{"author_link":"\/users\/sarrixx","author_name":"Sarrixx","author_uid":"1036577","comments":[{"author_name":"Max S.","author_uid":"1058475","time":"2018-08-15T08:12:35Z","epoch":1534320755,"modified":1534320770,"text":"Well, I'm really confused. It took me a while until I figured out how to place the diamonds. Then every attempt I ran out of time after placing ~5 diamonds. This game has mabye a big potential but I don't know what do do. \n\nYou should make a gif\/video\/image on this side to help the players with the game :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"designernap","author_uid":"1002807","time":"2018-08-15T20:57:23Z","epoch":1534366643,"modified":1534366643,"text":"Had early struggles getting into it but like max above, couldn't get very far. It looks like there is cool game in there but with a bit more balancing. As you said above though, you didn't think it was as polished as could be. Good entry though!  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I had issues with inspiration with this theme, so the game loop is no where near as engaging or polished as I think it should be. I just made it up as I went along.\n\nCONTROLS\nWASD\\Arrow Keys - Movement & terminal grid selection\nSpacebar - Jump\nLeft Shift - Sprint\nE\/Left Mouse Button - Use\nEscape\/Right Mouse Button - Cancel\n0 or P - Quit\n\nGAMEPLAY INSTRUCTIONS\n- Grab the coloured diamonds and place them in the terminal scan zone.\n- Select a grid, cell level, and cell to place the diamond in. The diamond in the scan zone \nwill automatically move when an empty cell is select.\n- Arrange HORIZONTAL rows of the same coloured diamonds.\n- Submit the contents of the grid via the submit button on the terminal. (NOTE - This will\nsubmit any correct rows of diamonds in the grid).\n- Submitting correct rows converts the diamonds to disk space.\n- When the disk is full, grab another disk and put it into the terminal. This will remove 1 strike.\n- A strike is gained when 4 items reach the end of the conveyor belt and there is no data in the disk.\n- 3 strikes is game over.\n- At the end of each round a grid will disappear at random.","meta":{"author":[36577],"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01-tag":"42337","cover":"\/\/\/content\/1ee\/8\/z\/17f4b.png","link-01":"https:\/\/sarrixx.itch.io\/the-grid-room","link-01-name":"Windows"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/the-grid-room","parents":[1,5,9,97793],"love":0,"notes":2,"notes-timestamp":"2018-08-15T20:57:23Z","grade":{"grade-01":4,"grade-02":4,"grade-03":4,"grade-04":4,"grade-05":4,"grade-06":4,"grade-07":4,"grade-08":4},"magic":{"cool":67.700320038633,"feedback":2,"given":1.375,"grade":4,"grade-01-average":2.5,"grade-02-average":1.5,"grade-03-average":2.5,"grade-04-average":3.5,"grade-05-average":2.5,"grade-06-average":2.5,"grade-07-average":1,"grade-08-average":1.75,"smart":-22.944824962888}},"text":"![TheGridRoom.png](\/\/\/raw\/1ee\/8\/z\/17f41.png)\n\n\u200bThis is a short game made for Ludum Dare #42, the theme being 'running out of space'. I had issues with inspiration with this theme, so the game loop is no where near as engaging or polished as I think it should be. I just made it up as I went along.\n\nCONTROLS\nWASD\\Arrow Keys - Movement & terminal grid selection\nSpacebar - Jump\nLeft Shift - Sprint\nE\/Left Mouse Button - Use\nEscape\/Right Mouse Button - Cancel\n0 or P - Quit\n\nGAMEPLAY INSTRUCTIONS\n- Grab the coloured diamonds and place them in the terminal scan zone.\n- Select a grid, cell level, and cell to place the diamond in. The diamond in the scan zone \nwill automatically move when an empty cell is select.\n- Arrange HORIZONTAL rows of the same coloured diamonds.\n- Submit the contents of the grid via the submit button on the terminal. (NOTE - This will\nsubmit any correct rows of diamonds in the grid).\n- Submitting correct rows converts the diamonds to disk space.\n- When the disk is full, grab another disk and put it into the terminal. This will remove 1 strike.\n- A strike is gained when 4 items reach the end of the conveyor belt and there is no data in the disk.\n- 3 strikes is game over.\n- At the end of each round a grid will disappear at random.","title":"The Grid Room"}