{"author_link":"\/author\/theplotlessplot\/","author_name":"theplotlessplot","author_uid":"17880","comments":[{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:35am","epoch":1367206200,"text":"liked it, but is there an ending? (perhaps im not tooo good at it :D )"},{"author_name":"theplotlessplot","author_uid":"17880","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1367285820,"text":"oops, I uploaded an earlier build by mistake.. my bad :P\r<br\/>it's fixed now!"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:33am","epoch":1367288880,"text":"Way too short, but the audio was very soothing."},{"author_name":"hmmvot","author_uid":"22038","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:35am","epoch":1367289000,"text":"nice game :)"},{"author_name":"captainkraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:37am","epoch":1367289120,"text":"I really like the asthetic you've got going on. The art and sound work really well together. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The main mechanic is pretty cool too. For the compo, the length is perfect.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The ending was great, although I'd speed it up a bit.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work, thanks for making a cool game"},{"author_name":"dakeese","author_uid":"23270","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:39am","epoch":1367289240,"text":"I enjoyed it! I could see this concept turning into a great complete game."},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:39am","epoch":1367289240,"text":"This partly reminded me of an old 2600 game, Planet Patrol, but with the shooting mechanic replaced with a collecting one.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"ilovepixel","author_uid":"13148","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1367291040,"text":"Interesting concept, it was a bit too hard for me though."},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:15am","epoch":1367313000,"text":"this is very original, i like it, maybe it should be enanched more."},{"author_name":"ncgames","author_uid":"23517","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:16am","epoch":1367313060,"text":"I like the concept of getting bigger as you go, and the risk\/reward nature of deciding which blocks to go for. plus a surprise ending!"},{"author_name":"Folis","author_uid":"2494","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1367323980,"text":"Short and sweet! The backstory was also really cute. Post-compo version, please? :)"},{"author_name":"JustinMullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1367332200,"text":"Graphics are good, but the black on white at that speed made me have to squint. Couldn't rate audio (no speakers) Overall though, I liked the idea, too bad there was only the level. Story idea is fun, I imagined &quot;The life of a Tetris piece&quot; pre-Tetris. Nice game, I want more."},{"author_name":"ElScootro","author_uid":"14881","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1367353440,"text":"Very nicely done! I like the way the game played out. I think this has a lot of potential to develop further with more levels and plot."},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:08am","epoch":1367366580,"text":"I like the aesthetics and mood of this one. The actual gameplay is a bit simplistic and difficult, but the mechanic of adding together your boxes is cool. It seems like you could do a lot with the random placement of the boxes, by having them in combinations of procedurally arranged patterns or something. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"multitude","author_uid":"21762","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:20am","epoch":1367370900,"text":"cool idea to grow the cubes and make this the level goal. fun, little game."},{"author_name":"invaderJim","author_uid":"2117","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1367376180,"text":"You need to keep making games and never stop."},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1367379300,"text":"That was a great little game. awesome use of theme. for some reason I hear no sound, very odd..."},{"author_name":"Elrobo","author_uid":"21627","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:04am","epoch":1367467140,"text":"I liked the reveal of the whole concept."},{"author_name":"Alucard J","author_uid":"22505","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1367536980,"text":"Clever idea. A prologue of the tetris block before it makes it to the tetris game! Would have also liked to seen more levels, and different types of enemy. Well Done =]"},{"author_name":"DaveDobson","author_uid":"10977","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 4:46am","epoch":1367642460,"text":"Wow, that was hard.  Fun game, and definitely minimalist; you tried hard to establish the mood at the start, and it works, although getting overly romantic about squares is hard (I know, I tried in my entry too).  The music and sounds are very cool, and the art has a clean, sharp look.  I had some trouble with the controls at times - sometimes keypresses wouldn't work, or they'd register for a bit and then stop moving - it was almost like the key repeat was throwing something off, or cancelling motion, but it didn't always happen."},{"author_name":"DaveDobson","author_uid":"10977","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 4:47am","epoch":1367642520,"text":"Wow, that was hard.  Fun game, and definitely minimalist; you tried hard to establish the mood at the start, and it works, although getting overly romantic about squares is hard (I know, I tried in my entry too).  The music and sounds are very cool, and the art has a clean, sharp look.  I had some trouble with the controls at times - sometimes keypresses wouldn't work, or they'd register for a bit and then stop moving - it was almost like the key repeat was throwing something off, or cancelling motion, but it didn't always happen.  The victory final scene was very mysterious and cool, but it happened too slowly, I think.  Nice work!"},{"author_name":"brodavi","author_uid":"8067","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1367792700,"text":"What a great little game. Wonderful idea, great sound, very minimalist :)"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1367797860,"text":"Great idea and funny introduction. Difficulty is a bit on the hard side. It would be nice if one could restart the game without having to reload the page."},{"author_name":"glbs","author_uid":"18480","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1367867880,"text":"The end is a bit sexual ain't it?? It's interesting that the player is growing and not the enemies but some situations happen to be just impossible due to the randomness of the spawning. Maybe it would be better with some kind of patterns?"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1368391140,"text":"Avoiding dense areas of red squares while looking out for a blue square that was in an otherwise empty lane interested me.  If you continue to develop this, I noticed after a while that the squares spawn at random positions, so could avoid the clumps of red to collect all nine and finish quickly."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1368448140,"text":"Nice concept, although we only see it for real at the end of the level :)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1368549360,"text":"Neat game. A bit short, but good for a competition entry. :)"}],"images":["ld26\/17880-c2ec003babb14ebfc4490657ad6e8cde.jpg","ld26\/17880-dfc8d79be536c2fd101ac868504c2489.jpg","ld26\/17880-8c0eeccb1285176d9383f833a4f210ad.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3183867\/1GAM%20April\/index.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27241","g_author":"17880","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27271","g_title":"Union","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"211","g_commentcount":"27","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\/17880-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/17880-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/17880-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Union is a game about a lonely square that travels throughout the Universe in search of his true purpose.\r\n\r\nUse the Up\/Down arrows or W\/S keys to move.\r\nAvoid red squares and gather blue ones.\r\n\r\nThis was my first LD entry and, although it didn't turn out exactly like I had imagined, it was still an amazing and wonderful experience!\r\nCan't wait for the next one!\r\n\r\nThe tools I used were:\r\nIDE: WebStorm\r\nFramework: cocos2d-html5\r\nArt: Pixen and Pixelmator\r\nMusic\/Sound: GarageBand and Audacity<\/p>","title":"Union"}