{"author_link":"\/author\/bmacintosh\/","author_name":"BMacIntosh","author_uid":"15030","comments":[{"author_name":"FireSlash","author_uid":"3130","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1429509720,"text":"Took a few suicides to realize I could control the flight (I skimmed the instructions, sorry D: )\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Controls feel solid and it's very polished. Great work!"},{"author_name":"morgondag","author_uid":"51821","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:08am","epoch":1429509780,"text":"Good sfx!"},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:09am","epoch":1429509840,"text":"Haha, love the game ! Well done !"},{"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"3574","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:41am","epoch":1429515360,"text":"Lovely game, beat AI at the first time!"},{"author_name":"BifDog","author_uid":"10291","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1429533060,"text":"This is great!  Love the concept, well done."},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:52am","epoch":1429591620,"text":"Nice looking graphics and cute sounds. I would have liked some music accompaniment, but the concept was good (and hilarious) and a lot of fun. Good use of theme too."},{"author_name":"Archonthewizard","author_uid":"52352","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:36am","epoch":1429677060,"text":"It was a little hard to get the controls down, but then it was pretty fun.  The computer AI was made well.  The SFX were great, would have loved some music"},{"author_name":"PushmePullyu","author_uid":"2817","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:37am","epoch":1429677120,"text":"The controls feel a bit floaty but overall a nice concept!"},{"author_name":"EwChap","author_uid":"50010","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:39am","epoch":1429677240,"text":"was tough to figure out how to fly around after you fling yourself. Very fun and well functioning overall."},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:18am","epoch":1429683180,"text":"Really fun game that I could imagine coming back to try with a friend later on.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The little sounds in this game are really good. Tiny high pitched quips the animals make are funny and remind me of Worms. The sound of hitting a balloon and launching are pretty much perfect. Only thing keeping this from being five stars for audio is the lack of any music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The opening menu is really nicely done. The artwork is top notch, the hedgehog sprites are cute and balloons (especially the target practice one) are nicely drawn. Physics works really well, that must have required a lot of tweaking to get right."},{"author_name":"agilejoshua","author_uid":"39858","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:43am","epoch":1429684680,"text":"Great fun to play - good use of the theme."},{"author_name":"bazld","author_uid":"36950","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:28am","epoch":1429694580,"text":"This is very original + fun! Controlling the shot is a little tricky, but thats also part of the charm."},{"author_name":"Tusoalsob","author_uid":"27633","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:43am","epoch":1429695480,"text":"a realy cool game :) had mutsh fun with the 2 player mode :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good use of the theme and nice working grafics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I mostly love the case of no instand death so the fight f eels a bit longer and that you can turn it around with 1 or 22 good manovers."},{"author_name":"suppi","author_uid":"29243","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:09am","epoch":1429700640,"text":"very fun game! the start screen is also really cool :)"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1429734960,"text":"nice graphics and original idea."},{"author_name":"coderitual","author_uid":"22182","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1429827780,"text":"Sweet graphics and mechanics :) Maybe gameplay should be less random but I like it though."},{"author_name":"Chris M","author_uid":"35889","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1429936860,"text":"Got to be one of my favourites of LD32 so far. Fits the theme perfectly, some really novel and dynamic gameplay with heaps of potential. Love how at one level the player is forced to decide between which 'mode' to play, and at another has to perform technically to out manoeuvre their opponent.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>At the moment there is an unfortunate dominant game strategy (position your balloon above the other and force it down), but with more work this could be something very special."},{"author_name":"Frozenfire92","author_uid":"51130","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1429988700,"text":"Awesome game! Really fun and innovative. Took a while to get used to the controls, but after a few deaths I was soaring around popping holes! Keep on going with this one!"},{"author_name":"lucentbeam","author_uid":"25522","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 5:15am","epoch":1430025000,"text":"Played with the XBox 360 controller, but still found the control scheme a little opaque. I'd prefer it if I could just point in a direction and the porcupine would do what it takes to get there, rather than having to switch over to a flight-sim-like scheme whenever I exit my balloon. Otherwise, I really liked the concept, pace, and artwork. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"WeaselZone","author_uid":"30802","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 3:22am","epoch":1430277420,"text":"Haha, I love the sounds and a great take on the theme :)"},{"author_name":"IDidGame","author_uid":"52466","time":"Apr 30, 2015 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1430414760,"text":"really fun once you get the hang of it"},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 12:32am","epoch":1430699220,"text":"Quite fun to play, good controls. Difficult at first but you get used to it. Well donee!"},{"author_name":"TetraQuad","author_uid":"51249","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1430781660,"text":"Nice gameplay haha :)"},{"author_name":"k0j0","author_uid":"50811","time":"May 9, 2015 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1431212760,"text":"One of my new favorite things in the world"}],"images":["ld32\/15030-627557f654e6c12c22226ad505971a8a.jpg","ld32\/15030-c2d7f6854d9dadb20a84d4abd8cc5b9c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/brianmacintosh.com\/projects\/ld32\/","text":"Web (Chrome recommended)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/BrianMacIntosh\/LD32","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11079","g_author":"15030","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"11113","g_title":"Porcupine Dogfight","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"125","g_commentcount":"24","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\/15030-shot0-1429483772.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/15030-shot1-1429483772.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Battle your friends to become top gu...er, quill, in Porcupine Dogfight!\r\n\r\nPorcupine Dogfight is a 2-player battle game - so grab a friend if you can! (1 player versus AI is also available). Your goal: pop your opponent's balloon by launching your spiky porcupine self at it, before they do the same to you.\r\n\r\n=== Controls ===\r\n\r\nThe ideal control scheme is an XBox 360 controller per player.\r\nXBox Controls (Chrome Only): Left Stick to move. Right Stick to aim. Triggers to fire. Left Stick to glide as porcupine.\r\n\r\nAlternatively, you may use keyboard controls:\r\nPlayer 1: WASD to move. QE to shoot. AD to glide as porcupine.\r\nPlayer 2: IJKL to move. UO to shoot. JL to glide as porcupine.\r\n\r\n=== Thanks! ===\r\n\r\nUses the excellent three.js for graphics.\r\nAlso uses Box2D, originally by Eric Catto, ported to Javascript by Alon Zakai.\r\nThanks to Justin Britch for invaluable playtesting.\r\n\r\nUPDATE 26 April 2015: no gameplay changes, moved many images to an atlas for better load times","title":"Porcupine Dogfight"}