{"author_link":"\/author\/m-a-r-o-o-v-a-n\/","author_name":"M a r o o v a n","author_uid":"60701","comments":[{"author_name":"Mechamism","author_uid":"63733","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1450191720,"text":"Beautiful game. The story was very touching. Loved it!"},{"author_name":"NoWandStudios","author_uid":"50652","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1450194240,"text":"You've done a nice work with the mood. Music is beautiful"},{"author_name":"NuclearCellar","author_uid":"66283","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1450194300,"text":"I liked it. Mainly the aesthetic. Although controls seemed very convoluted to me,i guess theme takes its toll in Ludum Dare :)"},{"author_name":"A Flat Miner Studios","author_uid":"42150","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1450194360,"text":"Great take on the themes. I really liked the mood with the style and color choices, and I found that the controls were even better than having a third button for jump. Only question was about the blinky bars...were they supposed to hurt me? Either way, I liked just bouncing around exploring."},{"author_name":"blurryroots","author_uid":"15819","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1450194480,"text":"This was quite an experience. Very touching. Amazing how you managed to be so clever with the controls and even communicate through the game mechanics. Thank you for this ;)"},{"author_name":"Blobby101","author_uid":"5567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1450194540,"text":"Very nice! The graphics look lovely, and I could really see what you were going for with the story. With a bit of proof-reading (I guess English isn't your first language?) and some more level\/abilities it could be really great!"},{"author_name":"exhidor","author_uid":"64080","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1450194720,"text":"I really love the mood ! The sounds\/music works very well.\rThe story is good to follow !\rCongrats guys for the game you've done !"},{"author_name":"pk","author_uid":"46747","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1450195800,"text":"The obstacles did nothing, I passed right through them without taking damage.\r\rI also randomly took damage, as if I was running out of oxygen, it was as if my hitbox was in a different place from my character.\r\rAnd when I was looking for the last heart I got stuck in a ledge and couldn't progress.\r\r\rGreat art though and the 2button control scheme was impressively responsive."},{"author_name":"M a r o o v a n","author_uid":"60701","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1450199220,"text":"Damn, i thought i managed to fix the bag with obstacles.\rAnd when I play it seems okay. \rWhat about damage, lives, which flying above are running out as the time goes. Lives restores at home. But as you grow up, you live bar decreases slower and slower. I wanted to show that when you become infependent, you don't need any help at home.\rP.S: I'm very sorry for my bad English. I'm Russian and I wrote those sentences in the last moment. The really need to be fixed."},{"author_name":"Jeroenimoo0","author_uid":"9361","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1450212480,"text":"What a great mood and audio! The story was also great! The colored beams did not seem to hurt me however? And there was no Vsync so I had some tearing. Overall a great experience!"},{"author_name":"DesignerNap","author_uid":"21374","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1450213800,"text":"Played this to the end. Strong message and loved the mood. very nice."},{"author_name":"M a r o o v a n","author_uid":"60701","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1450219680,"text":"I uploaded other version on gamejolt. I didn't change nothing, only checked the collision with the lasers. Hope that now it would be working"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1450270740,"text":"Very soothing and poetic atmosphere! I like the somplicity of it, and the story behind it. You also made a great and clever use of the "two button controls" theme!"},{"author_name":"GogglesKitty","author_uid":"49663","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:34am","epoch":1450322940,"text":"Great art and a fantastic message I'm sure many people can relate to. Nice job."},{"author_name":"wooltech","author_uid":"46350","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1450358880,"text":"Well polished, the graphics are great and it was surprisingly easy to control with the two buttons for jumping."},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1450444500,"text":"Wow excellent game. The control are excellent, fluid. I think you did a great job of developing on top of the limitations of the theme. I really liked it."},{"author_name":"beetracks","author_uid":"62138","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1450531260,"text":"Nice game. Good graphics, the music fits perfectly. I missed sound effects. And I didn't understood what is with those hearts. I think the game might not be checking collision because the bright obstacles (I imagine they are obstacles) did nothing to my character. There is some text alignment issues here too. In my opinion, I I think it could have the option to press a button to advance the text. But the game is well done. Great mood!"},{"author_name":"equiposalchicha","author_uid":"64974","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1450531800,"text":"It was a great experience to play this game, it's beautiful, with lovely audio and art, and so the story -really moving!-. The controls were a bit confusing, but they're easy to get the catch of! Great entry!!"},{"author_name":"MoreRPG Team","author_uid":"50610","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1450632000,"text":"Good game, but a becomes frustrating when you have to jump of the walls."},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Dec 24, 2015 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1450977900,"text":"Wow, I call that theme usage CLEVER. Representing a kid as an astronaut is a great idea. Mood and audio are great too!\r\rThe only things you need to fix are death conditions: I couldn't die whatever I did."},{"author_name":"M a r o o v a n","author_uid":"60701","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 9:33am","epoch":1451208480,"text":"If collisions doesn't work, just run the game as ADMINISTRATOR!"},{"author_name":"Claire1605","author_uid":"33844","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1451333820,"text":"Lovely game, in particular the music, my only criticism would be that the length of time the text is displayed for could be shorter, amazing other than that though!"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1451337960,"text":"Loved the mood in this entry, controls were well implemented and I enjoyed the level design and unlocking mechanics. Overall great job!"},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1451410560,"text":"This game gives a very beautiful experience. The soothing atmosphere is very well-built. Good job on the level design. The blue and yellow bars didn't seem to make any damage on my health and the two button controls felt a little clunky and out of place but it was manageable. But apart from a few little polishes here and there, this game is close to perfect. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Gordy","author_uid":"65120","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1451412660,"text":"Nice music and story ... Pixel art is good too ;) <3 Love it ;)"},{"author_name":"RockhopperGames","author_uid":"46057","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1451745480,"text":"Excellent little piece! Charmingly simple graphics, and peaceful music to tie it together to a central theme.\r\rThere were a few bugs and issues I encountered though. First of all, it would be nice if there was a way to skip through the text. It sits on screen for much longer than I need to read it, which can be frustrating. I also encountered the lack of hit detection in my game too, so good luck for eventually pinning that down. The health bar also seems to be attached to your character, rather than the screen, so it floats out of view when your near the edge of the map. Finally, I'm not sure whether this is intentional, but you can skip the section beneath the double jump just by jumping against wall to climb up to it.\r\rNone of these issues were a deal breaker for me though, and this is still one of my favourite games I'm encountered so far in this Jam!"},{"author_name":"VitasaMode","author_uid":"63629","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1451843520,"text":"what a darling game. I loved the sense of progression and the message was touching as well despite the broken English at times. Great entry and I found it awesome that you were able to find time to focus on delivering a story."},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 2:13am","epoch":1451873280,"text":"Pro:\r+ Awesome concept\r+ Very fluid control (even though it gets confusing sometimes)\r+ Nice mood, graphics and audio\r+ Great take on theme\r\rExcellent work!"},{"author_name":"g12345","author_uid":"63136","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1451945100,"text":"The game basically becomes impossible to finish after you get the wall jump. It's probably possible to get back from there to the save point, but it's too hard for me. Those spinning blades are not fun.\r\rI like metroidvanias a lot, but this one I think it's too hard.\r\rBecause I can't vote on the Fun category on this game, this is (probably) the only game where my overall vote is lower than the average vote of the other categories."},{"author_name":"yuigoto","author_uid":"50909","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 12:56am","epoch":1451955060,"text":"Nice game! The concept is pretty nice too! :)\r\rGreat work on the graphics and the audio. It really helps set up a nice mood.\r\rI got stuck sometimes, though, after getting the higher jump, so I had to restart the game. :P"}],"images":["ld34\/60701-d851de824b38f0801d735b87b18e0958.jpg","ld34\/60701-550f2871a519e7975827c2b44f7e1ba1.jpg","ld34\/60701-04c9b2f9809f21c916336f21c9ec6f3a.jpg","ld34\/60701-86c37846827eec5fb50e799cc975cd0e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/lhky9094rz372ko\/H%20o%20m%20e%20w%20a%20r%20d%20s-Default-1.0.0.0.exe?dl=0","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5502","g_author":"60701","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5542","g_title":"Homewards","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"143","g_commentcount":"30","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\/60701-shot0-1450174132.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60701-shot1-1450144639.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60701-shot2-1450174192.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60701-shot3-1450144639.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I tried to create a simple Metroidvania, in which you are playing as a little cosmonaut on a small unknown planet. He is very young, but as he grow up - this little world becomes more and more approachable to him.\r\n\r\nSo I combined both themes:\r\n1)You only need to use two buttons (\"Z\" and \"B\") to play this game\r\n2)I was trying to connect growing process and level-up process and to think a little about, what does it actualy mean to be an adult.\r\n\r\nIt is very short, It won't take you more than 5-10 minutes.\r\nHope, that you will be able to play it without any problems \r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nZ - to move left\r\nB - to move right\r\nZ + B - to jump and make other actions\r\nEsc - to quit\r\n\r\nLink to the gamejolt \r\nhttp:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/homewards\/113935\r\n\r\nI know, it's dumb that you should instal this small game instead of running singletime executable. But it is the only way to make sure that collision in the game would work on your computer.\r\n\r\n\r\n","title":"Homewards"}