{"author_link":"\/author\/snicklodocus\/","author_name":"Snicklodocus","author_uid":"22794","comments":[{"author_name":"MiniBobbo","author_uid":"22584","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:13am","epoch":1429582080,"text":"This was fun.  Switching between the focal lengths were hard at first, but I got it after a minute.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The score for me wasn't working.  Collecting the photos doesn't add anything.  Then after awhile it threw an exception and blew up on me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Still, I was able to play for a couple of minutes and it was a lot of fun.  Nice and smooth gameplay!"},{"author_name":"ApocoNypse","author_uid":"52592","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:18am","epoch":1429582380,"text":"Love this, it was really fun. The photos didn't add any score though. Polished and great fun, loved the sound as well! Good job :)"},{"author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:21am","epoch":1429582560,"text":"Took a minute to get used to, but the mechanic was unique and interesting.  I also really liked the artstyle and general mood made by the mixture of the artstyle with the sounds, gives it a nice crunch.  Great job, especially for a Compo entry."},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:22am","epoch":1429582620,"text":"This proves how important background music is. It added so much to the experience in this game. I love how polished this game felt!"},{"author_name":"CamRFWhite","author_uid":"44502","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:22am","epoch":1429582620,"text":"Really awesome job! My only complaint is I wasn't sure if the things I was picking up did anything other than give me points, and I didn't fully understand how to get more points by taking the picture, i.e, if I was doing something &quot;better&quot; or not. But seriously other than that 10\/10, great art, responsive, and fluid gameplay."},{"author_name":"Snicklodocus","author_uid":"22794","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:23am","epoch":1429582680,"text":"Oh, really sorry about that bug! I've never encountered that. If you don't mind me asking, were you playing the web or Windows version, and what was the error message?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, thanks for commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed it regardless."},{"author_name":"Gipzo","author_uid":"32280","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:26am","epoch":1429582860,"text":"Nice game, pretty graphics. A bit not-intuitive controls, but it gets used to. Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"BlindSkyStudios","author_uid":"50655","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:30am","epoch":1429583100,"text":"I like the camera mechanic, switching between focal lengths. I thought the score wasn't working at first but then I released you had to catch the pictures. \r<br\/>I couldn't jump back up to a platform I had jumped down from thou."},{"author_name":"gaarlicbread","author_uid":"33106","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1429736700,"text":"This is great! I love love the graphics. Consistent style that fits the mood perfectly. The music is also nice.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you keep working on it, I would recommend adding a sense of progression, but that's not critical for a fast ludum dare game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, this is one of the best ld32 entries I've played so far. I would want to check out other games you've made to see what kind of graphics are around for longer-term creations!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>PS The camera mechanic is a great idea that fits the theme perfectly."},{"author_name":"MiniBobbo","author_uid":"22584","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:57am","epoch":1429753920,"text":"I just revisited this and for some reason this time it worked perfectly.  I played the web version both times.  I think what happened the first time was I got stuck in the tutorial loop because now that it is working I realize that I can 1. Run out of film and 2. Die.  I couldn't do either before.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No idea where the exception came from.  Maybe we just mark it down as a buggy Unity OpenGL release."},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 1:31am","epoch":1429838760,"text":"Took a bit of practice but I love the concept and cute art, good job!"},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 2:40am","epoch":1429842900,"text":"Great graphics, solid audio, neat use of the theme. A bit of a learning curve, but otherwise a solid game. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Davikin92","author_uid":"50202","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 2:57am","epoch":1429930320,"text":"I like the Kirby-like graphics! You should add more zoom levels and maybe dim the lights to make it harder for you to take pictures."},{"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"3574","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 5:50am","epoch":1429940700,"text":"A nice entry, I love the art style.\r<br\/>Fun to play, tried to get a 20 point after some tries.\r<br\/>Not sure what to do when used up all films."},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 1:01am","epoch":1430009760,"text":"The trade off between the focus distance and size is genius - what a great mechanic! Everything is really charming about this game, top marks!"},{"author_name":"Octopus Melange","author_uid":"44658","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 4:43am","epoch":1430023080,"text":"Very well rounded game!"},{"author_name":"Dege","author_uid":"51345","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 9:41am","epoch":1430040960,"text":"Solid Game!"},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1430170980,"text":"Very original and nice graphics.\r<br\/>I runned out of photo &quot;amunition&quot; and then died. How do you get more photos?"},{"author_name":"Snicklodocus","author_uid":"22794","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 2:54am","epoch":1430189340,"text":"Thanks everyone for the comments! I'm glad you like the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When you run out of film, the game should end once you collect all the photos. There's no way to get more film - just try to get the most points with what you have."},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 3:58am","epoch":1430193180,"text":":D This game made me so happy! I love all the work you put into the details like the jump animations. The robot was adorable! The graphics were gorgeous and I love how you came up with a unique mechanic and framed it into an arcade-y action game. That was clever of you to use a film strip for the 'ammo' bar rather than having a standard colored bar that runs down. Beautiful game! Thank you for making this!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 1:28am","epoch":1430270580,"text":"Cute graphics, simple but well made game, nice entry! I included it in part 7 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/Cnio28O-EgI"},{"author_name":"bentglasstube","author_uid":"50659","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 3:07am","epoch":1430276520,"text":"I really liked the graphics and the music.  It was an interesting take on the theme as well.  Nice work all around."},{"author_name":"zeejfps","author_uid":"52133","time":"Apr 30, 2015 @ 3:47am","epoch":1430365320,"text":"Love the graphics man, I have a thing for nice 2d Graphics."},{"author_name":"Park","author_uid":"50322","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 12:25am","epoch":1430439600,"text":"Great work, some satisfying mechanics and great interpretation of the theme.  The core experience stands above many of the games I played.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The jump sound could be a little bit softer or smoother, and some of the high notes in the music also seem a little out of tune.  It adds some to the ghostly mood, but ultimately it's the main reason I needed a break from playing.  Otherwise, kind of got a Secret of Mana (NES) vibe from the music - pretty cool.  Maybe a different instrument sample would smooth it out..?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>For visuals, you could try adjusting the shadows toward blue-greens, blue-violet, or a cool red-violet instead of grey.  It will add a punch of life and energy to the setting for the least effort.  Bonus points for randomly selecting between a background preset for replay variety.  Maaaybe even try pulling the background into darker mid-range values instead of light values, and adjust black UI elements to be white if necessary.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Hope those suggestions might be useful\u30fd(^\u3002^) It's already a solid game with tons of potential."},{"author_name":"Kalman90Grape","author_uid":"41616","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 3:27am","epoch":1430536920,"text":"Interesting and unique idea. I like it!"},{"author_name":"Exeneva","author_uid":"21296","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 6:57am","epoch":1430808720,"text":"I like the focal length switching!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Score did not work for me, but overall the polish in this really shows."},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1430834280,"text":"Good idea! Graphics and sound are really nice too. Not sure about how useful changing the camera focus is, but mechanic is interesting."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1430841600,"text":"cool concept and well made. I like the art style too. It did crash when I died but that may have been more to do with webgl!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 6, 2015 @ 3:27am","epoch":1430882520,"text":"same as other - no apparent score - great job"}],"images":["ld32\/22794-a138fa0c9597a2a991f1e8dcbbb29fce.jpg","ld32\/22794-9e359ccd48d87ec187abdd5a70b2a994.jpg","ld32\/22794-c1c4303cd8d7157270f58922f8357fb9.jpg","ld32\/22794-d02c6637d6263f82267f2ba4ff1b927a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/45659926\/SpecterSnap%20Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/timnedatton.itch.io\/specter-snap-ld","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamesbyme.tumblr.com\/post\/118862573358\/specter-snap","text":"Pos-Compo"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/45659926\/SpecterSnap%20Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11011","g_author":"22794","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"11045","g_title":"Specter Snap","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"231","g_commentcount":"29","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\/\/444368\/22794-shot0-1429492484.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/22794-shot1-1429492484.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/22794-shot2-1429492484.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/22794-shot3-1429492484.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Specter Snap!\r\nYou're a walking exorcist camera, out to save the world by snapping ghosts. Take a spooky close-up or zoom out to capture large swaths of ectoplasmic baddies. Jump around to get the best shots, for the most points. Only you can prevent a spectral selfie epidemic!\r\n\r\nMake sure the tutorial completes! You can't gather score or die unless you do everything it asks you to do.\r\n\r\nMove with a and d or left and right.\r\nJump with w or up.\r\nDrop through floors with s or down.\r\nChange focus with z and x or [ and ].\r\nTake pictures with c or \\.\r\n\r\nThanks for playing! Please leave a comment, and I will return the favor! If you want to contact me, try at twitter.com\/snicklodocus or gamesbyme.tumblr.com","title":"Specter Snap"}