{"author_link":"\/author\/nostradamon\/","author_name":"NostraDamon","author_uid":"13211","comments":[{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:56am","epoch":1367286660,"text":"I got stuck in an object with two crystals left. All I can say is I am now left with more questions than answers. Aliens must have did it. Aliens."},{"author_name":"TravisChen","author_uid":"12204","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:42am","epoch":1367289420,"text":"AMAZING."},{"author_name":"ilovepixel","author_uid":"13148","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1367291940,"text":"Very pretty art, I loved kicking does little orange things."},{"author_name":"Cybearg","author_uid":"22470","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1367293680,"text":"Absolutely gorgeous game. The direction of minimalism with having you charge and turn right was an interesting idea that made for some interesting puzzles. Unfortunately, I couldn't find many crystals and it could be difficult to tell where you could pass on to the next screen, but the beauty of this game, coupled with the fact that it certainly matches the minimalist style, overrides the fact that I didn't think the gameplay was my cup of tea.\r\rPlease continue to do more games in the future, with lots more gorgeous art!"},{"author_name":"aaron9000","author_uid":"22099","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:31am","epoch":1367303160,"text":"I love the colors and animation"},{"author_name":"Spierek","author_uid":"14319","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:23am","epoch":1367306280,"text":"Looks absolutely stunning."},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:23am","epoch":1367306280,"text":"Haha that was extremely amusing, fits theme very well!"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:23am","epoch":1367306280,"text":"brilliant !"},{"author_name":"theRestlessTaxidermists","author_uid":"19596","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:24am","epoch":1367306340,"text":"Really nice graphics! I got stuck in a rock after a while though..."},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:27am","epoch":1367306520,"text":"Very good, except a few bugs (i keep spawning the middle of trees after a while!) but love the art !"},{"author_name":"s0ulcrusher","author_uid":"8105","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:27am","epoch":1367306520,"text":"Like others here I kept getting stuck in rocks, visually really impressive though!"},{"author_name":"RedSounding","author_uid":"20493","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:27am","epoch":1367306520,"text":"Great graphics. Got stuck in a tree though! Fun, good game."},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:48am","epoch":1367307780,"text":"Nice graphics, the game is missing sound and I had to give up twice because I somehow got "out of bounds" skipping some obstacle by accident, so I could no longer leave the current screen."},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:55am","epoch":1367308200,"text":"Ah, disregard my comment regarding sound. Should check I didn't forget turning on the speakers. :)"},{"author_name":"runonthespot","author_uid":"13386","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1367325240,"text":"Lovely art, especially."},{"author_name":"ahm99","author_uid":"11270","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1367358600,"text":"Really awesome game. Only turning one way made it really interesting. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:56am","epoch":1367380260,"text":"Beautiful art! Great work! :D"},{"author_name":"robotality","author_uid":"22760","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:01am","epoch":1367394960,"text":"Love the visuals! :D Love the idea of only one button."},{"author_name":"JAH2488","author_uid":"8475","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:14am","epoch":1367456940,"text":"Beautiful Game! Stunning really."},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1367672760,"text":"Totally awesome graphics! Unfortunately this gem is plagued with some collision bugs as more than once I got locked inside a rock or a tree unable to continue the game. Just managed to find 4 crystals, but I will try again latter for it is one of the best games of LD26. \r\rMusic is amazing also. I'm really impressed!"},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1367705880,"text":"First game I've managed to complete so far haha, I got stuck the first time, but gave it another shot - gotta say awesome work on the art and for for producing such a large layout. I was probably hoping for too much for an end cinematic - as the giant dude pounding the ground on one layout whet the appetite for more animation. Good luck in the contest. :)"},{"author_name":"GertJohnny","author_uid":"22774","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 5:22am","epoch":1367731020,"text":"I got all the way to the last crystal, and then the pushing puzzle got me stuck in an unrecoverable state. even if I hit R to restart, the collision map was all offset no matter where I went. Curious how it ends!"},{"author_name":"nodoxi","author_uid":"2154","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 6:49am","epoch":1367736240,"text":"i completed the game\rspoiler!\rhttp:\/\/dropi.ru\/JVp.jpg"},{"author_name":"NostraDamon","author_uid":"13211","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1367860800,"text":"Ahah good job nodoxi. You can find the map here though: http:\/\/evasionadomicile.re\/NostraDamon\/Merkaba\/Merkaba-Map.pdf"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:35am","epoch":1367893800,"text":"Was pretty fun to play, was a bit frustrating with the mechanic and the ending was a little abrupt but other than that it was a pretty good game. Nice one."},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1368107100,"text":"This seems like it would be an interesting world to explore, but the 1 button mechanic made it to frustrating for me to want to go any further than getting the first crystal. The collision also seemed a little off from where I thought it should be in several cases. Cool idea though and nice art too."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1368140040,"text":"Hilarious and wild! Um. one button, huh?"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 2:06am","epoch":1368151260,"text":"this was truly as awesome game -- even tho the controls were frustrating -- great job!"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1368211380,"text":"Can't run on win32 (not a valid win32 application), and my computer won't run the unity web player =\/ I can't play your game :(\r(but I can play almost all unity games ported to windows)"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 12:11am","epoch":1368230760,"text":"The graphics were really nice, the gameplay mechanics were interesting and the sound the player makes when punching things was quite humorous. The only problem was that the audio was too quiet."},{"author_name":"Andromatta","author_uid":"4510","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 3:30am","epoch":1368242700,"text":"Enjoyed playing through this! Not sure if reducing it to one button adds anything; it could still be minimal with arrow key controls. Also no credit for the music? I was able to pick it out as this song from Reprisal: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/eric-skiff\/hhavok-main"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 3:37am","epoch":1368243120,"text":"I think if the collision with objects were tightened up some more, the turning mechanism wouldn't be so annoying, but as it stands, it was very difficult keeping him from going off into areas I'm sure he wasn't supposed to be able to get to. I really liked the look and the sound, though. When I got all the crystals, at first I didn't know what I was supposed to do, but I did eventually find the giant crystal."},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1368309480,"text":"Interesting concept & great graphics, but uncredited music? That's a really shitty thing to do :\/"},{"author_name":"jolle","author_uid":"9","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1368362640,"text":"Pretty clever game, certainly minimal controls. Got a bit frustrated at the north west most (I think) screen, but got it. Nice look."},{"author_name":"Super Hamster","author_uid":"22460","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1368394800,"text":"Interesting idea and really annoying but I guess that was supposed to be so, so good job. Could use so more polishing as I did manage to walk through the wall and get one of the gems without actually getting it correctly."},{"author_name":"Alphonsus","author_uid":"21974","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 6:03am","epoch":1368597480,"text":"Finished it! :D Love the mood. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 7:07am","epoch":1368601320,"text":"Wow ! Superb game and you have had the courage to implement a truly minimalist gameplay ! It is a little disturbing at the beginning but it fits totally with the theme. Your graphics are very cute, i should have prefered them more minimalist, but it's a hard choice too ;) Congrats !"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 7:59am","epoch":1368604440,"text":"Fantastic game - I loved your "flow control" techniques and hint methods. And those graphics, beautiful!"},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 8:11am","epoch":1368605160,"text":"Good entry, graphics and mood are very cool.\rMaybe a bit repetitive after a time and sometimes very frustrating ; for example a few tubs are difficult to move correctly.\r\r- SEPHY (@sephyka)"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1368619200,"text":"It`s cool. I liked that you came up with the whole universe. However, I don`t like how pixel and not pixel art are combined.\rThis is also very fun to play. I liked the puzzle aspect. The collision box is very unintuitive though.\rI got stuck in a wall. While being stuck in a wall, I moved to another screen, so "R" couldn`t save me anymore. After some time running around inside walls, I managed to get out... It was hard to see what was going on there, but I think I moved to an unexisting screen, and appeared one screen to the left..."},{"author_name":"MrShoestore","author_uid":"20984","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1368657600,"text":"I was having a real fun time playing this until i got stuck in some trees, then quit playing before I realized there was a reset button. very very good. and the art! hot damn."},{"author_name":"kddekadenz","author_uid":"10000","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1368802980,"text":"Web-Version did not work for me (Linux Mint 12)."}],"images":["ld26\/13211-06e213833f0f345cb9a1571e065afc4d.jpg","ld26\/13211-54bb990a92e64339764f3dd3dcd615fa.jpg","ld26\/13211-d70627338c587d5fa55568084ff7702a.jpg","ld26\/13211-25e290383690a0d3f7f66253640527f3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/evasionadomicile.re\/NostraDamon\/Merkaba\/WIN\/WIN.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/evasionadomicile.re\/NostraDamon\/Merkaba\/MACOSX\/Merkaba.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/evasionadomicile.re\/NostraDamon\/Merkaba\/WEB\/WEB.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/evasionadomicile.re\/NostraDamon\/Merkaba\/Merkaba-Map.pdf","text":"Game Map"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25454","g_author":"13211","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"25484","g_title":"Merkaba","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"140","g_commentcount":"42","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\/13211-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/13211-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/13211-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/13211-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Your Merkaba is running out of fuel so you decide to stop by the nearest planet inhabited by Chanaks. You suddenly realize their planet offers an abundant amount of crystals that harness the energy needed to power your Merkaba.\r\nYour mission is to collect 10 crystals and bring them back to your Merkaba.\r\n\r\n...please try not to harm the Chanaks.\r\n______________________________________\r\n\r\nControls: Left Click\/Space to turn right\r\nPress 'R' to restart the current room (it can help if you are stuck)\r\n\r\n______________________________________\r\n\r\nProgramming \/ Game Design: Damien Sueur (@NostraDam0n)\r\nArt \/ Animation: Karlo Santa Ana<\/p>","title":"Merkaba"}