{"author_link":"\/author\/predominant\/","author_name":"Graham Weldon","author_uid":"5709","comments":[{"author_name":"M_D_K","author_uid":"11359","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:04am","epoch":1355723940,"text":"Looks good, can't really play it though as mouse isn't grabbed on Linux."},{"author_name":"NuSan","author_uid":"18943","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:47am","epoch":1355740920,"text":"Nice style, with noise and fish eye. I cant find the bomb place, and the sphere guy doesnt realy see you. The torch doesnt light the ground everytime, it's weird. But i like the stealth mood."},{"author_name":"Tapestry","author_uid":"5380","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1355749860,"text":"I love the audio\/sound effects and the games mood. After playing for some time, I finally found the target area. I planted the bomb, nothing happened though. Still, it was nice playing."},{"author_name":"DavidErosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1355750820,"text":"The ambient is really cool, but my MBP w\/intel card drops a significant amount of frames. WIll try later on my Linux box."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1355750880,"text":"I found it difficult to play, the the mouse couldn't center on the screen, I also couldn't work out what I was supposed to be doing!"},{"author_name":"KEFIR","author_uid":"14211","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1355750940,"text":"Style is really impressive!"},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1355750940,"text":"I like the graphics style but didn't really know what to do. I think a mini map would have been good. Not bad, though."},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1355751120,"text":"Didn't really know what I doing."},{"author_name":"har_g","author_uid":"18614","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1355751120,"text":"Something seem missing.."},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1355751300,"text":"Very nice visuals! Maybe the snowy post effect is a bit too much but I'm really impressed with the mood you have here. It's a shame that the controls are awkward, I would rather like regular FPS controls... Couldn't find where to plant my bomb!"},{"author_name":"Luis Anton","author_uid":"12053","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1355751360,"text":"I'm not really sure what's happening... It seems the white orbs just walk around. Anyway, the whole thing looks great and I'm sure It's either a silly bug or me missing something : )"},{"author_name":"Atomic","author_uid":"1556","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1355751360,"text":"Love the graphics but I just circled the map 3 times and didn't find where to place the bomb. Could really use ASD, mouse control doesn't work very well."},{"author_name":"bradleypollard","author_uid":"17874","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1355751540,"text":"Mood and art style was fantastic but otherwise it felt a little lacking. Wish you could have strafed, that would have helped a lot with getting stuck on things. Also the &quot;guards&quot; or glowing orb things don't do anything at all. And as someone else said, the torch stops working on the floor a lot. I eventually found the bomb place (which drops them on your head? And you can keep dropping em, which is a plus I guess) but nothing happened. \r<br\/>Why shouldn't I use my torch all the time as well?"},{"author_name":"Hazel","author_uid":"3026","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1355751600,"text":"Loved the style, though I wasn't really sure what I was doing. The ambient audio is really effective."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1355751600,"text":"The game didn't capture the mouse for some reason (win xp) and on 10.8 the app doesn't start for me. Looks visually appealing, hoping you will release a non-compo version that I can run."},{"author_name":"ahmedcab","author_uid":"16381","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1355751660,"text":"nice mood but difficult to play."},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1355751660,"text":"I don't know what those bright spheres were, and I couldn't find the place to plant the bomb. But,wow, what a great mood! You should have worked with the Slender team C:"},{"author_name":"SumX","author_uid":"17965","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1355754120,"text":"I swear to god that if something jumped out of the shadows with a screaming noise ill be putting 5\/5 in everything and contacting you to make this the next Slenderman hahaha"},{"author_name":"Logun","author_uid":"8007","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1355759580,"text":"Sadly bad frame rate and camera not easy to control.\r<br\/>But music + graph are so cool !"},{"author_name":"joyboxed","author_uid":"18706","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1355761620,"text":"really nice art style"},{"author_name":"sclark39","author_uid":"15443","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1355764620,"text":"Looks like someone was having fun with shaders. :) \r<br\/>I kept getting stuck on the edges of objects and couldn't find the bomb. I ran directly in to the sphere guy and didn't get seen \/ hurt \/ lose the game, so not sure what the point of him was. Very pretty."},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1355833920,"text":"This is cool, I like the ambient, this noise on the screen!"},{"author_name":"RobKat","author_uid":"14195","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1355837760,"text":"Mouse and forward control really didnt work, great art style and idea seemed to have potential but let down by controls"},{"author_name":"MaTX","author_uid":"8087","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1355839080,"text":"Visually impressive, I don't really know what it's going on in the game. In addition, there is no mouse lock (I am on windows 8) and the torch is really useless. Unplayable to me :("},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1355849940,"text":"Not sure what's up but the domain &quot;grahamweldon.com&quot; isn't connecting (web build). I'll try again later."},{"author_name":"Xavier","author_uid":"15692","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1355864460,"text":"Me too: Server is down or not connecting."},{"author_name":"brantkings","author_uid":"7556","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:16am","epoch":1355875860,"text":"I'm having some problem with the link too.."},{"author_name":"Graham Weldon","author_uid":"5709","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:44am","epoch":1355888340,"text":"The link has been fixed! Too much traffic to my server, apologies for the outage!"},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:39am","epoch":1355895240,"text":"This was very well executed. I didn't know what to do though :("},{"author_name":"Faust","author_uid":"18319","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:55am","epoch":1355896200,"text":"I got some problem with the control, but I have to say this is really good at the atmosphere, excellent."},{"author_name":"Graham Weldon","author_uid":"5709","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:49am","epoch":1355913840,"text":"Loving the comments so far, Ludum Dare is always a source of great constructive criticism and feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Glad you are all loving the game style, and I understand the bomb site is hard to find.. That was definitely intentional.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The lighting issues are weird. I spent maybe 4 hours on trying to fix that with no result. When you face a particular direction the light doesnt work on the ground at all. its really frustrating, and its the case for the white orb patrols too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The orbs have a really stupid error in the code for detecting the player. No doubt I will continue to fix this on the coming weekend, and push an update on my personal website. The bomb also has some bugs, including infinite bombs being supported.. (yes, go ahead, try it.. its a bit of fun!).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Again, thanks so much for all the awesome feedback! I'm trying to review as many games as I can, so I can offer some great feedback back to you all!"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1355924100,"text":"Only being able to walk forward is a bummer. :|"},{"author_name":"Graham Weldon","author_uid":"5709","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1355924160,"text":":-( Poor control choice."},{"author_name":"HeXoT","author_uid":"19448","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1355926140,"text":"Orbs didnt want to chase me, they didnt move at all.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The atmosphere the game created is very good :)"},{"author_name":"Xavier","author_uid":"15692","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1355926980,"text":"Potentially could be great game, but for now it seems unplayable."},{"author_name":"LaughingLeader","author_uid":"5393","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1355927100,"text":"Awesome graphics\/audio and mood. I wasn't sure what the floating orbs and bomb-planting had to do with everything, but I think you did a great job setting the atmosphere."},{"author_name":"Joozey","author_uid":"18371","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1355953800,"text":"Good graphics and audio, really adds to the mood. But I have no idea what to do here other than enjoy the creepy mood."},{"author_name":"CireNeikual","author_uid":"7769","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1355954940,"text":"Very nice graphics and atmosphere! You should continue this project.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When I planted the bomb(s), nothing happened. Is there more than one site? Can I detonate the bombs?"},{"author_name":"Twisted Devotion","author_uid":"6971","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 12:41am","epoch":1355963760,"text":"The Theme, Graphics, Atmosphere and mood are top notch for the amount of time that you had to make this! There's a few things that need attention though...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>An in game screen on how to play and a premise would be really great. What am I doing? Why am I doing it? whats that floating orb of light? (a cop?).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The camera needs to be adjusted to follow the mouse, or the mouse needs to be attached to the camera to make movement a little bit easier.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Lastly, adjusting the speed of the player's character slightly might make the game progress a little faster!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"shaneshanekavanagh","author_uid":"19140","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:19am","epoch":1355966040,"text":"Is that Unity Pro? Was going to go with sepia effect myself, but then bottled it! Did you us the greyscale and noise? I've learned a lot about unity playing all these games. Sorry, I'm waffling on, good job!! Cheers!"},{"author_name":"illugion","author_uid":"18655","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:36am","epoch":1355967060,"text":"I couldn't find the target area =S but this game's mood was so dark, i loved the atmosphere"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 2:52am","epoch":1355971620,"text":"maybe the best graphics in this compo! Way cool"},{"author_name":"GreenPixelDev","author_uid":"19538","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 5:43am","epoch":1355981880,"text":"The visual style and mood were top notch! However, the gameplay was a bit lacking and it felt more like an interactive movie. Definitely something you could build on if you want to take this concept further! :D Good job!"},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:07am","epoch":1355990520,"text":"Looks great.  Very much like the audio and visual.  Crazy immersion."},{"author_name":"chocobyte","author_uid":"17858","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1356027780,"text":"nice atmosphere"},{"author_name":"michax","author_uid":"14308","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1356123060,"text":"Didn't manage to find where to plant a bomb. But spend some time exploring a scene. Nice ambient music, mood and grain filter! Also found that C is for camera change :P Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1356196440,"text":"Nice work on graphics effects ! Too bad controls and gameplay are so limited ^^"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1356202260,"text":"Oh... I was able to find the place for a bomb, but I don't know what to do after I planted it. I returned to the start, but nothing happened.\r<br\/>I've managed to build a pile of bombs and using it climb on top of a wall. Screenshot: http:\/\/puu.sh\/1DZNe\r<br\/>Sometimes when I move I touch a lamp post or a corner and get stuck. I need to turn back, more, turn back again and make sure I don't get stuck again. You could add a backward\/side movement."},{"author_name":"dj_pale","author_uid":"9921","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1356212100,"text":"Very nice start, but had no idea what to do :) Needs more tutorial and environmental effects."},{"author_name":"ramoncb","author_uid":"14743","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 12:41am","epoch":1356222960,"text":"love the mood and graphics, really atmospheric!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>but was difficult to play... because of the controls"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 1:05am","epoch":1356224400,"text":"You set the mood on this nicely with the music and dark, grainy black and white graphics. A mini map would be nice as I walked around a bit but never found where to put the bomb."},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1356271740,"text":"God this scared me a fucking lot D: amazing job on the mood here, nothing else to say, great job !"},{"author_name":"Mesene","author_uid":"6870","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1356283920,"text":"Got a nice mood mooving arround trying to be not detected, droped out the bomb and then i waited for a big BOOM! but nothing happend :(\r<br\/>may be a few tips will help.\r<br\/>Nice graphics, audio and inmersion"},{"author_name":"Bullseye8841","author_uid":"7277","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1356298740,"text":"I enjoyed the atmosphere and audio, but the gameplay itself just didn't feel right."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1356305400,"text":"nice!"},{"author_name":"SimianLogic","author_uid":"15570","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1356449100,"text":"Nice visual style, but not really sure what to do. The &quot;guards&quot; don't seem to ever see me, but I can't find the spot where I'm supposed to put the bomb."},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1356470820,"text":"It's hard to know what to do or where to go...sorry i got bored soon, but i liked graphics , reminds me of spiderman for xbox with noir suit ;) cool!"},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1356536220,"text":"Really love how you use a combination of grayscale, noise and dynamic lights. The audio is also really good. What I don't understand is why you couldn't just use the First Person Controller with default settings, controls would've felt much much better. Also, something that I have discovered recently myself: \r<br\/>1. Screen.showCursor = false;\r<br\/>2. Screen.lockCursor = true;\r<br\/>Otherwise, great entry, congrats :-)"},{"author_name":"Team Superfluid","author_uid":"18166","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1356635100,"text":"Excellent immersion via the creepy graphics and music. Disorientating environment (deliberate?) - sadly too few indicators for me to work out what on earth I was supposed to do. I attended an interesting mating ritual of 3 glowing blobs, that was pretty cool ;)"},{"author_name":"Oreganik","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1356647940,"text":"Like Sergey said, setting Screen.lockCursor = true would have helped immensely. =) Still, good job on mood and good use of full screen effects."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 1:56am","epoch":1356745860,"text":"Got it working on 10.8 (needed to set chmod +x on the binary in the app bundle, which was unset for some reason)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very nice mood and soundscape but I'll be arsed if I know where I'm going. At one point I saw a sort of little tube on a wall and tried to find the bomb key and hit C and suddenly I was in color, in 3rd person mode. I'm a little floating machine! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I can just bump into the light blobs to bounce them around. Are thet enemies? And why should I ever turn off the flashlight? Questions, questions.."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 31, 2012 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1356971460,"text":"Very dense atmosphere, nice visuals. You should make a WASD+mouse control instead of letting the player just walk forward. Sometimes I became stuck on small steps or walls. I found the target and placed the bomb, but nothing happens. What are the big lights for?"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 1:32am","epoch":1357435620,"text":"I wish my machine was able to run these 3D Unity games better. Not sure why it can't, but the game looks really nice, and the ambiance was superb."},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 8:13am","epoch":1357546080,"text":"Great visuals. Cool game. Audio was very spooky."}],"images":["ld25\/5709-0c90cef5d6814c6bae32ff2d91221ea9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grahamweldon.com\/Submission\/LD25-Predominant-win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/grahamweldon.com\/Submission\/LD25-Predominant-osx.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/grahamweldon.com\/Submission\/LD25-Predominant-linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/grahamweldon.com\/Submission","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/grahamweldon.com\/Submission\/LD25-Predominant-src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28338","g_author":"5709","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28368","g_title":"You are the (NOIR) Villain","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"523","g_commentcount":"64","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\/5709-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Controls:\r\n F => Flashlight toggle\r\n W => Forward\r\n Mouse => Look around\r\n E => PLANT THE BOMB (only within target area)\r\n Space => Bounce\r\n\r\nNOTE: Try not to use the flashlight too much! ;)\r\n<\/p>","title":"You are the (NOIR) Villain"}