{"author_link":"\/author\/dlowe\/","author_name":"dlowe","author_uid":"25082","comments":[{"author_name":"Drachlen","author_uid":"27311","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:10am","epoch":1377579900,"text":"I tried out the multiplayer version of this with a friend. I really like the idea, but unfortunately I couldn't figure out what exactly to do to protect my donuts. With a bit of polish I think this could be a fun little web game."},{"author_name":"Vaughn","author_uid":"25876","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:15am","epoch":1377580200,"text":"Tried out a bit of single player and multiplayer, but unfortunately couldn't figure out any of the game mechanics like stopping monsters from getting donuts. I also was lagging pretty bad, like maybe 2-4 FPS - not sure what that was about. Any hints?\r\rOtherwise, props for trying out some multiplayer development!"},{"author_name":"dlowe","author_uid":"25082","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:48am","epoch":1377585780,"text":"Thanks for the feedback!\r\rI've updated the description with a bit more detail about the gameplay: you can stop the monsters by stomping on them, until they eat a donut, after which they stomp you. And there's no winning condition.\r\r@Vaughn: 2-4 FPS: ouch. I'd assume the network was to blame -- I basically didn't do any work on optimizing what goes over the wire (e.g. delta compression) or compensating for bad network latency (e.g. client-side prediction). If you want to give it another shot, installing it locally should be reasonably easy....\r\rThanks again!"},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1377606540,"text":"I've used singleplayer and it was really slow to move"},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:04am","epoch":1377658740,"text":"Cute graphic, i like the little pig. Nice game, need a little bit of polish but this is a fun mini game !"},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1377697440,"text":"You probably shouldn't put "multiplayer arcade-style game" in the first line of the description when the game has a single player mode, that made me skip this game when I first looked at it cos I had no one to play with and assumed it meant ONLY multiplayer."},{"author_name":"dlowe","author_uid":"25082","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1377711060,"text":"@Tifu: Good point. Fixing.\r\r@archaeometrician: Thank you!"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1377711780,"text":"I didn't manage to reach donuts before monsters ate them :("},{"author_name":"lcarpentier","author_uid":"19213","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:48am","epoch":1377862980,"text":"I can't play it. Your web page is not loading :(. Not error, just a timeout."},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1377883380,"text":"Getting timeout. Can't play it."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1378493940,"text":"Is loading for me. Just a bit slow."},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1379273760,"text":"Shame there isn't more game mechanics or score (or just I couldn't find it). But funny graphics."},{"author_name":"Grafter","author_uid":"27575","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1379275740,"text":"Good little game, need more to make it look pretty but good attempt!"}],"images":["ld27\/25082-42261580f44ee983b094f1412c392562.jpg","ld27\/25082-c189b1e57c3529133ca09c3fb95caa7d.jpg","ld27\/25082-12d0804dd618b110e85d1546eefe2b74.jpg","ld27\/25082-fd2cfa1f7732816dae77d38f2a06cb33.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lab.roguehacklab.com:5000","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/dlowe\/donut-panic","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24800","g_author":"25082","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24830","g_title":"donut panic","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"583","g_commentcount":"13","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\/25082-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25082-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25082-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25082-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Donut Panic is a single- or multi-player arcade style game, in which you try to prevent monsters from eating your donuts... which for some reason are scattered randomly around a maze. Bad Things happen if they eat the donuts.\r\n\r\nIt is much easier to stop the bad guys if you have help :)\r\n\r\n(NOTE: you can squish the weaker monsters by running into them. Once they eat a donut, the tables are turned and they squish you! And there's no winning: just see how long you can protect your donuts.)\r\n\r\nThis is my first Ludum Dare. I'm not really a game programmer, but this was a lot of fun! I collaborated with my 6-year-old son, and we are both somewhat silly people, so...\r\n\r\nTheme stuff: new baddies spawn every 10 seconds, getting squished lasts 10 seconds, chat bubbles hover for 10 seconds. *Shrug* :)\r\n\r\nTech stuff:\r\n\r\n* python\/tornado websocket server and game engine\r\n* javascript\/html5 client\r\n* cooperative multiplayer or singleplayer\r\n* in-game chat\r\n* homemade music & sound effects\r\n* hand-drawn graphics\r\n* randomly generated levels\r\n\r\nAnd potential caveats:\r\n\r\n* almost exclusively tested in Chrome. Likely to be broken in other browsers, especially the bits that rely on CSS.\r\n* playing across the open internet is doable, but lack of client-side prediction makes it kind of unresponsive. You may find it more enjoyable to set up on a LAN, or just on your computer.","title":"donut panic"}