{"author_link":"\/author\/robopossum\/","author_name":"robopossum","author_uid":"23029","comments":[{"author_name":"Conchlab Games","author_uid":"25848","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1398711720,"text":"This game looks great!"},{"author_name":"Jeasonfire","author_uid":"29941","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1398712080,"text":"Fun game, very interesting to navigate based on the magnet mechanic. Graphics were fun and the music was good."},{"author_name":"igwb","author_uid":"34468","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1398712140,"text":"Interesting aproach on the theme. The game is much more difficult that one would expect. Yet it's fun. I like that you added two different settings as well. Heck, even a tutorial and achievements. Well done!"},{"author_name":"SonicRaptor","author_uid":"17189","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1398712140,"text":"Love the concept, very nice game"},{"author_name":"AdamSwaggoner","author_uid":"7136","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1398712140,"text":"Cool game, I was sorta lost with the magnet, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398712320,"text":"Original, pretty nice game! :)\r<br\/>The sound is really quiet, though..."},{"author_name":"crocantidepollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1398712620,"text":"Amazing game! That ball is a little heavy though :P"},{"author_name":"gwa","author_uid":"34038","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1398712620,"text":"Hey nice game but pretty hard :)"},{"author_name":"tuxxilla","author_uid":"35929","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1398712620,"text":"Found this to be quite difficult. A glass table would be good for training :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great graphics!"},{"author_name":"Roman Kornev","author_uid":"35961","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1398713520,"text":"Really like the concept of this :) The idea of not directly  controlling a ball is very fun.\r<br\/>3D objects look great and feel very realistic but I think 'pixel' art style feels out of place.\r<br\/>Music gives it a nice mood. Great game!"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1398715020,"text":"This is a very cool idea, but very hard. The ball seems to fly away quite easily, hm. Stil, I love the originality!"},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1398716340,"text":"I like the idea. Could have used at least one level where the magnet was visible the invisible magnet was a bit overused."},{"author_name":"VanMerwan","author_uid":"17310","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1398765540,"text":"Nice. Maybe the magnet should attract the ball from a more far distance."},{"author_name":"abuzreq","author_uid":"17923","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:09am","epoch":1398765840,"text":"Liked it , yet it was a bit hard though to keep predicting the location of the magnet."},{"author_name":"DanEEStar","author_uid":"12823","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:53am","epoch":1398768480,"text":"Great game!\r<br\/>But its always Game Over for me. But fun to play around with.\r<br\/>Great work on the achievements."},{"author_name":"Kwrky","author_uid":"17889","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:00am","epoch":1398768900,"text":"Windows zip is corrupt?"},{"author_name":"robopossum","author_uid":"23029","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:41am","epoch":1398771360,"text":"@Kwrky I've just checked the windows download and it's working fine, perhaps try downloading again. For the game to run you'll need microsoft XNA installed, the link to download it is in the download links of the entry."},{"author_name":"Dramentiaras","author_uid":"29135","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1398779580,"text":"Graphics look good. I like the achievements!"},{"author_name":"Red Light Collective","author_uid":"37093","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1398783000,"text":"Good idea, it's just need practice.\r<br\/>Original :)"},{"author_name":"RobotParking","author_uid":"26005","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1398783360,"text":"I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE MAGNET"},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1398783540,"text":"Nice concept ! Interesting mechanics, really not as easy as I first thought ;) Great work and nice interpretation of the theme ;) The achienvments are funny, good idea ;)"},{"author_name":"ComicSans","author_uid":"21220","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1398783720,"text":"Ok, I admit I spent all my time trying to knock stuff all the desk.  Fun!"},{"author_name":"mrhill","author_uid":"15148","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1398784260,"text":"Nice idea and good graphics, couldn't get the hang of the magnet controls though but that's just me being bad."},{"author_name":"Stepperz","author_uid":"35525","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1398786120,"text":"I like your take on the theme :) And the graphics coupled with a good gameplay idea make for a very interesting game!"},{"author_name":"Siewart","author_uid":"10724","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1398786180,"text":"Pfff, very hard. Nice idea! :D"},{"author_name":"nonentheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:51am","epoch":1398847560,"text":"Pretty nice idea"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1398857520,"text":"Magnets are always a cool thing!"},{"author_name":"GamerTaters","author_uid":"35352","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:40am","epoch":1398857700,"text":"I really enjoyed this game. Great interpretation of the theme."},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1398893580,"text":"Super original!"},{"author_name":"Newt_","author_uid":"34427","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1398894000,"text":"Ever since I was young, I've said that I wanted to be a magnet when I grew up. They mocked me. All of them. Teachers, friends, my grandma. They said it was impossible. They said I could never be a magnet. Well look at me now, grandma. Look at me now. \r<br\/>(Great game btw)"},{"author_name":"SoupWithBits","author_uid":"37409","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:31am","epoch":1399011960,"text":"Really awesome take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 6:47am","epoch":1399099320,"text":"Quite fun but time pressure killing me :("},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1399321620,"text":"Awesome concept and game, I used to do this with paperclips in class at high school to scare people haha"},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1399672080,"text":"A great entry, and a surprisingly hard game! Still got a couple of (easy) achivements.\r<br\/>However, even when I knew where my magnet was, it was still hard to control the ball, especially to make it stop."},{"author_name":"Clinthoney","author_uid":"34437","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 4:20am","epoch":1400472900,"text":"Absolutely loved the game. The uniqueness of it is great. But I wish there was a way to see were the magnet is while its under the table because personally I get confused."}],"images":["ld29\/23029-1a95389ba3c79be57e0666cae5efaa7f.jpg","ld29\/23029-96b309b994e8b1826ddfb2146347e4f5.jpg","ld29\/23029-4ee05503eb9192682ec20e85f9e4e82c.jpg","ld29\/23029-6809311453fb09a80ff0ff3c468015ca.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/74497086\/YATM_1.1.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/qzuzoh274egktib\/YATM_1.0_OSX.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914","text":" XNA Redistributable (Windows)"},{"url":"http:\/\/download.mono-project.com\/archive\/2.10.11\/macos-10-x86\/\/MonoFramework-MRE-2.10.11.macos10.xamarin.x86.dmg","text":"Mono Runtime (Mac)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20491","g_author":"23029","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20520","g_title":"LD29 Jam : You Are The Magnet","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"161","g_commentcount":"35","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\/23029-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23029-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23029-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23029-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You Are The Magnet\r\n\r\nA game designed and created by Robopossum and MrAffen in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 29.\r\n\r\nControls and Gameplay\r\n\r\nYou Are The Magnet beneath the surface of a table\/desk. Your goal is to move the ball above the desk into coins for points, fortunately it's magnetic.\r\nUnfortunately, there are also other magnetic (and non-magnetic) obstacles on the table\/desk which you will have to compensate for.\r\nControl your magnet with W, A, S , D and adjust the music volume using + and -, you can also mute it with M.\r\n\r\nCoin values\r\nGold = 10\r\nRed = 20\r\nBlue = 50\r\n\r\nAchievement Hints\r\n\r\nDinner\r\nFork off! - That fork would look great on the floor...\r\nPea'd off! - Hide your greens.\r\nGreek Wedding! - Smash those plates!\r\nWhat a mug! - Who needs coffee anyway?\r\n\r\nDesk\r\nCoup d'etat - Topple the ruler!\r\nLast screening - Real pros don't need no monitor.\r\nNo pen left behind - I love the smell of falling pen in the morning\r\nSqueaky clean - Mice squeak...\r\n\r\nScore\r\nAt least you tried - Fail completely\r\nBecome the magnet - Rack up the points\r\n\t\r\nAdditional notes:\r\n   The game screen starts at a very small resolution but is resizable and i recommend sizing it up a bit. \r\n   To play on Windows you need Microsoft XNA Redistributable\r\n      Link to it is in the download links\r\n   To play on Mac you Mono runtime,\r\n      Link to download is in the download links","title":"LD29 Jam : You Are The Magnet"}