{"author_link":"\/author\/alpha_rat\/","author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","comments":[{"author_name":"Backlund","author_uid":"51724","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1429615320,"text":"Not bad at all"},{"author_name":"kyyrma","author_uid":"8424","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:31am","epoch":1429615560,"text":"If you miss infecting an ant in the beginning (press space without an ant in vicinity) the delay until the game restarts is a tad too long. I made it to the queen, but for whatever reason I was no able to infect her. Cool take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:46am","epoch":1429616460,"text":"@kyyrma : It's true that at start when the parasite is dropped it should be possible to restart quickly without waiting. Thanks for reporting the problem with the queen as I didn't noticed anything similar so far, i'll try to fix it ;)"},{"author_name":"benbateman","author_uid":"51139","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:51am","epoch":1429616760,"text":"Nice idea and visuals. The cooldown felt a bit too fast, but maybe I just suck at games!"},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:51am","epoch":1429616760,"text":"Seems to have a few bugs, and is kind of a little wonky. The concept is interesting, though."},{"author_name":"BraindeadGeo","author_uid":"29444","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:52am","epoch":1429616820,"text":"Tricky to see what you're actually controlling at the start but when i got past that it was good, got into a nice rhythm of swapping ants! Green ones weren't much of a threat though."},{"author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:53am","epoch":1429616880,"text":"Nice idea :D Really difficult though."},{"author_name":"Mathieu Muller","author_uid":"40544","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:58am","epoch":1429617180,"text":"Fun game, good controls."},{"author_name":"gene-z","author_uid":"26095","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1429620420,"text":"Very nice game,,, congrats"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1429622100,"text":"Cool idea and style.  This was interesting to play around with.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>One problem I had when playing is learning about how the meter works.  I must move quickly.  The effect on the ant that I control is visually subtle, so my eyes are busy constantly scanning, and because I move down they are looking on the bottom half of the screen.  But the timer is a thin strip of pixels near the top of the screen.  I really was unaware of the value of the timer while playing, and as a result it took me a while to learn that changing hosts only filled it a little.  I originally assumed it was a host-death timer that fully reset each time I changed, and didn't know why I was dying.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A few ways to fix that would be moving the meter down, making it bigger, or even better having an effect on my character itself instead of a meter.  There could also be a warning as I approach death such as a sound or visual effect.  Also making the one ant I control more visually distinct from the rest would help me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall this was fun, you have an interesting system to explore and the challenge level is right.  Nice work!"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1429622460,"text":"@pkenny : thank you for the feedback! I perfectly see your point, and your critic is very useful :) I'll correct this in the post-LD version of the game."},{"author_name":"-DEX-","author_uid":"53372","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1429628880,"text":"Thanks for all the feedbacks , i'm glad our game is worth time :)"},{"author_name":"Yazara","author_uid":"45115","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1429643940,"text":"The concept is really clever, the gameplay has a great flow and is really addicting. The music and art fit the theme very well :)\r<br\/>I would make the radius in which you can infest other ants more clear though, the light emission gives a wrong feeling of that radius."},{"author_name":"mikomic","author_uid":"53018","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1429658820,"text":"always cool, love your games (ici une amie de l'ombre ;-) )"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:41am","epoch":1429698960,"text":"Nice game, but a little too hard at the start. Maybe some previous levels to learn might help people to get the controls and mechanics. Fun game, good work."},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:14am","epoch":1429700940,"text":"Pretty hectic gameplay but interesting concept. Nice art!"},{"author_name":"mantis","author_uid":"779","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:17am","epoch":1429701120,"text":"REALLY cool idea. loved it. Would love to see this expanded into a full game."},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1429704420,"text":"I like the balance of the difficulty in that game.\r<br\/>I couldn't keep track on the health and the game at the same time, so maybe the meter\/health\/whatever should be displayed over the infected ant?"},{"author_name":"retrophantom","author_uid":"48958","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:38pm","epoch":1429705980,"text":"very interesting idea, i went all the way down but didn't find an entrance to the queen"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1429707000,"text":"@retrophantom : If you go all the way down and see the queen room, then you have to take the passage on the right, then bottom again, and you're there ;)"},{"author_name":"ker0chan","author_uid":"51317","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 11:05am","epoch":1429786800,"text":"Great idea :) Good job on finishing a jam project !"},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1430143800,"text":"This was quite addictive. I think I died about 30 times before I finally got to the queen but I just couldn't stop playing until I completed it. The quick restarts really helped pull the player in for just one more game. Nice job."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"May 6, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1430904060,"text":"A nice game, but a bit hard to undertand what I should do, sounds and music added a lot to the game."},{"author_name":"ohsqueezy","author_uid":"10718","time":"May 9, 2015 @ 6:02am","epoch":1431151020,"text":"skull burrower"}],"images":["ld32\/39704-008478806d2f9da09fc2b262d3cc2f23.jpg","ld32\/39704-2ddc2712dc5996e2345cad0bad85bac9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/alpha_rat.itch.io\/parasite-ld32","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B4zbSR_VXoglekZYYXdHYUdfcE0&amp;authuser=0","text":".capx file"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12883","g_author":"39704","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"12913","g_title":"Parasite","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"615","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\/39704-shot0-1429573000.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/39704-shot1-1429573118.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Team : alpha_rat(development) + -DEX- (sounds and music)\r\nEngine : Construct2 \/ HTML5\r\nGraphics : Photoshop\r\n\r\nGOAL : Infest the Queen Ant\r\nCONTROLS : use arrow keys to move your host, press space to change your host when in range\r\nWARNING : change your host often, as it won't survive your infestation for long! and beware of the ant guards\r\n\r\nNotes :\r\n- the behavior of the guards is still buggy\r\n\r\nThanks for playing ","title":"Parasite"}