{"author_link":"\/author\/glstephen\/","author_name":"GLStephen","author_uid":"41563","comments":[{"author_name":"DvigubaiPiktas","author_uid":"27113","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:22am","epoch":1409015820,"text":"Space impact.."},{"author_name":"bobrocks","author_uid":"41796","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:32am","epoch":1409016420,"text":"Not a bad effort, it would be nice to see the idea fleshed out some, though. Not sure about the theme, but maybe it is hidden in there somewhere."},{"author_name":"GLStephen","author_uid":"41563","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:37am","epoch":1409016720,"text":"bobrock - we're connecting twitter -> the game. We focused on the concept of connecting worlds in RL outside the game into the game instead of it being a visual or direct gameplay element."},{"author_name":"mlabarca","author_uid":"35769","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:49am","epoch":1409017440,"text":"I tested it tweeting the hashtag and then deleting it, but I didn't see any impact on the game."},{"author_name":"ShivaFang","author_uid":"41238","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1409017500,"text":"Interesting take on the theme."},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:52am","epoch":1409017620,"text":"I liked the idea with Twitter, but I must admit I didn't realize it until after I read the comments. An impressive idea.\rThe game itself wasn't anything new, but I did play until around level 60 or so :-)"},{"author_name":"GLStephen","author_uid":"41563","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:37am","epoch":1409020320,"text":"@mlabarca\rOne tweet will result in 1 TwitBoost. This increases your fire rate by a small amount. You can get up to a maximum of 10 Boost from 10 tweets. It all happens in real time and each individual tweets boost lasts an undisclosed amount of time.\r#TFenemy works exactly the same way only boosting spawn rate of the enemies."},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:38am","epoch":1409023980,"text":"Interesting concept. I didn't have any Twit boost though, and the game wasn't exactly difficult? I think it would be great to see a point where the game needed the social media aspect to be successful, really to encapsulate the whole multi-player aspect. \r\rReally great work, and I love the Twitter integration into the concept."},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:43am","epoch":1409024280,"text":"Awesome job! I got to try out the Twitboost and it was really satisfying to see that instantaneous reaction in game. I liked the nice clean lines and colors you used to get the aesthetic just right as well. :D"},{"author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:00am","epoch":1409028900,"text":"I thought the main mechanic was interesting, if a bit of a stretch with the theme (connect the worlds of the game and twitter or somesuch.) I wasn't able to test the implementation because I don't have a twitter. As for what mechanics I did see, it seemed solid until I realized I was in no actual danger. Enemies shooting at the player would fix that."},{"author_name":"Vytheros","author_uid":"26487","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:01am","epoch":1409046960,"text":"Good game, the boosts came and it made it much easier to kill the enemies."},{"author_name":"GLStephen","author_uid":"41563","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:20am","epoch":1409048100,"text":"Thanks for the feedback. This is our very first game and we definitely would like to spend more time on balancing everything, but didn't have the time in the 72 hours."},{"author_name":"Aumni","author_uid":"42308","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1409088360,"text":"Such a cool idea, wow!! I think the concept has a lot of potential :o Maybe it would be cool trying to link it with even more social media stuff"},{"author_name":"hate-marina","author_uid":"26068","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1409157840,"text":"Could be harder :B\rNice music"},{"author_name":"danbo","author_uid":"26427","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1409157900,"text":"Wouldn't it be cool to target specific players and spawn special enemies etc into their game? Kinda like an invasion mechanic..."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1409241480,"text":"I think this can be a good idea if it was connected to other words than #TF... that are specific for this game...\rThen our run depend of strangers and what they tweet..."},{"author_name":"foolmoron","author_uid":"36186","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1409250840,"text":"Really cool idea connecting to twitter like that"},{"author_name":"Buttsteam","author_uid":"42335","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1409773380,"text":"Kept me entertained for a while. Kind of wish there was more variety with the enemies and power ups."},{"author_name":"DrCicero","author_uid":"33845","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1409864160,"text":"While i like the idea of connecting two 'worlds', i dont like having to twitter something. Also, during ludumdare there are not enough people for multiplayer games."}],"images":["ld30\/41563-feed17e0f171721e3d4f5b4b37c9a818.jpg","ld30\/41563-2cea265149d9a03e18738466557da461.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.guildlaunch.com\/twitforce\/TwitForce-Default-Exe-v001.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16571","g_author":"41563","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16600","g_title":"TwitForce","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"444","g_commentcount":"19","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\/41563-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41563-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"TwitForce integrates with Twitter to change game dynamics. TwitForce is a SHMUP with a twist. Tweets which contain #TFPilot and tweets that contain #TFEnemy will provide boosts to the pilot fire rate and enemy spawn rates respectively. This is a multiplayer SHMUP of a totally different sort and Connects the Worlds of Twitter and Gaming!","title":"TwitForce"}