{"author_link":"\/author\/dan-marchand\/","author_name":"dan.marchand","author_uid":"36498","comments":[{"author_name":"FyberOptic","author_uid":"36171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:46am","epoch":1398660060,"text":"Really nice animation and artwork on the main character.  It's a cool concept, too.  It has a Flappy Bird appeal, in that it's fairly unforgiving but also keeps you wanting to play to break your high score.  Nice job."},{"author_name":"porousnapkin","author_uid":"35873","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:47am","epoch":1398660120,"text":"Cool idea, it feels neat. Super difficult. My high score after about 10 deaths was 5. I think you have too much text up front, it makes the game seem overwhelming."},{"author_name":"NoorStudios","author_uid":"36119","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:48am","epoch":1398660180,"text":"Really like the concept, great job!"},{"author_name":"eteeski","author_uid":"22130","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:54am","epoch":1398660540,"text":"Cool idea :) That made for some interesting gameplay. Nice sprites and explosions too."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:04am","epoch":1398661140,"text":"Nice graphics and clever idea.  Having to control TWO characters at once is rough.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>One problem I noticed was that it seemed possible for the random level generation to make a gap so wide, you cannot jump over it -- unless it requires a max held-down jump at the last minute, and I just did it wrong?"},{"author_name":"mtinkerhess","author_uid":"20708","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1398665040,"text":"That's tricky! The procedural generation is pretty good but maybe with a designed level you'd be able to try over and over and eventually be able to beat it. Or you could use the same random seed over and over.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really cool idea, good execution of the mechanic, and nice running animation, just a little on the hard side."},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1398665100,"text":"Too many impossible-to-overcome situations that arise from the level generation for my taste. Seems very highly dependent on luck to get past a few points."},{"author_name":"Xangotrick66","author_uid":"34350","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1398665100,"text":"I like the concept! Really nice. Perhaps just a bit too difficult from the start."},{"author_name":"Colorvade","author_uid":"22146","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:21am","epoch":1398669360,"text":"Difficulty seems insurmountable without a lot of practice, and the jumping can be inconsistent between the two characters and against walls. I enjoyed it when I wasn't facing those issues though."},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1398778380,"text":"nice concept. game hard as hell.. high score of 3, shameful"},{"author_name":"DarkMeatGames","author_uid":"34345","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1398802680,"text":"Really cool concept, and fun too. I think it got too challenging too quickly, and I occasionally ran into an impossible jump. I think if you smoothed out the level builder, you could have a really nice game!"},{"author_name":"ren","author_uid":"8599","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1398811740,"text":"great idea, super hard."},{"author_name":"Simon@LD","author_uid":"33672","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1398877560,"text":"Cool concept, but really hard to control!"},{"author_name":"Monoquartz","author_uid":"23057","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1398877860,"text":"Cool idea, but difficult is too high, as others said. ^^"},{"author_name":"lukepilgrim","author_uid":"35160","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1398958020,"text":"cool idea but i could only play for 3-4 seconds. its really hard!"},{"author_name":"Rad Star","author_uid":"28466","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1399142820,"text":"I love the concept ! really good idea ! the game is really tough :)"},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1399244940,"text":"Clever idea. I wasn't very good at this game, but I still enjoyed it. :-) Good back story too about why the robots get destroyed."}],"images":["ld29\/36498-a09225f1bd7510fe219a02cb0624a799.jpg","ld29\/36498-9db35a1bde48a5b08e791d3d8de17360.jpg","ld29\/36498-feb74b05e2fa2ff8c5a2ca76604766f2.jpg","ld29\/36498-64e3a1d6c0bb003629ad32c2d6df96ff.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/52921017\/ld49\/run.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19762","g_author":"36498","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19791","g_title":"Anomaly #LD48","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"754","g_commentcount":"17","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\/36498-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/36498-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/36498-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/36498-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An infinite runner with a twist: There's a second mirrored character beneath you! \r\n\r\nNavigate tricky random platformer segments, avoid dangerous obstacles, and make sure the two characters never collide while trying to get the high score.\r\n\r\n\r\nCreated with: Unity2D\r\nAssets: Unity2D free sample assets. 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