{"author_link":"\/author\/the4thcircle\/","author_name":"The4thCircle","author_uid":"23240","comments":[{"author_name":"eddynardo","author_uid":"49260","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1429623420,"text":"Wow, fun game indeed, you really have the skills for something bigger here, I wish you whould have found an artist and made this game for the jam, because it plays great and i whould love to have an equal level of gratness on the graphics part :)"},{"author_name":"Jagang","author_uid":"36243","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1429625160,"text":"Nice work, have really enjoyed the "hammer management" aspect"},{"author_name":"j_peeba","author_uid":"5503","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1429625340,"text":"It's a cool little game and the core mechanic is really solid but I think some more variety, both in enemies and player powerups, would give this game much more longevity and bring some more interesting challenges into the mix. It's a nice game though, all you need now is some spice! :)"},{"author_name":"awestsecurity","author_uid":"50716","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1429625460,"text":"This is really awesome, one of those games that feels great. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"TeamCalcium","author_uid":"53017","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1429625460,"text":"The Game isnt much for the eye, but the controls and responsiveness of the Hammerswing just feel so good. I really enjoyed just swinging the Hammer."},{"author_name":"Peach Pie Productions","author_uid":"40673","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1429628820,"text":"SMASHING entry! Funny physics. I was popping pills everywhere. I think movements control would have been better by mouse. Maybe? Good job! - LL"},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1429629960,"text":"Nice entry. Proper graphic and it's a hit. The smashing feels good ! The moves of the character is perfect. We feel the weight of the hammer. BTW, I saw your comment on my game. Thanks for your feedback. I fixed the little bug. You can retry if you wish ;-)"},{"author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1429630020,"text":"I'll check back when you have a version that works without a plugin. Windows build would be acceptable too :P. Too bad you didn't have a controller to play my game with."},{"author_name":"The4thCircle","author_uid":"23240","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1429633020,"text":"Ask and ye shall receive..."},{"author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1429633800,"text":"Thanks for the windows build, would've knocked myself out but seems like you can't hit yourself in this game ":D".\r\rI am saddened that there's such a thing as a hammer too big, I had to keep switching for smaller hammers so that I could actually move too. And I guess what they say is true; when all you have is a hammer (or a few) everyONE will start to look like nails."},{"author_name":"daltostronic","author_uid":"39875","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1429644120,"text":"Nice feel of physics :)"},{"author_name":"Alexbrainbox","author_uid":"3304","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1429710360,"text":"+ I like the weight of the hammer and the cartoony effect of the player and enemy characters.\r\r- It would have been nice if the camera could be moved around, maybe with the mouse?\r\r+ The progression of difficulty and the way the hammers grew was really smooth and fun :)\r\rWonderful submission!"},{"author_name":"CorgiCommander","author_uid":"23642","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1429746600,"text":"Lot of fun"},{"author_name":"bentglasstube","author_uid":"50659","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 12:18am","epoch":1429747980,"text":"A unique concept but it seemed hard to use the hammer after a couple upgrades so that I was always just throwing it out for a new one. From the other comments it seems like getting a giant hammer was much of the entertainment of the game."},{"author_name":"The4thCircle","author_uid":"23240","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1429758240,"text":"Okay it's been a few days so I'm going to drop a bombshell: there are a couple of cheat codes in the game if you want to test the extent of the engine. Hitting l will ensure your hammer levels up on the next swing. Hitting p will give you a free coin. Baddies get tougher and faster every 5 coins.\r\rHave fun."},{"author_name":"The4thCircle","author_uid":"23240","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:10am","epoch":1429758300,"text":"That's L and P, sorry. Should have made them upper case."},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1429801560,"text":"That was awesome, would definitely play a more polished version of this if further developed"},{"author_name":"KloudRazor","author_uid":"36730","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1430058840,"text":"It's simple and I love it!"}],"images":["ld32\/23240-7b18d223aea1a75295316e455444ec52.jpg","ld32\/23240-69d1ae12629f46a9f118e626f73c90f2.jpg","ld32\/23240-1d424ca93f15d4b96eab6d5bb6c1b395.jpg","ld32\/23240-fe9d335e4eaceebd1526886c8177b261.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.the4thcircle.co.uk\/games\/hammers\/hammers.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.the4thcircle.co.uk\/games\/hammers\/windows_build.zip","text":"Windows (post compo build)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.the4thcircle.co.uk\/games\/hammers\/mac_build.zip","text":"OS\/X(post compo build)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.the4thcircle.co.uk\/games\/hammers\/linux_build.zip","text":"Linux(post compo build)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.the4thcircle.co.uk\/games\/hammers\/hammer1.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12674","g_author":"23240","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"12704","g_title":"World of Hammers","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"658","g_commentcount":"18","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\/23240-shot0-1429477196.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23240-shot1-1429477196.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23240-shot2-1429477196.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23240-shot3-1429477196.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A spiritual successor to a previous ludum dare entry of mine.\r\n\r\nA game in which you must kill baddies with a hammer. A big hammer. Which keeps getting bigger.\r\n\r\nAfter a while the proportions are so ridiculous that it stops looking like a hammer. \r\n\r\nAlso there are more hammers. \r\n\r\nSo many hammers.\r\n\r\n\r\nAlso coins.\r\n\r\nCurrently in unity webplayer, so doesn't work in chrome, I will endeavour to export to webgl if I can get it working.\r\n\r\nHey What do you know, making system specific builds was a doddle.","title":"World of Hammers"}