{"author_link":"\/author\/njord\/","author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","comments":[{"author_name":"hungyg","author_uid":"8391","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:44am","epoch":1408955940,"text":"Great idea, very funny and entertaining. I LOLed at the first "Fus ro dah" xD The web version does not register the button clicks, I had to download the standalone. You might want to take a look."},{"author_name":"Nanofus","author_uid":"6719","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:52am","epoch":1408956420,"text":"Really polished and fun :D Loved the sounds."},{"author_name":"LPeter1997","author_uid":"40781","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:53am","epoch":1408956480,"text":"It's a different approach. Absolutely fun! And the sounds are hillarious."},{"author_name":"wolfmother","author_uid":"38776","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:57am","epoch":1408956720,"text":"Love the creative interpretation of the theme.\rHumorous and cute gameplay and sound.\rClever spin on Memory - you're not just remembering the cards, you're remembering the interactions between different types of card too.\rI can't really find any fault in it. Nothing huge and ambitious, just a well-produced, neat spin on a classic.\rMy only objection is that I seemed to lose every round due to a Dragon card spawning at the last moment...?"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:57am","epoch":1408956720,"text":"@hungyg : hmm web works fine I think, you might just have lost the focus on the Unity window, does that sometimes ! Reloading does the trick I guess :)"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:05am","epoch":1408957200,"text":"@wolfmother : probably really bad luck on last round dragon spawns ! Or you just didn't get rid of the annoying cards early enough ;)"},{"author_name":"gwa","author_uid":"34038","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:06am","epoch":1408957260,"text":"Cool and fun game special the sounds :)"},{"author_name":"EMAK","author_uid":"25905","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:10am","epoch":1408961100,"text":"HAHAHA love the sound, remind me naeulbuck!"},{"author_name":"Schoubi","author_uid":"42224","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1408963440,"text":"Funny game :)\rSounds are ... lol ^^"},{"author_name":"hoyt hoy","author_uid":"27144","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1408972020,"text":"Very Funny!\rI love try different possibilities, and the voice is a really great narrator.\rGood game :D"},{"author_name":"BillToWin","author_uid":"34255","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1408972020,"text":"Great voice. Got me to laugh out loud which blows my mind. Interesting twist on the classic Concentration\/Memory card game. I'm impressed, I'll be looking at your code later on to learn from it. A+"},{"author_name":"LaFleur","author_uid":"40030","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1408972200,"text":"You and I have different definitions of the word "easy!" Challenging but fun!!"},{"author_name":"ittlebit","author_uid":"13983","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1408978320,"text":"The sounds really made this experience fun. Assassin!"},{"author_name":"Garrett Hoofman","author_uid":"4043","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1408979100,"text":"haha I love the audio. Epic Dragon Quest!\rThat must have taken a while to connect all of possibilities together. Really neat concept."},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1408986660,"text":"Very good. Nice sound effects!"},{"author_name":"BoaHeck_ArtGent","author_uid":"25132","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:17am","epoch":1409051520,"text":"This is a very interesting game cant say much for the take on the theme though. I enjoyed the stories that I made out of this."},{"author_name":"monsterkillu","author_uid":"28534","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1409056080,"text":"Fantastic sound effects .. hilarious ... But just confused about what goes with what :)"},{"author_name":"PinkNinja","author_uid":"42019","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1409056440,"text":"Fun to play. Very original indeed :) I was just playing over and over again to try new things :) Congrats"},{"author_name":"Pantelis Petsopoulos","author_uid":"34259","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1409088000,"text":"I got a lot of fun playtime with this game! It's my fav so far, epic work, well done! 16\/10 :D"},{"author_name":"chongdashu","author_uid":"21248","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1409088060,"text":"This was good fun! Made me laugh. The audio is hilarious!"},{"author_name":"Naytron","author_uid":"38665","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1409088180,"text":"Amazing sounds! Really fun trying to trigger all of the different connections. Great job!"},{"author_name":"vulpineblazeyt","author_uid":"27775","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1409088240,"text":"Really funny! I loved the voices and the sound effects! I'd love to see more tiles\/interactions! But yeah, this is a really polished and complete game!"},{"author_name":"awesomeusername","author_uid":"20959","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1409088300,"text":"Fun and funny!"},{"author_name":"Thingo Studios","author_uid":"31541","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1409088300,"text":"A cute way to get around your nonexistent graphic skills, I guess. It's very, very funny. My only problem is that I wish there was an in-game way to understand what did what-- I thought Sword + Assassin would kill the Assassin, but it stole the sword and ran off...?"},{"author_name":"NicePenguins","author_uid":"28578","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1409088360,"text":"A cute and fun game :) nice job"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1409088600,"text":"@Thingo Studios : you got me, i can't draw ! :p And about combinations, some are easy to guess (like town+earthquake), some are meant to be surprising just to be annoying I guess ;). I considered adding a sort of ingame encyclopedia though, so you'd have a way to remember the combos you already did. Time decided against it in the end."},{"author_name":"Danman9914","author_uid":"30580","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1409088600,"text":"A fun tile based create your own adventure. Fresh take on the classic matching games"},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1409228400,"text":"hahahah"},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1409228400,"text":"I love the sound effects."},{"author_name":"waynaul","author_uid":"38794","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1409228880,"text":"This is the most humorous game I've played so far. I enjoyed seeing the result of combinations of words."},{"author_name":"JavadocMD","author_uid":"29362","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1409251980,"text":"I am so in love with this idea: the dynamic story-telling aspect is just perfect. Simple but so fun. And the voice-over really brought a lot of life to what would otherwise have been a too-text-heavy game. Excellent writing.\r\rI wish there were more ways to reveal cards, since fairly often I found myself without any real choices to make."},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1409257560,"text":"Lovely idea, telling some kind of history while puzzling around."},{"author_name":"Gareth Jenkins","author_uid":"7693","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1409405880,"text":"First time I've rated an LD game 5 for humor ;)"},{"author_name":"mramaizng","author_uid":"8329","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 9:03am","epoch":1409734680,"text":"This is a really fun idea. I'm not really sure how well it fits the theme, but it was fun none the less. I played for much longer than I care to admit as it was very entertaining to see all the combinations.\r\rEverything seems to work well. I didnt find any annoying quirks. Great job!"},{"author_name":"banana4life","author_uid":"41477","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 9:09am","epoch":1409735040,"text":"really cool game and i like the sounds :)"},{"author_name":"cstudios","author_uid":"38824","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 8:49am","epoch":1409993040,"text":"It has a simple humor, but the game is realy enjoyable. I could not slay the dragon unfortunately, but the sound effect were awesome! Also: you missred the title of the theme? :D"},{"author_name":"dhargan","author_uid":"19378","time":"Sep 9, 2014 @ 11:49am","epoch":1410263040,"text":"all cards have been vanished except king and queen. then nothing happened. except... you know. magnificant idea. really good job mate!"},{"author_name":"Natrium729","author_uid":"39258","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 2:42am","epoch":1410489420,"text":"Really a fun game. The sounds were hilarious, and the combinations suprising. I would have never thought that I would enjoy this kind of game! Very innovative an fun! Good job!"},{"author_name":"SoulGame","author_uid":"42398","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1410718140,"text":"Friends of yours told me about your game, I was eager to try it but unfortunately I have troubles installing Unity web player... I'm currently troubleshooting this issue with Unity support team. Looking forwards to play it!"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1410718500,"text":"Yeah the plugin can be annoying sometimes. I guess you should just download the Windows version. And I tested your game too, was pretty awesome !! ;)"}],"images":["ld30\/41155-ae10662cb23e4e14722feeb2b100f5b9.jpg","ld30\/41155-86e7497efaf18c56d2a659f095022803.jpg","ld30\/41155-6d4741a3dc05e753b9592c1bfcd92c1f.jpg","ld30\/41155-4a64db33d9792ff826572a2b6d6a858c.jpg","ld30\/41155-a5c2d23e5bf34ca040e704e61f803b1e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nbarichard.com\/games\/atow\/ATaleOfWords.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nbarichard.com\/games\/atow\/LD30-ATaleOfWordsStandalone.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nbarichard.com\/games\/atow\/LD30_ATaleOfWords_SourceCode_UnityProject.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17077","g_author":"41155","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17106","g_title":"A Tale Of Words","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"263","g_commentcount":"40","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\/41155-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41155-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41155-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41155-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41155-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"(Troubleshooting : for Web version, it seems going to another browser tab while loading the game makes the Unity player lose focus and not take clicks anymore. Just wait for the game to load ! Same thing with all Unity-web games apparently.)\r\n\r\nI am inviting you to embark on an epic journey in the fantastic world of the Kindgom of Word. You will meet Kings and Queens, Knights and Assassins, and even mighty Dragons or scary Witches ... \r\n\r\nA Tale Of Words is a game where you connect words (yes, I took that \"L\" off the LD30 theme ! I didn't like him very much).\r\n\r\nThe goal of the game is to reveal and combine tiles on a randomly generated Memory-like board. You must claim all tiles in a finite number of actions in order to win. On each tile is a specific Word, and each pair of Words yields a unique and exciting combinaison with its own little story and its awesome (or devastating effects). Learn all the combinaisons and master the destiny of the Kingdom of Word !\r\n\r\nThis is my very first Ludum Dare, and I'm rather happy with the result, given the goals I had set for myself. I hope A Tale Of Words will provide you with a good challenge and some laughs (you'll understand). \r\n\r\nThank you for playing !\r\n\r\nNjord out.\r\n\r\nNote : this was developped using Unity, so you will require the web Unity-plugin for the web version. It should install automatically though. Standalone version requires no install.\r\n","title":"A Tale Of Words"}