{"author_link":"\/author\/nassi\/","author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","comments":[{"author_name":"takemikazuchi545","author_uid":"29379","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:41am","epoch":1450074960,"text":"Oh man that game dev note had me in stitches. I had a lot of fun exploring, and the writing for the artifacts was really good."},{"author_name":"fluidvolt","author_uid":"26913","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:10am","epoch":1450155900,"text":"This is so good. I love the ambiance -- the whispering wind and snowy passages -- it really sells itself as a tundra. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>And I'm incredibly impressed with how clever you were at getting the player to choose his settings in-game. Good one. Gonna keep exploring.  :)"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1450300200,"text":"Neat game here. I love the expansive map! I really like the controls and screen size system. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Peekotus","author_uid":"61673","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1450393140,"text":"The ambience and mood is really good"},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1450394160,"text":"Probably the most solid take on a two button movement system I've seen yet. You can move around so fluidly even with this limitation! Rest of the game is nice but ultimately lacks a bit of interesting stuff to find beyond descriptions. Hope you'll expand upon it in the future!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Btw, you can distribute your game as an executable when using L&Ouml;VE: https:\/\/www.love2d.org\/wiki\/Game_Distribution. Makes it a lot easier for folks!"},{"author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1450395000,"text":"Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone! I know there ain't much by the way of gameplay, but I hope you all will get at least a few minutes of excitement and wonder out of it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Clavus: Didn't realize I could build the windows executable on Linux. Been putting it off while thinking that I'll make one the next time I boot into windows. Thanks for making me review the link ;)."},{"author_name":"Pit\u01b6ik4","author_uid":"8883","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:39am","epoch":1450398840,"text":"I love the movement system. It's unlike anything I've seen before, and it really makes me feel like a ninja being able to pull off such cool maneuvers with just two buttons."},{"author_name":"dcRfj15","author_uid":"49644","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1450637760,"text":"I really games like this where the player just wanders about and discovers things about their surroundings. I had a fun time walking about. I didn't get all the treasure items, but I got maybe 10ish. Anyway, the movement was amazing. It felt extremely fluid, and it was an interesting challenge to move about. Also, I liked the humor in this game. I didn't get to see every joke, but I did like the ones that I saw.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My critiques for this game would be focused on the graphics. I really liked the player animations, however, I felt that the game as a whole wasn't as colorful as I would have liked. The player was red\/black. The background was gray, and the snow appeared to be white with a reddish tint. The only color which really stood out in this game was the blue of the treasure. I really wish that there were some more colors along the way to make the environment look more interesting.\r<br\/>Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1450638180,"text":"I really liked letting the player choose their own left\/right keys, that was a nice touch. The use of momentum through climbing was pretty cool, too. A nice, mellow explorer platformer, well done!"},{"author_name":"monetai","author_uid":"57774","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1450639440,"text":"I really liked that one, it's good, i've got nothing else to say"},{"author_name":"acotis","author_uid":"61639","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1450642200,"text":"Wow!  I love the control-setting mechanic at the start.  Throughout the game I slowly got better at making various jumps with the climbing thing.  Probably half of the hour or so I spent playing this was just me trying to find the last box, which ended up being the one in the VERY top left corner that I hadn't spotted at first.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Excellent game :)"},{"author_name":"miwuc","author_uid":"6177","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1451230020,"text":"Clever entry! The mechanics seem really simple at first, but after playing a few minutes you realize you have more freedom of movement than you thought, thanks to momentum. The settings at the beginning are genius, and I also liked the character's animations. That being said, I didn't feel motivated enough to spend hours looking for all the treasures."},{"author_name":"SamH","author_uid":"26183","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1451234700,"text":"I have a hunch that I should have written down where I found each artifact, because I have no idea which ones I&rsquo;m missing now and it&rsquo;s very tedious to revisit all of them, since they remain visually unchanged after visiting :-(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Apart from that, the mechanics are very well thought and tuned, wall collisions and inertia are a bit frustrating at times, but in general it&rsquo;s very fun to play. I suggest having a mini-map, or a radar, or just a simple arrow at the edge of the screen indicating the general direction of the nearest artifact.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The writing style is also pleasant, and using L&ouml;ve makes the game Linux-friendly, so thanks for that, too."},{"author_name":"johnnwfs","author_uid":"45706","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1451236800,"text":"Good job. felt very retro and I liked the little descriptions of items."},{"author_name":"TheWzzard","author_uid":"50432","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1451238000,"text":"probably the best side-scrolling navigation with 2 buttons that I've seen, super natural, nice acceleration"},{"author_name":"drinkadriu","author_uid":"64420","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1451858580,"text":"This is pretty fun and I like it"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1451863260,"text":"On Windows 10 with Love version 0.10.0 I get the following warning:\r<br\/>&quot;This game indicates it was made for version '0.9.2' of LOVE. It may not be compatible with the running version(0.10.0)&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Then the window open with the following error:\r<br\/>boot.lua:397: Invalid fullscreen type: normal"},{"author_name":"Skaz","author_uid":"60779","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:34am","epoch":1451906940,"text":"Really nice entry! Didn't found all the capsules, but you manage to make a nice navigation with no jumping button. Nice pixel art :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for the LOVE version, your game requires the 0.9.2, I had to dig on the love site to find it, here is a link to the page for the others: https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/rude\/love\/downloads"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1451949600,"text":"@Skaz Thank you! The .exe still didn't work but I was able to execute the .love\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pro:\r<br\/>+ Great graphics and audio, giving a great mood\r<br\/>+ Cool concept\r<br\/>+ Awesome mechanics\r<br\/>Obs:\r<br\/>o I couldn't finish because I got lost, maybe because the map is too big or no navigation system? But exploration was still nice\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Awesome job!"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1451951160,"text":"* I'll try it again later, maybe with the map xp"}],"images":["ld34\/45156-18d2150872958c8a927de4935a0d5dda.jpg","ld34\/45156-c48e1ee04fbd09dd10935563b4977626.jpg","ld34\/45156-0dda3501a954955fefc33b651405e4db.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/l4htaaja\/LD34\/raw\/master\/LD34.love","text":"L&Ouml;VE"},{"url":"https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/l4htaaja\/LD34\/master\/map.png","text":"Map [SPOILER]"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/l4htaaja\/LD34\/raw\/master\/LD34_win32.zip","text":"Windows (32-bit)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6796","g_author":"45156","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6828","g_title":"Wanderer of the Frozen Wastes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"110","g_commentcount":"20","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\/\/511439\/45156-shot0-1450058969.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/45156-shot1-1450058969.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/45156-shot2-1450058969.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Choose your keys and start wandering.\r\n\r\nTo run the L\u00d6VE-file you need the L\u00d6VE-binary (https:\/\/love2d.org).\r\n\r\nLeaving a comment helps me find and play your game ;).\r\n\r\nEDIT: The Windows-build is untested. Please mention any problems with it in the comments.","title":"Wanderer of the Frozen Wastes"}