{"author_link":"\/author\/bigbazwa\/","author_name":"bigbazwa","author_uid":"7362","comments":[{"author_name":"badlogic","author_uid":"4211","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1367252580,"text":"Approaching first tower &quot;this is easy&quot;, all of a sudden &quot;bullet hell!&quot;. Neat little game."},{"author_name":"karsyf","author_uid":"17889","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1367252760,"text":"Very fun, serious bullet hell after a while though!"},{"author_name":"corrigan_sam","author_uid":"16490","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1367252820,"text":"Ver cool, it was quite hard! I like the way it was done but i think there was a few to many enemies!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1367252880,"text":"It's a lot of fun when a bunch of enemies dashes towards you and you can use your grappling hook to evade :) You actually caught that part of just cause 2 pretty well I think. Well done :) Very nice music."},{"author_name":"whiteravens","author_uid":"23106","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1367252940,"text":"Great, but difficult game. :) Good work"},{"author_name":"imagnity","author_uid":"20678","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1367253000,"text":"More enemies please. Make me panic! :)"},{"author_name":"Fervir","author_uid":"20857","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1367253120,"text":"Well done. Tight controls fun mechanics.\r<br\/>Grappling hook is the best.\r<br\/>Beat the game with 27590."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1367253300,"text":"Nice. I liked the fast paced gameplay. I could never complete it though because after a while there are so many enemies."},{"author_name":"Michael Hall","author_uid":"20062","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1367257680,"text":"Holy crap, so many bullets. Anyway it was a pretty fun game. My only complaint is there isn't anyway stimulus to being so I feel like the bullets aren't doing anything and before I know it I'm dead"},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1367257800,"text":"Great game! the enemy AI tends to get stuck in the water"},{"author_name":"Lianne Booton","author_uid":"19939","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1367276280,"text":"I like your approach to the minimalism theme, and you did a pretty good job capturing the core essence of JC2 :)"},{"author_name":"TriBeard","author_uid":"20849","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1367276460,"text":"I like the look. I feel you have a few too many mechanics going on at once here - dropping one or two and laser focusing on the others would have made a better game IMO. I had fun though!"},{"author_name":"gilmore606","author_uid":"22003","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1367276640,"text":"So good, I thought I was actually playing Just Cause 2."},{"author_name":"villhest","author_uid":"12294","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1367276760,"text":"Wow dude! I managed to get all the towers, and it was pretty awesome! Now I'm jealous :\/"},{"author_name":"kratorspore","author_uid":"6762","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1367276880,"text":"Probably goes a bit over the top with the enemy spawn rate but its a totally impressive amount of work for a 48h jam. Well done. Lots of fun."},{"author_name":"bigbazwa","author_uid":"7362","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1367277120,"text":"Thanks for playing everyone! Glad you are enjoying it."},{"author_name":"Richard Matey","author_uid":"16170","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1367277960,"text":"I love Just Cause 2 also and when I read your trying to strip that down in 2 days I thought pffttt, but man that is just what you did. Really funny how similar the pace is and lots of fun kudos. I was able to rangle 20 enemies into a group at a time http:\/\/img9.imageshack.us\/img9\/8681\/b8acacc838a748079adec60.png"},{"author_name":"BipoleMoment","author_uid":"17283","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1367679180,"text":"The music is great and reminds me of James Bond.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Actually, the whole game does. That is if James Bond destroyed water towers."},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1367679420,"text":"Fun concept. Pretty straightforward game."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1367867640,"text":"Fun shooter!"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 10:04am","epoch":1368525540,"text":"Not bad at all! A lot of stuff for so little time! :)"}],"images":["ld26\/7362-a5c295e8f935cdffb56581d76f7916fe.jpg","ld26\/7362-cfbe8b14988f6a394157ae1d80612cbb.jpg","ld26\/7362-098f2fcfeb3a015dba8b0d2b7d4d9049.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.goblinclub.com\/JustBecause\/JustBecause.html","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/goblinclub\/just-because","text":"Kongregate"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/6nlxtawd9qqve4z\/ADCc1M7ssi","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25980","g_author":"7362","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26010","g_title":"Just Because","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"223","g_commentcount":"21","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\/7362-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7362-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7362-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I wanted to reduce Just Cause 2 to what I consider to be its most essential element: blowing up water towers for no good reason. \r\n\r\nDestroy all the water towers to win the game. Your health will regenerate slowly. Shooting your gun and blowing up water towers will increase your \"heat\", which will result in more enemies showing up to stop you. Hide away for a bit and your heat level will go down.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD\/Arrow Keys - Move\r\nSpacebar - Jump\r\nMove Mouse - Aim\r\nLeft Click - Shoot\r\nRight Click - Grappling Hook\r\n\r\nHints\/Tips:\r\n-Use your grappling hook to quickly escape when overwhelmed with enemies.\r\n-Enemies will help blow up water towers if they get in the way of shooting you.\r\n-Perhaps what you are looking for lies beyond the ends of the world...<\/p>","title":"Just Because"}