{"author_link":"\/author\/ithildin\/","author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","comments":[{"author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:17am","epoch":1450062720,"text":"This was surprisingly fun. Graphics are very well done, and audio (both music and sound) fit in well. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"tuben999","author_uid":"30045","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:08am","epoch":1450087380,"text":"Good game fits the theme nicely! sometimes when i hit &quot;pos&quot; the ball went straight for the left corner instead of straight up."},{"author_name":"sp3ctrum","author_uid":"58920","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:02am","epoch":1450090620,"text":"Elegant concept with a very personal art style. Love the magnets mechanics and level progression is really smooth."},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1450097520,"text":"The right dial is a bit tricky to yuse with the mouse but it is a solid concept and is well executed.\r<br\/>Maybe if the room was round, the balls wouln't have corners to get stuck in."},{"author_name":"coywolf","author_uid":"18007","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:59pm","epoch":1450097640,"text":"Very good style!"},{"author_name":"Remicy","author_uid":"43233","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1450097760,"text":"Extremely fun!! Also art and audio are very nice. Definitely five star for me!"},{"author_name":"BUNN1E5","author_uid":"35895","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1450097760,"text":"Really fun. The controls are a bit confusing at first (I really wanted to use d or g to move the other way) but one you get the hang of it its really cool"},{"author_name":"x92rwzb","author_uid":"49792","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1450098600,"text":"This was really fun to play and also it was pretty easy to play."},{"author_name":"okusho","author_uid":"62968","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1450099440,"text":"Two button controls for the magnets!! Amazing idea!!"},{"author_name":"eerongal","author_uid":"2978","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1450113540,"text":"Fun little puzzle game, but can be kinda annoying moving two magnets at once! Nice work!"},{"author_name":"aamatniekss","author_uid":"64215","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1450113600,"text":"Nice, really good game! Very polished and felt like a real complete game, with the menus and everything. It was fun to mess around with the magnets. :)"},{"author_name":"Connors","author_uid":"10411","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1450114200,"text":"The game wasn't so much difficult for me as it was time-consuming, since if I fiddle enough I'll probably get the magnets deposited eventually."},{"author_name":"mlepage","author_uid":"61867","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:42am","epoch":1450147020,"text":"Sweet I enjoyed this one."},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:58am","epoch":1450151580,"text":"Fun interpretation of the theme. I liked it. :)"},{"author_name":"batiali","author_uid":"4019","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:36am","epoch":1450168260,"text":"very nice implementation of the theme. I liked figuring out how the controls work. it was fun."},{"author_name":"kmakai","author_uid":"28426","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:16am","epoch":1450177860,"text":"Great job with sound\/music and visuals, it has a really distinct style that was fun to see. Nice use of the theme as well (and clever to make the movement change direction!). I would definitely play more levels of this, especially after hazards are introduced."},{"author_name":"Zener","author_uid":"12819","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1450214100,"text":"Very fun and polished game! Mechanic fits the theme perfectly and the visuals are great, I love the palette! I don't know why but I keep expecting the balls to rebound like in an arkanoid game :)"},{"author_name":"blackname","author_uid":"66168","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1450215660,"text":"Good game! But when it starts to be challenging the game ends XD\r<br\/>I would play this game with more levels."},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1450216800,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback! :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@tuben999: Yeah, I'm afraid that's one of the glitches I noticed at the last minute, I'm currently thinking of fixing it. Maybe one option if I have the spirits to create more levels and elements is to revise that so that past a certain distance the charge just sticks to the front. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Zener: Sometimes I too imagine the ball will bounce n_nU One of the ideas I had for other elements was a bumper (or even bouncy walls), but I'd probably need to be very careful about level design.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@blackname I'm actually thinking of a post-compo version with more levels (and some of the ideas that couldn't make it, such as switches, other magnetic fields and so on). Right now the only penalising prop is the wheel and it appears right at the end level, so it's a bit absurd."},{"author_name":"Peekotus","author_uid":"61673","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1450222260,"text":"You did a nice job overall"},{"author_name":"jasoncoan","author_uid":"57446","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1450222320,"text":"Very fun and challenging."},{"author_name":"sergicollado","author_uid":"56825","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1450222320,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"MrYoglu","author_uid":"64496","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:38am","epoch":1450225980,"text":"not bad :)"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:53am","epoch":1450259280,"text":"The style is lovely and I like the idea of the gameplay. Personally I found it to be a little slow to ramp up, and the controls (not being able to go left and right when you want) were frustrating. It would have been really cool if pressing left\/right would move the platform and pressing both buttons together would toggle the polarity."},{"author_name":"TomenLuca","author_uid":"66261","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:57am","epoch":1450263120,"text":"This game is really well polished. The gameplay is nice, the graphics and the audio fit the game really well. I really like the way you made the gameplay with the magnets so intuitive."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1450300920,"text":"Really fun game, I wanted to play more levels. Graphics were simple but really suited the game. A great entry."},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1450305840,"text":"awesome! very innovative gameplay, the puzzles were great, well done :)"},{"author_name":"thebrickanator","author_uid":"50329","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:04am","epoch":1450339140,"text":"Was a nice little challenge, however the puzzles mostly consisted of trying to use the mechanics instead of solving how to complete it. This ultimately ended up making it a little tedious :P The games mechanics and design however were very good :D"},{"author_name":"oz2mura","author_uid":"64744","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:58am","epoch":1450435980,"text":"Nice clean pixel art. Theme met well with the 2-buttons. Fun challenging puzzles that I felt very satisfied with after solving, and definitely see potential crazy puzzle designs with these mechanics. Audio was pretty nice. Nice, dialogue that kept me smiling as it went along. Overall really nice polished game."},{"author_name":"miwuc","author_uid":"6177","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1450704420,"text":"Nice concept with lots of potential. I would love to see it go more into a puzzle direction, maybe by limiting the number of polarity switches you can do (right now you can solve any level with trial and error).\r<br\/>The presentation is very polished, congrats!"},{"author_name":"martin-denizet","author_uid":"65958","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1450814280,"text":"Very clean."},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1450892700,"text":"Impressive game, level design well done made me have a lot of fun and wanted more levels. Really like this entry, congrats!"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1450893000,"text":"One chainsaw and I'm game over&hellip; Extensive game with good, simple mechanic exploited properly. Very nice. Good consistency and tone of visuals and audio."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1451062620,"text":"Nice concept! That motor sound is driving me nuts, and I'd prefer F and J moving and F+J switching as controls, but you can still fix it ;-)"},{"author_name":"Aurel B\u00edl\u00fd","author_uid":"1645","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1451073780,"text":"Neat, though I wished there was more to it. Every level ended up being 'attract the magnet, then reverse the polarity when directly underneath the target, rinse and repeat'."},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 4:47am","epoch":1451104920,"text":"When I attracted a ball while listening to the contemplative music, I felt mesmerized.  If you continue to develop this, when I pressed the button to move the magnet and swiped to change polarity, and then the ball flew farther to the side than I expected, I felt awkward."},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 6:28am","epoch":1451110980,"text":"Nice one! Had fun playing it"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1451163540,"text":"Nice entry! The idea of interacting with magnets is interesting. I wish it is a bit more challenging since there is no loosing condition. Adding traps could be a solution (in the last level, I saw one, but when my magnet was destroyed by it, nothing happened). Appart from that, it is well made. Good job ! ;)"},{"author_name":"Finn Stokes","author_uid":"7674","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 1:55am","epoch":1451181000,"text":"Nice game, the idea of attraction\/repulsion as a control scheme was really cool. You matched the theme well, but I feel like the game would be better with an easier control scheme (allowing for harder puzzles).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game seemed more about electric charges (or magnetic monopoles) than real magnets! :P"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 9:31am","epoch":1451553960,"text":"interesting little game! the art style caught my interest and im glad i checked it out! i only wish it were a bit longer"},{"author_name":"dregamr","author_uid":"57743","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1451737680,"text":"Wow! Very good game!!"},{"author_name":"jackrugile","author_uid":"26377","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1451772120,"text":"I loved the concept for this one. The controls took a second to get used to, but you packed a lot into the two buttons. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"RevelBase","author_uid":"25793","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1451931000,"text":"Cool Game and original idea. Had some issues with changing the magnet status. Nice job"}],"images":["ld34\/15664-34712324261501ee3ae8b09340819e35.jpg","ld34\/15664-b779a899de388a4bf6aaf1342288b263.jpg","ld34\/15664-163d8f67da90d44ea590fffe2b09f2d6.jpg","ld34\/15664-4b4d9642ec38ae52dc434e0abeb7d194.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/db.tt\/BPG7GFfD","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/ithildin.itch.io\/fun-with-magnets","text":"Web (Itch.io)"},{"url":"https:\/\/db.tt\/Z0OmCKVv","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/12\/25\/fun-with-post-mortems\/","text":"Post mortem"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/wildrabbit\/ld34.git","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6684","g_author":"15664","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6714","g_title":"Fun with magnets!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"193","g_commentcount":"43","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\/15664-shot0-1450112927.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15664-shot1-1450061153.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15664-shot2-1450061153.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15664-shot3-1450061153.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I only used \"Two button controls\" as a theme.\r\n\r\nYour goal is to lead as many balls as possible into the \"deposit\" area by using a magnet. You can control the polarity and activate\/deactivate the magnet's movement along the bar it's attached to. \r\n\r\nBeware of obstacles and specially wheels, that can destroy balls (however, there's only one at the last level and you may beat it if you only lose one of them, so this warning will better apply to a hypothetical post-compo version).\r\n\r\nThe web link should be playable on mobile devices. At least I've tested it on a Nexus 5 using Chrome.\r\n\r\n================================================\r\n>>>>>>             Controls               <<<<<<\r\n================================================\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT!! While it's possible to combine keyboard and mouse (left hand for the keyboard, right for mouse or vice versa), I recommend to stick to keyboard controls to avoid confusion.\r\n\r\nI would have liked to set an intermediate screen with control schemes so that the player could select one and disable every other input, but I ran out of time (surprise!).\r\n\r\n------------------------------------------------\r\n>>>>               Keyboard                 <<<<\r\n------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nKeyboard controls emulate interaction with the two buttons on the machine. Since I wanted to adhere strictly to the theme, I only used two keys, too. This is the reason why you can't switch directions (I tried it at first, and together with the polarity it was a nightmare)\r\n\r\n* F: Press to activate the crane moving the magnet. You can't change direction (the machine is old!)\r\n\r\n* J: Press to cycle between polarities (or disable the magnet).\r\n\r\nU and H should also work (for Dvorak users), but it was never tested.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------\r\n>>>>             Mouse\/Touch               <<<<\r\n-----------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWith the mouse or a mobile device you can interact with the magnet controls in a more direct way.\r\n\r\n* Press left button: Activate magnet motor. Release to stop it.\r\n\r\n* Swipe up: Change polarity to the value below the current one (it's displayed in the middle of the wheel).\r\n\r\n* Swipe down: Change polarity to the value above the current one.\r\n\r\n================================================\r\n>>>>>>          Known issues              <<<<<<\r\n================================================\r\n* The motor sound effect glitches occasionally.\r\n\r\n* Occasionally the ball repel directions go a bit wild because of some bugs related to the angle thresholds when they get close to the magnet.\r\n\r\n* Probably because of the previous issue, you may see the balls overlapping. Hopefully this is quite infrequent.\r\n\r\n================================================\r\n>>>>>>             Tech                   <<<<<<\r\n================================================\r\n* Haxe + Flixel using FlashDevelop as the IDE.\r\n* Photoshop\r\n* LabChirp + Audacity + Bosca Ceoil\r\n* Fonts: Flixel defaults, except for the main screen, which uses \"Visitor\" by \u00c6nigma and \"Press Start\" by Codeman38.","title":"Fun with magnets!"}