{"author_link":"\/author\/skywolf\/","author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","comments":[{"author_name":"Edocentrique","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1355699160,"text":"Original !"},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:06am","epoch":1355702460,"text":"@Edocentrique many many thanks."},{"author_name":"Cy4n1d","author_uid":"17702","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:47am","epoch":1355737320,"text":"Very nice game. :-)"},{"author_name":"Lidfrid","author_uid":"12884","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:19am","epoch":1355739240,"text":"Great idea and very interesting gameplay!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good work :D"},{"author_name":"madmaw","author_uid":"5068","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:21am","epoch":1355739360,"text":"Great work with the graphics and sound, looks very professional given the timeframe. Really amazing achievement"},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:27am","epoch":1355739720,"text":"@Cy4n1d, @Lifrid, @madmaw thank you :)"},{"author_name":"rasmusrn","author_uid":"15543","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:34am","epoch":1355740140,"text":"Awesome idea. However, that hero seem too superior. Maybe I'm just not clever enough to discover the efficient of hitting him, but he keeps avoiding my &quot;attacks&quot;. Stupid hero!!! ;)"},{"author_name":"kroltan","author_uid":"10851","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:36am","epoch":1355740260,"text":"Really good game! Very polished!"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:48am","epoch":1355740980,"text":"Awesome idea! Needs a replay function! ;-)"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:52am","epoch":1355741220,"text":"The game looks quite nice and I really like the idea but has a number of flaws I think. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>You really need some kind of introduction \/ tutorial explaining how everything works. I was expecting, when clicking on a grid, for the ships to appear exactly where I clicked so I could stage an attack better. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I would have also used number keys instead of letter for the hotkeys as they are more readable - the font you used is somewhat strange ^^\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not a bad game though at all!"},{"author_name":"TuxedoFish","author_uid":"15456","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:56am","epoch":1355741460,"text":"Wow that is really cool gameplay :o very different. I liked the song aswell even when the hero dodged your attacks everytime it was still fun and rewarding."},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:58am","epoch":1355741580,"text":"Awesome, re-read the instructions a few times before remembering I was the villain, hahaha."},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:07am","epoch":1355742120,"text":"@Starspell yeah, font was kind of randomly picked because it had a &quot;spacey&quot; look and it was under Open Font License, i could not afford to &quot;waste&quot; time in being picky :D thanks for the feedback."},{"author_name":"arch.jslin","author_uid":"18318","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:12am","epoch":1355742420,"text":"Pretty cool! Sometimes it's like too many buttons though :p"},{"author_name":"Robotic","author_uid":"8502","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:15am","epoch":1355742600,"text":"Very good game, well polished. I felt a bit too random when spawning my ships, but it was fun nevertheless"},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:36am","epoch":1355743860,"text":"@Robotic I didn't find any randomness at all?"},{"author_name":"tinytouchtales","author_uid":"18608","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1355745360,"text":"mhhh very nice!"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1355745840,"text":"Good take on the theme. Fun game!"},{"author_name":"Freakill","author_uid":"14167","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1355762280,"text":"Really good and well planned! Game mechanics are fine tunned and enemy (or hero?) AI is really good for making it a nice challenge :) To make it more difficult I'd have done that money increased depending on attack performance ;)"},{"author_name":"sclark39","author_uid":"15443","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1355764740,"text":"A bit clunky, but a cool idea. I wish I could have set up more of the typical enemy arrangements (like a row of enemies to all come out at the same time) instead of just basically random placement."},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1355768640,"text":"great entry! very original and well made"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1355774280,"text":"Cool, seeing quite a few of these. Great audio. As with most of these the &quot;enemy&quot; is OP. I'd have tried to make a gradual curve of dummies to intelligent."},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1355786340,"text":"Quite fresh and original gameplay with cool graphics."},{"author_name":"Quantumvm","author_uid":"17658","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:04am","epoch":1355803140,"text":"The controls take a minute to figure out, but once you do, you are rewarded with an interesting twist on the space shooter genre. Great fun and a good challenge!"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:54am","epoch":1355806140,"text":"nice job! the ship was good at dodging (maybe a little too good) and the music was very addictive. seriously, i really enjoyed that music."},{"author_name":"Ardale","author_uid":"17898","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:56am","epoch":1355827860,"text":"Gameplay is very original, and it's not easy to destroy the ship! Good Job!"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1355833380,"text":"Very fun! \r<br\/>The difficult is just right, good job :)"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1355847960,"text":"Fun gameplay and nice graphics, a good combo :)"},{"author_name":"haxpor","author_uid":"647","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:54am","epoch":1355896140,"text":"Nice execution! I see this kind of concept in Ludum Dare 2 times now, you're the 2nd one. Hero is good at dodging !!"},{"author_name":"Mista Koo","author_uid":"19456","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1356450420,"text":"Good job, especially on the UI. Also fits the theme like a glove."},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 11:18am","epoch":1356779580,"text":"Nice idea - the UI is a bit misleading (I thought the buttons would be clickable, too)."}],"images":["ld25\/18222-cf1750e5d684b80013df5f474bbc07b7.jpg","ld25\/18222-2c0b64993eada35514d7bf78d01cfb5f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/25474885\/ld25\/ld25.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/SkyWolf\/skywolfld25\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27800","g_author":"18222","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27830","g_title":"Hostile Nebula","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"137","g_commentcount":"31","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\/18222-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/18222-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"Sometimes you have to be your own hero\", someone says.\r\nIn videogames, however, it's quite the opposite: usually you're the hero, but sometimes you just gotta be the bad guy.\r\n\r\nYour mission is to stop the 'nth' space hero, by sending him the right troops at the right time.\r\nPick the troops with your keyboard and place them by clicking on the grid with your mouse. And that's it. Hope you like it.<\/p>","title":"Hostile Nebula"}