{"author_link":"\/users\/cizec","author_name":"Cizec","author_uid":1399293,"comments":[{"id":1085447,"author_name":"Kolp","author_uid":"kolp","epoch":1728344776,"text":"such a cool concept!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1085448,"author_name":"Stalemeat","author_uid":"stalemeat","epoch":1728344780,"text":"This is very ambitious! There was a lot involved in this. I like how the game looks, although, it did give me motion sickness while moving around but that is a personal problem. The roaches are well crafted and animated. It started out with a \"test text\" and that was confusing but pressing E fixed that issue. Great entry fits the theme well.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095199,"author_name":"Pacelin","author_uid":"pacelin","epoch":1728424317,"text":"A good game idea for a gamejam! It's a pity that the volume control sliders don't work and there are no mouse sensitivity settings, because of the rather high initial sensitivity, I couldn't fully enjoy the gameplay! I hope to see this game as a small indie project.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095261,"author_name":"rickyokita","author_uid":"rickyokita","epoch":1728424990,"text":"What an amazing RPG featuring roaches! The objectives and the plot are so detailed within a limited development time, but somehow the roaches give no responses when I pressed E if I didn't follow the quest, should make some default dialogue assigned with each roach but I do think the workload is a bit more. \n\nOverall it is fun to explore the roach village ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095461,"author_name":"radiorat","author_uid":"radiorat","epoch":1728427224,"text":"### Game-breaking bugs have been fixed, check out the second \"fix\" file to get the full experience!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095797,"author_name":"Master-YEET","author_uid":"master-yeet","epoch":1728431556,"text":"I liked exploring the village and following our fellow roaches story. I wished I could press E again to show faster the dialogues instead of having to wait though.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095799,"author_name":"driftingaway","author_uid":"driftingaway","epoch":1728431572,"text":"This is cute! I like the art, could definitely see this expanded into a full game","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100057,"author_name":"emozdemir","author_uid":"emozdemir","epoch":1728491022,"text":"this has a lot of potential! a long story would turn this game into a decent indie game. i wish dialogues were not to be skipped when i press E but get the full sentence and then continue to the dialogue. solid entry!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1104742,"author_name":"Pachino55","author_uid":"pachino55","epoch":1728584369,"text":"Sick art!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108902,"author_name":"Sutt00","author_uid":"sutt00","epoch":1728723261,"text":"Loveley concept. We were considering doing something similar. \nThe theme is wonderfully realized. I love that you're carrying the magnifying glass with your antenna and that you move faster when you crawl. \nI did get stuck at the bar tho. I could talk to one of the patrons but not the rest.\nI would also recommend having E skip to the end of the current dialog and then have one more input to move onto the next one.  ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110943,"author_name":"BuianovaValeria","author_uid":"buianovavaleria","epoch":1728811258,"text":" offers a fun, i like it\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111007,"author_name":"WouterK12","author_uid":"wouterk12","epoch":1728814149,"text":"Haha such a cool idea of having roaches living in a little society under a floor :D  \nMaybe look a bit into scaling UI for different screen sizes because I play on a wide aspect ratio and I couldn't read the objective and some dialog, but that's okay, it was fun to dance with the roaches in the bar anyways! \ud83d\ude06","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111381,"author_name":"Lofipop","author_uid":"lofipop","epoch":1728831655,"text":"Nice to see another cuckroach-related game ! Really enjoyed this one. Fun, original setting, nice humour and you managed to set a nice mood even with simple graphics.\nI had no real issues with this one, maybe could've used a running input ?\nAnyway, well done, impressive for a first project !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115701,"author_name":"kanity","author_uid":"kanity","epoch":1729193371,"text":"I've downloaded \"fixed\" version, but can't seem to be able to do anything. Pressed all the buttons, I am just stuck on this screen.\n\n![broken.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/c93\/65\/z\/68ecd.jpg)\"\n\nI liked the music, the drawn map on pause menu and your game cover. Would love to explore the game more but doesn't seem to work for me ;_;\n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1116426,"author_name":"radiorat","author_uid":"radiorat","epoch":1729287687,"text":"@kanity Hi, thanks for the feedback!! To progress through the dialogue windows you need to press E!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1119277,"author_name":"Empyreans","author_uid":"empyreans","epoch":1729713688,"text":"Had some fun with your game on stream :) Interaction zones were a bit inconsistent, but I had a good time with the game regardless. I ain't no Sherlock so I did what I know best - I went out of bounds to find the villain :)\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/xnGuRZF8CH0\n\n~XpMonster","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/5e\/5ee6b59424ecb23baed84cafabefe931ffdb8d1e1ed4de6e92f6aaa8618aa074.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"95527","g_author":"1399293","g_event":"LD56","g_eventkey":"115","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"444456","g_title":"Detective Roach","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"515","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"399294","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"399294","n_urlkey":"444456","n_parent":"395186","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/detective-roach","n_slug":"detective-roach","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"399293","n_created":"1727975059","n_modified":"1777458971","n_version":"1271842","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD56","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":399293,"body":"A narrative detective game about mystery in roach city.\ncontrols on wasd. 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