{"author_link":"\/author\/garethiw\/","author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","comments":[{"author_name":"CliffracerX","author_uid":"42929","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:04am","epoch":1418097540,"text":"This is a very dark game, fun though.  Has some lag issues.  :\/"},{"author_name":"sharp911","author_uid":"36736","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:06am","epoch":1418097660,"text":"Nor bad. Works well. Not a fan of the controls but still fun."},{"author_name":"BadPaul34","author_uid":"22166","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1418128680,"text":"Nice ! A funny game, it's a really great job !"},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1418142480,"text":"Very cool! A bit hard on the hardware for me, but still playable. Looks and plays great. Love the sound effects! Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Random Seed Games","author_uid":"16933","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1418142660,"text":"Quite fun, but had a hard time with the controls\/view of the game.  Liked the idea though with the crowd throwing in weapons, good job!"},{"author_name":"harley77","author_uid":"43987","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1418142660,"text":"Loved the humor and audio effects.  I think a bit more feedback on the hits would make it a bit more polished. Awesome entry!"},{"author_name":"SojaBird","author_uid":"31667","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1418143260,"text":"This is pretty cool haha :D\r<br\/>The controls are somewhat interesting because of the 3d movement.\r<br\/>It works but you need to get used to it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun game nice touch with the snowman :p\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I died at wave 4"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1418158680,"text":"Go elfs ;) That was cool."},{"author_name":"ThatsMyJam","author_uid":"26889","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1418161740,"text":"Good job! I like the concept and the paper mario graphics"},{"author_name":"Arakade","author_uid":"18287","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 12:19am","epoch":1418170440,"text":"Great fun, guys.  Just sad I can't vote you up due to not entering."},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1418245080,"text":"haha, merry christmas!\r<br\/>Funny idea. It would probably be more fun with a 2nd player, as the feeling of competition would probably enhance the experience a bit. Good game and nice idea!"},{"author_name":"matpg","author_uid":"12509","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:11am","epoch":1418256360,"text":"Great game! Wish the flame thrower would last forever."},{"author_name":"Asaratha","author_uid":"47271","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1418329920,"text":"What sort of crimes did we commit to be put in an arena with santa? Very funny and overall fun game, very well made as well."},{"author_name":"the-arrival","author_uid":"47053","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1418330100,"text":"lack of controll for the player leads to a mediocre gameplay. Anyways, i liked the humor and the graphics"},{"author_name":"jelly","author_uid":"45224","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1418330220,"text":"Haha! This was fun. I like the idea of Santa's evil gladiator death pit. I agree with one of the other commenters that some more feedback on when you've landed a successful hit would be helpful.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And as much as I loved all the bodies on the floor it got a little visually confusing. Maybe a body zamboni could scoot through the stages? Lol.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway solid work!"},{"author_name":"Crosstales","author_uid":"32967","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1418330880,"text":"Very funny game, good idea and gorgeous sfx :-)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"janovbyrnisson","author_uid":"43705","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1418385840,"text":"Such a fun game. :))\r<br\/>\r<br\/>---\r<br\/>Come and see us.."},{"author_name":"Pepelumen","author_uid":"29862","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1418388540,"text":"Funny and complete, good work!"},{"author_name":"paperweight","author_uid":"45454","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 10:03am","epoch":1418464680,"text":"Very nice"},{"author_name":"CoolChesire","author_uid":"11093","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 10:14am","epoch":1418465340,"text":"Very fun, the game is easy but eventually it becomes really hard."},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1418514180,"text":"lol :D love it, very cool game, well done :)"},{"author_name":"loopinlouie","author_uid":"44470","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 2:42am","epoch":1418697420,"text":"I like a lot about this game, so I won't really go into it too much. Graphics, control, gameplay, enemies, HUD, feedback, and sound effects are all solid, and the whole game feels pretty polished or finished. I am a big fan of those beat em up co-op games like TMNT 2\/3 and the Double Dragon games from NES. I am used to melee fighting guys by walking up to their &quot;depth&quot; on the screen, so I was resorting to melee as much as possible, especially that big spear\/halberd looking thing. The snowballs were my least favorite because they seemed ineffective at times. The snowballs would pile up in front of the guy you hit, creating a barrier that prevented you from hitting him with more snowballs. Sometimes I wished I could throw the snowballs forwards and backwards instead of just sideways, since it would be easier to line up the shots that way, but I know that would create a bunch of extra work and complicate things."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1418912940,"text":"Well that was pretty grim. I liked the whole 2d sprites on a 3d plane approach and the gameplay itself was really addictive."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 5:22am","epoch":1419225420,"text":"off the charts awesome!"},{"author_name":"DonovanWu","author_uid":"36681","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 12:24am","epoch":1419380340,"text":"The game's a bit chaotic, but lots of fun. It's kinda hilarious though the theme is sort of dark at the same time. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1419384360,"text":"Cool game, really funny! Loved the sound effects. Great job with all of those enemies and weapons!"},{"author_name":"TyrusPeace","author_uid":"5305","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1419439800,"text":"Very cool graphical style; it worked well with the collision physics to give things a unique feel and effective feel for this kinda pit brawler.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was happy when I finally realized the snowmen were throwing carrots."},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1419702720,"text":"Once one player died, the other played for a while but it became a bit boring for both. A way to revive would've been nice.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphic style is pretty cool, though you have to be carefull to keep the brightness of the sprites similar to that of the other elements.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The health bar is way to far up in the screen, and kind of tiny, so it's hard to look at it while you're playing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was really funny to see the corpses accumulating and leaving less and less space to move freely, it makes for a nice mechanic.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"yorak","author_uid":"510","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1419797520,"text":"Ho ho ho."},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 8:24pm","epoch":1419884340,"text":"That was fun. Given all the blood I guess they are throwing ice balls!  The audio was cute. :)"}],"images":["ld31\/20364-780a374c8f21e8c0ac472a02f6d99870.jpg","ld31\/20364-2045d6ddf57701242bc34df1b96ae296.jpg","ld31\/20364-b36830da97fede22240940fae519c552.jpg","ld31\/20364-3b06c2b309b021ff60ab4b86fa6860be.jpg","ld31\/20364-1774a9ca62ad20f72afc6c6cb2004fcb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/stage.gareth.pw\/ld31","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/stage.gareth.pw\/ld31\/santasseasonalslayfest_windows.zip","text":"Windows (.zip)"},{"url":"http:\/\/stage.gareth.pw\/ld31\/santasseasonalslayfest.app.zip","text":"OS\/X (app.zip)"},{"url":"http:\/\/stage.gareth.pw\/ld31\/santasseasonalslayfest_linux.tar.gz","text":"Linux (.tar.gz)"},{"url":"http:\/\/github.com\/garethiw\/ld31","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14145","g_author":"20364","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14175","g_title":"Santa's Seasonal Slayfest","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"219","g_commentcount":"30","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\/20364-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20364-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20364-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20364-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20364-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Santa's Seasonal Slayfest\r\n\r\nBy Gareth Williams (@garethiw), Carl Hughes (@devilqube) and Paul Yendley (@gredgie)\r\n\r\nInstead of coal this year, Santa has in fact thrown two bad children into his gladiatorial arena, where they must appease a crowd of elves, twisted from their mindless work in Santa's joyous workshops.\r\n\r\nFight your way through as many waves of enemies as you can either on your own or with a keyboard buddy, let the bodies pile up as your spectators throw all manner of weaponry and items to keep the entertainment going!\r\n\r\nThe game can be played by one or two players.\r\n\r\nTo Play:\r\n\r\nPLAYER 1 CONTROLS\r\nCursor Arrows - Movement\r\nReturn - Attack\r\nBackspace - Discard Weapon\r\n\r\nPLAYER 2 CONTROLS\r\nWASD - Movement\r\nSpace - Attack\r\nTab - Discard Weapon\r\n\r\nOr use 360 pads - Left stick + A\/B\r\n\r\nTools Used:\r\nUnity\/C#\r\nASEPRITE\r\nPhotoshop\r\nAudacity\r\nCubase","title":"Santa's Seasonal Slayfest"}