{"author_link":"\/author\/sydan\/","author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","comments":[{"author_name":"wijnen","author_uid":"56992","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:13am","epoch":1440382080,"text":"The game only gave me a black screen, presumably because I don't have Flash installed and the clone (gnash) doesn't support whatever this game is using."},{"author_name":"FlashMonkey","author_uid":"55251","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:14am","epoch":1440382140,"text":"I love the lowpoly graphicstyle and the gamplay is very innovative :) . keep going"},{"author_name":"SudoDave","author_uid":"56578","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:15am","epoch":1440382200,"text":"Interesting, but could do with a better tutorial."},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:16am","epoch":1440382260,"text":"@wijnen, were you trying the web player or the windows build? What OS are you on, I can try and do a build for it!\r@FlashMonkey thanks! I think I'm going to have to take a break from this game for a while... it's drained me a lot!"},{"author_name":"tinykidtoo","author_uid":"25245","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:18am","epoch":1440382380,"text":"The graphics are really great I like the low-poly rocks with flat shading. It looks like more professional indie rpgs. I also like the glowy HDR look."},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:19am","epoch":1440382440,"text":"Like the art style and perspective. A little hard when trying to figure out what to do. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Sedsibi","author_uid":"31176","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:19am","epoch":1440382440,"text":"Great game, I only wish you had time for sound. I loved the artwork."},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:22am","epoch":1440382620,"text":"@Sedsibi so do I! I considered going for the Jam and getting a load of good third party samples... but I'm just too tired..."},{"author_name":"Dege","author_uid":"51345","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:24am","epoch":1440382740,"text":"Really love the graphic, really nice entry!\rI suggest you to find a way to stop wall-walking (run towards a wall while alternating directions) because it can make the game too easy."},{"author_name":"watupdb","author_uid":"56034","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:25am","epoch":1440382800,"text":"Absolutely loved the art. Great job."},{"author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:26am","epoch":1440382860,"text":"Loved the graphical style. Took a little while to get my ingredient harvesting ramped up, but I liked the escalation of the fliers as time passed."},{"author_name":"Ybalrid","author_uid":"55047","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:32am","epoch":1440383220,"text":"I really like the graphism and the feel of it; good job!\r\rThe gameplay works well"},{"author_name":"MagnusFurcifer","author_uid":"56627","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:37am","epoch":1440383520,"text":"whoops: "Ivy will not wake up tomorrow"\r\rThe art style is really nice, and I did feel kinda bad for what I did."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:40am","epoch":1440383700,"text":"I LOVE the art! Stellar work :)\r\rI see low poly. I like. Easy."},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:48am","epoch":1440384180,"text":"Very cool styling. You should definitely continue working on this. It looks like it could be an interesting full game."},{"author_name":"dustinaux","author_uid":"56078","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1440385440,"text":"Great work! Looks wonderful but the depth of field effect may be a bit too much. The size and content of the game is really nice for a jam game."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:22am","epoch":1440386220,"text":"Really cool graphics. Great perspective, can't believe this was made in 48 hours!"},{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:27am","epoch":1440386520,"text":"Your environment is absolutely gorgeous. Stunning art."},{"author_name":"elliottd","author_uid":"27074","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:42am","epoch":1440387420,"text":"I didn't play long enough but I wanted to rate it now and come back later. Excellent soft colours, visual style and effects are great choices. control is good and it feels like a big world is there.\rReally simple generated sounds and ambience could have added a lot.\rExcellent entry."},{"author_name":"donaldm","author_uid":"57695","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:50am","epoch":1440387900,"text":"I really liked the graphics in this game and I thought it had a great idea. I wasn't sure how you were the monster. I ran around for a while and pressed E to collect herbs and a feature, but then I wasn't really sure what to do after that.\r\rI think this game has a lot of potential but it is unfinished like was mentioned. \r\rIt is a great start, but next time it might be better to try a simpler game that can be completed by the deadline!"},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:29am","epoch":1440390240,"text":"I really like the art style! Dealing with the watchers are a bit hard, but not too bad. Not sure what I was supposed to do at first either. Good job. :)"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:11am","epoch":1440407160,"text":"Top notch graphics!"},{"author_name":"adamwoolridge","author_uid":"35122","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1440408060,"text":"Sweet art style! Not really clear what was going on though."},{"author_name":"DragonXVI","author_uid":"35553","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:38am","epoch":1440408780,"text":"Impressive you tried to make a full on RPG in 48hr! Visuals're excellent, and it's an interest story concept. Those watchers're annoying to get around though :p"},{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:24am","epoch":1440411540,"text":"Looks super good! I was surprised to see that the characters are 2D sprites, they blend in so well with the rest of the world."},{"author_name":"lolfrad","author_uid":"56939","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:10am","epoch":1440414300,"text":"This game is amazing. How did you manage to make this in 2 days? very impressive"},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1440436380,"text":"I tried running it on firefox, chrome and ie and it doesn't launch :("},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1440437220,"text":"@axoona, that's interesting! What happens when you run it? Did it just not load or did it load and then not work?"},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1440444720,"text":"The problem with launch seems to have gone magically (I had similar problems with some other Unity games), I don't really know what happened, there was a problem with plugin installation which didn't work but fortunately I left the window open and the game showed up after (a very long) while.. (sorry about that..)\r\rNice graphics and the mood it's a pity the game isn't finished"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1440536580,"text":"Very impressive visually, but the gameplay seems to be a bit repetitive and aimless. I'd love to see this expanded upon though."},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:53am","epoch":1440654480,"text":"Hey man, I loved your last LD entry and you did a great job for this one. Stunned by your artstyle, it delivers a perfect mood, I can't believe it's a 2 days one-man work ! Pretty nice gameplay too ! It's a memorable, great overall entry."},{"author_name":"aviktorov","author_uid":"22214","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1440943200,"text":"Great game! I wish it had sounds."},{"author_name":"Schrodinger Games","author_uid":"39357","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1440945300,"text":"Love it! Pleased to see such kind of entries here! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"valenceone","author_uid":"58832","time":"Sep 11, 2015 @ 12:59am","epoch":1441932840,"text":"This is a great entry. The art style is awesome. You should totally make this a full fledged game!"}],"images":["ld33\/50347-ae94b7aa255a07ccfc56368512c886bd.jpg","ld33\/50347-20d1db48bbcfdbcb520eaeb960971084.jpg","ld33\/50347-5fdb1c65daca8d35cbef4f01fbf5ec65.jpg","ld33\/50347-f1a10f530cd3132a4c4428034c244a53.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_33\/TheAlchemist_v009_Web.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_33\/TheAlchemist_v009_Win64_Data.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_33\/TheAlchemist_v009_Mac64.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_33\/Assets.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8864","g_author":"50347","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"8897","g_title":"The Alchemist","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"155","g_commentcount":"34","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\/50347-shot0-1440380393.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/50347-shot1-1440380393.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/50347-shot2-1440380393.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/50347-shot3-1440380393.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a game about crafting, stealth and a slow decent in to evil. Each day you must forage for the ingredients to make medicine for an injured traveller. Your fellow villages do not like you, you are a daemon and considered an outsider to the them. Over time the world changes and you might find yourself not just a healer... but a killer as well.\r\n\r\nThe controls are:\r\n\r\nWASD - Move\r\nE - Interact, Use, Pickup\r\nLeft Click Item Buttons - Use item (heal, invisibility, mark for death)\r\n\r\nThe game is not fully finished, there's no real introduction or conclusion, there is also no sound which I'm quite sad about... I think I bit off more than I could chew with this particular project. I'm very very tired now and I think I'm going to go straight to bed, I'm still pleased with the outcome of this Ludum Dare though!","title":"The Alchemist"}