{"author_link":"\/author\/ditto\/","author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","comments":[{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:23am","epoch":1355728680,"text":"A very solid effort, Ditto. It was harder than I imagined too - I felt slow and very exposed!"},{"author_name":"tumoxep","author_uid":"13912","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:47am","epoch":1355733720,"text":"Five's in all fields"},{"author_name":"drizzlybear","author_uid":"6934","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:52am","epoch":1355734020,"text":"Awesome Idea-- I had a lot of ideas about reversing game-mechanics to be from the villain's frame, but this one hadn't crossed my mind. Sweet! :)"},{"author_name":"Gemberkoekje","author_uid":"5952","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:54am","epoch":1355734140,"text":"Unfortunately this crashed on my work computer; right at the beginning ~ I'll put this on a list to try at home~!"},{"author_name":"CMaster","author_uid":"10609","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:54am","epoch":1355734140,"text":"Nice work, although I couldn't work out which 360 button for the aiming attack."},{"author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:59am","epoch":1355734440,"text":"The aiming attack actually autoaims at the &quot;player ship&quot;! Thanks for the nice comments! :D"},{"author_name":"Agamgad","author_uid":"19026","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1355764740,"text":"Really Really challenging ! btw I love the inertia of its mandibules and its evil look !"},{"author_name":"Msquirrel","author_uid":"17911","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1355779200,"text":"Woah, that was really difficult, but a great idea and really well done!"},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1355780040,"text":"Fantastic presentation &amp; really well polished, it would have been easy to miss the subtlety of the boss's movement or the players avoidance, but you nailed it!"},{"author_name":"EatenAlive3","author_uid":"15753","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1355780460,"text":"Best game I have played so far this LD! Very very fun, thanks!"},{"author_name":"TheH","author_uid":"10868","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1355780520,"text":"Great concept, I love how you feel sluggish and like you can't really hit what you want to hit. AI behind the &quot;hero&quot; ship is pretty good as well, it's a lot harder to hit that little guy than you might think. ((makes me wish I was that good at dodging bullets in bullet nightmares haha))"},{"author_name":"tomvert","author_uid":"18469","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1355780880,"text":"Great, the defense move is very cool. Great animation too."},{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1355781420,"text":"Once you know how to play it is very doable. The problem is that the 'hero' gets stronger as time goes on. I didn't know how everything worked and the hero was already pumped before I could do anything about it.\r<br\/>Second try was much easier though. *Very* enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"TwilightFlandre","author_uid":"14448","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:15am","epoch":1355879400,"text":"Huh a bullet hell game that is difficult from the boss's point of view as well. The graphics look great by the way and the actual gameplay is super fun!"},{"author_name":"LaughingLeader","author_uid":"5393","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:15am","epoch":1355879400,"text":"This is a really neat concept. The graphics were great too, and I especially like the feel of the weight of moving the big boss around. Great job!"},{"author_name":"killmonday","author_uid":"19199","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1355950440,"text":"Cool! Nice twist of the standard game :)"},{"author_name":"Aslai","author_uid":"8782","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 5:58am","epoch":1356069180,"text":"The graphics were fantastic, and the game is pretty fun. However, if you can position one of your two omnidirectional shooters over the player, you can instagib him &gt;:3\r<br\/>It's a little OP. Just a little."},{"author_name":"Cyboot","author_uid":"10242","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:53am","epoch":1356176880,"text":"I remembered your last entry so I thought lets try this one too.\r<br\/>And I can say, it was worth it!\r<br\/>Graphics, Sound, Idea and Gameplay a really great. And - its hard to describe it - it feels so complete, not like it was developped in hurry of 48 hours.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>So very great Job. You can be proud! Thanks for making this game :)"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1356363720,"text":"It's a really good game !"},{"author_name":"Rialgar","author_uid":"3996","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 12:30am","epoch":1356567900,"text":"Great Game, could not stop trying till I won. I especially like how you need to protect the inner parts of your ship, because loosing them means loosing everything attached to them, too.\r<br\/>To my mind, the boss could use a little more color, though."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1356699120,"text":"Excellent art and implementation of this idea. The sluggishness of a mega-boss really is clearly conveyed. The player AI is rather basic but it's hard enough already. Damn players!"},{"author_name":"StMatn","author_uid":"18894","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1357523760,"text":"Awesome game! The graphics were pretty, sound was nice, but the player was too good at dodging bullets :P Very good game"}],"images":["ld25\/14669-6b03634353418e04afe3ca698960c975.jpg","ld25\/14669-3dd5bfe0e8387099b91d5cd801770881.jpg","ld25\/14669-215afde09eab9ce23f2868601f332c88.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/wyfxifxwl78lmn3\/EndBoss_Ditto_LD48.rar?dl=1","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/iipfhg85ewjpkax\/LD48uatv.rar?dl=1","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28322","g_author":"14669","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28352","g_title":"End Boss","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"3","g_commentcount":"22","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\/14669-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/14669-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/14669-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Written in C# with XNA \r\n\r\nAren't bullet hell bosses the coolest thing ever!? Well why can't you ever PLAY ONE!? NOW YOU CAN! OMG! \r\n\r\nPlay as a spidery big End Boss and squish that pesky little player ship! \r\n\r\n\r\nDo you have an Xbox-controller hooked up to your computer? GREAT, PLAY WITH IT! Otherwise keyboard is also fine. \r\n(Controls on gamepad is: left thumbstick to move. X, A, B to shoot and Y to defend.)\r\n\r\n\r\nBro tip: Don't let the player get power-ups! \r\n\r\nAlso, fuck, totally missed out on the goat thing.. :c<\/p>","title":"End Boss"}