{"author_link":"\/author\/christinaneofotistou\/","author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","comments":[{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:06am","epoch":1377568860,"text":"It was quite confusing at first, but it has great visuals and animation. Nice!"},{"author_name":"nhmllr","author_uid":"21305","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:16am","epoch":1377569460,"text":"This is pretty good. I'm really liking the concept. My problem was that although I knew what the objective was, I had no idea what I was doing. For example, it said use cursor to movement, but I used the arrow keys instead. Same with the sun part. However, if these bumps were smoothed out, this would've been a really fun game! If you made more levels I would look forward to it. :)"},{"author_name":"roaet","author_uid":"20235","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:34am","epoch":1377574140,"text":"I love the art. It's good stuff. Controls were wonky but I figured it out!"},{"author_name":"megashroom","author_uid":"24770","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:37am","epoch":1377574320,"text":"Amazing visuals, and a pretty cool concept.\rIt captured the theme very well. 4\/5"},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1377574500,"text":"This is so well polished, loved the graphics and character animation. Great accomplishment for a 48 hours game."},{"author_name":"Verrazano","author_uid":"10665","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:43am","epoch":1377574680,"text":"It took me a while to understand how I was supposed to solve the puzzle. I thought I was supposed to cross the finish line with the trolls at first to continue. And then I was like... oh I have to make them kill them selves for her majesty!!! mawaha. Then I thought the mechanic was really cool. The art and music is really great, I can't wait for a post compo version."},{"author_name":"Rose","author_uid":"7352","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:44am","epoch":1377574740,"text":"Super cute graphics and music! I'll be keeping an eye out for the full version later."},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:45am","epoch":1377574800,"text":"Genuinely amazing graphics on this one, looks really lush and polished. Quite an interesting concept too. The controls were a little fiddly, but it didn't take too long to get my bearings. Definitely a creative use of the theme and a quality game all round."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:50am","epoch":1377575100,"text":"Gorgeous art and great concept! Too bad it was over as soon as I realized how to play.\rI first noticed your post during the 48 hours and was pretty excited to see how it would turn out.\rThere is certainly a lot of potential for a full feature puzzle game!"},{"author_name":"Mental Atrophy","author_uid":"26025","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1377612360,"text":"This game is gorgeous--great job."},{"author_name":"bytegrove","author_uid":"11939","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1377612600,"text":"Sweet graphics and nice music. The gameplay reminded me a little of Lost Vikings.\rEven though it was short the one puzzle was pretty clever, and not immediatley obvious. And you even managed to create a couple of cutscenes, awesome!\rThose poor trolls though... :P"},{"author_name":"rezoner","author_uid":"21594","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1377615360,"text":"I am not a fan of watching cutscenes before I am bound to the game but other than that - brilliant!"},{"author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1377615540,"text":"Graphics are great! Looks like a Gameboy Advance game, which is excellent. Sounds like one, too.\r\rI didn't understand what to do though, until I read a comment below that explains it.\r\rAlso, maybe one of the trolls should be automatically selected at the start of the game, so you can start moving immediately."},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1377617760,"text":"Looks and sounds good! Waiting for more levels! All hail the queen!"},{"author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1377621360,"text":"Cute liquid trolls! ) Also graphics, gameplay, audio.\rYeah, I enjoyed it all"},{"author_name":"DreamTeam","author_uid":"25930","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1377631800,"text":"Wow. First of all, the stage music and visuals go so well together. The design of the characters, the colors, and the layering\/shading in the stage are all very well done. I ran into a few bugs and it needs some tweaking, but what you were able to create here is a great starting point for something that could be incredibly satisfying. Please keep working on this!"},{"author_name":"DreamTeam","author_uid":"25930","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1377632040,"text":"Also... I had an idea while playing. The troll selection mechanic should be based on both positioning and order. It would be nice to be able to just tap ctrl to cycle through, or hold ctrl and press a direction to select the troll to the right or left of the current troll. The way it is now, it's not easy to determine which troll you will select. -SB"},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1377634320,"text":"Looks amazing, nice use of theme in the puzzle, shame you didn't have time for more levels D"},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1377638460,"text":"Wow, the pixel art in this game is perfect! Really good! Unique character design. The gameplay is pretty unique as well.\r\rI'm definitely keeping an eye out for the post-compo version!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1377645840,"text":"Like others have said, great art style, and extremely polished. Fun game, but some more instructions would definitely have been appreciated. Has potential to be a cool iphone\/android. Well done."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:21am","epoch":1377659760,"text":"Looks good, but was pretty short. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"dancingflame","author_uid":"24718","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:58am","epoch":1377672780,"text":"Awesome pixel arts and the background scrolling looks quite good. The animation is smooth and epic too! I love your idea and puzzle, it surely has some potential. Nicely done! BTW your gameplay is somewhat similar to ours, in good way :)"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:58am","epoch":1377683580,"text":"Nice pixelart :-)"},{"author_name":"Typedeaf","author_uid":"18950","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:46am","epoch":1377686460,"text":"Very, very nice looking game :) The troll design is excellent, and the environments are very nice to look at. Gameplaywise it took me a while to figure out that the objective was to get the Queen to the finish line, and that the countdown kept going even after they left the sunlight. That aside, the game felt really professional and polished, albeit a bit short ;)"},{"author_name":"Vasileiadis","author_uid":"25993","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1377694140,"text":"Can't really judge a game based on one and a half level but what I saw, I liked :) \r\rGraphics \/ Audio were great! Could do with a little more things to do but given you're not a programmer, maybe you had some ideas you couldn't implement - would like to see more :)"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1377725880,"text":"Great artwork, nice music. Good job!"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1377725940,"text":"Took me a moment to realize that by "cursor keys" you meaned arrow keys. After that it went pretty well.\r\rReally nice idea in this game, and awesome pixel art! Nice work. I really like the concept. Unique!"},{"author_name":"Sinuath","author_uid":"3045","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1377726360,"text":"Wasn't sure what i was doing at first but it's a great little game and the graphics are amazing!"},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1377726420,"text":"Very good idea even if it took me a few minutes to figure out what to do :) The thing that kept me away from the solution is the fact the trolls you control can leave the screen on the right side. I really thought that there was something to do there...\r\rGood job, hope for more levels now!"},{"author_name":"bnhw","author_uid":"3267","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1377726660,"text":"Wow, that pixel art is fantastic! I love the concept and hope you go on to make those other eight-and-a-half levels."},{"author_name":"Beavl","author_uid":"26231","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1377726960,"text":"A bit confusing at first, but interesting overall. Art is really nice (so as the dialogue!). Congrats!"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1377727200,"text":"It took me a while to realize what the mechanic was (I should read the description...), but it was quite an enjoyable little puzzle. I would've loved to have played more of this :)"},{"author_name":"spliter","author_uid":"1301","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1377728880,"text":"Very neat game, the idea for trolls turning into bricks is a very interesting one and I;d love to see more done with it. Also the art and animation are gorgeous and the music is sweet on the ears."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:39pm","epoch":1377729240,"text":"Great graphics and nice idea!"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1377733320,"text":"Great job!\r- lovely art... nice animations (especially the turn-to-stone one) and gorgeous environment\r- very nice music (one bug i saw was that going back to the main menu caused the game to be silent when re-entering the level)\r- a pretty satisfying little puzzle, figureoutable without a tutorial\r- some good humor, especially the rocks talking\rNot sure why the queen didn't turn to stone also, though :P"},{"author_name":"cafeine","author_uid":"14795","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:36am","epoch":1377736260,"text":"Your game is really an amazing achievement! I really hope you keep working on it, I'll keep an eye out for it."},{"author_name":"Sakuyan","author_uid":"13803","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:43am","epoch":1377736680,"text":"This is really beautiful! I love the troll's walkcycle (feels very much like a troll). That's odd... I can't seem to rate any higher than a 5 ;)"},{"author_name":"Atmospherium","author_uid":"24518","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:11am","epoch":1377741960,"text":"Some of the best art I've seen so far and a really solid basis for gameplay, I really wish you had been able to get the rest of the game together. Hopefully you keep developing this."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:07am","epoch":1377745320,"text":"cool game -- nice concept -- good job"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:32am","epoch":1377754020,"text":"The graphics are amazing!\r\rI have to say I'm jealous of your title screen. I always run out of time to make a nice one, and yours is wonderful.\r\rKeep up the good work!"},{"author_name":"Optimus6128","author_uid":"17470","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:08am","epoch":1377759780,"text":"That has great graphics and original concept. Though, I was lost at first about what I have to do. And also much later in one of the plays the queen managed to jump higher without our help."},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:43am","epoch":1377765480,"text":"Once I worked out what I should do, it was a lot of fun! If the sunlight effect was demonstrated in the opening cutscene, and if you prevented the worker trolls from crossing the finish line, it would be a lot more intuitive."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:16am","epoch":1377767460,"text":"Show's a lot of promise. The art is really gorgeous. The short bit of content you managed is pretty funny too. All hail the queen!"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:56am","epoch":1377769860,"text":"The concept is excellent, the use of the 10 seconds is great, I really like the simplicity\/efficiency of the controls, and music and art are astonishing.\r\rYou really should make it a bigger game. All hail the queen!"},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:05am","epoch":1377770400,"text":"All hail the queen! \rAwesome entry, i enjoyed this one so much."},{"author_name":"UnorthodoxGames","author_uid":"26617","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:15am","epoch":1377771000,"text":"Initially I was confused, but as soon as the first troll turned to stone it all clicked! The artwork and animation is great, as is the music. It's a really good way to use the theme. I hope we get to see more levels one day!"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:20am","epoch":1377771300,"text":"Great little game, love the graphics! I wish you'd continue making more levels for it post-LD! :)"},{"author_name":"Capro","author_uid":"16077","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:21am","epoch":1377771360,"text":"Vey good but too short. Keep working on it, add more levels! :)"},{"author_name":"withoutpillow","author_uid":"27525","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:34am","epoch":1377772140,"text":"great graphics, and was that some danish i read there? "ja, en stige".\r\rpromising gameplay, i look forward to the 10 levels version."},{"author_name":"team_cow","author_uid":"27760","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:01am","epoch":1377773760,"text":"Great intro music!"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:18am","epoch":1377774780,"text":"I can't wait to see a complete version of this! Also, I got a bug the first time I played and the queen just jumped over the ledge xD So I was a bit confused on what happened."},{"author_name":"Syawra","author_uid":"11606","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:24am","epoch":1377775140,"text":"Excellent graphics and audio ! I wish there was more levels, a complete version might be awesome !"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:28am","epoch":1377775380,"text":"All hail the queen.\rIn the description you wrote about one and a half levels... where is my half level?! :D"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:39am","epoch":1377776040,"text":"I love the visuals. The music's beautiful too. Had fun as long as it lasted-could've used more levels, but I guess with time limits and all it was too difficult to design 'em. Considering it was all done by one person, I'd say pretty impressive."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:47am","epoch":1377776520,"text":"Wow thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions\r\r@nhmllr\rthank you! Fixed the control descriptions, should be ok now\r\r@Verrazano \r\rThank you, I blocked the trolls from going over the finishing line, and it is much clearer now!\r\r@jay griffin\rYou're the sweetest, thank you!\r\r@theholychicken \rThank you, I'll try not to disappoint!\r\r\r@bytegroveYes, definitely Lost Vikings, with a dose of Lemmings and Doublefine's The Cave. I was going for lemmings\/adventures of Lomax with the mood, but hopefully in an original way\r@rezoner \r\rthank you! If you press "ctrl" you can skip the cutscene\r\r@Steve \rVery good suggestion! I thought I'd make people learn the selection system first, but you're right, it's confusing\r@Moosefly says ...\r\rAll hail the queen!\r@wine says ...\rThank you!\r\r@DreamTeam says ...\rThank you, I will.\rAnd yes you're absolutely right about the troll selection, thank you! I will work that into the finished game\r\r@Tifu \rgive it time <3 Thank you\r\r@zatyka \rAgreed, and will do! Thank you\r\r@dancingflame \rAwesome pixel arts and the background scrolling looks quite good. The animation is smooth and epic too! I love your idea and puzzle, it surely has some potential. Nicely done! BTW your gameplay is somewhat similar to ours, in good way :)\r@rincewind_cz \rNice pixelart :-)\r@Typedeaf \rI made the finish line uncrossable by worker trolls, this should make it easier. Thank you so much for playtesting it\r@Vasileiadis\rΕυχαριστ\u03ce. We'll see!\r\r@AdventureIslands \rI changed the control descriptions! Thank you and I apologize for the confusion\r\r@deepnight \rI made the finish line uncrossable by worker trolls, this should make it easier. Thank you for the tip!\r\r@spliter\rThank you! I didn't want the trolls to turn into boring old stone statues, as in the actual myths :) \r\r@rylgh \rYou're so right to point this out. The queen, if I had time to make the sprite, was going to be under a huge tent, designed to keep her safe, while the other trolls bust their asses for her.\r@cafeine \rThank you! Please do!\r@Sakuyan \rWow, that's so sweet of you, thanks!\r@Atmospherium\rI will! Thank you!\r\r@savethejets1\rAww, thank you! You know, it helped that the graphics are old-school. That way the title screen was just a copy\/paste of game graphics.\r@Optimus6128 \rYou're right about that, thanks for the bug report. It's a problem with Construct 2, but now that I know about it, I will make the jump impossible unless there's a stone where it should be.\r@GrooveMan\rI took your advice, and made the finish line impassable to worker trolls. It makes a world of difference, thank you!\r@KhaoTom \r All hail the queen!\r\r@Colapsydo \r All hail the queen!\r\r@bitserum \rAll hail the queen!\r\r@UnorthodoxGames \rThank you, I promise you will. All hail the queen\r\r@Linus Lindberg \r\rI will! Thank you!\r\r@Capro \r\rYou're right. And I will, thank you!\r\r@withoutpillow\r\rYes it was! Well, they're Trolls, so they're Scandinavian. But I want only the queen to insist on talking in the Old Tongue, to make her more snobbish\r\r@Zccc\rNoted, thank you so much! It's a Construct 2 bug, but I will fix it by making the jump impossible until you've placed a step in the right place.\r\r@klianc09\rAll hail the queen. Thank you! I... decided to leave it out, and show it to you along with the other 8.5\r\r@Diptoman\rThank you! Well... I lost a lot of time designing 10 levels, because I thought I could finish them. If I had designed just 5 puzzles, I might have managed to get it in. Live and learn!!"},{"author_name":"soybean","author_uid":"25877","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1377777420,"text":"Wow, love the graphics and polish! Nice to also see this is made with Construct2 :). May I ask what did you use for the graphics?"},{"author_name":"FunByJohn","author_uid":"5063","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1377777600,"text":"This is really amazing, some of the best pixel art I've ever seen (inside AND outside this compo) it really is beautiful! The music too :O so relaxing and tranquil.\rI can definitely sympathise with only having time to make 1 level, and I also can't wait to play more :D"},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:07pm","epoch":1377777720,"text":"beautiful art."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1377778680,"text":"@soybean thank you! Photoshop CS5. I'll make a making-of soon"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1377778680,"text":"@FunbyJohn thank you, that's quite the compliment!"},{"author_name":"lazyeels","author_uid":"17400","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1377781260,"text":"Very polished indeed, great job on the visuals, audio and overall mood!"},{"author_name":"Waynetron","author_uid":"8591","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1377782100,"text":"Control + Arrows on my Macbook is used for other shortcuts. Perhaps 1,2,3,4 to select as an alternative could be nice."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:23pm","epoch":1377782280,"text":"@Waynetron I had no idea, thanks for the heads up! I will implement a better way in the post-compo version, thank you and apologies"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1377782700,"text":"Oh wow, very well polished, beautiful art, interesting use of the theme...it's great! Also, thank you for having rated our game!"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1377783900,"text":"Moar levels now! :D"},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1377784680,"text":"Great style and graphics and a smart puzzle, too bad it was so short :)"},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1377787920,"text":"Great looking graphics, fun concept. Would love to see a full game (with controller support)!"},{"author_name":"deammer","author_uid":"18342","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1377788280,"text":"Man this is great, i want more levels! Keep it going :)"},{"author_name":"MuciojadPL","author_uid":"21095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1377790140,"text":"Great job, amazing graphics, I WANT MORE ! :D"},{"author_name":"MisterDerek2","author_uid":"8850","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1377803160,"text":"Cool concept and nice artwork. Memorable!"},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1377808320,"text":"Oh, just one level? I excepted more levels once I get how to play!\rAnyway that's still a good game, I like the lemmings-like mecanism. \rI think that "10 second and transform in plateform" mecanism could have been super awesome in a "10s rush" plateformer (you have to fastly go back to the right place and build your plateform path for the Queen). A lot of LD27 games took that plateformer-rush mecanism but I can imagine your mecanism on top of that could be super powerful."},{"author_name":"Zammy","author_uid":"25125","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1377810300,"text":"Really nice game! Great graphics, cool sound and atmosphere! Amazing work! Definitely waiting for more levels and post-jam version! \rOne suggestion:\r- add more queens! :) and the trolls to be confused which one to obey!\r"Do this, do that... Argh! A troll needs less queens, less sunlight, less jumpin' and more food!" :)"},{"author_name":"raver","author_uid":"16468","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1377811200,"text":"Good job, please some new levels."},{"author_name":"ghRibacki","author_uid":"7839","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1377816420,"text":"Wow! I love your art! Did you wrote the music as well?\rIs there only one level? I want the post-jam version now! =D"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1377820320,"text":"Wow! Beautiful art! Really nifty idea as well - looking forward to the post-compo version. Great job!"},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:10am","epoch":1377824700,"text":"Very beautiful pixel art! The game idea is very good. \rMore levels please!"},{"author_name":"ananasblau","author_uid":"3562","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:37am","epoch":1377851520,"text":"It is just amazing what you've done without being a programmer, congratulations. Keep working on the game. It is very creative and you should even think of going commercial with it. I like the small yellow sign with the sun on, maybe no one notices that it's one of those "danger wet" signs but that makes it so much better.\r\rTiny things you maybe didn't know you could implement: A "thump" sound when the trolls lands, being heavy creatures they do make heavy sounds. I'd even shake the screen a little when a troll lands, that gives it heaviness. And a sound when the turn, something crackling. The occasional grunt, a complaint when you run against a wall with them. It is those tiny things you want to work on now.\r\rctrl AND arrows is a bad choice, switches desktops on MacOSX. simply hitting one button multiple times will work better and is less confusing.\rI've put the trolls correctly, I'm sure, still the queen wouldn't jump up. But programming some fuzziness here is a bit harder than you might have the skills for."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 9:28am","epoch":1377854580,"text":"@ananasblau: I have no problem with fuzziness. It's actually a Construct 2 limitation, you can't precisely control the jump height, at such small resolutions especially at lower framerates. But my solution is to make the queen jump higher, and then create an invisible tall obstacle so she can't clear it, unless the stone is correctly placed.\r\rThank you for the tips"},{"author_name":"flavio","author_uid":"25936","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 9:59am","epoch":1377856440,"text":"I loved it ! The only regret is that there is only one level !"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:24am","epoch":1377857940,"text":"I can't wait for the post-compo version! The mood of this was excellent - wonderful art, animations and sound tied to a very charming premise. The characterisation of the servile trolls and their grumpy queen was spot-on and added a lot to the game's appeal.\r\rThe gameplay mechanic is very promising too, and makes good use of the theme.\r\rExcellent work!"},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1377865080,"text":"Great graphics, awesome idea. Can't wait for a full version."},{"author_name":"Patriick","author_uid":"27921","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1377883020,"text":"I'd love to see this taken to the next level, it looks great and it works well! I love these types of games =] Keep it up!!\r\r\rKind Regards\rPatrick"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1377889980,"text":"Absolutely adore the graphics. The puzzle design was great, only wished there would be more! Great entry, thank you. :)"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1377890880,"text":"Really nice graphics and animation. The mechanism is a bit complicated to understand but good after. Warning they seems still have collision problems with the queen (when she jump). Maybe you can add an emotional impact about the troll. They commit suicide for the queen, maybe you can highlight this idea of your game."},{"author_name":"Valerien","author_uid":"18394","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1377892740,"text":"The visuals are neat. There is a bug that makes you win the game whatever the troll layout is if you morph the lads at the right of the screen. This confused me at first about what the gameplay was. It would have been nice to have less cuteness or polish on the graphics and a bit more content\/gameplay. Good job anyway.\r\rKind regards,\rnathan"},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1377901200,"text":"... oh no!\rI feel like I am a total retard... I understand nothing that is going on.... :( \rI guess the game is nice, it looks and sounds good, but... yeah, I should go to sleep now and try again later! :)"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1377903300,"text":"Woah, that's cool! The gameplay is pretty cool, but wow, I LOVE the character and environent design. Especially the little mushrooms on the trolls' backs and the super smooth transforming sequence. The music fits the relaxed mood pretty well. It's a pity it's so short, but it makes up for it in polish :D\r\rI can't wait to play the post-compo version with more levels. All hail the queen!\r\rPS: You seem to have the programming part down pretty well, but since you say you're no programmer: If you ever want to team up with one for a project, shoot me a message!"},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1377920880,"text":"The music and art are GORGEOUS!! I totally agree with Steve, the graphics look like something straight out of a Gameboy Advance game. Can't wait for the post compo version to play some more troll goodness! :)"},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1377960000,"text":"I love how charming this game is! <3 From the graphics to the animation!\r\rThe premise is very good, too, creative use of the theme there!\r\rI like how the trolls still hail the queen, even after they turned to stone for her, haha!\r\rAbsolutely fantastic work!"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1377979260,"text":"Liked the art and music. Nice start, but those controls....awful :) Please rework them? On OSX, things like ctrl+arrow change desktops, etc. Just use some key to cycle between them, vs a combo."},{"author_name":"Misfit","author_uid":"10677","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1377981900,"text":"Great audio and art (cool parallax scroller background).. but we need more levels.."},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1377983340,"text":"Took me a while to figure out what to do(somehow I didnt see the conversation at the start, maybe I picked a troll too early?), especially after the queen somehow managed to jump the entire ledge without a ladder the first time:p But the graphics are neat and the mood is good!"},{"author_name":"Purplescape","author_uid":"19858","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1377985500,"text":"This game is just so adorable and awesome! More levels would be great. I love the art, music, and gameplay."},{"author_name":"acro","author_uid":"21612","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1377988800,"text":"I think the queen is a bit glitchy - when i first pressed X she appeared but then left again immediately so I didn't know what to do. It's not very intuitive, but having said that, after reading the website description and trying again I did work out what to do eventually. I like that you tried something a bit unconventional and different, and the sound and art is absolutely outstanding."},{"author_name":"vladimirdlc","author_uid":"20157","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1377991680,"text":"Really pretty pixel art, and original (albeit evil) gameplay, I liked it very much.\rThe music is nice and fitting as well.\rI think there I found a bug. When the last minion was going to die, I pressed control and arrows, and then he 'revived' and never was able to die. Also, maybe start with someone already selected would be good.\rThe game itself it's a little short, but really well polished, I'll look forward to your post-compo version :)"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:10am","epoch":1378008300,"text":"Day-amn! Super great and original game! Breath of fresh air after 5 million platformers! Very cool!"},{"author_name":"graytest","author_uid":"11705","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:20am","epoch":1378030500,"text":"Great visuals and game concept. I can see this turning into a full game!"},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1378044360,"text":"Fantastic presentation and setup in all aspects :)\rThe idea is very cool, there' a lot of potential in this :)"},{"author_name":"DiscoFish","author_uid":"12320","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1378062480,"text":"Great concept and art style! Love it!"},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1378078980,"text":"I love the art and game idea. A shame you couldn't get more done."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1378140240,"text":"I agree. Lots of nice graphics and real impressive game considering that it's done in 48H.\r\rApplause!"},{"author_name":"zanval","author_uid":"27706","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1378156560,"text":"Really great concept! I didn't have any problems with the controls. The entire game feels very polished and I really look forward to the post compo version!\r\rEaster Egg:\rWhen starting the level a second time and spamming the x key, the queen will come and just jump over the obstacle :)"},{"author_name":"rxi","author_uid":"16007","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1378217880,"text":"Unfortunately it didn't run when I first tried, so I ended up watching the walk through video since the art looked so nice from the screenshot. Revisited the page and it decides to work this time, but I'd spoiled it for myself by watching the video!\r\rAs others have already mentioned the graphics are lovely, the animations are great. The game play mechanic felt interesting and tied into the theme well and I liked the personality the dialogue gave to the little characters. It's a shame it's so short but I assume the post compo version will be extended? Overall nice work.\r\rOn a side note, I checked out your past submissions when you mentioned one of my old LD entries and was surprised to see it was you who made Kumiho for LD#23 -- I hadn't taken part in Ludum Dare at that point but I had tried that entry a few months ago when looking at random old entries and absolutely loved the graphical style for it."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1378227300,"text":"Oh lovely sprites, backgrounds and menu design! Music goes well too. I wish there were more levels. The other issues I see were mentioned already. Good job!"},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1378231380,"text":"Cool))"},{"author_name":"foumart","author_uid":"14368","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 11:55am","epoch":1378295400,"text":"This is brilliant!.. as an idea, execution, graphics and music. Can't wait to try more levels :)"},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 2:07pm","epoch":1378303320,"text":"Wow, amazing graphics and animations! :)\rIt's a shame it's so short!\rCan't wait for the post-compo version. :)"},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1378399200,"text":"Awesome concept, great visuals."},{"author_name":"cwkx","author_uid":"26001","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1378483440,"text":"Stunning presentation within such a short time-scale; i'm looking forward to seeing your next LD's ^^"},{"author_name":"Carduus","author_uid":"7279","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1378510800,"text":"I have to say it's great, even if you struggle with time limit for the compo, graphix art choices are very smart. The concept is very cool and fits perfectly with the theme.\rI can't wait for extra levels !"},{"author_name":"Cosr","author_uid":"1454","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1378688460,"text":"Lovely pixel arts and an intriguing mechanic. I'd love to see where you go with this next.\r\rAside from more content, it could use a bit more polish in a few areas. If you go back to the menu after the initial cutscene and restart the level, the ingame music does not start again. Also the queen's movement is rather wonky. I played a couple times, and my second time doing the correct solution she failed to step from the first rock up onto the ledge, turned around, said her 'unacceptable' spiel and left (and I of course had no trolls left).\r\rAlso, as good as the arts are, it would be nice if there was a bit more connection between the visuals and the mechanics. What I mean is, the ground in the centre of the level is the brightest, so appears best lit and thus the area that's exposed to sunlight visually, but it's the edge of the play area that counts as being in sunlight for the mechanics, which appears shadowy compared to the centre in contradiction to the (albeit excellent) sunlight warning sign. Just a little something that could make the game more cohesive."},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1379077860,"text":"Great art (like always with your entries)!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1379190120,"text":"Lovely graphics and atmophere! music fits nicely. The "game" is a bit hard to figure out though :("},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1379269440,"text":"All hail the queen! ^^\rI can see this as a prototype of a great puzzle.\r\rGreat sprites, decent music, what more does a game need?\rBtw: would you mind telling me the instrument\/VST you used to create your sound?"},{"author_name":"vikingpotato","author_uid":"27438","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1379352840,"text":"Mega awesome! a wee bit of polish here and there, and this will be awesometastic!!"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1379353740,"text":"What a great idea, but also what a pity it has only one? level... The Graphics is fantastic, the introduction is great, the music is soo cool. Well done. I hope you work further on this game to provide more content for the really good idea!"},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1379359380,"text":"Just read your Post Mortem.\r\rThis is amazingly well done. The graphics and especially the "turn into stone"-animation is absolutely gorgeous.\r\rI will NOT criticize the fact there is only one level, because i myself struggled enormously with the time limit (even though your game is a JAM-entry), and the fact that you got this one level bugfree, greatly polished and beautifully done qualifies it for a fantastic Ludum Dare Entry.\r\rYou can expect a very good rating from me."},{"author_name":"Keith Evans","author_uid":"25189","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1379359560,"text":"Really liked this one. A little confusing control wise but once I figured it all out it was fine. This felt like a great start to a bigger project. I would love to play more."},{"author_name":"Static 64","author_uid":"22813","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1379361240,"text":"The game wouldn't load past the title screen for me."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1379364540,"text":"@Static 64 what are your system specs? Did you run on Firefox or Chrome? Explorer doesn't support HTML5\r\r@X-0r I used Korg Legacy M1, a great VST\r\rThank you everyone"}],"images":["ld27\/13139-5f2bbc9bedf2a02c08e4b07852a45961.jpg","ld27\/13139-816e094eed4d27878f076706ac0928bc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/28087823\/LD%2027%20Legend%20of%20Troll\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rfTxrs33d1Q&feature=player_embedded","text":"Video Gameplay\/Walkthrough"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=apv40JZMleI","text":"Timelapse Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23247","g_author":"13139","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"23277","g_title":"Legend of Troll","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"158","g_commentcount":"120","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\/13139-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/13139-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Everyone knows trolls turn to stone within 10 seconds of getting exposed to sunlight.\r\n\r\nSo this is their story.\r\n\r\nMade with Construct 2\r\nArt, animation and music by Christina A. Neofotistou\r\n\r\n\r\nHint: the goal is to get the queen to the finish line\r\n____\r\n\r\nI planned 10 levels of troll puzzle fun. I managed one and a half, so I present it to you. I worked 3 days on my own, and I'm not even a programmer. There's so much content that didn't get into the game, but I'm SUPER happy. I love LD so much, I want to have one next week as well!\r\n\r\nPlease keep an eye out for the post compo version. It will be amazing!\r\n\r\nDon't forget to vote.\r\n\r\n___\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nCtrl+Arrow keys = select your troll\r\nArrow keys = move and jump\r\n\r\n","title":"Legend of Troll"}