{"author_link":"\/author\/moonlightbomber\/","author_name":"MoonlightBomber","author_uid":"41001","comments":[{"author_name":"Last Man Standing","author_uid":"41895","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1409069040,"text":"Can't run the game, nothing happens when I open it."},{"author_name":"MoonlightBomber","author_uid":"41001","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:07am","epoch":1409097720,"text":"Last Man Standing: What OS are you running?"},{"author_name":"Robot Souls Games","author_uid":"42084","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:22am","epoch":1409102220,"text":"That was not a game."},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:49am","epoch":1409114640,"text":"The story didn't really provide any interaction other than clicking through the text. I was confused by why there were pixels, and how them getting together again would solve the war."},{"author_name":"gnx","author_uid":"8333","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:01am","epoch":1409115360,"text":"What it says on the tin. I think at least a bit of interactivity would've been nice. Also the visuals could've been more interesting, they did get better towards the end though. Audio and writing worked very well and I feel the story was got conveyed well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Interesting."},{"author_name":"mklee","author_uid":"781","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:06am","epoch":1409115660,"text":"I would have liked a little more interaction even if there were some simple dialogue choices. The music suited the tone of the story really well though."},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:24am","epoch":1409120340,"text":"An interesting choice for entry in a game competition. Good job on creating something."},{"author_name":"MechanicMoon","author_uid":"40539","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:45am","epoch":1409139600,"text":"I have not read the story but .. this is not a game"},{"author_name":"Sunflower","author_uid":"39564","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:38pm","epoch":1409142780,"text":"The story was a bit confusing, especially with all these pixels and such; it left a lot to be explained. And yes, this is not a game. &gt;.&lt;"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1409182680,"text":"That story... was not really fleshed out as well as it could have been. While I have no issues with a text-only game design, I don't think you made the best use of Ren'Py for it - I was expecting a lot more play with text style and positioning to make use of the huge game window.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Have you considered using Twine? It's great for interactive and kinetic fiction like this."},{"author_name":"yodamaster","author_uid":"38165","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1409249220,"text":"Where's the game? Just text and music ..."},{"author_name":"Snoother","author_uid":"33841","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1409253660,"text":"I really liked the story and the mood set by the music and graphics, but I have to second what GrooveMan said: it would probably be better in Twine. I admit a bias towards Twine, but I feel a choiceless narrative like this is very much possible in Twine while not so much in Ren'Py. As is, it doesn't feel like much more than electronic non-interactive fiction. But then I am tied because I do like the story, but I would like to see it enhanced through some degree of interactivity."},{"author_name":"OinkIguana","author_uid":"38828","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1409356020,"text":"More of a story than a game. Visual novels generally include some sort of decision making that affects the outcome. Story was pretty good though."},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1409421720,"text":"Not really a game, so I'm not really sure how to rate it since this is a game development challenge. The story wasn't particularly my thing either, sorry :\/"},{"author_name":"vividhelix","author_uid":"35713","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1409454180,"text":"More of a story with no options so not a game in my book :( I'll take even meaningless choices over no choices...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Hint - press and hold Space to get to the end"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1409521200,"text":"A nice story. I'm just going to tell you now but I gave you 5 stars on the audio category because it was awesome. A story and not a game but good job."},{"author_name":"TKia_","author_uid":"6463","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:55am","epoch":1409543400,"text":"Suffers from the same problems my entry did :P I love the visuals and the audio is fantastic, though. And your story idea had potential, I really liked it."},{"author_name":"Victory Garden","author_uid":"22357","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 1:42am","epoch":1409621820,"text":"So, I played the updated version... the opportunity to walk into literal invisible walls does not a choice make! I'm fully willing to admit that I may just be too stupid to get the plotline--a guy who loves VNs tries to avoid VN cliches to find his perfect girl, then gets stuck in a maze that he doesn't actually have to navigate, and then meets her in a platformer, kisses her, and realizes that he's ascended to godhood and ended a war? It just seems kind of incoherent, which is why I assume I must not have understood..."},{"author_name":"Traumendes_Madchen","author_uid":"39080","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:07pm","epoch":1409666520,"text":"Hey, another RenPy user ! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The story was a bit confusing. I think you could have used more visual assets or &quot;clearer&quot; ones (like some stock images) because I didn't really understand what I was looking at and it didn't quite match the mood in my opinion.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not completely unrelated but I'm kinda sad hearing people claim that visual novel aren't games =\/."},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 4:16am","epoch":1410581460,"text":"No interactivity, but I see you did what you were able to do yourself. Nice story and nice hustle. Good luck in the future."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1410823260,"text":"Nice story! I included it in part 28 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to take a look :)  http:\/\/youtu.be\/Hmt93jxkWGQ"}],"images":["ld30\/41001-7c79ed251d8647b24e7b1bd4050bd8ef.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/6etv678gxnww6gu\/e-merge-1.0-all.zip","text":"Multiplatform"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/unin3t9ldv85ji8\/e-merge-1.1-all.zip","text":"Multiplatform (ver. 1.1)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16124","g_author":"41001","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16154","g_title":"e|merge","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"779","g_commentcount":"21","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\/41001-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A visual novel about a boy and a girl who may or may have not met before. Mysterious portals are the key to rediscovering who they really are.\r\n\r\nMade with Ren'Py.\r\n\r\n2014.9.1 UPDATE: I've made an enhanced version that addresses some of the concerns brought up in the comments section. Thanks for notifying. ","title":"e|merge"}