{"author_link":"\/author\/kate-kligman\/","author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","comments":[{"author_name":"StrideWide","author_uid":"40341","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1408939560,"text":"I like how they smile when they win"},{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:07am","epoch":1408942920,"text":"Love how you took the theme and made it so you lose when the worlds connect haha. Really fun!"},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:31am","epoch":1408944360,"text":"Well done game! Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"superzac","author_uid":"35904","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:32am","epoch":1408944420,"text":"Almost expected it to ask me for another quarter when I died. Good job with the arcadey feel. I wish there was a custom cursor though, because my cursors are black and it really upped the difficulty. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1408944600,"text":"I think this might actually have worked better with chunkier pixel graphics - like a retro arcade. The soundscape and gameplay give this game a hectic arcade atmosphere, and I think that's its biggest strength."},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:36am","epoch":1408944660,"text":"Nice game! Made 138 kills, please add a leaderboard!!! Awesome graphical style."},{"author_name":"stimpact","author_uid":"38998","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:55am","epoch":1408945800,"text":"Difficulty progression was good. Enjoy the arcade feel. I laughed when I saw the robots smile once they won. Sound effects for shooting was nice. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1408974480,"text":"Pew pew pew!"},{"author_name":"micahcowan","author_uid":"38013","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1408984020,"text":"Like missile command, without having to wait for the missiles (and only one city to save)."},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1408987020,"text":"Nice simple gameplay.  Good job.  A leaderboard would make this game better."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:43am","epoch":1409013480,"text":"The game's quite simple, but it works! Good job. However, I don't see how it's related to the theme?"},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:02am","epoch":1409029020,"text":"nice job...very macabre ending :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>thanks for the feedback on my game. i'm thinking about a post-jam version with about a billion times more explosions"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1409091900,"text":"Cool game, it gets intense. I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/LbmZDYffwi8"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:17am","epoch":1409101920,"text":"I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/LbmZDYffwi8"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:18am","epoch":1409101980,"text":"Shit - meant to post this: Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http:\/\/youtu.be\/lmQkJ525PNo"},{"author_name":"LaFleur","author_uid":"40030","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1409149140,"text":"Showing accuracy at the end was a great feature! Great job!"},{"author_name":"tatmos","author_uid":"41153","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1409152560,"text":"I like sound."},{"author_name":"plash","author_uid":"14542","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1409343300,"text":"Score: 118500! Kills: 149!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The laser effect is nice, but it stopped appearing once ~3 drones started appearing. Probably just my browser (yay, web!). This is quite challenging on its own, but I think it could use another mechanic. Maybe have the drones shoot lasers that you have to deflect!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nitpicks:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- No space kittens."},{"author_name":"mildmojo","author_uid":"6748","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:58am","epoch":1409637180,"text":"95200 w\/133 kills. Cute game! Near CGA palette. Looks like you picked a simple mechanic and got the job done.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Once enemies start spawning in large numbers, they appear as a dense horizontal wave. They could maybe be less like waves and more like rainfall?"},{"author_name":"Retr0spectrum","author_uid":"32920","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1409944980,"text":"Not bad, but the graphics need a bit of work."},{"author_name":"Retr0spectrum","author_uid":"32920","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1409945040,"text":"For some reason the yello lines dissapeared for me about half way through the game."},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"Nov 17, 2014 @ 6:28am","epoch":1416205380,"text":"Thanks for all the comments. I've added a post-competition version that fixes the laser, uses a custom cursor, and reworks the spawning a bit."}],"images":["ld30\/27059-c3641576c93d92abf8c8b14d5a1b9db9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.katekligman.com\/games\/ld30-swarm\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.katekligman.com\/games\/swarm\/","text":"Post-Comp Version (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.katekligman.com\/games\/ld30-swarm\/ld30-swarm.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17502","g_author":"27059","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17531","g_title":"SWARM","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"940","g_commentcount":"22","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\/27059-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"As two neighboring worlds battle, a horde of mechanized drones approach. \r\nYou are the highest ranked fighter pilot tasked with defending your planet \r\nand saving mankind. Can you defeat the swarm?","title":"SWARM"}