{"author_link":"\/author\/nickw\/","author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","comments":[{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:50am","epoch":1429530300,"text":"Liked that you had the animals help with the fight back against the robots and that you had time to include a boss. Took me awhile to beat him but once I had, I liked the surprise ending."},{"author_name":"UltraRat","author_uid":"27370","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1429557420,"text":"I really want to know what sound does a summoned squirrel makes."},{"author_name":"Liz England","author_uid":"22429","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1429558380,"text":"Am I the savior of the animals or sending them to their deaths?!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The sound &amp; music is top notch."},{"author_name":"little_polygon","author_uid":"19295","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:52am","epoch":1429595220,"text":"I summoned an eagle! &lt;3"},{"author_name":"syncxzoz","author_uid":"50852","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:58am","epoch":1429595580,"text":"lol... i like this game!!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>the summoner.... who summon animation.. then the animation will kill any enemy... lol\r<br\/>\r<br\/>the sound and that trick to summon bird are good!"},{"author_name":"lorenzo456","author_uid":"45912","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:00am","epoch":1429595700,"text":"This game is awesome, I really like it. The sounds were really good, I loved the boss animations, you've really but in some small details like when you die your health goes all the way down before restarting, stuff like that. I really liked it :), simple and fun game. Plus boss was challanging."},{"author_name":"sararyCow","author_uid":"50072","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:08am","epoch":1429596180,"text":"Good art &amp; music, I love the animal animations. And what an end! :O\r<br\/>I enjoyed the experience."},{"author_name":"The Pixel Collective","author_uid":"52784","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:28am","epoch":1429597380,"text":"This may be my favorite LD game I have played yet! Summoning a horde of animals feels so amazing. Animations are solid, sprite work is spot on, movement feels perfect. Spot on game!"},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:14am","epoch":1429600140,"text":"I really enjoyed the greyscale, and I think it actually probably came out better than it would have if you had done color. The silhouettes just really feel &quot;right.&quot;  Overall a very sold platformer with a good challenge.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The part with the two bomb throwing guys on the stairs was tricky. Gave me trouble, but I got past it!"},{"author_name":"Adreqi","author_uid":"49838","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:19am","epoch":1429600440,"text":"Couldn't beat the boss *_* (well I suck at bosses anyway)\r<br\/>Great game though, I love sending animals to their death to kill robots :3\r<br\/>Liked both graphics and music, well it doesn't loop perfectly but it does the job."},{"author_name":"Archonthewizard","author_uid":"52352","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:25am","epoch":1429600800,"text":"Great game, very well made.  I felt super powerful summoning hordes of forest creatures to my aid."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:38am","epoch":1429601580,"text":"Great entry! I loved this. It was really satisfying to summon animals to attack. Loved the b&amp;w style art. Music was great. And a terrific boss fight. Legitimately great entry."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:45am","epoch":1429602000,"text":"re: source...took a quick peek. Didn't see any Unity stuff and a lot of XNA source?"},{"author_name":"PIXEL^3","author_uid":"10948","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:29am","epoch":1429604640,"text":"Nice solid game with some good potential here. The boss patterns were pretty good and the enemies were used in pretty smart ways. Could use a graphic overhaul and some more bosses, and whales."},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1429614900,"text":"Really well presented game fore its simplicity! love the idea for the theme great job!"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:24am","epoch":1429615140,"text":"Great entry with a very original idea \r<br\/>I especially like the music"},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1429636860,"text":"@GeorgeBroussard My process involves creating the game initially with an engine\/tools set that I made based on XNA.  I then import everything into Unity using a compatibility layer that I also made.  I've linked the unity source in the description."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1429643340,"text":"I had fun. I loved the way you taught the player, without actually telling the player what to do, but through gameplay."},{"author_name":"PIXEL^3","author_uid":"10948","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1429648860,"text":"Made a Twitch highlight of my playthrough. http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/alucardx60\/c\/6578467"},{"author_name":"asobi tech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:38am","epoch":1429691580,"text":"I really liked this, great art style and animation. Lovely variety of animals to attack with, all with different speeds and sizes. A little sad they all got slaughtered by the robots.\r<br\/>The castlevania\/megaman knock back was a killer, but I liked that as it made me more cautious.\r<br\/>Great variety on the final boss attacks and lovely ending.\r<br\/>Music and sound was all very fitting.\r<br\/>Excellent work :D"},{"author_name":"decodersmith","author_uid":"51037","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 5:01am","epoch":1429851360,"text":"Great music and graphics! A very impressive entry. All of the animal animations are really smooth. Feels like a long lost Gameboy game."},{"author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1429907880,"text":"That was amazing!\r<br\/>A fun, fast paced and beautiful game.\r<br\/>I think the game length was perfect, it was engaging the whole way through and the final boss fight was epic!"},{"author_name":"Buzzwerd","author_uid":"25830","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:42am","epoch":1429943820,"text":"We really enjoyed playing this on our stream.  Super cool concept and really fun to play! It seems like a lot of thought was put into the game design."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 9:35am","epoch":1429954200,"text":"Very lovely audio work and you've done a good job with the look of it too, particularly with the animations. Felt well made altogether"},{"author_name":"robboberty","author_uid":"53777","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1430176980,"text":"This is pretty fun. I think this could be a really awesome game if fleshed out after the Compo. I could see leveling and different animals to accomplish different tasks working out really good.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I made a video of my playthrough: http:\/\/youtu.be\/xMZ2pqRubcc"},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1430495880,"text":"Pssst - you are featured in todays Ludum Dare to Believe! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rmc4AHczjLo"},{"author_name":"Lukbebalduke","author_uid":"26331","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1430498520,"text":"The animations are amazing!\r<br\/>Congrats =D"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 4:33am","epoch":1430540880,"text":"I LOVE the idea, really innovative. Perfect with the theme too, well done!"},{"author_name":"joe40001","author_uid":"22192","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 7:46am","epoch":1430552460,"text":"Great, innovative well polished little game."},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 11:22am","epoch":1430565420,"text":"That ending.. XD  Really cool concept, and love the fact that you put in the boss battle at the end. Props!"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 12:44am","epoch":1430786340,"text":"I enjoy commanding the animal kingdom to destroy mean robots."}],"images":["ld32\/21927-a30445f3ec224c9bcec55e8cf40cc35a.jpg","ld32\/21927-dd78142f1e31437c9729f4045ecde103.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/Animancer\/Webplayer.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/Animancer.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/Animancer.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/AnimancerLinux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/LD5Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11428","g_author":"21927","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"11458","g_title":"Animancer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"55","g_commentcount":"31","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\/21927-shot0-1429494249.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/21927-shot1-1429494249.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Robots have taken over the world\r\n\r\nWield the power of the forest to take back control of the planet from the robot usurpers. \r\n\r\nSummon snakes, birds squirrels and more!\r\n\r\n\r\nI decided to forgo the frustration of dealing with my color blindness (moderate protanopia) and do this one in greyscale.  I think it came out pretty good!\r\n\r\nSource for the Unity port is here: https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/154796290\/AnimancerUnitySrc.zip","title":"Animancer"}