{"author_link":"\/author\/purenickery\/","author_name":"purenickery","author_uid":"49927","comments":[{"author_name":"Justin Mullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 2:51am","epoch":1429497960,"text":"Dropping flowery ground across areas you've completed is neat, and the run\/slide animations are awesome.  Unfortunately this is just too hard for me, after several frustrating deaths I was unable to complete the game."},{"author_name":"ViliX64","author_uid":"29167","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:26am","epoch":1429503660,"text":"Nice and lovely idea :)\r<br\/>(You should put some barrier at the end of the platform. I  fell off the level for the first time.)"},{"author_name":"winmac32","author_uid":"37191","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:30am","epoch":1429503900,"text":"Error: Invalid or corrupt jarfile on windows."},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:40am","epoch":1429508100,"text":"A simple idea and a simple game. But so much fun."},{"author_name":"Evgiz","author_uid":"12507","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:31am","epoch":1429511160,"text":"Loved the graphics and the music, the game had a great mood. Made me laugh a couple times in the beginning as well. Lovely game, good job!"},{"author_name":"Somnium","author_uid":"50228","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1429533900,"text":"Very enjoyable game, simple, yet compelling. The music fits the mood perfectly."},{"author_name":"frokes","author_uid":"44142","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1429534620,"text":"Love the graphics and animations. The only thing i would tweak is the length of the days, they are a little bit to short in my mind. \r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"lanza","author_uid":"49263","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1429546320,"text":"Very cool idea. and the graphics and music are very well done and fit in the mood of the game. The moving animations and the sky and sun are awesome."},{"author_name":"MrSchlag","author_uid":"51516","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1429561440,"text":"Super game i love it ! The idea is really cool and surprising, great job. Thanks !"},{"author_name":"Daporan","author_uid":"52547","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1429561620,"text":"Really good take on the theme and enjoyable gameplay as well as music. I think the game might be just slightly too hard with the narrow platforms and the difficult jumping."},{"author_name":"Sytech","author_uid":"9784","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1429561860,"text":"Beautiful graphics and good mood! Really good control and animation of the main character."},{"author_name":"Logicon","author_uid":"10322","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1429660200,"text":"Very good. One of the best I've played so far. :D"},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1429704660,"text":"Nice little game. Interesting concept, enjoyed this.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"TeamCalcium","author_uid":"53017","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:21am","epoch":1429773360,"text":"Nice Idea and i like the graphics! I didnt manage to finish it because of the difficulty."},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1429907040,"text":"Nice game, simple but effective, good job."},{"author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1429907160,"text":"Very good: simple but effective graphics, good music and sounds, interesting concept. I will admit I abandoned at the cliff that needs lots of jumps onto small platforms (because there are lots of other games to rate) but I might come back to finish it :)"},{"author_name":"oparisy","author_uid":"50996","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1429907340,"text":"Great entry! Love the player design, and wall jumping? Particles? A nice concept (I like how the enemies are pacified and turned into &quot;weapons&quot;)? What's not to like?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh, how am I supposed to survive night time, though?"},{"author_name":"renanlindner","author_uid":"35223","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1429907400,"text":"I love it man!"},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1429907400,"text":"I still haven't got to the end, but I really liked this entry. Something different, with nice art style and music."},{"author_name":"purenickery","author_uid":"49927","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1429908420,"text":"thank you all for your comments they mean a lot to me!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@oparisy all the night-time does is transport you back to your home and regrow all the flowers, so there is no way to &quot;survive&quot; it. The goal of the game is to make it to the end in a single day (which is why the teleporters are there to help). Glad you liked the rest of it though!"},{"author_name":"berkano","author_uid":"11027","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1430749320,"text":"Beautiful graphics and music, very immersive! Jumping up those small square platforms got quite frustrating. Very well put together though, nice job!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1431357420,"text":"Really cute, awesome game. I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/eqkTJc6zIls"},{"author_name":"longshorts","author_uid":"34312","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1431370980,"text":"Really nice and effective game. Impressive to see this done in 48 hours with LibGDX. Music was very good at setting the mood."},{"author_name":"Backlund","author_uid":"51724","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1431379680,"text":"Nice game."},{"author_name":"xandy","author_uid":"15304","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1431384660,"text":"very relaxing game with a nice progression mechanic!"}],"images":["ld32\/49927-1d63e25099ca206087531c328e101468.jpg","ld32\/49927-c9a647559e849de77ba03c1e0e900d29.jpg","ld32\/49927-2745fbf278d3a62b72176bf587d4394e.jpg","ld32\/49927-4b793f11741fd5a5742e63a9618809a4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sirazgames.com\/ludumdare\/ld32\/ItOvertakesThem.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sirazgames.com\/ludumdare\/ld32\/ItOvertakesThem.jar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sirazgames.com\/ludumdare\/ld32\/ItOvertakesThem.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sirazgames.com\/ludumdare\/ld32\/ItOvertakesThem.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12854","g_author":"49927","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"12884","g_title":"It Overtakes Them","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"197","g_commentcount":"25","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\/49927-shot0-1429491400.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/49927-shot1-1429491400.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/49927-shot2-1429491317.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/49927-shot3-1429491317.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An unknown enemy is creeping towards the houses of you and your neighbor. The worst part is you don't have anything to fight them with, nor do you know what would even damage them. Every day you can push further and further towards wherever these monsters are coming from and put a stop to it once and for all.\r\n\r\nProgramming: Java with LibGDX\r\nArt: Microsoft Paint and the Questicamatic! (an animation editor I made myself)\r\nSounds: sfxr\r\nMusic: Circuli\r\n\r\n\r\nControls (in case you don't catch them in the game)\r\n-----------------------------------------------------\r\nMove - AD or Arrow Keys\r\nDuck - S or Down Arrow (<-- use this!!)\r\nJump - W, Space, or Up Arrow\r\nPick Flower - E (Pro-tip: picking flowers from the ground also heals you)\r\nThrow Flower - E\r\nUse Teleporter - X\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHelpful Hints (only if you need them)\r\n--------------------------------------\r\n-already mentioned this, but use the duck ability, helps out a lot, the game tends to be very hard!\r\n-you pretty much have to use all the teleporters to beat the game, find them!\r\n-the machine at the end you have to throw flowers into the top, 8 of them to be precise\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI hope you all enjoy it! If you can, please play to the end, I spent a lot of time on that part ;)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChanges\r\n----------\r\n-At 10:30pm Mountain Time I uploaded a new version that fixes players falling off the edge of the map and having to wait for a new day. (I am assuming winmac32 got the error because he downloaded it at the same time I was uploading the new version)","title":"It Overtakes Them"}