{"author_link":"\/author\/odeckers\/","author_name":"odeckers","author_uid":"27410","comments":[{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1377542760,"text":"Quite interesting concept and graphics, but quite hard to master."},{"author_name":"brodavi","author_uid":"8067","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1377626220,"text":"Wow, great mechanic! I love the simple moody lighting. The controls were a little wonky, I thought. When trying to grapple, I found I just wanted to click in the direction of where I thought a wall might be, not actually click on the wall. And at one point, I fell down a bottomless pit and the game didn't restart for me :(  But otherwise fantastic game :)"},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1377699120,"text":"Splendid game, makes you use Your imagination! lightning is perfect, player knows what to do without reading the instructions, keep me posted if this evolve i want to play! i would kill for a mobile version :)"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1377782220,"text":"Strangely, the mood is there in spite of the minimalism. Promising entry!\r<br\/>The scroll wheel is pretty tough depending on how much it scrolls, and it depends on the player's settings so it might not be such a good idea to rely on that too much.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, good entry!"},{"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"5888","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1377782340,"text":"Wow.\r<br\/>I like it.\r<br\/>Simple. Smooth. Effective."},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1377804720,"text":"Lovely lighting effects, very atmospheric. . Good job!"},{"author_name":"jammy12789","author_uid":"24652","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1377805200,"text":"Good game but quite hard... I really liked it accually Great game!"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1377805320,"text":"The soft shadows are fantastic! Some way to restart levels would be nice, though :)"},{"author_name":"RoseNinja","author_uid":"27220","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1377806160,"text":"like the idea it kept me playing good game"},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1377806220,"text":"Quite hard, but very nice game. Might want to speed up the physics a little with the 10second time limit on light. It sometimes took most of the 10 seconds just to get the first swing going."},{"author_name":"Spotline","author_uid":"11703","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1377806460,"text":"Fantastic concept :)"},{"author_name":"Optimus6128","author_uid":"17470","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1377806460,"text":"Great concept, nicely executed. I found the collision a bit unfair though."},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1377810360,"text":"Great game! Simple yet effective!"},{"author_name":"senseidav","author_uid":"27510","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1377810840,"text":"Funny game. I must confess it costed a little to understand the concept, but when I got it, i founded very enjoying..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Im agree with other users, the graphic engine does the blur very attractive."},{"author_name":"RadJor","author_uid":"26401","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:19am","epoch":1377832440,"text":"One of the few games that I had legitimate fun with and wanted to keep playing. I felt like the rope length controls were mostly broken though. I could continuously extend, but only retract in spurts by mashing the up button. Even so, the extend was never a constant rate for me. And the scroll wheel was too slow to even use for me. All that being said, this is a genuinely enjoyable concept that could eat my time if I didn't get frustrated by the controls."},{"author_name":"evilentity","author_uid":"26880","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:57am","epoch":1377849120,"text":"Very cool"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1377866100,"text":"Controls make this a bit hard. Android version would be great though :-)"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1377873840,"text":"I can't play because I'm on a network that blocks dropbox. :( Shout out to a fellow libGDX developer though!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Shameless self-promotion: I offer free Java hosting at http:\/\/StaticVoidGames.com if you're interested."},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:37am","epoch":1378031520,"text":"The controls made it kinda hard, but it's a very nice game after you get used to it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice effects!"},{"author_name":"Marcos Rodrigues","author_uid":"16988","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 3:22am","epoch":1378351020,"text":"I had to run it from the command line =s\r<br\/>Nice graphics, but wish the physics and controls could be better!"}],"images":["ld27\/27410-f879b896c68e4ea1041d39e461fc920a.jpg","ld27\/27410-aa8748a3dd2f3952d9551832a6c238d8.jpg","ld27\/27410-6424c0e46e30a95351aa90c34d35307c.jpg","ld27\/27410-8fb4f781ed1c15a09786113a1aaa649a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ahea6u5dznxkah0\/RopeSwing.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ahea6u5dznxkah0\/RopeSwing.jar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ahea6u5dznxkah0\/RopeSwing.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/4952206\/RopeSwing\/ropeswing.jnlp","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ahea6u5dznxkah0\/RopeSwing.jar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24807","g_author":"27410","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24837","g_title":"RopeSwing","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"256","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\/27410-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27410-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27410-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27410-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my first LD enty. The Web link is a java webstart. Just download the small jnlp file and open it, this will load and start the game.\r\n\r\nStory: \r\nYou are a lightbulb that will start to dim in 10 seconds, and you have to rope-swing to the green light to get to the next level. (If a level is too hard, you can press enter to skip it.)\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nleft click to attach rope\r\nright click to detach rope\r\nscrollwheel\/arrows to modify rope length\r\nenter to skip level\r\n\r\nCredit:\r\nMany thanks to @mzechner and the rest of the libgdx team for this awesome framework, as well as referring to the excellent box2dlights project.\r\n","title":"RopeSwing"}