{"author_link":"\/author\/dreyan\/","author_name":"Dreyan","author_uid":"52023","comments":[{"author_name":"clegamecoop","author_uid":"53062","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:58am","epoch":1429581180,"text":"doh, wish this was html5 or for mac. looks cool though"},{"author_name":"Dreyan","author_uid":"52023","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:05am","epoch":1429581600,"text":"It'll come to both I imagine in the next few days, fear not :)"},{"author_name":"Pixel Heart","author_uid":"51121","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:13am","epoch":1429582080,"text":"can't play game..\r<br\/>this year's web player limitations are awful :("},{"author_name":"bossmojoman","author_uid":"41214","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:13am","epoch":1429582080,"text":"This is the funnest game I have played so far.  Great job!"},{"author_name":"Rscar","author_uid":"26987","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:18am","epoch":1429582380,"text":"I loved it! Felt very juiced :)"},{"author_name":"xbcw","author_uid":"28725","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:21am","epoch":1429582560,"text":"Creative and fun.  I really liked the variety of interesting weapons."},{"author_name":"ldds","author_uid":"52368","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:23am","epoch":1429582680,"text":"I love it! I wish you could switch weapons in a better way, and the enmeies had some sort of HP. great game."},{"author_name":"Jasonsumm","author_uid":"53045","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1429624140,"text":"Looks great! :)"},{"author_name":"Vladimir Gaidenko","author_uid":"50610","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1429624860,"text":"Good sound effects and the feeling of the weapons, but some explanation and maybe a list of controls wouldn't hurt."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1429626600,"text":"Great little arena shooter, I liked the insane weapons.  Some of the weapon names really made me laugh, especially a Glockwork Orange.\r<br\/>But mainly what I will take away from this is a new-found understanding of the Latvian people, and how the modern capitalist paradigm is diminishing their sense of cultural identity"},{"author_name":"Crumpet","author_uid":"34699","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1429627080,"text":"Intuitive gameplay was the highlight. Some great music, and I feel someone watched &quot;The Art of Screenshake&quot; and learned the important lessons from it ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The character sprites seem blurry, especially compared to some of the other sprites (like the barrels). The enemies feel too easy to avoid (the way they have to get near you and then do an attack?) The orange enemies are better in this regard.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun weapon variation, and a generally well put together game with some room for improvement.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep up the good work, and please do develop this further!"},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1429627440,"text":"Very nicely done! The game feels very good and 'juicy'.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But even more different weapons would be nice. :D"},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1429633800,"text":"Fun game. I enjoyed the recoil of the machine gunn and killing 3 enemies in one shot with the laser.\r<br\/>When the character screams it reminds me of Jake from Adventure Time."},{"author_name":"rallebauz","author_uid":"35471","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1429640520,"text":"This is super cool! I think multiplayer, both co-op and versus, would be even more awesome."},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1429645620,"text":"Hell, guys, you just won me with the description...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Then you won me with the music. Then with the screenshake-vlambeer style and the lightning and the juicyness. Then with every single weapon. Transforming like a saiyan is just saiyan: awesome. At this point it even doesn't matter if Chthuloids are on the game and I like them because Chthuluh... \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game is just awesomely FUN. I don't need more. Excellent work."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1429650420,"text":"I learned so much about the Latvian Struggle, thanks man! I never knew there was so much heartfelt dispair going on in the world. cheers for the Latvians"},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:46am","epoch":1429666860,"text":"ok, i played this for way too long.  sometimes you just want to blow stuff up.  nice smooth gameplay, and the effects were excellent.  good music too.  great submission."},{"author_name":"Cryotube","author_uid":"50657","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:49am","epoch":1429667040,"text":"Weapons felt very polished and fun to play with! I'm impressed with the variety of weapons available in the game, and each weapon feels great to use as well (with the exception of the pistol, that thing sucks ass)"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:56am","epoch":1429667460,"text":"This is tons of fun. Play it for quite awhile. I found it to be a tad too easy. but It was fun to run around and get them all grouped together so you could blow them up with one shot. Well done"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:24am","epoch":1429669140,"text":"Wow, a lot of fun!!  The constant weapon switches were great, they made me play against the simple enemies in different ways.  It was even more fun once I started using the barrels more.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Looks, sounds, and feels really good.  Nice work!"},{"author_name":"grywhttl","author_uid":"52129","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:48am","epoch":1429674180,"text":"Really enjoyed this. Weapon variation is great!"},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:50am","epoch":1429674300,"text":"Wow, my type of game! So many weapons auto switching keep surprises me. The fast pace shooting is very solid. Love the camera shakes and blood of enemy death. The audio is simple but just fits. Great work!"},{"author_name":"silentbaws","author_uid":"50468","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:51am","epoch":1429674360,"text":"kind of sucks that I can be damaged while changing guns because I have no control over when that happens and no way to defend myself other than that it was a really fun game though"},{"author_name":"dylanwolf","author_uid":"20078","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:58am","epoch":1429674780,"text":"Really good art, music, and effects. The fact that the guns affect your movement is a nice touch, and they're over-the-top without being over-powered."},{"author_name":"filthyincubation666","author_uid":"50605","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1429707060,"text":"sickk"},{"author_name":"Bastienre4","author_uid":"45409","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1429709640,"text":"This is one of those gems you find in LD. Great job!"},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1429717500,"text":"It's a very fun to play game. I wish it was getting harder by time and I guess that's the only thing. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Andrea","author_uid":"44353","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1429717920,"text":"Very cool game, everything seems to be polished and thought off, that's a rare sight!\r<br\/>Not so &quot;unconventional&quot; weapons but you still pretty much the theme.\r<br\/>Awesome work guys!"},{"author_name":"UrbanHelsing","author_uid":"44682","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1429731120,"text":"Best gameplay so far. Would like to have more variation and increased difficulty."},{"author_name":"terpin","author_uid":"51787","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1429736640,"text":"What a fantastic game! Are there plans to continue developing it? Because there should be!"},{"author_name":"Dreyan","author_uid":"52023","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1429737480,"text":"We're working on it right now as a matter of fact, it's going to get a whole lot bigger :)"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1429739460,"text":"Dat description doe xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The weapon feel is pretty incredible... graphics are good, so is sound. The only thing I can suggest to improve is to make the weapons more unconventional... they are called unconventional names and look unconventional, but they don't behave in unconventional ways...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Aside from that, very solid entry, good luck!"},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1429739460,"text":"Really fun and polished game overall. It might have been more fun if the enemies forced me into something other than circle kiting.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I loved the death art and variety of weapons. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was fun to have different strategies with each weapon and pushing the barrels. You're onto something with the setup phase with the barrels and then having a new wave spawn. It's a good break in the pacing."},{"author_name":"DeadFragment","author_uid":"52749","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1429743060,"text":"Love the description aha, This game feels awesome to play and love the music and art style!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-Neith"},{"author_name":"Lynx","author_uid":"44477","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:17am","epoch":1429751520,"text":"Your game description MADE MY DAY!!! One of the best best games of this LD I've played so far. Love to see more weapons and boosts and power ups with more random levels to help be keep coming back to blast through enemies and save my Latvian Milk!"},{"author_name":"RyanNielson","author_uid":"13891","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:18am","epoch":1429751580,"text":"Great game, super fun and it looks fantastic. Some pretty simple mechanics, but they're executed very well. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"LukeZaz","author_uid":"36267","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:27am","epoch":1429752120,"text":"Very very good game. Would love to see more come of it."},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:15am","epoch":1429755000,"text":"Great game, very visceral feel to the guns. Good job."},{"author_name":"broknecho","author_uid":"45690","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:21am","epoch":1429755360,"text":"Incredibly polished and tight control.  Very fun game.  Cool mechanic using the guns to actually help you dodge around.  Well Done!"},{"author_name":"roving-stone","author_uid":"53170","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:40am","epoch":1429756500,"text":"This game feels bloody amazing. Really polished gameplay. The guns aren't really unconventional, and the concept isn't that original, but it's just very satisfying to play."},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:12am","epoch":1429758420,"text":"Loved all the lighting and effects. I loved the bit of recoil you included as well. Really fun game."},{"author_name":"JenniNexus","author_uid":"47172","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:29am","epoch":1429759440,"text":"Lots of fun graphics, screen shake action &amp; purple lasers !!! I would definitely crack out on this one on ios or googleplay styles. :-) Keep me posted if it goes to mobile!"},{"author_name":"tikilittle","author_uid":"22639","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:39am","epoch":1429760040,"text":"I liked how frenetic it became when you don't know what weapon your going to get next. The milk as a health indicator is a cool concept, but was hard to tell how much health I had left."},{"author_name":"popcorn897","author_uid":"35837","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:31am","epoch":1429766760,"text":"Hilarious and CRAZY fun. This game is so awesome. Very addicting too. I don't really know if I have any serious issues with this game. It was mostly perfect! Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"pixzleone","author_uid":"44497","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 6:43am","epoch":1429771080,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"Awpteamoose","author_uid":"21326","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:48am","epoch":1429774980,"text":"You guys did a good job and deserve plenty of sleep. I only wish it fit the theme better."},{"author_name":"spin-down","author_uid":"51475","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1429820280,"text":"I enjoyed playing this alot! The graphics and sound were great and the controls were nice and responsive. Good job guys!"},{"author_name":"Dorgam","author_uid":"52637","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 12:16am","epoch":1429834260,"text":"Good shooter game that makes you feel the shots!\r<br\/>Also the history was so deep and made me open my eyes!\r<br\/>XD"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1429836000,"text":"It was a fun game. I got stuck inside the wall and died. That didn't contribute to my fun."},{"author_name":"Octopus Melange","author_uid":"44658","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:32am","epoch":1429846020,"text":"Loved it. Is there an exit button?"},{"author_name":"Dreyan","author_uid":"52023","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:28am","epoch":1429863780,"text":"Hi Omiya - sorry to hear, that never happened in testing. Reckon you'd be able to replicate the bug so we can isolate it and remove it from the build.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Octopus: no not in that build, although the game has been expanded since and we're continuing to make it a fair chunk larger :)"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:51am","epoch":1429865160,"text":"AWESOME.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool animations, particularly when they die. Screenshake makes everything about 43x more fun too."},{"author_name":"safran","author_uid":"50835","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 10:04am","epoch":1429869540,"text":"Nice game if it comes with good explanation. The concept of always switching weapon is good though."},{"author_name":"mattmirrorfish","author_uid":"39886","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1429882140,"text":"Very nice entry! Great graphics and sound. Definitely detect some Vlambeer infuence which I like, some crate box and nuclear throne. I'm not sure about changing weapons based on time. Overall a very good entry!"},{"author_name":"AinoraZ","author_uid":"50640","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1429890480,"text":"Really loved this game! I actually had a similar idea with changing weapons in my game as well, thought I didn't have as much time to polish it since I went for the 48 hours. Love the music, sounds, mechanics and pretty much everything! Good job!"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1429910820,"text":"Solid entry, I super enjoyed myself! Loved all the guns, loved the gameplay - think it could get a little more fast-paced and intense, would love to see where you could take it in a post-jam version.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics were the weak link for me, but they aren't bad, so you did a great job overall!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sweet gifs ;P"},{"author_name":"BIZM","author_uid":"50449","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 7:58am","epoch":1429948380,"text":"The weapon switch scream is amazing :D! Super fun and addictive gameplay."},{"author_name":"goblin","author_uid":"44367","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1429963560,"text":"Very fun and addictive game, loved the music. Great job!\r<br\/>Check ours too http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=44367"},{"author_name":"abcdef65g","author_uid":"29151","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1429995780,"text":"Trust me, after this Jam most of us are still in dire need of sleep! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Quite a great work then, all new assets during this period of a jam, quite a fast paced and fun game, all in all one of the most fun games around here, if you guys do this without any experience can't wait when you guys get more experience points!"},{"author_name":"Embalaje","author_uid":"52106","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1429997280,"text":"That was cool, good feeling playing this game.\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1429997400,"text":"OMG THIS IS GREAT!! LOT OF FUN, GREAT GAMEPLAY AND NICE ART! WELL DONE!!! :DDD"},{"author_name":"coderitual","author_uid":"22182","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1429998840,"text":"Crimsonland of LD32! Awesome!"},{"author_name":"UnconventionalFusion","author_uid":"52397","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1429999320,"text":"Nice game! The juice is strong with this one."},{"author_name":"pi_pi3","author_uid":"38955","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1430050560,"text":"Amazing. The only thing this game lacks is more weapons."},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1430077980,"text":"Really liked the lighting and effects, good job and solid experience :)"},{"author_name":"jackrugile","author_uid":"26377","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 3:44am","epoch":1430105940,"text":"Such a great arsenal. The guns, bullets and hero have such a great feel to them. Nice work! Nothing like lining up a huge row and blasting through all of them with the laser style gun."},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1430162820,"text":"Awesome, frantic and super fun!  I love the weapon variety and the chiptune soundtrack.  If you keep working on this, I'd love to see even more weapon variety and enemy variety.  Great, great job!"},{"author_name":"KloudRazor","author_uid":"36730","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1430246520,"text":"One of the best games I have seen so far! I found it thanks to Elpaulo64 while he was streaming LD games."},{"author_name":"steboots","author_uid":"51802","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 12:12am","epoch":1430698020,"text":"It was a good game, I had a lot of fun playing it, so my suggestion is not to make it seem like there's anything wrong with this game, rather than if you wanted to keep me glued to the computer all night you very well could have if:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Scale the difficulty to keep getting increasingly more challenging, and have the guns continue to upgrade to a constantly more powerful version.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved this game."},{"author_name":"freeholdgames","author_uid":"52756","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1431278040,"text":"Wonderful juicy little shooter. Great fun, good work!"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1431379020,"text":"Could've used a timer or score, but it's a really fun game! Nice work! My favorite was the minigun, the recoil is insane haha"}],"images":["ld32\/52023-041bb7f48b8a3d141f281d7e011d9b73.jpg","ld32\/52023-2a54bf9868c00217319b93d9062890bb.jpg","ld32\/52023-4f8556ba462040d9aee374e8af430e7e.jpg","ld32\/52023-53efb8ec7c63def5c4f3688dd21587ff.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dreyan.itch.io\/latvian-milk","text":"Windows + Mac"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11073","g_author":"52023","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"11107","g_title":"Latvian Milk","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"84","g_commentcount":"71","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\/52023-shot0-1429707926.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/52023-shot1-1429578201.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/52023-shot2-1429578201.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/52023-shot3-1429578201.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Latvian Milk is a heartfelt, introspective look at the struggle of Latvian migrants in the early 20th Century no it isn't it's about shooting Zombies and Cthuloids in a large coliseum with a shape-changing gun yes well that's true but it focuses heavily on the theme of transculturalism and the diaspora experienced by pre-modern East European peasantry yeah but not really because most of it you just go Super Saiyan and blast people with big purple lasers why can't it be about both it's like you're trying to have your cake and eat it, and you're not even trying very hard just pick a definition of \"indie\" and roll with it ugh you just don't get it, it's art, how is it art oh whatever.\r\n\r\n\/\/----------\/\/\r\n\r\nThe whole game was made without using any previous code or assets by a team of three people who have no experience in the field and who really need some sleep.\r\n\r\nCheck out our post-mortem here:\r\n \r\nhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/04\/25\/latvian-milk-post-mortem\/","title":"Latvian Milk"}