{"author_link":"\/author\/sydan\/","author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","comments":[{"author_name":"martincohen","author_uid":"55211","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:22am","epoch":1450063020,"text":"LOVED THIS ONE, GOOD SIR!"},{"author_name":"Thembi","author_uid":"30981","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:25am","epoch":1450063200,"text":"My only suggestion would be to somehow show how close you are to killing the thing in the center..."},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:27am","epoch":1450063320,"text":"First of all, the game looks great. The two button controls were done well and just looked really polished! Great job!"},{"author_name":"batmanasb","author_uid":"63802","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:03am","epoch":1450065480,"text":"Nothing against you, but I freaking hate Unity's exporting to linux, so many bugs... like for example: the mouse is about 100 pixels off in game."},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:08am","epoch":1450065780,"text":"Hey batmanasb! I'm really sorry to hear that... I didn't know. Is the webplayer version usable for you? Do you know if there are any work arounds that I can implement for the mouse issue?"},{"author_name":"Magicolo","author_uid":"44592","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:21am","epoch":1450066560,"text":"Beautiful game :O"},{"author_name":"xWarZonex","author_uid":"39237","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:23am","epoch":1450066680,"text":"Beautiful game! The art and audio were great."},{"author_name":"ranmaru90","author_uid":"21122","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450066920,"text":"OMG! This game is so polished!"},{"author_name":"Borodar","author_uid":"63198","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450066920,"text":"Great game, and art is so coool!"},{"author_name":"Fanttum","author_uid":"42108","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1450066920,"text":"Really great game here. Great mechanics and controls. Only thing I might say was having dash on button UP confused me but it still worked fine."},{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:29am","epoch":1450067040,"text":"interesting game, i like the look of it."},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:34am","epoch":1450067340,"text":"Hi Fanttum, I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Dash is either X or right mouse button?"},{"author_name":"Kortuga","author_uid":"12952","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:41am","epoch":1450067760,"text":"Man, this one looks damn sexy. Great work. Love how the music speeds up."},{"author_name":"adamgryu","author_uid":"65705","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:45am","epoch":1450068000,"text":"Very pretty! It would be interesting to see how the bullet-hell aspect of the game could be ramped up. Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"Studiosaurus","author_uid":"65664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:52pm","epoch":1450100820,"text":"Fantastic! 5 in Graphics, Audio and Mood, 4 in the rest."},{"author_name":"tgrehawi","author_uid":"60024","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1450101240,"text":"Beutiful art and sound. Love the exposition and consistent style. It was kind of hard to gauge progress, but otherwise wonderful job!"},{"author_name":"deadpixl","author_uid":"48193","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1450101360,"text":"Great job! Loved the atmosphere and unique gameplay! Tutorial text could be a bit clearer, other than that nice work."},{"author_name":"Pete_H","author_uid":"30272","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1450102560,"text":"Great entry! was a bit unsure of how I was doing as I progressed but the art and atmosphere were stunning!"},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1450102920,"text":"beautiful !"},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1450102980,"text":"Great graphics, nice mood setting music. I liked how the ground would open up beneath you, helped balance the game keeps player moving. Feel like the increase in difficulty was big, but not impossible. Great job."},{"author_name":"aamatniekss","author_uid":"64215","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1450103520,"text":"It's pretty hard once the eye thing grows stronger, but it's very well made and the art is fantastic!"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1450104720,"text":"That was good fun! I loved the different stages of intensity! I didn't notice my dash depleted my Seeds bar, at first. \r\rLoved the little cracks of doom that would go after me, stopped me from using cover too much. Well designed, well balanced with great artwork! \r\rIf there's anything to improve, it would be a little outro, which tells the player that he has defeated winter and that things are alright with the world again or somesuch. \r\rGreat work!"},{"author_name":"Bacontree","author_uid":"65110","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1450106760,"text":"Nice graphics and mood! I didn't know what was going on all the time, but I finished it on my first try. Cool game overall!"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1450112160,"text":"wow, this looks beautifully, nicely done!\r\rthe movement felt very good, and I always felt "in control" of my character, which is important for this type of game.\r\rthe challenge was there without feeling unfair, short and sweet, I loved it, nicely done! :)"},{"author_name":"djdudes100","author_uid":"37315","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1450117260,"text":"This game is amazing well done"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1450119180,"text":"that was fun. was good graphics and theme. felt polished."},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1450119960,"text":"This is a really interesting and well designed idea, every time i thought i found a way to take advantage of the system the boss would do something to keep me on my toes. Reminded me of Titan Souls in a way, challenging but fun. Great work!"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:39am","epoch":1450157640,"text":"Fantastic job! Gorgeous art, nice introduction, and great job building up the tension as the game progressed!\r\rOne suggestion with a little known Unity trick: when you make your web build, set the player settings -> desktop resolution to 9999x9999. Doing so will cause going fullscreen in the web build to actually use the PC's native resolution instead of just keeping it the same and stretching the image. On a game as pretty as this, it's a shame to not get it as crisp as it should be!"},{"author_name":"LittleThor","author_uid":"26496","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1450183260,"text":"The art and the sound are amazing! Great work!\r(But it quickly become very hard :p)"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1450185240,"text":"Both links are errors for me (both web and windows)"},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1450197660,"text":"Hi Jupiter, sorry about that! I forgot to pay for my hosting!! It went down today. Should be back up now!"},{"author_name":"Fartenko","author_uid":"49406","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1450200480,"text":"Wow! I'm speechless. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1450206360,"text":"Really well made game with great graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/G4-JCtlxKuU"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1450206660,"text":"Great entry, I especially like the graphics. You managed to create a very atmospheric game, it's nice to explore it and to find out how to destroy the evil."},{"author_name":"Meta-link","author_uid":"29454","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1450207620,"text":"That's a cool game !\rThe graphics are really good, and the global mood of the game (with the music) is nice :)\rGood job !"},{"author_name":"abolfazl.sh","author_uid":"62938","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:48am","epoch":1450266180,"text":"Nice job.\rpleas play may game.\r\rhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&uid=59316"},{"author_name":"Gornova","author_uid":"2572","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1450299120,"text":"well done, if I can say, it's opposite of my entry in some ways :D"},{"author_name":"zguerrero","author_uid":"65241","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1450299900,"text":"Great graphics!"},{"author_name":"Lullaby","author_uid":"66242","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1450299900,"text":"The mood is cool, and you made a great work with your idea. The fact that you can hide behind your totems makes things easier(when you get it). \r\rI was a bit disapointed by the end, as you started a story at the beginning of your game. It could have been cool to have a "happy ending"."},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1450299960,"text":"Jus wow. Great job !"},{"author_name":"shrapx","author_uid":"44649","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1450301220,"text":"very clean graphics with nice shadow effect, and tense music, which made for some interesting atmosphere, i was expecting more levels when it faded out to play again or quit. The game is like a traditional boss fight, well done!"},{"author_name":"Herzucco","author_uid":"29052","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1450302540,"text":"Good game, simple but fun :^)"},{"author_name":"Louspirit","author_uid":"55260","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1450303980,"text":"Fair use of the two themes, great job :)"},{"author_name":"noddingTortoise","author_uid":"63291","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1450304280,"text":"This game looks amazing, well done!"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1450304700,"text":"This project looks really interesting. The art and audio were great. Nice mood setting music - all is very polished. Neat ++"},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1450305000,"text":"Interesting game, cool graphics and sound. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Kuality Games","author_uid":"46151","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1450305600,"text":"Cool game, looks and plays well."},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1450305660,"text":"wow, this can grow into something really big over the apple store. Congrats guys!"},{"author_name":"flwns","author_uid":"39813","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1450306260,"text":"I was playing, and forgot about dashing, it was really intense, great game."},{"author_name":"newbeings","author_uid":"65418","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1450306440,"text":"Nice Work!\r\rI think i'd like to move with arrow keys rather than towards mouse - i know it fulfills 2 button controls, but if you go on I think that'd be worth it."},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1450307100,"text":"Nice mood and art style. Good job."},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1450307280,"text":"Nice game. Dashing wasn't very intuitive, and there's not much depth to the combat, but other than that, nicely done game."},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1450307580,"text":"This was really nice, I liked the atmosphere a lot! Very well done :)"},{"author_name":"dcRfj15","author_uid":"49644","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1450308000,"text":"Amazing game!\r\rI loved the graphics (both the boss and the Guardians looked incredible!). The game itself was fun as well, I really liked the way that the theme was implemented in the game! Also the level of polish with the added screen shake at just the right times made the game much more immersive and fun to play."},{"author_name":"the-arrival","author_uid":"47053","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:17am","epoch":1450311120,"text":"Awesome music and art. Gameplay could have a bit more depth, but definatly impressive for a 2 days work!"},{"author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:41am","epoch":1450312560,"text":"Super impressive, it looks great and is fun to play!"},{"author_name":"tharealjohn","author_uid":"30568","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:58am","epoch":1450313580,"text":"I really liked this. Good job!\r\rThe second stage was pretty tough. The thing aims right for me every time. I must of missed some strategy!"},{"author_name":"vicious_br","author_uid":"36629","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 1:57am","epoch":1450317120,"text":"I love your game, great job. I would like to take this opportunity to ask a favor. You already rated my game, but I was not allowed "innovation rating." Please could you assess this item now? Take the opportunity to play with some corrections. Very thanks:http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&uid=36629"},{"author_name":"Astro Cat","author_uid":"65435","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1450362120,"text":"Nice gameplay!"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1450362300,"text":"nice, awesome visuals, well done"},{"author_name":"Elit3dGaming","author_uid":"50291","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1450371660,"text":"Really fun and really invitational I had a blast playing this game. I beat the boss my first try but it wasn't easy, it was a great challenge which I liked a lot! Also I love the way you took both themes and implemented it differently."},{"author_name":"KriBoNiTa","author_uid":"60719","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1450373880,"text":"Very beautiful one !"},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1450440000,"text":"Really nice game! Almost got bored quickly as it seemed so easy, until the game really took off and got harder and harder. Really nice boss fight feel like classic videos games had."},{"author_name":"Dejvo","author_uid":"49267","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:01am","epoch":1450518960,"text":"nice one. a little hard to get what's going on, but nice one"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1450531740,"text":"Nice game! Worked fine on Linux (64 bit). It looks pretty good. It got pretty hard in the end, when the thing starts actually aiming at you and there is barely time to plant something. But the progression of difficulty seemed well balanced. Good job!\r\rSmall hint: X and Z are not next to each other on many keyboard layouts, see discussion here: http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/04\/24\/why-z-is-a-bad-action-key\/\r\rIn your game, it was acceptable, because these two keys were the only ones, just as a hint for the feature :-)"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1450544520,"text":"This one is really nice. Well done! Nice sound too."},{"author_name":"huminaboz","author_uid":"41865","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:44am","epoch":1450579140,"text":"Loved the sense of mystery and evilness."},{"author_name":"emmes","author_uid":"60595","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 12:34am","epoch":1450744140,"text":"Awesome game art, interesting gameplay. I'm not completely sure, however, I understood every aspect of it..."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 8:06am","epoch":1451116860,"text":"Good idea, would be better if the rules were shown before the game (or at the beginning), not during it"},{"author_name":"A-Flat Miner Studios","author_uid":"42150","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1451932740,"text":"Wonderful lighting really sells the mood. Great job!"},{"author_name":"UncleChris","author_uid":"45712","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1451942100,"text":"I liked it - never killed the item in the center. Not sure if I came close or not. I did enjoy the mechanic of being able to use two buttons and to grow. Very nice audio and graphics were cool! :)"}],"images":["ld34\/50347-9867ff94c3b57f5c59cf0a44dec41ae7.jpg","ld34\/50347-d83c6292648c1e5739cee6e291b8ec2b.jpg","ld34\/50347-a0ae3915eff12466cbd00686172b010e.jpg","ld34\/50347-3c773d5340da8db3a7a07c06e7f659c6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_34\/TheWinter006_Web\/TheWinter006_Web.html","text":"Web (Fullscreen highly recommended!!)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_34\/TheWinter006_Win64.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_34\/TheWinter006_Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_34\/TheWinter006_Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sydan.co.uk\/ludum_dare_34\/Assets.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6221","g_author":"50347","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6321","g_title":"The Winter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"137","g_commentcount":"71","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\/50347-shot0-1450058942.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50347-shot1-1450058942.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50347-shot2-1450058942.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50347-shot3-1450058942.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Old Ones told of the time that the emerald comet would fall, bringing with it a terrible darkness. Now you stand between the evil and your home village. Raise the Guardians and destroy the evil before it grows too strong!\r\n\r\nControls\r\n-----\r\nLMB or Z: Plant a seed\r\nRMB or X: Dash towards the mouse\r\n\r\nHints\r\n-----\r\n- Planting a seed costs a full energy bar\r\n- Dashing costs a small amount of energy\r\n- Totems heal you and replenish your energy bar\r\n\r\nTheme\r\n-----\r\nI chose to target both themes. Growing appears twice in this game, firstly with the demon comet which grows as you fight it and secondly with the seeds that you plant which (strangely) grow into objects that are not plants...\r\nThe two button controls are slightly supplemented by the mouse position and I also use other buttons for things such as skipping menus and exiting the game. \r\n\r\nBuilds\r\n-----\r\nSome reported issues on Linux build.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","title":"The Winter"}