{"author_link":"\/author\/saint11\/","author_name":"saint11","author_uid":"7981","comments":[{"author_name":"7Soul","author_uid":"2958","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:14am","epoch":1367204940,"text":"Great job. It's a very simple concept but the level of polish is very high."},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1367206500,"text":"Polished and nicely done. Had a good laugh with the voice over job :)."},{"author_name":"Tuba","author_uid":"11195","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:16am","epoch":1367208660,"text":"DAT GRAPHICS :o\r\rVery beautiful and fun game (also quite hard), great job. :)"},{"author_name":"CyberYeti","author_uid":"17685","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:23am","epoch":1367212680,"text":"Really amazing atmosphere and style while keeping some incredibly fun and challenging gameplay. One of the best entries I've seen yet. Great job!"},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:26am","epoch":1367212860,"text":"Astounding polish. I just wish I had someone to play with!"},{"author_name":"Andre Kent","author_uid":"21560","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:30am","epoch":1367213100,"text":"As expected, simple, but so different! It's hard to see a well-designed rock-paper-scissors game with some level of challenge! I'm astonished! :D (The sound effects are great too!)"},{"author_name":"NAMKCOR","author_uid":"7685","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:33am","epoch":1367213280,"text":"Fantastic little game, the rock\/paper\/scissors element really makes it tense."},{"author_name":"FuzzyWuzzie","author_uid":"22923","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:40am","epoch":1367213700,"text":"Great game! My only complaint is that I had a hard time making sense of the Japanese characters (and what was what)."},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:41am","epoch":1367213760,"text":"I hit one bug (I struck early in round 2 or 3, then the game never let me continue), but never hit that issue again after a refresh. \r\rOtherwise, excellent game. Samurai Kirby was one of my favorite things as a kid, and this is a great tribute to it (with a nice twist as well!)."},{"author_name":"Muu?","author_uid":"7264","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:47am","epoch":1367214120,"text":"Cool and polished rock-scissor-paper implementation."},{"author_name":"gabehollombe","author_uid":"12419","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:00am","epoch":1367218500,"text":"I really, really enjoyed this one. This game gets my highest ratings yet. Fantastic art direction, simple mechanics, great soundtrack, moody feel. You should be very, very proud of this. Fantastic job!"},{"author_name":"Zathalos","author_uid":"11257","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:58am","epoch":1367221980,"text":"Simple mechanics with super sweet art wrapped up in a nice package. The game is nicely made and has a great mood. Awesome job."},{"author_name":"dissonance","author_uid":"4827","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:31am","epoch":1367223960,"text":"Great job! Very polished! A little too easy, but great nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"omaromeir","author_uid":"23110","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:13am","epoch":1367233680,"text":"Amazing, the idea is simple but the graphics, music and level of polish is just amazing :D."},{"author_name":"jhrrsn","author_uid":"18114","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:23am","epoch":1367234280,"text":"This game is the bomb! Really love the simple idea and solid execution, the style is awesome."},{"author_name":"DrGeraud","author_uid":"18891","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:46am","epoch":1367235660,"text":"Great !\rThat's so amusing, we have more or less the same gameplay and the same theme (samurai, ninja, whatever). My game is also about dueling with the sunset as backdrop.\r\rThey are not exactly the same, but one thing is sure : you handle it way better than me ! (I even aiming for the jam, I couldn't make it to the compo).\r\rSo, congrats ! \\o\/"},{"author_name":"lucasncv","author_uid":"10289","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1367239200,"text":"Excellent entry! Incredibly polished, good job."},{"author_name":"Infin8","author_uid":"4643","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1367239920,"text":"Awesome game. Hard to beat the AI, until you start acting randomly against it."},{"author_name":"semi","author_uid":"6429","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1367239980,"text":"A very polished rock-paper-scissors! Nice one!"},{"author_name":"Clodial","author_uid":"17897","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1367240400,"text":"Definitely one of my favorites so far XD"},{"author_name":"Tiago Ling Alexandre","author_uid":"10988","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1367241840,"text":"Nice game! Best audio so far! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"FredericRP","author_uid":"4277","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1367251440,"text":"Very nice, simple and efficient :)"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:25am","epoch":1367281200,"text":"I love the decisions you made with both the sound and the art style. Very cool entry."},{"author_name":"AlanBazan","author_uid":"22950","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:34am","epoch":1367281740,"text":"!@#!@#$! Good game!!!"},{"author_name":"Jan Marcano","author_uid":"13980","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:44am","epoch":1367282340,"text":"Awesome! Really nice level of polish. Has a high quality bar.\r\rThe last samurai was though!"},{"author_name":"Hegemege","author_uid":"11022","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:47am","epoch":1367282520,"text":"Stunning graphics, really fun and a bit challenging game! Lovely audio as well. 5\/5 hands down"},{"author_name":"Sakuyan","author_uid":"13803","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:48am","epoch":1367282580,"text":"This is really good! :)"},{"author_name":"Foxtacy","author_uid":"12398","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1367282760,"text":"Once again...\r\rVery well done! :D"},{"author_name":"saampahlavan","author_uid":"18047","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:12am","epoch":1367284020,"text":"One of the few games I played to the very end. Kinda wish there was a bigger ending, but overall the use of simple rock x paper x scissors and the tension of waiting for an attack really worked well with the theme. Fantastic job!"},{"author_name":"PAMVllo","author_uid":"15628","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:16am","epoch":1367284260,"text":"Nice Game! Very Hard but I liked it!"},{"author_name":"reverso13","author_uid":"12353","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:24am","epoch":1367284740,"text":"I love how you take such a simple idea to a very enjoyable game!! Also the graphics are really beautiful."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:58am","epoch":1367301180,"text":"Nice job!\rGraphics and gameplay looking interesting =)"},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:32am","epoch":1367303220,"text":"I'm impressed. You managed to make a Rock-Paper-Scissors-like game work as an actual game I would play."},{"author_name":"Chman","author_uid":"17883","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:44am","epoch":1367307540,"text":"Simple concept but very effective, and quite fun in two players mode !"},{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:09am","epoch":1367309040,"text":"A simple concept, beautifully polished."},{"author_name":"Angerus","author_uid":"12361","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:33am","epoch":1367314080,"text":"I really liked the humor, mood and overall degrees of realization of the game! I think that the concept, even in its simplicity, was well done and really answered the theme!\rSo... Banzaï Saint11! Banzaï!\rP.S : And thanks for your LD 23's code source. Really help me a lot for this LD! :)"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1367329380,"text":"Love the idea of a "single move", it makes this quite tense."},{"author_name":"henrykun","author_uid":"5379","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1367343660,"text":"Very nice graphics and good mechanics :)"},{"author_name":"ataxkt","author_uid":"14547","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1367351160,"text":"Really nicely polished. I wasn't sure which guy I was sometimes though! Maybe differentiate them slightly more? 5 stars!"},{"author_name":"PsenFilip","author_uid":"20764","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:23am","epoch":1367374680,"text":"The art is gorgeous. Overall aesthetics are sweet.\rI find it pretty humorous too. Had a good laugh when I first read rocku, papperu and scizoru on there."},{"author_name":"Jacob","author_uid":"1129","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:14am","epoch":1367381340,"text":"Well done!"},{"author_name":"GranaDa","author_uid":"11561","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1367424300,"text":"Totalmente Excelente! :D"},{"author_name":"Dohan","author_uid":"14678","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1367428500,"text":"This has been the most funny rock-paper-scissors game I've ever played. Great look and feel!"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:59am","epoch":1367459640,"text":"Pretty decent game. Well polished and was fun to play. Although the tron character at the end needs desperately to be nerfed or something"},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:30am","epoch":1367483100,"text":"What a coincidence, I made a Rock-Paper-Scissors like fighting game as well. Good game. Amazing polished."},{"author_name":"KevinZuhn","author_uid":"8695","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1367506080,"text":"Excellent! The long-haired ninja was my favorite."},{"author_name":"RobKat","author_uid":"14195","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1367511240,"text":"So cool! I presume there was a rock paper scissors thing going on but instead I rapid tapped the change move button and launched when the signal came :D Love this game!"},{"author_name":"rubna","author_uid":"14711","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1367520000,"text":"Great job! Really simple idea but effective none the less. The AI seemed a bit random though, and therefor unfair, but you can't really help that with this kind of game. Haven't tried versus, but I bet that's loads more fun. \rGreat entry overall!"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1367534820,"text":"So awesome, I love the animations, but the game itself is kind of confusing!"},{"author_name":"sharbelfs","author_uid":"3689","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:24am","epoch":1367540340,"text":"Hard as hell!! But it's very polished, and have great animations!"},{"author_name":"Alucard J","author_uid":"22505","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1367542080,"text":"Very hard, would suit 2 player better. Awesome graphics and audio, Well Done =]"},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:00am","epoch":1367567700,"text":"Love the graphics and animations! Game is fun too :D Nice job"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:26am","epoch":1367569260,"text":"Very well polished game ! Excellent graphics. Well done !"},{"author_name":"Knighty","author_uid":"3733","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 9:31am","epoch":1367573160,"text":"Fun game! It feels like the opponent is cheating and changing his move after I attack, but maybe I just have a slow reaction time."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1367619600,"text":"A really interesting twist to one of my favourite minigames ever. The rock-paper-scissors element adds an extra depth of strategy to this reaction-based game that makes it really fun and addictive (which basically means mindgames when playing against another person in versus mode :D)"},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1367697660,"text":"Looks great, I like the animation when executing a move. Well done."},{"author_name":"Kali Purr","author_uid":"14999","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 10:16am","epoch":1367748660,"text":"This game is really cool. It starts off a little jokey ("Mitsubishi!") But then becomes a game of concentration and patience. Wonderful!"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1368296040,"text":"Awesome game with fantastic gameplay."},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 9:41am","epoch":1368351360,"text":"Very dynamic mise-en-scene.\rI suck ; I can't win the first level of the game. I don't understand why.\r\r- SEPHY (@sephyka)"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 2:12am","epoch":1368410820,"text":"Well polished game, and fun. Played with my brother; turns out I'm pretty terrible."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1368417180,"text":"one of my favorites from the dare -- great job"},{"author_name":"xploitgames","author_uid":"22892","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1368561780,"text":"I had fun playing. No idea what I was doing. But I seemed to win. Versus mode is a ++! Great job!"},{"author_name":"rsodre","author_uid":"20202","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 6:24am","epoch":1368598740,"text":"muito bom!!"},{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1368652380,"text":"Very, very fun! I love it! This would actually make a pretty good combat system in some larger RPG. Not that the game isn't already plenty good on its own!\r\rSuggestion: If you want to add more visual polish (as if the game need it) you could make the rock-paper-scissors thoughts put the enemies in different stances, to reinforce the idea that it's a "move.""},{"author_name":"brantkings","author_uid":"7556","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 2:12am","epoch":1368929220,"text":"Great game. The amount of polish is outstanding! Versus mode is a +, it really is."}],"images":["ld26\/7981-dea95a1c3b9141e3b53876881ec8f5b6.jpg","ld26\/7981-32034597199da876bd1bfec8b77dd5f0.jpg","ld26\/7981-cf78705889975a720f82a95e5664132e.jpg","ld26\/7981-83cc525c6331cebe8c78c6488122add0.jpg","ld26\/7981-c4602d8d3800239cc3dcd4b08af7d619.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/thesaint11\/katana-senpou","text":"Play on Kongregate"},{"url":"http:\/\/studiominiboss.com\/jams\/ld26\/LudumDare48.swf","text":"SWF(Save As)"},{"url":"http:\/\/studiominiboss.com\/jams\/ld26\/LudumDare48.zip","text":"Source Code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25764","g_author":"7981","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25794","g_title":"Katana Senpou","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"34","g_commentcount":"65","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\/\/233892\/7981-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7981-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7981-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7981-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7981-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A game made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare.\r\nIt was inspired by Alex Kidd and Samurai Kirby (from Kirby Superstar).\r\n\r\nThis game is a tribute to the games that I liked when I was young, so all the Japanese text and voice (and even the tittle!) make absolutely no sense.\r\nI wanted people to feel the way I felt when I played Japanese games, where nothing made sense.\r\n\r\nThe single player mode has 11 levels and an ending image. If you to check out more about my work you can find it here: http:\/\/www.studiominiboss.com\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to my lovely wife @amora_b and to @ninaringo, who kept feeding me cookies and cupcakes while I was making this game!\r\n\r\nINSTRUCTIONS:\r\nThe game should be self explanatory, but here are the controls:\r\nFirst player (or single player):\r\nSPACE: Attack.\r\nZ or X: Change move.\r\nSecond Player:\r\nENTER: Attack\r\nO or P: Change move.\r\nWait for the Signal to attack (Watch out for the fake signal!)! And the moves works in a similar way to Rock, Paper Scissors.\r\n\r\nKNOWN BUGS:\r\n- There's a bug that sometimes may freeze the game if you attack right before the signal. But it's very uncommon, so just refresh and try again if you get it! I'll fix it on the next build!<\/p>","title":"Katana Senpou"}