{"author_link":"\/author\/kristinnes\/","author_name":"KristinnEs","author_uid":"25925","comments":[{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1377472380,"text":"Normally I don't really like maze games. But this one is very well done. Could use some sound and music to make it more atmospheric. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"flamecow","author_uid":"27477","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:45am","epoch":1377481200,"text":"I agree with Jhelle; I usually am not a fan of maze-based games. This, however, is an interesting twist on the usual concept. I like this a lot."},{"author_name":"olafurw","author_uid":"25450","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1377484020,"text":"Nice one man!"},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1377519840,"text":"I like it.\r<br\/>I don't know if it was done on purpose, but when bumping against monsters, you only lose when facing directly to them. In other cases, it's safe to touch a monster."},{"author_name":"ben","author_uid":"11355","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1377520080,"text":"Interesting idea, the main challenge is definitely trying to get by the enemies without running out of ammo. Might have been interesting if your ammo count carried over but there were also ammo pickups in the levels"},{"author_name":"rzfmzn","author_uid":"4736","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1377521580,"text":"Nice :D"},{"author_name":"m110","author_uid":"25214","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1377521760,"text":"That's kinda unusual idea, liked it."},{"author_name":"Tinnapixie","author_uid":"27685","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1377522240,"text":"I love it :) It is fun and nerveracking at the same time. Loved the ending and knowing that since i died i now became one of the zombies."},{"author_name":"Riley Hume","author_uid":"25263","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1377525900,"text":"Nice game! Fun and a nice twist on the usual maze games. Some audio, even basic music would have helped but otherwise quite nice!"},{"author_name":"Ghostik","author_uid":"6198","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1377526500,"text":"I missed audio.. but really great concept though!"},{"author_name":"Falcon","author_uid":"26584","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1377526560,"text":"Awesome game. The fact that the camera turns with you made it a bit disorienting, which is a good thing since it made the maze much more difficult. Also, I liked the dark twist with the zombies. :P"},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1377530100,"text":"awesome, i really enjoy my gameplay and the mood of this game!"},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1377530100,"text":"BTW, awesome lighting..."},{"author_name":"doctorscientist","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1377530220,"text":"I like how the purple doods ask for help and then they don't help you. At first I didn't realize I could shoot them. I had a lot of fun trying to get away from them only to be herded into my untimely demise."},{"author_name":"skarab","author_uid":"25221","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:25pm","epoch":1377530400,"text":"Cool stuff man!"},{"author_name":"GreenyUk","author_uid":"27431","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1377530460,"text":"Pretty solid game but not too challenging. Maybe you only had 10 seconds of light to plan your rout then you were in darkness; just my opinion, but yeah pretty cool game. knocked out a few levels."},{"author_name":"Spencer Alves","author_uid":"25511","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1377539400,"text":"Could we have a Linux download? The Unity web player doesn't have a linux version."},{"author_name":"autlos","author_uid":"17768","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1377539580,"text":"Good &amp; fun game, I like how you implemented the time restrictions.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>BUT, I miss some sound effects and music, you should have work a bit more on the camera (it's a bit uncomfortable)"},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1377539640,"text":"This is pretty cool. The zombies made me laugh, and I usually don't like zombies. As someone has already pointed out, the camera is disorienting, but it's not necessarily a bad thing."},{"author_name":"SpiralCodeStudio","author_uid":"27454","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1377540660,"text":"Nice maze game! A little creepy."},{"author_name":"urth","author_uid":"285","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1377540780,"text":"The max I got was around 7.\r<br\/>Nice game but too hard. Limited ammo limited time. Too many zombies with 3 hit health like you and you only have 9 bullets. So if you face more than 3 zombies you are dead. The player should be able to replay the level instead of starting from maze 1.\r<br\/>I wish I reached the ending."},{"author_name":"Latency","author_uid":"25407","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1377541320,"text":"Simple, but very fun, good job"},{"author_name":"mutuware","author_uid":"14635","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1377541860,"text":"I liked the idea and the lighting."},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1377544620,"text":"I like it! Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"Beardbotnik","author_uid":"20439","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1377544680,"text":"Great job, the mood was interesting and the gameplay was simple and smooth. A little music would have gone a long way, maybe even just some footsteps or a blaster sound. Either way, awesome work!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1377545580,"text":"Nice work with the light! The voices trying to distract you are great :)"},{"author_name":"flamecow","author_uid":"27477","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1377548280,"text":"A really well made maze-game that fits with the theme. Awesome."},{"author_name":"frankbsad","author_uid":"22426","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:42am","epoch":1377563820,"text":"very fun."},{"author_name":"evilentity","author_uid":"26880","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1377607260,"text":"Pretty cool."},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1377613080,"text":"Pretty good twist on maze games, I think the darkness could be darker because I could still see where I should go sometimes.\r<br\/>Also would be amazing if you had voiced them instead of giving them text, would add soo much to the atmosphere"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1377625500,"text":"Liked this! I think it could benefit a lot if you would add some creepy music ^^ Otherwise nice usage of the theme, and good luck!"},{"author_name":"CmdBrewsky","author_uid":"21610","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1377628320,"text":"Nice idea. I like the concept and its interesting to play. With music it would be much better."},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1377631740,"text":"I came because your game has nearly the same name as mine and I stayed because of the gameplay. Sweet - maze games usually aren't my cup of tea, but combined with the light mechanic, a minimalistic but compelling plot and all the nice little touches like the monsters speaking made this quite fun to play. Good job - and congratulations on finishing your first LD entry!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>PS: After playing I realised that the similarity to my game doesn't end at the name - there's another thing actually :D"},{"author_name":"zlowrance","author_uid":"21441","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1377703620,"text":"Fun game. Very cool idea. Great job :D"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1377722280,"text":"Interesting game with simple idea. Great job."},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1377799200,"text":"Good to play !"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:34am","epoch":1378009740,"text":"Hey, this game was pretty good! Liked the fact that the levels were randomly generated."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 8:59am","epoch":1378025640,"text":"good levels! Great mood and theme! Thank you!"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1378136580,"text":"Very cool - my favourite Unity entry so far!"},{"author_name":"Antidote","author_uid":"27803","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1378756980,"text":"My first impression on your game - http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QI3piDmw0U"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 5:12am","epoch":1379221620,"text":"A very nice idea. I really liked how the ten seconds were more of a positive thing (at least to some extend). Very nice game. I missed some sound and music though."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1379262600,"text":"aMAZEing work. get it?!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No but it's a good game, bulky design, minecraftylike..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1379369460,"text":"Very cool use of the theme. It gets pretty challenging too! Nicely done!"}],"images":["ld27\/25925-ee449c4235c15e21c97ba3f867e77cad.jpg","ld27\/25925-e297c494c22845111bca380d87d92935.jpg","ld27\/25925-0ae05f4775380592347af0391e74c9e6.jpg","ld27\/25925-ed3a306ad0977b323fecda8e83a3d936.jpg","ld27\/25925-2b1a747eb35dcd6894ca8a8d7051aff6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3249697\/ludum\/ludum.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/talmir.darktech.org\/games\/ludum\/LOITD.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23081","g_author":"25925","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23111","g_title":"Lost in the Dark","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"497","g_commentcount":"43","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\/25925-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25925-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25925-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25925-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25925-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Premise:\r\n---------\r\nYou find yourself lost in a dark maze. The light you have barely gives you an idea of what is around you. You hear growling in the distance and voices whispering in the dark.\r\nOn your watch a countdown has started. It says 10 seconds! what could that mean?\r\n\r\nTen seconds later a light appears above the maze, illuminating it, and its inhabitants for short periods before plunging everything back into darkness. As time goes on the pattern repeats itself. It might be your imagination but you think the light periods might be growing shorter.\r\n\r\nThe light makes one final appearance before the darkness engulfs everything once more. This time it is different. You hear something slamming in the distance.\r\n\r\nCould it be? Am I stuck in here with these... monsters?\r\n\r\nAm I lost? I must escape... help...\r\n\r\nInstructions.\r\n----\r\nFind your way through the maze using WASD to move, Q and E to strafe and space to fire at the monsters. Every ten seconds you will be given an overview of the maze to help you find your way. Use the time well.\r\n\r\nTechnical details:\r\n------\r\nThe tools used were Unity3D, Blender and photoshop.\r\n\r\nAttached are screenshots from the game as well as one showing off the maze generator in action.\r\n\r\nIf the dropbox link does not work, this does: http:\/\/talmir.darktech.org\/games\/ludum\/ludum.html","title":"Lost in the Dark"}