{"author_link":"\/author\/mr-madcat-2\/","author_name":"Mr MadCat","author_uid":"47470","comments":[{"author_name":"gokottastudio","author_uid":"62062","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:03am","epoch":1450346280,"text":"Well, it's a nice idea, but it was very difficult for me to understand what I had to do... in the end, I could, but I find controls a bit difficult to use. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep the hard work! I think you might create something good if you just polish these things :)"},{"author_name":"Oneiric Worlds","author_uid":"66192","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:59am","epoch":1450349640,"text":"Damn the beginning is very fast! It took me quite some time to understand how I could not lose in less than 1 second. May be you should put Jack higher at the start so that the player has a little bit more time to figure out what happens! After a few times, I could make him bounce! Yay! Music and sounds are kinda cool and fits well the atmosphere. However the side view with the rotation leaves\/bean is a bit misleading as sometimes you might think that Jack will bounce but that's not the case (due to bad depth estimation). This is a bit frustrating. Anyways, congrats on the overall idea (very original I think) and the nice atmosphere."},{"author_name":"monetai","author_uid":"57774","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1450351320,"text":"i liked the realisation, but controls.. well, that was not ultra easy to master"},{"author_name":"SayRafon","author_uid":"64874","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1450445340,"text":"Wow, those graphics are really good ^^ But the game is kinda hard &gt;&lt;"},{"author_name":"MestreRothWP","author_uid":"60154","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1450455120,"text":"Asked for Visual Studio 2015 installation. Couldn't play, didn't rate."},{"author_name":"Pixel Pub","author_uid":"43724","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1450458720,"text":"i have problems by contolling, but I like the idea, grafics and the music. Nice game."},{"author_name":"lawendt","author_uid":"62237","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1450467180,"text":"Can't understand a thing about the game, yeah, I read the description, but at the early game I just keep dying and I just can't know why! Nice graphics and art, really gets you in the mood, but such a terrible game design. - Jeremias"},{"author_name":"Wir","author_uid":"33937","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1450540980,"text":"Nice Idea !\r<br\/>Thank you for commenting our game, we added explanations (hope they explain everything). We haven&acute;t fixed the resolution problem yet but we will when we got time for it. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Maybe you could give our game another try? (We recommend playing small islands)"},{"author_name":"Pat AfterMoon","author_uid":"30511","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1450804380,"text":"Interesting idea but needs some tuning. You need to prevent jack from dieing instantly at start (maybe add the initial leaf, or add a pause). And Jack bounce too much horizontally."},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1450806060,"text":"As Oneiric Worlds mentioned, the beginning is a little fast. Either put Jack higher or pause the game at the start until the player clicks or something. Nice graphics and mood. I wasn't very good at the game though XD."},{"author_name":"Raius","author_uid":"62213","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1450873860,"text":"Really cool game! Some kind of explanation of how to play in the actual game itself would be handy but I like the idea and with some polish it could be awesome."},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1450893000,"text":"I liked the idea but I'll be honest I struggled when it came to actually playing the game."}],"images":["ld34\/47470-70e34d1029017e8b8030c959f49bac79.jpg","ld34\/47470-b09d342490cbbf3f659191717eb279a7.jpg","ld34\/47470-c145d97a65fced7d32a5dd4625f9ec50.jpg","ld34\/47470-5e783ac56bcecacb1e5a7650002402ab.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/v00i65gzs09wx5h\/WindowsNoEditor.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5129","g_author":"47470","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5104","g_title":"Beanstalk and the Jack","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"931","g_commentcount":"12","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\/47470-shot0-1450146321.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/47470-shot1-1450146321.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/47470-shot2-1450146577.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/47470-shot3-1450146321.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Description Update:\r\nTry Pressing the right mouse button right after starting the actual game to spawn a leaf for Jack to bounce on.\r\n\r\nTo make it easier to understand, we recorded a video of a playthrough of our game:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68aRa5_BD9w\r\nEnd Update.\r\n\r\nA magical beanstalk grows to the skies and a young man climbs it to the top. That is a story we all know.\r\nBut what if that's not what really happened.\r\n\r\nIn this little game you play Beanstalk, the real hero of the story.\r\nHelp sleepy Jack to reach the top safely.\r\n\r\nWarning: the game starts immedietly after you press the start button in the main menu. You will have to start spawning leaves right away in order to survive.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nMove mouse left or right to move Beanstalk left or right.\r\nLeft mouse button to grow a leaf on the left side, right button for the right side.\r\nJack can bounce on the leaves.\r\nYou only have limited Beanpower to create leaves. Help Jack collect beans to fill it up.\r\n\r\nCollect golden eggs to get points, avoid the rotten brown eggs.\r\nBirds are kind of weird, do whatever you like about them. Warning: on some machines they are not able to collide with the player for some reason we couldn't figure out yet.\r\n\r\nMade in Unreal Engine 4.\r\n3D-Models created in Blender.\r\nTextures created in Krita.\r\nSound Effects taken from the UE4 Kite demo.\r\nEgg collecting sound: BristolStories,\"Ping,\"Sound Effect.(freesound.org\/people\/BristolStories\/sounds\/51702\/)\u00a9 BY-NC 3.0,10\/5\/2015.\r\nMusic:\r\n-Kevin MacLeod: Hall of the Mountain King, Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries\r\n-Royaltyfreemusic.com: Morning Mood\r\n-Linh & Maria: Game Over Music\r\n\r\nTeam:\r\nJohannes: Programming, 3D Arts\r\nRebecca: Programming, 2D Arts\r\nJulia: Programming, FXs","title":"Beanstalk and the Jack"}