{"author_link":"\/author\/justinooncx\/","author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","comments":[{"author_name":"gassasin","author_uid":"107848","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1472415720,"text":"Verry Chellenging and cool game! Maybe u should put this game on google play"},{"author_name":"McMutton","author_uid":"67664","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1472415720,"text":"Nice gameplay concept... even though i saw myself pretty much avoiding the main mechanic pretty fast by placing the crosshair in the middle and moving the character around it.\r\rBut the "exploding" enemies kinda take care of that tactic as well.\r\rWell done!"},{"author_name":"mat1er","author_uid":"20749","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1472417280,"text":"Really good!"},{"author_name":"RasmusErik","author_uid":"14058","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1472417760,"text":"Very good.\r\rReally like the mechanics for steering the character.\rI agree with gassasin, that it would be a nice game\rto publish on google play and\/or similar."},{"author_name":"ulanda","author_uid":"112898","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1472421540,"text":"Very polished game, great art!"},{"author_name":"UnknownEvil","author_uid":"112246","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:11am","epoch":1472429160,"text":"Nice art, unique gameplay. Very hard, I like it."},{"author_name":"quentinus60","author_uid":"101937","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:18am","epoch":1472429580,"text":"Good game !\rtime : 150\rscore : 14600 for the second try"},{"author_name":"MaTeX-7seven","author_uid":"97065","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:51am","epoch":1472431560,"text":"Really cool, and hard gameplay ^^ The art looks great and the music is very nice. gj"},{"author_name":"KingEthaniel","author_uid":"82164","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:59am","epoch":1472432040,"text":"Really interesting mechanic, I like the idea of not directly controlling your character in a fast paced action game! Also, really good art and sound."},{"author_name":"crazyrems","author_uid":"26101","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:03am","epoch":1472432280,"text":"Really neat! It's simple and challenging at the same time."},{"author_name":"minnouu","author_uid":"52028","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:14am","epoch":1472432940,"text":"Very nice music and art. Also really hard"},{"author_name":"masterkrepta","author_uid":"57229","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:48am","epoch":1472434980,"text":"Came because Vivian got my attention... stayed for the Awesome Art work and game play, I was raised by my game boy basically so this was excellent.,"},{"author_name":"Zaretsu","author_uid":"110891","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 2:00am","epoch":1472435700,"text":"Your art work and animations are phenomenal, I am glad I've a touch screen, addictive play. Controls had me hooked. :)"},{"author_name":"Ultrachessmaster","author_uid":"113180","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 2:05am","epoch":1472436000,"text":"dis gam is gud"},{"author_name":"Xlip","author_uid":"110629","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 2:23am","epoch":1472437080,"text":"ow i liked it"},{"author_name":"pokenoufl","author_uid":"110009","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:11am","epoch":1472443560,"text":"Loved it, music is great. I could see this turn into a full game if you were to set up stages. great job"},{"author_name":"killthealias","author_uid":"36494","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:23am","epoch":1472444280,"text":"This is probably one of the more interesting games I've played so far. The exclusive focus on mouse-based gameplay is really unique and makes what would otherwise be easy into a difficult challenge (in a fun way). Biggest complaint is the break from tone when the piano comes in, would have been better to have actual chiptune music."},{"author_name":"spatanz","author_uid":"54779","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:25am","epoch":1472444400,"text":"Nice art work, quite challenging and the control is interesting.\rGood job~!"},{"author_name":"Rico The Jammer","author_uid":"112074","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 5:25am","epoch":1472448000,"text":"I used the same strategy as @McMutton (put the crosshair in the middle, keep left click pressed, dodge everything) and could not die.\r\rI am not too sure what you can do to avoid that though... trivializing winning strategy aside, it is very well done!"},{"author_name":"Azlen","author_uid":"18078","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 5:40am","epoch":1472448900,"text":"Looks easy, turns out to be quite challenging. Especially hard when using a trackpad.\r\rOn the second try I figured that the game is easier with the crosshair in the middle, and just moving the player around it. Although I notice that this has already been mentioned by "@Rico The Jammer" and @McMutton."},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:18am","epoch":1472451180,"text":"Nice fundamentals. Interesting twist on a classic genre as well.\r\rOnly big gripe would be missing keyboard shortcuts for the abilities."},{"author_name":"KevKevOnFire","author_uid":"65255","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:23am","epoch":1472451480,"text":"Works nice, looks nice. Main complaint is that the controls are kind of awkward and put a big divide between this game and the theme, both its own and the game jams. Can't say I can think of any Gameboy games that used drag-and-drop as the primary control scheme."},{"author_name":"QwaKlak","author_uid":"112321","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 8:30am","epoch":1472459100,"text":"Greatfun http:\/\/screenshot.sh\/mMhYjge0ey5Bm"},{"author_name":"alexv","author_uid":"109818","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:18am","epoch":1472461980,"text":"Looks nice. Not sure how I feel about the whole multitasking thing, I found myself just leaving the cursor in the middle of the screen and working with that.\rMaybe this could be a debuff, losing control over one of the two"},{"author_name":"g_o","author_uid":"24655","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:26am","epoch":1472462460,"text":"Pretty nice but goddammit it's hard!"},{"author_name":"Kassimkot","author_uid":"44946","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:51am","epoch":1472463960,"text":"nice. loving the concept. love the design. love the title screen. you always seem to bring back nostalgia in your games. an element which i love very much. \r\rawesome game, man"},{"author_name":"Terrabalt","author_uid":"38512","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:12am","epoch":1472465220,"text":"Wow, not only you emulated the graphics and feeling of the old consoles, you emulated the hardness of those games as well! good job!"},{"author_name":"SamuelSousa","author_uid":"112281","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:39am","epoch":1472470440,"text":"I can't drag both at the same time :) Very neat!\rHad to loose the first time to play. Lovely art. \rThings can get very hard which keeps you on your toes...\r\rGoogle Play definitely."},{"author_name":"tomer_cool","author_uid":"106288","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1472472300,"text":"Nice game, good graphics, so retro."},{"author_name":"onyon","author_uid":"112297","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1472472840,"text":"Nice graphics, love the retro vibe and the difficulty."},{"author_name":"facelesstheone","author_uid":"55673","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1472476620,"text":"Oh my, brilliant gameplay idea! =))) It's not just an ancient pixelart, it's the most ancient controls possible =))) It's older than videogames, so we never used them actually."},{"author_name":"c4m","author_uid":"100892","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1472478840,"text":"I really loved the art style!\rcongrats!"},{"author_name":"fixedgerald","author_uid":"49972","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 2:42pm","epoch":1472481420,"text":"Neat concept, cool graphics."},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1472483460,"text":"Really fun and super retro. It reminds me of my old VTech toy laptop with a game just like this - except for it was supposed to teach maths instead! Great work!"},{"author_name":"jakatpemadi","author_uid":"111929","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1472484180,"text":"Good gameplay, cool graphic, great game... Nice, thank you... =D"},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1472484720,"text":"Nice graphics and a cool idea, was a tad hard to keep both the character and the aim active!\r\rWas a tad extra hard with the web as the web started to jump around if clicked in the wrong place.\r\rGood luck! :)"},{"author_name":"KLegacy","author_uid":"106627","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1472486340,"text":"Graphics were great, The concept was very interesting as well, good job."},{"author_name":"RhythmLynx","author_uid":"39966","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1472489100,"text":"Had a lot of lag on this for some reason, made the difficult control scheme really clunky. Interesting concept though, I think it might work better on a touchscreen than with a mouse"},{"author_name":"edve98","author_uid":"45010","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1472494200,"text":"Wow, awesome visuals! I find this game very hard, I wonder if it's easier on mobile (can you move crosshair\/player at the same time?)."},{"author_name":"JD557","author_uid":"9253","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1472495520,"text":"Nice visuals. I didn't like the controls, but I guess that's because I'm playing with a touchpad. It probably works better in mobile."},{"author_name":"MrBrenan","author_uid":"31660","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1472505360,"text":"Nice, simple and cool.\rThis should be better on smarthphone to controll the player and the aim at the same time."},{"author_name":"wrexialmt","author_uid":"60316","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1472506080,"text":"Looks and sounds good, The mechanics are cool and rather unforgiving. I found myself just dropping the aim in the middle of the room and just dodging enemies and projectiles though since its quite impossible to manage both at the same time."},{"author_name":"TheLaw","author_uid":"111784","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1472507280,"text":"Cool GB Classic design, but game is damn hard."},{"author_name":"Ghen","author_uid":"52500","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1472508060,"text":"i love the art, get vibe of original gameboy from it, anyway, the control a bit hard, that drag player and the cursor with only 1 control\rvery fun and challenging"},{"author_name":"hawkinslance","author_uid":"112149","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1472510520,"text":"I had a lot of fun playing this game! Challenging and simple. I love the challenge it provides do you want to aim or do you want to move? The visuals are great too!"},{"author_name":"DragonZBW (SparkLight Games)","author_uid":"85560","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1472510880,"text":"Super hard but good"},{"author_name":"nille","author_uid":"41119","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1472512260,"text":"interesting control scheme, nice retro design, pretty hard"},{"author_name":"Robin 'sod off' Field","author_uid":"109665","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1472514300,"text":"I suck nuts at it, but it's pretty damn addicting.\r\rThe controls make such a simple concept incredibly challenging and fun. And the art is super cute."},{"author_name":"MarekkPie","author_uid":"11038","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 12:52am","epoch":1472518020,"text":"Amazing artwork and overall execution. The controls are a bit tough for a mousepad. Could have done without the gamergate reference, though. :("},{"author_name":"kadealicious","author_uid":"50259","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:03am","epoch":1472522280,"text":"Cool game, although I would have preferred a zelda-esq movement style."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:08am","epoch":1472522580,"text":"Cool Game, but the controls were tough. Nice Artwork."},{"author_name":"Avalanche Games","author_uid":"54749","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:10am","epoch":1472522700,"text":"Controls were different to what i'm used to but it made things interesting.\r\rLooks and sounds great too!"},{"author_name":"leialus","author_uid":"112349","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 3:34am","epoch":1472527740,"text":"cool Game, so dificult, but cool."},{"author_name":"Nichii","author_uid":"29131","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 8:17am","epoch":1472544720,"text":"This is really good, Kudos for including Vivian James. The art and retro feel really works out. The controls were very innovative and I liked that. The only cons I can say about this game is the steep learning curve and how the game throws everything at you in less than a minute. Also the movement click is sometimes hard to click on due to its small size. Anyway, good job and good luck on future games."},{"author_name":"steph88","author_uid":"113244","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 8:18am","epoch":1472544780,"text":"Hi, nice game and congratulations ! Simple mechanics that still offered a decent amount of challenge.We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #36. We made the same thing at the previous jam.\r\rCan you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free) \rSo we can include also your game in the video ;) \rp.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description. (you can already find several games from the jam there)"},{"author_name":"skorpyo","author_uid":"112434","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 8:53am","epoch":1472546880,"text":"Very nice idea to use only mouse for movement and aim control, it gives some chalange. I like that kind of games :)"},{"author_name":"johanw123","author_uid":"52076","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 11:24am","epoch":1472555940,"text":"awesome, looks really good."},{"author_name":"johnbjuice","author_uid":"39800","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1472567160,"text":"Music glitch - the piano part played over itself until it got super loud and painful! Seems like a bug where the game keeps playing the file even though it is already playing.\r\rThe controls are interesting and difficult - I found myself just moving the shooting crosshair every once in a while and mostly focusing on moving the character.\r\rNot a fan of the GG reference, gross.\r\rArt style is consistent and good otherwise.\r\rSolid game."},{"author_name":"AWOL","author_uid":"81286","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1472579940,"text":"I like the black and white artwork. For a minute my character just stood there and wouldn't move. I think this is one of the more solid games I've played though and its actually about Ancient Technology"},{"author_name":"CyberStarLight","author_uid":"98870","time":"Aug 30, 2016 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1472581860,"text":"Well made, the graphics are nice, and the controls are interesting."},{"author_name":"Sun-Wukong","author_uid":"86196","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:49am","epoch":1472604240,"text":"Ughh. Looks nice, but controlling two objects with single device that cannot be in two places at one given time is terrible idea from my point of view."},{"author_name":"shimage","author_uid":"39091","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 2:41am","epoch":1472610960,"text":"My score was time:120 score:12100. I enjoyed it!\rI want to move the character and an aim at the sametime. But that feeling was fresh and fun. The slime avoiding my bullet is so wise. Good!"},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 3:45am","epoch":1472614800,"text":"people are loving this game. I like how the navigation and shooting works, nothing have seem. Asthetics are really good, well done!"},{"author_name":"wilsk","author_uid":"50407","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1472644560,"text":"Interesting idea for a control scheme, definitely not the type of game something I'm good at! Thanks for the fun times."},{"author_name":"ocarson","author_uid":"42418","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1472647740,"text":"Cool game, i like the tough girl, she is cool, I think this is very gameboy, would be interesting to have a gameboy control scheme, or, indeed, if it was made in something like GBDK for actual hardware.\rThe actual gameplay was an good concept, feels very experimental, I like experimental! Visuals are fantastic in my opinion.\rI didn't get far enough to see a boss, but I did have a good time with it, good job overall."},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 1:23pm","epoch":1472649480,"text":"@ocarson Currently, if you want to see the boss, you'll have to go to the post-jam link. The game that's embedded right now is version 1.0, so that people will see what I came up with in 48 hours without the improvements afterwards. Just to make things fair. Thanks for playing, though!"},{"author_name":"ocarson","author_uid":"42418","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1472649840,"text":"No worries! My pleasure!"},{"author_name":"nardelli","author_uid":"107915","time":"Aug 31, 2016 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1472680560,"text":"Nostalgia! :D\rReally nice art, and challenge! Congratulations. I let the aim in the center and moved only the girl, but I lost anyway. The AI is pretty well!\r\rSuccess!"},{"author_name":"Cliff Lee CL","author_uid":"41166","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 10:20am","epoch":1472724900,"text":"Polished game is always good to play :)"},{"author_name":"Strike","author_uid":"56894","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1472739660,"text":"That's a very polished game and I love the Game Boy aspect. Now I'm going to play the post jam version to get more immersed thanks to the 8-bit music ;) Very challenging gameplay and very refreshing. I never played something like that before. When reading the instructions it felt weird at first, but it works pretty well. It feels like managing 2 characters at the same time in a way, which is what makes it pretty interesting to play. I'm wondering if having gameboy-type controls would make it feel more like a retro game. I'm not sure if it would make it easier to play as well. Maybe something like d-pad to move the character, and d-pad while holding a button to move the cross hair.\r\rMy only regret is that is typically a scoring game, and I don't see any score. I was about to ask you what was your high score so there was some challenge there, some kind of goal. Or maybe a timer to compare how long people survive. Or maybe both :D This would add much more value to the game. I would play it a lot to try to by my own record (or other people's one ;) )\r\rAnd thanks to keep working on your game. I'll follow this page to see if you release new versions. Now it's time to try v1.2 !"},{"author_name":"Strike","author_uid":"56894","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1472739840,"text":"Wow ! The boss is insane ! \\o\/"},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Sep 1, 2016 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1472745720,"text":"@Strike Thanks for the feedback! There were a few limitations that I had to adhere to when making this game:\r\ra) Mouse controls were a must. As much as I wanted to have a proper Game Boy control layout, it would be rather unplayable on mobile. And having onscreen buttons and joysticks are tacky as hell.\r\rb) Low resolution. To keep to the retro feel, I had to sacrifice space, which made fitting in the UI pretty hard. I decided to leave the score at the end after all it's done. As for a leaderboard thing, well, that was kinda tricky as well.\r\rAgain, thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"PlonkyDonkey","author_uid":"26938","time":"Sep 2, 2016 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1472831340,"text":"interesting game, very nice art style. found the control scheme a little weird to get used to."},{"author_name":"Deive_Ex","author_uid":"112471","time":"Sep 4, 2016 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1473009480,"text":"Oh, I really liked the game! The pixel art is pretty nice and the gameplay is interesting and challenging."},{"author_name":"Frump","author_uid":"35460","time":"Sep 5, 2016 @ 6:50am","epoch":1473057900,"text":"Cool game, pretty unique control scheme. I liked it. \r\rIt ran much better in Firefox. I had some glitches with the music in chrome."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 6, 2016 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1473189840,"text":"Super challenging game! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36, if you’d like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/lT_5Gj1NQIo"},{"author_name":"chocobyte","author_uid":"17858","time":"Sep 7, 2016 @ 10:48am","epoch":1473244980,"text":"8-Bit yeah! Great work, very polished. The 8-bit music in the post jam version adds to its charm even more :)"},{"author_name":"pyokoanarogue","author_uid":"50175","time":"Sep 8, 2016 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1473368520,"text":"Very nice. but hard on the wrist."}],"images":["ld36\/38380-6599b2ac3f9abe26c58a9fa674c8e785.jpg","ld36\/38380-5684f910d38333947a060ceb8423ccd4.jpg","ld36\/38380-2e00c91a091a9427e40977e535bc0949.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B63CdohiSSN1dVBTTWJiYWZpcGs","text":"Web(HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B63CdohiSSN1TU5FdU1iTkJuU0U","text":"Post-Jam(HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B63CdohiSSN1MGRTbWdBSjRXeUU","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"1190","g_author":"38380","g_event":"LD36","g_eventkey":"35","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"1268","g_title":"Retro Player","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"78","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\/\/570486\/38380-shot0-1472414690.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/38380-shot1-1472414690.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/38380-shot2-1472414690.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"=======\r\nIntro\r\n=======\r\n\r\nWhat's this? Why's everything in monochrome? Why is everything so blocky and pixelated?\r\n\r\nIt's time to pay a small homage to the ancient technology of yesteryear! Back to good ol'-fashioned 8-bit graphics and SFX!\r\n\r\n=======\r\nHow To Play\r\n=======\r\n\r\n- Drag the player indicator around the screen, and the character will move towards it.\r\n- Drag the crosshair to aim where the character is firing.\r\n- Tap on the powerups at the bottom to use them when they are fully charged!\r\n- Stay alive for as long as possible!\r\n\r\n=======\r\nNotes\r\n=======\r\n\r\n- Kill 30 of any enemy to charge up the Bomb Powerup!\r\n- Clear the screen from enemies and threats with a single tap!\r\n\r\n- Kill 7 slimes to charge up the Speed Powerup!\r\n- You move at twice the speed for 20 seconds!\r\n\r\n- Kill 10 constructs to charge up the Shot Powerup!\r\n- Double your firing rate for 20 seconds!\r\n\r\n- Kill 12 mushrooms to charge up the Health Powerup!\r\n- Heal 1 health! Can't go above 5.\r\n\r\n- Skeletons drop free powerups when killed!\r\n\r\n- This game is mobile-friendly!\r\n\r\n=========\r\nPost-Jam Updates\r\n=========\r\n\r\nIf you want to play the updated version, click on the post-jam link below!\r\n\r\n1.1\r\n- Music changed to 8-bit. Finally!\r\n- 3 bosses added! (Technically one with three forms)\r\n * An extra layer on the Ancient Technology theme: Golems!\r\n * Kill 30 enemies to spawn a golem to fight!\r\n * Defeating the golem increases the enemy spawning rate by a small amount.\r\n\r\n1.2\r\n- Tapping on the character now stops her in place to allow emergency stops or to realign your indicator\r\n- Golem's 'Paper' form improved\r\n * Open palm now moves towards your crosshairs to intercept your shots\r\n\r\n==========\r\n\r\nAnd a special thank you to those who have played this game and given their support!\r\n\r\n==========","title":"Retro Player"}