{"author_link":"\/author\/echa\/","author_name":"echa","author_uid":"15601","comments":[{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:17am","epoch":1346062320,"text":"Interesting concept and good execution. Had quite a bit of fun with this."},{"author_name":"littleball","author_uid":"14756","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:34am","epoch":1346063340,"text":"I had fun. I found it to get quite tricky (not a bad thing)"},{"author_name":"JokerDen","author_uid":"16034","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:34am","epoch":1346063340,"text":"It's good gameplay when you playing with circle. But text part is not so good."},{"author_name":"ollie","author_uid":"14880","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:35am","epoch":1346063400,"text":"Cool concept and pretty challenging. I couldn't get past the first level (level select only let me click the top item even when it said 27\/25) but I might be missing something. Having to swipe over more than one with the things that bounce you around is a cool idea and was very well executed"},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:36am","epoch":1346063460,"text":"A bit complex to understand at first, but you somehow get stick to it :)"},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:40am","epoch":1346063700,"text":"Nice twists on typical avoider mechanic! And the graphics of complex enemies fits very good."},{"author_name":"PohyCZ","author_uid":"6511","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:41am","epoch":1346063760,"text":"Very addictive! :)"},{"author_name":"Rellikiox","author_uid":"14491","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:49am","epoch":1346064240,"text":"Very challenging. Had a lots of fun."},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1346071080,"text":"REALLY clever, but very difficult. Could've done with some music."},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1346082540,"text":"Hard and addictive."},{"author_name":"LuizHGMonclar","author_uid":"14178","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1346105880,"text":"Wow, I really had fun! I love these fast play-repeat games, especially when you got some upgrades to go along. Great job."},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:21am","epoch":1346116560,"text":"Pretty cool, wish it had some sound though."},{"author_name":"echa","author_uid":"15601","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 3:00am","epoch":1346122500,"text":">Pretty cool, wish it had some sound though.\rYou're right. \rI didn't have enough time. I'm glad I've made 7 levels as I wanted. )"},{"author_name":"thewiseguy99","author_uid":"14421","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 3:36am","epoch":1346124660,"text":"Agree, this is addicting. Good entry."},{"author_name":"Maxium","author_uid":"13926","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1346127000,"text":"Good concept and very difficult at times"},{"author_name":"TravisChen","author_uid":"12204","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 4:46am","epoch":1346128860,"text":"Great gameplay, nice work!"},{"author_name":"Talslain","author_uid":"14482","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:42am","epoch":1346143020,"text":"Interesting game and concept. A little difficult to do but still had me addicted for quite some time. Well done"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:56am","epoch":1346143860,"text":"Nice complex take on the avoider-genre!"},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:40am","epoch":1346153700,"text":"This game is really hard for me"},{"author_name":"Waynetron","author_uid":"8591","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:55am","epoch":1346154600,"text":"Found it way too difficult."},{"author_name":"Amoaeba Junior","author_uid":"15074","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:08pm","epoch":1346158980,"text":"Loved the idea very original! Especially liked the 'health indicator'."},{"author_name":"gustavodort","author_uid":"14960","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1346168940,"text":"The lack of sound really ruins the game man :\/"},{"author_name":"IJoshayy","author_uid":"14252","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1346173320,"text":"Good game, but it gets too difficult too quickly. Besides that this was fun."},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1346178120,"text":"Really interesting to see the different creatures appear."},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 1:01am","epoch":1346201760,"text":"Interesting concept! I like the snappy\/bouncy feel of the controls, and that the border got smaller if I hit it. I couldn't get the second set of genes though. But I like the idea of different stats\/upgrades with each gene. Very nice!"},{"author_name":"ahm99","author_uid":"11270","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 2:48am","epoch":1346208180,"text":"Interesting idea but I found it difficult. Nice job though."},{"author_name":"GreyShock","author_uid":"11045","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 6:57am","epoch":1346223120,"text":"Insanely hard! I like the concept very much, but I can't get over the 2nd level. Did you beat your game? :o"},{"author_name":"ChronoDK","author_uid":"10849","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:23am","epoch":1346224680,"text":"A nice concept - extremely challenging!"},{"author_name":"echa","author_uid":"15601","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:49am","epoch":1346226240,"text":"GreyShock, I just haven't time to build up difficulty curve =\\\rYeah, I beat it. =)\r\rIn second level:\ra) Try to create one big creature. 5x is very good. Than create solo creatures and try to survive. Do not collect more evo-points !]\rb) Choose "spray" active skill. Create 13 solo creatures, than use spray to boost you score and try to survive."},{"author_name":"TheBallCollective","author_uid":"16861","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:53am","epoch":1346226480,"text":"Had no idea what I was doing for a while, but I got it after playing it for a while. It was pretty fun just messing around with it though. Nice!\r\r- Andrew"},{"author_name":"Barry Abrams","author_uid":"14387","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1346243040,"text":"Had a bit of trouble playing on a trackpad. With a regular mouse, it worked just fine. I like the feel of moving your player around. The little bit of momentum adds a ton."},{"author_name":"Nile","author_uid":"16869","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1346283120,"text":"Very interesting and unique concept, had a lot of fun playing it. Different from every other game out there."},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 2:00am","epoch":1346291700,"text":"Top Fun and Innovation scores from me! :-)"},{"author_name":"Thurig","author_uid":"14830","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 7:34am","epoch":1346311740,"text":"Nice game! The concept was good."},{"author_name":"raarlac","author_uid":"11711","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1346367000,"text":"Great and original concept! Spent a lot of time playing :)"},{"author_name":"mdkess","author_uid":"14701","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1346370180,"text":"Very clever game, and a fantastic take on the theme. Love it!"},{"author_name":"FunByJohn","author_uid":"5063","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 11:07am","epoch":1346410920,"text":"Innovation!"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1346418300,"text":"Fun to play and very challenging. Good job."},{"author_name":"pknowles","author_uid":"16649","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1346419320,"text":"Quite frustrating, but I had to finish it so there you go :)"},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1346427000,"text":"Little bit hard, as for me. But funny and has good and pleasant graphics."},{"author_name":"harusame","author_uid":"7308","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1346427960,"text":"Fun game but too haaard !\rGood concept !"},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1346455620,"text":"I got to level 4, where it essentially got unplayable for me because of the constant following by those balls and because every touch to the edge of screen means quick death. Too hard, but I would play it even more if I had some time - so, definitely fun. Frustrating, but fun.\rTheme wise, I suspect you were waiting for 'survive' or something like that, but the mechanics are so innovative and interesting, that it doesn't really matter for me. Very good entry."},{"author_name":"cadin","author_uid":"7233","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:01am","epoch":1346460960,"text":"Really challenging. It gets really hard to tell which circle is my character once there gets to be a few organisms on the screen. I couldn't really figure out what the Skill\/Gene\/Mutation settings did.\rI only made it to level 2.\r\rNeat idea though. I think this could be really fun with a little more polish and balance.\rGreat work."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:47am","epoch":1346463720,"text":"Awesome concept! Gameplay is very addictive, but game is really hard. It's a pity that there is not any sound. Great work anyway!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1346527680,"text":"Very addicting but difficult."},{"author_name":"jplur","author_uid":"1066","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1346528880,"text":"Quite hard but a solid game that has a lot of replayability."},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 1:02am","epoch":1346547420,"text":"Seems really cool but it needs some sort of tutorial."},{"author_name":"Jorjon","author_uid":"5268","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 5:43am","epoch":1346564280,"text":"A bit too hard."},{"author_name":"yosh","author_uid":"6851","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 12:53am","epoch":1346633280,"text":"Really nice concept. Would be a nice mobile app!"},{"author_name":"Walt","author_uid":"15052","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 11:19am","epoch":1346843640,"text":"took some real patience till i got it. and never actually got very far. pretty difficult."},{"author_name":"mohammad","author_uid":"14064","time":"Sep 6, 2012 @ 2:09am","epoch":1346897040,"text":"Didn't know what to do at start.\rDidn't know that the wall was hazardous.\rI'm not a big fan of UBERHARD games.\rBut I still feel that just because I don't like the difficulty doesn't mean others will, so i'm giving it the rating it deserves."},{"author_name":"Teknik","author_uid":"15737","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1347129000,"text":"good game, but very hard. maybe have the enemies spawn a little slower\/ later."},{"author_name":"RipX","author_uid":"5896","time":"Sep 11, 2012 @ 10:51am","epoch":1347360360,"text":"Despite the simplistic graphics, this started to feel like a more in-depth and interesting game the more that I played it. I found it quite innovative and captures the theme well and you get a sense of urgency when you collide with an entity. :)"},{"author_name":"munchor","author_uid":"7348","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1347489720,"text":"I liked the concept very much, but it's very hard to get the trick ;)"},{"author_name":"axcho","author_uid":"8060","time":"Sep 13, 2012 @ 4:50am","epoch":1347511500,"text":"Really intriguing mechanics, but maybe tuned a bit too hard at first. Would be nice to ease into it more. Worth exploring further! :)"},{"author_name":"DWallin","author_uid":"11452","time":"Sep 14, 2012 @ 3:00am","epoch":1347591300,"text":"A simple soundtrack\/\/sound effects would have gone a long way for this one. Some interesting mechanics although I feel they could be better explained."},{"author_name":"airdeck","author_uid":"7063","time":"Sep 14, 2012 @ 5:18am","epoch":1347599580,"text":"A little confusing at first, but a lot of fun once I got into it"}],"images":["ld24\/15601-3dbf8151322ea0f7bfc7d1956fd3145c.jpg","ld24\/15601-c06bd887ae45656e2aff9fe442ea7d06.jpg","ld24\/15601-38a0491235eb25fd3d824bcf2a565306.jpg","ld24\/15601-f7a13bf02479381f687371d657543d83.jpg","ld24\/15601-8b3c9b1216c227e601631642080ed7b1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/echa.spb.ru\/ld\/24\/nobug\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/e_cha\/hard-life-3x","text":"Kongregate"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/29137271\/game\/48\/HL3NB.swf","text":"Game file (swf)"},{"url":"http:\/\/echa-ech.narod2.ru\/ludum24\/","text":"Mirror"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/29137271\/game\/48\/LDHL3.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29286","g_author":"15601","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29316","g_title":"Hard Life 3X","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"255","g_commentcount":"57","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\/15601-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15601-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15601-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15601-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/15601-shot4.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Known bug: if you select gene or mutation and it is not aviable, your active skill drops to none. Please rechoose it. \r\nUPD. According to the post about \"typo bugs\", I set main game link to the bugfixed version. For very first version, go here: http:\/\/echa.spb.ru\/ld\/24\/\r\n\r\n** In every level you should achieve target score AND then you should survive for 30 seconds. **\r\n\r\nWithout sounds, unfortunately.\r\n\r\nUse mouse to play. Please note, than you need create non-solo creatures to increase score multiplier. \r\n\r\nHere is my tips for second level (maybe spoilers): \r\na) Try to create one big creature. 5x is very good. Than create solo creatures and try to survive. Do not collect more evo-points! \r\nb) Choose \"spray\" active skill. Create 13 solo creatures, than use spray to boost you score and try to survive.<\/p>","title":"Hard Life 3X"}