{"author_link":"\/author\/tomcooper3d\/","author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","comments":[{"author_name":"roaet","author_uid":"20235","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:07am","epoch":1377576120,"text":"I wish I had a right click on this maaaacc"},{"author_name":"EmptyFlash","author_uid":"2457","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:09am","epoch":1377576240,"text":"Really solid game. I like being able to have two spells, and the controls are prefect for this style of game."},{"author_name":"Skye","author_uid":"20435","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:24am","epoch":1377577140,"text":"oh goodness this game is fun"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:32am","epoch":1377581220,"text":"Really addictive gameplay. Game looks similar to our game. But I like your implementation very much. Actually, great job!"},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:34am","epoch":1377581340,"text":"This is really fun! like the graphics and different equips. you got a lot done."},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:56am","epoch":1377582660,"text":"Cool :)\rGot to Day 16"},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:03am","epoch":1377583080,"text":"This is a great entry!"},{"author_name":"sev_inf","author_uid":"13588","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:09am","epoch":1377583440,"text":"Wow! Very cool graphics\/music and very addictive gameplay!"},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:09am","epoch":1377583440,"text":"Great stuff, there's a whole lot of game here for a weekend's work. Nicely done guys."},{"author_name":"asc3nsion","author_uid":"25098","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:24am","epoch":1377584340,"text":"I like your control scheme in terms of holding ans using items with left and right clicks. I thought walking around could be improved a little. Still solid stuff! great work!"},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:25am","epoch":1377584400,"text":"Solid game. :-)"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:31am","epoch":1377584760,"text":"The two-item system is a great way of basically selecting a type of character to play..."},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:38am","epoch":1377585180,"text":"Very cool polished little game! Beautiful graphics (I love the sword swipe trail). Nice player choices available.\r\rI kinda wish I saw damage numbers popping up when I hit something or health bars maybe? It's hard to tell how effective my weapons are otherwise. (Is my level 4 sword better than my level 6 magic book?)\r\rOverall great work!"},{"author_name":"epiplon","author_uid":"19410","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:42am","epoch":1377585420,"text":"THIS GAME IS AWESOME!\rGo with a sword and mage skills and you're done.\rAnd I hate those yellow blobs, they run faster than you. I must admit that they are the only that makes it a hard game.\r\rI reached about day 33. What do you think on scoring systems, multiplayer mode and polishing? Can be a true product someday."},{"author_name":"yetatore","author_uid":"26607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:44am","epoch":1377585540,"text":"Weell!! I like the concept of open beat'em up, the graphics, audio & programing looks fine... But the general bizarre humor that have this game, is the best part of it.\rI make a Programmer Fan Art for your game, enjoy:\rhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/08\/26\/time-slime-arena-fan-art\/"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:59am","epoch":1377586440,"text":"Thank you all so much for the kind comments I'm glad you are all liking it so much. We put a lot of hard work into it this means a lot"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:04am","epoch":1377586740,"text":"@epiplon we were going to implement a better score system next but we just ran out of time we were lucky to squeeze in score by days lived in at the home stretch. Ill keep posting about any updates to the game that we might add after LD27 on our twitter @tomcooper3d @kenruze"},{"author_name":"Zephyr89","author_uid":"27354","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:51am","epoch":1377589560,"text":"A good top-down brawler. I problen on the web version is the loading time.If this wasn't a ludum dare, I would have been frustated and have just left."},{"author_name":"Darien","author_uid":"7355","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:55am","epoch":1377589800,"text":"Pretty fun; looks great. The music is a bit out of place, though, for a game about fighting slimes in a crypt. Also: are the blue blobs immune to sword? I never managed to kill one."},{"author_name":"Andrewves","author_uid":"23166","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:21am","epoch":1377591360,"text":"Great game, i had to play it a couple times to get the hang of it but had good fun."},{"author_name":"grozamorei","author_uid":"26159","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:57am","epoch":1377593520,"text":"game is great!"},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1377604560,"text":"Fun game, great concept. :)"},{"author_name":"Ghostik","author_uid":"6198","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1377605520,"text":"Really nice concept! I enjoyed this one"},{"author_name":"DanHayesGamer","author_uid":"26237","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1377607800,"text":"5\/5 on all accounts. loved this game!"},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1377612420,"text":"Great job guys! The two controls worked well, as with leveling them up. And having 4 options was cool too for abilities to mix it up. Really impressed! \r\rI know how much work something like this is, so I doubt you had time to add much more. But some suggestions would be maybe health power ups to heal you and maybe another enemy type or like a boss after so many waves.\r\rFun game! Will you be making the source code available?"},{"author_name":"flamecow","author_uid":"27477","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1377618360,"text":"What an awesome idea! Very, very fun game."},{"author_name":"DoubleS","author_uid":"27170","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1377618900,"text":"Great game! Graphics and audio are great"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1377622200,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1377631200,"text":"jeez, that was really neat. would have been cool to know what each item did beforehand, but other then that, fun game."},{"author_name":"zlowrance","author_uid":"21441","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1377632520,"text":"Good idea but you should look into the balancing. I leveled the book from the very beginning and by level 20 I was basically untouchable. Ended up making it to level 56 because I started moving around too much and getting cocky haha"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1377632940,"text":"yeah basically this game is really unbalanced due to the time constraints. we will polish this project more for sure but it would be unfair to keep working on it after LD deadline"},{"author_name":"fgielow","author_uid":"26275","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1377638400,"text":"Nice game play, controls and graphics. Well executed idea."},{"author_name":"SayersLabs","author_uid":"25217","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1377639300,"text":"Really fun game, and good idea for the theme."},{"author_name":"flod","author_uid":"15946","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1377640260,"text":"nice idea - a bit too hard for me ;-)"},{"author_name":"villhest","author_uid":"12294","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1377640320,"text":"Excellent!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1377642720,"text":"This game told me I was good at it, which made me feel good about myself. 10\/10."},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1377647100,"text":"made it to lvl 5, pretty great.\rloved the shadows and style and controls"},{"author_name":"matthewvermaak","author_uid":"26368","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:02am","epoch":1377647820,"text":"Some good action. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:22am","epoch":1377649020,"text":"The controls were tight, the music was great and the graphics were nice. Very good!"},{"author_name":"mikegbrown","author_uid":"25369","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:55am","epoch":1377651000,"text":"Fun little game. The spell is so good I never even used the melee."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:45am","epoch":1377672000,"text":"This game is addicting!\rLove the effects each weapon has. I'm amazed by the amount of work you guys put in.\r\rGreat job on this!"},{"author_name":"Reaperguy","author_uid":"25597","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:31am","epoch":1377678360,"text":"Really liked it and very impressive for 3 days. With a bit more work on the graphics it would be awesome!"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1377691020,"text":"Those stinking yellow slimes were the cause of my demise in the end. They were just too fast for me."},{"author_name":"truiton","author_uid":"25030","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1377692880,"text":""Hoooo come here cute little blob! You want a hug? is that your big brothAAARGGGGGGGH"\r*You have died*\r:))"},{"author_name":"ben","author_uid":"11355","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1377699720,"text":"I love the simplicity. Perfect feel for the fast addictive gameplay"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:49pm","epoch":1377733440,"text":"Fun game! Good work!"},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1377814140,"text":"Great take on the theme, very well thought"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1377878700,"text":"There is a lot of content in this and it's very nicely balanced. A really fun entry with a slick visual style (the background and lighting in particular). Good work!"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1377883920,"text":"Really glad I played this one! Love the graphics, weapon options, fighting, etc. etc. Awesome!"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1377967920,"text":"I absolutely love the way you're giving me the choice of what to use and to try it out at the same time. And with which mouse button. And fully ingame. Seriously, that's some great integration there that I've never quite seen like this before.\r\rThe gameplay itself is fun, but after a few days it degraded (at least for me) mostly to running away - which is a pity!\r\rThe graphics are great - I like the dark\/night lighting. The character design for the main hero is really cool, and the attack animations (especially the sword) works out really well. Walking animations would've been great, but I guess that's really hard to do if you can walk in any direction while facing any direction...\r\rThe controls are perfect. The music is okay, but it think it could fit better. The sound effects work.\r\rAll in all, a pretty solid game!"},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1377970080,"text":"I like how you get to pick your own weapons, and how there's a nice variety to them.\r\rI also like the skull that appears as you lose health. Nice presentation!"},{"author_name":"Static 64","author_uid":"22813","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1378138440,"text":"This has a great style and is really fun to play. I made it to day 10 with a sword and shield. Really fun."},{"author_name":"darkshadow","author_uid":"15698","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1378139760,"text":"Duo control system is a great innovation, I like how you can mix and match items and all have their uses. Going all mange is quite fun shooting fireballs and the defensive spell is great pushing you away from danger AND freezing the enemy! Graphic and map are nice, music is nice although out of theme with the rest of the setting. If you do a post comp version a walk animation for the guy would be an idea."},{"author_name":"schnerble","author_uid":"11560","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1378141200,"text":"Great work! Very cool - it's a nice all-round effort, and I'm glad you finished it :) It does get very hard very quickly, though!"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1378141260,"text":"That was a lot of fun!\rI didn't see the first time that you can upgrades your objects.\rI hate the small yellow ones they are too fast for me."},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1378148880,"text":"Nice controls, like how you mapped the items to the mouse clicks. Impressive and nicely polished!"},{"author_name":"graytest","author_uid":"11705","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1378151040,"text":"Fun game. I'll probably play a few more times when I have a real mouse connected to my laptop."},{"author_name":"Erhune","author_uid":"26007","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 3:49am","epoch":1378179840,"text":"Very nice concept and realization!\r\rOnce you get your magic level 40+ it's quite difficult to die, though :p"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1378218840,"text":"Excellent and impressive game, full of great features!"},{"author_name":"bvanschooten","author_uid":"14520","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1378642740,"text":"The game feels very complete. The items and the left-right click control scheme work well, although I did get a sore finger from too much clicking at some point. This would be even greater with multiple levels (say, you enter a new room after level 40)."},{"author_name":"withoutpillow","author_uid":"27525","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 7:03pm","epoch":1378839480,"text":"crazy difficult but very fun! and the artstyle is great!"},{"author_name":"Linusson","author_uid":"25442","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 10:47am","epoch":1379068920,"text":"Really hard and fun game. I liked the double weapon\/attack system. :D"}],"images":["ld27\/26982-be2634ae1884dff6edb12cca3cfa6728.jpg","ld27\/26982-0c17764b3e9e53c262a2e23a6a6f644a.jpg","ld27\/26982-3e25ce36a9178b7c9301848366efad33.jpg","ld27\/26982-c5ea4d593751cfaafdf4fa05e9425c80.jpg","ld27\/26982-91c2086f0cd4e3660436e18cc877e0bf.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.stone-golem.com\/ElliottDavis\/LD48\/TimeSlimeArena\/TimeSlimeArena.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stone-golem.com\/ElliottDavis\/LD48\/TimeSlimeArena\/TenBuild.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23976","g_author":"26982","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24006","g_title":"Time Slime Arena","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"126","g_commentcount":"62","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\/26982-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26982-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26982-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26982-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26982-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Level up every 10 seconds!\r\nFresh wave of baddies every 10 seconds!\r\nallocate skill points into your items for increasing power!\r\nwhat items will you use?\r\nhow will you spec them?\r\ncan you even win?\r\nThis is our first time entering the Ludum Dare and it was an almost completely sleepless weekend trying to get this thing right. We had some doubts about getting it done, but seeing all the submissions kept us motivated to have something awesome to submit.\r\nthanks all and Enjoy!\r\n\r\nSoftware:\r\n\r\nUnity 4.2\r\nvisual studio\r\nphotoshop \r\nZbrush \r\nsculptris\r\ntopogun\r\ncinema 4d\r\n3d studio max\r\nBFXR\r\n\r\n@TomCooper3D @kenruze \r\n---CONTROLS---\r\nWASD...............Movement\r\nmouse..............Aim \r\nleft\/right click....Pickup\/Attack\r\n\"Q\".................Level up left\r\n\"E\".................Level up right ","title":"Time Slime Arena"}