{"author_link":"\/author\/guoboism\/","author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","comments":[{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Dec 13, 2015 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1450042860,"text":"Very nice little game! I like the fact that there were multiple two-button mechanics in one game, well done!"},{"author_name":"martincohen","author_uid":"55211","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:30am","epoch":1450070700,"text":"Controls felt a bit cheap, but I loved the level design."},{"author_name":"SgtBursk","author_uid":"14965","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:31am","epoch":1450070760,"text":"Brilliant gameplay, and great visuals to boot!"},{"author_name":"Cluster Parable","author_uid":"65289","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:38am","epoch":1450071180,"text":"Bright idea to control the enviroment and nice mechanics. Good job!"},{"author_name":"gkxd","author_uid":"62948","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:51am","epoch":1450071960,"text":"The silhouette style looks good.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I found the first level a bit confusing. It took a while to realize that I had to aim the ball to the right of the screen... I thought it was just another wall.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise, I thought it was a really interesting puzzle game."},{"author_name":"mrjorts","author_uid":"56525","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:02am","epoch":1450072620,"text":"Very nice looking game. The animations at the beginning and end were great! Some good clever two button puzzles. Reminds me of NightSky :)"},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:20am","epoch":1450073700,"text":"Wow!! Nice mechanics... I love the artwork!!"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1450133460,"text":"Nice take on the theme, and good graphical style.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I got stuck at the level with the rotating platforms, though - unless I'm missing something about the solution, they rotated too fast to actually line anything up."},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:59am","epoch":1450180440,"text":"Really good job, Bruce. Great mood again, you're so good at the mood stuff. The water level was my favourite, very unique controls for that one. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The end was tense, but I think you missed a great opportunity. The kid should have kicked the ball over the fence again! I would cried laughing (I did just at the thought :P)"},{"author_name":"tGiant","author_uid":"32655","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1450182300,"text":"Very clever game and very enjoyable."},{"author_name":"jcwelgemoed","author_uid":"55308","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1450182480,"text":"This is a cool little game. Has lots of potential and a nice take on the two-button theme. Fun puzzle design and made me think of limbo (probably the graphic style :)). Great job!"},{"author_name":"bwatanabe","author_uid":"44194","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:10am","epoch":1450227900,"text":"Really great work! I love the game mechanics!"},{"author_name":"HUMANICS","author_uid":"47628","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:13am","epoch":1450260480,"text":"Kinda reminds me of World of Goo, with those hidden little messages and the cutscenes."},{"author_name":"PlymouthJam","author_uid":"66143","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1450268820,"text":"The game was very fun and the art style was great. Got a little annoyed at the start though as the ball kept hitting the roof above the goal."},{"author_name":"tobia88","author_uid":"38215","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1450274400,"text":"Nice idea and level design, atmosphere and pretty nice though, enjoying~"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:22am","epoch":1450311420,"text":"Nice puzzle game. I like the graphics and the background story. Giving a puzzle game a relateable story is a very good idea."},{"author_name":"holgk","author_uid":"32032","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1450365240,"text":"Very nice game."},{"author_name":"smbe19","author_uid":"37059","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 11:08am","epoch":1450522980,"text":"Loved it!"},{"author_name":"huminaboz","author_uid":"41865","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1450647900,"text":"Love the amount of level design you were able to produce in the given time period. The little story bits were a little off-track, extraneous. Five star for innovation."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1451071020,"text":"Interesting mix of pinball and platformer! Requiring two hands for just two buttons is a bit odd... Also in first level I got stuck near the exit (ball not moving on flat surface), and I'm not sure intended or not but the three girders rotate VERY quick!"},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1451231820,"text":"Loved the Limbo style atmosphere of your game! Great mechanics too. The only thing I would change is the final animation to be playable.\r<br\/>You should release a mobile version and add more levels!"},{"author_name":"gelisam","author_uid":"46246","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 2:46am","epoch":1451443260,"text":"I did not rate the game because we're supposed to rate the Compo version, and unlike the Local web 1.2 version, the Compo version is only available for Windows."},{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 10:23am","epoch":1451470680,"text":"Pretty Nice Game~ ! \r<br\/>ths is amazing ,you really good at Narrative,also to build a great atmosphere.\r<br\/>only these shapes of the silhouette in background are special,more sharpen shape make me a little bit nervous...but not bad~ ^-^\r<br\/>btw,the final scene appeared two times~(in the case that i am not collect all the text.)not sure whether it is a bug~ \r<br\/>Great Innovation ~"},{"author_name":"cppchriscpp","author_uid":"15095","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 6:47am","epoch":1451544120,"text":"That was honestly a very enjoyable little game. I'll definitely echo the comment that it reminds me of NightSky.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only complaint is the audio skipped at the end of the track when looping sometimes. It was kind of jarring. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall though, awesome entry."},{"author_name":"Wumbo","author_uid":"37149","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:23am","epoch":1451697480,"text":"I absolutely loved the game. The story was excellent; I think it was delivered entirely without words, if I remember correctly, which is always difficult. I really liked how all of the levels were different, and I thought they were all really cool, though I do think you should be able to lose the last one if you crash the drone-thing. The only suggestion I have on difficulty is that the first level with the traditional pinball-style thing is a little too difficult for an intro; the first level should be something a monkey can pull off, and yours took me like 20 minutes because I kept shooting it too high. Oh, also the level where you are the elevator took a while to figure out how to do it, but that is expected as it is like halfway through the game, so you are probably fine there.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Music was pretty good, matched the art style and helped the mood. Excellent use of the one-color foreground. Great game!"},{"author_name":"speciesUnknown","author_uid":"865","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:38am","epoch":1451698380,"text":"This was great, I especially like how each level was basically its own 2 button game, and the fact that the story wraps up - I was very happy when I got to deliver the kids their ball back at the end. The definitely helped with mood."}],"images":["ld34\/24432-c5306e2b0a59667e66e24b1e201514d1.jpg","ld34\/24432-71d83a9e3dc6701c52f817106e866d8e.jpg","ld34\/24432-aeed07950fd273f06a2036e9181e6cb3.jpg","ld34\/24432-44ca6b3f05fec3987fcca1828e3b1ba2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-mtBBJLS0JheG5iT2ZOV2xGR0E\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windoows 1.2"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-mtBBJLS0JheWY4M1BuODlNLVk\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Local web 1.2"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-mtBBJLS0JhWWxpeTJSR3RVYkE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Compo Version"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-mtBBJLS0JhMGF2X0FOSV9CYlE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6581","g_author":"24432","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6603","g_title":"Journey of a Ball","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"87","g_commentcount":"26","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\/24432-shot0-1450062302.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24432-shot1-1450037947.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24432-shot2-1450252083.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24432-shot3-1450252012.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Theme picked Two Button Control\r\n\r\nThe game is about how a ball return to its owner from some post-apocalyptic ruins.\r\nBut you do not control the ball, you control other things in the environment.\r\nEach level you control different things.\r\n\r\nOr simply put, a adventure game with pinball gameplay...\r\n\r\nThere is some end game cut scenes, so please try to beat the game:)\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nZ and M\r\n(R to reset the ball is struck somewhere unexpected)\r\n\r\nV1.2:\r\nAdded two level, now 9\r\nAdd bonus message for each time\r\nAdjust levels\r\n\r\nV1.1:\r\nImproved Graphics a bit\r\n\r\nCompo Version:\r\n7 Levels\r\nSimple Ambient Music","title":"Journey of a Ball"}