{"author_link":"\/author\/coyyonce\/","author_name":"mantisda","author_uid":"35572","comments":[{"author_name":"noxuma","author_uid":"49591","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:32am","epoch":1429579620,"text":"Very interesting concept."},{"author_name":"internetpaulicy","author_uid":"25260","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:33am","epoch":1429579680,"text":"Wow this really feels like a drawing that has come to life. Its pretty fun and it controls well. There are a lot of little polish things I noticed like the loading screen and the way the character flips when you switch directions. Super neat. The multi-scrolling background is pretty sweet. Good show!"},{"author_name":"fixitteam","author_uid":"52954","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1429648800,"text":"Really nice concept and art"},{"author_name":"mantisda","author_uid":"35572","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1429649100,"text":"Thanks everyone for the kind comments."},{"author_name":"chromebookbob","author_uid":"49589","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1429649820,"text":"Really nice paper art style, I like the idea too!"},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1429651560,"text":"I like the paper style! It would be quite amazing if you added some knockback and impact effects. Overall, nice job!"},{"author_name":"Backlund","author_uid":"51724","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1429651620,"text":"I liked the idea, nice and simple artwork."},{"author_name":"gruhn","author_uid":"50323","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1429651800,"text":"Simple, with some small problems of collision and feedback, but nothing that makes the idea less fun."},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1429652160,"text":"Liked the animation and style, also good link to the theme!"},{"author_name":"Lady Beardo","author_uid":"25448","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1429658340,"text":"Love this-- the animation for the characters (in particular the character swap) is really well done.  I like the difference in fighting styles, and advantage vs foes, depending on who is in charge.  Clever!"},{"author_name":"CriticalMammal","author_uid":"26681","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:15am","epoch":1429665000,"text":"Response as I played:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Wow, that loading screen... nice start.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(looked at controls)\r<br\/>(looked at story)\r<br\/>(play game)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My first impression was that I really liked the &quot;flipping&quot; animation when you switched directions. I also liked the sounds used for running and jumping, also maybe the attack. They have a nice feel to them. The pot breaking sound though I wasn't a fan of, and it feels like the balance between certain sounds needs to be tweaked. (the attacking sound is a tad loud, and the pot break sound is far too loud)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Some background ambiance would have been nice, as an example:\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.freesound.org\/people\/ecodios\/sounds\/119962\/\r<br\/>could give it a little extra something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the swapping around idea, it took me a while to actually remember to do it though. Playing as the tall one attacking with the shorter guy seems more effective in general (I think it does more damage with just a marginally slower speed).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sometimes you can get flipped around for some reason while attacking. Might have something to do with colliding with enemies. It feels sort of odd and kind of like a bug.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Beat the game after a couple tries! You know, the funny thing was for some reason I didn't understand the whole game was about the Chinese finger trap thing. I thought it was some sort of no same gender hand-holding thing from the story outline. And just thought the chinese theme was more of a political thing about gay rights. Kind of funny looking back at it and realizing what it actually was about haha."},{"author_name":"mantisda","author_uid":"35572","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1429714080,"text":"Thanks for all of the great comments. We're quite happy with the feedback on the art style and animation! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree on the some of the sound choices. We can definitely improve there. For the background audio, there is a &quot;Play Music&quot; button at the bottom that will turn on some music. We left it off by default so as not to annoy people."},{"author_name":"lochmann-apps","author_uid":"52509","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1429715460,"text":"Nice weapon! Love to play it. Smooth controlls! Good job!"},{"author_name":"RockhopperGames","author_uid":"46057","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1429715640,"text":"This is the funniest use of the theme I've come across so far this Dare, and the graphics and gameplay are pretty solid too! The UI could be a little easier to understand though, it took me a long time to figure out what damage actually was doing to my hearts."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1429742880,"text":"Very original take on the theme, and a really interesting art style too."},{"author_name":"HapaxStudios","author_uid":"52221","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 12:18am","epoch":1429747980,"text":"Loved that you use another person as a weapon. really innovative. :)"},{"author_name":"CScribes","author_uid":"27229","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:02am","epoch":1429765020,"text":"Great concept and smooth controls!"},{"author_name":"mantisda","author_uid":"35572","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429806720,"text":"Good point on the damage. We also need to track how close you are to cutting yourself free from the finger trap. This happens after collecting 10 scissors I believe."},{"author_name":"Foxarya","author_uid":"9464","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1429988040,"text":"I wish i could draw like that... And at least i find a game than fits the theme!"},{"author_name":"mantisda","author_uid":"35572","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1430086800,"text":"Thanks Foxarya!"}],"images":["ld32\/35572-0d0ff91d6b16a9e92f516eb845435d95.jpg","ld32\/35572-837304de691e0d0e8744ef37354f548d.jpg","ld32\/35572-7aa511c2d83519ddec293616d80e0f36.jpg","ld32\/35572-e2feded515e565ffba81f2ab8b44b057.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/protonode.com\/gamegfx\/ld32\/ld32.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10748","g_author":"35572","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"10782","g_title":"The Ties That Bind","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"514","g_commentcount":"20","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\/\/444368\/35572-shot0-1429579355.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/35572-shot1-1429577913.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/35572-shot2-1429577913.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/35572-shot3-1429577913.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You've wandered into a dark shop in the open air market and, after some searching, discovered a mysterious artifact that attracts the curiosity of you and your traveling companion. Alas, you should never have touched it as you and your grumpy companion are now stuck together. Nothing you've tried has been able to separate your hand from the hand of your dear friend.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, things are only getting worse as you have managed to anger the shopkeeper during your frantic attempt to get unstuck. He has called up on his other shopkeeper friends to keep you from escaping. Now, every shopkeeper in town is looking to give you a good thrashing.\r\n\r\nThe only weapon you have is each other!\r\n\r\nUse your friendly companion as your weapon as you swing him about to take out the angry shopkeepers. Each of the companions have a different trait that makes them better suited for taking out or avoiding the angry horde of shopkeepers. Can you find a friend or family member to help you figure out how to remove yourself from the Chinese Finger Trap and explain to the shopkeepers how it was just a big misunderstanding?\r\n\r\nPress on the Controls button from the main screen to see the controls for walking, jumping, switching main characters, and attacking.\r\n=======================================\r\n\r\nCreated by Mantis Digital Arts - http:\/\/www.mantisdigitalarts.com\r\nSound Effects Retrieved from http:\/\/www.freesfx.co.uk on April 18th and April 19th (created by various sound designers: namg, andyt, gr8sfx, mckinneysound, soundranger, flowfx, and hwisterman)\r\nMusic Retrieved from http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/audio\/listen\/584407 on April 18th (created by Snak - http:\/\/snak.newgrounds.com)","title":"The Ties That Bind"}