{"author_link":"\/author\/epaik\/","author_name":"ekun","author_uid":"3876","comments":[{"author_name":"Kuupu","author_uid":"22691","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:16am","epoch":1387167060,"text":"Nice game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Its a fun concept and i loved the particle feedback from hitting\/killing enemies.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You could make the orb bounce a little when hitting the walls, so that the game gets a little more chaotic."},{"author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:42am","epoch":1387168620,"text":"A wall bounce would also make longshots more productive. Right now it's hard to justify the risk."},{"author_name":"patricklorio","author_uid":"18617","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:54am","epoch":1387169340,"text":"Fun game, fellow Orbean."},{"author_name":"xAxiom","author_uid":"31912","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:19am","epoch":1387170840,"text":"Getting quintuple kill streaks off the trampoline. Redefining metagame."},{"author_name":"Thein","author_uid":"22449","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:24am","epoch":1387171140,"text":"Cool game! It feels very polished for a game jam game. The difficulty curve is pretty high, but it's a nice challenge."},{"author_name":"mtinkerhess","author_uid":"20708","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:34am","epoch":1387171740,"text":"Solid arcade-style game. Nice key binding setup."},{"author_name":"Alismuffin","author_uid":"29410","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:53am","epoch":1387180080,"text":"Great game! Love the way you handled key binding. Streamlined and easy. Was nice to see an SFML entry :)"},{"author_name":"Jimanzium","author_uid":"24428","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1387212480,"text":"I really liked the simplicity and the arcade style gameplay. This was really well designed. Everything form the binding of keys was well designed. The gameplay was very fun aswell as frantic. The music was superb. There isn't really anything bad I can say about this, the graphics were a bit basic but somehow managed to look good . Also, I enjoyed watching you stream the development :)"},{"author_name":"subluzz","author_uid":"32082","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1387219800,"text":"Very nice game, but i was looking in the source code and i can&acute;t compile some entities, i guess there are some files missing..."},{"author_name":"ekun","author_uid":"3876","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1387222140,"text":"Thanks guys!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@subluzz\r<br\/>I just realized I did not save the codeblocks project before committing the source, thanks for the heads up! If you re-checkout the code it should compile fine."},{"author_name":"subluzz","author_uid":"32082","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1387222680,"text":"No problem, you are the man!\r<br\/>Have a good new years! (and that was a fast answer)."},{"author_name":"kakus","author_uid":"31974","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1387225740,"text":"Really really like it. Want more !"},{"author_name":"Sink","author_uid":"26274","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1387230960,"text":"Cool and difficult game. I feel like the ball was little hard to use but it was still fun. The animations are all really smooth, good job!"},{"author_name":"Atmospherium","author_uid":"24518","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1387236660,"text":"Great game. The gameplay was a bit tough, but that might be due to my computer's slowdown. I really liked the graphics and audio. I'd love to see you develop this more."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1387248900,"text":"Advice: Change the main screenshot for your game if you want more plays. What's there isn't very appealing when compared to the actual experience.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>OK, so the key binding at the start. I LOVE YOU! This is a great, great idea and it really helped me enjoy your game that much more.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>AUDIO... you have a ton of it. Ending music, stage music, boss-specific sounds. Good stuff.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay is very solid and the core mechanic works well. It can get a bit tough and I feel like anything less than a full power shot is useless, but having a gamepad helped me overcome any issues.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Spriting is simple but efficient, particles are great, physics work as you'd hope. Enemy variety, challenge, etc... all good stuff.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great entry!"},{"author_name":"ekun","author_uid":"3876","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:15am","epoch":1387249800,"text":"@SonnyBone\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for the feedback!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I went ahead and changed the screenshot per your suggestion :)"},{"author_name":"tchem","author_uid":"27459","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:59am","epoch":1387252440,"text":"Great game!!!! minimalism graphics, colours and gameplay are fantastics. good job man"},{"author_name":"acerunox","author_uid":"22654","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1387286940,"text":"Fun game, great music!"},{"author_name":"nicso","author_uid":"8002","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1387287000,"text":"Really great."},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:36pm","epoch":1387287060,"text":"A nice mood, and it felt good to destroy the enemies with the orb."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1387303380,"text":"I watched you stream this and it looked like it was going to be so much fun, I'm glad it is! Really enjoyed this, one of my favourite entries so far. Awesome work for 48 hours. :)"},{"author_name":"Corn\u00e9 Dorrestijn","author_uid":"4506","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1387309620,"text":"The &quot;controls wizzard&quot; is a awesome idea, really makes sure every one can use the controls they like."},{"author_name":"DanielSnd","author_uid":"27274","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1387327560,"text":"Really awesome fun game! Great Job!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:01am","epoch":1387335360,"text":"Nice game! One of my favorites, loved the use of theme. I included this game in my Ludum Dare Compilation series, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/6i2NO94dPrk"},{"author_name":"Alex Higgins","author_uid":"14001","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1387406940,"text":"This felt great to play.\r<br\/>Mechanically, this is the best entry I've played so far, if a tad bit too hard. I couldn't ever get past stage 2."},{"author_name":"Dr. Mo","author_uid":"8780","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 5:35am","epoch":1387517400,"text":"Please make a post-compo multiplayer version. This is awesome."},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 7:10am","epoch":1387523100,"text":"Man that's a bit difficult, very fun though."},{"author_name":"iancarnevale","author_uid":"31454","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1387680360,"text":"One of my favourite games so far, has all the right elements for a fun addicting game. Love the mechanics and the artwork is even charming for quick pixel art! Awesome job Ekun!"},{"author_name":"ViliX","author_uid":"29167","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1387826880,"text":"Fun to play :)"},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1388770320,"text":"really nice man.. prob the most fun ive had yet.. feels really polished :)"},{"author_name":"RodRoy1","author_uid":"31418","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1388771640,"text":"Really fun game. Nice idea, well implimented, good music and visuals. the veriaty of eniemys is nice and the theme fits perfectly. Well done. Its really hard but thats fine, not alot of testing can be done in the timeframe."},{"author_name":"poland3","author_uid":"31355","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1388782980,"text":"great game for a weekend of time"},{"author_name":"stefan","author_uid":"21963","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1388792280,"text":"I like this game very much. It feels very smooth, balanced and polished. It is fun to jump around :) In the beginning I had some problems understanding how the game works, maybe some words about it on the title screen would be great. Nevertheless, this is one of he best entries I played so far."},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 2:40am","epoch":1388802900,"text":"Nice controls, though a bit difficult. cool mechanic :)"},{"author_name":"natpat","author_uid":"3501","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1388953620,"text":"That was really good fun. It feels like one of those games that's really easy to pick up but hard to master. Very well done."}],"images":["ld28\/3876-b23746272a63bff3ec572dd4f64df826.jpg","ld28\/3876-d2f6234f2c77aa065cdcb9d61803cfb4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nukenine.com\/files\/orb.zip","text":"Download (Windows)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/egpaik\/TheHallowedOrb","text":"Source (Github)"},{"url":"http:\/\/nukenine.com\/files\/orb_1_01.zip","text":"Download Post-compo Version"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21380","g_author":"3876","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21409","g_title":"The Hallowed Orb","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"84","g_commentcount":"35","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\/3876-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/3876-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Are you a bad enough dude to steal the Hallowed Orb?\r\n\r\nCONTROLS\r\n========\r\nGrab your gamepad or use your keyboard! Hold your preferred buttons in the menu to configure them.\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY\r\n===========\r\nCharge your attack while holding the shoot button and release when you're ready.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI streamed my development process for the first time as well, so check out the VODs on twitch if you're interested! \r\nhttp:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ekunuke\/\r\n\r\n","title":"The Hallowed Orb"}