{"author_link":"\/author\/milktoast\/","author_name":"Milktoast","author_uid":"3609","comments":[{"author_name":"Rnd","author_uid":"26247","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:35am","epoch":1418200200,"text":"nice game, you need to limit the shooter \/ make shooter vanish in x seconds, it will make player thinking about the strategy"},{"author_name":"fuzzalicious","author_uid":"41005","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1418233680,"text":"Nice tower defense game but gets a bit repetetive gets a bit repetetive repetetive."},{"author_name":"sputnik","author_uid":"38770","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1418233860,"text":"Love the christmas elfs. Get repetitive though."},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1418234040,"text":"Hahaha, the art made me smile! A bit too easy, but a nice quick diversion."},{"author_name":"Milktoast","author_uid":"3609","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1418255280,"text":"Once again, time got away from me.  The result: horrible gameplay.  We had plans for multiple turret types and upgrades, maze building, and more.  I just didn't deliver (again).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I feel really bad that the scaling I chose for the game, and the overall mechanics, didn't highlight the tremendous artwork that Jason created... the stuff he made is incredible.  You just can't see it 'cause I scrunched it down and all detail was obliterated.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also feel bad for the people who play this game.  You are heroes in my book.  I salute you.  I will do better next time!"},{"author_name":"AMS","author_uid":"45180","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:55am","epoch":1418259000,"text":"At first i got greedy, it seemed too easy\r<br\/>and then i got stomped by an army of angry santas hahahahaha, hilarious \r<br\/>it was funny overall :D"},{"author_name":"maybeimelias","author_uid":"35603","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:08am","epoch":1418259780,"text":"Honestly had a lot of potential, and I enjoyed playing what you got done, the graphics were very funny and the sounds were entertaining."},{"author_name":"BUNN1E5","author_uid":"35895","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:10am","epoch":1418259900,"text":"love it!"},{"author_name":"PapaCheech","author_uid":"24705","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:36am","epoch":1418261460,"text":"I enjoyed the holiday theme you went for!"},{"author_name":"insane66","author_uid":"30312","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:42am","epoch":1418261820,"text":"is like planets vs zombies. brainsss....."},{"author_name":"RobotLovesKitty","author_uid":"21887","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 1:46am","epoch":1418262060,"text":"I had a blast playing, it was a strategyless tower defense game, but I really enjoyed just barfing out turrets!"},{"author_name":"snickersnacks","author_uid":"36844","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:00am","epoch":1418345700,"text":"Exceedingly easy to beat, from what I can tell. You should find a way to limit the number of turrets that can be placed, either through economy or available placement tiles. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"pajamaprogramming","author_uid":"47304","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:05am","epoch":1418346000,"text":"Nice game overall. Nothing like starting the holiday season with shooting some elves!"},{"author_name":"lase","author_uid":"44961","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:09am","epoch":1418346240,"text":"Seems pretty easy, if you just spam a bunch of turrets &amp; upgrade them, you can't really lose. It also seemed like the music cut out after a bit.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Although, it seems like there is potential! You've got a solid base, and it would be great with maze building &amp; whatnot."},{"author_name":"goodbadokay","author_uid":"47147","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:02am","epoch":1418536620,"text":"\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430"},{"author_name":"madlee","author_uid":"15236","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:31am","epoch":1418538360,"text":"Pretty fun, though in the late game i had a hard time doing anything but sit back and watch. Made it to wave 13 but got cruuussshed :P"},{"author_name":"kipelovets","author_uid":"46923","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1418845620,"text":"I filled the field almost completely with cannons and when they all fired I got like 3 FPS. That was cool)"}],"images":["ld31\/3609-da6584169619d8af5ba43320261c396e.jpg","ld31\/3609-8ab864eccd78d8445610da7855630a93.jpg","ld31\/3609-74eed7f31378821cb6c853f55734acb1.jpg","ld31\/3609-e02b967d664b6047bcf1c9a8573736e8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/166539420\/ld31\/web\/index.html","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/z99ghazf2fy5nk1\/youcantstopxmas-win.7z?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/g5995es475bcb8a\/youcantstopxmas-mac.7z?dl=0","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/oaorzv3ioqdt6te\/youcantstopxmas-linux.7z?dl=0","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/4ya5pn3f2rx00yd\/youcantstopxmas.jar?dl=0","text":"Java 7 JAR"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13192","g_author":"3609","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13222","g_title":"You Can't Stop Christmas","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"759","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/407933\/3609-shot0-1418343118.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/3609-shot1-1418342621.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/3609-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/3609-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CREDITS\r\n\r\nArtwork: Jason Z. B. Dean -- http:\/\/www.jasonzdean.com\/\r\nMusic: Adam \"Pants\" Grant\r\n\"Coding\": Milktoast Johnson\r\n\r\nVICTORY CONDITIONS\r\n\r\nBeating level 13 should be considered a VICTORY.  Levels 1 through 9 are, admittedly, very easy.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS\r\n\r\nPoint and click to build and upgrade towers.\r\nPoint to pick up snowflakes.\r\n\r\nSTORY\r\n\r\nA Christmas-themed \"tower defense.\"  Aliens have attacked the North Pole and have mutated Santa and his helpers into horrible monsters.  As a Snowborg (half snowman, half robot), you are immune to the alien infestation.  It is up to you to defend the last gift depot adjacent to Santa's workshop!  Your only remaining defense is a stockpile of horse chestnut cannons left over from Christmas '78.  Use them to stop the aliens from stealing the remaining gifts and save Christmas!!\r\n\r\nOVERVIEW\r\n\r\nWaves of mutants will march from the top of the screen to the bottom.\r\nIf they reach the bottom of the screen, they will steal gifts.\r\nWhen you run out of gifts, the game is over.\r\nBuild turrets to destroy the mutants.\r\n\r\nINSTRUCTIONS\r\n\r\nBuild and upgrade your towers by clicking.\r\nBuilding a new tower costs 1 snowflake.\r\nUpgrading a tower costs 1 snowflake per level (upgrading from level 8 to level 9 costs 9 snowflakes).\r\nTowers may be upgraded to level 9.\r\nAt level 7 and above, towers also freeze (temporarily immobilize) enemies.\r\nWhen killed, enemies will sometimes drop snowflakes.\r\nPick up snowflakes by mousing over them.\r\n\r\nYou start with 125 snowflakes (spend them) and 100 gifts (defend them).\r\nYou may only build towers in the bottom two-thirds of the screen.\r\nTowers will always attack the closest enemy.\r\n\r\nPRO TIP\r\n\r\n\"Paint\" with the mouse button down to build and upgrade many towers quickly.\r\nTry to pick up as many snowflakes as you can, especially during later waves when they're worth more.\r\nUpgrading towers increases DPS linearly.\r\nMonster health increases exponentially every wave.  By level 13, the Santa mutants have over 1.2 billion hit points (and there are 13 of them!)\r\n\r\nFUN TIP\r\n\r\nIt's actually more entertaining to draw pictures with turrets than to play the game. =)\r\n\r\nUPDATES\r\n\r\nDecember 9, 2014: Applied a patch to the libGDX Timer class to fix a bug where timers would stop firing after the window lost and regained focus.  Added Windows, Mac, and Linux distributions (basically the JAR + JRE).  The Mac and Linux packages haven't been tested.  Added Web version, so the JAR, Windows, Mac, and Linux versions are probably unnecessary. =)  Your browser must support WebGL.  Tested with Firefox and Chrome.\r\n","title":"You Can't Stop Christmas"}