{"author_link":"\/author\/5you\/","author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","comments":[{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450053600,"text":"Did this in time, hope to recieve a few comments before the end of the submission so I can improve this a bit!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for playing. (well, if you do)"},{"author_name":"deadpixelsociety","author_uid":"3308","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:01am","epoch":1450061760,"text":"The controls took a minute to get half comfortble with and it could use some sound, but overwall I liked it and the golden tile reveal was rather nice looking.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>ps. ALL ANTS MUST DIE!"},{"author_name":"ThaRemo","author_uid":"61896","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:36am","epoch":1450092660,"text":"The controls are a little hard to get used to, but the game looks quite nice! Adding some music would improve the mood a little, but besides that it's quite fun."},{"author_name":"Taffaz","author_uid":"19054","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:37am","epoch":1450092720,"text":"Those ants were annoying, destroying my hard work! Good game, well made but I agree with deadpixelsociety that sound would add to the experience."},{"author_name":"George","author_uid":"14638","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:39am","epoch":1450092840,"text":"Interesting game! I was a bit confuse at the start, even after reading the how-to, but got it in the end. Solid use of the theme"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:59am","epoch":1450094040,"text":"Controls were easier when I started to make the game:\r<br\/>up\/down\/left\/right\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And then I remembered the theme... so it controls like the antique Snake.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yep! Sound would have been great, but I didn't have the time. Beside most games here ended up having sound\/music more anoying than anything. This was the case for my LD31 game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=46758"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1450099200,"text":"Ants ate my screen T_T\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very cool idea! It took me some time to grasp the controls, but when you do the game is really fun. And graphics are really nice as well. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm missing some sound effects when you reveal a tile, I'm sure it would feel pretty rewarding.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job! :)"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1450100760,"text":"Anyone tried multi\/coop ?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well... if you are REALLY hardcore, you can try against\/with yourself!"},{"author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1450101960,"text":"Great game! I never thought picross could be this intense ;)\r<br\/>Really nice graphics, I love how well animated everything is. I will try playing it with some friends later, the multiplayer modes seem fun."},{"author_name":"Ybalrid","author_uid":"55047","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1450102020,"text":"What the ants are doing? I don't understand xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The 2 buttons controlls makes it quite hard."},{"author_name":"cimbaman","author_uid":"60820","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1450112220,"text":"Really liked the fact that you don't know what you have to make at the beginning of the level.\r<br\/>No problem with the controls.\r<br\/>Because I'm BATMAN!"},{"author_name":"ZpeedTube","author_uid":"60200","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1450112760,"text":"Nice game. Theme fit's good whit the game. But maybe a little bit hard control. But overall a great job! :)"},{"author_name":"J-Nat","author_uid":"59994","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1450116300,"text":"Nice game ! An input buffer can give the game a boost in playability. Just record the last pressed key and apply in when entering a new frame. I often miss a tile due to a timing error (since the tiles are big and the snake moves in a continuous manner on a discrete grid)"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1450117680,"text":"I know what you mean (i think) and there is such a thing. Basically you can press the key whenever you want and it will turn on the next tile.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The previous version of that is that you could keep the key pressed (you didn't had to press it again to make a U turn) but the game is so quick you ended up making U turns without wanting to. It felt more natural but was unplayable because to fast.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I could have made the &quot;snake&quot; slower but it would have been boring."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1450129740,"text":"Very cool! Nice graphics. Windows, but runs fine on WINE in Mac OSX. :)"},{"author_name":"silkworm_sweatshop","author_uid":"47199","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:45am","epoch":1450140000,"text":"Those ants are the bane of my existence. You can actually continue playing even after the time runs out, just kill all the ants and finish the level. The &quot;game over&quot; text will be there but on the plus side there will be no more ants :P."},{"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"55346","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1450148640,"text":"Pretty fun!"},{"author_name":"dvdfu","author_uid":"51259","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:41am","epoch":1450154160,"text":"Nice idea! It was a little hard to tell what I needed to draw over, but it's pretty fun."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1450186080,"text":"Neat!  I love picross, and thought this was pretty cool as well.  I noticed there was a way to flip a row tiles gold all at once, but I couldn't figure out specifically how to trigger it when I wanted.  I thought it would be something like othello, and the gold would be flipped if crossover a path that I had already marked the other end but it didn't seem to work that way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Additionally, I found an interesting bug.  When you lose, and all the ants appear, you are still in control.  Additionally, no further ants spawn.  As a result, you can clear the ants and then just continue playing as normal.  The game will happily jump to the next level.  I am 100% not ashamed to say that I solved the game with a negative -247 seconds this way."},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1450187400,"text":"lol ! I was wondering if anybody would find this &quot;cheat&quot;, left it on purpose for people who like to break games. But having a negative score and how you have to bear with the ants makes it less satisfying way to finish the game."},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1450187520,"text":"I really thought it would be clearer how the tiles reveal. They have to be activated from all 4 directions, whether if it's directly or not. That it why you can circle a hole bunch and activate them at the same time."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1450188960,"text":"Really neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/p3nh2TkdCXs"},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1450200660,"text":"I like the idea! Once you understand how it works, it becomes an interesting game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The only thing I would add is some more difference between the levels.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>By the way, in comments to my game you said that you stuck on a level. Recently I made a walkthrough, because want people to see my entire game, not only a first levels. Check it out if you want."},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1450273140,"text":"Oh I knew I was doing it wrong! Good idea to make a png walkthrough."},{"author_name":"Gins","author_uid":"33074","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1450295940,"text":"That's a pretty cool idea, but I think it's hindered by the two button controls a lot. I constantly wanted to control it like &quot;snake&quot;. If you expand on this in the future, just make 4-directional controls :)"},{"author_name":"paruthidotexe","author_uid":"51981","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:15am","epoch":1450332600,"text":"Nice use of theme and art looks good..."},{"author_name":"bitdecaygames","author_uid":"52796","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1450715640,"text":"Im not sure I ever fully figured out how to understand out what I was working toward, just moved in the direction of the shadows until something started turning yellow. At first I thought I was playing a snake clone."},{"author_name":"Jeasonfire","author_uid":"29941","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1451500320,"text":"Sounds would probably be nice. The controls are (though understandable) very weird and at times, frustrating. The graphics were great and the idea is pretty good."}],"images":["ld34\/46758-46305081ce36c1c58e53fa2ae34216a2.jpg","ld34\/46758-29cc908dd2371532792bf6de9b39002c.jpg","ld34\/46758-74a87b804241c68623df6ffec98ef26a.jpg","ld34\/46758-73e8837eee1b2913bd325ae082a04518.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ujzl3ufs9o06m2f\/Digicross.exe?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ujzl3ufs9o06m2f\/Digicross.exe?dl=0https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8mbl6wkx2fi68yb\/Digicross_source.gmz?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5010","g_author":"46758","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4988","g_title":"Digicross","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"670","g_commentcount":"28","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\/46758-shot0-1450053362.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/46758-shot1-1450053362.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/46758-shot2-1450064136.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/46758-shot3-1450064136.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Digicross (for lack of a better name) is a action picross game in wich you are urged to unravel the pixel art withing the time you got left. Don't go away, there is no math to do ! Just control your dot with the 2 buttons and act quickly...\r\n\r\nMany modes availiable:\r\n-solo mode\r\n-multiplayer mode\r\n-coop mode\r\n\r\nThe multiplayer mode is a duel mode so it's my favourite!\r\nEvery explanation you need is in the game, in the 'how to play' section.\r\n\r\n\r\nHope you will engoy this genuine compo, have fun!\r\n\r\n\r\n*** Important ***\r\n* Post compo version with sounds, memory leak contained, new ant system, light effects and few other twicks!\r\n--> https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/e8zj6w8kzzuuh6q\/Digicross%201.1.exe?dl=0\r\n\r\n* I really thought it would be clearer how the tiles reveal. They have to be activated from all 4 directions, whether if it's directly or not. That it why you can circle a hole bunch and activate them at the same time.","title":"Digicross"}