{"author_link":"\/author\/mortl8324\/","author_name":"Custard Games","author_uid":"9841","comments":[{"author_name":"MRvanderPants","author_uid":"20836","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:05am","epoch":1387184400,"text":"Love the character art! Maybe you could have added some tiles to the levels? Nice Game!"},{"author_name":"mortl8324","author_uid":"9841","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:12am","epoch":1387184820,"text":"Yeah man. I wish I had time to make art for the level, and some polish like death animations for the elves. I guess it's standard LD stuff to run out of time. xD"},{"author_name":"sirival","author_uid":"29447","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:17am","epoch":1387185120,"text":"Nice! I started to get better and got into it :)"},{"author_name":"crockid5","author_uid":"12651","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:28am","epoch":1387185780,"text":"That bow is SO fluid I loved it, my only criticism is the arrows collision detection, it seems a bit offset. Really fun though, I felt very MLG playing this game"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:42am","epoch":1387186620,"text":"Fun idea but a bit buggy! With some work it will make a great game!"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:12am","epoch":1387188420,"text":"Good Christmas themed game, I'd say don't post-mortem, post-compo continue. :)"},{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:13am","epoch":1387188480,"text":"Please think about Azerties next time ;)"},{"author_name":"ossah","author_uid":"16029","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:19am","epoch":1387188840,"text":"Once I found out I could reuse the arrow, everything changed!\r<br\/>:) Great fun shooting all those elves! Good controls and humour too."},{"author_name":"Stals","author_uid":"25969","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:52am","epoch":1387190820,"text":"Great idea, really enjoyed playing. Liked that you can shoot multiple enemies at once."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1387201740,"text":"Bow mechanics very nice! Nice use of the theme too. (and encouraging recycling...) ;-)"},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1387215360,"text":"Santa Always make good participations in games :D"},{"author_name":"rvaquero82","author_uid":"25612","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1387232520,"text":"Character art is fun :D"},{"author_name":"zconnelly13","author_uid":"3372","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1387290780,"text":"Wow, this game was so hard! haha. I loved the controls tho. The collision detection seemed to be just a tad funky sometimes, but overall it was very well done :)"},{"author_name":"Bcadren","author_uid":"29133","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1387291080,"text":"One arrow feels like a unique use of the theme. I honestly can't tell if the game is winnable or not though I keep dying on the second level. It feels fun...but the simplicity of the foe AI combined with having to run around\/through them makes it feel too difficult and repetitive past the first level. It is really nice to see someone else use Christmas, I'd like to add."},{"author_name":"mutilator","author_uid":"26566","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1387296240,"text":"I'm glad there is someone out there saving me from the naughty list elves"},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1387297080,"text":"Just in time for christmas. Awesome stuff. Think you'll add more to this game and expand upon it?"},{"author_name":"kutullu","author_uid":"29402","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1387297500,"text":"Add some nice tiles and music and you have a winner on your hand. Cool entry, really entertaining. :)"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1387300200,"text":"Nice game, was really difficult and I couldn't win. But I loved the idea. Nicely done."},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1387309740,"text":"Nice game, I enjoyed it. Enemies spawning directly on your face is kinda annoying and you could have added variety to the environment, but on the overall it's a good game you made!"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:47am","epoch":1387327320,"text":"Enjoyed this :) Controls feels great, shooting too.. I hated when these elves or whatever it was jumped from nowhere right onto my head."},{"author_name":"97%Awesome","author_uid":"21981","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1387379220,"text":"fun but becomes a bit irritating when your arrow get stuck in a bunch of 5 enemyies"},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1387379880,"text":"great gameplay, a lot of fun. pretty dificult but it is managable. :)"},{"author_name":"tobbez","author_uid":"19361","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1387389900,"text":"Very difficult game, quite stressful you never really get the time to enjoy the level and what is around you because elves are hunting you. Seem to be some problems with shooting the arrow sometimes especially when shooting it directly into the ground and also sometimes you kill two elves with one shot and that should probably be fixed. Final level seem to require some good spawns to beat.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The shooting when you are not shooting directly into the ground or shooting while an enemy is on top of you feels very nice."},{"author_name":"Idovoodoo","author_uid":"18162","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:08am","epoch":1387411380,"text":"Nice artwork :) On my first go I thought I had to get all elves in one shot... doh! Cool fun and nice graphics, well done!"},{"author_name":"ResonantCraft","author_uid":"18394","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:22am","epoch":1387444620,"text":"The idea at the core of this game is really nice. Only one thing bothered me as far as the gameplay is concerned : there is no way to jump above enemies, thus when you miss a shot, you're often stuck between a rock and a hard place (gotta take damage).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work though, nice use of the theme !"},{"author_name":"euske","author_uid":"17675","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1387461240,"text":"I felt it kinda depends on luck. It gets pretty hard at Level 3."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1387464600,"text":"Gets pretty repetitive fast. I felt the random spawning adds fake difficulty."},{"author_name":"DanielSnd","author_uid":"27274","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1387483500,"text":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y8YDlvTpcRQ\r<br\/>My first impressions on the game :D"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1388333280,"text":"I played a game that looked exactly the same already, but it was from the jam, and wasn't as good as this one. \r<br\/>The idea is ok, but I felt that charged arrows could be more powerful, the graphics are fine, and the terrain is great, excepted one little detail, it seems to be possible to shoot the arrow, at a place you can't reach.\r<br\/>Great game overall."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1388333400,"text":"Also, I like the elves IA(They jump to dodge arrows... )"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1388871960,"text":"Nice entry. :)"}],"images":["ld28\/9841-398f056b7e7af69f2826ec3044bb7216.jpg","ld28\/9841-313a366af52adc33e8c69c9787b88c90.jpg","ld28\/9841-1d63f1ed166b72493f870f292f396493.jpg","ld28\/9841-08eedc63d6ba648f0a2bb7e4311fd9ba.jpg","ld28\/9841-a00fd4bd7a1b7723999bf13346ef5d01.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.custardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-naughty-list.jar","text":"Win\/Linux\/OSX"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.custardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/the-naughty-list.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/custardgames.com\/the-naughty-list\/","text":"Website"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20761","g_author":"9841","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20790","g_title":"The Naughty List","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"465","g_commentcount":"31","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\/\/308734\/9841-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/9841-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/9841-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/9841-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/9841-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Have you ever wondered what Santa does to the people on his naughty list? Apparently he sends elves to kill them! Defend yourself from the waves of elves, but remember, you only get one arrow!\r\n\r\nThere are 3 levels in this game, each more difficult than the last. Kill all the elves in each level without dying to win the game.\r\n\r\nIt is a 2D sidescrolling game written from scratch in Java without external libraries. \r\n\r\nControls \r\n=========\r\nW - Jump\r\nA - Move Left\r\nD - Move Right\r\nMouse - Aim\r\nLeft Click  - Hold down to charge shot, release to fire\r\nNOTE: You can use arrow keys instead of WSAD too\r\n\r\nI will be writing up a post mortem on my website, as well as some blogs about development. I will also be posting a timelapse and video development log on my YouTube channel, so please subscribe if you want to see that.\r\n\r\nWebsite:  http:\/\/www.custardgames.com\/\r\nYouTube:  http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CustardGamesYT\r\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CustardGames\r\nTwitter:  https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CustardGames","title":"The Naughty List"}