{"author_link":"\/author\/bitwise-constructs\/","author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","comments":[{"author_name":"TechnoBulldog","author_uid":"3626","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:53am","epoch":1355802480,"text":"My initial reaction was "Oh, they expect me to install this game... Darn." But after playing it, I definitely enjoyed it. This was a really creative idea, and dialog is very humorous, and the music fits perfectly! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Team Tibbles","author_uid":"19374","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:56am","epoch":1355806260,"text":"Ready the above post perfectly summarizes it for me too! I hate installs, but this one was worth it!"},{"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"12252","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:06am","epoch":1355806860,"text":"Good title ;)\rNice concept and good evolution of game mechanics though the beginning is slow. The game just misses a "fast forward" button, a lot of time is spent waiting for heroes to reach a wall and turn back. Good game overall !"},{"author_name":"sparkymc","author_uid":"17699","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:25am","epoch":1355808000,"text":"I really enjoyed this game! Really great work."},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:37am","epoch":1355808720,"text":"@blob A fast-forward button was something that got scrapped in a last minute compromise, unfortunately. And the slow beginning was my attempt at familiarizing the player with the different mechanics without too much text. After play-testing it some it turns out the text would have been better ;P Thank you for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:55am","epoch":1355809800,"text":"The music entertained me. When I saw the opening levels it was clear to me how to switch the signs direct the heroes to their doom. Occasionally I was not sure how to click on a sign with a reddish mark."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:09am","epoch":1355810640,"text":"Unfortunately I'm getting an error in the installer "C:\\windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexe.exe the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion". Windows 8 is the likely culprit. The comments make me really want to try it. Any chance for a non-installer version?"},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:11am","epoch":1355810760,"text":"@dalbinblue unfortunately I used XNA which is unsupported in Windows 8. I'll upload a MonoGame port under "Mac" tomorrow; that should run it."},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:25am","epoch":1355811600,"text":"The main screenshot and title caught my attention. Great music! I got a bit confused with the rusty-looking sign."},{"author_name":"vrav","author_uid":"2745","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:54am","epoch":1355813340,"text":"Awesome! I finally beat it. Love how it just kept throwing more levels in. Great job. Memorable game, funny voices. :]"},{"author_name":"LogGiant","author_uid":"14749","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:15am","epoch":1355814600,"text":"Definitely a clever title for the concept. The reddish arrows were a little frustrating when they were first introduced, but I picked up how they worked quickly. Good job!"},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:26am","epoch":1355815260,"text":"Realized the rusty arrows weren't greying out when clicked once; fixed the typo. Hope that is the correct interpretation of "typo", if not I can put the old version back up."},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:37am","epoch":1355815920,"text":"would be nice if you had put in a reset for when you know you messed up, rather nice besides that"},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:38am","epoch":1355815980,"text":"@moomoo112 didn't have time to put it in a tutorial, but the debug level-reset key is Esc."},{"author_name":"dremelofdeath","author_uid":"17159","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:46am","epoch":1355816460,"text":"awesome game!"},{"author_name":"Wukkopi","author_uid":"4857","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:01am","epoch":1355817360,"text":"Again, the installer ;) Very nice puzzle game. One level actually gave me some head scratching, nicely done. Maybe you could provide a version which doesn't need to be installed, and provided xna runtime installer link (like I do in my game page.)"},{"author_name":"Peping","author_uid":"19602","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:08am","epoch":1355817780,"text":"The gameplay of this game is really something. It's like inverse lemmings"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1355832420,"text":"What a fantastic game :) Loved the poster ^-^ Definitely worth the download. I second a "fast forward" button, like in lemmings"},{"author_name":"sauronz","author_uid":"7549","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1355842980,"text":"The poster and title grabbed my attention. And this is totally worth the download. Very good game, addictive and fun. Sounds fx are fabulous!! :D \rI'm keeping this!"},{"author_name":"joyboxed","author_uid":"18706","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1355858400,"text":"really like it =D the mechanics were nice and it tooked me 2 tried to understand that I have to kill the heros xD"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1355866740,"text":"Pretty cool puzzle game, really digging the reduction logic, nice job! Audio was pretty fun too :)"},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1355871660,"text":"Great music and dialogue!"},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:00am","epoch":1355889300,"text":"Added a non-install option, sorry it took awhile! Also, thanks for the tip @Wukkopi"},{"author_name":"Retrac","author_uid":"18419","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:20am","epoch":1356059700,"text":"Well done, I think the game turned out great. The music and dialogue were enjoyable and really helped solidify the game. The game played out smoothly and was very fun. Great job!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 10:52am","epoch":1356086820,"text":"Very nice concept and well executed - nice graphics and tunes - well done!"},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1356105780,"text":"Great game. Easy to understand, and you keep on trying to beat the levels. The music was good too.\rIt's just a shame that I didn't get to see the poster in the game."},{"author_name":"dj_pale","author_uid":"9921","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1356216480,"text":"Nice game with good level buildup. Nice sfx (music at least ;)"},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1356217500,"text":"I'mg glad you added the non-installed version before I saw your entry because I would have missed a great game. Very well done but the bodies on the blocks should be removed with the blocks."},{"author_name":"Tobias Wehrum","author_uid":"2587","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1356736620,"text":"Interesting! The first two level very pretty easy, so I didn't expect too much from the game, but whew, the third level was a LOT harder. And then came the spiky road blocks...\r\rVery cool what you pulled of with such a little amount of gameplay elements! The graphics work well, and the music is cool. The audio effects are funny and fit well.\r\rAll in all, a pretty good game. Thanks a lot!"},{"author_name":"Neonlare","author_uid":"1913","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 5:00am","epoch":1357448100,"text":"Very very good game here. Beginning was a lil slow but damn the mechanics are something awesome."},{"author_name":"StMatn","author_uid":"18894","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1357520460,"text":"Cool music! Really enjoyable gameplay. Nice work"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Jan 8, 2013 @ 12:38am","epoch":1357605180,"text":"Loved it! I'm not a huge fan of the art style + animations, but the game had some really cool depth to the mechanics. I feel like I could learn a lot from you!\r\rLoved the music too.\r\rGreat job, it was lots of fun."}],"images":["ld25\/14345-d12c855a7c6fa7d0bb023737d8b7268d.jpg","ld25\/14345-de1d80bd3dbb5908c9dc0062ecb4fb24.jpg","ld25\/14345-57e32633b277df0f917a018a403951b2.jpg","ld25\/14345-2354b04bb5bd025de47a7f1047e893f2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?790u5w89ohnzp9o","text":"Windows - No Install"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914","text":"XNA 4.0 Redistributable"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?bo6en3sd7m04d6w","text":"Windows - Install"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27359","g_author":"14345","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27389","g_title":"Gnome Alone","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"46","g_commentcount":"32","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\/\/201083\/14345-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/14345-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/14345-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/14345-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are McCullough, a Gnome Janitor who maintains the grounds of an evil Warlock's lair. 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