{"author_link":"\/author\/blake_lead\/","author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","comments":[{"author_name":"Akhera","author_uid":"60697","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:55am","epoch":1450083000,"text":"Doesn't work. MSVCP140.dll is missing"},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:01am","epoch":1450083360,"text":"Grats on your first game! Nice work. It's really hard, though. :p"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:20am","epoch":1450084500,"text":"Thank you @manabreak ! The difficulty depends on the machine, I found out : sometimes the game runs really fast and sometimes it runs slooow. My bad I did not fix the framerate. I'm gonna say it's a feature :D.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Akhera : I compiled the game with VS2015 dynamically. I will fix this as soon as I'm home. I did not realize it would be an issue, I'm really sorry."},{"author_name":"SirJavaGaming","author_uid":"45375","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:49am","epoch":1450086240,"text":"MSVCP140.dll missing"},{"author_name":"Cyranh","author_uid":"62805","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:45am","epoch":1450089600,"text":"Looks great! But I couldn't seem to find a replay button and had to restart the game everytime I died... Which was a lot, I have to admit. Overall well done!"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1450095780,"text":"@SirJavaGaming : I will try and solve this issue when I'll go back home. I am sorry.\r<br\/>@Cyranh : Thank you for playing :). A retry option would have been useful indeed ! I will definitely think of that for the next ludum dare !"},{"author_name":"alyphen","author_uid":"14242","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1450108320,"text":"A really nice entry. Nice idea and very pretty. Audio could improve it to no end, and varying the speed and\/or spacing could help with the difficulty level.\r<br\/>I can imagine something like this being quite a hit in the mobile space - it's a lot of fun and can easily be played in short bursts."},{"author_name":"FloatingGhost","author_uid":"20843","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1450108380,"text":"api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing"},{"author_name":"daleth90","author_uid":"50907","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1450108440,"text":"I think there should have a replay button or something like that after &quot;YOU DIE!&quot;"},{"author_name":"Zenol","author_uid":"65378","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1450108500,"text":"I installed MSVC 2015 redistribuable, but I now have a blue window with nothing inside :( Can't rate it."},{"author_name":"Obvious Industries","author_uid":"50051","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1450108500,"text":"Nice little game, just a bit hard I guess. There is no chance of changing fast enough to get all points"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1450120680,"text":"Thank you @alyphen, @daleth90 and @Obvious Industries for playing my game and for your kind comments. It's really encouraging. I am working on a retry state and on ajusting difficulty.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@FloatingGhost, @Zenol, thanks for trying ! I'm looking for a fix to that issue."},{"author_name":"gene-z","author_uid":"26095","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1450131840,"text":"simple and good"},{"author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:01am","epoch":1450137360,"text":"I can't play windows games, sorry!"},{"author_name":"BoltKey","author_uid":"50511","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:13am","epoch":1450138080,"text":"Conceptually very nice idea, but somehow id doesn't feel good. It should get harder \/ more complex with time. For example, you start off with just heights, then introduce colors etc.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the idea that you don't have to match all aspects of the squares, but the more you do, the better."},{"author_name":"AM_Games","author_uid":"66224","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:30am","epoch":1450139100,"text":"Nice game, had issues with the colour of my block. I was grey throughout. The joys of OpenGL!"},{"author_name":"thirteenthspiral","author_uid":"63900","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:39am","epoch":1450139640,"text":"This is really buggy and it's pretty unbearable :\/ I make my block green and I still die or it switches to red randomly. This looks like a fun game otherwise."},{"author_name":"KBF123","author_uid":"52084","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:17am","epoch":1450145520,"text":"Interesting concept"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:23am","epoch":1450167480,"text":"@thiteenthspiral : sorry for that. I could not reproduce your bugs and have no idea where these come from.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you all for your feedback, I'll make good use of all you said for the next ld."},{"author_name":"Los_Stormtroopers","author_uid":"65983","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:09am","epoch":1450170240,"text":"Well done :D A game for being fun doesn't need to have great graphics :P"},{"author_name":"DieBackStudios","author_uid":"62053","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1450202400,"text":"Good Concept here :D Keep improving Thats what we are here for :)"},{"author_name":"arseneauol","author_uid":"51027","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1450211160,"text":"..."},{"author_name":"ThreeLivesGames","author_uid":"66133","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1450212180,"text":"Very fun game. Audio would be nice, but still a great first game."},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:11am","epoch":1450249560,"text":"I could hear some audio from the game when I clicked around, but nothing rendered beyond a blue square. =\\"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:57am","epoch":1450252320,"text":"Thank you @Los_Stormtroopers, @DieBackStudios, @arseneauol, @ThreeLivesGames and @kirbytails7 for playing my game :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@kirbytails7 : I'm sorry you could not test it. You are not the first person who had this issue. I really don't know how to solve it and yet I tried everything I could, I am sorry."},{"author_name":"EthanWebster","author_uid":"38791","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1450279560,"text":"Nice idea, and also good to see a fellow C++ developer! Congrats on this game, you should be proud of it :)"},{"author_name":"AAGH Games","author_uid":"38918","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1450550280,"text":"Had trouble understanding when a hit counted as a success or a fail, and failing seemed to be almost random. Nice concept, but it could use more clarification."},{"author_name":"little-burrito","author_uid":"38819","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1450550580,"text":"Well done on your first game! Especially impressive that you got it working when you hade build your own game engine as well :) I recorded while I played, and the video is being uploaded here:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ed7fjG3Ed5o\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks!"},{"author_name":"little-burrito","author_uid":"38819","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1450551120,"text":"And the sound effect for getting hit is nice and intuitive :)"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1450560240,"text":"@EthanWebster : Thank you for playing my game ! I really appreciate it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@AAGH Games : I had trouble finding a good, fine tuned score system and it is indeed flawed. I'm working on this prototype in my spare time and score system is one of my priorities ! Thanks for playing the game and I appreciate your feedback."},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1450560960,"text":"@little-burrito : Watching you play my game was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time! I can not be prouder than I am right now.\r<br\/>And your feedbacks are invaluable ! Thank you for that, they are carefully noted and I hope to bring something better next LD !"},{"author_name":"piper82","author_uid":"28326","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1450568940,"text":"love the art!"},{"author_name":"Tapehead","author_uid":"64267","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1450614420,"text":"cool idea but hard as hell!!! well done!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 1:48am","epoch":1450748580,"text":"There seems to be a bug where once you go past the first obstacle you're practically invincible but anyway, I actually liked both gameplay mechanics of growing\/shrinking and colour changing. Not bad for your first game I'd say."},{"author_name":"Mantlair","author_uid":"49861","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1450794240,"text":"Didnt work for me. Blue screen then closes itself."},{"author_name":"dregamr","author_uid":"57743","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 11:20am","epoch":1451733300,"text":"I can't execute it. :_("},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1451830860,"text":"Thank you all for trying my game and rate\/comment it.\r<br\/>I'm sorry some of you could not play it. Could you tell me which graphics card you have (nvidia, ati) ?"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 1:58am","epoch":1451958780,"text":"wow, this is really difficult, but I like the idea.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>solid gameplay, but like I said, I think it can be a little too hard, of course, that's just my opinion, some people like the 'impossible' type games. Nice work for your first game! :)"},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Jan 14, 2016 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1452778500,"text":"Thank you all for testing\/rating my game and hope to play your games next LD !"}],"images":["ld34\/60780-8fc2151d2741f29a86bc621c07aea8e2.jpg","ld34\/60780-efa4e2cf8caef0721fc2446aa1581950.jpg","ld34\/60780-d4ea1c5187d16f1b0a11a3606e55462d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/dduh7b5q9f1aax3\/AAD-DKA764ymwNgqQbQ17Zj2a?dl=0","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6191","g_author":"60780","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6136","g_title":"Bay Col !","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"788","g_commentcount":"39","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\/60780-shot0-1450035182.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60780-shot1-1450035182.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60780-shot2-1450035182.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my very first game ever ! Buggy and ugly but I'm so proud of it !\r\n\r\nYou play a box that can change color and grow\/shrink. If you want to score, match height and color of the boxes you cross. \r\nIn other words : be cool and blend in.\r\n\r\nSpace \/ Left mouse : Grow\/Shrink\r\nLeft Shift \/ Right mouse : Change color\r\n\r\nMade with Visual Studio 2015 (dlls could be missing if you have not VC++ Redistributable for VS 2015) in C++ with GLFW\/GLEW, SOIL2 for textures loading, OpenAL for sounds, and Freetype for fonts. Paint.net for visual assets.\r\n\r\nEDIT 01\/02\/2016 : I posted an edited version of my entry and here are the changes:\r\n- fixed a bug where sound does not play\r\n- fixed a bug where blocks overlapped\r\n- Adjusted difficulty","title":"Bay Col !"}