{"author_link":"\/author\/thermite\/","author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","comments":[{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1377614280,"text":"This game is awesome! I just kept laughing. The combination of level design and powerups makes for a challenging and fun game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Cthulhu","author_uid":"14665","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1377616920,"text":"Wonderful game, very polished. I like the fact that there are so many different power-ups. The levels are also very well-designed.\rGreat work."},{"author_name":"Mental Atrophy","author_uid":"26025","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1377616920,"text":"Really liked the variety in level design."},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1377617880,"text":"Thanks for all the great comments so far, we really appreciate the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Mr.Greenhat","author_uid":"24869","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1377623640,"text":"Wow, that was a pretty lengthy and fun game! Good job guys! Loved the images that were hidden in the levels :)"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1377626340,"text":"very cute game cool powerups"},{"author_name":"daOyster","author_uid":"24971","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1377627540,"text":"Very fun. At first I was like, just another platformer. Then I got to my first power up and then it got even more fun. Awesome power ups and level design. Very lengthy for a ludum dare entry also."},{"author_name":"Spotline","author_uid":"11703","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1377639420,"text":"Very fun, the character's a pleasure to play, good level design :) well done !"},{"author_name":"kebabskal","author_uid":"8353","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1377639420,"text":"Platform controls are great. The theme feels a little forced. But sorta fun game :)"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1377639720,"text":"Damn, great job. Solid platforming mechanics, some cool level design (liked the falling spike tunnel one a lot), very polished."},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"391","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1377639900,"text":"I don't like the "high def" because it made me force the browser to full-screen to fit everything on this laptop display."},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1377640020,"text":"Fun little game with decent graphics, and the variety of powerups keeps things fresh. The link with the theme seems a little tenuous though."},{"author_name":"Beerman","author_uid":"5206","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1377640080,"text":"Nice. Level design gets evil pretty quickly :)"},{"author_name":"JimmyDelaney19","author_uid":"26384","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1377640080,"text":"The game was very fun. Good Level Design!"},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1377640440,"text":"A great platformer! The idea of "not all powerups are good" tickles my OCD-sense though (I gotta get them all).\rI like graphics, especially for the powerups.\rI did not played through it all, but it seems like you also have plenty of levels, which means plenty of fun is still waiting to be had. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1377641160,"text":"Made it to level 19. this game is hella fun, and i'm suprised you made all these levels in such a short amount of time"},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1377641460,"text":"Thanks everyone! BTW, if anyone can finish level 19, post a screenshot please! We managed each individual section but we haven't seen anyone manage it in one go. It's designed to be a killer!"},{"author_name":"TeamAlpha","author_uid":"27826","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1377641820,"text":"Amazing game, deserves 10 stars for Fun."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1377641880,"text":"Awesome game, cool powerups, and so many levels! You did an awesome job!"},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1377645360,"text":"Nice level design. Some "powerups" where infuriating.... in a fun way!"},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1377647400,"text":"Really good fun. Loved level 10. Great power-ups."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:34am","epoch":1377653340,"text":"Solid mechanics and good animation!"},{"author_name":"murilo","author_uid":"6882","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:52am","epoch":1377654420,"text":"Best one so far!! The power up combinations is a lot of fun! The controls were good too. Congrats guys!"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:05am","epoch":1377655200,"text":"Was really cool, never seen so many powerups in my life. Good job on excel sheet thing too, never heard of that either. Overall really nicely done. Good job."},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:19am","epoch":1377663240,"text":"http:\/\/s21.postimg.org\/5a0a313mv\/screen.png\r\rWell, we got to level 20 and beat it, but we might not have got there in quite the expected way...if you catch my drift. I won't explain what we did here so that it's not ruined.\r\rI still want to go back and beat 19 though. That sick, sick torture chamber of a level."},{"author_name":"myberrycold","author_uid":"28030","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:34am","epoch":1377671340,"text":"Great mechanics, and so many levels for a short time! I had loads of fun with this! nice way of expressing the theme! Addictive!! :D"},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:30am","epoch":1377674700,"text":"It's great to see so many positive comments, thanks guys!\r\r@SnoringFrog you can blame Bob for that level, I actually had to persuade him to remove a load of fast time powerups that made it even worse!"},{"author_name":"zutang","author_uid":"28042","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1377696300,"text":"the game was smooth and creative! one thing to point out is that you get smashed under platforms XD i think that's a feat in its self. you should check it out :P"},{"author_name":"nddrylliog","author_uid":"4598","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1377720780,"text":"I don't know what to say that even though it has the typical tropes of a platformer it was really enjoyable. Keep going!"},{"author_name":"DeanoC","author_uid":"4322","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:53am","epoch":1377769680,"text":"Awesome, loved it!"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1377793740,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1377810960,"text":"Nice platformer. Lots of levels, which is awesome. I wish it had checkpoints, though. Some of the deaths right in front of the exit where very frustrating ;)"},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1377817560,"text":"I love the power-ups you've used for this game, and I also like the pixellated parallax backgrounds. Great game, guys!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1377818520,"text":"I had fun! Nice use of powerup combinations for interesting puzzles."},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1377819540,"text":"That was a really nice platformer. I really like the way you intertwined the strange powerups theme with 10 seconds."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1377819600,"text":"Great level design and tight platforming controls! That was a pretty challenging game and using powerups as difficulty shifts is a nice mechanic. Super fun to play!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:15am","epoch":1377825000,"text":"Nice one! Reminds me of Rayman. Haven't seen the likes of a shrinking potion for years. Great bit of nostalgia :]"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:28am","epoch":1377829380,"text":"Well done! Great gameplay!"},{"author_name":"Zer0Kelvin","author_uid":"11953","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:56am","epoch":1377831060,"text":"Got to level 15. The variety of powerups and different things to do is great! This one could have worked for the "strange powerups" theme too (or whatever it was called)."},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:30am","epoch":1377833100,"text":"Ah, level 15, or as we called it "The Macerator" :)\r\rThanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"ghRibacki","author_uid":"7839","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:42am","epoch":1377833820,"text":"Come on, man! Up to level 18 was OK, but 19 is just devilish!\rI liked this game a lot! I like how music switches on certain levels and how some sound effects are changed when using certain power ups. =)"},{"author_name":"marccspro","author_uid":"26996","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:04am","epoch":1377842340,"text":"Very nice game :D good job !"},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1377876660,"text":"Great twist for a platformer! I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1377881820,"text":"Cute game! Very clean level design. Just please don't make someone do those jumps at the very beginning. Loved the music."},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1377897780,"text":"Lovely variety of levels and mechanics.There is scope here for a really interesting expanded version, perhaps with some more interesting hazards and enemies. Good work!"},{"author_name":"gravyhands","author_uid":"26121","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1377902340,"text":"Nice controls. Lots of content!"},{"author_name":"XaiZil","author_uid":"27796","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1377905100,"text":"This seemed so complete! Great ideas, works really well"},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1377963300,"text":"Level-design is awesome! Fantastic abilities! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1378054260,"text":"Not extremely original (though short-term power-ups are a neat idea), but a very good and substantial version of those extremely-hard puzzle platformers. The retro graphics are nice, especially the background. Cute title screen. Well coded and all around polished.\r\rTurned out to be a bit hard for me, though: I gave up on level 19. Also, the controls seem a bit floaty (even if you haven't got the Low Gravity power-up). Nevertheless, very good work."},{"author_name":"Brejlounek","author_uid":"19599","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1378143840,"text":"Wow! Thats really fun... Great leveldesign! Got to level 19 quite into the insides, didn't finish yet, will return to it. Levels 17 and after are H.A.R.D. :D"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 3:41am","epoch":1378265760,"text":"adding to my list of favorites -- great job"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 8:38am","epoch":1378369980,"text":"All this power up, this is great. \rGood job on the level design, when you start mixing the PwUp, it becomes really fun."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1378499400,"text":"Nice, solid game play and really fun. Well done."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1378847400,"text":"Nice level design.\rAlso, being able to stack power-ups felt great! :)\r\rMy only complaint is the screen size... it's way too big... but that's only my opinion. xD"},{"author_name":"Sink","author_uid":"26274","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1379171100,"text":"This game is extremely engaging! I really enjoyed the level design and how all the power ups worked. The music was pretty good as well. The only thing is that the graphics are a bit boring, but animations are nice and smooth."}],"images":["ld27\/27791-f4d1f3719a68d0dda77fe9155c2299b3.jpg","ld27\/27791-7a226e07be0567ecb29205d2e398f43c.jpg","ld27\/27791-51fdf07149cae2a5bf5f5c4626ca27e2.jpg","ld27\/27791-cd869413384b7d04360f2670480ef244.jpg","ld27\/27791-7f9df80d927eb5f8f31aa5512732ae73.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bobhaigh.com\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bobhaigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/LD27.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_nZdiZu3in8","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/08\/29\/mechanical-madness-ld27-jam-post-mortem\/","text":"Postmortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24908","g_author":"27791","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24938","g_title":"Mechanical Madness","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"96","g_commentcount":"55","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\/27791-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27791-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27791-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27791-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27791-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What's this, all power ups and no enemies? Possibly, but not all collectibles are created equal. Grab the goodies and avoid the stinkers, and remember, they only last TEN SECONDS! \r\n\r\nHow to play: Use the arrow keys or WASD to run and jump through 20 levels of fun (and possibly frustration). \"R\" will reset the level via suicide. Escape to return to menu. Numpad + and - for volume.\r\n\r\nCode: Paul Newsham (@GrimUpNorthish) and Bob Haigh.\r\nArt: Bob Haigh and Graham Hepplestone.\r\nMusic: AutoTracker.py\r\nSounds: Paul and Bob, via some SFXR face-smashing.\r\n\r\nMade using HaxeFlixel, SFXR, AutoTracker, and GraphicsGale.","title":"Mechanical Madness"}