{"author_link":"\/author\/frenchie\/","author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","comments":[{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:49am","epoch":1418010240,"text":"Great job. Thanks for the checkpoints. Awesome visuals! :)"},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:47am","epoch":1418175720,"text":"Getting a 404 on your Windows link :("},{"author_name":"DefectiveMelon","author_uid":"44221","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:47am","epoch":1418175720,"text":"I get a 404 on the download page"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:49am","epoch":1418197440,"text":"@Noah Ratcliff, @DefectiveMelon\r<br\/>Doh! I was busy trying to get HTML5 compiling to work and moved the project out of DropBox because it filled up. I've moved the Windows project back in."},{"author_name":"ynots","author_uid":"45674","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:29am","epoch":1418279040,"text":"GOT 404 ERROR..:("},{"author_name":"Team Flashlight","author_uid":"47542","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:47am","epoch":1418280120,"text":"The character is sooo cute, and the graphics is also great.(Unreal is awesome!) It can be better if there is something that can indicate the progress for the player."},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:55am","epoch":1418280600,"text":"@ynots: ='( the links are working for me\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Team Flashlight: Thanks! Yes, Unreal's graphics are great after working in Unity for so long! I never considered adding a progress indicator, but that could be a good idea."},{"author_name":"DrGeraud","author_uid":"18891","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:42am","epoch":1418294220,"text":"The game is a bit too hard for me, but cool anyway !"},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:56am","epoch":1418295060,"text":"I don't see how this game fits the theme, frankly.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unreal's graphics are great and you did a good use of them, but they make the character's lack of animation and weird collision box be even more noticeable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>anyway, good job for a compo entry!"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:56am","epoch":1418295060,"text":"@DrGeraud: I enjoy hard games but I might have gone a little overboard in my crazed, lack of sleep, state =P"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:57am","epoch":1418295120,"text":"@Rodaja: did you manage to get to the end? That's where the theme gets tied in. And yeah, I have a long ways to learn with UE4. Thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"victorafael","author_uid":"46310","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 11:38am","epoch":1418297580,"text":"Very nice graphics... I'd like to keep playing but I need to go back to work... and got really stuck on the moving blocks part (The ones who push you away from the platform)... I really wanted to go a higher place but I have to accept my fate! :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Congratzz for the game!"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1418299860,"text":"played for 2 hours and couldn't get to the end. When you get ON the platforms that are moving back and forth from the wall, if you jump from the before last one, you get thrown away or in the wall and have to restart. could get through this part but the graphics are awesome"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1418301420,"text":"Would've liked the controls to be a little more responsive. Maybe it's just a lack of air control?"},{"author_name":"DefectiveMelon","author_uid":"44221","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1418332920,"text":"Hello again :) This was fun to play, but after a bunch of tries on one part I had to give up. But trying to make it was addictive and just the right kind of tough where I felt like it was possible and it was my own terrible play that held me back"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 4:58am","epoch":1418359980,"text":"@victorafael: you have to jump! I didn't have enough time to get UE4's phyisics working right so that they'd push you =(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Marcellus: woah! Two hours?! I'm glad you enjoyed it, except for the whole, way too hard part.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@BarrensZeppelin: I agree the controls could have been better. If I were to make another platformer I would make you stop mid-air when not pushing a direction. That would have made things easier\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@DefectiveMelon: I'm glad you tried a few times instead of giving up right away!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>---------------\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It seems like I've made this game too difficult. Since the game is beatable I can't patch it per LD rules. However, I did add a video playthrough to give some ideas on how to win."},{"author_name":"snickersnacks","author_uid":"36844","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 5:53am","epoch":1418363280,"text":"Wow, really choppy in-browser. Nice graphics though :) very seasonal and festive"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 5:59am","epoch":1418363640,"text":"@snickersnack: play the windows version! HTML5 is an experimental feature of Unreal Engine!"},{"author_name":"otaviogood","author_uid":"12630","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1418363700,"text":"nice hat. web version worked for me."},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:01am","epoch":1418363760,"text":"@otaviogood: Good to hear! Using Chrome?"},{"author_name":"esaygin","author_uid":"47635","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:26am","epoch":1418368860,"text":"Cool and pretty game. Good for me to play in school^^"},{"author_name":"GrabenGroup","author_uid":"46957","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 9:46am","epoch":1418377260,"text":"cool game!"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1418378340,"text":"You should have removed debug information file pdb, it takes really a lot of space. The game itself looks beautiful, but character controls are quite bad. Maybe it also caused by the fact that I have ~15 fps, but it was really difficult."},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 10:14am","epoch":1418378940,"text":"@dvdking: wow, thanks! I didn't notice that so far down in the folder. Yeah this definitely wouldn't be playable at ~15 fps. Can I ask what GPU\/CPU you have? I only got to test this on a beefy computer"},{"author_name":"maxyan","author_uid":"38994","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 11:05am","epoch":1418382000,"text":"Great work!"},{"author_name":"Leaghorn","author_uid":"45380","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 11:46am","epoch":1418384460,"text":"Looks good. Player should rotate only when velocity changes not when in mid air and just want to slow down. Then he should keep facing the way he's going. Looks weird"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1418386560,"text":"Frenchie,I have CPU i5-3350P and GPU GeForce GT 630 \r<br\/>It is below average configuration I think."},{"author_name":"JJEvil","author_uid":"46521","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1418406360,"text":"Nice looking game."},{"author_name":"thiaguera","author_uid":"31735","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1418820780,"text":"Damn! This game is hard. Good work. You just missed the theme."},{"author_name":"maxmetallica","author_uid":"47374","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1419891060,"text":"really nice graphics dude nice game also"}],"images":["ld31\/43979-d1c7872176a8a26a8543f31b8c1fdf70.jpg","ld31\/43979-3242f0e137cc5d1ca0732723ec9ded5f.jpg","ld31\/43979-1ddc6e4e458bdd8b0954de00376c9d20.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/36uyguwhz05nk5p\/AACge-QIsh99VNHvkjbmvlo6a?dl=0","text":"Windows 64-bit (recommended, must download entire folder)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/vgomtlerqbdmr1a\/AABgi3ZiifJ3OTl9-IIK0iC3a?dl=0","text":"Windows 32-bit (must download entire folder)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/23137627\/enjoy%20the%20view!\/Enjoy%20the%20View!%20HTML5\/LD31-HTML5-Shipping.html","text":"Web (experimental, barely works, use 64-bit Chrome or it will crash)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqnMx27ab6Y","text":"Video Playthrough (in case you're stuck)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Frenchie14\/EnjoyTheView","text":"Source (GitHub)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14377","g_author":"43979","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14407","g_title":"Enjoy The View!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"500","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\/\/407933\/43979-shot0-1418289215.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/43979-shot1-1418288937.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/43979-shot2-1418288899.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My first real Unreal Engine 4 project and my first Ludum Dare entry! Scale the mountain in a challenging, yet beautiful platformer in an attempt to get the entire view on one screen!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nA \/ Q \/ Left arrow - move left\r\nD \/ Right arrow - move right\r\nW \/ Z \/ Up arrow \/ Space - jump\r\n\r\nTimelapse (36 hours recorded, 3 min video):\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_On3F51t-h8\r\n\r\nDeveloper's best score:\r\n133 seconds, 0 falls. Can you beat it?!\r\n\r\nBREAKING NEWS!\r\nHTML5 version now available! For all non-Windows users, you can now play \"Enjoy the View!\" online! PLEASE NOTE: I don't recommend the web version. It has no dynamic lighting, the physics are glitchy, the framerate is lower, and the game is prone to crashing. If you run into any of these issues, please do not count them against my score; HTML5 is an \"experimental\" build target from Unreal Engine. I've had the best luck playing it in Chrome 64-bit. Firefox 32-bit and Firefox nightly both crash. Also note that the game requires ~1.5 GB in web mode (versus 200-400 MB in desktop mode).","title":"Enjoy The View!"}