{"author_link":"\/author\/bearishmushroom\/","author_name":"BearishMushroom","author_uid":"34560","comments":[{"author_name":"Andy Gainey","author_uid":"30311","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:01am","epoch":1398833760,"text":"The upgrades were a welcome surprise; for some reason I completely wasn't expecting them.  Having to pick them without any pause in action was a bit tricky though.  But once I knew what they all were, I found myself thinking ahead about what my next upgrade would be, which was a pleasant experience.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The complete lack of enemy knockback, combined with the fact that they turn around instantly in mid-air to follow you, became particularly frustrating, as it basically gave me no options once one of the enemies got too close.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also didn't realize at first that I could fire downward; I guess the water didn't look watery enough.  And I kept trying to *move* down for a while, because the intro screen mentioned S as a movement key, but gave up once I guessed that I must be stuck on the surface.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A few simple sound effects from something like sfxr and family could have gone a long way to adding much needed juiciness.  Or a simple flashy visual for bullet\/enemy and avatar\/enemy collisions.  Also for leveling up.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The stats could have been made larger too; given the pace of the action after a few levels, it was difficult to efficiently glance at them."},{"author_name":"shatley123","author_uid":"20690","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1398923700,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1399081500,"text":"IM SUCH A MONSTER!!!"},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1399081500,"text":"IM SUCH A MONSTER!!! good game though, nice that you added an item shop :)"},{"author_name":"wilbefast","author_uid":"14535","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1400528820,"text":"Aw, I lost and the game told me I let everyone down :'(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The upgrades really add something to the game which is pretty simplistic otherwise: made me want to keep trying different &quot;specs&quot; and plan ahead. The music loop could have been a bit longer but so many games have no music at all so it is much appreciated ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game works fine on my Arch Linux via Wine but running the Linux script I get the following:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unhandled Exception:\r<br\/>System.DllNotFoundException: natives64\/glfw.dll\r<br\/>  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Pencil.Gaming.Glfw64:glfwInit ()\r<br\/>  at Pencil.Gaming.Glfw.Init () [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0 \r<br\/>  at LD29.MainClass.Run () [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0 \r<br\/>  at LD29.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0 \r<br\/>[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.DllNotFoundException: natives64\/glfw.dll\r<br\/>  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Pencil.Gaming.Glfw64:glfwInit ()\r<br\/>  at Pencil.Gaming.Glfw.Init () [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0 \r<br\/>  at LD29.MainClass.Run () [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0 \r<br\/>  at LD29.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in &lt;filename unknown&gt;:0"}],"images":["ld29\/34560-ac470643c4a6750738ae23b44ae062ea.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/hemtz1luqs95vvx\/They%20Rise%20LD29.tar.gz","text":"Windows\/OSX\/Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/3jwe4n3t1lh9ev7\/LD29Source.tar.gz","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18294","g_author":"34560","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18323","g_title":"They Rise","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"5","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\/\/342546\/34560-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"They Rise is my entry to LD29. This is my first Ludum Dare, and it turned out better than I hoped.\r\n\r\nNote: Requires .NET 4.0 or later (Windows)\r\nNote: Requires Mono (Linux\/OSX)","title":"They Rise"}