{"author_link":"\/author\/epaik\/","author_name":"epaik","author_uid":"3876","comments":[{"author_name":"SSJMetroid","author_uid":"3925","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:53am","epoch":1377571680,"text":"I am not good enough to play this game, I'm worse than casual scum."},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:11am","epoch":1377572760,"text":"Mand, and I was thinking I came up with a pretty good idea for a shumup. How wrong i was, this is definitely one of the most interesting shmups I've played in a long time. Quite difficult at first, but once you get the hang of it, man, it's really fun!"},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:04am","epoch":1377579540,"text":"Wow I really liked that, neato! And I beat casual on my last life left..."},{"author_name":"Neo-Blue","author_uid":"24994","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:08am","epoch":1377579780,"text":"This is a really cool take on the theme.  The controls were a bit awkward for me at first, but when you start getting used to them you can do some interesting stuff."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:09am","epoch":1377579840,"text":"This is fun, pretty interesting mechanics."},{"author_name":"awesomesauce","author_uid":"27721","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:12am","epoch":1377580020,"text":"Awesome! By far the coolest game mechanics I've seen this LD."},{"author_name":"eskivor","author_uid":"25329","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:47am","epoch":1377582120,"text":"is there a loop for the music ?"},{"author_name":"Liz England","author_uid":"22429","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:52am","epoch":1377582420,"text":"&quot;Disclaimer: This game is really hard.&quot; Yes, yes it is. I love the mechanics though - hard to find interesting new ideas in a shoot 'em up these days!"},{"author_name":"Steve Cochrane","author_uid":"12266","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:55am","epoch":1377582600,"text":"Wow, impressive stuff! I don't think I've played a shmup where you don't have a gun before. I like how the abilities complement each other: grabbing a bullet with Z and then using S to teleport forward and slam it into the boss was satisfying. Nice NES chiptune too (or at least it sounds like an NES). This is probably the best in terms of gameplay that I've played so far. BTW the music cut out for me when I got to the boss and it didn't come back when I started over from the beginning, but it's no big deal."},{"author_name":"epaik","author_uid":"3876","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:56am","epoch":1377582660,"text":"thanks for the comments!\r<br\/>@eskivor: yes, the music is a loop we threw together in the last minutes."},{"author_name":"BloodJohn","author_uid":"26449","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:57am","epoch":1377582720,"text":"pretty interesting mechanic.\r<br\/>nice music, graphics &amp; control style.\r<br\/>thx 4 intro - we really need it 4 understand."},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:57am","epoch":1377582720,"text":"Oh yeah! Quit hitting yourselves. Why do you keep hitting yourselves? Great hook."},{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:11am","epoch":1377597960,"text":"My first thought was &quot;this is going to be too complicated&quot;, but It turned out really fun! Each ability creates unique gameplay. The fun is in figuring out which ability to use for the current situation."},{"author_name":"handCraftedRadio","author_uid":"1094","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1377620400,"text":"Nice this is awesome! I love the idea. Took a little while to figure out the controls but I thought it was really fun!"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:13am","epoch":1377655680,"text":"Pretty cool idea. I would have played it more but it kept lagging on my; could have been my browser or something. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Tainted_Code","author_uid":"5752","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:34am","epoch":1377656940,"text":"First shmup I've seen for LD and I loved it! Good job!"},{"author_name":"LegacyCrono","author_uid":"3093","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1377657180,"text":"I guess this is what happens when you mix Zero Wing, Braid and Dark Souls. This is AWESOME! I loved it, well done!"},{"author_name":"unusualcadence","author_uid":"20697","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:54am","epoch":1377686940,"text":"Spent a bunch of time playing this, I thought it was great! The 10 seconds theme really made the gameplay interesting on this, and I had a lot of fun :)"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1377701220,"text":"Really cool idea, well executed. I'd like to see something like this polished up really tight - great job!"},{"author_name":"kbm0","author_uid":"20498","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1377701280,"text":"Very cool idea, brilliant in fact! But the game was very frustrating for me and I died way too often :( Great job, though!"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1377701340,"text":"Interesting gameplay mechanic. :)"},{"author_name":"VoidChronos","author_uid":"10940","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1377721500,"text":"Nice experience, but too hard for me"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:49am","epoch":1377740640,"text":"Very original mechanics! Very cool!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:58am","epoch":1377741180,"text":"Whew, finally beat it on casual. The game mechanics and level of challenge is just classic!"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:46am","epoch":1377758460,"text":"Lots of interesting mechanics put together. Very solid gameplay, good stuff!"},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:22pm","epoch":1377778620,"text":"I like the mechanics very much. Game is hard even at casual stage. Still fun to play with time."},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1377807420,"text":"Nice job for this good game.\r<br\/>One feedback: I found the control a bit hard to use at the first time, I think you should consider introducing the different game mecanisms one by one when playing the game."},{"author_name":"epaik","author_uid":"3876","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1377808620,"text":"@gre:\r<br\/>Thanks! We actually did originally plan on introducing the game mechanics one by one. We had three bosses planned, and each one would introduce a new mechanic. Unfortunately, we had to cut down our scope in order to finish in time."},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1377880500,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Impmaster","author_uid":"25036","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 1:16am","epoch":1377911460,"text":"I found that it was a leeetle bit too hard to learn the controls AND dodge at the same time."},{"author_name":"Solifuge","author_uid":"22357","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:05am","epoch":1377928800,"text":"Incredibly crisp graphics and sounds, game mechanics I have never seen anything like, and incredibly challenging gameplay. Sell this thing on Steam. I'd pay a not insignificant amount of money to play this."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:20am","epoch":1378102500,"text":"Solid puzzler! Love the smoothness of the menu. Music fits quite well too!"},{"author_name":"GSM Productions","author_uid":"16481","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1378130280,"text":"Excellent mechanics for a shooter. It is indeed very hard, but the ideas inside are so great that I couldn't stop playing. Incredible! And I loved the retro style, too!"},{"author_name":"Misfit","author_uid":"10677","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1378131180,"text":"Wow! This is very polished. Great audio!"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1378137660,"text":"Lots of fun, loved the gameplay"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1378348380,"text":"Great entry! Nice take on the theme and I loved the music. Too bad I suck at shumups, because I was having plenty of fun."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1378407300,"text":"Nice entry, love the different ways you can control things and the audio. I featured it in my LD27 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out, http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DZbxb_2pbIE"},{"author_name":"Antidote","author_uid":"27803","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1378587660,"text":"Recorded a video with my first impressions :) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0JbQsnjNPF4"},{"author_name":"motty","author_uid":"25335","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 2:53am","epoch":1378867680,"text":"Brilliant. Just brilliant. A shmup without a gun. Superb. Really really good. Going to stop gushing now and go play it again."},{"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"5888","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 8:33am","epoch":1379233680,"text":"Nice one."},{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1379368860,"text":"Nice work. Cool concept, solid take on the theme. Nice sounds. 8\/10."}],"images":["ld27\/3876-7c77fc089f65249660762d0c64e74b2e.jpg","ld27\/3876-d913ff0c00e4e4f6f3391829a00bae76.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ekun.nukenine.com\/ld27\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/chronodrive.nukenine.com","text":"Postcompo"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24899","g_author":"3876","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24929","g_title":"Chronodrive","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"100","g_commentcount":"41","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\/3876-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/3876-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You're a space pirate who's recently acquired a brand\r\nspanking new Chronodrive!\r\n\r\nAlthough this particular model only has a fuel capacity\r\n of 10 seconds, it's more than powerful enough for you\r\n to escape the space system you 'borrowed' it from.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\n\r\nBest played in Google Chrome\r\nMade by kyle and eugene.\r\n\r\nDisclaimer: This game is really hard. 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