{"author_link":"\/author\/fib\/","author_name":"Fib","author_uid":"14895","comments":[{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 2:40am","epoch":1440470100,"text":"Love the polish. The sounds and tweening are so charming"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1440977160,"text":"Great game, for what it is. It's a shame about the lack of theme and multiplayer requirements, because the game is so well made."},{"author_name":"stahlmanDesign","author_uid":"49932","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1440977220,"text":"Error message when I press play on gamejolt site: MissingKeyMissing Key-Pair-Id query parameter or cookie value. Did not rate cause couldn't play"},{"author_name":"Vem","author_uid":"57750","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1440978180,"text":"The implementation has some problems, placing more than three in a row doesn't create a mill, for example.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Beside that, it's a nice, simple idea that builds off of classics and makes something new. Very nice!"},{"author_name":"Slashee the Cow","author_uid":"29123","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 1:20am","epoch":1440983700,"text":"Seems like a fun little board game (which I'd never even heard of before). Not sure I'm as much a fan of ignoring the theme completely though."},{"author_name":"Flaid","author_uid":"45697","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 1:40am","epoch":1440984900,"text":"I really liked this game!  It is very well polished and plays nicely.  I (unfortunately) don't have anyone else to play with, so I just had to play with myself.  Er... that sounded... uh... well, it was still pretty fun."},{"author_name":"Askbackwards","author_uid":"55174","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 1:55am","epoch":1440985800,"text":"Love the game!"},{"author_name":"RobotMeal","author_uid":"54175","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 2:41am","epoch":1440988560,"text":"Good polish. Cool little local multiplayer game."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 12:52am","epoch":1441327620,"text":"Kinda wish I had someone else to play this with (as it's kinda awkward playtesting these kind of games on your own) but this was a pretty cool game and the mechanics were very interesting."},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 6:06am","epoch":1441346460,"text":"Hey that was really great! I'm so glad I sat down and really learned how to play. I'll be sure to fire this up with a friend sometime ^o^\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very pretty, and I loved the neutrals."}],"images":["ld33\/14895-8d70635e3e065e15bf5db1c2a0a87515.jpg","ld33\/14895-ce017514650223df227cf060516dee51.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/windmills-in-the-sky\/88544","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9322","g_author":"14895","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9355","g_title":"Windmills in the Sky","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"538","g_commentcount":"10","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/14895-shot0-1440467325.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/14895-shot1-1440467325.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This Ludum Dare jam was a fun whirlwind for me. I accomplished nothing on Friday night because I was so exhausted after work. But worked about 20 hours total this weekend to finish. This is my second LD submission (previous one was only 1\/4 finished). I didn't finish everything I wanted to, but I worked hard and finished something I'm proud of. Sadly, I didn't incorporate the theme in anyway (I'm not proud of it but it happened). Thanks for playing! Any and all feedback is welcome!\r\n\r\nControls\r\nThe entire game is played using the left mouse button. No other buttons are used.\r\n\r\nWindmills in the Sky is a variation of a windmill game, an ancient strategy board game, in which 2 players try to eliminate each other\u2019s pieces by moving pieces around the game board to form 3 in a row. This variation, more specifically, is based on an ancient game named \u201cDara\u201d from Northern Africa, especially Nigeria.\r\n\r\nGoal\r\nThe goal of the game is to eliminate the opponent\u2019s pieces until your opponent only has 2 pieces remaining. You do this by moving your 10 pieces around the game board to form 3 pieces in a row, or a windmill. On the turn that you form a windmill, you must choose which of your opponent\u2019s pieces to remove from the board.\r\n\r\nDue to the short time frame I was unable to build a computer AI opponent. So this game does require a friend to play with.\r\n\r\n\r\nYou may find it helpful to read the rules before you play.\r\n\r\nStart\r\nInitially, the game board starts empty. To start, you and your opponent alternate turns placing 1 piece onto the game board until all 10 of your pieces are placed. Alternatively, if you have at least 1 piece on the game board, you may choose to move a piece instead of placing one on the board.\r\n\r\nTurn order\r\nThe player who is using the \u201cSun\u201d pieces always goes first, the player who is using the \u201cMoon\u201d pieces goes second, and the neutral player, represented by the red knight, goes third.\r\n\r\nMoving\r\nEach turn a piece can be moved a single space up, down, left, or right, but never diagonally. Also, a piece cannot ever jump over other pieces. There will be some situations where a piece cannot move because there are pieces blocking the way.\r\n\r\nRemoving pieces (or forming a windmill)\r\nWhen a player places or moves his or her pieces so that there are 3 in a row, either horizontally or vertically but never diagonally, then that player has formed a windmill. The same turn that the windmill is formed, that player can remove an opponent\u2019s piece (any piece) from the board.\r\n\r\nEnding the game\r\nThe game ends when one player, the loser, only has 2 pieces remaining and the opposite player is the winner. In order for the game to end both players must place all 10 available pieces on the board.\r\n\r\nNeutral player movement\r\nThere are 2 neutral pieces on the board represented by the red knight. These 2 pieces only move around the board at random. The neutral player automatically takes a turn after player 2 (the Moons) by moving each piece 1 space in a random direction (if possible).","title":"Windmills in the Sky"}