{"author_link":"\/author\/arkazon\/","author_name":"Arkazon","author_uid":"6492","comments":[{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:14am","epoch":1367226540,"text":"Very nice idea, I think this could be a good game with some more work put into it."},{"author_name":"gizmo","author_uid":"5900","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1367252160,"text":"_VERY_ nice puzzler!"},{"author_name":"Ernyz","author_uid":"2537","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1367252940,"text":"Simple, yet interesting. Pretty good game :)"},{"author_name":"Zekyon","author_uid":"20619","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1367258340,"text":"Nice puzzele-platform game, although, a little easy"},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1367264820,"text":"Very nice, interesting puzzles, and an excelent take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:25am","epoch":1367310000,"text":"Nice little puzzle game. It wasn't really minimalistic though. I crashed when completing one of the puzzles."},{"author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1367338560,"text":"Something about this game reminds me of the ancient Montezuma's Revenge on C64.  I like it!"},{"author_name":"mort96","author_uid":"10534","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1367338620,"text":"The game is very nice, and I love that you used WebGL instead of relying on browser plugins like Flash, Unity or Java :D"},{"author_name":"FloatingGhost","author_uid":"20843","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1367338620,"text":"&quot;Could not initialize webGL&quot;"},{"author_name":"Arkazon","author_uid":"6492","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1367339100,"text":"Glad you're all liking it, I intended to make some of the levers do non-gameplay related things like remove background images or turn sound off.  Ended up not having any backgrounds or sounds to remove though!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@pighead10 : Did the browser crash or just hit an error?  Which browser are you using?\r<br\/>@FloatingGhost : Are you using a WebGL compatible browser?  I suggest trying with Chrome."},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1367346720,"text":"Wow! Nice level designs!"},{"author_name":"SmallDeadGuy","author_uid":"7143","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1367434020,"text":"A little simple and easy. Graphics weren't too bad, and was a little puzzling. Not bad for 48 hours, but some audio and a bit more polish would be nice."},{"author_name":"Polar","author_uid":"10472","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1367519820,"text":"A great idea, and a great take on Minimalism. My only issue was that it was quite easy, but that's not that much of an issue."},{"author_name":"PabloAlexandre31","author_uid":"10620","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1367696940,"text":"Very nice puzzler! I like it :)"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1367698080,"text":"Pretty cool, I liked how you could confound the monsters by walking over top of them."},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"21836","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1367699700,"text":"I would have liked a &quot;Level Minimized&quot; screen with Bob sitting down (on thin air) and eating some potatoes, before cutting to the next level.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise a pleasant puzzle platformer with a whole lotta levels."},{"author_name":"messiano","author_uid":"22060","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 4:03am","epoch":1367726280,"text":"Nice entry, I liked the mechanics and the player graphics!"},{"author_name":"dem0","author_uid":"8546","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1367778060,"text":"That was really simple, yet fun little puzzle game :)"},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1368363540,"text":"Hehe, very fun to play!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- SEPHY (@sephyka)"}],"images":["ld26\/6492-798d3564cfc9d46092edf54f05d22b8e.jpg","ld26\/6492-e44dee4b9fa372506e11d880c4ed1281.jpg","ld26\/6492-042d29b89457a6b346197d2bd7ee2f0f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/arkazon.atspace.co.uk\/run_me.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/73441159\/LD26_Arkazon.zip","text":"Source + Map Editor"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26305","g_author":"6492","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26335","g_title":"The Quest for Minimalism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"596","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\/6492-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/6492-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/6492-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Fairly straightforward puzzle-platformer.\r\n\r\nBob the bloke with the silly hat and a sack of potatoes is a bit of a minimalist and wants to just sit there and eat his potatoes in peace.  Unfortunately there are a load of pesky levels with platforms, mesh things, bridges, boxes and other stuff preventing him from finding happiness.\r\n\r\nLuckily there are some handy magic levers of handiness +3 to help out.  Activate the levers to remove parts of the level and make bob happy, activate all the levers on a level to proceed to the next level.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nWASD\/Arrow keys : Move around (up or down only work when on climbing meshes).\r\nSpace : Activate a lever \/ Start the game.\r\nESC\/R : Reset the current level (you'll need to do this so remember the button!).\r\n+\/- : Cheat like a cheating person and jump between levels using a debug feature that I figured was probably worth leaving in.\r\n\r\nGame uses WebGL so you'll need a browser that supports it (I'm looking at you, Internet Explorer).  I suggest using Chrome since that's what I tested it in but most non-Microsoft browsers support WebGL these days so take your pick.<\/p>","title":"The Quest for Minimalism"}