{"author_link":"\/author\/sestren\/","author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","comments":[{"author_name":"nurabsal","author_uid":"21614","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:04am","epoch":1367207940,"text":"huge cred. this had me all smiles"},{"author_name":"Kom","author_uid":"12552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1367208720,"text":"I like this take on the theme, quite an amusing way to control a game within a game."},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1367279400,"text":"Very nice ideia, loved the NES controller :P"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:48am","epoch":1367282580,"text":"Very interesting concept !"},{"author_name":"PurpleMoustache","author_uid":"20308","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1367282760,"text":"This is really really good.\r<br\/>The only complaint I have is making the cut-scene text either faster, or letting the player skip to the next part."},{"author_name":"fussycashew","author_uid":"18011","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:52am","epoch":1367282820,"text":"Really awesome! I love your take on the theme, as well as the gameplay in general."},{"author_name":"ataxkt","author_uid":"14547","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1367282880,"text":"Ahaha, excellent! Thank you for this!"},{"author_name":"Zim the Fox","author_uid":"21185","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1367282880,"text":"Hahaha! I loved this. That is all I have to say. I think I got an score around 70."},{"author_name":"allinlabs","author_uid":"2908","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:54am","epoch":1367282940,"text":"Haha fun and creative idea :D it take time to get used to the control, but once you're mastering it, you're back to the good'ol days when you were just a child in pajamas on a sunday morning playing the NES. Had a good time, thanks :)"},{"author_name":"Mark Hildreth","author_uid":"13982","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:57am","epoch":1367283120,"text":"Very neat idea, my highest theme score yet. I was sorely disappointed when the game ended."},{"author_name":"Dax","author_uid":"7756","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1367283660,"text":"Cool way to control the game, that was a good point that you can throw balls to hit fire wile moving"},{"author_name":"SuperlevelSebastian","author_uid":"23031","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:49am","epoch":1367293440,"text":"Cute!"},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1367327160,"text":"Very original and cool concept and amazingly the game itself is simple, fun and extremely attractive."},{"author_name":"Pinkerator","author_uid":"23092","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1367327280,"text":"Original idea, nice graphics and pretty hard gameplay! Now I got how gamepad in two hands make game easier ;)"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1367339040,"text":"Well made, pretty interesting concept and good fun to play around with. A little bug with the difficulty but other than that a well made game. Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"ilovepixel","author_uid":"13148","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1367350260,"text":"Really innovative. First time I see a game like this."},{"author_name":"Zim the Fox","author_uid":"21185","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:37am","epoch":1367375520,"text":"I'm kinda disappointed the konami code does not work! x3"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1367413320,"text":"@Zim: I love the idea of in-game cheat codes that work. If I can manage time to make a post-compo version, it will definitely have something like that."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1367417700,"text":"This was really interesting! But I found the control schemes a little hard. =X"},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1367450160,"text":"This is an interpretation of &quot;minimalism&quot; I haven't seen much of. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"enzo","author_uid":"2074","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:43am","epoch":1367473080,"text":"now I'm wondering why nobody's had this idea before! super original!"},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1367518200,"text":"Very funny interpretation of the them :-)"},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:28am","epoch":1367540580,"text":"Quality stuff. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, you could kind of circumvent the system by standing on the gamepad with the scientist and clicking the button with your mouse. Then, it's almost like regular space invaders but the rocket continues on."},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:29am","epoch":1367540640,"text":"5\/5 on innovation. The start button could work as pause =D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Amazing job."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:31am","epoch":1367540760,"text":"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!\r<br\/>GENIUS!\r<br\/>One of the best uses of the theme I've seen. Great job!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I love how you have the select button and you can even press it but it does nothing at all like usual. HAHA"},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:43am","epoch":1367541480,"text":"Oh this is funny! Love the idea and it was executed pretty darn great. I almost got a highscore (38!) Awesome."},{"author_name":"sharbelfs","author_uid":"3689","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:54am","epoch":1367542140,"text":"Great idea of the controller."},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1367781120,"text":"Nice game, i like the concept! Well done :)"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1367788200,"text":"Awesome! love the hand-drawn look for the &quot;real world&quot;"},{"author_name":"Ray_Mickelino","author_uid":"17914","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1367793780,"text":"Awesome. 5 stars all the way"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:26am","epoch":1367900460,"text":"speechless -- awesome effort!"},{"author_name":"Eternal_Rest","author_uid":"21324","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 8:00am","epoch":1367999700,"text":"Not a bad Idea. It needs more than just this to be a complete game tho. I seemed to only half loost my highscore when I died tho. I had 99, got game over and started again with 49."},{"author_name":"sara.mena","author_uid":"14622","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1368708300,"text":"I like the idea and the game is really funny to play and unusual :)  Sounds are neat and the handdrawing feel is cool. I really wish you could polish this game a bit more :D"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1368710160,"text":"Work on the post-compo version has been slowed down by life events, however, for those that are interested in following my progress, I think I'll go ahead and post the link to the post-compo version for now, with the understanding that it's still a work in progress. I have a lot of ideas I'd like to implement for this game before I call it done, so I'll probably be working on it long after the voting period is over."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 3:01am","epoch":1368759360,"text":"Full Marks for Fun and Innovation and theme, fantastic idea that could definitely be furthered after, I would love to see different games being played with the same mechanics, maybe even different controls (analog sticks, flight sticks, racing wheels, real world dangers, etc)  oh man, the possibilities are endless.  Ether way, fantastic entry."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 3:02am","epoch":1368759420,"text":"I should probably play the post compo version now..."},{"author_name":"mildmojo","author_uid":"6748","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 6:14am","epoch":1368770940,"text":"Cool mechanic! Tough with a touchpad, but that's true of most keyboard+mouse games. The lo-fi graphics felt just right, and the indirect controls felt pretty good. Miniature baseball collection was genius."},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1368820980,"text":"Very clever. Like farmergnome said, the idea has a lot of potential, using different genres of games to test the player in unusual ways. Imagine a two player mode (or &quot;one man\/two controllers&quot; mode)! :)"}],"images":["ld26\/10343-19afdbbb1157aa93fbe577b179732624.jpg","ld26\/10343-3ad02a4017fbe32e01094a5eee1538ce.jpg","ld26\/10343-ac27321c2ef97a4d18e72c211b3f3a64.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/24565598\/Repositories\/LD26_Compo\/bin-compo\/LD26_Compo.html","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/24565598\/Repositories\/LD26_Compo\/bin-postcompo\/LD26_Compo.html","text":"Web (Post-Compo)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MteQubq6Dgc","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/SestrenExsis\/LD26_Compo\/tree\/81f81aa1d611757b36b881f201d78e64de85e832","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27201","g_author":"10343","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27231","g_title":"HELPME_","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"167","g_commentcount":"38","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\/10343-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/10343-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/10343-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Have you ever wanted to get a high score? What if your life depended on it?\r\n\r\nYou are a researcher who has accidentally been shrunken down in size. Luckily, hidden away inside of one of your favorite classic game cartridges is an easter egg that will send out a distress beacon. But, in order to activate it, you must get a high score and enter \"HELPME\" at the name submission screen. That won't be easy, since using the game's controller now requires lots of extra legwork now that you're only a couple of inches tall.\r\n\r\nDon't forget to bring your supply of shrunken experimental baseballs; they will help you hit buttons very quickly that are far away from you.\r\n\r\nControls for \"INVADER\" are as follows:\r\n\r\nMove with the D-Pad\r\nShoot with the B Button\r\nActivate your shields with the A Button. Shields last for 2 seconds, and recharge after 15 seconds.\r\nRespawn after a death with the Start Button\r\nSelect Button (as usual) does nothing\r\n\r\nBug Fix (04\/30\/2013 1:47 PM CST): The enemy spawning time multiplier was not properly being reset after a Game Over, resulting in the game's difficulty setting remaining stuck for longer than it should be. This resulted in the need to reset the entire game in order to reset the difficulty. This has now been fixed as a potentially game-breaking bug. Since it doesn't affect anyone's playing the game the first time through, I hope fixing it doesn't disqualify my entry. Thank you, Jellycakes, for helping me find this bug.\r\n\r\nPost-competition version: The \"Web (Post-Compo)\" link will always point to the latest version of the game, so check back in the coming weeks for updates or follow me on Twitter, @JshCrrgn.<\/p>","title":"HELPME_"}