{"author_link":"\/author\/sstrandberg\/","author_name":"sstrandberg","author_uid":"5397","comments":[{"author_name":"greg-anims","author_uid":"33834","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:11am","epoch":1398647160,"text":"ay yo dis is sum ballin ass game son! just 2hard4school if u feel me"},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:06am","epoch":1398657660,"text":"The learning curve is high, but it was a lot of fun once I got a few runs at it."},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:03am","epoch":1398661080,"text":"Neat look n feel. Controls were a bit hard, but I didn't mind it."},{"author_name":"Perry","author_uid":"15778","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:51am","epoch":1398678360,"text":"So I think I'll be one of the few who actually finished this... Twice. So that says something about the game. The design was really good, level design was pretty darn great, I took a run at doing some sections in reverse and they're a lot funner going down than up. Going fast in this game felt good, I've told you this already, but I have to emphasize it. If you ever revisit these mechanics I think they'd make a decent "Descent" game."},{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","author_uid":"527","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1398687480,"text":"This s really interesting, but I really need some easy intro terrain to get a feel for the controls, it's just toooo weird."},{"author_name":"Zazibar","author_uid":"7562","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1398701820,"text":"Like others I had some issues with the controls, very interesting entry though."},{"author_name":"kmakai","author_uid":"28426","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1398702060,"text":"This was fun and interesting, you might want to double check your FPS controller, turning in the air caused me to have a (somewhat) permanent "roll" rotation, which was cool in the air but seemed odd\/hard to work with on the ground. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Chris Mondok","author_uid":"31703","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1398702240,"text":"This game is really cool, but it could use a less technical course. As a beginner, it was not an ideal environment to grasp the controls \/ feel."},{"author_name":"Evilion","author_uid":"10821","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1398704280,"text":"Very good feeling in this one, the flow is efficient and hard to master !"},{"author_name":"sstrandberg","author_uid":"5397","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1398710160,"text":"Thanks for the comments so far!\r\rkmakai: this is intended behaviour. you can use Q and E to correct the roll.\r\rJonathan and Chris: You're absolutely correct, I just sort of ran out of time and chose to make the course I made as interesting as possible instead."},{"author_name":"KyleDAudio","author_uid":"37128","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1398711240,"text":"The sounds communicate information really well in this game. It's also really cool and fun! Great job!"},{"author_name":"DesignerNap","author_uid":"21374","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1398711960,"text":"Had fun with this game until I got stuck. Hit a wall and couldn't seem to get past it. I would love to spend the time mastering this so will come back to it once I played some of the many other LD entries! Great execution though and looks awesome."},{"author_name":"Crawler Studios","author_uid":"31869","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1398723120,"text":"Controls are pretty different than most games, but that's awesome. Very fun game and very challenging. The game has great ascetics but low geometry, but that doesn't take away from the fun. Great job with this, really enjoyed playing it."},{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1398726480,"text":"Wow, it was super hard at first but really awesome!"},{"author_name":"Cosine","author_uid":"20686","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1398729060,"text":"Love the style, REALLY COOL mechanic. Really fun. But. So. Hard."},{"author_name":"darkflamejam","author_uid":"37051","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:17am","epoch":1398759120,"text":"Quite a difficult game! But teh gliding mechanic is quite fun... the take off needs a bit of work"},{"author_name":"Pitoum","author_uid":"7969","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:18am","epoch":1398762780,"text":"Everything is cool in this!\rThanks a lot for bringing me some challenge right in the morning :D \rThe feeling is so neat!"},{"author_name":"martinysa0311","author_uid":"35150","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:47am","epoch":1398768120,"text":"great game & excelent idea."},{"author_name":"martinysa0311","author_uid":"35150","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1398777300,"text":"great game & good comcept."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1398785580,"text":"Very and very strange controls...\rCan't find any links with theme..."},{"author_name":"Vinyl Pixels","author_uid":"34483","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1398795420,"text":"Very challanging! There should be more red plates near the start :) Overall a nice fresh runner game :)"},{"author_name":"Meedoc","author_uid":"5207","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1398948120,"text":"The best physics I've seen for a while! It's impressive how you embrace the avatar after failing several times!"},{"author_name":"Roman Kornev","author_uid":"35961","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1398948180,"text":"Amazed by the game! So unique and innovative! The idea of conserving momentum while still trying to turn is very challenging! You should totally develop this concept more!\rThe only thing I dislike is that the gameplay feels kinda slow. It has to be more fast-paced.\r10\/10 anyways!"},{"author_name":"Chronodrax","author_uid":"21759","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1398954180,"text":"The feels :\r1) wtf I'm falling\r2) how am I supposed to do this ???\r3) Oh ok this is how it works... ouch damn wall\r4) wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is so much fun !!! oh I missed that platform. oops.\r5) nailed it ! 16 min >_<"\rI've tried to speedrun this again today and finally got a highscore of 06:15:79 !\rhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/?attachment_id=358795\rThis game is the best race-style game I've played in years! Thank you so much !!"},{"author_name":"Chronodrax","author_uid":"21759","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1398959880,"text":"There's a sortcut near the beginning which can make you gain like 20 seconds : instead of going through the 4-5 successive holes turning to the right, use your speed to go directly up and on the right, on the last platform used to gain speed and reach the far inclined platforms :) you may lack some speed if not done correctly though :p"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1398964560,"text":"Wow! Great racing game here! Too hard for me, but still .. i was trying at least for 20 minutes.. Good job!"},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:55am","epoch":1398991800,"text":"Where is the "Trippiness" field for apropriate rating?\rI might need a few pills."},{"author_name":"moonmagic","author_uid":"4706","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:15am","epoch":1399003800,"text":"KSHHHHhhhhhaaaaaaaa during the first banked turn through gateways is a tremendous feeling, sound in ears when Success Jump is exhilarating Dream Feeling. Played for too long."},{"author_name":"guimonpa","author_uid":"35500","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1399048020,"text":"Really tricky at first, but great fun once you get the hang of it, nice concept!"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1399235580,"text":"Strange controls, but I like the ambiance of the game - very promising."},{"author_name":"kristoffer zetterberg","author_uid":"27525","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 11:31am","epoch":1399807560,"text":"okay, this was a bit tricky, and hard, and i can't say i got very far, but it's an innovative runner\/platformer."},{"author_name":"DavidErosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1400506800,"text":"Pretty fun but a bit frustrating sometimes. It took me a good amount of tries to get past the first zone!"},{"author_name":"7elephants","author_uid":"31847","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1400509800,"text":"It took me some time to understand the gameplay, it's a little bit difficult to get the point of the controls, but the game shows lots of potential and imagination! Congrats!"}],"images":["ld29\/5397-69a77249bd8c608943af70a6884a3f76.jpg","ld29\/5397-f0d16d6b1be1edad8252eabf5271c38a.jpg","ld29\/5397-05ae2d25fc56d6232b16cc5994e34cae.jpg","ld29\/5397-25a791940efedfa9267a7bc17dd9f4b6.jpg","ld29\/5397-7bd5b3b441776f688a42d4781427232f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/40207800\/Ld29\/web\/web.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/40207800\/Ld29\/win\/ascent_win.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/40207800\/Ld29\/osx\/ascent_OSX.rar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/40207800\/Ld29\/freedom\/ascent_freedom_edition.rar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/40207800\/Ld29\/source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18657","g_author":"5397","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18686","g_title":"Ascent","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"278","g_commentcount":"33","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\/5397-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/5397-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/5397-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/5397-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/5397-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A six-degrees-of-freedom first-person-platformer\/racing game.\r\n\r\nRight, so, this is a bit complicated to explain. The short version is as follows:\r\n\r\nWASD to run\r\nSPACE to jump\r\nMouse and QE to change what way you're facing\r\nSHIFT for brakes (you'll never use those)\r\nR to restart from the most recent checkpoint\r\nT to restart from the start of the game\r\n\r\nHere's where it gets a bit complicated: while you're in the air, WASD does absolutely nothing at all. The only thing that matters is the way you're facing - you'll automatically glide forwards whenever you're in the air. The trick is, you have more control over the glide the closer your aim is to the angle of the momentum you've got. If that didn't make any sense, just remember to take smooth long turns whenever you can - it's faster.\r\n\r\nSomething to take into consideration is that the runspeed is FAST. So fast, in fact, that you can run straight up walls. From a standstill, if you want. That being said, the way your legs work is that they don't really care in what direction you run in as long as you're touching something - basically, if you want to stay on a wall, you need to run \"into\" it a bit, otherwise you're likely to fall off. Not that you can't pretty easily glide back on at high speeds.\r\n\r\nIf it's still confusing, feel free to send me an email at sfdstrandberg@gmail.com. I'm also on twitter with @sfdstrandberg if that's more your type of thing I guess. Oh and http:\/\/sstrandberg.tumblr.com is a devlog of sorts. I think that's everything. I'm tired. It's 2:18AM here and I've been making myself seasick with videogames.","title":"Ascent"}