{"author_link":"\/author\/aszecsei\/","author_name":"Alic Szecsei","author_uid":"15297","comments":[{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:33am","epoch":1367206080,"text":"I'm not quite sure what to do. What are the keys?"},{"author_name":"Alic Szecsei","author_uid":"15297","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:42am","epoch":1367206620,"text":"WSAD for movement and space to jump. It's in first-person POV."},{"author_name":"Test User","author_uid":"15303","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:53am","epoch":1367210880,"text":"I walk toward the only thing in the game that I can see, then I hear a loud sound, then I can't see anything or do anything... Then, every once in a while I can see a bit of light again before repeating the process."},{"author_name":"Graham Weldon","author_uid":"5709","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:54am","epoch":1367210940,"text":"Hard to figure out whats going on, the sounds don't feel normalised. Good effort though, and a good take on the theme."},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:56am","epoch":1367211060,"text":"Alright, I've tried it twice, but nothing happens after the initial event. If there are clues int he audio, they are too faint to make out over the wind. Sorry I couldn't figure it out."},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:57am","epoch":1367211120,"text":"I'm not sure if I experienced it correctly. After a lot of trying I finally made it to the light and it said Game Over.\rI don't know if that means that I beat the game or lost."},{"author_name":"Cybearg","author_uid":"22470","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:57am","epoch":1367211120,"text":"So I try walking towards the light and I get a loud explosion sound. Then I don't seem to make any progress towards it, jump and push forward as I might. I can move relative to it with left and right (or it seems so), but, again, I never make any progress.\r\rAlso, I can't quite the game except through ALT+TAB and terminating it, which sucks.\r\rWhat exactly are you supposed to do if you can't move towards your only means of telling where you are?"},{"author_name":"baldwinthree","author_uid":"11948","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:58am","epoch":1367211180,"text":"Wasn't sure whether the "Game over" screen meant I lost or won. In any case, I got to the illumination! Maybe a few more cues as to the orientation of the camera would have helped."},{"author_name":"Alic Szecsei","author_uid":"15297","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:59am","epoch":1367211240,"text":"Jumping is present for a reason :) The mechanic is the puzzle, and there is a way to end the game...I don't really want to give spoilers, but I can keep giving hints if enough people can't figure it out."},{"author_name":"justin35f","author_uid":"17367","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:01am","epoch":1367211360,"text":"Game was nearly unplayable. Extremely loud, unexpected noises are not ok."},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:02am","epoch":1367211420,"text":"quite liked this :). would be nice if you captured the mouse pointer. also the sensitivity is through the roof and i can see a lot of people being too confused to be able to finish it"},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:02am","epoch":1367211420,"text":"<Spoiler>\r\rYou have to use the jump key\r\r<\/spoiler>"},{"author_name":"Alic Szecsei","author_uid":"15297","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:03am","epoch":1367211480,"text":"@Cybearg Dammit, I knew I forgot something. I got used to producing web projects and forgot the need to esc-exit in standalones...\r\rAnyway, you should be able to make progress? It may not be apparent at first because it's a little ways off (and it starts moving away from you after the first event), but it is winnable."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:36am","epoch":1367217060,"text":"Moody but annoying, couldn't complete it as I got bored after few falls."},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 10:24am","epoch":1367403540,"text":"The idea is quite good and it quite match the theme. Nice exploring\/maze little game. \r\rIt probably need some polish, Game Over for reaching the light is a bit strange,\ralso I put 1-star for the audio because of this crazy noise sound, not sure it's a good idea or probably need to be normalized with the rest of the audio experience."},{"author_name":"GranaDa","author_uid":"11561","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1367596560,"text":"Nice take on the theme."},{"author_name":"Sylvain.p","author_uid":"20862","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1367687820,"text":"We're perhaps too much lost. But atmosphere is nice."},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1368567960,"text":"I don't really get it, but I had a few surprises."}],"images":["ld26\/15297-8b0e2737f4e12169a8771a4865c5482b.jpg","ld26\/15297-4cfd4795efd98d426807ef91cef45e6d.jpg","ld26\/15297-27a4c8f4a5e24118bd13303ae0b901d4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/redariagames.com\/redaria\/illumination\/illumination_windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/redariagames.com\/redaria\/illumination\/illumination_mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/redariagames.com\/redaria\/illumination\/illumination_linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/redariagames.com\/redaria\/illumination\/web\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/redariagames.com\/redaria\/illumination\/illumination_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26656","g_author":"15297","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26686","g_title":"Illumination","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1344","g_commentcount":"18","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\/15297-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/15297-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/15297-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Make sure you have your sound on when you play this. Best experienced in a dark environment.\r\n\r\nEDIT: Yes, it's got jump scare(s). Loud, unexpected noises and all that. Use headphones if there are other people around.<\/p>","title":"Illumination"}