{"author_link":"\/author\/kzdev\/","author_name":"curtamyth","author_uid":"63895","comments":[{"author_name":"Ryan Kline","author_uid":"44153","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:09am","epoch":1461035040,"text":"I loved this game! I loved the backgrounds and the gameplay was very solid. It had a really defined mood and I liked that. Good enemy design with the different types of enemies. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Geti","author_uid":"2001","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:13am","epoch":1461035280,"text":"Interesting enough, but not something i was compelled to play a lot of. I enjoyed going around and "cleaning up" the maze after collecting the trinkets.\r\rProbably no fun for anyone with epilepsy or similar."},{"author_name":"02fc.exe","author_uid":"18626","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:48am","epoch":1461051780,"text":"Holy shit, I love this game! Really like dope graphics and audio :3"},{"author_name":"Ayawaska","author_uid":"88601","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1461085260,"text":"Cool pacman game with different types of ennemies and some exploration. Nice background visuals and audio."},{"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"55346","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1461085920,"text":"On my second try I got through a couple dreams, once I realized which weird symbols I should be walking over and which I should not =). Most enjoyable part was the clean-up at the end. Rather trippy background graphics!"},{"author_name":"Blobo","author_uid":"52667","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1461101040,"text":"Wow this was trippy! It was quite an interesting game."},{"author_name":"Drusilla","author_uid":"63904","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1461101760,"text":"Wow, this is gorgeous!"},{"author_name":"samlo","author_uid":"88195","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:37am","epoch":1461112320,"text":"Solid entry! I played 3 levels or so. It's hard, but I really like the visuals and the psychadelic-yet-eerie feel you've got going on. 5\/5"},{"author_name":"Skruffye","author_uid":"63924","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:43am","epoch":1461112680,"text":"Nice game. Oddly reminiscent of Pacman insomuch that you spend half the game avoiding enemies before getting your sweet revenge later on.\rColours were a bit of a headache, but overall, I quite liked it. :)"},{"author_name":"nk","author_uid":"92354","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1461184260,"text":"That was cool and now I feel weird.\r\rLove the music especially!"},{"author_name":"Weeping Rupee","author_uid":"60016","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 1:55am","epoch":1461203400,"text":"Interesting take on the pac-man thing. I like the look"},{"author_name":"NvrSkipGameDay","author_uid":"85972","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 2:19am","epoch":1461204840,"text":"Wow, this was really cool. The music was fantastic, and the background was just trippy enough to add to the feel without overdoing it. When I turned into that crazy shadow eyeball monster with teeth I went on a bit of a power trip and realized this game is awesome.\r\rVery cool submission, thanks for sharing!"},{"author_name":"Wan","author_uid":"9172","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:37am","epoch":1461313920,"text":"Nice job, the game works fine, I reached level 4 without issues. Turning into a monster and kicking butt to all these things I was evading is pretty satisfying :) On the other hand I found the collecting of trinkets a bit repetitive and almost annoying since the levels are quite large and trinkets are often spawned all around the same spot. Also I didn't care that much about the different types of enemies since all I did was run around and evade everything without thinking. Maybe some balancing could help make enemies more interesting?\r\rNow the visuals are pretty fun & original, and the audio helps setting the mood quite well. The shapeshifting animation is cool to watch too, plus the level generation worked quite well for me. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 1:57am","epoch":1461635520,"text":"That was extremely trippy. I got through to the fifth dream. \r\rThere were two areas I think could improve the game. First there were a lot of narrow passages or places where only one path was available that caused a guaranteed hit from an enemy. \r\rSecond after gathering all the trickets the game was just a matter of finding all the enemies; there was no longer any risk left in the level. It might make sense to make that phase timed, and it failed, switch back to a trinket phase."},{"author_name":"fin_nolimit","author_uid":"86340","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1461714780,"text":"Wow, I love how the music changes when you upgrade your character. the background graphics ROCKED!!! Excellent job on this one!!!"},{"author_name":"TheBreakfast","author_uid":"62232","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 3:41am","epoch":1461728160,"text":"Cool graphics, neat game play, and the music is awesome. It's like Pacman having a drug induced fever dream."},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 4:22am","epoch":1461730620,"text":"Probably the most unique looking game I've played this jam. Definitely interested in the clean-up, nightmare portion of the game since it felt like comeuppance in the best way."},{"author_name":"yokcos700","author_uid":"7500","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 10:12am","epoch":1461751620,"text":"Thematically, this is pretty cool. Instead of HP you have some abstract notion of how asleep you are. The whole 'go kill all the enemies' phase is pretty cool... for a while. Gets boring once you're hunting around a reasonably large level for one last monster. The levels, by the way, kind of lack distinguishing features. You could have done something as simple as having different areas of the level be different colours to achieve this. (Speaking of level design, I often found myself in situations where I had to take damage) In general, I don't think this game benefits from being procedurally generated. You could have made a better game if it were simply set in a large rectangle or a more complex hand-made shape."},{"author_name":"Dr. Funkenstein","author_uid":"57339","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1461863340,"text":"REMINDS OF THE FIRST TIME I DROPPED LSD. MOOD 11\/10"},{"author_name":"SantiHisteria","author_uid":"59433","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1461957600,"text":"WOW!! It is like eat some drugs!! xD Original idea but the game sometimes is confused. Anyway good work."},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"21836","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 6:21am","epoch":1461996960,"text":""Watch out, nightmares of my past, for soon I will become a beautiful butterfly of DEATH!" Now that is a high concept I can get behind. Unfortunately the outcome is a bit hit and miss every step of the way.\r\rThe effects are fittingly rather trippy, but the overall quality of the pixel work is sloppy. The nightmare eater sprite is an exception, a really well drawn and designed piece of pixel art that.\r\rThe audio is nice, apart from the transformation music (hunting down nightmares). That didn't click with me for some reason.\r\rTo gameplay then. It holds up for the first few levels, but after that the cathartic power trip becomes more of a chore (bigger levels multiply the issue). You could mend this by making the second form vulnerable to some of the harder enemies (who shoot projectiles), meaning you would still have to think a bit.\r\rProcedural generation is an effective idea, but, as many have already pointed out, the algorithm does like producing very tight corridors all around the place. Those features don't really support the enemy dodging mechanic. The trinket placement is also very random, sometimes they are right next to each other.\r\rOverall a great job with some small issues."},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 2:11am","epoch":1462154760,"text":"Nice! I like the weird, bizarre style. Probably could use to have shorter levels & some way to locate remaining pickups, feels a little bit tedious & random as is. Still pretty engaging. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"jofra","author_uid":"56160","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 10:36pm","epoch":1462228260,"text":"What a crazy entry, feels like pacman on lsd X) \rgj !"},{"author_name":"luvShape","author_uid":"93120","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1462230960,"text":"It's cool to see that we weren't the only ones going with trippy visuals! :)"},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 2:10am","epoch":1462241100,"text":"Loved the music when you are devouring the nightmares. I really liked how creepy it all was. It felt more like I was the nightmare. I liked the neat details such as the 'z's for the life bar, and the breathing after each level. Cool aesthetic. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Yumeito","author_uid":"79623","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 12:35am","epoch":1462408200,"text":"This Game is soooo cool. The graphics, audio and gameplay is epic."},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1462453020,"text":"One of the more original visuals I have seen for this theme. I dig it, man :)"},{"author_name":"Satyre","author_uid":"27634","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1462457460,"text":"Love the Wario Ware feeling :D Great job!"},{"author_name":"Satyre","author_uid":"27634","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1462458240,"text":"Oh sorry wrong comment xD (I'm playing too much games)\rSo here the corrent review ;)\r\rVery strange submission, in a good way. The background is heavy ^^ I have no motion sickness, but you got me somehow dizzy by the speed xD\r\rGraphics are nice and the theme is clear. Good job ^^"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 3:04am","epoch":1462503540,"text":"I liked it. Very good looking, but all the levels were pretty same-ey."},{"author_name":"Sri Harsha Chilakapati","author_uid":"22490","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 6:50am","epoch":1462517100,"text":"I like this game a lot, interesting to play. The best part was the audio, it suited the theme."},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"May 7, 2016 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1462648380,"text":"Very cool visual style, and a nice take on the theme, but after a few levels things wore a bit thin - each level didn't really introduce anything new."},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 12:05am","epoch":1462752000,"text":"Very trippy! I enjoyed playing this one. While simple to play, the graphics, sound, and overall mood made it good to play."},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"May 10, 2016 @ 12:45am","epoch":1462840800,"text":"some kind of interesting pacman-like. Psychedelic environement is pretty cool, and the transparent wall is a good idea too. The character when you shapeshift is really great, but tue one before transformation....is not good. Its fun game to play :)"}],"images":["ld35\/63895-fbc130fdf6b7b01b5d6327fbc3f5a5db.jpg","ld35\/63895-1012f6a1fcdf992bba00eb71f67c9aca.jpg","ld35\/63895-e20275c2d8a563b8e5644d8e1b7f57e2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/cctes94rtctctmz\/LD35.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/jacksendary\/v\/61624878?t=05h56m55s","text":"Gameplay Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2711","g_author":"63895","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"2740","g_title":"SEMILUCID","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"415","g_commentcount":"34","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\/\/542293\/63895-shot0-1461027767.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/63895-shot1-1461027767.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/63895-shot2-1461027767.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In SEMILUCID your goal is to remain asleep while being tormented by nightmares in a procedurally generated dream world. To do this you must collect items within the dream which will eventually allow you to become lucid and consume the nightmares. Check the readme for more details!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nEnter to start game.\r\nArrow Keys to move.\r\nS to toggle sound.\r\nDouble ESC to quit.\r\n\r\nPlease play with caution if you are photosensitive.","title":"SEMILUCID"}