{"author_link":"\/author\/boardtobits\/","author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","comments":[{"author_name":"stahlmanDesign","author_uid":"49932","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:13am","epoch":1440378480,"text":"Funny intro story, really cool idea to do a game based on logic and mapping. Don't know how you did it in 48 hrs. Kind of hard but I love these turn-based games. Very different from the platformers and typical collision-based games (mine is a platformer)"},{"author_name":"bbqbaron","author_uid":"57766","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:20am","epoch":1440378900,"text":"Simple and elegant concept; just the right size for the compo. Kudos on your project management."},{"author_name":"JayWoody","author_uid":"55905","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:00am","epoch":1440381300,"text":"I really liked the minimalistic touch mixed with the grandiose setting of it all.\r\rThe game taught itself pretty quickly so that's a very good sign.\r\rI couldn't quite get how I'm suppose to tell male from female but I guess that was the whole point to introduce some uncertainty?\r\rI would've liked some more difficulty in the later rounds and not keep it the same the whole game through.\r\rAll in all a very nice bite size game. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"Jamie Guillemette","author_uid":"55117","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:29am","epoch":1440383040,"text":"was able to make me feel pressure! good job!\rlike the art style."},{"author_name":"timeloopedpowergamer","author_uid":"57789","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:32am","epoch":1440383220,"text":"Like the background and setting a lot. Very different game play--having to speed through your notes like that felt really authentic. Not much else to it, though. Would loved to have had a second reason to check. Some sort of second part to the encounters. Overall, good!"},{"author_name":"walaber","author_uid":"31888","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:32am","epoch":1440386820,"text":"Really cool idea! The mood is great, and overall it puts you in a stressed-out frame of mind as the clock ticks down.\r\rgreat work!"},{"author_name":"keyle","author_uid":"41933","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:47am","epoch":1440387720,"text":"I loved it but I'm not sure you're such a monster?"},{"author_name":"swizzcheez","author_uid":"16129","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:48am","epoch":1440387780,"text":"Nice idea, took a bit to work out how hard should go though."},{"author_name":"Dizzyman572","author_uid":"35620","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:49am","epoch":1440387840,"text":"Well done with this game! Loved the music and the character art. Also, very innovative mechanics!"},{"author_name":"thatwhichis","author_uid":"23194","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1440388200,"text":"now the song is IN MY BRAIN good news everyone i got us the votes :-D"},{"author_name":"FerraWare","author_uid":"45480","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1440389940,"text":"Really cool!\r\rPros:\r-Visually stunning\r-Really polished\r-Cool story\r\rCons:\r-Pretty repetitive\r-Easy on Normal, Impossible on Hard"},{"author_name":"Halleflux","author_uid":"24741","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1440389940,"text":"I like it. Very like Papers Please, which I also liked. Having longer talks with each of the ten members, while having to keep in mind you manners throughout would improve the game, in my mind.\rAll in all, well done."},{"author_name":"krasus","author_uid":"56189","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:04am","epoch":1440392340,"text":"I really liked it, it got quite challenging towards the end. Very polished and visually has a nice art style. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"orukinawa","author_uid":"34628","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:44am","epoch":1440394740,"text":"I love how you wrapped a simple memorizing mechanic into such a broad environment\/lore and it really fits the theme!\r\rP.S: The votes do not reset when I start a new game, is this done on purpose?"},{"author_name":"Yaroslav Kravtsov","author_uid":"44195","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:35am","epoch":1440401400,"text":"Ha! Insulting the aliens simulator!"},{"author_name":"frokes","author_uid":"44142","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:37am","epoch":1440405120,"text":"The story is kind of funny and the gameplay is too, but i would love to see a button to instantly go to the meeting, instead of the codex."},{"author_name":"drakekin","author_uid":"21100","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:29am","epoch":1440411840,"text":"Won on easy and medium, tried hard a few times and bugger is it hard :D. Really enjoyed the game, regardless."},{"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"38974","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1440420780,"text":"Cool idea, also nice audio and graphics. A simple but also polished game"},{"author_name":"Komradus","author_uid":"11076","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1440423780,"text":"Really nice UI design, beautifully done. The game was cool but rather easy once you get the hang of it. Also, the text sometimes seemed to cause weird artifacts...on Windows x64 running the WebGL game in Chrome."},{"author_name":"peterkirk","author_uid":"42239","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1440427560,"text":"I thought it was a clever take on the theme. There is nothing wrong with it I can see. Solid entry."},{"author_name":"andreymust19","author_uid":"56501","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1440428340,"text":"Sorry, can't play. 'Out of memory' message."},{"author_name":"moty","author_uid":"55454","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1440431940,"text":"Solid game, nice design and presentation. Music gets annoying after a few minutes, but other than that, really nice entry!"},{"author_name":"pixzleone","author_uid":"44497","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1440435540,"text":"Very cool artstyle and idea! Impressive! Good job!"},{"author_name":"ZzCalvinzZ","author_uid":"17290","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1440439380,"text":"nice and polished...really liked the concept...didn't find it that fun though...overall good job!"},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1440443520,"text":"Wooooow what a great all-around game! The graphics are very stylish and well organized, the concept is completely solid and the gameplay is unique and fun. The music has the right mood despite being a really short loop, haha. I'm impressed with the scope of the game-- different difficulty levels, tons of different names and greetings... EXCELLENT game!"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1440443880,"text":"Wow, that's very well done! \r\rI love your clean, cohesive art style! The music and sfx is well done, too.\r\rFound something though: I decided to do another playthrough, but it remembered the votes from my first playthrough. :D"},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1440444360,"text":"If you play a second game, it does not reset the votes or the codex from the previous play through."},{"author_name":"KPapaGeorge","author_uid":"55235","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1440452580,"text":"very good concept and mood \rthe game play gets a bit repetitive"},{"author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1440453960,"text":"Thanks all for the feedback! I'm am fixing the "second play" bug now. As far as the repetition of play goes, I agree 100%, and have more interesting plans if I continue to expand this game (unexpected schedule changes, small talk, negotiations, possibly even a mistake or two on your assistant's part). For LD33 though, I'm happy so many of you have enjoyed the game, soon with one less bug!"},{"author_name":"tanjent","author_uid":"36394","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1440455760,"text":"Very stylish and nice entry. I was a bit confused at first on what to click and what the countdown timer meant. I randomly clicked on the large notes board and then a guy popped up and let's just say I didn't really further our relations! I think it's a bit easy to miss the name of the ambassador and it might be good to have a blocking timer to preventing one to click by the presentation dialog :)"},{"author_name":"Perkovec","author_uid":"57654","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1440456540,"text":"I like it! It makes you think. I want to know what will be the end, but the ending a little disappointed. If you make a good scenario - i will buy it)"},{"author_name":"mcccclean","author_uid":"56161","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1440458100,"text":"Oh my gosh, I LOVE this. The idea is genius (I'd say a cool twist on Papers Please), it's got a great tension to it, the theme's awesome. Absolutely delightful. Oh man.\r\rI'd say if you were to keep working on it, add more space for the player to mess up - like, earlier meetings have greeting\/farewell, but later ones include extra interactions in between, like the diplomat tells a joke and you're expected to show appreciation for it, or something like that? Just my thoughts though! Great work!"},{"author_name":"chikun Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1440458340,"text":"I like games that function on their own internalized rules. Similar to Papers Please, learning the rules and applying them the game is good fun and a central component of the game. This one's short and sweet, and functions on a good idea. A lot of humor comes out of the absurdity of the interactions. \r\rWhere it falls slightly short is in the repetition of the gameplay and the lack of animation, and the soundtrack is a little too short to be looped ad nauseam.\r\rOtherwise I think it's a neat idea, and a fun game. Impressed that it's a 48hr submission."},{"author_name":"Arcadonauts","author_uid":"56499","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:02am","epoch":1440464220,"text":"Really interesting idea. The timer ticking down while I sort through my notes really kept engaged. The music added a lot to the mood, and the backstory felt very real to me. \r\rI would have liked for there to be something more to the interactions (aside from hello\/goodbye). Also, I was a little surprised to discover that gender is a universal constant."},{"author_name":"ZacharyD","author_uid":"54798","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:50am","epoch":1440474300,"text":"Fun! Simple, but difficult. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:14am","epoch":1440486540,"text":"Fun to play! Great idea"},{"author_name":"DruhinM","author_uid":"54688","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:14am","epoch":1440497340,"text":"That was a really good concept"},{"author_name":"Muush","author_uid":"40819","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:22am","epoch":1440497820,"text":"Good music, good graphics, really clever idea. Good job!"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:35am","epoch":1440498600,"text":"Interesting concept, excellent execution. Slightly too easy, even on hard."},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:40am","epoch":1440498900,"text":"That was neat. I liked it."},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1440522960,"text":"Great job on this. Very innovative and unique take on the theme. Reminds me of Papers, Please, which is a great thing."},{"author_name":"David Yates","author_uid":"51459","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1440533940,"text":"That's a really cool take on the theme. I'm also very impressed by the simplicity and elegance of this game, as others have said. It's perfectly sized and perfectly executed for this kind of event.\r\rI managed to get the council to vote in favour on hard mode, but it was quite stressful. The main challenge of the game was finding the name of the species in the giant, non-alphabetical codex: once I'd got that I had no trouble remembering and executing the greetings even for both male and female. The one time I upset a diplomat it was only because I'd clicked on a similar but wrong name and tried the greetings for that.\r\rThis game could also very easily be extended in many interesting ways. You could have longer conversations with each diplomat, you could have alien species with six genders like in an Ursula Le Guin story, and you could even make part of the challenge identifying whether the diplomat was male or female or whatever by their appearance."},{"author_name":"OFF","author_uid":"39617","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1440533940,"text":"Really interesting interpretation of the theme, the difficulty seems well balanced. It's really a matter of speed and not a puzzle as i did understand but it's really efficient, and tricky."},{"author_name":"snakezito","author_uid":"45687","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1440544500,"text":"A very interesting idea with very good execution. Great graphics. \rGood job!"},{"author_name":"vividhelix","author_uid":"35713","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 3:50am","epoch":1440560700,"text":"finished with 8\/2, interesting idea!"},{"author_name":"fafastudio","author_uid":"51600","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:05pm","epoch":1440622800,"text":"I loved play that game ! I just wish the difficulty would have growned with time, but since you made it in 48 hours, i'm impressed ! :D \rWell done !"},{"author_name":"yuigoto","author_uid":"50909","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1440626520,"text":"Nice storytelling, pretty interesting concept for a game! :)\r\rThe time required to play and have fun feels just right and the challenges are really nice too!\r\rFeels like a mix of Papers Please, memory games and a "Where's Waldo" feel when you gotta search for the cards with greetings.\r\rReally elegant, well thought and, btw, nice logo. :P"},{"author_name":"Shaw","author_uid":"30127","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1440627360,"text":"A wonderful original idea, great graphics and a awesome opening clip. Excellent work."},{"author_name":"glerikud","author_uid":"55555","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 12:09am","epoch":1440633840,"text":"Nice, unique idea, fun and surprisingly atmospheric gameplay. Reminded me a little of a card flipping memory game. Maybe it could use some more diverse alien art."},{"author_name":"Maxi and The Gang","author_uid":"3968","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1440650940,"text":"Nice game! it's very good for memory training."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1440681120,"text":"Pretty cool, nice game."},{"author_name":"30dogs","author_uid":"12480","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1440688440,"text":"Really cool take on the theme, very unique, nice compo entry. Not a great amount of depth to the gameplay but I can see where it could go with a little more time. Imagining the weird greetings\/farewells was hilarious."},{"author_name":"TeamCosmitronique","author_uid":"57628","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1440713040,"text":"That was a great concept. The game itself was quite fun.\rGreat entry!"},{"author_name":"Blobo","author_uid":"52667","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 12:04am","epoch":1440719940,"text":"Really well done. there is so much pressure when talking to an alien, because you need to remember 2 - 6 things about them. amazing work."},{"author_name":"Matthew Rayfield","author_uid":"44787","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 2:15am","epoch":1440727800,"text":"I liked this one!\r\rCOol concept\r\rChallenging yet simple\r\rCool looking aliens\r\rniiiiiiiiiiiiiice one"},{"author_name":"Razoric","author_uid":"27935","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1440764460,"text":"Played through the whole thing, great game!"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1440783660,"text":"Very cool idea!"},{"author_name":"Hobopants","author_uid":"56208","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1440789600,"text":"Excellent take on the papers please idea, while sticking with the theme! Great Job"},{"author_name":"HappyHour","author_uid":"58112","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 7:48am","epoch":1440834180,"text":"Charming designs for the numerous alien races. This kind of genre isn't my forte, but I definitely see potential for the title to be expanded post-jam."},{"author_name":"Kalkatos","author_uid":"19504","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1440947280,"text":"Interesting.\rBut it got a bit repetitive when I realized whats going on."},{"author_name":"fistmaker","author_uid":"56278","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1440958440,"text":"Clean and functional game. Interesting concept."},{"author_name":"carle13","author_uid":"54538","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 7:03am","epoch":1441004280,"text":"I really liked the idea of this game"},{"author_name":"jcwelgemoed","author_uid":"55308","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1441053360,"text":"Nice entry. a bit different from the rest. Liked it very much"},{"author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 8:39am","epoch":1441096440,"text":"Great game! It's fun to meet all those aliens each with each own rule to interact! Great concept"},{"author_name":"Josh Riley","author_uid":"14165","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 4:48am","epoch":1441255380,"text":"Really cool game mechanic, I could definitely see this being expanded on."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 6:49am","epoch":1441262640,"text":"I really like the premise, but as someone living and working in a country not the one in which I was born, having it boil down to greetings felt like a serious let-down."},{"author_name":"shawn42","author_uid":"571","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1441396740,"text":"Neat little game. Lots of polish and the audio was great."},{"author_name":"Wekid","author_uid":"57156","time":"Sep 5, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1441480320,"text":"Awesome game, a great take on cultural awareness."},{"author_name":"ManuelGF","author_uid":"56960","time":"Sep 8, 2015 @ 2:59pm","epoch":1441724040,"text":"Original concept and polished game. Nice work"},{"author_name":"Stending","author_uid":"25361","time":"Sep 9, 2015 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1441826460,"text":"Wow, really nice concept, and awesome execution! For a compo, that's really awesome, congratulations! =)"},{"author_name":"Ptolo","author_uid":"35280","time":"Sep 10, 2015 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1441897500,"text":"Fantastic idea! :D I enjoyed the quick-fire information hunting style to the gameplay. I'm impressed with all the procedural text and graphics in this. Ten ambassadors is rather a lot, perhaps let the player win once they get a majority? I think this game is my favourite of the whole contest :)"},{"author_name":"bombjack","author_uid":"18768","time":"Sep 12, 2015 @ 10:01am","epoch":1442051760,"text":"very original gameplay."},{"author_name":"MikeEnoch","author_uid":"58102","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 12:22pm","epoch":1442233020,"text":"Nice take on the theme, and I like the protocol based idea for the gameplay - good job! Kinda like an alien take on Papers Please :)"},{"author_name":"Mubox","author_uid":"57193","time":"Sep 15, 2015 @ 12:31am","epoch":1442276760,"text":"Good concept. :]\r\rPS: We have fixed our game, if you want to see it again. ^^\rThank you."}],"images":["ld33\/57679-60c81a114ec164aed258392798b67725.jpg","ld33\/57679-6c5496965b6c9bec6f4a21f31fbe331b.jpg","ld33\/57679-02ed2a56a7f3340ec4d4fe52f1a426c5.jpg","ld33\/57679-a3f8e0099b527ee43601e910e79f773f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/boardtobits.me\/builds\/greetingshuman\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/boardtobits\/greetings-human\/downloads","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8253","g_author":"57679","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"8286","g_title":"Greetings, Human","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"197","g_commentcount":"74","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\/57679-shot0-1440364036.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/57679-shot1-1440364036.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/57679-shot2-1440364036.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/57679-shot3-1440364036.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Humanity are not the monsters, and it's your job to prove it. Inspired by games like \"Papers, Please\", and themes of first contact and cultural dissonance, \"Greetings, Human\" is a race against the clock to adapt to the cultural norms of 10 alien councilors before they vote on the fate of humanity.\r\n\r\nAfter 10 encounters, the council will make its final decision. There are 3 levels of difficulty for more of a challenge.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nUse the mouse to interact with your codex and to choose the appropriate gestures.\r\nWhen in the Codex you can click the button at the top right to meet with the current ambassador.\r\nWhen meeting, the top right button will bring you back to the codex.\r\n\r\nMade with Unity.\r\nFont is Uniform Condensed by Miller Type.\r\nAudio generated with SFXR and Otomata.\r\nGraphics designed in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.","title":"Greetings, Human"}