{"author_link":"\/users\/celia14","author_name":"celia14","author_uid":1005018,"comments":[{"id":1163663,"author_name":"NotExplosive","author_uid":"notexplosive","epoch":1759807012,"text":"Well that was delightful! Such a fun interpretation of the theme.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170284,"author_name":"raysplaceinspace","author_uid":"raysplaceinspace","epoch":1759886468,"text":"Was a unique type of game. I spent a lot of time clicking everything on the screen trying to figure out what to do sadly. I eventually clicked on the alignment box and once it popped out I saw what I was meant to do. I think I needed more guidance to start with before I could get on my way. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172250,"author_name":"chluebi","author_uid":"chluebi","epoch":1759925849,"text":"Wonderful idea for a game about this theme!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172541,"author_name":"sick machine","author_uid":"sick-machine","epoch":1759930338,"text":"The game's design is cute and the idea of \u200b\u200bcollecting animal data from letters is cool!\nIt lacked musical accompaniment. \nThe monsters could be animated (just an idea for a future addition).","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172557,"author_name":"CameronPenner","author_uid":"cameronpenner","epoch":1759930720,"text":"This is a cool variation of the pokemon collector interperetation! I like that by actually reading the story, you learn about the different pokemon. I definitely found myself wishing for a general notes area that wasn't per monster, as I often had notes that I knew were relevant, but I didn't know which one it was for yet.\n\nI was surprised when I loaded the itch page the game was just there! I'm used to a long Unity loading screen, nice engineering there. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172560,"author_name":"HolySparks","author_uid":"holysparks","epoch":1759930790,"text":"Very creative way of building a narrative game! In the end we are the collectors of information and knowledge here :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176378,"author_name":"celia14","author_uid":"celia14","epoch":1760015466,"text":"@cameronpenner Thanks for playing! About the loading time, the game is just plain JS and HTML. \ud83d\ude42 Works well for simple UI-focused games like this.\n\nGood point about the general notes, we had intended to have one but ran out of time to figure out where it should go. I will take that for the post-jam update.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1185876,"author_name":"Pimeko","author_uid":"pimeko","epoch":1760802320,"text":"Really nice idea, and greatly executed! The whole concept of solving riddles by telling a story are really the types of games I love, and it was really nice :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/celia14.itch.io\/my-friends-the-monster-trainers","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89315","g_author":"1005018","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"427261","g_title":"My Friends the Monster Trainers","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"8","g_site2_node_id":"418147","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"418147","n_urlkey":"427261","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/my-friend-the-monster-trainer","n_slug":"my-friend-the-monster-trainer","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"5018","n_created":"1759412253","n_modified":"1778410184","n_version":"1337242","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":5,"author":5018,"body":"## Gotta deduce 'em all!\n\nA deductive puzzle game about collectible monsters.\n- Read letters from your friends and follow their adventures catching wild monsters and battling other trainers.\n- Use your powers of observation and deduction to fill details in your Monster Tracker about monsters' alignments, moves, and habitats.\n- Each time you identify three monsters, you'll get more letters and see what happens next in the story.\n\n#### How to play\n- In the Monster Tracker on the right, click on the different dropdowns to fill in details about the monster.\n- When you get their alignment, habitat, and both moves right, the monster will lock in.\n- Each three monsters identified will give you more letters from your friends. 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