{"author_link":"\/author\/markengley\/","author_name":"markengley","author_uid":"4575","comments":[{"author_name":"markengley","author_uid":"4575","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 12:28am","epoch":1313972580,"text":"...also I overslept this morning.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Wow the transparency really massacred that drawing."},{"author_name":"Winterblood","author_uid":"4051","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1314052620,"text":"Love the sketchy art style! Could do with a little more user feedback, I wasn't sure whether I had to keep clicking to hit or if picking an enemy once was enough. Like how you can level up after each failed attempt, quite addictive. Speed seemed pointless because the enemy come to you though."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1314118440,"text":"Game Maker doesn't run in a virtual machine and it's unfortunate, because I like your visual style."},{"author_name":"alexlarioza","author_uid":"3079","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1314127620,"text":"Would have loved to see more enemies. ;]"},{"author_name":"Fenmar","author_uid":"3866","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 1:52pm","epoch":1314280020,"text":"Hand drawn menus! YAY!! I really like the idea of upgrading your character when loosing. A bit more gameplay (e.g. levels) would have been nice."},{"author_name":"Zaron","author_uid":"5617","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 3:06am","epoch":1314414060,"text":"Controls are pretty much awful.  Neat art style, but difficult to play as your guy tries to run away instead of kill any of the 18 dudes on top of him I'm wildly clicking on."},{"author_name":"8bitmuse","author_uid":"4023","time":"Aug 31, 2011 @ 6:09am","epoch":1314770640,"text":"Very nice artwork! It was satisfying to level up my character, it could have used more fleshing out all around (graphics, gameplay mechanics, the addition of sound) but overall I enjoyed this one, nice!"},{"author_name":"markengley","author_uid":"4575","time":"Aug 31, 2011 @ 10:10am","epoch":1314785100,"text":"Thanks for the kind comments (and the *cough* gently worded feedback) everyone!  It's much appreciated.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Summary so far: Everyone likes the artwork, whereas the code sort of sucks.\r<br\/>Funny stat: I'm a coder for a living D:"},{"author_name":"Jacic","author_uid":"5267","time":"Sep 11, 2011 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1315772520,"text":"It's possible to decrease your stats to negative levels. I had a little fun with that (negative damage, negative health, etc)"}],"images":["ld21\/4575-af04732d069e889255ae7608b84a3c2b.jpg","ld21\/4575-021131f83db9d97cbfb6ad1761be44b7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4065011\/CatastrophicWeekend_release.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4065011\/CatastrophicWeekend_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32835","g_author":"4575","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32865","g_title":"Catastrophic Weekend","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"381","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\/4575-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/4575-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ninja your way thru some bads.  You can upgrade your character after you die and have another crack.\r\n\r\nLeft click attack and move.  Space is escape!\r\nI didn't add UI to show the costs so:\r\nDamage costs 2.\r\nHealth costs 2.\r\nSpeed costs 4.\r\nYou can add and subtract without losing points to try different styles.\r\n\r\nHope you can find some time to play (and maybe vote on!) the game.  I worked very hard on it.  Didn't get everything in that I wanted, but with hindsight I'm quite happy with the result.\r\n\r\n\r\nMisc:\r\nSorry about the windows-only.  I think they are making an html-5 converter for these tho so maybe one day soon...\r\n\r\nExcuses:\r\nI went to a barbeque.\r\nI was doing it all through an internet connection from a my phone.\r\nI'm no good at Game Maker, even if it is designed for kids.\r\nI have work tomorrow.\r\nI am a massive noob.\r\n<\/p>","title":"Catastrophic Weekend"}