{"author_link":"\/author\/bernhard\/","author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","comments":[{"author_name":"Markavian","author_uid":"10967","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:35am","epoch":1367195400,"text":"Well presented game, feels very complete. Felt constantly harrased by the enemies to the point where I couldn't keep up my defenses."},{"author_name":"Pickehut","author_uid":"11091","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:23pm","epoch":1367241480,"text":"Wow, this feels like a game that you could buy on steam!\r<br\/>Nice graphics and sounds too.\r<br\/>The only complaint I have is that it seems to be too easy.\r<br\/>I don't know if it gets significantly harder later on, but after I placed a lot of shields around my base I had no problems surviving.\r<br\/>But this is only a balancing problem I guess."},{"author_name":"LrdKzrth","author_uid":"22257","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1367241600,"text":"Very addictive..."},{"author_name":"Qrchack","author_uid":"23198","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1367253000,"text":"just loved this one. Android"},{"author_name":"swizzcheez","author_uid":"16129","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:09am","epoch":1367280240,"text":"Very nicely done.  Will refer back to this from time to time."},{"author_name":"toonheart","author_uid":"21211","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:12am","epoch":1367280420,"text":"very nice :)\r<br\/>And I was thinking no one's gonna build a tower defense :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Done rating.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Please do show some love on my game too :)\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=rate&amp;uid=21211"},{"author_name":"shohs","author_uid":"20774","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1367280840,"text":"Very nice game, it seems very well thought out.  The only problem I had with it is that everything seems too cheap - the  fact that every upgrade costs $1 made me always have a ton of money, which in turn made it pretty useless to build extra farms."},{"author_name":"kingsman142","author_uid":"22941","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:04am","epoch":1367283540,"text":"Extremely difficult game, but it is one of the best ones I have seen so far."},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:55am","epoch":1367301000,"text":"Played this on my way to school on Android, and I made it to the 210th wave on my third try. Also tried it on the PC just to see the difference.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game is well presented and the graphics have a clean finish, but the pacing seems kinda off. The start can be very hectic, but when you get a decent base esatblished, you just sit there and wait with $500+ in your inventory to spend on nothing in particular.\r<br\/>It could definitely have used some more expenesive upgrades to drain your cash. With a little more polish, I think this could become a great game! (:"},{"author_name":"Tater_hater","author_uid":"21618","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1367352420,"text":"didnt work for me on chrome, but if the app is on the android market, ill defiently try it out. Looks good from the screenshots"},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1367353620,"text":"Cool and nice game well done! ;)"},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1367354100,"text":"loved the game, one of the best games ive seen so far (tested about 60 games). awesome work!"},{"author_name":"pentaphobe","author_uid":"13327","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1367355180,"text":"Oh wow, I totally started working on a prototype of this last week after having a dream about it - thanks so much for letting me play it without having to work more :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pretty damn cool idea, and really smooth implementation (and a tutorial!)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It'd be nice to have a little more build time at the beginning, but it's highly playable and a fantastic job"},{"author_name":"bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:23am","epoch":1367371080,"text":"Thanks for all the comments everyone, really appreciated!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Tater_hater: It's on the Play Store now \\o\/ \r<br\/>Link: https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ch.nukular.hexzilla"},{"author_name":"stqn","author_uid":"2181","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:08am","epoch":1367373780,"text":"Great presentation, good audio, very smooth (played the Linux version). Well done! The game itself lacked some goal to keep me playing, although I played much longer the second time I tried and then eventually lost\/abandonned after 200 ~ (whatever this number means :) )."},{"author_name":"PsenFilip","author_uid":"20764","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:06am","epoch":1367377260,"text":"The game is overall very polished, especially the GUI. Pretty smooth experience.\r<br\/>I spent quite a few time on it; pretty good game session.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Only complaint is that the mouse wheel should be inverted IMO (scroll up when zooms in).\r<br\/>Keep it up"},{"author_name":"FREEZX","author_uid":"20830","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1367434800,"text":"Zerg rush! Love the game!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1367435760,"text":"Most excellent... bookmarked to come back to later.  I have a penchant for hex based games, nice to see that too.  very slick for a tower defence."},{"author_name":"f7f5","author_uid":"21437","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1367437080,"text":"The is very well presented. Played it on chrome and loved the audio and the overall feel. The only downside is that everything was a bit cheap, so at a point I had over $1000 and growing. Also could do with some final objective: I just abandoned after a while. But for a 48hr game, it's great."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:20am","epoch":1367475300,"text":"That was amazing - a very professional-looking product. The only thing I think was missing would be some kind of keyboard shortcut for the build\/repair\/upgrade process - things get pretty hectic after a while!"},{"author_name":"wonderwhy-er","author_uid":"232","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:48am","epoch":1367484180,"text":"Seems fun and challenging, hard to put a finger quickly on what's best strategy :)"},{"author_name":"junt74","author_uid":"20520","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:50am","epoch":1367484300,"text":"Very addictive!\r<br\/>Well minimalized, and upgrade system is well worked.\r<br\/>Excellent game!"},{"author_name":"Blinked","author_uid":"8072","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1367502300,"text":"Really well made game, the graphics look nice and the touch screen works very well. My only complaint would be that the game gets very easy once you have a fair enough defence. But overall outstanding game!"},{"author_name":"Jonny D","author_uid":"654","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1367506980,"text":"Pretty good and pretty fun.  I found that farms are overpowered (maybe because there's no upkeep for other types.  I only had a couple of farms and got all the money I ever needed.  I was able to build a very strong defense of turrets and shields before I even realized you can upgrade.  Then I just waited for a few hundred waves."},{"author_name":"LizEngland","author_uid":"22429","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1367523060,"text":"Great game! I had a lot of fun playing this, and it seems a really good match for a touchscreen game. It has that kind of frantic minimalist 'war' that reminded me of Galcon."},{"author_name":"Toki Anholmes","author_uid":"18147","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1367523540,"text":"very polish game, well done ! Maybe another goal beside the score would be appreciate..."},{"author_name":"playvue","author_uid":"12572","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1367530200,"text":"Absolutely loved it! That said, mouse-only control made it heart to spend the money I had fast enough to keep up. Keyboard or simplified click options would go a long way. =) Great job!"},{"author_name":"RealyUniqueName","author_uid":"20479","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1367530920,"text":"Felt like i was limited to my clicking speed )"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1367541960,"text":"Pretty nicely made game. Very easy to set something up without running out of money but nonetheless a pretty fun game. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1367542860,"text":"Thanks for all the comments guys!\r<br\/>Further balancing and something more besides the current endless mode seems like next steps for this game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@playvue @RealyUniqueName , the game would play quite differently with hotkeys yeah, would be ineteresting. I kind of like how it is almost equal between touch screens (Android and upcoming iOS) and desktops.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I added two screenshots from my highest score round. I started the base with 3 farms and reduced to 2 and made it until wave 408. I kind of wish that the tutorial stated something about many farms not being required. Or maybe even limit the number of farms available for building."},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 5:29am","epoch":1367558640,"text":"made it until the enemies could destroy bases in one shot, and then I kinda lost.."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1367681880,"text":"Hey I remember trying your binary during the Dare to see if it run on my setup. But didn't had time to play back then. This is now fixed :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I enjoyed it a lot. The controls are very intuitive and the core of the game is interesting. Played it for a while and it was fun. I stopped because I noticed I had too much money and the creeps didn't seemed to be a threat anymore. Would definitely be interested by a post compo version. Don't hesitate to send me a tweet :)"},{"author_name":"HD408","author_uid":"12948","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 1:12am","epoch":1367802420,"text":"Cool design. While I played this game, I felt really inspired. My next LD entry would probably be a tower defence game."},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 4:00am","epoch":1368330900,"text":"Once I figured it out it was easy until late waves.  Addictive gameplay!  Would love to see a more developed version.  I actually filled up my high scores board, got 3768 credits.  The main complaint is that it's so much clicking speed."},{"author_name":"Rafael Sales","author_uid":"22086","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1368459540,"text":"Fucking awesome game! Great game to build smart strategies and get master playing a simple but deep game mechanic. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"nimblegorilla","author_uid":"15273","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1368488880,"text":"Cool game. I think it needs hotkeys - I couldn't spend my money fast enough!"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1368490440,"text":"Nice game :)"},{"author_name":"jamioflan","author_uid":"7746","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1368892620,"text":"Awesome game!\r<br\/>I'm very impressed with iPad support too!\r<br\/>I agree that the money seems a little worthless; maybe you could make higher level upgrades cost more?"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1369081380,"text":"Cool design. The title screen audio was very nice, and the gameplay was fun."}],"images":["ld26\/20775-c2f0f17a2768b34a18249c176b7e6d7d.jpg","ld26\/20775-f562093dce15869ac896a7f0e9d9a5d9.jpg","ld26\/20775-69d69f2d791da41cb2a9e9860f186833.jpg","ld26\/20775-dcb06a0982eb8a151b7c42d04b997a4a.jpg","ld26\/20775-93d568636fe84c8b1d46f58d012fdea2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/zillalib.nukular.ch\/ld\/LD26-Hexzilla-100_win32.zip","text":"Windows (275kb zip)"},{"url":"http:\/\/zillalib.nukular.ch\/ld\/LD26-Hexzilla-100.apk","text":"Android (236kb apk)"},{"url":"http:\/\/zillalib.nukular.ch\/game\/hexzilla\/game","text":"Web (Chrome\/Chromium Native Client)"},{"url":"http:\/\/zillalib.nukular.ch\/ld\/LD26-Hexzilla-100.tar.bz2","text":"Linux (334kb tar.bz2)"},{"url":"http:\/\/zillalib.nukular.ch\/ld\/LD26-Hexzilla-100_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25638","g_author":"20775","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25668","g_title":"Hexzilla","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"68","g_commentcount":"39","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\/20775-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20775-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20775-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20775-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20775-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hexzilla is a simple base building and defending strategy game with incoming waves of enemy swarms.\r\n\r\nPress ALT+ENTER for fullscreen mode.\r\n\r\nTuesday: Added Linux version (Audio might require Pulseaudio)\r\nWednesday: Android version submitted to Google Play Store\r\n\r\nThursday: Added screenshots of my highest score so far :-)\r\n\r\n----------------------\r\n\r\nAdditional Downloads:\r\n\r\nAndroid Google Play Store: https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ch.nukular.hexzilla\r\niOS App Store (iPhone\/iPad): https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hexzilla\/id644120262?ls=1&mt=8<\/p>","title":"Hexzilla"}