{"author_link":"\/author\/ethanbierlein\/","author_name":"EthanBierlein","author_uid":"91234","comments":[{"author_name":"mrnannings","author_uid":"20306","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1461004200,"text":"The graphics are cute. I don't know if it is intentional but every time is start the game i got sort of ambushed by a lot of other blobs and then game-over."},{"author_name":"DragonZBW (SparkLight Games)","author_uid":"85560","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1461023640,"text":"There are just a whole ton of little blobs and its making me sad because they're murderers!"},{"author_name":"divegato","author_uid":"49987","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:31am","epoch":1461025560,"text":"Just keep running!"},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:09am","epoch":1461035040,"text":"Agreed with outhers, I seem to just get mobbed and killed instantly"},{"author_name":"EthanBierlein","author_uid":"91234","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:12am","epoch":1461035220,"text":"@mrnannings @Ilseroth Are your graphical settings set to &quot;fantastic&quot;? Unity seems to mess with movement and collision calculations with this game when the graphical settings are set to anything else. I can run around and move fine when it's set to &quot;fantastic&quot;."},{"author_name":"fin_nolimit","author_uid":"86340","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:17am","epoch":1461039120,"text":"I like how each of the times I played the game, the color changed.  It would be nice to see what weapon I had but I enjoyed killing slime!  Nice work"},{"author_name":"Kifuga","author_uid":"86172","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:14am","epoch":1461056940,"text":"Promising concept, but I die so fast, I can't even try what the different powers do..."},{"author_name":"Pavel M. Dlouh\u00fd","author_uid":"8583","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1461088500,"text":"It is a little hard to play. Good game."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1461097620,"text":"Pretty interesting entry although the controls could be a bit better (actually found it a bit awkward trying to switch powers so maybe map Q and E to cycle between powers?)."},{"author_name":"guin36","author_uid":"92668","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1461099420,"text":"The game just doesn't seem playable. The controls work fine and probably as intended, but there doesn't seem to be any control I have over getting swarmed in the first 5 seconds. The powers are all the same, and playing a twin stick shooter without having control over aiming outside of movement is very uncomfortable."},{"author_name":"thegoofromspace","author_uid":"18653","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:14am","epoch":1461132540,"text":"Like many others, I couldn't even figure out how to play this one. A bunch of enemies mob me, I push a power looking for the one that will help, press space, and die. No bueno.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think widening the view you have of what's going on, making everything happen more slowly, and making sure very few enemies spawn in the beginning of the game would help with all that. As it stands, I've given it multiple shots just to get oriented and I just can't.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's a shame, 'cause I can see what you were going for and I like the idea. Better luck next time."},{"author_name":"Freank","author_uid":"94168","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1461257520,"text":"Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.\r<br\/>Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)\r<br\/>So we can include also your game in the video ;)\r<br\/>p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description"}],"images":["ld35\/91234-17e31522c4ae42c147be745840c219e4.jpg","ld35\/91234-a7c88b4f6bb8bbe57c3da6895c6a42fa.jpg","ld35\/91234-fdcbc6ec26919b8d1a30848134c10e3f.jpg","ld35\/91234-bf947627784e5e7bdd4811a19018c125.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-g3TwqbgAtLSk52UW5QRlkzNFE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windows (x86)"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-g3TwqbgAtLSk52UW5QRlkzNFE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3403","g_author":"91234","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"3424","g_title":"Elemental Crawler","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1050","g_commentcount":"12","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\/\/542293\/91234-shot0-1460946052.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91234-shot1-1460946052.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91234-shot2-1460946052.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91234-shot3-1460946052.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"PLEASE READ THE README AND THE NOTICE BELOW\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT: In order for the game to actually play correctly, the graphical settings in the Unity pre-game launcher need to be set to \"fantastic\". I can assure you that this will not have an effect on performance. I don't know why changing the quality settings messes with the movement math and collision detection. This should also fix the issue of getting \"swarmed\" right in the beginning.\r\n\r\nThis is a small arcade-style shooter game that me and a friend made together over the weekend. The only real objective is to kill as many enemies as possible and rack up as big a score, (or coins, depending on how you look at it), as possible. There are a variety of different themes portrayed throughout the game that reflect on the different powers the player has.\r\n\r\nThe controls are fairly simple, WASD to move the character, 1-6 to change your character's power, SPACE to activate your player's power (shoots a projectile in the direction you're moving) and ESC to exit to the menu.\r\n\r\nThere is a README included once you unzip the download. I'd *highly* recommend reading it, as it contains some more important information regarding the game, that you should look at, like optimal graphics, resolution, etc. I've also included an OS\/X build, but I am not able to test it, so I don't know whether it works optimally or not.\r\n\r\nAnyways, this is my first game jam, and one of my first \"big\" games in general, so I'm looking forward to the feedback! :-)\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nW - Move upward.\r\nA - Move left.\r\nS - Move downwards.\r\nD - Move right.\r\nNUM KEY 1 - Switch to power one.\r\nNUM KEY 2 - Switch to power two.\r\nNUM KEY 3 - Switch to power three.\r\nNUM KEY 4 - Switch to power four.\r\nNUM KEY 5 - Switch to power five.\r\nNUM KEY 6 - Switch to power six.\r\nSPACE - Use the currently equipped power.\r\nESC - Exit to the menu while playing the game.","title":"Elemental Crawler"}