{"author_link":"\/author\/timtipgames\/","author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","comments":[{"author_name":"mrhill","author_uid":"15148","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:34am","epoch":1418095740,"text":"fun game, I couldnt really see how many snowballs I had. Also Leia killed me too many times"},{"author_name":"OttersDen","author_uid":"46754","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1418096160,"text":"TIM! HOW DID YOU GET SO MANY SNOWBALLS?! I had some lag, but that was fun!"},{"author_name":"The Walking Kiwi","author_uid":"44005","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:27am","epoch":1418098920,"text":"Very nice. Had a bit of lag though."},{"author_name":"SarahFrisk","author_uid":"7719","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1418099160,"text":"Could not be launched on OS\/X"},{"author_name":"broknecho","author_uid":"45690","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:41am","epoch":1418103360,"text":"Fun little game!  Ice sometimes hard to navigate on but really.....it's Ice."},{"author_name":"Sharky","author_uid":"44294","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:43am","epoch":1418103480,"text":"Couldn't get the file to open"},{"author_name":"sorlok","author_uid":"28370","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:46am","epoch":1418103660,"text":"Fantastic! I had a lot of fun, and played far longer than I needed to judge the game. Definitely needs a chat window! Also, controls are kinda wonky. Anyway, great job!"},{"author_name":"Gluklichman","author_uid":"44835","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:53am","epoch":1418114880,"text":"On Windows7 in the first screen (where it is said to press space) I hit space but nothing happens"},{"author_name":"TriSquare","author_uid":"45249","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:16am","epoch":1418181060,"text":"This game was fun i have to grab my friend to lay it with me and we had fun, so here is a good rate from me. and y u no have sauce code 4 me 2 lern 1337 slick2d coding"},{"author_name":"EquipeJAM","author_uid":"46706","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1418244300,"text":"Good Work ^^"},{"author_name":"p1x3lruckus","author_uid":"45534","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 11:17am","epoch":1418296320,"text":"Really impressive to get multiplayer to work in such a short amount of time. couldn't get any multiplayer though cause Australia timezones"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1418345520,"text":"Great graphics and sound. I really like the digging mechanic, good job overall!"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1418411040,"text":"Very nice game!"},{"author_name":"Wilou1428","author_uid":"29541","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1418411940,"text":"It's hard to kill the AI players..."},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1418412720,"text":"There is no AI, that was me. Sorry ;)"},{"author_name":"Pestel Crew","author_uid":"47507","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1418412840,"text":"Very nice and polished game. I think I played with bot and he was smart enough."},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1418413080,"text":"Thank you all for playing! We had a lot of fun in every single game we played with you.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>On a different note: looks like I am smart enough to be considered a bot. That's something, isn't it?"},{"author_name":"TheNewPhoenix","author_uid":"43417","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1418413500,"text":"Fun game but I think there should be more snowballs spread around the world."},{"author_name":"Kuality Games","author_uid":"46151","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1418413560,"text":"So much fun! I love multiplayer games in general and the lag wasn't even too bad. wish I had more snowballs though, had trouble killing enemies. Cute graphics overall, really brought me in a wintermood. well done!"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 9:26am","epoch":1418462460,"text":"Nice game! I had some real fun! Well done graphic.\r<br\/>Good Job!"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1418474820,"text":"Wow, are you in-game 24\/7?\r<br\/>I noticed that I can't jump on the bottom of the screen and I can't climb sides.\r<br\/>Also, snowballs\/hearts twinkling when an enemy gets one is confusing. I see enemy collect a snowball, and I see the same effect as if it was me, especially if I have 1 more snowball than I thought.\r<br\/>There is another problem: sometimes, something strange happens. For me, players start moving faster, but server doesn't think so (At least that's my guess). I can destroy blocks both from client and server positions, and enemies shoot my server position.\r<br\/>The game is very entertaining. Minecraft mechanics are very fun and fit the theme. Though I wish there were more players. You should think about adding AI, you aren't going to play it forever, are you?"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1418475660,"text":"Thanks for playing so long with me and thank you for the detailed feedback Madball!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I am aware of the sync-problems you are describing. They really are a result of too much dirty coding under time-pressure. All points you state would need fixing if we continued working on this.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I am on the server whenever I think that there may people come to play, like when I make a blog-post or when I hit the title page of the rating category. So not really 24\/7 :) AI was and is on our wish list. Thanks again, I had a lot of fun playing with you!"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1418476620,"text":"sadly, I didn't have any opponents."},{"author_name":"puppetmaster","author_uid":"39425","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1418488320,"text":"Beautiful snow effects and player animation\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There is some problem with recognition. Where the player is and what he can do! (climbing, digging)"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1418494200,"text":"I played but there was nobody else on, so of course some of the experience I did not get and I had to use my imagination.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But I thought it was very nicely done.  The sound was particularly good, and the art was nice.  I also liked the controls.  It must have been tricky to design them, because there are a lot of scenarios to cover.  It took a little experimentation (good thing nobody was throwing snowballs at me I guess!) to figure out the various combinations, but I think you made a lot of good calls on how to use the buttons for things like climbing, digging up, etc.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work!"},{"author_name":"gmaker","author_uid":"20390","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:54pm","epoch":1418496540,"text":"Awesome graphics. I loved it all! Good Job!"},{"author_name":"Pulsartronic","author_uid":"45161","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1418497140,"text":"jajaja .... I waited for a while, then another player appeared and we fought together ... very funny tim ... works fine on linux ... 5 stars on fun definitely :D"},{"author_name":"galman","author_uid":"5971","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1418498160,"text":"Great game! Played with friends, well done :D"},{"author_name":"LuthienCeleste","author_uid":"46952","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1418499480,"text":"I was alone so that detracts from the experience.\r<br\/>But making a multiplayer game in such time frame is amazing and the graphics were nice also."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1418580060,"text":"Nice one! There seem to be a ton of multiplayer games this time around. Me and Mach some fun playing this one (ie. running up to each other's faces then spamming space) but felt that it needed some sort of round system, so that people could win a round by getting the most snowball kills. Apart from this, nice work for just 24h!"},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1418580120,"text":"Hey, I really liked having a snowball fight game! :P The graphics were quite nice and the game was pretty fun. I'd have liked a time limit or some invincibility frames: I could knock out anyone I was playing against by getting a full volley of snowballs and waiting until they cornered themselves. Still, great entry, good job and I hope you stream ld games again soon! :)"}],"images":["ld31\/15341-8cc63e478e7e82d9a876978dc709767f.jpg","ld31\/15341-51d1c6dabc0808f55ff605df56b6dad1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3057562\/LD31\/HitAndSlide.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3057562\/LD31\/HitAndSlide.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/3057562\/LD31\/HitAndSlide.jar","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14589","g_author":"15341","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14619","g_title":"Hit and Slide","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"367","g_commentcount":"31","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\/15341-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/15341-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Online-Multiplayer, so please excuse if you are alone on the server :) You may start a second client to fight against yourself though :)\r\n\r\nEven though some people consider me a bot, there is no AI in this game. If you see other players they are human.\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTutorial:\r\nYou have to dig down to get snowballs that you can throw at your opponents.\r\n\r\nYour life (hearts) are displayed at the top of the screen together with the amount of snowballs you have (you don't have any when you start the game).\r\nCandy refills your life.\r\n\r\nJust remember the keys shown on the intro-screen (Ctrl + Space + Arrow-Keys) and you'll probably figure out how things work.\r\nTabulator shows the current scores.\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nAll graphics and source created within 24 hours. \r\nWe only used some sounds from freesound.org and worked it into something that made sense for the game. Also recorded a little bit by ourselves.\r\n\r\nPeople involved \/ Tools used: \r\n\r\nTim (Programming):\r\nEngine: libgdx, \r\nLogic: artemis-odb entity framework\r\nNetworking: kryo-net\r\nHelpers: universal tween engine\r\n\r\nNina (Visuals):\r\nGraphics: Illustrator\r\nAnimations: Spine\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTroubleshooting:\r\n\r\n* Game won't proceed after hitting Space Key on title-screen\r\n\r\nSolution:\r\nThere is a text-input prompt opening once you reach the title-screen. Sometimes that prompt looses focus and becomes hidden behind the game-window. Try to move the window to access it and enter your name. The game won't proceed from the title screen unless you have entered a nickname.\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n* The lag is horrible!\r\n\r\nThere are three likely reasons:\r\n1) Either I messed up something with the net-code (very likely) or \r\n2) you live very far away from Germany (that's where the server is located) so round-trip-times make it very difficult for your game to keep up with the server-side simulation (you should be able to figure out how far you are from Germany I guess) or \r\n3) the last and least likely situation is that there are too many players using the server simultaneously\r\n\r\nSolutions:\r\n1) Send me an e-mail with harsh wording and complain how bad of a programmer I am or leave an anonymous comment doing so. It won't help the game, but maybe you'll feel better.\r\n2) Move to Germany ;) No seriously. Move to Germany.\r\n3) Despite the horrible lag, play the game so extremely well that everyone else but the best players leave and let you play in the 1337 environment you deserve.\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n* There's a way too wordy error dialog telling me that the game can't connect to the server\r\nMaybe the server crashed. I'll look into it. If you want to help, send me a mail to timtipgames@gmail.com so I can look into it!\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n* I don't know how many snowballs I have.\r\nSolution:\r\nIt's a bug. Sometimes the snowball counting gets out of sync with the server. Ultimately the server decides whether you have a snowball though. Not really a solution to this unless I fix the code in a post-compo version\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n* I haven't slept in days because I am so addicted to this cute little game that uses a winter-snowball analogy for hardcore splatter killing.\r\nSolution:\r\nKeep on playing until you pass out. Rinse and repeat.","title":"Hit and Slide"}