{"author_link":"\/author\/piscythe\/","author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","comments":[{"author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:50am","epoch":1408934700,"text":"best so far!"},{"author_name":"PapaCheech","author_uid":"24705","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:58am","epoch":1408938780,"text":"great. I love me some strategy games, and this one was intense."},{"author_name":"cobrajs","author_uid":"11192","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:00am","epoch":1408938900,"text":"Frustrating at first, but really cool concept once I got the hang of it. Music was a little odd, but odd music is better than no music. Well, most of the time. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"capsizedmoose","author_uid":"30615","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:00am","epoch":1408938900,"text":"it's really hard!"},{"author_name":"StencylTuo","author_uid":"36095","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:10am","epoch":1408939500,"text":"I gotta say I liked your entry a lot. I almost wish that it had an unlocking system so that it felt I accomplished something after beating a mission. It's definitely the best entry I've played so far, with 4 5\/5 ratings, including overall."},{"author_name":"ZoneOne2","author_uid":"36419","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:16am","epoch":1408943460,"text":"Really good. Definitely kept my attention for the longest of all that I've played. Also, my game now works without a controller if you want to give it another shot."},{"author_name":"AnIronGolem","author_uid":"42162","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:18am","epoch":1408947180,"text":"Whoa, spent a good half an hour on this, love it."},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:38am","epoch":1408948380,"text":"Awesome!\r<br\/>I loved that I had to use different tactics in different situations.\r<br\/>It is well balanced. It is not easy, but it is fun to defeat overwhelming enemies.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Although, I didn't quite like sounds and music. But it didn't really affected gameplay quality."},{"author_name":"Healthire","author_uid":"41282","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:55am","epoch":1408949400,"text":"Very nice game. Good difficulty curve and fun mechanics!"},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:34am","epoch":1408951740,"text":"Good beat, interesting mechanic for this kind of games"},{"author_name":"TaylorAnderson","author_uid":"39104","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1409003640,"text":"I really, really liked this. I was not a big fan of the art style, but after playing the first level a few times to get a hang of the game, I was hooked.  This is an excellent game."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:06am","epoch":1409029260,"text":"Seems almost impossible, but I've played better than this. Good job making something like it in a weekends time though! :D"},{"author_name":"hogtrick","author_uid":"39067","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:13am","epoch":1409040480,"text":"Awesome game. One of the bests for me so far."},{"author_name":"micahcowan","author_uid":"38013","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1409089560,"text":"Very nice!"},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:14am","epoch":1409098140,"text":"Interesting, and surprisingly difficult. Kind of hated the audio, so I'm really glad there was a way to turn it off. Great work overall."},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:46am","epoch":1409118060,"text":"Very nice strategy game, doesn't leave any room for hesitation.\r<br\/>I wish you had time for more levels, also the level 9 is good bout you really loose or win in like 4 seconds while the level 10 is way too easy. I liked this game a lot and played it until the end."},{"author_name":"Snicklodocus","author_uid":"22794","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1409263260,"text":"This game is really good. It seems simple at first but there is a lot of strategy involved. Difficulty curve was well designed. Art and sound are a little plain, but overall great job!"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 12:10am","epoch":1409270700,"text":"This was a lot of fast paced crazy fun to play. On level 3, the 2nd hot key would work to select the powerup but I couldnt deploy it or switch back to the 1st power up, so I kept losing. Overall very solid entry, good work! :)"},{"author_name":"KeyMaster","author_uid":"30626","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1409331600,"text":"Pretty nice entry and a good mechanic, although some of the later levels seemed almost impossible or only reliant on using your abilities exactly right. Also, sound effects were good but the music was too dissonant for me :\/ Still great entry!"},{"author_name":"jpverkamp","author_uid":"19702","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1409517060,"text":"Among the best I've seen so far. Gameplay is a lot of fun (I'm a sucker for graph based games), although it scales a bit quickly. The audio is by far the best I've heard, very driving. Another on the list of games that would be a nice quick diversion on mobile."},{"author_name":"liquidminduk","author_uid":"37631","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1409659860,"text":"really cool, I felt the white &quot;stars&quot; were a little distracting, maybe making them smaller would balance out the visuals a little"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 6:36am","epoch":1409985060,"text":"Pretty fun, but I've seen some similar games that have more direct interaction and are, I think, more fun for it. Also, the music grew pretty insufferable after a few levels."},{"author_name":"Scott Baker","author_uid":"11823","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1410541080,"text":"This was a lot of fun.  Took a second to figure it out.  It's hard, but fun!"}],"images":["ld30\/29376-807a3206d1165dc598aa6e986be8acb4.jpg","ld30\/29376-e822ceca9295fec424eaa99c43503519.jpg","ld30\/29376-6f8a291b6036913f13c325a9619155ee.jpg","ld30\/29376-afe17a3b8eec55f39f24560bd3fb3f5e.jpg","ld30\/29376-767b1963241c17b4f26fd9c169d2d2f4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/piscythe.itch.io\/iter-bellum-deus","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/36f3ca26-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com\/site\/psludum\/iter-bellum-deus-ludum-dare-30\/Iter%20Bellum%20Deus.swf?attachauth=ANoY7cph6qPkvUtBW6On6bXIgMkN0DobDHbuKn8MRTQVP00NO2SnJEZG1RZrVBVH8eriA3Nc0S-s-5ttyetjOam84PAYQISIBRfK8oxagDBY8BCwC-TpCrueOO1SjS2bfXfrJrfdrEsiH1LaspstugMEwcnaDSTotSi-kfdqvKnmpWikXGTOpz-QbPVjWIJ1_EbzdYe41uYJ4CiUjQrUTMT2ccFK6_m5pG8KR4ft8AvQBsDd_5MbulN9shyKlgJOt_eoTbtzBtrB&amp;attredirects=0","text":"Download (Will not work in browser.)"},{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=sites&amp;srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwc2x1ZHVtfGd4Ojc0YWZhMmQyNzEyMjMxNWM","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17540","g_author":"29376","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17569","g_title":"Iter Bellum Deus","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"102","g_commentcount":"23","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\/\/375043\/29376-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/29376-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/29376-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/29376-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/29376-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In the surprisingly colorful future of whatever millennium, the player is a god aiding a space-faring civilization, the Blue Team. 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