{"author_link":"\/users\/gammaflight","author_name":"GammaFlight","author_uid":"1187436","comments":[{"author_name":"Enya454","author_uid":"1095749","time":"2020-04-21T10:04:05Z","epoch":1587463445,"modified":1587463445,"text":"Good concept. I'm not sure if there was a restart button, but a restart button for when you fail would be nice.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Brenan","author_uid":"1184652","time":"2020-04-21T10:51:42Z","epoch":1587466302,"modified":1587466302,"text":"Nice entry ! I really loved the rythm of the game, think fast. The game is pretty hard ad the absence of checkpoints make it kind of impossible.\nAt some point I wasn't able to place blocks :\/\nVery cool game, you can be proud !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Romaric","author_uid":"1189091","time":"2020-04-21T10:55:36Z","epoch":1587466536,"modified":1587466536,"text":"I like the concept too, you can totally make a mobile game out of this. But the gameplay must be improved, I had to retry because I tried to drag and drop the black square at first, and it draw a line and blocked Plox... So improve the gameplay, add more levels and send it to playstore\/appstore ;)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Donitz","author_uid":"1104643","time":"2020-04-21T12:18:36Z","epoch":1587471516,"modified":1587471516,"text":"Too short! It was a sweet game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GammaFlight","author_uid":"1187436","time":"2020-04-21T18:38:50Z","epoch":1587494330,"modified":1587494330,"text":"I love reading these! Thanks for the feedback. \n\n@enya454 , there is a restart button, but I poorly call attention to it, and it's only mentioned in a single level, and only if you get stuck. The key is R, and thanks for pointing it out.\n\n@brenan , the lack of checkpoints was something I thought about, but was too lazy to tack it down early-on. I am working on it, and you've inspired me to engineer it further. Each \"screen\" also decides whether you can place blocks and which ones, and also whether you can erase or not. It's not entirely obvious (also my fault.) \ud83d\ude2c\n\n@romaric I'm really glad you liked the concept. My partner and I thought the concept was fun, but we didn't put enough time into gameplay and level design to bring it up, and I couldn't initially figure out a good way to keep the levels intuitive enough. A mobile game is something we'd really like to explore; thank you.\n\n@donitz It is pretty short, but I hope you enjoyed what little there was.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fiwon123","author_uid":"1163463","time":"2020-04-23T00:11:00Z","epoch":1587600660,"modified":1587600660,"text":"I liked the sound.\n\nThe mechanic is simples but good. Nice trye :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"EreHuc","author_uid":"1123034","time":"2020-04-23T14:57:28Z","epoch":1587653848,"modified":1587653848,"text":"I save Plox !!\n Nice concept, you may add a button or display tips about pressing \u00abR\u00bb to restart. \nI get stuck when green block first appear, doesn't understand what to do and I block the exit xD I think this screen could be fixed but for all others it's perfect ! It's a nice intro for a futur game with sprites and more level !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"monblu","author_uid":"1192842","time":"2020-04-24T05:46:15Z","epoch":1587707175,"modified":1587707175,"text":"interesting idea, simple but effective! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"yodoG","author_uid":"1066223","time":"2020-04-24T05:54:21Z","epoch":1587707661,"modified":1587707840,"text":"I tried about 5 times and just kept getting stuck. Had to hit refresh each time. The music is great! Just wish I could actually play the game without having to start completly over each time.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Weine","author_uid":"1025034","time":"2020-04-24T18:37:42Z","epoch":1587753462,"modified":1587753462,"text":"Cool scaled-down lemmings-esque concept. I would have loved to see more levels and game mechanics.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"1000209","time":"2020-04-24T18:38:02Z","epoch":1587753482,"modified":1587753482,"text":"This is a simple and interesting little game. I love the games simplistic visual style and the music is amazing. The story\/tutorial is really well made. I would have liked a check point system. Overall is this a good jam game. Very well done.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wallyfoo","author_uid":"1185647","time":"2020-04-24T18:39:11Z","epoch":1587753551,"modified":1587753551,"text":"It was a lovely concept, but I think I encountered one of your showstopping bugs. After selecting another box, the game went sideways.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"thelemba","author_uid":"1129529","time":"2020-04-24T18:41:03Z","epoch":1587753663,"modified":1587753663,"text":"nice intro! but somehow I kept getting stuck because of my misclick","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DuckDuckProducktions","author_uid":"1183758","time":"2020-04-25T07:48:07Z","epoch":1587800887,"modified":1587800887,"text":"Great gameplay, with a few bugs but fun nonetheless. Starting over upon death is annoying though, and it could use a reset button. Still a solid effort.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Odd1In","author_uid":"1034680","time":"2020-04-25T11:59:43Z","epoch":1587815983,"modified":1587815983,"text":"I think it needs more levels.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Bredian","author_uid":"1182620","time":"2020-04-25T12:13:17Z","epoch":1587816797,"modified":1587816797,"text":"Nice lovely concept. I liked this minimalistic style. The music made me think that this game is more dynamic than it is - very nice design. This may become a tutorial for a bigger game. The thing that is needed is some block removal limitations: when removal section started I was able to break the black blocs and explore the underneath of the game forever untill I reset it.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gustavo.christino","author_uid":"1026571","time":"2020-04-27T20:00:24Z","epoch":1588017624,"modified":1588017625,"text":"Oh, n\u00e3o!\nOh, no!\n\nHahahahahahahah.\n\n![OhNo.png](\/\/\/raw\/bc7\/6\/z\/336de.png)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gustavo.christino","author_uid":"1026571","time":"2020-04-27T20:03:46Z","epoch":1588017826,"modified":1588017826,"text":"![PLOX.png](\/\/\/raw\/bc7\/6\/z\/336df.png)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gustavo.christino","author_uid":"1026571","time":"2020-04-27T20:10:25Z","epoch":1588018225,"modified":1588018225,"text":"An\u00e1lise...\n\n1 - Mec\u00e2nicas, Aprendizado e Fluxo:\nAs mec\u00e2nicas s\u00e3o bem simples, substituir um espa\u00e7o em branco por um quadrado pis\u00e1vel (ou que serve para fazer pular).\nApagar blocos (vermelhos) que atrapalham a passagem (gostaria de ter como apagar os demais tamb\u00e9m, hahahahah).\nInfelizmente n\u00e3o ter bot\u00e3o de rein\u00edcio, n\u00e3o ter op\u00e7\u00e3o de pular a introdu\u00e7\u00e3o (entre outros controles) \u00e9 um pouco ruim para o jogador que falha (precisa atualizar a p\u00e1gina (ou reiniciar o jogo, ao que entendi).\nAprender tem esse empecilho de reiniciar, mas n\u00e3o \u00e9 dif\u00edcil (tem que conseguir ler o tutorial e pensar r\u00e1pido, apenas).\nO fluxo de desafios n\u00e3o est\u00e1 realmente estabelecido, ao meu ver este poderia ser o tutorial para aprender as mec\u00e2nicas b\u00e1sicas e o jogo ter muitos est\u00e1gios baseados em diversas combina\u00e7\u00f5es etc.\n\n2 - Gr\u00e1ficos, \u00c1udio, Narrativa e Polimento:\nA arte visual \u00e9 minimalista e se presta a transmitir o puzzle\/desafio de forma imediata, para que o jogador possa pensar r\u00e1pido sem distra\u00e7\u00f5es. Nesse sentido a arte \u00e9 suficiente.\nO \u00e1udio fren\u00e9tico \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m divertido (apesar de levemente repetitivo).\nSenti alguma falta de um ou outro efeito sonoro (mas teria de ser colocado de forma harmoniosa).\nA narrativa \u00e9 engra\u00e7ada.\n\n3 - Cultura:\nBebe da fonte de diversos jogos com arte minimalista (querendo ou n\u00e3o), e isso \u00e9 uma coisa boa.\nSendo poss\u00edvel (em caso de polimento e aumento de conte\u00fado etc) que o jogo se torne um bom exemplar desse nicho.\nO nicho tamb\u00e9m pode ser usado como forma de procurar poss\u00edveis jogadores (ao exemplo de p\u00e1ginas em redes sociais, grupos etc); isso se a equipe quiser dar continuidade.\n\n4 - Monetiza\u00e7\u00e3o:\nPara o jogo monetizar, creio que teria que expandir bastante em termos de n\u00edvel (da\u00ed talvez vendesse no itch.io ou mesmo com propaganda entre est\u00e1gios para smartphones).","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gustavo.christino","author_uid":"1026571","time":"2020-04-27T20:11:18Z","epoch":1588018278,"modified":1588018278,"text":"Analysis...\n\n1 - Mechanics, Learning and Flow:\nThe mechanics are quite simple, replacing a blank space with a touchable square (or used to make jumping).\nErase (red) blocks that hinder the passage (I would like to erase the others too, hahahahah).\nUnfortunately not having a restart button, not having the option to skip the introduction (among other controls) is a little bad for the player who fails (needs to refresh the page (or restart the game, as I understand it).\nLearning has this obstacle to restart, but it is not difficult (you just have to be able to read the tutorial and think fast).\nThe flow of challenges is not really established, in my opinion this could be the tutorial to learn the basic mechanics and the game to have many stages based on different combinations etc.\n\n2 - Graphics, Audio, Narrative and Polishment:\nVisual art is minimalist and lends itself to transmitting the puzzle \/ challenge immediately, so that the player can think fast without distractions. In that sense, art is sufficient.\nThe frantic audio is also fun (although slightly repetitive).\nI missed some sound effect or other (but it would have to be put in a harmonious way).\nThe narrative is funny.\n\n3 - Culture:\nDrink from the source of several games with minimalist art (like it or not), and that's a good thing.\nIt is possible (in case of polishing and increasing content, etc.) that the game becomes a good example of this niche.\nThe niche can also be used as a way to search for possible players (like social media pages, groups, etc.); this if the team wants to continue.\n\n4 - Monetization:\nFor the game to monetize, I think it would have to expand a lot in terms of level (then maybe it would sell on itch.io or even with inter-stage advertising for smartphones).","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/187443-6f85ca56448ceba3d11b0a1114596707.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gammaflight.itch.io\/plox","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"62699","g_author":"1187436","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"277224","g_title":"Plox","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"1661","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"187443","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"187443","n_urlkey":"277224","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/plox","n_slug":"plox","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"187436","n_created":"1587000242","n_modified":"1587494565","n_version":"618733","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":187443,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":187436,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-21T00:23:40Z","created":"2020-04-16T01:24:02Z","modified":"2020-04-21T18:42:45Z","version":618733,"slug":"plox","name":"Plox","body":"Plox is a cube that doesn't know how to do anything but move forward. Keep him alive while I run out to the store, please. Edit the map to move him out of danger. Make sure he doesn't kill himself.\n\nControls: only mouse and the R key to restart.\n\n**Bugs, unbalanced features, and unexplored mechanics** abound in this **short game**. We depended a little too much on members of our team who were unavailable and ended up managing time poorly during our first LD. Still, we had fun and we hope the concept is enjoyable and that we can do better next time.\n\nThis game was created by Final Wave Studios' lead developers, Gamma and AetheR.\n\n**A major bug fix was uploaded at 02:35 UTC that prevented the end screen from being showed immediately after starting.**\n\n![LudumDare46_93tLLcAvJs.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f712.png)\n![LudumDare46_5MORTkcJKW.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f716.png)\n![LudumDare46_YYdS764GKu.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f71c.png)","meta":{"author":[187436],"grade-08-out":"1","link-01-tag":[42336],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2dab0.png","grade-07-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/gammaflight.itch.io\/plox"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/plox","parents":[1,5,9,176557],"love":0,"notes":20,"notes-timestamp":"2020-04-27T20:11:18Z","grade":{"grade-01":22,"grade-02":22,"grade-03":22,"grade-04":22,"grade-05":22,"grade-06":22},"magic":{"cool":66.599428458266,"feedback":13,"given":6.875,"grade":22,"grade-01-average":3.3,"grade-01-result":1661,"grade-02-average":3.45,"grade-02-result":956,"grade-03-average":3.625,"grade-03-result":566,"grade-04-average":3.925,"grade-04-result":656,"grade-05-average":2.525,"grade-05-result":2221,"grade-06-average":3.55,"grade-06-result":639,"smart":-22.899776625197}},"text":"Plox is a cube that doesn't know how to do anything but move forward. Keep him alive while I run out to the store, please. Edit the map to move him out of danger. Make sure he doesn't kill himself.\n\nControls: only mouse and the R key to restart.\n\n**Bugs, unbalanced features, and unexplored mechanics** abound in this **short game**. We depended a little too much on members of our team who were unavailable and ended up managing time poorly during our first LD. Still, we had fun and we hope the concept is enjoyable and that we can do better next time.\n\nThis game was created by Final Wave Studios' lead developers, Gamma and AetheR.\n\n**A major bug fix was uploaded at 02:35 UTC that prevented the end screen from being showed immediately after starting.**\n\n![LudumDare46_93tLLcAvJs.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f712.png)\n![LudumDare46_5MORTkcJKW.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f716.png)\n![LudumDare46_YYdS764GKu.png](\/\/\/raw\/c2c\/d2\/z\/2f71c.png)","title":"Plox"}