{"author_link":"\/author\/loubyrd\/","author_name":"Lou Byrd","author_uid":"58001","comments":[{"author_name":"bumbu","author_uid":"56420","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1440534720,"text":"Game is stuck on 2nd line of text for me"},{"author_name":"fdslk","author_uid":"56516","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1440534840,"text":"*claps* Wonderful writing, story and mood with the black and grey palette. Gosh! I love text adventures just because of games like these"},{"author_name":"Andrew Deem","author_uid":"25356","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1440535080,"text":"It's always amazing to me how even the simplest of stories\/games can have some of the biggest impacts emotionally on an individual. Great job. \r\rIf you wanted to carry this further, I think it could be cool to have the story intermixed with some gameplay. Just an idea."},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1440535260,"text":"Pretty dark stuff! More of a narrative than a game, but I like how you structured the story."},{"author_name":"athaclena","author_uid":"34791","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1440535260,"text":"Really brave piece. Very, very uncomfortable to play through. You dwelt upon the subject matter so lightly and so unforgivingly. It's hard to compliment you on something that upset me so much, but I'm pretty sure that was the point, so well done."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1440535440,"text":"Uncomfortable and definitely for mature audiences only, and not in the "he says the f-word a lot-mature" sense. A surprising entry in this LD and certainly very evocative and the most real-world interpretation of the theme I've seen so far and will likely see. Damn."},{"author_name":"Culturebosh_games","author_uid":"56021","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1440536040,"text":"Thanks for letting us play your game!\r\rWhat I liked:\r\rGreat atmosphere, really liked the detached, sometimes Patrick Bateman-like internal thoughts of the main character. \r\rLiked the minimalist visual aesthetic as well and you interpretation of the theme.\r\rAreas to develop:\r\rSome typos and grammatical bits, which took me out of the story (but only a little bit).\r\rCongratulations! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Dianouille","author_uid":"56737","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1440536100,"text":"Well exploited theme ! Maybe more choices would have been better, but the mood was here."},{"author_name":"K.Chplr","author_uid":"46806","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1440537720,"text":"Damn.\r\rIt is certainly not fun, but it was really good nonetheless.\r\rEven though english is not your native language and there's a few typo here and there, you did a good job with the story telling. You did not fall into the trap of self-pity and I thank you for that."},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1440540600,"text":"Nice game.\rThe only criticism I would give is that the clickable options should be more visible."},{"author_name":"collaboration","author_uid":"57976","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:02am","epoch":1440579420,"text":"Well, that was disturbing, have mixed feelings about this game."},{"author_name":"Jani Nyk\u00e4nen","author_uid":"26965","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1440784500,"text":"Well-written text-based game."},{"author_name":"Denis347","author_uid":"49622","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1440856620,"text":"Doesnt really meet my conditions of a Game, but the story is great, that's for sure. But again, more of a book than a game."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1440856860,"text":"Very touching!\rP.S. I've found a bug (or easter egg?): when the game ends I click at the title, then an ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE begins... Then it ends, and then starts again the first one, but with purple highlighted text instead of white..."},{"author_name":"t4u","author_uid":"34334","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1440858180,"text":"I liked the writting but at some point I stopped. Too much and too dark for one go... save option would be nice"},{"author_name":"Sparrow","author_uid":"7423","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1440862080,"text":"Amazing writing, disturbing but amazing. Bravo."},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1440873240,"text":"Cool story, quite unsettling."},{"author_name":"randoman","author_uid":"13710","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1440887520,"text":"I have the same problem as @bumbu, the game is stuck on the 2nd line of text, either on Firefox or Chrome"},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 1:02am","epoch":1440896220,"text":"\/\/ SPOILERS AHEAD \/\/\r\rI got angry at the dude that raped my daughter, and that means I beat her? There's one hell of a disconnect between what you've written for the choices and what actually happens.\r\r\/\/ END SPOILER \/\/\r\rApart from that it was mostly well written, but I felt that by the end I kept asking myself which choice you'd arbitrarily made more evil. Well done, kudos."}],"images":["ld33\/58001-6b6e6252ea21b602eac74fd036f7cf11.jpg","ld33\/58001-55e04018d2ac42d2599bc075f68af0e4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/37080732\/LD33\/Monster_LD33_v1.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7655","g_author":"58001","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"7687","g_title":"Monster","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"527","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/479518\/58001-shot0-1440467805.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/58001-shot1-1440467805.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Monster is a short interactive narrative depicting the not-so-beautiful side of life.\r\n\r\n\r\nNotes\r\nMonsters is the result a brief insight triggered by the theme. It deals with heavy topics, and carries with it lots of personal depth. However, despite being inspired by unfortunate real life experiences, it is in its entirety fictional.\r\n\r\n\r\nTech notes\r\nMonsters was fully written in roughly 4 straight hours, and implemented in Twine v2.0.8 in about 2 hours\r\nWhile I would like to explore the less rudentary mechanics possible, I couldn't find the time to develop it (yet?)\r\nIt is massively content based (sorry, programmers)\r\nAlso, English is not my native language.\r\n\r\nThank you for the interest!","title":"Monster"}