{"author_link":"\/author\/h-attila\/","author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","comments":[{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:35am","epoch":1355729400,"text":"So wait... is this Waldo from Where's Waldo? That would explain a lot about his whereabouts in those books, actually.\rThe game is good fun. I only got to level 6 so I'll give it another go!"},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:41am","epoch":1355729760,"text":"The graphics gave me that windows 16 vibe, good times. Fun game."},{"author_name":"Dr. Mo","author_uid":"8780","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:45am","epoch":1355730000,"text":"Wow, it really is Waldo. Find Waldo! At level 9, I finally forgot what one of my targets looked like, and I was done. Great game! Could have used better audio, for sure, but every other part of this is nice!"},{"author_name":"tumoxep","author_uid":"13912","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:50am","epoch":1355730300,"text":"Nice game."},{"author_name":"aneeslol","author_uid":"18671","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:53am","epoch":1355730480,"text":"Very cool concept, and well designed! Reducing the accuracy after a shot balances it out nicely."},{"author_name":"svenardo","author_uid":"19180","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:23am","epoch":1355732280,"text":"Very funny twist on the "find Waldo" theme. Could do with a more beefy gun pointer (it's a bit too easy to miss) and better SFX, but overall quite fun!"},{"author_name":"Gemberkoekje","author_uid":"5952","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:16am","epoch":1355735460,"text":"Hum, XNA games don't seem to work on my work computer. I'm gonna try this one out at home tonight~!"},{"author_name":"Faust","author_uid":"18319","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:38am","epoch":1355740380,"text":"Interesting game."},{"author_name":"AtkinsSJ","author_uid":"1049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:47am","epoch":1355740920,"text":"That awkward moment where you forget who your targets are...\r\rClever concept, and I like that you added some variety with the settings. :D"},{"author_name":"master4523","author_uid":"2668","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:40am","epoch":1355744100,"text":"I had fun playing Waldo. Got to level 12 or so, didn't find any bugs. Besides improved graphics and sounds, you could have added a scoring system (bonus points for headshots, kill while running, and penalty points for killing the wrong target). Overall it was a great little game."},{"author_name":"AnnaGavaldaKedavra","author_uid":"17388","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:08pm","epoch":1355745780,"text":"My favorite for the moment. Really great game, smart."},{"author_name":"lando walters","author_uid":"18228","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:34am","epoch":1355794140,"text":"I really liked this entry, but the audio could have been better. nice job :D"},{"author_name":"Xavier","author_uid":"15692","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1355853660,"text":"Damn! I can't play it! doesn't work for me (Win7 + NET 4.0). Any clue?"},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1355857680,"text":"@Xavier: It worked on both of my PCs, one of them is running Windows 7. Did you get any error message? Can you play any other XNA game? Maybe you can try reinstalling the frameworks (both .NET and XNA)."},{"author_name":"handCraftedRadio","author_uid":"1094","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1355861640,"text":"Cool game! I like the idea a lot."},{"author_name":"sev_inf","author_uid":"13588","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1355864520,"text":"Cool idea and pretty good implmentation. Would be great game on mobile phones."},{"author_name":"delpes","author_uid":"8513","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1355866440,"text":"Level 14 :) Forgot my targets a few levels earlier and just shot at everyone. Fun game!"},{"author_name":"HeXoT","author_uid":"19448","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1355868240,"text":"Despite forgetting targets is easy I guess that is the difficulty of the game.\r\r\rNice game :)"},{"author_name":"Saisaith","author_uid":"18577","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:03am","epoch":1355882280,"text":"lol such an interestingly enjoyable game!\r\rGreat work!"},{"author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:35am","epoch":1355887800,"text":"The simplicity worked out fine."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:19am","epoch":1355890440,"text":"Definately has a Ski free vibe to it. As a note, I found it possible to sit at the targets screen and wait for the targets to walk into view and identify them while still seeing my target. You may be better off if you hid the crowd until after the targets list has been closed and the level starts."},{"author_name":"nathanj439","author_uid":"18590","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:25am","epoch":1355890800,"text":"Simple but lots of fun. Good idea and gameplay."},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:59am","epoch":1355892840,"text":"Pretty good. I liked the shooting mechanics, and the way the people on the street would scatter after a shot is fired. Some screaming sound effects might have helped sell the action a little bit, but overall this is pretty good!"},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1355937780,"text":"Can't play games on windows :-("},{"author_name":"calzoneman","author_uid":"10661","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1355947500,"text":"I really like the idea of being a hitman. I like how the crowd scatters when you shoot. Very cool game."},{"author_name":"Amoaeba Junior","author_uid":"15074","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1355949900,"text":"liked it, was challenging and well thought"},{"author_name":"Gazok","author_uid":"6609","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 3:31am","epoch":1355973960,"text":"Very cool, it's really satisfying in a very sick way. I like the various clothing designs."},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 4:08am","epoch":1355976180,"text":"Nice game, I really like the concept. Three suggestions: hide the playing field while the targets are showing so that the player has to memorize them beforehand, add a severe penalty for shooting people who aren't the target, and give some kind of bonus for headshots."},{"author_name":"jmaasing","author_uid":"10838","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1356028380,"text":"Sorry, can't rate since I don't have windows."},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1356028560,"text":"Cute game. Quite fun to make civs "dance" by shooting either side of them :D"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1356042540,"text":"Very solid game! The things I like:\r\r- People turn and it gets difficult to find them if you only see them from the side.\r- People run if you miss them.\r- Remembering the multiple accessoirs.\r- The well balanced time for searching them.\r\rWhat you could make better:\r\r- Improve the graphics and audio (music).\r- Make a penalty for spamming shots."},{"author_name":"char68","author_uid":"19063","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 2:43am","epoch":1356057480,"text":"The name really fits the game, it was tough to remember who I was supposed to get (not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing)."},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:18am","epoch":1356149580,"text":"Very well executed!\rNice job!"},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1356302700,"text":"Interesting concept. I thought more than once to create a game which resembles this. :)"},{"author_name":"WiseGAMER","author_uid":"15721","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1356352440,"text":"very good game ,fortunately too many innocent people had died\r;)"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1356458520,"text":"Cool game ! I had fun ! Congrats :)"},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 3:24am","epoch":1356491940,"text":"The gameplay got a little boring for me personally, but the concept is nice. Well done."},{"author_name":"AyCe","author_uid":"3852","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 12:18am","epoch":1356653580,"text":"Nice game from a simple idea. Got to level 9 :)"},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 3:20am","epoch":1356664500,"text":"Nice random people generator. Love the way people start fleeing when you start shooting. Would be nice to be able to bring up list of targets again, but I suppose memory is a factor to playing this game. Granted, one could always take a screenshot of the target screen and have that in another window while playing the game."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1356805260,"text":"Overall a nice game. Got a bit repetitive after few levels but that's normal given the time constraint.\r\rLike the fact that sometime you are not sure about the target because characters are similar."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1357476720,"text":"This is really good fun! Although on one playthrough the targets never turned to face me, although probably because they were the only ones left alive....."},{"author_name":"Niavlys","author_uid":"8666","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1357585560,"text":"I have to admit I didn't expected this to be really entertaining. The graphics are simple but the procedural generation (I suppose) of the people and targets works great! I love the fact that people are running around when there's a shot. There are great ideas in this game. Even though there doesn't seem to be a great mood here, I felt somehow dirty while playing this, as is I were a real villain."}],"images":["ld25\/8403-abb71135080c01738695344b0edeb985.jpg","ld25\/8403-d727c01271a36c7d4c8fd87e3ce90e29.jpg","ld25\/8403-bc66ad60e87e1a629f05d2581fdcfc79.jpg","ld25\/8403-54be3b5de83c2a661c8f56ab1914e45c.jpg","ld25\/8403-d7ad20363f1e8a12545667abd89bd093.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/attilahorvath.me\/Waldo.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/attilahorvath.me\/Waldo-source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27930","g_author":"8403","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27960","g_title":"Waldo","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"246","g_commentcount":"42","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\/8403-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8403-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8403-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8403-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/8403-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Waldo is a game about a contract killer.\r\n\r\nAt the beginning of each level you get to see your targets' appearance. After starting the stage, you have to find them in a crowd of people and shoot them. If you kill all of your targets, you get to the next level. The game is endless, the levels get progressively harder by introducing bigger crowds and more targets.\r\nAfter you fire your first shot in a level, the police sets out to hunt you down. You have to finish the job before they find you, otherwise it's game over. Their progress is indicated by the progress bar on the top of the screen.\r\n\r\nMy goal this LD was to make the game as simple as possible, to make the coding easy, so that I can spend time on the graphics and sounds. I succeeded, I could practice my pixel skills a lot which means a lot to me, even if the time I wasted on drawing will lead to low scores due to the game's simplicity.\r\nFortunately - unlike last time - I had time to make some simple sound effects. I still can't make music, though.\r\n\r\nTo play this game, you will need a PC with Windows XP\/Vista\/7\/8, a DirectX 9 GPU that supports Shader Model 2.0 and these frameworks:\r\n- .NET 4.0:\r\n http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=17851\r\n- XNA 4.0:\r\n http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\nThanks for checking out my game!<\/p>","title":"Waldo"}