{"author_link":"\/author\/eviltroopa\/","author_name":"EvilTroopa","author_uid":"34759","comments":[{"author_name":"Bastienre4","author_uid":"45409","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1429531560,"text":"Good, but it's really hard to play :)"},{"author_name":"conno1234","author_uid":"34006","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1429554480,"text":"Really cool and creative!"},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1429554540,"text":"Interesting idea, though the targets were pretty hard to hit. Definitely fit the theme. Looked great as well. Good job!"},{"author_name":"talecrafter","author_uid":"3707","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1429554600,"text":"Very cool idea. I also like the black and white presentation.\rThe light spirits were a bit too fast for me.\rThe input setting felt strange to me so I changed the movement keys to WASD in the Settings."},{"author_name":"holgk","author_uid":"32032","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1429554600,"text":"Hard to play. Aiming is almost imposible."},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1429554660,"text":"Fun idea and nice music, but I got stuck several times and it was very hard to hit the lights"},{"author_name":"Hectate","author_uid":"19412","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1429554660,"text":"As noted, very difficult to play. If you work on this further I would really suggest a tutorial lesson. Something where you teach the player to combine colors (on the gun) correctly to match the intended complement of your target.\rIt doesn't help that the targets move very quickly and\/or erratically. Perhaps moving to a "wave" system where it ramps up the difficulty would be helpful too. Either way, good job on getting this out there!"},{"author_name":"Jerre","author_uid":"13020","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1429554720,"text":"The painting, and mixing of colours is nice. The mouse is way to sensitive, so I could not hit anything, also I would've liked to steer with WASD so i could am with my right hand."},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1429554780,"text":"Looks beautiful! Very moody and atmospheric, although the cheerful chiptune runs contrary to that. There is definitely a learning curve, but it's a fair one. Is it just my computer, or is the mouse control super sensitive?"},{"author_name":"ungarischeziegenspielen","author_uid":"53004","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:40pm","epoch":1429554900,"text":"Awesome game! It is hard to learn the basics, but after it is is really impressive, and challenging."},{"author_name":"rburema","author_uid":"50394","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1429555020,"text":"thougths:\r - music is really nice, sets the mood together w. mostly grey background (also makes the colourful ghotst nice'n-visible)\r - mouse sensitivity was way too high, took some getting used too\r - also, why are the balls of light affected by gravity? ;-)"},{"author_name":"FireCamp","author_uid":"49871","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1429556400,"text":"mmm pretty nice game...\rThanks for the azerty keuboards like me ^^ (but hope you think about qwerty too...) \r\rloved the idea\/ innovation use of the theme. \rToo bad there is no sensivity tweaking option and the level design is violent for the eyes :\/\r\rThe game has lots of potential. good entry overall !"},{"author_name":"Phil Strahl","author_uid":"47131","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1429648440,"text":"I like the mechanics but you just ask too much from your players :) I am pretty experienced when it comes to additive colors because of my day job and still I was overwhelmed shortly after the game started.\r\rAs a player I had to 1) walk around the room, 2) point my gun at 3) moving colored targets while 4) mentally assembling the correct complimentary color, and 5) operating the color switches accordingly. That's very challenging and for me it was just too much.\r\rInterestingly your mechanics are similar as those of the compo entry Color Elementals which isn't a bad thing, but the freedom you give your players as compared to Color Elementals (fixed camera, only a few 'lanes' where enemies advance in a predictable fashion) works against it.\r\rI have the same advice for your game: In the first levels\/stages\/waves, have the player mix the color s\/he sees in the enemies in order to get a hang of the concept and become somewhat skilled at it, then add some complexity, e.g. by moving targets (somewhat predictably) and have them stick around long enough before they fade out.\r\rDesign-wise you can give of all the challenges for your player an individual "difficulty" level, e.g. moving around = 1, pointing & shooting = 2, switching colors = 5, thinking of the complementary color = 6 and so on. (Those values are very subjective, of course, but in general should do well). With that kind of "metric" you can design waves and levels in ascending difficulty, e.g. first level only stationary enemies (point-and-shoot difficulty of 2) of a single color (= not operating switches). The second level needs the player to move around (+ 1 difficulty), or to have targets of a second color, so the difficulty steadily increases.\r\rSorry for the wall of text, I guess that's becoming kinda my thing here! my point is: Interesting concept, nice execution for a prototype, you should look into building upon the mechanics and having the difficulty ramp up much slower. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"thenoviceengineer","author_uid":"50045","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1429729560,"text":"I really liked the idea... it is a bit hard to play due to the aiming \/ high mouse sensitivity though.\r\rLoved the music :)"},{"author_name":"Anshul Goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 12:34am","epoch":1429748940,"text":"Its fun but aiming is kinda hard, may be because there is a lot of movement or I just suck at shooting."},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1430336400,"text":"Controls could use some improvement, but the concept of the game is very nice, good entry."},{"author_name":"AinoraZ","author_uid":"50640","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1431372180,"text":"Really, really creative o _ o."}],"images":["ld32\/34759-bbe7a78ffa34ba706a0329d5a2ff6bce.jpg","ld32\/34759-46620f6d2ac1b5e1541aa65838b19359.jpg","ld32\/34759-823f08939ee10937b561aeb46428e962.jpg","ld32\/34759-67f190f20161c6101eb94cc9a5f94fd6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dev.eviltroopa.com\/ludum-dare-32\/LightSpirits_Win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dev.eviltroopa.com\/ludum-dare-32\/LightSpirits_Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/dev.eviltroopa.com\/ludum-dare-32\/LightSpirits_Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/dev.eviltroopa.com\/ludum-dare-32\/LightSpirits_Sources.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10353","g_author":"34759","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"10387","g_title":"Light Spirits","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"704","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/444368\/34759-shot0-1429453936.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/34759-shot1-1429453936.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/34759-shot2-1429453936.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/34759-shot3-1429453936.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"The light spirits make one with the power of the light and then ascend once they reach absolute unity with all light waves.\r\nSome of them get stuck with only a few light waves absorbed and need help to feel complete. Some just need an extra push to implode into ascension.\r\nThis is when you get to use the Light Gun. Fire some light power with the correct color complement on the light spirits to help them take a step into a new form of existence.\"\r\n\r\nMy little contribution to LD Compo, I hope you'll like it, done in about 36 hours. Now I've got a head ache and should rest a bit.","title":"Light Spirits"}