{"author_link":"\/author\/nidzakornjaca\/","author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","comments":[{"author_name":"AkirAssasin","author_uid":"38616","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1450135440,"text":"OSX version displays 'can't be opened'."},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:03am","epoch":1450141080,"text":"Thanks for the comment!\r<br\/>Permissions need to be set for the executable file using chmod."},{"author_name":"Ornicar","author_uid":"60601","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:48am","epoch":1450143780,"text":"Really peaceful and relaxing, thanks ! ^^"},{"author_name":"Zknet","author_uid":"25391","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:50am","epoch":1450143900,"text":"Fantastic! I loved the mood of the game... very peaceful."},{"author_name":"Suui","author_uid":"66156","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:58am","epoch":1450144380,"text":"Oh, nice is the word to describe it :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pretty relaxing, interesting concept, I enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"fede0d","author_uid":"52065","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:05am","epoch":1450144800,"text":"Very atmospheric, I liked it."},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:07am","epoch":1450148520,"text":"The droplet graphics make for a nice style, and the audio is very soothing. &quot;Fun&quot; is of course a bit lacking, but that's not what you were going for after all. Altogether a pleasant surprise for the first game I'm rating this LD."},{"author_name":"squarebridges","author_uid":"66208","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:10am","epoch":1450148700,"text":"This is beautiful!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Slight issue with the web version is that pressing down fades the screen to black (underneath what I assume is the credits, which are unreadable."},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:25am","epoch":1450171200,"text":"Thanks for the kind words!\r<br\/>@squarebridges: If by down you mean S - then I forgot to remove some early debug code so it might be interacting a bit fiddly with the rest of the game &gt;.&lt;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'll be reuploading a fixed build later today."},{"author_name":"bloomingbuds","author_uid":"56152","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:51am","epoch":1450172760,"text":"very nice use of colors, lovely music and sounds!"},{"author_name":"Neoludo","author_uid":"66300","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:52am","epoch":1450172820,"text":"Asides from a few glitches here and there with credits appearing randomly on the screen on top of themselves, this was a really nice, relaxing, meditative experience. One of the most relaxing games I've played in a long time... overall extremely pleasant. Thanks for the experience and beautiful poetry!"},{"author_name":"RadStar","author_uid":"46262","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:53am","epoch":1450172880,"text":"Wow I love this kind of contemplative games! The art, the poem and the music\/sound design are working very well together! Really good job!! :)"},{"author_name":"marod","author_uid":"62521","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:54am","epoch":1450172940,"text":"Very interesting game, but a little boring. Also I have problems to visualice the text, that overlaps with other text. Great game!"},{"author_name":"tyrants.not.found.team","author_uid":"66002","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:55am","epoch":1450173000,"text":"Perfect mood, perfect sound, fits the theme very well!\r<br\/>Not much else to comment, I think the game does perfectly what it set out to do :)\r<br\/>At most, it could've used more visual effects towards the end of the poem, perhaps more atmospherics or more blooming elements of the &quot;flower&quot; that keeps growing - more color or shapes :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very well done!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cheers,\r<br\/>Ionut(Tyrants.not.found team)"},{"author_name":"Remblej","author_uid":"17615","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:00am","epoch":1450173300,"text":"That loading though :)"},{"author_name":"DieBackStudios","author_uid":"62053","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:05am","epoch":1450173600,"text":"I thoroughly enjoyed the experience keep up the good work ,\r<br\/>18 works u did some work :P"},{"author_name":"inbetweengames","author_uid":"56968","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:10am","epoch":1450173900,"text":"This is so wonderful. I.. I got something in my eye."},{"author_name":"TomenLuca","author_uid":"66261","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:23am","epoch":1450178280,"text":"Great mood"},{"author_name":"fractalbear","author_uid":"64635","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1450183080,"text":"Beautiful, loved it, thank you :D"},{"author_name":"Baransu","author_uid":"61228","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1450183440,"text":"Nice game, but a little bit too short. He he he he"},{"author_name":"printhello","author_uid":"65076","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1450183560,"text":"Very nice"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1450185960,"text":"Pretty :) I really wish I could appreciate poetry, but alas!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Note on the gameplay, I wanted to move around and make the tree grow in all kinds of ways, but often I'd see the next pickup too late and not be able to reach it in time. So in the end I just sat back and let it grow straight up until pickups arrived."},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1450186380,"text":"@Warboys:\r<br\/>Theres a *secret* button. Don't tell anyone!"},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1450194840,"text":"Played on itch.io. no sound?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the pretty style, that's really interesting, but I feel like it can barely be called a &quot;game&quot;... I could just leave it running. The branches and the poem are pretty, but ultimately not interesting to me. Maybe it's just me. I didn't like Monument Valley too and it won like a million awards...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I feel like I couldn't make round shapes like the rest of the branches were - my lines were zig zaggy and that felt out of place.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would have liked to see a zoomed out view of my creation - I feel like that that would add a lot more to the creative aspect of this. To be creative and be recorded as such.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pretty thing :)"},{"author_name":"Sosolol261","author_uid":"55711","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1450195200,"text":"I looks very pretty :3"},{"author_name":"SiENcE","author_uid":"10298","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1450209000,"text":"Wonderfull relaxing! The theme is suberb fullfilled and writing a poem for an LD game is just great :) !"},{"author_name":"Diel Mormac","author_uid":"41935","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:01am","epoch":1450230960,"text":"This is a relaxing and reflexive game!\r<br\/>I loved the concept and I was really hypnotized by the sound!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for this awesome experience!"},{"author_name":"_HopFrog","author_uid":"64957","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1450245720,"text":"Lovely mood! I really really liked this one :)"},{"author_name":"blohod","author_uid":"61724","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1450305540,"text":"Very nice and relaxing, more of an experience than a game, I liked it. Played on a livestream at http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/meep706."},{"author_name":"BroCade","author_uid":"42427","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:55am","epoch":1450349400,"text":"Nice use of the theme and really relaxing."},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:09am","epoch":1450350240,"text":"Great mood !"},{"author_name":"cimbaman","author_uid":"60820","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 10:21am","epoch":1450692960,"text":"Read poetry, listen to relaxing music, and grow a tree while doing it.\r<br\/>This is game is perfect to play after a stressful day."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1451749200,"text":"What a lovely experience, really liked the mood and atmosphere."},{"author_name":"SinclairStrange","author_uid":"44332","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1451776140,"text":"Man, what a fantastic mood and atmosphere this gives off! Lovely stuff, so relaxing and interesting! :D"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1452008280,"text":"Really neat experience! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/DUttdjt5uB4"}],"images":["ld34\/56576-b9215206493c5bb1659a51c564024173.jpg","ld34\/56576-9359b11dfb011c7cb4554db926b08052.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/candleman.itch.io\/the-wild-flowers-song","text":"Itch.io"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the-wild-flower-s-song\/113842#close","text":"Gamejolt"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/e8gza55qiw5irgj\/AAC1ml5cc0wuF0qLkbNqaRsta?dl=0","text":"Dropbox (Old buggy build)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6222","g_author":"56576","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6320","g_title":"The Wild Flower's Song","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"196","g_commentcount":"35","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\/56576-shot0-1450131943.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/56576-shot1-1450131943.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"IMPORTANT\r\n---------\r\nOS X and Linux users need to set the file permissions for the file to be executable using chmod +x or chmod 755.\r\n\r\nUPDATE - FIXED (i hope) -\r\n---------------------------\r\nI've also been told the game is crash prone - I can't reproduce it on my machine, but it has happened to a few different people.\r\nUntil I fix it, a simple restart\/refresh should solve it.\r\n\r\nTurns out it wasn't an actual crash. I just managed to leave some debug code that would show the text on key input. Silly me <3 \r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY\r\n-----------\r\nA\/D or the Arrow Keys to move.\r\nCollect seeds to sprout branches.\r\nEscape to quit (desktop).\r\n\r\nDESCRIPTION\r\n-----------\r\nMade in less than 18 hours for #LD34.\r\n\r\nExplore the poetry of William Blake!\r\nThink Journey...\r\n\r\nBut made in 18 hours by one guy who may or may not know what he is doing.\r\n\r\nFeatures:\r\n\r\nSoothing minimalistic graphics\r\nSoothing ambiental music that dynamically changes\r\nThis poem:\r\nThe Wild Flower's Song\r\n\r\nAs I wander'd the forest, \r\nThe green leaves among, \r\nI heard a wild flower \r\nSinging a song. \r\n\r\nI slept in the Earth \r\nIn the silent night, \r\nI murmur'd my fears \r\nAnd I felt delight. \r\n\r\nIn the morning I went \r\nAs rosy as morn, \r\nTo seek for new joy; \r\nBut O! met with scorn.\r\n\r\nBoth links include Web, Windows, OS X and Linux builds.\r\nOS X and Linux untested - tell me whether it works or not please :)","title":"The Wild Flower's Song"}