{"author_link":"\/author\/kharza\/","author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","comments":[{"author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1367356680,"text":"I like the models and shadings. Looking forward to see the #onegameamonth version. :-)"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1367884260,"text":"I like the art style."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1367959740,"text":"So I intended to fix all the bugs and post a post-compo version. Well there are a LOT of bugs. The worst, and one that is taking me days is a very very rare collision related bug down in the guts of the engine.\r\rIt also exists in the C++ version of the old genesis code (down in intersectleafsides_r). I stole quake 2's idea of splitting the levels up into chunks at the very top of the tree (basically the top is a quadtree) and this makes the bug apparent. Not sure if Q2 has the same bug, as the routines and data structures are different.\r\rThe routine was mostly used for movement, and movement is typically in small deltas, so the false collision was probably never noticed as it won't produce an invalid value, just slow you down a little.\r\rI'm using it to try to pre-determine hit locations for cast spells, and noticed sometimes a fireball would blow up in my face near one of those axial quadtree separations.\r\rMust fix it!"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1368038400,"text":"Armageddon Spell Get! Nice artwork and a compelling character mechanic. Please finish a post-compo version!"},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1368399180,"text":"Ok, post compo posted! Took a lot of debuggerizing."},{"author_name":"YSelf Tool","author_uid":"10854","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1368484800,"text":"Good graphics, but gameplay... That's what happens when you make good graphics at LD."},{"author_name":"HeyZeus","author_uid":"19178","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1368486120,"text":"Awesome graphics, good job!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 12:41am","epoch":1368491760,"text":"The game looks great, but my attack spells don't seem to do much, I fired about 20 fireballs at an enemy with no effect. I'm guessing this may have been addressed in the post-competition version, but I haven't looked at it yet (wanted to review before I looked at updates)."},{"author_name":"OU GDA","author_uid":"19139","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 1:50am","epoch":1368495900,"text":"Really liked the cell shading and lighting. To bad you weren't able to get in more before the deadline."},{"author_name":"Sylvain.p","author_uid":"20862","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 2:30am","epoch":1368498300,"text":"Nice post process and good idea...but I think something messing with the enemies (or their AI)."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 3:02am","epoch":1368500220,"text":"Thanks for playin everyone! Sorry it's so terribad! BTW if you find bugs in the post compo ver let me know. The one I know of right now is it crashes if you minimize then restore the window. I didn't spot that till I got midway into a huge refactor so it doesn't build for me right now.\r\rAlso the feedback I'm getting is that shock is too good, and the other spells are too weak."},{"author_name":"paulopn","author_uid":"21622","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 5:40am","epoch":1368509700,"text":"The compo version (which I rated) shows an obviously great idea, but it's a little too unfinished...\r\rThe post-compo version is like a completely different game, great job! I loved the idea and gameplay! \r\r\rI'm not sure what this has to do with the theme, though..."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 6:45am","epoch":1368513600,"text":"It's a dodge, Minimalism == Mini \/ Malism. Mini == Minnie, Malism == Mal. :D"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 8:21am","epoch":1368519360,"text":"Nice engine. I had a hard time trying to kill the bad dudes, after Mal ran out of mana there was no way to do damage!"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 10:09am","epoch":1368612240,"text":"I liked the idea to split magic system between two controllable characters. also, the rest of the stuff works surprisingly well."},{"author_name":"Pisti","author_uid":"12344","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1368637320,"text":"Nice entry - I liked the spell effects but the mana regeneration was pretty slow, so I just ran away from the enemies. Sometimes it was also hard to distinguish the walls from the ground."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 6:39am","epoch":1368686040,"text":"Fixed the minimize crash in the post compo ver. Also dropped the decision time on AI finding buddies. Sometimes the only nearby friends would be behind a locked door, but the pathing is off on a thread so it needed a quick turnaround if it couldn't path there so it could try another friend."},{"author_name":"LemonTree","author_uid":"16595","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1368848880,"text":"Like the concept. Its really original Great Art!"},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"Jun 4, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1370363760,"text":"I finally finished! It is at the post compo link and put up on 1gam"}],"images":["ld26\/5649-f87629315ac3ddccef42dc6674607a32.jpg","ld26\/5649-1fe6c9ddfeaa4ca213779a3a4d44d61e.jpg","ld26\/5649-1fc80a89b7098cc5009fcb891e61bffa.jpg","ld26\/5649-3d96e76f08bec35e3b36319fda735e18.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/59900676\/MinnieNMal.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914","text":"XNA Redist"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=17851","text":".Net Redist"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/59900676\/Minnie%26Mal.zip","text":"Post Compo"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27162","g_author":"5649","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27192","g_title":"Minnie & Mal","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"443","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\/5649-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/5649-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/5649-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/5649-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ok now that I've had a very very long sleep...\r\n\r\nThis is a game about Minnie and Mal. Mal is convinced by her Malism that the world is evil. Originally to be a compo game, I spilled over into Jam time, but stuck with the compo rules.\r\n\r\nWell that was the idea anyway. I ran out of time so quite a bit of it doesn't work. And there's very little variety or tuning nor sound or music.\r\n\r\nAlso something went horribly wrong with the pathfinding about 45 minutes before the deadline, so you might find the other characters doing really odd things.\r\n\r\nEscape or the back button on a 360 controller will pull up a menu so you can fiddle with options like sensitivity and invert Y axis.\r\n\r\nThe post compo version is done finally. I shall post more in a postmortem soon.<\/p>","title":"Minnie & Mal"}