{"author_link":"\/author\/anikki\/","author_name":"Anikki","author_uid":"46696","comments":[{"author_name":"Deltaohio","author_uid":"92265","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 2:46am","epoch":1460947260,"text":"I like this idea. Did you create all the levels yourself or where they created procedurally?"},{"author_name":"luquio","author_uid":"90316","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 8:50am","epoch":1460969100,"text":"I like the look of the game, simple but it works"},{"author_name":"Souperstrawer","author_uid":"45397","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 9:50am","epoch":1460972700,"text":"Great one-button game. Audio is great, the bounces sound just right and the loop also fits well. Ending seems to be too abrupt, but otherwise a really calming game."},{"author_name":"jbasinger","author_uid":"9019","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:41am","epoch":1461026160,"text":"That would make a good mobile game!"},{"author_name":"Arvydas","author_uid":"84596","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:42am","epoch":1461029820,"text":"Nice challenging game. Good for keeping one occupied"},{"author_name":"shohs","author_uid":"20774","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:27am","epoch":1461046920,"text":"I really liked this concept, and your execution was excellent."},{"author_name":"crazyrems","author_uid":"26101","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:23am","epoch":1461053880,"text":"The greatest game I've played so far. Very polished and addictive.\r<br\/>I like your work, any social network I can follow?"},{"author_name":"akirassasin","author_uid":"38616","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1461067980,"text":"Catchy music!"},{"author_name":"Anikki","author_uid":"46696","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1461067980,"text":"@anikki on Twitter"},{"author_name":"dsmeathers","author_uid":"58250","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1461068340,"text":"This is brilliant! Very well done. Sounds like an air hockey table."},{"author_name":"davor10105","author_uid":"69795","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1461068340,"text":"I just loooove that rock bouncing sound xD the rest of the game is great too"},{"author_name":"zaywolfe","author_uid":"90232","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1461087960,"text":"Great idea, was a bit confusing at first though. Would love to see a bigger release on mobile."},{"author_name":"DSSiege11","author_uid":"88589","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 11:13am","epoch":1461150480,"text":"Simple but cool gameplay. I really love the minimalist design!"},{"author_name":"AnaGF","author_uid":"56020","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1461161640,"text":"Great idea, would be a nice mobile game. Innovative, nice work!"},{"author_name":"ObsessiveNotion","author_uid":"92905","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1461162180,"text":"Would be a very cool mobile game. Needs more external factors because the gameplay is the same throughout the game"},{"author_name":"Sean","author_uid":"50235","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1461162840,"text":"Really cool idea!"},{"author_name":"cicanci","author_uid":"52021","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1461163320,"text":"Greate game, well done!"},{"author_name":"Jolly Serpent","author_uid":"87843","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1461164280,"text":"Great idea, interesting control method, lovely color palette. Would make for a perfect mobile game!"},{"author_name":"RoboRob","author_uid":"93001","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1461165300,"text":"Really nice idea. Seems quite well polished one. Something I was kind of hoping would have been the ability to turn the map with arrow keys or some other kind of way to have a bit more control of the ball.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also with web version, the scaling seemed bit off, like I was wondering why the ball sometimes stays alive and most of the times it dies when it goes down, off the screen. But once I zoomed out (Ctrl+-) I saw the yellow area on bottom. This is probably because of having bookmarks and tabs shown on top, that takes some space from the game area."},{"author_name":"B0pt1K","author_uid":"59431","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1461169440,"text":"I really enjoy playing this game, I find it rather relaxing. Also attempting to pretend I have skill at this game."},{"author_name":"Recursiveanomaly","author_uid":"18179","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1461170700,"text":"Lots of fun! I liked how you used the theme. My favorite part was that you could plan for the next shape."},{"author_name":"DevelopTech","author_uid":"92925","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1461170760,"text":"Very simple mechanic, but it is a cool idea. Nice and bautiful minimalistic design. Do you think about do it for mobile phone? Good Work."},{"author_name":"bigbatardyt","author_uid":"90726","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 8:35am","epoch":1461227400,"text":"Dude this game's so cool ! I loved graphics and animation !"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1461433320,"text":"Awesome, cool and clever game, great sound and aestethics"},{"author_name":"fin_nolimit","author_uid":"86340","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1461433560,"text":"Fantastic!!!!  I love how the instructions were right there too!!!  Very nice little game! My high score was 88"},{"author_name":"eduardogacn","author_uid":"91720","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1461433740,"text":"Good Game :D"},{"author_name":"hunttis","author_uid":"41000","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1461434100,"text":"A novel idea! I like the one-button controls. This would work as a mobile game."},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1461434160,"text":"Excellent game, could almost be released as is on mobile. I like how the art style simply comes from the rules of the game. Great job, very innovative !"},{"author_name":"Nebulaic Toaster","author_uid":"49589","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1461434520,"text":"really slick graphics, simple but effective mechanic"},{"author_name":"omarhuseynov011","author_uid":"92927","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1461434880,"text":"Very good and also really polished game! I also like how clean the audio effects were. Thanks for the entry!"},{"author_name":"Tomahawk2001913","author_uid":"81023","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1461435120,"text":"Very fun!"},{"author_name":"tayl1r","author_uid":"5556","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1461436380,"text":"Would be nice to have more control, but nicely executed."},{"author_name":"rossborchers","author_uid":"76474","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1461437760,"text":"Interesting take on the theme. I would like to have had more control in level changes (So you could reliably influence the ball) Overall a nice package with good polish."},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1461437940,"text":"Very well done."},{"author_name":"siryakko","author_uid":"49920","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1461442920,"text":"Need it on mobile"},{"author_name":"MatMortatti","author_uid":"87729","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1461448860,"text":"Good entry!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I found it very polished and well realized. Everything sums up well. It's possibly a full, shippable mobile game."},{"author_name":"kaovhmf","author_uid":"93192","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 12:04am","epoch":1461455940,"text":"The game looks great and it is very responsive! It was also a good use of the theme, but the lack of control over the projecile and the punishment for early shifts make the game a bit frustrating after a while. You just dont seem to have a progress."},{"author_name":"bytegrove","author_uid":"11939","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 9:17am","epoch":1461489120,"text":"Wow, so well executed! I could easily see this as a smartphone game. Fits perfectly with the theme as well and really fun! My only complaint is that I couldn't restart the game after I had died (I only got an angry sound effect).\r<br\/>Awesome work, felt super polished! Many, many stars for you! xD"},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 11:47am","epoch":1461498120,"text":"Very solid game: simple but fun idea, nice art direction and sfx, one of my favourites so far :)\r<br\/>I could play it for a long time and I can see it working very well on mobile too, if you were to port it.\r<br\/>Great job, congrats!"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1461517260,"text":"Very slick and polished feeling game. Every event in it felt very satisfying, which I think was down to the audio. Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"Logun","author_uid":"8007","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1462450800,"text":"simple and cool,e xcatly what i want in for a LD"}],"images":["ld35\/46696-4ca90c6d704b8a96f3cba5033956dd24.jpg","ld35\/46696-4381d4b497dc1a57808619204bb9a87b.jpg","ld35\/46696-4465ad03c94a7e08b6bbbfcfc5e78b33.jpg","ld35\/46696-c611e4a8589fcc5df7fc585bf2e3744d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/anikki.itch.io\/shift","text":"itch.io"},{"url":"http:\/\/anikki.itch.io\/shift","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/anikki.itch.io\/shift","text":"OS X"},{"url":"http:\/\/anikki.com\/shift\/index.html","text":"Web (no Chrome!)"},{"url":"http:\/\/anikki.com\/shift\/source_201604180135.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2738","g_author":"46696","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"2767","g_title":"Shift;:.","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"71","g_commentcount":"41","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\/\/542293\/46696-shot0-1460931742.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/46696-shot1-1460926857.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/46696-shot2-1460931824.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/46696-shot3-1460931824.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Revisited an old idea that i never explored fully but seemed to be a nice fit for the LD35 theme. Hope you have a little fun with it. I find it quite soothing, somehow.\r\n\r\nOverview:\r\nShift;:. is a casual action game. It features an indirect control mechanic where the player changes the shape of an enclosed space, where a ball continuously bounces off its walls, in order to collect points while avoiding traps.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nThe only key needed to play the game is the [spacebar] to shift rooms. Pretty simple all in all.\r\n\r\nRules\/Mechanics:\r\n- There is a ball bouncing around in a room\r\n- [SPACE] shifts the room shape\r\n- Each room contains a rock that has to be hit to score points\r\n- If the room is shifted before the rock was hit, a penalty is incurred\r\n- Each time the ball bounces off a wall, the value of the rock in that room is decreased\r\n- If the trap at the bottom is hit: game over.\r\n\r\nA help-screen is also available in-game.\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT: On OS X, [CTRL]-Click the app and choose \"Open\"... non-verified developer and all. You knot the drill.","title":"Shift;:."}