{"author_link":"\/author\/dek\/","author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","comments":[{"author_name":"Tyro","author_uid":"12708","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1367279640,"text":"I'd love to play this game, but after clicking on the link it said there was an internal server error and no download started."},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:04am","epoch":1367279940,"text":"@Tyro, game will be up in a few minutes :)"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:10am","epoch":1367309100,"text":"Really good looking world!"},{"author_name":"nuprahtor","author_uid":"2280","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:36am","epoch":1367317860,"text":"Really relaxing and beatiful game, too bad that Esc key quits to the main menu without asking"},{"author_name":"Pinkerator","author_uid":"23092","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:44am","epoch":1367318340,"text":"This game reminded me about wisps from Warcraft 3 :) Cool level design for two days in development!"},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:56am","epoch":1367319060,"text":"I like almost everything about this game, the night air with ambient sound of the crickets, flying over a forest near the sea, ...it is certainly a very romantic idea, and also has a spiritual touch, I must say that there is many dead animals to collect and a short lamp life to do haha"},{"author_name":"Xatulu","author_uid":"21938","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:01am","epoch":1367319360,"text":"Awesome game, that shows what a three man team can acomplish in 72hours, good job guys!"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:02am","epoch":1367319420,"text":"@juaxix you can refresh the lantern :D! But there is a catch to this game.. It has to do with lantern consumption speed and your movement speed. :)"},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:06am","epoch":1367319660,"text":"Love this game, even for the graphic ;)"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:07am","epoch":1367319720,"text":"Great graphics and sounds, but not enough gameplay, going there and back over and over is kinda boring. Maybe you should add enemies, upgrades, something else."},{"author_name":"captainkraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:11am","epoch":1367319960,"text":"Really loved the environment. The mushrooms, water, lighting... I felt like I was in a real forest.\r\rI had a little trouble controlling the camera at first. The sensitivity on the control is a little high, but I became used to it after a while.\r\rI also like how you handled the world boundaries by draining the lantern's fuel faster when you enter the ocean. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"LizEngland","author_uid":"22429","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1367351700,"text":"Lovely mood and ambiance!"},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1367351940,"text":"awesome grafics, really cool game"},{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1367352000,"text":"Awesome graphical style. Didn't feel like there was much else to do, maybe I was missing something."},{"author_name":"bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1367353680,"text":"Screenshots remind me of "Black Lake" from Double Fine, which is cool, couldn't play it though as I have no XNA stuff."},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1367354040,"text":"I don't know what happened, but there the LudumDare26.exe crashed right after launching it :-(\rI have Win7 Home Premium 64"},{"author_name":"psychopsam","author_uid":"12354","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:29am","epoch":1367486640,"text":"My best score was 3840. Really great graphics and sound. Enjoyable and challenging. Nice work."},{"author_name":"GetFun","author_uid":"8548","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1367528460,"text":"Cool graphic"},{"author_name":"intripoon","author_uid":"11637","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:22pm","epoch":1367583420,"text":"The game feels good while playing. Maybe I missed it, but is there a goal? I keep running around collecting while there is no enemy?"},{"author_name":"Misfit","author_uid":"10677","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1367583480,"text":"Nice graphics"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1367698440,"text":"Very nice! from the materials to the animations, good work!"},{"author_name":"kyyninen","author_uid":"21389","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1367788440,"text":"Wonderful mood and love the theme, I just don't know if watching meters fill\/run out is the most engaging game mechanic. Some kind of warning sound when lantern is half full would have been nice!\r\rIt's midnight now where I am, this was the perfect game to end the day and go to sleep."},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 12:32am","epoch":1367800020,"text":"Very interesting game, simple, yet gorgeous looking!"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 8:35am","epoch":1368347400,"text":"Excellent atmosphere, but the gameplay is a bit sparse."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1368368160,"text":"Beautiful game with an excellent atmosphere, but the game-play is lacking. An obstacle or some progression in the game that makes the players feel like they are accomplishing something would help."},{"author_name":"Monxcleyr Productions","author_uid":"18483","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1369090380,"text":"The camera controls are a little too sensitive. Not having any vertical control over the camera view felt a bit odd, particularly when returning to the tree when your view is very obstructed. The art and feel of the game is very nice though."}],"images":["ld26\/11517-d0455cac52b77907899be366299cdb87.jpg","ld26\/11517-f7bea8fb7739f90bb35c1be504173c5b.jpg","ld26\/11517-77c9ff449f18bd394e6d7a641daee95f.jpg","ld26\/11517-3eb2e599adafd83688aca448e33638ce.jpg","ld26\/11517-5cf1d1d313aaf6b44e66179847f6c6f6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pathtothesky.com\/releases\/SoulsOfTheForest-0.1-win.zip","text":"Windows [XNA]"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26207","g_author":"11517","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"26237","g_title":"Souls of the Forest","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"248","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\/11517-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/11517-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/11517-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/11517-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/11517-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Get XNA Framework: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\nHelp the fallen to return to mother nature.\r\nYou are a wisp in the woods. You collect the souls of the dead animals. Because your lights do not reach through the night, you carry a magical lantern that you have to replenish at certain locations. If you fail to do that before the Lantern runs out, the game is over.You deploy the souls at chopped tree stumps. That way they can return to the circle of life through the trees roots. The world is procedurally generated.\r\n\r\nPlease read the Instructions.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD - Movement\r\nMouse - Look around\r\n\r\nCreated by:\r\n@dekdev - art\r\n@wupto - art\r\n@tice666 - programming<\/p>","title":"Souls of the Forest"}