{"author_link":"\/author\/ekilibr\/","author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","comments":[{"author_name":"The Jahn","author_uid":"2485","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1418058360,"text":"Ugh, I don't live in France but that news still pisses me off. Censorship sucks.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You chose an interesting medium\/context to spread the word with though - props for that."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1418061600,"text":"Thanks ! :)"},{"author_name":"joppiesaus","author_uid":"29014","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1418062740,"text":"Well this is an interesting way to spread the word. I didn't know. Thanks for doing this, censorship sucks!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>About the game: It's endless if you're fast enough! It contains quite a few bugs(floating hackers, head stuck in platform...), so it could use some polishing.\r<br\/>And it's pretty fun. Great submission!"},{"author_name":"Meta-link","author_uid":"29454","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1418064000,"text":"Cool game dude ! The graphics are cool and the gameplay is really fun !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>With a few balance on the gameplay and less bugs it could be a very great game !"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1418064720,"text":"Thanks Meta-link !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@joppiesaus, I had in mind to give less time per hacker over a certain score, but had no time for this... :(\r<br\/>It also explain the few bugs, unfortunately. But will polish it asap!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks again, and yeah, censorship sucks :)"},{"author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1418131680,"text":"Nice game little concept, but I think the platforming it's a bit bugged (the player get stuck on platforms)"},{"author_name":"davient","author_uid":"40961","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1418132880,"text":"Loved the message, made me giggle. A bit glitchy on the collisions, Great graphics!"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1418133600,"text":"@dsoft 20 &amp; davient, yeah, I'm awared about the collisions bug. As my knowledge in coding is limited, that's the kind of stuff I wasn't able to get over in 48h, unfortunately :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sorry for that, hope it still was a good experience, though!"},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1418134980,"text":"It's cool how you're trying to spread a message with the game, great to see how such a thing can affect what people create! It would of course be better if it didn't happen. Censorship is awful, good job!"},{"author_name":"asobitech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1418136960,"text":"Topical stuff. As someone who makes games, I'd really like people to pay for it rather than torrent it illegally. But I understand there are different ways to make money on your product these days."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1418141940,"text":"@asobitech sure, but imho censorship isnt' a solution to illegal download. There are other ways to make people pay for something, and illegal download can be seen as part of marketing (HBO thanks the illegal download for making Game of Thrones one of the most viewed show in US).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well, debate on torrent and stuff has no end, but still censorship is NOT why the internet was intended for, though :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Did you like the game, anyway ?"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1418142420,"text":"@PlasterPhantom thanks a lot!\r<br\/>Glad you liked it :)"},{"author_name":"Finlal","author_uid":"40789","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:07am","epoch":1418176920,"text":"It's sad there's no audio nomination. I really dig the music."},{"author_name":"Mixer","author_uid":"16241","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:07am","epoch":1418176920,"text":"Interesting game! I like games that promote things... good game. Only issue was that somtimes I couldn't see the full window, but that was fine :)"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:12am","epoch":1418177220,"text":"Finlal, there's no audio 'cause I made the sounds but not the music (that's why I'm in the Jam category, and not in the compo on).\r<br\/>So, as I didn't do it myself, I decided to remove that category :)"},{"author_name":"Joris","author_uid":"38149","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:22am","epoch":1418177820,"text":"Very solid. The music is a nice addition."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:38am","epoch":1418178780,"text":"Thanks a lot :)"},{"author_name":"Sartemis Smart","author_uid":"47114","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1418236020,"text":"Nice effort on context and cling on system in game. The game's resolution was way bigger than my screen though :("},{"author_name":"AMS","author_uid":"45180","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:12am","epoch":1418256420,"text":"Really cool game, well done!"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:22am","epoch":1418257020,"text":"Respect : http:\/\/prntscr.com\/5fghoc\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Dommage pour la musique.\r<br\/>Sinon le jeu a l'air sympa mais je n'ai pas pu jouer longtemps car l'&eacute;cran est vraaaaaiment trop grand pour mon protable. Donc je ne le notterai pas. Mais j'aime le message."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:58am","epoch":1418259180,"text":"Haha nice !\r<br\/>Oui, le probl&egrave;me de r&eacute;solution s'est pos&eacute; malheureusement...J'ai voulu travailler un peu trop en HQ, et choisir le 1920x1080 n'&eacute;tait pas forc&eacute;ment une tr&egrave;s bonne id&eacute;e.\r<br\/>Une erreur que je ne referai pas :)"},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:22am","epoch":1418260620,"text":"Good game especially on the graphics. Didn't even know that landing on the heads of hackers or poking them (as seen on the animation) do arrest them. I found it funny though."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:28am","epoch":1418260980,"text":"Thanks Roan! :)"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1418320680,"text":"Neat game, feels pretty good to play, though the collision with platforms felt a bit off (I got stuck a couple of times too).  Nice pixel art.  I like how you portrayed a message with gameplay, as well, that's pretty clever."},{"author_name":"skulioskarsson","author_uid":"34872","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1418338500,"text":"Well done"},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 12:04am","epoch":1418342340,"text":"I like the illegal download count, classic!"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:47am","epoch":1418348520,"text":"Haha, glad you noticed Srakowski!"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:51am","epoch":1418348760,"text":"And thanks Arcturus for the nice words!"},{"author_name":"BMacIntosh","author_uid":"15030","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 2:35am","epoch":1418351400,"text":"Love the note included in the game to give it context, and I really like the theme of the game. The only frustrating I ran into was losing my score when something spawned ontop of me."},{"author_name":"Victory Garden","author_uid":"22357","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:32am","epoch":1418452020,"text":"Thank you for giving us the news! The mood for this jam is really good, and I liked the character designs. It was pretty fun, too, though I think your collision detection needs a little work. I would often tag a hacker, get the &quot;+1 hacker&quot; notification, and then immediately lose 3--or I would bump into someone, lose 3, and then lose 2. I wanted to keep playing, but I felt like being double-penalized for my little mistakes--and even for my successes--was a little bit too much! Really great choice in music, by the way. It really set the mood well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for the game!"},{"author_name":"Valeour","author_uid":"2679","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1418646060,"text":"I liked the motivation to make the game but didn't really think it delivered through the gameplay. Wasn't really anything wrong with the gameplay (apart from getting stuck in a wall) but I don't think it followed up on what you were trying to say with your game."},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1418658780,"text":"I wasn't able to get anywhere, the game window takes up my whole screen, and there still seems to be platforms off screen\/can't see the ground. Some hackers spawned off screen so I couldn't see them to reach them :( I'm playing on 1600x900 resolution."},{"author_name":"wilbefast","author_uid":"14535","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1418667060,"text":"Nice little game :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I reccomend binding 'jump' to a bunch of buttons (enter, shift, space, etc) so dumb people like me don't struggle to find it :P"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1418672940,"text":"Haha will, noticed for the next jams! ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Valeour, could you explain a bit more ? I'd like to hear your point of view :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Tifu, known issue,and truely sorry for that...I made the mistake to make the game in a High rez, but had no time to add lower rez...\r<br\/>Have no clue if I can upload a fix for it, though ?"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1418767080,"text":"Kinda buggy (collisions, hacker walking on air hehe), but pretty fun. Beautiful art too. I loved the mechanics (although sometimes was hard to hit the hackers at the right position). Great job!"},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1418770260,"text":"Thanks for the kind words, hbocao ! Glad you liked it despite the bugs :)"},{"author_name":"eemmbbeerr","author_uid":"26778","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 11:40am","epoch":1419161700,"text":"Nice work! Really fun game, But my head often gets stuck in platforms and that's not good when time is running out. I really liked the music. \r<br\/>Don't forget to make a Linux build next time!"}],"images":["ld31\/29137-768c5a1edff8881fdcf75192599bdad8.jpg","ld31\/29137-8c3e0ab89f8f537dc7a9473d0eaf1f20.jpg","ld31\/29137-d37ee0ec5c3e2b603a03e79fff691d1c.jpg","ld31\/29137-db6272d11d1750ddca3ae2a6d7d9df53.jpg","ld31\/29137-e14c1f465588a5e9e6d55d272a11b718.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ekilibrstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TheCorsairBay_LD31.rar","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13164","g_author":"29137","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13194","g_title":"The Corsair Bay","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"746","g_commentcount":"37","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\/\/407933\/29137-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29137-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29137-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29137-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29137-shot4.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"JAM OR COMPO ?\r\n\r\nI made this game alone in 48h, except for the music I got from a free ressources website.\r\nSounds & Graphics have been made within the 48 hours. But something was missing to the overall of the game : the music. As I wasn't able to produce it myself, I decided to submit in Jam :)\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE\r\n\r\nWhen I woke up for the first day of LD#31, I red very bad news on internet. The Pirate Bay is going to be forbidden in France (the country I currently live in). The excuse was the majors saying too much money was lost each year (sounds familiar?).\r\nI immediatly thought about doing a game approaching this kind of repression about free share.\r\n\r\nSo, in The Corsair Bay, you play the role of a Hadopi Agent (Hadopi is the company working with french governement against web piracy).\r\nYou have to get all the hackers you can but...you\u2019ll quickly understand that it\u2019s impossible to get them all (is there a message here?...ahem). \r\n\r\n\r\nGAMEPLAY\r\n\r\nControls\r\n\r\n- Move with arrows (right & left)\r\n- Jump with Shift\r\n\r\nGet the hackers, but be careful!\r\n\r\n- Touch a Hacker in his back capture him\r\n- Fall on a Hacker capture him\r\n- A hacker touching you will release half of the hackers you captured\r\n- Hackers arrive in waves. The number of ennemies depend on your score when you get the last hacker of the previous wave (score +1). If you\u2019re running out of time, you should better have a big score, getting enough hackers in the next wave to keep playing ;)\r\n\r\nTimer\r\n\r\nWhen the game start, you have 30 seconds to make the best score possible.\r\nEach time you get a Hacker, you win two seconds (the timer increase).\r\n\r\n\r\nYou'll find the complete Note with the game in the .rar file :)\r\n\r\nHope you'll enjoy the run!","title":"The Corsair Bay"}