{"author_link":"\/author\/pietdagamer\/","author_name":"Pietdagamer","author_uid":"46438","comments":[{"author_name":"mrmadsenmalmo","author_uid":"51688","time":"Apr 19, 2015 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1429475400,"text":"Wow, that was amazing."},{"author_name":"ForSpareParts","author_uid":"13996","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1429509720,"text":"Very cool! The fighting mechanics seem like they could be a bit more fluid, though. If you were going to keep developing this, I'd love to see different movesets. Might I attack differently with a keyboard than with a pencil, for instance?"},{"author_name":"Bitterdeath","author_uid":"7698","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:08am","epoch":1429509780,"text":"The name \/ stat generator is cool"},{"author_name":"sirikan","author_uid":"33950","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:11am","epoch":1429509960,"text":"Really like the style of graphics you went with."},{"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"3574","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:12am","epoch":1429510020,"text":"It's interesting. I like your art style so much.\r<br\/>It seems not check for a draw game (* o *)"},{"author_name":"Junber","author_uid":"33967","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:14am","epoch":1429510140,"text":"Really fun game. A little bit too easy in my opinion but the art style is awesome."},{"author_name":"kabutakogames","author_uid":"51243","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:30am","epoch":1429518300,"text":"Fun little game here,\r<br\/>The art really sells it well,\r<br\/>Wish that there was more!"},{"author_name":"rtmrn","author_uid":"47465","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1429549980,"text":"Great game. Awesome graphics and fun fighting system. I even found a perfect fighter :o."},{"author_name":"conno1234","author_uid":"34006","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1429556640,"text":"Pretty cool!  Nice work"},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1429557000,"text":"Very nice art style. The fighting gameplay needs a lot more work before it's really interesting, but great work nonetheless."},{"author_name":"Jungle","author_uid":"48998","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1429557480,"text":"I really enjoyed the graphics! The idea of the drawnings of our youth being used as fighters was really nice. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I don't tknow if it was a problem with only my screen, but it didn't fit, that was a little bad. But congrats anyway!"},{"author_name":"Mano","author_uid":"25270","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1429559520,"text":"Really kool how it things change based on the name you put in. Also good on you making a fighting game! Would have like unique attack for each weapon, but I understand you had only so much time, but good job!"},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1429559580,"text":"I love the art style of this, but the mechanics were a bit strange, well done though!"},{"author_name":"Hamsternator","author_uid":"35790","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1429559580,"text":"I did not expect to see a fighting game from a LD Compo. Really impressive work =)"},{"author_name":"10FingerArmy","author_uid":"34462","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1429559640,"text":"that was really refreshing! loved the idea of going for paper art. that makes it unique and memorable. I am not so sure about the game itself but the whole package is very cool!"},{"author_name":"Freebios","author_uid":"49870","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1429559640,"text":"I love graphics, but AI is a bit stupid ^^"},{"author_name":"plams","author_uid":"3099","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1429559700,"text":"I love the pencil graphics :)"},{"author_name":"ObscenelyTrue","author_uid":"13886","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1429559760,"text":"Fun and the stat generator is interesting."},{"author_name":"Saymon","author_uid":"50227","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1429559760,"text":"Really nice !"},{"author_name":"michael.meadows","author_uid":"51990","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1429559820,"text":"Great game - really fun to play - like the generator concept and the drawn stick man concept - brilliant."},{"author_name":"rectangular Tim","author_uid":"39396","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1429559940,"text":"First of all: Bonus points for using C++. ;-P\r<br\/>The art style is nice. The weapons are unconventional. I'm no expert on fighting games, but it seems like there's some room for improvement there. All in all very well done."},{"author_name":"thenoviceengineer","author_uid":"50045","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1429560000,"text":"Nice art style and I love the idea of generating different fighters based on name."},{"author_name":"LorenaIpsum","author_uid":"52715","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1429560000,"text":"Cool! I'm suposed to win fighting with a motherboard!!! :D"},{"author_name":"CiderPunk","author_uid":"7534","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1429564740,"text":"Great idea and graphics but the combat was a bit lacking, very ambitious concept for a compo entry!"},{"author_name":"cgmorton","author_uid":"52622","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1429568340,"text":"The art is the best thing about this game, it looks amazing. I also think the character generation is a great concept, and well executed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd definitely like to see more progression. Right now it's just repeatedly fighting some random guy.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Of course I'd also like to see more interesting fighting, but that's sort of to be expected for a 48 hour game. However, I think you could have gotten rid of things like jumping and crouching and instead focused on a more interesting mechanic, blocking for instance. I guess you can jump over low attacks(?), but there's no good way to pull it off since there's no warning that an attack will happen.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I suspect a lot of the dev time for this game went into the art - time well spent, to be sure. But the gameplay just isn't that fun yet."},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:21am","epoch":1429589760,"text":"Haha by far the best fighter I made was &quot;yo momma dawg&quot;. Great take on the theme, fantastic artwork (I've never really seen a paper and pencil style pulled off as well as this!), and great work overall :)"},{"author_name":"Vytheros","author_uid":"26487","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1429641540,"text":"It doesn't really focus on the theme too much, the weapons are kinda just there, they're not really the main focus, which I'm not sure is good or bad. The number of stat combinations is ridiculous and I tried like 5 names to get the best character.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really love the art style and the gameplay is really hard to master."},{"author_name":"JerryLeeLodbrok","author_uid":"52436","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1430578140,"text":"Cool Art Style"},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1430578320,"text":"Liked the art style and thought the way you used the name to generate the player was a clever touch."},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1431381600,"text":"I like your fighter generation and some weapon ideas. It might have been easier if you'd done it multiplayer instead of vs AI - the AI doesn't cope too well, but hitting my friends with a train\/keyboard is one of my favourite pastimes. :)"}],"images":["ld32\/46438-02f316e076fe3a2f4e3391f4b46cf8f7.jpg","ld32\/46438-63b5b24633810fb873dbbda547a16b88.jpg","ld32\/46438-af6269f9f61582d5b259370e2108f506.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/pen-pals\/download-distribution\/62696\/?os=windows","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Pietdagamer\/PenPals\/archive\/master.zip","text":"Linux (you have to build from source)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Pietdagamer\/PenPals","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10859","g_author":"46438","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"10893","g_title":"Pen Pals","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"313","g_commentcount":"30","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\/46438-shot0-1429475566.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/46438-shot1-1429475566.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/46438-shot2-1429475566.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"http:\/\/gfycat.com\/EducatedBadCranefly\r\n\r\nPen pals is an action fighting game, where your name matters.\r\nEnter the name of your fighter and you'll see their random weapon. Use it to defeat your opponent in an epic fight!\r\n\r\n1,134,000,000 different fighters available!\r\n\r\nFound a good fighter? Remember their name, because the next time you enter their name they'll have the exact same stats and weapon.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n* Walking: A, D\r\n* Crouch: S\r\n* Jump: Space\r\n* Neutral Attack: Enter\r\n* Down Attack: Enter while crouching\r\n* Up Attack: Enter + W\r\n\r\nThere is controller support. However I have only tested it on an Xbox 360 Controller, so it might not work for other controllers. \r\n\r\nInstallation:\r\n  Windows:\r\n  * Run PenPals.exe\r\n  Linux:\r\n  * Install SFML: 'sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev'\r\n  * Run the 'make' command, then enter'.\/penPals'\r\n \r\nTools used:\r\n  * Code::Blocks\r\n  * Paint.NET\r\n  * Lots of paper and a few pens.","title":"Pen Pals"}