{"author_link":"\/author\/sayhiben\/","author_name":"SayHiBen","author_uid":"50265","comments":[{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:25am","epoch":1429586400,"text":"Such beautiful animation. fun game."},{"author_name":"nightlord","author_uid":"1146","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:26am","epoch":1429586460,"text":"my most favorite game so far as far as mood is concerned. The graphics are great and the music is super moody. very cool game congrats"},{"author_name":"Lancelot Gao","author_uid":"3035","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:32am","epoch":1429669620,"text":"love the art style!good jobs!"},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:36am","epoch":1429669860,"text":"Beautiful graphics, mood, and audio. Why can you not rate on graphics and auido?"},{"author_name":"silentbaws","author_uid":"50468","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:38am","epoch":1429669980,"text":"I liked the game, but I gut stuck in a web with no ammo and I had to close and re open the game which was kind of annoying other than that this was great though"},{"author_name":"Tortoise","author_uid":"45008","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:38am","epoch":1429669980,"text":"I really like the artstyle, and the music!"},{"author_name":"Reis Mahnic","author_uid":"52764","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:43am","epoch":1429670280,"text":"Wow!\r<br\/>Fun to play, and the character art is BEAUTIFUL.\r<br\/>I know it'd take a long time, but you should DEFINITELY make a game that is built entirely in that style. Really wonderful work. Great audio too."},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:44am","epoch":1429670340,"text":"Wow, the use of 2D art in a 3D world here is truly beautiful.  The music is also lovely.  The camera angle is a little high for how zoomed in it is.  Anyway, awesome job!"},{"author_name":"tikilittle","author_uid":"22639","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:47am","epoch":1429670520,"text":"Loved the art style and the mood. After a couple of playthroughs, I gave up because I didn't think there was a goal until I just read your description and saw there is three mazes. When you get down to low light levels, there is really not a whole lot you can do, but just die and try again."},{"author_name":"CowShark","author_uid":"35595","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:49am","epoch":1429670640,"text":"Third maze is kind of brutal for the uninitiated."},{"author_name":"bossmojoman","author_uid":"41214","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:55am","epoch":1429671000,"text":"Awesome job!  Art and sound were great!"},{"author_name":"JulioC","author_uid":"3072","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:59am","epoch":1429671240,"text":"Great job on the concept and better yet implementing it."},{"author_name":"Hambone","author_uid":"41475","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1429676340,"text":"Very pretty!"},{"author_name":"wearehomebound","author_uid":"50493","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:18am","epoch":1429679580,"text":"Dang. Really loved the graphics and feel of this one. Sounds were top notch. Really well executed."},{"author_name":"RobotHoboDanceParty","author_uid":"49701","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:32am","epoch":1429684020,"text":"This game is very nice. I love the music and graphic. If I had to find something wrong with this game, there were a couple of overlapped textures that glitched a little and at one point i got stuck in a web and couldn't shoot or run out of light. Those two &quot;bad&quot; (not really) thing about this game mean nothing and did not stop me from really enjoying this game! Great work, I love this!"},{"author_name":"SayHiBen","author_uid":"50265","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1429716840,"text":"Hopefully the &quot;can't run out of energy\/can't move&quot; issue is fixed now. I'd call it a bug, except, well, I'm through with bug puns after this past weekend ;)"},{"author_name":"Tatsu Studio","author_uid":"50217","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:47am","epoch":1429760520,"text":"I liked, the character art is so cute."},{"author_name":"tummyache","author_uid":"7321","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:59am","epoch":1429768440,"text":"This is really charming.  I got lost quite a bit though, it's very difficult to keep track of where you're going with such a steep camera and high movement speed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Artwork and music were fantastic though.  Really good game."},{"author_name":"kabutakogames","author_uid":"51243","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:45am","epoch":1429774800,"text":"I liked the little art but the sides of the levels cut out my vision a lot"},{"author_name":"Conflei","author_uid":"13541","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 4:00am","epoch":1429847700,"text":"Excelente art and 5\/5 Innovation!"},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 4:17am","epoch":1429848720,"text":"Really pretty, I love the art work. A whole lot. With the tight curves it was a tiny bit nauseating, but I really love the mood that you've managed to create here."},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 4:18am","epoch":1429848780,"text":"Beautiful game. It felt really cozy exploring the hedge maze guided by the light from our body. I liked being a little firefly. You are great at capturing a mood and feeling. The art and animation was amazing. Thank you for making this game!"},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1429915320,"text":"Overall a good game. Maybe the use of the theme was too simple."},{"author_name":"lucentbeam","author_uid":"25522","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1429915680,"text":"Nice! Really pleasing art and music. I do wish the controls were a little less slippery, though."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1429916040,"text":"Cute mood and character. Wow, that frog is a jerk though."},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1429985940,"text":"Quite beautiful really. Only criticism would be the controls were a bit too slippery for me."},{"author_name":"Jajo","author_uid":"48984","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1429986360,"text":"Beautiful graphics and sound. Creative idea. Honestly brilliant ;3"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1429988580,"text":"Pretty fun! I think shooting stuff is a bit conventional though."},{"author_name":"sekaru","author_uid":"23171","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1429990260,"text":"Really cool and refreshing art and animation on this one."},{"author_name":"Pilly","author_uid":"50246","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1429994040,"text":"Beautiful art, the creatures look like they came straight out of an animated film. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I tried the third maze numerous times, but gave up eventually - it just seemed too big and was hard to tell whether I was making any progress. Also, I found that it was too dark much of the time, so maybe instead of light fading in a linear way, it could be exponential...or something like that.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved the mood, I felt like I was exploring something magical and mysterious. Great work!"},{"author_name":"skylerWithAnE","author_uid":"52180","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 6:51am","epoch":1430117160,"text":"Cool game! You did a good job of producing an appropriate amount of content--that is to say, I was able to complete your game! I think the birds are glitched, they drop a grub every time a shot connects with them."},{"author_name":"Andrew Quartermain","author_uid":"38469","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1430170680,"text":"Definitely made me smile. That's amazing for your first game. \r<br\/>It plays really well and looks great. When the light starts to dim it gets pretty scary too."},{"author_name":"reiknight","author_uid":"36994","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 9:34am","epoch":1431250140,"text":"I &lt;3 the 2D\/3D combination and those animations :). Using the bug back as a health bar was a smart idea!"}],"images":["ld32\/50265-74956d2b067cf8abacf7f6880993bb2a.jpg","ld32\/50265-22d041e4de658022f4552768280d4779.jpg","ld32\/50265-e06040ce2b1be6ec88d8c862caaad0a9.jpg","ld32\/50265-4a7920ac5795ccafa7c1526ab61a8b47.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sayhiben.com\/beacon\/beacon.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/sayhiben.com\/beacon\/beacon_osx.zip","text":"Mac"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/sayhiben\/beacon-ludum-dare-32","text":"GitHub"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10994","g_author":"50265","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"11028","g_title":"Beacon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"181","g_commentcount":"33","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\/50265-shot0-1429579415.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50265-shot1-1429579415.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50265-shot2-1429579415.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50265-shot3-1429579415.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\r\n# BEACON\r\n------------\r\n\r\nIn Beacon, you play a firefly looking for its mate. Using \r\nits own light as a weapon, the firefly must overcome three \r\nmazes without going dark. Find the grubs, defeat the spiders, \r\nand dodge the frogs! Lights on!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n# CONTROLS\r\n---------------\r\n\r\nMOVE: WASD or Arrow keys\r\nSHOOT: CTRL, SPACE, or MOUSE1\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n# ABOUT\r\n-----------\r\n\r\nBeacon is the first \"real\" game for every person on our team. \r\nThank you for a fantastic first game jam; this experience\r\nbrought together a group of friends in a way that hasn't \r\nhappened in a long time. \r\n\r\nWe hope our game makes you smile.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\n\u2022 Bill Bussick - Game & Level Design\r\n\u2022 Ruthie R. - Original artwork\r\n\u2022 Cort Page - Original soundtrack\r\n\u2022 Ben Menesini - Programming & design\r\n\u2022 John Darrington - Design & testing\r\n\u2022 Avalon - Playtesting\r\n\r\n\r\n","title":"Beacon"}