{"author_link":"\/author\/fizzd\/","author_name":"fizzd","author_uid":"39331","comments":[{"author_name":"invi","author_uid":"20935","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:58am","epoch":1408935180,"text":"I love the sick beats you have in your games. The feedback from the game was really solid and rewarding. Wish the first section was shorter though. Or at least ramp up a little faster. Very fun rhythm game :D"},{"author_name":"bladderbloat","author_uid":"40582","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:37am","epoch":1408955520,"text":"Very cool idea, would love it on mobiles!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:10am","epoch":1408957500,"text":"Ohh, that is a great puzzler-idea :D"},{"author_name":"fizzd","author_uid":"39331","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:01am","epoch":1408960560,"text":"Thank you for the feedback guys! One thing I really do need feedback on is difficulty - did anyone beat the first level or give up? If you beat it I'd be interested to know what speed level you managed to get up to. It'll come really useful when designing more stages. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>(My personal best is 1.3x!)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also did it work fine on Windows machines, if anyone can confirm?"},{"author_name":"BinaryPie","author_uid":"17592","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1408971360,"text":"Fizzd, worked fine in Chrome on Windows for me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Excellent game. Great job linking the gameplay\/music rhythm."},{"author_name":"Scott Baker","author_uid":"11823","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1408975740,"text":"I can't get past that first turn in the second level!  Nice game, great music.  Also, GoT!"},{"author_name":"LaFleur","author_uid":"40030","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1408975920,"text":"I'm awful at rhythm games, but this was so much fun!"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1408976100,"text":"Very cool idea but too difficult for me. Also it'll be better with randomly generated level. Kinda boring to run straight line at start every time."},{"author_name":"jpmit","author_uid":"38953","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1408976820,"text":"Great idea!  Hard but fun. Well done."},{"author_name":"ZwodahS","author_uid":"17230","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1408976880,"text":"Please make the starting segment shorter .... Other than that nice idea !"},{"author_name":"CryoGenesis","author_uid":"14720","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1408977000,"text":"This game is badass. Really cool how the movements match the music. Great job."},{"author_name":"burgerdare","author_uid":"29805","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1408977120,"text":"This is actually a lot of fun. I feel like it would benefit immensely from having a background track with a rhythm that synced up with the ideal button press times. At least right now, it feels a little easy to get lost in the beat of the song and lose track of your button timing."},{"author_name":"awesomeusername","author_uid":"20959","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1408977840,"text":"That was awesome.  Easily 5 stars for audio.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was so happy that I finally got to hear the song all the way through."},{"author_name":"vividhelix","author_uid":"35713","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1408987980,"text":"Enjoyed this, I agree it would work well on a phone!"},{"author_name":"eott","author_uid":"40748","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1408993020,"text":"Great game! Like you realized, the game is a bit unforgiving, but fun nonetheless."},{"author_name":"heterosapiens","author_uid":"41918","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1409072400,"text":"Awesome stuff! Barely managed to spam my way through the game just to listen to the awesome beats.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Although, a more forgiving-puzzly-version for non-twitchy gamers would be nice. :P"},{"author_name":"fil00dl","author_uid":"40594","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1409157420,"text":"the revival of rhythm game. awesome!"},{"author_name":"ceosol","author_uid":"34411","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1409177580,"text":"Definitely cut down the first part. A lead should be something like 8 bars. That was around 25 bars (Although I couldn't get an accurate count since you have to pay attention to get that far). The best part of the game was the turns and how it synced to the beats. I got up to the upward zigzag and finally called it quits because it took so long to get back there every time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Love the music and game."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:01am","epoch":1409205360,"text":"This is a really great rhythm game. So slick. Love it :)"},{"author_name":"Nuclear Napalm","author_uid":"38866","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1409242500,"text":"Nice one! Love the beat!"},{"author_name":"Shide","author_uid":"29081","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:54pm","epoch":1409244540,"text":"Really great and addictive rhythm game. Just as rhythm game should be. Great work!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1409253180,"text":"Hi there.  Amazing sounds and visuals. Great game really good job.  Source code needs to be provided for the 48h competition ...  Good job!"},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:04am","epoch":1409284740,"text":"Cool idea, fun to play. The audio really worked well with this."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1409418720,"text":"This game is crap, it doesn't even read all key presses, although you are clearly tapping out the life of your keyboard, and\/or mouse! Fix that glitch. On a side note the game was really interesting, and I almost beat it out that one time. But then the constant &quot;wait till he reaches halfway and not read his key down, although it is not a bend, and he is pressing on time&quot; that the game loves to do, just makes me wanna low my start even more! Just be happy I'll give you 5 and I smell your game coming in the top 100, if not the top 10, if not the top 1."},{"author_name":"tbam","author_uid":"40495","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 4:15am","epoch":1409544600,"text":"Great music, brutal difficulty, great overall!"},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:16am","epoch":1409548260,"text":"Awesome, I love to see rhythm games in LD. The bends were hard to get the hang of until I heard the rhythm (good call on the tutorial for post-compo). The latency values to make it feel right were different on the title screen vs the actual game which weirded me out a bit (based on tempo maybe?) Also were the colors just random? Might be cool to have them be based on accuracy so you can potentially adjust yourself. Got up to 1.1x then I stopped btw. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"OFF","author_uid":"39617","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:30am","epoch":1409549100,"text":"Maybe the ONLY rythm'game i ever liked.\r<br\/>The idea of the two star is simple but create an unusual feeling compared to the &quot;line&quot; spirit of any rythm game.\r<br\/>I'm really fan of the track, and the background effect.\r<br\/>Real nice and fun game."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 10:20am","epoch":1409566500,"text":"That was fucking glorious.\r<br\/>You weren't kidding with the difficulty, after about 30 mins got about 3\/4ths of the way through the song at max (before regressing and not even being able to do the intro part).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Add JPop and sparkles\/special effects and I'd fund it."},{"author_name":"Crocanti de Pollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1409957820,"text":"Nice take on the rhythm genre :)"},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1410033600,"text":"As a fan of Rhythm Heaven, I say this is amazing!"},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1410033960,"text":"Also, maybe you didn't notice, but the melody really sounds like this: http:\/\/adhesivewombat.bandcamp.com\/track\/8-bit-adventure had to take a star away from innovation because of it :("},{"author_name":"SnoutUp","author_uid":"35485","time":"Sep 9, 2014 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1410300000,"text":"Loved this! Very well made, feels so good to get through the level."},{"author_name":"micahcowan","author_uid":"38013","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 7:06am","epoch":1410332460,"text":"Very cool! The original is just way too damn hard without some introduction. The revised version obviously fixes that, but it seems like maybe the full-on level in it runs a little faster? At any rate it doesn't seem to read my keypresses as consistently on that level as either the earlier (slower) levels, or the full-on level from the original.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Music's nice, glad you gave it a little more to do during the intro sequence in the revised version. Fun game!"},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1410375600,"text":"Great Idea! Really love that concept. Please make a mobile version, this would be so great!\r<br\/>It works fine on windows."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1410382200,"text":"Simply awesome rhythm game. Got up to 1.2x speed before I quit. My thumb is now hurting (thank you for including gamepad support). Absolutely love the music and the game."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1410383820,"text":"Oh, I forgot: You should shorten that intro. At higher speeds the beginning is near impossible until the beat kicks in.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And I just completed 1.2x speed.\r<br\/>(...one day 1.3x ... one day...)"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1410385800,"text":"Very innovative considering the theme, nicely done! I would have never expected to see a rhythm game here, specially of this quality."},{"author_name":"Sunflower","author_uid":"39564","time":"Sep 11, 2014 @ 9:10am","epoch":1410426300,"text":"Interesting entry, but the compo version was just downright evil, making player start without some prior training or something, and in both version the main song starts being audible very late, making the beginning a pain - quite often I lost on the straight path at the beginning, and at later point, once I got into rhythm, I was losing on the bends. I didn't dare to beat 0.9x version, though. &gt;.&lt;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh, and I really dislike the green\/red beats in the background; they're just so intense, and make my eyes tired. Maybe reduce their alpha a bit? Like, 5 or 10 times? ^^&quot;"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Sep 11, 2014 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1410455880,"text":"Fun take on music games and the compo theme :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would have loved to see more variation in the beat in more advanced stages! Made it to 1.1x, but it was quite difficult to keep the beat until the bass kicks in at that point, so restarting was kind of a chore.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had great fun with the game :)"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1410622860,"text":"Really fun!"},{"author_name":"fizzd","author_uid":"39331","time":"Sep 16, 2014 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1410871620,"text":"Woah, broke the top 100, and #6 in audio - missed out on runner-up for audio by 0.02 points. I wasn't even sure it was going to do that! Lots to learn anyways, was a fun first game jam. Thanks for rating everyone."},{"author_name":"BluePhoenixFireGames","author_uid":"68350","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1450890360,"text":"AMAZING! I love this game! 10\/10 on everything from me!"},{"author_name":"Rustam","author_uid":"139067","time":"May 5, 2017 @ 10:15am","epoch":1493979000,"text":"Its like a having a whole card shop in your pocket! http:\/\/downloadfreesoftwareblog.ru Feature Highlights: Playlists (with random play) Thumbnails (only on devices with Android 2."}],"images":["ld30\/39331-ea5247c2a807fc177d05535267df712f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fizzd.itch.io\/a-dance-of-fire-and-ice","text":"Web (Post-Compo)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34944147\/ADOFI\/ADanceofFireAndIce.html","text":"Web (Original version)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34944147\/ADOFI\/LDSourceScripts.zip","text":"Source (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fizzlemyshizzle","text":"Twitter"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16453","g_author":"39331","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16482","g_title":"A Dance of Fire And Ice","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"93","g_commentcount":"43","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\/39331-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A one button rhythm game about hitting the breakbeat.\r\n\r\n[POST COMPO version adds TUTORIAL LEVELS, a few bends earlier on to make the start a little less monotonous, as well as letting you go back to the menu. If you want the true competition version for fair judging, get the Dropbox version! And if you want a less steep learning curve, get the itch.io one!]\r\n--\r\nA planet of fire,\r\nA planet of ice,\r\nEternally dancing,\r\nAlternating the lead\r\nSo one will not\r\nfall in the other\r\nto make two mildly lukewarm planets. Ugh!\r\n--\r\n\r\n\r\nUse whichever key you see fit - though the left and right arrow keys adjust the offset.\r\n\r\nI've tested the latencies on Mac and PC and adjusted them for each platform, but there is a chance your computer will have a different latency setting as well. Use the training area to check the latency!\r\n\r\n About half the jam was spent trying approaches to sync movement as accurately as possible, regardless of how off the player's input is. The way I figured how to do it is, if you hit it a little early\/late, the angle will jump a little to compensate for it! Thus the planets are eternally in sync with that cosmic bass drum.","title":"A Dance of Fire And Ice"}