{"author_link":"\/users\/jpiolho","author_name":"JPiolho","author_uid":"1016765","comments":[{"author_name":"Drioniso","author_uid":"1040243","time":"2020-04-20T21:58:44Z","epoch":1587419924,"modified":1587419924,"text":"I like the concept. And i love that you must explore for do and make stuff. Also love the surprise of every time you go back home","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Alex Davies","author_uid":"1051598","time":"2020-04-20T21:59:34Z","epoch":1587419974,"modified":1587419974,"text":"Not so much 'keep it alive', as 'bring it back to life', but a fun game nonetheless! Very polished and simple game play loop done well. My only criticism is that the grid-based movement feels a bit strange at first; almost floaty.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hackschnitzel","author_uid":"1014967","time":"2020-04-20T21:59:55Z","epoch":1587419995,"modified":1587419995,"text":"At first I thought \"a bit gray\" - but yes - it looks nice and is different to the other islands I saw in the game section! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Louis hayes greenwood","author_uid":"1055231","time":"2020-04-20T22:00:15Z","epoch":1587420015,"modified":1587420015,"text":"Loved the feels well done guys! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MemoGaming","author_uid":"1182653","time":"2020-04-20T22:02:53Z","epoch":1587420173,"modified":1587420173,"text":"Very Pretty game :O","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Wikers","author_uid":"1093228","time":"2020-04-20T22:03:40Z","epoch":1587420220,"modified":1587420220,"text":"nice concept, very good art and sound, Good Job","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"doodlebrisk","author_uid":"1006160","time":"2020-04-20T22:04:58Z","epoch":1587420298,"modified":1587420298,"text":"Cool game. I had a hard time figuring out how to switch my item, and I kept accidentally exiting from the \"pause\" menu.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Panagiotis Iatrou","author_uid":"1088362","time":"2020-04-20T22:05:05Z","epoch":1587420305,"modified":1587420305,"text":"Very nice. Got too greedy and didn't return in time :(","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Mika la Grand","author_uid":"1117954","time":"2020-04-20T22:05:59Z","epoch":1587420359,"modified":1587420359,"text":"The art and music are nice, but I don't know how to cut down trees. Where do I get an axe? Also, the controls are not mentioned anywhere. WASD to move is easy to pick up, but I can't figure out the rest of the controls.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Mark Kelly","author_uid":"1189292","time":"2020-04-20T22:06:09Z","epoch":1587420369,"modified":1587420369,"text":"Beautiful pixel art and music!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheQiwiBoy","author_uid":"1184821","time":"2020-04-20T22:06:14Z","epoch":1587420374,"modified":1587420374,"text":"I really liked the game, but couldn't figure out how to equip the different tools I found. Next time you should probably put a tutorial or in the description, a list of the buttons\/action you can take.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Elbapotsnugg","author_uid":"1171759","time":"2020-04-20T22:06:29Z","epoch":1587420389,"modified":1587420389,"text":"Love the music and the artwork! The controls seem to stick a little bit when moving in a direction. Enjoyed how the island gets progressively move vibrant! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"curleyrach","author_uid":"1198770","time":"2020-04-20T22:07:56Z","epoch":1587420476,"modified":1587420476,"text":"Really like the art and music! Cool concept and game runs smoothly. Nice job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"murpyh","author_uid":"1198409","time":"2020-04-20T22:08:32Z","epoch":1587420512,"modified":1587420512,"text":"The music and graphics are great, but the gameplay feels incomplete. This would be great with post-jam work done on it :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"hulien22","author_uid":"1180941","time":"2020-04-20T22:11:21Z","epoch":1587420681,"modified":1587420681,"text":"Really nice and cute game! I really enjoyed the graphics and watching the island slowly start to gain colour - the music changes as the days progress is a really nice touch as well! \n\nIt took me a while to figure out you had to place the seeds in the big boxes, and I also couldn't find a way to switch between my items (the only way I could do it was by using my mouse to switch them around?).\n \nAll in all, I enjoyed the game, and I think it has a lot of potential if you ever feel like adding more to it - Great work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Team Watt","author_uid":"1179808","time":"2020-04-20T22:15:19Z","epoch":1587420919,"modified":1587420919,"text":"Really amazing game! The atmosphere was well-crafted.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Chocolat-Endive","author_uid":"1104308","time":"2020-04-20T22:20:11Z","epoch":1587421211,"modified":1587421211,"text":"It's lovely and peacefull! Love the mood, the music, etc. It's quite hard to figure out how to plant seeds but once you know it, it's nice! Really a nice entry, I liked it.\n\nAn in-game helper when you pick up your second tool could be helpful to remind how to switch between tools. I had to restart the game to read the tutorial again.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SamuelDeboni","author_uid":"1081557","time":"2020-04-20T22:23:02Z","epoch":1587421382,"modified":1587421382,"text":"I has a good idea, great graphics, but the controls are a bit janky","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Varga","author_uid":"1201662","time":"2020-04-21T09:17:13Z","epoch":1587460633,"modified":1587460633,"text":"I love this game! The atmosphere it creates is soothing and makes you want to stay in it.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Niwol","author_uid":"1186885","time":"2020-04-21T10:45:48Z","epoch":1587465948,"modified":1587465948,"text":"Cool game, nice idea, i like the fact that the viligers wake up after some days, it gives a feeling of progrssion.\nIt is realy a cool and complete game with some nice music.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JoGodfrey","author_uid":"1183849","time":"2020-04-21T16:51:21Z","epoch":1587487881,"modified":1587487881,"text":"Really nice idea, could play this continuously. The returning home feature is a bit of a pain as I couldn't get to the far side of the island and back in one day. Wanted to make everything colourful. Really nice feeling of progression. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tom Robson","author_uid":"1056979","time":"2020-04-21T18:34:51Z","epoch":1587494091,"modified":1587494091,"text":"Loved the time I spent with it! The first few days where I was exploring the island, finding my way around the games mechanics, and seeing the colour slowly return to the world were honestly magical. I think the fact that I didn't know about the colour changing going in really added to that moment.\n\nAs it went on I found the days to get a little repetitive, especially towards the end where I had to go from one end of the island to the other just to water two trees. I would love to have kept playing if there was more to do. Perhaps talking to the octopus-people that live on the island would have been a great addition - give them something new to say each day. But, I know it was a jam game and scope is a big issue. Please keep working on this though, you've got something really great here!\n\nThe only other thing I would address are the controls. They worked, but felt very clunky. It's as if there was a small delay between me changing which direction I was pressing, and then the character actually going that way. It wasn't a dealbreaker, but should definitely be fixed up.\n\nOverall though, great job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"RodPraet","author_uid":"1201553","time":"2020-04-21T18:50:38Z","epoch":1587495038,"modified":1587495038,"text":"Beautiful game! The art is amazing. The music is also very nice. The idea is good and the game is full of things to do. A bit hard but fun game. Good job.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"adriczero","author_uid":"1004967","time":"2020-04-22T02:04:10Z","epoch":1587521050,"modified":1587521050,"text":"I couldn't figure out how to get\/use tools.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"zzox","author_uid":"1183711","time":"2020-04-22T04:49:00Z","epoch":1587530940,"modified":1587530940,"text":"Really liked this! I'd like to see it fleshed out with more content.  Music and art help fill a great vibe.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Has","author_uid":"1191282","time":"2020-04-22T08:05:10Z","epoch":1587542710,"modified":1587542710,"text":"The game is interesting. I did not immediately understand everything, but the gameplay is fascinating. Nice visual style and cool idea.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Motley","author_uid":"1181026","time":"2020-04-22T15:06:59Z","epoch":1587568019,"modified":1587568019,"text":"The monochromatic theme changing into the colorfull one is a really good idea and works perfectly for this game","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"rob1221dev","author_uid":"1170929","time":"2020-04-22T16:33:07Z","epoch":1587573187,"modified":1587573187,"text":"I figured out the confusing item selection eventually (drag item into first slot) but then my axe somehow moved out of the item box and on top of a torch where I couldn't pick it up again.  Pressing a key to cycle through items would have been much better.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JMad","author_uid":"1185865","time":"2020-05-02T11:49:01Z","epoch":1588420141,"modified":1588420141,"text":"Apart from some gameplay and level designe issues, it's a nice little game! The art is cute, the music well fitting and relaxing. I enjoyed playing through. Like some other mentionned, you could make a quite nice post-jam update to make it complete.\n\nLittle things that could be improved to make it more fun :\n- **Key bindings information in game** would be nice. I came from itch.io, and couldn't figure out the inventory at all, even after trying every key.\n- **Looping music** between days? The last track is beautiful, a shame it goes silent when going home.\n- **Key for inventory items**. Using mouse seemed really counter-intuitive at first, even if I got used to it, could be nice. Or maybe mouse scrolling. Drag-and-drop, while efficient in the end, doesn't really fit the style imo.\n- **Longer days**. It takes a while to go from on point of the island back to the boat, and that's okay. But the time passes very fast, and it takes *forever* to chop down a tree. Considering the amount of trees...\n- if not longer days, **faster tree chopping**. It took me far too many days to cut all the trees.\n- **Less seeds** or **more tree planting**. A bit of a shame we cannot plant tree wherever we want, but understandable. I had gathered more than 3 stacks of seeds by the end, and only used a very low amount. (If more tree planting, and not longer days, maybe shorten watering too?)\n- It took me a while to figure out that the watercan was actually not for **waterings and growing the flowers**. Could be a nice addition!\n- **Endgame**. It was enjoyable that the world evolved as days went by, but a bit of a disappointement that nothing happened when every task was completed. \n\nI noticed two places where a patch of grass is missing, I think : to the north, and to the far east.\n![Untitled.png](\/\/\/raw\/906\/d2\/z\/33ad0.png)","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/192189-38504f2483e40d0115babebacaa9c00a.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/jpiolho.itch.io\/lost-island","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/jpiolho.itch.io\/lost-island","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"64666","g_author":"1016765","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"281256","g_title":"Lost Island","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"1283","g_commentcount":"29","g_site2_node_id":"192189","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"192189","n_urlkey":"281256","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/lost-island","n_slug":"lost-island","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"16765","n_created":"1587152749","n_modified":"1587629827","n_version":"626402","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":192189,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":16765,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-20T21:00:54Z","created":"2020-04-17T19:45:49Z","modified":"2020-04-23T08:17:07Z","version":626402,"slug":"lost-island","name":"Lost Island","body":"\n\nWelcome to Lost Island! You are:\n\n![chara.png](\/\/\/raw\/195\/d\/z\/2d7a9.png)\n\nA traveller who sails from port to port, discovering new and exciting lands. One day, on one of your travels, you stumble upon a small island that appears deserted, decrepit and lifeless. Despite all of this, you see some potential and take it upon yourself to bring new life to this land.\n- Explore every nook and corner and collect tools, such as an axe, a lighter and some seeds.\n- Cut down dead trees, plant new ones, light up some torches, and watch as the island slowly gets more and more colourful.\n- Pay attention to the clock - you need to head back to the docks and sail home every night.\n\nHave fun and thank you for keeping the Lost Island alive! :island:\n\n**CONTROLS**\n\n**Move:** WASD | \u2191\u2190\u2193\u2192\n\n**Pick up item:** Walk next to it and press E when prompted\n\n**Select item in inventory:** Drag the item to the top position with your mouse cursor\n\n**Use item:** Move up to item (ex.: if you select a lighter, you need to move up to a torch to use it) and press SPACE\n\n**TIP** Head back to the dock on the left side of the screen to sail home every night *before* 20:00\n\n## Screenshots\n![Screen1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e2fe.png)\n\n![Screen2.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e300.png)\n\n![Screen3.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e302.png)","meta":{"author":[16765,54673],"link-01-tag":[42337],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/195\/d\/z\/2d73a.png","grade-06-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/jpiolho.itch.io\/lost-island","link-01-name":"Windows x64 on Itch.io","link-02":"https:\/\/jpiolho.itch.io\/lost-island","link-02-tag":[42336],"link-02-name":"HTML5 (Web) on Itch.io"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/lost-island","parents":[1,5,9,176557],"love":0,"notes":29,"notes-timestamp":"2020-05-02T11:49:01Z","grade":{"grade-01":48,"grade-02":48,"grade-03":47,"grade-04":48,"grade-05":49,"grade-07":45,"grade-08":48},"magic":{"cool":51.738989910155,"feedback":10,"given":10.875,"grade":47.571428571429,"grade-01-average":3.478,"grade-01-result":1283,"grade-02-average":3.065,"grade-02-result":1758,"grade-03-average":3.189,"grade-03-result":1425,"grade-04-average":3.141,"grade-04-result":2092,"grade-05-average":3.883,"grade-05-result":842,"grade-07-average":2.43,"grade-07-result":1670,"grade-08-average":3.533,"grade-08-result":946,"smart":-43.122235819046}},"text":"\n\nWelcome to Lost Island! You are:\n\n![chara.png](\/\/\/raw\/195\/d\/z\/2d7a9.png)\n\nA traveller who sails from port to port, discovering new and exciting lands. One day, on one of your travels, you stumble upon a small island that appears deserted, decrepit and lifeless. Despite all of this, you see some potential and take it upon yourself to bring new life to this land.\n- Explore every nook and corner and collect tools, such as an axe, a lighter and some seeds.\n- Cut down dead trees, plant new ones, light up some torches, and watch as the island slowly gets more and more colourful.\n- Pay attention to the clock - you need to head back to the docks and sail home every night.\n\nHave fun and thank you for keeping the Lost Island alive! :island:\n\n**CONTROLS**\n\n**Move:** WASD | \u2191\u2190\u2193\u2192\n\n**Pick up item:** Walk next to it and press E when prompted\n\n**Select item in inventory:** Drag the item to the top position with your mouse cursor\n\n**Use item:** Move up to item (ex.: if you select a lighter, you need to move up to a torch to use it) and press SPACE\n\n**TIP** Head back to the dock on the left side of the screen to sail home every night *before* 20:00\n\n## Screenshots\n![Screen1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e2fe.png)\n\n![Screen2.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e300.png)\n\n![Screen3.png](\/\/\/raw\/d71\/4\/z\/2e302.png)","title":"Lost Island"}