{"author_link":"\/author\/chronodrax\/","author_name":"Chronodrax","author_uid":"21759","comments":[{"author_name":"zanenga","author_uid":"34576","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:29am","epoch":1440383040,"text":"Lovely game! I just think that scrolling the wheel get's a little tiring from time to time (love the idea of using it though!).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Perhaps using both mouse buttons or the X of the mouse when clicking would be better?"},{"author_name":"Birke","author_uid":"2550","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:36am","epoch":1440383460,"text":"Very original input scheme! The art and music is also nice. Level was a bit hard to get around in.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Chrome version fails to launch with a javascript exception pop up"},{"author_name":"FerraWare","author_uid":"45480","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:59am","epoch":1440384840,"text":"Cool game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pros:\r<br\/>-Cool just to spare time\r<br\/>-Really fun mechanic\r<br\/>-Never seen a mouse-wheel control :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cons:\r<br\/>-The theme could've been displayed better\r<br\/>-Lack of objective"},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:59am","epoch":1440384840,"text":"Really nice! Pretty cool &quot;Handrawn&quot; Simplistic Graphics."},{"author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:05am","epoch":1440385200,"text":"Interesting mechanic and it works surprisingly well. The physics also made this more fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did get tired of spinning the wheel so much however and a backup control system with keyboard (left\/right keys) would have been nice.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work!"},{"author_name":"panda","author_uid":"16086","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:05am","epoch":1440385200,"text":"I'd be nice to include keyboard controls too... I don't have a mousewheel on my laptop!"},{"author_name":"TheZiggy","author_uid":"36727","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:51am","epoch":1440387960,"text":"The mouse wheel didn't work for me. I'm on a MacBook and have a wireless mouse."},{"author_name":"imdigitaljim","author_uid":"40038","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:53am","epoch":1440388080,"text":"Very unique controlling system. I enjoyed it =)"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:54am","epoch":1440388140,"text":"Felt like cheating since my mouse has an unlockable wheel, but it sure made it fun. It's definitely a great start to something, with enough content and polish I could see this becoming something akin to katamari."},{"author_name":"internetpaulicy","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:23am","epoch":1440389880,"text":"This is a blast to play with a free spinning weighted mouse wheel. I think this is the first time I have seen this type of control. Really well executed. Top marks for innovation. The music is well done too. Super neato."},{"author_name":"watupdb","author_uid":"56034","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:29am","epoch":1440390240,"text":"Took a while to get used the control scheme, but the idea is actually pretty damn cool. I think the physics worked really well for the controls as well."},{"author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1440418260,"text":"&quot;use mouse wheel&quot; - *looks at laptop touchpad* *cries*"},{"author_name":"LittleThor","author_uid":"26496","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1440420540,"text":"Very nice and unusual concept.\r<br\/>I really loved the way you linked sound and wheel speed.\r<br\/>Nice work!"},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1440431340,"text":"Nice idea! And I really liked the physics and 'main character'. :D"},{"author_name":"Multiplexor","author_uid":"50012","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:05pm","epoch":1440457200,"text":"I like a lot the controls! It's quite original! The game itself is nice, \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Maybe a final objective other than gathering score would be nice, or maybe put some traps so you can die. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really liked it :)"},{"author_name":"Laddo D","author_uid":"25396","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1440457440,"text":"cool controls"},{"author_name":"Arskiainen","author_uid":"49620","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1440457500,"text":"The gameplay novelty blew me away. For a good couple minutes. Scrolling is hard work."},{"author_name":"mantis","author_uid":"779","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1440457620,"text":"Really neat take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"Obvious_San","author_uid":"55917","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1440505560,"text":"I don't see the theme, but great idea : ) Also really fun to play for a while!"},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1440522780,"text":"Love the idea - and I have a infite-scrolling-wheel \\o\/ Like the slow-down of the audio."},{"author_name":"A_K_","author_uid":"55485","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1440526500,"text":"Game starts but I'm not running after. Web version on safari\/mozilla"},{"author_name":"shimage","author_uid":"39091","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:40pm","epoch":1440545700,"text":"I really enjoyed. It was comfortable that a wheel moves along a line. I got 86pt in 354 time. Very fun!"},{"author_name":"Felipe Tasca","author_uid":"54634","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 12:48am","epoch":1440549780,"text":"This is I call innovation..."},{"author_name":"raducumiczzz","author_uid":"57049","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1440603540,"text":"Art and music are cool. Love the idea behind the game. Congratulations"},{"author_name":"ireal","author_uid":"56745","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 11:00am","epoch":1440672900,"text":"Wow, I thought that was really clever, well done!"},{"author_name":"Nnnnneeeedddd","author_uid":"28575","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1440691920,"text":"I really liked the idea of the scroll wheel. The game was altogether very fun to play. My only problem with it, was near the end, I had loads of little guys standing around, and it got really laggy."},{"author_name":"CheesyRamen","author_uid":"23140","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1440697860,"text":"Pretty interesting with your choice of input! I really enjoyed playing it using my mouse scroll!"},{"author_name":"CrunchyKingCrimson","author_uid":"55383","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1440714180,"text":"That's pretty innovated, I'm glad I have a scrollwheel. It's like some weird version of pinball, pretty addictive."},{"author_name":"sorlok","author_uid":"28370","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 2:57am","epoch":1440730320,"text":"Fun and interesting! Decent mechanics; never seen a scroll wheel used for primary motion before!"},{"author_name":"daveh","author_uid":"55246","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 3:00am","epoch":1440730500,"text":"Really innovative control scheme. It worked wonderfully and has a zen-like quality to the gameplay. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Sep 5, 2015 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1441497120,"text":"I enjoyed rolling around the platforms with only the mouse wheel! I also liked the sound effects.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, if you play long enough, the people seem to multiply quickly and slows down the game a lot. But that only happens after playing the game for about 10 minutes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did like that the health was integrated into the player and the colors change among the people when they want to throw a bomb.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work!"}],"images":["ld33\/21759-0a90af873101455ccdec51c87bde364b.jpg","ld33\/21759-197122b67f73046ea7e0468f7e2442da.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/TimeSpill_Windows.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/TimeSpill_Mac.rar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/TimeSpill_Linux.rar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/TimeSpill_Source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9826","g_author":"21759","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9860","g_title":"Time Spill","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"288","g_commentcount":"31","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\/21759-shot0-1440379820.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/21759-shot1-1440379820.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are the Wheel of Time.\r\nPeople want to stop you.\r\nCrush their hopes.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nFor this Ludum Dare, I've added an extra challenge to myself : create a game that would require only the mouse wheel to play, and it worked !\r\nI hope you'll enjoy playing it ;)\r\n\r\nSadly there's only 1 level since I spent most of the time improving the Level Design and gameplay (physics behavior, feedback, etc).\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nMade with Unity 5;\r\nMusic made with Audiotool, sounds with bfxr.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nCHROME VERSION (WebGL) : www.teradem.net\/LD\/TimeSpill\/WebGL\/index.html\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nedit : It seems that mac users have an issue with the mouse wheel. I don't own a mac though so it's hard to debug. If you are a Mac user, can you please tell me more about it ? Is it on the web player only or the downloadable\/executable too ? On the latter, have you tried changing the controls ?\r\n\r\nOther known bugs :\r\n- Too many creatures spawn after 400 seconds\r\n- For unknown reasons the wheel could get stuck between a ceiling and a creature without killing it, and make movements impossible.\r\nI'll improve those in a post-compo version after the judging ends.","title":"Time Spill"}