{"author_link":"\/author\/ab200\/","author_name":"ab200","author_uid":"28737","comments":[{"author_name":"lief","author_uid":"1832","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1398685500,"text":"Good job.  Back in the day that wall grab\/climb thing would have been advanced stuff... \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The jump seemed a little overpowered.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice feel to the controls apart from that and a good bit of slashing fun."},{"author_name":"RikardKarlsen","author_uid":"12881","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:58am","epoch":1398685980,"text":"For me the controls was a little confusing. I always forgot which of the three I needed to press to to things. I t'd be easies if jump was UP or SPACE or something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Other than that a nice game idea!"},{"author_name":"97PercentAwesome","author_uid":"21981","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1398687660,"text":"Good but the conrols were pretty bad."},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1398703200,"text":"An interesting collection of ideas, I think overall the game is just a bit unbalanced - the jump is powerful but I can't see where I'm going, the attacks don't feel meaty enough, lack of feedback on getting hit\/hitting... But I really like the health system, the climbing... Yeah there's a lot of systems in there, they just aren't fine tuned enough.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh the key mapping is tough to play with. I've never understood how games are mapped there so popularly XD"},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1398712140,"text":"TIL we don't wear pants on hell :) GJ"},{"author_name":"mutuware","author_uid":"14635","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1398712260,"text":"Kinda crazy!"},{"author_name":"Reinkout","author_uid":"34458","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398712320,"text":"The health system is great!"},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1398713220,"text":"Lots of nice ideas in this game. The jumping is a bit poorly planned a few landing on platforms you can't see is fine but here it is pretty much every jump. With the kind of combat system that seems to be intended things deal damage too fast."},{"author_name":"daandruff","author_uid":"3244","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1398773880,"text":"To much leap of faith and a bit to fast to feel that you are in control of whats happening. But nice first LD-game!"},{"author_name":"Clinthoney","author_uid":"34437","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1398774060,"text":"Overall looks great but I wish there would be some sounds as well as controls that make a bit more since (For example change z to space) because its best to keep the controls most games use. Still love the game!"},{"author_name":"Liens","author_uid":"33982","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1398774420,"text":"Loved the Doom style health meter."},{"author_name":"SFBTom","author_uid":"5018","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1398774840,"text":"Controls were hard, but I love that wall jump\/slide, and there's a good amount of stuff to see here!"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1398794880,"text":"Nice game for a first entry! - I found myself jumping and climbing around, more than fighting. The controls (keybindings - webplayer) was weird to say the least. Since you can climb, I don't see why the jump power have to be so crazy :P - The graphics were nice :-)"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1398808080,"text":"good job! nice feeling attacks and platforming, cool minimal HUD system"},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:36am","epoch":1398940260,"text":"Some nice ideas, feels like Prince of Persia meets Wolverine.\r<br\/>IT's quite hard but the wall jump mechanic is enough fun to keep you busy!\r<br\/>Nice first entry!"},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:48am","epoch":1399203780,"text":"Nice mechanics. But I'm not sure what to do. Some direction or arrow like pointer to show the objective might helps. :)"},{"author_name":"xdegtyarev","author_uid":"5862","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1399653120,"text":"Hehe, funny :)"},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1399824360,"text":"Nice first Ludum Dare! I like the mood of the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Things to improve:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>+ More tuning\/polish on controls and collisions\r<br\/>+ Sound Fx (https:\/\/freesound.org)"}],"images":["ld29\/28737-bacfeef227f4130cfa7bce463ae69d88.jpg","ld29\/28737-2c8eb7e8bd29e91c623785b462b96c81.jpg","ld29\/28737-e869f8317ab274704bb8453f8c675f7d.jpg","ld29\/28737-7b3ee960671a398579b33c052a60a76f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/232505117\/BtsoL\/BtsoL.html","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/232505117\/BtsoL\/BtsoL.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/232505117\/BtsoL%20post-LD\/BtsoL%20post-LD.html","text":"New web (post-compo, improved jumping, alternative controls)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/232505117\/BtsoL\/btsource.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19595","g_author":"28737","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19624","g_title":"Beneath the surface of Life","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1146","g_commentcount":"18","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\/28737-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28737-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28737-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/28737-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Game is some kind of metroidvania if man can make metroidvania in 48 hours.\r\n\r\nMain protagonist is killed man. Love of his sister was so strong that he hasn't die completely. He went astray to some sort of hell, deep beneath the surface of earth. There, he have to defeat death himself to retrieve his life.\r\n\r\nSorry for lame boss fight and starting screen, but I haven't enough time to fix it.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nz - jump\r\nx - use item\r\nc - change item\r\n\r\nI's my first real LD. Before it i have taken part in Sharkjam (MiniLD#46), but it was mini in fact. This game is much better.\r\n\r\nHave fun.\r\n\r\n-=EDIT=-\r\n\r\nI added Windows version in which you can change controls if you don't like standard.\r\n\r\n-=EDIT=-\r\n\r\nThanks for feedback. I just have fixed jumping - now you can't jump so high, but you should see platform on which you want to jump. I also added animation of taking hit according to your advice, and put on map several bottles with life potion more.\r\n\r\nAdded alternative controls if you hate standard:\r\nspace - use item\r\nright alt - jump\r\nright shift - change item\r\n\r\nLink to new post-compo version: https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/232505117\/BtsoL%20post-LD\/BtsoL%20post-LD.html","title":"Beneath the surface of Life"}