{"author_link":"\/author\/ceronman\/","author_name":"ceronman","author_uid":"4896","comments":[{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1355768640,"text":"Nice Idea and gameplay. Takes a while to learn though, not that easy!"},{"author_name":"MvT","author_uid":"12817","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1355768820,"text":"Some lags, but good idea. :)"},{"author_name":"CurtisOfTheDark","author_uid":"17291","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1356023880,"text":"Not Bad"},{"author_name":"Blodyavenger","author_uid":"3804","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1356029760,"text":"Woah, really nice concept but it gets hard to navigate trough everything so fast. I had fun :)"},{"author_name":"Freakill","author_uid":"14167","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1356036000,"text":"Really ncie and quick gameplay. I like the idea of taking and old game mechanic and given the theme reverse the point of view of the player :D. I just have a problem, everytime i select a player and it is immediatelly killed, the game freezes and have to restart :( A part of that, nice concept, and like the controls :D Also no sound, this is because it does not have or my problem? (playin under Ubuntu 12.10).\r\rPD: I've added Linux and soon adding Mac version of my game, as you said you didn't have Windows ;)"},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1356040140,"text":"Interesting... had trouble using the mage and healer..."},{"author_name":"Kenaron1703","author_uid":"19373","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:50am","epoch":1356050700,"text":"the game is good, but a little tricky, and takes a little to learn how to manage all the ships.\rAlso, the game works in Opera 11.64 :)"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 5:00am","epoch":1356065700,"text":"Wow, you've maid it with Dart! That's really cool!"},{"author_name":"Grungi Ankhfire","author_uid":"3168","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 5:39am","epoch":1356068040,"text":"Quite hard to play on an azery keyboard, and after a while I couldn't select my ships, so I lost. But cool concept, I like how it becomes more and more hectic. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Birchmountain","author_uid":"10933","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1356100800,"text":"A very fun little game, a bit hard to understand at first but you quickly get the hand of it. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Bobrocket","author_uid":"10241","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1356129420,"text":"it seems that after i got through the first level it froze completely, also sometimes when switching fighters i need to reload"},{"author_name":"GameRespect","author_uid":"17760","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1356197520,"text":"Interesting concept to play as the enemy in those top-down space invasion games, though the controls could use a little more polish."},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 2:27am","epoch":1356229320,"text":"Great idea but the controls sucked."},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 3:32am","epoch":1356233220,"text":"The game froze for me every time I tried to buy a new ship.\r\rSome sounds would have made quite the difference - you can make very simple and effective sounds using the BFXR software :-)\r\rThe gameplay was quite interesting, and it is a solid take on the theme. I like how the player's ships have a more "evil" look than the enemies.\r\rGood luck next LD!"},{"author_name":"Infin8","author_uid":"4643","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 1:08pm","epoch":1356267780,"text":"Yea I had the same problem with the ship buying.\r\rNice concept with the reverse space invaders\/liberators. I liked repeatedly pressing 'd' to spam bullets at the enemy.\r\rI can envision a sort of reflex based gameplay with this, kinda like magicka and its keyboard and mouse setup. Maybe one key chooses a ship that slows the enemy, so your other fighters can spam it."},{"author_name":"TakeNapEveryday","author_uid":"18126","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1356283980,"text":"Congrats on finishing! I really like the idea, but had the same control issues as others have mentioned."},{"author_name":"sclark39","author_uid":"15443","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1356284640,"text":"Difficult controls, but I liked being able to control the whole fleet instead of just one guy."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1356285240,"text":"I can't switch from one healing ship to the other by pressing the same key. But the switching works for the attacker ships. Interesting idea. I hope you keep working on this game, adding sounds, audio, a proper ending screen and so on."},{"author_name":"GagaPete","author_uid":"16147","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1356286920,"text":"Nice idea and well done."},{"author_name":"ceronman","author_uid":"4896","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1356286920,"text":"@Infin8 @caranha Thanks for the bug report, it only happens on firefox. I have added a post-compo bug fix link."},{"author_name":"AumaanSnake","author_uid":"14104","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1356377340,"text":"Nice work!! It really fits the theme."},{"author_name":"Pacifist Games","author_uid":"10510","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 3:55am","epoch":1356493800,"text":"Interesting game! I only ended up using the fighters, and made it to level 10. Eventually I ran out of money and could no longer buy more ships or select my old ones to shoot with, so I died. I wasn't really sure where my money was coming from, or how much each unit costed, but I enjoyed it! If you work on it more, definitely add some sounds and try to simplify the game system!"},{"author_name":"hnjslater","author_uid":"16286","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1356542040,"text":"Really original and fun. Saying that, I couldn't get the hang of the healers and mages."},{"author_name":"Milo","author_uid":"2934","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1356581400,"text":"I found the controls almost prohibitively difficult. I ended up quitting after level 4 because I somehow got stuck selecting only "buy" tiles and it wouldn't let me select something else or buy anything more. I think, in general, the controls for buying things were what threw me off the most - I was able to use the healers and shooters (although with difficulty) until my ships started dying. It's a neat concept and definitely original, but I feel its potential is hindered by this."},{"author_name":"Norgg","author_uid":"5283","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1356712920,"text":"Nice concept, managed to figure out the healers and fighters and got to level 7 or so before falling into the trap of selecting a buy tile with no money remaining. I couldn't seem to get a mage to work, it always seemed stuck on "reloading"."},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1356714840,"text":"Interesting idea, but challenging controls."},{"author_name":"Neonlare","author_uid":"1913","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1356715020,"text":"Nice concept, I seem to have gotten stuck when selecting the healing unit though, I couldn't swap to anything else! :("},{"author_name":"shatterhand","author_uid":"14551","time":"Jan 2, 2013 @ 6:23am","epoch":1357107480,"text":"Good idea, but like people say, the controls are hard to get used. I just kept pressing all buttons and spamming the mouse button to play it :)"},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"Jan 3, 2013 @ 11:11am","epoch":1357211160,"text":"Cool game. Nice concept, It really fits the theme. Unfortunately controls are terrible."}],"images":["ld25\/4896-ef11f5f610a49c47c996518258376833.jpg","ld25\/4896-4f630dcb9b848bc5a65b033584b47fdd.jpg","ld25\/4896-92e1e7a057137cfdcc5ba648cdc1edb5.jpg","ld25\/4896-b7fbeafd7e0991046dea5e6574d82613.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/7008874\/liberators\/index.html","text":"Web (Chrome - Firefox)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/7008874\/liberators%20%28post-compo%29\/index.html","text":"Web (post compo bug fix)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/7008874\/liberators.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=asrqx8KkBMI","text":"Timelapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28206","g_author":"4896","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28236","g_title":"Space Liberators","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"490","g_commentcount":"29","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\/4896-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4896-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4896-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4896-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a simple game where you play as the space invaders, now liberators of the earth.<\/p>","title":"Space Liberators"}