{"author_link":"\/author\/darwinpek\/","author_name":"darwinpek","author_uid":"15471","comments":[{"author_name":"ryanmurakami","author_uid":"28945","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1387247700,"text":"like the graphic style. instructions were a little confusing at first."},{"author_name":"Lacutis","author_uid":"11378","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:20am","epoch":1387268100,"text":"Nice game, I liked the difficulty, it was hard but I won the first try once I figured out my fighters in flight would shoot their fighters."},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1387281420,"text":"How do you launch attacks? I've got a mac with touchpad and I'm struggling to work out what to do."},{"author_name":"wvickery","author_uid":"30861","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1387293780,"text":"You click the blue square, and then a fighter\/bomber\/ICBM type, then click on a red square\/city or a world wonder"},{"author_name":"Ariake81","author_uid":"19384","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1387307640,"text":"good style and clear pixel art. good take on tower defense"},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1387308240,"text":"Needed some time to get it, quite complex for a LD game. Good work!"},{"author_name":"WojWorks","author_uid":"18921","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1387308240,"text":"A nice little strategy game. Good fun."},{"author_name":"Scifer","author_uid":"32059","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1387308300,"text":"Very nice! Reminds me of defcon, one of my favorite games. Good jorb ^^"},{"author_name":"Jago","author_uid":"4020","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1387308360,"text":"Nice graphics and great action!"},{"author_name":"Keith Evans","author_uid":"25189","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1387308360,"text":"really like the art. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Miltage","author_uid":"8745","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1387308540,"text":"I had a problem with font rendering, made the text hard to read. Interesting game, and well executed. Good work."},{"author_name":"LexGarza","author_uid":"30814","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1387308660,"text":"Awesoooooomee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"},{"author_name":"LexGarza","author_uid":"30814","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1387308720,"text":"Got to say i loved the game, Awesoooooome!!!! :D the tutorial was a little... not good XD, but once you learn how to play its a great game :D"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1387308900,"text":"Fun game. Reminds me of defcon. I don't know what the buttons on the bottom right should do. Was it intended to reasearch stuff before you can use?"},{"author_name":"darwinpek","author_uid":"15471","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1387309440,"text":"@Miltage: Yeah, we have some weird anti-aliasing problems with the web build. If you download the native client it should render correctly.\r\r@Kayelgee: The buttons at the bottom right are meant for researching upgrades for your fighters, bombers, and icbms (you already have basic versions of these units when you start)\r\rWe did indeed take some inspiration from DEFCON and I would have liked more time to make the tutorial, hahaha. I more or less slapped some images together and I didn't have time to make it better."},{"author_name":"Defr\u00e4g","author_uid":"8101","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1387309740,"text":"A soundtrack would've been nice. Graphics are nice and pixely.\r\rEasiest strategy is to keep peaceful and stockpile up a bunch of nukes. kinda what the US is doing ...\r\rNukes are the methods of least collateral damage... heh"},{"author_name":"Gamelabbers","author_uid":"32152","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1387310040,"text":"Good game! Not entirely sure what it has to do with the theme, but the replayability is awesome, the music is awesome, graphics are sweet... so who cares :) aaaargh I want to win this game now!"},{"author_name":"Gamelabbers","author_uid":"32152","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1387311480,"text":"Ah I won, awesome :) so... now I understand what it has to do with the theme!"},{"author_name":"darwinpek","author_uid":"15471","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1387311720,"text":"@Defräg: There is music in the game, perhaps you've left something plugged into your headphone jack or muted your volume?\r\r@Gamelabbers: Yuuuup, that's how it is."},{"author_name":"_zulli","author_uid":"20963","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:33am","epoch":1387330080,"text":"Great game. I like the art style and the gameplay. However i think that would be better to use the keyboard keys to choose which attacks would come from the fabricators, because it is too time-cosuming to click on which option. \rVery addicting! Great job!\r\rIf you have time, please rate my game! I would really appreciate it! :))"},{"author_name":"Bloated Hippo","author_uid":"21024","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:36am","epoch":1387330260,"text":"Pretty cool!"},{"author_name":"ocathalain","author_uid":"32163","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:36am","epoch":1387330260,"text":"A little confusing at first, but really good for something made in the time given!"},{"author_name":"Lolshouse Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:41am","epoch":1387330560,"text":"Though it took a little while to learn, this was a fun, interesting game. Very much like a fast paced version of DEFCON."},{"author_name":"ryangatts","author_uid":"29430","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 2:07am","epoch":1387332120,"text":"I won, but I had a hard time triggering the deployments I intended. I'd often queue up a bunch of fighters and click on the base only to have the order canceled and my money refunded. Also, I feel like the delivery of the theme was a bit of telling without showing. It could have been better conveyed as part of the gameplay rather than as an ending."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1387488060,"text":"OMG this is awesome. Cool game... remembers me to play defcon again. Really nice liitle gfx, cool gameplay... yeah there are some gfx bugs... no problem bugs looks like features if you want to :D! Let's do some more polishing ... two player mode or something ^^"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 12:27am","epoch":1387930920,"text":"it's a good looking, excellently sounding cheerful clone of Defcon. not much else to say."},{"author_name":"euske","author_uid":"17675","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1388069940,"text":"Kinda guessed the ending. Well done."},{"author_name":"eskivor","author_uid":"25329","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 12:13am","epoch":1388102880,"text":"I don't know how to attack someone, I clicked on the 50$\/100$ icons or on any city on the map, nothing happened (web version)"},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 8:07am","epoch":1388131320,"text":"Loved the aesthetic"},{"author_name":"darwinpek","author_uid":"15471","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1388286660,"text":"@eskivor: Sorry, it is a little unclear. If it helps anyone: Click on a fabrication point, which look like the corners of a square, click on one of the three unit icons that pop up, then click on an enemy point to send those units"},{"author_name":"laaph","author_uid":"3320","time":"Jan 2, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1388697000,"text":"Awesome work!"}],"images":["ld28\/15471-c7a3a6995dea78bc86f18a0a67f596dd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2382871\/temp\/orchid\/web\/web.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2382871\/temp\/orchid\/win\/win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2382871\/temp\/orchid\/mac\/orchid-mac.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2382871\/temp\/orchid\/linux\/linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/dpek\/orchid","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21016","g_author":"15471","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"21045","g_title":"Orchid","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"173","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\/15471-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You must be the last one standing. Destroy all enemy fabricators to win.\r\n\r\nYou will have to beat the game to understand how it is related to the theme; I don't want to spoil it for you here.\r\n\r\nUse WASD to move around, click on one of your fabricator points to bring up the construction menu, buy units by pressing the F, B, or I images that pop up, and then click on an enemy point to send those units. If you misclick, the order will be canceled and you will have to do it over again.\r\n\r\nNOTE: The web build has some weird aliasing issues; to avoid this issue please download a native build.\r\n\r\nTeam:\r\nDarwin Pek - http:\/\/darwinpek.net\r\nWilliam Vickery - http:\/\/wvickery.com\r\nJim Nguyen - whatwhatwhoa@gmail","title":"Orchid"}