{"author_link":"\/author\/kivlor\/","author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","comments":[{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1461018060,"text":"Put me in mind of the great Spy Hunter right away. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Smooth and engaging gameplay although I did find myself wishing I could see a little more of the road ahead. Solid sound and visuals."},{"author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1461018720,"text":"thanks panurge :) I stuck to the NES resolution which makes it had to see ahead at the sprite size I chose."},{"author_name":"marod","author_uid":"62521","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:40pm","epoch":1461018900,"text":"Nice game."},{"author_name":"MrNyarlathotep","author_uid":"56069","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1461019200,"text":"yeah like the guy above said, major spyhunter vibes.\r<br\/>LOL at my fighter jet not being able to handle balloons though XD"},{"author_name":"rynti","author_uid":"8363","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1461020160,"text":"Nice entry, also cool visuals - although the background patterns get repetitive quickly. Liked the shapeshift for terrains idea!"},{"author_name":"foolmoron","author_uid":"36186","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1461021180,"text":"I love how a couple balloons will take out the jet"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1461022080,"text":"I immediately thought of Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed's rapid switching between car, boat and plane. The super bright and chunky visuals do wonders.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The engine noise I really wasn't a fan of, though. From what I played the sections of each type are the same length every time - maybe a way to take this further would be switching tracks of music alongside each transformation~"},{"author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:27am","epoch":1461032520,"text":"thanks for all the feed back! have to admit, a jet being taken out by balloons is absurd :p"},{"author_name":"fprawn","author_uid":"11661","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:42am","epoch":1461037020,"text":"Hey, this is pretty fun. I had a little trouble distinguishing between what I was supposed to run into and what I wasn't, but only took a couple tries before getting that sorted.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is solidly put together."},{"author_name":"Beard","author_uid":"40054","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:08am","epoch":1461038580,"text":"I like the idea you chose. The first couple runs I didn't get the whole shifting thing.  Then I noticed the icon :p"},{"author_name":"16BitsOfAwesome","author_uid":"18250","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:33am","epoch":1461043680,"text":"What kind of zany world is this? Road to sky to water to road again?! This is madness!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>:P"},{"author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:21am","epoch":1461046560,"text":"haha, @16BitsOfAwesome. lunacy I tell you, lunacy!"},{"author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:27am","epoch":1461046920,"text":"Really nice :) Totally reminded me of Spy Hunter"},{"author_name":"bagface","author_uid":"92583","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:28am","epoch":1461046980,"text":"Fun game.\r<br\/>I died when I ran into a box that spawned right after a shifter =("},{"author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:54am","epoch":1461048540,"text":"sorry @bagface, it's a known bug I thought I had squashed during development :\/"},{"author_name":"kivlor","author_uid":"89570","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:56am","epoch":1461048660,"text":"after all the spyhunter comments I decided to look into it and I see what you all mean!! one of the things on my idea list was to add guns... maybe I'll make a polished version and add them in :D"},{"author_name":"Jungle","author_uid":"48998","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1461095880,"text":"Simple and addictive game. Fits theme well. Ive made 611 points. Congrats."},{"author_name":"martymon","author_uid":"26874","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1461352260,"text":"Nice sprites. It was a little confusing in the beginning which were the shift &quot;powerups&quot; and which were the obstacles but I worked it out. Would have loved to see and explosion or two when you hit something though."}],"images":["ld35\/89570-3ab2848703b2201ce6d6fc480539b58e.jpg","ld35\/89570-f86dbf8d392aed3c4d855997e58cb65d.jpg","ld35\/89570-61e11f2929458876129826c90f51be77.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kivlor.github.io\/ludum-dare-35\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/kivlor\/ludum-dare-35","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"1315","g_author":"89570","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"2641","g_title":"Shape Shift Racer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"802","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\/\/542293\/89570-shot0-1460935376.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/89570-shot1-1460935376.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/89570-shot2-1460935376.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Shape Shift Racer is a simple, top down, infinite runner. The player has to shape shift before entering the next terrain while also avoiding obstacles. See how far you can get!","title":"Shape Shift Racer"}