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Glad you still enjoyed :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163789,"author_name":"YibiRabbit007","author_uid":"yibirabbit007","epoch":1759809441,"text":"The lights kept flickering, making it uncomfortable for me to see.\n\ud83d\udc7bThe audio is pretty good, I like the piano in it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163815,"author_name":"Jiffy","author_uid":"jiffy","epoch":1759809941,"text":"@yibirabbit007 oh no! Must be hardware related, sorry to hear you had graphical issues ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163834,"author_name":"YibiRabbit007","author_uid":"yibirabbit007","epoch":1759810215,"text":"@jiffy I am wondering if fixing the lighting on the player, instead of moving it back and forth, could reduce this sense of discomfort?\nThere is no problem with the hardware; it is caused by the in-game lighting.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1164123,"author_name":"Threeli","author_uid":"threeli","epoch":1759815913,"text":"Not just being out here, dropping a doppler effect for the intro... Like @jalimco-beach said, great work in the audio department. Feels like something I'd keep playing for a while. Interesting, but never punishing. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1165336,"author_name":"tardis2snej","author_uid":"tardis2snej","epoch":1759834509,"text":"The sound quest is amazing, and the one with the map got me thinking (no pun intended...)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170978,"author_name":"lizardinblizzard","author_uid":"lizardinblizzard","epoch":1759904102,"text":"Nice puzzles and great ideas","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174878,"author_name":"ACartlidge","author_uid":"acartlidge","epoch":1759968557,"text":"So cool!  Cool writing, awesome vibe, interesting puzzles, just really nicely done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175488,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1759991744,"text":"I love that art style and gameplay!.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177216,"author_name":"WetBurritoSupreme","author_uid":"wetburritosupreme","epoch":1760033344,"text":"Really well done, taking on a puzzle and writing heavy game is something I always want to try but am too nervous to attempt! Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178722,"author_name":"6Knowledge","author_uid":"6knowledge","epoch":1760095338,"text":"The light felt a bit too weak to navigate the map, even for a dark game. I moved against many of the walls to navigate around. Somehow I managed to brute force the bells at the beginning by playing random notes, that was weirdly funny to me. Puzzle games are not really my cup of tea so I had to cut it short before I got to the end, but the atmosphere was extremely well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179291,"author_name":"EricNS","author_uid":"ericns","epoch":1760115085,"text":"Absolute peak, if you could find a way to expand the story i would genuinely buy it, it's a really great experience","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179368,"author_name":"Bea","author_uid":"bea","epoch":1760118082,"text":"This was really lovely! I liked the simple look at sound, it all really came together into a nice mood:3","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181803,"author_name":"Profugo Barbatus","author_uid":"profugo-barbatus","epoch":1760248500,"text":"Found the puzzles a bit difficult at times, but I am also a bit sleep deprived so that's probably on me - Didn't finish as a result, but not out of frustration, just out of acknowledgement that I'm the problem. Regardless, I liked the use of sound in the first puzzle, and found the second room ones interesting, promised a lot of depth. Good stuff for a jam!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182544,"author_name":"zdmajor7","author_uid":"zdmajor7","epoch":1760292132,"text":"This is a magnificent game, and I only had time to play the first two levels of it.  But I will go back and finish it, because it made me want to play it fully, not just evaluate it <3.   The audio design and implementation is top notch.  For accessibility I would have the dark not so dark (ideally there'd be a gamma setting, but given that this is a jam game I totally get why not).  Love the atmosphere, love the music puzzles, although that's frankly pandering to all my weak spots :). The writing leaves me wanting more.  Overall, amazingly done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182772,"author_name":"Jiffy","author_uid":"jiffy","epoch":1760304393,"text":"@zdmajor7 thank you so much \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2dur comment made my day","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/JakeButf\/LD58","text":"Source Code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89216","g_author":"1060148","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"427112","g_title":"Dirge of the Sleeping Bell","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"115","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"417596","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"417596","n_urlkey":"427112","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/dirge-of-the-sleeping-bell","n_slug":"dirge-of-the-sleeping-bell","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"60148","n_created":"1759267647","n_modified":"1779442987","n_version":"1328711","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":60148,"body":"![Title Banner.png](\/\/\/raw\/4fa\/e\/z\/6d757.png)\n**Dirge of the sleeping bell** is a first person puzzle game where you explore a mysterious bell tower in the middle of the ocean and solve a number of supernatural puzzles.\n\nWhile the game has a dark & moody atmosphere, the game does **not** contain any jumpscares.\n\n## Controls\n**Movement:** WASD\n\n**Interact:** E\n\n**Advance Text\/UI:** Left Mouse Button\n\n## Installation Instructions\n1. 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