{"author_link":"\/author\/walnoot\/","author_name":"Walnoot","author_uid":"21137","comments":[{"author_name":"dorkster","author_uid":"44489","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:20am","epoch":1418022900,"text":"Pretty addictive for how simple it is. I like the scaling effect between levels.\r\rI couldn't figure out if the game has an "end" level to reach or if it's infinitely generating. If it's infinite, maybe keeping a score and awarding points for kills\/money\/progress would help gauge performance between runs."},{"author_name":"Walnoot","author_uid":"21137","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1418041620,"text":"Thanks for playing my game! You're right that the game has no end, I would've made something like a score counter but ran out of time :\/"},{"author_name":"bobismijnnaam","author_uid":"20562","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1418041680,"text":"Actually very fun to play! Too bad it gets a bit boring when you've seen all the levels. Transition effect is very nice, and the graphics fit the game."},{"author_name":"wilpel1234","author_uid":"37098","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1418050680,"text":"Like the art style!"},{"author_name":"Smiley","author_uid":"30731","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1418052060,"text":"really nice :) and innovated idea on the theme.\r\r a bit difficult to slash. are the levels random generated or does the player start on a random one after death?"},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1418065560,"text":"good game.. the scaling effect is great :)"},{"author_name":"Walnoot","author_uid":"21137","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1418074800,"text":"@Smiley, the levels are somewhat randomly generated, there is a list of prebuild levels that get randomly chosen based on the current level"},{"author_name":"BtheDestroyer","author_uid":"46490","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1418143800,"text":""Can't find what you're looking for." error."},{"author_name":"geckojsc","author_uid":"5246","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1418144760,"text":"borked link :("},{"author_name":"Walnoot","author_uid":"21137","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1418165340,"text":"Oops, I suck, link is back now :\/"},{"author_name":"Jim Haslett","author_uid":"11411","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1418166240,"text":"I tried to play but it just crashed on me when I hit the space bar."},{"author_name":"DefectiveMelon","author_uid":"44221","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1418167200,"text":"Seems fun, but the enemies are a little tough to hit, It could just be me being bad but I don't know. Nice job on a fun game that fits the theme well."},{"author_name":"johnbrynte","author_uid":"47137","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1418167380,"text":"Great take on the theme! The combat was a bit too difficult and the puzzles quickly got a bit monotone. This has great potential though. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"ramyaanudeep","author_uid":"47390","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:09am","epoch":1418209440,"text":"great concept"},{"author_name":"Anti","author_uid":"33991","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1418225220,"text":"Really fun game even though it was very simple. Cool idea and well executed."},{"author_name":"Proximal Pyro","author_uid":"44594","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1418245860,"text":"I like the game but the enemies attack a little bit too fast which makes the game really hard. Good work tho!"},{"author_name":"HUMANICS","author_uid":"47628","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1418245980,"text":"simple but nice gameplay ;)"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1418246220,"text":"Your take on the theme is nice :3\rBut the loop at the end, resulting in just closing the game without having won is kinda frustrating :\/"},{"author_name":"hwinwuzhere","author_uid":"38371","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 11:13am","epoch":1419073680,"text":"Really really cool. I especially like the attack from the enemies which makes the screen shake like thunder :). Very good theme implementation!"},{"author_name":"eemmbbeerr","author_uid":"26778","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 11:27am","epoch":1419074520,"text":"Nice game, I love the transition between levels. There was no way I could survive the level with four enemies in the upper-right corner."}],"images":["ld31\/21137-9e093df2ed77a6579ae1a827b381a0a3.jpg","ld31\/21137-c91608ebed927f7b67b4132707c657a1.jpg","ld31\/21137-cb63d14563f18dd8cf98cb2b60b91b4d.jpg","ld31\/21137-95a8488cf05f0a0a74dec8efb2b6fbca.jpg","ld31\/21137-9742817be7bfe51036bf2f3bc3d75cdf.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/walnoot.me\/zoom\/zoom.jar","text":"JAR (cross-platform)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Walnoot\/ld31-zoom","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14848","g_author":"21137","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14878","g_title":"Zoom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"685","g_commentcount":"20","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\/21137-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/21137-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/21137-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/21137-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/21137-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Keep zooming in in this top-down slash-em-up! How deep can you go?\r\n\r\nTo run the game, make sure you have Java installed, and then double-click the .jar file. Works on all platforms.","title":"Zoom"}