{"author_link":"\/author\/rhy3756547\/","author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","comments":[{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1355769840,"text":"Awesom, vibrant graphics.  I liked the rhythm element too"},{"author_name":"enfyrneaux","author_uid":"11040","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:42am","epoch":1355791020,"text":"Somehow I keep winding up in spectator mode?"},{"author_name":"ecool377","author_uid":"16979","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:43am","epoch":1355791080,"text":"i love it."},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:45am","epoch":1355791200,"text":"This is fantastic, and I'm sorry you haven't had more comments yet!\r<br\/>Great to see some node.js work in here - I'll send this on to some nodey friends of mine - they'll enjoy it."},{"author_name":"Azlen","author_uid":"18078","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:47am","epoch":1355791320,"text":"Very fun. Hard to get the hang of."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:56am","epoch":1355791860,"text":"@enfyrneaux When you die you watch the rest of the game in spectator mode, if you ended up there without dying then that's a problem."},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:47am","epoch":1355830920,"text":"had a problem on one of my computers 'Connection lost', and before that, always a javascript alert [event Object] or sth. Might have been because that computer is behind a proxy. Tested on my mac, and it worked"},{"author_name":"Rob","author_uid":"14195","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1355833140,"text":"Cool game, I also got connection lost in the middle of the game"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1355833920,"text":"Waiting for connection for 15 minutes...:\/\r<br\/>Sounds good though. I'll tried later"},{"author_name":"rxi","author_uid":"16007","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1355835300,"text":"One of the nicest looking entries I've seen so far!"},{"author_name":"BenW","author_uid":"128","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1355838240,"text":"I would have liked to use the keyboard to control my rotation, otherwise nice work."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1355838600,"text":"Hmm... I'll need to look into the connection errors when I get back home. For now I've fixed the error reporting, so if you got [event Object] then you should try again and report back what it says. Thanks for all the feedback, those of you that could play!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I think the server is trying to delete the data of those who are erroring and therefore breaking the game for everyone else, so I'm gonna add a few sanity checks to the server."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1355856000,"text":"Fixed server bugs and bugs where the music desyncs and really messes with the gameplay."},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:52am","epoch":1355878020,"text":"It was definitely a cool and interesting game. A bit hard to get the hang out of at first, but nice to play anyways. :) The 30-second waiting screen was a bit obnoxious and I had to click away to avoid looking at it. Otherwise the game looked awesome! Great job!"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:12am","epoch":1355890020,"text":"lovely and very cool! Presentation is amazing as well!"},{"author_name":"tcql","author_uid":"15433","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 1:46am","epoch":1356054060,"text":"Love the graphics\/atmosphere, and the gameplay is a fun twist on rhythm gaming. A bit tough at first, and the 30 second wait is kind of annoying, but the possibility of cooperative play is pretty neat"},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1356103560,"text":"The 30 second wait was so you could pull together a bunch of people to playthrough a whole sitting, but I never managed to make the game long enough to justify it."},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 12:09am","epoch":1356134640,"text":"All I got was a filled (past bounds) loading bar with some music playing.\r<br\/>Browser is Firefox 17.0.1."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 1:36am","epoch":1356139860,"text":"Works fine on my Firefox 17.0.1. Not sure what the problem is."},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 8:21am","epoch":1356164160,"text":"Wooow its difficult but nice :)"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 9:07am","epoch":1356771720,"text":"Good idea, nice execution!"},{"author_name":"Retrac","author_uid":"18419","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1356795720,"text":"Overall this game was great. It was a little difficult to get used to but was still fun to play nonetheless. I think having an offline mode would be really good here, so players can avoid the 30 second wait if they want a solo match. Congratulations on a great game and good luck in the future."},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 7:38am","epoch":1356852780,"text":"Just got a chance to try the multiplayer, pretty neat! *thumbs up*"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 12:10am","epoch":1357430700,"text":"Looks and sounds so nice! Great job there!"}],"images":["ld25\/7339-60cda194cec1377b3653a771b5c413c3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/12239448\/LD25release\/index.html","text":"Web (and source)"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/12239448\/LD25release\/ld%20server.zip","text":"Server Software"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28141","g_author":"7339","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28171","g_title":"Rhythm Apocalypse","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"78","g_commentcount":"24","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\/7339-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are the harbinger of the rhythm apocalypse! Shoot lasers at earth in time with the music to cause it some damage, but watch out, the earth isn't defenseless!\r\n\r\nCollaborate to destroy the earth! You can invite someone else to join you to help make sweet harmonies!\r\n\r\n\r\n--- INSTRUCTIONS ---\r\n\r\nMouse to rotate around the planet, move the mouse further away from the middle to rotate faster. Use the mouse buttons or any key to hit notes!\r\n\r\nGame not finished, see post mortem.\r\n\r\n-- NOTES --\r\n\r\nHosted on nodejitsu. If something goes wrong with the game, please tell me with a comment on the post-mortem!\r\n\r\nRuns sub-optimally in Firefox, which might mess with timings. Use Google Chrome for the best experience!\r\n\r\nServer Software requires node.js and the module faye-websocket.<\/p>","title":"Rhythm Apocalypse"}