{"author_link":"\/author\/tym0r\/","author_name":"Tym0r","author_uid":"26264","comments":[{"author_name":"flamecow","author_uid":"27477","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1377484380,"text":"I can't seem to use the web link."},{"author_name":"douglasv","author_uid":"20590","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:39am","epoch":1377484440,"text":"dropbox 404"},{"author_name":"Yaguar","author_uid":"26482","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1377484500,"text":"Error 404 from Dropbox on the weblink."},{"author_name":"Shackelford","author_uid":"5117","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1377484500,"text":"Same error as the others. Screenshot looks fun though :D"},{"author_name":"thedeadlybutter","author_uid":"17944","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:41am","epoch":1377484560,"text":"Dropbox 404"},{"author_name":"Tym0r","author_uid":"26264","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:07am","epoch":1377486120,"text":"i'm sorry. i can't reproduce the 404 error. i checked it with 2 PCs. Chrome works but firefox displays just white screen. i have no idea why."},{"author_name":"nihilocrat","author_uid":"2014","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1377536100,"text":"Looks really cool. It's pretty hard to control your ship, especially when you bounce in a corner and get stuck bouncing back and forth. I think it would help if it didn't re-orient your ship after you bounced."},{"author_name":"Khopa","author_uid":"20553","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1377536280,"text":"It reminds me &quot;Geometry Wars&quot;. Really cool and nice looking game ! I love the music :).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's a bit difficult to control the ship though."},{"author_name":"cwkx","author_uid":"26001","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1377536640,"text":"Awesome little space shooter, loved the presentation."},{"author_name":"Aurel300","author_uid":"1645","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1377538440,"text":"Very nice! At times got completely lost, because it was so chaotic ... But yet, somehow I was killing baddies and collecting goodies.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun!"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:04am","epoch":1377561540,"text":"Oh noes 404!"},{"author_name":"Tym0r","author_uid":"26264","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:57am","epoch":1377597120,"text":"i got it working on firefox, framerate is not stable like in chrome though. but i don't know if it fixes the 404 error. looks like a common dropbox issue."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1377632580,"text":"Funny game but very confusing"},{"author_name":"Jimanzium","author_uid":"24428","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1377632640,"text":"Loading bar doesn't seem to load, but could be my internet connection."},{"author_name":"doonay21","author_uid":"18952","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1377632760,"text":"NICE! Very good job!"},{"author_name":"olafurw","author_uid":"25450","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:32am","epoch":1377649620,"text":"Visuals are great but controlling the ship is way too twitchy. Usually just ends bouncing around the screen and then dies."},{"author_name":"ocmu","author_uid":"20933","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:34am","epoch":1377649740,"text":"Pretty hard to follow where your ship is; chaotic, but I LOVE PARTICLES!"},{"author_name":"noom","author_uid":"27369","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:36am","epoch":1377649860,"text":"Bouncing off the walls seemed to exponentially increase my speed, which made this almost impossible to play. Neat concept but I found it too hard to control my ship at all. (played in the web version under waterfox, which may explain the bug I experienced)"},{"author_name":"spitfire87","author_uid":"25586","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:36am","epoch":1377649860,"text":"The particle effects are really nice, but they made the ship control a bit confusing."},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:08am","epoch":1377666180,"text":"Crikey can you flight fast!  Beautiful graphics.  I wish the screen spun around with you.  I spent all my time out of control and progressing by luck, it felt!  And an extra compliment on the graphics for good measure! :)"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1377725460,"text":"Weird but very original control scheme for the ship... Liked that xD Special effects and overall smoothness was a delight!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A VERY solid entry!"},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:39am","epoch":1377740040,"text":"It's too hard to tell what's going on, since you aren't really differentiated from your bullets, and they're barely differentiated from your enemies. Even so, I really enjoyed bouncing around the screen spamming everywhere, the particle effects look nice, and the sounds are nice, it's just difficult to play very deliberately."},{"author_name":"Supercannon","author_uid":"25381","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1377740220,"text":"Cool, but hard to understand what is going on or have control over anything."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:01am","epoch":1377824160,"text":"Throws up an error. D:"},{"author_name":"yagiz","author_uid":"17605","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:02am","epoch":1377824220,"text":"I got an error (web version) saying that 'mainMenu\/mainMenuButtons\/menuButton.png' does not exist..."},{"author_name":"mutilator","author_uid":"26566","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:02am","epoch":1377824220,"text":"very difficult at first"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1377869280,"text":"Particle effects are pretty, but the game itself is too chaotic.. it's really hard to see where your ship is on the screen."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:05am","epoch":1378008000,"text":"Spectacular visuals.  My netbook doesn't handle the game very well, so I got very few fps.  I couldn't see where was the theme applied.  Hope to try it again in a better computer."},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:55am","epoch":1378032600,"text":"It quickly got a bit messy, lost track of my ship multiple times - and the bouncing when trying to go outside screen felt abit strange, would've rather seen that the sides looped into each others like in many other similar games! Anyway, you definitly succeeded in adding &quot;particle effects all over the place&quot;, so good job on that!:D Always fun to try other libgdx games!:)"},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1378143900,"text":"I like how hectic the game can get :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work on making the game colorful and lively!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 1:19am","epoch":1378602840,"text":"Looks good, but I cant seem to get the controls right."}],"images":["ld27\/26264-e3011166b72cc8a363cf4af2bed65166.jpg","ld27\/26264-cc2050614f0912a6bde88810afe24410.jpg","ld27\/26264-e261f8fcd115e9da25199c05a7587722.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/206586151\/particle.jar","text":"Windows\/OS\/X\/Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/206586151\/war\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/206586151\/source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22797","g_author":"26264","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22827","g_title":"Particle Fighter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"688","g_commentcount":"31","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\/\/273708\/26264-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26264-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26264-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I decided to make a arcady fighter game with massive particle effects all over the place.\r\n\r\nIt's absurdy colorful and quite fast therefore it needs a little bit of practice. \r\n\r\nGameplay video: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T5sJ8e_FMZk\r\n\r\nControls: WASD, v(fps\/stats), mouse\r\n\r\nBouncing: Generates extra acceleration (capped at ~2.5)\r\n\r\nPower-ups:\r\nCross: Invulnerability\r\nLightning: Faster reload speed\r\nSkull: Kills everything\r\n\r\nTime-Modifications:\r\nDroped Energy: +1.0 sec\r\nBounce: +0.3 sec\r\nDoubleBounce: +1.0 sec\r\nEnemy Collision: -3.0 sec\r\nGetting Hit: -0.05 - -0.25 sec (level 1)\r\nLevel increases over time and so does received damage.\r\n\r\nUsed Tools:\r\nLibgdx + Libgdx ParticleEditor+ cgMusic + Audacity + 3ds Max + ship.shapewright.com","title":"Particle Fighter"}