{"author_link":"\/author\/tcarter\/","author_name":"tcarter","author_uid":"31008","comments":[{"author_name":"ZXeno","author_uid":"28862","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:45am","epoch":1387251600,"text":"Really had a lot of fun with this! Solid gameplay, excellent music and visuals."},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1387319340,"text":"Very cool! This needs more plays. Solid stuff, really like the character animations and the effects. Some effects like exploding flames that stick to walls etc, as power ups would be cool.  :)"},{"author_name":"Bloated Hippo","author_uid":"21024","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:39am","epoch":1387330440,"text":"This is amazing."},{"author_name":"WiseGAMER","author_uid":"15721","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:43am","epoch":1387330680,"text":"Nice game but needed better level design."},{"author_name":"Todd Luke","author_uid":"11463","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:43am","epoch":1387330680,"text":"0198 beat THAT\r<br\/>\r<br\/>super good art. is there some kind of conclusion, or is it endless?"},{"author_name":"Lyje","author_uid":"29064","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:45am","epoch":1387330800,"text":"Graphics were slick, but gameplay felt a bit stilted and unpolished. Not sure what it had to do with the theme?"},{"author_name":"Lolshouse Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:45am","epoch":1387330800,"text":"I can't find many flaws with this game. It is well paced and it sounds and looks beautiful. You've done an amazing job."},{"author_name":"ocathalain","author_uid":"32163","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:46am","epoch":1387330860,"text":"Really loved this! Solid game, great idea, and really polished considering the time it was made in."},{"author_name":"_zulli","author_uid":"20963","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:46am","epoch":1387330860,"text":"Cool gameplay! Really good graphics and it gets really hard with time! Great job!! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you have time, please rate my game! I would really appreciate it! :)"},{"author_name":"Switchbreak","author_uid":"2645","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:49am","epoch":1387331040,"text":"Nice, I got 179 points in it. It seemed too easy to start off, but ramped up fairly quickly. It could use some more options on the defense side to add strategic depth to it, maybe some pickups to collect from the enemies. The ending seemed very sad, I don't know if there is any way to actually save your egg or if it always ends with a sad phoenix."},{"author_name":"rukbotto","author_uid":"17844","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:52am","epoch":1387331220,"text":"I enjoyed it a lot! I liked too much the audio and graphics."},{"author_name":"ryangatts","author_uid":"29430","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:13am","epoch":1387336080,"text":"Fun game! I wish the fire rage ability let me shoot fireballs more often rather than do more damage with individual balls, that would make it much better for handling swarms of little guys that can often be a problem. Also, it's easy to accidentally hit R when you mean to hit E, so maybe next time switch it to something harder to hit like Enter. Critiques aside, I love the art, it's really impressively cohesive!"},{"author_name":"AHerdOfCats","author_uid":"29173","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:22am","epoch":1387336620,"text":"Amazing spritework, really love the colors you guys used!"},{"author_name":"tcarter","author_uid":"31008","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:33am","epoch":1387337280,"text":"Thanks for the insightful comment, ryangatts! Remember that if you're raging you can take out the little guys just by flying into them. It's a good idea to move back and forth around your egg while shooting if you're raging so you can deal damage from fireballs and contact."},{"author_name":"blasmena","author_uid":"31457","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1387378800,"text":"I love the art. I had fun, monsters jump kinda funny though."},{"author_name":"bsowers","author_uid":"29844","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 5:06am","epoch":1387688460,"text":"Loved the pixel art and the sounds. Gameplay was pretty fun."},{"author_name":"Ted Brown","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 5:44am","epoch":1387690740,"text":"Looks great, plays well!"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 7:42am","epoch":1387697820,"text":"Cool gfx! Gets hard pretty soon, needed more levels."},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 7:48am","epoch":1387698180,"text":"I got the ending. Touching :) Great work all round. Impact FX and a more obvious target graphic for cursor would be nice."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 10:47am","epoch":1387708920,"text":"Great game! I like the graphics and the audio a lot. But it's a bit hard to control on a notebook without a mouse."},{"author_name":"Pomb","author_uid":"21417","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1387720260,"text":"Agree with comments on needing better level design. Also felt that the control wasn't enough to swoop well enough, because it's too snappy."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1387727940,"text":"really well done, i loved the graphics and the game play made instant sense"},{"author_name":"pele","author_uid":"30821","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1387730160,"text":"Nice game, I like the graphics and it's fun. A bit difficult to play on my notebook though (lack of mouse), but that's not your fault. :)\r<br\/>I enjoyed this a lot!"},{"author_name":"hamster_mk_4","author_uid":"4265","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1387739460,"text":"Great art, I wish there were some way to win. Fighting off an endless horde is fun an all, but not when you are a mother protecting her offspring."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1387752720,"text":"Nice little game well polished :)"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 10:26am","epoch":1387794060,"text":"Nice graphics and music. It reminds me heavily on the old C=64 game style. Well done!"},{"author_name":"robhor","author_uid":"29987","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1387844040,"text":"The art and music are fantastic!\r<br\/>Gameplay could be a bit more varied, but overall good game!"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1389029160,"text":"I love the art style in this."}],"images":["ld28\/31008-65c041f6a567a590f0bf0ba6dcfc0f64.jpg","ld28\/31008-ec9e0e797f0e45595ec7b6f95a548bbc.jpg","ld28\/31008-6fb90ca7f0951632928f56006b3ff6f8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.stencyl.com\/game\/play\/23173","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stencyl.com\/game\/play\/23173","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20967","g_author":"31008","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20996","g_title":"Molten Progeny","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"183","g_commentcount":"28","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\/\/308734\/31008-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/31008-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/31008-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a Phoenix. Protect your egg from the hungry Nashers.\r\n\r\nUse WASD to move.\r\nLeft click and hold to shoot.\r\nPress E to activate fire rage. Swoop into enemies while raging to damage them, or into your egg to heal it.\r\nPress R to restart.\r\n\r\nThis game was made in 3 days for the Ludum Dare 28 Game Jam.\r\n\r\nLike what you see?\r\nProgramming and Design by Ted Carter (http:\/\/www.stencyl.com\/users\/index\/22818)\r\nGraphics were created by Leif Holt (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leif.holt.3)\r\n\r\nLike what you hear?\r\nSound Effects were created by Michael Jones (http:\/\/mikejonesaudio.com\/)\r\nSoundtrack created by Andrew Dent (https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dent-head)","title":"Molten Progeny"}