{"author_link":"\/author\/korda\/","author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","comments":[{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:23am","epoch":1367284680,"text":"Are these shapes Unity-made primitives? Nice shader... I had some trouble moving the character it I think when facing the majority of objects. Maybe there's no distance culling + the effects?"},{"author_name":"Merkoth","author_uid":"22272","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:27am","epoch":1367284920,"text":"Like the color palette and the ambience. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:40am","epoch":1367285700,"text":"@Preclucid Some primitives some export from 3D software. The distances are quite large but I didnt have any issues on my end with controls so Im not sure what the problem is.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Merkoth Thank you!"},{"author_name":"qdowngames","author_uid":"15224","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1367288820,"text":"Well I absolutely loved the visuals. My biggest problem was the sensitivity of the turning of the mouse, but maybe that was because it was a tad laggy for me. Overall nice!"},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:35am","epoch":1367289000,"text":"Thanks Qdowngames, I have my mouse sensitivity pretty low by default maybe that's the cause"},{"author_name":"tacograveyard","author_uid":"8423","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1367289060,"text":"Cool look and feel. The mouse moves very fast and I couldn't figure out where to go past the first clue though."},{"author_name":"Aevek","author_uid":"22124","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:46am","epoch":1367289660,"text":"I was loving this game and desperately searching for the next key, when suddenly there was a huge inexplicable diagonal wall across the middle of the maze. :("},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1367289780,"text":"@ Aevek Haha sorry I thought I moved that damn"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1367289960,"text":"This is brilliant, but I got stuck in the maze. I thought I followed the right path but there was a massive block in the way. Anyway, the visuals are great, the town eerie, and the puzzles clever (up to the point where I got stuck)."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:56am","epoch":1367290260,"text":"Nice ambient game, didn't make it to the end kept getting stuck on the maze. But nice job anyway!"},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1367295120,"text":"@ ilo and Jellycakes Thank you! Its not your fault you got stuck in the maze the wall from above was intruding in on it\r<br\/>I have updated the webplayer with a fix for it. The stand alone versions are being updated now but take a while to upload"},{"author_name":"Andrewves","author_uid":"23166","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:03am","epoch":1367312280,"text":"I really enjoyed the visual style of this game, the gameplay was also quite smooth and enjoyable, though the mouse sensitivity is a little high."},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:20am","epoch":1367313300,"text":"It's amazing that you made these primitives so well-looking"},{"author_name":"Royal Railway","author_uid":"6155","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:54am","epoch":1367315340,"text":"Amazing visuals that really set an eerie mood. The mouse was a bit too sensitive and laggy, as others have said. I got stuck after the third clue. I like it!"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:29am","epoch":1367317440,"text":"This town is really cool ! Fun fact: i have found a strange triangle in the ground but it was a pit to oblivion. Anyway good job !"},{"author_name":"Richard Matey","author_uid":"16170","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1367338320,"text":"Wow incredible job on the look, lightmapping, and mood of the scene, really love walking around and looking at your world. Kinda reminds me of a Brandon Chung game. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Embarrassingly I couldn't get past the first clue at the fountain. Arrived there just not sure what to do."},{"author_name":"ataxkt","author_uid":"14547","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1367345580,"text":"Ambience was nice, but I didn't really get what was going on, which gave me little incentive. Got some clues, but they do what? A bit more agency would have gone a long way. Still, looked nice."},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1367364000,"text":"Thanks everyone! The lack of agency was actually intentional my aim was to see how far people could get with as little info as possible. @ataxkt Right Mouse Button displays the clue"},{"author_name":"Teejay5","author_uid":"16615","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:29am","epoch":1367367840,"text":"The windows link appears to be 404'd!"},{"author_name":"Teejay5","author_uid":"16615","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:30am","epoch":1367367900,"text":"scratch that, i just had to reload the page."},{"author_name":"bbrown2","author_uid":"23754","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1367379240,"text":"Beautiful, playing this game is like walking through a De Chirico painting.  A game this good deserves a better ending and title."},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:30am","epoch":1367382300,"text":"Thanks a lot bbrown2. I actually forgot about the ending until the last minute."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:54pm","epoch":1367426940,"text":"Hey I reached the the end of the game with only 2 solved Clues :D I don't want to spoil... But this is a really nice game. Soundscape fits perfect to that simplified Design... Nice piece of work"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:40am","epoch":1367487300,"text":"Not bad! I like your minimalistic design =)\r<br\/>I got three clues and got lost into underground =("},{"author_name":"OrangeeZ","author_uid":"12415","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1368712620,"text":"Wonderfully executed. Soundtrack, a feel similar to Gravity Bone, great minimalistic design and a potato - I liked it all."}],"images":["ld26\/14993-025ad61f97a46776a386251457daa97b.jpg","ld26\/14993-cd0dade4afc5396fe9fc39a474a394a1.jpg","ld26\/14993-c55a7e79ccf24c3f19e13029dd1ee551.jpg","ld26\/14993-90eea004f8fa44a445a89d298f1b6347.jpg","ld26\/14993-b5f9f4ac39128887734da7271996a902.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/97122014\/Win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/97122014\/Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/97122014\/Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/97122014\/TaterConspiracyWEB\/TaterConspiracy.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/97122014\/Tater%20ConspiracySOURCE.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25320","g_author":"14993","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"25350","g_title":"The Tater Conspiracy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"170","g_commentcount":"25","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\/14993-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14993-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14993-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14993-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14993-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What is the Tater?\r\nWhere did they come from?\r\nWhy do you care?\r\n\r\nAll these questions and more may or may not be answered in:\r\nTHE TATER CONSPIRACY\r\n\r\nThe Tater Conspiracy is a First Person Treasure Hunt\r\nFind the clues, solve the riddles and discover the truth behind the Tater Conspiracy\r\n\r\nWASD - Move\r\nSpace - Jump\r\nLMB - Interact\r\nRMB - Show Current Clue\r\n\r\nLinux and Mac builds are untested.\r\nComments are welcomed.\r\n\r\n*All versions have been updated to remove player blocking wall from the maze\r\n*Added source files","title":"The Tater Conspiracy"}