{"author_link":"\/author\/vidar\/","author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","comments":[{"author_name":"zatch","author_uid":"63965","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:58am","epoch":1450065180,"text":"Really solid entry! Professional, attractive, and well-scoped!"},{"author_name":"danbolt","author_uid":"6930","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1450099920,"text":"I love the art. Reminds me of Derek Yu, especially with the explorer theme.\r\rA mobile game called Lost Yeti had similar mechanics to this. I liked this one a lot more. Consider packing this up and putting it on an app store!"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1450100280,"text":"Best game so far! At first the controls didn't make sense, J and K buttons don't do anything (web version) and clicking on the block (wich seems natural) had unpredictable effects!\r\rOnly later did I understood that you don't click on the blocks, you click either the left or the right part of the screen. I'm still at level 8 but I will keep this one to finish it. Great work ^^\r\rI recomend downloading the Windows version to use K and J.\r\rCheck out Digicross, playable in solo\/multi\/coop :\rhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&uid=46758"},{"author_name":"_stice","author_uid":"25573","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1450100640,"text":""Skeletons are dangerous but stupid" ~ they follow the same rules as Clara! :D\r\rReally polished game! Love the graphics and audio. And the levels, too."},{"author_name":"tgrehawi","author_uid":"60024","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:07pm","epoch":1450101720,"text":"Solid game! Got stuck on level 7."},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1450101840,"text":"brilliant game.. fast paced\ramazing art, well polished\rbit hard and confusing starting at lvl 8 for me\rvery nice work.."},{"author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1450102320,"text":"Thanks a lot for the kind feedback! :)\rI'm sorry if some of the later levels were a bit challenging.. :P\r\r@5you: Yeah, the embed seems to mess with the keyboard input for some reason. The web link further down the page should work better, however (or the windows build, as you mentioned).\rI'm glad you figured out how the controls worked, I was worried it would be a bit confusing.\rBy the way, I really enjoyed your game too, you can never get enough picross ;)\r\r@_stice: Haha :D"},{"author_name":"Fadobo","author_uid":"15165","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1450103880,"text":"Unbelievable what your were able to do in such a short time span. Sweet graphics, simple but clever gameplay and utterly enjoyable."},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1450105320,"text":"Gorgeous graphics and combination of visual and audio. Good puzzles, well done!"},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1450107720,"text":"Wow this is neat! Great art style, unique idea, great theme, very fun!"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1450109220,"text":"@vidarn: Are you going to make a smartphone version? Is this why the click controls are this way? It would be awsome. By the way i didn't mention the graphics but it speaks for itself.\r\rI'm browsing games, this one is still my favourite so far."},{"author_name":"ORECROS","author_uid":"60328","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1450128960,"text":"Could do with a way to tell which direction clara is facing."},{"author_name":"Granat","author_uid":"57534","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:56am","epoch":1450176660,"text":"Super sweet Vidar! Great work :)\rLove the time\/aging take and the name (Crypt of Time) sets ”pricken över iet”!"},{"author_name":"Evgenii Petrov","author_uid":"60189","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:57am","epoch":1450263120,"text":"Wow, that's a great game! Addictive and very polished!"},{"author_name":"Reggianito","author_uid":"61928","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:42pm","epoch":1450276620,"text":"Fun little game, well designed levels. Keyboard controls didn't work for me in the web wersion for some reason."},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:44pm","epoch":1450276740,"text":"Superb work, especially the graphics, on another level in terms of production values from most compo entries. The aging mechanic is a nice twist on the traditional time-limit. Crucially, it's also fun! :) It has enough charm that you want to try again even when you fail miserably. I will look out for this on iOS!"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1450276980,"text":"Your art reminds me a lot of Derek Yu (which is a good thing! ;) ). I love that the character actually ages as well!\rThe keyboard controls didn't work for me, but I managed just fine with clicking the screen (although I would have preferred to use the keyboard). Overall, it's a really solid entry!"},{"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"55346","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1450277160,"text":"Fantastic! Was able to complete the game (though had to switch to the Windows version so that "r" worked to reset, couldn't get keys to work in the web version). Would play more =)."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1450364880,"text":"Lovely graphics, nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/DppxuiW8XzY"},{"author_name":"Saivan","author_uid":"62705","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1450471380,"text":"Nice game! Good idea! I really like the growth age concept!"},{"author_name":"Masuno","author_uid":"17848","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1450473420,"text":"Seemed pretty fun at first. Still a hard puzzler, and one that one day I may find myself hard-pressed to beat. But as for now, it's got a combination of fast-pacing and slow-pacing that I really don't like.\r\rI must admit, it's really polished though. I like that, and the graphics are amazing. The gameplay is simple, but again, the pacing is off. I'd like it more if there was at least an option to have the game advance one turn at a time, perhaps by pressing a button, because, to me, it's hard to keep track with all that's going on a few levels down.\r\rSo yeah, that's what I think."},{"author_name":"Grahhhhh","author_uid":"51802","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1450474500,"text":"Very creative! Puzzles were tough, I feel I'm just not smart enough to master them, only stumble through them at times!"},{"author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1450476480,"text":"@Masuno: Thanks a lot for the feedback, I really appreciate it. You've got a good point about the weird mix of fast and slow paced gameplay. I wonder if more well thought out level design could solve some of the issues you mention. I would ideally like the game to be fairly fast paced, but I agree that some of the levels feel slow, probably because of their layout. I will try experimenting a bit with it, thanks a lot for the input and for making me think :)"},{"author_name":"carlsommer","author_uid":"22891","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1450476660,"text":"I loved this! During level 8 it seemed really easy to accidentally put yourself in a unbreakable loop near the center of the board, that could be fixed with one extra controllable blue\/red block. I really loved just about everything else about this, though : )"},{"author_name":"Troma","author_uid":"63170","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1450477260,"text":"Professional job, polished and great graphics."},{"author_name":"SiENcE","author_uid":"10298","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:26am","epoch":1450484460,"text":"Very good levels! I think you needed a lot of time to finetune the game.\rThe graphicstyle reminds me on Don't Starve.\r\rDo a smartphone game out of it!"},{"author_name":"ssodelta","author_uid":"66145","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:27am","epoch":1450484520,"text":"Great game! :D"},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:08am","epoch":1450494180,"text":"Great job!\rVery clever!"},{"author_name":"thebrickanator","author_uid":"50329","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:19am","epoch":1450498440,"text":"I love it :D it's an awesome concept and plays flwlessly as far as I could tell... well done!"},{"author_name":"GhostBomb","author_uid":"45321","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:50am","epoch":1450503900,"text":"Awesome game.\r\rI do recognize some of the sounds though and this a compo game."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:20am","epoch":1450516500,"text":"Very nice graphics and polish, controls felt a little unresponsive. unresponsive (maybe a slowdown mechanic?)"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 11:04am","epoch":1450522740,"text":"Lovely game, well done!\rP.S. Got frustrated at level 8 too"},{"author_name":"Ellian","author_uid":"7701","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1451950380,"text":"Wow, really well done. Good job, nice puzzle... it's a pretty solid entry! \rThe aging thing is great too!"}],"images":["ld34\/126-4c5e44d496477b5eed88e92d6ccce713.jpg","ld34\/126-876f8232fbf60c1294aad0c6c05b183c.jpg","ld34\/126-db307546d4cd20c5b0c78a0060858285.jpg","ld34\/126-0b0297d17b7b975824ec2a215ab6c894.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1618340\/ld34\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1618340\/ld34\/clara_stirzaker_and_the_crypt_of_time.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/vidarn.itch.io\/clara-stirzaker-and-the-crypt-of-time","text":"Itch.io"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/vidarn\/clara-stirzaker-and-the-crypt-of-time","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6873","g_author":"126","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6905","g_title":"Clara Stirzaker and the Crypt of Time","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"57","g_commentcount":"33","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\/126-shot0-1450048165.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/126-shot1-1450048165.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/126-shot2-1450048165.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/126-shot3-1450048165.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Join Clara Stirzaker, adventurer and treasure hunter, as she explores the Crypt of Time in search of ultimate power.\r\n\r\nClara will move around the tomb on her own. When she encounters a wall she will turn clockwise.\r\nPress 'j' and 'k' on the keyboard or click\/touch the left or right part of the screen to activate either the blue or the red pillars in the crypt. This will change the layout of the level and help Clara find the exit.\r\n\r\nPress 'r' on the keyboard to restart the level if you get stuck.\r\n\r\nPlease try the web link below if keyboard input does not work.\r\n\r\nGood luck!","title":"Clara Stirzaker and the Crypt of Time"}