{"author_link":"\/users\/rolly","author_name":"Rolly","author_uid":"1121700","comments":[{"author_name":"victorcrafty","author_uid":"1008100","time":"2019-04-29T11:22:57Z","epoch":1556536977,"modified":1556536977,"text":"Nice game but it was hard to understand what to do. Anyway good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rolly","author_uid":"1121700","time":"2019-04-29T14:57:42Z","epoch":1556549862,"modified":1556549862,"text":"@victorcrafty Thanks for your review. The game was a lot easier in my head when I imagined it 60hours ago...\n\nI just created a web page with the walkthrough (http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/walkthrough\/), maybe it will be a nice help if you want to give it another try! :wink: ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pwroff","author_uid":"1144811","time":"2019-04-29T15:33:32Z","epoch":1556552012,"modified":1556552012,"text":"I tried to understand the game, but struggled a bit. Your walkthrough helps, but it's still challenging. \nGood job anyway and unusual idea!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NinjaCatz","author_uid":"1123732","time":"2019-04-29T17:00:55Z","epoch":1556557255,"modified":1556557255,"text":"This is an interesting, a bit difficult(really hard) game) Great job~! And thanks for walkthrough!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ItsDuckyyyy","author_uid":"1003416","time":"2019-04-30T00:48:58Z","epoch":1556585338,"modified":1556585338,"text":"Love the game, somethings are a little unclear but once you figure that out it's pretty fun. Sadly, theme doesn't seem to be incorporated very well","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rolly","author_uid":"1121700","time":"2019-04-30T01:03:02Z","epoch":1556586182,"modified":1556586182,"text":"@itsduckyyyy I'm sooo happy to read that someone loved my game :smiley: ! Indeed, the theme didn't really inspire me at first, so I started with a concept I had wanted to implement for a while, and added the maintenance part over it as an attempt to match the theme. With more time, I'd have tried to create more levels in which you need to think further to destroy your robots. Thanks for review!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Xeke-Death","author_uid":"1002631","time":"2019-04-30T10:37:36Z","epoch":1556620656,"modified":1556620656,"text":"This is a lot of fun. I enjoy this sort of puzzle game. \nI understood how to get it working without the walkthrough, though it probably cost me a lot in maintenance testing out what things did. \n\nGreat work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Lombax","author_uid":"1147315","time":"2019-04-30T14:05:07Z","epoch":1556633107,"modified":1556660394,"text":"interesting gameplay.  definetly something you can go forward with. realy nice! :dog:\ni have to say, after i first played this, my mind cant realy stop thinking about it, 7 hours later. there was just something realy interesting about the gameplay. and i do like my puzzles :dog:","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"toasteater","author_uid":"1144260","time":"2019-04-30T14:05:58Z","epoch":1556633158,"modified":1556633158,"text":"I love games where you program things, and this game's depth is very impressive for 48 hours! However, I think some room for experimentation is essential for games like this to be fun. I like the idea of this, a lot, but I find it a bit too punishing, making it pointless to continue playing if you miss even a single step.\n\nI have given up trying to clear it in one go without cheating and looking at the walkthrough, but I still want to say this is some great work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rolly","author_uid":"1121700","time":"2019-04-30T14:23:46Z","epoch":1556634226,"modified":1556634226,"text":"@toasteater I completely understand how you feel, I am myself annoyed that it turned out to be frustrating because of the difficulty. I think that my attempt to stick with the theme was a bad idea, and finished with constraints that are not working with the genre; if I could do it over again, I would accept a 1-star rating for the theme but make something that is more enjoyable. Anyway, thanks for your review, and I hope that you still had some fun with it :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Regoradin","author_uid":"1142615","time":"2019-04-30T17:08:30Z","epoch":1556644110,"modified":1556644110,"text":"Very difficult, but I really like the creative interpretation of the theme.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nate Prince","author_uid":"1150267","time":"2019-04-30T17:11:19Z","epoch":1556644279,"modified":1556644279,"text":"Grate game man i love the programming of the robots had me hooked. i sucked at it got to like level 5 i think really enjoyed it. Great work ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rolly","author_uid":"1121700","time":"2019-04-30T17:39:58Z","epoch":1556645998,"modified":1556645998,"text":"@nate-prince you don't suck if you reached level 5! Most of my friends who played it got stuck at level 3 x).\n\nThank you for your reviews!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Abraxas Interactive","author_uid":"1089727","time":"2019-04-30T21:56:43Z","epoch":1556661403,"modified":1556661403,"text":"Interesting concept and well executed too!  Would be a cool tool to help teach kids how to program.  Thanks for sharing!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Gus the Shark","author_uid":"1058718","time":"2019-05-01T00:34:33Z","epoch":1556670873,"modified":1556670873,"text":"I like how you start your game description by saying it is difficult hahah. Well done, you've made me play a programming game after programming for 48 hours. Seriously, it is a good game, I like the mood and graphics. Had to give up on level 6 when my brain started to hurt but I enjoyed it.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Aileron","author_uid":"1120827","time":"2019-05-01T10:54:05Z","epoch":1556708045,"modified":1556708045,"text":"Holy crap a good programming game, nice job! While the mechanics took a little bit to figure out, the only real negative I can think of is the currency-related stuff which you've touched on above. I never felt bored with this one and the hover tips on top are very helpful too.\n\nI think this game could be expanded on in the future and still be fun!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"johanhelsing","author_uid":"1140305","time":"2019-05-01T12:21:18Z","epoch":1556713278,"modified":1556713278,"text":"Really cool idea. There is a big jump in difficulty between level 2 and 3, but otherwise, this felt very polished. I was a bit bummed out when I suddenly lost the game due to maintancy costs. I think this would be a much more fun game if it didn't have to follow the theme.\n\nMusic is awesome :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"INCD021","author_uid":"1010181","time":"2019-05-06T11:25:54Z","epoch":1557141954,"modified":1557141954,"text":"Love it.. :) The puzzles are nice.. Glad you linked to the walk-through. ;)  \nVery well done :thumbsup: :D","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/139685-e8ef6b9e9ede7e4bc22879a3afc12fd8.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/nistace\/ludumdare44","text":"Source code"},{"url":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/original","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/fixed","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/walkthrough","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"41397","g_author":"1121700","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"254854","g_title":"Maintenance Costs","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"139685","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.866985"},"nds":{"n_key":"139685","n_urlkey":"254854","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/maintenance-costs","n_slug":"maintenance-costs","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"121700","n_created":"1552808149","n_modified":"1556636036","n_version":"463979","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":139685,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":121700,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2019-04-29T00:45:35Z","created":"2019-03-17T07:35:49Z","modified":"2019-04-30T14:53:56Z","version":463979,"slug":"maintenance-costs","name":"Maintenance Costs","body":"![Sans titre 18.png](\/\/\/raw\/46b\/d1\/z\/21714.png)\n\nHello! And welcome!\n\nMaintenance Costs is a puzzle game in which you give instructions to your robots. Unfortunatly, robots are pretty exepensive to maintain, and greatest economists of the world say that it would be more efficient to avoid maintenance costs. \n\nKeep your focus on two things: achieving level objectives and letting go the old robots that hold you back.\n\nDifficulty level only change the amount of money you get when you start the game. More money, more place for errors.\n\n### This game is difficult.\nSeriously, I didn't want to make it that hard, but it is. Some tools were created to help you:\n - In-game help: enable it on the launch screen (enabled by default, recommended).\n - In-game tooltips: if you don't understand what something means (UI or tile), there is probably a tooltip linked to it. Place your cursor over it and see a message box appear at the top of the screen.\n - In this description (\"More about game mechanics\"), you get advanced explaination about the programmation mechanic (I suggest you try the game first; read this section if you don't understand how to play)\n - There is a walkthrough page to help you if you get stuck in a level at http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/walkthrough\/\n\n### Changelog\nI provide two links to the game, the original version and a fixed version. Original version is working correctly, but fixed version gives better comfort, without changing the gameplay.\n\nAdded in the fixed version (you are not rating this):\n - Fixed a visual bug that would show the level on the menu scene\n - Lowered the default volume of some sfx\n - Cheat code: in game, type \"money\" to get +$1000 (\"But... Isn't that a way to avoid the theme?\" \"Well if you need to restart the game you lose time, you lose parts of your life, and time is money. So we could say that this cheatcode is actually more in the theme than anything else in the game!\")\n - Cheat code: in game, type lvl# where # is 0-9 to jump to another level.\n - Walkthrough page\n\n\nGood luck and have fun!\n\n### More about game mechanics\nIf you get stuck and can't understand how the game works, here is a more complete explaination than the one you can find in game. If you didn't start the game yet, you should start it and give it a try before reading this.\n \n![Sans titre 3.png](\/\/\/raw\/46b\/d1\/z\/21d35.png)\n\nConditions work as a IF .. ELSE IF .. ELSE. Each turn, the robot will do the action corresponding to the first matched condition.\nA condition is given as IF [A] CONTAINS [B] THEN DO [C], where\n - [A] is a tile next to the robot\n - [B] is the content of the tile\n - [C] is the operation to do\n\nExample: Option 0 on this screenshot tells the robot IF [tile on right] CONTAINS [nothing] THEN DO [move to the right]\n\nThe OTHERWISE case only contains the [C] part, that will be executed if no other option condition is matched.\n\nContent conditions: \n - The star matches anything on the tile: steel blocks, wooden boxes, flags, spawn platforms & robots\n - The full square matches fixed or pushable items: steel blocks, wooden boxes & robots\n - The robot matches robots\n - The empty square matches empty tiles\n \nOperarations:\n - The left arrow tells to move left\n - The right arrow tells to move right\n - The star tells to do the robot's special action\n - The Zzz's tells to do nothing\n","meta":{"author":[121700],"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01-tag":"42332","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/nistace\/ludumdare44","link-02":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/original","link-02-tag":"42336","link-02-name":"Original version","cover":"\/\/\/content\/46b\/d1\/z\/23cd2.png","link-03":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/fixed","link-03-tag":"42336","link-03-name":"Fixed version","link-04":"http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/walkthrough","link-04-tag":"42336","link-04-name":"Walkthrough"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/maintenance-costs","parents":[1,5,9,139254],"love":0,"notes":18,"notes-timestamp":"2019-05-06T11:25:54Z","grade":{"grade-01":34,"grade-02":35,"grade-03":35,"grade-04":35,"grade-05":35,"grade-06":33,"grade-07":30,"grade-08":33},"magic":{"grade":33.75,"given":35.125,"feedback":22,"smart":16.904519445001,"cool":103.56249726467}},"text":"![Sans titre 18.png](\/\/\/raw\/46b\/d1\/z\/21714.png)\n\nHello! And welcome!\n\nMaintenance Costs is a puzzle game in which you give instructions to your robots. Unfortunatly, robots are pretty exepensive to maintain, and greatest economists of the world say that it would be more efficient to avoid maintenance costs. \n\nKeep your focus on two things: achieving level objectives and letting go the old robots that hold you back.\n\nDifficulty level only change the amount of money you get when you start the game. More money, more place for errors.\n\n### This game is difficult.\nSeriously, I didn't want to make it that hard, but it is. Some tools were created to help you:\n - In-game help: enable it on the launch screen (enabled by default, recommended).\n - In-game tooltips: if you don't understand what something means (UI or tile), there is probably a tooltip linked to it. Place your cursor over it and see a message box appear at the top of the screen.\n - In this description (\"More about game mechanics\"), you get advanced explaination about the programmation mechanic (I suggest you try the game first; read this section if you don't understand how to play)\n - There is a walkthrough page to help you if you get stuck in a level at http:\/\/nathanistace.be\/ludumdare\/44\/walkthrough\/\n\n### Changelog\nI provide two links to the game, the original version and a fixed version. Original version is working correctly, but fixed version gives better comfort, without changing the gameplay.\n\nAdded in the fixed version (you are not rating this):\n - Fixed a visual bug that would show the level on the menu scene\n - Lowered the default volume of some sfx\n - Cheat code: in game, type \"money\" to get +$1000 (\"But... Isn't that a way to avoid the theme?\" \"Well if you need to restart the game you lose time, you lose parts of your life, and time is money. So we could say that this cheatcode is actually more in the theme than anything else in the game!\")\n - Cheat code: in game, type lvl# where # is 0-9 to jump to another level.\n - Walkthrough page\n\n\nGood luck and have fun!\n\n### More about game mechanics\nIf you get stuck and can't understand how the game works, here is a more complete explaination than the one you can find in game. If you didn't start the game yet, you should start it and give it a try before reading this.\n \n![Sans titre 3.png](\/\/\/raw\/46b\/d1\/z\/21d35.png)\n\nConditions work as a IF .. ELSE IF .. ELSE. Each turn, the robot will do the action corresponding to the first matched condition.\nA condition is given as IF [A] CONTAINS [B] THEN DO [C], where\n - [A] is a tile next to the robot\n - [B] is the content of the tile\n - [C] is the operation to do\n\nExample: Option 0 on this screenshot tells the robot IF [tile on right] CONTAINS [nothing] THEN DO [move to the right]\n\nThe OTHERWISE case only contains the [C] part, that will be executed if no other option condition is matched.\n\nContent conditions: \n - The star matches anything on the tile: steel blocks, wooden boxes, flags, spawn platforms & robots\n - The full square matches fixed or pushable items: steel blocks, wooden boxes & robots\n - The robot matches robots\n - The empty square matches empty tiles\n \nOperarations:\n - The left arrow tells to move left\n - The right arrow tells to move right\n - The star tells to do the robot's special action\n - The Zzz's tells to do nothing\n","title":"Maintenance Costs"}