{"author_link":"\/users\/kanonix","author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","comments":[{"author_name":"NachtWitch","author_uid":"1160934","time":"2019-10-07T00:50:35Z","epoch":1570409435,"modified":1570409435,"text":"love the graphics and communication","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T05:51:14Z","epoch":1570427474,"modified":1570427474,"text":"@nachtwitch Aha thank you ! I had fun writing them :)\nAnd am not an artist at first, so doing the graphics took most of my time ^^","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ROBOWARRIOR1982","author_uid":"1082891","time":"2019-10-07T06:11:44Z","epoch":1570428704,"modified":1570428704,"text":"A very good idea, the game is addictive and it have a good ambiant ! i like the \"fight phase\" (and his sound effect). Congratulation !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T06:24:31Z","epoch":1570429471,"modified":1570429471,"text":"@robowarrior1982 Aha thank you ! I had a lot of fun making them :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"0xkalle","author_uid":"1160956","time":"2019-10-07T06:42:23Z","epoch":1570430543,"modified":1570430543,"text":"I love the anti fans :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T08:16:45Z","epoch":1570436205,"modified":1570436205,"text":"@0xkalle Thank you ! When I had this idea I was like \"Oh my god this is so cool\" :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"W0lfEnstein","author_uid":"1162899","time":"2019-10-07T09:27:18Z","epoch":1570440438,"modified":1570440438,"text":"Funny experience and sweet music :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T09:59:01Z","epoch":1570442341,"modified":1570442341,"text":"@w0lfenstein It stays in your head for a while after that, right ? ;)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hcursino","author_uid":"1164573","time":"2019-10-07T10:48:06Z","epoch":1570445286,"modified":1570445286,"text":"Oh no, that song will be stuck in my head for days now hahahaha I love all the hazards you managed to add to increase the challenge, very creative. Good job.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T10:49:29Z","epoch":1570445369,"modified":1570445379,"text":"@hcursino Thanks a lot for this kind feedback ! I took some time writing down the GDD before actually making the game :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"coachsisyphus","author_uid":"1075988","time":"2019-10-07T11:03:20Z","epoch":1570446200,"modified":1570446200,"text":"I intend to steal an android device to play this; looks awesome!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T11:53:13Z","epoch":1570449193,"modified":1570449193,"text":"@coachsisyphus Ahaha go ahead ! I really did my best to make the game experience as smooth as possible. In theory, there isn't much bugs or whatever. + I worked hard on a difficulty progression algorythm to give you a possible long run experience if you're quite good with rythm games :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"J0ye","author_uid":"1093337","time":"2019-10-07T12:16:34Z","epoch":1570450594,"modified":1570450594,"text":"That was awesome. The gameplay loop is a lot of fun. Particularly on short breaks. Extra points for making it an app. Now I always have the game with me.\n![face.png](\/\/\/raw\/99c\/61\/z\/26fca.png)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"blint6","author_uid":"1161725","time":"2019-10-07T12:19:09Z","epoch":1570450749,"modified":1570450749,"text":"I love music games :) I've been completely fine with the graphics but I just didn't find much how the rythm had to be followed. For me it was more a _tap things on the right spot_ rather than _tap in rythm_ experience. Last criticism would go to where notes should be tapped: it wasn't convenient (for me) to tap on the left, I would have preferred tapping at the bottom of the screen or both left and right (for both my thumbs!)\n\nBut overall it does look and feel like a finished game, which is awesome. Good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T12:37:24Z","epoch":1570451844,"modified":1570451844,"text":"@j0ye Aha I love to know that somebody in this world will carry on playing the game, though you have to know that there are some of my ideas that I didn't put in this game yet ! Maybe it will come out one day :)\n\n@blint6 Very nice criticism, thanks a lot for this ! I agree that it's more of a typing game, though the rythm to follow was the different parameters from the notes : Speed, instance speed, \"wave\" degree, ...\nMaybe the term rythm was inappropriate. Thanks again for this kind feedback !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hajden","author_uid":"1162954","time":"2019-10-07T12:53:23Z","epoch":1570452803,"modified":1570452803,"text":"Thanks for the ear worm, I'll keep whistling this through out the day. The mentor is very fun, gave me a few good chuckles.\n\nIt seemed too easy at first, but it picks up, though I do find the progression a bit slow.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T13:11:25Z","epoch":1570453885,"modified":1570453885,"text":"@hajden Yeah I had a hard time balancing it, though I worked on the difficulty progression algorythm for about 5 hours :D \nIf the game pleases to a lot of people (like it seems to be the case) I'll take time to rework it a bit ^^","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DragonsBeardGames","author_uid":1171077,"time":"2019-10-07T14:53:40Z","epoch":1570460020,"modified":1570460020,"text":"Very fun game, amazing music, 10\/10","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kristinamay","author_uid":"1127442","time":"2019-10-07T15:34:26Z","epoch":1570462466,"modified":1570462466,"text":"This was so fun! At first I was like, \"oh this is so easy, whatever\" but you kept introducing mechanics that made it tougher and tougher. I share the criticism about rhythm not really feeling... rhythmic? but I loved the mean fan \"bosses\" and the bombs were a nice touch. I was surprised to lose though, I didn't realize that I'd lose when I still had like 6 fans left. Also, sometimes the music note would be to the left of the staff when the staff moved right for a boss, and I missed the note through no fault of my own.\n\nAll that to say, this is really great! Does it have an end that I wasn't good enough to get to? :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Webus","author_uid":"1114013","time":"2019-10-07T15:55:20Z","epoch":1570463720,"modified":1570463720,"text":"WOW) Great)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T16:12:40Z","epoch":1570464760,"modified":1570464810,"text":"@kristinamay Hey thanks a lot for your kind feedback ! The reason why you lost is because as you progress through the level, the fans become more and more demanding. By this manner, failing a note causes you to loose more and more fans at once. So at a certain point you can loose 6 fans by missing only one note : That may explain why you lost ^^\nMoreover, you can't win the game, it's an endless runner. However I must admit that there is some mechanics that I didn't have time to implement, but it will come in a future version probably :)\nFinally, I know the issue about the line moving and causing the player to loose points no matter what. This is a design question that I didn't have time to fix, but I'll probably look into it since everyone is enjoying the game, I might polish it and release it, I'll see :)\n\n@webus Fast and simple ! Thanks a lot mate !","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kirbloid","author_uid":"1143900","time":"2019-10-07T16:25:43Z","epoch":1570465543,"modified":1570465543,"text":"Worthwhile to get it running on the android and a great idea for future jams. Being about a bard the music was going to need to be stellar and you nailed it. A lot to check out in one game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T17:03:33Z","epoch":1570467813,"modified":1570467813,"text":"@kirbloid Oooooh that's such a nice comment :O Thank you very much kind sir ! (Or ma'am, dunno :D )","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Skalex","author_uid":"1143387","time":"2019-10-07T20:32:06Z","epoch":1570480326,"modified":1570480326,"text":"Nice game! Now i can play it whenever I want. I like the song btw but maybe improve the graphics.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T20:48:11Z","epoch":1570481291,"modified":1570481291,"text":"@skalex  Aha yeah I may do that. I'm not an artist in the first place and it was clearly the hardest part for me. So much time for such little things :( But thanks a lot for feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed the game !","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Skalex","author_uid":"1143387","time":"2019-10-07T20:54:21Z","epoch":1570481661,"modified":1570481661,"text":"@kanonix don't worry i'm not an artist either!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ktao","author_uid":1144062,"time":"2019-10-07T21:14:55Z","epoch":1570482895,"modified":1570482895,"text":"Pretty fun! I really like the main tune. While it's pretty unforgiving if you mess up a note I still like the gameplay. Good job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kruemelkeksfan","author_uid":"1012370","time":"2019-10-07T21:37:04Z","epoch":1570484224,"modified":1570484224,"text":"Does not work on Lineage OS :\/\n(\"There was a problem while parsing the package\" after tapping the APK to install)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-07T21:42:41Z","epoch":1570484561,"modified":1570484578,"text":"@ktao it's unforgiving if you're playing for quite some time ^^ the difficulty is progressive, you loose more points if you fail late in the stage. I'm glad you loved the game beside that point :D \n\n@kruemelkeksfan Oh I couldn't check that, I only have an Android so I could not run tests on other devices, really sorry :(","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kruemelkeksfan","author_uid":"1012370","time":"2019-10-07T22:18:14Z","epoch":1570486694,"modified":1570486694,"text":"@kanonix Apologies accepted, sry that I can't test :(","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"simXple","author_uid":"1167064","time":"2019-10-07T23:19:14Z","epoch":1570490354,"modified":1570490354,"text":"Great take on the theme, the melody will be in my head for ever lol xD","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Eifersuuucht","author_uid":1160906,"time":"2019-10-08T08:48:46Z","epoch":1570524526,"modified":1570524527,"text":"Cool idea, and fascinating music. Good game for Google play)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"BOOtak","author_uid":"1109456","time":"2019-10-08T08:57:39Z","epoch":1570525059,"modified":1570525059,"text":"I love it! Som simple and nice! Made me laugh when haters turned into a fans!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-08T09:26:25Z","epoch":1570526785,"modified":1570526785,"text":"@simxple Aha thanks for the kind comment ! The melody is done so it stays in your head :D Glad that it works, I didn't want to be the only one !\n\n@eifersuuucht  Thank you ! With all the comments, maybe I'll finish it, I still didn't decide yet :)\n\n@bootak Aha thanks ! I kind of laughed too when I made the animations :D Quite hard for me since am not an artist, but very entertaining !","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PurpledArtFrog","author_uid":"1097367","time":"2019-10-08T10:13:47Z","epoch":1570529627,"modified":1570529627,"text":"Actually considering if I should do an Android game for LD46.... let's see how it goes...\nIs it difficult to get to the 20 rating mark?\n\nGreat entry - congrats on the achievement :thumbsup_tone1: \n\n:purple_heart: :dart: :frog: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Igoreshka","author_uid":"1132767","time":"2019-10-08T10:37:59Z","epoch":1570531079,"modified":1570531079,"text":"@purpledartfrog, challenge accepted :smile: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Igoreshka","author_uid":"1132767","time":"2019-10-08T10:39:04Z","epoch":1570531144,"modified":1570531157,"text":"Good gameplay and programmer-art :wink: ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PurpledArtFrog","author_uid":"1097367","time":"2019-10-08T10:43:06Z","epoch":1570531386,"modified":1570531386,"text":"Actually do have a game om Google Play.. so know the process :rofl: @igoreshka \n\n:purple_heart: :dart: :frog: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-08T10:58:35Z","epoch":1570532315,"modified":1570532340,"text":"@purpledartfrog well I worked very hard for this jam, as you might have understood I was alone for this project ! After all, every game requires more or less work, but if you want to know how I achieved this, then let me tell you that I used Unity for the Engine, it provides nice tools to help export to apk file :)\n\nBut other than that, getting the 20 ratings required me to try a lot of Games. It's my first Time at Ludum Dare so I wanted to get things done right ! :)\n\n@igoreshka thank you for the kind comment ^^","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"benjames171","author_uid":1164514,"time":"2019-10-08T11:10:14Z","epoch":1570533014,"modified":1570533014,"text":"Liking the simple, brightly coloured graphics sounds great as well but quite hard, I found. Good job, all round.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Igoreshka","author_uid":"1132767","time":"2019-10-08T11:14:54Z","epoch":1570533294,"modified":1570533294,"text":"@kanonix, try [Godot engine](https:\/\/godotengine.org\/) too) Solo-develop is easier with it I think.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-08T11:17:32Z","epoch":1570533452,"modified":1570533452,"text":"@benjames171 thank you :) You're the first one to Say it's hard, others tend to say it's easy at the beginning before getting harder, which was my intention ^^\n\n@igoreshka I'll definitely try Godot ! But I work on Unity since 5 years now so am pretty fine with it :) And pretty effective apparently :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Vaibho","author_uid":"1173330","time":"2019-10-08T17:09:42Z","epoch":1570554582,"modified":1570554582,"text":"The audio was awesome and the game was simple but enjoying. The game made me feel that I have a good knowledge of music which I don't. The graphics were nice and simple. The audio was relaxing and I liked and enjoyed it. Nice work.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-08T17:40:31Z","epoch":1570556431,"modified":1570556431,"text":"@vaibho thanks a lot for this kind comment :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Vaibho","author_uid":"1173330","time":"2019-10-08T17:47:37Z","epoch":1570556857,"modified":1570556857,"text":"@kanonix Btw, its my first game jam too and I am also a solo developer making games with Unity. Are you enjoying the jam? because I got to learn many things in this jam and am enjoying it.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-08T17:54:40Z","epoch":1570557280,"modified":1570557280,"text":"@vaibho oh this is not my first jam, only my first Ludum Dare :)\nBut yeah of course I enjoyed it, I love the mood of participants around h\u00e8re, it Can Do us only good !","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Vaibho","author_uid":"1173330","time":"2019-10-08T18:02:11Z","epoch":1570557731,"modified":1570557731,"text":"@kanonix Yes, it is really awesome to play others games and share feedbacks and improve.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Esben Jensen","author_uid":"1139954","time":"2019-10-08T21:46:44Z","epoch":1570571204,"modified":1570571204,"text":"What a catchy tune. :) The sound effects are also really nice. It took me a while to figure out what to do, but when I did I thought it was fun. Great graphics too. I think I'll keep it on my phone for a while. At first I thought it was an odd choice to release as an apk, but it is a very suitable mobile game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Brallex","author_uid":"1049868","time":"2019-10-09T04:26:38Z","epoch":1570595198,"modified":1570595198,"text":"Haha cute little game:)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-09T06:39:58Z","epoch":1570603198,"modified":1570603198,"text":"@esben-jensen  Aha thanks a lot for this kind comment ! To be honest it's my first Ludum Dare and when I saw that a lot of games were in WebGl, I was like \"Oh my God I hope people would still want to try my game\" and yeah, they did ! But yeah, it was definitely an Android game. I made a PC Build too but it was clearly not as fun so I decided not to show it :)\n\n@brallex  Thank you ^^ It may be a little game but I worked really hard and didn't sleep a lot :p ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Furano","author_uid":1167588,"time":"2019-10-09T10:02:08Z","epoch":1570615328,"modified":1570615328,"text":"Impressive for a first entry!\n\nI like your music ^^\n\nI just have a question : is the black bars where you're supposed to tap intended or is the graphic bugging on my device (since it look totally different than the art style of everything else)?\n![Screenshot_20191009_120018.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/4ae\/82\/z\/2915a.jpg)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-09T11:40:14Z","epoch":1570621214,"modified":1570621214,"text":"@furano  it's where you're supposed to tap ^^ I must admit that I didn't really know how to represent them. I wanted to make them look like musics strings ^^ I'll probably update it :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"WhoMakeWorse","author_uid":"1132262","time":"2019-10-09T12:41:13Z","epoch":1570624873,"modified":1570624873,"text":"Good little game","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"WhatNameGames","author_uid":"1173556","time":"2019-10-09T16:13:30Z","epoch":1570637610,"modified":1570637610,"text":"Has an impressive amount of replayability in short bursts, and nice audio, the art is cute too.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kanonix","author_uid":"1166448","time":"2019-10-09T16:17:17Z","epoch":1570637837,"modified":1570637837,"text":"@whatnamegames Thanks ! I worked a lot on replayability :) I appreciate that comment ^^","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Solah","author_uid":"1033249","time":"2019-10-12T07:34:07Z","epoch":1570865647,"modified":1570865647,"text":"Very good game! The music is good, graphics are great, the soud design is really fun. Great entry!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"1003692","time":"2019-10-12T14:18:15Z","epoch":1570889895,"modified":1570889895,"text":"really well made\ni love art style, music  and UI design , good job !","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld45\/166451-7765c8acc91219fd9e4cd95d9e1330c3.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/kanonix.itch.io\/bard-journey","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/kanonix.itch.io\/bard-journey","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"55004","g_author":"1166448","g_event":"LD45","g_eventkey":"78","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"261872","g_title":"A bard's Journey","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"293","g_commentcount":"57","g_site2_node_id":"166451","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"166451","n_urlkey":"261872","n_parent":"159347","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/a-bards-journey","n_slug":"a-bards-journey","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"166448","n_created":"1570191881","n_modified":"1571124092","n_version":"530113","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":166451,"parent":159347,"superparent":9,"author":166448,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2019-10-06T15:28:32Z","created":"2019-10-04T12:24:41Z","modified":"2019-10-15T07:21:32Z","version":530113,"slug":"a-bards-journey","name":"A bard's Journey","body":"A Bard's Journey mixes Typing Game with RPG elements.\nPlay as a Bard during his initiatory trip to become a professional.\n\nFollow the rythm and convince people to be fan of your music !\n\nYou'll find music sheets on your way. Collect them to master your music and make it even more convincing !\n\n\nThis game was done in less than 48h for the Ludum Dare 45.\n\n\nAdditional Informations : \n- This game is an APK file, so it's for ANDROID only.\n- Some features that I really wanted to add are missing because of the time, but the main mechanics are here.\n\n\nI hope you'll enjoy playing the game as much as I enjoyed making it !\n\n![GameTitle.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26333.png)\n\n![GameScreenEnemies.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26334.png)\n\n![TutoScreen.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26336.png)","meta":{"author":[166448],"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/03a\/82\/z\/25ee0.png","link-01":"https:\/\/kanonix.itch.io\/bard-journey","link-01-tag":[42342],"link-02":"https:\/\/kanonix.itch.io\/bard-journey","link-02-tag":[42332]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/a-bards-journey","parents":[1,5,9,159347],"love":0,"notes":57,"notes-timestamp":"2019-10-12T14:18:15Z","grade":{"grade-01":63,"grade-02":63,"grade-03":62,"grade-04":62,"grade-05":63,"grade-06":63,"grade-07":59,"grade-08":59},"magic":{"grade":61.75,"given":41.75,"feedback":91,"smart":17.449846330943,"cool":82.900108465183,"grade-01-average":3.303,"grade-01-result":293,"grade-02-average":3.262,"grade-02-result":227,"grade-03-average":3.117,"grade-03-result":292,"grade-04-average":2.708,"grade-04-result":439,"grade-05-average":3.016,"grade-05-result":338,"grade-06-average":3.402,"grade-06-result":145,"grade-07-average":3.246,"grade-07-result":96,"grade-08-average":3.254,"grade-08-result":207}},"text":"A Bard's Journey mixes Typing Game with RPG elements.\nPlay as a Bard during his initiatory trip to become a professional.\n\nFollow the rythm and convince people to be fan of your music !\n\nYou'll find music sheets on your way. Collect them to master your music and make it even more convincing !\n\n\nThis game was done in less than 48h for the Ludum Dare 45.\n\n\nAdditional Informations : \n- This game is an APK file, so it's for ANDROID only.\n- Some features that I really wanted to add are missing because of the time, but the main mechanics are here.\n\n\nI hope you'll enjoy playing the game as much as I enjoyed making it !\n\n![GameTitle.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26333.png)\n\n![GameScreenEnemies.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26334.png)\n\n![TutoScreen.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/03a\/82\/z\/26336.png)","title":"A bard's Journey"}