{"author_link":"\/author\/huruey\/","author_name":"Joe Williamson","author_uid":"28182","comments":[{"author_name":"Pete_H","author_uid":"30272","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:20am","epoch":1398651300,"text":"Some really nice art there!"},{"author_name":"ProjectSped","author_uid":"32340","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:24am","epoch":1398651540,"text":"great art, although a few bugs."},{"author_name":"Kino333","author_uid":"36661","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:26am","epoch":1398651660,"text":"I liked it! A bit short, but due to the time constraints that's not a bad thing. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>My biggest gripe is No treasure! D:&lt; &lt;3 Very well done! If you continued it and made more mechanics and bigger levels I'd play it!"},{"author_name":"nxT","author_uid":"25909","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:28am","epoch":1398651780,"text":"Not long, but super-slick."},{"author_name":"Joe Williamson","author_uid":"28182","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:30am","epoch":1398651900,"text":"I was properly rushed at the end, I'm afraid. No time for level design, in spite of spending ages on the stuff for designing levels! :'("},{"author_name":"NicoM","author_uid":"32562","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:32am","epoch":1398652020,"text":"God that arts gorgeous:)!! Got to the (sort of) end, really enjoyed it, also great to see how many haxeflixel entries there are this ludum dare:)"},{"author_name":"Armanky","author_uid":"22901","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:34am","epoch":1398652140,"text":"Art is gorgeous, but the gameplay is very, very simple. Very nice polish on the whole thing, definitely impressive."},{"author_name":"nigelmnz","author_uid":"35021","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:44am","epoch":1398652740,"text":"Great art! Plays really well."},{"author_name":"superzac","author_uid":"35904","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:46am","epoch":1398652860,"text":"Absolutely lovely art, this is the kind of pixel art everyone should make, instead of the monotone stuff we usually see. Game is short, but I see a lot of potential for perhaps a post-Ludum roguelike of epic proportions."},{"author_name":"Somfunambulist","author_uid":"19074","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1398653640,"text":"The artwork is excellent, and the gameplay is simple but engaging. I loved it!"},{"author_name":"Cyanblue","author_uid":"35827","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:05am","epoch":1398654000,"text":"30% less art quality, please."},{"author_name":"Siewart","author_uid":"10724","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:13am","epoch":1398654480,"text":"Awesome art, nice music. Because of this I can forgive the length of the game :)"},{"author_name":"nesis","author_uid":"2726","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:14am","epoch":1398654540,"text":"Good, simple game. I like the art and music the most :) It'd be cool to see this as a more developed platformer! The idea of delving down into new cave rooms to implicitly start a new &quot;level&quot; and set a new spawn point is a cool one."},{"author_name":"sknoslo","author_uid":"14586","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:40am","epoch":1398659700,"text":"Amazing art. If you fleshed this out a bit more this could be really good!"},{"author_name":"cwkx","author_uid":"26001","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:05am","epoch":1398661200,"text":"Full marks, the pixel art was so clean and polished - I loved it!"},{"author_name":"villhest","author_uid":"12294","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:02am","epoch":1398664620,"text":"Love the art!"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:42am","epoch":1398670620,"text":"Great artwork and music."},{"author_name":"8BitPimp","author_uid":"20953","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:51am","epoch":1398674760,"text":"The graphics are lovely and the feel of the game is great.  Very solid for 48hours.  Couldn't work out what to do when I reached the treasure chest however."},{"author_name":"loadx","author_uid":"37264","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:06am","epoch":1398679260,"text":"Graphics are amazing but gameplay just isn't there for me."},{"author_name":"donan","author_uid":"22213","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1398695400,"text":"Absolutley amazing art. Too bad it was short. Keep working on it after the compo :D"},{"author_name":"Sodaware","author_uid":"10712","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1398697500,"text":"I remember seeing your updates during the compo and making a mental note to check out the finished product. Even though it's a little short, I'm glad I did.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really, really nice presentation. The artwork looks excellent, and the game as a whole feels really polished. The music is nice and subtle too, which helps set the mood. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Please release a post-compo version with something in the treasure chest. I need closure!"},{"author_name":"Daniel X. Moore","author_uid":"2816","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1398700680,"text":"Great art and music. Gameplay was pretty simple but it's a complete game and the controls feel pretty good!"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1398702300,"text":"Amazing graphics. Love that! Controls are good too. More content would be awesome."},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1398706800,"text":"oh man.. I played it twice to see if it at least gave me a treasure the 2nd time !! damn :))  very nice tho"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1398711120,"text":"Amazing art! Kinda short though... But awesome music as well!"},{"author_name":"cageinabird","author_uid":"12377","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1398711300,"text":"Very pretty, I just wish there was more of it."},{"author_name":"TomBoogaart","author_uid":"36150","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1398712560,"text":"dang consistent high quality pixel art man, music fits well too"},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1398713460,"text":"Game is too short. :( Love art style and music.\r<br\/>But it ends too early."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1398713940,"text":"Really nice game! Shame it was so short, because I wanted to play more! Graphics look really, really nice too. Well done!"},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1398716100,"text":"I see were all your work is going in, the pixel art is very great! Hope, you add more features in the future, like enemies."},{"author_name":"Colorvade","author_uid":"22146","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1398725280,"text":"Fun while it lasted. I always like seeing such a thorough iteration of mechanics, too bad there's just the one element to it."},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1398727260,"text":"Heh first thing I did after reading your instructions was to zoom my browser to see what happens :) \r<br\/>As to the game: Great music and pixel art. A little bit short but fun."},{"author_name":"xhunterko","author_uid":"1960","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:16am","epoch":1398733860,"text":"VERY pretty!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:59am","epoch":1398743640,"text":"it was nice looking but there was no substance - too bad you could not make more levels - it could be a lot of fun - add some more so i can play it post-compo. nice work"},{"author_name":"Managore","author_uid":"3479","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:31am","epoch":1398752760,"text":"Like everyone else has said, the art is amazing! Well done."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:35am","epoch":1398771000,"text":"Its okay that you ran out of time. I did as well. Loved the graphics and gameplay. How it smoothly flow into each other room. Keep up the work and I would encourage you to finish this game."},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1398785040,"text":"Fantastic art and music. I wanted more!"},{"author_name":"eufrik","author_uid":"35192","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398789240,"text":"Interesting Game. Mechanics where good and really liked the soundtrack. It fits well."},{"author_name":"GiveMeAllYourCats","author_uid":"32239","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1398794640,"text":"Great art, short game though and not really much to do but evade fires."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1398801180,"text":"Awesome art! I loved the fire pillars. It's super short, but I can see a lot of time went into the art :) Great job"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1398802560,"text":"Great game and art work is really nice."},{"author_name":"_adamturnbull","author_uid":"36034","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1398804420,"text":"Love the artwork, you should definitely continue this. Nice job :)"},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1398806340,"text":"seriously impressive graphics :D"},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:08am","epoch":1398823380,"text":"I wanted that gold!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Awesome game, and super polished! One of my favs, although short. :("},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:38am","epoch":1398843180,"text":"Wow this is the best pixel art I've seen this compo! beautiful work of art there! :D"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:37am","epoch":1398853920,"text":"Graphics are AAA. Great. Not much game there, but that's ok. It plays well, looks great, good music and this is a very nice little framework for a game. I loved the small rooms and super small\/easy obstacles. Each room was bite sized. Would easily play through 100 rooms of such things. Nice job."},{"author_name":"Gwinnell","author_uid":"1508","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1398882780,"text":"Awesome art, great music, and brilliant little bits of polish -- it's only fault is that it's a little short."},{"author_name":"Vidsneeze","author_uid":"30177","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1398885300,"text":"Epic. The room switching is just so well made. The pixel art is just the way i like it."},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:15am","epoch":1398903000,"text":"Vero good game. Graphics +5"},{"author_name":"ricklesauceur","author_uid":"31016","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:53am","epoch":1398944880,"text":"nice art and very slick."},{"author_name":"cavf88","author_uid":"37133","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1398953880,"text":"Awesome music and art!"},{"author_name":"Danvil","author_uid":"5851","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1398979800,"text":"Very nice art! Perhaps you want to add some more content post-combo?"},{"author_name":"VictoryGarden","author_uid":"22357","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:19am","epoch":1399011240,"text":"Nice art and effects, particularly the look of the fire pillars. I also appreciated the small room sizes--you didn't make big bloated rooms when you didn't have enough content to fill them, they were just the right size.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately there's not much else to say about it. It wasn't long enough to be boring, nor deep enough to be interesting. Though I followed your updates quite eagerly throughout the jam, I'd hoped that there'd be a bit more here.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Another note is that use of the z key is awkward. I'd hope that there'd be a better way to deliver messages--and perhaps that you cut down on messages as much as possible, to focus on the core experience. As-is they were pretty distracting."},{"author_name":"Rad Star","author_uid":"28466","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1399121580,"text":"Nice arts!"},{"author_name":"lief","author_uid":"1832","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1399124040,"text":"beautiful graphics, great sound, so pro - so polished."},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1399132620,"text":"I was really looking forward for more diverging paths, oh well. Everything looks great."},{"author_name":"allinlabs","author_uid":"2908","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1399210140,"text":"Very nice pixel art and animation"},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1399236780,"text":"The pixel art is ace! The jumping feels nice and the mechanics are nice. Looking forward to updates on this in the future, so I can play again and get some gold."},{"author_name":"scgrn","author_uid":"7797","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:07am","epoch":1399248120,"text":"This is gorgeous! I'd love to play a longer version."},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 3:32am","epoch":1399346820,"text":"Very nice pixel art. This game is beautiful. Your sound effects are simple, but effective, and the music was great! I love when a game takes a simple mechanic and really runs with it. You exploited the hell out of &quot;don't get hit by fire&quot; and the result was a good game. You should develop this more."},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1399402740,"text":"Pretty pretties, shame there wasn't more game."},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 4:29am","epoch":1399523040,"text":"That was pretty short and simple, nice graphics. The music was good too."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1399573260,"text":"Amazing graphics and great audio! With more rooms with objects and gold this would be really great."},{"author_name":"thaaks","author_uid":"3382","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1399731600,"text":"A bit too short and I was obviously too slow - no treasure :-(\r<br\/>The graphics are great! The music and sfx fit the game well.\r<br\/>Somehow I think you should try to get rid of the 'Z' key - why not use cursor key up or down instead of 'Z'? Seems obsolete to me."},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1399758420,"text":"MS Paint? Amazing."},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1399822740,"text":"Incredible graphics.\r<br\/>Minimalist gameplay but quite good with the challenge increasing. Game is a bit short and I wish to see more."},{"author_name":"Striwx","author_uid":"29515","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 10:46am","epoch":1399977660,"text":"Love the art ! The music is cool but maybe unfinished. The gameplay simple but fun !"}],"images":["ld29\/28182-067f2684286d98f8c15fc0804ee2697c.jpg","ld29\/28182-c2532f57fa322c83db4a6efd62211193.jpg","ld29\/28182-631f39e4eece309b19364ae51eb3ccda.jpg","ld29\/28182-e45dde2303c8059f38d885f3ca03aa37.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/platformer\/mine-explorer\/25753\/","text":"Web (GameJolt)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/28458706\/GameSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18908","g_author":"28182","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18937","g_title":"Mine Explorer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"340","g_commentcount":"67","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\/\/342546\/28182-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28182-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28182-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28182-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"PLEASE NOTE:\r\nIf playing in a web browser, please ensure your browser is not zoomed in.\r\n\r\n-= Description =-\r\nGo exploring an old abandoned mine to find treasure. Dodge plumes of fire to go ever deeper.\r\n\r\n-= Controls =-\r\nArrow keys, Z\r\n\r\n-= Tools =-\r\nLanguage: Haxe\r\nLibrary: HaxeFlixel\r\nGraphics: MS Paint (Classic)\r\nAudio: Reaper, Bfxr \r\n\r\n-= Future =-\r\nI do plan on developing this considerably in the future. Updates will most likely be on twitter.","title":"Mine Explorer"}