{"author_link":"\/users\/jordgubben","author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","comments":[{"author_name":"Yvanor","author_uid":"1000658","time":"2020-04-20T22:14:48Z","epoch":1587420888,"modified":1587420888,"text":"A clever use of the theme ! It was a nice experience, thanks.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sotsnut","author_uid":1153348,"time":"2020-04-23T18:15:08Z","epoch":1587665708,"modified":1587665708,"text":"@yvanor Thank you for playing and commenting! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sode","author_uid":"1073620","time":"2020-04-24T05:59:30Z","epoch":1587707970,"modified":1587707970,"text":"Hi nice name u have on itch.io the game is kind of like a big autoscroller so some interractivity could be nice. Ha en bra dag.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"BluShine","author_uid":"1006074","time":"2020-04-24T06:29:27Z","epoch":1587709767,"modified":1587709767,"text":"I met a friendly penguin, but nobody else seemed interesting in staying. Every time my fire got more than 2 or 3 sparks, it seemed to burn faster than I could put logs on. I saw lots of stuff happening in the text log, but I wish it was a bit easier to actually see the other visitors. Reminded me a bit of Neko Atsume. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Oune","author_uid":"1053069","time":"2020-04-25T13:02:40Z","epoch":1587819760,"modified":1587819760,"text":"Interesting take on the theme. I enjoyed the experience :smiley: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dankar","author_uid":"1000475","time":"2020-04-25T13:08:30Z","epoch":1587820110,"modified":1587820110,"text":"Very relaxing game :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","time":"2020-04-25T13:09:08Z","epoch":1587820148,"modified":1587820148,"text":"Thanks @oune.\n\n@blushine Atsume was one of our main inspirations. It might take a while to get the fire going. The penguin likes lower temperature than the other creatures.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"congusbongus","author_uid":"1002764","time":"2020-04-25T13:27:09Z","epoch":1587821229,"modified":1587821229,"text":"Very relaxing! I think with improved graphics this works nicely as a screensaver","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PicusBGames","author_uid":1186122,"time":"2020-04-25T13:57:46Z","epoch":1587823066,"modified":1587823066,"text":"@sotsnut @jordgubben Very interesting interactive experience :) Took your advice and let it run while I worked on some course material (fortunately I do enjoy the sound of fire crackling, nicely done there!). Had some people pass and some stay, but mostly I just let it go and interacted with the fire now and then :) Nice little experience, thank you :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Gaming Night","author_uid":"1051279","time":"2020-04-25T14:09:11Z","epoch":1587823751,"modified":1587823751,"text":"Very relaxing game, maybe a little too much. Good experience, thank you","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","time":"2020-04-25T15:11:50Z","epoch":1587827510,"modified":1587827510,"text":"@gaming-night You can never be to relaxed.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","time":"2020-04-25T15:13:18Z","epoch":1587827598,"modified":1587827598,"text":"@picusbgames Sounds like you're playing exactly as intended. Creatures come and go. That's just how they are.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"marcusnystrand","author_uid":"1196098","time":"2020-04-25T15:21:21Z","epoch":1587828081,"modified":1587828081,"text":"I LOVE idle games, and this one is no exception. Reminds me of A Dark Room which is also a good idle game.\n\nI like that the audio gets more intense together with the fire. Nice touch\n\nThis is brave yet solid entry for this jam, well done!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OndraSej","author_uid":"1008380","time":"2020-04-25T15:46:14Z","epoch":1587829574,"modified":1587829574,"text":"This was a bit too meditative for me. I was falling asleep and my fire kept dying off... Otherwise, an interesting take on the theme.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ava Skoog","author_uid":"1000196","time":"2020-04-25T21:49:44Z","epoch":1587851384,"modified":1587851384,"text":"Sniff-sniff!\n\nLooks like we had basically the same idea. \ud83e\udd29 Of course you managed to add what I did not end up having time for: visitors! \ud83d\udc9c\n\nEnded up not doing anything to the side but just focussing on this and having a nice moment with the cosy audio and an interest in seeing who the next one to come by would be. Very nice and relaxing~\u00a0\n\nSome serious Moomin vibes, especially given the name and the ghostly figure showing up by the fire! \ud83d\ude0d Makes the cute pencil art a very good fit.\n\nAudio is obviously important here and it was great. Love the animal sounds! My only complaint would be the silence between every loop of the fire clip.\n\nAlso I was getting increasingly *stoked* (pun not intended but I'm rolling with it!) to see if anything would happen once the fire reached full intensity but I guess the answer is no? c:\n\nLovely forest excursion! \ud83d\udd25\n\nSnurf!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","time":"2020-04-26T17:51:00Z","epoch":1587923460,"modified":1587923460,"text":"@ava-skoog Yes, the are alike arn't they? But then again, after playing a lot of your entries over the years, I'm of the impression that have an at least slightly similar mindset when it comes to game design.\n\nThe \"Moomin-ness\" is most intentional. Just hope Tove Janson would see this as a compliment (and not copyright infriegment \ud83e\udd2d).","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"1003904","time":"2020-04-26T17:54:57Z","epoch":1587923697,"modified":1587923877,"text":"Thank you for mentioning 'A Dark Room', @marcusnystrand. It's a game I've played quite a bit and it was one of out two main sources of inspirations; The other beeing 'Neko Atsume', just like @blushine noted.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Laura del Pino","author_uid":"1006762","time":"2020-04-30T18:07:06Z","epoch":1588270026,"modified":1588270026,"text":"Hi! \nIt's a really good entry, relaxing but I miss something like fade out of te narrative text with the time so you don't keep a huge \"I stroke the flame....\" several times at the right.\ngood job! Congratulations!!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"silkworm_sweatshop","author_uid":"1005318","time":"2020-05-09T16:37:43Z","epoch":1589042263,"modified":1589042263,"text":"I like that there is kind of a goal but not really with the intensity bar. It definitely kept me playing longer seeing if I could fill the bar up (which I did, and then I just let it go back down again). Past a certain point it seemed to hot for most knytt and most of them just passed by. I got the same 3 encounters on the way up as I did down. I did notice more names of bypassers but I don't know if they ever join in as well. Nice and relaxing!   ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Anuradha","author_uid":1159670,"time":"2020-05-10T11:19:05Z","epoch":1589109545,"modified":1589109545,"text":"Initially it reminded me of A Dark Room, which is a game I really love playing. However, it kind of never took off. I'm not a huge fan of games that are as relaxed as this, but this one seems to be well made! Adding a couple more events that happen, and making the text scrollable, would improve the game overall. Stoking the fire also felt a little unbalanced, but not by much. The atmosphere in the game was fantastic, and this is a really good submission :smile: ","likes":2,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/196951-967bd6e445f422146a56efd500ddb0b1.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/jordgubben.itch.io\/knyttskogen","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"56431","g_author":"1003904","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"264690","g_title":"Knyttskogen","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"2180","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"196951","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"196951","n_urlkey":"264690","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/knyttskogen","n_slug":"knyttskogen","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"3904","n_created":"1587235930","n_modified":"1587409734","n_version":"588569","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":196951,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":3904,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-20T13:13:48Z","created":"2020-04-18T18:52:10Z","modified":"2020-04-20T19:08:54Z","version":588569,"slug":"knyttskogen","name":"Knyttskogen","body":"Sit down. Rest your weary soul. Keep an eye on the fireplace. Come and go, do something else, come back; perhaps you will have a visitor or two.","meta":{"author":[3904,153348],"link-01-tag":[42336],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/04f\/z\/2d639.png","link-01":"https:\/\/jordgubben.itch.io\/knyttskogen"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/knyttskogen","parents":[1,5,9,176557],"love":0,"notes":20,"notes-timestamp":"2020-05-10T11:19:05Z","grade":{"grade-01":26,"grade-02":26,"grade-03":26,"grade-04":26,"grade-05":26,"grade-06":25,"grade-07":23,"grade-08":26},"magic":{"grade":25.5,"given":42,"feedback":25,"smart":2.8441689009303,"cool":130.9307341416,"grade-01-average":3,"grade-01-result":2180,"grade-02-average":2.146,"grade-02-result":2505,"grade-03-average":3.063,"grade-03-result":1656,"grade-04-average":3.729,"grade-04-result":1064,"grade-05-average":3,"grade-05-result":1927,"grade-06-average":3.065,"grade-06-result":1203,"grade-07-average":2.286,"grade-07-result":1787,"grade-08-average":3.438,"grade-08-result":1144}},"text":"Sit down. Rest your weary soul. Keep an eye on the fireplace. Come and go, do something else, come back; perhaps you will have a visitor or two.","title":"Knyttskogen"}