}