{"author_link":"\/author\/jpverkamp\/","author_name":"jpverkamp","author_uid":"19702","comments":[{"author_name":"Nakato","author_uid":"13667","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:48am","epoch":1367235780,"text":"Very simple concept.\rGraphics are perhaps to minimalist, white on fullblack was not very good for eyes"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:57am","epoch":1367236320,"text":"I like the destructible terrain."},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:59am","epoch":1367236440,"text":"Great "Worms" concept, really Minimalist. Good Work !"},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1367236620,"text":"To those who got confused: press space to shoot."},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1367237100,"text":"after loosing my first tank to myself, it is quite fun to play. reminds me gorillas http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gorillas_(video_game)"},{"author_name":"jpverkamp","author_uid":"19702","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1367262960,"text":"@Nakato: I actually played with a few nice gradient fills, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to get Haxe to generate it bottom to top rather than left to right which just looked strange. Alternatively, I could have used images (a la http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/2\/21\/Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png\/300px-Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png), but that's a bit less minimal.\r\r@Dietrich Epp: That took a while to get right. It's still a little buggy...\r\r@raincole: Completely forgot about that! I added it to the readme text. \r\r@everyone: Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad I made some time this time to submit. The LD community is amazing."},{"author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1367270760,"text":"Nice work! This would be a cool worms style game engine that you could build upon."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:50am","epoch":1367293500,"text":"That terrain-breaking algorithm is cool."},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1367293680,"text":"I miss Scorched Earth : (\r\rNice game, and glad to see you decided to stick it out and submit instead of giving up! I liked the terrain mechanics, but I wish there were a more visual way to see your power (like the length of your barrel?) so that it would be a little easier to learn. Good job!"},{"author_name":"TaleLore","author_uid":"21654","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:02am","epoch":1367297820,"text":"Decent game."},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:02am","epoch":1367319420,"text":"Great game, very much like a minimal Scorched Earth."},{"author_name":"tcstyle","author_uid":"4834","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 9:33am","epoch":1367400480,"text":"It works. Had to get used to the terrain behaviour."},{"author_name":"mort96","author_uid":"10534","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1367449140,"text":"I remember being addicted to this kind of tank games years ago. Great memories :3"},{"author_name":"Tsuki_Usagi","author_uid":"20567","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1367457120,"text":"maybe the graphics were a bit too minimalist but I had fun playing it"},{"author_name":"mramaizng","author_uid":"8329","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:41am","epoch":1367469360,"text":"the terrain destruction is awesome! Great job!"},{"author_name":"Aceria","author_uid":"15100","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:03am","epoch":1367567880,"text":"Good work for your first time with new software :)"},{"author_name":"PabloAlexandre31","author_uid":"10620","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1367707800,"text":"Really minimalist."},{"author_name":"donan","author_uid":"22213","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1368449880,"text":"Classic scorched earth :D. Needs more visual appealing, but its hard in few days :)"}],"images":["ld26\/19702-2da900af86cb302ba8440453beefcc8a.jpg","ld26\/19702-f3dbd7e139bb81b1b77ce0a6183b946d.jpg","ld26\/19702-3efbb2301aa71c72766ff18cb8ff10a2.jpg","ld26\/19702-69ff9f819a3efa3cf83f7c2d623fbcf1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/apps.jverkamp.com\/games\/vtanks\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jpverkamp\/vtanks","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/blog.jverkamp.com\/2013\/04\/29\/vtanks-for-ludum-dare-26\/","text":"Blog post"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26283","g_author":"19702","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"26313","g_title":"VTanks","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"509","g_commentcount":"18","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\/19702-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/19702-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/19702-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/19702-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An entry for the Ludum Dare 26 Jam.\r\n\r\nCompleted under the competition rules, but after the original deadline.\r\n\r\nIt's not much of a game, but it does fit my two goals: \r\n- Learn how to write a game in Haxe\r\n- Actually enter Ludum Dare\r\n\r\nInstructions: \r\n- A,D; Left, Right to aim. \r\n- W,S; Up, Down to change power.\r\n- Space to shoot\r\n\r\nClick for focus.\r\n\r\nSource code: https:\/\/github.com\/jpverkamp\/vtanks<\/p>","title":"VTanks"}