{"author_name":"karlin","cat":"LD #26","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"May 3, 2013 3:42 pm","epoch":1367613720,"text":"Thanks for the kind words! Rob (artist)","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1367602080,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42769","p_author":"karlin","p_authorkey":"18552","p_urlkey":"78404","p_title":"LD26 Some Favourites","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367602080","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"18552","us_name":"karlin","us_username":"karlin","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Something about the theme of minimalism has really brought out the creativity in people. The quality this Ludum Dare is through the roof. Here&#8217;s a few of my favourites so far.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=11391\">Persist<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-26\/?author_name=adventureislands\">AdventureIslands<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255517\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/persistr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255517\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255517\" title=\"Persist\" alt=\"Persist Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/persistr.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/persistr-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/persistr.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Persist<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">A very fun nes-style platform game where the main character loses abilities as the game progresses. Excellent use of the theme, a fantastic art style and wonderful music. \u00a0There was a bug in the original game but it&#8217;s since been fixed in the post-compo version.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=12434\">&#8230;<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-26\/?author_name=jlauener\">Dir3kt<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255518\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/r\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255518\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255518 \" title=\"...\" alt=\"... screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">Very nicely polished game with lots of attention to detail. There are some great little nods later in the game to classic arcade games.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=15778\">Join<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/author\/perry\/\">Perry<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255524\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/joinr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255524\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255524\" title=\"Join\" alt=\"Join screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Joinr.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Joinr-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Joinr.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Join<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">Join takes a very simple idea (snake) and builds nicely upon it to create a unique action-puzzle game. Quite difficult but still lots of fun.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=7470\">#<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-26\/?author_name=kitch\">Kitch<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255523\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/r-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255523\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255523\" title=\"#\" alt=\"# screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r1.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r1-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/r1.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">#<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">Another game with a very simple concept but really nice execution. Very pretty visuals and nice sound design.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=12722\">Guru<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-26\/?author_name=brotherst\">BrothersT<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255526\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/gurur\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255526\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255526\" title=\"Guru\" alt=\"Guru screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gurur.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gurur-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gurur.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guru<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">I have no idea how such beautiful animations were created in such short time but somehow Joe and Rob did it. Well worth a look.<\/p>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=17883\">(Follow the) Line<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-26\/?author_name=chman\">Chman<\/a><\/h2>\n <div id=\"attachment_255528\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/03\/ld26-some-favourites\/ftlr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-255528\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-255528\" title=\"Follow the Line\" alt=\"Follow the Line screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FTLr.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FTLr-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FTLr.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow the Line<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">This ones been talked about a lot and for good reason. Very fun and very challenging.<\/p>","time":"May 3rd, 2013 12:28 pm","title":"LD26 Some Favourites"}