{"author_link":"\/author\/fullmontis\/","author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","comments":[{"author_name":"Futilrevenge","author_uid":"91855","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:14am","epoch":1461038940,"text":"I really liked this, it's an interesting take on the 'escape the room' style of games. The atmosphere was perfect, absolutely spot on, and has left me with a sort of somber mood. Great job!"},{"author_name":"AnaGF","author_uid":"56020","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:12am","epoch":1461060420,"text":"Cool game, nice scape the room entry. I want to know how the story goes on!"},{"author_name":"Falak","author_uid":"59201","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:26am","epoch":1461061260,"text":"So spooky."},{"author_name":"Millefey","author_uid":"90056","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:48am","epoch":1461062580,"text":"Took me forever to discover the carpet but I really enjoyed playing this and would love to know more about these characters!"},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:08am","epoch":1461063780,"text":"I really liked the game: it has an interesting take of the theme and great mood. nice!"},{"author_name":"strong99","author_uid":"8175","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:19am","epoch":1461064440,"text":"I love these kind of adventures. the text scrolling was a bit hard on my eyes though. Even though I never escaped, enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:41pm","epoch":1461069360,"text":"Great mood, love escape room. Moving text was eye breaking. Overall good entry :)"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1461075480,"text":"Ooooh, this was really neat. At first, because some of the hotspots become inert once they stop being relevant but not others, I was scared I might have gotten myself stuck!\r\rThe style is super atmospheric and the script well written, though it needs proofreading in a few places. An excellent entry!"},{"author_name":"sepharoth213","author_uid":"39935","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1461091380,"text":"Nice! Well designed puzzles and compelling story. Great job! You should definitely pursue a post-ld version."},{"author_name":"DraKlaW","author_uid":"36384","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1461103320,"text":"I really liked your game ! The graphics are really neat, and the theme is cool !"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:06am","epoch":1461114060,"text":"Great game! Loved the usage of the theme on escape the room! Mood, art and sound are really cool!\r\rAwesome entry! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:03am","epoch":1461131880,"text":"I like this game! when I understated the mechanic, I just went though the game smoothly.\r\rYou're using the theme well, it really fit the adventure game nicely, good job! :D"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:21am","epoch":1461136560,"text":"Good mood, spooky. I escaped!\r\rOne complaint about the text: Expanding from the middle makes it hard to read until it is finished. I would prefer starting from the left. It almost gave me a feeling of motion sickness and there is a LOT of slow text. Instantly appearing text would be even better to me."},{"author_name":"derr","author_uid":"55643","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:25am","epoch":1461136800,"text":"I escaped the chamber! Really nice application of the theme. I like point and click games, and this idea could give it another interesting twist."},{"author_name":"SchrodingersCult","author_uid":"49770","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:49am","epoch":1461138240,"text":"I'm a fan of creepy and horror games and I have to say that the atmosphere was definitely on point. Great job! 2spoopy5me"},{"author_name":"Khaoz_Fang","author_uid":"91082","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 9:12am","epoch":1461143220,"text":"Excellent game. I love room escape games."},{"author_name":"PavelPooh","author_uid":"90036","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 9:24am","epoch":1461143940,"text":"Very atmospheric art"},{"author_name":"RealityCheck","author_uid":"44504","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 9:26am","epoch":1461144060,"text":"Great game. I liked the graphical style and the mood was dark and appropriately unsettling. Good job on this one."},{"author_name":"pavel_insight","author_uid":"46567","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 11:39am","epoch":1461152040,"text":"I like the alchemical setting, artstyle. Interesting puzzles.\r\rHotspots and action icons are too small, it's inconvenient.\rText animation could be more polished.\r\rBut it's still a very good entry. Good work! I love to see a point&click adventure on LD. )"},{"author_name":"cakeknuckles","author_uid":"7792","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:00pm","epoch":1461153300,"text":"this is a really interesting puzzle game with a great interpretation of the theme. while i agree with others that the centered text can be almost disorientating to try and read while in motion, i enjoyed the game itself. good job!!"},{"author_name":"robb_blob","author_uid":"86992","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:08pm","epoch":1461160980,"text":"Quite good idea! The sound is too repetitive but the art style is interesting."},{"author_name":"BubsyPoochies","author_uid":"66146","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1461175140,"text":"This is, in my opinion, one of the most original and inventive implementations of the shape shifting theme I've played so far! The story is interesting, the puzzles are nice, the tutorial makes very clear how the game works and the atmosphere is great. \r\rA really really solid work, I enjoyed very much this one. The only thing I'd change is, perhaps, the text size which was a bit hard to read for me. Congratulations!!!"},{"author_name":"celia14","author_uid":"91293","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 1:18am","epoch":1461201180,"text":"Ooh, this is lovely - a fun little puzzle with a haunting story behind it. Thanks for including the walkthrough, I got stuck on the carpet but I'm glad I got to continue and see the end."},{"author_name":"EvoGenGames","author_uid":"93102","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:45am","epoch":1461231600,"text":"Amazing how you used the theme! Be proud on your creativity!"},{"author_name":"bigbuggames","author_uid":"55109","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 10:07am","epoch":1461232920,"text":"Interesting concept, I would have never thought about that! Very good execution and cool graphics.\rmaybe doesn't fit in the "humour" part, so I'm leaving this one n\/a, overall I enjoyed a lot!!"},{"author_name":"sheepsalamanderfox","author_uid":"91406","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 11:28am","epoch":1461237780,"text":"Nice idea, but we didn't know that the tutorial wasn't over so we could not figure out why we were not able to use some items. However, we like the atmosphere ^^"},{"author_name":"fafastudio","author_uid":"51600","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1461240300,"text":"Nice little game :) Effective graphism and mood"},{"author_name":"Chikoness","author_uid":"53104","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1461245700,"text":"Wow. The ending music really really reminds me of Undertale's Alphys lab. The music that got all the hair on my arm standing. Eerie & mysterious mood, I love it! Really hope to see this game developed cos it has so much potential!"},{"author_name":"Cliff Lee(CL)","author_uid":"41166","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1461247920,"text":"Great idea with good atmosphere!\r\rGood job!"},{"author_name":"ekkiiiii","author_uid":"50154","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1461257040,"text":"Very atmospheric game and a great combination of theme and game mechanics."},{"author_name":"mountainstorm","author_uid":"83448","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1461257520,"text":"Loving the hand draw graphics. Let me out!"},{"author_name":"PinkIndian","author_uid":"30459","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1461260040,"text":"Cool story and really nice (simple) graphics. The music just bugged me so had to play mute. Otherwise great job!"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:17am","epoch":1461283920,"text":"I like escape rooms, and the theme is used very well in this one. Good job, I really liked play it. :)"},{"author_name":"docteurSid","author_uid":"64902","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 6:43am","epoch":1461307080,"text":"What an amazing game"},{"author_name":"Verz","author_uid":"17978","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 6:53am","epoch":1461307680,"text":"Niice game! really interesting to play. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Monklet80","author_uid":"86283","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:57am","epoch":1461315120,"text":"Good stuff. I love the mechanic of turning into tools."},{"author_name":"Mikaza","author_uid":"62586","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:00am","epoch":1461315300,"text":"Very Nice !"},{"author_name":"MightyToastStudio","author_uid":"91074","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 10:23am","epoch":1461320280,"text":"It doesn't let me use the last use of "cage""},{"author_name":"oab","author_uid":"20535","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 10:48am","epoch":1461321780,"text":"Nice :)"},{"author_name":"blockdroppers","author_uid":"93276","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:07am","epoch":1461322920,"text":"Very creative idea! Love the inclusion of a story as well. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"webadev","author_uid":"93130","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:41am","epoch":1461324960,"text":"Nice atemosphere, good ideas. In the theme. Really like it for a jam !\rJust some choices weren't really evident or logic, and finally i was clicking everywhere."},{"author_name":"PixelStuff","author_uid":"50054","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1461326460,"text":"Lovely graphique, the the text scrolling was a bit hard for my eyes but it's doing the job. Great game."},{"author_name":"ployer","author_uid":"56657","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1461329580,"text":"well done, love the art and the mood. great use of the theme. Who doesn't love a point and click!"},{"author_name":"APantaloni","author_uid":"92148","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1461339720,"text":"Really well done, congrats!"},{"author_name":"omarhuseynov011","author_uid":"92927","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1461345540,"text":"Nice game loved all the mystery and atmosphere!"},{"author_name":"SHLFStudios","author_uid":"20984","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1461347040,"text":"nice entry. its a clever idea using shapeshifting as a point-and-click interact medium"},{"author_name":"Hectigo","author_uid":"3671","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1461354780,"text":"A well written, spooky story with a concept that fits the theme nicely. The graphics were clear enough and did their job, but that's where I'd start improving the game if developing this further. Also adding sounds to the interaction and maybe some ambient sounds would make the world feel more alive on top of the already well executed music."},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1461355860,"text":"nice escape the room feel to this and the hand drawn graphics make it better! Well done!"},{"author_name":"kleinzach","author_uid":"74329","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1461358920,"text":"Great job. The whole game had an excellent mood throughout."},{"author_name":"gnerkus","author_uid":"28566","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1461359880,"text":"The music was the spookiest I've heard in a long time.\r\rYou made an excellent game - and the humble beginnings of a brilliant horror story."},{"author_name":"LadyEmaSkye","author_uid":"51931","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1461361260,"text":"Interesting concept! It's definitely a bit difficult, and I would've appreciated more flavor text..."},{"author_name":"Joozey","author_uid":"18371","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1461361860,"text":"Really good game! Mood was well set. Simple yet spooky graphics. Also: tutorial, story, gameplay, music and ending. You have it all! Respect!"},{"author_name":"aberdeenphoenix","author_uid":"54767","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 4:07am","epoch":1461384120,"text":"interesting take on the genre, and nice core mechanic."},{"author_name":"wboqm","author_uid":"83541","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:31am","epoch":1461392760,"text":"Great game! Enjoyed it and finished it.\r\rI also had trouble with the corner of the carpet; though that is primarily because I thought I had already gotten the dust from the bottles on the shelf and I was just trying to crush the powder; it would be helpful to be able to tell what you have already put in the bowl.\r\rI also was bothered by some state not being tracked; e.g. I broke the draw multiple times. And some of the longer text would have been more appropriate if not repeated every time the transformation was made; e.g. transforming into the broken bowl."},{"author_name":"Freank","author_uid":"94168","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 7:13am","epoch":1461395280,"text":"Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.\rCan you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)\rSo we can include also your game in the video ;)\rp.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description"},{"author_name":"frondeus","author_uid":"41007","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 8:52am","epoch":1461401220,"text":"Very interesting. Nice written!"},{"author_name":"bluszcz","author_uid":"55906","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:12am","epoch":1461402420,"text":"So refreshing game, i really like minimalism here :) Thanks for web version."},{"author_name":"remiv","author_uid":"51869","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:39am","epoch":1461404040,"text":"Very interesting puzzle, I should not have read the comment here, they contain some spoiler."},{"author_name":"maartene","author_uid":"63679","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1461417300,"text":"Best use of the theme I've seen so far."},{"author_name":"Divitos","author_uid":"9732","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1461437520,"text":"This is definitely one of my favorite takes on the theme I've found so far."},{"author_name":"Paskal007r","author_uid":"89873","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1461446820,"text":"Good adventure, very stilish narrative. Great atmosphere, very well built."},{"author_name":"DivineOmega","author_uid":"62107","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1461449520,"text":"A really creepy atmosphere and a challenging puzzle. I really like it. Still working my way through it!"},{"author_name":"QuestionableQuality","author_uid":"53106","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 10:44am","epoch":1461494340,"text":"I didn't have a whole lot of time to play point and clicks on stream last night, but I plan on going back to this in the future. I want to know the narrative as I love the quite creepy almost chimera-like plotline.\r\rPlayed briefly on stream @ 3:17:40 : http:\/\/www.hitbox.tv\/video\/991443"},{"author_name":"CtrlAltTea","author_uid":"21781","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1461529620,"text":"Great idea! The music and art make this game really atmospheric, good job!"},{"author_name":"urfbound","author_uid":"56066","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 1:44am","epoch":1461548340,"text":"Cool escape game with a great use of the theme! Reminded me a little of the golem arc from X-Files. The art and music were both fantastic, and the game was tricky without having any puzzles that felt unreasonable.\r\rIf I could make one recommendation it would be to change the text on examining objects as they are changed by the player - most notably the glass bowl would be a good candidate for this treatment.\r\rHad fun playing your game! Hope you enjoyed making it!"},{"author_name":"pixelpotions","author_uid":"63064","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1461619200,"text":"Woah that's an awesome game!\rThe artwork is really great, the level design is damn smart, and the atmosphere, the mood, they fit so well togheter it scares me!\rGreat great entry!"},{"author_name":"SpringCabal","author_uid":"52862","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 10:30am","epoch":1461666300,"text":"Short, minimalistic, moody, and fitting the theme well. One thing i didn't like was how the music got repetitive very fast, even if it contributed a lot to the mood."},{"author_name":"kalth.streil","author_uid":"30964","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1461693780,"text":"LET ME OUT! Cool game, nice mood. I really liked the music and depth of the story :)"},{"author_name":"Anti","author_uid":"33991","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1461786120,"text":"Very nice game! Enjoyed it very much."},{"author_name":"medidog","author_uid":"89905","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1461799680,"text":"I really like your take on shapeshift challange! The typewriter animation of the words really annoys when the text is too long, though. Also, hotspots can be bigger, really hard to pick the spots. Overall, nice graphics and mood!"},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1461882120,"text":"good ambiance and nice draw"},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 9:12am","epoch":1462093620,"text":"Wow, great artwork, good soundtrack, both really supportive of the story.\r\rMinor gripe: the text appearing from the center is only readable once it settles, because it moves too quickly before that. And click targets are a bit small."},{"author_name":"monika","author_uid":"29124","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 12:35pm","epoch":1462105800,"text":"Nice! I got pretty far by myself, but couldn't get the bird bones out of the cage. Gave up and looked at the walkthrough, but it confirmed I was doing the right thing. Still don't know why it wasn't working.That and the slow, unreadable-until-done text were the only issues. Well done!"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 2:25am","epoch":1462414800,"text":"Nice escape the room. As it is, it's a very good escape the room. All it needs is a little polish."},{"author_name":"nyaki","author_uid":"90215","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1462716600,"text":"Artistic style and cool story-telling.\rThe music gets too annoying after a while."},{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 10:35am","epoch":1462789800,"text":"great storytelling and atmosphere, the sound effect loop hole time really let me a little scared ToT but this all help to built a great atmosphere and put me more immerse in to this world and focused on the process to handle the puzzle! \r for a long time not to play this type games!viusal also nice and everything mix good .Thanks\/ well done!"}],"images":["ld35\/21736-b703d9212b10c66b2cd3c6c701dcf550.jpg","ld35\/21736-58b049433e8ad75540ea20a7f38c08dc.jpg","ld35\/21736-d6d6ae5a839edfd206cca57d1741e517.jpg","ld35\/21736-4fad52ab5b8252dea35cb1d9f744f2ee.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/fullmontis.itch.io\/a-soul-of-clay","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/117427134\/LD35\/A%20Soul%20of%20Clay%20-%20Walkthrough.txt","text":"Walkthrough"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4309","g_author":"21736","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4382","g_title":"A Soul of Clay","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"216","g_commentcount":"76","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\/21736-shot0-1461026299.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/21736-shot1-1461059021.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/21736-shot2-1461059021.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/21736-shot3-1461059021.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A Soul of Clay - An Adventure Game\r\n\r\nIn this game you are a golem who just woke up in his creator's room. You need to understand what is gong on, and how to escape. \r\n\r\nThe power you are gifted with is the possibliy of shaping your body and hands. With it, you can copy the tools you get in touch with, and give yourself a chance.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nThere is an in game tutorial. It is highly reccomended to follow it to the letter. The game uses only the mouse.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nMove mouse to discover hotspots. The nearer you are, the brighter they are.\r\nClick left\/right mouse to advance in dialogues.\r\nleft click: examine an object \/ act on it with the current shape\r\nright click: take the shape of an items (works only on some items)\r\n\r\nMade in HTML5\/js. Tested with Firefox 45. It should work with all the major browsers, but in case of problems, try Firefox (and please report any strange behaviour). Thank you.\r\n\r\n19\/04: added walkthrough","title":"A Soul of Clay"}