{"author_link":"\/author\/kristof\/","author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","comments":[{"author_name":"Photon","author_uid":"7658","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 2:57am","epoch":1429498320,"text":"Simple but nifty mechanic for sure. I like it! Not sure its that unconventional though. Also, the pathfinding wasn't too great, so enemy minions would sometimes get stuck on tiles I already had captured or get surrounded by my own horde of minions. This made finishing games a little tedious as this often led me to try and lead them back to their own commander so I could capture them. All things considered, still pretty solid stuff!"},{"author_name":"salmonmoose","author_uid":"11416","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 3:17am","epoch":1429499520,"text":"0"},{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:09am","epoch":1429509840,"text":"Nice very original idea. Good job"},{"author_name":"Dustician","author_uid":"49777","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429547520,"text":"I really like this game. I'm not very good at it though apparently"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1429547700,"text":"Very nice take on the theme, AI is quite clever, I had fun playing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is the most innovative game I played so far. Well done !"},{"author_name":"CireNeikual","author_uid":"7769","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1429547760,"text":"Interesting mechanic! Could using some pathfinding though. My minions often get stuck behind walls. Would be a nice multiplayer game!"},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1429547760,"text":"Hi! Great game! Cool mechanic, took a while to master! Love that it's so simple but still so fun! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good luck!"},{"author_name":"kyyrma","author_uid":"8424","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1429547880,"text":"The visuals are basic yet really really cool! Solid game, although getting your minions caught behind a wall does cause some weird effects with the AI and there is a bit too much luck involved with the random layouts."},{"author_name":"Andrew Adams","author_uid":"20321","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1429557120,"text":"Fun mechanic. Took me a couple games to figure out, but I eventually got it. I like that you put barriers to seperate some of the minions."},{"author_name":"grifdail","author_uid":"15168","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1429617360,"text":"Once again, some great game here ! I had a lot of fun ! Thank ! I really liked the fast gameplay !"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1429641120,"text":"The game is really fun, and as others commented, it would be great to have this as multiplayer.\r<br\/>I found some minor &quot;bugs&quot;, such as some aisled AI minions left alone in my coulor area making it difficult to capture (they have to go to an uncaptured area first).. but that's just being too picky! good job."},{"author_name":"SuperMsp10","author_uid":"35834","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1429647180,"text":"didnt know how to win"},{"author_name":"Kevlanche","author_uid":"25421","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1429647540,"text":"Great game! Quite simple, but it seems most great LD games are simple. I can imagine this being a ton of fun as a multiplayer game.  Imagine yelling at your friends in the couch to &quot;stop stealing my f#&curren;&quot;ing guys&quot; :-). If you have any plans of post-LD work, I highly suggest looking into getting gamepad+multiplayer support. Theres room for multiple maps, powerups and more as well if you feel like turning it into a full game. I'd probably buy it as I'm a big fan of couch-multiplayer games."},{"author_name":"M9Josh","author_uid":"51633","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1429660140,"text":"Fun game, I had a problem with the camera once I got to the top of the map however, a player-controllable camera would have been nice, besides that I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"balom","author_uid":"4215","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:22am","epoch":1429665420,"text":"What a fun game! Great mechanic, I really enjoyed trying to get every one of the units to follow me. Simple and effective. With some tweaking and polish, this could be a really nice little game!"},{"author_name":"Jimjam","author_uid":"3643","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:57am","epoch":1429703520,"text":"Very cool concept!"},{"author_name":"Chris M","author_uid":"35889","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1429716300,"text":"Good design to adjust the hall width and follower circumference allow follower siphoning. I was a bit confused exactly how followers were stolen- perhaps you could make this more explicit. A lot of potential here, hope to see you iterate on this!"},{"author_name":"nicklink483","author_uid":"32652","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1429724880,"text":"That was very challenging and amazing.  I loved it!"},{"author_name":"Horsed","author_uid":"49897","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1429726620,"text":"Gives a nice feeling of cleaning up :-) Neat little game. It crashed a cupple of times and took the whole browser with it :-)"},{"author_name":"BraindeadGeo","author_uid":"29444","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1429730700,"text":"A nicely ambitious game! Bit confusing over why i was losing so many chaps until i figured it out though :)"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1429731900,"text":"I really like the mechanics here. They're smart and have a nice learning curve!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I really wish this game had some pathfinding though, but solid with or without it, esp because its 3d!"},{"author_name":"Tipyx","author_uid":"20954","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1429732740,"text":"Very nice, and very addictive :)"},{"author_name":"megahold","author_uid":"33076","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1429804980,"text":"I'm confused be I'm having fun."},{"author_name":"Plustech","author_uid":"50284","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1429814880,"text":"I really like the concept, is like a simplified version of total war, really neat. I wish there was pathfinding but besides that I really like it, very addictive. Not really sure on the theme though, the mechanic is very unconventional but is hard for me to see it as a weapon.\r<br\/>Great job nevertheless! =)"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1429901400,"text":"I am already addicted. Fantastic. Better sound and graphics could do it al most perfect."},{"author_name":"bvanschooten","author_uid":"14520","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1430002620,"text":"Nice and original game mechanic! The game is a bit too easy perhaps, better AI and bigger board? It's sometimes boring to convert that last enemy minion even though you've practically won."},{"author_name":"FistBumpGames","author_uid":"30260","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1430081220,"text":"Nice job on the AI, and the game itself is quite challenging! Reminds me of Splatoon."},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 7:42am","epoch":1430465820,"text":"Cool idea. It's deceptively simple, but requires some strategic thinking to prevent your opponents from stealing all of your units. My only complaint is that I would've liked a button for quick restart, since it's possible to become impossibly outmatched without losing completely."}],"images":["ld32\/11354-a3c9cae0fedd40add12427b86509562e.jpg","ld32\/11354-1ff3102b7187b2c9e2925127d72a1b60.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kristof.niederholtmeyer.de\/LD32\/ld32.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/knied\/LD32","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12249","g_author":"11354","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"12279","g_title":"Color Commander","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"167","g_commentcount":"28","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\/11354-shot0-1429458862.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/11354-shot1-1429458862.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In Color Commander you try to control all minions on the board and make them follow you. A very unconventional fighting mechanic ( :-P ) lets you take minions from your opponents.\r\n\r\nYou win by taking all minions or all tiles from your opponents.\r\n\r\nIf you capture a tile by controlling more minions on it than any of your opponents, all minions on that tile will switch to your color.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft Mouse Button: Move command\r\nRight Mouse Button: Rotate the camera\r\n\r\nTools:\r\nEmacs, cfxr, JavaScript, WebGL, WebAudio","title":"Color Commander"}