{"author_link":"\/author\/pta2002\/","author_name":"pta2002","author_uid":"46975","comments":[{"author_name":"Xoko14","author_uid":"88947","time":"Apr 17, 2016 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1460913420,"text":"My computer says it has a virus!"},{"author_name":"pta2002","author_uid":"46975","time":"Apr 17, 2016 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1460915280,"text":"Xoko14 don't worry about that it's because the file isn't commonly downloaded."},{"author_name":"Donni11","author_uid":"44680","time":"Apr 17, 2016 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1460917740,"text":"Is there a online version available  ?"},{"author_name":"Max Amaden","author_uid":"62658","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1460999040,"text":"I'm a big fan of Thomas was Alone and your game certainly hits that high note! My only qualm is that it's very short (and doesn't have a majestic narrating voice) :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep up the good work!"},{"author_name":"RedPanda","author_uid":"24636","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1461002460,"text":"Very nice idea! And execution! \r<br\/>I did stuck in a wall one though :P"},{"author_name":"chromebookbob","author_uid":"49589","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1461002820,"text":"Good idea for a puzzle game, fits the theme well"},{"author_name":"CMLSC","author_uid":"86097","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1461004560,"text":"CMLSC wrote comment that game was fun.\r<br\/>Constructive criticism: Please test your game for bugs more next time. :P"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1461018780,"text":"it was okay."},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1461083040,"text":"Your game keeps highlighting me in IRC since my name is Thomas. And indeed I pressed space to restart. Nice :)"},{"author_name":"Interface","author_uid":"42145","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:41am","epoch":1461116160,"text":"Well, it is (as listed on itch.io) a ripoff of an existing game, but nonetheless it's a good game :-)"},{"author_name":"WERT Studio","author_uid":"55091","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1461171780,"text":"I miss the sadows of the original but a good idea."},{"author_name":"g12345","author_uid":"63136","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1461181200,"text":"I've played the original, and this one has some really tricky\/unfair jumps.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But overall it was very good for a 14 year old. I gave quite a lot of stars for this game too."},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1461357660,"text":"That was difficult. The misdirection at the end of level 2 is nice.  It did become irritating when I knew what I had to do but couldn't do it. I generally feel that a game should either about figuring out what to do, or about executing something obvious. Other opinions are available.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The large red rectangle was a clever ability I thought."},{"author_name":"deadbodyoutline","author_uid":"38495","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 4:04am","epoch":1461815940,"text":"Nice and funny, pretty cool tribute to Thomas was Alone!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Had some problems when changing shape at certain locations, maybe something was blocking me from shapeshifting.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh, and it worked perfectly on wine ;)"},{"author_name":"the31","author_uid":"1712","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1462026600,"text":"Neat simple idea, the essence of a shape shift. I haven't played Thomas Was Alone, but based on screenshots I can guess at the similarity.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I got stuck here: http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/f5ksXKS.png. I didn't know how to jump up and move left enough as the thin flat thing to get through those slats. Earlier in this same level, as far as I could tell you needed to move left at the beginning of the level without knowing what's below you. I assume dying is the only way to restart the level... but it didn't seem very clear if I should be jumping off the edge to reset.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Another little thing I didn't quite like was the way shapeshifting &quot;swapped&quot; the slot with your current shape. This made me think that I had to look at the upper-left a lot to plan out my shape shifts... but as long as the game stayed slow that didn't seem like much of a problem.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You've probably already thought of this tweak, but: when you try to shapeshift to something bigger and there isn't room, it would be great if instead of blocking the transform you could &quot;push&quot; the player into a working position if one exists. You can think of it like the shape shifting gradually: if you push the new shape out of collisions, is there a place where it works? If so, just put the player there. That along with some audio cue for &quot;shapeshift blocked&quot; would help, I think.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool idea, really fits the theme!"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 2:25am","epoch":1462674000,"text":"No narrator?? xD"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1462804140,"text":"I literally got as far as the first shape shift, went under the narrow bit, and then got stuck because I couldn't jump over the hump in the floor and couldn't figure out how to shape shift back to the original red square shape.  I wish I could have figured out how to get anywhere, so I could truly experience the game.  As it is, the game makes me feel like I must be stupid, because I have to be missing something obvious\/simple and can't figure it out."}],"images":["ld35\/46975-3669ccbf316a813734b9293f268dade1.jpg","ld35\/46975-19b8256c080f845df8a58c4f37111ea6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/pta2002.itch.io\/thomas-was-a-shape","text":"Itch.io"},{"url":"http:\/\/s.pta2002.com\/pc3lq","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4160","g_author":"46975","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4161","g_title":"Thomas was a shape","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"306","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/542293\/46975-shot0-1460913080.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/46975-shot1-1460913080.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"DISCLAIMER: The font used was not made by me, it is Museo Sans 500.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nWASD\/Arrows: move\r\nUp\/W\/Space: jump\r\n[1-8]: shapeshift into slot\r\n\r\nNOTE: You will not be able to shapeshift if you don't fit! If you can't do it, try moving a little!\r\n\r\nI will let you guess what each character does :)","title":"Thomas was a shape"}