{"author_link":"\/author\/headchant\/","author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","comments":[{"author_name":"Waave","author_uid":"21500","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:50am","epoch":1377485100,"text":"Great aesthetic. I loved the intro screen."},{"author_name":"flamecow","author_uid":"27477","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1377485160,"text":"Hey, we both use LOVE! But seriously.. Wow, this is a great submission. I'm not sure if I can find very many flaws with it."},{"author_name":"Calahagus","author_uid":"18103","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:54am","epoch":1377485340,"text":"Really clever idea! The opening screen really sets the theme well, and doing something as simple as walking from one patch of open area to another is stressful (in a good way). Cool game!"},{"author_name":"oxysoft","author_uid":"25340","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:55am","epoch":1377485400,"text":"The game was dull compared to the title screen which made it seems very cryptic and cool"},{"author_name":"The Jahn","author_uid":"2485","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:01am","epoch":1377485760,"text":"the time\/mana thing was clever. good use of the theme. with more time i bet it could make a pretty interesting puzzle adventure game."},{"author_name":"TaleLore","author_uid":"21654","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:08am","epoch":1377486180,"text":"Cool graphics and I like the idea."},{"author_name":"madk","author_uid":"1540","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1377486660,"text":"I get a &quot;stopped working&quot; error when I attempt to run the program. (I'm on Win7.)"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:42am","epoch":1377499020,"text":"Dang this was really hard. Still pretty cool though."},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:52am","epoch":1377506820,"text":"Nice job! The text blipping at me was annoying after a while. What's the skyrum for?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"vrld","author_uid":"3805","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:26am","epoch":1377516060,"text":"Had to cheat and look at the map to know where to go (down and right [duh]), but I still did not manage to get there. The grind itself is fun, so I guess completing the game is optional ;)"},{"author_name":"SiENcE","author_uid":"10298","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:30am","epoch":1377516300,"text":"Pretty good!"},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1377536280,"text":"@oxysoft: No. Grinding is exciting.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@josefnpat: wow, you made it there? it has stats in the after-compo version :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@madk: I have no idea...when did that happen, right in the beginning?"},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1377553260,"text":"A great, hard game; the concept is very cool. Loved the audio too."},{"author_name":"euvl","author_uid":"26408","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1377600000,"text":"Liked this game, so atmospheric!"},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1377617460,"text":"I like the sound of the words :)"},{"author_name":"alts","author_uid":"18267","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:35am","epoch":1377678600,"text":"I like the mechanic of grinding for money to buy additional time. Given the nature of the game being time constrained, I probably would have added two additional buttons for [use mana potion] and [use potion] rather than having to fiddle with the menu. I wasn't nearly good enough to get down to the lower right corner. Cool game."},{"author_name":"Yngar","author_uid":"15497","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:20am","epoch":1377774900,"text":"You Win!\r<br\/>You Die!"},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1377793980,"text":"@Yngar: should be fixed in latest version, I hope"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1377807720,"text":"You think this is love? ... you are right... it is love :D Great game. Thanks for this!"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1377878160,"text":"Nice graphics and the controls feel good. The time you gain from a mana potion is a bit short though in my opinion. I barely made it out of the town. Still a very cool and polished feeling entry!"},{"author_name":"meszka","author_uid":"21212","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1377878820,"text":"Fun and addictive. Very challenging too, it's very easy to end up with not enough money\/time\/hp. Sometimes I used up almost all my time walking around without a battle, and other times I had one battle after another. But still I really like the concept of time as a resource instead of mana."},{"author_name":"tompudding","author_uid":"12467","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:46am","epoch":1377949260,"text":"Looks great, and I liked the music (though the sound effects were somewhat annoying). I wish the theme was 60 seconds though because it really felt like not enough time. I lost most of the 1 second between mana potions waiting to press return again to take another (I am old and have bad reflexes)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:58am","epoch":1377949980,"text":"I like it a lot :D Easy to learn, hard to master. Good visuals, nice music and SE."},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1377950820,"text":"Interesting trade off of time\/grinding. Very similar concept to Half Minute Hero. The text sound got really grating after a while, but I guess it goes with the old rpg style."},{"author_name":"ezolotko","author_uid":"13121","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1377960600,"text":"Great solid game, I hope you will continue to work on this."},{"author_name":"Latcarf","author_uid":"19457","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1377968640,"text":"The map is too large, we cannot see where we are supposed to go, and 10 seconds is not enough.\r<br\/>But the rest of the game is good."},{"author_name":"Radnen","author_uid":"26346","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1377986040,"text":"I think the balance and pacing was off. If you could make mana potions more accessible you can keep the timer going and it becomes like a game of catch-up wrapped in an RPG format. Loved the style and combat though very old school. :)"},{"author_name":"acro","author_uid":"21612","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1377986040,"text":"Very challenging and good use of the mechanic. Would be nice to see it developed further. Well done."},{"author_name":"haloflooder","author_uid":"18514","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1377986700,"text":"Man, that was pretty hard. The concept is very nice and music\/sfx is cool."},{"author_name":"dook","author_uid":"18341","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1378141680,"text":"Mood was great. I like the style and music. It was really tough though. Not sure if the game was really hard or I just didn't get it somehow :)"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1378142940,"text":"This combination was pretty fun and challenging. The mana potions need to restore more time though, I never made it too far from the town :|\r<br\/>Anyways, great idea and use of theme. Loved to mood and the music too."},{"author_name":"DreamTeam","author_uid":"25930","time":"Sep 12, 2013 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1379020140,"text":"Very difficult but I will try out your post-compo version to see the differences. You have a pretty good start with the compo entry. Great intro, solid old-school visuals, and an interesting mechanic. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Oxygamer","author_uid":"27817","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1379372520,"text":"My Game is much better than yours!"}],"images":["ld27\/4232-dfdeebb71fc07998a4b29948bc9a121a.jpg","ld27\/4232-434364418534b374927ddb7bb5ab4a32.jpg","ld27\/4232-d021277b4fbd572f4100a211e71bb5ba.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD27\/Grind%5Bwin%5D.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD27\/Grind%5Bosx%5D.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD27\/Grind.love","text":"Love\/Linux\/Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.headchant.com\/2013\/08\/28\/ld27-grind\/","text":"After-Compo"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23530","g_author":"4232","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23560","g_title":"Grind","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"224","g_commentcount":"33","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\/4232-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4232-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4232-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"10 second grind game.","title":"Grind"}