{"author_link":"\/author\/sol_hsa\/","author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","comments":[{"author_name":"Kinta","author_uid":"5370","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1408984620,"text":"Nice game. I really like the feedback and sounds, it almost has a flipper table vibe to it. :)"},{"author_name":"Zupoman","author_uid":"34292","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1408984680,"text":"Very good. I like the music, it gives it a great mood."},{"author_name":"Beard","author_uid":"40054","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1408984860,"text":"I really like the execution of this.  Level progression seems a little slow at first, but very quickly picks up."},{"author_name":"lukz","author_uid":"28690","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1408985040,"text":"Nice mechanics! Consider mobile version with accelerometer controls."},{"author_name":"Tomker","author_uid":"35753","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1408985220,"text":"Nice music and gameplay :)"},{"author_name":"ShellfishGames","author_uid":"23164","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1408985640,"text":"Nice visuals and good, fluid gameplay. The game would certainly benefit from one or two additional gameplay elements, but other than that it's already pretty cool. \r<br\/>I kind of like the way the music changes in the menu. :&gt;"},{"author_name":"pusheax","author_uid":"8150","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1408989000,"text":"Great game feel and sounds, I got to level 9. I made something similar but turn-based puzzle."},{"author_name":"NuSan","author_uid":"18943","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1408989660,"text":"Prety good, visual is great ! Timed race is a bit hard, and ask for a good and fast memory. I like the small green dot being the most important thing to figure out the path. Good job."},{"author_name":"luismb55","author_uid":"27363","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1408989720,"text":"Excellent game. I really like the graphics. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The design decisions of highlighting the blocks you collide with and the HUD showing in which direction the exit is are really clever.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"SpringPowered","author_uid":"38560","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1408990080,"text":"That was more fun that it has any right to be :]\r<br\/>I'd just point out I don't like games going full screen without my permission :(   (Still played it quite a bit though :))"},{"author_name":"StrideWide","author_uid":"40341","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1408993320,"text":"The game may be simple, but the dual screen mechanic with slightly different levels adds enough for it to be fun."},{"author_name":"c023-dev","author_uid":"19370","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1408996980,"text":"Arcady game, nice music, and good job on level design with the little green hints. Solid game! Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"Rocketship","author_uid":"39351","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:28am","epoch":1409044980,"text":"Enragingly enjoyable :D The feedback when you hit the wall is so great"},{"author_name":"mclewis","author_uid":"34809","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:46am","epoch":1409046060,"text":"Fun puzzle game. Mine uses a somewhat similar game mechanic."},{"author_name":"Geti","author_uid":"2001","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1409047140,"text":"Fun! I feel like there'd be more possibility space if you could get the balls &quot;out of sync&quot;, currently it plays as a logical &quot;or&quot; of both collision spaces in both screens, but that said it looked great and played well. Loved the rolling ball effect."},{"author_name":"Ellian","author_uid":"7701","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:04am","epoch":1409050740,"text":"Very solid entry!\r<br\/>I wasn't expecting much, but it turns out it's very polished. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"MalphasWats","author_uid":"19859","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:22am","epoch":1409051820,"text":"Cool game. I'm terrible at it! :)"},{"author_name":"prophile","author_uid":"7892","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1409060520,"text":"Unfortunately, nothing renders when running this with wine (Mac OS 10.9.4). Just a black screen."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1409075580,"text":"Split\/Maze definitely is an example of an entry done right - a nice concept, works without any problems, has a menu and cool music, and it's not frustrating. Awesome!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1409078160,"text":"cool game, nice music and sounds. The effect of the ball-hit to a wall is awesome!"},{"author_name":"SelfishGenome","author_uid":"38547","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1409167860,"text":"Very cool concept."},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1409252880,"text":"This is definitely one of those why-didn't-I-think-of-that game ideas. Good concept, well polished. Good game!"},{"author_name":"KingBolonzo","author_uid":"39832","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1409510280,"text":"music and sound are awesome its definitely where i fucked up in my game.  the theme was great"},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 6:16am","epoch":1409551860,"text":"I liked the textures for the walls and the ball graphics. The wall feedback (Graphics and audio) was nice in case you weren't paying attention to the screen you hit a wall on. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The timed trial mode was fun but I didn't like having to restart the game when lost. I would have kept playing if you could just retry the level you lost on. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The random mode was kinda fun but since you can't lose there becomes no reason to play at all."},{"author_name":"anssipe","author_uid":"40527","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 6:41am","epoch":1409553360,"text":"Fun game. Nice old school vibe.  Reading the sources bring back memories :)"},{"author_name":"grayhaze","author_uid":"23957","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1409573580,"text":"Fun and challenging. I liked the obvious thought that had gone into the levels and particularly the animation of the balls. Good work! :)"},{"author_name":"malf","author_uid":"40615","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1409591340,"text":"Fun game but I miss some enemies"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1409591640,"text":"That's fast and fun :D\r<br\/>The indicator of which collision is up on every screen is a cool idea\r<br\/>Nice sounds too :3"},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 8:09am","epoch":1409645040,"text":"Fun game! One suggestion to add: I like to see the green &quot;coins&quot; and the exit stand out more so I can see them in my peripheral vision."},{"author_name":"Sunflower","author_uid":"39564","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1410019260,"text":"Am I correct when guessing that in Time Challenge game's levels are randomly generated, but always with the same seed?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, this game is pretty addictive, made it to level 30, but then I decided I'd rather not go further, and it indeed seems like these levels can go on and on.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, nice touch with using different soundtracks for different modes; more hectic for Time Attack and relaxed for Endless Mode. I liked the graphics and the fact you can see where the end is located, too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, very solid, polished entry."},{"author_name":"pansapiens","author_uid":"198","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 11:02am","epoch":1410087420,"text":"Quite mesmerizing in endless mode. Love that level complete sound .. satisfying, and familiar in some way but I can't put my finger on it."},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1410363240,"text":"Time challenge makes this good. Great feedback, solid movement, something weird about the audio engine hewhew but really this is a quite a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1410712800,"text":"Great sound effects, makes the game feel very responsive. :) The game gets very hectic fast but that just makes it so much better. I might have ended up cross-eyed after this :D"},{"author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","time":"Sep 22, 2014 @ 12:41pm","epoch":1411389360,"text":"Thanks to everyone for your kind comments!"}],"images":["ld30\/16-60f993015f88237b4c9a810e217731ec.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/iki.fi\/sol\/ld30\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/iki.fi\/sol\/zip\/splitmaze.zip","text":"Windows+src"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UWAIgq9_PKE","text":"YouTube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15992","g_author":"16","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16022","g_title":"Split\/\/Maze","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"204","g_commentcount":"34","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\/16-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Single player split screen maze race. Controls control both sides at once. \r\n\r\nWin32 binaries only. Sources are available for the adventurous. The sources are a mess, as you might expect.\r\n\r\n**EDIT: now a emscriptened web version is also available.**\r\n\r\nLaunch with a parameter for windowed mode. Controls are wasd or cursors, or you can use a gamepad. Plug in the gamepad before launching the game.","title":"Split\/\/Maze"}