{"author_link":"\/author\/daisuke909\/","author_name":"Daisuke909","author_uid":"8522","comments":[{"author_name":"Tozy","author_uid":"1831","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:38am","epoch":1367213580,"text":"is good to try to simplify... but what you keep should magnify the experience by taking things away instead of adding features... the platformed genre has been overused :P"},{"author_name":"naughtyloose","author_uid":"7317","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1367273640,"text":"interesting concept but a bit too much on the lecturing side. You could turn those texts into a gameplay element or story and it would a lot more fun to watch and play :)"},{"author_name":"TaleLore","author_uid":"21654","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1367275200,"text":"It seems like the actual purpose of minimalism was missed here. Minimalism does not mean a lack of features."},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1367276460,"text":"i expected it to go on quite long for some reason heh.. good stuff with the time we had tho man :)"},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1367277420,"text":"To me minimalism is about getting to the essentials while getting rid of excess. For a game, one of the essentials has to be fun."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1367279160,"text":"Nice game... a little bit to short... was that a potatoe :D"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:58am","epoch":1367481180,"text":"Too pretentious and too little of a game in my opinion."},{"author_name":"mort96","author_uid":"10534","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:59am","epoch":1367481240,"text":"I love these kinds of &quot;meta games&quot;. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 8:13am","epoch":1368173280,"text":"I liked the idea of exploring the concept of minimalism more directly, it was interesting, but the game itself wasn't particularly enjoyable apart from that."},{"author_name":"foyosoft","author_uid":"23062","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1368302160,"text":"It's certainly minimal, but minimalism..? Not so sure. A little on the short side too."}],"images":["ld26\/8522-9cc64fd01f999d13559adb143fd1f34d.jpg","ld26\/8522-c4e4e2808f273142d6412a0696cbafd5.jpg","ld26\/8522-1cc1d4117dd8d3173fc504b300bfcb51.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/51793741\/Platformer%20An%20Exploration%20of%20Minimalism.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/51793741\/Ludum%20Dare%2026%20Entry.mfa","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26729","g_author":"8522","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26759","g_title":"Platformer: An Exploration of Minimalism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1243","g_commentcount":"10","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\/8522-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/8522-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/8522-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Less an actual game than it is a surrealistic art project, Platformer digs deep to find the meaning of minimalism, using an interactive format.<\/p>","title":"Platformer: An Exploration of Minimalism"}