{"author_link":"\/author\/zackhovatter\/","author_name":"zackhovatter","author_uid":"8468","comments":[{"author_name":"Gaeel","author_uid":"1561","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1324321980,"text":"A competent roguelike, funny character names, and difficult as hell ^_^"},{"author_name":"FredericRP","author_uid":"4277","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1324416660,"text":"Could you package this game into an exe please ? (can't install anything on my current laptop and don't have ruby on it)\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/20\/packaging-and-preparing-your-game\/"},{"author_name":"rawbits","author_uid":"5167","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1324423140,"text":"I'm not install anything to play a game..."},{"author_name":"zackhovatter","author_uid":"8468","time":"Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1324577580,"text":"@FredericRP\r<br\/>I can't really package Ruby. It's usually included on operating systems (that aren't Windows I guess). Thanks for attempting to check out the game though :P.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@rawbits\r<br\/>Cool story, bro. Have fun not playing any game ever since they all have dependencies of some sort (DirectX?!)."},{"author_name":"zackhovatter","author_uid":"8468","time":"Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1324577700,"text":"@FredericRP\r<br\/>Actually, when I get home I'll look into http:\/\/ocra.rubyforge.org\/"},{"author_name":"A-Type","author_uid":"8302","time":"Dec 24, 2011 @ 8:42am","epoch":1324715820,"text":"No directions for incompetent windows folks? :\/"},{"author_name":"jagttt","author_uid":"2972","time":"Dec 24, 2011 @ 10:58am","epoch":1324723980,"text":"Found my kitten at last. I have to say you've made a quite well done roguelike engine in 48 hours. But really I think it need more enemies and items other than potion :)\r<br\/>Anyway a nice game."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Dec 25, 2011 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1324818120,"text":"I don't have ruby, so I can't play it.  It looks good, though."},{"author_name":"zackhovatter","author_uid":"8468","time":"Dec 26, 2011 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1324914360,"text":"@A-Type - I thought my instructions would work for WIndows, but I guess not. Sorry!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@jagttt Thanks! I was working on content in the last few hours, but I ran out of time before I could get anything really good done."},{"author_name":"ratboy2713","author_uid":"5162","time":"Dec 29, 2011 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1325180280,"text":"That was a fun little rogue like, though I must complain about some of the coridors stretching for too long, without a reference point you can't even tell if you are moving. I just held down the button and ran into an insurance salesmen and died. Also, once you hit level 2 you are pretty safe, and once you hit level 3 nothing can really hurt you. There should have been one more &quot;difficult&quot; monster on the final level. Still, very funny and very fun. Good job"},{"author_name":"ratboy2713","author_uid":"5162","time":"Dec 29, 2011 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1325180280,"text":"That was a fun little rogue like, though I must complain about some of the corridors stretching for too long, without a reference point you can't even tell if you are moving. I just held down the button and ran into an insurance salesmen and died. Also, once you hit level 2 you are pretty safe, and once you hit level 3 nothing can really hurt you. There should have been one more &quot;difficult&quot; monster on the final level. Still, very funny and very fun. Good job"},{"author_name":"dock","author_uid":"472","time":"Jan 1, 2012 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1325444100,"text":"I was excited to play this, but unfortunately I'm not able to get it running. I hope you're able to make a browser build or EXE. Good luck with LD!"},{"author_name":"xilefian","author_uid":"8561","time":"Jan 3, 2012 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1325607780,"text":"I like it, I didn't actually find it difficult which is good as I usually die within 2 hours on rogue-likes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The simple game-play does good for it, installing was a pain and running it was too (I'm on Windows), once it was running all was good."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Jan 4, 2012 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1325679060,"text":"Also cannot play."},{"author_name":"philhassey","author_uid":"2","time":"Jan 6, 2012 @ 4:00am","epoch":1325822100,"text":"I don't have ruby.  Sorry :("}],"images":["ld22\/8468-8bffa606aa6f72b2dfc0b2b1b736b494.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/1428664\/ludumdare\/ld22.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/1428664\/ludumdare\/ld22.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/1428664\/ludumdare\/ld22.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/1428664\/ludumdare\/ld22.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31887","g_author":"8468","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"31917","g_title":"LDKittenRL","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"435","g_commentcount":"15","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\/\/87574\/8468-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"PLEASE READ README BEFORE PLAYING\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbout\r\n=====\r\nLDKittenRL\r\n\r\nYour friend has ventured into a cave without you and is lost and alone! It is\r\nup to you to save him! Battle through hordes of 90s boy band members, people\r\nwho work in predatory industries, and other horrors of the deep!\r\n\r\nDon't read any of the source files if you care about spoilers. This includes \r\nthe .\/game file that runs the game.\r\n\r\n\r\nRequirements\r\n============\r\nYou'll need Ruby 1.9.3 and a terminal that supports colors.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlaying\r\n=======\r\nNavigate to the directory in your terminal and run\r\n\r\n\t` ruby .\/game `\r\n\r\nwithout quotes. If you're a seasoned Ruby user, you may have a different\r\ncommand for running Ruby files. Also, Linux\/OS X users may simply\r\n\r\n\t` chmod +x .\/game `\r\n\t` .\/game `\r\n\r\nThis will give the file permission to be run, and the second command runs the\r\nfile. \r\n\r\n\r\nControls\r\n========\r\ny\t-\tNorthwest\r\nu\t-\tNortheast\r\nh\t-\tWest\r\nj\t-\tNorth\r\nk\t-\tSouth\r\nl\t-\tEast\r\nb\t-\tSouthwest\r\nn\t-\tSoutheast\r\n>\t-\tDown stairs\r\n<\t-\tUp stairs\r\nU \t-\tUse item, follow up with the key in your inventory\r\ng\t- \tPick up item\r\n.\t-\tWait a turn\r\n\r\n\r\nTips\r\n====\r\nWhen you level up your unarmed damage and health go up. Try to avoid insurance\r\nsalesmen at early levels. They're pretty mean.\r\n\r\nGood luck!<\/p>","title":"LDKittenRL"}