{"author_link":"\/author\/jpmit\/","author_name":"jpmit","author_uid":"38953","comments":[{"author_name":"lisac","author_uid":"43891","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1418051100,"text":"Fun and quite difficult to keep going, very good interpretation of the theme. :)"},{"author_name":"anokta","author_uid":"13553","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1418051280,"text":"definitely one of the coolest games here! loved the minimalistic art style, fits fairly well to the audio. nicely done! :)"},{"author_name":"bnmkt","author_uid":"43326","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1418053020,"text":"Fun and a bit difficult ^^ Good job :3"},{"author_name":"Andrea","author_uid":"44353","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1418053260,"text":"Nice simple game (but not as easy at you'd think!), I liked the different views, and I HATED the level 5 :D"},{"author_name":"jfreax","author_uid":"45949","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1418053500,"text":"Nice idea. Fits perfectly the theme. \r\rIt's quite difficult, but not too hard. Well done."},{"author_name":"stray","author_uid":"47087","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1418054340,"text":"Very good concept. Nice job dude"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1418061240,"text":"nice, very challenging as the game goes on"},{"author_name":"Webravenz","author_uid":"15961","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1418068920,"text":"Very nice with a little touch of humor and difficulty :)"},{"author_name":"sirikan","author_uid":"33950","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:59am","epoch":1418108040,"text":"Great game :). Very addictive."},{"author_name":"alecmilne","author_uid":"44610","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:45am","epoch":1418125200,"text":"Interesting game. Very nicely challenging as it goes on."},{"author_name":"cleitoneldorn","author_uid":"33927","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1418142720,"text":"So cool! Very challenging, and a nice concept!"},{"author_name":"memilian","author_uid":"44945","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1418150400,"text":"Great job ! Nice use of the theme."},{"author_name":"jmborden","author_uid":"42811","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1418154420,"text":"Minimal game elements, maximum fun! The audio and music for this game is great. Good job!"},{"author_name":"MrSun","author_uid":"46387","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1418165160,"text":"Wow, great concept! All of the parts (graphics, music, gameplay) work really well together."},{"author_name":"NeithR","author_uid":"35366","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1418165820,"text":"Great concept! ;)"},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:04am","epoch":1418209140,"text":"Very very cool concept :)"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1418221920,"text":"nailed it : http:\/\/prntscr.com\/5f99wb\r\rdamn that was not easy. very good entry."},{"author_name":"6DownStudios","author_uid":"39552","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1418271960,"text":"Clever interpretation, and fun to boot! Tough but not too tough, well done!"},{"author_name":"PlonkyDonkey","author_uid":"26938","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1418302140,"text":"Brilliant, great job :D"},{"author_name":"apiotrw","author_uid":"30650","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1418302260,"text":"Very nice minimalistic game"},{"author_name":"Hempuli","author_uid":"491","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1418303160,"text":"A very interesting concept! The jumps required some very accurate precision from the beginning which made it a bit hard to get into, but the concept works nicely. The narration also adds a lot to the atmosphere and gives a sense of progression"},{"author_name":"Yazara","author_uid":"45115","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1418336940,"text":"nice game, it's difficult but not unfair :)\ralso creative interpretation of the theme ^^"},{"author_name":"voidstar69","author_uid":"18183","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1418336940,"text":"Difficult game, but quite addictive, with that special just-one-more-time quality. Great chiptune music and sfx.\r\rI had no problem reading the text, but when my partner (a non-gamer) played, she thought that the text disappeared too quickly. Perhaps the text should show again after death, for players who miss the text the first time around?\r\rGreat game! :-)"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1418337420,"text":""I could've made this game a lot harder you know"\r\rLOL.\r\rI was like.. laughing out loud, I'm on skype to my artist at the same time and I was just like "I don't understand why I'm having so much fun with this". Extremely funny, very good concept.\r\rThe music as well was really on point, my artist was laughing at me because I was bobbing my head and properly getting into it, rofl.\r\rI love little games like this that are really simple and I just get into, that are a proper level of difficulty. It really brought back memories of my first Ludum Dare where I just played a bunch of everything rather than the ones that get on indiegames.com. These types of games are what Ludum Dare is about for me.\r\rI especially like that when the blocks are invisible, and you have to use the bottom one, and it's just a massive "fuck you", rofl."},{"author_name":"jpmit","author_uid":"38953","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1418340180,"text":"Thanks for the kind words Alex, I enjoyed reading your comment."},{"author_name":"S0rax","author_uid":"15933","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 10:31am","epoch":1418466360,"text":"The 3 screen in one screen is a very good idea, the game is little hard, but it's not really a problem, nice job !"},{"author_name":"BooleanByte","author_uid":"36132","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1418925000,"text":""This is realy hard" i found my self saying multipel times at L9, and its a bit funn also, interesting idea, got confused a lot about the not able to sverything thing, so i found myself looking at the top and then "oh no, not this again" because it happened all the time i forgot that.\rNice game"},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1418925900,"text":"I had 85 deaths, but I finished it!\rnice die and retry game. Good music, and a surprisingly good mood for a square game..."},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1419187320,"text":"Interesting gameplay mechanics! I managed to beat the game with 36 deaths. After the first few levels I wasn't sure if the game would get more challenging, but it definitely did. The last few levels are where I got most of my deaths at. The music is nice and fits the game well."},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 3:00am","epoch":1419216900,"text":"The simplicity of the graphics worked really well. Strangely addictive. I died a lot. Great entry."},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1419404400,"text":"ahh, pretty hard for me, but was able to beat it. I died 61 times. It was interesting shift focus from each zoom level. This might have happened but maybe a level where you shift your attention down and then back up? I think the best point were when you can sort of get into a rhythm with the jumping and knowing when things would appear."},{"author_name":"panda","author_uid":"16086","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 5:10am","epoch":1419483900,"text":"Simple concept but difficult game - well done! I like the music, too."},{"author_name":"pht59x","author_uid":"36239","time":"Dec 25, 2014 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1419521160,"text":"Minimalist, clever and musical!"},{"author_name":"davient","author_uid":"40961","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1419853320,"text":"Love it! Simple and entertaining, I had to keep on playing. Loved the gradual introduction, and the graduated difficulty. 76 deaths, 34 of them on level 14! Good job :)\rThough my wife now hates that death noise :p"},{"author_name":"SimianLogic","author_uid":"15570","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1419882120,"text":"Very difficult, couldn't get past L8. Good use of the theme."},{"author_name":"calavera","author_uid":"45053","time":"Dec 30, 2014 @ 12:00am","epoch":1419897300,"text":"Really dig the music. Suprisingly fun gameplay for such a simple idea."}],"images":["ld31\/38953-958d5c778b3d749c305e9eddc867974e.jpg","ld31\/38953-bd50019599a254fce18b346361938094.jpg","ld31\/38953-bf7492eb34007c63c9a9033423d212b0.jpg","ld31\/38953-92d0a26585fbe028bf1839848386c6e2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamedevhost.nfshost.com\/ld31\/game.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.github.com\/jpmit","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14753","g_author":"38953","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14783","g_title":"3Scale","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"153","g_commentcount":"36","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\/38953-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38953-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38953-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/38953-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"3Scale is an action platform game. Jump around to some cheery chiptune. Click to play in browser!\r\n\r\nThe basic idea is that the game happens on one screen, but there are 3 different views of this screen. Different views show different levels of detail.\r\n\r\nThere are 14 levels in total.\r\n\r\n3Scale was created using HaxeFlixel. The web link is the flash build. Music was created using http:\/\/beepbox.co and sound effects with sfxr.\r\n","title":"3Scale"}