{"author_link":"\/author\/foyosoft\/","author_name":"foyosoft","author_uid":"23062","comments":[{"author_name":"richtx","author_uid":"14045","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:44am","epoch":1367203140,"text":"Looks like my kind of game. Unfortunately, it won't run on my Windows 7 64-bit box. I get a waiting cursor for several seconds, then nothing."},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:13am","epoch":1367204880,"text":"Worked fine for me on 64-bit Windows.  I really enjoyed this and thought it had a great aesthetic. I have to admit I haven't finished it yet as it's quite hard.  There seems to be a disconnect between the blocky contiguous rendering of the characters and the more continuous physics of it's movement.  It's simultaneously frustrating and compelling.  I'll definitely be coming back to try again to complete it."},{"author_name":"Infin8","author_uid":"4643","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:18am","epoch":1367205180,"text":"Nice use of the theme, I got all the gameplay elements without having to look at the instructions. Jump feels a little floaty."},{"author_name":"foyosoft","author_uid":"23062","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:03am","epoch":1367207880,"text":"Thanks for the feedback! I noticed that the jumping was a little 'quirky'. I wrote a bit of a post-mortem on the game and that was one of the things I mentioned. Tried to fix it a few times, but couldn't quite get there. Probably a -1 or a +1 out somewhere.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@richtx I compiled the game using XNA Framework 4.0 on 64-bit Windows 8. iirc, XNA isn't 64-bit, so it should work with all Windows... *should*... The redistributable can be downloaded from http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks again for you feedback!"},{"author_name":"CloudiestNights","author_uid":"20248","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:06am","epoch":1367280060,"text":"Fairly simple gameplay, which is to be expected with this theme. I like the Castlevania style jumping."},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1367611260,"text":"Isn't that art a blast from the past. Works fine on Windows 7 64-bit."},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 8:36am","epoch":1367829060,"text":"I couldn't get this to run. I double clicked on the application and it doesn't open anything up."},{"author_name":"foyosoft","author_uid":"23062","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1367843820,"text":"@garygreen do you have XNA 4.0 installed?"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1368051420,"text":"Simple game... collecting money reveals goals IRL, too. LOL"},{"author_name":"simvig","author_uid":"21043","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1368295500,"text":"I must say, everything is right about this game. Even the sound kinda fits the mood."},{"author_name":"MRvanderPants","author_uid":"20836","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1368305820,"text":"This game has a really cool retro feel to it. But the controls were a little buggy sometimes. The player doesn't stop moving on key up, or just won't move. But the overall feel of the game is really nice."},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1368307200,"text":"Same as the others: nice retro theme, but the controls are a bit too strange."},{"author_name":"Binary Gambit","author_uid":"20783","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 12:48am","epoch":1368319380,"text":"Incredibly hard but fun. I played through the first level several times before realising there is only one correct combination of key presses."},{"author_name":"wolf","author_uid":"2364","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 4:00am","epoch":1368330900,"text":"This also won't work on my Windows 7 64-bit machine."},{"author_name":"Monxcleyr Productions","author_uid":"18483","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 5:10am","epoch":1368335100,"text":"This definitely has a nice retro feel to it, but for the most part the controls were more frustrating than fun. The sound and visuals fit in nicely with the theme."},{"author_name":"NateNaterson","author_uid":"1554","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 5:23am","epoch":1368335880,"text":"Brutal difficulty! Really neat visual style, too."},{"author_name":"64Mega","author_uid":"11166","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 7:12am","epoch":1368342420,"text":"Worked well, and did remind me of many early games on the ZX Spectrum, C64, PET, and Atari systems. Great game."},{"author_name":"recursive frog","author_uid":"8342","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1368400140,"text":"Unfortunately I can't rate the game since it's a Windows entry."},{"author_name":"Alex Camilleri","author_uid":"3732","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1368400320,"text":"Very nice visuals. The game is really unforgiving!"}],"images":["ld26\/23062-e3d952cd03c4dd1149804aca2c2ecbf5.jpg","ld26\/23062-fb7fb3193b0d561749b11dc0fb62a52f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/foyosoft.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Platformer81.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/foyosoft.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Platformer81src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25750","g_author":"23062","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25780","g_title":"Platformer '81","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"873","g_commentcount":"19","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\/23062-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/23062-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The game was written by me using XNA 4.0. I started writing it on Saturday morning. I approached the minimalism theme as meaning minimal graphics and restricting movement to a per-cell basis using just left\/right and jump.\r\n\r\nThe game is (sort of) based on the style of the ZX81, if it had sound.\r\n\r\nYou must install XNA 4.0 from http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914 in order to get the game to run. Thanks!!<\/p>","title":"Platformer '81"}