{"author_link":"\/author\/bluescrn\/","author_name":"bluescrn","author_uid":"207","comments":[{"author_name":"B","author_uid":"22144","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1367172840,"text":"Pretty cool game! Interesting concept."},{"author_name":"shatterhand","author_uid":"14551","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1367175180,"text":"You used the same concept as I did :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Except you did a proper game with nice, detailed GFX, I approached every aspect of my game with &quot;minmalism&quot; on mind :)"},{"author_name":"redmaple","author_uid":"20947","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1367190360,"text":"Beautiful, nice arena shooter"},{"author_name":"Chman","author_uid":"17883","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:41am","epoch":1367213760,"text":"Really love the idea of a &quot;lowscore&quot; (in contrast to a &quot;highscore&quot;). The execution is clean and the game gets hectic pretty quickly (which is a good thing for a shmup IMO). Great title btw, it caught my eye instantly in the game list.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As the intro says, the best strategy seems to be killing the big guys as soon as they appear and not bother with the little ones (they'll agglomerate and form a group easy to avoid). Got 650K on my first try, 580k on my second try.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You should add a low-radius\/low-speed magnet effect on coins, could be fun have to run away from coins trying to get to you :)"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1367238480,"text":"Very good, it's funny and well done :)"},{"author_name":"tonic","author_uid":"66","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1367255040,"text":"That's some pretty solid action there, in the Stardust-esque style. Well executed!"},{"author_name":"jolle","author_uid":"9","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1367264760,"text":"Very nice production value, only missing music. Looks great, sounds good, feels good.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like that you can play it in two different ways, trying for a low score, or just playing it like a regular game. It was pretty hard to rack up +points though, if aiming for that, guess it wasn't balanced for it, which is understandable. Both ways was fun."},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:33am","epoch":1367310480,"text":"wow, amazing game\r<br\/>\r<br\/>the concept is brilliant, the graphics are awesome, the gameplay is fluid - I loved it"},{"author_name":"Jonny D","author_uid":"654","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1367415180,"text":"Plays great.  I like the sound of lots of enemies popping."},{"author_name":"Jonny D","author_uid":"654","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1367416260,"text":"Ah, well there's my low score: -3,700,000 without losing a life, then -4,639,740 at the end."},{"author_name":"aquilicoco","author_uid":"22746","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1367594100,"text":"Good job. I love the graphics"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1367598180,"text":"Super great game! The ship is so fast and fluid that it almost seems possible to win."},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1367601900,"text":"That's it! I've played it more than 20 minutes, finally getting low score near 0 (but still positve). Loved the idea and execution."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1367621280,"text":"Really well done, and good use of theme. :)"},{"author_name":"wzl","author_uid":"5751","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 11:57am","epoch":1367668320,"text":"Awesome twist! Love it. And hella difficult all for the right reasons! \r<br\/>Best (worst?) score: 572.190"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1367698620,"text":"Incredible graphics and a great idea. This game is much fun to play!"},{"author_name":"_Rilem","author_uid":"18340","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1367702160,"text":"I want to kill everything and grab all the coins! D:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I killed everything on the first go, but after that I found that trying to not kill anything is actually a lot of fun. Cool concept and sweet graphics!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very impressive! :)"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 6:15am","epoch":1367734200,"text":"Pretty and well done. Slick and solid. Would have preferred some other new mechanic vs &quot;don't kill stuff&quot; as it was fun enough to shoot things that I wanted more of that."},{"author_name":"Riccardo Stucchi","author_uid":"11685","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1367780100,"text":"Beautiful entry!! Awesome graphics and good gameplay. Well done!!"},{"author_name":"Diamonde","author_uid":"19050","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 10:17am","epoch":1367835120,"text":"-668,160 :)\r<br\/>This game is so well done. I'm very impressed with what you've managed to do in only 48 hours!\r<br\/>Don't know what else to say.. I'm just amazed :D"},{"author_name":"oatsbarley","author_uid":"5172","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1367860800,"text":"Awesome game! Super smooth controls and great graphical style, really clever idea too! Well done."},{"author_name":"Cyboot","author_uid":"10242","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1367869140,"text":"Nice game with a great concpt. I like it :)"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1367871480,"text":"waw, great job on the design. The game is highly polished and very enjoyable. :D"},{"author_name":"EatenAlive3","author_uid":"15753","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1367876640,"text":"Very fun! I found that the controls worked perfectly, which not many games can make happen.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My minimum score was 576280 :P"},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1367880840,"text":"Fantastic game! Very literal interpretation of the theme and I liked it! The controls are solid and the gameplay is excellent. Great job, great game!"},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1367896740,"text":"Great game, very good graphics and polished audio. Thanks for providing the Windows binary, because I could run it perfectly on Linux using Wine. I think it would be even better if played with a twin stick controller, instead of the keyboard + mouse combination. Also, forcing the use of WASD insteand of providing support for the arrow keys is a major bummer for those holding the mouse with the lef hand."},{"author_name":"ferasmi","author_uid":"1288","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:03am","epoch":1367899080,"text":"absolutely my favorite"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:47am","epoch":1367901720,"text":"man that was super cool and the graphics were great -- nice job!"},{"author_name":"davidB","author_uid":"20693","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 7:03am","epoch":1367909880,"text":"fun. 596.400"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1367951220,"text":"Nice visuals and interesting concept: the player balances his own game."},{"author_name":"Sylvain.p","author_uid":"20862","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1367956920,"text":"Really fun game, but not trully on the theme."},{"author_name":"Fadobo","author_uid":"15165","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 10:15am","epoch":1368007800,"text":"Great high-quality fun. Juice it up a bit and I would buy that."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1368037140,"text":"So much win in this game O_o\r<br\/>474k at first attempt, definitely playing this again soon!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1368039300,"text":"Beautiful graphics. Nice smooth gameplay even fullscreen in browser (Chrome\/W7)."},{"author_name":"nilstastic","author_uid":"2443","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 10:43am","epoch":1368182280,"text":"Pros: Beautiful graphics! The ship was very easy to control.\r<br\/>Cons: Not really on theme, but the theme sucked a bit so.. And the start game button could have used some love =)"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1368192960,"text":"Awesome game, very well polished!"},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1368194760,"text":"Very nice, although I've had a few issues gliding alongside the borders (getting slower\/stuck at some point if you don't use a second direction in time (despite not being on the outermost part of the side)."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1368223140,"text":"I liked the gameplay concept. There's almost a high risk\/high reward feel to it."},{"author_name":"Kvisle","author_uid":"3818","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1368223980,"text":"A very pretty implementation of a very simple mechanic.  The &quot;two-stick-shooter&quot; works very well with wasd+mouse.  Would be cool with title\/end-screen, sound\/music, and a possibility to win (that may be possible - I may just suck :P)"},{"author_name":"Angerus","author_uid":"12361","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1368224820,"text":"&quot;Evade! Just Evade, you god**mn pixel vessel!Please...Don't shoot..no! Stop shooting! What? my hand? clicking on the button...it's a mindtrap...&quot;\r<br\/>As the nonsense talk shows it, I just keep playing again and again before stop around 500 000...grrrr! I will retry later. Funny game and I love the concept!"},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 12:03am","epoch":1368230280,"text":"Neat idea of getting the lowest possible score.  My lowest was 590,790"},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 4:55am","epoch":1368247800,"text":"Nicely executed."},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1368288540,"text":"Very good and fun game"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1368392040,"text":"Shooting UFOs and dodging bullets engaged me!  Looks and plays sharp.  If you continue to develop this, the spawn formations began to feel repetitive."},{"author_name":"DaveDobson","author_uid":"10977","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 5:24am","epoch":1368422340,"text":"Very cool game, with smooth play, great 3D graphics, and an interesting concept.  I got down to about 700,000 - no idea how good that is.  I couldn't figure out if shooting anything at all was worth it, or if just hot dogging around trying not to die was a better strategy.  I got so many points for shooting it seemed like just being careful was better.  Nice work - really good."},{"author_name":"Lyonsbanner","author_uid":"19387","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1368627180,"text":"1 450 000 points.\r<br\/>It's great. :)"},{"author_name":"Codexus","author_uid":"187","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 10:37am","epoch":1368873120,"text":"Nice little shooter, very smooth as usual with your games!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There should be an in-game reason to try to go for minimum damage. If it's all just based on score, it's just more fun to ignore it and shoot everything."},{"author_name":"multikorv","author_uid":"8028","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1369001760,"text":"Really nice game!! I played the first round thinking I should kill everything.. Good controls and really challenging!"},{"author_name":"MadGnomeGamer","author_uid":"10251","time":"May 27, 2013 @ 1:29am","epoch":1369617840,"text":"481,230 lowest score :D this is my favourite game out of this LD I've tried. Neat idea, great execution."},{"author_name":"MadGnomeGamer","author_uid":"10251","time":"May 27, 2013 @ 1:29am","epoch":1369617840,"text":"481,230 lowest score :D this is my favourite game out of this LD I've tried. Neat idea, great execution. A lot of fun too."}],"images":["ld26\/207-92d1a2fbc9abc18c719e765a493c7f71.jpg","ld26\/207-beb7e2f874a64d21b02f829a8d851132.jpg","ld26\/207-8dbabbb9fe78fe7d0c4f5a652443aded.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inverseblue.com\/LD48\/ld48_26\/WebPlayer\/WebPlayer.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inverseblue.com\/LD48\/ld48_26\/LD48-Minimalism-bluescrn.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inverseblue.com\/LD48\/ld48_26\/LD48-Minimalism-bluescrn.zip","text":"Win32"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25369","g_author":"207","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25399","g_title":"Weapons of Minimal Destruction","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"49","g_commentcount":"50","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\/\/233892\/207-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/207-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/207-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's an arena shooter, like many others. But don't just start shooting everything - as the aim of this one is to get a minimal score!\r\n\r\nIf you let enemies live, you lose score. Killing them gains you score. Kill as few as possible whilst still surviving! You'll also lose a bit of score for dying.\r\n\r\nOf course, watch out for those nasty shiny coins, as they'll make your score go in the wrong direction!\r\n\r\nWASD\/Arrows to move. Mouse to aim+fire.\r\n\r\nMade with Unity, Blender, AS3SFXR, SpaceScape, and Photoshop\r\n\r\nYou can play it on the web, but the native Win32 build (in the same zip as the source) runs a bit more smoothly, and can run full screen.","title":"Weapons of Minimal Destruction"}