{"author_link":"\/author\/the-vall\/","author_name":"The Vall","author_uid":"44829","comments":[{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:03am","epoch":1450151880,"text":"Pretty relaxing game, but a tad monotonous. Also, After I finished a level, everything went black and didn't come back."},{"author_name":"4burner","author_uid":"15177","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:07am","epoch":1450152120,"text":"I walked off the edge of the map, and I don't know if that was me winning, or, well, walking off the edge of the map.\r\rOtherwise, neat enough game. Not going to sit here for more than a minute or two, though, but well done!"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1450154460,"text":"Very well done!\r\rFew notes:\r* It would be much more comfortable if character would always rotate when the whole map cell is passed, so it doesn't get stuck by not reaching one pixel till the end of the tile and then rotating.\r* The vision extension bonus could've been found more frequent - it would give an additional positive feeling about accomplishing something."},{"author_name":"mr. a","author_uid":"45525","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:16am","epoch":1450156260,"text":"I'll echo dekart's comment first -- it'd be smoother if movement were more cell-based (I kept misjudging the player's hit size by a pixel or two).\r\rAside from that, it would be nice if there were a run button, and a bit more to see\/do. It feels like a solid base to expand on.\r\rThis would be kinda hypnotizing on autoplay, or as a mini-game to play while heftier content is loading."},{"author_name":"jackrugile","author_uid":"26377","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:39am","epoch":1450161240,"text":"Great concept, you guys! I got lost incredibly easy, but it was fun. For noobs like me, I'd love to have something like three breadcrumbs to leave per level. You have to use them wisely and it could be an additional feature to the torch. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"kostak","author_uid":"61766","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1450190880,"text":"I passed the maze and got nothing. I demand satisfaction! :)\rI like the idea, but so far it is quite muddy implementation. A maze gerneryatya randomly or are they static?"},{"author_name":"The Vall","author_uid":"44829","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1450220580,"text":"@kostak, The mazes are static."},{"author_name":"Fathom","author_uid":"61993","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1450222140,"text":"Cool use of the two-button theme. The way the map spun was a little dizzying for me, but I enjoyed it none-the-less."},{"author_name":"trexmix","author_uid":"59937","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1450222200,"text":"High score system was very cool. Did get a bit boring quickly and a bit of a hitbox issue but overall a sharp game. Well made!"},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"21836","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1450272240,"text":"Disclaimer, I've never been a fan of mazes.\r\rTo pass a maze all you need to do is to visit every area once and eventually you stumble upon the exit. The challenge thus is that of memorization.\r\rThe problem is that the maze looks the same all across the level. This makes remembering which part of the maze you've already visited a pain. This frustration is multiplied by the ever rotating camera angle, which makes it even harder to remember which way is which.\r\rHaving some landmarks and tileset variation would help quite a bit. \r\rThe breadcrumb idea proposed by jackrugile is also fitting, we are talking about mazes after all.\rThis would require an additional button however, which is forbidden, so here's a similar proposal.\r\rHave the player character unspool an infinite ball of yarn, leaving a trace where ever he goes. That would indicate which areas are all ready explored and also create a new aspect to manage. Walking around all willy-nilly would leave a tangled heap of yarn which is hard to parse."},{"author_name":"Jakob37","author_uid":"50156","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1450294800,"text":"It had a nice atmosphere, and I really liked the concept. I got a bit nauseated by the constantly rotating screen. I played all the levels to hear the different songs (nice to have one song for each level!). It would have been interesting to have some kind of threat on the levels. Keep it up, I enjoyed this one :)"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1450299420,"text":"Nice game! I like the idea with the growing visible area, but it would be great if there were more than one step. At one time I managed to get a second fire while the visibility was already increased and the size didn't change again. And I would like to see some additional things to do inside the maze, maybe collect some treasure."},{"author_name":"renegadeninjanl","author_uid":"24860","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1450372680,"text":"Good game. I liked the idea of rotating the map instead of directly controlling the character. The only thing I did not like was that the player hit box was bigger than expected so I got stuck a lot more times than I would have liked when I was turning."},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1450462620,"text":"Wow great concept. Could be a really great game if you develop it more. Only suggestion would be to have the player move on the grid so when you hit a turn button it only happens at the right time, more like pacman, I got stuck on the walls a lot. Great job!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1451690700,"text":"I liked the aesthetics and mood of this game. Maybe making the player hitbox smaller would help to feel the controls more "smooth". Also I hoped that the torchs stack!. Good job"},{"author_name":"rzuf","author_uid":"1349","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1451830860,"text":"Woohoo, highscore!\rCool game. Player's hitbox is too big so it's easy to get stuck when turning. Would be cool to have him also slide off the walls when a corridor is near.\rNice and moody, congrats!"}],"images":["ld34\/44829-11a0ab09eb2fafd303337bc7917bcc88.jpg","ld34\/44829-fb4ddd3e0ebd793a13c308837955e959.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/corybeams.com\/ld\/34\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/Jaloko\/ld34\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4854","g_author":"44829","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4906","g_title":"The Lost Wanderer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"732","g_commentcount":"16","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\/44829-shot0-1450143103.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/44829-shot1-1450143103.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Lost Wanderer is a time based maze game where your objective is to exit the maze. Walk next to a fire pit to light your torch which grows your vision for a limited amount of time. If you get a fast enough time you can submit a highscore.\r\n\r\nGame Controls: \r\nZ - Rotate map right\r\nX - Rotate map left\r\n\r\nMenu Controls: \r\nArrow Keys - Scroll up and down menu\r\nEnter - Choose selected option\r\n\r\nHighscore Submission Controls:\r\nAny key - To enter a name\r\nEnter - To submit highscore\r\n\r\nTeam that made this game possible:\r\nAdam\r\nBlake\r\nCory - @nzjaloko\r\nDanni - @_dannidickson\r\n\r\nMade with HTML5 and Javascript. \r\nGraphics: Paint.NET, Gimp and Photoshop CC.\r\nSound: Abundant-music and Bfxr. ","title":"The Lost Wanderer"}