{"author_link":"\/author\/piepenguin1995\/","author_name":"Piepenguin1995","author_uid":"64234","comments":[{"author_name":"realbogart","author_uid":"46918","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450066920,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"timsjostrand","author_uid":"59492","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450066920,"text":"Love the visuals!"},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:34am","epoch":1450067340,"text":"I really enjoyed this gets so difficult after you add even just 1 other color. Love that you got global leaderboards. I missed that you could delete the &quot;Guest&quot; part. Great job!"},{"author_name":"trueboolean","author_uid":"62665","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:31am","epoch":1450070760,"text":"Simple but addictive. Nice work! I really like how you implemented your own scoreboard server!"},{"author_name":"paradxil","author_uid":"33745","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:51am","epoch":1450071960,"text":"Pretty fun game.  I did think it was a little slow until I got to the three colors... but then it really picked up.  Nice work."},{"author_name":"pianoman373","author_uid":"52498","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:56am","epoch":1450072260,"text":"Awesome game. The leaderboard is an awesome addition. Although I was kind of confused about the controls and how the GUI worked at first. Maybe a description in the menu or on the game page?"},{"author_name":"et1337","author_uid":"30952","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:42am","epoch":1450075020,"text":"Very technically impressive. C++, cross-platform, networking. Fantastic. I only wish the beats were synced with the music!"},{"author_name":"Piepenguin1995","author_uid":"64234","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:36am","epoch":1450078260,"text":"@et1337 Thanks, and I wish they were synced too! Unfortunately SFML doesn't allow you to change the tempo of music without also changing pitch, and I didn't have time to come up with a solution to work around that."},{"author_name":"Saucy","author_uid":"62911","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:37am","epoch":1450078320,"text":"Simple AND fun! Great job!"},{"author_name":"Remicy","author_uid":"43233","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:32am","epoch":1450088820,"text":"Pretty addictive! Also nice graphic and gameplay!"},{"author_name":"paraxite","author_uid":"60614","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:35am","epoch":1450089000,"text":"Simple and solids game."},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:36am","epoch":1450089060,"text":"Very addictive. There's not much to the game, but what is there is implemented very smoothly. Well done."},{"author_name":"fishtrek","author_uid":"18456","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1450091700,"text":"i liked the gradual increase in difficulty, but the music got really grating really fast"},{"author_name":"Giezu","author_uid":"47508","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:29am","epoch":1450344240,"text":"Simple and complete game, nice music, fun to play for a little while. I think it'll be good for mobile devices"},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1450533360,"text":"Nice game.\r<br\/>Audio is slightly annoying, but visual style is great!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, it would be nice if new colors were unlocked faster."},{"author_name":"Cliff Lee(CL)","author_uid":"41166","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 8:48am","epoch":1450687380,"text":"Simple but well done!\r<br\/>Nice concept! maybe will be even better used as music game!"},{"author_name":"Aurel B\u00edl\u00fd","author_uid":"1645","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 12:01am","epoch":1451519760,"text":"Very nice! Almost got the top score. Almost :)\r<br\/>I muted the music on my second run, it got very boring very quickly. Also I wish the difficulty picked up a bit faster. Right now it's more of a concentration game, where making one mistake (likely) makes you lose all 3 lives, maybe it could be made faster, so it's more about &hellip; reflexes?\r<br\/>But otherwise very nice aesthetic, and nice multiplayer."}],"images":["ld34\/64234-ec1ac29a4af99d131390fb4bc3e13f5d.jpg","ld34\/64234-579bcb17e4d059199bafd7ea575a3c2f.jpg","ld34\/64234-675b4b0045b16e4c2e5ab2d14f479b45.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Piepenguin1995\/ld34\/releases\/tag\/ludum-dare","text":"Windows &amp; Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Piepenguin1995\/ld34","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4977","g_author":"64234","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4955","g_title":"Squares","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"149","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/511439\/64234-shot0-1450060429.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/64234-shot1-1450060429.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/64234-shot2-1450060429.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"When bright squares start moving towards you with no sign of stopping, what else is there to do but spin around wildly and attempt to catch them?\r\n\r\nLeft arrow key navigates through menus, Right arrow key selects the menu entries, and both spin around the central square.\r\n\r\nScores are automatically uploaded to an online communal scoreboard. To set your submission name, go into the Settings menu and just type normally. This doesn't persist across program runs, unfortunately it has to be set each time.\r\n\r\nThe game itself is written in C++ using the SFML library, and the scoreboard server is written in Ruby using Sinatra and hosted on a Heroku instance.","title":"Squares"}