{"author_link":"\/author\/excaliburjs\/","author_name":"excaliburjs","author_uid":"38404","comments":[{"author_name":"6DownStudios","author_uid":"39552","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:45am","epoch":1418100000,"text":"An elegant style befitting elegant design.  Well done!"},{"author_name":"LexGear","author_uid":"26708","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:57am","epoch":1418104320,"text":"This game seems too good to be from a game jam! Good Job!"},{"author_name":"jrap","author_uid":"35879","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:58am","epoch":1418104380,"text":"Feels like I'm plucking a cosmic guitar."},{"author_name":"DefectiveMelon","author_uid":"44221","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:58am","epoch":1418104380,"text":"Wow, I really liked this. The graphics, sound, and game play really worked together to make a relaxing mood. Excellently done."},{"author_name":"SwiftIllusion","author_uid":"17539","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1418104500,"text":"I really love the sound of joining blocks together, and love the visual style, simple but sweet game, great entry :)."},{"author_name":"seraphki","author_uid":"47526","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:01am","epoch":1418104560,"text":"Oooh I like it! Clean and fun =D"},{"author_name":"deadpixelsociety","author_uid":"3308","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:02am","epoch":1418104620,"text":"Beautiful game, very well done. Agree with LexGear that it feels very polished for a jam game."},{"author_name":"Sublustris","author_uid":"46239","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:07am","epoch":1418104920,"text":"Great game. Nice meditative mechanics and pleasant graphics.\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"liquidmedia","author_uid":"45679","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:08am","epoch":1418104980,"text":"It's a nice game I could see this on mobile doing well."},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1418105100,"text":"Good times."},{"author_name":"Jacksendary","author_uid":"29674","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1418105100,"text":"Seems like an interesting idea for mobile, pretty fun and hard"},{"author_name":"ZXeno","author_uid":"28862","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:13am","epoch":1418105280,"text":"Great visual style. Very solid, and way more addicting than I though it was going to end up being. Very good game! I hope you keep going with it after the jam!"},{"author_name":"kierygeek","author_uid":"45726","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:32am","epoch":1418110020,"text":"I do not have enough words to describe how much I love this."},{"author_name":"cxsquared","author_uid":"23711","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:05am","epoch":1418187600,"text":"Super well done game. The audio is so perfect with the music and sound effects really adding to the game. This makes a super solid mobile game and I think it could do really well in the mobile market. Awesome work."},{"author_name":"Leaghorn","author_uid":"45380","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:06am","epoch":1418187660,"text":"Cool game. Mobile version would be nice."},{"author_name":"OhFiddleDiddle","author_uid":"28661","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:13am","epoch":1418188080,"text":"Beautiful game, very pretty with nice audio and very clean and tidy gameplay.\r<br\/>Get this on to the App Store asap. ;)"},{"author_name":"Javabot","author_uid":"43281","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:16am","epoch":1418188260,"text":"This is a gorgeous game that SHOULD BE made into an app at once!"},{"author_name":"Team Flashlight","author_uid":"47542","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:17am","epoch":1418188320,"text":"Although not a fresh idea, the game has a splendid art style and the music just fit so well, good job! Looking forward to see developed mechanisms (special blocks, etc) so that the game won't be a bit boring after long time of play."},{"author_name":"WhoaConstrictor","author_uid":"31841","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:20am","epoch":1418188500,"text":"Where'd the last half hour go?! I ended up with 5524 points. Very addictive and fun!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This game is dripping with polish and is very well executed. I remember seeing a WIP post on the front page and was really excited to play it- glad it popped up in my queue. I really like the sweeps mechanic."},{"author_name":"WatercressStudios","author_uid":"45841","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:19am","epoch":1418192040,"text":"I liked the guitar strumming sounds. A charming entry."},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:21am","epoch":1418192160,"text":"Slick and smooth gameplay. Could easily see this on mobile."},{"author_name":"thopis","author_uid":"46642","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:26am","epoch":1418192460,"text":"I'll be returning for some plays!Really cool and addictive!Bravo!"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1418257740,"text":"This is really cool.  Love the presentation.  The guitar plucking sounds when you drag over the tiles are awesome, they make swiping them more fun than it has any right to be.  Would make for quite a good mobile game I think."},{"author_name":"Newt_","author_uid":"34427","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1418257740,"text":"Very sleek and fun! Could see myself playing this for hours on mobile!"},{"author_name":"Milktoast","author_uid":"3609","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:35am","epoch":1418257800,"text":"This would be a perfect mobile game!  I seemed to always get the middle taken care of, but left the sides to tower skyward with no hope of tearing them down.  The guitar strumming sound was inspired.  Addicting gameplay.  Well done!"},{"author_name":"Croze","author_uid":"24715","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:00am","epoch":1418266500,"text":"I am super impressed, this is such a fun sit back and play type of game, it feels really polished and satisfying and I really can't find a single thing I dislike about it. 5 stars all around, I may have to keep this in my downloads folder!"},{"author_name":"Gread72","author_uid":"45863","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:00am","epoch":1418266500,"text":"Yeah This is well done... love the guitar sounds ... very cool"},{"author_name":"celanova","author_uid":"45282","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:27am","epoch":1418268120,"text":"Elegant and quite addicting. Nice job."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:33am","epoch":1418268480,"text":"The audio and graphic design elegantly plays with the fantasticly simple ruleset!"},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:37am","epoch":1418268720,"text":"This was a wonderful find. A mix of tetris\/bejeweled with the perfect soothing music. And it's a perfect mobile game as well. I hope you guys publish this before someone else does! Great job"},{"author_name":"dkellycollins","author_uid":"43573","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:47am","epoch":1418269320,"text":"Simple and a lot of fun to play. Great game."},{"author_name":"Samm","author_uid":"44022","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:52am","epoch":1418273220,"text":"Wow, this is great! Are you sure you made it in only a couple days?"},{"author_name":"Pat Kemp","author_uid":"4349","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:53am","epoch":1418273280,"text":"Great audio and mood. Clever mechanic with the &quot;Sweep&quot; buttons. Very polished, although I had trouble starting a standard match a couple times (got stuck in the help). Ended up having to start a challenge mode and click the &quot;try standard&quot; button when I died. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Justin Mullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:21am","epoch":1418274960,"text":"Nothing new on the gameplay side, but this is incredibly polished and nice.  Well done! Am I hearing rubber bands?"},{"author_name":"eonarheim","author_uid":"34116","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:23am","epoch":1418275080,"text":"@JustinMullin Actually we recorded all of the sound effects and music off of an acoustic guitar believe it or not :)"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1418304720,"text":"Great! Just had a &quot;sweep all&quot;, sadly I'll have to stop for now, but I'll definitely come back :)"},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1418322180,"text":"Highly polished and relaxing puzzle game.  Highlighting same-color blocks once you have one selected is a brilliant feature.  The difficulty could ramp up a bit faster in Standard Mode, though Challenge certainly does provide a good challenge.  Great work!"},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:48am","epoch":1418348580,"text":"Very nice and fun"},{"author_name":"Kitch","author_uid":"7470","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 5:49am","epoch":1418363040,"text":"Really nice audio work there!  I played this a lot longer than I should have because of that.  Really good work.  Thanks!"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1418403180,"text":"Really solid entry! Nice graphics, totally working puzzle mechanism, beautiful music! Well done, I've really enjoyed playing this game, especially the challenge mode :-)"},{"author_name":"rd127p77","author_uid":"39898","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1418435100,"text":"Cool Game, Love the simplicity"},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 2:35am","epoch":1418437800,"text":"Very polished, challenging and well-designed puzzler game. The graphic design is wonderfully clean and well thought out, and conveys all the information the player could need. The music is very nice, but gets a little tiring after a while. Great job overall everyone, keep it up! :)"},{"author_name":"Thalia","author_uid":"47405","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 3:09am","epoch":1418439840,"text":"Guitar sounds here very cool! But this gameplay is ordinary. What for innovation do you offer? It's usual 3-match.( Very good done of course, but ordinary."},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:52am","epoch":1418453220,"text":"Really nice project with a cool graphics. Well done ++"},{"author_name":"redoxkun","author_uid":"40073","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1418472660,"text":"Simple, fun and addictive. Very nice game! And love the sound!"},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1418503980,"text":"Simple, clean and well polished. Great job!"},{"author_name":"H-Bomb","author_uid":"11347","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:02am","epoch":1418518620,"text":"Wanted to try your game but I'm color blind and I can't see any difference between those two colors : http:\/\/imgur.com\/KE8MOcn\r<br\/>Seems cool though :'("},{"author_name":"Kuality Games","author_uid":"46151","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1418564340,"text":"Really addictive game, well done! Loved the minimalistic art style too."},{"author_name":"asobitech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1418760000,"text":"Excellent puzzle game, crying out for a mobile version."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1418767860,"text":"Good solid game, could definitely see this as a mobile game. Do it! :) Good job"},{"author_name":"Paisley Games","author_uid":"44928","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 2:23am","epoch":1418869080,"text":"Like the sound response. Feels nice."},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1418904900,"text":"Reminds me a bit the trending &quot;Two Dots&quot; mobile game, but with a quite different game mechanism.\r<br\/>Graphics and Audio is very polished, congrats."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1418946060,"text":"Pretty fun twist on the match tiles puzzle genre and great take on the theme. I actually found standard mode to be more harder than challenge."},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 4:45am","epoch":1418964000,"text":"I loved this!"},{"author_name":"ilokimo","author_uid":"31361","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 4:56am","epoch":1419137460,"text":"Really love the game design mastery, simple but well though, especially with the challenge mode."},{"author_name":"SIMON_SIMON","author_uid":"37390","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1419174420,"text":"Fine, elegant, clever, relaxing yet challenging, classic yet innovative : Well done !"},{"author_name":"gillenew","author_uid":"40452","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 8:58am","epoch":1419238380,"text":"very nice, much like this puzzle style, the graphic was pretty nice, and the game is not complicated to understand :)"},{"author_name":"fierysquirrel","author_uid":"5379","time":"Dec 23, 2014 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1419343680,"text":"Very well done! nice graphics and sounds, simple but engaging mechanics, great!"},{"author_name":"PapyPilgrim","author_uid":"7971","time":"Dec 23, 2014 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1419358740,"text":"Really cool concept (Especially the swipe mechanic which add a lot to the genre).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think the block repartition could use some work : right know I think it is totally random, and some playthourgh are just doomed from the start"},{"author_name":"eskivor","author_uid":"25329","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 1:28am","epoch":1419384180,"text":"Great music !"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 2:48am","epoch":1419388980,"text":"Very nice. The diagonal matching really adds to the mechanic, and the style is very clean."},{"author_name":"Johnro","author_uid":"44070","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 6:33am","epoch":1419402480,"text":"Across the board fun! Once I got into it, I got into this great groove."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 6:34am","epoch":1419402540,"text":"nice polished game. Simple but fun.\r<br\/>The difficulty could increase in one way or another...\r<br\/>(my score: 1566)"},{"author_name":"puppetmaster","author_uid":"39425","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1419422400,"text":"Cool an polished game, guitar sound give a special mood.\r<br\/>Fast repeating background music disturb the feel.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well made!"},{"author_name":"Steven Colling","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1419429420,"text":"Great amount of polish. Simple concept but fun. Make an app out of it :)"},{"author_name":"gana0","author_uid":"45669","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1419430860,"text":"An excellent puzzle game. I really liked standard mode. Challenge mode seemed a little too hectic for me though, but that idea was good as well. The music was nice and calming, but I got bored of it after playing for so long. The guitar sound effects were a cool touch and fit well with the background music. It would have been a good touch in my opinion to add something like &quot;nice!&quot; or &quot;great!&quot; if you made a really good combo and got rid of a lot of blocks like a lot of puzzle games do. It would keep interest levels up. Overall, an interesting concept and great execution!"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1419454680,"text":"Pretty cool and well done!  Simple concept, nice execution for a game jam."},{"author_name":"Grindstorm","author_uid":"44088","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1419463680,"text":"Love the guitar sounds :) nice game"},{"author_name":"Poupi","author_uid":"30975","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 2:07am","epoch":1419472920,"text":"Very nice ;)"},{"author_name":"ETHproductions","author_uid":"44122","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 3:00am","epoch":1419476100,"text":"Very clean for a 3-day game! The mechanics are very smart and well-made, and the graphic style is awesome."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 8:38am","epoch":1419496380,"text":"Very cool game! Feels really good to break the tiles and the guitar plucking is really satisfying! Great job!"},{"author_name":"Kaijuu","author_uid":"46066","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 10:45am","epoch":1419504000,"text":"This game is so wonderful in all ways!\r<br\/>Really 10\/10\r<br\/>Sorry 5\/5 :D"},{"author_name":"dylanwolf","author_uid":"20078","time":"Dec 26, 2014 @ 6:03am","epoch":1419573480,"text":"Nice puzzle game, and Standard Mode is a take on match-3 I haven't seen before. Having two modes makes it interesting too."},{"author_name":"LMT","author_uid":"25578","time":"Dec 26, 2014 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1419609540,"text":"Nice simple polished game. I really like the fluidity of the mechanic."},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 26, 2014 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1419627000,"text":"Wow, that was really awesome. It's such a simple idea too but so well executed! Love that it was hard to keep the stacks from growing too big even when you have all the time in the world to think about your moves. Very good puzzle game :D"},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 10:33am","epoch":1419676080,"text":"Cool game, love the art style and music. I like how the connecting sound is musical and makes a little melody :D"},{"author_name":"FistBumpGames","author_uid":"30260","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1419684360,"text":"Very well done game"},{"author_name":"jsspiegel","author_uid":"11418","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1419698040,"text":"Fantastic game. Manages to be both chill and relaxed and challenging and stressful at the same time. Extremely polished for 48 hours, all around amazing."},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1419779640,"text":"Very polished, seems like it could be a great mobile game. Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"andreaswitzen","author_uid":"34124","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 5:46am","epoch":1419831660,"text":"This could probably be a successful mobile title. The gameplay is simple but addictive, graphics are nice and the guitar gives it a unique touch. Definitley one of the better entries of the &gt;90 I've played."},{"author_name":"Bonobo Games &amp; Mechanic Moon","author_uid":"41550","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 6:04am","epoch":1419832740,"text":"Very good game. As they should be: simple and entertaining. I never get tired of playing. To take one but the music becomes monotonous."},{"author_name":"Dunric","author_uid":"12286","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 11:43am","epoch":1419853080,"text":"Fantastic!"},{"author_name":"Peni6","author_uid":"29354","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1419862260,"text":"Great fun and a lovely playing game.  Nice job!"},{"author_name":"okkolobr","author_uid":"26489","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1419888960,"text":"Impressive for a Jam. Nice concept and realisation. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done !"}],"images":["ld31\/38404-9632f8986c8973e5fd58115b566e45c4.jpg","ld31\/38404-2d38ee82f0fde0ce5a8b2f76616933fb.jpg","ld31\/38404-f36b633bea46f4c0e067239c0a581d16.jpg","ld31\/38404-fd13b9f3743b25af29120bcffffaac1f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/excaliburjs.com\/ludum-31\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/excaliburjs\/ludum-31","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13547","g_author":"38404","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13577","g_title":"Sweep Stacks","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"76","g_commentcount":"84","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\/\/407933\/38404-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38404-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38404-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38404-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Prevent the tiles from reaching the top! Play standard mode for a turn-based experience, or try challenge mode for a faster difficulty.\r\n\r\nWorks best in Chrome, Firefox, IE11, Safari for iOS, and Chrome for Android 4.x.","title":"Sweep Stacks"}