{"author_link":"\/users\/kataware","author_name":"Kataware","author_uid":"1012121","comments":[{"author_name":"dk5000p","author_uid":"1100501","time":"2018-08-13T00:18:20Z","epoch":1534119500,"modified":1534119500,"text":"The fact it seemed I got an OPed gun at the beginning, made the game a little easy, but I didn't even care too much.  The world was quite nice and having a working dialogue system was great.  Maybe adding some random villagers with random speech would be fun.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Samusoidal","author_uid":"1009689","time":"2018-08-13T17:53:24Z","epoch":1534182804,"modified":1534182813,"text":"I'll play it more later, but my first impressions were good. It really feels like a solid game.  \n\nIt would have been nice to have a tutorial in-game or something on this page telling me that I could scroll through inventory. It may just be me but I spent a good amount of time figuring it out!  \n\nThe graphics were clean and the animations were good, and the HUD didn't get in the way. In fact, the way it was laid out made the game feel more casual while still retaining that LoZ\/FF feel, which is a nice approach in a Ludum Dare game.  \n\nOverall I gave it 4\/5 stars, mainly because a shrinking play field isn't a super unique idea in this pool of games.  \n\nGreat job, I always enjoy your entries!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kataware","author_uid":"1012121","time":"2018-08-14T22:04:40Z","epoch":1534284280,"modified":1534284280,"text":"@dk5000p @samusoidal \nThanks for playing!\n\nYea, I actually spent less than 5-10% of my time playtesting, and most of it wasn't even playtesting combat. Therefore, basically every gun is overpowered.\n\nThe villagers didn't have random speech, but I was in a rush for time xD I suppose that would have made the world feel more alive, especially if they had actually moved. \n\n\nI actually never thought of telling the player that, I was in too much ofa  rush to affirm the player new the map\/void existed.\n\nIndeed, it was very similar to many popular games xD","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Zachary Granger","author_uid":"1094322","time":"2018-08-15T03:21:20Z","epoch":1534303280,"modified":1534303399,"text":"With all the other quick, action or puzzle-oriented games from the jam, this was a really welcome change of pace.\nYou bothered to put tiny bits of story in there, a good soundtrack, and a bunch of fun weapons to play with.\nLike you said in your comment, it's definitely not finished and there's a few glitches, but I'm really happy I could sit down and enjoy your game.\n\nBy the way, why is it called memory? Does it have to do with the character's story?\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kataware","author_uid":"1012121","time":"2018-08-15T06:09:31Z","epoch":1534313371,"modified":1534313371,"text":"@zachary-granger \noriginally, I meant for the story to be that you were a robot, who was given the program of being a sentient human being.\n\nBut this undertaking proved to be too much, and your robotic brain was corrupted, which is why the void is closing  in on the world. A few lines of dialogue would be enought to tell the story, but I finished in quite literally the last minute soooo xD\n\nThanks for playing!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"oskarOlausson","author_uid":"1000958","time":"2018-08-15T20:28:30Z","epoch":1534364910,"modified":1534364910,"text":"nice game, the laser pistol is way too strong, killed the boss in two seconds\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mrsylar59","author_uid":"1005792","time":"2018-08-15T20:32:51Z","epoch":1534365171,"modified":1534365171,"text":"I liked tha game world and how it felt to play. I don't know if I killed the boss so fast the game didn't realize (as I found a railgun which was... way too effective) but it didn't seem to really have an endgame after killing the boss. Also I saw the shadow barrier growing but was disapointed when finding out that it didn't really hurt you. Great idea nonetheless, the graphics and the musics are awesome, keep it up.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ConorOD","author_uid":"1064975","time":"2018-08-15T20:34:28Z","epoch":1534365268,"modified":1534365268,"text":"Wow, there's a lot going on in this game! Your ambition is very impressive, even if parts of the game felt pretty rough. Overall, I really enjoyed it. My first attempt, I wandered around aimlessly and then ran into a Lvl. Slime King that utterly destroyed me - I immediately wanted to play again and get my character leveled enough to beat it!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ZuhairGhias","author_uid":"1085869","time":"2018-08-15T21:26:47Z","epoch":1534368407,"modified":1534368407,"text":"Well done. I love the mechanics. Overall very addictive game.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DevEmil","author_uid":"1011800","time":"2018-08-15T22:25:45Z","epoch":1534371945,"modified":1534371945,"text":"Very ambitious game, however you didn't really fit the theme imo, but good entry anyways!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"1108401","time":"2018-08-15T22:45:39Z","epoch":1534373139,"modified":1534373139,"text":"My thoughts on this game are actually very similar to the ones I left for the game @griz made...\n\nIt's a design that is technically impressive, but \"substitutes scope for a coherent premise\". In this case the game is more well-rounded and finished overall, but I was actually turned off by the idea that I was going to have to sit through a bunch of dialogue and level grind for the sake of following convention before it could get to the part where it distinguishes itself from any other action RPG...and then it didn't end up doing much with the premise anyway.\n\nThe more stuff you add to a game, the less you can think about polishing it...hence stuff like the game's tuning\/balancing being off is more like a symptom of not finding the point and focusing all your resources on getting to it quickly, than an actual problem in your execution. It pains me when I see this happen to jam games because I know what it's like to put yourself through the wringer to build all that stuff.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kataware","author_uid":"1012121","time":"2018-08-16T04:28:43Z","epoch":1534393723,"modified":1534393723,"text":"@triplefox\n\nThanks for your in depth criticisms!\n\nThat is very true, I didn't in essence \"beat the grind\", in fact I made it more boring. \n\nI added a lot of useless things that wasted time better off spent on more useful systems (instead of a cooking\/farming system maybe more mobs and quests)\n\nYou were exactly right, I didn't focus my resources properly, which I find is a regular problem for me in not just game jams but in developing my other games, so I'm still working on fixing that xD\n\nThanks for playing!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"1009853","time":"2018-08-16T05:35:19Z","epoch":1534397719,"modified":1534397719,"text":"Looks and plays very nice!\n\nTheme doesn't really get across that much, esp. as the void doesn't harm you.\nOther than that, very solid and polished :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Fenderbate","author_uid":"1076055","time":"2018-08-16T15:24:24Z","epoch":1534433064,"modified":1534433064,"text":"Nice game, but i'm lazy to play it all the way through :P","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pennycook","author_uid":"1001264","time":"2018-08-19T03:57:10Z","epoch":1534651030,"modified":1534651030,"text":"I got the crown!  I had a lot of fun with this one.\n\nI think my feedback is mostly technical...  I kept clicking outside of the game window by mistake (lock that cursor down!), and I was surprised that clicking on an NPC restarted rather than advanced dialogue.  Otherwise everything worked very well.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld42\/97810-453bc908576d6aac1a92c507c3882d75.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/kataware.itch.io\/memory","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=13NQ0cRDD-rWKyYaL_UqSUJcqXYfNOrR0","text":"Source code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"47713","g_author":"1012121","g_event":"LD42","g_eventkey":"73","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"230504","g_title":"Memory","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"241","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"97810","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"97810","n_urlkey":"230504","n_parent":"97793","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/memory","n_slug":"memory","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"12121","n_created":"1530827533","n_modified":"1534369773","n_version":"347980","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":97810,"parent":97793,"superparent":9,"author":12121,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2018-08-12T22:54:13Z","created":"2018-07-05T21:52:13Z","modified":"2018-08-15T21:49:33Z","version":347980,"slug":"memory","name":"Memory","body":"## Trailer\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gj_p2hiTsqI\n\n## Overview\nAn Open-world action-rpg where you must level up and survive until you can fight the boss\n\nBut don't wait too long. You'll eventually run out of space, as a void approaches, one that will cut off\n\nWalk around the map and equip old weaponry. . .\n\nLevel up by any means, cooking, farming, killing mobs to increase your health and attack. . .\n\nand then take on the slime god\n\n## Controls\nWASD - Move\nE - Use Item\nLeft Click - Shoot\nQ - Drop Item\n\n## Challenges\n\n### 1. Get the King\u2019s Crown\nProbably from killing a king like the bossss hmmmm\n\n### 2. Reach Level 75 or more\nGet to that grind \n\n### 3. Discover all crafting Recipes\nThere are 6 total recipes \n\n### 4. Get all the weapons before the void closes in\nI think the plasma rifle is actually impossible to pick up, unfortunate. \nThere are 9 total weapons\n\n### 5. Grow Bread and eat all Foods\nSeeds are somewhere. There are 11 total foods\n\n\n\n### Boss Info\nFor those who are interested:\nThe boss has a chance to spawn slimes every second, which gets faster depending on the health.\n\nIt also shoots out projectiles dealing 20 damage. If he falls below 50% hp, then he shoots them out twice as fast. Below 10% he goes into a frenzy, shooting as many as possible out that fly even faster.\n\nHe is, of course, the giant skull icon on you map.\n\n## Other Info\nSome of the guns are incredibly inbalanced\n\nLeveling up increased your health and attack damage\n\nYou can get experience by killing monsters\/mobs, farming\/harvesting, and cooking\n\nSome hidden easter eggs are around the map. Find them? or don't.\n\nAdmin town is uh, right there. If you ever need an admin gun. Its there.\n\nThe void actually doesn't do anything, so just pretend it'll kill you!\n\nThe goal of the game isn't to kill the slime god i suppose. Just live your life.\n\n## Screenshots\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16e78.png)\n\n![Prewview2.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16e7a.png)\n\n![Prewview3.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16f65.png)\n\n![Prewview4.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16f8b.png)\n\n\n","meta":{"author":[12121],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/95f\/2\/z\/16e66.png","link-01":"https:\/\/kataware.itch.io\/memory","link-01-tag":"42337","link-01-name":"Windows","link-02-tag":"42332","link-02-name":"Unity Source","link-02":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=13NQ0cRDD-rWKyYaL_UqSUJcqXYfNOrR0"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/memory","parents":[1,5,9,97793],"love":0,"notes":15,"notes-timestamp":"2018-08-19T03:57:10Z","grade":{"grade-01":24,"grade-02":25,"grade-03":24,"grade-04":24,"grade-05":24,"grade-06":23,"grade-07":23,"grade-08":22},"magic":{"cool":116.1062572966,"feedback":0,"given":30.5,"grade":23.625,"grade-01-average":3.568,"grade-01-result":241,"grade-02-average":3.522,"grade-02-result":211,"grade-03-average":2.705,"grade-03-result":593,"grade-04-average":2.773,"grade-04-result":645,"grade-05-average":3.432,"grade-05-result":281,"grade-06-average":3.619,"grade-06-result":94,"grade-07-average":3.214,"grade-07-result":115,"grade-08-average":3.35,"grade-08-result":175,"smart":13.62241376618}},"text":"## Trailer\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gj_p2hiTsqI\n\n## Overview\nAn Open-world action-rpg where you must level up and survive until you can fight the boss\n\nBut don't wait too long. You'll eventually run out of space, as a void approaches, one that will cut off\n\nWalk around the map and equip old weaponry. . .\n\nLevel up by any means, cooking, farming, killing mobs to increase your health and attack. . .\n\nand then take on the slime god\n\n## Controls\nWASD - Move\nE - Use Item\nLeft Click - Shoot\nQ - Drop Item\n\n## Challenges\n\n### 1. Get the King\u2019s Crown\nProbably from killing a king like the bossss hmmmm\n\n### 2. Reach Level 75 or more\nGet to that grind \n\n### 3. Discover all crafting Recipes\nThere are 6 total recipes \n\n### 4. Get all the weapons before the void closes in\nI think the plasma rifle is actually impossible to pick up, unfortunate. \nThere are 9 total weapons\n\n### 5. Grow Bread and eat all Foods\nSeeds are somewhere. There are 11 total foods\n\n\n\n### Boss Info\nFor those who are interested:\nThe boss has a chance to spawn slimes every second, which gets faster depending on the health.\n\nIt also shoots out projectiles dealing 20 damage. If he falls below 50% hp, then he shoots them out twice as fast. Below 10% he goes into a frenzy, shooting as many as possible out that fly even faster.\n\nHe is, of course, the giant skull icon on you map.\n\n## Other Info\nSome of the guns are incredibly inbalanced\n\nLeveling up increased your health and attack damage\n\nYou can get experience by killing monsters\/mobs, farming\/harvesting, and cooking\n\nSome hidden easter eggs are around the map. Find them? or don't.\n\nAdmin town is uh, right there. If you ever need an admin gun. Its there.\n\nThe void actually doesn't do anything, so just pretend it'll kill you!\n\nThe goal of the game isn't to kill the slime god i suppose. Just live your life.\n\n## Screenshots\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16e78.png)\n\n![Prewview2.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16e7a.png)\n\n![Prewview3.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16f65.png)\n\n![Prewview4.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/95f\/2\/z\/16f8b.png)\n\n\n","title":"Memory"}