{"author_link":"\/users\/almighty-games","author_name":"Almighty Games","author_uid":"1134563","comments":[{"author_name":"Baptiste Guerin","author_uid":"1122834","time":"2018-12-04T08:51:54Z","epoch":1543913514,"modified":1543913514,"text":"Very nice game, I love the concept","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"David Hunter","author_uid":"1052491","time":"2018-12-04T09:33:34Z","epoch":1543916014,"modified":1543916014,"text":"Nice simple idea, quite well executed, a little hard though, there are a lot of gaps.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"holmrekR","author_uid":1135104,"time":"2018-12-04T10:28:47Z","epoch":1543919327,"modified":1543919327,"text":"watched you stream this, good job dude\ncant get first the first level :p","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"1108401","time":"2018-12-04T12:19:47Z","epoch":1543925987,"modified":1543925987,"text":"I made it to level 7 and had a good shot at finishing only to have the game crash suddenly. Not sure what caused it...it's a really fun design though, a good take on the \"sacrifice to reveal the board\" that I've seen a few games do this LD.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wowa","author_uid":"1005825","time":"2018-12-04T13:30:43Z","epoch":1543930243,"modified":1543930243,"text":"The idea meets the theme very well but I'm ended up to with a lot of try and error. Some kind of hidden logic would be helpful and get the game much more depth .. maybe the is one but i couldn't find out :\/","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tez","author_uid":"1124630","time":"2018-12-04T16:23:41Z","epoch":1543940621,"modified":1543940621,"text":"Very good idea. I like it\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Busy Games","author_uid":"1098513","time":"2018-12-05T02:47:39Z","epoch":1543978059,"modified":1543978059,"text":"nice concept, pretty fun.  Only feedback would be to have a highlight on the chess piece selected so the player can visually see the selection. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"monkeedude1212","author_uid":"1007236","time":"2018-12-05T02:55:12Z","epoch":1543978512,"modified":1543978512,"text":"Decent idea, it's a shame there's no real strategy to it. It loses it's excitement when you realise you're probably going to lose, but not because you did anything wrong. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"svntax","author_uid":"1008485","time":"2018-12-05T03:09:06Z","epoch":1543979346,"modified":1543979346,"text":"I can't seem to get past the title screen. I tried different resolutions, fullscreen on and off, but nothing works. I'm running Windows 8.1 if that helps.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Trusty","author_uid":"1121278","time":"2018-12-05T03:32:19Z","epoch":1543980739,"modified":1543980739,"text":"Liked the concept, and the narration was funny too. I tried to use the exit button to exit the piece, but yeah it exits the game.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Louis VD","author_uid":1077899,"time":"2018-12-05T05:24:37Z","epoch":1543987477,"modified":1543987477,"text":"Having the same title screen issue as @svntax ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MrPiedPiper","author_uid":"1075288","time":"2018-12-05T05:49:17Z","epoch":1543988957,"modified":1543988957,"text":"For some reason, when I sacrifice a piece, I can no longer move pieces.\nExample: Choose pawn > Step onto board > Piece falls > Game zooms back out > I pick another piece > I can't move > I change to other pieces > None of them can move","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"tinykidtoo","author_uid":"1001256","time":"2018-12-05T06:10:04Z","epoch":1543990204,"modified":1543990204,"text":"Man, this game is hard.  I wish there was another way to deduce which squares were safe.  Maybe a minesweeper kinda mechanic.  As it is now it feels like I can just the units randomly till their deaths.  The graphics are really nice and Duke Nukem is awesome.  ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"saoi-games","author_uid":"1079667","time":"2018-12-05T08:19:35Z","epoch":1543997975,"modified":1543997975,"text":"Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/saoigames\n\nI have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.\n\nYou can hear my comments in the archive at https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/344864136","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hamsters Actually","author_uid":"1126811","time":"2018-12-05T08:42:47Z","epoch":1543999367,"modified":1543999367,"text":"dang, it's really hardr haha :D nice","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Karai17","author_uid":"1000051","time":"2018-12-06T08:47:26Z","epoch":1544086046,"modified":1544086046,"text":"frame-perfect input for moving diagonal made playing nearly impossible. There is also no real way to determine which squares are good or bad so it is purely random, just throwing units at the board and hoping you find a path. Neat concept for sure, but could use some more thinking.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld43\/134581-afc30aca8c5e3a286f580eab686694ec.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/7fxjs92ui2pqshz\/AAAKivGPRbIeMDYUS5-iwvK7a?dl=0","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"42669","g_author":"1134563","g_event":"LD43","g_eventkey":"71","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"225174","g_title":"Hail To The King","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"812","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"134581","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"134581","n_urlkey":"225174","n_parent":"120415","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/hail-to-the-king","n_slug":"hail-to-the-king","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"134563","n_created":"1543888823","n_modified":"1543900906","n_version":"401926","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":134581,"parent":120415,"superparent":9,"author":134563,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2018-12-04T02:19:50Z","created":"2018-12-04T02:00:23Z","modified":"2018-12-04T05:21:46Z","version":401926,"slug":"hail-to-the-king","name":"Hail To The King","body":"** : : [PLAY](https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/7fxjs92ui2pqshz\/AAAKivGPRbIeMDYUS5-iwvK7a?dl=0) : : [RATE](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/hail-to-the-king) : : **\n\n## HOW TO PLAY\nSacrifice your loyal minions to help clear a safe passage for The King. Take control of any chess piece by clicking on it. Use Escape to release the piece and select another. Use Arrows or WASD to move pieces around the board.\n\nHINTS: The sides of the chess board become accessible as you unlock levels. Higher value chess pieces appear in the game as you continue leveling up. There are 7 total levels in the game.\n\nGain points by moving the King across the board. Remaining pieces award points as follows...\n\n* Pawns: 100 pts\n* Knights: 300 pts\n* Bishops: 300 pts\n* Rooks: 500 pts\n* Queen: 900 pts\n* King: 2,000 pts\n\n![main screen logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2c7.png)\n\n![ss2.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2b0.png)\n\n![ss3.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2bb.png)\n\n![ss1.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2bf.png)\n","meta":{"author":[134563],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e15f.png","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/7fxjs92ui2pqshz\/AAAKivGPRbIeMDYUS5-iwvK7a?dl=0","link-01-tag":"42337","link-01-name":"Windows"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/hail-to-the-king","parents":[1,5,9,120415],"love":0,"notes":16,"notes-timestamp":"2018-12-06T08:47:26Z","grade":{"grade-01":29,"grade-02":29,"grade-03":28,"grade-04":29,"grade-05":29,"grade-06":29,"grade-07":29,"grade-08":28},"magic":{"cool":115.85949863271,"feedback":7,"given":37.25,"grade":28.75,"grade-01-average":3.056,"grade-01-result":812,"grade-02-average":2.704,"grade-02-result":887,"grade-03-average":3,"grade-03-result":627,"grade-04-average":3.333,"grade-04-result":604,"grade-05-average":2.981,"grade-05-result":769,"grade-06-average":2.926,"grade-06-result":527,"grade-07-average":2.519,"grade-07-result":686,"grade-08-average":2.673,"grade-08-result":892,"smart":19.054244122073}},"text":"** : : [PLAY](https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/7fxjs92ui2pqshz\/AAAKivGPRbIeMDYUS5-iwvK7a?dl=0) : : [RATE](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/hail-to-the-king) : : **\n\n## HOW TO PLAY\nSacrifice your loyal minions to help clear a safe passage for The King. Take control of any chess piece by clicking on it. Use Escape to release the piece and select another. Use Arrows or WASD to move pieces around the board.\n\nHINTS: The sides of the chess board become accessible as you unlock levels. Higher value chess pieces appear in the game as you continue leveling up. There are 7 total levels in the game.\n\nGain points by moving the King across the board. Remaining pieces award points as follows...\n\n* Pawns: 100 pts\n* Knights: 300 pts\n* Bishops: 300 pts\n* Rooks: 500 pts\n* Queen: 900 pts\n* King: 2,000 pts\n\n![main screen logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2c7.png)\n\n![ss2.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2b0.png)\n\n![ss3.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2bb.png)\n\n![ss1.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ad\/02\/z\/1e2bf.png)\n","title":"Hail To The King"}