{"author_link":"\/author\/danilafe\/","author_name":"danilafe","author_uid":"111001","comments":[{"author_name":"PotatoIng_","author_uid":"94858","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 5:54am","epoch":1472449740,"text":"Really hard to get into, but I like it! Can't seem to delete gears however, that could just be me:0."},{"author_name":"PotatoIng_","author_uid":"94858","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 5:55am","epoch":1472449800,"text":"Deffintly will check later:)"},{"author_name":"danilafe","author_uid":"111001","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 5:59am","epoch":1472450040,"text":"Deleting gears can be done with Delete :) \r\rOr should be, it deletes the gear under the cursor."},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:34am","epoch":1472452140,"text":"Really difficult game, but I like the take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:59am","epoch":1472453640,"text":"Interesting idea, but the instructions are super dense and the controls are a bit wonky. Lots of potential, but the UI is real rough to get around.\r\rA little odd that the copper gears look like there's a progression from 1 to 4, but they end up just going in different directions.\r\rCould be really cool to introduce gears over time so you don't overload the player with all of them at once."},{"author_name":"PotatoIng_","author_uid":"94858","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:01am","epoch":1472453760,"text":"Maybe my delete button is working:0. Really fun nevertheless!"},{"author_name":"danilafe","author_uid":"111001","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:11am","epoch":1472454360,"text":"The UI is definitely the weakest bit, I agree.\rTo be honest, most of my time went into rendering the god damned lava tiles so that they change based on lava around them.\rSeriously. \rI wanted to make it to Compo, but if that wasn't my goal, tutorial levels would definitely be necessary. Thanks for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Aun","author_uid":"57149","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 8:28am","epoch":1472458980,"text":"Very hard game, I am not sure to understand the goal completely. Sure tutorial levels are necessary or at least progressive difficulty because reading and remembering everything is quite hard at first. The music is quite painful :) I guess it depends on which gears you use."},{"author_name":"Sun-Wukong","author_uid":"86196","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:01am","epoch":1472460960,"text":"Looks interesting, but I can't delete gears! Tried all combinations with the Delete button, but with no success."},{"author_name":"Flatgub","author_uid":"27519","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:14am","epoch":1472461740,"text":"I had to mute the game because there was a lot of loud overlapping sounds but after that it was great! Quite an interesting system for programming!"},{"author_name":"burnedkirby","author_uid":"37473","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:40am","epoch":1472463300,"text":"Messed up the second level by forgetting to check the human under the cursor, too bad there isn't a reset level button.\r\rHas potential, and is interesting, reminds me of assembly."},{"author_name":"onyon","author_uid":"112297","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:40am","epoch":1472466900,"text":"Really confusing at start and the sounds are pretty annoying, but overall cool concept."},{"author_name":"TheMightySice","author_uid":"31799","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:01am","epoch":1472468160,"text":"Theme on point, but really hard. And the sounds can get a little bit annoying. And a tutorial would be helpful since the start is confusing."},{"author_name":"lonesurvivor","author_uid":"110745","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:45am","epoch":1472470800,"text":"Very difficult, it surely helps if you have some background in assembly xD\r\rAnd, for the other players, you can delete gears with backspace, not with the delete button."},{"author_name":"LCMW_Spud","author_uid":"111759","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1472485800,"text":"Very difficult, as many others are saying, but it is very much like programming."}],"images":["ld36\/111001-d3f78313da0bba19ff353374f7f94d39.jpg","ld36\/111001-c614caecd13aecc03c0bd25a3850493f.jpg","ld36\/111001-61f9227f4ebb87778b4f217e3bec1d8f.jpg","ld36\/111001-a8d2b103d506ccd627789598cae2f143.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B773-D8RjVQyUFNoaEtmd2lSWXM","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B773-D8RjVQyUFNoaEtmd2lSWXM","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B773-D8RjVQyUFNoaEtmd2lSWXM","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B773-D8RjVQyYThTa3pXaVdEOTg","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"1811","g_author":"111001","g_event":"LD36","g_eventkey":"35","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"1763","g_title":"Gears","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"15","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\/\/570486\/111001-shot0-1472370978.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/111001-shot1-1472370978.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/111001-shot2-1472370978.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/111001-shot3-1472370978.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My first time participating in LD!\r\n\r\nGears is a pretty difficult prototype game about an ancient computer! Based on the Antikythera mechanism*, the computer in this game controls some parts of a temple. It can break and create walls, move around a \"cursor\" and even kill intruders! However, the workings of the computer are complex, and you may be the only person capable or controlling it. Are you up for the challenge?\r\n\r\nOn startup, the game contains instructions on how to play.\r\nI didn't get a tutorial level in, so you'll have to read the instructions to figure out what to do.\r\n\r\n*I have done 0 research on the culture surrounding this ancient contraption.","title":"Gears"}