{"author_link":"\/author\/asian\/","author_name":"VampyVampire","author_uid":"24260","comments":[{"author_name":"FlashMonkey","author_uid":"55251","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:47am","epoch":1440380520,"text":"I like the graphicstyle :)."},{"author_name":"Ekibyou","author_uid":"55207","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:03am","epoch":1440385080,"text":"Nice graphics, but the gameplay is sadly enough not very special. No real goal, only punch and walk. Jumping feels meaty though!"},{"author_name":"Somfin","author_uid":"55138","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:05am","epoch":1440385200,"text":"Great walk cycle, character feels pretty heavy- your implementation of screenshake was a bit overzealous, but it kinda works. Good game!"},{"author_name":"Don_Martinez","author_uid":"55789","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:08am","epoch":1440385380,"text":"Colossus looks nice. Its cool that you can destroy houses by jumping. Maybe make the arrows a bit faster\/harder to dodge."},{"author_name":"OccamsRazor","author_uid":"32648","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1440385440,"text":"Excellent entry! Really liked the graphics on this one, all felt very tight and polished.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only thought is that you can't shift from punch to block very fast, so its hard to block arrows, even when you get to the block button in time."},{"author_name":"internetpaulicy","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:14am","epoch":1440385740,"text":"Its really satisfying to smash those little buildings. It was weird how I could not punch for the first little while but once I started smashing buildings there was nothing holding me back. Quite entertaining!"},{"author_name":"timeloopedpowergamer","author_uid":"57789","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1440388260,"text":"Arrows were very frustrating. Not a great cycle on gameplay. Took too long to get to punching things. Great sense of scale, though, and you really feel huge."},{"author_name":"RadioLemon","author_uid":"18002","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:58am","epoch":1440388380,"text":"The colossus looks cool, and the jumping effect is cool, but the game runs slowly after a while. Good work all around."},{"author_name":"SuperPokeunicorn","author_uid":"9858","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:00am","epoch":1440388500,"text":"I found the about section to be very neat. More people should do something like that. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Dizzyman572","author_uid":"35620","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:20am","epoch":1440389700,"text":"Scored 345. :&gt; Nice game, loved the graphics and smashing those buildings was very satisfying. :D"},{"author_name":"Halleflux","author_uid":"24741","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:38am","epoch":1440390780,"text":"Great graphics!\r<br\/>The gameplay is simple, but it has a good mood to it. The whole time, you know you're going to die, it's just a matter of how much can you do before that, and the gameplay reinforces that rather well.\r<br\/>Well done!"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1440434760,"text":"Excellent art, well done!"},{"author_name":"Kaadmy","author_uid":"54555","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1440437700,"text":"The Google drive link doesn't load for me."},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1440446880,"text":"Nice graphics."},{"author_name":"charliecarlo","author_uid":"15812","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1440449940,"text":"I like the design of the character. I got stuck at a point where there were so many archers I couldn't let down my guard for long enough to even move forward."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1440510600,"text":"Jump over an arrow, it still hits, and you can flatten humans while in the sky...\r<br\/>Aside from those little inconsistencies, the mood is good!\r<br\/>Also: the colossus looks nice."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 12:08am","epoch":1440547380,"text":"Congratulations on your first entry.  Not sure why, but I really liked the style of the giant.  The gameplay was pretty solid other than there didn't seem to be need for jumping in the game (I'm guessing you were planning on having arrows shoot along the bottom as well).  Also, the volume for the music was very low, and didn't notice it for a few minutes into the game, which was a pity since it was very good.  I ended up turning up the volume quite high and holding down the guard button to listen to it for a while.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Mine final score was 1368."},{"author_name":"Sicilica","author_uid":"56619","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:31am","epoch":1440638760,"text":"I liked how heavy the giant felt when jumping, although the screenshake could probably be toned down a tad. The game felt a bit stretched out, as you just stroll along blocking arrows and stuff."},{"author_name":"baylej","author_uid":"14698","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1441029000,"text":"I cannot download the JAR: the link takes me to a blank page.\r<br\/>The same for the sources.\r<br\/>What's the problem?"},{"author_name":"MegasDragos1","author_uid":"56468","time":"Sep 11, 2015 @ 10:09am","epoch":1441965840,"text":"I love the 8-bit style graphics and the gameplay. Great job!"}],"images":["ld33\/24260-ef3ff87737e803e7aa4ec516554104d9.jpg","ld33\/24260-7bc3bd15a4621a6767d61fb88f4df651.jpg","ld33\/24260-996256692d5354ece10458591c71d3ac.jpg","ld33\/24260-df11d67e3f4e4f4b91277aab2c569bb8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0Bz_0wgRmDpKqVjdOVFZVNzRtSzg\/view","text":"Cross platform (JAR)"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0Bz_0wgRmDpKqckpUTnNXVFdTclU\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Source (Zip)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9521","g_author":"24260","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9554","g_title":"Colossus Guard","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"514","g_commentcount":"20","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\/24260-shot0-1440370784.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/24260-shot1-1440370784.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/24260-shot2-1440370784.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/24260-shot3-1440370784.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Colossus Guard is a game where you control the last woodland giant, intent on avenging his fallen friends and family by killing the people that murdered them.\r\n\r\nUsing your fists and stomping all around, you destroy buildings and squash tiny humans as they attempt to slow down your efforts.\r\n\r\nThere's no going back. Destroy as much as you can before you're finally subdued, and join your fallen brothers in triumph.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nRight arrow: Move forward\r\nQ: Punch\r\nE: Block\r\nSpace Bar: Jump (hold to jump higher)\r\nP: Pause\r\nM: Mute\r\n\r\nTools used:\r\nCode: IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.14 with Java 1.8\r\nArt: Graphics Gale and Paint.net\r\nAudio: SFXR and Abundant Music","title":"Colossus Guard"}