{"author_link":"\/users\/greenandsubmarine","author_name":"GreenAndSubmarine","author_uid":"1052560","comments":[{"author_name":"chronicbite","author_uid":"1098254","time":"2018-08-15T23:14:18Z","epoch":1534374858,"modified":1534374858,"text":"really cool that you developed this with Delphi, interesting idea as well, good job. (ps: Don't forget to rate other peoples games so that you too get some ratings, i found this on the zero tab)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ctran13","author_uid":"1082782","time":"2018-08-16T03:02:07Z","epoch":1534388527,"modified":1534388527,"text":"Cool game. Feels exactly like something that would be released as a default game available on windows (alongside solitaire and pinball) lol.  good job.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CristiHKJ","author_uid":"1061881","time":"2018-08-17T17:24:29Z","epoch":1534526669,"modified":1534526669,"text":"Nice game! Really cool and interesting! :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"randomphantom","author_uid":"1034868","time":"2018-08-17T17:27:04Z","epoch":1534526824,"modified":1534526824,"text":"Interesting idea! Finished it on the first run through though. Seems like it needs a little more something, otherwise the gameplay seems pretty basic as is albeit fun! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cydouzo","author_uid":"1016607","time":"2018-08-17T18:23:02Z","epoch":1534530182,"modified":1534530211,"text":"Simple but very solid interface. This is a work to be proud of.\nA few things that would have made this game perfect according to me: Would have prefered to have those words of explanation inside the game. The gameplay could have been more developped (with combos and stuff, so we need to think more about what combo we should do)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Andrei9","author_uid":"1099670","time":"2018-08-20T21:37:17Z","epoch":1534801037,"modified":1534801037,"text":"Nice game! cool :thumbsup: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"johnnwfs","author_uid":"1002687","time":"2018-08-21T00:22:01Z","epoch":1534810921,"modified":1534810921,"text":"Neat little game and bonus nostalgia points for programming in Pascal(well, kudos anyway). I'd suggest giving just the smallest pause when the first number of a sequence is hit. I'd also suggest just closing the box quickly when a play hits a die that cannot be followed. I can see this game having pre-set goals (like \"only use descending order\" \"must include a 5\" and the like and going on longer. Neat idea that I hope you decide to expand upon.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"chadrbanks","author_uid":"1051018","time":"2018-08-21T00:36:46Z","epoch":1534811806,"modified":1534811806,"text":"Tried to rate, but no HTML or Mac versions were available.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SheldonZS","author_uid":"1094267","time":"2018-08-23T00:20:06Z","epoch":1534983606,"modified":1534983606,"text":"Not a bad concept, but pretty easy when you just have to check for \"6-5-4\" every time.  Maybe you could spice it up by adding different size dice, like 8-sided or 12-sided.\n\nAlso, your game scared the hell out of my AVG","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"big-cow","author_uid":"1104721","time":"2018-08-23T19:45:22Z","epoch":1535053522,"modified":1535053522,"text":"I beat the game! :D This worked well, it's a simple concept but not quite like anything I've played before. It feels like a good 'brain training' kind of game. Could be developed further by adding more mechanics \/ variety","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Paulo Augusto","author_uid":"1103788","time":"2018-08-23T21:05:12Z","epoch":1535058312,"modified":1535058312,"text":"nice project man ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Eric Kulbiej","author_uid":"1103214","time":"2018-08-25T17:27:15Z","epoch":1535218035,"modified":1535218035,"text":"Great art style and sound. Good job. I like the mechanics as well. Keep it up!\n\nPlease do check my game maybe you\u2019ll like it and leave some feedback.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"EVEN GAMES","author_uid":"1103514","time":"2018-08-26T12:02:32Z","epoch":1535284952,"modified":1535284952,"text":"this game could be perfect with a little more work on the details, like the speed at which the \"walls\" close up, the number of levels, and the difficulty","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"piscythe","author_uid":"1002145","time":"2018-08-26T19:03:21Z","epoch":1535310201,"modified":1535310201,"text":"Really cool idea. This feels more like a test of rapid situational analysis and mouse precision than a straight puzzle game. Good work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rahim_Pxr","author_uid":"1113679","time":"2018-08-27T00:34:11Z","epoch":1535330051,"modified":1535330051,"text":"\nNice game, I hope to see more updates and improvments sooner.\nIf you don't bother take a look at our game when we focused on Graphics and visuals and see the results that we got:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spacelab-42\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OiledOwl","author_uid":"1104805","time":"2018-08-28T16:17:07Z","epoch":1535473027,"modified":1535473027,"text":"_D **\n_E_\nL\nP\nH\nI \n\nL\nO\nL\n\nDidnt read later - 10\/10\n\n(but played ofc)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Gildar76","author_uid":"1008278","time":"2018-09-02T23:24:27Z","epoch":1535930667,"modified":1535930667,"text":"great idea. Fund entry","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"alexfalkenberg","author_uid":"1045158","time":"2018-09-02T23:52:18Z","epoch":1535932338,"modified":1535932338,"text":"Former Delphi dev here (started with v1, peaked with v3, dabbled off and on with later versions until Borland ate itself). Still kinda miss Delphi, and I'm really surprised to see a Delphi entry here. :)\n\nNice simple idea, well-executed, clean. I'd love to see it further developed and exported to more target platforms. :)  Hope you've had a great LD!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ohmmus","author_uid":"1006266","time":"2018-09-03T01:35:29Z","epoch":1535938529,"modified":1535938529,"text":"Really addicting game! Kept me busy for a solid 15-20 minutes! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DarkGuardsman","author_uid":"1109134","time":"2018-09-03T20:13:58Z","epoch":1536005638,"modified":1536005638,"text":"Really nice game, could use a little slower screen on the first level. That way players can get use to the concept before failing. 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The file is relatively large (about 13 MB), but that's due to the FireMonkey framework. If I didn't use it, filesize would be much smaller, but most of the graphical problems would have to be solved using many roundabout ways - in much longer time.\n\nIt's my third game written in Pascal and finished in time for Ludum Dare. The first (2014) was 'Musing About' - a simulation about being a painter in XIX century, created in FreePascal (in Lazarus). In 2015, using the same tools, I've created DEmonsterization (a puzzle game about escaping a dungeon while simultaneously trying to become human again)\n\n# How to play:\n\nEvery level consists of 10 dice scattered on an orange board.\nYour task is to click on a sequence of 3 consecutive numbers in ascending or descending order, for example: 4, 3, 2 or 2, 3, 4. You can't start with the middle number (for example: 3, 4, 2).\nYou'll have to hurry, as the board gets more concealed as times passes, and dice disappear.\nClicking on a die that doesn't fit into the already started sequence (as in 3, 4 and clicking 1) will make the black board cover blink red and the die will remain active and not become a part of the sequence.\nDie that is a part of a sequence turns inactive and won't react to clicking again.\n\nThere can be more than 2 possible sequences among the 10 dice on the board. The higher numbers are in the sequence you choose, the more points. Choosing the highest one also gets bonus points!\n\nIf on a level you didn't manage to find a sequence of 3 numbers in time the game is not over - you'll just get fewer points.\n\nThe game consists of 5 levels, all keeping score - try to get 100% of points available! \n\n![screen04.png](\/\/\/raw\/05d\/c\/z\/17cc3.png)\n\n![screen05.png](\/\/\/raw\/05d\/c\/z\/17cc4.png)","meta":{"author":[52560],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/05d\/c\/z\/17c9b.png","grade-06-out":"1","grade-07-out":"1","grade-08-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/greenandsubmarine.com\/DiceBlackout.exe","link-01-tag":"42337"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/dice-blackout","parents":[1,5,9,97793],"love":0,"notes":21,"notes-timestamp":"2018-09-04T13:32:43Z","grade":{"grade-01":50,"grade-02":48,"grade-03":48,"grade-04":48,"grade-05":50},"magic":{"cool":137.47110636329,"feedback":38,"given":55.75,"grade":48.8,"grade-01-average":3.146,"grade-01-result":853,"grade-02-average":2.957,"grade-02-result":851,"grade-03-average":3.272,"grade-03-result":497,"grade-04-average":3.467,"grade-04-result":625,"grade-05-average":2.927,"grade-05-result":926,"smart":18.304451331588}},"text":"About a month ago, Embarcadero released a Community edition of the RAD environment for Delphi and C++.\nBecause I've been familiar with Delphi since the second half of the 90's (from version 3.0), I've decided to try my hand at making a Ludum game in Delphi 10.2 and (for the very first time) using FireMonkey framework.\nBecause the theme 'running out of space' made me think about shrinking game board, in the past 2 days the logical - random puzzle game 'Dice Blackout' was created.\n\nAll of the game's assets are compiled in the .exe file (unfortunately, it's Windows 7 or newer only). The file is relatively large (about 13 MB), but that's due to the FireMonkey framework. If I didn't use it, filesize would be much smaller, but most of the graphical problems would have to be solved using many roundabout ways - in much longer time.\n\nIt's my third game written in Pascal and finished in time for Ludum Dare. The first (2014) was 'Musing About' - a simulation about being a painter in XIX century, created in FreePascal (in Lazarus). In 2015, using the same tools, I've created DEmonsterization (a puzzle game about escaping a dungeon while simultaneously trying to become human again)\n\n# How to play:\n\nEvery level consists of 10 dice scattered on an orange board.\nYour task is to click on a sequence of 3 consecutive numbers in ascending or descending order, for example: 4, 3, 2 or 2, 3, 4. You can't start with the middle number (for example: 3, 4, 2).\nYou'll have to hurry, as the board gets more concealed as times passes, and dice disappear.\nClicking on a die that doesn't fit into the already started sequence (as in 3, 4 and clicking 1) will make the black board cover blink red and the die will remain active and not become a part of the sequence.\nDie that is a part of a sequence turns inactive and won't react to clicking again.\n\nThere can be more than 2 possible sequences among the 10 dice on the board. The higher numbers are in the sequence you choose, the more points. Choosing the highest one also gets bonus points!\n\nIf on a level you didn't manage to find a sequence of 3 numbers in time the game is not over - you'll just get fewer points.\n\nThe game consists of 5 levels, all keeping score - try to get 100% of points available! \n\n![screen04.png](\/\/\/raw\/05d\/c\/z\/17cc3.png)\n\n![screen05.png](\/\/\/raw\/05d\/c\/z\/17cc4.png)","title":"Dice Blackout"}