{"author_link":"\/author\/heychinaski\/","author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","comments":[{"author_name":"Somfunambulist","author_uid":"19074","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:44am","epoch":1387165140,"text":"Not bad, although nearly impossible to dodge the sword, I find."},{"author_name":"lordjosephdeburg","author_uid":"13718","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1387213800,"text":"Good game and clean mechanics. Good use of theme too well done!"},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1387229520,"text":"Nice game, impressive that you've managed to make it multiplayer in such a short time."},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:24am","epoch":1387239540,"text":"Great concept! Graphics look very polished, and the mechanic is very interesting, it fits the theme perfectly. Congrats! :)"},{"author_name":"j_stirk","author_uid":"25288","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1387317540,"text":"Very polished for 48hrs. Was a bit hard for me to play due to higher latency, but still heaps of fun."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1387317600,"text":"haha Thats fun ^^ I think this would working great as a multiplayer. Maybe next time you could make also a background sound. Not only beeping noises. Something epic :) That would fit great - Because thats an Epic and easy game! \r<br\/>It's raining stars for you!"},{"author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1387317660,"text":"Neat game! It took me a moment to tell which one was me.  More visual distinction would help in that regard."},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1387321380,"text":"Really fun game! Especially with the multiplayer. :)"},{"author_name":"hoqjed","author_uid":"26775","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1387321860,"text":"As someone else noted, more visual distinction would have been nice among the characters. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also found there to be too many players on the field. Perhaps after playing it for a while it becomes easier, but I found that it was overwhelming for the first few seconds to figure out what was going on. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>It also makes it difficult for a specific individual to get items, since the likelyhood of being the closest to where it spawns exponentially goes down with more players.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was a nice idea overall, but I felt like it was too chaotic personally. I didn't feel as if I had any impact, I was but a pawn put on the field to battle other, better pawns haha."},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1387321920,"text":"Really cool game! The gameplay seems really balanced and I love it."},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1387322820,"text":"Thanks for playing and commenting everyone!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@hogjed the number of players depends on how many people are online at once.  Perhaps I should have enforced a maximum of around 4.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@AtomicVikings It is a multiplayer, did you only get to fight bots?"},{"author_name":"methamphetabear","author_uid":"23237","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:28am","epoch":1387329780,"text":"Good idea, definitely need 2 player mode"},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:08am","epoch":1387360980,"text":"@methampetabear Thanks. It is multiplayer, just get someone else to open the game in their browser."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1387385220,"text":"I love the concept! To bad no-one was there while I played..."},{"author_name":"caribou","author_uid":"4227","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1387391400,"text":"Simple mechanics and fun to play. Nice to you managed to add bots."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1387486680,"text":"Nobody is online... *forever alone face* \r<br\/>But really impressive indeed that you can get multiplayer for LD!"},{"author_name":"harsanalif","author_uid":"32160","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 12:36am","epoch":1387499460,"text":"I see that it is an online game so I admit that the strange lag movement I experienced is normal. A bit difficult to control though, but interesting arena concept nonetheless."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1387568640,"text":"Very neat concept - was even fun to play against the bots! A multiplayer LD-game, respect!"},{"author_name":"Sean Noonan","author_uid":"25406","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1387838880,"text":"Really good use of the theme :)"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1387841040,"text":"simple and smart gameplay. The game would have been easier to understand with a short intro sequence ( with some flashing Player 1 arrow indicator ) and a timed respawn sequence for the sword. At first I was thinking the sword was falling in the wrong place because of a bug before realize it was a respawn."},{"author_name":"psc1997","author_uid":"20890","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 12:00am","epoch":1387842900,"text":"Simple and good. I like graphics ;)"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 5:54am","epoch":1387864140,"text":"I like the idea.\r<br\/>Simple but fun lol. :D"},{"author_name":"shard123","author_uid":"3824","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1387913400,"text":"Pretty laggy for me but it was an awesome concept, loved the multiplayer"},{"author_name":"thebrainfuse","author_uid":"24501","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 12:48am","epoch":1388364180,"text":"requires polish, but good implementation of the theme."},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Dec 31, 2013 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1388498820,"text":"It's impressive to make a working multiplayer game in that amount of time."},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1388929200,"text":"Nice game!"}],"images":["ld28\/11211-2c9fd48a96385358c4ce261217f5d51e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.heychinaski.com\/ld28\/game.html","text":"Web (Chrome recommended!)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/tom-martin\/LudumDare28","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22177","g_author":"11211","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22206","g_title":"Singulus","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"247","g_commentcount":"26","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\/11211-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There's only one sword and one shield to share between all the gladiators.\r\n\r\nUse the arrow keys to move and space to throw the sword.  The first player to 5 wins.\r\n\r\nIt is an online multiplayer game but there are AI bots to make up the numbers if the server is quiet.\r\n\r\nIf there's seems to be a problem then the server may be down.  http:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyChinaski is the place to get support.","title":"Singulus"}