{"author_link":"\/author\/ryusui\/","author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","comments":[{"author_name":"popcorn897","author_uid":"35837","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:48am","epoch":1429584180,"text":"I'd love to play but\r<br\/>I can't start the game!!"},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1429647720,"text":"Try it again. Turned out I had the wrong DLLs in the Windows package."},{"author_name":"Awpteamoose","author_uid":"21326","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1429649460,"text":"Can't play it on Windows, seems like you've missed msvc 2012 runtime dll."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:05pm","epoch":1429650000,"text":"Ahhhhh dangit. Try again. &gt;_&lt;#"},{"author_name":"Tommislav","author_uid":"2393","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1429650420,"text":"I liked this game a lot, although it was very very difficult! I also had to read the instructions on this page several times before I managed to dominate my first enemy. Instruction in game would have helped a lot. Still, well done!"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1429653660,"text":"Great game! I really liked the graphics and concept of the unconventional weapon. Very cool and stylish realization. It's fairly hard, I'll grant that. I reached the two big popping eyes twice, died there twice and then rage quit xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great entry, good luck!"},{"author_name":"DefectiveMelon","author_uid":"44221","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1429654440,"text":"Trying to play this with keyboard and mouse was really difficult, but it definitely benefits a lot from controller support. It's a lot of fun once I got into it, with a lot of cool stuff going on. I think an indication of when you've hit a checkpoint would be nice, however."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1429655340,"text":"I'll admit there's no visual feedback because most of the classic shooters don't tell you when you've hit a checkpoint, though I'll agree I should probably have put that in there. ^_^;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That said, the checkpoints are after each set of eye blocks, if it helps. ;)"},{"author_name":"popcorn897","author_uid":"35837","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:07am","epoch":1429664520,"text":"Cool idea!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>this game is difficult as it is fun to look at, which is very.  But it became more fun after I realized how to play.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-Sirmi: Team Toast"},{"author_name":"Jellyhard","author_uid":"42032","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1429677960,"text":"I liked this a lot. I love these entries that present very simple and yet very fun and promising concepts."},{"author_name":"Saltysandwiches","author_uid":"16475","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1429735320,"text":"Pretty hard at the higher levels, but fun to play and the controls feel good.\r<br\/>The only problem is that the levels are all too similar between them."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1429736160,"text":"Yeah. I was originally planning on ten different enemies but I ended up only implementing the five you see here. Six if you count the eye blocks. Oh, and the end boss.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wonder if anyone's ever gotten that far. I just noticed I accidentally left his HP at 3 for testing purposes...^_^;"},{"author_name":"fixitteam","author_uid":"52954","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1429822140,"text":"the graphics are awesome :)\r<br\/>and what is also awesome is the fact that you used love2D :D\r<br\/>good job."},{"author_name":"Tortoise","author_uid":"45008","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 2:47am","epoch":1429929720,"text":"Fun game once you figure out the controls. I would of liked the baton fire attack to be its own key. Felt like a solid 2D scrolling shooter with a twist and I had the impression of Metroid for some reason."},{"author_name":"lucentbeam","author_uid":"25522","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:41am","epoch":1429943760,"text":"Really hard!"},{"author_name":"thedarknightdu78","author_uid":"52745","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 5:20am","epoch":1430025300,"text":"It's hard, but interesting"},{"author_name":"TheWzzard","author_uid":"50432","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1430166840,"text":"Needs music!"},{"author_name":"Os_Reboot","author_uid":"45083","time":"Apr 30, 2015 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1430400120,"text":"Fun game! This is the first LD game I used my 360 controller on. It handles very well, the game has a unique flow to it. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"herniewise","author_uid":"26114","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 1:58am","epoch":1430790780,"text":"Hard to master but great little game."}],"images":["ld32\/12635-042febe0d92359f87708b4937de6a670.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/74940256\/S-LAYER.love","text":"Love2D"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/74940256\/S-LAYER-Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/74940256\/S-LAYER-1.2.love","text":"Love2D (Post-Compo 1.2)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/74940256\/S-LAYER-1.2-Windows.zip","text":"Windows (Post-Compo 1.2)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12452","g_author":"12635","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"12482","g_title":"S-LAYER","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"465","g_commentcount":"19","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\/12635-shot0-1429581751.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In the distant future, humanity threatens to be consumed by an enormous malevolent organic mass - a sentient tumor with an undying hatred of its unwitting creators. You have been converted into the S-LAYER, a biomechanical warrior which can take the fight to the very core of the monstrosity: armed with a baton which can absorb your foes' attacks and wrest control of them from their master, you are the world's last hope.\r\n\r\nXBox 360 gamepad supported.\r\n\r\nS-LAYER's unconventional combat abilities require power to use. Power is accumulated gradually over time or by catching enemy shots with your baton, which points behind you as you move.\r\n\r\nPress Shift\/B to lock your baton's rotation (requires at least 12% energy).\r\n\r\nPress Ctrl\/A to swing your baton and absorb all incoming bullets (requires at least 25% energy).\r\n\r\nPress Ctrl\/A while holding Shift\/B to fire your baton and dominate your enemies (requires at least 50% energy). A dominated enemy will follow you and fire its weapon when you press Shift\/B. Different enemies have different attack behaviors. Press Ctrl\/A while an enemy is dominated to order it to self-destruct and regain control of your baton. Dominating an enemy consumes energy; if you reach 0% while an enemy is dominated, the enemy will automatically self-destruct.\r\n\r\nYou have five lives; make good use of them. Checkpoints are scattered throughout your descent into the heart of the nightmare.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\nUpdate: Changed the Windows download to a 32-bit version for broader compatibility.\r\n\r\n***POST-COMPO RELEASE***\r\n\r\nVersion 1.2 has a huge number of changes and improvements over the original 1.0 release:\r\n\r\n- Splash and title screens!\r\n- Instructions!\r\n- High scores!\r\n- A pause menu!\r\n- A final boss that no longer dies in three hits (sorry!)\r\n- Actual(?) music!\r\n- Revamped gameplay!\r\n- And more!\r\n\r\nCheck out the in-game instructions for more info on the gameplay changes. (And as always, be sure to base your ratings on the 1.0 version!)","title":"S-LAYER"}