{"author_link":"\/author\/vdz\/","author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","comments":[{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1377530160,"text":"When I extracted the zip (download (normal)) I got &quot;CRC failed in Content\\music\\level1.xnb. The file is corrupt&quot;. Game ran, but crashed when I entered tutorial level 1. Other levels seemed to run fine though! Player seemed to stick to the ground at times, I seemed to have to jump before I could move again.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the mechanic of keeping what item you hold when the world resets, interesting puzzles! Final level seems impossible unless I'm missing something..."},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1377531780,"text":"Thanks for pointing that out, there seems to have been some data corruption in uploading. I've re-uploaded both versions and they should both work now.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Every level can be completed. However, the impossible level requires a very unorthodox solution, and the final boss requires a combination of thinking and quick action."},{"author_name":"Lissar","author_uid":"27179","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:03am","epoch":1377561480,"text":"Even though the visual style is simple, I rather liked it!  The music helped set a good tone.  Even though the whole cursed by Time Witch thing is a silly contrivance for the mechanic, I actually really liked it.  Only big issue is somethings the character wouldn't move at all, requiring me to jump before anything would happen.  It made completing some rooms difficult."},{"author_name":"Ninja","author_uid":"14302","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:09am","epoch":1377561840,"text":"Nice, I like the mechanic of keeping items after the time runs out. I was able to defeat the witch with about 1 second left after much trial and error.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There was a problem with movement occasionally, I would need to push left or right a few times to unstick from the floor."},{"author_name":"mrcdk","author_uid":"25271","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1377562560,"text":"Nice game. I liked the mechanics but the movement wouldn't work from time to time :S"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:07am","epoch":1377565320,"text":"I liked this one! Quirky and funny dialogues!"},{"author_name":"doonay21","author_uid":"18952","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1377628860,"text":"Nice little game! Always like to hear some nice music in LD games :)"},{"author_name":"kacperski1","author_uid":"17819","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1377641160,"text":"Really awesome, rated highly.\r<br\/>The double-crown puzzle was mindblowing :D"},{"author_name":"[-BipolarDesign+]","author_uid":"13748","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1377731400,"text":"Not bad! I liked the idea that you keep your items through level resets, made for some cool puzzles!"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1377778560,"text":"I see a troper in here~\r<br\/>Anyways this game had really cool puzzles, but as already said before, the movement is just ugghhhh."},{"author_name":"Darien","author_uid":"7355","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1377779520,"text":"This is quite fun! It has a bit of a problem with movement sometimes not firing when I press the key, though, which is a BIG problem in the last level (where you have to move quite quickly)."},{"author_name":"4xisblack","author_uid":"21606","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1378154940,"text":"A very solid puzzle platformer in the tradition of Braid (especially given the 48 hour time constraints :P)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I actually kinda liked the janky movement; gives the experience a bit more character."},{"author_name":"Sheep","author_uid":"5959","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 10:42am","epoch":1378463820,"text":"Really fun overall. Too bad the movements were a bit buggy, but other than that the game was really interesting. Especially the crown thing."},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1378582620,"text":"Cool idea, altho you need to start walking right to ignite the movement. had fun playing it."},{"author_name":"BomberGames","author_uid":"12861","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1378936080,"text":"This is my favorite Ludum Dare game so far.  It's very clever and enjoyable.  I really want to see you make a bigger game.\r<br\/>The movement does have issues, but the gameplay is amazing (I beat the game, took me a while to get through the last part, I tried to get the king to bring his army.)"},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1399033140,"text":"In the unlikely event that anybody still cares, I've updated the game to finally squash the physics issues. Version 3 has better collision physics than previous versions and should therefore play much more smoothly."}],"images":["ld27\/7284-3fabeababaf770e9fdaf9a75d99aae78.jpg","ld27\/7284-57b52dcf816645e990f64abc42ce618b.jpg","ld27\/7284-b45b4549ce2dbaa62dab7e64929b37b5.jpg","ld27\/7284-3210b53b798c43b3ed26a3636a12c105.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/TIAFAv1PlusXNANET.zip","text":"Download (including .NET\/XNA installers)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/TIAFAv1.zip","text":"Download (normal)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/TIAFAv3.zip","text":"Post-LD version (v3)"},{"url":"http:\/\/vdzserver.org\/ld27\/","text":"Source (SVN; Visual Studio 2010, C#\/XNA)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23999","g_author":"7284","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24029","g_title":"Talking Is A Free Action","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"202","g_commentcount":"16","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\/7284-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/7284-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/7284-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/7284-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"(Last updated on May 2, 2014. The original version is still kept for the record, but I strongly recommend playing the post-LD version instead.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou have been cursed by the Time Witch!\r\nWhenever you spend more than ten seconds in the same\r\nroom, suddenly you'll find yourself sent back in time\r\nto when you first entered the room!\r\n\r\nYou set out to defeat the Time Witch, ten seconds at a time!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE: Every level CAN be completed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft\/Right - Move\r\nUp - Jump\/Ascend ladder\r\nDown - Descend ladder\r\nZ - Interact with object\/talk to person\r\nX - Pick up object\/drop object\r\nF or Alt-Enter - Toggle fullscreen\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTIAFA is a Windows-only game using .NET 4 and XNA Framework 4. If you don't have those or are not sure, pick the large download. Alternatively, you can download them here:\r\n\r\n.NET Framework 4:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=17851\r\nXNA Framework 4:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis game is public domain. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.","title":"Talking Is A Free Action"}