{"author_link":"\/users\/xaedes","author_name":"xaedes","author_uid":"1031436","comments":[{"author_name":"m11","author_uid":1006482,"time":"2017-08-01T10:49:41Z","epoch":1501584581,"modified":1501584581,"text":"Great choice of source material (perfect for the theme!) For a first effort as a visual novel\/game, it's a good start - and you've clearly put a lot of effort into the characters' expressions changing, but I personally would have liked more scene changes - in chapter one, for example, more of a series of establishing shots before we're introduced to Adell and Lupov, and then some variation in mid\/close\/far shots. I also think the 'game' element would be vastly improved by the use of dialogue trees, rather than a single 'advance' button - I know it would mean that you'd have to stray from the original text, but it'd make it feel more interactive\/immersive :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Terribly Awesome Games","author_uid":"1036509","time":"2017-08-01T17:20:04Z","epoch":1501608004,"modified":1501608004,"text":"Hey! It looks like we had the same idea! It's a great story huh, and perfect for the theme. Nice job on putting together your first visual novel! \n\nCheers","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OboShape","author_uid":"1038552","time":"2017-08-02T08:53:03Z","epoch":1501663983,"modified":1501663983,"text":"nice way of putting across a great short short, well done :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"azziliz","author_uid":"1036125","time":"2017-08-04T19:36:23Z","epoch":1501875383,"modified":1501875383,"text":"I don't know what to think about this. It's beautiful, innovative, very different from all other entries. But can this really be considered a game?","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MichaelTWG","author_uid":"1045577","time":"2017-08-06T12:03:28Z","epoch":1502021008,"modified":1502021008,"text":"That's not really a game but that's an interesting adaptation, well done!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"multiplexor","author_uid":"1006217","time":"2017-08-06T12:17:00Z","epoch":1502021820,"modified":1502021820,"text":"It got me hooked until the end, altough it's more a visual book than a game itself, still, the music, the graphics and the chapters are all quite well put together! \n\nKeep up the hard work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"joebeard","author_uid":"1047021","time":"2017-08-16T21:00:40Z","epoch":1502917240,"modified":1502917240,"text":"This is one of my favourite stories of all time, I hadn't even considered that it fit so well with the theme. Of all the games in LD39, surely this one fits the theme most perfectly. If there were 6 stars for that, I'd surely award them. The music and graphics were of course great, and the scene selection was handy when I accidentally refreshed my browser.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"abductedPlatypus","author_uid":"1009467","time":"2017-08-16T23:23:15Z","epoch":1502925795,"modified":1502925795,"text":"Very interesting. I watched this with a free Audiobook I found. ( https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ISAACASIMOVSTHELASTQUESTION ) Very nice and thank you for shining some light on this story.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GistNoesis","author_uid":"1043618","time":"2017-08-19T08:48:16Z","epoch":1503132496,"modified":1503132496,"text":"42 :) I know the answer for I've read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Nice mood, nice audio. Not a game. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jason200101","author_uid":"1011143","time":"2017-08-21T22:38:08Z","epoch":1503355088,"modified":1503355088,"text":"I've seen similar games. I haven't done any research, but I'm quessing there is an engine that allows you to creare such stories, and maybe pre-made art. If you're going to make a story type game, I suggest actually programming all of the interactions, and not just writing the script on a programm made specifically to save time.\n\nBased on other comments I saw, the story wasn't even yours. I'm demotivated to read all of it. Nice idea, but you lack originality and programming. I can't call this an actual game, and it defintly doesn't meet the level that the jam requieres. Better luck next time.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"xaedes","author_uid":"1031436","time":"2017-08-22T07:44:49Z","epoch":1503387889,"modified":1503387930,"text":"@jason200101\n\nToo bad, you really miss out on a cool story! If you don't like my interpretation I suggest another one, the actual story is great! The audio book that abductedplatypus found is good for example.\n\n\"not just writing the script on a programm made specifically to save time.\" \nWow! Do you really only program in assembler? ;) Wait, No! Even that is specifically made to save time.. \nSaving time is the essence\n\nAnyway thank you for taking the time to write feedback =)","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld39\/43728-07019aac45b987c8cff9d4212bbb14b5.png"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cloudnovel.net\/play?n=ba84a7c55ee","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"39778","g_author":"1031436","g_event":"LD39","g_eventkey":"74","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"222730","g_title":"The Last Question","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"685","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"43728","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"43728","n_urlkey":"222730","n_parent":"32802","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/the-last-question","n_slug":"the-last-question","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"31436","n_created":"1501438511","n_modified":"1501570067","n_version":"128723","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":43728,"parent":32802,"superparent":9,"author":31436,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-07-30T19:44:35Z","created":"2017-07-30T18:15:11Z","modified":"2017-08-01T06:47:47Z","version":128723,"slug":"the-last-question","name":"The Last Question","body":"An Visual Novel Adaption Of \"The Last Question\" From Isaac Asimov\n\n![Screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/cca\/7\/z\/57fa.png)\n\n\n\nThis Ludum Dare I didn't really have to the time to make it in the main competition.\nBut the theme wouldn't get out of my head.. Sunday out of a sudden I remembered the most brilliant short story \"The Last Question\" from Isaac Asimov. That is the perfect story for the theme \"Running out of Power\".\nRunning out of time myself I decided to make a Visual Novel adaption from this story for the Ludum Dare Jam using existing assets.\n\nIt is my first visual novel and the first game ever (for me), where I put in actual story and content. \n\nThe visual and music resources are from the Humble Game Making Bundle (from June 2015) [1].\n\nThe characters where made using the  Anime Character generator with the \"Guy Sprite\" from SilverHyena[2] (integrated in the generator by Vixeria[3])\n\nI enjoyed making this and reading the story over and over again for testing. I hope some of you might enjoy the story as much as I do.\n\n\n[1] http:\/\/www.indiegamebundles.com\/humble-game-making-bundle\/\n\n[2] http:\/\/silverhyena.deviantart.com\/art\/Guy-Sprite-412450628\n\n[3] http:\/\/vixeria.deviantart.com\/art\/Character-Generator-Guy-Sprite-500764848\n\n\n","meta":{"grade-05-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/cca\/7\/z\/57f8.png","link-01":"http:\/\/cloudnovel.net\/play?n=ba84a7c55ee","link-01-tag":"42336","author":[31436]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/the-last-question","parents":[1,5,9,32802],"love":0,"notes":11,"notes-timestamp":"2017-08-22T07:45:30Z","grade":{"grade-01":23,"grade-02":23,"grade-03":23,"grade-04":23,"grade-06":21,"grade-07":21,"grade-08":23},"magic":{"cool":114.10580278052,"feedback":20,"given":24.25,"grade":22.428571428571,"grade-01-average":2.952,"grade-01-result":685,"grade-02-average":2.19,"grade-02-result":837,"grade-03-average":2.667,"grade-03-result":646,"grade-04-average":3.524,"grade-04-result":392,"grade-06-average":2.895,"grade-06-result":433,"grade-07-average":2.316,"grade-07-result":447,"grade-08-average":3.286,"grade-08-result":386,"smart":22.219862150347}},"text":"An Visual Novel Adaption Of \"The Last Question\" From Isaac Asimov\n\n![Screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/cca\/7\/z\/57fa.png)\n\n\n\nThis Ludum Dare I didn't really have to the time to make it in the main competition.\nBut the theme wouldn't get out of my head.. Sunday out of a sudden I remembered the most brilliant short story \"The Last Question\" from Isaac Asimov. That is the perfect story for the theme \"Running out of Power\".\nRunning out of time myself I decided to make a Visual Novel adaption from this story for the Ludum Dare Jam using existing assets.\n\nIt is my first visual novel and the first game ever (for me), where I put in actual story and content. \n\nThe visual and music resources are from the Humble Game Making Bundle (from June 2015) [1].\n\nThe characters where made using the  Anime Character generator with the \"Guy Sprite\" from SilverHyena[2] (integrated in the generator by Vixeria[3])\n\nI enjoyed making this and reading the story over and over again for testing. I hope some of you might enjoy the story as much as I do.\n\n\n[1] http:\/\/www.indiegamebundles.com\/humble-game-making-bundle\/\n\n[2] http:\/\/silverhyena.deviantart.com\/art\/Guy-Sprite-412450628\n\n[3] http:\/\/vixeria.deviantart.com\/art\/Character-Generator-Guy-Sprite-500764848\n\n\n","title":"The Last Question"}