{"author_link":"\/author\/exilegl\/","author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","comments":[{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:50am","epoch":1472445900,"text":"Nice work, fellow libGDX user! Really solid game throughout, the graphics are nice and the gameplay too. At times, it was a bit difficult to see what's happening, and most of the time I tried to change items with number keys instead of clicking them. Good work!"},{"author_name":"maffydub","author_uid":"36549","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1472475480,"text":"Quite fun, but I couldn't get movement to work - neither WASD nor arrow keys in either Chrome or Firefox (and my keyboard does work generally! ;)  That meant I ran out of ammo quite quickly. :("},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1472485020,"text":"Nice music and light physics! As maffydub I couldn't get movement to work. I couldn't die or much anyhting else than placing out rocks?"},{"author_name":"CMLSC","author_uid":"86097","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1472500140,"text":"The lighting was nice, but the art could use some work.\r<br\/>The screen shaking was a bit excessive and it was hard to tell what was happening. In general, I found it confusing."},{"author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 1:24am","epoch":1472519940,"text":"Hmm, movement doesn't work with the embedded version. Removed it for now."},{"author_name":"kraiom","author_uid":"113229","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:33am","epoch":1472524080,"text":"After another libGDX entry, I'm starting to like it. It's well done, I'm just not sure about what the anger level does. The games get harder with time? Is that it?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's also hard to see, but I guess that's intended."},{"author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:48am","epoch":1472524980,"text":"Yeeah, I kind of got carried away with the bodies covering the ground. Lol"},{"author_name":"slam_nine","author_uid":"112272","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 11:46am","epoch":1472557260,"text":"The screen shake and darkness made it a bit hard to see the enemies. Otherwise it worked fine for me. Unfortunately I couldn't save Jared in the end."},{"author_name":"raspofabs","author_uid":"111969","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1472561460,"text":"nice juice in places, but controls are what made me not play a second time. I didn't know what I was doing for a bit either. It also felt like there were no tactics (not saying there aren't, just that it felt like it given what I could tell in the darkness)"},{"author_name":"kingpirux","author_uid":"46920","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 12:59pm","epoch":1472561640,"text":"nice idea and funny moves and explosions *.* \r<br\/>monsters only goes in one way, so walking is just useless maybe more random enemies and more light (because i can't see them)"},{"author_name":"Anudin","author_uid":"110934","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1472564280,"text":"Pixel art and eye candy are great. Very lovely style. I agree with others that the game felt like it lacks possible tactics and therefore gets repetitive very quickly."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1472652600,"text":"Fun game! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you&rsquo;d like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/VSGUm6oLKPM"},{"author_name":"monkeybit29","author_uid":"89887","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1472677740,"text":"Enjoyed the game, really wish the bad guys were more visible, i would also reccomend to spread out the resources when they die so you don't make yourself an easy target, good job overall!"},{"author_name":"monkeybit29","author_uid":"89887","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1472678520,"text":"Pretty interesting idea, could use some music."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 11:05am","epoch":1472727600,"text":"It's definitely a start! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This game could really use some more speed. If the bomb was separated into two items, one that simply hit enemies and another that simply create a flame, you could make the hit give less damage but be way more frequent. Often, after throwing a few bombs, I'd walk around gathering resources ignoring enemies, since the flame would deal with everything. Also, this type of game asks for frantic action (seems like you did go for that, with all the effects and how fast enemies spawned), however player movement got into the way, being slower than everything.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, it's too dark! It is usually hard to see enemies and all... Some light spots seemed to spawn, later, but they didn't add to the overall illumination, so they didn't really help...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Other than those two points, the game is pretty well done! :)"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Sep 4, 2016 @ 4:30am","epoch":1472963100,"text":"Little too much screen shake and maybe a tad too dark. Liked the gameplay. Well done."}],"images":["ld36\/43421-51c9eee03e33fc1ad5850d425b26ed06.jpg","ld36\/43421-310f5201741a34381dce29b5465ead97.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ldjam.x10host.com\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/jordanb84.itch.io\/ancient-boom","text":"Linux\/OSX\/Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/e0r4snwlssvz32b\/src.zip?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"125","g_author":"43421","g_event":"LD36","g_eventkey":"35","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"122","g_title":"Ancient Boom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/570486\/43421-shot0-1472435586.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/43421-shot1-1472435702.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ancient Boom! Throw explosive rocks and torches to keep the bad guys away from your NPC Jared!\r\n\r\nNot only will your rocks and torches kill any bad guys it hits, the flame created by the explosion will also kill any which touch it! Torches have an especially large flame for a large area of impact.\r\n\r\nNOTE: Game doesn't load? Try refreshing. It happens.\r\n\r\nDesktop build coming in a bit.\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\n\r\nWASD or arrow keys to move. Click to shoot. Protect yourself and your NPC.\r\n\r\nWeb performance is much better in Chrome due to Firefox not running canvas well.","title":"Ancient Boom"}