{"author_link":"\/author\/recursor\/","author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","comments":[{"author_name":"Absor","author_uid":"45226","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:25am","epoch":1418008800,"text":"Damn bugs are hard to catch! Nice sounds. :D"},{"author_name":"tyty5949","author_uid":"29117","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:28am","epoch":1418008980,"text":"Pretty well done game it it was only completed in 6 hours. The bugs tend to fly off the screen and then not come back for about a minute. But other than that good game. I ended up with a measly 196."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1418052600,"text":"Hi there.  Grats on entering!  The graphics are a bit small and found the aiming frustrating. The fly mechanics work well.  The fly sounds... sound a bit like you shouldn't listen too closely..."},{"author_name":"Tipyx","author_uid":"20954","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1418076660,"text":"*cham* *chu* *cham* *chu* *cham* *chu* :p\r<br\/> Good job o\/"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1418076720,"text":"Not bad, perhaps the graphics could be bigger so aiming would be easier. Sometimes the bugs like to go outside screen and not show up in a while. The flying mechanic was pretty interesting."},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1418076780,"text":"Nice job, especially for 6 hours work!"},{"author_name":"Nobuyoshi","author_uid":"41434","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:35am","epoch":1418088600,"text":"Good job, but it should be easier to catch the bugs."},{"author_name":"FlashRocks","author_uid":"16549","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:35am","epoch":1418088600,"text":"Very well done :), and quite fun, too! If the controls were a bit easier (a keyboard option might've been nice), I probably would have played for quite a bit of time :) The &quot;off screen kills you&quot; really reinforces the theme, and it was a very good game mechanic."},{"author_name":"frenzyasii","author_uid":"45770","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:36am","epoch":1418088660,"text":"Cool! :)"},{"author_name":"kburkhart84","author_uid":"45489","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:38am","epoch":1418088780,"text":"It was interesting, good concept for a casual\/mobile game.  The bugs were hard to catch though."},{"author_name":"FerraWare","author_uid":"45480","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1418105040,"text":"Nice movement mechanics, but the game is really hard! Some bigger hitboxes, and the bugs not being able to fly off-screen would provide a much rewarding experience. Nice sounds!"},{"author_name":"Fanttum","author_uid":"42108","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1418139900,"text":"way too hard to play on a laptop, haha, but a cool idea and well done."},{"author_name":"Drtizzle","author_uid":"32775","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1418148480,"text":"Flying is fun! \r<br\/>I would like to see the dropping being a bit more extreme, you can hardly notice you are dropping.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1418164980,"text":"Nice controls! Being a bat is hard, but I liked it! Maybe a first easier round to learn the controls would have been nice, before letting bugs go wild and move randomly. Great work"},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:30am","epoch":1418174700,"text":"Those're some crafty bugs!"},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1418174760,"text":"Controls are a bit slippery. Wish I could just stop at the top edge of the screen - annoying how flying too high kills me."},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:34am","epoch":1418174940,"text":"Nice job as you only did it in 6 hours! I like the simple controls, Audio is pretty standard. At one point i considered wether the bats flappy sound was saying fuck you haha! overall, nice job for the timeframe you made it in!"},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:11am","epoch":1418177160,"text":"Thanks for commenting on my game, Four Seasons!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great sound effects ^.^ This is really well put-together, especially for the amount of time you put in. It's like a great version of balloon hunter. Maybe an easy version with bigger collision circles? Also the bugs would tease me by flying off the screen! Love it."},{"author_name":"dylanwolf","author_uid":"20078","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:40am","epoch":1418178900,"text":"It was frustrating at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty fun. The mouse controls were a nice touch, even though it took a while to get a feel for how to use them."},{"author_name":"trykondev","author_uid":"34441","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:05am","epoch":1418180400,"text":"Super impressive for only 6 hours of work :) Way to dig in and make something instead of just giving up."},{"author_name":"vinull","author_uid":"19362","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:42am","epoch":1418261820,"text":"Okay, I can honestly say I've never played a game with this control scheme!  I got the hang of it pretty quickly but still died a lot because I had to go for multipliers!"},{"author_name":"Demy","author_uid":"44801","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 5:48am","epoch":1418362980,"text":"Nice audio and controls"},{"author_name":"DarkEngineer","author_uid":"36929","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1418407380,"text":"Nice job, good game"},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1418589540,"text":"I love the gameplay - but its unfair that the bugs can go off the screen and not you :("},{"author_name":"asobitech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1418747280,"text":"I hate those pink bats. Dive bomb the lot of them :D"},{"author_name":"IcyLava","author_uid":"36159","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1419014580,"text":"It can be quite frustrating at times :\/"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1419026940,"text":"It's simple and I like it."},{"author_name":"L0N3 W0LF","author_uid":"7045","time":"Dec 23, 2014 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1419357120,"text":"It was very fun and hard (FOR ME), im a bad player xD i only scored 40 :( Great work :D"},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 5:51am","epoch":1419831960,"text":"Feel like a little bat xD"}],"images":["ld31\/1105-5e02295b0b2a594a46f35fb5fdd90c1c.jpg","ld31\/1105-91beb96053b3815f87da9ebab6f866d0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/proto.pixelbytestudios.com\/jams\/Batz\/Batz.php","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3TTUfYQe7VI","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/proto.pixelbytestudios.com\/jams\/src\/LD31-recursor-src.unitypackage","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15594","g_author":"1105","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15624","g_title":"Batz","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"860","g_commentcount":"29","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\/1105-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/1105-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Due to scheduling conflicts, I was unable to participate until Sunday afternoon, so I threw this together in about 6 hours. I wanted to keep my successful entry streak alive.\r\n\r\nWrite your score in the comments below!\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nEat all bugs and avoid other bats.\r\nOther bats can be destroyed by diving on top of them.\r\nTo eat a bug, touch it with your head (wings don't count).\r\nVenturing offscreen will kill you.\r\n\r\nScoring:\r\nScore more points by flying faster when eating a bug.\r\nEat a bug while diving gives a 2x multiplier.\r\nKilling a bat gets you the same as above +10pts.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft Mouse = Flap Wings\r\nRight Mouse = Dive","title":"Batz"}