{"author_link":"\/author\/myrddinsowl\/","author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","comments":[{"author_name":"SirSpectacular","author_uid":"37356","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1398713700,"text":"Wow, you sure that you did it in 48h? :O"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1398718440,"text":"This is for the jam so we actually did it in 72h.  Team of one programmer and one artist :)"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1398718560,"text":"Also, Thanks!"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1398721680,"text":"nice graphics! controls can be a bit frustrating (especially the jumping) but very nice overall :)"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:21am","epoch":1398734160,"text":"Thanks!  Initially there was a bug with the jump when I first put this up this morning, but that was fixed around 2pm PDT today.  The jumps are still tricky, but at least it is jumping when you hit jump now."},{"author_name":"snickersnacks","author_uid":"36844","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:10am","epoch":1398737100,"text":"Love the atmosphere. There's a finicky sort of drifting upwards effect that's happening at the apex of your character's jump, it makes aiming for ledges and landing on them needlessly difficult. Time to play and polish really helps with stuff like that though. :) Great job!"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:14am","epoch":1398737340,"text":"This game has some serious style - though the organic style to the levels doesn't fit the jumping mechanics well. The interactions and character designs obelisks are my favourite part - upon getting stuck in the room with all three, I contented my self with just bouncing between them~"},{"author_name":"asotelo94","author_uid":"27357","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:15am","epoch":1398737400,"text":"Pretty good, but the jump key has a bit of delay."},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:32am","epoch":1398738420,"text":"@GrooveMan, how do you think the jump should function that would make it fit the style better?"},{"author_name":"PIXEL^3","author_uid":"10948","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:52am","epoch":1398761220,"text":"Why are all the good LD games so short? Just as you give us a level that puts all the powers to good use it's over. Well guess that means I'll just have to wait to see if you continue it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>~AlucardX60"},{"author_name":"xerohuang","author_uid":"34311","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1398778560,"text":"Nice game. The last level is not easy to get through."},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1398791040,"text":"We've updated to fix the jumping bug.  We had an extra location where we were telling grounded = false which was preventing jumps."},{"author_name":"Lucariatias","author_uid":"14242","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1398795300,"text":"Beautiful visuals, beautiful sound, plays well.\r<br\/>A joy to play."},{"author_name":"DarkUser","author_uid":"37472","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1398795360,"text":"The song restart on every load and that jump issue were annoying. Really great looking game otherwise. Got stuck on the level with all 3 pick ups."},{"author_name":"MrShortee","author_uid":"35018","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1398796920,"text":"Short but impressive. A bit frustrating: sometimes the jump key didn't seem to work."},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1398800160,"text":"Ok, so apparently the jump functionality I needed to move into Update() not Fixed Update().  Who'd a thunk.  It should be perfect now."},{"author_name":"Brodenino","author_uid":"27586","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1398808260,"text":"Cool art style and atmosphere :). It set the mood well. I would love to see a version with more levels!"},{"author_name":"cudabear","author_uid":"25773","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1398808920,"text":"Really loved this game!  It's an awesome proof of concept for a much bigger platformer.  It was a shame to see it end so soon, but I guess the levels you made were good enough to prove the potential for this game.  The graphics and audio were awesome, but it was a bit annoying to have the sound restart every time I died or passed the level.  Also, controls were a bit floaty (particularly on slopes) Well done!"},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1398809340,"text":"Great art and interesting story, but it's a bit too short and offer no challenge. I'd like to see an extended post-jam version."},{"author_name":"Luis Anton","author_uid":"12053","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1398809760,"text":"A bit dark, I couldn't see things clearly sometimes. But awesome work!"},{"author_name":"jacobrb95","author_uid":"28753","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1398810480,"text":"Wow. This game is amazing!!! Well done!"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:44am","epoch":1398818340,"text":"(This post is Drew): I apologize for the shortness of the game. In order to achieve a finished art style, I wanted to give the backgrounds for each level adequate time and polish. Doing new animations for each power up was also a bit time consuming, but worth it I feel. Thank you all for the feedback so far, and for taking a moment to play our game! We are already discussing making more levels and a full game, as this was a boatload of fun!"},{"author_name":"xbcw","author_uid":"28725","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:04am","epoch":1398823140,"text":"Tough game.  Looks and sounds great."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1398828960,"text":"really well done guys! love the animation as the characters changes form, really nice!"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:01am","epoch":1398830160,"text":"Graphics are great!"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1398831960,"text":"fantastic presentation! I wish there were more levels to play :)"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:58am","epoch":1398837180,"text":"(Josh here): There will be!  And more transformations, more challenging levels, achievements, even more polish, ect..."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:46am","epoch":1398843660,"text":"Great visuals! Mechanics are cool too, too bad there are so few levels, I'd love to play this game more."},{"author_name":"7heSAMA","author_uid":"6811","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1398899400,"text":"Controls were pretty sketchy - like trying to jump while walking down a slope. I like that you could solve some of the problems in different ways depending on your preference. Looks great obviously. Way too short and hard, especially since most of that difficulty came from the controls."},{"author_name":"perfect victim","author_uid":"35015","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:38am","epoch":1398943980,"text":"nice game ,i really like the graphics"},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1398954420,"text":"The art of the game is great! The concept of the game is also interesting, fun game!"},{"author_name":"InfectionTeam","author_uid":"37445","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1398965160,"text":"This is AWEEEEESOME :D I managed to beat it after dying a couple of times. That jump on the Yellow power level is really hard though D: died a lot on it"},{"author_name":"jsspiegel","author_uid":"11418","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:38am","epoch":1398994380,"text":"Really love &quot;discovering&quot; each of the new powers, and love the Greek-mythology setting!"},{"author_name":"Lyje","author_uid":"29064","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:20am","epoch":1399014900,"text":"Really impressive platforming physics with curved surfaces etc, lovely graphics, music and sound - only one thing I found the last puzzle rather odd and unclear even though I did finally complete it!"},{"author_name":"tenpn","author_uid":"1921","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1399056660,"text":"Really nice art style. Audio was basic but did the job. A good idea that I would definitely have loved to see expanded out further than it was. Good job guys!"},{"author_name":"Loneshark","author_uid":"35329","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1399086360,"text":"I'm stuck in the bottom right corner of one screen. The hero is just floating and can't jump out or fall down =\/"},{"author_name":"Loneshark","author_uid":"35329","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1399086360,"text":"Also Left Shift + T isn't working... (Playing via Firefox)"},{"author_name":"MyrddinsOwl","author_uid":"34552","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 5:12am","epoch":1399093620,"text":"what Level did it happen on Loneshark?"},{"author_name":"Waterman7","author_uid":"31692","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1399205580,"text":"Great visuals!\r<br\/>Too bad it's so short, I'd love to see more of this."},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1399304760,"text":"Nice graphics and great audio! Actual game is too easy, but has some potential :-)"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 11:04am","epoch":1399633140,"text":"Super nice graphics and cool game! I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/ruvs0qoO4zU"}],"images":["ld29\/34552-48c3d2d252cbed4dfa3302236cbbcf82.jpg","ld29\/34552-23cb47bf5425bbe72d14ee5b173cda1f.jpg","ld29\/34552-007bfb4812573ad304d96b88bdcbe0b4.jpg","ld29\/34552-f3d310567f88895176b62e60d6a2387e.jpg","ld29\/34552-b7204ff463b59bee379f853f59ce9563.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/myrddinsowl.com\/Games\/Defy_Hades\/Defy_Hades_v05\/Defy_Hades_v05.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/myrddinsowl.com\/Games\/Defy_Hades\/Defy_Hades_v05_Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/myrddinsowl.com\/Games\/Defy_Hades\/Defy_Hades_v05_MacOSX.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/myrddinsowl.com\/Games\/Defy_Hades\/Defy_Hades_v05_Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/myrddinsowl.com\/Games\/Defy_Hades\/Defy_Hades_v01\/Defy_Hades_v01.html","text":"**Initial Web Submission w\/ Buggy Jump"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19670","g_author":"34552","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19699","g_title":"Defy Hades","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"54","g_commentcount":"41","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\/34552-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34552-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34552-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34552-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34552-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You were a revered follower of Asclepius, god of medicine and healing....\r\n\r\n\r\nNow you've awoken.. in the underworld.\r\n\r\n\r\nTry to get back to the world of the living in this 2D platformer.\r\n\r\n\r\nCan you complete the final stage by using each of the obelisks?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWalk: A and D \/ arrows \/ controller\r\nJump: W \/ up arrow \/ controller A button\r\n\r\n\r\n****** In our initial release, there was a bug that was preventing the jump from always working.  There was an extra spot in the code where we were making grounded = false.  We also had to move input code for the jump from FixedUpdate () to Update ().  These changes have been made, tested on Web\/MacOSX\/PC and reuploaded.******\r\n\r\nArt Direction and Music by Drew Newman\r\nDrewhah@gmail.com | youtube.com\/user\/Cerberust | youtube.com\/user\/PeacetimeMegaman\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nProgramming and Sound by Joshua Gore (Myrddin's Owl)\r\njosh@myrddinsowl.com | MyrddinsOwl.com","title":"Defy Hades"}