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The music is so relaxing, especially with the clouds -- reminds me of an open world exploration vibes. Are there any other secret treasures along the way to the top? I was trying go to the right at the bottom crevice but gave up. Also, John is probably one of the world's best contortionists","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1173174,"author_name":"Asad","author_uid":"asad","epoch":1759939966,"text":"Nice game my time was 41 minutes and 5 seconds and I enjoyed every second spent there! :3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174368,"author_name":"tuh","author_uid":"tuh","epoch":1759956702,"text":"@caominh-le If you click TAB you can see all collectible treasures which are all around the map. I can tell you that there is one at the bottom right. GL if you care enough to get them all- I did a 100% in 35:04 knowing the placements.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175433,"author_name":"NNO1","author_uid":"nno1","epoch":1759989864,"text":"This is so much fun! Took me a while to get the hang of controlling this character though lol","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177992,"author_name":"Jonction","author_uid":"jonction","epoch":1760053280,"text":"Great game! I think it could be a little more instinctive with an UI element telling you when you are in grabbing hitbox or not","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178023,"author_name":"ACartlidge","author_uid":"acartlidge","epoch":1760054912,"text":"This was really fun!  I got into the flow of trying to place my limbs properly, and it made me laugh whenever all my feet were bunched up in one of the cracks.  I think it's cool how there's a balance of placed you can reach without risk (3 planted and 1 limb moving) vs places that have risk (2 planted, 1 moving, 1 dangling).  Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180142,"author_name":"tenshi42","author_uid":"tenshi42","epoch":1760147016,"text":"Very nice !  \ngot the end but at what cost !  \n![2025-10-11 03_41_24-John Highland and a Special Golden Crown 1.1.png](\/\/\/raw\/8fd\/7\/z\/6f3ca.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180303,"author_name":"Sirplop","author_uid":"sirplop","epoch":1760158398,"text":"Really fun, refreshing concept for this jam! Lovely audio, very chill. A good, solid entry for what looks like your good, solid game engine. Keep up the good work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181528,"author_name":"good.enough","author_uid":"good-enough","epoch":1760219741,"text":"Huh. Won't run on my computer for some reason.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181543,"author_name":"Shasaur","author_uid":"shasaur","epoch":1760220411,"text":"Couldn't run for me, crash on start :(","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181690,"author_name":"ConCaerus","author_uid":"concaerus","epoch":1760236324,"text":"Very fun game! The music combined with the calming gameplay mechanic really gave the game a cozy vibe. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182553,"author_name":"LDJam user 179298","author_uid":"179298","epoch":1760292518,"text":"@good-enough @shasaur I'm very sorry to hear that and sorry for the inconvenience. May I know what gpus you guys have and if there's a log in the logs folder?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182561,"author_name":"LDJam user 179298","author_uid":"179298","epoch":1760293051,"text":"@ulziton @kkritikov @melomaner @evil23 @matthew-rose @artalasky @caominh-le @asad @nno1 @jonction @acartlidge @tenshi42 @sirplop @concaerus Thank you all for playing our game! We appreciate all the feedback. :heart: \n\n@tenshi42 Hope you had a great time!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183344,"author_name":"fabY","author_uid":"faby","epoch":1760374609,"text":"I feel like the theme of the jam could have been better integrated to the gameplay itself but the controls, the music and level design are great ! It feels good being able to simply rest and not being rushed into making decisions, not restart from the beginning on failure. Good guy John, very polished game congrats ! 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The character feels very responsive and realistic in terms of posisble positions, most of the time available actions were clear, and having to change limbs fast sometimes make experience better. The only issue I had is that character can't straighten arms even when legs are disconnected, but there were workarounds\n\nAlso it felt awesome when music changed for the first time, but when it changed and I saw the snow it just felt incredible","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187304,"author_name":"Anatol.w","author_uid":"anatol-w","epoch":1761067624,"text":"nice game","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"89782","g_author":"1179298","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"428268","g_title":"John Highland and a Special Golden Crown","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"209","g_commentcount":"24","g_site2_node_id":"420739","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"420739","n_urlkey":"428268","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/john-highland-and-a-special-golden-crown","n_slug":"john-highland-and-a-special-gold","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"179298","n_created":"1759695077","n_modified":"1777364557","n_version":"1339129","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":179298,"body":"---\n\n![thumbnail.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/26c\/b2\/z\/6f318.jpg)\n\n---\n\n# Genesis\nYou are a famous treasure hunter and alpinist _John Highland_ and your specialty is climbing the highest peaks known to mankind. 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