{"author_link":"\/author\/zknet\/","author_name":"Zknet","author_uid":"25391","comments":[{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1450135380,"text":"Soft, clean, wonder"},{"author_name":"Theropod Studios","author_uid":"34614","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:19am","epoch":1450142040,"text":"Simple but a lot of fun"},{"author_name":"antonuklein","author_uid":"61922","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:50am","epoch":1450143900,"text":"Simple and clean, although it's hard to see where you're going in 2560x1080 res."},{"author_name":"Zknet","author_uid":"25391","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:54am","epoch":1450144140,"text":"Thanks for the feedback. I'll check the higher resolution."},{"author_name":"Xinelu","author_uid":"38942","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:54am","epoch":1450144140,"text":"i wish i could give more then 5 stars!!!\r<br\/>Beautiful"},{"author_name":"gkxd","author_uid":"62948","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:56am","epoch":1450144260,"text":"The camera changing angles was a bit disorienting at first. I would have liked just a single player mode, since having to control both is confusing at times."},{"author_name":"pvtroswold","author_uid":"38531","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:02am","epoch":1450144620,"text":"Wow I wish my pitiful laptop could handle this game! It's really a very pretty thing to see. I love your interpretation of the theme as well."},{"author_name":"SpiritJZL","author_uid":"54893","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:07am","epoch":1450144920,"text":"Nice game, but I have to say I use 4 buttons to control..."},{"author_name":"BudaDude","author_uid":"39888","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:08am","epoch":1450144980,"text":"Love the idea, especially the rockets. I feel like this would be waaaaaay more fun if I had someone to play it with as a two player game but there's lots of fun to be had with the challenge"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:11am","epoch":1450145160,"text":"Pro:\r<br\/>+ Nice and clean\r<br\/>+ Simple and neat\r<br\/>Con:\r<br\/>- The curves confused me to where I should go, but then I just got use to it\r<br\/>Obs:\r<br\/>o Played alone, a bit confusing but managed to play\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work!"},{"author_name":"ErinMcBride","author_uid":"55173","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:23am","epoch":1450163880,"text":"It's so pretty! I like how the ravine curves; it's a nice twist on this genre of game."},{"author_name":"adsilcott","author_uid":"49637","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:25am","epoch":1450164000,"text":"Wonderful! I love the concept, the low-poly and monochromatic graphics, and it's fun and interesting to play two characters at once, especially mother and cub. Excellent!"},{"author_name":"vahab","author_uid":"59316","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1450178520,"text":"very cool! very fun!"},{"author_name":"gogo199432","author_uid":"44205","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1450186920,"text":"Simple, but a bit too hard with only one player. I think you should either take out the second bear or do something else when it isn't coop. Other than that, thumbs up :)"},{"author_name":"fpwong","author_uid":"63883","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:20am","epoch":1450232100,"text":"Overall style is really nice, lacking a bit in the single player game play."},{"author_name":"iantttianttt","author_uid":"57797","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:53am","epoch":1450248480,"text":"I like simple\r<br\/>Unfortunately, I uncoordinated hand-eye\r<br\/>lol"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:16am","epoch":1450249860,"text":"Love the premise. This is really challenging.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It'd be nice to have a counter of how far you've gone, so I could more easily compare runs and work towards getting as far as possible."},{"author_name":"Zknet","author_uid":"25391","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1450288440,"text":"A counter\/scoring system is definitely something I wanted to get in there. I thought about sneaking it in there at the end, but I didn't want to risk breaking everything. :)"},{"author_name":"Squid Blink Games","author_uid":"35330","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:20am","epoch":1450329300,"text":"This was a very neat game! I love the art and the simple play style. I felt so bad every time the polar bears would hit something. Poor baby polar bear just didn't want to stay close to it's mom ... :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was a bit challenging to control four keys but it wasn't too bad."},{"author_name":"VitasaMode","author_uid":"63629","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:50am","epoch":1450435500,"text":"Cool game. I wish the UI was soft as well to match the aesthetic of the level and the bears."},{"author_name":"teeth","author_uid":"62764","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 8:20am","epoch":1450599300,"text":"This was so cute! Bookmarking it for &quot;stuff to play when I have a friend over&quot;. It was confusing at first when bends came up though, I wasn't sure if I had to move to go around the corners or not. Maybe some kind of visual indicator that the polar bears follow an overall path?"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1451778480,"text":"Collision detection's a bit off, but it's a fun idea and controlling both bears at the same time is a challenge!"}],"images":["ld34\/25391-335b7aa4dd37b9576590a248880b9cc4.jpg","ld34\/25391-5a00b784fcbcdc7d126cb3a595c2f3df.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B1_qr8QN-lICMDhYU1FRc01lQXM","text":"Windows 32-bit"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/zshewmaker\/Winterland","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6550","g_author":"25391","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6634","g_title":"Winterland","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"384","g_commentcount":"22","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\/25391-shot0-1450132830.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/25391-shot1-1450132830.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Theme: Two-button controls\r\n\r\nWinterland is a short game where you control a polar bear cub and her mom through a dangerous ravine. It just so happens that these particular polar bears have rockets on their backs! Have both bears dodge obstacles by moving left and right (A\/D and J\/K for the cub and mom respectively).\r\n\r\nPlay it one player (two controls each bear.. keep them together for easier play) or play with a friend! It was designed for one player to control both bears.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!\r\n\r\nRunning the game:\r\nUnzip and run StartGame.bat.\r\nIf you are Windows and it complains about missing prerequisites, run the UE4PrereqSetup_x86.exe file. This installs DirectX prerequisites.\r\n\r\nBehind-the-scenes:\r\nArt, music, programming done by http:\/\/twitter.com\/zknet. Story, idea and main menu UI done by my wife. This was my first go at completing something in Unreal Engine, so it was a great learning experience. Per the usual, we didn't do nearly as much as we would've liked, but that's the nature of these things.\r\n\r\nI will be attempting to publish a Linux version as well.","title":"Winterland"}