{"author_link":"\/author\/rialgar\/","author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"3996","comments":[{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1408980060,"text":"I don't normally go for puzzle games, but I enjoyed yours. Nice work. Was there a Start again button? I got stuck on one of the later puzzles and couldn't see how to restart it without going back to the beginning."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1408988460,"text":"really enjoyed this game. initially I thought it didn't load. the screenshots helped :D"},{"author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"3996","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1408989060,"text":"@garygreen, you can remove any connection by just redrawing it from its start. This will also reset all dots, which are purely asthetic anyways."},{"author_name":"TGL","author_uid":"28487","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1408989660,"text":"A great minimalistic puzzle game"},{"author_name":"tillrobby","author_uid":"38964","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1408997220,"text":"I'm actually amazed how simple but fun this is. Very good job"},{"author_name":"stephenhaney","author_uid":"39284","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1408998420,"text":"Very engaging... I played it longer than I expected. It took me a second to figure out to drag - I'm using a touchpad so it wasn't an intuitive thing to try. Some simple relaxing sound could help the mood, but overall I really enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Rahazan","author_uid":"23945","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:43am","epoch":1409035080,"text":"Great puzzle games, new mechanics are introduced at a rate that is managable. It's fun and requires some out of the box thinking, it was sometimes however not clear which lines could cross and which could not.\r\rManaged to finish it :)"},{"author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"3996","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:26am","epoch":1409044860,"text":"@Rahazan they are supposedto be the 4 elements, and opposites can't cross. Namely Water(blue) <-> Fire(red) and Earth(green) <-> Air(Yellow), I thought about explaining that in-game, but I liked the minimalistic approach more, so took the Risk of player confusion"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1409093340,"text":"Well thought out elegant mechanics! very innovative."},{"author_name":"BadgerPriest","author_uid":"3353","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1409181180,"text":"Soooo goood!"},{"author_name":"jpverkamp","author_uid":"19702","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1409518020,"text":"Yay puzzle games! It took a bit to figure out the rules of what could cross what, but I like that it was introduced slowly enough that we *could* figure it out by ourselves. I think the mobile \/ touch interface probably works better than a mouse. A lot of fun though. Also, this: \r\rhttps:\/\/imgur.com\/gCBs6hu\r\r:)"},{"author_name":"ForeignGuyMike","author_uid":"37077","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1409672100,"text":"Eggcellent game. I love puzzle games, and this one is great."},{"author_name":"banana4life","author_uid":"41477","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1409672460,"text":"Sometimes a little bit confusing."},{"author_name":"JNyknn","author_uid":"26965","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1409676000,"text":"My first impression was: "What? Only two shapes! How can I control them?". But when I figured out how to play, I realized how intelligent and fun this game is."},{"author_name":"tbam","author_uid":"40495","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1409678640,"text":"One of the best puzzlers I've played on the site. Really neat mechanics, and I was never too confused for long. A better hint\/introduction on which colors can overlap would have been nice though."},{"author_name":"DvanderAart","author_uid":"39433","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1409678700,"text":"Thank you? But I want more!"},{"author_name":"whalebot","author_uid":"36369","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1409681220,"text":"You should definitely polish this up a bit for mobile. This game was very entertaining to play through."},{"author_name":"Digiraze","author_uid":"344","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1409681580,"text":"Great puzzle game!"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1409693580,"text":"Awesome idea, it must be veeery enjoyable with a pen tablet. Anyway, first maze was too difficult as a third level. Maybe a more carefully planned increase of difficulty would be great. Anyway, it is a great puzzle game, good execution, nice work."},{"author_name":"scottyb","author_uid":"36963","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1409701500,"text":"Weirdly addictive. Cool."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 12:26am","epoch":1409703660,"text":"Great innovation! Looks like a lot of work was put into it, good job!"},{"author_name":"villhest","author_uid":"12294","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1409845080,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1409936340,"text":"Very carefully thought out, I'm impressed by the way you gradually escalate the difficulty of the puzzles to teach the player new things without ever writing them out specifically. Felt like it ended just as it was starting to get tricky though - would have enjoyed some harder levels too! Great work!"}],"images":["ld30\/3996-c574dbc720cc42290aec931672ee6bcb.jpg","ld30\/3996-117613085737c208df105c9cb61ff9a9.jpg","ld30\/3996-a9488cc5e8ffb916698ec5de2d9a9179.jpg","ld30\/3996-d3d853abba1e09be3646bfcc9ec42152.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rialgar.de\/LD30\/index.xhtml","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/rialgar.de\/LD30\/index.xhtml","text":"Mobile (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Rialgar\/Elemental-Connection","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15857","g_author":"3996","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15887","g_title":"Elemental Connection","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"130","g_commentcount":"23","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\/3996-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3996-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3996-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3996-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A simple puzzle game, mouse\/touch only\r\n\r\nTested in Chrome and FF under Windows and Android.\r\nBest in Chrome.\r\n\r\nIf case of color blindness: I am sorry, I could not check if the colors are still distinguishable, I know no color blind people. I hope it is playable for you.","title":"Elemental Connection"}