{"author_link":"\/author\/docjekyll\/","author_name":"Docjekyll","author_uid":"41650","comments":[{"author_name":"eatsleepindie","author_uid":"35774","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:39am","epoch":1408952040,"text":"Wow.  I absolutely adore this game, and it is my pick to win so far.  Everything is so polished and put together perfectly.  The music is incredible, the animations, the art, I love it all!  Games like this are what the Ludum Dare is all about for me."},{"author_name":"Kuupu","author_uid":"22691","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:59am","epoch":1408964040,"text":"It is indeed well polished. The game pace is quite amusing. I loved the soundtracks.\r<br\/>Very nice work, congratulations."},{"author_name":"renatopp","author_uid":"15241","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1408994160,"text":"Great Idea! The gampeplay is pretty simple but is solid. Congratulations."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:12am","epoch":1409026020,"text":"It went absolutly fine until, it began coming fro all sides at once! And fast! Cheat! Still rate ya 5 starts though! :3"},{"author_name":"Docjekyll","author_uid":"41650","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:38am","epoch":1409027580,"text":"Thanks for the feedback so far, everyone :-D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game is indeed difficult (I don't like easy games!), but definitely winnable. There are 7 levels and the last one has a bit of extra evilness in the enemy attack patterns."},{"author_name":"jshaffer94247","author_uid":"41446","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:45am","epoch":1409028000,"text":"Really liked the theme -- something other than shooting evil aliens with spaceships. Same mechanics but a different experience. Nice!"},{"author_name":"TheGamingProject","author_uid":"10740","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1409030880,"text":"The art was a little bland, but it was enjoyable to play. The movement of the pony around the crib was a little odd, but it made the game a little more challenging."},{"author_name":"Danman9914","author_uid":"30580","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1409031000,"text":"Shooting lucky charms never felt better!"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1409031000,"text":"Simple and clean. The difficulty ramps nicely."},{"author_name":"jormungandr","author_uid":"25676","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:37am","epoch":1409031120,"text":"The game bugged out a couple of times, and I could only have 1 bullet on the screen at once"},{"author_name":"avh4","author_uid":"24856","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:40am","epoch":1409031300,"text":"Having the unicorn move around randomly made this an interesting little shooter.  Really nice-looking shadow sprites, too."},{"author_name":"Lissar","author_uid":"27179","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:59am","epoch":1409032440,"text":"I always enjoying seeing overtly feminine things in action games.  Music was catchy too!"},{"author_name":"Docjekyll","author_uid":"41650","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:40am","epoch":1409034900,"text":"@Danman9914 if I had realized they looked like lucky charms, I'd have made a full set of them :-D\r<br\/>@kirbytails7 thanks! that comment means a lot, since that was one of the main things I focused on\r<br\/>@jorumungandr I'm sorry to hear that! I'd really like to know what caused that :-\/\r<br\/>@Lissar thanks! there was a bit of truth the in the game flavor text about liking the rainbow mane a little too much :-P"},{"author_name":"Boberro","author_uid":"14299","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:21am","epoch":1409051760,"text":"Nice style, maybe it could work with shooting sound being in chord with music?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It did lag terribly on my mac (chrome)."},{"author_name":"fcpfoof","author_uid":"28932","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1409081340,"text":"Lovely and cute ;3.\r<br\/>(Found it using GJ newly added)."},{"author_name":"poojaPiqora","author_uid":"42591","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1409082180,"text":"Good work !!  I rate it as 5 for 48 hours work"},{"author_name":"Loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1409082900,"text":"very nice, really well put together"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1409092140,"text":"Cute game! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/LbmZDYffwi8"},{"author_name":"TrickFishPie","author_uid":"27071","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1409094420,"text":"Great presentation really felt slick to play as well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:20am","epoch":1409102100,"text":"Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http:\/\/youtu.be\/lmQkJ525PNo"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:21am","epoch":1409127360,"text":"Very well polished, solid and fun."},{"author_name":"EndingChaos","author_uid":"40673","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 1:59am","epoch":1409277240,"text":"OMG fantastic! Great job man it was very fun to play! It got more and more challenging. Great music, atmosphere, and art. 5 stars."},{"author_name":"Super Hamster","author_uid":"22460","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 2:06am","epoch":1409277660,"text":"Interesting game concept and I really liked the audio. I wish the game got harder faster and that there was more to the game then just dragging your mouse to where the monsters were. This game definitely has potential of getting better though. Good job! :D"},{"author_name":"LTPATS","author_uid":"29798","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 2:11am","epoch":1409277960,"text":"Nice music and atmosphere. The gameplay felt a little repetitive to me at times, though. Overall it's well polished, great job!"},{"author_name":"Cosmonautas","author_uid":"42021","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 10:54am","epoch":1409395740,"text":"nice xD"},{"author_name":"IamAcoconut","author_uid":"25337","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1409424060,"text":"Good game. The music and graphics were pretty good. I didn't like how the unicorn slowly moved around he crib, though it did make the game more challenging."},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Sep 9, 2014 @ 3:25am","epoch":1410232800,"text":"The music was awesome, and the graphics were cute and fun. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"Knowledge","author_uid":"34045","time":"Sep 9, 2014 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1410274560,"text":"Cool game."},{"author_name":"uberscientist","author_uid":"40833","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 5:20am","epoch":1410326100,"text":"I liked the unicorn :)"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1410370440,"text":"Well, I made it to the sixth night, surely that at least annoyed the shadow lord, even if it wasn't enough to stop him! Nice aesthetic, but the gameplay could've used a bit more &quot;something&quot;. Maybe the unicorn could have overheated (unicorns overheat right?) or have had a charge shot. Fine compo entry in any case!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anssi@MooseflyGames"},{"author_name":"pjchardt","author_uid":"13158","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1410792540,"text":"Nice game :)  The game has loads of charm and the music fits great.  The difficulty curve felt really nice.  The biggest drawback for me was that after about 5 levels I started to get a bit board as nothing new was being introduced."}],"images":["ld30\/41650-ee7f65c5cd59aefe60da02d077f0877d.jpg","ld30\/41650-650633e5d42ed85e19962b4fbbbc4974.jpg","ld30\/41650-de6042594dddcff611d7eeb296782b6c.jpg","ld30\/41650-e8f930a6560182152a586ece7417917b.jpg","ld30\/41650-45d8fc8a06cd822b5b53e9627a214eee.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cjdevsite.com\/games\/ld30\/","text":"Web (standalone)"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/shooter\/shadow-of-a-thought\/33167\/","text":"GameJolt"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jhnsnc\/LD30","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17544","g_author":"41650","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17573","g_title":"Shadow of a Thought","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"308","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\/\/375043\/41650-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41650-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41650-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41650-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41650-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Title: Shadow of a Thought\r\n\r\nDescription: A point-and-click defense game where you try to stop the forces of darkness from invading our world.\r\n\r\nControls: Point and click. Simple! Hold left click to continue firing.\r\n\r\nFeatures:\r\n- dynamic \"threat\" system that manages enemy spawns in order to create challenging moments for the player\r\n- 2 short music tracks built from scratch during the 48 hours\r\n- original unicorn art with super awesome animated rainbow mane (trust me, I'm a pro)\r\n\r\nTech:\r\n- Flash (AS3) (with GreenSock and MonsterDebugger)\r\n- Flash CS4, Flash Builder 4.6\r\n- Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP\r\n- FL Studio 9\r\n\r\n----------\r\nUPDATE \r\n(14-08-24,22:10CST): File now hosted, so you don't have to go to Github any more.\r\n(14-08-25,21:05CST): Added new screenshot.\r\n(14-08-26,14:00CST): Added link to game on GameJolt.","title":"Shadow of a Thought"}