{"author_link":"\/author\/atrodo\/","author_name":"atrodo","author_uid":"17766","comments":[{"author_name":"DragonMaster21","author_uid":"25675","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1408935960,"text":"Hi! I wasn't able to play the game. This happened: http:\/\/puu.sh\/b6N1m\/d53954982d.jpg\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Maybe it's just me though."},{"author_name":"highlyinteractive","author_uid":"14065","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:13am","epoch":1408936080,"text":"Didn't work for me in Chrome on a Mac"},{"author_name":"lucidsheep","author_uid":"41822","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:14am","epoch":1408936140,"text":"Hey - I wasn't able to run your game. I got a blank play area with a few buttons that didn't work when pressed. Using latest Chrome with Windows. Screenshot: http:\/\/imgur.com\/iFYMKUE"},{"author_name":"atrodo","author_uid":"17766","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:21am","epoch":1408936560,"text":"I have patched the game so it now works in Chrome."},{"author_name":"ShadowStryker","author_uid":"39432","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:32am","epoch":1408937220,"text":"Interesting take on the theme :)"},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:34am","epoch":1408937340,"text":"I'm just having too much trouble figuring out how to get anything done. The game doesn't really provide sufficient feedback."},{"author_name":"haveric","author_uid":"8119","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:34am","epoch":1408937340,"text":"After playing for a while moving between planets and attempting to attack, I have no idea what I'm doing. You've got a great backstory, but a complicated and confusing user interface."},{"author_name":"StencylTuo","author_uid":"36095","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:35am","epoch":1408937400,"text":"I got the game to run, but even after reading the instructions several times, I still don't get how to play. A better tutorial would have been helpful."},{"author_name":"superzac","author_uid":"35904","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:58am","epoch":1408942380,"text":"Interesting mechanic. It's a bit confusing, but once you figure it out it's interesting."},{"author_name":"Ramperkash","author_uid":"23787","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:25am","epoch":1408965600,"text":"I couldn't figure out how to play. I try to attack other witches or familiars, but always get a message saying that it was unsuccessful. I don't know how to convince other witches to join me either."},{"author_name":"43iscoding","author_uid":"35110","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1408970100,"text":"The game was too hard to understand for me :("},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:13am","epoch":1409108880,"text":"This game needs either a longer instruction book or a tutorial. Or at least something to show that I'm doing it right."},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:17am","epoch":1409109120,"text":"that was really confusing!  i liked the flavor text about the witches, but it was so strange that i had to look at the text to see whether or not i had selected a planet.  i got pretty close to planet z but then days reset for some reason i don't understand.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>just to learn, i repeatedly clicked on DEFEND FAMILIARS while hanging out on my home planet and it seems the other familiar just randomly wanders around without threatening my witch.  also, determining which planets were connected to which other planets was impossible for me, not sure if that was intentional or not."},{"author_name":"Cosrnos","author_uid":"25241","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:23am","epoch":1409109480,"text":"I spent 10+ minutes, and I still have no idea what's going on or how anything other than moving works."},{"author_name":"scottyb","author_uid":"36963","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1409265600,"text":"I don't understand how to play I am sorry. Perhaps a visual tutorial would help."},{"author_name":"dook","author_uid":"18341","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 12:35am","epoch":1409445000,"text":"I'm afraid I have to agree that this is really hard to figure out. It took me a few tries to even learn how I could move around, and even after that it was often hard to see which worlds were connected because the lines overlapped... and I never discovered what determined which familiar would win in an attack. Too bad, though, I'm always curious when someone makes something board game like :)"},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:02am","epoch":1409453820,"text":"Interesting idea, but a tutorial or on-screen guide would help a lot and make it more enjoyable."},{"author_name":"Xentira","author_uid":"40098","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:22am","epoch":1409541420,"text":"A little bit of a help on screen might have been good.  A little confusing figuring out whats going on at times."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1409591760,"text":"Hi there.  Moved familiar around a bit but lost outright in first combat despite defending... not sure how this is supposed to be played, an example 3 node level or something would be good. Shame no sound."}],"images":["ld30\/17766-b78e809ff27b9b0b8e862129ca25a52d.jpg","ld30\/17766-2268451b518efe2af06adbed9e7026a2.jpg","ld30\/17766-ab04b3403f1c271f98a84a1531bdc4d8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ludum.tarshish.us\/ld30\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/atrodo\/ld30","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16052","g_author":"17766","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16082","g_title":"Karma Cycle","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1209","g_commentcount":"19","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\/17766-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/17766-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/17766-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"After discovering that she's a witch 30 days ago while eating potato salad of all things, Mao and her new familiar, you, are about to be defeated by the very powerful WitchZ. Since witches can't fight directly or leave their protected planet, all fighting is between familiars who use their witch's power to fight, and whose injuries are felt by their witches. Because of this, you would give anything to save Mao's life since you assume the full responsibility of Mao's impending defeat.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nFamiliars are represented by the outer circles, witches by the inner circles on the planets.  Everything is mouse driven: Select a planet to travel to, launch an attack at or prepare to defend from.  Select your current planet to help another witch attack or defend. Done enough you can convince witches aligned with WitchZ to join you. Not every familiar will attack you.","title":"Karma Cycle"}