{"author_link":"\/author\/richy486\/","author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","comments":[{"author_name":"robc","author_uid":"15363","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1367179320,"text":"Excellent game. Tone really fits in&hellip; and the controls are spot on."},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:20am","epoch":1367219700,"text":"I can't get it to work. Says something about parallel setting (or something similar, it's in finnish)."},{"author_name":"HELLO23","author_uid":"21541","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:48am","epoch":1367221380,"text":"I can't get it to work also :( Here is a screenshot of the error I get : http:\/\/puu.sh\/2Jkmf.png"},{"author_name":"tankete","author_uid":"21907","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:08am","epoch":1367222580,"text":"&quot;The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This appears to be related to missing the correct C++ runtime components.\r<br\/>http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-pictures\/error-the-application-has-failed-to-start-because\/df019c0d-746e-42d0-ad68-465e18e3f3ef"},{"author_name":"Salamander3","author_uid":"20648","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:36am","epoch":1367224260,"text":"I can't seem to get this to run."},{"author_name":"HELLO23","author_uid":"21541","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:37am","epoch":1367224320,"text":"Anyone knows which C++ runtime should I install in order to play the game ?"},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1367232000,"text":"Thanks guys, I'll see if I can fix it up"},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1367239740,"text":"Just updated the build, should be fine now (fingers crossed)"},{"author_name":"andygt40","author_uid":"23396","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1367240820,"text":"Yeah, windows version working just the same as mac version now.\r<br\/>Awesome game by the way! The last level was difficult but totally worth it hah!"},{"author_name":"Nacho","author_uid":"19032","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1367241060,"text":"Would have been fun, but the player dot was hard to tell apart from a few flecks on my monitor, and the pillar smashing sound made me want to tear my ears off."},{"author_name":"mechagk","author_uid":"16081","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1367241240,"text":"It's very hard to see the player as he is only the size of a pixel :\/"},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1367241420,"text":"great game, but perhaps the player could be bigger than 1 pixel"},{"author_name":"geepit","author_uid":"7990","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1367241600,"text":"Very cool, liked all the variations of the same enemy\/mechanic"},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1367242560,"text":"The dot is really small, makes my eyes hurt, it's fun though and a bit challenging"},{"author_name":"mchaza","author_uid":"22487","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1367243340,"text":"Great job, but the dot was way too small as mentioned."},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1367273520,"text":"It is pretty small. I guess it sit too close to my screen so it seemed fine, I could't follow it when other people played it though"},{"author_name":"fueelin","author_uid":"3827","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1367273640,"text":"Fun game, good use of theme.  I like the implicit music caused by the rhytmic crusher things.  As others have said, this game kinda hurts my eyes...  Seems like a few games in this LD have that quality :D"},{"author_name":"Korda","author_uid":"14993","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1367288820,"text":"This was actually pretty cool but I think you missed an opportunity with the sound. If the size of the crusher effected the pitch of the sound you could have had the level generate the music for you"},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:31am","epoch":1367295960,"text":"Korda - That would have been awesome!"},{"author_name":"alts","author_uid":"18267","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:33am","epoch":1367310480,"text":"I really like how the crushers provide &quot;music&quot; for the game, and how some screens seemed to, perhaps inadvertently, use polyrhythms. The one pixel character was confusing at first, and I had to clean my screen to figure out what was actually happening."},{"author_name":"Hadyn","author_uid":"23069","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:40am","epoch":1367310900,"text":"There I was, having made it through hell, enjoying a nice stroll through a couple of screens of progressively narrower but danger-free lanes, when it crashed =[\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Windows version, I'm running Win7 x64. I was at the end of a very narrow screen-long lane if that helps at all)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Still rating you up - this was far better than the screenshots might have led me to think!"},{"author_name":"LaceySnr","author_uid":"21867","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:45am","epoch":1367379600,"text":"Love it. The maze can get quite confusing and some of the stompers are brutal!"},{"author_name":"robc","author_uid":"15363","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:48am","epoch":1367390580,"text":"Great fun. Certainly is a tad brutal - but the challenge was well worth it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Quite recommend it :)"},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:35am","epoch":1367458200,"text":"It turns out that the game is a community service announcement to get people to clean their computer screens"},{"author_name":"richy486","author_uid":"15135","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:38am","epoch":1367465580,"text":"Hadyn - are there files in the resources folder?"},{"author_name":"BipoleMoment","author_uid":"17283","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1367686560,"text":"Great game! Really challenging!"},{"author_name":"Ray_Mickelino","author_uid":"17914","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1367794920,"text":"Awesome. Really fits the theme of minimalism. Good job!"},{"author_name":"dremelofdeath","author_uid":"17159","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 11:16am","epoch":1367925060,"text":"I could imagine that not everyone would be able to see the little dot, but I could, and I thoroughly enjoyed this game."},{"author_name":"Alphonsus","author_uid":"21974","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 2:46am","epoch":1368240060,"text":"This is the the most minimalist game I have played. Haha :P Love the level design, but it's really hard to see the player. But I guess that's part of minimalism, so. Nonetheless, great work!"}],"images":["ld26\/15135-e6eac9d346d888c3b75b3d4b20c24b4b.jpg","ld26\/15135-ff18eebdd8c6e000d68a971f8781c9ec.jpg","ld26\/15135-97fc140bd5343de803516b0aa3087f08.jpg","ld26\/15135-c561f8e54f3d0950fe2a7972cb87ecda.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/z2yl0way4kelyk0\/OnMinimalism.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/oaytql1fnn1ujuu\/OnMinimalism5.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/richy486\/OnMinimalism","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25553","g_author":"15135","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25583","g_title":"On Minimalism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"293","g_commentcount":"29","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\/15135-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/15135-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/15135-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/15135-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Move the dot with the arrow keys, avoid the stompers while working your way through the maze to find the treasure!\r\n\r\nThe minimal aspect I went for was through the single pixel character, minimal colours with mostly greys and a single 'enemy' the stomper.\r\n\r\nI tried to use the stomper in as many ways as I could think of while keeping the mechanic the same.\r\n\r\nBuilt for OSX and Windows using cocos2d-x.\r\nSounds made using bfxr\r\n\r\n** Fixed for error on Windows version, please try the new build **<\/p>","title":"On Minimalism"}