{"author_link":"\/author\/feiss\/","author_name":"feiss","author_uid":"8733","comments":[{"author_name":"feiss","author_uid":"8733","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:22am","epoch":1355710620,"text":"troups == troops"},{"author_name":"photonstorm","author_uid":"19417","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:23am","epoch":1355710680,"text":"Lovely fun :) One of those strange sorts of games where the 'harder' the levels get, the easier it is to complete them (because you get so many more bullets from your ships)."},{"author_name":"tcql","author_uid":"15433","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:05am","epoch":1355713200,"text":"that was really cool :)! awesome graphics and really interesting concept"},{"author_name":"feiss","author_uid":"8733","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:12am","epoch":1355713620,"text":"Thanks! :)"},{"author_name":"HBurd","author_uid":"9156","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:27am","epoch":1355714520,"text":"Very fun. Best one I've seen yet."},{"author_name":"Spierek","author_uid":"14319","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:45am","epoch":1355715600,"text":"A bit too easy, but really well done. Kudos."},{"author_name":"auhsoj_","author_uid":"17778","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:48am","epoch":1355715780,"text":"Really nice."},{"author_name":"Zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:50am","epoch":1355715900,"text":"well done. fun to play and looks great. could see this as a mobile game!"},{"author_name":"Sam Driver","author_uid":"2595","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:57am","epoch":1355716320,"text":"Very nice aesthetics, and good fun. I'd have preferred to skip the first level and get into the action faster."},{"author_name":"feiss","author_uid":"8733","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:09am","epoch":1355717040,"text":"thanks to everybody! :) I think it could be really fun, but it needs more features and gameplay tweaking (too easy\/short now)..\r\rhint: you can use keys 1-6 to jump to a level."},{"author_name":"LPGhatguy","author_uid":"14296","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:27am","epoch":1355718120,"text":"I liked the whole concept of the game, but I didn't feel like a villain. The only thing marking me as the bad guy was the fact that I was orange instead of blue. Very nice graphics, sound, and mood though."},{"author_name":"monomanio","author_uid":"14511","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:53am","epoch":1355719680,"text":"Very nice! Awesome visuals and a nice feel to the gameplay. This would be truly awesome on a touch device."},{"author_name":"Xymostech","author_uid":"2477","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:58am","epoch":1355719980,"text":"I think that it would be more fun if it was a lot harder to win. And if it was more obvious that I won. Other than that, good. :)"},{"author_name":"Falkreon","author_uid":"5762","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:00am","epoch":1355720100,"text":"I agree with Zillix, this has a lot of potential as a mobile game. The graphics are really crisp, and the game just lends itself to touch. Overall, a really strong entry!"},{"author_name":"arch.jslin","author_uid":"18318","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:18am","epoch":1355721180,"text":"@feiss\rThe combination with drawing paths for the minions is really cool! And thanks for rating mine :) \r\rFor other people, I've got a "bullet hell reversed" game which is more or less with simliar idea, but without art and sound at all though :p \rhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&uid=18318"},{"author_name":"angelk","author_uid":"12262","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:24am","epoch":1355721540,"text":"Nice look! I had a similar concept of playing the boss in a shmup. I thought the most effective way to kill the good-guys was to just fly your troops directly into their ships."},{"author_name":"nimblegorilla","author_uid":"15273","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:25am","epoch":1355721600,"text":"Nice entry. The graphics look very crisp."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:36am","epoch":1355722260,"text":"Abstract, subtle. It shows promise, but plays awkwardly as it is."},{"author_name":"RylandAlmanza","author_uid":"15134","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:42am","epoch":1355722620,"text":"Very awesome job!"},{"author_name":"Komradus","author_uid":"11076","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:44am","epoch":1355722740,"text":"Terrific graphics and fun gameplay, hope you continue to work on it."},{"author_name":"ecool377","author_uid":"16979","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:46am","epoch":1355722860,"text":"AMAZING."},{"author_name":"ix","author_uid":"18837","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:01am","epoch":1355723760,"text":"Interesting idea.\r\rGraphically, I like the abstract boxes as ships -- very nice and consistent mood.\r\rI think some work on the core gameplay is still needed to make it really solid (e.g. not clear how\/what it means to lose; definitely want different ship types, definitely need to figure out how to make routing matter)."},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:45am","epoch":1355726400,"text":"Cool idea and game you've got here"},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:27am","epoch":1355728920,"text":"Nice.\rSimple concept, and a bit too easy, but good nonetheless."},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:42am","epoch":1355729820,"text":"Nice feel and simple elegant graphics."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:00am","epoch":1355730900,"text":"The aesthetics were pleasing :)"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:08am","epoch":1355731380,"text":"Great idea (perhaps even innovative), encountered no problems while playing. Even had music and a nice backdrop."},{"author_name":"Kiyaku","author_uid":"14950","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:34am","epoch":1355732940,"text":"Very nice game, great concept! It feels a bit slow at the beginning, would have a preferred a slightly faster version personally."},{"author_name":"Faust","author_uid":"18319","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:26am","epoch":1355736060,"text":"It's really cool, very stylish game."},{"author_name":"galchwyn","author_uid":"3832","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:08am","epoch":1355738580,"text":"True masterpiece. Both innovative and beautifully designed, it's a joy to play. It has redefined the puzzle\/shooter genre."},{"author_name":"Luck of the day games","author_uid":"11277","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:08am","epoch":1355738580,"text":"awesome game, extremely fun and overall a great game."},{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","author_uid":"527","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:47am","epoch":1355740920,"text":"Really enjoyed the concept, but the reality of the game seemed to mostly about spamming as hard as you can. Nice music."},{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:49am","epoch":1355741040,"text":"Nice work I did enjoy what I was playing, It feels like it would be a great IPod game or Android."},{"author_name":"Corn\u00e9 Dorrestijn","author_uid":"4506","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:59am","epoch":1355745240,"text":"Great idea. I don't think i have seen something like that before."},{"author_name":"feili","author_uid":"19354","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1355746320,"text":"nice"},{"author_name":"rumachine","author_uid":"19333","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1355748120,"text":"Great game and graphics!"},{"author_name":"joekinley","author_uid":"3012","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1355749680,"text":"Gaaaah what a hard game. This is so hard it's even harder than hard. The ships just did not shoot as they were supposed to do.\rBut good lord what a nice and innovative game. Congratulations on that. Overall I had a fun time, although it was soooo hard. The mechanic was fun to play, it looked good and the audio was nice too."},{"author_name":"Volpes","author_uid":"17718","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:18pm","epoch":1355749980,"text":"Love how simple but yet slick the graphics is!"},{"author_name":"feiss","author_uid":"8733","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1355755200,"text":"Thanks to everyone!\r\rIt's funny, some say it's deadly simple, others that is very difficult. Interesting.."},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1355767800,"text":"Great work!!"},{"author_name":"bitbof","author_uid":"4912","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1355772420,"text":"Quite fun with a pen-tablet"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1355775120,"text":"Really nice aesthetic here. Some issues with the music looping, I found it cut off early or started late every once in a while.\r\rReminded me a bit of Strikefleet (iOS)"},{"author_name":"Msquirrel","author_uid":"17911","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1355778180,"text":"Challenging, fun, inovative... I enjoyed it mate :)"},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1355778660,"text":"Really cool graphics and gameplay!"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1355782320,"text":"A promising mechanic, but it was easy to win bu overloading the enemy from one side."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1355784780,"text":"A really great entry. A very original take on the 'you play as the enemy in an already existing game' solution to the theme. I do agree however that there is no real context that makes you feel like the enemy. All there is is the fact that you're orange and that the code of shooters dictates that things that come from the top are bad and things that start at the bottom are good. A solid four stars on all but one category (humor)"},{"author_name":"Grungi Ankhfire","author_uid":"3168","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1355785020,"text":"The graphics are really great, the whole atmosphere of the game is really neat. The same basic technique seems to work for all levels though, so you probably could mix it up a bit. That said, nice use of that online music generator : fits the rest of the game. Hope you'll turn this into a fully-fledged game."},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1355785320,"text":"Very slick, really nice game!"},{"author_name":"Cosine","author_uid":"724","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1355787720,"text":"Interesting game, but execution was meh. Cool idea! The overall mood of the game was very well done. Gameplay needs refinement, as the only reliable tactic I found was to route my ships around lines of fire, then kamikazi into the enemies."},{"author_name":"CoffeeOnimal","author_uid":"1643","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:53am","epoch":1355795280,"text":"This is a great entry. The art style and feel all work together really nicely, and the music is fantastic.\rReally like the mechanic."},{"author_name":"KWL_TW","author_uid":"18962","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:38am","epoch":1355805180,"text":"Really cool and innovational!"},{"author_name":"nickworks","author_uid":"18927","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:11am","epoch":1355810760,"text":"Very nice! Good ideas. I liked all of the little things that made this a pleasant experience: nice, simple graphics; good audio and music; and the shaking effect when ships explode."},{"author_name":"iandioch","author_uid":"13363","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:49am","epoch":1355831040,"text":"I really loved the aesthetic, and the idea was interesting :3"},{"author_name":"Atomic","author_uid":"1556","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1355838720,"text":"Great idea, I like the grapic style and the sound is OK. It would be better if it waited a couple seconds after you kill all enemies, it's hard to know you won on the first couple of levels. Would be more fun if you made it harder ;)"},{"author_name":"Edocentrique","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1355843040,"text":"Great innovation !"},{"author_name":"Cake&Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:45am","epoch":1355899200,"text":"Otomata musics~\r\rThe game was pretty fun! I've played a few reverse-ship-shooters already but this one was actually very different so kudos on that.\r\rThe graphics were cool (and I did read the blog post with the original design which while I do think it's still superior with it's slick diagonals, the procedural ships must have saved you ages in dev-time) and the gameplay is solid if a bit detached, especially with the enemy ships moving in unexpected ways.\r\rI hope you develop this further! :D"},{"author_name":"Mista Koo","author_uid":"19456","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1356450900,"text":"Very beautiful visually and acoustically. Great concept too."},{"author_name":"PaulSB","author_uid":"1626","time":"Jan 3, 2013 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1357219740,"text":"Fantastic. It is a bit too easy to just overwhelm the opposition with numbers - thought (hoped) it might go a more strategic puzzle route at first. But I love what you've done with this, presentation is great."}],"images":["ld25\/8733-9969e010a036fe8b932966d2cd709edf.jpg","ld25\/8733-7ccfaa2f87acbc4317258ef3a2ea4147.jpg","ld25\/8733-17e0f16b2bea8ec2d59a6a5f47a95616.jpg","ld25\/8733-e9bf387b5da9f224bee3a804b4704464.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/feiss.be\/ld25\/","text":"All Platforms (flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/feiss.be\/ld25\/nonex_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27368","g_author":"8733","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27398","g_title":"NONEX","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"43","g_commentcount":"58","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\/8733-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8733-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8733-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8733-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The IA and lots of parameters should be adjusted to be a perfect game, but oh, man, no time for that..<\/p>","title":"NONEX"}