{"author_link":"\/author\/ilseroth\/","author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","comments":[{"author_name":"ramza","author_uid":"88764","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:08am","epoch":1461031380,"text":"I love sword fighting games. You can spend hours slicing enemies in this cool game!"},{"author_name":"jofra","author_uid":"56160","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:09am","epoch":1461031440,"text":"Cool graphics in a challenging game to play!"},{"author_name":"curtamyth","author_uid":"63895","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:10am","epoch":1461031500,"text":"Very cool art style! Enjoyable but repetitive gameplay."},{"author_name":"FBJazz","author_uid":"90280","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:11am","epoch":1461031560,"text":"Really fun. For a back-burner game built during the jam, it's really solid. I liked it a lot."},{"author_name":"WeaverDeveloper","author_uid":"90781","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:21am","epoch":1461032160,"text":"Man, this was genuinely fun to play. Good job."},{"author_name":"PeachTreeOath","author_uid":"63987","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:22am","epoch":1461032220,"text":"I like the art style, game is hard to play in the LD built in window though I must say."},{"author_name":"Powersource","author_uid":"44448","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:22am","epoch":1461032220,"text":"Hmm, only getting a red screen after the main menu on chrome linux."},{"author_name":"Hankenstien","author_uid":"80263","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:24am","epoch":1461032340,"text":"Fun, but repetitive.  It seemed to me that forward gets stuck on after a restart."},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:41am","epoch":1461033360,"text":"@hank I have that issue but only when the browser gets uppity and tries to remind me that something is taking my mouse cursor.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I added the fullscreen mode and it does help with the viewport cutting off the information, which is good."},{"author_name":"olkeencole","author_uid":"10982","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:48am","epoch":1461033780,"text":"Very cool! Great idea for the graphics! I really enjoyed it. The mouse does seem a bit on the quick side tho. Great job!"},{"author_name":"EthanBierlein","author_uid":"91234","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:52am","epoch":1461034020,"text":"This is really fun! It's very fast-paced and what I'd call &quot;action-packed&quot;. My only gripes would be the high mouse sensitivity and somewhat repetitive music."},{"author_name":"iceburg7","author_uid":"43569","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:57am","epoch":1461034320,"text":"Holy balogna, this game is beautiful!  Also fun and difficult!  Really excellent work."},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:12am","epoch":1461035220,"text":"hmm that's a lot of people complaining about mouse sensitivity, either my mouse is super unresponsive or I am just used to high sensitivity or something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for the music, yeah I wasn't happy with it, and was about to add a button to mute it... then my computer crashed and I spent an hour trying to get it going again &gt;.&lt; But I figured most people probably are only going to play for a couple minutes (I mean, surviving past a minute is pretty tough since it ramps up enemy spawn rate based on time)"},{"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"12252","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:32am","epoch":1461036420,"text":"Cool gameplay, only got to 13 its tough! only weird control i got is that i go too fast while in shadow. Kinda wish the speed stayed the same, it was throwing me off."},{"author_name":"EighthNote","author_uid":"87780","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:34am","epoch":1461036540,"text":"So cool! Love the art style"},{"author_name":"16BitsOfAwesome","author_uid":"18250","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:35am","epoch":1461036600,"text":"The mouse! lol\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Once you get used to the high sensitivity, it's not bad. Might be worth adding a sensitivity option.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job! This game looks great!"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:50am","epoch":1461037500,"text":"Wow, great stuff. The super contrasted red\/blue\/black was tight. And the first person sword movements were great. I would play the heck out of a more polished but equally stylized version of this game."},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:17am","epoch":1461042720,"text":"Very slick stylized aesthetics. I like the shadow mode. The game is very challenging to play. Great job despite starting so late."},{"author_name":"Digitaldude555","author_uid":"57517","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1461070080,"text":"Fun to play, and challenging. Nice stylized art, I agree it's a bit repetitive. My high score was 14."},{"author_name":"Kinth","author_uid":"91563","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1461070200,"text":"Great art style and fun to play. Never really felt like I needed to go in the shadows though."},{"author_name":"Daukan","author_uid":"54965","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1461070200,"text":"The combination of colors was cool. I don't think it fits the theme very well however."},{"author_name":"ocarson","author_uid":"42418","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1461071160,"text":"P cool game, Like the black and red art style, slicey katana chochop."},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1461071220,"text":"Simple and efficient art style and gameplay. Bit repetitive after a while but still very fun. Good job for getting this done in such a short time !"},{"author_name":"Rise and Shine Games","author_uid":"92205","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:31am","epoch":1461119160,"text":"Not so easy to play without a mouse! Great game though!"},{"author_name":"Recursiveanomaly","author_uid":"18179","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:32am","epoch":1461119220,"text":"I love the mood you were able to create!"},{"author_name":"ployer","author_uid":"56657","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:33am","epoch":1461119280,"text":"well done. I would maybe have an extra color for the env, maybe grey, so the characters don't get lost when they go onto the path that's all black. fun to play, simple but effective."},{"author_name":"Aaranos","author_uid":"51253","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:50am","epoch":1461120300,"text":"The shadow form goes away way to fast to make use of it. You either need more control over your movement or a longer shadow form. Enemies also spawn behind you a lot, like right behind.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Enjoyed the game regardless."},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:57am","epoch":1461120720,"text":"The shadow isn't meant to last long literally long enough to slide through an arrow and close the distance.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And yeah, I was going to add a sound for enemy spawns to help with that issue but then my computer crashed and when I came back on I just had to submit what I had done."},{"author_name":"mahalis","author_uid":"46778","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:20am","epoch":1461122100,"text":"This is cool! Really like the art style, and the sword gameplay's fun. I didn't end up using the shadow state much - felt a little hard to control - but even without that this was a fun challenge."},{"author_name":"nextreality","author_uid":"51893","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:21am","epoch":1461125760,"text":"I really enjoyed the gameplay, simple and fun. Hacking enemies works great, had issues with my mouse leaving the gaming area (sorry i played it on the web), but that wasn't to much of an issue. I like the shadow mechanic and for me the graphics were pretty nice actually, nice job sir!"},{"author_name":"WitchBoys","author_uid":"20316","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1461160560,"text":"Very good game! It's really a nice game!"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1461180000,"text":"Good fun! The visual style works really well, and the mechanics here are simple but solid."},{"author_name":"Ayawaska","author_uid":"88601","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1461191580,"text":"Hard to see everything around. Nice visuals!"},{"author_name":"kabel","author_uid":"53077","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1461192720,"text":"Quite fun and simple! Good job."},{"author_name":"JoseArias","author_uid":"55992","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1461338580,"text":"Very good game. I would like to see how this can evolve. I enjoyed a lot."},{"author_name":"Fonserbc","author_uid":"16828","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1461362280,"text":"Looks great!"},{"author_name":"PixelRetro","author_uid":"50581","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 10:36am","epoch":1461580260,"text":"Killing the enemies sure is fun and I like the art style!"},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 5:41am","epoch":1462080960,"text":"It needs sticky bomb ! haha but cool style"},{"author_name":"neontropics","author_uid":"90062","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1462145760,"text":"Wow, great game. It does a lot with a very simple concept, and the art fits amazingly as well."},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 2:47am","epoch":1462156920,"text":"Simple but really effective. I loved the look and feel of the game."},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 2:50am","epoch":1462157100,"text":"Super cool aesthetic. I felt like a badass when I zoomed from place to place in shadow form. I really liked how you stuck to a two color scheme. It really evoked some cool old samurai movie feelings. Great job!"}],"images":["ld35\/50718-27764f39ca88d06a3ac2b8f589187e14.jpg","ld35\/50718-71798123d9da417ca26234c2487a77e1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ilseroth.itch.io\/shadowshifter","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/ilseroth.itch.io\/shadowshifter","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/ilseroth.itch.io\/shadowshifter","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/ilseroth.itch.io\/shadowshifter","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2488","g_author":"50718","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"2499","g_title":"Shadowshifter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"300","g_commentcount":"41","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\/\/542293\/50718-shot0-1461027203.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/50718-shot1-1461027817.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ahoy, I put this together in about 36 hours in the second half of the jam because I was working with a team on a project and missed doing the coding (since I was doing the modeling in the other game.) So in my free time there I built this!\r\n\r\nThe goal of the game is to get as many kills, and survive, as long as possible. To stay alive shift into a shadow where you can't be hurt, but it drains quick, and the fastest way to refill the bar is to kill folks.\r\n\r\nNOTE: If you play on this screen, I suggest playing the fullscreen version or the score clips, thanks.","title":"Shadowshifter"}