{"author_link":"\/author\/nacho\/","author_name":"Lycaon","author_uid":"19032","comments":[{"author_name":"NalozycShade","author_uid":"21410","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:32am","epoch":1367206020,"text":"I clicked the link and it gave me an error message. you might want to check that out your idea looks cool though."},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1367240820,"text":"cool idea, but a small walking animation would be really great"},{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","author_uid":"527","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1367241540,"text":"Couldn't figure out how to make a fire.\r\rAudio really sold the feel of a place."},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1367243040,"text":"Loved how you set up the graphics within the minimalist theme, the game itself lacks a lot to get into the fun mode"},{"author_name":"Nacho","author_uid":"19032","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1367243280,"text":"I made it "not fun" on purpose, I mean, getting stuck in a blizzard isn't really fun. I basically just asked myself "What is the absolute minimum a survival game needs?" and then made a game based on that. \r\rI was pretty happy with how the graphics came out, except the fire sprite. I wanted to make everything monochrome so that the bright fire would stand out."},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1367246520,"text":"What this needs is some indication that you can eventually get out of the woods. Then the survival would not feel like postponing your inevitable death. which you would be anyway, but that's besides the point.\r\rgreat use of audio and sparse graphics. good mechanic if given more context."},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1367246940,"text":"Who needs Don't Starve ;) -- I love games like this"},{"author_name":"Cake_Catastrophe","author_uid":"5901","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1367249580,"text":"Snap! http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=default\r\rObviously, to certain people "minimalism" means "it is cold".\r\rI liked the sound a lot, the visuals could have done with a little bit of animation. At first I couldn't move for potatoes, then once I managed to harness the powers of fire (after dying once) I could find nothing but sticks for moles. I don't know if this was on purpose, but it felt apt.\r\rIs there an end point? Third time through I managed to keep going for ages, even getting to a point where there didn't seem to be any more trees, but it seems like the only way to finish it is to die."},{"author_name":"Cake_Catastrophe","author_uid":"5901","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1367249700,"text":"Sticks for miles, even. There weren't any moles, although I might just have missed them."},{"author_name":"Cake_Catastrophe","author_uid":"5901","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1367249760,"text":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&uid=5901\r\rSigh, not doing well today. That was the link it was \/meant\/ to put above. Where's an edit button when you need one?"},{"author_name":"Nacho","author_uid":"19032","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1367253480,"text":"Haha, there isn't actually a win state, it's mostly a score-attack kind of game. I considered putting one in, but I couldn't figure out a way to include it without it feeling contrived. I was heavily inspired by Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" when making this game. \r\rThe sticks, trees, and food are all completely random, although it's weighted towards trees (sticks and bushes have a 1\/10 chance of appearing each, trees have an 8\/10 chance). I've had times when I found more sticks than I could ever need, and times when I couldn't find any for miles.\r\rThe forest generates in a 500 meter wide circle with 8000 entities (either trees, rocks, or sticks.), so the forest has an edge (I tried to make it infinite, but I didn't have enough time)."},{"author_name":"Fabien Por\u00e9e","author_uid":"20926","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1367258640,"text":"This is great, hella bleak. The fire building mechanic is a great idea."},{"author_name":"Bluebutton","author_uid":"22708","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1367264640,"text":"Nice mood going on, couldn't actually figure out how to make a fire!"},{"author_name":"lightnarcissus","author_uid":"20680","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1367264700,"text":"This almost feels like a minimalist "Don't Starve".Still a good job, I must say!"},{"author_name":"kingsman142","author_uid":"22941","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1367282760,"text":"It was a very barren forest. It was so difficult to find sticks, which I only found 5 of. Berries weren't too hard to find. Great game otherwise."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1367340600,"text":"Very fun minimal "Don't Starve"-ish implementation. :) Great work!"},{"author_name":"messiano","author_uid":"22060","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:55am","epoch":1367383800,"text":"A good "minimal" idea, however it lacked a bit of polish: animation, better collision and more things to make it a bit more interesting."},{"author_name":"starpixie","author_uid":"12750","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:06am","epoch":1367388060,"text":"Good interpretation of the theme. The graphics seemed a bit inconsistent; the fire was detailed and in-focus and the trees and character were blurred out. Some animation might have given this more weight."},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1367612220,"text":"I'm on a Mac, sorry :("},{"author_name":"LemonTree","author_uid":"16595","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1368804720,"text":"I like art style!"}],"images":["ld26\/19032-e764eac5704bb05153793294ea341643.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lycaon.me","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25114","g_author":"19032","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"25144","g_title":"Deep Freeze","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"464","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\/\/233892\/19032-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a game about being lost in the woods. Collect sticks to build a fire, and collect berries to not starve to death. \r\n\r\nMove with WASD, make a fire by pressing E when you've collected four piles of sticks. Refuel fires by pressing E when near them. \r\n\r\n","title":"Deep Freeze"}