{"author_link":"\/users\/monkeedude1212","author_name":"monkeedude1212","author_uid":"1007236","comments":[{"author_name":"AwesomeAlliterationAlliance","author_uid":"1014368","time":"2017-05-01T18:00:40Z","epoch":1493661640,"modified":1493661640,"text":"Really interessting entry and nice concept!\nI like the provide and demand system and that the item costs changed based on it.\nthe game held my attention for quite some time. \nSadly I glitched into the water by trying to get to the southpole from southamerica\nand did not manage to get back onto any continent.\n ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"sgstair","author_uid":"1014241","time":"2017-05-10T12:16:00Z","epoch":1494418560,"modified":1494418560,"text":"I managed to collect all the artifacts, fortunately the trading system is very forgiving. It didn't take very long to figure out how the systems worked and balance the local economies - then it was just a matter of finding the other cities on the map and realizing that the goal was the artifacts. IMO the music was a bad idea in this form, but SFX are pretty appropriate. Simple game, but nicely done.\n\nI played this on stream here: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/141022066 - Time 0:11:45","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":[],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"47304","g_author":"1007236","g_event":"LD38","g_eventkey":"69","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"245280","g_title":"Travelling Merchant","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"2","g_site2_node_id":"25596","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"N","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"25596","n_urlkey":"245280","n_parent":"9405","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/travelling-merchant","n_slug":"travelling-merchant","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"7236","n_created":"1492993292","n_modified":"1493179386","n_version":"67628","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":25596,"parent":9405,"superparent":9,"author":7236,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2017-04-24T00:23:58Z","created":"2017-04-24T00:21:32Z","modified":"2017-04-26T04:03:06Z","version":67628,"slug":"travelling-merchant","name":"Travelling Merchant","body":"You are a travelling merchant.\n\nYou've just heard the tales of Marco Polo's adventures in Asia\n and have been struck with curiousity, wanderlust, and greed.\n\nTrade goods between cities to acquire gold.\nUse gold to buy treasures. \nTry and collect them all.\n\nhttps:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/monkeedude-software\/LD38\/LD38.zip\n\n^^ Use the link above to download the zip file ^^\n\nExtract the zip file to a folder anywhere on your computer. Then, open the folder, and under the Build folder is the LD38.exe file. Run this to run the game. \n\n![merchantScreenshot1.png](\/\/\/raw\/44c\/1\/z\/a98.png)\n![merchantScreenshot2.png](\/\/\/raw\/44c\/1\/z\/a94.png)\n[QuickGif](https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-rhOMNElgoj4\/WP1HGUo5F_I\/AAAAAAAAAv4\/eHiawxVf070HfRDwXvu46uipT1h57vJfwCL0B\/h421\/2017-04-23.gif)\n\n","meta":{"author":[7236]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/travelling-merchant","parents":[1,5,9,9405],"love":0,"notes":2,"notes-timestamp":"2017-05-10T12:16:00Z","grade":{"grade-01":2,"grade-02":2,"grade-03":2,"grade-04":2,"grade-05":2,"grade-06":2,"grade-07":1,"grade-08":2},"magic":{"cool":0,"feedback":0,"given":0,"grade":1.875,"smart":-26.970325665978}},"text":"You are a travelling merchant.\n\nYou've just heard the tales of Marco Polo's adventures in Asia\n and have been struck with curiousity, wanderlust, and greed.\n\nTrade goods between cities to acquire gold.\nUse gold to buy treasures. \nTry and collect them all.\n\nhttps:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/monkeedude-software\/LD38\/LD38.zip\n\n^^ Use the link above to download the zip file ^^\n\nExtract the zip file to a folder anywhere on your computer. Then, open the folder, and under the Build folder is the LD38.exe file. Run this to run the game. \n\n![merchantScreenshot1.png](\/\/\/raw\/44c\/1\/z\/a98.png)\n![merchantScreenshot2.png](\/\/\/raw\/44c\/1\/z\/a94.png)\n[QuickGif](https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-rhOMNElgoj4\/WP1HGUo5F_I\/AAAAAAAAAv4\/eHiawxVf070HfRDwXvu46uipT1h57vJfwCL0B\/h421\/2017-04-23.gif)\n\n","title":"Travelling Merchant"}