{"author_link":"\/author\/hyperbox\/","author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","comments":[{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1377549780,"text":"Game sucked me in, dunno why. It is simple but pretty effective as well... picking up wisps also gave me a boost of speed, or so I felt :P I hovered around 16 wisps for a little bit befroe getting frustrated and leaving but that no fault of the game but mine.\r<br\/>Audio was okay, but got repetitive after a while, still helped the killer mood."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1377550200,"text":"Nice design, fun to play, but a bit monotoneus."},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1377550260,"text":"The speed increase is a nice surprise, and like how the tune synchronizes with the day-night rotation. It's strangely captivating. Won it :)"},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1377550560,"text":"Dat dark synth!! Made my stomach drop from uneasiness. Loved the tempo this one had, as well as it was slowly progressing. The music made a superb job of telling what is going on and setting the mood. Kudos! I really like this one =)"},{"author_name":"SneManden","author_uid":"16779","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1377550560,"text":"Kept playing. Quite fun. Has potential."},{"author_name":"Feysoura","author_uid":"25882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1377550740,"text":"Game was AWESOME. I won it, and I wanted to keep playing.\r<br\/>Really really solid entry. I don't really know why."},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1377570780,"text":"Really enjoyed it, everything worked great and it was fun. great job"},{"author_name":"prettymuchbryce","author_uid":"7269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1377570900,"text":"NIce. I liked it. Good music that synced to the gameplay, and adding elements as it goes on."},{"author_name":"deammer","author_uid":"18342","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:54am","epoch":1377575340,"text":"Simplicity = greatness. Love the mood and how the musics syncs with the 10secs. I also really like the flow adjustment."},{"author_name":"skywing","author_uid":"15682","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1377608700,"text":"The monochrome aesthetic looks really nice."},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1377624780,"text":"I like the concept a lot, and it is quite addictive too."},{"author_name":"rxi","author_uid":"16007","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1377630420,"text":"Nice one. I really liked how the 10-second theme coincided with the day\/night cycle. I also absolutely loved how the audio coincided with what was occurring in the game, it added a whole level of immersion and though every part of the game felt somewhat minimal it worked together seamlessly."},{"author_name":"megashroom","author_uid":"24770","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1377661680,"text":"Wonderful game.\r<br\/>I liked the subtle but necessary boost of speed given by the plants, I also thought that the graphics were simply delightful!"},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:29am","epoch":1377753840,"text":"Mood was definitely strong with this one. I was totally into the game. A bit creepy though but I enjoyed it although it took me a while to figure out what was all about.\r<br\/>Good Job!"},{"author_name":"canvapps","author_uid":"27447","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1377817440,"text":"great idea! on of those that really challenges you with no need to impress through graphics\r<br\/>fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Vaalen","author_uid":"21014","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1377870120,"text":"I really love this game. It's a bit easy but good job on mood, graphics and music."},{"author_name":"SasoriDama","author_uid":"14810","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1377889680,"text":"The game is pretty addicting! The music is really cool and how it is similar but darker at night. Also the enemies are scary!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1377980880,"text":"Really loved this game. It was simple but the music is amazing and very... relaxing... I featured it in my Ludum Dare 27 video compilation series, if you'd like to check it out, http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MGdyZZ8iT10"},{"author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 12:31am","epoch":1377995160,"text":"Thank you for the comments so far, you guys are giving me motivation to continue working on it after the competition :). Also Jupiter_Hadley, thanks for the video feature!"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 11:24am","epoch":1378034340,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1378050660,"text":"I like the atmosphere but gameplay is a bit too simple."},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1378245780,"text":"That was very hypnotic. I liked the way you used the theme. Maybe there could have been more variation earlier on though."},{"author_name":"foumart","author_uid":"14368","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1378245900,"text":"Nice atmospheric entry. The emptiness is not bothering at all, moreover it contributes for the special feeling while touching the unknown :) What is that creature ? and the planet? Excellent!"},{"author_name":"jwolf","author_uid":"11073","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 2:35am","epoch":1378348200,"text":"Pretty neat!  Your entry has a really strong feel to it, which the graphics and use of audio greatly contribute.  The only thing I didn't like about it was the placement of those red things.  You might want to add a min\/max spawn range, to make it fairer (spawned practically on top, once)...and conversely, more difficult."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1378348260,"text":"Quite beautiful.. great atmosphere change when the ghosts first appear."},{"author_name":"gravyhands","author_uid":"26121","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 2:37am","epoch":1378348320,"text":"Audio was pretty cool. Nicely synchronized as a timer and even though it repeated so many times, it was still a nice tune to hear."},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1378354320,"text":"Cool stuff.  Simple but really effective. I really like that the the music is tied into the timer!"},{"author_name":"kraj0t","author_uid":"24742","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1378415700,"text":"Yeah, simple game, but entertaining in a truly instinctive way. Nice work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There's one thing that I see in sooo many other games: you can run faster by walking diagonally. Vertical and horizontal velocities should not be added, but normalized regardless of their directions."},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1378426560,"text":"Really liked the mood this set. Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 1:00am","epoch":1378428900,"text":"@kraj0t\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I KNOOOOOOW when my friend pointed that out it drove me absolutely nuts! I'll have to fix that in the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1378770720,"text":"Super cute!  What a tiring life this guy has.  I loved the tempo introduced by the simple notes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Once, the bad guy catched me because I was standing in the same place he appeared, when the day turned night.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also once, I saw a wisp placed over the numbers at the top right corner, occluding them.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>One of my favs!"},{"author_name":"motty","author_uid":"25335","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 3:14am","epoch":1378868940,"text":"I don't know why I enjoyed this so much but I did. Really sweet little game. Total more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts stuff. Nice one."},{"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"5888","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 9:16am","epoch":1379236260,"text":"Nice tune."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1379355720,"text":"It's great when such a simple game mechanic with some fitting moody music can be so enjoyable. :) Really glad I played it."}],"images":["ld27\/24792-10c8aa3fa93977417143b044b58800a2.jpg","ld27\/24792-b23a0d581e7f6276e91178bcbb591cab.jpg","ld27\/24792-39c93b29c0cac31c127accdb675cd432.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.brianstegmann.com\/ld48\/lanternacyclum","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/bstegmann\/lanterna-cyclum\/src","text":"Sauce"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23415","g_author":"24792","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23445","g_title":"Lanterna Cyclum","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"449","g_commentcount":"34","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\/24792-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24792-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24792-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a creature on a planet that has a 10 second rotation.\r\n\r\nCollect plants during the day to increase your speed until the next day.\r\nCollect wisps at night, until you have 30.\r\nEach night costs 1 wisp to light your lantern. Get injured and you lose 5 wisps.\r\n\r\nWASD or arrow keys = move\r\nP = pause\r\n\r\nNot tested in IE, use at your own risk. Works best in Chrome.\r\n\r\n=== Update\r\n\r\nMy friend and I whipped up a song using the music from this game, if you like electronic music check it out: \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/soundcloud.com\/hyperbox\/darklights-sinerider-hyperbox","title":"Lanterna Cyclum"}