{"author_link":"\/author\/johnl\/","author_name":"johnl","author_uid":"8858","comments":[{"author_name":"stewthepoo","author_uid":"24779","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1377610560,"text":"when i open the jar file and hit `play` it closes :S"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1377611460,"text":"Not a bad game overall, the controls are a bit awkward, especially how you sort of stick to walls.  Some sound might have been nice as well.  Other than that, good effort!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:00pm","epoch":1377611700,"text":"Crashen when you hit &quot;Play&quot; after opening it, works fine using the stage select though.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Interesting tile designs, the maps were a bit too easy though."},{"author_name":"wally2069","author_uid":"5461","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1377618000,"text":"Kept get stuck under a laser which fired an almost continuous stream"},{"author_name":"johnl","author_uid":"8858","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1377619440,"text":"Thanks for the comments.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I made a stupid last minute change which broke the Play button, but its fixed now."},{"author_name":"[-BipolarDesign+]","author_uid":"13748","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1377621840,"text":"Pretty standard platformer. Controls are indeed kind of odd. I liked the platform tiles art style, and that the background changed color with the time. Nice attempt!"},{"author_name":"RobotParking","author_uid":"26005","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1377623700,"text":"GOT HYPE"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1377623820,"text":"Pretty good for the compo xD I liked most the graphics to be honest... Character movement is a bit clunky but you are already aware of that...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good luck!"},{"author_name":"zzForrest","author_uid":"6412","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1377623880,"text":"Nice entry, seems you don't have much experience making platformers though.  Tips by me - handle x speed and y speed seperately in collision, so you can tell from what direction the player is hitting something."},{"author_name":"cafeine","author_uid":"14795","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1377625080,"text":"The controls take a bit of time to get used to but once you get the handle of them it's quite a good platformer, with good level design."},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1377626160,"text":"I really like the ramping of your level design. I also like the tiles you made for the collision areas.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>nice game real fun to play. thanks!"},{"author_name":"doonay21","author_uid":"18952","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1377628740,"text":"Not bad at all :)"},{"author_name":"almightyzentaco","author_uid":"25879","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1377629100,"text":"Nice platformer. A bit buggy at times though."},{"author_name":"Tainted_Code","author_uid":"5752","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1377705540,"text":"It's got good level design and I enjoyed it plenty, well done!"},{"author_name":"cbear_wallis","author_uid":"27018","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1377735360,"text":"This was really great actually. I agree with other people that the level design is great!"},{"author_name":"zn01wr","author_uid":"25395","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1377781920,"text":"Some lasers don't hurt and you often get stuck to walls... But the level design is good and the graphics are simple but effective!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:14am","epoch":1377907740,"text":"Very nice.  Well thought out level design.  Cool color choices.  It could definitely use some polish, but its quite nice."}],"images":["ld27\/8858-3edcc22fccace7f88356f7969c73dfd0.jpg","ld27\/8858-184a97bc9dfde3f1f75a61a7c933bd1f.jpg","ld27\/8858-12bf5dc6767fa47394e0c55072d336c8.jpg","ld27\/8858-d9d2816dfa737b957498e11ed1a29487.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32480884\/hype.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32480884\/Hyp-runnable.jar","text":"jar file"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jwlawson\/hype","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24852","g_author":"8858","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24882","g_title":"Hype","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"800","g_commentcount":"17","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\/8858-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8858-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8858-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8858-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This was my second time doing Ludum Dare and it went fairly well. I'm fairly happy with the way my game has turned out, but its pretty lacking in some areas.\r\n\r\nHype is a 2d platforming game where you have to reach a goal on each level. The physics are handled using the Box2D physics engine, so I tried using that to control the motion of the character, which proved interesting. I'm going to claim that the odd controls are a feature, but I guess its just something you have to get used to.\r\n\r\nI made the game in Java using the LibGDX platform which is really good. The way UI components are used is a bit odd until you work it out, unfortunately its not really something you just stumble upon. Other than that I can't complain too much.\r\n\r\nI was hoping to get the game running online, either using GWT and html5 or jsut using a Java applet but unfortunately neither were possible. A recent(ish) update in Java broke the LWJGL applet code and the libGDX html5 wrappers don't include any Box2D stuff. Sucks.\r\n\r\nTo run (Windows):\r\n - download the zip file\r\n - extract files\r\n - run the exe\r\n\r\nTo run (jar): \r\n - download the .jar file\r\n - double click on it\r\n - if that fails, open a command prompt in the folder which contains the .jar file and run the following command\r\n\r\n        javaw -jar Hyp-runnable.jar\r\n\r\n - if that fails make sure you have Java installed and the binaries on your path\r\n\r\nHope you enjoy the game!\r\n\r\nEdit(27\/08\/2013): Added the Windows .exe version of the game","title":"Hype"}