{"author_link":"\/author\/iossif\/","author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","comments":[{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:50am","epoch":1408934700,"text":"Cool game! Challenging. I included it in my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/CHUuhEZvNWU"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:21am","epoch":1408961760,"text":"I'm having a hard time understanding the controls, maybe a tutorial screen would help ! The music is nice."},{"author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:24am","epoch":1408961940,"text":"i added some text that may help you :) it is too late for tutorial screens i am afraid :)"},{"author_name":"Druid","author_uid":"31662","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:40am","epoch":1408962900,"text":"Interesting idea!"},{"author_name":"Sharkxx","author_uid":"35335","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:44am","epoch":1408963140,"text":"Really funny game but and not that easy after the 5 row i can keep up with both sides but still very fun"},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1408963620,"text":"Nice game, though the control is a bit confusing."},{"author_name":"gwa","author_uid":"34038","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:03am","epoch":1408964280,"text":"Nice one the text here is enough for me to understand. I wish me a little more feedback for the punches. I sometimes have the feeling nothing happens than i am punching. But i like it."},{"author_name":"dickpoelen","author_uid":"34953","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:22am","epoch":1408965420,"text":"Wow, that's a really fun gameplay mechanic! If you'd have more diverse enemies and stuff to make your choices more strategical... well then it'd be even beter! :)"},{"author_name":"synchingfeeling","author_uid":"41319","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1408970400,"text":"That really gets frantic, controls feel great, soundtrack fits the pace perfectly."},{"author_name":"duncankeller","author_uid":"5260","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:56am","epoch":1409014260,"text":"Great mechanic, I enjoyed the game a lot. I think better music and more sound, as well as just a better presentation all around would have gone really far. As it stands, it's still a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"LeafThief","author_uid":"3923","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:22am","epoch":1409037420,"text":"Great gameplay! I think the connection through the controls works really great. And it's challenging!\r\rReally great work for 48h!"},{"author_name":"Victory Garden","author_uid":"22357","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:55am","epoch":1409122200,"text":"This game has so much going for it, but it feels like the components don't exactly match each other. Sprites look good, and music is good but it doesn't really match the tone of the game. It wasn't hard for me--didn't lose a single HP--but I had to concentrate with each attack creating another problem. I would have liked it if the waves actually needed to be completed to progress to the next level, as I would have had a better sense of what was happening... I agree with the other posters. More juiciness all 'round to add to the succulent gameplay!"},{"author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:38am","epoch":1409214780,"text":"@Victory Garden: i did write a postmortem that may clear up a few things: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/08\/28\/the-slay-zone-postmortem\/"},{"author_name":"DhantonGames","author_uid":"28965","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:00am","epoch":1409216100,"text":"At first It was difficult to understand what to do, but the game idea is really cool and it was fun after all. 4\/5."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:21am","epoch":1409217360,"text":"I like the "card style" of units and the music.\rThe mecanic is simple but challenging..."},{"author_name":"Stending","author_uid":"25361","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:32am","epoch":1409221620,"text":"Nice idea and pretty cool graphics!\rI just don't like the white background. That make a too big contrast with the medieval\/fantasy theme"},{"author_name":"jawm","author_uid":"25983","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:57am","epoch":1409223120,"text":"good game, not intuitive but once i got going it's quite fun"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 9:33am","epoch":1409304480,"text":"Hi there. Interesting approach. Scored 293, but I felt as though the up-down movement was impossible to be fast enough by then. The left-right attack move feels the wrong way around to me... not sure. Shame no attack\/combat noise. Good job!"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1409583120,"text":"Controls are bit odd, but idea is interesting, very interesting."},{"author_name":"H1S2","author_uid":"40166","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1409586300,"text":"stopped at 10584 points. After you have the right technique its pretty simple ;) I really liked the gameplay and more levels would be really appreciated :) good job"},{"author_name":"SelfishGenome","author_uid":"38547","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1409586600,"text":"Really like the concept of them being linked together and continuously fighting. It did get quite hard when things picked up with the controls, maybe could do with a faster method of killing the enemies."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:00am","epoch":1409633700,"text":"Novel concept, though didn't really get hooked on the gameplay. I would have wanted more variety in actions taken."},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1410561720,"text":"I don't understand the people saying it was easy, my best score after a few tries was a measly 597 :(. Some feedback would definitely have been cool, but good job for a compo entry anyways! I didn't find the music fitting though.\r\rAnssi@MooseflyGames"}],"images":["ld30\/23131-1f5818ff23e2ca704124fa6d7108d3e6.jpg","ld30\/23131-f0e28763c7795b525194b139e8a46a15.jpg","ld30\/23131-9c381b5a705f4499476d8dca3dbfbd19.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.randoom.net\/theslayzone\/theslayzone.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.randoom.net\/theslayzone\/windows\/TheSlayZone_windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.randoom.net\/theslayzone\/mac\/theslayzone.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.randoom.net\/theslayzone\/linux\/theslayzone_linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.randoom.net\/theslayzone\/source\/theslayzone_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16330","g_author":"23131","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16359","g_title":"The Slay Zone","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"543","g_commentcount":"23","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\/\/375043\/23131-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/23131-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/23131-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Welcome to the SLAY ZONE!\r\n\r\nYou will assist two battlefield commanders during their endless struggle. No matter how many troops they slay and send to their enemy - there can never be an end to this fight because they are bonded together for all eternity. If one of them falls, the other perishes as well.\r\n\r\nKeep them alive during three different stages!\r\n\r\n-------------------------\r\ncreated for ludumdare by @iossif in 48 hours\r\n-------------------------\r\n\r\nHOTW:\r\n\r\nsince some people asked about controls:\r\n- press UP and DOWN to select rows.\r\n- press RIGHT or LEFT in the selected row to slay the monster on that side\r\n- the monster needs to be in the slay zone when you press LEFT or RIGHT\r\n- your attacks have cooldowns so you cannot spam attacks. the green bar next to the two characters on the bottom of the screen shows the cooldown time.","title":"The Slay Zone"}