{"author_link":"\/author\/templar3lf\/","author_name":"Templar3lf","author_uid":"91194","comments":[{"author_name":"Josamilu","author_uid":"87796","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1460825580,"text":"Great Graphics, great gameplay and quite challenging. Could be a really nice mobile game for Android and IOS :D"},{"author_name":"Alphius","author_uid":"85222","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1460826780,"text":"That's great!\rI'd suggest finding a way to move the blocs with the arrow keys, because drag n' dropping is quite slow and doesn't allow to react fast enough. Maybe clicking on a bloc to select it, and move it with the arrows next?"},{"author_name":"CasualCat","author_uid":"91982","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1460829480,"text":"Nice! That's really creative, and the game looks clean and pretty well polished!"},{"author_name":"basstian11","author_uid":"91018","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1460830620,"text":"omg nice :-D"},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1460838540,"text":"Cool concept man! Nice gameplay but dont know how it progresses."},{"author_name":"Templar3lf","author_uid":"91194","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1460839080,"text":"Progression is time based. Aim is the highest score. Easy changes to moderate at 25 seconds, which changes to hard at 100."},{"author_name":"firedragon2225","author_uid":"71704","time":"Apr 16, 2016 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1460843460,"text":"This is pretty cool, I like the whole feel of the game and how everything fits and works together."},{"author_name":"Xoko14","author_uid":"88947","time":"Apr 17, 2016 @ 8:04am","epoch":1460879940,"text":"Wow, congratulations"},{"author_name":"Firephoenix","author_uid":"52586","time":"Apr 17, 2016 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1460922180,"text":"Very nice game mechanics! The game flows and all components work together perfectly."},{"author_name":"Been","author_uid":"88004","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:53am","epoch":1460976480,"text":"Enjoyed the game, although it felt a little too slow paced for to me start with. Maybe have a selectable difficulty at the start with sets how quickly the pace increases?"},{"author_name":"Tharky","author_uid":"38410","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1460980620,"text":"Nice graphics and gameplay. It's new but it wasn't that fun for me. I guess I didn't have the patience :( Overall it's quite cool."},{"author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1460980800,"text":"Fun minimalistic idea. I quickly just moved the tiles to a horizontal line and that seemed to be a winning strategy for quite a long time. Some sounds would be nice?"},{"author_name":"staircase27","author_uid":"91010","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1460980800,"text":"Couldn't load. Not able to allocate enough memory. Maybe produce windows and linux builds not just web"},{"author_name":"Zodalia","author_uid":"52465","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:07pm","epoch":1460980920,"text":"I really like this. It's simple, but reasonably challenging.\r\rThere's a lot of potential for mixing up the core rules that this version establishes, like giving the movable tiles different colours and having colour gates, or requiring a shape to be created at a certain point."},{"author_name":"oal","author_uid":"11141","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1460981100,"text":"Really interesting concept. With some polish, this could become a great game."},{"author_name":"TiRSO!","author_uid":"26416","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1460981160,"text":"I think the premise of the game has a lot of potential. The design is elegant, and the art is simple but nice. \r\rHowever, the experience would be better if the way of moving the pieces wasn't so slow. It soon gets to a point when you know what you have to do, but can't do it because of the controls (the click and drag mechanic).\r\rThe interpretation of the theme of the competition is great too!"},{"author_name":"ruchirbapat","author_uid":"88260","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:14pm","epoch":1460981340,"text":"awesome game loved itt"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1460982300,"text":"Easy to get into, and a very moderate difficulty curve. The UI in particular looks great. This would definitely work well as a smartphone game, you should try and get some music + sfx and port it to Android and iOS."},{"author_name":"neondx","author_uid":"92909","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1460983500,"text":"nice game, I just think that it's a little harder to do the drag and drop of all cubes (sometimes)"},{"author_name":"theOnlyGoodDrcz","author_uid":"88774","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1461001920,"text":"score 81... it reminds me of a repetitive nightmare I had as a kid, that I'm running home and trying to hold my toys in both hands but they are sliping and falling down. that's the kind of feeling I had playing. The look (esp colors) is awesome."},{"author_name":"laFunk","author_uid":"62641","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1461002220,"text":"Nice! Smooth execution. Touch input should do wonders here."},{"author_name":"ObsessiveNotion","author_uid":"92905","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:09am","epoch":1461063840,"text":"I like the idea of moving them into positions. Really nice to check how quick you can move the blocks around. Needs more polish to make addictive (graphics and sounds)"},{"author_name":"mutonizer","author_uid":"91240","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1461079620,"text":"Interesting concept though not sure how it's related to the theme. Quite challenging once past the 100ish points too.\r\rOne issue: Buttons on the left of the screen uselessly hide a lot of the good position to use and prevent clicking on the the blocks proper.\r\rOtherwise, good, simple and does the job entry."},{"author_name":"Pixelaborate","author_uid":"42113","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:11am","epoch":1461110760,"text":"Solid Entry, could definitely see it as a IPhone game with a little more polish."},{"author_name":"Casey Jordan","author_uid":"87952","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:00am","epoch":1461113700,"text":"Another stand-out entry. :D\r\rI tend to rate games that exhibit good scoping\/time budgeting really favorably, especially when the finished product is intuitive and polished. This is an excellent example of that. \r\rNot super ambitious, but the core mechanic is unique. Lots of possibilities for cool iteration. ^-^\r\rGood job."},{"author_name":"JJJANEE","author_uid":"89049","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:51am","epoch":1461116760,"text":"Got to 113 points! (not sure if that's good or not but I'm proud of myself.) I really liked this game! Would probably actually download it on my phone lol. \rThe idea was perfect and fits with the theme pretty well. It was a bit slow to click and drag; maybe doing something like clicking a block then clicking its destination and the block moves there would be a little more user friendly? The click and drag does add more challenge to the game though, since I figured I could just line all the blocks in a row and move them one by one right after the last wall has passed, and the click and drag made it harder to survive like that... \r\rGreat idea! Loved it! Good job. :)"},{"author_name":"Interface","author_uid":"42145","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:53am","epoch":1461116880,"text":"Simple and easy to understand. Seems like a good touch-based game for mobile where you can move quicker."},{"author_name":"Squatch","author_uid":"57555","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:07am","epoch":1461117720,"text":"Very nice! It's hard, but pretty fun."},{"author_name":"FatKarate","author_uid":"36991","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:25am","epoch":1461118800,"text":"got hard fast"},{"author_name":"plko","author_uid":"87352","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:23am","epoch":1461125880,"text":"Interesting, and hard really hard"},{"author_name":"Horsed","author_uid":"49897","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:09am","epoch":1461135840,"text":"Nice colors. I found it quite easy once I figured out that the blocks can be moved horizontally. Just align them in one horizontal line and you have plenty of time moving them to the next position one after another. Apply some easing to the movement and this could be a decent mobile puzzler."},{"author_name":"austinsheep","author_uid":"34108","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:55am","epoch":1461138600,"text":"I also made a game where you need to fit through an approaching wall!"},{"author_name":"Rakowu","author_uid":"91826","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:47am","epoch":1461148920,"text":"110score :\/ Really good and easy concept. Keppt it on, nice work."},{"author_name":"WizByte_Games","author_uid":"56690","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1461164460,"text":"So I am assuming this is getting ported to android. (Please say yes.)"},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1461166800,"text":"Good concept!"},{"author_name":"redcubegames","author_uid":"50409","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1461168960,"text":"Not a bad game, I find it too easy tho. Controlls are a bit awkward on pc, might be better on mobile"},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1461169740,"text":"Good concept!"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1461173220,"text":"Nice concept, good game."},{"author_name":"Tripl3m","author_uid":"90187","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1461176580,"text":"Nice Game, simple yet nicely polished. Would love some sound effect, i'd suggest triggering some musical note each time your place a cube on a tile"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1461182400,"text":"Wow this was tough, but not in a really bad way. It was quite addictive actually, I was trying to figure out the best way to handle things, but as soon as it got to hard mode I panic and failed every time"},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1461183840,"text":"Nice game, really innovative idea there"},{"author_name":"SantiHisteria","author_uid":"59433","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1461189900,"text":"Excellent job of design!"},{"author_name":"CaptainPilot","author_uid":"41078","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1461191040,"text":"Take a while to get challenging. Should have ramped up a little sooner. Other than that, great!"},{"author_name":"Belroth","author_uid":"65096","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1461192300,"text":"Fun over all. I played it several times :)"},{"author_name":"plaguespark","author_uid":"30748","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1461193080,"text":"I really liked idea! Game would totaly rock on mobile devices with touch!"},{"author_name":"LOSTALLOY","author_uid":"87699","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:40am","epoch":1461310500,"text":"This game is perfect for mobile devices! Really liked the idea!"},{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:02am","epoch":1461315420,"text":"Wow, that was quite hard! Not that enjoyable with a trackpad. Score 111."},{"author_name":"team_disposable","author_uid":"91303","time":"May 4, 2016 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1462397520,"text":"Lovely game - the interface is fantastic, I love the way it never takes you out of the game."}],"images":["ld35\/91194-47a301bc7f7c233458e6cc8640382f25.jpg","ld35\/91194-72e982b3eaf614ac6e9dead565647d47.jpg","ld35\/91194-2829edc326ac15026afd5e5b5aafaa04.jpg","ld35\/91194-c251cab15edc6b46e5e78246f7c77e8d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/templargames.co.uk\/projects","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Templar-3lf\/Ludum-Dare-Shapeshifting","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3477","g_author":"91194","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"3495","g_title":"Block Shift","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"340","g_commentcount":"48","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\/91194-shot0-1460832388.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91194-shot1-1460832388.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91194-shot2-1460832388.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/91194-shot3-1460832388.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Block Shift is a fast paced block movement game. The goal is to last the longest time possible, which is not easy, and it doesn't get easier.\r\n\r\nTo shift the blocks you have to click and drag each of the blue squares, avoiding the red walls as they move towards you. The longer you survive, the quicker the walls spawn, the faster they move, and the less gaps they have.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\n[Be aware, this project has no sound as of yet]\r\n\r\nSource code can be found on this git: https:\/\/github.com\/Templar-3lf\/Ludum-Dare-Shapeshifting\r\n\r\nBuilt using Unity 5.\r\n\r\nEdit #1: Added wall colour shade change to indicate difficulty.\r\nFixed score and difficulty not resetting on restart.\r\n\r\nEdit #2: Added line and block highlighting indicating click and drag manoeuvre.\r\n\r\nEdit #3: Added path finding (Massive!) and updated tile moving to use this. Improved wall movement so they all move at the same time, to reduce jitter.\r\n\r\nThis is the first time I have done proper path finding, so I hope it works properly! Didn't even use a tutorial, so it may be iffy >:P","title":"Block Shift"}