{"author_link":"\/users\/ectucker1","author_name":"ectucker1","author_uid":"1008294","comments":[{"author_name":"Amba","author_uid":"1103242","time":"2018-08-14T00:31:15Z","epoch":1534206675,"modified":1534206675,"text":"Very fun game! \"Wall in on miss\" is a great idea. Solid overall!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Zlabya","author_uid":"1087723","time":"2018-08-14T00:31:31Z","epoch":1534206691,"modified":1534206691,"text":"i love the music and the idea. However, it's hard to control the character after a while. The player character can get stuck between the spawned obstacles too.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tero Pulkkinen","author_uid":"1000473","time":"2018-08-14T00:31:52Z","epoch":1534206712,"modified":1534206712,"text":"Pretty nice shoot-em-up game. ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"cbenoit","author_uid":"1098972","time":"2018-08-14T00:34:23Z","epoch":1534206863,"modified":1534206863,"text":"I like the take on the theme!  A little odd though that once you lose you can't restart within the same session.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Roy Berardo","author_uid":"1104454","time":"2018-08-14T00:37:18Z","epoch":1534207038,"modified":1534207038,"text":"Fun game! Fun use of the theme too. Wish enemies were introduced slower, sometimes it felt as if hoards of new foes would appear and I have to figure out how 3 of them work at the same time.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"trozen","author_uid":"1100955","time":"2018-08-14T00:39:24Z","epoch":1534207164,"modified":1534207164,"text":"Castle Custodian is a great name for a game =P. The art and audio really added to the atmosphere on this one. \n\nThe spawn walls on miss mechanic is interesting, but it can be a little frustrating for the player. I enjoyed walling off enemies until I realized I was running out of level. I'm sure this is by design, but it's a very unforgiving mechanic!\n\nFun game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ectucker1","author_uid":"1008294","time":"2018-08-14T00:42:24Z","epoch":1534207344,"modified":1534207344,"text":"@cbenoit What do you mean by \"can't restart within the same session?\" Does the \"Try Again\" button not work on your computer?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"m2u-84","author_uid":"1103057","time":"2018-08-14T00:46:11Z","epoch":1534207571,"modified":1534207571,"text":"Great overall idea - enjoyed the first 2-3 levels quite a lot. Unfortunately the character gets stuck after that in most cases. But with a little fine-tuning gameplay could be improved. Very creative opponents by the way. Congrats on your submission and good luck!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gurarara","author_uid":"1113675","time":"2018-08-14T00:49:03Z","epoch":1534207743,"modified":1534207743,"text":"I thought the wall popping up when you miss shots was a nice idea. The collision was a bit messy at times but it's still a nice game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DarkGuardsman","author_uid":"1109134","time":"2018-08-14T00:57:35Z","epoch":1534208255,"modified":1534208255,"text":"Seems interesting but seems to feel laggy on the web.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Firebelley","author_uid":"1079632","time":"2018-08-14T01:13:36Z","epoch":1534209216,"modified":1534209216,"text":"Decent bullet-hell style game. My only complaint is the fireball hitboxes seem a bit large. I was hitting walls when I thought I shouldn't be.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ectucker1","author_uid":"1008294","time":"2018-08-14T01:29:15Z","epoch":1534210155,"modified":1534210155,"text":"@darkguardsman What browser are you using that it lags in? Are you playing in fullscreen? I'm not sure why, but it does tend to lag in Chrome fullscreen.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DarkGuardsman","author_uid":"1109134","time":"2018-08-14T02:21:38Z","epoch":1534213298,"modified":1534213298,"text":"@ectucker1 Using chrome but didn't full screen. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"cbenoit","author_uid":"1098972","time":"2018-08-14T11:36:16Z","epoch":1534246576,"modified":1534246576,"text":"@ectucker1 huh, when I play through it again I see the game over screen.  Before my screen just went black other than the HP and wave UI when I lost.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ectucker1","author_uid":"1008294","time":"2018-08-14T13:04:49Z","epoch":1534251889,"modified":1534251889,"text":"@cbenoit sounds like it crashed, I'll have to look into that.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fingamer","author_uid":"1004024","time":"2018-08-14T15:10:59Z","epoch":1534259459,"modified":1534259459,"text":"Fun bullet-hell type of game! Graphics and audio are cool. They set the correct mood very well. The concept fits the theme perfectly. After trying it many times, I still didn't manage to win. Character controlling was a bit difficult. The character got stuck in the walls pretty often.\n\nAnyways, the game is good and it is fun to play! Nice entry!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Diego Goncalves","author_uid":"1035042","time":"2018-08-15T00:37:36Z","epoch":1534293456,"modified":1534293456,"text":"Nice game, got carried shooting fireballs for every enemy I got stuck really fast.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"coffeecup.winner","author_uid":"1099764","time":"2018-08-16T03:07:24Z","epoch":1534388844,"modified":1534388844,"text":"Great game, the first one in this LD I was gripped by and completed (10 HP left :) Like the audio and visuals too. I only think it would have been better if it was known where an enemy would next spawn, even if only for a moment, since without it I had them spawn right next to me not giving me any time to avoid their next projectile.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Anna Petrova","author_uid":"1083884","time":"2018-08-16T13:01:59Z","epoch":1534424519,"modified":1534424520,"text":"Nice music!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nam Nguyen","author_uid":"1104979","time":"2018-08-16T13:09:37Z","epoch":1534424977,"modified":1534424977,"text":"Nice work! nice playability, I enjoyed the different enemies and the music had me tense all the time! really enjoyed it, thanks!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"darthnumbers","author_uid":"1001874","time":"2018-08-17T15:26:04Z","epoch":1534519564,"modified":1534519564,"text":"Game is pretty fun, graphics are solid and audio is good, kind of hard to play on a laptop though, which is probably my fault","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"paulhocker","author_uid":"1005112","time":"2018-08-17T22:16:38Z","epoch":1534544198,"modified":1534544198,"text":"it had a few bugs but overall a very fun game - really liked the concept - i could not move between seperated tiles making it impossible to finish a level - thanks for making this","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"masterkrepta","author_uid":"1001257","time":"2018-08-31T21:51:43Z","epoch":1535752303,"modified":1535752303,"text":"This was a brilliant idea for a unique take on a bullet hell. I like the idea that you cant get crazy just blasting at everything because of the wall damage mechanic.  ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"scottyseus","author_uid":"1101696","time":"2018-08-31T22:09:32Z","epoch":1535753372,"modified":1535753372,"text":"this game is one of my favorites - it is really rewarding to kill the ghosts, and i feel like a badass everytime i dodge out of a flurry of attacks. Well done!\n\nThe only bug that i noticed is that you can't go through a gap of width 1, as other pointed out.\n\nAlso, i don't know it this was intentional, but I noticed that the enemies would spawn in clusters, making it difficult to keep track of how many bullets you already fired. That added a layer of difficulty that wouldn't have been present otherwise.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bradur","author_uid":"1000214","time":"2018-09-01T16:11:32Z","epoch":1535818292,"modified":1535818292,"text":"Graphics, sounds & music all very well done! The gameplay was easy to learn and everything seemed to work. I liked the fact that instead of spamming fireballs everywhere you had to be careful not to wall yourself in!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"1000562","time":"2018-09-04T17:22:11Z","epoch":1536081731,"modified":1536081731,"text":"Neat game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you\u2019d like to take a look. :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/RlwE2-mxmJw","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld42\/101468-3bdef898f4682a6cf9efaf0fe92ef009.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/ectucker\/ld42","text":"Source code"},{"url":"http:\/\/ectucker.gitlab.io\/ld42\/","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ectucker.gitlab.io\/ld42\/","text":"Other (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"47356","g_author":"1008294","g_event":"LD42","g_eventkey":"73","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"230104","g_title":"Castle Custodian","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"735","g_commentcount":"26","g_site2_node_id":"101468","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"101468","n_urlkey":"230104","n_parent":"97793","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/castle-custodian","n_slug":"castle-custodian","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"8294","n_created":"1533305319","n_modified":"1534210055","n_version":"337612","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":101468,"parent":97793,"superparent":9,"author":8294,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2018-08-13T21:18:22Z","created":"2018-08-03T14:08:39Z","modified":"2018-08-14T01:27:35Z","version":337612,"slug":"castle-custodian","name":"Castle Custodian","body":"![Cover Image](\/\/\/content\/660\/2\/z\/17a61.png)\n\nCustodians for the more haunted castles have a slightly different responsibility: disposing of the supernatural. 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If this happens to you, either use Firefox or exit fullscreen.\n\n![ae934ed390a57fb71d86f25e068f5e01.png](\/\/\/raw\/660\/2\/z\/17cce.png)\n\n![9506a73ee5abbe35c0b39a7396565e0c.png](\/\/\/raw\/660\/2\/z\/17ccf.png)","meta":{"author":[8294,48869,28952,81441,90114,80729,94734],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/660\/2\/z\/17a61.png","link-01":"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/ectucker\/ld42","link-01-tag":"42332","link-02":"http:\/\/ectucker.gitlab.io\/ld42\/","link-02-tag":"42336","link-03":"http:\/\/ectucker.gitlab.io\/ld42\/","link-03-tag":"42440","link-04-tag":"50","link-05-tag":"50"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/castle-custodian","parents":[1,5,9,97793],"love":0,"notes":26,"notes-timestamp":"2018-09-04T17:22:11Z","grade":{"grade-01":30,"grade-02":30,"grade-03":29,"grade-04":28,"grade-05":30,"grade-06":30,"grade-07":26,"grade-08":26},"magic":{"cool":104.85931104638,"feedback":15,"given":30.375,"grade":28.625,"grade-01-average":3.25,"grade-01-result":735,"grade-02-average":3.25,"grade-02-result":573,"grade-03-average":3.167,"grade-03-result":596,"grade-04-average":3.712,"grade-04-result":421,"grade-05-average":3.179,"grade-05-result":759,"grade-06-average":3.482,"grade-06-result":250,"grade-07-average":2.438,"grade-07-result":675,"grade-08-average":3.396,"grade-08-result":348,"smart":14.03636194431}},"text":"![Cover Image](\/\/\/content\/660\/2\/z\/17a61.png)\n\nCustodians for the more haunted castles have a slightly different responsibility: disposing of the supernatural. Ideally without causing too much of the roof to collapse.\n\nCastle Custodian is a shooter\/bullet hell where hitting a wall causes part of the ceiling to collapse, slowly running the player out of space to avoid enemy attacks.\n\nControls:\n\nUse WASD to move\n\nPress space to combat roll and avoid all damage\n\nLeft click to shoot a fireball, destroying your enemies and potentially the level\n\nNote: The game tends to lag in fullscreen in chrome. If this happens to you, either use Firefox or exit fullscreen.\n\n![ae934ed390a57fb71d86f25e068f5e01.png](\/\/\/raw\/660\/2\/z\/17cce.png)\n\n![9506a73ee5abbe35c0b39a7396565e0c.png](\/\/\/raw\/660\/2\/z\/17ccf.png)","title":"Castle Custodian"}