{"author_link":"\/author\/schwiggy\/","author_name":"Schwiggy","author_uid":"3954","comments":[{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:41am","epoch":1377491760,"text":"This is actually a great take on RTS combined with 10sec. Nice one!"},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1377531300,"text":"Yeah this is a very cool way to do turn-based strategy while giving it a sense of urgency. Multiplayer would be awesome!"},{"author_name":"Wukkopi","author_uid":"4857","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1377531420,"text":"The concept in this one is really nice. Keep up the good work."},{"author_name":"Cardanis","author_uid":"26403","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1377531480,"text":"The strategy behind it is really fun!"},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1377531660,"text":"Nice strategy game! Really fun =)"},{"author_name":"Zelun","author_uid":"26563","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1377532500,"text":"Wow, nice idea, I would love to see a more deep game about this."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1377532740,"text":"A good idea very well executed, the levels were nice, the AI impressingly clever and varied weapons and enemies.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, the timer (and game with it) kept freezing every time the enemy timer hit 8 or 9, so they only got very(!) short turns making it a very easy game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Can't wait to play the last level with a friend ;D"},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1377538260,"text":"Nice game. I'm also experiencing the problem Zeppelin Captain describes."},{"author_name":"Doctor Broccoli","author_uid":"15882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1377538980,"text":"Great concept. I actually think this game would be better if it didn't have the timer though."},{"author_name":"PapaWhiskey","author_uid":"27742","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:43am","epoch":1377563880,"text":"Not too shabby! A bit lacking visually, but really fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Supercannon","author_uid":"25381","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:44am","epoch":1377567540,"text":"Sweet use of the theme, it worked really well. The difficulty is evenly balanced and overall it's a good game for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"5outh","author_uid":"25390","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:44am","epoch":1377567540,"text":"Really good AI and everything for the time limit, I really liked the idea! I also loved the music in the background, nice work!"},{"author_name":"shard123","author_uid":"3824","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:06am","epoch":1377568860,"text":"I really enjoyed your entry, a little buggy but still extremely fun!"},{"author_name":"prettymuchbryce","author_uid":"7269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:31am","epoch":1377570360,"text":"This was an interesting mechanic. I thought it was clever."},{"author_name":"matthewvermaak","author_uid":"26368","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:58am","epoch":1377571980,"text":"Good Job! I had some problems with the controls, would have preferred click once to select, click again to move, click after that to shoot. Instead of the click and drag. Overall, well done! :0)"},{"author_name":"TheThirdOne","author_uid":"21287","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:22am","epoch":1377573420,"text":"Great for the 48 hours! A hit a few bugs and think it would be improved by being more zoomed out. But with some more dev time , I think this could be an incredible game."},{"author_name":"roaet","author_uid":"20235","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1377573840,"text":"From what I was able to play it was great."},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:34am","epoch":1377574140,"text":"Really liked the mix of turn based with the timer. Controls seemed a bit buggy maybe but understandable, they worked pretty well tho!"},{"author_name":"evilDan","author_uid":"23275","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:35am","epoch":1377574200,"text":"Interesting game!  It took me a while to actually figure out the controls, but once I did, it was nifty.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also - just fyi - the game didn't work properly for me in Chrome, but worked fine in IE (that's uncommon)"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1377574500,"text":"nice use of theme -- decent graphics -- nice game"},{"author_name":"syradinegames","author_uid":"27425","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:18am","epoch":1377576780,"text":"Good game. Agree with better controls like matthewvermaak said."},{"author_name":"Darklotus","author_uid":"22445","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1377577320,"text":"Experienced the same issues as mentioned above re controls\/counter, despite that a fun 5 minutes."},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:16am","epoch":1377580260,"text":"Very clever idea! Buggy enemy timer though! Also I didn't get any lose condition when I lost all my players."},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:10am","epoch":1377583500,"text":"Wow! Great and addictive game! Also nice music."},{"author_name":"Szedouu","author_uid":"21102","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:04am","epoch":1377586740,"text":"Great strategy game, nice entry. I really enjoyed your game! GJ"},{"author_name":"DvigubaiPiktas","author_uid":"27113","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:03am","epoch":1377590280,"text":"Good game but i didn't like controls"},{"author_name":"SamuelDivinium","author_uid":"24251","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:19am","epoch":1377591240,"text":"I like these kind of games, but all of them are take so long i get bored at the end.. But this is so fast-paced I want to play more and more :D"},{"author_name":"RetroEpic","author_uid":"20879","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:52am","epoch":1377596820,"text":"Cool idea, would probably work very well in mobile.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Found the camera control a bit finicky, would have liked to see more of the level at once.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall: Cool :)"},{"author_name":"Nezzhil","author_uid":"21727","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:28am","epoch":1377598980,"text":"Very funny and challenging. The game has a lot of variety thanks to all the weapons and maps.  And the multiplayer map only makes the game better.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The armoured enemy scared me!"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:33am","epoch":1377602880,"text":"very very nice and fun"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:35am","epoch":1377603000,"text":"I liked this game a lot. It could make a really cool android game, if you had the time. I included this game in my video compilation of LD27 games, if you wanna check it out :) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jQmE1DEkQd4"},{"author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:38am","epoch":1377603180,"text":"I couldn't get past the first level on web as the red team moved their last guy off screen and wouldn't bring him back into play."},{"author_name":"BrothersT","author_uid":"12722","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1377605100,"text":"Really well thought out concept! It takes a while to discover the best way to play, which is always a good thing :)"},{"author_name":"cwkx","author_uid":"26001","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1377606240,"text":"Fun little RTS. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"evilentity","author_uid":"26880","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1377607620,"text":"Pretty cool concepts, nice execution."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1377609360,"text":"Great game!!! I just kiii a team member! )))) Want to replay, but I like it! I'll save this limk on favourites ))"},{"author_name":"lcass","author_uid":"26653","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1377612240,"text":"haha fun"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1377614400,"text":"Really cool idea! Actually looks a lot like my entry, go take a look and tell me what you think :)"},{"author_name":"Atmospherium","author_uid":"24518","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1377618540,"text":"This idea really has a lot of potential, you should definitely keep working on it.  Like others have referenced, this does a great job of taking a turn based game and making it urgent."},{"author_name":"justi","author_uid":"26788","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1377623040,"text":"Sometimes game hang out (when red team should move) but in other aspects is a very good game."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1377630960,"text":"A solid entry... did not care much for the controls, but the idea was brilliant and it adds a hectic feel to an otherwise turn based tactics game... artstyle fit the game but sound got annoying fast...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job and good luck!"},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1377631920,"text":"Nice concept! I played until the city fight, which got a bit too big for me. It would be better if shooting worked with right click, now I ended up shooting my own people sometimes. The AI was pretty bad (understandable for LD), and I couldn't always see what it was doing (which is probably a bug)."},{"author_name":"Oxydam","author_uid":"8438","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1377632520,"text":"Great minimalist RTS game."},{"author_name":"Dioiminik","author_uid":"16076","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1377635520,"text":"Cool idea and well implemented, though I think the controls need a little tweaking still"},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1377637560,"text":"Very simplistic graphics, but quite a fun little tactics game. I did well up to Level 3, then I got slaughtered. The enemy AI is pretty good. Feels a bit like something you might have got on a collection of freeware games when you bought a PC in the 90s (not meant as a slam, I used to love those freeware game collections).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Needs a Game Over message when all your dudes die."},{"author_name":"nitrocrime","author_uid":"4828","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1377640320,"text":"Fun game, unfortunately a very weak AI"},{"author_name":"valgriz","author_uid":"20413","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1377641160,"text":"This is a great game!"},{"author_name":"AaronGordon","author_uid":"16006","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1377641700,"text":"Nice use of the theme, great take on rts style gameplay. The controls take a bit of getting used to and some of the bigger levels felt weird as i could only move my guys a tiny amount (loads of small levels would have been great). Amazing work overall!"},{"author_name":"Josh Riley","author_uid":"14165","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1377642240,"text":"The controls were a little tough to get used to, but I'm glad to see someone ran with idea. I almost did it, but was a little intimidated by having to make AI. Anyway, I really like the gameplay and idea, good work!"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1377643320,"text":"Cool idea, but as other mentionned I got some freeze on timer on the red timer."},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1377659040,"text":"man this is great. I really liked this and I won! And it was really FREAKING CLOSE. came down to 1 vs 1 dancing around the hay. really awesome work."},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1377659460,"text":"Really nice. Could use a bit of polish but that was splendidly fun."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:33am","epoch":1377671280,"text":"This is really cool, fun turn based strategy. Very enjoyable."},{"author_name":"Linusson","author_uid":"25442","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1377788760,"text":"Really great idea. Well done! :) Some more polish and a multiplayer mode would be very nice. :D"},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:13am","epoch":1377857280,"text":"Awesome idea, and the AI is great"},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1377886680,"text":"A great entry. Only thing is that 10 seconds scale very poorly when the number of soldiers grow. But I like how you made different units with unique properties, really good design on that part."},{"author_name":"XaiZil","author_uid":"27796","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:12pm","epoch":1377900420,"text":"Really like this kind of gameplay, took me a while to work out how to play properly though"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1377952980,"text":"Ah, I love the amount of strategy involved in a game like this. It'd be an awesome pvp game.\r<br\/>Great concept!"},{"author_name":"fferro234","author_uid":"26574","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1378332000,"text":"Cool game. The game slowed down or froze a couple of times on the enemies turn until it was my turn again."},{"author_name":"ChrisGaudino","author_uid":"21246","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1378490520,"text":"Very unique and great gameplay.  Had a ton of fun with it! Nice work!"}],"images":["ld27\/3954-7e5c6124417dfe1abcf51c10874e6886.jpg","ld27\/3954-047f8ebc3ec6dd6bcaa29b270a289f32.jpg","ld27\/3954-e24cc971b5e45df58e27cdf6eda4aaaa.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9633551\/10secondtactics\/TenSecondTactics_FullScreen.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9633551\/10secondtactics\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9633551\/10secondtactics\/TenSecondTactics.gmz","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23043","g_author":"3954","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23073","g_title":"10 Second Tactics","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"340","g_commentcount":"60","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\/3954-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/3954-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/3954-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You have 10 seconds to command all of your troops every turn. Not everyone will be remembered, but you have to work as a team to succeed. Click and drag to move a unit, then click again to fire. Some weapons can be fired continuously through the enemies turn.\r\n\r\nWASD moves the view and QE zooms in and out. Or you can just use the mouse and scroll wheel. It's easier to give commands up close but seeing the big picture has its benefits.\r\n\r\nTools:\r\nGameMaker Studio\r\nInkscape\r\nGarage Band\r\n\r\nNote: Some people are experiencing a glitch on the web version where the AI freezes the screen until the end of its turn. This is a bug with GM:Studio so if you have Windows I advise downloading the PC version. Sorry for the inconvenience :\/\r\n","title":"10 Second Tactics"}