{"author_link":"\/author\/starspell\/","author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","comments":[{"author_name":"donmilham","author_uid":"14442","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:26am","epoch":1355718060,"text":"I liked the "Old School" controls. Simple and intuitive. I enjoyed seeing the transformation of the game level as I was losing; and eventually my fate. (No spoilers here...)"},{"author_name":"jmk","author_uid":"17972","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:03am","epoch":1355741880,"text":"Nice! Great animation and motion, really solid control feel. Catchy music, too.\r\rAfter a while, I really started to enjoy stomping on flowers ... :O"},{"author_name":"patricklorio","author_uid":"18617","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:54am","epoch":1355744940,"text":"Everything felt smooth and comfortable. I love you're take on the theme."},{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1355747460,"text":"This was a really neat game you made here It was a good and addictive game it had me coming back trying to beat my score I only got 5395 but hey really good job."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1355749260,"text":"Aww thanks for all the great comments so far everyone! My best score right now is around 12000. If you get rid of all the currently blooming flowers the sun's power will decrease. I'll add that as a note."},{"author_name":"boxerbomb","author_uid":"12695","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1355754240,"text":"7245 was my high score"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1355768220,"text":"Very cool. Good concept and well executed.\rI recommend adding a preloader."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1355773020,"text":"Yeah I do really need a preloader. I've never made one before so it'll be fun to try. ^^\r\rThanks for the comments you two!"},{"author_name":"Worse","author_uid":"18395","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1355775120,"text":"Fun to play!"},{"author_name":"zompi","author_uid":"18112","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1355777580,"text":"Funny game, cool graphics, silly animation of stomping on flowers. I love the effect, that sounds are fading when sun is shinier. But why the web page has to be so green? My eyes!"},{"author_name":"maiev","author_uid":"19308","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1355777820,"text":"Got hard really fast once you get past 6000. Was addicting stomping those flowers and I loved the change once you are about to lose. \r\rHigh sore: 8328"},{"author_name":"chrismwaite","author_uid":"17895","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1355778060,"text":"Really cute animations and very nice graphics. I also really liked the stomp mechanic (and the animation\/sound when turning to stone) - makes a nice change from shooting ;)"},{"author_name":"yokcos700","author_uid":"7500","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1355781900,"text":"Gargoyles, much?\rIt's a hilarious little game, and the difficulty curve is nigh-perfect. The animation and sound are great, and the concept is original and amusing.\rNow, if you'll excuse me, I have flowers to stamp on."},{"author_name":"Draknek","author_uid":"741","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1355785740,"text":"It didn't feel like I was ever reducing the sun's power, so it felt a bit futile. I guess it is anyway: trying to stave off the inevitable as long as possible, but I would have liked crushing bloomed flowers to be more obviously rewarding.\r\rDidn't play much, scored 4159."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:39am","epoch":1355790840,"text":"The audio was amazing! I got a score around 12000 - I think I'm a pretty good stomper!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:01am","epoch":1355824560,"text":"@ Draknek: If you didn't see the change then it's likely that there were still some blooming flowers around. The level goes back to being dark and the music comes back so it's pretty obvious.\r\r@ 01010111: Nice one, that's about as high as I can managed.\r\rThank you everyone for the great feedback and comments!"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1355836860,"text":"8,923pts. This was a very fun game. One of the more enjoyable entries I've played as far as game-play goes. Stomping flowers is a good villainous twist."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1355848200,"text":"Thank you Suese!"},{"author_name":"h8urf8","author_uid":"19227","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1355859360,"text":"Dat sound, when the flowers bloom. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*\r\rGreat game idea and mood though."},{"author_name":"Justin Kibbe","author_uid":"16155","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1355859900,"text":"Could not download from your site, was marked by our filtering software as a "pay-to-surf" site."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1355860020,"text":"@Justin that's strange. You shouldn't "download" anything. It's a play in browser game. And it certainly isn't pay to surf. Try clicking on it again or typing in sarah.draknek.org\/Games\/Troll into your browser."},{"author_name":"Schwiggy","author_uid":"3954","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1355867880,"text":"For a retro game this is very visceral. Controls flow well and the harsh square ground feels rounded as you climb off the ladder. The way the music faded out as the sun powered up was a nice touch."},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1355867940,"text":"simple and fun."},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1355867940,"text":"Nice simple, concise, idea. Jumping on the flowers feels very satisfying. I also really liked that it forced me to really watch the whole screen."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1355868720,"text":"Cheers guys! Fantastic comments.\r\rThanks for pointing out the ladders Schwiggy. I spent ages getting the ladders to collide nicely and help the player around the level. It's no fun losing because you got stuck ^^"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1355871000,"text":"Good ladder mechanics, I always find ladders hard. I liked the idea of fighting the sun"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:27am","epoch":1355876520,"text":"Damn. I turned to stone. I really liked your game. It was fluid, didnt feel clunky at all. Very enjoyable, and the cute art game me a laugh :) Music is a plus too."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:56am","epoch":1355878260,"text":"A fun little game with a clever take on the theme. :) I like how the flowers are what gives the sun its energy. :P"},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:02am","epoch":1355878620,"text":"Feels very nice with the platforming and such. The concept was rather funny as well, and the flowers going 'Woo!' whenever they sprout was nice. Very solid."},{"author_name":"Justin Kibbe","author_uid":"16155","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:07am","epoch":1355878920,"text":"Got it working, must have been a fluke (or bad timing). Glad I came back to it though. Great game that I would expect to be a game that took a month to perfect, not 48 hours. :-)"},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:24am","epoch":1355879940,"text":"Loved the concept, stomping on flowers. It's brilliant."},{"author_name":"laaph","author_uid":"3320","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:37am","epoch":1355880720,"text":"Not working for me (Tuesday 17:36 PST). All I get is a white box where a game should be :( tested in Firefox and Chrome, both on OSX 10.7."},{"author_name":"laaph","author_uid":"3320","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:40am","epoch":1355880900,"text":"My bad! It's just the loading takes so long that I thought it wasn't loading. As someone above said, a loading screen would have helped."},{"author_name":"C\u00e1ssio Eduardo","author_uid":"10554","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:46am","epoch":1355881260,"text":"Simple yet fun."},{"author_name":"lur","author_uid":"18582","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:39am","epoch":1355891640,"text":"Hectic and fun, great music."},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:50am","epoch":1355895900,"text":"Fun to play and polished. A very nice entry."},{"author_name":"jfroco","author_uid":"2085","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:00am","epoch":1355896500,"text":"Nice!!! Very solid gameplay. Congrats"},{"author_name":"Oreganik","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:55am","epoch":1355899800,"text":"I loved the way you justified stomping on flowers. Getting into the heads and knowing why they do what they do is a really fun way to use the theme. The jumping mechanic felt pretty good, but of course, it was only a matter of time. =) Thumbs up."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:35am","epoch":1355905800,"text":"I love how the graphics and sound both change to indicate approaching doom."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:34am","epoch":1355909340,"text":"Thanks everyone! It's great to read all of those comments. I'm so happy you like it!"},{"author_name":"har_g","author_uid":"18614","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1355923260,"text":"stompstomp - stompstomp - raaaa - stompstomp - crouick - 7610\r\rdamn adictive\r\rThe stair make me remember a game with mario and kong"},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1355929140,"text":"Nice game!\rYou got the biology lessons backwards, but its OK :)\rThe music is really great. The sound of turning into stone is really freaky :)"},{"author_name":"CireNeikual","author_uid":"7769","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1355930520,"text":"Fun game! The controls were tight, and the sound effects were very nice. Some barriers between ladders might spice it up a bit more though!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1355931840,"text":"Cheers for the feedback guys ^^"},{"author_name":"shaneshanekavanagh","author_uid":"19140","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1355946540,"text":"F U sun! Ha ha, good job!"},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1355955900,"text":"Also, my high score is 19192."},{"author_name":"Zelen3d","author_uid":"13310","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:31pm","epoch":1355955960,"text":"It was nice, I liked the sun's graphics."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:35am","epoch":1355967000,"text":"Liked the overall concept and mechanics and brightening of the screen. Would maybe introduce some other hazard to jump over along they way. Seems the game would be more fun if you could wrap around the edges of the screen, too, vs being blocked."},{"author_name":"Gazok","author_uid":"6609","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 3:06am","epoch":1355972460,"text":"Very nice game, but I wasn't very good at it. It took me two attempts before I realised you had to stamp on flowers multiple times to kill them, and even then I only got ~7000."},{"author_name":"Claite","author_uid":"18425","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 5:59am","epoch":1356069240,"text":"It was fun smashing flower! Stomping on their happy little faces."},{"author_name":"nilstastic","author_uid":"2443","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1356124080,"text":"Good: Fun, I liked the old school feeling and the game felt polished.\rImprove: There were no goats! :)"},{"author_name":"fr_automatik","author_uid":"14352","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1356126480,"text":"Simple concept. Good Execution. Amazing music. \rEfficient graphics(But not perfect, though some clouds in the background, and a better font would do the trick)\rCongratulations. :)"},{"author_name":"ramoncb","author_uid":"14743","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1356217140,"text":"well polished for sure!\r\rthat sun is pretty cool too!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1356218580,"text":"Cheers everyone ^^ I'm glad you are all enjoying it.\r\r@fr_automatik after the competition I'll be working on this and adding a little bit more polish to it ^^ Clouds and\/or birds are a must!"},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1356219180,"text":"Cool game. Very simple and fun. Music doesn't seem to match gameplay, but I was grooving.\r\rNice work!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1356219420,"text":"Yeah I either thought, "I've got to go nasty and trollish to match the gameplay or catchy so you want it back when you stomp on all the flowers". I decided the second one was more desirable ^^"},{"author_name":"illugion","author_uid":"18655","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 12:44am","epoch":1356223140,"text":"Fun and simple gameplay, reminded me of some atari games"},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 1:16am","epoch":1357521060,"text":"Great work on a simple yet fun gameplay!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 10:54am","epoch":1357555740,"text":"Cheers guys. Thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1357590240,"text":"Got 9274\rOddly addicting little game. Great music and very tight controls. Fresh theme interpretation and a nice challenge. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Jan 8, 2013 @ 8:39am","epoch":1357634040,"text":"Cheers everyone for playing and rating. Very happy to place at 142nd. Fantastic competition."}],"images":["ld25\/1791-49a3421fef2bc59d989cdfec68a71368.jpg","ld25\/1791-589fcef6098f8d35912b367c2d15943f.jpg","ld25\/1791-64ff60f77d14bdbb2829ef1b858d78bb.jpg","ld25\/1791-d9a6fdf48e07659e2d2622bbdd6816c4.jpg","ld25\/1791-8e6aaf8fc4b4f71ed4d349bde535c1c5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sarah.draknek.org\/Games\/Troll\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/sarah.draknek.org\/Games\/Troll\/src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28335","g_author":"1791","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28365","g_title":"Trolls: Where the Sun Don't Shine","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"142","g_commentcount":"61","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\/1791-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1791-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1791-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1791-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1791-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTE: There is no-preloader for the game. The game will be a blank white box until it loads. Just bear with it, it doesn't take too long :)\r\n\r\nYou are a troll. This particular troll will turn to stone in sunlight. The sun is powered by flowers and the damn things just keep on growing! \r\n\r\nStomp those plants and stop the sun from waking up!\r\n\r\nUse the arrow keys to move and jump.\r\nP is Pause.\r\nM is Mute.\r\n\r\nTip: If you get rid of all the currently blooming flowers the sun's power will decrease.\r\n\r\nTime lapse on the way!\r\n\r\nCreated in ActionScript3 with FlashPunk.\r\nSounds from Sfxr, danosongs.com and freesound.org<\/p>","title":"Trolls: Where the Sun Don't Shine"}