{"author_link":"\/author\/kjscott\/","author_name":"KJScott","author_uid":"19560","comments":[{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"36762","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:47am","epoch":1398667320,"text":"I like the idea with the reflections."},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:48am","epoch":1398667380,"text":"Pixel graphics are awesome, nice entry."},{"author_name":"Custard Games","author_uid":"9841","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:09am","epoch":1398668640,"text":"The music was great. A slightly anti climactic ending though."},{"author_name":"qntnm","author_uid":"36112","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:20am","epoch":1398669300,"text":"Damn, that was deep. I enjoyed exploring and reading the upside-down signs and seeing what gruesome things items turned into. Very nice!"},{"author_name":"finefin","author_uid":"16498","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:17am","epoch":1398672720,"text":"well done. makes me think of Potemkin ;)"},{"author_name":"mtrc","author_uid":"12174","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:47am","epoch":1398681720,"text":"Great idea! The graphics and details were really lovely, there's so much stuff to look at and peek at."},{"author_name":"zaratustra","author_uid":"860","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1398682020,"text":"After a couple of items it seems I couldn't give the items to people anymore, just drop it in front of them. Otherwise, great idea."},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1398700320,"text":"That was a very cool idea. The game was responsible and without bugs. I loved looking at all the little details that you put in both mirrored worlds.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It would be very nice if the people reacted in some way when you gave them items, as it is, it felt a bit pointless."},{"author_name":"KJScott","author_uid":"19560","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1398721920,"text":"The other developer and I were talking about a lack of closure towards the end of the game and the interaction but we had a limited amount of time to work on the game, for 15 hours work we're happy with how it turned out."},{"author_name":"otato","author_uid":"32786","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1398725040,"text":"Nice job. Best way to describe the game would probably be a little unsettling. I really liked the little details in the lake world."},{"author_name":"Tomski","author_uid":"30523","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1398725100,"text":"Loving the idea"},{"author_name":"Zednaut","author_uid":"26249","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1398725700,"text":"I never would have expected such an emotional game in Ludum Dare! I'm so impressed that in so little time you managed to create a very creepy and disillusioned atmosphere. The ending, as you said, offered little closure, but I like to think it almost keeps you guessing on what happened to the troubled village after the white flash. Great game!"},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1398726900,"text":"I love these games, my bias."},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:17am","epoch":1398762720,"text":"Neat game! I liked the details that went into each world, and the graphics were really well done. I sort of wish the mirrored world had more purpose other than to be a reflection. (I only played partway, so I apologize if this is different much later on.) I also wish giving everyone what they requested had more of an impact."},{"author_name":"wilpel1234","author_uid":"37098","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1398798660,"text":"i realy like the reflaction thing."},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398798720,"text":"I liked the concept and the graphics, sadly the gameplay it's way too simple."},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1398798780,"text":"Weird little game, but fun to see something different with the reflections of the water. That was nice."},{"author_name":"Aske","author_uid":"21356","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1398806160,"text":"It really makes you think. I like it :)"},{"author_name":"Troy","author_uid":"34904","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:17am","epoch":1399108320,"text":"A unique take on the theme. I like it. The gameplay could use a bit more variety however."},{"author_name":"xgeovanni","author_uid":"11296","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:32am","epoch":1399109220,"text":"Well it would have been much nicer if the whole thing wen't somewhere, but you've probably thought that yourself."},{"author_name":"zorfmorf","author_uid":"28506","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:35am","epoch":1399109400,"text":"The only thing I don't really like is that you named the evil\/death part russia (at least that's written on the sign). This is way to loaded and I would usually refrain from bringing real world politics into games."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:44am","epoch":1399109940,"text":"Very innovative!\r<br\/>One of the best ways to use the theme yet!"},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1399110000,"text":"The reflection idea is cool, and the graphics and music work pretty well with it. The game is a bit short. The message though, I'm not too sure..."},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:46am","epoch":1399110060,"text":"Great art, really creepy. Is this a comment on Crimea? What's the deal with that face in the background?"},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:54am","epoch":1399117740,"text":"The idea is very interesting, but I am not really sure about the narration. It could use a little introduction and an ending."},{"author_name":"GamerTaters","author_uid":"35352","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:56am","epoch":1399117860,"text":"Really liked the reflection effect. Quite the contrast between both worlds. Interesting idea."},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1399216500,"text":"The End!? That was fast! I was expecting more :) Nice concept for the theme."},{"author_name":"Catmoo","author_uid":"1396","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1399310820,"text":"Was a nice game to play, what would have been awesome is if there were things you needed beneath the lake so you had to switch to your reflection :)"},{"author_name":"BadgerPriest","author_uid":"3353","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:20am","epoch":1399360500,"text":"Wonderful atmosphere, but the ending is a little anticlimactic, as people have commented."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1399413480,"text":"The reflection mechanic is very innovative! Very interesting!"}],"images":["ld29\/19560-fc435968a30a1ae38b6b163b7b6b28cb.jpg","ld29\/19560-f9d66194d79db738ad9ce94128378041.jpg","ld29\/19560-0a388bc031d6b1e2dc8081ce36c09b16.jpg","ld29\/19560-2fea1dd2ae4aa67be5c195bf957c9bed.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bytten.net\/games\/villagebythelake\/","text":"Flash"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20021","g_author":"19560","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20050","g_title":"Village By The Lake","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"310","g_commentcount":"30","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\/19560-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19560-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19560-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19560-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What lies behind the forced smiles, beneath the surface of this quaint Eastern European village?\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nWASD - Move \r\nEnter - pick up \/ drop items \r\nFind and deliver items to the people who need them! Now with added realism: there is nothing you can do to win.\r\n\r\nGraphics, \"music\" and sound by @tccoxon. Code by @NerdOfGamers.","title":"Village By The Lake"}