{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image_thumb.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/9648514ea07333c239fa04d12f88b22c.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/373910acf4ae0ecc7f75961b927dad2e.png"}],"author_link":"author\/joedev_net\/","author_name":"JoeDev_net","cat":"MiniLD","categories":["MiniLD"],"comments":[],"epoch":1375466100,"event":"","likes":17,"metadata":{"p_key":"79445","p_author":"JoeDev_net","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288455","p_title":"An Almost Success Story!!","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1375466100","p_likes":"17","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/08\/02\/an-almost-success-story\/","text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 150%\"><strong>A Game of Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>RELEASE DATE: August 13th!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><img alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/agameofnumbers.com\/images\/main01.png\" style=\"float: none;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"\/><\/pre>\n<h2 align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agameofnumbers.com\">&gt;&gt; PREORDER HERE &lt;&lt;<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2 align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joedev.net\/JSIL\/Numbers\">&gt;&gt;PLAY LUDUM DARE WEB VERSION&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The game is a math based puzzle game and did pretty well in the last compo. It came in 14th overall, 5th in fun, 7th in innovation. I didn\u2019t really plan on working much further on it, but the response was so good that I changed my mind. I had a goal of trying to finishing something before the next Ludum Dare and it looks like I will be achieving that, as the release date is set for August 13th. This is my first commercial release and I\u2019m grateful to the Ludum Dare community and everyone that supports the site, it is the only reason that my game exists in the first place (I would have never made a puzzle game, I hate puzzle games! <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things in the enhanced version<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Music and Sound Effects<\/li>\n<li>Slightly better visuals<\/li>\n<li>A couple new mechanics<\/li>\n<li>A lot more puzzles [Greater than 75]<\/li>\n<li>Editor<\/li>\n<li>Upload and Download Levels + Level Packs In game [Very excited about this]<\/li>\n<li>Windows\/Mac\/Linux Support! [Thanks to MonoGame!!]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am selling using the Humble Store and am excited to see how well it does. I\u2019ve been making games and following the scene long enough to know to keep my expectations low, as odds are it won\u2019t sell a whole lot, but either way it\u2019s exciting to me. I have already picked up a couple pre-orders, some of which paid above the $5.00 asking price, which is a little surprising. I will also be building it for iOS\/Android\/WindowsPhone a couple weeks after the PC release. I had planned to do both at the same time, but there is more work getting the UI working on the different screen sizes than I thought.\u00a0 Thanks again, this community is awesome!!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an shot of a new level (shows some of the new mechanics, also is super difficult!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/373910acf4ae0ecc7f75961b927dad2e.png\"><img alt=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"147\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/9648514ea07333c239fa04d12f88b22c.png\" style=\"float: none;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" title=\"image\" width=\"441\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PS: If anyone knows how to make trailers and is interested in helping, let me know. I\u2019ve been trying for a couple days and I suck!<\/p>\n<\/p>","time":"August 2nd, 2013 5:55 pm","title":"An Almost Success Story!!","title_was_empty":false}