{"author_link":"\/author\/zelosfan\/","author_name":"Zelosfan","author_uid":"5711","comments":[{"author_name":"valgriz","author_uid":"20413","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:02am","epoch":1377503820,"text":"Pretty neat game!"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:10am","epoch":1377504300,"text":"When I try to run it I get an error.\rCould not find the main class:\rde.zelosfan.timestrategy.DesktopStarter. Program will exti.\r\rOn Windows 7 x64 running java 6."},{"author_name":"ghostonline","author_uid":"4422","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:12am","epoch":1377504420,"text":"Feels very much like a complete game and the tutorial is sure helpful!"},{"author_name":"tomsik68","author_uid":"13547","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:35am","epoch":1377509400,"text":"@Empyrealhell you need Java7 to run this game"},{"author_name":"nandor","author_uid":"27002","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:57am","epoch":1377510720,"text":"Nice job integrating the theme into the game :)"},{"author_name":"Morgawr","author_uid":"8711","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:04am","epoch":1377511140,"text":"Really nice game, it was fairly complex and yet easy to understand while playing. Interface and controls were great, good job!"},{"author_name":"hungyg","author_uid":"8391","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:22am","epoch":1377512220,"text":"A bit hard (not necessarily a bad thing), but very well executed and fitting for the theme. Good job!"},{"author_name":"TheJackiMonster","author_uid":"14882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:38am","epoch":1377516780,"text":"This is a incredible game. It was a huge success to beat the AI.. :)"},{"author_name":"neekobus","author_uid":"14085","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1377519120,"text":"Really good Advance Wars clone, with quick rounds.\r\rDon't know easily if I can play or not : maybe add the information more clearly than only the color of timer."},{"author_name":"Zephyr89","author_uid":"27354","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1377522300,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1377522540,"text":"Neat gameplay. I like strategy in general, tbh :P\rThe music was a bit too "uplifting" for a wargame.. you know, killing stuff etc... Too bad that the game crashed on me after the tutorial, but what I saw was great. (Man... you actually coded an AI from scratch? That alone is an epic achievement!)"},{"author_name":"Jan Marcano","author_uid":"13980","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1377522720,"text":"It crashed once and the game closed after reaching the HQ on the fog of war level, I'm guessing it means there are no more levels.\r\rReally neat idea and the gameplay was solid. Fun game!"},{"author_name":"GreenyUk","author_uid":"27431","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1377523500,"text":"I agree with hungyg a bit hard but still good :) I got owned aha. Yeah pretty cool game man. Sound didn't work for me tho :\/"},{"author_name":"nek","author_uid":"4174","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1377528540,"text":"Neat! I'm not sure I like how the theme is integrated but otherwise it's a solid game."},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1377529080,"text":"The game crashed after the first shots where fired during my first try. Didn't happen when I started it again. I find it really hard to identify different units and buildings due to the lack of contrast sometimes. Liked the "time buying" feature :)"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1377537540,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1377545100,"text":"The game just quit on me two times (Windows 7 64bit), and I don't want to do the tutorials again :(\r\rFrom what I've seen so far it's a nice tactics game with an interesting twist. I always forgot to buy more seconds though when I was pressured, because I was busy with commanding units!\r\r"It also looks pretty cheap but hey it's just dirt :D"\rOh, you!"},{"author_name":"SpiralCodeStudio","author_uid":"27454","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1377545880,"text":"Strategy games are hard to make. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1377778260,"text":"Simple and good concept, nice realization and the graphics are not that bad at all. :)"},{"author_name":"acro","author_uid":"21612","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1377819420,"text":"I'm amazed you did this much in 48h, with all the elements needed, AI, progression, units, FoW, and levels. I was a bit dense to start with: at no point do you explain that the player is BLUE (I thought the camera starting on the right was just to show you how to move it with WASD) and it doesn't explain about moving units, whether you can select buildings, etc. I spent the first few minutes frustratedly trying to issue orders to a red tank. I'm advance wars' biggest fan, and so really wanted to like this, but maybe my assumptions worked against me (orange star?). Anyway, once I persisted and realised I was blue, it got pretty darn good. The worst thing is the pathing - the fact you can't have a unit path through another unit, so they all seem to roadblock each other (unless I missed something else). I think I crashed it by somehow getting an infantry unit to occupy the same space as a scout truck.\rOne other oddity you might be aware of: sound doesn't work (Win7 64bit, latest JRE7) when you double-click to run the jarfile: it only works from commandline java -jar (and a load of debugging lines spew out as well).\rThis is really great for a compo game, I must admit."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1378402200,"text":"Like it's idea, and the gameplay realy reminds me of stratego... I happen to just love that board game!"},{"author_name":"BomberGames","author_uid":"12861","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1378932540,"text":"Nice!\rI like the concept and I really like how it was implemented (especially the way you introduced new ideas slowly). Well done."},{"author_name":"foumart","author_uid":"14368","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1379115000,"text":"This is a pretty good tactical strategy game :) (it halted badly in the way that acro described)"},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1379183520,"text":"The music and graphics were ok. The gameplay was a lot of fun. I really liked the concept and found the game to be engaging. Good work!"}],"images":["ld27\/5711-3b36ff9f244cbcdf2e15b4f62a5ab7d3.jpg","ld27\/5711-3df601fc04fa39acdc38de34bcf0d468.jpg","ld27\/5711-2d93fcf2eb456f9b30f72bf920e61ca7.jpg","ld27\/5711-97a04c1b0655e229161e98699d291f86.jpg","ld27\/5711-f5f49658256f368b3b13d5750a23051c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32038911\/TimedStrategy.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32038911\/TimedStrategy.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32038911\/TimedStrategy.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/zelosfan\/timed-strategy","text":"Source (Git)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23470","g_author":"5711","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23500","g_title":"Timed Strategy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"306","g_commentcount":"24","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\/5711-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5711-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5711-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5711-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5711-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hey,\r\nthis is a time pressured tactics game which you play against a well balanced ai (challenging AND beatable).\r\nIt also makes time the currency and enables it to\r\ngive you more \"thinking\" time if needed (and if you have enough).\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe game has a step-by-step tutorial which introduces more and more tiles ,units and mechanics to the game. This makes an easy entrance into the game. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nControls (also mentioned in the game):\r\n-> Camera movement: W\/A\/S\/D\r\n-> Skip planning time: CTRL\r\n-> Use currency to add time: SPACE\r\n-> Fullscreen: F11\r\n-> Skip Level: F8 (you can use it if the game crashed on you and you don't want to repeat the already beaten levels)\r\n\r\nI hope you have a lot of fun and take the time to write a comment afterwards :)\r\n\r\n(made in Java with LibGDX)\r\n[requires latest JavaSE (7) to play]","title":"Timed Strategy"}