{"author_link":"\/author\/tsamisaherb\/","author_name":"Alexander","author_uid":"20967","comments":[{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:18am","epoch":1367298780,"text":"well -- you get extra points from me for using maximus in the title -- too frustrating trying to get to the top -- killing the tiger was fun too -- nice effort"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:24am","epoch":1367299140,"text":"I keep getting stuck under blocks. What do the tigers do?"},{"author_name":"billknye","author_uid":"1863","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:30am","epoch":1367299500,"text":"Interesting concept, a bit frustrating trying to play tetris with not-great feeling interactions. Thought the tiger jumping was pretty hilarious though."},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:30am","epoch":1367299500,"text":"This was interesting...."},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:50am","epoch":1367300700,"text":"That's a pretty cool game concept. The ledge-grabbing mechanic is actually a certain degree of genius. I also quite like the music. And yes, the tiger is hilarious.\r\rWeirdly, I can't actually think of anything bad to say about it. I guess you should with the LD."},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:51am","epoch":1367300760,"text":"That tiger kept things interesting. He was easy to shut down after a while. Only took me 2 tries to win. Not bad. Doesn't fit the theme in anything but name, to me."},{"author_name":"Jed Mayberry","author_uid":"3138","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:53am","epoch":1367300880,"text":"the collision seems a bit odd"},{"author_name":"cmjd","author_uid":"20185","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:03am","epoch":1367301480,"text":"Fairly interesting, but it was a shame that it wasn't too stable. I had it crash when I got stuck inside pieces and after I got to the end and killed the boss. But setting it to run in windows XP compatibility mode seemed to help (running Windows 8 x64). There were definitely some cool ideas in there though :)"},{"author_name":"PsenFilip","author_uid":"20764","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1367332320,"text":"The main concept is good, yet a bit off the theme. \rThe controls feel a bit weird at times and the collision response on the blocks is awkward. I don't really get what the tiger does."},{"author_name":"argo15","author_uid":"11833","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:40am","epoch":1367372100,"text":"That was hilarious to me. Cool idea too."},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:23am","epoch":1367374680,"text":"Gladiator, Tetris & tiger, what can I ask for?"},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1367375220,"text":"Great Game man! Lovely tiger keeps attacking me while I try to put an end to Maximus head! D:"},{"author_name":"qdowngames","author_uid":"15224","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:09am","epoch":1367381040,"text":"Woah alright - liking the music! Weird how I just get stuck under blocks, but I enjoyed it, nice work!"},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1367418900,"text":"The idea of climbing a stream of falling Tetris blocks was pretty good. If that was all that the game was about, I would give it much more marks.\r\rRegardless of the theme, this is an example case where putting a lid on your source of ideas, and working with what you already got makes things much better. \r\rThe tiger (while hilarious) distracted a lot from the main idea (climb tetris), and makes the game looks poorer - the semi-realistic sprites also don't help much.\r\rI think if you remade it as a very minimalistic (ha!) game about an abstract hero climbing down a tetris wall, it would have been superb.\r\rCongratulations on the idea, anyway, and see you next LD!"},{"author_name":"free_napalm","author_uid":"12423","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1367436600,"text":"Nice mechanic, but it's not coherent at all with the setting. This combination makes it pretty funny though."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1367437860,"text":"Because of this game, I made a boo-boo.\r\r***END TRANSMISSION***"},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1367437920,"text":"No but really, this has some clever things, like playing Tetris from inside the game and the ledge-grabbing. Not sure if genius or madman."},{"author_name":"TenTonToon","author_uid":"11273","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:55am","epoch":1367470200,"text":"That's kind of a bizarre game, indeed, but with some nice ideas worth exploring further. I like the idea of this kind of inverse-Tetris mechanic, and I think the tiger keeps things interesting by pushing you around in what would otherwise have been a pretty easy game.\r\rOn the other hand, I don't feel this game fits the theme that well. Having simplistic sprites that do not match the rest of the game, or nothing but a plain colored background, along with the plain ugly head that floats around makes it look underdeveloped, not minimalistic.\rThe poor implementation doesn't help on that front, either.\r\rAll in all, I think there's enough potential on the main idea to keep on working on this game beyond the constraints of the LD.\r\rCongratulations! :)"},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:12am","epoch":1367471220,"text":"I love the overall gameplay concept - climbing a growing Tetris sculpture which you can reshape to an extent. It's well worth polishing into a full game."},{"author_name":"davidpeter","author_uid":"3323","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:35am","epoch":1367541000,"text":"Weird game - perhaps I just don't get it. That's ok, I completed it, at least :)"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 1:39am","epoch":1367544840,"text":"Hah, hilarious idea! I found it hard to play (got stuck under blocks), but it was original...and funny :)"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1367592900,"text":"Neat mash-up, could benefit from tuning but good concept."},{"author_name":"TheFudster","author_uid":"13888","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1367634900,"text":"Very interesting idea. I got buried by the blocks pretty quickly though XD"},{"author_name":"lightnarcissus","author_uid":"20680","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 3:19am","epoch":1367723640,"text":"Interesting concept although I didn't find it fun to play, I can still appreciate the idea behind it"},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1368905160,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 1:28am","epoch":1369012980,"text":"I found the game to be good... unusual... very unusual... but good :)"}],"images":["ld26\/20967-3bb0266852fe4df5660c72f61ea86393.jpg","ld26\/20967-6cb702e68969944423ef92b57b7efd0e.jpg","ld26\/20967-840757a761cff27d173b16885dd97390.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/l3qg32p7l91jnvt\/MaximusMinimalist.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/k8dkebladwyocw0\/MaximusMinimalist.zip","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25215","g_author":"20967","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25245","g_title":"Maximus Minimalist","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1234","g_commentcount":"26","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\/20967-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20967-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20967-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Gladiator fan fic. 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