{"author_link":"\/author\/moonlightbomber\/","author_name":"MoonlightBomber","author_uid":"41001","comments":[{"author_name":"simon.parzer","author_uid":"50444","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450140000,"text":"Not really a game, but a touching story about a married couple and the idea of love throughout different stages in life. I enjoyed the story, though I was maybe expecting a little more on the visual side because it said "visual novel" in the description."},{"author_name":"thirteenthspiral","author_uid":"63900","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:51am","epoch":1450140360,"text":"This was a pretty visual novel. I really liked the songs too :) Life lessons, niiiice!"},{"author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:12am","epoch":1450141620,"text":"I like that you used Ren'Py. But the lack of interaction turned me off. "Something grew inside us... It was our self-actualization"?\r\rMaybe visual novels aren't my thing."},{"author_name":"SpareWizard","author_uid":"66246","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:34am","epoch":1450160940,"text":"Wow, the theme was two button controls, not one!\r\rAll jokes aside, a neat little story about how life and love are, in a word, growth."},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1450178100,"text":"Nice message, although I don't know if I agree with the self-actualization and bodies comment :P"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:21am","epoch":1450178160,"text":"Nice message, although I don't know if I agree with the self-actualization and bodies comment :P\r\rIt seems like this couple is extremely unlucky and people are quite devious wherever this is set. They have so many criminal interactions!"},{"author_name":"x92rwzb","author_uid":"49792","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1450181520,"text":"Nice story game. Kind of depressing though."},{"author_name":"AdamsMcCall","author_uid":"62022","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1450182180,"text":"Wow, that was deep.\rOne of the closest to the theme actually."},{"author_name":"WizzardMaker","author_uid":"53413","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1450184400,"text":"Its a good game, if your into reading, but personally it needs some sort of gameplay"},{"author_name":"SuperPokeunicorn","author_uid":"9858","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:44am","epoch":1450229940,"text":"What a lovely story. Visual novels aren't usually my thing, but this was pretty good. I could really tell that this was coming from a personal place, which made it authentic. The background music was also lovely. Good job!\r\rTo answer your question about my game, the controls aren't delayed, but rather jumping\/shooting are based on when you release the button, since holding the button does something else."},{"author_name":"MadmenProductions","author_uid":"65804","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:39am","epoch":1450233240,"text":"It lacks interactivity, I can't call this a game but rather a experimental novel. Concerning the story, I like it but the writing of the story could use some work and the logic behind it could use some tweaking."},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:04am","epoch":1450252740,"text":"Interesting visual novel, but I wish the visuals were better! The silhouette gets a little bit boring after a while; it was more of a wall of text. I think that you should make the story a little bit more realistic, more interactive, and less verbose. The interface was very good though, and I hope that you keep working on this and I'm sure you can make it into something really great!"},{"author_name":"exhidor","author_uid":"64080","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:13am","epoch":1450253280,"text":"The mood is really good ! Nice story"},{"author_name":"DieBackStudios","author_uid":"62053","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1450353360,"text":"good message and yea user interaction should be included :) overall cool visual novel"},{"author_name":"caryoscelus","author_uid":"17960","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1450455600,"text":"Hmm, this isn't really a VN. Kinetic Novel at best.\r\rApart from that, the idea could be interesting, but the actual story is pretty weak in my opinion."},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1450459980,"text":"A nice kinetic novel. The song was great and it fitted the mood. I think the message it gave was deep but I felt the narration was a little dense, meaning it was expressing many informations in a few phrases, which made it more difficult to digest. Also the text was a little too small for confortable reading, but maybe that's just because I am short sighted :) \r\rI really enjoyed it, thanks."},{"author_name":"rd127p77","author_uid":"39898","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1450481760,"text":"Good story, with music to fit the mood."},{"author_name":"nunesbarbosa","author_uid":"45119","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 2:37am","epoch":1450492320,"text":"Jeeesus.. is this a game or a book? I was really hoping you could make a decision or take some action.\r\rWas the theme growth or two buttons? Looks like a random entry."},{"author_name":"hyperscope","author_uid":"61330","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:54am","epoch":1450572540,"text":"Admittedly this type of "game" is not my cup of teas as it were but I found this "game" if I can truly call it that rather uneventful. And like some other commenters mentioned visual novel description in the game page left a lot to be desired."},{"author_name":"Ivan Volkov","author_uid":"44824","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 4:13am","epoch":1451016480,"text":"If really I understood that this is a girl on the picture, but not the plant only when launched it :)\rAlso I don't really understand why is this an "visual novel", if there are almost no interaction and interacrtivity? Although, I liked the music and the whole idea of not making a game is actually brave!"},{"author_name":"kardfogu","author_uid":"64580","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1451940240,"text":"Well, this one totally nailed growing! It was fun, it looked good and it has one hell of a perfect mood!\rEven as it somewhat missed the gameplay part, I don't feel like it would be a mistake.\rKeep up the good work!\r\r- Kardfogú"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Mar 28, 2016 @ 3:07am","epoch":1459134120,"text":"Interesting game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/MR4ln4T3mFk"}],"images":["ld34\/41001-7284fb1c2edb7f13d8f9ed942a755fc0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dagitabsoft.itch.io\/beyond-happily-ever-after","text":"Multiplatform"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4661","g_author":"41001","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4648","g_title":"Beyond Happily Ever After","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1070","g_commentcount":"22","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\/\/511439\/41001-shot0-1450127415.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"What is true love when there is no growth?\"\r\n\r\nA short visual novel about a married couple in three stages of the growth of their love for each other.","title":"Beyond Happily Ever After"}