{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"bear","time":"December 12, 2010 3:12 pm","epoch":1292184720,"text":"I like this, its quite fun. The enemies are very different and provide a nice contrast to each other and the player is easy to control.I would like to see some checkpoints but thats it.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Kytin","time":"December 12, 2010 4:47 pm","epoch":1292190420,"text":"The enemy AI is quite interesting and reasonably intelligent, especially for a platformer. It needs more variety, but that is only to be expected from a work-in-progress.<br \/>\n Interesting art style. It looks kind of like the characters limbs are individually rotated sprites. Is that actually the case?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1292183760,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"68928","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"104731","p_title":"Little Ninja \u2013 A Game I\u2019ve Been Working On","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292183760","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"979","us_name":"Henry Mclaughlin","us_username":"pycron","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"<p>This isn&#8217;t <em>directly<\/em> LD-related (Though you could consider it some kind of warmup or practice), but I&#8217;ve been working on a game titled &#8220;Little Ninja&#8221;.<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s a platformer where you play as a ninja fighting other ninjas to&#8230; Well, I don&#8217;t have the full plot right now, actually.<\/p>\n <p>Currently, there is a test level and two types of baddies. (Swordsmen and archers).<\/p>\n <p>If anyone here would like to try it, you can find it <a title=\"Little Ninja v0.5.5\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4367226\/LittleNinja-v0.5.5.swf\" target=\"_blank\">here on my Dropbox.<\/a> (Plays in browser, requires Flash)<\/p>\n <p>Edit: Here are the controls:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Move &#8211; Arrow Keys<\/li>\n <li>Attack &#8211; Z<\/li>\n <li>Jump &#8211; X<\/li>\n <li>Run &#8211; Hold C and Move<\/li>\n <li>Drop through Ledge &#8211; Hold down and Jump<\/li>\n <li>Wall-Slide &#8211; Jump into wall (You don&#8217;t need to hold the button, you&#8217;ll stick to the wall)<\/li>\n <li>Wall-Jump &#8211; Wall-Slide, then Jump<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here&#8217;s a screenie:<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_29652\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29652\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2010\/12\/12\/little-ninja-a-game-ive-been-working-on\/littleninja-v0-5-5-screenie\/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-29652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LittleNinja-v0.5.5-Screenie-550x416.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LittleNinja-v0.5.5-Screenie-300x227.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LittleNinja-v0.5.5-Screenie-550x416.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LittleNinja-v0.5.5-Screenie.png 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action shot! A fight amongst ninjas!<\/p><\/div>","time":"December 12th, 2010 2:56 pm","title":"Little Ninja \u2013 A Game I\u2019ve Been Working On"}