{"author_link":"\/author\/graysullivan\/","author_name":"Gray Sullivan","author_uid":"54558","comments":[{"author_name":"kirilllosev","author_uid":"51713","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:14am","epoch":1440389340,"text":"Well. Controls might be better (make walking and shooting separate).\r<br\/>IMO, enemies are too strong\r<br\/>AI is pretty good tho. And the game well fits the theme"},{"author_name":"fatSquirrel","author_uid":"10782","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:25am","epoch":1440390000,"text":"Nice tile map and graphics, generally the game looks really nice. Restarting the game didn't set me to full health. Playing as the monster I felt underpowered. The sounds fit the game well."},{"author_name":"avultima","author_uid":"40360","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:26am","epoch":1440390060,"text":"This game definitely screams for some twin stick control!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Move with WASD and shoot with Arrow keys! Funny concept."},{"author_name":"Korso","author_uid":"55188","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:40am","epoch":1440390900,"text":"Nice sprites. Warriors could be a little slower, and pathfinding could be better, but OK overall. Reminds me Llamatron :D"},{"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"55346","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1440391560,"text":"Sorry, couldn't play, not willing to install Java ^_^."},{"author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1440391560,"text":"Well, I think those warriors are more like monsters, as they were robbing the poor green creature..."},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:52am","epoch":1440391620,"text":"Nice game :D I like the way you did it! :D"},{"author_name":"jstclair13","author_uid":"57514","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:21am","epoch":1440393360,"text":"Interesting choice of controls with the shooting. Keep up the hard work!"},{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:33am","epoch":1440394080,"text":"Very decent job for a first LD, congrats. I wish there was a ZQSD or arrows control scheme"},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:39am","epoch":1440394440,"text":"Darn! I couldn't get this to run on MacOSX. What version of Java does this need?"},{"author_name":"mrjorts","author_uid":"56525","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:46am","epoch":1440394860,"text":"I think having separate controls for the shooting direction would make the game more exciting, since you wouldn't just be running away all the time. I like the character designs and the animations.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I noticed a bug where an enemy gets stuck in the door and the level never ends."},{"author_name":"Demy","author_uid":"44801","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:25am","epoch":1440397200,"text":"I never thought I will write something like that here, but this vomit is too hard to control. Yep, I agree with previous reviewers that there should be separated controls for shooting, but nice try."},{"author_name":"ireal","author_uid":"56745","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:51am","epoch":1440398760,"text":"Hey, Good first try! I agree with the others, maybe have a separate way to shoot in another direction~"},{"author_name":"JackDegree","author_uid":"38813","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:54am","epoch":1440398940,"text":"For a first Ludum Dare that's not bad at all :-)\r<br\/>I like that you managed to create a bit of a mood with simple sprites and music.\r<br\/>General feel could be better but that's the kind of aspect that takes days to get right!"},{"author_name":"Sadale","author_uid":"56750","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:58am","epoch":1440399180,"text":"It doesn't run on my linux."},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:59am","epoch":1440399240,"text":"It has a bug in it where there is no way to know how long you last after the first round.  The second round I lasted 3-4 minutes for sure but then it said, it was 62 seconds.  :(  Thought it fit the theme well, but the bugs made it hard to give a better score."},{"author_name":"xX12Twisty12Xx","author_uid":"20340","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:04am","epoch":1440399540,"text":"Nice job. Vomiting wasn't effective enough IMO."},{"author_name":"KodingNights","author_uid":"33865","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:05am","epoch":1440399600,"text":"$ java -jar Vermy.jar\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com\/graysulli\r<br\/>van\/main\/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0"},{"author_name":"Slashee the Cow","author_uid":"29123","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:16am","epoch":1440400260,"text":"Pretty good for a first timer! I'm with everyone else though, would be great if vomiting wasn't in the direction you're facing. And there's probably a few too many bad guys at once, which is why it's a good thing they seem to get stuck on the loot. And the entrance. And each other. Also I think it finally bugged from me when there was (at least one, but probably two or more) enemies stuck at the entrance in a way that they couldn't get out, but I couldn't shoot them.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Don't take all that to say I hated it though; I actually rated it pretty highly. It could just, like most LD entries, use a bit more polish."},{"author_name":"thx4nothing","author_uid":"26847","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:32am","epoch":1440401220,"text":"Interesting idea :D\r<br\/>But as some were already saying, the movement and shooting should be separate^^"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:35am","epoch":1440401400,"text":"I lasted 58 seconds. Controls might be better. You could try to add in a &quot;bite&quot; mechanic to turn guards into zombies :P"},{"author_name":"celisoft","author_uid":"49455","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:48am","epoch":1440402180,"text":"Good java game :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It would have been easier to control the monster with arrow keys on an azerty keyboard."},{"author_name":"Gray Sullivan","author_uid":"54558","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:19am","epoch":1440404040,"text":"I originally tried to make the shooting controlled by arrow keys, but glitched and I did not have time to fix it. Just found a fix for it, enjoy the arrow key controller!"},{"author_name":"scottredrup","author_uid":"57154","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:06am","epoch":1440406860,"text":"Didn't run for me on Windows?"},{"author_name":"PEBKAC","author_uid":"14640","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:20am","epoch":1440407700,"text":"Does not run on Win10. &quot;A Java excption has occured&quot;. - Not rated."},{"author_name":"Gil4","author_uid":"26886","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:29am","epoch":1440408240,"text":"Couldn't run, win 8: \r<br\/>Java Virtual Machine Launcher\r<br\/>A Java Exception has occurred."},{"author_name":"PEBKAC","author_uid":"14640","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:40am","epoch":1440408900,"text":"I got it to run on Win10 after re-installing Java. Apparently broke during the upgrade, I guess.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Controls are somewhat sluggish. Only 2 men enter the arena, and I can't hit the second. Game froze.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Audio's nice.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There's no button for stopping during the game?"},{"author_name":"g_o","author_uid":"24655","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:06am","epoch":1440410460,"text":"Nice entry for a first!\r<br\/>I think the idea was great, just wasn't developed to its full potential thus wasn't as fun as it could be.\r<br\/>The graphics and sound are nice though =]"},{"author_name":"TwixtorTitan","author_uid":"40573","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:17am","epoch":1440414720,"text":"Good little game."},{"author_name":"TestSubject06","author_uid":"7925","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:24am","epoch":1440415140,"text":"I would have lasted longer if the puke was more frequent. Could have used a puke sound, but otherwise it was really well put together!"},{"author_name":"azakhary","author_uid":"39941","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1440420120,"text":"lasted 91 seconds, would be nice to have more types of sodliers. But overall I loved how they humped the chests :D"},{"author_name":"FerraWare","author_uid":"45480","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1440421320,"text":"Nice game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pros:\r<br\/>-Fun and simple\r<br\/>-Cool mechanic\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cons:\r<br\/>-Enemies AI is pretty basic\r<br\/>-Could improve graphically"},{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1440421920,"text":"No indication you had to use the arrow keys to fire (or, indeed any mention of using WASD to move).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Eventually figured it out, but could do with some instructions."},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1440422460,"text":"Graphics could use some work, and the enemies are a little too strong. But I had a lot of raging fun playing this."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1440423300,"text":"Pretty nice. Great graphics :D"},{"author_name":"Dizzyman572","author_uid":"35620","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1440426120,"text":"Excellent game! I thought that this game was very good! I picked up the controls and knew exactly what I had to do instantly. This game founds its genius through simplicity. 10\/10"},{"author_name":"moon519","author_uid":"57157","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1440433860,"text":"Good game! Graphics are good. Controls are ok, and it's very fun to shoot. Music is a bit repetitive."},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1440445680,"text":"Cool idea, would be nice to fire diagonaly"},{"author_name":"matthewd673","author_uid":"38850","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1440450120,"text":"&quot;A Java Exception occurred&quot;"},{"author_name":"airfrog","author_uid":"14250","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:34am","epoch":1440466140,"text":"Digging the graphics style here"},{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:46am","epoch":1440466860,"text":"I'm using Java 7 and get Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 error. I'm in Arch Linux x64"},{"author_name":"Bloodyaugust","author_uid":"3773","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:06am","epoch":1440475260,"text":"It has the beginnings of a good game. You have a good idea, solid gfx, sfx, and a good start on music. It felt like there wasn't really much to it though. Different enemies, more than one &quot;hit&quot; sprite, animation on the vomit, and better\/more powerful zombie would be nice to see."},{"author_name":"DruhinM","author_uid":"54688","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:36am","epoch":1440484260,"text":"Nice game"},{"author_name":"aeai","author_uid":"15206","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:11am","epoch":1440493560,"text":"This was fun! Harder than expected."},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:19am","epoch":1440584040,"text":"Pretty nice game, well done! Music volume was a bit low compared to the sfx. Would be nice to get upgrades from dead enemies, or gold to buy ugrade in a shop or something. This was pretty fun anyway :)"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1440695400,"text":"Nice effort here. I love the pixel art and love the idea! Who hasn't dreamed of protecting their treasure trove by vomiting on intruders, right? I would consider speeding up the gameplay all around: running speed, firing speed, even the music."},{"author_name":"mubox","author_uid":"57193","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1440805020,"text":"Good. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>What if the monster could retrieve the treasure?\r<br\/>I would be more time playing. :D"}],"images":["ld33\/54558-c49389877ddcbcf2a1b27d602db43fef.jpg","ld33\/54558-f34c9ee76306eba52ff606b437303188.jpg","ld33\/54558-dda191bbd60f763305ff0c3ba8c1dfcf.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/saf62yl6scmebpt\/Vermy.exe?dl=1","text":"Windows (EXE)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/n5zdmqcvlom6kdy\/Vermy.jar?dl=1","text":"OS\/X, Linux (JAR)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/6og6bj02bxea2io\/Vermy.zip?dl=1","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8985","g_author":"54558","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9018","g_title":"Vermy The Vomiting Zombie","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"833","g_commentcount":"47","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\/\/479518\/54558-shot0-1440392031.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/54558-shot1-1440394768.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/54558-shot2-1440392031.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Theme: You are the monster.\r\n\r\nThis is the game for my first Ludum Dare! \r\n\r\nVideo games; there's always a dungeon room with a monster to fight, and to take the loot. Well now, YOU are the monster. Defend your loot by vomiting at enemies!\r\n\r\nNOTE:\r\nControl glitch fixed, now works properly. (Arrow keys). \r\n\r\nNOTE:\r\nRequires Java 1.6+. \r\nIf you get 'A Java Exception has occurred' error, update your Java.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\n\r\nWASD - Movement.\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY:\r\n\r\nAim your zombie so that his puke will land on enemies. Keep enemies away from the chests! If all three chests are opened, you lose!","title":"Vermy The Vomiting Zombie"}