{"author_link":"\/author\/ranseur\/","author_name":"ranseur","author_uid":"39477","comments":[{"author_name":"wandersenus","author_uid":"44802","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:05am","epoch":1418029200,"text":"nice game!"},{"author_name":"seledorn","author_uid":"44229","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:15am","epoch":1418029800,"text":"Fun to play, challenging, fits the theme. A great game! a bit of programming art though, but that's fine, nobody's great at everything!"},{"author_name":"icedvariables","author_uid":"38518","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:42am","epoch":1418031420,"text":"I had great fun play this - took awhile to figure out the scrolling part though!"},{"author_name":"Valtaroth","author_uid":"44324","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1418035440,"text":"Nice game, my screen is too small for it though.. the zoomed out version is slightly to high and if I scroll down it zooms in^^ if I try to zoom back out I either scroll back up or die in the meantime. Otherwise really nice, would love to play a longer version with these mechanics."},{"author_name":"ranseur","author_uid":"39477","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1418035620,"text":"@Valtaroth You need a screen that's at least 1280*720 to play ): The zooming is intended though!"},{"author_name":"43iscoding","author_uid":"35110","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:27am","epoch":1418037720,"text":"Great game! Took me a while to get that scroll-wheel thingie) A love the gameplay and the challenging difficulty! Well done, the game feels complete :)"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:36am","epoch":1418038260,"text":"Pretty good, sadly I could only use a touch pad which meant I did pretty bad."},{"author_name":"anokta","author_uid":"13553","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:36am","epoch":1418038260,"text":"whoa, that's one tough game! Really enjoyed the mechanics, couldn't even get close to 'the ending' though. :\/"},{"author_name":"stray","author_uid":"47087","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1418038920,"text":"nice,\r<br\/>the only problem is wide screen"},{"author_name":"hectorhon","author_uid":"46182","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1418040060,"text":"Great fun to play! Tough challenge, never made it past the second room T_T"},{"author_name":"sfdnetwork","author_uid":"27919","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1418045940,"text":"Really fun game. Nice job"},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1418048520,"text":"Nice little stealth game. I like the way you implement the &quot;one room&quot; theme and the use of the mouse wheel. :)\r<br\/>The game is a lot of fun, I love to shoot enemies."},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1418055720,"text":"nice, very fun, but it's missing a Pause button"},{"author_name":"Domicuc","author_uid":"44551","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1418061300,"text":"Interesting and really good game! I little miss the graphic  of all characters, but it is fine."},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1418061600,"text":"Thanks for the game! Interesting gameplay and with smooth movements on the circle when moving\/shooting! Good luck!"},{"author_name":"lisac","author_uid":"43891","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1418063580,"text":"Nice game :)"},{"author_name":"skeeto","author_uid":"8472","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1418066940,"text":"Interesting game idea. I've never played anything like this before. It's brutally difficult though: one hit and it's game over, with several rapidly moving enemies. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The only way I knew how later stages of the game worked (i.e. moving to other rooms) was from the screenshots. The game itself doesn't make it very clear."},{"author_name":"Legiion","author_uid":"45906","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1418069280,"text":"the controls are interesting and give this game a unique ability"},{"author_name":"rzuf","author_uid":"1349","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1418070000,"text":"Brillo mechanics. You should know, that your game is extremely hard when played on a netbook. (like, I could youse a second pair of hands) :P"},{"author_name":"frondeus","author_uid":"41007","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1418072160,"text":"I'm really impressed. It reminds me N and Portal."},{"author_name":"Waterman7","author_uid":"31692","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1418074320,"text":"Innovative and challenging gameplay, and an interesting implementation of the theme. Good job!\r<br\/>The ammo counter could be more obvious, I almost didn't even notice and was often frustrated to run out of bullets at the wrong moment without a warning.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Btw: I added the source code to my game now, thanks for the reminder! :)"},{"author_name":"Lavendark","author_uid":"45182","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1418076600,"text":"A hard but fun game. Took a few goes to get past the first room and figure out what I was doing but glad I did as the surprise of the next room was a good one. Good Job :)"},{"author_name":"rabbit","author_uid":"26967","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1418077260,"text":"These controls are almost impossible. I have no idea what is going on or how to play this mania."},{"author_name":"TriSquare","author_uid":"45249","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:13am","epoch":1418090880,"text":"sad to say Game Doesn't load. . . no Rate,"},{"author_name":"Divitos","author_uid":"9732","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1418097960,"text":"Fun to play, but a bit confusing."},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:39am","epoch":1418106840,"text":"Very fun! Bookmarked to come back and beat later.."},{"author_name":"ranseur","author_uid":"39477","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:43am","epoch":1418117880,"text":"@TriSquare Care to tell me more about it? To the best of my knowledge you are the only with this problem so far.."},{"author_name":"ranseur","author_uid":"39477","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 10:19am","epoch":1418120040,"text":"Today it seems that dropbox takes a bit time to load the html5 version of the game, maybe it was that? Also, if you weren't able to play because of your keyboard layout, now there is a good chance that you can."},{"author_name":"Threef","author_uid":"15219","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1418147100,"text":"I really enjoy that kind of gameplay!"},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 2:02am","epoch":1419127020,"text":"Ahhh too hard! I think the game was way too hard to control. Bouncing off things an accidentally killing yourself wasn't really fun to me. I gave the game quite a few tries, but couldn't get past the 3rd screen. Those black circles seemed a little unfair.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think this game did suffer from a lack of art, I think having some type of meaningful enemy to avoid would've made the game much cooler. Perhaps devoting some more time to graphics would've improved things.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you can't do much in the way of graphics, here's some tips for making circle and squares look better:\r<br\/>1. Never use grey, especially for your background, always have a little bit of colour.\r<br\/>2. Don't use fully saturated colours. Slightly toned down colours actually look nicer.\r<br\/>3. Try to stick to a colour palette or some colour scheme. There are a few sites that collect nice looking ones if you can't find one yourself, here's one I just found: http:\/\/www.colourlovers.com\/palettes\r<br\/>4. Avoid small outlines. Either pick fairly large outlines, or leave outlines out entirely. I think it looks nicer."}],"images":["ld31\/39477-0444887646038745d159931b274d151a.jpg","ld31\/39477-ff6634e3478c9d2f14f96750777f4e02.jpg","ld31\/39477-8d63878f1ce63242e2ced44a3f674213.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wQ5WhB","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1s2P4TC","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1CWT1hf","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14942","g_author":"39477","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14972","g_title":"True Dark","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"657","g_commentcount":"30","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\/39477-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/39477-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/39477-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My second Ludum Dare entry.\r\n\r\nA pretty hard top-down shooter with a mostly random name. I'll drink one to you if you make it to the ending.\r\n\r\nThe game is played best on windows, but for those who must play it in a browser:\r\n-Unless you are working with a resolution of 1600*900 or higher you'll have to hit F11 to set the browser in fullscreen, then hit again F11 when you're done.\r\n-Performance will be not be as good (still performs very well on my old laptop though).\r\n\r\nRequirements:\r\n-1280*720 monitor resolution or higher.\r\n-A mouse, with two buttons and scroll wheel.\r\n\r\nControls: (there is a short version ingame)\r\nLMB, RMB: move your character fast or slow.\r\nZ + LMB, RMB: shoot your machine gun or the shotgun.\r\nX: drop the bomb (white circle with a yellow circle inside).\r\nR: restart.\r\nMouse Wheel:?\r\nM,N: toggle music or sound.\r\nT: toggle screenshake.\r\n\r\nWhat do you have to do:\r\nTo progress, place a bombs nearby the strange yellow and violet squares.\r\n\r\nMade with Game Maker: Studio. \r\nMusic, Sfx: http:\/\/www.abundant-music.com\/, http:\/\/www.bfxr.net\/, http:\/\/www.reaper.fm\/\r\n\r\nHave fun!\r\n\r\nTips: (very light spoilers)\r\n-You have an ammo counter, do not waste too much ammo.\r\n-Pay close attention to the red tips in the bottom left of the screen\r\n-Mouse wheel?\r\n-In the first room, if you don't like to get shot, stay away from the enemy blue cone.\r\n-Right mouse button allows you to move more slowly. You'll have to use it at some point.\r\n-Don't rush into open doors without prior knowledge of their surroundings.\r\n\r\nVersion history:\r\nv1.00: initial release\r\nv1.01: added support for most international keyboards (Z can also be Y or W), fixed a typo.","title":"True Dark"}