{"author_link":"\/author\/mandraw\/","author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","comments":[{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:54pm","epoch":1377535740,"text":"This game is alright, I guess. I got stuck once I got the key, got in the house, went in the right door and went right. With the forks, and bowl...Puking or something? 4\/10."},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1377536340,"text":"hey first game and i'm reading along the manual...anyways , im almost donbe with the old kitchen..."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1377555780,"text":"Maniac Mansion like :D Found the key... died in a hole at the left room ^^"},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1377558660,"text":"I played a little on Wine running on linux. I like how you mixed the artwork. for your first game it's an accomplishment to just finish.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep up the good work and you'll earn a lot of experience in the process.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>my first game was some REALLY WEIRD geometry shooter in flash."},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:55am","epoch":1377604200,"text":"The art is a bit of a mess, you could of put some mysterious soundtrack too. Also - arrow keys and mouse? Recipe for disaster! Put WASD atleast.\r<br\/>Although it is not that bad, keep on working and you can show great work! :)"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1377604680,"text":"For a first game this is not bad. It was awfully short though, at least I think. I managed to get 2 endings, after jumping into the hole."},{"author_name":"Pixelfan Games","author_uid":"20908","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:59am","epoch":1377687240,"text":"no music, no sounds, but nice idea. Good work"},{"author_name":"MatrixBai","author_uid":"4067","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:03am","epoch":1377687480,"text":"The female scream scared me..."},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1377713760,"text":"To answer some of you : I didnt want to put wasd , I have a non-qwerty keyboard and i always hazd probems playing games...arrow keys are on every keyboard and if you dont have to use others keys(like ctrl , alt, shift...) they are not bad...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm bad at art...music is worse , so until i find"},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1377714180,"text":"To answer some of you : I didnt want to put wasd , I have a non-qwerty keyboard and i always hazd probems playing games...arrow keys are on every keyboard and if you dont have to use others keys(like ctrl , alt, shift...) they are not bad...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm bad at art...music is worse , so until i find someone who can help me with it...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>there is a third ending but i couldnt include it :\/\r<br\/>It was to be at least 10 rooms , but midway i choose to completely change the art, it was really bad :\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Actually the screamer is a boy , but i cannot blame you for thinking otherwise XD"},{"author_name":"senseidav","author_uid":"27510","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1377804780,"text":"This is one of the few graphic adventures has appeared in this contest, so that I give you good points.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Art its good, althought you you are bad i think not.. I think a little of music has had encouraged the party too..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good work, keep on."},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:40pm","epoch":1377905700,"text":"I think this has a nice premise, and can be worked further upon!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As an advice, do try to follow control conventions: arrow keys and mouse is a little strange combination.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep working on your games! :)"},{"author_name":"haloflooder","author_uid":"18514","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1377973500,"text":"The room with 2 doors were confusing because they both said it was wrong. I had to click on one door a few times and it let me in. I didn't get the puzzle there. lol."},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1378151820,"text":"That because you must go in before some seconds : if you don't go quick , the monster is waiting behind the door"},{"author_name":"gmaker","author_uid":"20390","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 9:55am","epoch":1378374600,"text":"not bad!! great idea! good job!"},{"author_name":"Binary Gambit","author_uid":"20783","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1378394220,"text":"Good work on your first game! Cant wait to see what you do in the next Ludum Dare"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 1:18pm","epoch":1378818780,"text":"A mouse and arrow-keys feels rather finnicky and imprecise (mostly because I wasn't sure whether I should be clicking on my character, the item, or what). Mapping investigate to something like the space bar, and having a visual indicator (like a ! above the character's head) would make this much clearer."},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 9:39am","epoch":1378892040,"text":"Yeah that would have bee better , but I was a little in a panic\/frenzy between the fact I never used gamemaker , the fact I never made a game and the fact that I wasn't sure if What I was doing was worth putting online... in the end I learned how to use gamemaker , and I finished a game(cool!) and friends encouraged me (they said they would kick my ass if I didn't put it online XD) anyways I'll keep all of your advices for next time !"},{"author_name":"lordjosephdeburg","author_uid":"13718","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1379261880,"text":"Hey this is my first LD and first time with game maker also... nice game mandraw, I thought the visuals were actually good and also that demon really caught me by surprise lol"}],"images":["ld27\/25422-c6acf63b19373a5a66f2dc596b251ac8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mega.co.nz\/#!3J4lXbxT!JYdNSmg2IGAAoFSY645G3HuzFMETLJVEFMxVeL1gjCc","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/27i3tv0jcwu1b5i\/Beta2.exe","text":"Windows(alternative download, some people say mega is bad ...)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23838","g_author":"25422","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"23868","g_title":"Detective Shadow","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"593","g_commentcount":"19","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\/25422-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Boring rambling \/On\/\r\nI want to say : It's teh first time I do a game (outside of my head , I mean) I'm bad at art , i do now some programmation language but it's the first time I apply it to a game.Anyways these hours have been fun and frustrating , making games is awesome !\r\nBoring rambling \/off\/\r\n\r\nYou are a detective who just woke up in front of the house he needed to search for a criminal case...but he seems to have a little black out : before he can remember what happened , he hears a sound behind him , and his soul scream : RUN !\r\n\r\n\r\nI wanted to do 10 romms , and more interactivity , but time is hard oII think I'l do a refined , with true art version...\r\nFor now , enjoy this one, i hope ^^\"","title":"Detective Shadow"}