{"author_link":"\/author\/timtipgames\/","author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","comments":[{"author_name":"Freakill","author_uid":"14167","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:26am","epoch":1355714460,"text":"The game is really good as an avoiding sight game. The cones of vision are really well represented making it clear when to move and the patterns of people and cameras. Maybe the only problem I would find in the game is how slow is to load, and a little bit frustrating at some moments. Overall, really good entry! :D"},{"author_name":"solidplasma","author_uid":"3463","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:29am","epoch":1355714640,"text":"It's just the right amount of challenge, and the sound is very good for something made in such a short time frame. The controls are just slightly awkward, though."},{"author_name":"teh_eria","author_uid":"7744","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:26am","epoch":1355718060,"text":"Cool game! Controls are little weird, but I like where it's going!"},{"author_name":"Arakade","author_uid":"18287","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:30am","epoch":1355718300,"text":"Lovely lighting.  Controls seem to lock so mouse won't move while you still have a key pressed.  Makes manoeuvring hard!  Played twice, got caught twice :-)"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:34am","epoch":1355718540,"text":"Thanks for your honest comments!\r<br\/>The locking thing Arakade describes is actually a bug that someone reported once, but I couldnt reproduce it. Normally you should be able to move, aim and jump all at the same time."},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:56am","epoch":1355730660,"text":"I quite like the controls. Had a fun time playing but I think the player needs to be ever so slightly faster."},{"author_name":"Birchmountain","author_uid":"10933","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:17am","epoch":1355735520,"text":"A really fun game! Didn't get to finish it but i'll replay it when i have the time! One thing that bugged me is that it had some parts where you had to wait until someone looked away in order to continue, which really broke the otherwise excellent flow! But overall a really neat game and i love the representation of the guards vision!"},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1355746860,"text":"Very well driven.\r<br\/>I would like you to review the triangle sensor of the enemies and try to reduce it a little bit. :)\r<br\/>Nice music and game flow"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1355756640,"text":"Pretty good! I love stealth games and this one nails it! Unfortunately I had some trouble with the detection; sometimes I'd be hidden and not covered by light and still be detected. Still, awesome game! A checkpoint at least at the middle of the game would have been appreciated too :P"},{"author_name":"HardScore","author_uid":"19205","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1355771820,"text":"Its really impressive."},{"author_name":"Worse","author_uid":"18395","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1355778600,"text":"Controls were a bit awkward, maybe just use WASD and no mouse? Also the levels played exactly the same due to lack of randomness. Otherwise a very nice looking and playable game."},{"author_name":"tonithy","author_uid":"19113","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1355780100,"text":"Nice game. Well implemented. One bug I noticed though was being able to walk around the walls if I reversed then strafed past them..."},{"author_name":"aare","author_uid":"15039","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:34am","epoch":1355822940,"text":"Very solid game. My only complain is that the field of vision is a little bit too long - you can't see where exactly it ends becouse the colour belnds too much."},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:37am","epoch":1355823120,"text":"Nice art but I really can't get on with the control scheme."},{"author_name":"Dmitrix","author_uid":"10093","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1355843460,"text":"I love how wide screen the game is! Also, nice music."},{"author_name":"wzl","author_uid":"5751","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1355847000,"text":"Enjoyable. I liked improving my path with each try. It got even better when i realized that [Shift] let's you dash. Although that evil guard patroling in the end of the camera room always got me!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Here's a little review about it :D\r<br\/>http:\/\/ldmr.wzl.vg\/#timtipgames"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1355854560,"text":"Cool! I like how your stealth game is very different than mine, the line of sight looks cool and works well too :)"},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1355870700,"text":"Really nice sneaking in your game, and great mood setter! More of a challange than mine, I wish I'd had more time to make my sneaking a bit more complex too. Being able to knife them made some parts a bit easy too though. Great job!"},{"author_name":"sharbelfs","author_uid":"3689","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1355943420,"text":"Great game"},{"author_name":"strong99","author_uid":"8175","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1355943420,"text":"Lovely how you did the lighting and I like how strafing worked, didn't see any issue there. :)"},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1355947380,"text":"I suck at this game and didn't get very far, but man, this is awesome. My heart was beating in my chest, it's just so tense. The music adds to the quiet stealth atmosphere. It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid. It took some time to get used to the controls, but I see why you did it this way; it gives you very precise control. Maybe to simplify it, dropping the strafing and moving forward with the left mouse button would be an idea? Anyway, impressive work!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 11:19am","epoch":1356088440,"text":"Nice game! I liked to tunes too. Yeah, controls are inventive, but a little strange; I found myself only using &quot;W&quot;."},{"author_name":"OrangeeZ","author_uid":"12415","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 11:21am","epoch":1356088560,"text":"Great game, reminds me of MGS, and those vision cones are just awesome! I couldn't play post-compo version though, it just doesn't load. Can you post a link to the jar itself?"},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1356094620,"text":"Nice entry, it was enjoyable to play your game, aside from the already reported slow load time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Glad to see another libGDX user ;)"},{"author_name":"OrangeeZ","author_uid":"12415","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1356102060,"text":"Big thanks, new jar works like a charm, and improvements are noticeable :)"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1356102300,"text":"You are welcome, thanks for your interest in it :)\r<br\/>And thanks everyone else for their suggestions and comments. Keep them coming :)"},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1356105060,"text":"The game is pretty cool, and pretty fun. I think the goat thing was a bit too gratuitous, and detracted a bit from the overall &quot;groove&quot; of the game. I really liked the in-game message icons.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cheers, and thanks for the game!"},{"author_name":"nilstastic","author_uid":"2443","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1356185400,"text":"Good: Fun game to play!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1356475380,"text":"Like the music!"},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1356708480,"text":"Very nice game!\r<br\/>The controls were a bit strange at first but its not a big deal.\r<br\/>Nice music and graphics."}],"images":["ld25\/15341-50d75e296f318a44af4797b98256f23f.jpg","ld25\/15341-766a70d6cf966c77fb0c84065d7c6a3e.jpg","ld25\/15341-6db623c9f7637b7ea29e3a7f8b207e28.jpg","ld25\/15341-df2fb602b468b119f7b651716e6df77b.jpg","ld25\/15341-6c93b4e9a42b3d73b97b95fe63485838.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/timtips.com\/games\/makarun-postcompo.jar","text":"PostCompo Jar"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.timtips.com\/ld25\/makarun-bugfixes-src.jar","text":"Subm. Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27732","g_author":"15341","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27762","g_title":"Makarun","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"97","g_commentcount":"30","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\/15341-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/15341-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/15341-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/15341-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/15341-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"* Please note that there is now a post-compo version with advanced controls and more (link above)\r\n* If you like, read the post-mortem here: http:\/\/ld25postmortem.timtips.com\r\n* VideoWalkthrough available here: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gvBxP76p6MI\r\n\r\nDESCRIPTION\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nYou are the bad guy, making a run (makarun) for it. On your escape from jail you have to evade the good guys or take them down brutally. It's a stealth-action-game in 2d that makes extensive use of dynamic lights to visualize and check lines of sight. Also makes things much prettier ;)\r\n\r\nCONTROL NOTES:\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nUse \"W\" to walk towards your mouse-cursor. \r\n\r\nIn my opinion the easiest way to navigate is just to use w to move forward and determine the direction by using the mouse.\r\n\r\n\"A\" and \"D\" also work but act a bit \"strange\" because they let you walk around the mouse cursor instead of strafing straight left\/right. \r\n\r\nStand close to \"!\" and \"?\"s and hover them with your mouse to get ingame instructions.\r\n\r\nPERFORMANCE SETTINGS\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nDue to fixed timestepping and some sideffects of a too tight coupled render and logic loop it's desirable to have it running at ~60FPS. Use the options menu to adjust the performance settings to get as close to it as possible. The game will run fine on lower FPS but it might just not feel the way its intended.\r\n\r\nBUGFIXES\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nI submitted a bugfixed version. It eliminates the following bugs:\r\n\r\n* If you complete the standard mode, you will be thrown back to the main menu instead of directly restarting in higher difficulty. (Fixed)\r\n\r\n* There is also a bug for some people that makes it impossible to move and aim at the same time.(Fixed)\r\n\r\nYou can still download my initially submitted version on http:\/\/timtips.com\/ld25\/makarun.jar and http:\/\/www.timtips.com\/ld25\/makarun-src.jar.\r\n\r\n\r\nPERSONAL NOTES AND LIB CREDITS\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nThis game is really far away from what I had in mind when I began. But it has an imaginery goat!\r\n\r\nI used: \r\n* libGDX, box2d, box2dLights, and Artemis Entity System Framework for coding. \r\n* Cosmigo ProMotion, Gimp and TexturePacker for graphics\r\n* Reaper, the free \"Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra\" sample-bank and my Korg-SP250 to compose the music and the one sound that made it into the game (it's a stealth game, so no more sounds :))\r\n* TiledEditor for the map but also for various meta-data integration and object placement.<\/p>","title":"Makarun"}