{"author_link":"\/author\/thechemist\/","author_name":"TheChemist","author_uid":"15756","comments":[{"author_name":"Desi Quintans","author_uid":"14456","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1346103420,"text":"I was able to play your game because I have a 360 controller, but why don't you have keyboard support? This game would have been more playable for me (in my opinion) if you'd had keyboard movement and mouse aiming, and you'd probably be getting more plays and rates too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I felt that using the controller triggers for firing was really redundant, and just autofiring towards the right stick location would have been nicer."},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1346104560,"text":"Would have been nice to play using the keyboard in mouse. Otherwise, after finding the right controller, the game's pretty fun."},{"author_name":"TheChemist","author_uid":"15756","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:10am","epoch":1346119500,"text":"Thanks for the comments guys!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I've added support for playing with the keyboard (WASD + arrow keys) which necessitated the change where looking is firing. It does negate the players ability to micro manage the energy of the two separate weapons but I've yet to see anyone make it far enough for it to really matter!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All told, I don't actually like how it feels on the keyboard but I agree, it was isolating too many people. Thanks again!"},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:41am","epoch":1346135760,"text":"Very nice twist on the twin stick shooter genre, but above all, a very well-executed one.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay is simply fun. Everything just feels right (down to minor details like being able to heal by not being hit for long enough), and the randomly changing enemies add a lot of variety to the game (it strongly reminds of Warning Forever, which also has interesting changing gameplay like this).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics look very nice, with the clearly 2D elements fitting perfectly with the 3D elements. The whole thing looks very polished.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The audio design was also well thought out, with a sound for everything I'd want a sound for. The shooting noises are a little harsh and become slightly repetitive, though.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This game is simply fun to play and replay. One thing I feel that could be added is saved high scores, possibly even online high scores - it would be great if I could compare my score to my highest score, or even to other player's scores. I can now post in the comments that I hit Virus Strength 35 (with best strain 0x02E1, 16 mutations, 10 splits and 120 dead), but experience has taught me few (if any) other players will also post their scores."},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:00am","epoch":1346136900,"text":"By the way, there's no way to restart the game from the score screen with the keyboard, other than just reloading the page."},{"author_name":"dengzo","author_uid":"9378","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1346347200,"text":"Like this one, nothing new, but works well and fun!"},{"author_name":"mohammad","author_uid":"14064","time":"Sep 7, 2012 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1347058980,"text":"Man, Got pretty enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"CataclysmicKnight","author_uid":"1082","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1347119640,"text":"Wow, that was one heck of a game! And it was so different from the first play to the second because of how the enemies mutated; good job! And I for one prefer WASD and arrows over mouse and keyboard, so way to go :)"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Sep 16, 2012 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1347830220,"text":"Fun game. The Arena is a little big in my opinion."}],"images":["ld24\/15756-28e7345c017e5645ea362239df424da5.jpg","ld24\/15756-bf6926c0f74c9baf7b90ca38adcb1ff3.jpg","ld24\/15756-25aab92478c535b96a9862235cc42aa6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mutualdestruction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ld24\/LD24.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/mutualdestruction.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ld24\/ld24.html","text":"Web Player"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29071","g_author":"15756","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29101","g_title":"Dr. X's Rainbow Arena","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"9","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\/\/163678\/15756-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15756-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15756-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Top down arena shooter with evolving (creative, I know) enemies. Best played with a 360 controller but it can now also be played with WASD + arrow keys! Keep on evolving!\r\n\r\nDev log was kept at: http:\/\/publishingnothing.com\r\n\r\nTutorial strings for convenience:\r\n\r\n\"Green Arrow, its good you're here! You are needed again for the war effort! We've been breeding a nano virus but its taking too long.\",\r\n\"We need you to get in there and shake up that gene pool!\",\r\n\"Each enemy you encounter is spawned from the pool. When you kill one, it re-enters the pool and has a chance to mutate or split!\",\r\n\"A mutation causes a new trait to appear in the freshly killed strain...\",\r\n\"And a split causes the strain to duplicate! If the pool is full, then a weaker strain is kicked right out!\",\r\n\"In case you forgot, you move around using the two joy sticks. Left for moving, right for looking.\",\r\n\"Also use those two guns of yours, left and right triggers, to blast our nano viruses out of the arena!\",\r\n\"Good luck Green Arrow!\",\r\n\"- Dr. X\"<\/p>","title":"Dr. X's Rainbow Arena"}