{"author_link":"\/author\/recursiveanomaly\/","author_name":"Recursiveanomaly","author_uid":"18179","comments":[{"author_name":"Xatulu","author_uid":"21938","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:24am","epoch":1377483540,"text":"Liked the graphics and OMG the sounds are amazing, as well as the UI. Gameplay is hard but quite fun!"},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:42am","epoch":1377484620,"text":"Great music, very dramatic.  The game achieved a real sense of atmosphere. I particularly liked the writing on the floor.  It was a nice way to guide you through the game.  I think a little more work on the combat system is required.  It's currently a little tricky to hit the enemies.  I couldn't get past the ghosts after you find the light for your sword."},{"author_name":"patrickgh3","author_uid":"14266","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:42am","epoch":1377484620,"text":"It was scary having monsters pop out at me from the darkness!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:56am","epoch":1377485460,"text":"The music is fantastic.  I would love to hear it with more realistic sounding instruments.  As for the game, my only gripe was that it was very hard to tell if there was an enemy coming for you when you weren't right next to a light until it's too late, even if you went slow, making the game very frustrating when I would get far and get attacked in the darkness repeatedly."},{"author_name":"TheBlueRage","author_uid":"26343","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:41am","epoch":1377488160,"text":"Good mechanics, well put together... nice job!"},{"author_name":"tinfoilboy","author_uid":"24542","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:51am","epoch":1377488760,"text":"Very nice, like how it has a good lighting system, and the images are very high quality, nice job!"},{"author_name":"Reevezy","author_uid":"26147","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1377489180,"text":"The movement is very fluid, the audio is great and the game is fun, really well done for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:08am","epoch":1377489780,"text":"Solid solid game.  Awesome for 48 hours.  You should totally continue work on this.  The lighting effects were pretty and the controls where very fluid.  +1 internets"},{"author_name":"Zelun","author_uid":"26563","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:15am","epoch":1377511800,"text":"Good stuff you have there! I only think that running from ghosts in a dark environment 'kind of' defeats the purpose of exploration. The music is pretty good!"},{"author_name":"Jan Marcano","author_uid":"13980","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1377525660,"text":"The UI was really good. Neat game"},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:07pm","epoch":1377525720,"text":"Thanks for sharing your game with me!"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1377534780,"text":"Great music. Maybe just few more save-points should be on your way... it's boring to go the same path after death many times. Really good work!"},{"author_name":"torvik88","author_uid":"27021","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:50am","epoch":1377567900,"text":"Great atmospheric game, great light, sounds effects. I couldn't figure out how the sword functioned so i ignored most of the enemies."},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:59am","epoch":1377568440,"text":"Really good graphics and audio, nice athmosphere. It's very hard to get past enemies in narrow passages though."},{"author_name":"emveyh","author_uid":"8574","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1377633240,"text":"Yay for LibGDX :) Cool game. I really liked the atmosphere and the music!"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1377646740,"text":"The graphical effects are really cool, and running out of sun gives some serious tension. The zoomed-in rewinding animation feels unnecessary after the first time, though."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1377647520,"text":"That was pretty fun, looked really pretty with the light raycasting and the stopwatch concept was really interesting and really appealed to me. Nice job on that, shame about the ending."},{"author_name":"TheMaster99","author_uid":"20812","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1377647580,"text":"Really awesome game! Sound was great, graphics were beautiful, and the ending was (imo) kind of humorous. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1377652320,"text":"The attacks seems quite clunky. The light part is pretty odd and the boss didn't seem to do much. Nice graphics."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:43am","epoch":1377747480,"text":"I found this game pretty hard, but I liked the idea and graphics of it. I featured this game in my compilation video of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/okyxuWBF5Yw"},{"author_name":"lopiky1","author_uid":"27280","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:30am","epoch":1377843900,"text":":D"},{"author_name":"blay09","author_uid":"16114","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1377905100,"text":"Amazing graphics and audio, smooth animations and cool music. I had a hard time finding my way around the darkness, but it was fun running from light source to light source trying not to get caught. The lighting system looked very nice and really helped the mood."},{"author_name":"DesignerNap","author_uid":"21374","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:12am","epoch":1377943620,"text":"Have played this game probably more than any other LD game. It has just the right balance of difficulty and intrigue. First few attempts were fails and then once I found the watch I was hooked. really great work. As someone who wishes they put a retry option in their game earlier, I thank you for the checkpoint at the watch! great stuff, you should be proud."},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1377951240,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"motty","author_uid":"25335","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 2:03am","epoch":1379296680,"text":"Very fine effort. Very very playable. Thanks for this."}],"images":["ld27\/18179-7d89e76f09994d9d67440c0995a77f8f.jpg","ld27\/18179-82ad2e9d94a1202122b2af8905f7c6d9.jpg","ld27\/18179-3201556c77701bd2fdd134451c101966.jpg","ld27\/18179-8f970a87148218ebc12651e30300538f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/18425365\/ld27sundial.jar","text":"All Platforms (JAR File)"},{"url":"http:\/\/recursiveanomaly.itch.io\/sundial","text":"itch.io"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/18425365\/applet\/index.html","text":"Web (Applet Requires JRE)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Recursiveanomaly\/ld27sundial","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23638","g_author":"18179","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23668","g_title":"Sundial","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"276","g_commentcount":"25","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\/18179-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18179-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18179-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/18179-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Sundial is a top down dungeon crawler where light is your best friend. Use the timepiece to collect light to ward off enemies for 10 seconds. Battle two different bosses on your quest to find the Sundial and restore light to your world.\r\n\r\nThe Web Applet can take some time to load.\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nUse WASD to move. Monsters hide in the darkness. Stay near they light. Lure monsters to the light if they get in your way! The game has three checkpoints, each unlocking a special item to help you.\r\n\r\nTechnologies used:\r\njava\r\nlibgdx\r\nartemis entity framework\r\nbox2d\r\nbox2dlights\r\n\r\nGraphics made with:\r\npaint.net\r\nspine 2d\r\ntiled map editor\r\n\r\nSound made with:\r\nabundant music\r\nYamaha keyboard\r\nWind up music box for cranking sound\r\nvocals\r\nAudacity\r\n\r\n","title":"Sundial"}