{"author_link":"\/author\/saintheiser\/","author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","comments":[{"author_name":"stimpact","author_uid":"38998","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:40am","epoch":1408937700,"text":"WOW. An ambitious game to make in 48 hours. XBOX controller support blew me away also. I expect to see this in the finals. Congrats and well done :)"},{"author_name":"Resonious","author_uid":"38940","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1408969680,"text":"This is pretty darn complicated and thought out! Excellent job, sir."},{"author_name":"JNyknn","author_uid":"26965","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1408980120,"text":"The best LD48 I have played this far."},{"author_name":"marvalgames","author_uid":"35388","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1408980240,"text":"Wow.\r<br\/>48 hours Oh my!\r<br\/>tweak and release to the world :)"},{"author_name":"CogentInvalid","author_uid":"22583","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1408980300,"text":"Pretty fun. The instructions made it seem more complicated than it actually was."},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1408981740,"text":"First of all this game is very polished and has consistent art and sound.\r<br\/>Your usage of the theme is good, and the constant choice of where to be is a nice gameplay mechanic.\r<br\/>Reading the wall of text up here gave me no clue what to do, so I was relieved to see the in-game help and instructions are much clearer!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>On the other hand, the game is a bit on the hard and complicated side even on the lower levels (although it might be due to the fact I suck)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done!"},{"author_name":"miro662","author_uid":"22312","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1408981800,"text":"very nice game, but it need some kind of tutorial or more understandable instructions"},{"author_name":"HeuGamer","author_uid":"10826","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1408986780,"text":"Wow."},{"author_name":"PapaCheech","author_uid":"24705","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1408992600,"text":"nice job, good use of theme."},{"author_name":"evilentity","author_uid":"26880","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:16am","epoch":1409015460,"text":"Impressive work!"},{"author_name":"Kinta","author_uid":"5370","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:49am","epoch":1409039040,"text":"Awesome game! Really liked the whole style!"},{"author_name":"soerxpso","author_uid":"39553","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:25am","epoch":1409041200,"text":"I'm surprised this one done in 48 hours. It's the best game I've seen for LD30 so far. It's very polished and quite fun."},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:41am","epoch":1409045760,"text":"Very cool game and it's a refreshing take on the theme I like that."},{"author_name":"Ellian","author_uid":"7701","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:25am","epoch":1409052000,"text":"AMAZING.\r<br\/>Woah.\r<br\/>Wish you could fire in all directions but... man I love it. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Took me some time to understand all controls but man... Keep being awesome!"},{"author_name":"KigurumiDevs","author_uid":"42414","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1409075340,"text":"Really awesome game. After you grasp it the gameplay rocks. Job well done sir! :3"},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:08am","epoch":1409104980,"text":"I felt a little overwhelmed at first by the complexity of the instructions, but after I started playing, it was very easy to pick up. Solid entry! Good luck!"},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:07am","epoch":1409119320,"text":"Solid gameplay and overall consistency. I like it!"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1409143500,"text":"Sheesh, keeping track of the ports and the enemies is realy stressful, the gameplay is very cool, it requires so much concentration that everything else disappears while playing"},{"author_name":"Windmill Games","author_uid":"39002","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1409152380,"text":"Great job in such a short amount of time, it felt good to play. I do think that the game would have gained a lot from a different background colour other than black."},{"author_name":"liquidminduk","author_uid":"37631","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1409314080,"text":"great animation to this little guy, well made all around"},{"author_name":"glbs","author_uid":"18480","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1409354700,"text":"Your game is really polished and works pretty well for a jam game made in 48h. \r<br\/>The controls are really pleasant and coherent to the gameplay. \r<br\/>Your graphics are pretty and suit the atmosphere and sounds.\r<br\/>I don't have much advice to tell : maybe there should have been more power ups in the right side, as I didn't feel the urge to go there while fighting the purple monsters. \r<br\/>So well done, this is a great entry!"},{"author_name":"ponk","author_uid":"11872","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1409436180,"text":"Very nice game! Good polishing!"},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 6:52am","epoch":1409467620,"text":"Omigosh, I haven't even started yet, but I really like the title music!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>*plays game*\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is great!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The fact that you have to do the same thing 8 times is a little tiresome. It'd be good if there was either less ports or more variety the further you got in the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Still, great job! Hope you do well!"},{"author_name":"RodRoy1","author_uid":"31418","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:18am","epoch":1409469180,"text":"Really good fun, just wish the spikes and bombs where more useful. A longer countdown on the porting points would be nice too, most of the time i got to the point slightly to late and the darn thing disappeared."},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:58am","epoch":1409471580,"text":"Neat game! Really fun gameplay, everything feels solid and well executed. Love the sound as you swap over to the other side. Great work :)"},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1409932620,"text":"Pssst! You are in todays episode of Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out at - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rXaZCdM5i9o"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1409954160,"text":"Really awesome game, I wasted ... I mean ... I invested nearly an hour into this 'little' game. If the regular difficulty is already that hard, I don't want to know what awaits at annihilation difficulty. \r<br\/>It was really great playing with a controller.\r<br\/>The enemies often spawned and walked that fast, that I was already busy killing all those enemies and enemy ports, and never had time to visit the other side, let alone close those ports. Would have loved if the bombs and spikes were a more effective defense. And it would have been great to walk faster when connecting ports, because they nearly always disappeared before I got there."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 12:00am","epoch":1409961300,"text":"Great innovation, really creative! Awesome graphics, too! Great job!"},{"author_name":"TautNerve","author_uid":"38832","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 8:07am","epoch":1410336120,"text":"Great graphics, audio, design and creativity!\r<br\/>I like what you did with the theme and it feels very\r<br\/>original and well put together. A great achievement for\r<br\/>48 hours, well done!"},{"author_name":"apiotrw","author_uid":"30650","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1410624960,"text":"Great to play :)"}],"images":["ld30\/14848-9e725b3681eedcfd99000c0186cbf3c2.jpg","ld30\/14848-7f76b458e9db700a8384d213830468d3.jpg","ld30\/14848-b5773ffa72427eb919ce43261adc42dd.jpg","ld30\/14848-056fb3634fa2f7412ff4109e781e17ac.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare30.digital-synthesis.com\/OWTSPW_win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PaYtFzoYQtM","text":"Gameplay Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare30.digital-synthesis.com\/OWTSPW_linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare30.digital-synthesis.com\/OWTSPW_src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18124","g_author":"14848","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18153","g_title":"Ordinary Weekdays of Tech Support of Parallel Worl","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"29","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\/\/375043\/14848-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/14848-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/14848-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/14848-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CONTROLS:\r\nArrows - move around\r\nZ - shoot\r\nX - evade (dash)\r\nC - action ( press to spawn spikes, hold to spawn bombs, hold to grab core, hold to port forwarding)\r\n\r\nAlso there is Gamepad support (tested with XBOX360 GamePad)\r\nLeft Stick - move around\r\nX - shoot\r\nA - evade (dash)\r\nY - action\r\n\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY\r\nThere is CORE PORTAL with 8 PORTS (circles around it).\r\nThere is TWO SIDES. And Portal provide swapping between them. HOLD SHOOT on core to do this.\r\n\r\nAS SHORT, REMEMBER THIS:\r\n1) You don't be damaged by enemy while you on RIGHT side.\r\n2) You can't pick up upgrades and connect ports while you on WRONG side.\r\n3) And you have two tasks:\r\n   ### PROTECT YOUR PORTS FROM ENEMIES ON WRONG SIDE\r\n   ### CLOSE ALL PORTS BY CONNECTING WITH OTHERS ON RIGTH SIDE.\r\n\r\n------------------------------------------------------------\r\nYOU ARE READY TO PLAY THE GAME RIGHT NOW...\r\n\r\n------------------------------------------------------------\r\nFOR MORE COMPLICATED AND PRECISE INSTRUCTIONS SEE README.TXT\r\n------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nENJOY!","title":"Ordinary Weekdays of Tech Support of Parallel Worlds"}