{"author_link":"\/author\/dom2d\/","author_name":"dom2d","author_uid":"1893","comments":[{"author_name":"nihilocrat","author_uid":"2014","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:19am","epoch":1355717640,"text":"Props for completing a jam entry ahead of the deadline!"},{"author_name":"dom2d","author_uid":"1893","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1355759880,"text":"Please note that the game ramps up after a few levels - please play for a little while to see how intense the game gets :)"},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1355760240,"text":"That's weird but nice idea :)"},{"author_name":"permanente1600","author_uid":"10742","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1355761560,"text":"very unique twist on the standard arrow key control scheme. I had load of fun playing this, it can get hectic once you have more guys on screen."},{"author_name":"Frolacosta","author_uid":"19156","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1355761620,"text":"Interesting idea! There were some errors when trying to move more than three characters at once however"},{"author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1355762460,"text":"Excellent aesthetics!"},{"author_name":"Fonserbc","author_uid":"16828","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1355762520,"text":"Great. Really Fun and intense over time. Really good looking!"},{"author_name":"dom2d","author_uid":"1893","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1355763540,"text":"We noted some randomness in the keyboard errors depending on the OS! Usually on PC, the B N G and H letter keys don't work too well with others, and on Mac it's L and I, I think! Weird, eh? :P"},{"author_name":"gilesa","author_uid":"18429","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1355764080,"text":"Great graphics and innovative gameplay!"},{"author_name":"nihilocrat","author_uid":"2014","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1355765100,"text":"Keyboard errors are probably due to the keyboard controller hardware, though I suspect OS can contribute, too. This is why, for example, the Arcade Royale arcade machine actually uses two seperate keyboard controllers because otherwise you would get really weird results when multiple players tried to press their buttons at the same time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't even think to try to move multiple dudes at the same time! Somehow I got to Level V anyways, but had to go afk suddenly, I was so bummed. My strategy was to try to space out the dudes as much as possible so that when a black hole appeared, I would only need to move one at a time in ideal circumstances. If I thought about multiple dudes, I would probably try to group together dudes who are close together on the keyboard, but otherwise keep the same strategy. Kinda hard to move A and P at the same time."},{"author_name":"Edocentrique","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1355766120,"text":"Great idea !"},{"author_name":"dx0ne","author_uid":"11733","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1355767800,"text":"Now I see those pretty images actually have sense :) Nice idea. Seems like it was fun to make and is kinda fun to play."},{"author_name":"Birchmountain","author_uid":"10933","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1355769000,"text":"Wow, the concept is amazing and very clever! The graphics are great and the music isn't that bad. A very great game for the jam!"},{"author_name":"Mysterarts","author_uid":"11869","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1355770200,"text":"I love the aesthetics :) And the gameplay is original, well done team!"},{"author_name":"1CoinTeam","author_uid":"18847","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:50am","epoch":1355798700,"text":"Very great idea and cool graphics. Fun to play!"},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:09am","epoch":1355803440,"text":"Great game with a great mood.  Not quite sure how it fits into the theme though"},{"author_name":"SeventySevian","author_uid":"19642","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:01am","epoch":1355810160,"text":"Thanks everyone for the great comments! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>@amassingham To fit into the theme, when one of your characters die, he turns into a skeleton and creates a black hole that can eventually kill the others. And as a player, when you accidentally hit the key of a dead character, you bring him back to life as a skeleton chasing your other Alphanauts to death."},{"author_name":"nickworks","author_uid":"18927","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:36am","epoch":1355819460,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"Gemberkoekje","author_uid":"5952","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:24am","epoch":1355822340,"text":"This game is quite fun; very well done.\r<br\/> - I really liked the graphics\r<br\/> - It indeed started a little slow, a tad faster progression would've been nice.\r<br\/> - The only thing I would've done differently is to use keys which are close or next to each other, e.g. Q,W,E,R,T,Y. But then you'd need to detect which kind of keyboard the person is using..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>So yeah, well done :P"},{"author_name":"technobeanie","author_uid":"19675","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1355840880,"text":"You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the good feedback on our little game! :D"},{"author_name":"Ashkin","author_uid":"1722","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1355862420,"text":"I got up to room U... And that's where it all went wrong D:\r<br\/>I guess the 'villain' part is where you accidentally create omeganauts by pressing the wrong key?\r<br\/>The gameplay is innovative and very challenging towards the later levels. The graphics were good, and the music was fitting. Well done!"},{"author_name":"luke161","author_uid":"18519","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1355868000,"text":"Yo, \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game is lovely, great amount of polish, really slick presentation. The death animation and mechanics that arise from losing guys are really sweet, it's almost a shame you don't see them crop up till later levels.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you were to expand on the idea a multiplayer could be cool, like half the keyboard each participant or something (player 2 on w,a,s,d I guess??). Agree with other comments that it could ramp up a bit smoother, but the curve isn't too bad, we're all just too impatient!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Didn't expect anything less from you guys, definitely one of the top games in the comp, good work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(this is @papercaves by the way ;) )"},{"author_name":"luke161","author_uid":"18519","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1355868060,"text":"Ramp up in difficulty a bit 'quicker' I meant to say ;)"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1355872500,"text":"Impressive polish. Love the idea!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Too bad it doesn't have anything to do with the theme :("},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:36am","epoch":1355895060,"text":"Amazing. Difficult, but amazing!"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1356102000,"text":"I was super good until the two last levels (with VW\/XYZ) where I had only 3-4 survivors. One of the greatest game I played. Graphics are great, Gamaplay and controls are very innovative...the only problem is the theme, Ii's VERY slight."},{"author_name":"StoneMonkeyStudios","author_uid":"15650","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:05am","epoch":1356148800,"text":"Interesting gameplay!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Your own mistakes will haunt you!"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1356287820,"text":"Great game, I was about to give you a bad mark for the theme until I saw the description (mah, good excuse). Also, i love the graphics which weren't enough used ( i wanna see moar now :( ). Really nice concept for such a short time :3"},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1356361020,"text":"Original concept for sure with awesome graphics but ,I don't know, I didn't find it's so fun overall ... probably I failed everytime with a very low score :\/"},{"author_name":"Pitoum","author_uid":"7969","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 8:18am","epoch":1356509580,"text":"Great idea! Highly polished. \r<br\/>That's a great way to use all of our keys :) Maybe the control are a bit rough (I'd like to go in diagonal)."},{"author_name":"Houly","author_uid":"7224","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 12:30am","epoch":1356654300,"text":"Looks really great and feels polished."},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1356803520,"text":"Style. Substance. Innovation. This has it all.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Plus it's educational. Fantastic work."},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1356908700,"text":"Cool idea, the player must be aware of the whole thing to win :D"},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Dec 31, 2012 @ 2:30am","epoch":1356920700,"text":"Pretty good. Expected some sort of victory screen after room Z."},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1357600800,"text":"Absolutely amazing job."}],"images":["ld25\/1893-1c0cc4b790ef816b71beb827a95e0dc9.jpg","ld25\/1893-08a57a8d972b82d6c1d771d71a543dec.jpg","ld25\/1893-0cd96d42ef56ce28932a900b4135e565.jpg","ld25\/1893-0251140362edcf8e2ba3d6252945fc5e.jpg","ld25\/1893-a52a36f2a26d3c1b15d3508d9256e427.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/technobeanie.com\/stuff\/games\/Alphanauts\/LudumDare\/WebPlayer\/WebPlayer.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/technobeanie.com\/stuff\/games\/Alphanauts\/LudumDare\/Alphanauts_win32.zip","text":"Windows 32-bit"},{"url":"http:\/\/technobeanie.com\/stuff\/games\/Alphanauts\/LudumDare\/Alphanauts_win_x64.zip","text":"Windows 64-bit"},{"url":"http:\/\/technobeanie.com\/stuff\/games\/Alphanauts\/LudumDare\/Alphanauts_macOSX.zip","text":"Mac OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27476","g_author":"1893","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27506","g_title":"Alphanauts","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"51","g_commentcount":"35","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\/\/201083\/1893-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1893-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1893-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1893-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/1893-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"ALPHANAUTS\r\nDominique Ferland - Game Designer & Art\r\nPierre-Luc Poirier - Programmer & Music\r\nIan Girard - Programmer\r\n\r\nControls\r\nLetter keys (press and hold) - Control 1 or more characters\r\nArrow keys - Move selected character(s)\r\nEnter - Start game\r\nEsc - Quit to menu, Quit Game\r\n\r\nAlphanauts are trying to survive an onslaught of strange black holes long enough to scan weird, dangerous rooms. \r\nYou control all of them - up to 26 characters! Simply press and hold a letter key, then use arrow keys to move the Alphanaut marked with that letter. You can control multiple little guys at once too!\r\n\r\nThe situation can go to hell pretty quickly - dying alphanauts form black holes too, and death will affect all the other characters on screen. Calling upon a dead character by mistake will cause painful memories to his grieving friends, plus his skeleton will rise from the darkness to attack his old teammates!\r\n\r\nSurvive as long as you can, as the black holes spread faster and more and more Alphanauts join the fray!\r\n\r\nTheme\r\nThere is no enemy in the game, except the dead Alphanauts you trigger by pressing the wrong keys! You are your worst enemy!<\/p>","title":"Alphanauts"}