{"author_link":"\/author\/digital_sorceress\/","author_name":"sorceress","author_uid":"5745","comments":[{"author_name":"Norgg","author_uid":"5283","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:32am","epoch":1408966020,"text":"Awesome game. I loved the bit where Benn has to fight pekuja on the rooftop, duelling with source code, while zaratustra dangles precariously from the gutter. The audio could use some work though."},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1408969620,"text":"This one's not downloading properly for me. I get a zip file with the folder &quot;sorceress - LD30 - Benn's adventure&quot; inside it, but that folder appears to be empty. Could you repackage\/reupload it, please? \r<br\/>\r<br\/>...And may we have some source code? :)"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:48am","epoch":1409049780,"text":"I gave ratking some chocolate, awesome"},{"author_name":"Dohan","author_uid":"14678","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1409061240,"text":"Given the ammount of backtracking, I think the character is very slow, but the music was really enjoyable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I was unable to find your fifth star :("},{"author_name":"Boodog","author_uid":"27333","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1409070480,"text":"Awesome! Love the graphics :)"},{"author_name":"OinkIguana","author_uid":"38828","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1409073240,"text":"Great game. The story is interesting and the messages that come up are entertaining. Interesting gameplay too.\r<br\/>Got kind of tiring after a while with so much wandering and such slow acceleration and underwater movement. \r<br\/>Music got repetitive after a while too, but its pretty good. Sound effects work well. Graphics look great, other than the few animations that aren't there. \r<br\/>I couldn't find the end though... I feel like I was missing some people but I couldn't take the walking around anymore."},{"author_name":"zapaman","author_uid":"7159","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1409148720,"text":"Ha, I swam in the water with no breathing aparaturs! Also, how do I get passed the two guys on the cartdrige level (brunette and the bald guy)?"},{"author_name":"LemmingSurvivor","author_uid":"24803","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1409149800,"text":"That was waay too meta.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The diving goggles do nothing; seems like you can swim around as much as you want without 'em. And noone wants my whip, which makes me sad.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway. Game was pretty good. Having another not-stargate so that the worlds go full circle would have been nice for the backtracking thing. But there's wasn't a whole lot of it anyway."},{"author_name":"xRubbermaid","author_uid":"38720","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1409151720,"text":"Loved it (although I will admit to pressing mute after about 20 minutes)! Does the game end after you rescue the cat? I wandered everywhere and couldn't find anyone else."},{"author_name":"eruiz00","author_uid":"41150","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1409153040,"text":"How many graphics worrk. It's incredible to see how long 48 hours can be!!!"},{"author_name":"prophile","author_uid":"7892","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1409331180,"text":"I love the idea. Pity it doesn't work under wine. :("},{"author_name":"KingBolonzo","author_uid":"39832","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1409429340,"text":"haha this is great good retro art style"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1409429640,"text":"Really nice, although some 48h limits are visible.\r<br\/>Damn fetch quests, I played longer than I should have. Unfortunately there's nowhere to go once you have the cat and you can't reach the start area again.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well made game!"},{"author_name":"dancingmad","author_uid":"39644","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1409431260,"text":"Fun game :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I couldn't find the 5th star and got stuck so i didn't finished the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Just one question : how did you render the surface of the water, is it just sprite animation or a complicated shader fx ?"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1409481840,"text":"Ha, this is great! Love the music and the dev-cameo :D"},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1409497200,"text":"There are a few spots where the ceiling gets in the way of jumping, which was rather frustrating, but I liked it overall. I appreciated the LD community member jokes."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1409511600,"text":"Yay, I made all the people disappear. My favorite part is that in the screenshot, you've lost a heart. HOW?"},{"author_name":"sorceress","author_uid":"5745","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1409514120,"text":"ZeppelinCaptain: Falling from height. It was too cruel, so I removed it."},{"author_name":"KrisDevelopment","author_uid":"39050","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 2:51am","epoch":1409798760,"text":"The theme is hard to catch, but I am surprised for what you have done for 48 hours :)"},{"author_name":"Konrad Zegis","author_uid":"32927","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1409948520,"text":"Yay, Stargate! Like idea, and graphics, and animations!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like some quests. Like giving frog to scare woman who asks for password, but I have feeling that I didn't get all jokes :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As somebody mentioned before - diving googles do nothing, and music was too short. That loop got me tired after 10 or 15 minutes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also that 'diving' effect at top of the ladders was quite frustrating at first."},{"author_name":"DarkCart","author_uid":"41601","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1409953260,"text":"Good job. Reminds me of early Legend of Zelda games sort of."},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 1:25am","epoch":1409966400,"text":"The graphics floored me, and it's well polished except for ladder physics.  I thought it was a bit too slow, and I'm not sure what &quot;life&quot; is for.  And you can't give sysadmins beer!"},{"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"14366","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 4:00am","epoch":1409975700,"text":"excellent entry! i have no idea how you cot sooo much done for one person and so many levels! :D that's so great. I love the ppl and what they wanted. I was saddened by the slowness of the trecking through the water. I don't mind going back through places as long as it's fun. So the char was a bit slow, but i looooved your graphics and sound mix. :-)"},{"author_name":"NeiloGD","author_uid":"1154","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1409976180,"text":"\\o\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Took so damned long, but got Kitty McWhiskerface back! Would have been better if there was a 'fast travel' option to go back to known interdimensional gates, but got there in the end :)"},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 7:28am","epoch":1409988180,"text":"How on Earth did you test this during the 48 hours? I'm guessing the guy moved faster during development; I was sure wishing he moved faster for me!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As others have said, the music is really good but since it's the only song, it gets repetitive towards the end.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I would have liked some kind of game over screen after rescuing Benn's cat. If there was more to do I didn't find it. The subliminal message is pretty funny. Seems to have worked, too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved the community references! The graphics are great and it's really polished and fun. Overall, very impressive! Kudos!"},{"author_name":"sorceress","author_uid":"5745","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 11:55am","epoch":1410004200,"text":"Jedi: I tested the jumping\/crawling\/swimming only, to make sure each level was navigable. I worked out the item collection-delivery logic on paper, and that part wasn't tested in game - I trusted that I'd programmed it correctly :)"},{"author_name":"Rehacked","author_uid":"41818","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1410158760,"text":"Nice game. Good job"},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 7:56am","epoch":1410508260,"text":"What a harrowing tale. The protagonist systematically depopulates entire worlds in his quest to retrieve his feline friend. Examples (with spoilers): exploit Ratking's cocoa allergy by giving him a bar of chocolate causes him to instantly vanish into the afterlife, or gun down PoV with a laser pistol.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Despite the horrific subject matter, the game has some really nice environment art, terrible puns and even includes robots, forcing me to rate highly.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also Benn's falling sprite is the best image of LD30."},{"author_name":"djdduty","author_uid":"6698","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 9:04am","epoch":1410598740,"text":"I... just killed myself with vodka! I don't understand why you called me Jordan when everyone else is called by their irc\/ld aliases... going to have to cut back on my ratings a bit... ;)"}],"images":["ld30\/5745-63f82970e7757ccd589f4a5e79cc3d55.jpg","ld30\/5745-d866bbbf91965127fec7f981b1ff7e10.jpg","ld30\/5745-9a1ccbdc1123bfc0fb1cc961679d3428.jpg","ld30\/5745-6e552d3ef1282c7a7963c1dd2eb817dc.jpg","ld30\/5745-9442e663fc95d3d63792548e6a2809fd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9ttyympch1il28h\/sorceress%20-%20LD30%20-%20Benn%27s%20Adventure.zip?dl=1","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15710","g_author":"5745","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15740","g_title":"Benn's Adventure","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"281","g_commentcount":"29","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\/\/375043\/5745-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/5745-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/5745-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/5745-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/5745-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"","title":"Benn's Adventure"}