{"author_link":"\/users\/banksho","author_name":"BankSho","author_uid":"1097873","comments":[{"author_name":"Simin","author_uid":"1200714","time":"2020-04-21T06:22:26Z","epoch":1587450146,"modified":1587450146,"text":"It felt a lot like a tower defense game to me. I usually enjoy these kinds of games, but the slow reload speed made it hard to consistently survive for a long time. I think it's a great base to add some more mechanics on to if you feel like taking it further!:)","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Andre Fremaux","author_uid":"1168799","time":"2020-04-21T10:27:28Z","epoch":1587464848,"modified":1587464848,"text":"A good entry for your second ludum dare! At first I thought I couldn't change weapons but realized that you had to scroll up for the shotgun and scroll down for the rifle. Also a way to quit back to the menu (or just out of the game) while playing would be a nice addition. Apart from those two things it was still a fun experience! Great work!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Honey Pony","author_uid":"1162497","time":"2020-04-21T23:34:35Z","epoch":1587512075,"modified":1587512121,"text":"Glad to see you participating in another Ludum Dare!\n\nThis game has a lot of solid mechanics. The player movement and shooting both work pretty well. The guns both seemed to have different tradeoffs--I wasn't able to hit far away enemies with the shotgun.\n\nI did think the game was potentially unbalanaced--I was never able to survive long enough to buy anything. This is probably mostly due to the long reload animation. I couldn't figure out a way to balance shooting and reloading in a way that I wouldn't be overwhelmed.\n\nIn any case, the only real concrete piece of feedback I have is that when you open the shop you might want to have the game pause. The first time I opened the shop I was reading the various things to see what I could do, and then a bunch of enemies showed up that I was completely unprepared for.\n\nThere is one bug: when you start a new round, no enemies spawn in. I have to close and repoen the game to get it to work.\n\nOverall, solid entry. :smile:","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"BankSho","author_uid":"1097873","time":"2020-04-22T02:39:30Z","epoch":1587523170,"modified":1587523199,"text":"@honey-pony Thanks for the feedback! I added a shotgun damage drop-off on purpose to make it feel more like a shotgun. I also made other damage fades, sound fades, and enemy increases, mainly to use the math I just learned on algebra :smile: \n\nAfter the jam, I see that the reload animations were too long. I guess that's what happens when I don't have anyone to play my game :laughing: At least now I know how the guns should feel now.\n\nAnd yeah, I noticed that bug after I submitted the project. It was fine before, but when I showed my parents the game I saw it. I guess I accidentally changed something and didn't notice. Oh well!\n\nI'm super happy to participate in this Ludum Dare. I feel like I improved a lot since the last Ludum Dare, and I was able to see that change myself in this jam. It's a nice feeling to actually see yourself improve :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PicusBGames","author_uid":"1186122","time":"2020-04-23T02:27:17Z","epoch":1587608837,"modified":1587608837,"text":"@banksho Hi there, interesting wave based shooter :) Personally I found it pretty hard lol... Reload times felt long to the point where I just couldn't prevent zombies from reaching the damsel. Agree with @honey-pony about the shop pause, I think that would help the pacing a bit and noticed the same bug on restart :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"synoxgames","author_uid":"1052650","time":"2020-04-23T02:43:54Z","epoch":1587609834,"modified":1587609834,"text":"I thought this game was pretty good, I liked the graphics and the gunplay! It was hard but a challenge is always good, I liked figuring out the best setup for how to go about doing it! I never managed to get sudden death but I tried hard! Overall quite solid game, a few glitches here and there like the re-spawning not working but other than that enjoyable!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GreenDinoGames","author_uid":"1143176","time":"2020-04-27T14:58:30Z","epoch":1587999510,"modified":1587999510,"text":"Good entry. For some reason if I restart the level, the enemies won't spawn anymore. Otherwise solid game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Robin49","author_uid":"1055974","time":"2020-04-27T21:44:36Z","epoch":1588023876,"modified":1588023876,"text":"Thanks for that game, it's pretty fun :)","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/192519-21ba773b1fd11a536fdd280841a4a5eb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bankshotzombies.itch.io\/save-me","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"62287","g_author":"1097873","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"276404","g_title":"Save Me!","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"1914","g_commentcount":"8","g_site2_node_id":"192519","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"192519","n_urlkey":"276404","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/save-me","n_slug":"save-me","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"97873","n_created":"1587156312","n_modified":"1587428980","n_version":"600313","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":192519,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":97873,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-21T00:29:40Z","created":"2020-04-17T20:45:12Z","modified":"2020-04-21T00:29:40Z","version":600313,"slug":"save-me","name":"Save Me!","body":"![ld46screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/15e\/71\/z\/2f7f0.png)\nYou are trapped in a basement with yourself and a girl...and an endless onslaught of monsters. 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These monsters are attacking the helpless girl--the reason is unknown. You must protect this girl from these monsters with just two weapons!\n\nThis is my second Ludum Dare game jam and third game jam! Have fun!\n\nSwitch weapons - Scroll wheel or 1 and 2 numbers\n\nMovement - WASD\n\nCrouch - C","title":"Save Me!"}