{"author_link":"\/author\/decsterb\/","author_name":"DecsterB","author_uid":"4425","comments":[{"author_name":"krangGAMES","author_uid":"2994","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 4:57am","epoch":1314075120,"text":"&quot;At least you got away, I guess&quot; ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Enjoyed it! Seemed a little bland at first, but honestly it turned out to be a pleasant little experience. The sword-throw mechanic hugely helped out gameplay, and the number of obstacles was just right at three (fireballs, bats, blocks).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A bit more explanation at the beginning would be beneficial, but overall not bad at all. I liked the game-over screen too, I'm assuming it changes depending on your results :)"},{"author_name":"DecsterB","author_uid":"4425","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 5:57am","epoch":1314078720,"text":"Thanks Krang!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did intend for a explanation\/intro just before you start but unfortunately there just wasn't enough time in the end. As for the game-over screen, it most certainly does.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anywho, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)"},{"author_name":"Edsploration","author_uid":"5758","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1314139200,"text":"The first keyboard\/mouse sidescroller I've seen so far, and it's pretty good! The premise is great and the obstacles are varied. If I could make one suggestion, speed up as you drop loot."},{"author_name":"Darkcoder","author_uid":"5470","time":"Aug 26, 2011 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1314371040,"text":"Not bad, but the movement felt like everything was taking place on the moon, which actually made it more tedious to play than if it were twice the speed(I imagine)."},{"author_name":"Rudy","author_uid":"4807","time":"Aug 26, 2011 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1314381780,"text":"I thought I was looting boxes... until I lost all my gold. Nice simple gameplay, but lacks gameplay, depth and better art. It could have been faster with more action. Boomerang sword is fun and nice mechanic."},{"author_name":"DecsterB","author_uid":"4425","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 3:32am","epoch":1314415620,"text":"Ahh, I suppose I should have worked on the sense of speed more. Cheers for the comments guys."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Aug 28, 2011 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1314538500,"text":"It took me a while to figure out that all the gold spraying out when I hit boxes was my own. I was going to buy a new moat with it too."},{"author_name":"dogbomb","author_uid":"4138","time":"Aug 28, 2011 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1314543660,"text":"Yeah. Chalk another one up to &quot;ohhhh loot is my energy&quot; headslapping later in playing. I liked the idea though. The boomerang sword was a nice addition, but the speed issues could do with balancing. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>At first I just wanted to kill the dragon... the right-&gt;left scrolling always throws me."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Sep 7, 2011 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1315415460,"text":"Cute little game, I even made it with 20000 gold. ;-)\r<br\/>I liked the boomerang sword, and with some music and a more animated dragon (at least for the fireball - could be good for some visual feedback) and better collision (I ran into the boxes even though I didn't touch them for sure), i.e. polish, this could be a good game for smartphones."}],"images":["ld21\/4425-b501a2cd9bf4f3c09770cea77dd58bfe.jpg","ld21\/4425-8b98e6f08c3fe9d32d7e6f07ccb65efa.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/38105405\/Cave%20Runner%20-%20LD21.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/09\/07\/cave-runner-post-mortem\/","text":"Post-Mortem"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/38105405\/CaveRunnerSource1.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32621","g_author":"4425","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32651","g_title":"Cave Runner","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"297","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\/\/62148\/4425-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/4425-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hey there!\r\n\r\nThis here game is my first Ludum Dare entry.\r\n\r\nAfter raiding a dragon's treasure trove you seek to escape with all the gold you can. In order to avoid dropping any you need to do bunch of dodging and flinging of your sword.\r\n\r\nFeatures:\r\n- Random level generation!\r\n- Basic physics!\r\n- Multiple endings.\r\n- In-game control list.\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT:\r\nIf you've not run an Xna game before you will need to install:\r\n\r\n(The XNA re-distributable):\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\n(You may also need the latest version of .NET):\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=17718\r\n<\/p>","title":"Cave Runner"}