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Great entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1161776,"author_name":"starduster","author_uid":"starduster","epoch":1759786170,"text":"Yeah, I went overboard on the difficulty, too easy to make a platformer difficult! Not enough time to make it balanced. I like NES Mario style character control, but here it's pretty evil with all the nasty jumps.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1161921,"author_name":"Baluj","author_uid":"baluj","epoch":1759788206,"text":"I enjoyed it, although the character controls seemed quite rough to me.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163113,"author_name":"Tony Li","author_uid":"tony-li","epoch":1759799098,"text":"I really like the falling sand! The main character is neat, too. I agree with other players that it's a fun challenge deciding whether to risk going a little further or to go back and deliver the gold. I think maybe having 3 \"hit points\"\/hearts would make the game a little more forgiving","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1171655,"author_name":"TemmyT","author_uid":"temmyt","epoch":1759916159,"text":"Though the game is quite difficult, I think it fits the NES\/Atari aesthetic","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172066,"author_name":"Tkap1","author_uid":"tkap1","epoch":1759922587,"text":"This might be the hardest platformer ever made","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174805,"author_name":"zoeek","author_uid":"zoeek","epoch":1759965393,"text":"10\/10 got lacerated by a cactoid.\nBoth directions seem like death traps but was a fun play :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175548,"author_name":"MysticGames","author_uid":"mysticgames","epoch":1759993524,"text":"Good game really hard but its fun. I do like how the character gets heavier with the more gold you have.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176457,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1760016872,"text":"Cool! Good job!.\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176632,"author_name":"LDJam user 282870","author_uid":"282870","epoch":1760020548,"text":"The game is excellent. Not too easy and not too hard. The mechanics are good and the gold physics are excellent. Well done.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177346,"author_name":"JonasOlsson","author_uid":"jonasolsson","epoch":1760035499,"text":"Nice game! Having to resist greed to not be encumbered is a fun game mechanic. Good work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177621,"author_name":"tardis2snej","author_uid":"tardis2snej","epoch":1760040887,"text":"You mentioned the issue with some monitors, but I didn't understand what you mean until I read the comments and realised that I don't see the sand haha After that moved to another laptop and that was fine.\n\nSand physics is super satysfying!\nI found the controls to be quite hard to get used do, I keep sliding and it's hard to do precise jumps, so I didn't manage to get far.\nBut still, nice game, great ideas, well done! 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I liked the different death-messages depending on how you expired, and it had a certain _old-school feel to it._\n\n---\n\nThe second horde of cactoids couldn't be killed with the money-bag which was annoying, and the other route led to a dead-end, so I quit before making through.\n\nSome of the ideas here could certainly be expanded further. :moneybag: :cactus:\n\nCheers!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1186294,"author_name":"SergS Workshop","author_uid":"sergs-workshop","epoch":1760883211,"text":"Unfortunately, the dust isn\u2019t visible, and the character controller feels a bit floaty, with a lack of sound effects. On the bright side, I love the death screen messages and the core idea of using the target resource as a weapon - that\u2019s a clever touch. Solid submission overall!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1186399,"author_name":"starduster","author_uid":"starduster","epoch":1760897714,"text":"@sergs-workshop\n\nSorry about the dust not being visible! That's a bug with hi-dpi monitors where I mixed up physical resolution with logical resolution. The dust shader uses gl_FragCoord which is physical resolution but it's passed logical resolution.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187499,"author_name":"deadjolly","author_uid":"deadjolly","epoch":1761096613,"text":"Vacuuming up the gold is pretty fun! My absolute favorite part of your game is the cowboy's face. Makes me laugh. The actual platforming was pretty unforgiving. Maybe I just struggled to get good at the game but it did feel difficult. Took me a minute to realize I had to throw the bags, but that is a fun risk\/reward mechanic. \n\nNice entry for a first jam!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"89663","g_author":"1420017","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"427878","g_title":"GOLD DUST","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"729","g_commentcount":"21","g_site2_node_id":"420018","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"420018","n_urlkey":"427878","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/gold-dust","n_slug":"gold-dust","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"420017","n_created":"1759583984","n_modified":"1779024649","n_version":"1338154","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":420017,"body":"Game has known issue with hi-dpi monitors.\n\nAfter getting clobbered in a saloon brawl, Claim-Jumpin' Charlie woke up a a paradise of GOLD. 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