{"author_link":"\/author\/doubles\/","author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","comments":[{"author_name":"Skye","author_uid":"20435","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:10am","epoch":1377576300,"text":"Overall it was a very fun game. Gonna bookmark it"},{"author_name":"Serishmus","author_uid":"26947","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:12am","epoch":1377576420,"text":"I love how this works with the theme!"},{"author_name":"Erhune","author_uid":"26007","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:12am","epoch":1377576420,"text":"The use of the theme is pretty classic, but the realization of the game is quite good. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics and ticking sounds convey a nice atmosphere. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>My main gripe would be the controls: for such tightly controlled movements, there REALLY need to be no inertia in the movements (since the game is made with Unity, I think just switching from Input.GetAxis to Input.GetAxisRaw would improve things *a lot*)."},{"author_name":"Supercannon","author_uid":"25381","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:14am","epoch":1377576540,"text":"Interesting idea to slow time, made for a fun game. Good work for 1 weekend."},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:14am","epoch":1377576540,"text":"Neat. It got very hard after a while though!"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:16am","epoch":1377576660,"text":"best game i have played so far really nice mood good use of theme. nice one!"},{"author_name":"4xisblack","author_uid":"21606","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:20am","epoch":1377576900,"text":"I actually liked the inertia; it gives the character a sense of weight. Super Mario Bros had inertia!"},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1377577320,"text":"Added a Kongregate link. Thanks for the comments and the compliments on the art. When DoubleS wakes up (I'm Halfy, who made the art and some other things in the game), I'll ask him about the inertia. - Halfy"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:38am","epoch":1377577980,"text":"In anachronic future, time devours you!"},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:41am","epoch":1377578160,"text":"really well done! love the style, controls and concept :)"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:44am","epoch":1377578340,"text":"Great job! Nice graphics. I like simple ideas and interesting implementations. That game is one of it. Well done."},{"author_name":"oxysoft","author_uid":"25340","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:47am","epoch":1377578520,"text":"Marvelous graphics :D\r<br\/>boring gameplay D:"},{"author_name":"Zephyr89","author_uid":"27354","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:48am","epoch":1377578580,"text":"Nice realization of the theme and your ideas. One problem is that the slower moving balls become a nuisance at timescales of 0.2 and below. However your gfx and audio are really polished and so the mood of the game is excellent."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:26am","epoch":1377580860,"text":"The ticking clock is a nice touch and the character controls very smoothly."},{"author_name":"Tiago","author_uid":"21267","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:31am","epoch":1377581160,"text":"Very nice game, good graphics and gameplay, quite polished too! great job!"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1377617940,"text":"Lovely graphics!  I don't know how many times I had to 'retry' though."},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1377618060,"text":"Very professional look and feel."},{"author_name":"Capro","author_uid":"16077","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1377618180,"text":"Nice visuals and good gameplay, but it's a bit too difficult."},{"author_name":"dancingflame","author_uid":"24718","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1377618360,"text":"The particle effects are great, the UI is great too. I think you could add more gamplay to it, such as more kinds of item or more kinds of bullets behavior, not just randomly shoots them toward center. Good job overall :)"},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1377620820,"text":"Wow this one plays great and a nice graphics too! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1377622620,"text":"The difficulty is generally a staple of the Bullet Hell genre. It's difficult, but not impossible: you can survive for far more than one real-time minute.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There might be gameplay changes in the future if we both feel like it, they'll be avaliable on the Kongregate version, so keep an eye on that. During the development I was thinking of adding bullets that had established routes, but didn't get to it because the game already needed a lot of balancing and we were running a bit short on time. Thanks again for the compliments. - Halfy"},{"author_name":"mikegbrown","author_uid":"25369","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1377622620,"text":"Really like the art on this one."},{"author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1377622740,"text":"Nice work!"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1377624720,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1377625260,"text":"A fun and pretty game. One remark : I would have like to replay by pressing any key on the keyboard instead of grabing my mouse. It's just a detail, but I think it's important for this kind of short game, especially when they're good enough to make you want to play again"},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1377625560,"text":"We're probably adding retrying without clicking in the next update for the Kongregate version."},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1377625800,"text":"Love the art and the sound. The controls are also very smooth."},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1377629760,"text":"I love the graphics of this game, really nice. Great use of colors.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only minor complain is that it needs a small pause before the game starts, something like a &quot;ready, set, go!&quot;"},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1377629940,"text":"I played the regular web version, I'll check out the kong version later today when I get home. I hope there are some leader boards or scoring on kong because I really like the challenge you have here.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the art a lot too!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good game."},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1377630900,"text":"Yes, there are leaderboards in the Kongregate version. It saves both how many watches you've collected and how much realtime you've endured (they're separate.)"},{"author_name":"H-Bomb","author_uid":"11347","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1377636900,"text":"It look like it doesn't work on my old macbook running with mac OS 10.5... :\/I'll test it tomorrow with windows 7."},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1377638460,"text":"Brilliant stuff, well done."},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:10am","epoch":1377648300,"text":"Liked the idea and looks really good too. Though I found bullets to be either: too large, too random or too many for effective dodging 2 minutes in the game."},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:43am","epoch":1377650280,"text":"The Kongregate version has been updated and now has a fairly better Instructions menu."},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:04am","epoch":1377655140,"text":"A really good idea for a passing-the-time game, no pun intended! A 3 second safe period at the start might make it a little less irritating if I get hit as soon as I start, however. I had fun, simply."},{"author_name":"sebb","author_uid":"24416","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:04am","epoch":1377680340,"text":"Cool game, great take on the theme and the graphics where nice!"},{"author_name":"Reaperguy","author_uid":"25597","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:44am","epoch":1377686340,"text":"Really liked it, great gameplay and great graphics!"},{"author_name":"zlowrance","author_uid":"21441","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1377721320,"text":"Pretty fun game, wouldve been cool if the moving things were physics objects that would push you off the edge instead of just killing on impact. Enjoyed it tho, great entry :D"},{"author_name":"link2x101","author_uid":"8807","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:18am","epoch":1377742380,"text":"The bullet-hell of dodging, done with excellent graphics, spot-on controls, and an excellent way of making a 10-second time-frame last very long.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very fun, for sure, and it was nice to see how some dangers eventually became more annoyance than danger.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If anything, add some light ambient music, quieter than the clock ticking.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Excellent work."},{"author_name":"Angrycrow","author_uid":"5288","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:28am","epoch":1377750180,"text":"Neat."},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:08am","epoch":1377752580,"text":"Very interseting concept and kinda fun! i liked it"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:55am","epoch":1377762600,"text":"Gets pretty hectic! Very nice visuals and sounds. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"truiton","author_uid":"25030","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:19am","epoch":1377764040,"text":"I like the mood and the graphics, but the character move a little too slowly :)"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1377772800,"text":"Visually very appealing!"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1377785340,"text":"Very very fun! Good use of the theme, and fantastic art\/mood!"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1377817440,"text":"Cool idea! Dodge everything games like these are pretty fun! Graphics looked great and the sound effects were cool too!"},{"author_name":"fgielow","author_uid":"26275","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:49am","epoch":1377823440,"text":"I like the way you transform the time trial challenge. Think you could implemented new strategies in the mechanic.\r<br\/>I like the graphics too! Well made =)"},{"author_name":"asc3nsion","author_uid":"25098","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:51am","epoch":1377827160,"text":"I is good use of the theme.  I thought the controls were a bit hard, but with some practice I started to pick it up."},{"author_name":"koe415","author_uid":"25319","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:52am","epoch":1377838020,"text":"Great use of the theme and excellent audio design. Having the pickups be different tones really adds a lot to the experience. The controls felt right for movement. Good game guys!"},{"author_name":"mklee","author_uid":"781","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:29am","epoch":1377847440,"text":"Excellent excellent stuff. Just about everything here works, the visuals are gorgeous, the audio complements the mood, and the game is on the right side of just hard enough to make it a challenge. The time scaling as you get closer to the goal is really inventive. Awesome job! One of the best things I've seen in LD!"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1377867000,"text":"Gorgeous graphics and sound, creating a great atmosphere. The little protagonist was especially cool. I would have appreciated a way of disposing of some of the slower moving balls, but otherwise the game was smooth and fun."},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1377883740,"text":"Wow! Very intense! Amazing graphics and the difficulty progression was quite well done. The controls were a bit floaty, though :)"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1377887040,"text":"Nothing like a little orb-dodging to keep me on my toes. Love the graphics. LOVE the use of the &quot;10 seconds&quot; theme!"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1377893280,"text":"The gameplay is a bit simple but really good realization."},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1377904560,"text":"Lovely style, lovely gameplay and sounds good. thank you for the game!"},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:04am","epoch":1377917940,"text":"Great use of theme, a lot of fun"},{"author_name":"Pol","author_uid":"18149","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:46am","epoch":1377942060,"text":"At the beginning I was afraid the game might feel boring, but when the orbs start ovewhelming the whole place it becomes very fun to play ! I liked how you used the theme, too."},{"author_name":"withoutpillow","author_uid":"27525","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:57am","epoch":1377942720,"text":"good take on the theme, although the enemies were more threatening than the countdown. hard, but quite balanced, and as a fan of bullet hell shooters this was a fresh spin on the formula."},{"author_name":"ign","author_uid":"20790","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:30am","epoch":1377948300,"text":"Very nice game mechanics. And i love usable controls."},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1377953520,"text":"Simple, fun and polished."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1377958380,"text":"Nice game and interesting concept! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I really liked how you must slow time to score higher but that makes the game harder.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But only (small) complaint is that it really sucked to go back and forth between mouse and keyboard only to restart the game. The are no problems with the menu (it also forces the player to set focus to your game), but in game it would be better to keep my hands all the time on the keyboard... Perhaps this is just me being picky. xD"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1377960180,"text":"Reading the instructions just confused me, but when I started playing it, it made all clear.\r<br\/>Very interesting concept, and the difficulty is just alright."},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1377966420,"text":"clean graphics, fun game. aesthetically pleasing sound."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1377967620,"text":"Very polished visuals and great use of theme! Gets a little tiring after a while though. :S"},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1377969900,"text":"GFM, your complaint was already adressed for the Post-Compo Kongregate version (you can now retry by pressing the R button at the retry screen.)"},{"author_name":"The Evil Cult","author_uid":"8607","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1377971700,"text":"Pretty fun but I felt like the orbs spawn too close to where you need to be so I had almost no time to react to some of them. Decent use of theme and nice sound effects!"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1377975660,"text":"Love the use of the theme. Great bizarre world with a solid controls. Very nice and polished entry. :)"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1377982980,"text":"It was so much fun!"},{"author_name":"Purplescape","author_uid":"19858","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1377986940,"text":"Beautiful graphics. It's difficult to me but I think it's supposed to be. I like the mysterious atmosphere"},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1377988980,"text":"Fun, but the instakill balls felt a bit unfun. I never once had trouble with the timer, because the balls would always kill me."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1377989880,"text":"Nice effort and polished. Felt the balls were too big or the space too small, etc. Too hard to really dodge things and not enough reaction time."},{"author_name":"CosmicAdventureSquad","author_uid":"22946","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 5:22am","epoch":1378012620,"text":"Really liked the graphics. The game play was pretty addicting. Wasn't sure what all the orbs did, they mostly seemed to just kill me and end the game."},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:05am","epoch":1378029600,"text":"Very well-executed game! Understand wich kind of balls can hit me and wich one make me lose was a trial&amp;error, maybe adding those in the instructions can be better!"},{"author_name":"Alex Shestakov","author_uid":"15811","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1378044480,"text":"Nice idea with timescaling!"},{"author_name":"XaiZil","author_uid":"27796","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1378049460,"text":"Controls were quite slippy but its pretty and a cool idea"},{"author_name":"ghRibacki","author_uid":"7839","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 1:24am","epoch":1378084740,"text":"Very polished, lovely graphics and simplistic overall.\r<br\/>Very cool game! =D"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1378139640,"text":"Quality type game! Really!!"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1378145160,"text":"Very nice!! It seems like you had an idea similar to mine. The game was really challenging and fun but I wish the screen was just a bit larger so I could see the spheres coming with a bit more anticipation. Lovely entry."},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1378157220,"text":"Nice mood, nice use of the theme... and pretty good gameplay (I like the inertia!).\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:33am","epoch":1378204080,"text":"This is one of the best uses of the theme I've seen so far. I love that you only get 10 seconds, and all you can do is slow down time to make more of those last few seconds (or milliseconds). Awesome entry!"},{"author_name":"Sascha","author_uid":"25135","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1378300620,"text":"Nice game! Gameplay is a bit simple, but the graphics and presentation is great!"},{"author_name":"Kotstulle","author_uid":"23043","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1378602060,"text":"quite simple game with a beautiful art style! well done :)"},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1378755000,"text":"Good game! Nice work with the graphics!"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1379190780,"text":"Nice entry, love the different sound for the watch, kinda create a melody :)"},{"author_name":"Grafter","author_uid":"27575","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1379279340,"text":"Cool game!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1379282160,"text":"Pretty, clean graphics! Kind of felt like the hand of a clock going round and round.."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Sep 17, 2013 @ 12:35am","epoch":1379377800,"text":"very cool :)\r<br\/>I've been coming back to this game to replay it :D very fun!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-ENDESGA"}],"images":["ld27\/27170-f11e8499d4ddc8539031c4a7e5f0ad5e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/58434486\/HourglassLD27\/HourglassWindows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/58434486\/HourglassLD27\/MacOSX.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/58434486\/HourglassLD27\/Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/58434486\/HourglassLD27\/HourglassLD27.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/Sharrage\/hourglass","text":"Kongregate"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23077","g_author":"27170","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"23107","g_title":"Hourglass","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"220","g_commentcount":"87","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\/27170-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hourglass is a Bullet Hell game in which you control an embodiment of time itself and try to defend the Hourglass, a container for temporal energy, from the Time Eaters, beings who feed off of it. The catch is you only have ten seconds to do it, and must manipulate the passage of time by retrieving watch-shaped containers of temporal energy. While doing this, you'll have to dodge orbs of different speed and effects.","title":"Hourglass"}