{"author_link":"\/author\/logiq121\/","author_name":"LogiQ121","author_uid":"18459","comments":[{"author_name":"Haversack","author_uid":"3208","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1367343180,"text":"Tee hee potato guns! I love the shooting animation."},{"author_name":"qdowngames","author_uid":"15224","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1367354760,"text":"The controls seemed unresponsive at times... but nice work! Polished."},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1367359680,"text":"nice game, but im not really sure how u get 4 players on one keyboard^^"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1367359860,"text":"Cool idea, I liked that I could fire really hot potatoes, but at the cost of taking longer. The sounds were subtle and effective. I wish the controls were a little more fluid for more twitchy multiplayer craziness. Good work :)"},{"author_name":"LogiQ121","author_uid":"18459","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1367359980,"text":"It pretty much a clusterf*** with four players on the same keyboard. If you have gamepads you can map to keys, it would help alleviate that issue. In my post Compo version I will eventually add full gamepad support"},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:50am","epoch":1367394300,"text":"Cool idea. Multiplayer is always fun!"},{"author_name":"RealyUniqueName","author_uid":"20479","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:02am","epoch":1367395020,"text":"Great idea. Keys look a little bit unresponsive."},{"author_name":"frankbsad","author_uid":"22426","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:16am","epoch":1367406660,"text":"Good game, I really liked the sounds."},{"author_name":"graytest","author_uid":"11705","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:34am","epoch":1367472540,"text":"Controls were a bit slow for an action game. Otherwise good game!"},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:39am","epoch":1367472840,"text":"Major spawn camping problem, especially with the ability to spam fire."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:46am","epoch":1367473260,"text":"Good to see a multiplayer... Its slightly unresponsive, not sure whether need subtle change to keyboard handling.  The &quot;charge meter&quot; doesn't seem to work for player one, works fine for player two.  Good job Potato!"},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:48am","epoch":1367473380,"text":"Reminds me of http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Combat_%28video_game%29 Liked the graphics and sound, not really liking the controls, but I'm not sure how you can avoid that on compo deadlines and still make it four player."},{"author_name":"LogiQ121","author_uid":"18459","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1367527560,"text":"Thanks for all your input guys. I have a few ideas on making the controls more responsive and dealing with things such as spawn camping (Random Spawn Points or Spawn Protection), and better control placement."},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1367609940,"text":"Nice work! I suggest you might need more random spawn points. If player two gets killed near its own spawn, it re-spawns there and is vulnerable again."},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1367610240,"text":"Potatoes! Really inovative gameplay, too bad the windows was too large and didn't fit my screen!"},{"author_name":"Rafael Sales","author_uid":"22086","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1367610420,"text":"Cool game. Casual and deep mechanic. Congratz!"},{"author_name":"DST","author_uid":"18478","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 12:59am","epoch":1367888040,"text":"Very polished! :) Keys are not unresponsive at all, all that is needed is a n-key rollover keyboard (which is any proper keyboard)"},{"author_name":"tankete","author_uid":"21907","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 1:08am","epoch":1367888580,"text":"Cool, simple game. Fun! Just need more friends! :)"},{"author_name":"ovenchips","author_uid":"19236","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 9:34pm","epoch":1367962140,"text":"Extra marks for potato-related hi-jinx! Really fun to play - well done."}],"images":["ld26\/18459-c73494c4e3fa9cae752a8926a94b74b1.jpg","ld26\/18459-00dbe3199ffd7cdea85cd92c811e986a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pixelshogun.com\/LD26\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.pixelshogun.com\/LD26\/LD26Srouce.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26533","g_author":"18459","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26563","g_title":"Hot Potato! - A Multiplayer Potato Launcher Combat","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1037","g_commentcount":"19","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\/18459-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/18459-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You only need one weapon... Your Potato Launcher.\r\nCook it up and blast up to 3 of your friends in this multiplayer combat arena. First one to 11 points takes the win, and with that, BRAGGING RIGHTS!\r\n\r\nI got my inital inspiration from the old school \"Game&Watch\" games. I ended up speeding up the game a bit because it wasn't as fun when it was super slow. I still kept all movements at 1 frame each...hows that for minimalism. :P\r\n\r\nPlease leave a comment below so I can also get to try your game!\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nLeonard<\/p>","title":"Hot Potato! - A Multiplayer Potato Launcher Combat Game"}