{"author_link":"\/author\/nnnnneeeedddd\/","author_name":"Nnnnneeeedddd","author_uid":"28575","comments":[{"author_name":"ninja00283","author_uid":"88380","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1472482800,"text":"I LOVE this game!\r<br\/>I love the jumping.\r<br\/>I love that you can jump on the arrows.\r<br\/>I love the retro style.\r<br\/>but i hate how horrible i am at this game..."},{"author_name":"Micah Goodhue","author_uid":"64688","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1472510580,"text":"Played it for a bit, not bad.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Here's what I thought:\r<br\/>-The mouse sensitivity is WAY too high, or at least for me. Maybe include a slider\/input field to set it.\r<br\/>-Physics seem too, um, &quot;stop-y&quot;? When you let go of jump, you just fall straight down. Would be nice to keep gliding for a bit into the direction you were going.\r<br\/>-Mild inconveniences. For one, having to hit M-&gt;Enter\/DownArrow-&gt;Enter is annoying when you die when taking the tutorial, there should be a single button to completely restart it. When you also start the game, if you literally walk forward 1ft you drop into lava and die. Annoying because I can't see down when I just spawn, and I don't expect to be dropped into a pit of lava when I begin.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There's also a bug I found, infinite mouse look. I'm sure you know about this, but I'd just like to point it out.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, not bad and certainly better than some of the submissions I've played so far, but some overall polish would've been nice (if of course you had the time, otherwise I fully understand)."},{"author_name":"AWOL","author_uid":"81286","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:49pm","epoch":1472514240,"text":"Wow. you made that with Java?.. Good start you have the nice frame work for a Doom like game. With a cross bow. LOL I thought I was being original with the bow.. Everybody's got a Bow it should have been the Bow Jam lol."},{"author_name":"malec2b","author_uid":"12895","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:40am","epoch":1472524500,"text":"The game could do a better job of explaining how strafe, jumping works, and maybe put you in an environment where you can try it out without dying if you get it wrong.  Also, there should be an option to play again when you die without having to go back through the menu.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That being said, the game has a really nice look to it."},{"author_name":"Nnnnneeeedddd","author_uid":"28575","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 11:29am","epoch":1472556240,"text":"@AWOL yes, It's made purely with Java, LWJGL, I had no base code. Also, I didn't use a Maths library :). Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1472740680,"text":"It hurts my eyes and especially the lava. A good entry with a retro aesthetic which I like. Well done ++"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Sep 2, 2016 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1472837460,"text":"Really like the super-low resolution aesthetic, and the textures meld well. The crossbow is fun to use, and strafe jumping is 3hard5me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Super solid entry!"},{"author_name":"Linus123xbb","author_uid":"28046","time":"Sep 3, 2016 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1472938920,"text":"Trying to run this on linux gives me the following error http:\/\/pastebin.com\/Pz8f5hyG"},{"author_name":"BleedingTiger","author_uid":"39653","time":"Sep 4, 2016 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1473015720,"text":"A game that represents the way it was created : hardcore !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Ahah, love the grahpics and tips in the gameplay ;)"},{"author_name":"QuestionableQuality","author_uid":"53106","time":"Sep 11, 2016 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1473611160,"text":"I'm kind of sad I didn't get the hang of this one, but the fact you made this all from scratch is brilliant in itself. Perhaps a few less holes in the floor? It was quite hard concentrating on both killing aliens and not falling.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The highlight is up on twitch: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/cantgetourname\/v\/88796963"}],"images":["ld36\/28575-cf8110fe70b0e984e0d29bd8d82318fb.jpg","ld36\/28575-422dcaaa64b18b69f25dcfb36614b6c9.jpg","ld36\/28575-3b5b0426dc5c217d213a8ad7e909eb87.jpg","ld36\/28575-31bbf5b31f97a229eefbff415fb138a2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/b50xecsg84ggxf6\/LD36.zip","text":"Jar(Only tested on Windows)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/f9cfqn20btwr722\/LD36SOURCE.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/4kminepm0a8p2dd\/LD36RunnableWithDiffuse.zip","text":"PostCompo (adds diffuse lighting)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"1358","g_author":"28575","g_event":"LD36","g_eventkey":"35","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"1322","g_title":"Ancient Portal","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"10","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\/\/570486\/28575-shot0-1472433897.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/28575-shot1-1472433897.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/28575-shot2-1472433897.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/28575-shot3-1472433897.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"README PLEASE-----------------------------\r\n\r\nTheme:\r\nThe game displays the theme in two ways. The first, is the retro style of the game (like it would have run on \"ancient technology\"), you will notice the games very low resolution (160x120). The second, is the crossbow, and the portal, the story behind the game: You are a man who is destined to protect the portal for his life, because \"ancient technology\"(the brown boxes around the portal) are used to stop the demons coming through, however they are faulty, which is why you have to be there, to stop the \"few\" monsters that come through from becoming a lot! Your crossbow is ancient, and made to kill these particular monsters.\r\n\r\nHow to Play----------------\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD to move, mouse to look, space to jump, mouse button 1 to fire bolt.\r\nEscape to pause (there is a pause menu of sorts).\r\n\r\nStrafe jumping:\r\nback when I didn't know what the game was going to be, I implemented strafe jumping, turns out it works quite well. First of all, just jumping makes you go faster, if you hold down space while moving, you will move faster.\r\n\r\nhowever what makes you go really fast is holding down \"space\", \"w\" and one of the strafe keys (\"a\" or \"d\"). If you hold these down, you will actually ACCELERATE (watch the speed meter), this is key, in avoiding all the monsters, it works very good for quick getaways, and makes you move more (in order to avoid the holes in the floor). The speed increment slows down after around 70, however, it still increases, technically you can get infinite speed!!\r\n\r\nTHE TUTORIAL IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY: The tutorial is a strafe jumping tutorial, it is not supposed to be easy, if you cannot do it, then just go back to the menu (via escape) and click on PlayWithNoTutorial. The strafe jumping tutorial is in order for you to improve, so you can get a higher score.\r\n\r\nThe portal WARNING--------\r\n\r\nAs soon as you collide with the portal, a message comes up.\r\nWhen this message comes up, the enemies have STARTED SPAWNING!\r\n\r\nFinal Words--------\r\n\r\nThank you for playing, and reading this description.\r\nI hope you enjoy, and it would mean a LOT if you could post your scores down in the chat, as I find it very interesting :).\r\n\r\nThanks again,\r\n\r\nNed\r\n\r\nEDIT------\r\n\r\nI just found out, if you shoot an arrow, and jump at the same time, you get a boost. I didn't actually know this, but it's awesome :D :D","title":"Ancient Portal"}