{"author_link":"\/author\/schattenkind-net\/","author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","comments":[{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1335214560,"text":"Shape shifting, nice idea. Pulling enemies into the &quot;own&quot; units, too. I think getting attacked while transforming makes the game too difficult."},{"author_name":"ghoulsblade","author_uid":"13111","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1335216780,"text":"try using space while in ant-form instead of luring the big beetle into the horde, that should make it easier ;)"},{"author_name":"Seppi","author_uid":"11249","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1335218640,"text":"This is very cool! I like the swarm concept of getting the ants to work for you!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-josefnpat"},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 9:08am","epoch":1335258180,"text":"fixed(?) resolution made it hard to see everything, movement ist awkward. Great graphics and gameplay!"},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 9:18am","epoch":1335258780,"text":"A WebBrowser version follows soon :) !"},{"author_name":"graytest","author_uid":"11705","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1335276900,"text":"Nice idea, good execution."},{"author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1335303780,"text":"Wow. Really nice game, great art and its quite fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Chtulhu","author_uid":"12980","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1335304980,"text":"Great idea. Maybe a bit too difficult. It's hard to have to restart from the beginning after having been playing for a few minutes."},{"author_name":"Cosmologicon","author_uid":"1151","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 4:26am","epoch":1335327660,"text":"Really great artwork and concept! I'm very impressed. A bit unforgiving, since you can die so quickly and have to start all the way over...."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 6:40am","epoch":1335335700,"text":"the big group of big beetles blocking the path ? you can get through that without hit&amp;run if you look around a bit elsewhere ;)"},{"author_name":"Moth","author_uid":"811","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:23am","epoch":1335345480,"text":"This is a really cool game! I love its concept. I really dig the way different forms interact!"},{"author_name":"Monkey Armada","author_uid":"2883","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:52am","epoch":1335350820,"text":"I really liked the concept. The gameplay seems very well planned and the learning curve looks good, although it could use a bit more balancing.\r<br\/>The graphics are ok, I like old school (SimAntish) style, but some animations would help a lot.\r<br\/>The music was quite repetitive and didn't match the ambience imo.\r<br\/>Good overall!"},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1335391860,"text":"MacOSX Version is out!"},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1335392040,"text":"webplayer up now, but only recommended for chrome due to sound-problems\/hang and general slowness in firefox:\r<br\/>http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/love-webplayer\/ludumdare201204\/"},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:29am","epoch":1335428640,"text":"nice"},{"author_name":"evilseanbot","author_uid":"7902","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 9:34am","epoch":1335432540,"text":"A bunch of the graphics wouldn't display (the opening scene, the ants all appeared as white boxes). Too bad, looks neat."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 9:56am","epoch":1335433860,"text":"If you have problem with the Chrome Browser Version (you need WebGL enabled and a good graphic card), try the Windows, MacOSX one!"},{"author_name":"chrismcr","author_uid":"7257","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1335443280,"text":"Took me a bit to figure out the rules about when\/how I could shapeshift but overall this is well thought out, and I liked the music."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1335449100,"text":"@chrismcr thanks. it feels good to hear someone likes the music :). discovering the rules is a part of the gameplay, but sure ... a tutorial would be good."},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1335467760,"text":"Wow, very polished.  The music is perfectly fitting.  Grand Theft Insect -- very clever.  A bit reminiscent of Space Station Silicon Valley.  I often couldn't tell exactly why I died for some reason -- maybe the camera cuts back to the upper-left corner too quickly?  I love the mechanic of rallying your ant friends to attack the mega-bug.  A little too hard, but good job!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>P.S. You guys are the first I've seen to use the LOVE web-player, that is a promising development!"},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1335468300,"text":"@racarate thats because ghoulsblade is the developer of the love2d-webplayer :-) . I really appreciate your comment. thanks!"},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1335468780,"text":"(ghoulsblade here) thanks ! yeah, the webplayer is still a bit young and lacks some things, but i think it's starting to be rather useful. I finally added audio support for the first time after this jam, and did some big performance tweaking also. Still some browser\/system\/version combos are problematic."},{"author_name":"noxious","author_uid":"13336","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1335469140,"text":"Great idea and nice graphics.\r<br\/>It's easier after you found the rigth way ;-) \r<br\/>And at first I did not see that the ability stands in the upper left corner. That made it really hard^^"},{"author_name":"orunbot","author_uid":"7708","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1335469920,"text":"Great idea. I think my favorite part is that the difficulty is unforgiving."},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1335471360,"text":"Very interesting concept. Gameplay reminds me of the &quot;Evolution&quot; theme more than the Tiny World one but I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"davidllanos22","author_uid":"10692","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1335558660,"text":"Very cool game! Great concept, but a bit difficult! The web version worked great . Well done :)"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:18am","epoch":1335658380,"text":"That was pretty hard, but the absorbing of new forms when in slime form was really cool. I found the movement to be a bit awkward as the character did the odd rotation in place to go in a new direction instead of facing it immediately or more quickly, made it harder to aim attacks I thought.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Quirky little game, nicely done! :)"},{"author_name":"jfroco","author_uid":"2085","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1335673920,"text":"Great art. Kudos for using L&ouml;ve and the Webplayer. Great idea, a little too hard :)"},{"author_name":"kddekadenz","author_uid":"10000","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 10:26am","epoch":1335867660,"text":"Awesome game, nice idea, but a bit hard.\r<br\/>But it keeps me want to play it."},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1335890760,"text":"The shapeshifting idea is very good. The gameplay is interesting and fun. The movement is a little weird, and some times you die too fast. This game has potential :)"},{"author_name":"deejorg","author_uid":"11382","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1335893400,"text":"The concept is great and really makes me want to go forward to discover all the shapes he can get. What i feel lacking is some kind of direction as to where i should head to find the ship. Also liked the cooldown mechanic on the morphs, give the game a good pace. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"PabloAM","author_uid":"12649","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1335972600,"text":"Nice game and mechanics. I like it :)"},{"author_name":"domrein","author_uid":"12960","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1335975000,"text":"Great game. Best one I've played so far! My only complaint is that you have to start over when you die. I eventually gave up because I couldn't beat it."},{"author_name":"Martin Vilcans","author_uid":"10862","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1336076040,"text":"Good game!"},{"author_name":"PIXEL^3","author_uid":"10948","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 12:17am","epoch":1336522320,"text":"Creative idea, but there were lag spikes for whatever reason and and ran perfectly the rest of the time. Also, why did you make the screen size so big?"},{"author_name":"raarlac","author_uid":"11711","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 1:14am","epoch":1336525740,"text":"Potatobeetle is the most annoying enemy i've seen in this LD!! Awesome game, played it a lot!"},{"author_name":"gavin5564","author_uid":"5689","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1336772220,"text":"That's the weirdest game ive played so far. But it's really interesting. Great work."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1336824720,"text":"Yours is a lot more weirder ;-). Lets make a Gamejam to create the weirdest game ever :)."}],"images":["ld23\/13106-211256903520eaf292ba00cdf9b45ae9.jpg","ld23\/13106-0cc909a501ba31b381aeb9182d074485.jpg","ld23\/13106-935dd4c83ec4ca18ee5189e0b22a0753.jpg","ld23\/13106-c2958dee2b4e4ab6cfe5ac3e31f6fe3d.jpg","ld23\/13106-61ae5d081fde6b630a4a4c679daab0cb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/SlimeABug\/SlimeABug.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/sience.schattenkind.net\/SlimeABug\/SlimeABug_macosx.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/SlimeABug\/SlimeABug.love","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/love-webplayer\/ludumdare201204\/","text":"Web(chrome)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/SlimeABug\/SlimeABug-src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30531","g_author":"13106","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"30561","g_title":"SlimeABug","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"34","g_commentcount":"38","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\/\/123793\/13106-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/13106-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/13106-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/13106-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/13106-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"SlimeABug\r\n\r\nby schattenkind.net team\r\n\r\nA tiny alien blob from outer space gets stranded on earth in a front garden. Use your blobs shape-shifting abilities to find the way back to your spaceship. Consume corpses to learn new forms and find out how to use the abilities!\r\n\r\ncontrols:\r\n w-a-s-d: move\r\n space: action (consume a corpse\/fight\/eat\/...)\r\n 1-9: morph\r\n\r\nWebplayer up now, but only recommended for CHROME due to sound-problems\/hang in Firefox!\r\n\r\n\r\nHint: for linux you need the love2d runtime: https:\/\/love2d.org\/\r\n\r\ncredits: \r\n F. Fischer \/sience\/\r\n Robert Noll \/ghoulsblade\/\r\n Sebastian Dorda \/hagish\/\r\n\r\n schattenkind.net\r\n crankgaming.blogspot.com\r\n\r\npowered by the super awesome\r\n\r\n love2d\r\n\r\n\r\nWebsite: http:\/\/ghoulsblade.schattenkind.net\/wiki\/index.php\/LudumDare201204\r\nYoutube-Gameplay: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7FZwpAxJMis<\/p>","title":"SlimeABug"}