{"author_link":"\/author\/woftles\/","author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","comments":[{"author_name":"cbear_wallis","author_uid":"27018","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1377452520,"text":"love the visual style!"},{"author_name":"UnAdmin","author_uid":"27258","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1377460140,"text":"Very neat with the shapes."},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1377468300,"text":"Could you supply a 32-bit version? It looks interesting, all those beautiful polygons."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:52am","epoch":1377485220,"text":"I was fairly sure that was a 32 bit version uploaded, but I'll go repackage in a bit. If anyone on Mac can comment on whether that version works, I'm not able to test it myself."},{"author_name":"andreyin","author_uid":"15858","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1377487140,"text":"Loved it! But it sucks that you can't shoot in a direction while going to other direction. Apart from that it's pretty cool."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:26am","epoch":1377487260,"text":"Wouldn't run for me on OS X :\/"},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:27am","epoch":1377487320,"text":"Absolutely loved the style and graphics and sound effects!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I would have loved a keyboard control to move and shoot differently though, but\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Game was done extremely well!"},{"author_name":"Rhinoceros","author_uid":"25250","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:28am","epoch":1377487380,"text":"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/4ef985a44fc034570a5858901cc4d744\/tumblr_mms33egqjn1qzewkno1_r1_500.png\r<br\/>Image is related.\r<br\/>Made me lol."},{"author_name":"kidder","author_uid":"21304","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1377487440,"text":"love the synthesized voices. very challenging and fun to play."},{"author_name":"ix","author_uid":"18837","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377487560,"text":"Nice clean graphics style. I liked that you could only shoot forward, that makes the gameplay a little more unique."},{"author_name":"patrickgh3","author_uid":"14266","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377487560,"text":"The bullet-time effect was really smooth."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:33am","epoch":1377487680,"text":"Any errors given Zuige? I don't have a mac so I can't test my packages."},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:36am","epoch":1377487860,"text":"The clean polygons and computer voice enhanced the shooting and dodging that alerted me.  If you continue to develop this, have you considered exploring another powerup?"},{"author_name":"doctorscientist","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:36am","epoch":1377487860,"text":"This is really fun. Doing badly is just as fun as doing well. Thanks Obama indeed."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1377488880,"text":"The game is definitely packaged for win32. Make sure you unzip it before running. If you have any other problems please comment away and I'll get it sorted. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Ethankennerly, I have considered more powerups that alter your projectiles in more interesting ways that statistics."},{"author_name":"arcticleaf","author_uid":"16606","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1377620820,"text":"pretty cool, the visual style is good"},{"author_name":"prettymuchbryce","author_uid":"7269","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:39am","epoch":1377653640,"text":"I got an error.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem.\r<br\/>Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple."},{"author_name":"NMcCoy","author_uid":"2081","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:06am","epoch":1377655260,"text":"Heh, the screenshot makes it look like a long lost cousin of my own entry. Nifty game!"},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:08am","epoch":1377658980,"text":"My favorite thing about this one was how the moving and aiming were using the same control, which totally messed with my usual way of playing this kind of game. I didn't find myself using bullet time very much... The difficulty wasn't with everything happening too fast, but with the speed I can shoot, I think."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:06am","epoch":1377734460,"text":"There's no limit on how fast you can click and there are powerups for bullet speed. Bullet time can increase your overall fire rate if you want to use it as a volley strategy."},{"author_name":"Laelien","author_uid":"25981","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:23am","epoch":1377735480,"text":"Okay, I should probably stop playing now, or I'll stay up all night. Loved it, 'nuff said."},{"author_name":"joelrobichaud","author_uid":"27159","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:30am","epoch":1377735900,"text":"The graphics and sounds somehow pair up very nicely. Had fun playing it!"},{"author_name":"Danex317","author_uid":"5040","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1377793380,"text":"I wish I could have moved in a different direction than I was shooting. But I loved everything else."},{"author_name":"EvilObjective","author_uid":"25660","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1377793380,"text":"Couldn't play on OSX :( \r<br\/>Error: TimeAndShapes cannot be opened because of a problem. Check with the developer to make sure TimeAndShapes works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:28am","epoch":1377840180,"text":"Alright thanks. I'll retry the port ASAP."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1378042620,"text":"Score: 729, 144 seconds and yes I feel proud! Watch out for this magical polygon!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like how you have to be strategic in which enemy you're moving towards\/aiming at. Very smooth controls, and clean audio\/visual design."},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1378045800,"text":"Very stylish! Also, haha - 1000+ fps here."},{"author_name":"Terrabyte","author_uid":"12543","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1379260260,"text":"I really like the visuals and idea! It gets quite addictive after a while :)"}],"images":["ld27\/21852-3c7a6f89166d401163125859adfea42c.jpg","ld27\/21852-960f35f3d3cd229be550a9450e06531a.jpg","ld27\/21852-d6bc0e2350650cd73297cb5d01070f47.jpg","ld27\/21852-5ca58ae1816e6d962dae80e44d4a4b1e.jpg","ld27\/21852-fcf44373a35d2a256080839e5b5edd3b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/85892600\/TimeAndShapesWin32.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/85892600\/TimeAndShapesOSX.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/85892600\/TimeAndShapesSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24838","g_author":"21852","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24868","g_title":"Time and Shapes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"131","g_commentcount":"28","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\/21852-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21852-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21852-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21852-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21852-shot4.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a magical polygon and the evil squares are out to get you. Under a curse, you may only live for 10 seconds. You can extend your life by defending yourself with your magical polygon projectiles in this fast paced two-dimensional arcade game.\r\n\r\nDevelopment logs are included in both the source and game zips.","title":"Time and Shapes"}