{"author_link":"\/author\/cherno\/","author_name":"Cherno","author_uid":"14133","comments":[{"author_name":"cr4zyt3rry","author_uid":"22638","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:41am","epoch":1377477360,"text":"the loading screen takes forever"},{"author_name":"Moochoomon","author_uid":"24436","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:50am","epoch":1377477900,"text":"Nice game Cherno, I saw some of the stream. :D\r<br\/>The graphics are cool, and the gameplay is good. I like it.\r<br\/>I give it a 7\/10"},{"author_name":"marccspro","author_uid":"26996","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:05am","epoch":1377478800,"text":"Wow somthing isn't right the loading page never stop :\/"},{"author_name":"vexuiz","author_uid":"17789","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1377479520,"text":"All I got was a whites screen."},{"author_name":"vexuiz","author_uid":"17789","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1377479520,"text":"All I got was a white screen."},{"author_name":"Ciaran54","author_uid":"8247","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:48am","epoch":1377481380,"text":"Nice concept, and I think the music really suits the mood, but as you said, it was quite far from finished ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loading didn't take that long for me, and my computer isn't that beastly, so not sure what was happening with the other guys! :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would like to see where you could take this though ;)"},{"author_name":"Zeno","author_uid":"21256","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:15am","epoch":1377483000,"text":"Didn't run for me, gave a &quot;Could not find the main class: com.thecherno.ld27.Game&quot; error."},{"author_name":"Ciaran54","author_uid":"8247","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:29am","epoch":1377483840,"text":"Nice concept, and I think the music really suits the mood, but as you said, it was quite far from finished ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loading didn't take that long for me, and my computer isn't that beastly, so not sure what was happening with the other guys! :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would like to see where you could take this though ;)"},{"author_name":"lcass","author_uid":"26653","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1377486240,"text":"if you are getting white screens either you dont have the right version of java or he messed something up."},{"author_name":"Brucef","author_uid":"14164","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:46am","epoch":1377488460,"text":"I get an error trying to run it. I'm on a max with osx 1.8.4.\r<br\/>here is that error:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com\/thecherno\/ld27\/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)\r<br\/>\tat java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)\r<br\/>\tat java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)\r<br\/>\tat java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)\r<br\/>\tat java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)\r<br\/>\tat java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)\r<br\/>\tat java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)\r<br\/>\tat sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)"},{"author_name":"printfn2","author_uid":"21041","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:28am","epoch":1377494580,"text":"I am getting the same error, also on OS X 10.8.4."},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:38am","epoch":1377505980,"text":"All I get is a white screen :("},{"author_name":"neekobus","author_uid":"14085","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:53am","epoch":1377506880,"text":"Good : instructions on the floor. Ambiance.\r<br\/>Bad : Sloooooow moves, empty level."},{"author_name":"dinos","author_uid":"22762","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:05am","epoch":1377514800,"text":"I get a 'The Java JAR file &quot;TimeAlpha.jar&quot; could not be launched.' error on OS X 10.8.4"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:12am","epoch":1377515220,"text":"I'm on Mac and the game didn't launch with a &quot;Could not find the main class: com.thecherno.ld27.Game&quot; error..."},{"author_name":"Acrimiens","author_uid":"26376","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1377528900,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"davedave9","author_uid":"27376","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1377533040,"text":"Loading takes too long (if it ever stops...)\r<br\/>The game has not started and waited more than 5 minutes"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1377540660,"text":"I'm sorry it didn't load in about 15 mins so I'll try again later and rate it then if it works"},{"author_name":"voltorben","author_uid":"25810","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1377543060,"text":"You got me really excited to try it, but sadly i'm also stuck at the laoding screen :( mac os 10.8.2\r<br\/>Commenting so i can find back later, and hopefully you'll have solved the problem :D"},{"author_name":"TheJackiMonster","author_uid":"14882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1377546000,"text":"The music is really epic and it looks very good, but it's a bit too much walking over the map, I think..."},{"author_name":"kylobite","author_uid":"22094","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1377549660,"text":"I'm on a Mac, 10.8.4, and it works perfectly fine for me..."},{"author_name":"TheThirdOne","author_uid":"21287","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1377553320,"text":"I got a white screen so I ran java -jar TimeAlpha.jar from the commandline. And it worked."},{"author_name":"Cherno","author_uid":"14133","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1377555000,"text":"For all of you who it doesn't work for, I'm working on a fix for certain systems, and I'll update the game when I fix it. :)"},{"author_name":"jedilemons","author_uid":"6256","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1377556680,"text":"Why does a game done with Java2D need a loading screen that takes this long!? I haven't been able to play it yet, but I'll try to at some point."},{"author_name":"goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1377560580,"text":"I am using Mac OSX and it says 'the jar cannot be launched'. Is there a trick to launch the jar file?\r<br\/>Java is portable so it should just run fine. Which version of java did you used? I a, pretty sure I am on the latest version."},{"author_name":"Cherno","author_uid":"14133","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:20am","epoch":1377573300,"text":"I've updated the game to be more compatible with previous versions of Java, and I've reduced the loading times dramatically. Let me know if there are any more issues. :)"},{"author_name":"cr4zyt3rry","author_uid":"22638","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:52am","epoch":1377596820,"text":"i can get to the menu this time but when i press begin its an infinite loading screen"},{"author_name":"Littoh","author_uid":"26842","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:24am","epoch":1377598740,"text":"I can get to the menu, but as i press the Play button, an infinite loading screen appear"},{"author_name":"Super Hamster","author_uid":"22460","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1377645060,"text":"Dropbox says the file doesn't work because too many people are playing your game. I watch your videos and was wondering if you can try out my game and leave a comment so I can come back to rate your game."},{"author_name":"RabbitRobot","author_uid":"21442","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:01am","epoch":1377647760,"text":"Excellent. I really love the game. It was so fun joining in on the stream. The graphics, gameplay and theme are EXCELLENT. Great job :)"},{"author_name":"davedave9","author_uid":"27376","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:31am","epoch":1377671160,"text":"After I press start the game is loading.. it's been like that for the last 10 minutes. Win 7 Ultimate."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1377711360,"text":"Hi, still took ages to load! I like the theme and the idea and the mood. Good use of the theme too."},{"author_name":"hispafrican","author_uid":"28068","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1377718380,"text":"if you're getting stuck on the loading screen it might mean you ran out of heap space.  if you run the jar from terminal with this it might fix your loading issue:\r<br\/>&quot;java -Xmx1500m -jar TimeAlpha.jar&quot;"},{"author_name":"Deep Water Games","author_uid":"22112","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:07am","epoch":1377745320,"text":"Good game, very different interpretation of the theme. However, there is too much slow walking"},{"author_name":"TheAndrewProjects","author_uid":"28432","time":"Sep 20, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1379638860,"text":"Great game! I love everything about it! I watched some of the live stream too!"}],"images":["ld27\/14133-97da20c5325df8a850986d19bb550ad7.jpg","ld27\/14133-d3dda364975ff7db748f170d69803633.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.thecherno.com\/ld\/27\/all?token=1","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.thecherno.com\/ld\/27\/all?token=1","text":"OS X"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.thecherno.com\/ld\/27\/all?token=1","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24624","g_author":"14133","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24654","g_title":"Time [Alpha]","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"401","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\/\/273708\/14133-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/14133-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Time is a prototype of a game that I didn't really get to finish for LD27, so I decided to just make an alpha to showcase the environment of the game. The game is fully playable (however probably not much fun in its current state), and you should be able to win. :)\r\n\r\nThe idea for the game consists of physical time pieces. The objective is to recover the ten pieces of time, each piece containing one second of lost time. The enemies to stop you are called Shifters. Upon physical contact with a Shifter, the Shifter will send you ten seconds back in time. If you touch multiple Shifters in a row and end up going too far back in time, further than when you started, you will have corrupted your own timeline, and caused the end of time.\r\n\r\nFor every piece of time that you restore, represented by a scattered and distorted hourglass, the Shifters will lose one second of their power, causing them to send you one less second (per piece) back in time.\r\n\r\nAll music and assets were created by me from scratch within the 48 hours of the competition, as well as all code (including engine) using Java.\r\n\r\nI'll be continuing to develop this game, properly, after the competition, since I really like this concept and I think I can make some really amazing game out of it. If you want to stay updated with the development of this game, you can follow me on Twitter (twitter.com\/TheCherno), or subscribe to my YouTube channel, where you'll find tutorials on making games from scratch (youtube.com\/TheChernoProject).\r\n\r\nThanks! I hope you enjoy the game! :)\r\n\r\n(Note: source code is coming soon. If you really want it now, you can decompile the jar file using JD-GUI)","title":"Time [Alpha]"}