{"author_link":"\/author\/mort96\/","author_name":"mort96","author_uid":"10534","comments":[{"author_name":"Reevezy","author_uid":"26147","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:01am","epoch":1377485760,"text":"I love the time reversal!"},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:02am","epoch":1377485820,"text":"Very cool! How did you implement the rewind mechanic?"},{"author_name":"TheThirdOne","author_uid":"21287","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:04am","epoch":1377485940,"text":"Great game"},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:05am","epoch":1377486000,"text":"Your game made me oo and ah at the rewind thing. This is a nice take on the endless runner thing. At first I wanted you to be able to rewind out of death, but then I realized that the game would not be a game then - so it's like a reaction game but also gives some forgiveness. Very cool! Polish this up and stick it on Kongregate!"},{"author_name":"oxysoft","author_uid":"25340","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1377486240,"text":"Very interesting game. I found that the best strategy is to just old on the jump key and as soon as you notice you're about to take a dip in the lava, rewind and delay your next jump slightly so you can make the jump. It would of been interesting to have a rewind timer go down when you use it and make it go back up as you progress. Have it go back up slower so you can just rewind forever."},{"author_name":"megashroom","author_uid":"24770","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:15am","epoch":1377486600,"text":"Though it took a while to grasp the possibilities of the time warp, the game was really fun once I got it.\rZooming along levels and probing and jumping was quite enjoyable."},{"author_name":"janndavid","author_uid":"27700","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1377528120,"text":"That's a good simple game, you should make it available on mobile devices soon! I like the rewind option, makes you "unscrew" yourself, thumbs up from me!"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1377538620,"text":"Still a better narrative than Braid.\r\rNice work."},{"author_name":"choqaae","author_uid":"25445","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1377538740,"text":"A good simple game. I think it would have been better if the music didn't restart every time you die, but just keep playing."},{"author_name":"apaneske","author_uid":"26582","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1377539280,"text":"Neat! Really like how you used the 10 second theme. Had some trouble getting the jumps to be timed correctly. Enjoyed trying to get better and beat my own high score :)"},{"author_name":"kayupla","author_uid":"26572","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1377547500,"text":"impressive, but very difficult to play."},{"author_name":"gravyhands","author_uid":"26121","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1377559200,"text":"Very cool.\rI kept having long stretches of land and then I would start to think maybe there won't be any-\r *LAVA DEATH*"},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1377559200,"text":"Nice twist on the endless runner formula."},{"author_name":"Tork","author_uid":"24727","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1377559260,"text":"Wish the jump responded better"},{"author_name":"bugninja","author_uid":"8142","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1377559260,"text":"29330 - I feel ok about that :) Considering how many times I had to play to figure out how early I had to jump. I think if the controls were more spot-on when I tried to jump it would have been a bit better."},{"author_name":"JimMakesGames","author_uid":"25555","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1377607140,"text":"There's a great sense of speed here, although I sadly lack the skill to react quickly enough to avoid falling into the stuff before I can reverse time. A cool concept and the random level generation is a good thing, so you can't beat it by memorising.\r\rAnd of course, thanks for watching the stream. I'm surprised you found the time to make an entry and watch mine being made."},{"author_name":"bnhw","author_uid":"3267","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1377623700,"text":"The ball movement and rewind felt very satisfying, but I only wish the jump was a little more forgiving."},{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1377779040,"text":"Fun concept. I really liked the time reversal, it would be pretty cool if I could use that more, but often I died faster than I realized. Still had a good time. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"berkano","author_uid":"11027","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1377779160,"text":"Great music and a cool concept, nice job!"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1377884940,"text":"I love fast-paced runners like this. Frustrating, but kept me playing! Music was charming."},{"author_name":"zzForrest","author_uid":"6412","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1377899160,"text":"Really cool, if only it was slightly more functional, cuz most jumps were impossible, the friction was too low and boy did your character speed any which way he wanted."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1377902940,"text":"Excellent! Goes to favourites :) I never needed the whole 10 seconds through, with two or three it was ok."},{"author_name":"Hayawi","author_uid":"20256","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1377904920,"text":"I loved the reverse mechanic, such a great idea :D"},{"author_name":"Latcarf","author_uid":"19457","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1377969540,"text":"It takes too long to jump, so often it doesn't jump even though I pressed W before the red part."}],"images":["ld27\/10534-20824c19dde70d48e90931272a08286b.jpg","ld27\/10534-36d9f14ea7ec3413e91b7a50c5b6faea.jpg","ld27\/10534-5eecb52c91fdd88c329d7582b1f7fdb5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mortie.org\/?webapp=timeBall","text":"Web (updated)"},{"url":"http:\/\/mortie.org\/?webapp=timeBallCompo","text":"Web (compo)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/mortie\/10secLD","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/mortie.org\/?p=265","text":"Blog post"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24573","g_author":"10534","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24603","g_title":"Time Ball!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"347","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\/10534-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/10534-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/10534-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ever wondered how it'd be to be able to turn back the time 10 seconds? I sure have. Turns out it's a quite pleasant experience, at least if you're a ball.\r\n\r\nHow to play:\r\nA and D to move left and right, W to jump. Hold space to rewind time up to 10 seconds.\r\n\r\nAfter almost 48 hours, lots of spaghetti, frustration and fun, my game is finally ready!\r\n\r\nI've written the game in JavaScript. Only 3rd party library used is JSon, which is used in exactly one line of code, as a lazy way to copy objecs.\r\n\r\nThe music is made in Garage Band, where I basically slapped a few Apple Loops together into something which sounds nice. \r\n\r\nArt is made of spaghetti code using Canvas to render.\r\n\r\n\r\nEDIT: added a post compo version, where I may keep working on it. So far, tightened up the controls a bit. (still judge me based on the compo one though :P)","title":"Time Ball!"}