{"author_link":"\/author\/ainokaisa\/","author_name":"ainokaisa","author_uid":"31303","comments":[{"author_name":"spacedoubt","author_uid":"39200","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:09am","epoch":1418011440,"text":"Rudolf is such a jerk! I couldn't beat him.. I guess I ruined Christmas."},{"author_name":"plauk","author_uid":"42705","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1418035620,"text":"Animation is quite good... Did you use Spriter or something?"},{"author_name":"ainokaisa","author_uid":"31303","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:11am","epoch":1418036760,"text":"@plauk\rYes it's Spriter. Santas arms are just in a bit weird position."},{"author_name":"Tinimations","author_uid":"46347","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:18am","epoch":1418037180,"text":"Hehe I liked it. Wasn't expecting more phases."},{"author_name":"tigerbyte","author_uid":"39187","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1418044920,"text":"Difficult! It'd be cool if, when Rudolph starts charging, you could hop on his back and it would confuse him enough to run him into the wall and stun him for a few seconds so you could get a few shots with the whip in.\r\rPretty solid for 9 hours."},{"author_name":"bazld","author_uid":"36950","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1418045100,"text":"I whipped him. Then things got really nasty :P !\rFun game!"},{"author_name":"oh_andrej","author_uid":"45379","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1418045220,"text":"Great! Nice graphics and animations and I had to laugh when the second phase started. Didn't expect that."},{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1418045820,"text":"I can only imagine Santa thinking "Must I have to beat you into submission every year, Rudolph?" *Cracks whip* "Santa Claus is going to town, on YOU""},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1418053500,"text":"Cool game! Reminds me of a christmas themed mega man boss battle lol. Animations look really slick. Great work!"},{"author_name":"colludium","author_uid":"28437","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1418055960,"text":"Rudolf was well 'ard! I guess no present deliveries this year then.... :)"},{"author_name":"ainokaisa","author_uid":"31303","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1418060160,"text":"If someone is determined to get those presents delivered. First form is relatively easy when Rudolf walks. You hit once and back up a bit and repeat. For the second phase it can be a bit hard to get that jump whipping to work but, one good place to do it is from the right side bale stack. Also the pattern is always the same.\r\rThanks for all the comments. Last phase is inspired by Dracula's second form in Castlevania 3"},{"author_name":"MiniBobbo","author_uid":"22584","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1418082360,"text":"Echoing the praise for the smooth animation. The second form is tough!"},{"author_name":"berkano","author_uid":"11027","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1418082420,"text":"Beautiful crispy graphics and fun gameplay! (Challenging but in the right way). Would be great with a bit of sound!"},{"author_name":"hoyt hoy","author_uid":"27144","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1418082540,"text":"I looked at the game and I thought "another christmas game," but this game is really interesting and fun!\rCongratulations!"},{"author_name":"burnedkirby","author_uid":"37473","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1418082540,"text":"This christmas, Rudolf becomes an evil disembodied head!!\r\rVery hard, could not beat head. But had a laugh when that stage of the fight happened."},{"author_name":"folmerkelly","author_uid":"15353","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1418082540,"text":"Second phase was a neat touch, feel like I should've expected it!"},{"author_name":"SuperPokeunicorn","author_uid":"9858","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1418082720,"text":"Neat little game! I like these kinds of games that are just a boss battle. Couldn't beat the second form though. Controls were a bit stiff too."},{"author_name":"Samuel Arminana","author_uid":"37164","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1418082720,"text":"Why won't Rudolf let me beat him up..."},{"author_name":"6DownStudios","author_uid":"39552","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:08am","epoch":1418112180,"text":"Pretty hilarious! I agree with plauk, animation is awesome. Movement's a bit clunky, and I especially would've liked to be able to aim my whip upwards when Rudolf turned into a (SPOLIER!) giant flying demon head thing.\r\rAnyways good stuff."},{"author_name":"Lokiman","author_uid":"16285","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1418153280,"text":"Bad Rudolf bad! :D\r\rThe game is rather hardcore but like the challenge. Controls seem a little bit "unresponsive" though."},{"author_name":"BSOD","author_uid":"47350","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1418218680,"text":"First form looks like megaman classic bosses behavior."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1418309400,"text":"Cool little game. I'm glad you made something with C2!"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1418318160,"text":"Wow this was tough. Anyway Merry Christmas to one and all, even psychotic reindeer"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1418323860,"text":"Hi there. OMG I killed Santa. Shame no sounds. Liked the pixel art. Good job!"},{"author_name":"MrBadIvan","author_uid":"44988","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1418408580,"text":"Ahah, Rudolf is devil=) I hanged for a while trying to get him!"},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1418480940,"text":"Really nice for a 9h game! Solid gameplay and good animations. One thing that bugged me was having no air control, but that was more than evened out by the fun I had smacking Rudolph. Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 1:14am","epoch":1418605740,"text":"I really liked the single boss battle, they're often some of my favorite LD games. It was lots of fun, but very hard. I finally beat the reindeer, thought I was finished, but was pleasantly surprised that there were more forms. Unfortunately, I never made it past the 2nd form... were there others? I think I would have had a better (and probably easier) time, if I could change my horizontal direction in the air. Was there a reason you didn't allow that?\r\rImpressive for 9 hours. The spriter animations looked great. A very nice little LD entry."},{"author_name":"ainokaisa","author_uid":"31303","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 10:51am","epoch":1418899560,"text":"@zatyka\rNo there was only two forms. The jump control is a some sort of tribute to NES Castlevania's I think :)"},{"author_name":"Kyatric","author_uid":"5250","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 5:06am","epoch":1419224460,"text":"A bit sad there weren't sounds, this would have added nicely to the game.\rGood job on the animations even if the control\/timing felt a bit stiff because of it.\r\rI laughed when I got to the second form.\rHard game to beat, I haven't so far, probably won't, but I recon a nice realisation and a funny idea.\r\rGood job making this game in 9 hours !"},{"author_name":"jpmit","author_uid":"38953","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1419712080,"text":"entertaining and amusing game, great job!"}],"images":["ld31\/31303-8cb5237d450cfc40a2d485985df4c6e7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/104893773\/Reluctant%20Rudolf2\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/104893773\/C2%20Testit\/Reluctant%20Rudolf%206.capx","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15393","g_author":"31303","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15423","g_title":"Reluctant Rudolf","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"560","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\/31303-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Boss Battle.\r\nMade in a rush (About 9h)","title":"Reluctant Rudolf"}