{"author_link":"\/author\/dramble\/","author_name":"dramble","author_uid":"5254","comments":[{"author_name":"sfernald","author_uid":"258","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1314137580,"text":"Cool idea man. Looks like you didn't finish it. But playing the game within the game was pretty cool."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 4:39am","epoch":1314246840,"text":"Escape the Zombies is arguably the hardest game...ever. It seems like there should be some sort of strategy but I just keep dying over and over. It was kinda addicting though."},{"author_name":"mikolalysenko","author_uid":"5670","time":"Aug 26, 2011 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1314398520,"text":"A neat concept, but I wasn't sure if there was a point to it (or maybe that IS the point and I'm not getting it)."},{"author_name":"Chinchilla","author_uid":"5017","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1314460080,"text":"Mucho likey! Could benefit from some fail conditions (for running out of money or energy). I really got into escape the zombies (I think I got about 1,300,000 in the end)"},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"391","time":"Aug 31, 2011 @ 4:01am","epoch":1314762960,"text":"This feels likes it's right on the cusp of being a good art-game experience if it were fleshed out more. I think the main thing that is missing is a feeling of consequence. &quot;Escaping&quot; into the zombie game doesn't have any real effect on the rest of the game world - similarly, letting your money and energy go to 0 also do nothing. Introducing some dynamic that adds some tension and choice between the escapism and the &quot;real&quot; world could do a lot for the game and its meaning."}],"images":["ld21\/5254-b5f7171aee57b7617c399aa88a5986f3.jpg","ld21\/5254-1adf7d9a6f7a6daa86f04f923b6260aa.jpg","ld21\/5254-f0b4b7ce66e96c0daf12a0e01bc8a983.jpg","ld21\/5254-7c0f22ff90b123b44950b8640da698bd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lachlanjmcinnes.squarespace.com\/storage\/ld21-game\/LudumDare21Game.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/lachlanjmcinnes.squarespace.com\/storage\/ld21-game\/Escapism.zip","text":".swf download"},{"url":"http:\/\/lachlanjmcinnes.squarespace.com\/storage\/ld21-game\/Escapism%20Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32554","g_author":"5254","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32584","g_title":"Escapism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"392","g_commentcount":"5","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\/\/62148\/5254-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/5254-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/5254-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/5254-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My first Ludum Dare and the shortest amount of time I've had to produce a game.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD or arrows to move\r\nspacebar to interact\r\nP to start game\r\nescape to quit game\r\n\r\nEscapism is a game about the joy of games and the struggle to find balance in a life that is anything but exciting, where there is no escape.<\/p>","title":"Escapism"}