{"author_link":"\/author\/ardale\/","author_name":"Ardale","author_uid":"17898","comments":[{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:52am","epoch":1355809620,"text":"It's like a more difficult and yet far easier (once you get the hang of it) version of Infectonator. I like this a lot, but I wish it were more fun. The pacing is too slow, and it's too easy to die and too easy to live forever.\r\rAlso, there's a WEIRD bug where an NPC walked into the wall where the vent is and just stood still until a zombie came an got him. Until that zombie got him though, the framerate hit rock bottom."},{"author_name":"ArkadyDracul","author_uid":"14249","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:36am","epoch":1355819460,"text":"Good entry, I still can not get over the first room I can not figure out how to turn off the spray in the pipeline -.-"},{"author_name":"trentfealy","author_uid":"19280","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:56am","epoch":1355820660,"text":"Normaly don't run exe's named virus"},{"author_name":"HakunaSatonaka","author_uid":"18619","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:06am","epoch":1355821260,"text":"Wow, this game is quite laggy, but yet its fun"},{"author_name":"berareu","author_uid":"15244","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1355831940,"text":"Fun game and kinda hard too until you grasp how it works!\rLiked the graphics too, good work!"},{"author_name":"Bensonance","author_uid":"17953","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1355832480,"text":"This is a great game all round, but I feel it needs a bit more explanation to ease players into the game."},{"author_name":"arch.jslin","author_uid":"18318","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1355833080,"text":"Play as the virus and the graphic presentation of this game is pretty cool. :)"},{"author_name":"MaTX","author_uid":"8087","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1355840520,"text":"It lags hard on my computer (I am on windows 8).\rHowever, cool graphics and atmosphere, and I dig the gameplay idea!"},{"author_name":"D3zmodos","author_uid":"14492","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1355847900,"text":"Had a few framerate issues every now and then and it took me a while to figure out exactly how things worked. Once I got going though it was pretty cool.\r\rFun game, I really liked it."},{"author_name":"bechsen","author_uid":"11169","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1355854320,"text":"Nice game, can't stop playing"},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1355854860,"text":"kinda short game, as soon as you get the hang, it's super easy. it would have been nice to have more levels (as soon as all are infected)"},{"author_name":"Hatscat","author_uid":"10471","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1355855400,"text":"@trentfealy : Lol, same! it could have been an interpretation of the theme: "to be a real villain hacker" ^^\r\rGood game, well designed, just lack instructions"},{"author_name":"HeXoT","author_uid":"19448","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1355863020,"text":"I cant figure out how to infect any one and it still looks very fun."},{"author_name":"DiningPhilosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1355863260,"text":"Nice graphics (I like how the virus moves!) and cool start. It's fun, but more levels + an end would be nice. It has potential!"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1355863680,"text":"Rofl, feels dodgy downloading a file called virus.exe.\r\rOnce I knew what I was doing, it was pretty fun. Playing as a sentient virus is a cool idea. I also liked how there was strategy in staying near zombies to beat antibacterial people but targeting gunmen when they were on their own.\r\rPretty fun game, nice one."},{"author_name":"MrAmazingSocks","author_uid":"17232","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1355939040,"text":"Really fun and loved the idea but it's really short"},{"author_name":"8bitDamage","author_uid":"18957","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1356104700,"text":"I prefer playing the virus rather than the zombie! Great work!"},{"author_name":"mokujin","author_uid":"14120","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1356105180,"text":"Fun game but too short)"},{"author_name":"sclark39","author_uid":"15443","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1356105180,"text":"It seems like it requires you to die and restart at the checkpoint in order to progress past the first room (otherwise you don't have enough power to make it through the vents). There is also very little feedback on if I am infecting someone or not, which was confusing."},{"author_name":"myachin","author_uid":"10579","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:18am","epoch":1356243180,"text":"great"},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 3:39am","epoch":1356320040,"text":"A bit confusing at first. Once I was able to get out and infect someone on the outside rooms zombie outbreak made the game too easy. Would have been nice to have more levels, possibly with greater and greater scope until you conquer the world. As with many others, I feel naming the file virus.exe was not the best choice."},{"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"12252","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 4:34am","epoch":1356409740,"text":"That's a fun concept. The game needs more polish for level design and look but its a pretty cool idea worth developping :)"},{"author_name":"C\u00e1ssio Eduardo","author_uid":"10554","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1356543780,"text":"Good job. Is this game hard or am I doing something wrong?! I got an slowdown even though my PC is high-end."},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 9:49am","epoch":1357551840,"text":"Fun game and interesting game mechanics. Graphics remembers 'Hotline Miami'"}],"images":["ld25\/17898-c99313edfe5a8da5da894da8206ea117.jpg","ld25\/17898-090782e9fad8ba4dc0baed76224d4bcc.jpg","ld25\/17898-c740fe3538fef23406040802653d6d7f.jpg","ld25\/17898-59c59e3e6d09e374ddcf2e3b51bf2d94.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/75sv75yvetsjk2h\/virus.exe","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27330","g_author":"17898","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27360","g_title":"Virus","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"144","g_commentcount":"24","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\/\/201083\/17898-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17898-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17898-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17898-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"First Ludum Dare for me, and it was very hard..uff.\r\nOk here is Virus, a game without goal, without end, and I...I really don't know what is Virus, maybe a virus simulator, but is sure that it is really messed up. You are a virus(really uh?), and your goal is to survive, infecting humans (turning them into zombies) and avoiding spray antibiotics. Spread yourself!\r\n\r\nArrow Keys : move\r\n\r\nEnjoy!!<\/p>","title":"Virus"}