{"author_name":"midwinter","cat":"LD #13 - Roads - 2008","comments":[{"author_name":"Orangy Tang","time":"December 8, 2008 5:46 am","epoch":1228733160,"text":"Er, Avast reports your zip has the “Win32:SkiMorph [Cryp]” virus in it. o_O","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"midwinter","time":"December 8, 2008 9:58 am","epoch":1228748280,"text":"thanks for checking and reporting that!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"midwinter","time":"December 8, 2008 7:07 pm","epoch":1228781220,"text":"note: i fixed the three white boxes on the bitmap\/screenshot of the title screen. the gamma on my monitor displays them as the same, but it looked much different on other’s computers.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1228699260,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"74181","p_author":"midwinter","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"110013","p_title":"Bullrushes Final","p_cat":"LD #13 - Roads - 2008","p_event":"LD13","p_time":"1228699260","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1228435200","event_key":"92","event_name":"LD13"},"text":"

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Bullrushes is a pretty game in the artistic style of Okami (a PS2 title), where everything is drawn with a brush.\u00a0 The player creates paths of light to guide little fireflies by illuminating bullrushes.\u00a0 When fireflies come close\u00a0together, they excitedly mate and burst away, leaving a new firefly in their wake.\u00a0 Once enough fireflies have been born, the player must help guide them back to their tree stump hollow.<\/p>\n

Artistically, I wanted to do something very different this time, taking a minimalist and abstract light on the theme (roads\/paths).\u00a0 I wish I had more time to add a japanese-themed simple score (maybe I’ll add one later).\u00a0 An interesting fact — the game was created over about 26<\/em> hours, instead of the normal 48.<\/p>\n

I’m very happy with how it turned out, and had loads of fun doing it.<\/p>\n

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(Quick edit:\u00a0 I nearly forgot to mention, the bullrushes will only attract nearby<\/em> fireflies — those that are about 150 pixels away.\u00a0 If the fireflies aren’t moving towards the bullrush, you’ll have to find a closer one to light their path!\u00a0 Similarly, the fireflies will have to be guided very close to the middle of their tree stump nest before resting inside).<\/p>\n \n

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