{"author_link":"\/author\/djlad97\/","author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","comments":[{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:28am","epoch":1377516180,"text":"My windows machine can't play XNA games for some reason. Grumble grumble&hellip; Awesome screenshots though! :)"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:30am","epoch":1377516300,"text":"That's a shame, but thanks anyway :)"},{"author_name":"sam1373","author_uid":"24548","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:44am","epoch":1377517140,"text":"That was a very fun and challenging game, I liked it!"},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:45am","epoch":1377517200,"text":"I didn't really catch the point in here, I managed to collect all the coins, but couldn't progress to the next level.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The controls weren't that sloppy, though, especially if you've just learned about doing the collision stuff. Keep working on it! :)"},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:47am","epoch":1377517320,"text":"Couldn't get it to run, the installer fails. Could you generate a .zip file with the Relase executables?"},{"author_name":"KristinnEs","author_uid":"25925","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:07pm","epoch":1377518520,"text":"I couldnt get it to run either :( (Windows 8)"},{"author_name":"sam1373","author_uid":"24548","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1377518640,"text":"I ran it on Windows 8"},{"author_name":"Kwrky","author_uid":"17889","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1377518820,"text":"I had a lot of fun with this!"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1377519600,"text":"The graphics could use some work, but the fun is there :) good job!"},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1377519780,"text":"Great, there are little collision problems, and it's annoying to wait 5 seconds to play when you die. But a funny game. :)"},{"author_name":"HELLO23","author_uid":"21541","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1377519780,"text":"The game is pretty nice. I liked the idea and the music. But It is too hard I think (I couldn't even pass the first level).\r<br\/>I also liked the possibility to kind of stick to the ceiling.\r<br\/>Please consider giving a download with only the .exe and the assets in a zip without installation (installing is pretty annoying)."},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1377521340,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, guys. Regarding just giving the .exe with the assests, I put them in a zip file but for some reason the setup.exe and the other stuff still shows. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me :)"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1377521940,"text":"Never mind, I've got it working."},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1377527100,"text":"Also just noticed I spelled ludum dare wrong on the menu screen"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:22am","epoch":1377598620,"text":"Really really hard :)"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1377631080,"text":"I enjoy making hard games, but at the same time hate people that make hard games\/tracks. So technically - I hate myself :L"},{"author_name":"kbm0","author_uid":"20498","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:26am","epoch":1377685260,"text":"I dont know why, but this simple look is very appealing to me. Nice one! :-)"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:56am","epoch":1377690660,"text":"Thanks, kbm0 :) It's really awesome to see comments like this to say I've only been programming for a year now, and only C# Xna for several months :D"},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1377691620,"text":"Smooth gameplay, simplistic but kinda entertaining. Great work :)"},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1377692880,"text":"Like others have said the collision detection is not perfect. You can stick too the ceiling for a while and picking the right starting position is key to completing most levels.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I do believe you have put a lot of time into testing the levels considering how tight the timing in them are, looking forward to your future games if you continue with the same attention to details."},{"author_name":"berkano","author_uid":"11027","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1377798840,"text":"Funky music! Super-hard to start with but I got the hang of it after a while - rewards repeat playing. Nice one :-)"},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1377810300,"text":"Don't working on my machine D:"},{"author_name":"ryebread761","author_uid":"14147","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1378251600,"text":"Really simple but a good concept. Could have used some more sound."},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1378762740,"text":"Good thing I was able to move during the 5 second delay so I can practice a bit before I run."},{"author_name":"galman","author_uid":"5971","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 7:45am","epoch":1379317200,"text":"I like the idea and it is really fun! :D A bit too hard (I'm stuck at the first level :P ) and the music is too intense, other then that it's an awesome game!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1379343060,"text":"I found this idea to be good, though the game is a bit glitchy and I could not pass level 1 :\/ I featured this game in my LD27 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tvnhwc_j5Mo"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Mar 18, 2014 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1395172920,"text":"Not sure if anyone will see this, but: Did anyone download the source of this game before the link broke &amp; still has it? I've just opened it up to improve some stuff &amp; for some reason there is a game breaking bug it; I hadn't even touched it prior to open it so I am clueless to what happened to it. Anyway the source of the LD version might be able to help me out :)"},{"author_name":"DJLad97","author_uid":"24911","time":"Mar 18, 2014 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1395173820,"text":"never mind"}],"images":["ld27\/24911-3e0e3e2a0ef37ac7db68bde0e5402d31.jpg","ld27\/24911-f725f68e28f22d9c353e2766d59b6ff0.jpg","ld27\/24911-b29ac0049dc5e1ffa77295664718a5d7.jpg","ld27\/24911-290e2b8db6eff5880dd2338d0279522a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dc208.2shared.com\/download\/RZEiUu_k\/10_Seconds_to_Death__LD27_.zip?tsid=20130826-130235-a865c87b","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/DJLad97\/games\/downloads\/10%20Seconds%20to%20Death%20(LD27)%20Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24172","g_author":"24911","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24202","g_title":"10 Seconds to Death","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"943","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\/\/273708\/24911-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24911-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24911-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24911-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The regular controls W, A, S, D and the arrow keys.\r\nI apologize for the quite sloppy movement; I've only been coding in XNA for several months and I also just learnt tile maps and tile map collision just last week - which is the main reason for the sloppy movement.\r\nAnyway, enjoy :D\r\n\r\nYou will need to download XNA and the .NET framework.\r\nBefore you say: \"What?! A download!\" You might as well download it because you might need to install it in the future anyway as many games use xna in this compo and outside it as well. (DLC Quest, Super Meat boy (I think), Dead Pixels, Capsized and Terraria. It's very popular with indie game devs.\r\n\r\n.NET 4 (You might have it or not):\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=17851\r\nXna:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n","title":"10 Seconds to Death"}