{"author_link":"\/author\/azor1\/","author_name":"Azor1","author_uid":"64653","comments":[{"author_name":"Mithreindeir","author_uid":"61847","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:34am","epoch":1450067340,"text":"This was awesome"},{"author_name":"Mixer","author_uid":"16241","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:43am","epoch":1450067880,"text":"Hey, neat concept. I liked the idea of toggling direction, and the other key for jumping, however it made me confused at first. I reread description though and got it, not at all your fault, my fault :D One other thing though, was that the game was really slow, dunno if that was the 15 windows I have open, or whether it was just a slow moving player."},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1450072920,"text":"Boy those controls are awkward, but I blame the theme ^.^ Cute graphics. I would have liked if your guy could go faster."},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1450123260,"text":"Really cool game. Love the OG gameboy aesthetic, definitely took me back. Gameplay was very fun. Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"2011petia","author_uid":"53985","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1450123320,"text":"Simple, but awesome !!"},{"author_name":"Chubb1337","author_uid":"60288","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1450123320,"text":"I really like the 8-bit feel to it. Nice game, cool concept aswell. Could use some music, maybe try beepbox.com ;)"},{"author_name":"gmisail","author_uid":"46643","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1450123440,"text":"Seems like the game was kinda slow, and empty without at least sound effects. Overall, good game. I personally like the graphics too, basic as they may be"},{"author_name":"Azor1","author_uid":"64653","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1450124100,"text":"There should have been sound effects for jumping, collecting stars, ect.  What OS\/version of java were you using?"},{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","author_uid":"55226","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1450124940,"text":"Cool game, with great graphics!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, the game was a little bit too slow for me and the hitboxes on the spikes were way too large."},{"author_name":"ORECROS","author_uid":"60328","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1450129440,"text":"The low framerate hurts my eyes"},{"author_name":"Red_Fan games","author_uid":"47563","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1450129620,"text":"Little confusing at first , but when you get the hang of it it's awesome."},{"author_name":"Ben Allen","author_uid":"45512","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:04am","epoch":1450141140,"text":"Love it! I find it odd how you can change directions mid jump but I guess it makes sense and adds more depth."},{"author_name":"logorrhea","author_uid":"62642","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:05am","epoch":1450141200,"text":"Good use of the theme, and great job designing levels around your mechanics!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wasn't quite up the skill level to collect some of those blips over the spikes, but I can see how it could be done."},{"author_name":"InfinitySquaredGames","author_uid":"62353","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:06am","epoch":1450141260,"text":"Well done! the controls are difficult, but once I got used to it, it was much better. Congrats on a job well done."},{"author_name":"mrjorts","author_uid":"56525","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:06am","epoch":1450141260,"text":"This is fun, but it's very unforgiving to have lives in a game like this. I would have liked to keep playing, but not if I keep getting reset to the beginning. It would be nice to have some control over how high or long the jump is, since it can be quite tough to line up multiple jumps in a row."},{"author_name":"diest","author_uid":"64633","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:48am","epoch":1450154580,"text":"Sounds were really loud and it was real short. My only complaints!"},{"author_name":"SirSoltex","author_uid":"60916","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1450155060,"text":"great! the controls were a bit confusing at first"},{"author_name":"DieBackStudios","author_uid":"62053","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:00am","epoch":1450158900,"text":"Just Love super pixelated games :D"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:17am","epoch":1450159920,"text":"Great job for your first ludum dare! Some nice calm graphics. Although I think with music, it would be even cooler."},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:53am","epoch":1450162080,"text":"Minimalist and funny. However the controls seem to me a little bit weird and awkward. Maybe if the player could walk more quickly, it could be really enjoyable. Neat ++"},{"author_name":"zaniarm","author_uid":"65319","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:44am","epoch":1450165140,"text":"Awesome game!"},{"author_name":"x92rwzb","author_uid":"49792","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1450183440,"text":"Nice little platformer. You used direction really well. Jumps could have been less high. Also it could have been faster paced."},{"author_name":"TaylorAnderson","author_uid":"39104","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1450198560,"text":"i really liked the mechanic, i felt like the character movement was a little too slow."},{"author_name":"Simplest","author_uid":"26438","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1450206300,"text":"Love games with simple art, nice entry. The controls are a little strange but It was funny. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Bobsleigh","author_uid":"44126","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1450213980,"text":"Nice visual feel, but I find the controls tedious. I had more fun figuring them out in the menu than to control the caracter."},{"author_name":"Zeezgames","author_uid":"63931","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1450221720,"text":"Nice little game here :) i enjoyed playing and the tricky controls made it more fun to focus on what i was doing :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well Done!"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1450294560,"text":"Pretty good platformer, a bit slow for me but the goal was clear and the levels were pretty challenging."},{"author_name":"shadow64","author_uid":"35058","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 7:38am","epoch":1450596780,"text":"A good amount of gameplay out of the two buttons. I liked the dynamic of the jump being a known amount so that changing in midair made it really interesting. Thanks for sharing and I hope you keep working on it. :)"}],"images":["ld34\/64653-4fb539068ac2aff0dc85ac8399ff3d3d.jpg","ld34\/64653-0f8971835a18e7b675d785d581121d8e.jpg","ld34\/64653-9284a5d20cf42b84ee26ee719fd66522.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/3d6.itch.io\/pits-of-mazow","text":"Java (Cross platform)"},{"url":"http:\/\/3d6.itch.io\/pits-of-mazow","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5726","g_author":"64653","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5746","g_title":"The Pits of Mazow","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"510","g_commentcount":"28","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\/64653-shot0-1450054879.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/64653-shot1-1450054879.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/64653-shot2-1450054879.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my first Ludum Dare.  The theme I was following was 2-Button control.  The theme inspired me to make the game very old-school in aesthetics.\r\n\r\nI only ended up getting 2 short levels finished, but I'm happy with the completed game engine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nControls can be changed in the options menu.\r\n\r\nNext Menu Item\/Turn around - Down\r\n\r\nSelect Menu Item\/Jump - Right","title":"The Pits of Mazow"}