{"author_link":"\/author\/binarydreamer\/","author_name":"Nanocryk","author_uid":"60651","comments":[{"author_name":"Zifiv","author_uid":"65878","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:46am","epoch":1450082460,"text":"Like I said during your stream, it's a good game. You make a real great job !\rI will test it with my OSX, and I make u a feedback about."},{"author_name":"jmintb","author_uid":"58885","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1450125060,"text":"I couldnt get it to work."},{"author_name":"ORECROS","author_uid":"60328","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1450125180,"text":"great job with this. looks nice and polished"},{"author_name":"realbogart","author_uid":"46918","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1450125720,"text":"Really nice game!"},{"author_name":"Lancey","author_uid":"27233","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1450127940,"text":"Great game overall, feels like a classic arcade shooter! I really liked how you managed to do so much with a minimal art style."},{"author_name":"acotis","author_uid":"61639","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1450128660,"text":"Debian 8 user using Java 8. Got this error when I ran the extracted jar file:\r\rException in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: \/home\/evan\/Downloads\/core\/libs\/native\/liblwjgl32.so: libXrandr.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"},{"author_name":"Nanocryk","author_uid":"60651","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1450130460,"text":"So it's not working on Linux ... damn ..."},{"author_name":"OccamsRazor","author_uid":"32648","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1450130580,"text":"Wow, that was pretty slick! Nice and polished, with an interesting mechanic. Controls took some getting used to, which I thought ultimately made it better, as it offered more of a challenge. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Tensoplast01","author_uid":"58271","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1450130640,"text":"Nice concept! Nice gameplay,nice art style, yes, that's a polished game :)"},{"author_name":"Nanocryk","author_uid":"60651","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1450131720,"text":"Thanks to all of you ! :D It's my first LD and I'm so happy you like it :3"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1450136220,"text":"It is a good game. It would be better if it wasn't restricted by the two buttons. Using the mouse for both movement and shooting is somewhat frustrating."},{"author_name":"Pepejson","author_uid":"51366","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1450136940,"text":"Nice game, looks very good and sounds match game style, however it was hard to me to steer and shoot with the mause"},{"author_name":"Lukbebalduke","author_uid":"26331","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1450137060,"text":"The game is a little bit hard, but very smooth gameplay and visual effects, also I really liked the sound effects. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"zguerrero","author_uid":"65241","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1450206600,"text":"Nice little game, the graphics and sound are good, and fit really well with the overall game, good job!"},{"author_name":"cynicalmonkey","author_uid":"53023","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1450206660,"text":"i really liked the audio gave it a very early 90's space game vibe"},{"author_name":"r8berto","author_uid":"50430","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1450209300,"text":"Rebound shots are the best :D I found this game mechanics really inspiring, thank you!"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:09am","epoch":1450224240,"text":"Nice one. Audio is cool."},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:10am","epoch":1450224300,"text":"Nice one. Audio is cool. Cool take on the theme."},{"author_name":"Lia-Sae","author_uid":"5860","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:01am","epoch":1450230960,"text":"Getting a vertex shader compile error on startup (reserved keyword: in). Windows 8, AMD 290x."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:36am","epoch":1450240260,"text":"Simple, but solid, fun and engaging. I really liked this entry and I hope you will keep working on it a bit. It was difficult, but just the right amount. The presentation could be even better, but as it stands right now, I found it appealing.\r\rCool stuff. Welcome to LD!"},{"author_name":"PeachTreeOath","author_uid":"63987","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:30am","epoch":1450495500,"text":"Would be kinda cool with some environment obstacles as the circle gets bigger."},{"author_name":"batmanasb","author_uid":"63802","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1450556640,"text":"The aim is about 5 degrees to the right, but that's probably just a WINE issue which is common with Unity games. But the game is solid and simple."},{"author_name":"Nanocryk","author_uid":"60651","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 11:42am","epoch":1450611420,"text":"@batmanasb This game was not made with Unity, but thanks for reporting this issue :)"},{"author_name":"Guard13007","author_uid":"52323","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 2:22am","epoch":1451873820,"text":"Couldn't play it.\r\r"compilation error for shader [res\/screen.vs]. Reason: Vertex shader failed to compile with the following errors:\rERROR: 0:3: error(#133) Reserved word: in\rERROR: error(#273) 1 compilation errors. No code generated""}],"images":["ld34\/60651-932d428ca23ae3f54946b2ed1c5c96fa.jpg","ld34\/60651-628c2475b706a90bee6818a5b781beef.jpg","ld34\/60651-b3a7f97c56a175cd1104a37e424e4d94.jpg","ld34\/60651-d9de637136e652678be64d26b240325b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/jqqwg0use6zfj7e\/CoreGuardian.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/3wogs2ppy4h5vtw\/CoreGuardian-src.zip?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6613","g_author":"60651","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6571","g_title":"Core Guardian","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"278","g_commentcount":"24","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\/60651-shot0-1450051560.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60651-shot1-1450051560.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60651-shot2-1450051560.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/60651-shot3-1450055676.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Core Guardian is an abstract shooter where you must defend a core and yourself from waves of enemies.\r\n\r\nUse inertia and rebounds to stay alive and defend your objective.\r\n\r\nTry to get as far as you can !\r\n\r\nThe game has been tested on multiples Windows computers.\r\nGood chance to work on Linux.\r\nDon't know from OS X, I don't have one but it should work.\r\n\r\nEDIT : So after seeing some OpenGL problems with some computers, I changed some properties in the window creation code. I also fixed some broken features such as bullets going through the core or the player damage cooldown not working.\r\nApparently it's okay to update the game for crash and bug fixes, there are no new features so I hope there will be no problem ...\r\n\r\nEDIT2 : It seems my shader loading crash fix is not working so ... I don't know how to make it work ... I'm very sorry for those who won't be able to play it :(\r\n\r\nFor Windows : You can create a start.bat file with the following content :\r\n----\r\njava -jar CoreGuardian.jar\r\n----\r\n\r\nEDIT3 : Ok ... so it only works on Windows ... I'll try to fix this in future versions of the game ...\r\n\r\n=== HUD ===\r\n Top : Core and player shields and lifes\r\n Bottom : Wave counter\r\n\r\n=== Controls ===\r\n --- MAIN ---\r\n Mouse Left : Move\r\n Mouse Right : Shoot\r\n\r\n --- OPTIONS ---\r\n Escape : Quit\r\n P : Pause\r\n F12 : Restart the game if you're stuck someway","title":"Core Guardian"}