{"author_link":"\/author\/kevinalbs\/","author_name":"kevinAlbs","author_uid":"26957","comments":[{"author_name":"intelligentbean","author_uid":"28360","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:15am","epoch":1408932600,"text":"this was pretty fun! kind of hard though but not in a bad way. I feel like I could spend a lot of time playing this."},{"author_name":"Nsmurf","author_uid":"14050","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:06am","epoch":1408935660,"text":"Fun!  I like how hard it is :)  Can't really see what it has to do with the theme though..."},{"author_name":"robbiehunt","author_uid":"10796","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:09am","epoch":1408935840,"text":"This is definitely hard. I can immediately see that this is the kind of game I really liked to play a few years ago, really requires attention and precision and quick movements.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It creates a good tension.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really would have benefited from sound. But it has a really good aesthetic."},{"author_name":"kenrickrilee","author_uid":"42087","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:10am","epoch":1408935900,"text":"I really dig the styling of the game. I don't think I've ever seen an edgy jumper game :P"},{"author_name":"HuntTheWumpus","author_uid":"30702","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:15am","epoch":1408936200,"text":"challenging but fun! I liked the fluent controls."},{"author_name":"maad9","author_uid":"38613","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1408988220,"text":"Simple and very fun ;) good job!"},{"author_name":"IcyLava","author_uid":"36159","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1408989720,"text":"It's challenging, I like it! Took some tries but got to the boss. Had an interesting ending. Good work!"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1408991400,"text":"pretty cool, but how does it fits into the theme? the world of light and darkness?"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1408991760,"text":"I must say, id wish you built the entire game about the end boss, that ending concept was so cool."},{"author_name":"hirsch","author_uid":"13747","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1408997880,"text":"Even though i am not used to control platformers with my left hand, it's a fun little game that i definetly enjoyed playing."},{"author_name":"Mali","author_uid":"5540","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1408998960,"text":"Good game. Well made and well polished. Not sure how it relates to the theme though."},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1408999800,"text":"Unforgiving game. Really hard! Love the minimalist style!"},{"author_name":"Eduardo","author_uid":"41337","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:41am","epoch":1409013360,"text":"The end was cool!"},{"author_name":"rd127p77","author_uid":"39898","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:00am","epoch":1409014500,"text":"Bookmark"},{"author_name":"ShadowStryker","author_uid":"39432","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:19am","epoch":1409019240,"text":"Very hard after the checkpoint, but excellent and very fun game none-the-less. Loved the ending!"},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:34am","epoch":1409020140,"text":"This is great.  I died after a minute or two, but I can tell I'd really like this if I played more.  A run animation and sounds would add so much!"},{"author_name":"Animated","author_uid":"26152","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:55am","epoch":1409021400,"text":"Very tough but still fun"},{"author_name":"brodavi","author_uid":"8067","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:57am","epoch":1409021520,"text":"I didn't get 'connected worlds' (maybe I didn't get far enough?), but it was pretty fun. Good use of pressure. Felt fair. I will have to come back and finish this. It kicked my butt :)"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:51am","epoch":1409028360,"text":"Very challenging! I love the simple art direction!"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:00am","epoch":1409039700,"text":"I love that if you destroy the platform the enemies are standing on you can make them all plummet to their doom... or so you think, until an elevator brings one of them back up and he snipes you dead!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Haha, lots of fun :)"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:05am","epoch":1409047200,"text":"Hi there... nice looking game. Shame no sound.  I couldn't get very far due to my awful platform game skills.  Good job"},{"author_name":"Vallar","author_uid":"41060","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1409057700,"text":"Haha, now I loved that ending and I liked the look of the game. The game definitely fit the theme well in that regard. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>While the graphics were simple I liked them a lot and I liked how you play the game in general. It was a hard game but I liked the idea. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Could use some sounds and music though but probably that is a byproduct of the time limitation. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done :D"},{"author_name":"oakus","author_uid":"35985","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1409058420,"text":"Fun and hard. Some checkpoints would be nice. Also, I don't see the connection with the theme here."},{"author_name":"kdunee","author_uid":"2084","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1409066520,"text":"It felt for me like the platform animation was framerate dependent or just inconsistent, since the moving platform would stop at different places each time, sometimes out of my reach. Otherwise a nice, difficult platformer."},{"author_name":"Retr0spectrum","author_uid":"32920","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1409072820,"text":"Nice graphics, and an original take on the theme. I think this would be improved if the boss fight was more tactical - Maybe the boss's weapons could deal more damage, but be further appart (IMHO they are too close together to avoid at the moment). Maybe it would have been too much for only 48 hours, but it would be cool if the other players had more realistic AI, or were actual recordings of other players movements."},{"author_name":"dix","author_uid":"30021","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1409080440,"text":"Nice game :D"},{"author_name":"Artamus","author_uid":"39880","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1409089800,"text":"Nice game, congrats!"},{"author_name":"siat","author_uid":"24592","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1409096700,"text":"Not very forgiving.  The controls were nice and smooth, though."},{"author_name":"ExtreLime","author_uid":"27375","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1409241360,"text":"Well that was pretty hardcore! Fun thing, good job."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1410045720,"text":"Very fun game! Like the graphics as well. Good job!"}],"images":["ld30\/26957-de43c56feb9627cec4453390691e02ea.jpg","ld30\/26957-023ce1ffa3a4b89092962d0964a6f803.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kevinalbs.com\/darkness\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16485","g_author":"26957","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16514","g_title":"Darkness","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"646","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\/\/375043\/26957-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/26957-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CONTROLS\r\n=======\r\n\r\nWASD to move\/jump\r\nR to restart\r\nClick to shoot\r\n\r\n\r\nUpdates\r\n=====\r\n\r\n12:00am Aug 25th\r\nThanks for all the feedback. To those who've mentioned it's difficulty, if you cannot get through the ascension part you can skip directly to the boss fight here http:\/\/kevinalbs.com\/darkness\/#boss \r\nIt is more relevant to the theme, and you can see everybody's names!\r\n\r\n8:14pm Aug 26th\r\nkdunee - Good spot. I noticed this as well and should be rolling out a fix for this\r\nSounds will be coming out on the next version. I'll post a link when it's ready. I'd like to add music, but it might be too difficult.\r\n\r\n11:22am Sept 7th\r\nThe server is currently down :( This is a personal server, of which I cannot ssh into (because it is physically off). I will fix by next weekend.\r\n\r\nDevelopment Notes\r\n============\r\nUnfortunately I didn't have much time to get this as polished as I would have liked. I plan to work on this after the compo and possibly post a link to the revised version.\r\n\r\nI tested this on Chrome on Windows. More than likely bugs exist. This was really rushed towards the end. I'll be cleaning things up and posting this on GitHub.\r\n\r\nUpcoming features:\r\n- SOUND and (if possible) music\r\n- Source on GitHub\r\n- More intensity towards the end of the climb\r\n","title":"Darkness"}