{"author_link":"\/users\/coderk","author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","comments":[{"author_name":"Owen B","author_uid":1067673,"time":"2017-12-05T02:15:20Z","epoch":1512440120,"modified":1512476936,"text":"Fantastic graphics. Somewhat generic concept but still quite well implemented for a Ludum Dare game. Probably would say could use a bit of polish, hit boxes are slightly wonky but overall great first game.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"shieldgenerator7","author_uid":"1067563","time":"2017-12-05T03:00:47Z","epoch":1512442847,"modified":1512442847,"text":"Nice graphics and cool concept. The controls felt really weird. It's really hard to control both aim direction and movement direction with the keyboard. I would have recommended moving with WASD and aiming with the mouse.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-05T19:55:24Z","epoch":1512503724,"modified":1512503724,"text":"@owen-b Thanks for the feedback. The hit-boxes are definitely something I will fix in my future games!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-05T19:58:06Z","epoch":1512503886,"modified":1512503886,"text":"@shieldgenerator7 Thanks for the feedback on the controls. Sadly, I don't think I am allowed to change the controls now, but I will use this info for my future games!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bram_ve","author_uid":"1003602","time":"2017-12-05T20:25:31Z","epoch":1512505531,"modified":1512505531,"text":"Was just happely enjoying the farmlife, and then i noticed i was getting fatter, like whaat.\n\nAnyway i think that is a really nice twist, at first i thought it was kinda generic but when i noticed the influence of food i thought that gave it nice variety :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-05T20:27:53Z","epoch":1512505673,"modified":1512505673,"text":"@bram-ve Thanks! I should have added a tutorial screen or something. My bad. Thanks for the feedback, I'll use this info for my future entries.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"William Yang","author_uid":1069453,"time":"2017-12-06T15:06:02Z","epoch":1512572762,"modified":1512572762,"text":"It is a very interesting idea. I love the graphics. I think implementing a food that decreases the farmers fatness is a good idea, like kale. A tutorial screen would be nice, so you wouldn't need to open the readme file. Diagonal shooting should be implemented, too for better gameplay.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-06T15:09:43Z","epoch":1512572983,"modified":1512572983,"text":"@william-yang Thanks for the feedback! I should have added a tutorial screen. You can lose weight by moving a certain distance, although having the food that reduced the fatness would have been a good idea. Diagonal shooting also should have been implemented, but due to time constraints, I wasn't able to implement it.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DosWosh","author_uid":"1052791","time":"2017-12-06T15:33:43Z","epoch":1512574423,"modified":1512574423,"text":"Cool concept! Took me a bit to adjust to the controls, but after that it was pretty fun! Also pretty cool graphics! \n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"richardz","author_uid":1069469,"time":"2017-12-06T15:37:23Z","epoch":1512574643,"modified":1512574643,"text":"Cool concept. The graphics are nice. The gameplay is fun but I wish I could use the mouse to shoot. The hitboxes seem inconsistant but thats all I can really think of! Great game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-06T15:37:56Z","epoch":1512574676,"modified":1512574676,"text":"@doswosh Thanks! Yeah, I kinda messed up on the controls. I should have made it so that you have to aim from the direction you were in at the time. My bad. Sadly, I cannot implement it now, as I am not allowed to add features.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pixel Maniacs","author_uid":"1024705","time":"2017-12-06T15:39:03Z","epoch":1512574743,"modified":1512574743,"text":"The image catched me!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CoderK","author_uid":"1012258","time":"2017-12-06T15:47:02Z","epoch":1512575222,"modified":1512575222,"text":"@richardz Thanks! The controls are a bit weird, but unfortunately, I cannot fix them now. I will fix them for my future games!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"X Budsterized X","author_uid":"1054135","time":"2017-12-06T16:02:24Z","epoch":1512576144,"modified":1512576339,"text":"This game provides answers to very frequent questions:\n\nPeople are fat because they shot way too many aliens while defending their farmm\n\nPeople can get so fat that they can barely walk\n\nAliens are made of pizza and donuts\n\n\nAnyway, great game, I miss sound or at least background ambiance\/music and the theme of this LD made your gameplay very hard to play since the \"more you have the worse it is\" part of your game cannot be fought... can it? \n\nEDIT: I take back what I said about fighting weight - I just got so fat I could not lose weight efficiently anymore :D\n\nEDIT2: Remove the option to rate audio of your game if you can :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ZeAntwan","author_uid":"1003878","time":"2017-12-06T16:25:22Z","epoch":1512577522,"modified":1512577522,"text":"The way to shoot in this game is really counter-intuitive. My mind was mixed between moving with WASD or the arrow keys.\n\nI unfortunately got bored very quickly with the game (sorry :slight_frown:), and I didn't see how the weight of the character was acting on my controls (maybe because I was always moving and shooting, or did not see how to get fat... Kind of a life goal I guess :stuck_out_tongue:).\n\nGreat work nonetheless !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Burnt","author_uid":"1065177","time":"2017-12-06T19:56:31Z","epoch":1512590191,"modified":1512595780,"text":"  ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tiberiusuciu","author_uid":"1033010","time":"2017-12-07T04:04:39Z","epoch":1512619479,"modified":1512619479,"text":"I find it pretty fun to use the gun with WASD, it makes it different than most shooting games hahahah!\n\nNice usage of the theme, I just wished there was some sounds in this game, but now worries :)\n\nGood job! :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"professor","author_uid":"1060094","time":"2017-12-08T04:19:06Z","epoch":1512706746,"modified":1512706746,"text":"Nice game overall.  It could have used some sound effects, but I really enjoyed playing.  Thanks for sharing.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Zipp","author_uid":"1035066","time":"2017-12-09T21:07:26Z","epoch":1512853646,"modified":1512853646,"text":"I love the alien sprites and the game was pretty fun\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Naca","author_uid":"1000250","time":"2017-12-10T19:25:50Z","epoch":1512933950,"modified":1512933950,"text":"Quite simple, but fun to play. Good work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"zeu31","author_uid":"1012443","time":"2017-12-10T21:43:41Z","epoch":1512942221,"modified":1512942221,"text":"Great game, it just need more \u201cjuice\u201d. Aim with the mouse would be nice, but these control are OK.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"1000478","time":"2017-12-10T21:52:51Z","epoch":1512942771,"modified":1512942771,"text":"I became fat too quickly! Poor animals! Sneaky aliens! Shotgun ruled it all. I didn't hear any sounds (Win Server 2008 R2 x64). Keep making games :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Fylipp","author_uid":"1000499","time":"2017-12-10T22:37:52Z","epoch":1512945472,"modified":1512945472,"text":"Nice game! Aiming with the mouse would be nice.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LMB","author_uid":"1048918","time":"2017-12-10T23:37:34Z","epoch":1512949054,"modified":1512949054,"text":"I also found the controls a bit cumbersome, but I am on the team of those who don't like to move with keyboard and aim with the mouse (many people seem to like it, doesn't work for me -- not in 2D, at least).\n\nThe concept of getting fatter and slower as you eat is very interesting: basically, there is trade-of in taking power ups :-)\n\nOh, and nice graphics!\n","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"1003701","time":"2017-12-18T02:31:12Z","epoch":1513564272,"modified":1513564272,"text":"Good concept. I didn't saw where the controls were explained. I figured it out after some death but some quick instructions are always welcome. For the fact that ennemies can move diagonally but you can only shoot straight it's weird because you have to position yourseld a certain way to be able to touch an ennemy.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld40\/56890-de782052acf53f64931e6f7b8288e126.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/pr5lvivw5qya1do\/Farmland%20Invasion.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/n4s8jgjoiwfrwj4\/Farmland%20Invasion%20Source%20Code.zip?dl=0","text":"Source code for Farmland Invasion"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"41766","g_author":"1012258","g_event":"LD40","g_eventkey":"70","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"224238","g_title":"Farmland Invasion","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"1068","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"56890","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"56890","n_urlkey":"224238","n_parent":"49883","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/farmland-invasion","n_slug":"farmland-invasion","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"12258","n_created":"1512070615","n_modified":"1512439317","n_version":"189792","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":56890,"parent":49883,"superparent":9,"author":12258,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-12-05T02:01:57Z","created":"2017-11-30T19:36:55Z","modified":"2017-12-05T02:01:57Z","version":189792,"slug":"farmland-invasion","name":"Farmland Invasion","body":"![MenuScreen.png](\/\/\/raw\/2ef\/2\/z\/cb83.png)\n![Screenshot 2.png](\/\/\/raw\/2ef\/2\/z\/cb90.png)\n![Screenshot 1.png](\/\/\/raw\/2ef\/2\/z\/cb9e.png)\n![Screenshot 3.png](\/\/\/raw\/2ef\/2\/z\/cba3.png)\n![GameOver.png](\/\/\/raw\/2ef\/2\/z\/cbab.png)\nYou play as Dan Danman, a disgruntled farmer attempting to defend his farm from an alien invasion. 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