{"author_link":"\/author\/dagamesta\/","author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","comments":[{"author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:58am","epoch":1377568380,"text":"We've very recently discovered that there may be problems running the game on some Macs, I have not tried it on Linux yet. Feedback is welcome."},{"author_name":"Ninja","author_uid":"14302","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:54am","epoch":1377571740,"text":"I love it when I get to play as myself. Ninja time is the best time."},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:18am","epoch":1377573180,"text":"Nice. I think the game should have felt a bit faster."},{"author_name":"tiagosr","author_uid":"21486","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:28am","epoch":1377573780,"text":"Are there any other dependencies to the game code? I can't seem to run it on my Win8 64b machine with latest JRE =\/"},{"author_name":"nastynate","author_uid":"25842","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:34am","epoch":1377574140,"text":"Pretty nice. Not very creative but solid."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:38am","epoch":1377574380,"text":"I like how you don't die when you come in contact with hostile objects, it's much better than repeated deaths to beat the same level.\rDid you make the graphics yourself?"},{"author_name":"Generalgore","author_uid":"15640","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1377574440,"text":""tiagosr says ...\rAug 27, 2013 @ 3:28am\rAre there any other dependencies to the game code? I can't seem to run it on my Win8 64b machine with latest JRE =\/"\r\rSame here..."},{"author_name":"megashroom","author_uid":"24770","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1377575580,"text":"Nice take on the theme. The game ran fine on linux and was pretty hectic.\rNice Levels!"},{"author_name":"Thomas Ingham","author_uid":"14469","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1377614940,"text":"Not working on my Mac.\r\rException in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space\r\tat com.sun.media.sound.MixerClip.open(MixerClip.java:202)\r\tat com.LudumDare27.MichaelWojnar.Sound.<init>(Sound.java:18)\r\tat com.LudumDare27.MichaelWojnar.Game.loadContent(Game.java:494)\r\tat com.LudumDare27.MichaelWojnar.Game.initialize(Game.java:396)\r\tat com.LudumDare27.MichaelWojnar.Game.run(Game.java:368)\r\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)"},{"author_name":"Cthulhu","author_uid":"14665","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:59pm","epoch":1377615240,"text":"Good job! I like the fact that you are not punished by 'Game over' when you reach 10 seconds."},{"author_name":"Brejlounek","author_uid":"19599","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1377615300,"text":"Good game and great idea! I like vault mode, it lets me try to find a better way before giving another level in my face :D"},{"author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1377615420,"text":"@theholychicken\rYes, all graphics\/music was made by us, the sounds were not.\r\r@Generalgore Good question, I'll look into it, most people don't seem to have a problem though.\r\r@Thomas Ingham Aha, was hoping someone would post something for me to go off of. Sound seems troublesome on Macs, I'll have to look into it."},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1377615420,"text":"This was fun, I love the simple controls and the idea of non-lethal obstacles, especially as a contrast to how lethal our game ended up! Base character movement felt a little slow, but otherwise great job! The one touch controls would make it an ideal phone or tablet game!"},{"author_name":"SneManden","author_uid":"16779","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1377615480,"text":"Very fine game. Quite fun to play. A lot of different levels, with varying difficulty.\r\rHowever, the goal of the game, to get to the goal as close to 10 seconds as possible, could be a bit clearer in the game itself: like better feedback, when you get to the goal or maybe a time-based score?\r\rI really liked the graphics"},{"author_name":"Mjiig","author_uid":"5877","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1377615480,"text":"This is a really neat take on the theme, but the controls were very hard for me to use, so I found i just had to jump and run forwards continually to have any chance of finishing the levels at all."},{"author_name":"dumasflo","author_uid":"19626","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1377615600,"text":"Don't really understand how was calculated the score. Good work anyway ! ;)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1377620160,"text":"Always fun when you get to play as a ninja."},{"author_name":"flavio","author_uid":"25936","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1377641040,"text":"Working well on my mac, last version of Java\rSome levels are hard ! :)\rI like the idea of just playing the levels, and even if you die you continue playing and go to the next level."},{"author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1377717540,"text":"@flavio\rThank you! That's what we were going for, a kind of arcade where you play for the sake of getting better and getting a better score each time, but without the hindrance of stopping right when you die.\r\rAlso, nice to know it works on at least one Mac, it seems there really must be some general dependency issue, useful information."},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1377905100,"text":"coll little spin on bit trip runner games."},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1377922920,"text":"really cool music and gameplay."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:21am","epoch":1378026960,"text":"Great entry, I like the sound effects and the graphics! Only a fitting font is missing. Good job on adding so many levels! I had no problems on my Mac."},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:36am","epoch":1378027860,"text":"just a while ago a friend of mine was talking about hypothetical arcade-style gameplay that is not about death. I called bullshit on him. looks like I'll owe him an apology."},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1379173920,"text":"Interesting idea! graphics are nice!"}],"images":["ld27\/18923-728b92828b22a9867c29df445575395a.jpg","ld27\/18923-bd2b235b4a69a4822c1f2fb28297a4fa.jpg","ld27\/18923-cea9ccb817ba0f9b093e63c93be853e1.jpg","ld27\/18923-1117890e138338f841da173a677beaa1.jpg","ld27\/18923-c00903e0389ea5cdc68de34200d778c8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/41701455\/Ninja%20Time.zip","text":"Windows\/Linux\/Mac"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22768","g_author":"18923","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22798","g_title":"Ninja Time","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"305","g_commentcount":"24","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\/\/273708\/18923-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18923-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18923-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18923-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18923-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Play as a ninja, but you must be on time, not a second early nor a second late!\r\n\r\nTry to finish all the levels as close to 10 seconds as possible, the closer to 10 seconds the higher your score.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nSpace - Jump\r\nDown Arrow Key - Dive\r\n\r\nModes:\r\n\r\nNormal: 10 random levels of increasing difficulty.\r\nMarathon: Play all 100 levels in a row.\r\nVault: Play any of the 100 levels of your choosing.","title":"Ninja Time"}