{"author_link":"\/author\/willsr71\/","author_name":"Willsr71","author_uid":"32203","comments":[{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 1:40am","epoch":1460943300,"text":"the first demo play of my ld#35,The rhythm is little gentle at first(no one shoot me,they just run run run), cool ambient(if there are music, it could be more cool) \r<br\/>when they got the left-side of my screen,i died ToT(I've always thought that no touch no died )\r<br\/>still in jam,will come back to vote a time later."},{"author_name":"Dia6lo","author_uid":"89936","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:25am","epoch":1460953200,"text":"Great mechanics, but I think that:\r<br\/>- stream of enemies is too broad for player shooting speed\r<br\/>- it would be awesome if background music would match game's rythm\r<br\/>- player progression (upgrades), as well as overall game rythm is pretty slow"},{"author_name":"talgautb","author_uid":"92835","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:27am","epoch":1460953320,"text":"may be music to background?\r<br\/>and some space ship?"},{"author_name":"hunttis","author_uid":"41000","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:31am","epoch":1460953560,"text":"Cool concept. I think the controls are great. The pacing is a little slow and sometimes it looked like I hit an enemy, but the bullet just passed through.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>With better pacing and maybe getting upgrades more often it could be really a lot of fun :)"},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:36am","epoch":1460953860,"text":"At first it was pretty relaxed, then I got like 15 arrows at once. That was intense."},{"author_name":"makiki99","author_uid":"64374","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:34am","epoch":1460960940,"text":"The idea is nice, but... theme is nearly unused. I know it is hard theme to think about, but well. Anyways it is a fun game, could be better if the bullets moved a little faster. Graphics are clear, audio is okay, the only thing bothering be is that hitboxes seem a little but wonky.\r<br\/>Still, good job."},{"author_name":"bagface","author_uid":"92583","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:49am","epoch":1460961840,"text":"Fun game. Starts a little slow, then it gets crazy fast!"},{"author_name":"timeshapers","author_uid":"62149","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:51am","epoch":1460961960,"text":"At first I was like &quot;i don't get it...&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But after picking up some powerups, holy ,moly!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job creating such an awesome experience from such basic shapes. Really feels powerful!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately, once you do get powerful, nothing can stop you. So very little replayability."},{"author_name":"M2tias","author_uid":"40135","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 7:30am","epoch":1460964300,"text":"Nice idea. It's fun, but it has a lot of balance issues. It's too easy before it's way too hard. Graphics are a bit dull too. Overall nice little game :)"},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1461002580,"text":"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ysW7GM5.png\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wouldn't have even thought to cheat if your post didn't mention it... Muahaha!"},{"author_name":"aberdeenphoenix","author_uid":"54767","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:38am","epoch":1461025980,"text":"I had fun! the pacing should be a little more gradual - a few tweaks there and I could lose lots of time enjoying this game. So satisfying when you can spin around sending shots every direction!"},{"author_name":"F4KETHIS","author_uid":"18623","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:07am","epoch":1461038520,"text":"Fun take on bullet hell but it was super easy to just hold down fire and win - the weapon sound was just killing my ear too."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1461075840,"text":"Nice choice of game engine :) Sometimes i died without knowing why, but it was really fun to play i have to say :)"},{"author_name":"Mr.Chippy","author_uid":"59448","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1461078360,"text":"This was really fun.  I like the idea of it.  I have no idea what was going on it the background.  It was a bit easy.  I got fourth place.  :)  The sound was pretty bad though.  The mechanics were really nice though.  Good job.  :)"},{"author_name":"Inateno","author_uid":"19976","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1461084720,"text":"Slow at start I was gonna leave the game, then a bonus appeared...\r<br\/>Oh I'm now a &quot;bar&quot; yay game is quite faster and more interesting, triangle then square and at square game is finally interesting !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>What disappointed me: Hitboxes.\r<br\/>On the &quot;explosion sprite&quot; it is completely unfeet and I died to many times for nothing.\r<br\/>In shmups games already do a hitbox smaller than what it looklike, never the opposite.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No music and almost no arts, I know it is hard to do everything in a compo entry ! ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, the game as a potential, is cool and need more tweak."},{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","author_uid":"55226","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1461090120,"text":"This was pretty good. It was a little slow in the beginning, and it felt like there was no skill at the end. The audio was also a little grating. Its fun for a few minutes of play."},{"author_name":"PelvicThruust","author_uid":"93112","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1461090600,"text":"Nice one for your first game. Cool machanics."},{"author_name":"WeaverDeveloper","author_uid":"90781","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1461093480,"text":"Difficulty ramps pretty well, but sadly i just don't see this game doing much with the theme. It's shapeshift, not just shape."},{"author_name":"SeaMonsterGD","author_uid":"93186","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1461098820,"text":"Slow start, the games really show his potential when you first collect pick-ups. There's few balance issues though and some hitboxes problems. Nice work !"},{"author_name":"TeamScripta","author_uid":"91554","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:05am","epoch":1461114000,"text":"Mad props for doing an HTML5 game in Phaser! Open source FTW!"},{"author_name":"tjxx","author_uid":"39681","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:30am","epoch":1461115500,"text":"Fun game! It had a slow start but became a lot tougher as I started destroying more and more enemies. Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"GodsBoss","author_uid":"20672","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:35am","epoch":1461123000,"text":"Success is too random in my eyes. On my first attempt I got only a few green and blue arrows and was quickly killed. On my fourth game or so I got 9 sides, a bunch of green power-ups (they make you shoot faster, right?) and was nearly permanent on yellow. I hat to deliberately kill myself or I would have been playing forever, without much skill, just shooting around and gathering upgrades."},{"author_name":"Matzigon","author_uid":"56958","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1461156180,"text":"Not bad for a fist entry! :)"},{"author_name":"APantaloni","author_uid":"92148","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1461169740,"text":"The core game is solid, but it takes a while to get going; I'd have skipped the beginning with next to no enemies. Music and better graphics\/some animation would be great. It'd be nice to see this expanded upon :)"},{"author_name":"Udell Games","author_uid":"30630","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1461172140,"text":"Possibly this starts *too* slowly, but by the time it ramped up it *really* ramps up and gets very fun! I like the upgrade system and the fact that different modes play fundamentally differently. I felt initially it wasn't well explained that I had to lead the shots and just felt glitchy, but once I realized that I was quickly in the zone. Graphics are bare and the game needs a lot of juice and some background music, but overall I quite enjoyed playing it, and that's the mark of great mechanics."},{"author_name":"Arvydas","author_uid":"84596","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1461176460,"text":"fun game, i think that the start is maybe too slow and can give a bad impression of the game, but when it starts, the action is pretty hectic, well done!"},{"author_name":"psyxose","author_uid":"90363","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1461250620,"text":"Good game, I liked it."},{"author_name":"IvanFon","author_uid":"90594","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:59am","epoch":1461286440,"text":"I really liked this one! Very fun mechanic! The difficulty scales pretty quickly, which makes you want to play again to see if you improved. With some music, this could set a great mood as well."},{"author_name":"BitDare","author_uid":"91893","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 5:47am","epoch":1461303720,"text":"Simple, but great mechanics. It was definitely fun. Nice work."},{"author_name":"docteurSid","author_uid":"64902","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 6:50am","epoch":1461307500,"text":"This is very hard if you take any of the upgrade items. If you work on the level design, this can be a great game !"},{"author_name":"Soron","author_uid":"46840","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:55am","epoch":1461311400,"text":"That was fun! It would be nice if the difficulty increased a little more slowly, so that it's easier to get to high numbers of sides."},{"author_name":"webadev","author_uid":"93130","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1461339780,"text":"Not much sounds, gameplay not really interessting. Background is good, space is beautiful. Shapes a bit too simple. Menus are cools. This game is a bit boring, really slow and hard to aim correctly."},{"author_name":"kleinzach","author_uid":"74329","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1461360720,"text":"I got overrun super fast. I'm not entirely sure how I am supposed to keep them back, perhaps I should be more in their midst to make all the shots hit... Anyway I love a good space shooter!"},{"author_name":"illuware","author_uid":"51738","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1461360840,"text":"This was a neat idea for a game. Difficulty ramps up immensely though."},{"author_name":"WizzardMaker","author_uid":"53413","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 8:47am","epoch":1461400920,"text":"Nice game! It was really fun to play, I missed some music, but it works without it"},{"author_name":"SHLFStudios","author_uid":"20984","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 5:13am","epoch":1461820080,"text":"This was pretty fun to play.. although a little difficult to get high scores!"},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 1:53am","epoch":1461894480,"text":"I thought I was doing well by killing all of the circles, but then all of a sudden, I died.  I think the game was very safe and didn't really use the theme, but this is a great first-time LD submission. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1461953160,"text":"the game is too slow ."},{"author_name":"Adipson","author_uid":"22158","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 8:41am","epoch":1462005360,"text":"original"},{"author_name":"AinoraZ","author_uid":"50640","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1462312500,"text":"This really really needs some ambient music and some sick beats"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 5:33am","epoch":1462426080,"text":"Gameplay is awkward, but I think this game has potential if the controls could be improved.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Feels similar in some respects to the game I made.  I like your ideas."},{"author_name":"ermrk","author_uid":"52446","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1462559220,"text":"It has a fun gameplay. I appreciate the mouse aiming. It is not common in the games like these."}],"images":["ld35\/32203-f87bb29396a29472d841c12c6d76906a.jpg","ld35\/32203-2ee6f243be0a145dca588c62fb1b1782.jpg","ld35\/32203-0b8807cd6d58be1573b8a80f80075ad5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/willsr71.net\/ld35\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Willsr71\/LD35","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2168","g_author":"32203","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"2108","g_title":"Galaxy Shifter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"762","g_commentcount":"42","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\/\/542293\/32203-shot0-1460955878.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/32203-shot1-1460956022.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/32203-shot2-1460955878.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"==DESCRIPTION==\r\nGalaxy Shifter a game where you try to get the highest score possible while defending your wall against attack from invaders.\r\n\r\nAs my first game for ludum dare I am slightly proud of it although there are admittedly a good many aspects that could be improved upon.\r\n\r\nMade in JavaScript and HTML5 using Phaser.io\r\n\r\n==CONTROLS==\r\nWASD to move\r\nPoint and click to shoot\r\nEscape to pause\/unpause\r\n\r\n==CHANGELOG==\r\n* Fixed Highscores displaying nothing\r\n* Player is now asked for username instead of inputting null\r\n* Notify the player that if no nickname is given they will be listed as anonymous\r\n* Fix scores being entered as 0","title":"Galaxy Shifter"}