{"author_link":"\/author\/bensonance\/","author_name":"Bensonance","author_uid":"17953","comments":[{"author_name":"Intoxicatious","author_uid":"19297","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:20am","epoch":1355804100,"text":"ERROR in\raction number 1\rof Step Event\rfor object obj_ResourceControl:\r\rError in code at line 2:\r if(OrcTotal >= 1000){\r ^\rat position 9: Unknown variable OrcTotal\r\rI really wanted to play this. Seems like a simple error to fix in GameMaker."},{"author_name":"SanctuaryInteractive","author_uid":"18058","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:24am","epoch":1355804340,"text":"We are getting the same orctotal error."},{"author_name":"Bensonance","author_uid":"17953","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:45am","epoch":1355809200,"text":"Oh wow that was a noobtastic error :\/. I updated the link with an actually playable build."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1355834460,"text":"The graphics are wonderful! And the gameplay is quite inspired! Solid entry!\rMy only problem is the font. It's great to give a Lord of the rings feeling but...it's quite impossible to read!"},{"author_name":"MaTX","author_uid":"8087","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:59pm","epoch":1355835240,"text":"Really nice graphics and quite good gameplay. Although I have some problems\/suggestions:\r1)The font is cool but is really unreadable, it ruins the game!\r2)There is a bug in the menu, I can highlight two sectors at the same time\r3)Shouldn't you write somewhere in the sector screen that you can come back to the previous screen with "1"? I missed it the first time and I had to restart.\r\rP.s.\rNice music!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1355835420,"text":"I agree, the font makes it impossible to read anything, especially when it is curved around the circles. \r\rI'm not sure whether I was playing it right but I obviously screwed up when I decided to build tons of spawners and we very quickly ran out of food :D\r\rThe eye beam being the cursor made me smile, as did the rest of the game. Lovely idea."},{"author_name":"Bensonance","author_uid":"17953","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1355836500,"text":"Hi Guys, thanks for playing! \r\rWe knew using that font would be a risk, but we hoped it would be legible because it really adds to the aesthetic. I guess it backfired though :p. \r\r@MaTX That menu bug was a concession I had to made because Game Maker's collision was being fussy about the the strangely shaped sector. It really frustrated me the whole time I was coding :\/. As for the '1' returning to the main screen it's in a pop up at the beginning, but I agree there should be a button or something to allow returning to the overview.\r\r@Starspell yeah in order to win you basically need to stockpile alot of food before you begin building lots of spawn pits :)."},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1355836980,"text":"Nice graphics and audio, but the gameplay is a bit clunky. Pressing ESC should bring a confirmation instead of quitting abruptly, this trapped me a few times."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1355844840,"text":"OH MAN, this should really be expanded. Fix the font issue and make it possible to play entirely with the mouse. Going back and forth between 1 and Enter is a bit tedious. I love the contrast between the dank, dirty pits and the swanky highrise office! This game is very charming and is a refreshing take on the theme. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Ardale","author_uid":"17898","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1355844900,"text":"Great graphics! I really like the eye-clock XD"},{"author_name":"naxum","author_uid":"4057","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1355845200,"text":"I really liked the concept of this, I only wish the gameplay mechanics were more fully explored. Plus the font is quite unreadable. Pretty good for a first-time ludum dare though! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Tsuk13","author_uid":"7406","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1355847420,"text":"Fantastic Game! The graphics are cool I found It kinda of confusing to learn but It was cool!"},{"author_name":"hadesfury","author_uid":"10263","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1355849220,"text":"Nice managing game. They always remind me how nice it is not to work in an office ;). \rToo bad for the font, though. There's a small learning curve before you get the hang of the game and a lot of text. The font doesn't really help with that. Even though it nicely fits the atmosphere. A good idea would have been to keep it as a design element (like one the ork building facade) but to chose a slightly simpler one for the essential texts.\rStill it's definitely worth the extra effort. The graphics are beautiful and the sound adds a lot to the mood."},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1355849280,"text":"Awesome, i see that multiple people had problems with the font, i didn't find it that hard to read myself tho."},{"author_name":"Jiddo","author_uid":"11351","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1355853780,"text":"Really cool graphics and music, but the font made things hard to read and follow. The font did however stick very well to the theme of the game and the theming was excellently done in general!"},{"author_name":"C\u00e1ssio Eduardo","author_uid":"10554","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1355855400,"text":"As some has said, the font is hard to read, but the game is good."},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1355856600,"text":"Nice game"},{"author_name":"soupy","author_uid":"18230","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:40am","epoch":1355884500,"text":"Great use of humor, especially in R&D. The scope of the interface was good even though it was sometimes hard to read. I liked that each area had it's own separate screen. I would've liked more information about how upgrades worked. Otherwise it felt hard to develop a strategy."},{"author_name":"jujule","author_uid":"13894","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:24am","epoch":1355908740,"text":"A fantastic effort, but as others have said the font is difficult to read making the game very confusing at first. Once you know what icon does what, it not a problem anymore.\rAnother detail : discarding windows with enter while everything is mouse driven is a little bit anoying."},{"author_name":"somethingbeautiful","author_uid":"17653","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:32am","epoch":1355909220,"text":"Nice graphic and beautiful nostalgic music."},{"author_name":"ArkadyDracul","author_uid":"14249","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:12am","epoch":1355911620,"text":"Good entry, I can understand the presence of bugs XD Good Job!"},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1355937600,"text":"Love this game - best one yet! Possibly because i'm such a LOTR fan. Very humorous."},{"author_name":"Zathalos","author_uid":"11257","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 5:52am","epoch":1356414420,"text":"Great game. Bad text. Lol. I loved the art and theme."},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 5:53am","epoch":1356414480,"text":"As with many other people, I found the font too hard to read but the game certainly has a lot of potential."}],"images":["ld25\/17953-a2e85b70bfb67a9144b653829839213c.jpg","ld25\/17953-3a3975a27a78c795d196be78d1e652de.jpg","ld25\/17953-66f6747bd6b2118208ec5caccdea3d67.jpg","ld25\/17953-bc2f7257d3a479ac8a84ff848e7b0904.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/29226zwewx3ftfw\/Managing%20Mordor.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28282","g_author":"17953","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"28312","g_title":"Managing Morder: The ground is always blacker on t","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"134","g_commentcount":"24","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\/17953-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17953-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17953-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17953-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is the first time my artist and I have participated in Ludum Dare so it was mostly a learning experience. \r\n\r\nWhat we ended up with is a stripped down management game with a delicious sense of humour. 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