{"author_link":"\/author\/aurel300\/","author_name":"Aru Nyan","author_uid":"1645","comments":[{"author_name":"bobrocks","author_uid":"41796","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:01am","epoch":1408938960,"text":"This is a cool little game. Typing based RPG battle system, neat idea!"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1408975560,"text":"The game system is very good. I would have loved to see this being realtime :)"},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1408996500,"text":"Cool game, but fights are kinda slow."},{"author_name":"Andrew Adams","author_uid":"20321","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1409002020,"text":"Wow... that fire boss is HARD!!"},{"author_name":"Lycaon","author_uid":"19032","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1409002200,"text":"I like it a great deal! I love the art. It was a bit confusing to figure out what to do at first, but once I got past that it was great fun."},{"author_name":"burgerdare","author_uid":"29805","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1409002260,"text":"cool idea, but the DDR-styled combat feels a little out of place. Maybe I just don't like it because the button timing is a bit too demanding."},{"author_name":"ShaunJS","author_uid":"40711","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1409002680,"text":"Really well presented, very nice transition effects and very fitting colour aesthetics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think perhaps the inclusion of lots of different minigames as a different way to play combat through different elements, while cool, makes the game feel a little less cohesive and spread a bit thin. Like it's trying to be a lot of things at once and cater to lots of players and the main thing connecting to the theme (the shifting worlds) doesn't seem like it plays massively into this.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A very solid piece of work presentation wise though!"},{"author_name":"Ellian","author_uid":"7701","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1409002920,"text":"Amazing. \r<br\/>I wasn't expecting a typing battle system (and the words are smart too!), AND the second character uses a different system? Neat!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish enemies actually died when you win, but eh, it's nice really!"},{"author_name":"Aru Nyan","author_uid":"1645","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1409003880,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yes, I'm aware that the fights get a little tedious, I was worried about this during the development, but it was too late to change it. (@Tanner)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Ellian the enemies die, after you attack them a couple of times. There are no health bars, which makes it difficult to see, but, in general, the minor guards take two perfect attacks to kill."},{"author_name":"xxmicloxx","author_uid":"41565","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:36am","epoch":1409016660,"text":"I really like that game! However, I am too slow when typing :("},{"author_name":"jas7229","author_uid":"40002","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1409024160,"text":"Nice game, I love the color swaps on change and graphics in general. The typing attack system was a neat idea!"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:06am","epoch":1409032860,"text":"Really loving this game! Typing games have a special place in my heart, and this takes the cake by mixing it with classic rpg dungeon crawlers! :')"},{"author_name":"arttut02","author_uid":"35752","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:55am","epoch":1409039400,"text":"Very nice game. And got to practice my typing skills. Cool idea."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:14am","epoch":1409047740,"text":"Hi there. Love the combat!  Great graphics.  Bit frustrating to have to use mouse mid-combat to start next turn, but that's a minor niggle. Great job!"},{"author_name":"cacciatc","author_uid":"127","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1409066100,"text":"The world transitions are pretty slick. :)"},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1409072940,"text":"Fights can get repetitive since the key presses are very slow and you have to repeat them, but a nice game."},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1409073000,"text":"This game is really good mate. Wish you had more time to complete it but it's not a problem at all. It might be my favorite compo entry till now."},{"author_name":"plash","author_uid":"14542","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1409075580,"text":"This is an incredible piece of game for 48 hours. I was surprised this wasn't done by a team in the Jam!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The art is fantastic. I really love the world transitions. The typing\/strength battle system is challenging but fun. The arrow key\/dexterity system was much harder for me. I didn't understand the battle system at first, and I think it's missing some indicator for enemy health, but it was challenging and enjoyable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Bug: I can't type &quot;zap&quot; in the strength\/typing battle system. Quite annoying when you have to wait for it to go off screen before you can type the next word.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nitpicks:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- I sometimes have to make smaller movements to reset my action bar. It's rather annoying when I'm trying to get to something far off.\r<br\/>- Maybe it's just me, but the arrow key\/dexterity battle system feels off. I'm not entirely sure when I'm supposed to press the arrow keys."},{"author_name":"Aru Nyan","author_uid":"1645","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1409075700,"text":"@plash Fixed the bug, was a typo.\r<br\/>You can skip your turn with the hourglass, if you really don't like it."},{"author_name":"Josh H","author_uid":"38721","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1409087340,"text":"I didn't read the directions and at the first battle, I had no idea what to do.  I was clicking like mad, haha.  Once I figured it out, I was good.  Fighting the big guy was tough!  Made my fingers sore. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"c023-dev","author_uid":"19370","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1409088660,"text":"Cool visuals! And pretty complex. I suck at typing though =( ... but overall it feels pretty complete and solid, I like that! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1409088840,"text":"I like the idea and there's a lot of content for a 48 h game,\r<br\/>Gotta say though, the typing way feels much better than the DDR way. (And that's from somebody that played quite a bit of stepmania)\r<br\/>It's also frustrating to not see the health of the enemies."},{"author_name":"slumber","author_uid":"34428","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1409090460,"text":"very cool game. i could definitely see kids playing this to up their typing skills. loved the world change mechanic. Great job!"},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"20701","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:39pm","epoch":1409092440,"text":"nice concept and a lot of content some text didnt work for me an combat are so long....."},{"author_name":"capsizedmoose","author_uid":"30615","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1409094060,"text":"wow this is awesome! love the spelling mechaninc! :D"},{"author_name":"rd127p77","author_uid":"39898","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1409094780,"text":"Really Liked This Game, The Graphics Look Polished, The Gameplay is stable, and is just a great casual game."},{"author_name":"granut100","author_uid":"27528","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:33am","epoch":1409099280,"text":"This game was neat liked the text combat!"},{"author_name":"jomomomo","author_uid":"4914","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:31am","epoch":1409106360,"text":"Wow, pretty sweet... didn't get the typing battle system at first..."},{"author_name":"snoozbuster","author_uid":"23156","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 3:17am","epoch":1409281920,"text":"I'm impressed, it's neat. Took me a while to figure out the difference between attacking\/defending though.\r<br\/>The DDR clone seemed off. You had to press the keys right before they got to the globes, plus up\/down would scroll the page. Typing was great, though!"},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1409433780,"text":"Nice graphics."},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:52am","epoch":1409471220,"text":"Pretty cool! I didn't realize at first that it was a typing-based game, and was clicking the words. What a dumbass :)  After that though it was all gravy. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 11:33am","epoch":1409657280,"text":"The art and the transition effects are super cool :) You put lots of efforts in many details, well done.\r<br\/>The game lacks feedback on damages\/life, making it very difficult to understand what's going on."}],"images":["ld30\/1645-7ffc9b05d02828c39bdf8ec51b0311bd.jpg","ld30\/1645-f1e5285c0523782ee618eaee420598f1.jpg","ld30\/1645-194b7d2bbd684b8f177cf66293d8036c.jpg","ld30\/1645-8b98f6d68d6dd58d3242daba3891d424.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ludum.thenet.sk\/ld30\/elemental.html","text":"Web (.html \/ .swf)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludum.thenet.sk\/ld30\/elemental_src.zip","text":"Source (.zip)"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W5w7AvyeMo8","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/08\/26\/elemental-post-mortem-timelapse\/","text":"Post-mortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17633","g_author":"1645","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17662","g_title":"Elemental","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"204","g_commentcount":"32","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\/1645-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/1645-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/1645-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/1645-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"=== Notes ===\r\n- The enemies can be killed, but they take at least a couple of attacks. (Sorry, no HP bars)\r\n- You can die too, though you really have to try to.\r\n- I ran out of time, so enjoy the one full dungeon (+ the tutorial) :)\r\n- Yes, only two of the characters are playable.\r\n\r\n=== Description ===\r\nA turn-based dungeon crawler.\r\nThere are different elements and realms, with one character per each element.\r\nThe dungeon changes in different realms, and so do the obstacles in your path.\r\n\r\nEach character uses a different skill when attacking \/ defending:\r\nSTRength \/ Fire - based on your typing precision.\r\nDEXterity \/ Air - reflex-based DDR.\r\n\r\n=== Controls ===\r\n- Mouse - Movement, interaction\r\n\r\n- Letters - the STR battle system\r\n- Arrow keys - the DEX battle system","title":"Elemental"}