{"author_link":"\/users\/honey","author_name":"honey","author_uid":"honey","comments":[],"epoch":1589149210,"event":"LD46","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":210258,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"146195","p_author":"honey","p_authorkey":"1080533","p_urlkey":"362608","p_title":"Bul\u00e1nci of Dragons and Archery!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD46","p_time":"1589149210","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1080533","us_name":"honey","us_username":"honey","event_start":"1587081600","event_key":"77","event_name":"Ludum Dare 46"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD46","removed_author":false},"_superparent":176557,"_trust":5,"author":80533,"body":"When we designed Hatching Dragons, we had few goals in mind. One of them was the bow drawing mechanic, that would be basically the core of the game. But we didn't want to go for a mouse aim\/twin stick shooter, so we dug deep into our memory.\n\nBack in the days when indie and freeware was basically the same, there was this game called Bul\u00e1nci, which become a legend here in Czech republic. Everybody knew it, there was no LAN party without at least few rounds of Bul\u00e1nci, no school break without four people on single keyboard playing Bul\u00e1nci deathmatch.\n\nSo that's where we took the inspiration for four directional movement style, that allows for interesting, though not very common gameplay, and also for some brutal PvP. Shame we didn't have enough time to finish the PvP mode, but the foundation is there, so maybe a post jam version can improve that. Let us know if you're interested!\n\n![HDgif00.gif](\/\/\/raw\/59a\/31\/z\/33f6c.gif)\n\nIn case you want to try our game, play at https:\/\/honeygames.itch.io\/hatchingdragons and rate at https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/hatching-dragons\n\nIn case you're interested in Bul\u00e1nci, you can find it here https:\/\/www.bulanci.cz\/ (turn on your browser translator, the website seems to be czech only) You can then tell us if we managed the movement to feel right!","comments":0,"created":"2020-05-10T22:05:13Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":210258,"love":0,"meta":[],"modified":"2020-05-10T22:22:58Z","name":"Bul\u00e1nci of Dragons and Archery!","node-timestamp":"2020-05-10T22:22:58Z","parent":192879,"parents":[1,5,9,176557,192879],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/hatching-dragons\/bulanci-of-dragons-and-archery","published":"2020-05-10T22:20:10Z","scope":"public","slug":"bulanci-of-dragons-and-archery","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":639273},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"210258","n_urlkey":"362608","n_parent":"192879","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/hatching-dragons\/bulanci-of-dragons-and-archery","n_slug":"bulanci-of-dragons-and-archery","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"80533","n_created":"1589148313","n_modified":"1589149378","n_version":"639273","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/hatching-dragons\/bulanci-of-dragons-and-archery","text":"When we designed Hatching Dragons, we had few goals in mind. One of them was the bow drawing mechanic, that would be basically the core of the game. But we didn't want to go for a mouse aim\/twin stick shooter, so we dug deep into our memory.\n\nBack in the days when indie and freeware was basically the same, there was this game called Bul\u00e1nci, which become a legend here in Czech republic. Everybody knew it, there was no LAN party without at least few rounds of Bul\u00e1nci, no school break without four people on single keyboard playing Bul\u00e1nci deathmatch.\n\nSo that's where we took the inspiration for four directional movement style, that allows for interesting, though not very common gameplay, and also for some brutal PvP. Shame we didn't have enough time to finish the PvP mode, but the foundation is there, so maybe a post jam version can improve that. Let us know if you're interested!\n\n![HDgif00.gif](\/\/\/raw\/59a\/31\/z\/33f6c.gif)\n\nIn case you want to try our game, play at https:\/\/honeygames.itch.io\/hatchingdragons and rate at https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/hatching-dragons\n\nIn case you're interested in Bul\u00e1nci, you can find it here https:\/\/www.bulanci.cz\/ (turn on your browser translator, the website seems to be czech only) You can then tell us if we managed the movement to feel right!","title":"Bul\u00e1nci of Dragons and Archery!","wayback_source":[]}