{"author_link":"\/author\/tonbery\/","author_name":"Kuupu","author_uid":"22691","comments":[{"author_name":"TheScragglyMan","author_uid":"46841","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1418060520,"text":"Oh wow this game is addictive !"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1418060700,"text":"Prety cool ! But i didn't really understood how i can choose the object i use."},{"author_name":"Recursiveanomaly","author_uid":"18179","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1418060880,"text":"Sweet! Now I just need someone to play with :)"},{"author_name":"Slepice1","author_uid":"41578","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1418061840,"text":"Amazing, AI stuck sometimes but thats just detail."},{"author_name":"skeeto","author_uid":"8472","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1418062440,"text":"Great graphics and audio! You've got the start of something interesting here. I like that there's an automatic demo with the title screen. Very old school that way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The shooting part of the gameplay is incomplete. It's very shallow being locked horizontally like that. It's basically whoever has the highest health wins in a direct confrontation."},{"author_name":"GhostBomb","author_uid":"45321","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1418062560,"text":"Absolutely incredible.  The AI is surprisingly good, thought you can do a few things to exploit it."},{"author_name":"exoddinary","author_uid":"44864","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1418062680,"text":"Awesome!!"},{"author_name":"mahu","author_uid":"44269","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1418062740,"text":"Gente! muito bom mesmo! os gr&aacute;ficos ficaram simples e as anima&ccedil;&otilde;es flu&iacute;das! muito show! a m&uacute;sica e a sonoriza&ccedil;&atilde;o tbm! Parab&eacute;ns! &eacute; n&oacute;zes kuupu!"},{"author_name":"Liam :D","author_uid":"20786","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1418064840,"text":"Me and a friend were talking about particle effects, and discussed one of your blog posts, which showed the blocks exploding. Wanted to play the game since then, glad I finally did! Well done, nicely polished. It feels like a finished game, or at least a vertical slice of one."},{"author_name":"rodolfodth","author_uid":"47256","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1418069280,"text":"awsome game :D continue to improve it, can be a good deal :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>vamoo :D"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1418075880,"text":"Man this game is fun!"},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1418076480,"text":"This has truely towerfall style! Great gameplay and mechanics for the limited time of a gamejam. Plus writing an AI is quite impressive!"},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1418077260,"text":"Feels nice, the movement and graphics reminded me of Cave Story."},{"author_name":"zanenga","author_uid":"34576","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1418078160,"text":"Awesome! I can feel some Towerfall vibes, heheh. It could become a great party game. I hope you develop it further."},{"author_name":"hypnoticbytes","author_uid":"46966","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1418081640,"text":"Very good game. One of my favorites!"},{"author_name":"allanolivei","author_uid":"44203","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1418081820,"text":"awesome .. AI works very well and provides a good fight."},{"author_name":"Adroitboss","author_uid":"23097","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1418081880,"text":"Awesome"},{"author_name":"error031","author_uid":"44348","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1418081940,"text":"It's very hard to stop playing xD Little AI improvement and maybe random generated levels and you have a great game :D"},{"author_name":"Mixer","author_uid":"16241","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1418082360,"text":"Really fun and addicting game!"},{"author_name":"Dexyne","author_uid":"30048","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:00am","epoch":1418082900,"text":"Great game, good graphics and sounds.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>AI stop to move at times (probably to think about a devilish plan).\r<br\/>The gameplay is interesting too."},{"author_name":"rabbit","author_uid":"26967","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:13am","epoch":1418083680,"text":"Holy crap! This is a lot of fun. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>For some reason I just couldnt shoot anymore though? Not sure why."},{"author_name":"March","author_uid":"45445","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:44am","epoch":1418085540,"text":"One word...amazing...."},{"author_name":"TaylorAnderson","author_uid":"39104","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:47am","epoch":1418085720,"text":"I like the concept, but after a while there were some pretty frequent frame drops.  Also, I wish health were over the player's heads so I could get a better feel of when I'm about to die, without having to look all the way at the top of the screen."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:58am","epoch":1418086380,"text":"I love it, you captured the essence of the type of game I was trying to make perfectly. Simple, quick paced, good game feel. Good job!"},{"author_name":"bakudas","author_uid":"23827","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:17am","epoch":1418087520,"text":"awesome :D"},{"author_name":"Ozcr","author_uid":"44154","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:20am","epoch":1418087700,"text":"Really cool game, I love the pixelart.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Give mine a try, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=44154"},{"author_name":"cinderous","author_uid":"40629","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:25am","epoch":1418088000,"text":"Wow, really awesome. I had to pull myself away! I downloaded the windows version for some multiplayer fun next time I have someone over :) Art style is awesome, music is awesome, gameplay is stellar!"},{"author_name":"Andre","author_uid":"43357","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:21am","epoch":1418091360,"text":"Very fun!"},{"author_name":"MentalBlockGaming","author_uid":"47596","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1418093220,"text":"Very nice! And AI too!"},{"author_name":"brombatti","author_uid":"40832","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:44am","epoch":1418099940,"text":"Jogo muito divertido! Anima&ccedil;&otilde;es bem feitas, part&iacute;culas deixam o gameplay visualmente divertido e muito bem acabado. As mec&acirc;nicas tamb&eacute;m ficaram bem interessantes. Parab&eacute;ns pelo game! (;"},{"author_name":"UnionCorp","author_uid":"46718","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:12am","epoch":1418123220,"text":"wow, ficou bem interessante! o &uacute;nico ponto que eu destacaria que poderia ser aprimorado para uma vers&atilde;o futura &eacute; a AI do inimigo, que n&atilde;o consegue chegar ao topo da tela algumas vezes. E &eacute;, como algu&eacute;m aqui abaixo falou, demorei um pouquinho pra perceber que bloco era o pr&oacute;ximo que eu usaria mas ficou bem viciante! me divertindo bastante aqui xD"},{"author_name":"EquipeJAM","author_uid":"46706","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1418125320,"text":"Extremamente divertido! Musica viciante e gameplay viciantes, e apesar da IA travar um pouco eu ainda consegui perder pra ela =P!!"},{"author_name":"Technomancer Game Studio","author_uid":"46998","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1418127360,"text":"Whoa, this game is AWESOME!"},{"author_name":"stigmawall","author_uid":"6116","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1418131140,"text":"Imagina esse jogo com quatro pessoas, cada uma em um controle, numa tv? Ia ficar animal, hein? O jogo completo esta muito bom. A mec&acirc;nica de criar blocos eu curti e a IA ta muito boa pra quem teve de implementa-la na Jam. Meus dois cents: se eu n&atilde;o me mexo, a IA tamb&eacute;m n&atilde;o, ou demora horrores para tomar uma decis&atilde;o. NICE JOB!!! (y)"},{"author_name":"deyteris_team","author_uid":"45193","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1418135280,"text":"One of the best at this LD Jam!"},{"author_name":"thiaguera","author_uid":"31735","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1418136600,"text":"AWESOME!"},{"author_name":"Spilim","author_uid":"25516","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1418141940,"text":"Nice entry =) Simple but fun as it should be, good thing you spend time creating an simple AI, otherwise it would have been harder to test the idea. It took me quite sometime to understand the blocks power though. The screenshake and details were what made the game a lot more entertaining also.\r<br\/>Bem, bom trabalho de qualquer jeito =)"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1418142900,"text":"Nice game - keyboard controls are hard, but xbox controller seems to be working fine. Other than that very addictive and challenging. (btw, once you downloaded my game, is it less laggy for you? Press [q] to toggle render - that might help)"},{"author_name":"Batataglin","author_uid":"44601","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1418146920,"text":"Excelente!!!"},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1418160120,"text":"Bloody brilliant."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1418161440,"text":"Looks and sounds beautiful!"},{"author_name":"Trixton","author_uid":"24476","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:13am","epoch":1418177280,"text":"2P would be more fun than that AI.  I think having powerups that give more information visually as to what they are would be nice.  Overall great job though."},{"author_name":"thopis","author_uid":"46642","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1418194800,"text":"I had fun and the AI is really great!Have to play it with a friend!Beautiful!"},{"author_name":"Creative Sectors","author_uid":"39230","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1418223300,"text":"In short: This is awesome.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Long version:\r<br\/>Multiplayer &quot;sandbox&quot; platformer in 72 hours, simply amazing! This is as good as a game can be.\r<br\/>The graphics are nice, the audio is catchy and I'm sure it is infinite amount of fun to play with someone - I don't have anyone else here to play with at the moment.\r<br\/>Keep up the good work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Purrfect, it is Kardfog&uacute;-approved.\r<br\/>Kardfog&uacute; of Creative Sectors, out."},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1418310780,"text":"Well done, thanks."},{"author_name":"Menesetsu","author_uid":"22515","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1418311860,"text":"Very nice polished gameplay. I really liked it. Definetely will play it with a friend ;)"},{"author_name":"Blockers","author_uid":"44063","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1418337180,"text":"woah! this is extremely fun. im gonna have to find an irl friend to try this with. love the sounds and in general this game feels great. also loving the title screen demo."},{"author_name":"pegigante","author_uid":"44999","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1418426220,"text":"Fantastic! Congratulations."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1418474580,"text":"Best, most polished game I've seen on this LD so far! Congratulations :D"},{"author_name":"NickMakesGames","author_uid":"29805","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 12:46am","epoch":1418517660,"text":"very creative! The block placing mechanic actually introduced quite a bit more tactical depth than I would have initially thought. Not all of the blocks made a ton of sense, though, in terms of their effects in battle."},{"author_name":"Trite Games","author_uid":"47531","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1418568660,"text":"What a great multiplayer game. Like the graphics, the sounds, the gameplay. The AI and to learn all the different block mechanics are a little hard for beginners, but maybe I'm just not good at this and need more practice ^^ Well done, putting it on Twitter :)"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 2:29am","epoch":1418610240,"text":"I remember seeing some posts about the AI during the jam. Good to see you guys were able to do it. :)\r<br\/>Also, you guys really polished this! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It should be really fun when playing with friends. :)"},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 3:56am","epoch":1418615460,"text":"I found it very enjoyable! :)\r<br\/>Probably is much better with 2 players, but the CPU also works very nice for a Jam game!\r<br\/>Congratz!"},{"author_name":"Eduardo","author_uid":"41337","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1418655600,"text":"This looks really fun, i love the pixel art. The destructible block are awesome! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I want to plaaay, but i can't play unity games!!"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1418751780,"text":"Pretty awesome and very well made!\r<br\/>Excellent work on graphics, sounds, gameplay, AI, etc.\r<br\/>Really nice entry :D"},{"author_name":"Vladik Plays","author_uid":"43115","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1418833860,"text":"Game crashed.. :C"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1418911800,"text":"Really nicely polished, and some cool powerups"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1418911980,"text":"^ also meant to say that particle effects and block destruction is really cool"},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Dec 26, 2014 @ 11:21am","epoch":1419592560,"text":"Wow what a well polished set! Love the gameplay, the juice is amazing, the sounds and graphics, everything. It's basically a done deal :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It plays a little unsophisticated though, despite all the options you have, it comes a lot down to who gets to face the opponent more often than the other, and that becomes a game of if you win the first exchange, you'll lose the next one, etc, etc.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Getting in a &quot;lucky hit&quot; with the grenade becomes pivotal, but it basically drifts in one direction + bounce, if you stay away from the other players' grenade zone you're likely fine...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not sure if you can select weapons or what.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh and jump on the keyboard, imo, should be up (w), not space. Up is more intuitive on the keyboard."},{"author_name":"martial_cantarel_games","author_uid":"47216","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1419691500,"text":"!!!!!!!!"},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1419704160,"text":"Eventually we were both at the bottom, just shooting one another without much movement, so the fun had gone all away. Building bricks could be bigger, and restrict shooting somehow. Grenades weren't of much use, either.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sounds are pretty good, and so are the graphics. A bit more of work refining the mechanics could go a long way. Good job!"},{"author_name":"ponk","author_uid":"11872","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1419867540,"text":"Amazing :) !"}],"images":["ld31\/22691-46968624cb6df989972a8adcef6f4810.jpg","ld31\/22691-3e096d134b8abd46a0e54a7ed9890827.jpg","ld31\/22691-54b83034e27fd61698ecb08f3f29047f.jpg","ld31\/22691-a91390b06ce2738e43e01e0d3d741be2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/goo.gl\/DGm6GM","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the-cubenator\/download-distribution\/45089\/?os=windows","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ird3aB124Dk&amp;feature=youtu.be","text":"Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14030","g_author":"22691","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14060","g_title":"The Cubenator","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"21","g_commentcount":"62","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\/22691-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/22691-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/22691-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/22691-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Jump, shoot, throw grenades, place cubes and destroy everything.\r\nThat is the idea.\r\n\r\nYou can place 5 different cubes.\r\nReflect - it shoots back to you.\r\nTeleport - teleport the player to a random location.\r\nAmmo - recovers the grenades.\r\nLife - recovers the life.\r\nSpike\/Saw - causes damage on touch.\r\n\r\nAll the instruction are ingame, before you start to play.\r\n(if your controllers doesn't work, close the game, setup your controllers, then open the game again)\r\n\r\nTeam:\r\nRoni Silva (me) - Programming, Animation\/Particles and SFX.\r\nCarolina Porfirio - Art (almost everything).\r\nDi Zapata - Music.\r\n\r\nExternal tools:\r\nA* Pathfinding Project - (base for our pathfinding\/AI system)\r\nVector Chimera - (to change the Player2 sprite colors)\r\nTom Vian (Super Flash Bros) 2010 - (to make our SFX)\r\n\r\nEngine: Unity3D","title":"The Cubenator"}