{"author_link":"\/author\/mventurelli\/","author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","comments":[{"author_name":"Mental Atrophy","author_uid":"26025","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1377558960,"text":"Hey, this is a pretty neat idea and you guys should continue making this.  It's like a combination of two of my favorite things: Gauntlet and tower defense games."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1377559980,"text":"Thanks man :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But unfortunately it's not &quot;guys&quot;, it's just me... Would love to have a good artist and a decent programmer on board!"},{"author_name":"lulzfish_4","author_uid":"5606","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1377560160,"text":"It was really fun until I realized I couldn't beat the tutorial level. Then I got pissed off."},{"author_name":"LegacyCrono","author_uid":"3093","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1377560280,"text":"This is fantastic! It takes some time to master, but once you get the hang of it it's tons of fun. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"thephantom","author_uid":"21553","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:49pm","epoch":1377560640,"text":"awesome graphics,game play and idea \r<br\/>\r<br\/>great job :)(try to improve the tutorial a little because it took me alot of time to know how to end my turn )"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:08am","epoch":1377561780,"text":"Really cute a quirky pixel art style going on in this one, very enjoyable game. Rated highly. :)"},{"author_name":"Feysoura","author_uid":"25882","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:09am","epoch":1377561840,"text":"Nice. Takes a time to get the hang on it."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:09am","epoch":1377561840,"text":"Thanks for the comments, people! Yeah, the game is weird, you gotta give it some time, but it's really fun after you learn it :D"},{"author_name":"Tork","author_uid":"24727","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:38am","epoch":1377563580,"text":"Like it, I believe I played 1 like this long ago in kong but it didn't have the aiming part."},{"author_name":"scottwashi","author_uid":"3269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:45am","epoch":1377564000,"text":"I really like this."},{"author_name":"kacperski1","author_uid":"17819","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:48am","epoch":1377564180,"text":"Man that's really awesome. I couldn't get past 1st level but still :P"},{"author_name":"doctorscientist","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:49am","epoch":1377564240,"text":"I find this game to be very easy to understand. I guess its because I have played a lot of tactical games. It really fun and I'd love to see a polished version of this."},{"author_name":"mtrc","author_uid":"12174","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:52am","epoch":1377564420,"text":"This is a really superb idea for a game. You absolutely should develop this further. Holy crap this was so fun."},{"author_name":"blopit","author_uid":"10993","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:01am","epoch":1377564960,"text":"Wow that was very fun. It was like a unique TD"},{"author_name":"DissidentDan","author_uid":"25044","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:02am","epoch":1377565020,"text":"Neat concept, but I don't think that you really pulled it off yet. It was too slow, both during the planning part and the real-time part (especially if there are no enemies on screen).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was also a little weird how the turn-based part still was sort-of real-time in that you could move around and collect money. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had a case where I started assigning an attack diretion (whether intentionally or not), and I could exit out of it, and I could revisit that character after assigning an attack direction. Because of that, I thought that it needs a way to go back to a character and change what you want him to do during the upcoming turn.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Finally, I thought that it was odd that the real-time portion just seemed to continue until all enemies are dead. I expected some kind of time limit."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1377567420,"text":"This game is really fun! The mechanics are well designed and easy to use, and killing bottlenecked enemies is very satisfying!"},{"author_name":"Tiago","author_uid":"21267","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1377576720,"text":"This game is freakin' awesome! Such a nice idea and implementation, this needs to be made into a full game! Great Job!"},{"author_name":"Antidote","author_uid":"27803","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:36am","epoch":1377588660,"text":"Really liked the idea :D You start to formulate strategies on which character to face where, quite interesting ^^"},{"author_name":"Schwiggy","author_uid":"3954","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1377627000,"text":"Wow. This is so cohesive as a whole and just altogether a good game. I did run into the pathfinding glitch in the second level that led to my demise. As you said, it is a bit similar to my game but dang man yours blows my entry out of the water. It's also interesting how you went more the console route while I went with a mobile control scheme."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1377644760,"text":"Thanks for the kind words, Schwiggy :D"},{"author_name":"ghostmaple","author_uid":"26297","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1377646080,"text":"Excellent! Reminded me of the mood of the anxious parts in the original X-Com when you position your guys and hope hope hope you'll scrape through to the next turn."},{"author_name":"Lord_X","author_uid":"3283","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1377650880,"text":"Seems interesting, but the link is broken, so I can't download it!"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:44am","epoch":1377653940,"text":"Oops, it's fixed now, Lord_X. Dropbox playing tricks on me!"},{"author_name":"jglrxavpok","author_uid":"27499","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1377707220,"text":"Can't manage to pass level 2 x) But very fun to play! Nice work"},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:36am","epoch":1377761460,"text":"Interesting and fun game! The first time I tried the game I quit because I wasn't sure how to make the damn game move to the next turn. It was frustrating. I was about to give up on it but then I saw the comments and well, they made it look like it was a really good game (once you know how to play it) so I noticed there was this &quot;how to play&quot; inside the file so I read it.\r<br\/>Then I gave it a second chance and I can totally say this is actually fun and innovative. I quite like it! Congrats :)"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:41am","epoch":1377776160,"text":"Thanks for giving the game some time, ConflictiveLabs :)"},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1377783600,"text":"It's an X-COM made right. keep on it guys, will be more than happy to play to play the full game."},{"author_name":"tokw","author_uid":"26257","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1377783960,"text":"good game its like a tower defense \r<br\/>but more interactive nice job continue with this"},{"author_name":"lopiky1","author_uid":"27280","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:52pm","epoch":1377784020,"text":":D"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1377785700,"text":"Wow, X-COM? I'm humbled for you to just mention the name in the same page as my game, thanks :D"},{"author_name":"almightyzentaco","author_uid":"25879","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1377787200,"text":"Loved the music and style. Gameplay was fun as well. Good job!"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1377787200,"text":"Good job and well done!"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1377787620,"text":"Fun, fun, fun! Thoroughly enjoyed this and echo everyone else in saying that I'd buy a complete game of this."},{"author_name":"Finn Stokes","author_uid":"7674","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1377792000,"text":"This is a great game. I love the tactical positioning and the fact that once you understand the game, every death is due to some obvious tactical error. However, it takes some time to get the hang of the tutorial level, so I think the difficulty curve needs a little work, and restarting the game on death is painful."},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1377793500,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1377801780,"text":"An amazing game! Great execution!"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1377812100,"text":"Nice idea, really enjoyed it :)"},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1377827760,"text":"Amazing game!"},{"author_name":"Zammy","author_uid":"25125","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:25am","epoch":1377847200,"text":"Hey Mark, terrific game mate! Congratulations for putting this whole thing together in 3 days!\r<br\/>I've really enjoyed it. I've never played Gauntlet, but I think I'll do if it's anything like your game!\r<br\/>Some suggestions:\r<br\/>- Put mute sound button there. I wanted to keep it running in the background, but not being able to stop the sounds prevented me from doing that.\r<br\/>- Put &quot;restart level&quot; button too. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>And a bug report:\r<br\/>On the second stage, at the center near the key, the monsters killed 3 of the heroes, then suddenly instead of pursuing the 4th one, they've just continued on the vector they've chosen to move before that. They've continued to move across walls and off the sceen, as if collision stopped working. Check the screenshot:\r<br\/>https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/8311249\/adventurecompany_bug.jpg\r<br\/>After that, no other monsters have been spawned.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Please continue developing this title! With better graphics it'll be real gem!"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1377867720,"text":"Thanks Zammy! The pathfinding bug is a known issue (see description), but at least I think it's the only bug in the build.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for mute and restart, I ran out of time =( I can't add those now, I guess, since that would be adding new features to the game and the rules forbid it..."},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1377882660,"text":"Wow! Great, original game you've got here! Music + cool graphics gave it a really cool character!"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:12am","epoch":1377914820,"text":"Very interesting tactics game, nice work!"},{"author_name":"Gabriel","author_uid":"11099","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:30am","epoch":1377926700,"text":"Hey, Venturelli! Gabriel from Pixel Cows here! Congratulations, AWESOME game! I loved the tactics \/ tower defense hybrid approach, really makes for an equally deep but less brainy approach to this type of game. As others said here, this is surely a concept that deserves to be more fully developed to see where it takes. Personally, I think dragging and dropping characters within their allowed movement circles instead of moving in 8 directions style would make it a little faster to set up the heroes at each turn. Also, it seems I stumbled on a visual glich that would have the floor replaced by random bits of other images, take a look: https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/69894467\/Adventure%20Company%20ground%20glitch.jpg\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Still, surely one of the best games I've played in this LD. I'm a total sucker for tactics games, I guess. hahah\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work! Congrats!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cheers from Brazil"},{"author_name":"Danex317","author_uid":"5040","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1377962340,"text":"Great Job! The tutorial level is a bit difficult but I still liked it."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1377963900,"text":"Epic one!"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1377992700,"text":"Thanks Gabriel, your game is awesome!"},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 12:02am","epoch":1377993420,"text":"Please continue with this, I had a lot of fun with this one!"},{"author_name":"Hegemege","author_uid":"11022","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1378218480,"text":"Really awesome game, enjoyed it a lot!"},{"author_name":"Foxtacy","author_uid":"12398","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 1:09am","epoch":1378256640,"text":"3 seconds playing -&gt; BAM. NEW FAVORITE GAME! &lt;3"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1378328700,"text":"Awesome! One of my favourites so far. The mechanic is perfectly balanced - not too tricky but just difficult enough to be really satisfying when you get it right. The style is great too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only complaint is one which others have already noted - it took me a long time to work out that I had to place all the attack cones to end my turn.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, an excellent entry. I really enjoyed playing and hope a full game will come of this!"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1378331100,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1379186280,"text":"The third level took me much longer to beat than I expected, but it was still a great game. I got really lucky on my winning run and had most enemies only spawn from one side long enough for me to wipe out the spawn points on the other side. From there it was just keeping everyone tight together till I got to the exit."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Sep 17, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1379384820,"text":"Wow, blown away by the high ratings, guys! This is my first time participating in LD, I'm really happy for this! Thank you very much :D"}],"images":["ld27\/26269-a30c760658f2dfb5652ec21491548cd4.jpg","ld27\/26269-488b57c3410475297f6ad8c8c536319f.jpg","ld27\/26269-9eab1ff0d204322215c54ae6674f9d5d.jpg","ld27\/26269-c39a82fa4c8587d7c2ee9c7a7f3e7932.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/37624045\/10sAdventureCompany-LD27.rar","text":"Download (Windows)"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/0y6wGPNyGyE","text":"Youtube Trailer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eCpRa3qelfk","text":"Let's Play Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24439","g_author":"26269","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24469","g_title":"Adventure Company","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"12","g_commentcount":"53","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\/26269-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26269-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26269-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26269-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hi, my name is Mark. I'm the designer of Dungeonland and this is my first time in LD - also the first time I ever make a game completely by myself!\r\n\r\nI have a life-long obsession with both Gauntlet and turn-based games, and with this game I think I've hit both of these notes!\r\n\r\nAdventure Company is a half turn-based, half real-time game inspired by Gauntlet. Your party of adventurers must find their way out of each level with as much Loot as possible, but don't get too greedy as the monsters get stronger every turn!\r\n\r\nIn the Hero Phase, you can take your time and place your heroes. During the Monster Phase, the game goes real-time and the monsters will have 10 seconds to kill you!\r\n\r\nFeatures:\r\n---------\r\n* Innovative turn-based\/real-time gameplay;\r\n* 3 playable stages with randomly-placed elements;\r\n* Full support for X360 gamepad and mouse+keyboard;\r\n* Highscore table;\r\n* Flying orc bits!\r\n\r\nKnown Issues:\r\n-------------\r\n* My pathfinding sometimes goes crazy and orcs think they can fly. Please excuse the horrible deaths you will experience because of it :D","title":"Adventure Company"}