{"author_link":"\/author\/ewchap\/","author_name":"EwChap","author_uid":"50010","comments":[{"author_name":"gamedevBear","author_uid":"25885","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:42am","epoch":1429504620,"text":"The sound effects are &lt;3"},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:43am","epoch":1429504680,"text":"The sound is HILARIOUS and truly unconventional. There's so much hugging and loving going on! The controls are simple and effective and the level design works. Fun little concept, I hope you keep working on it!"},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1429504860,"text":"I liked concept of your unconventional weapon, after the boss it felt like it needed more different content."},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:10am","epoch":1429506300,"text":"rofl, made me laugh.  sound effects were great too.  nice work."},{"author_name":"Cryotube","author_uid":"50657","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:11am","epoch":1429506360,"text":"Really love the sound bytes, really makes this game unique. interesting hug mechanic but could use a bit more explaining."},{"author_name":"BraindeadGeo","author_uid":"29444","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:36am","epoch":1429507860,"text":"Nice wee game! As with the other comments I'm loving the sound effects!"},{"author_name":"Bitterdeath","author_uid":"7698","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:39am","epoch":1429508040,"text":"HUGS!"},{"author_name":"Jaloko","author_uid":"37180","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:34am","epoch":1429511340,"text":"Cool game, sound effects are great. Also nice theme integration."},{"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"3574","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:27am","epoch":1429514520,"text":"lovely idea, just collected everyone before leaving!"},{"author_name":"thumbgarden","author_uid":"52000","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1429551840,"text":"fun top down shooter but with hugs and love."},{"author_name":"CogComp","author_uid":"16225","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1429555500,"text":"HUGS! So simple but still so much fun!"},{"author_name":"pixzleone","author_uid":"44497","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1429555560,"text":"Could have been some music and more sounds, and maybe another font for the GUI, but overall good. Good job!"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:54pm","epoch":1429555740,"text":"Looks like &quot;teeth collector&quot; game)"},{"author_name":"JoshyOshKenoshi","author_uid":"49675","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1429555980,"text":"I really like your take on the theme, and thought that overall your game was really sweet! The console threw up a few errors about a missing prefab in the second boss battle, though... Also, it took me quite a while to work out how hugs worked. Still, very enjoyable. :)"},{"author_name":"Fanttum","author_uid":"42108","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1429573320,"text":"Fun and simple game. Kinda easy when you can just click and fire as many times as you want."},{"author_name":"davidcmcdonald","author_uid":"43146","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:34am","epoch":1429576140,"text":"Hilarious audio and smart concept"},{"author_name":"Kihira","author_uid":"51134","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:38am","epoch":1429576380,"text":"Fun little game.  The sound effects made me giggle."},{"author_name":"xWarZonex","author_uid":"39237","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:26am","epoch":1429579260,"text":"I liked the game, solid and enjoyable. But I would have given a max to how many hearts you could shoot, cuz all I had to do was spam."},{"author_name":"anokta","author_uid":"13553","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:26am","epoch":1429579260,"text":"hahaha this is 'lovely'!! and kudos for the sound effects as everyone already mentioned. :)"},{"author_name":"EwChap","author_uid":"50010","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1429588200,"text":"Thanks for the feedback everyone. Fanttum\/xWarZonex, I agree. I wanted to actually cap the distance of the hearts range to make it more difficult and force you to use the friend hugs shot more. ran out of time as I am sure you all understand."},{"author_name":"Davikin92","author_uid":"50202","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:20am","epoch":1429600500,"text":"Hugs! Hugs! Thanks! Hehe, I'll remember those words all day, they keep sounding in my head! The sound effects work really tightly with the concept, and will make your game hard to forget. You can make the levels more detailed graphically so it looks even more appealing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Like many others, you used the &quot;throw people&quot; concept, but doing it with love and hugs is what makes it pretty original."},{"author_name":"swizzcheez","author_uid":"16129","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1429619460,"text":"Great idea and application of the theme."},{"author_name":"ManicMiner","author_uid":"50892","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1429619880,"text":"What I like about this game is that it has a really SOLID feel - a lot of LD games are a bit wobbly on their feet, but this one just feels well made. Nice job.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sound effects were adorable and very funny"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1429643700,"text":"Sound effects were funny, the boss fights were pretty fun and mixed things up a bit"},{"author_name":"Liam :D","author_uid":"20786","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1429658820,"text":"&quot;Hug requires friends&quot; D:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like it, the sprites, as simple as they are, are adorable. How they rotate to look at you is adorable :D"},{"author_name":"Cliff Lee(CL)","author_uid":"41166","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:24am","epoch":1429672740,"text":"Sound effect is so humorous :)\r<br\/>The concept is great!"},{"author_name":"Firaa","author_uid":"52108","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:41am","epoch":1429677360,"text":"This was pretty amusing. It's pretty easy with unlimited range love waves, but as far as love 'em ups go, this is pretty good."},{"author_name":"PushmePullyu","author_uid":"2817","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1429678140,"text":"HUGS!"},{"author_name":"DiegoEscalante","author_uid":"45857","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1429678260,"text":"The gameplay was simple, but those sounds put me in such a happy mood. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Tortoise","author_uid":"45008","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1429724700,"text":"Good use of theme. I liked the amount of levels and how you had to defeat the bosses, my only complaint is the variety in the levels was low, liked the sounds and overall gameplay."},{"author_name":"Kitsubi","author_uid":"51071","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:06am","epoch":1429754460,"text":"I really liked the use of the converted enemies as projectiles (hugs) to convert more enemies.  Truly interesting."},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:02am","epoch":1429844220,"text":"Love the sound effect, and game play was really challenging and fun. Well done!"},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 4:37am","epoch":1429849920,"text":"liked sending out friends for hugs. Sometimes the hugs didn't work though. The bosses were interesting. It looked like friends got stuck inside or something and they also double when hitting a red part? very strange, but eventually the whole thing would turn. Maybe a love bar (hp bar)? nice job!"},{"author_name":"PlasmaErnst","author_uid":"52774","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1430089020,"text":"Ha, funny sounds :D"}],"images":["ld32\/50010-54dd195f742236138d7f74199d6d5a1d.jpg","ld32\/50010-9ca06389809daa5ad1c7e22b5f0cc52a.jpg","ld32\/50010-0778fe9302726e2143b539ef754c52c6.jpg","ld32\/50010-592f97b6cec86ee61c67a25ca71ac65e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sleepyheadgames.itch.io\/hug-cult","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/f2ljx6007tgmuc4kgh8a33wd4f67z3g4","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11989","g_author":"50010","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"12019","g_title":"Hug Cult","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"368","g_commentcount":"34","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\/50010-shot0-1429492098.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50010-shot1-1429492098.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50010-shot2-1429492098.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/50010-shot3-1429496147.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hug Cult is a Love n Hug Shooter. The unconventional weapon here is love and hugs. Send love at enemies to turn them into friends. Once you have friends they will happily fling themselves at your enemies to hug them at your command. Gather enough friends and move on!\r\n\r\nCan you Defeat both bosses?\r\n\r\n\r\nWASD\/Arrows to move\r\nMouse to Aim\r\nLeft Mouse = Love\r\nRight Mouse = Hug\r\n\r\nHug only works when you have follower friends. Once you do, they fire from their position towards the mouse position. \r\n\r\nCollect enough friends to exit the level. \r\n\r\nTools:\r\n-Unity\r\n-Paint.net\r\n-My Voice + Windows Sound Recorder\r\n\r\nTwitter: @EvanChapman3\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","title":"Hug Cult"}