{"author_link":"\/author\/nightdreamer\/","author_name":"NightDreamer","author_uid":"21433","comments":[{"author_name":"mjau","author_uid":"23","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1398900180,"text":"Tried playing with an Xbox 360 controller, but it didn't work (Linux version), so i used the keyboard instead.\r\rAnyway, it's pretty minimal as shooters go.. Keyboard controls are a bit weird, but ok. I think the biggest problem is that the random enemy placement isn't very exciting, and it doesn't really change over time either. The game... works, does what it's supposed to with what it's got.. which is good! But there's no sense of progression or anything, it's just kind of there.\r\rThe music is nice! But.. you credit someone else for it, and the 48 hour compo is a solo competition, so i can't give you points for that. Sorry.\r\rGood job on meeting all your set goals though =). More games should have parallax scrolling."},{"author_name":"VictoryGarden","author_uid":"22357","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1399064280,"text":"Congratulations on achieving all of your stated goals! Building a reasonable scope and implementing it all is really tough for an LD, so great job.\r\rYour graphics look good. I always like a nice parallax effect in a shooter, and the color choices against the gray-black background have a certain luminosity to them--I particularly appreciated the marbled coloring on the player ship.\r\rI played a few times and what I winded up feeling was that although it generally has a decent look and feel, the really sudden crash from screwing up in the game to the game-over screen was jarring and made it hard for me to learn how far I actually needed to be from the enemy bullets. The collision detection was a bit poor, but what made it difficult for me to learn to play around it was the zero-tick timing of that transition.\r\rI had a good few minutes with it, though! Thanks for the game."},{"author_name":"BadPaul34","author_uid":"22166","time":"May 17, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1400361540,"text":"That's a good work for such a little time. Many improvements could be made on the game play but it's quite fun!"}],"images":["ld29\/21433-4bc12efead5df7ef1869f183c3a5906a.jpg","ld29\/21433-3d40f7ed2b0581ec361b7ca00c45af8e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nightdreamer.me\/portfolio\/abstractshooter","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/nightdreamer.me\/portfolio\/abstractshooter","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/nightdreamer.me\/portfolio\/abstractshooter","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/nightdreamer.me\/portfolio\/abstractshooter","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18223","g_author":"21433","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18252","g_title":"AbstractShooter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"3","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\/\/342546\/21433-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/21433-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My game for the 29th Ludum Dare with the theme 'Under the surface'.\r\nThe main gameplay is simple:\r\n\r\nShoot as many enemies as possible, while don't touching their shots and make your way through this cave. :)\r\n\r\nThis time, my goal was to make something with parallax scrolling in it, full self drew assets and full controller support.\r\nDue to the fact, that I'm a little bit ill and have to do a lot of stuff for university, the game is really small.\r\nBut anyway, I hope you like it. :)\r\n\r\nLike you can see, if you play it, I've achieved each goal.\r\nSo, if you want, you can enjoy this little game with your XBox 360 controller. :)\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\nNightDreamer\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks:\r\n\r\n Credits for the ingame music goes to enochcity [http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/audio\/listen\/566087]\r\n\r\nSystem requirements:\r\n\r\n min. JAVA 1.8 installed","title":"AbstractShooter"}