{"author_link":"\/author\/maxman43\/","author_name":"maxman43","author_uid":"6842","comments":[{"author_name":"maxman43","author_uid":"6842","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:07am","epoch":1335232920,"text":"Direct link here: http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/594353"},{"author_name":"Lacutis","author_uid":"11378","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1335290280,"text":"I'm sorry, I really tried but I couldn't figure out how to play this at all. I got the purple beam to turn on, but I couldn't figure out the point. The sound was good though."},{"author_name":"NoLan Labs","author_uid":"7036","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1335291420,"text":"Challenging but really cool puzzle game.  For the amount of time you worked on it I think it turned out great.  I hope to see more of this kind of stuff in the future..."},{"author_name":"AlwaysGeeky","author_uid":"11531","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1335294660,"text":"Good fun little puzzle game :)"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:27am","epoch":1335349320,"text":"The minimal graphics look good but you could have made a better description about what you are even supposed to do in the game."},{"author_name":"gnx","author_uid":"8333","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:08pm","epoch":1335362580,"text":"Graphics are very nice. It is a bit hard to figure out what various things represent so I ended up just clicking everything trying to figure things out."},{"author_name":"seagaia","author_uid":"7853","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1335395100,"text":"I thought the puzzles were slightly difficult from the lack of direction, but in some senses they did make sense when solved. It's cute and minimal and complete, nice."},{"author_name":"deejorg","author_uid":"11382","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1335965820,"text":"Really liked the idea, maybe just lacked a few directions to make it a bit more clear. good stuff anyways :)"},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1336754280,"text":"fun but too short and too easy"},{"author_name":"tomhunt","author_uid":"7773","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 2:53am","epoch":1336877280,"text":"the graphics and sound are cool. i enjoyed the 8-bit retro throwback mixed with the hip-hopy music and the motif of things spinning around like records on a turntable. i did not get the puzzle part of it, though. what i did get, i got through trial and error. so, making the gameplay clearer either through a few expository levels or some text if you have to would be good to add, IMHO."},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 4:03am","epoch":1336881480,"text":"This is pretty well done. I think one of the reasons this doesn't have more ratings is that it was hard to see the &quot;start&quot; button at the very beginning, so a lot of people probably closed it out without trying it. It's a shame really, because this game was short, sweet, and pretty fun, and that's coming from somebody who doesn't usually like this kind of game!"},{"author_name":"machinas","author_uid":"2925","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 4:28am","epoch":1336882980,"text":"fun little game here. quick puzzle to get through, the rotation mechanic is clever. the second to last puzzle was the best one of them all. nice job!"},{"author_name":"Terra","author_uid":"2414","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 4:59am","epoch":1336884840,"text":"Oh, that was really cool! Now I'm wishing I hadn't made my review post yesterday so I could of included this."},{"author_name":"scgrn","author_uid":"7797","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 5:22am","epoch":1336886220,"text":"Good graphics and audio, but after a few minutes of clicking and rotating I still couldn't make anything happen. Some more instruction would be nice because I feel like I'm missing out on a really cool puzzle game."},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 5:24am","epoch":1336886340,"text":"(Understandably) Brief game, but well-polished. Nice n chunky pixels and a cool trip hop tune playing in the background. Each screen has essentially all-new graphics (lo-fi as they are).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The puzzles are simple once the solution is known, but interesting to watch\/figure out. I would like to see more puzzles that employ the rotation mechanic -- there's a lot of potential there.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Solid work!"},{"author_name":"davidpeter","author_uid":"3323","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 6:50am","epoch":1336891500,"text":"I couldn't rotate for some reason on Chrome... but it worked on Firefox just fine. I loved the graphics, they were perfect. Very fun, very minimalistic."},{"author_name":"quixotic-project","author_uid":"10726","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 7:14am","epoch":1336892940,"text":"Cool game, took me while to figure out that the rotation is essential. But once I knew that it was fun! I like the music!"},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 7:16am","epoch":1336893060,"text":"It took me a while to realise that I had to double click to make things work.  Even then I didn't really know what I was doing..."},{"author_name":"Jerm","author_uid":"518","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 8:06am","epoch":1336896060,"text":"I just kept clicking on things until I managed to win and didn't really understand what was going on. But still a pretty nifty game. I liked the music. :)"},{"author_name":"onehandclap","author_uid":"12918","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 8:47am","epoch":1336898520,"text":"What a nice idea we have here! And the graphics are cool, too. Good job! =)"},{"author_name":"Jiddo","author_uid":"11351","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 8:54am","epoch":1336898940,"text":"That was a bit tricky. I ended up just trying all possible combinations of clicking in different places before I could progress. It is a nice idea and it did keep me playing through the entire game. I didn't really make sense of some of the things you had to do. It's amazing that you got this working in such short time tho. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"SmallDeadGuy","author_uid":"7143","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 9:00am","epoch":1336899300,"text":"Quite a nice game. Pretty fun when you get the hang of it. The graphics are nice, but you do need a better tutorial or something. I somehow managed to complete it through a combination of guesswork and a little logic based on what happened when I clicked things"},{"author_name":"johanp","author_uid":"608","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 10:03am","epoch":1336903080,"text":"I really enjoyed that! Don't know what was going on all the time but it felt good!"},{"author_name":"castor","author_uid":"11538","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 10:16am","epoch":1336903860,"text":"Interesting little game, managed to finish it."},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 10:38am","epoch":1336905180,"text":"Well done!"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1336937820,"text":"Very cool entry!"}],"images":["ld23\/6842-da035cf5876cdd7a30daf2fd5fb72085.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/594353","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30073","g_author":"6842","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"30103","g_title":"Microcosm","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"87","g_commentcount":"26","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\/\/123793\/6842-shot0.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a pretty simple 8-bit style puzzle game I started on Saturday night.  Only controls are mouse and spacebar, along with shift to mute\/unmute.<\/p>","title":"Microcosm"}