{"author_link":"\/author\/yazara\/","author_name":"Yazara","author_uid":"45115","comments":[{"author_name":"Tijn","author_uid":"49432","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1429550400,"text":"Oooooo this is beautiful! 5\/5 for graphics!"},{"author_name":"ianburnette","author_uid":"44075","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1429550580,"text":"I love the way the owl looks! Those eyes! Very clever concept. Haven't really seen anything like this before."},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1429624200,"text":"Very nice idea, the controls just don't feel dynamic\/responsive enough, and moving the skeleton by repeatedly lifting\/dropping it takes a bit too long\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay is very original and the graphics are nice though"},{"author_name":"terpin","author_uid":"51787","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1429647420,"text":"Your graphics are positively adorable! I am having a bit of an issue with the controls though. You should definitely keep working on this though, it has potential to be an awesome little game!"},{"author_name":"gillyadrien","author_uid":"52777","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1429648320,"text":"Very nice entry, even though I got lost a few times. The graphics are really engaging.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work!"},{"author_name":"Shimmergloom","author_uid":"51106","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:00am","epoch":1429696500,"text":"Really nice artstyle. The flag command concept is cool, but it felt too clunky to be very useful though. :("},{"author_name":"CarlsonAndPeeters","author_uid":"28902","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1429762920,"text":"Controls are a bit too sluggish, but the concept is great! I could see this being a larger game with different unlockable abilities. Great stuff!"},{"author_name":"BIZM","author_uid":"50449","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1429817880,"text":"Very cool concept and interesting art style! The bat is really cute :)"},{"author_name":"tughan","author_uid":"51083","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1429820100,"text":"I agree with the comments on controls. Good concept, nice idea."},{"author_name":"Yazara","author_uid":"45115","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1430086380,"text":"Thank you for the feedback, I have some ideas on how to improve the controls, when I have time I will fix them :)"},{"author_name":"bossmojoman","author_uid":"41214","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1430086680,"text":"Nice job, the controls are my only complaint, it was a little hard to figure out what to do at first"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 5:29am","epoch":1430198640,"text":"Nice graphics and neat idea.  I had a companion weapon idea too, but with an overhead view instead of a side view.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Having a control reference on the Ludum Dare entry page might be useful since I promptly forgot the controls once I started playing and had to figure them out by experimentation.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately especially without checkpoints, the game was hard for me since the owl powers seem very slow to trigger, and movement is also slow.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If this is a compo entry, shouldn't there be a source link?  (perhaps a dropbox zip)"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 5:30am","epoch":1430198700,"text":"Also I agree with the other comment(s) that if you tighten up the controls and polish this, it could be a neat full game!  Maybe start with only one or two powers, and get more as the game goes on."},{"author_name":"Yazara","author_uid":"45115","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1430229900,"text":"Thank you for the constructive feedback, I added the source and the controls in the description."},{"author_name":"SeriouslyCrunchy","author_uid":"40340","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1430312100,"text":"Wow this definitely fits the theme perfectly. The controls take a bit of getting used to and seem quite slow and clunky but what a great idea."},{"author_name":"peterfsat","author_uid":"21955","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1430313000,"text":"I liked the concept for the mechanics... It was just a little difficult to play with the owl though :p"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1430314440,"text":"I like the idea a lot but the controls are far too sluggish to use."},{"author_name":"Javabot","author_uid":"43281","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1430318880,"text":"SO DIFFUCULT!  Would love with different controls, as you have been told countless times."},{"author_name":"alyphen","author_uid":"14242","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1430584140,"text":"The controls seem a little counter intuitive, but it's very pretty to look at. The mechanics seems smart, but I couldn't really get my head around it."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1431276900,"text":"This is a great concept, i love the idea of the remote controled robot thingy that makes the player do things, very good job on the theme!"}],"images":["ld32\/45115-559c0a76f972302b5653abcbe4c954cb.jpg","ld32\/45115-10a568d3fe0c91b584f17225d23511e3.jpg","ld32\/45115-7ece87f6a4096752df9d91f17643a519.jpg","ld32\/45115-4c7686b090b60986145bfbb1838efd1c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/w7games.bplaced.net\/files\/timo\/post3\/post3.html","text":"Unity Web Player (Post Compo)"},{"url":"http:\/\/w7games.bplaced.net\/files\/timo\/build4\/build4.html","text":"Unity Web Player"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9w3bk4wz48wz89l\/PsiOwl.zip?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10914","g_author":"45115","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"10948","g_title":"The Earl's Owl","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"368","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\/45115-shot0-1430318094.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/45115-shot1-1430318011.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/45115-shot2-1430307972.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/45115-shot3-1430318094.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In my second Ludum Dare Game, you play as a mighty knight with his trusty companion.\r\nActually it has proven as so useful, that the knight decided to stop bearing arms and just let his Psy-Owl do all the dirty work.\r\n\r\nGuide the knight through the tower and try to collect all seven blue lights!\r\n(I didn't get to make a score counter, but will probably add it post-mortem)\r\nHave fun!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft Joystick or A\/D: move the knight\r\nOwl Controls:\r\nA-Button or right: attack enemy in range\r\nB-Button or left: destroy psi-block in range\r\nX-Button or down: return to the knight \/ collect blue bonus\r\nY-Button or up: lift the knight up\r\n\r\nPrograms: Unity 5, Photoshop, Spriter\r\n\r\nThe epic artwork on the 4th screenshot is made by my friend Fabi, check out his project here: \r\nhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&uid=52774","title":"The Earl's Owl"}