{"author_link":"\/author\/nmccoy\/","author_name":"NMcCoy","author_uid":"2081","comments":[{"author_name":"XmmmX","author_uid":"16565","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:49am","epoch":1377510240,"text":"Nice game, the sound effects fit perfectly to the music. :)"},{"author_name":"Rave Radbury","author_uid":"14285","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:49am","epoch":1377510240,"text":"Simple yet elegant. I really liked the dynamic soundtrack. The dash mechanic took a few tries to get used to, but was very satisfying. Great game!"},{"author_name":"William Bundy","author_uid":"8500","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:50am","epoch":1377510300,"text":"I believe I already told you this was a lot of fun, but I think the new scoring system makes it more so."},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:53am","epoch":1377510480,"text":"The music and sounds reminded me of old Mario games. I think this would make a great mobile game. :)"},{"author_name":"T1","author_uid":"27554","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:50am","epoch":1377517500,"text":"I really like the happy mood this game creates :) The movement and dash mechanics are unique and fun. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wonder if you tried making the regular or dash trails persistent at low opacity or have the explosions generate some persistent graphics for the duration of the level? So that the player not only generates unique composition of music while playing, but an abstract visual background as well, sort of like painting strokes."},{"author_name":"Daisuke909","author_uid":"8522","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1377550740,"text":"This is really cool. It has a sense of urgency that I would expect from the theme, without being stressful."},{"author_name":"SneManden","author_uid":"16779","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1377550980,"text":"Very nice game! Very addictive; it is a really rewarding feeling when you clear multiple clouds at a time. Thumbs up for the orginal mechanics."},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1377550980,"text":"Wow, one of the most unique movement schemes i have seen to this date. Extremely smooth.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The dynamic music is also very impressive. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The minimalistic art style wouldve fit into the last Ludum Dare competition as well, very slick.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job, one of the most interesting &quot;time killer&quot; concepts i have seen so far."},{"author_name":"Burhuc","author_uid":"25910","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1377551160,"text":"Very nice game. It's fun to play &amp; and I like the graphics + music."},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1377608820,"text":"That's really amazing simple and nice ;) great job ;)"},{"author_name":"Vavassor","author_uid":"17930","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1377624600,"text":"Nice simple game, really liked the movement mechanics! Also incredibly impressed with the dynamic music, it sounds great."},{"author_name":"HauntedSoul","author_uid":"27320","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:02am","epoch":1377676620,"text":"Very cool game! Took me a a second to get used to the controls but past that loved the sound and feel of the game. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:14am","epoch":1377680940,"text":"A funky music game. I enjoyed it altough it looks quite simple at first sight."},{"author_name":"NiallM","author_uid":"785","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:41am","epoch":1377686160,"text":"This is lovely. The dash mechanic is really interesting; it's tricky to master, which is perfect for a game like this."},{"author_name":"Liz England","author_uid":"22429","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:33am","epoch":1377829680,"text":"This is definitely the best use of music I've seen so far this Ludum Dare!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1377982140,"text":"Lovely music, found this game pretty great!! To bad it wasnt recordable (Fraps would only record the background of the page, not the game itself. :\/)  so I couldnt record it and include it in my LD27 compilation video series... Sorry"},{"author_name":"CosmicAdventureSquad","author_uid":"22946","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1378142520,"text":"Liked the clean and minimal graphics. The game play was fun and addicting."},{"author_name":"bitowl","author_uid":"25615","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1378493580,"text":"the music fits so well with the dash sound, but I don't like the hit sound, so I cought me flying a lot of time just around the start-button and enyoing how the music is changed by my actions :)"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 7:48am","epoch":1378885380,"text":"This is lovely! Music fits nicely. Nice work!"}],"images":["ld27\/2081-7e7321de2df572a2a7aeaef7353051be.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nmccoy.net\/games\/LD27\/applet\/index.html","text":"Web (Java)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24428","g_author":"2081","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24458","g_title":"Tourmaline","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"142","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\/2081-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Controls: Click to dash. Press P to pause and M to mute.\r\n\r\nClear the sky in 10 seconds. Take out multiple clouds in a single dash for big combo points.\r\n\r\nThe music is dynamic based on your actions, and the speed your... butterfly-dart-thing is flying at (faster = more notes). If anyone's wondering, the game is named after one of my D&D characters, a faerie dragon (who is similarly colorful and flighty), who is in turn named after a mineral (which is often colorful, but usually immobile).","title":"Tourmaline"}