{"author_link":"\/author\/joecool17\/","author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","comments":[{"author_name":"Transmit","author_uid":"11002","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 12:08pm","epoch":1335268980,"text":"Maybe I'm being daft here, but I don't see the download link!"},{"author_name":"Zamando","author_uid":"12041","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1335274320,"text":"That is true, no download link :&lt;"},{"author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1335296160,"text":"Whoops... lol, that might be helpful...\r<br\/>I hope you guys don't mind, I fixed a show-stopping bug after the compo ended- the collision wasn't updating when the level changed."},{"author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1335297000,"text":"There we go, DL link added."},{"author_name":"Cosmologicon","author_uid":"1151","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:19am","epoch":1335323640,"text":"Neat idea, you could really do something with switching between worlds to reach different areas. It's too bad it's not very complete. I have to admit, I'm not crazy about the controls...."},{"author_name":"PabloAM","author_uid":"12649","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1335617280,"text":"Nice idea, and mechanics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done."},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1335630900,"text":"Couldn't get the game to work, launching from command line failed as well. Failed with &quot;IOError: [Errno2] No such file or directory: 'levels\\\\home.tmx'&quot;"},{"author_name":"mneubrand","author_uid":"11653","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1335632220,"text":"I like the concept and some of the artwork. It's a pity that it's in a bit of an unfinished state."},{"author_name":"jwolf","author_uid":"11073","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1335634080,"text":"Same issue as Mach60KAS.  Windows 7.  Stack traces is:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Traceback (most recent call last):\r<br\/>  File &quot;main.py&quot;, line 188, in &lt;module&gt;\r<br\/>  File &quot;main.py&quot;, line 61, in main\r<br\/>  File &quot;tilemap.pyc&quot;, line 8, in __init__\r<br\/>  File &quot;pytmx\\tmxloader.pyc&quot;, line 944, in load_pygame\r<br\/>  File &quot;pytmx\\tmxloader.pyc&quot;, line 792, in load_tmx\r<br\/>  File &quot;xml\\dom\\minidom.pyc&quot;, line 1920, in parse\r<br\/>  File &quot;xml\\dom\\expatbuilder.pyc&quot;, line 922, in parse\r<br\/>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'levels\\\\home.tmx'"},{"author_name":"R3ason","author_uid":"6105","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1335635880,"text":"For those who can't run it, try simply running the main.py from the root dir.  Seems to be working that way for me..."},{"author_name":"R3ason","author_uid":"6105","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1335636300,"text":"Well, intrigued enough to install Python in order to play it!  Interesting concept, and I really like the idea of going into dreams to &quot;fix&quot; the world.  I'd say develop it further!  Of note, if you don't hit &quot;W&quot; from where you initially spawn, it appears that you just fall into nothingness in the next level. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"tcstyle","author_uid":"4834","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1335637620,"text":"The game looks nice graphically, but it seems not to work properly.\r<br\/>If pressing w, the level switches to some cloud area where I just fall to nothingness. Otherwise I got stuck in the first level."},{"author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1335716820,"text":"jwolf: Thanks for reporting the error, I'll look into it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>tcstyle: Do you mean you're falling *though* the clouds? Or just falling?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>R3ason: That's the plan. :D"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1335811140,"text":"Running pure python file didn't work at first (have python installed), was too lazy to investigate. Can I ask for an exe?.."},{"author_name":"Zyll","author_uid":"4916","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1335828120,"text":"Had problems getting it to work. Once I did, it seems like whenever you press up, you fall off the screen. Couldn't figure it out."},{"author_name":"M\u00e5rten Jonsson","author_uid":"10688","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 10:21am","epoch":1335953760,"text":"Couldn't get the game to play."},{"author_name":"Jiddo","author_uid":"11351","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1336167960,"text":"I like the idea of switching between two worlds like that. The graphics also look nice and the game runs fine on Linux. Kind of an odd (but interesting) resolution\/screen size tho. It's a shame that it isn't more complete."},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1336398000,"text":"No windows, can't play.  :-("},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 7:27am","epoch":1336634520,"text":"I would try it if you had a Web or OSX version."},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1336678560,"text":"Sorry, I don't have Windows."},{"author_name":"ericdpitts","author_uid":"6759","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1336690260,"text":"The exe file you provided didn't work from the directory it was in.  Moving the contents of the dist folder into the root folder (\/Dreamworld) allowed me to run the exe.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I liked your graphics and the music (I played it in the background while running your game :P ), but everything else was just incomplete.  The controls were strange, collision detection with the walls was definitely off (you could cling to them by holding A\/D) and I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.  Once I had gotten into the dream world (and was standing in a place that didn't immediately make me fall), holding 'E' did nothing against the slimes, it just ended the game.  It's an interesting idea though!"},{"author_name":"demonpants","author_uid":"531","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1336692120,"text":"Looks interesting. Any chance for a Mac version?"},{"author_name":"tomhunt","author_uid":"7773","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 3:51am","epoch":1336707960,"text":"i got the same error as jwolf when i tried running dist\\main.exe from the dist folder, which is how i assume the game is supposed to be run.."},{"author_name":"Drabiter","author_uid":"8337","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 5:12am","epoch":1336712820,"text":"Sorry I don't have python installed :("},{"author_name":"JellyFame","author_uid":"12511","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1336864080,"text":"Cannot play, don't have access to windows."}],"images":["ld23\/5160-ef65280bd83919af49cf7492fe2b1d82.jpg","ld23\/5160-87d4614ef704fee7f16666a59956a6ba.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/eggplantanimation.com\/quigley\/Dreamworld.zip","text":"Windows\/Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30307","g_author":"5160","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"30337","g_title":"Dreamworld","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"252","g_commentcount":"25","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\/5160-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/5160-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You, the player, begin as little boy waking up at night... people are unwell, with broken nightmares in their sleep. You must help them by jumping into their dream and fixing it!\r\n\r\nGreen blobs are the cause... You must attack them by holding the 'E' key, or they will attack you!\r\n\r\nUse the 'A' and 'D' keys to move, and space bar to jump.\r\n\r\nSadly, this concept wasn't fully realized in time (Almost! I swear! Almost!), so you just hit the 'W' key to enter the one-and-only dream level. Also, I made some very nice piano music for it, but sound wouldn't work... *sigh* If you want to hear it and *imagine* it was part of the program, it's in the sound folder, happy.wav or happy.ogg.\r\n\r\nSource is included with the download, you need Python 2.7 and Pygame 1.9.1 to run it.\r\n\r\nThe executable is in the \/dist folder, main.exe. If it doesn't work, try launching it from the command line.\r\n\r\nCredits:\r\npytmx for tilemap\r\npygame for game engine\r\neeymontt and JoeCool17 for programming\r\nJoeCool17 and GraphiX for art<\/p>","title":"Dreamworld"}