{"author_link":"\/author\/spotco\/","author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","comments":[{"author_name":"MrMushroomCloud","author_uid":"35920","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:06am","epoch":1418090460,"text":"This is great. I clearly made the right choice when I chose to play this instead of study for my final tomorrow :)."},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1418147880,"text":"What a great game. very fun to play. cute graphics nice music. Well done. Thank you for that game."},{"author_name":"Wolve","author_uid":"25252","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1418151000,"text":"wowowow, spotco, this is amazing!"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:41am","epoch":1418178960,"text":"Not bad. But cant find connection with theme. Seriously.\r<br\/>Anyway game has interesting game mechanic. Like the hybrid of RPG(?) and pinball."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:41am","epoch":1418193360,"text":"@SaintHeiser the idea was to have the &quot;one screen&quot; the world map in a rpg. a little abstract, but still happy you liked it :)"},{"author_name":"CosyCave","author_uid":"44118","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:37am","epoch":1418203920,"text":"I loved the pinball\/rpg mechanics on this one, had a lot of fun playing it :D."},{"author_name":"Frump","author_uid":"35460","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1418235120,"text":"That was excellent. One of the best games I've played so far. Extremely clever genre mashup and I love both genres. I didn't see any indication of how many balls I had left, that would have been nice. Otherwise, very solid. Great Work."},{"author_name":"TiagoJDFerreira","author_uid":"45461","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:05am","epoch":1418288400,"text":"I might have missed something, but how do you pass the second village? When I get that 1st fork on the road, my &quot;throws&quot; are not strong enough to pinball around and reach the other side.\r<br\/>Also, when a hero gets stuck between trees, it currently dies. Consider changing that mechanic to just making it come back to the village you were in.\r<br\/>The game seems fun, but I can't get pass the beginning, so I will not rate it for now."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:15am","epoch":1418289000,"text":"Pinball RPG! Sounds grteat! \r<br\/>I like this entry!"},{"author_name":"Boracho","author_uid":"28080","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:17am","epoch":1418289120,"text":"Wow!  Very good effort here!  Music, sound, graphics, all great! The tilt mechanic could use a bit of polish but overall a great experience.  I could see this being on the appstore.  Great work!"},{"author_name":"FergusonTV","author_uid":"47075","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:29am","epoch":1418289840,"text":"The concept of a pinball RPG is really cool. The tilt mechanic is perhaps not clear enough but I had a good time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Died in the second screen after the gate, it's pretty hard to go up with the mountains and the bumpers. Good job anyway !"},{"author_name":"Agram","author_uid":"29418","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:30am","epoch":1418289900,"text":"It is the funniest game i played so far !!!\r<br\/>I play game twice to the end !\r<br\/>Great music too !"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:43am","epoch":1418290680,"text":"TiagoJDFerreira: you need to tilt (there's some text telling you to press arrow keys or wasd)"},{"author_name":"hundredhundred","author_uid":"42294","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:16am","epoch":1418292660,"text":"Wonderful much wow such brave ahaha! I love this game! Very well made :) Great entry"},{"author_name":"Nokifict","author_uid":"12843","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:54am","epoch":1418294940,"text":"Wooow such wooow !!!\r<br\/>Really good idea of gameplay RPG\/Pinball well realise !\r<br\/>Good work !"},{"author_name":"farwyler","author_uid":"45643","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1418389260,"text":"Great ping pong RPG! I love it!"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 5:57am","epoch":1418449920,"text":"Holy cow what a good game.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>It doesn't fit the theme, but excellent marks in all other categories."},{"author_name":"BoxedMeatRevolution","author_uid":"47669","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1418450640,"text":"The Kirby-like music brought tears of nostalgia t my eyes :')"},{"author_name":"DonovanWu","author_uid":"36681","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 9:10am","epoch":1418461500,"text":"I've played it through. It's got a super innovative game mechanics! You can feel many things are happening if you are familiar with RPG games. Though sometimes it becomes kind of hard to keep track of everything.\r<br\/>The game is very polished, too. The audio is good. But the most impressive of all is the unique game mechanics."},{"author_name":"Zi","author_uid":"46572","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 2:53am","epoch":1418525280,"text":"Very cute, polished, and a unique concept! I have no idea how to work the &quot;tilt&quot; though. :("},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:46am","epoch":1418539260,"text":"Great game! Unique, innovative with nice graphics and cute sounds! Not sure exactly how this fits in with the theme, but it's extremely polished either way! Well done!"},{"author_name":"6DownStudios","author_uid":"39552","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:47am","epoch":1418539320,"text":"What a brilliant idea!  So much fun, and really well executed.  Excellent art, music, the whole shebang's quite dandy!  Only criticism I have is that I wish the camera were a little smoother; not sure if that's possible considering the multiple objects + distance you're tracking, perhaps just zooming out slightly more would help?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, fanastic work. Unique!"},{"author_name":"Dans17","author_uid":"22050","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1418539560,"text":"Innovative concept and well polished, nice job!"},{"author_name":"ripatti","author_uid":"15853","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 8:37am","epoch":1418545920,"text":"RPG pinball? Excellent! So much fun!"},{"author_name":"snickersnacks","author_uid":"36844","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 9:11am","epoch":1418547960,"text":"This is pretty awesome :) I like all the sound effects! Great job!"},{"author_name":"janovbyrnisson","author_uid":"43705","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 9:30am","epoch":1418549100,"text":"You made an awesome game. Wow. Cute graphics and music, great idea, and it's really fun to play. Well done, Sir! :)"},{"author_name":"Scam","author_uid":"35226","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 9:31am","epoch":1418549160,"text":"I had to play this through. This was fun! Loved the audio and the humor."},{"author_name":"raxter","author_uid":"14272","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 9:41am","epoch":1418549760,"text":"OMG this is one of my favorites so far! Such a great idea and so well executed! Really well well done on this!"},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 11:11am","epoch":1418555160,"text":"Clever mix of genres and liked the way you have the different players as your different balls, fun entry."},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1418560740,"text":"Awesome! Great music, great homage to Final Fantasy, and a surprising mixture of RPG and pinball.. that works! It even perfectly represents the typical RPG story structure. Impressive and funny :D"},{"author_name":"Kuality Games","author_uid":"46151","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1418565180,"text":"Hahahahahanother castle! Thanks for this funny game."},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1418576220,"text":"This was fantastic! My only gripe might be that once a hero engages with an enemy, even by tilting you can't seem to escape. I lost heroes to bears every single time, and no single hero seemed able to kill one.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That said, you've combined two genres so, so well here, your visuals and audio were both excellent, and I had a lot of fun with this!"},{"author_name":"Trite Games","author_uid":"47531","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1418590320,"text":"Cool FF-like title screen, and a very funny gameplay mechanic, pinball RPG, nice :D The controls to &quot;tilt&quot; are a bit random I feel and your game didn't fit the theme. But it is a great game. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 12:20am","epoch":1418602500,"text":"Very cool mechanics, and excellent graphics.  Fun game!"},{"author_name":"LegacyCrono","author_uid":"3093","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 4:35am","epoch":1418617800,"text":"This is amazing. Seriously, if this were a full game with more polishing and content, I'd pay some serious bucks for it. It kinda reminds me of Half Minute Hero. I loved this. Great job!"},{"author_name":"lycrashampoo","author_uid":"47499","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 7:42am","epoch":1418629020,"text":"Fantastic game!  Absolutely loved the concept, and the graphics were cute.  Personally, I wish there'd been less reliance on tilting, because I am bad at it. :p"},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 11:20am","epoch":1418642100,"text":"This is a game I really enjoyed! quite an interesting concept, Awesome entry!"},{"author_name":"codeapparat","author_uid":"7512","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 11:06am","epoch":1418727660,"text":"Overall very cool entry. Art, Music, Humor and Idea are great. I don't see any connection with the theme, though."},{"author_name":"lemmily","author_uid":"30548","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1418739300,"text":"Reminds me of half minute heroes with a twist!"},{"author_name":"DrGeraud","author_uid":"18891","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1418741040,"text":"This game is really really cool. I love the FF touch !"},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1418747340,"text":"Totally genius. Pinball meets RPG. Wow. Just wow."},{"author_name":"sputnik","author_uid":"38770","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1418747460,"text":"Great remake on ff!"},{"author_name":"hoyt hoy","author_uid":"27144","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1418750580,"text":"Great Game!\r<br\/>Nice mechanicals!\r<br\/>But I didn't saw the use of the theme"},{"author_name":"Grindstorm","author_uid":"44088","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1418754480,"text":"OMG THIS IS AN EXCELLENT GAME! *****\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only drawback is that there isn't a lose condition. Hopefully, if you'd add this, I'd definetly buy this on the Play Store!"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1418762040,"text":"Bloody genius.  I've seen slightly RPG-ey takes on pinball before but nothing quite like this.  Love it.  Fun to play, and nice presentation too.  Only problem is it doesn't really follow the theme, but otherwise excellent!"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1418767500,"text":"A RPG-Bumper, classic.\r<br\/>Wait, what ?! O_o\r<br\/>Incredible idea, and good realisation, well done. :)"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 12:19am","epoch":1418775240,"text":"Brilliant idea, although a bit hard to link to the theme. The visuals and music are perfect, too, a wonderful tribute to FF games.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I could see this concept made into a bigger game. Great work!"},{"author_name":"barryrowe","author_uid":"34236","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 12:46am","epoch":1418776860,"text":"I love this game. I was pretty frustrated at first, but I should have read the directions more clearly. I didn't get the tilt until unable to make it to village 3 for 3 minutes. Great visuals, great mechanic, great music, great controls. The theme is a bit of a stretch. I see where you're coming from though."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 2:54am","epoch":1418784540,"text":"i think this is my most favorite game of the jam"},{"author_name":"Wayward","author_uid":"44888","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1418834460,"text":"Omg, this game is so great!"},{"author_name":"sikosis","author_uid":"39060","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 11:10am","epoch":1418900700,"text":"Crazy fun game with cute graphics and music to boot. Great work on this."},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1418919360,"text":"Lacking in theme, but really great game! Super fun. Great music and art too!"},{"author_name":"Valandre","author_uid":"3211","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1418996100,"text":"Great entry, i love the game mechanics!"},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1419002160,"text":"cute and cool game.\r<br\/>Remind me of &quot;squids&quot;.\r<br\/>I love the &quot;extraball&quot; feature..."},{"author_name":"broknecho","author_uid":"45690","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1419003780,"text":"Definitely one of the best games I've played!  Well Done indeed!!"},{"author_name":"Lynx","author_uid":"44477","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 4:26am","epoch":1419049260,"text":"I would buy this so fast for mobile or even just on my laptop!!!!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is BEYOND amazing and fun. I found the tilt mechanic a little weird and unpredictable but it was still cool.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Two things I'd love to see: \r<br\/>\r<br\/>1) A combo meter that keeps building like pinball\r<br\/>\r<br\/>2) RPG elements like different stats for party members and shop or towns to upgrade stuff!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All together, this is EASILY in my top 5 games! Please, please, please make a post-jam version!!!!"},{"author_name":"alyphen","author_uid":"14242","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1419077520,"text":"Wow, really neat idea to combine final fantasy, pinball, zelda and mario. You executed it well too - it was paced well, the music was great, the physics weren't too frustrating, and there was a neat graphical style. As far as improvements go, I'd say adding some more variety in mechanics would be nice - the inns and guild houses were cool, but a larger variety could keep the game going longer."},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Dec 22, 2014 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1419252600,"text":"Nice, I played it to the end :) but I can't give 5 stars because it's not respecting the theme."},{"author_name":"PapyPilgrim","author_uid":"7971","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1419418020,"text":"So much for the theme, but thqt entry is awesome (wow, such fun. Very idea. Wow)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The control could use some work though."},{"author_name":"metalchouchen","author_uid":"37446","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1419689040,"text":"My favorite entry! This game is really awesome. I really hope you made a full game with this idea. Congratulation !"},{"author_name":"mathmadlen","author_uid":"21781","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1419737760,"text":"Fantastic idea, really pretty with nice sound and good mechanics, great job!"},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 3:26am","epoch":1419823260,"text":"A gameplay I haven't seen before, that was really refreshing. My only comment is about the bouncing, it feels a bit weird. You should consider making it a full game, I am sure that if you add a story it will sell."},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 4:12am","epoch":1419826020,"text":"This game was a lot of fun! I loved everything about it!"},{"author_name":"redoxkun","author_uid":"40073","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1419847140,"text":"Very fun but a bit confusing come times. Love a lot the music and the graphics. Very nice game!"},{"author_name":"ketzer","author_uid":"26963","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 10:12pm","epoch":1419890820,"text":"Lovely tune, weird and confusing gameplay but still really fun.. 4\/5"},{"author_name":"logon13","author_uid":"49258","time":"Feb 18, 2015 @ 12:59am","epoch":1424220840,"text":"Wow simply amazing.One of the most innovative games I have played."}],"images":["ld31\/35477-8e027b533d1c8e354f33c4c99c828a1d.jpg","ld31\/35477-17f0ef7fc14cb55160d16ac34c84e407.jpg","ld31\/35477-cab2ef4159e9e43e6b982e822f6b0ec5.jpg","ld31\/35477-d14f74bf61a5bd893bc9b0cb0b2306bd.jpg","ld31\/35477-45118293050be584d351d6d5c2fefdec.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/spotcos.com\/ricochet_hero\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14162","g_author":"35477","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14192","g_title":"Ricochet Heroes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"16","g_commentcount":"66","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\/35477-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/35477-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/35477-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/35477-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/35477-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A game like no other, Ricochet Heroes is a pinball RPG! Fling your mighty heroes into the wild unknown to fight monsters and save damsels in distress.\r\n\r\nThe \"one screen\" is that the game is all in the world map (screen). A little abstract but bear with us here :)\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nClick and hold to aim your hero and release to shoot.\r\nWASD or arrow keys to \"tilt\" the game, bumping your hero in the desired direction.\r\n\r\nWrote a postmortem here:\r\nhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/16\/ricochet-heroes-postmortem\/\r\n\r\nLike the game? Follow us at:\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/spotco\r\nor \r\nhttp:\/\/www.spotcos.com","title":"Ricochet Heroes"}