{"author_link":"\/author\/sprawl\/","author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","comments":[{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1440442380,"text":"My thoughts while playing:\r\r-"Click anywhere to destroy the universe.", now _that_ is an opening statement!\r-Aaah! The black thing on the bottom is talking to me and I missed stuff! Damnit!\r-Wow... this is tablet-ready. \r-Hey, a Maltezer cross. Cool! Ooh! Ooh! A Triforce!\r-Oh, there's a par! Wow, that text is hard to read if you're focussing on the big shiny balls in the middle.\r-Aaah, I lost what the big balls do.\r-Wow, the music is pretty.\r\rAll in all, colour me impressed!"},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1440442440,"text":"I've failed to see the theme but honestly: polish it and release it. Great puzzle game!"},{"author_name":"MrDave","author_uid":"49905","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1440442500,"text":"A really simple concept but you put a great deal of work into the way it looks and that paid off."},{"author_name":"Juin","author_uid":"51472","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1440442500,"text":"Really awesome game, great graphics, good levels, nicely explained, good mechanics. Hard to point out something bad out it."},{"author_name":"razavidn","author_uid":"54947","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1440442560,"text":"Really strong game, love the clever easy-to-understand mechanics which build to get harder and harder. Soothing soundscape. Don't know that it fits the theme, necessarily, but would love this on mobile!"},{"author_name":"GanonsSpirit","author_uid":"1215","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1440443340,"text":"It would be nice if the moves didn't jump to 0 as soon as you beat a level, so you could see how close you were to par. Also, the number of moves doesn't reset when you restart the level."},{"author_name":"Rothens","author_uid":"25028","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1440517320,"text":"I didn't find the connection to the theme, but I really loved the mood and graphics in this one. :) Maybe texts should be lighter for easier noticing. :D"},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1440518160,"text":"@Razavidn @Rothens , The theme is linked to the "story". But you have to reach pretty far into the game to get it. Guess it's my bad on that part :P\r\rThanks to everyone for the comments."},{"author_name":"g_o","author_uid":"24655","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1440519300,"text":"I'm not sure how this relates to the theme but great game nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 2:08pm","epoch":1440597780,"text":"Nice graphics, really relaxing game. I included it in part 7 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) youtu.be\/Ly6pR3C_dVc"},{"author_name":"grywhttl","author_uid":"52129","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:33am","epoch":1440638880,"text":"Interesting game! Nice production values too."},{"author_name":"mahalis","author_uid":"46778","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:34am","epoch":1440638940,"text":"This is great! Really elegant puzzle game, and I liked the dark hints at whatever it was you were Actually Doing… wish I could’ve gotten past cluster 9, I’m curious what else there was to see."},{"author_name":"superfluous","author_uid":"56852","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:36am","epoch":1440639060,"text":"This was really good. I thought I'd seen every puzzle game there was, but this was new to me yet still very simple to grasp. Not sure how it tied into the theme, but I found myself sucked into it for longer than most jam games. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:04am","epoch":1440640740,"text":"Visually impressive, atmospheric and rather dense. Some of the puzzles after the "easy ones" are are rather easy, but level 6 was absolutely bonkers compared to the ones that followed. I think the restart button in the last level was broken for me? Regardless, loved the aesthetic and the puzzle mechanic. Fantastic work!"},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:35am","epoch":1440642600,"text":"@Mach60KAS Yes, the retry button is indeed not working on the last one. I wanted to do a weird alternate ending there linked to the story but ran out of time. Forgot to put back the button in :P\r\rAs for the difficulty, its really hard to adjust since it really differs from person to person. Thanks a lot for playing !"},{"author_name":"dydx","author_uid":"38961","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:56am","epoch":1440643860,"text":"Really nice visual style and FX. The puzzles were really difficult for me, but it was satisfying when I finally beat the game.\r\rP.S. the hud text has very low opacity on the web build... not sure if it's better on the windows build. I wasn't really able to read those notes at the bottom."},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1440683460,"text":"@dydx I noticed this as well for the hud text. I will fix it for an upcoming mobile release."},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1440698460,"text":"Huh, that was interesting, and fun! I really enjoyed it, and I felt like I understood the mechanism better every level. However, as far as I conceived it, this has nothing to do with the theme... Maybe you didn't like it, but not integrating it at all might convey the impression that you had already planned this game ahead of the jam, which is not really the point... Anyway, the graphics are nice and fluent, everything worked fine, and it's a great little puzzle game! :)"},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1440706320,"text":"@phi The theme is there, in the story. I understand that it's not in your face and you have to reach a certain point in the game to get it but I personally believe it fits the theme. However, I knew I wanted to do a puzzle game so I designed it first then integrated the theme afterwards.\r\rThanks for trying the game out !"},{"author_name":"HeyZeus","author_uid":"19178","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1440706980,"text":"Cool idea, loved it."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1440708900,"text":"Very cool graphics effects, and really smart idea. Not really sure why, but the puzzles never actually "clicked" for me after you added the big joining spheres. I did complete the game, but it was like brute force? ...and I'm usually good at these things. Loved the idea, but there were just too many variables for the later levels to be solvable by someone who just started playing a few minutes ago.\r\rStory was interesting! Looked like it was going somewhere even more interesting in the end when I didn't complete the final puzzle for a while and it started nagging me, but nothing seemed to happen."},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 8:11am","epoch":1440835560,"text":"Marvellous puzzles. I see other people complaining regarding the theme but I disagree - this is a great interpretation."},{"author_name":"vikpek","author_uid":"49262","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1440939300,"text":"Impressive! Strong game!"},{"author_name":"tehPHEN","author_uid":"54976","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1440998040,"text":"Interesting puzzle mechanic! I was surprised you were able to keep it interesting and simple at the same time! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Dianouille","author_uid":"56737","time":"Sep 8, 2015 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1441725540,"text":"Interesting puzzle game. Maybe a little bit too hard, I was stuck at level 6, but it just might be me.\rGreat work !"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1442256360,"text":"I loved the puzzle game, felt so relaxing and even if some part aren't from you as the textures, well the effects are just cool and it was real relaxing playing your game. I don't feel monstruous enough cause this gigantic puzzle was juste ....nice !:D\rgood job!"}],"images":["ld33\/29314-a26247ef3857a8c6992cf51c7bb95221.jpg","ld33\/29314-7089dbbed8e0a771c396b33bb7562ce6.jpg","ld33\/29314-d22936fbd9cbdeb8d37a8b081dbce52b.jpg","ld33\/29314-d55f7dfd25d574d37a5e89d58ed92d85.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/247009746\/LUDUM%20DARE%2033\/LUDUM%20DARE%2033.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/247009746\/LUDUM%20DARE%2033\/Entropy_Data.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alexis_Lessard","text":"Twitter"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7485","g_author":"29314","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"7517","g_title":"Entropy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"58","g_commentcount":"26","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\/\/479518\/29314-shot0-1440440721.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/29314-shot1-1440440721.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/29314-shot2-1440440721.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/29314-shot3-1440440721.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Entropy is an abstract puzzle game about the end of the universe. I Highly recommend the tutorial on the first playthrough. \r\n\r\nFor this Ludum Dare, I wanted to try my hand at a puzzle game. The whole game was made by me except for the music and some textures for the particles effects. I'm pleased with the result and had time to complete most of what I intented. The theme isn't explicitly presented, but it is present.\r\n\r\n\r\nCREDITS : \r\n\r\nGame By Alexis Lessard\r\n\r\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod :\r\n\"Peace of Mind\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\r\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\r\nhttp:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/","title":"Entropy"}