{"author_link":"\/author\/wine\/","author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","comments":[{"author_name":"mtrc","author_uid":"12174","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1377547200,"text":"A little tricky to play - I wasn't entirely clear on how to save people. but it's a very beautiful and slick game. I'd love to play this with a bit more work on a tutorial or something, because it was relaxing just to fly around in."},{"author_name":"lesterpig","author_uid":"8433","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1377549180,"text":"Ahem... Beautiful game but ... has crashed by browser. I didn't understand the concept."},{"author_name":"Monoquartz","author_uid":"23057","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1377549600,"text":"Two words: "Beautiful game""},{"author_name":"HauntedSoul","author_uid":"27320","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1377549900,"text":"Loved the look and sound of it! The game part could use a bit more work and it would make a pretty awesome experience.\rAlso I have a problem with the controls not being aligned to the camera but a small detail :)"},{"author_name":"Beardbotnik","author_uid":"20439","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1377550560,"text":"Amazing game! Took a while to figure out how it all exactly works but once I did it seems really cool. Definitely a very beautiful game and the sound really helps set the mood really well. Awesome job!"},{"author_name":"Friday","author_uid":"25437","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1377550920,"text":"Beautiful, but i cant save people."},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1377551040,"text":"Took a while to figure out how to find the crystals.\r\rVery cool apocalypse effect."},{"author_name":"entrusC","author_uid":"15445","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1377551220,"text":"Playing god is obviously not so easy. I think I might be responsible for setting off the apocalypse ... Still: great game! I really like the visuals in combination with the depth of field filter."},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1377551460,"text":"Strange gameplay, but very fun to play and interact with things. I would love to see more with this concept. ;)"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1377553740,"text":"Gorgeous. Really stunning visually, but i didn't get it. Is this a game? I couldn't click anything, and suddenly it was over..."},{"author_name":"jromeem","author_uid":"26716","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1377554880,"text":"took me a while to start saving people but I got it! this is really good! the music and visuals are amazing!"},{"author_name":"lambomang","author_uid":"15359","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:49am","epoch":1377564240,"text":"Nice game! It's definitely one of the prettiest ones I've seen. The actual game part of it feels a bit lacking though."},{"author_name":"Spiderhund","author_uid":"25133","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:04am","epoch":1377593940,"text":"Nice game! I absolutly love the graphical style, it has a really nice atmosphere.\r\rI do not like the camera controls though. I don't know if you intended for them to be that way but I had a hard time navigating around and reaching the "disease-crystals" on time, especially since you have to hover over them for awhile before they are destroyed.\r\rStill this is a game I would love to play more of if more development is done on it.\rGreat job!"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:29am","epoch":1377595440,"text":"A really gorgeous bit of landscape. Can you spin around?"},{"author_name":"mboaj","author_uid":"12678","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:56am","epoch":1377597060,"text":"I like the idea even if it kinds of make me sad :) so not much humor or fun. But the theme music is very nice. I agree with mtrc, it is tricky to play. Did you try a top-down view?"},{"author_name":"MidCry","author_uid":"21379","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:08am","epoch":1377597780,"text":"Nice idea \rbut hard to find how i can save peaple"},{"author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:47am","epoch":1377600120,"text":"Like @entrusC says "Playing god is obviously not so easy. \rI think I might be responsible for setting off the apocalypse ... "\rIt's hard to save everyone, huh? ) Even if you are God\r\rThanks for the feedback! It means a lot to me.\r\rSo... yeah. Most of the time spent on the creation of visual and audio parts of the game. Atmosphere. \rTherefore the game mechanics is very lame. Criticism is justified, \rstill have much to learn )"},{"author_name":"torvik88","author_uid":"27021","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1377619500,"text":"I love the enviroment"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1377622620,"text":"Nice work with graphics and color!\r\rGame was a bit difficult to figure out, though. In fact I still have no idea what is going on."},{"author_name":"Vaughn","author_uid":"25876","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1377624300,"text":"Design and aesthetics are top notch as everybody has echoed; however, also like most others, I couldn't figure out the crystals at first. Brilliant effects and audio work as well, especially on the failure condition - really great stuff!"},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1377624840,"text":"Beautiful idea, but I could not save anybody. Look and feel is just awesome. :)"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1377625260,"text":"Pleases the eye very much. Hard to understand though. The crystals were difficult to locate. But the relaxing atmosphere and the nice ambient track made it an enjoyable experience. Great work :)"},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1377626400,"text":"Yeah, those were some tricky crystals to find. Neat concept once you do, though. Love the visuals and sound!"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1377644280,"text":"Tthis game has the best concept among all the other entries I've played, but it's not just the concept. It is visually stunning and sonorly captivating. The story is heart breaking and even just the title "When he Left" has a lot of emotional impact."},{"author_name":"TwilightFlandre","author_uid":"14448","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1377794280,"text":"This game took awhile to get into and was a bit tricky but it looks beautiful and has an amazing concept behind it. The audio is very nice as well."},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1377794580,"text":"A beautiful game with nice audio and mood, but gameplay wise it's.. weird. I did manage to figure it out and rescued a few people, but the controls could be aligned better to the camera."},{"author_name":"Pol","author_uid":"18149","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1377803580,"text":"The graphics and sounds are really neat, the end in particular was stunning !"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1377803880,"text":"I would've like to have some sort of mouse looking so that I could find people easier, but very nice game with excellent ambiance :)"},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1377806820,"text":"Really appealing visual style, amazing work. The music was very fitting too! Only problem is that there wasn't any progression in the gameplay, and it was never difficult. Losing had a really cool effect though."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1377809520,"text":"Crazy and atmospheric game, graphics and game play are awesome!"},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1377811920,"text":"Top marks for graphics, it's gorgeous! Gameplay wise I found it hard to understand what to do, and got frustrated by my inability to move around faster."},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:26am","epoch":1377822060,"text":"osx versión doesn't open in mountain lion"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:30am","epoch":1377822300,"text":"Really gorgeous game. :)"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1377890280,"text":"I was a bit lot at the start but I like the mood of the game."},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1377951900,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 2:18am","epoch":1378347180,"text":"Love the look and idea of this game, however I really wish we could have turned around instead of having to go backwards :P I featured it in my LD27 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WX5erHA1DPE"}],"images":["ld27\/22152-62771321852222fd37e86e91acb1a51b.jpg","ld27\/22152-763738001bc2554b30fff79a4acbd93b.jpg","ld27\/22152-d4998dcb087d0e9b8d7284107eb53573.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/4nof1e33gcj5zq3\/WhenHeLeft_win.rar?token_hash=AAFvWgUYYCExNozyded9-kI-NQ_Wq-GX5AKUmyxSP7TspQ&dl=1","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/99lwbp5ych81mfn\/WhenHeLeft_mac.app.rar?token_hash=AAE62hEI0wTjV5Ze0AvTQjZ0gsA-oZMdpoD3qvqZqBZPwg&dl=1","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/ld27whenheleft.blogspot.ru\/","text":"Web\/Unity3D"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/08\/28\/how-to-save-people\/","text":"How to Save People?"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22776","g_author":"22152","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22806","g_title":"When He Left","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"227","g_commentcount":"36","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\/\/273708\/22152-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/22152-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/22152-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There is a disaster in this place. Disease.\r\nWhen you hear the call for help - find a sign and jump to the sky.\r\nThere will be a blue crystal - focus on it to destroy.\r\nAnd one person life will be saved.\r\n\r\nBut do not leave the land unattended.\r\nEven at ten seconds. This is enough to let the world perish.\r\nBut... you may be interested in what will happen.\r\n\r\nWASD - fly to find who need a help\r\nSPACE - up\/down\r\nMOUSE - hover your mouse on disease-crystal in the sky\r\n(they appear somewhere above the help sign) to destroy it.\r\nBut if it's too late, it will self-destruct.\r\n\r\nHave fun!","title":"When He Left"}