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Such clever puzzles as well!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169455,"author_name":"kayrum","author_uid":"kayrum","epoch":1759872971,"text":"Love the art! And a great way way of iterating on a core game mechanic. Amazing job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169470,"author_name":"Maytch","author_uid":"maytch","epoch":1759873131,"text":"Very atmospheric! Unique puzzle mechanics too!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169479,"author_name":"MorePixels","author_uid":"morepixels","epoch":1759873245,"text":"This was awesome! Such a fun game and looks incredible and has great audio!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169497,"author_name":"Shadowmyst","author_uid":"shadowmyst","epoch":1759873472,"text":"Great audio, liked  the graphics! Was a little confused on some of puzzle mechanics, until I realized the beams were what represented the linked pieces.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169502,"author_name":"pomogaeva","author_uid":"pomogaeva","epoch":1759873495,"text":"Your art is so beautiful! I really love your work and your character. I even finished your puzzles, and usually I don\u2019t like puzzles at all. The music fits the game and the mood very well. Thank you for your work!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169503,"author_name":"Keith Wang","author_uid":"keith-wang","epoch":1759873504,"text":"Cool graphics and audio, really good atmosphere.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169668,"author_name":"Fravinci","author_uid":"fravinci","epoch":1759875283,"text":"This was beautiful!!!\nThis has Steam game potencial, loved the art works, music and puzzles.\nReally easy to understand. \nNothing more to add, this is perfect <3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170065,"author_name":"swaiky","author_uid":"swaiky","epoch":1759882026,"text":"Love the art and music so much \u2014 absolutely gorgeous!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175287,"author_name":"Ciphereo","author_uid":"ciphereo","epoch":1759984924,"text":"The visual effects of this game are absolutely amazing!! Artwork!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175289,"author_name":"einfach","author_uid":"einfach","epoch":1759984965,"text":"the art style is really gorgeous!!!!!!!and the music fits exactly!!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175408,"author_name":"Cthulhu5227","author_uid":"cthulhu5227","epoch":1759989083,"text":"Beautiful\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175410,"author_name":"Blue Pin Studio","author_uid":"blue-pin-studio","epoch":1759989153,"text":"I dont think theres a way to beat level 5\/5 fearful clouds. The leftmost cross requires something to the left but theres nothing on the left :(\n\nI really liked the entry tho, nice art, nice vibes, nice puzzles!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175437,"author_name":"orangeoceans","author_uid":"orangeoceans","epoch":1759989936,"text":"I love puzzles where you have to figure out the rules, and I think your game pulled it off really well. I found it very satisfying when at the end of world 1 I finally figured out what it meant when stars turned green. It makes me wish the later mechanics continued to grow in mystery, if you develop this game further!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175448,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1759990407,"text":"Nice work.\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175495,"author_name":"LDJam user 268934","author_uid":"268934","epoch":1759991915,"text":"Intro just wow. then the game itself super beautiful cool animations and the color transitions awesome. I got to the 7 pillar challenge but could not get them all. Great puzzle game you made here. Mood is super.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175625,"author_name":"Accardo","author_uid":"accardo","epoch":1759996962,"text":"Nice game, very satisfying solving all the puzzles, the art, music and storytelling also builds up good atmosphere.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176726,"author_name":"graebor","author_uid":"graebor","epoch":1760022041,"text":"@blue-pin-studio Thanks so much for playing and commenting! It may look impossible at first, but some of the stars are linked together in a way that makes them rotate, not just move :eyes: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177338,"author_name":"Iriska","author_uid":"iriska","epoch":1760035302,"text":"The graphics are simply incredible! Even though the gameplay is simple, it never gets boring! Great job!\ud83d\udc9c \u2b50 \ud83d\udc9c","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177397,"author_name":"Gmiss","author_uid":"gmiss","epoch":1760036380,"text":"Excellent work with art and storytelling. It was very easy to immerse yourself in the universe thanks to the well-written story. And the well-crafted character stop animation adds so much to the enjoyment of the movement when game is not even about it... Great atencion to details overall.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178029,"author_name":"Archmage_Gary","author_uid":"archmage-gary","epoch":1760055372,"text":"Visually stunning! And the puzzles were fun. Wonderful music. When the Collector was in the background and his sprite got larger, I got nervous that there was a time limit.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179709,"author_name":"CataclysmicKnight","author_uid":"cataclysmicknight","epoch":1760126967,"text":"This game is absolutely beautiful, and you set such a great mood and scene for this game. I'll admit that I quickly became super overwhelmed with the puzzles (especially the set that had five stars instead of three), but I really enjoyed it nonetheless.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182218,"author_name":"MakoTeam","author_uid":"makoteam","epoch":1760276606,"text":"Very good art. Audio is great as well. Very well tied game","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182861,"author_name":"Khamekaze","author_uid":"khamekaze","epoch":1760313471,"text":"If this doesn't win best graphics I will riot","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183821,"author_name":"LDJam user 384191","author_uid":"384191","epoch":1760415912,"text":"Very nice game. I think I would have liked a bit more variation in the puzzles, but aside from that it's a great entry: beautiful art and animations. And the eerie music creates a somewhat melancholic atmosphere. Nicely done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183892,"author_name":"Batisdark","author_uid":"batisdark","epoch":1760431888,"text":"I really loved how it was all drawn. That and music really tighten it all together it was a quite calm and relaxing experience and thank you for that! Puzzles were easy and engaging enough, once I figured out what needed to be done and how to achieve it. \nI freed all the stars and left collector raging :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183901,"author_name":"lima victor","author_uid":"lima-victor","epoch":1760433747,"text":"Beginning of the Fearful Clouds: \"I guess I have figured it out\".\nConfrontation: \"Yeah, I don't know what I am doing\"\n\nAwesome audio, visuals and idea. Cool that different types of connections also looked different. Really liked it, just would like having a guide for the Confrontation. Actually beat it by pure luck after a few resets.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184277,"author_name":"Longfall","author_uid":"longfall","epoch":1760481159,"text":"Your art is so wonderfull, and the music matches perfectly, good job ! The puzzles follow a good progression with the mechanics being shown one by one so we can learn how to solve each puzzle, well done !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184381,"author_name":"Kagegona","author_uid":"kagegona","epoch":1760506760,"text":"amazing work for one person in such a short time! The whole is artistically coherent and everything has its place. I was really moved by your game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184529,"author_name":"Liam","author_uid":"liam","epoch":1760538760,"text":"Really lovely work, felt I could jiggle the puzzle a little to complete them so not too challenging, I think that mechanic could be worked on to make it really perfect but I'm just chatting, really a top tier experience! Thanks for making, loved playing it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184540,"author_name":"F1Krazy","author_uid":"f1krazy","epoch":1760540038,"text":"I love a good story-based Ludum Dare entry, and this has a good balance of storytelling and gameplay. The graphics and music are great, and come together to create a soothing atmosphere that compliments both the gameplay and story.\n\nWhile I like that you're left to figure out for yourself how to solve the puzzles, by Fearful Clouds I was beginning to have trouble understanding *why* the correct solutions were correct, and I had to give up entirely on Fearful Clouds 5 because I just have absolutely no idea what you're supposed to do (unlike @blue-pin-studio, it was the middle one that stumped me).\n\nGreat job! I hope this does well!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/graebor.itch.io\/vault-of-stars","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/graebor.itch.io\/vault-of-stars","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89161","g_author":"1001068","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"427038","g_title":"Vault of Stars","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"36","g_commentcount":"34","g_site2_node_id":"417310","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"417310","n_urlkey":"427038","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/vault-of-stars","n_slug":"vault-of-stars","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"1068","n_created":"1759177607","n_modified":"1778526200","n_version":"1325302","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":5,"author":1068,"body":"Solve puzzles to rescue stars from the Collector's vault!\n\n![ld58-3.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/c24\/z\/6d4c1.jpg)\n\nSolo project! 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