{"author_link":"\/author\/suvidriel\/","author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","comments":[{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1408940760,"text":"Crashed on exit so it's no big deal."},{"author_name":"SuperPokeunicorn","author_uid":"9858","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:35am","epoch":1408941000,"text":"Long live the Potato Salad!"},{"author_name":"lambomang","author_uid":"15359","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:42am","epoch":1408941420,"text":"Haha, that is awesome!\r<br\/>Healing potions don't seem to be that common though which is rather frustrating :\/"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:13am","epoch":1408943280,"text":"Crashed during gameplay, I'm on windows 8."},{"author_name":"Meganopteryx","author_uid":"29566","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:20am","epoch":1408947300,"text":"You made this all in 48 hours which is pretty impressive."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:25am","epoch":1408947600,"text":"Nice, but nothing groundbreaking. Pretty tedious searching for the bosses with the Ultimate Leek :)"},{"author_name":"kblaney","author_uid":"6981","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:27am","epoch":1408947720,"text":"Ended up with 6 stones. Are the mazes generated or is it pre built?"},{"author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:37am","epoch":1408948320,"text":"Yah the levels are randomly generated which also explains the lack of details x) Should probably have made the size somewhat smaller though."},{"author_name":"fcpfoof","author_uid":"28932","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:08am","epoch":1408960980,"text":"Interesting.\r<br\/>(Too bad not all textures load on Wine and layering fails, bute still using the map I figured out to do something ;p)."},{"author_name":"tiff","author_uid":"39421","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1408982640,"text":"Haha, fun! Nice work!"},{"author_name":"MalphasWats","author_uid":"19859","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:58am","epoch":1409046780,"text":"This program can't start becaue MSVCR110.dll is missing... ;("},{"author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:20am","epoch":1409051700,"text":"@MalphasWats awh yea seems like something is still dynamically linking to the C++ runtimes even though I thought I had the settings correctly. You'll need the Visual C++ runtimes from Microsoft. I've added a link to them at the top of the page."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1409078880,"text":"that was really fun, I haven't played any 3D-turn based games yet so this was really interesting, great job!\r<br\/>Also, I liked the little 'dialog messages'"},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1409169240,"text":"VIOLENCE, MONSTERS, AND POTATO SALAD = THE TRIFECTA OF COOLNESS"},{"author_name":"Boberro","author_uid":"14299","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1409169540,"text":"Crash when taking loot twice"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1409249640,"text":"That was a nice dungeon engine.\r<br\/>Also, loot! Loot makes any game better :) Plus for humorous item names!"},{"author_name":"Literal Games","author_uid":"26056","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1409250240,"text":"Cool, far too big though and could have done with maybe an armour system or something, more loot's more fun! Good sense of humour though, I laughed multiple times, and the game works well!"},{"author_name":"stasss","author_uid":"31999","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1409253600,"text":"Nice). Monsters are awesome)). Great job"},{"author_name":"H1S2","author_uid":"40166","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 9:27am","epoch":1409304120,"text":"I hope my rift arrives soon. This game will be one of the first things i try ;)"},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1409346420,"text":"Such a huge area, pretty intimidating for Ludum Dare players...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You should tell the player that you can turn with Q and E, that was hard to figure out."},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1409350800,"text":"Took a minute or so before I realised how to turn left and right (mouse camera support would have been good for non rift users), was pretty freaked out by the enemies the first time I saw them, but the game was fun to play, nice work :D"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1410117900,"text":"Ohh damn.\r<br\/>An occulus game.\r<br\/>I don't have a rig so I didn't get the full experience.\r<br\/>But good work!"}],"images":["ld30\/38976-e8710ce9fac95e0d69f97ca7febbb9d1.jpg","ld30\/38976-e6c6d84a313d71dcfdca623384b4340b.jpg","ld30\/38976-87a07c54802716d8de7c55cbd5377f84.jpg","ld30\/38976-6e4827b375c900864d24d6c21c7abd66.jpg","ld30\/38976-1b1115612990ffa0b65373fe5ef5a0af.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25011182\/GrandQuest.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MRdWZwiLeSY","text":"Timelapse Day 1"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/download\/details.aspx?id=30679","text":"Visual C++ Runtime"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25011182\/GrandQuest_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16592","g_author":"38976","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16621","g_title":"The Grand Quest for The Potato Salad","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"596","g_commentcount":"22","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\/38976-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/38976-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/38976-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/38976-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/38976-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Grand Quest for The Potato Salad\r\n====================================\r\nThe Game can be played with and without Oculus Rift.\r\n\r\n\r\nStory\r\n-----\r\nYou are the hero of the story, Player One! You have arrived to a strange connection point between Worlds,\r\ncalled the Nexus. Here you'll encounter weird creatures from other worlds.\r\n\r\nYour overlord bosses have a mission for you which you'll complete succesfully and earn the right\r\nto get your hands on the Potato Salad!\r\n\r\nGood Luck!\r\n\r\n\r\nHow to Play\r\n-----------\r\nYou need to defeat boss monsters around their own world-locations inside the Nexus to get their World Shards.\r\nCollect 5 of these shards and return to your own world's portal to finish.\r\n\r\n\r\nControls\r\n--------\r\nMovement - W, A, S, D and Q & E or Arrow Keys\r\nAttack \/ Use item - Spacebar\r\nInventory - I\r\nLoot items on ground - V\r\nReset Oculus Rift Sensor - R\r\nQuit - Esc\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOculus Rift instructions\r\n------------------------\r\nThe game is made for Oculus Rift DK2 so it may not work too well with DK1.\r\n\r\nStart the game with -vr. The game requires that you're running the Oculus Rift in Extended-mode.\r\nThe Oculus Rift also needs to be your secondary monitor.\r\n\r\n\r\nOther settings\r\n--------------\r\nYou can start the game with -width and -height parameters to set different window size:\r\n\r\nGrandQuest.exe -width 1024 -height 768\r\n\r\n\r\nKnown bugs\r\n----------\r\nThe game may randomly crash when exiting from gameover or game completion. Tried fixing a couple of the crash bugs but some may still remain.\r\n\r\nIf you get error about missing msvcr110.dll, please install the Visual C++ runtimes.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","title":"The Grand Quest for The Potato Salad"}