{"author_link":"\/author\/sparkleswirl\/","author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","comments":[{"author_name":"Croze","author_uid":"24715","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:41am","epoch":1377484560,"text":"It fit the theme, has nice audio, and has a good mood, but that's about it. Everything else is a 1"},{"author_name":"Waave","author_uid":"21500","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:43am","epoch":1377484680,"text":"I liked the central mechanice, though I think you should have eased the rate at which time was slowing more."},{"author_name":"Ciaran54","author_uid":"8247","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:44am","epoch":1377484740,"text":"I was sort of interested in the story, but i'm afraid it couldn't keep me interested enough to wait holding the spacebar for ten seconds over and over again. I like the atmosphere though, and a pretty good attempt for six hours ;)"},{"author_name":"Ravetcofx","author_uid":"25489","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:45am","epoch":1377484800,"text":"Doesnt feel like a true game :("},{"author_name":"lulzfish_4","author_uid":"5606","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:45am","epoch":1377484800,"text":"I'm stuck on "We kept laughing" I held it for 100 and it still wouldn't let me pass.\r\rInteresting idea, wish you had more time to build a game around it."},{"author_name":"superjoebob","author_uid":"4280","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:45am","epoch":1377484800,"text":"I was worried this was gonna be really bad when I saw the mechanic, but I played arcade mode and I'm surprised how fun it actually is! I got 234556."},{"author_name":"Alexander","author_uid":"20967","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:46am","epoch":1377484860,"text":"Great use of the mechanic, very cool and innovative!"},{"author_name":"nathanhoffer","author_uid":"25795","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:46am","epoch":1377484860,"text":"Awesome. I like the creativity involved in turning a simple game into a deeper story."},{"author_name":"zzForrest","author_uid":"6412","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:47am","epoch":1377484920,"text":"This was very... Interesting. The gameplay wasn't the best, but I was honestly very hooked. The simple graphics and incredible audio made this game more of an experience. This was incredible. No doubt, 5\/5"},{"author_name":"Snail_Man","author_uid":"11050","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1377484980,"text":"Very nice entry! I liked how it was so simple on the surface, but was really much more complex."},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:11am","epoch":1377486360,"text":"@lulzfish_4: When you say "100" do you mean 10 actual seconds, or until the timer reaches 10.00? The game measures time by the timer and not actual time, and that stage has the biggest time offset."},{"author_name":"HardScore","author_uid":"19205","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:31am","epoch":1377516360,"text":"Great sound, after a few tries it felt slow and i just quit, but i like what you tried to do there with the story."},{"author_name":"chrisamaphone","author_uid":"2634","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1377535980,"text":"i love this. wow. a perfect little meditation."},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1377536040,"text":"lolololol nice story, nice atmosphere, but still feels like a trolling entry :D"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:03am","epoch":1377572280,"text":"Pretty fun. Interesting take on the theme too. Well done on the mood created with the words and audio!"},{"author_name":"withoutpillow","author_uid":"27525","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1377623700,"text":"the simple mechanics, writing and soothing atmosphere works really well together. the game makes me calm, contemplating. i like it."},{"author_name":"N427","author_uid":"7563","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1378049280,"text":"Pretty neat and fun! Apparently I have an unfailing internal clock."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 9:18am","epoch":1378372380,"text":"This is a fun structure. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1378483200,"text":"The writing is excellent, and the gameplay gets reasonably challenging. I like how you made both a Story and an Arcade mode. On the whole, though, this game felt a bit minimal. (Maybe you should have made it for the last Ludum Dare.)\r\rGood use of the theme."},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 1:49am","epoch":1378518240,"text":"I didn't have the patience to wait 10 seconds for every new sentence... there's like 2000 other games to play! Nice audio though."}],"images":["ld27\/22944-566fe8735596aa6336d7077a88dfa05f.jpg","ld27\/22944-0bdb7e833743033e15e323531eef1f9b.jpg","ld27\/22944-7ad41c246c200469e991182f5610ccc1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/wingie\/keeper","text":"Kongregate"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32373\/Keeper.swf","text":"Dropbox"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32373\/Keeper.stencyl","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24584","g_author":"22944","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24614","g_title":"Keeper","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"860","g_commentcount":"20","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\/22944-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/22944-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/22944-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Keeper is an \"art game\", I guess? It's about love and life and loss. Unless you play Arcade Mode which is all about getting a high score with none of those silly feelings.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nINSTRUCTIONS\r\n\r\nClick to select menu options.\r\nPress and hold spacebar for \"ten seconds\" to complete each level.\r\n\r\nKongregate version has high score support, but had ads.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nNOTES\r\n\r\nThis game was made in under six hours* with Stencyl 3.0 beta. Sounds were made using OpenMPT and edited using Audacity. Royalty free ocean wave sounds were from soundjay.com.\r\n\r\n* I was way overbooked this weekend having spent my entire Saturday doing needlework demos at the county fair. The game (at least the arcade mode mechanics) was designed while I was pooping at the fair after eating too many fried bacon mac and cheese turnovers. I am not even kidding.","title":"Keeper"}