{"author_link":"\/author\/khaotom\/","author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","comments":[{"author_name":"gupta_shvm","author_uid":"10767","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:59am","epoch":1346057640,"text":"Great, fun game!"},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:51am","epoch":1346060760,"text":"I think the player moves too fast, and is not very easy to see once enemies and bullets are everywhere - that said, I really liked the game the second I started :D"},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 11:37am","epoch":1346067120,"text":"Since there is still time left in the jam, I made some quick edits. The evolution system wasn't even working as intended, it is now. Also slowed down the player movement and attempted to make the player more visible by limiting the colors the enemies can be a bit. Also I had hardcoded a random.seed for testing purposes and forgot to take that out."},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1346070360,"text":"Really cool - Like a sort-of lo-fi Smash TV."},{"author_name":"Drabiter","author_uid":"8337","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:37am","epoch":1346225520,"text":"Good game, reminds me to Ultratron."},{"author_name":"TheBallCollective","author_uid":"16861","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:44am","epoch":1346225940,"text":"Really enjoyed this one, although I don't really see it fitting the theme. I also enjoyed the controls a lot!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- Andrew"},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 9:04am","epoch":1346230740,"text":"The blocks evolve over time, survivors pass on their traits, so theoretically, the ones that exit the playspace are more successful and eventuall ythe population of blocks will have traits that the player either 1) was unable to deal with or 2) preferred by letting them live."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 9:05am","epoch":1346230800,"text":"That is... if you survive long enough."},{"author_name":"D3zmodos","author_uid":"14492","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 9:35am","epoch":1346232600,"text":"Pretty cool, although the effects of the evolution are not always immediately evident, and the shooting noise gets to me a little after a while"},{"author_name":"raarlac","author_uid":"11711","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1346264040,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 6:45am","epoch":1346395200,"text":"The shooting sound was annoying as %@#$ but besides that I enjoyed it a lot :)"},{"author_name":"Spaceoff","author_uid":"5791","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 11:48am","epoch":1346499780,"text":"Good central idea, but not very apparent in actual gameplay.  Sound gets irritating... Gameplay wise it's fun, graphically fine too."},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 11:48am","epoch":1346499780,"text":"Fun game.  Your Kongregate link is malformed, FYI"},{"author_name":"MurrayL","author_uid":"7835","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1346536920,"text":"Pretty effective! I like the idea of the enemies adapting to playstyle."},{"author_name":"hgcummings","author_uid":"11392","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1346539080,"text":"This was quite a lot of fun - fast paced and frenetic. I enjoyed the retro sound effects too. I'm not sure I buy the evolution gimmick, but I did notice the blocks becoming more advanced after playing for a while (firing more complex patterns of buttons and moving more evasively)."},{"author_name":"thewiseguy99","author_uid":"14421","time":"Sep 6, 2012 @ 2:23am","epoch":1346897880,"text":"Fun game! Enjoyable to play."}],"images":["ld24\/7425-78e17c278f44c57fca97275c1b531bd9.jpg","ld24\/7425-7e5124dcbff7fc1e7b3c42bc58355fa1.jpg","ld24\/7425-023a1b6361b15b18854e3728c8170342.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/52817242\/BlockShootWin.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/52817242\/BlockShootMac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dlhttp:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/edenicholas\/block-shoot","text":"Kongregate (Web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/52817242\/LD24_Evolution.7z","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29141","g_author":"7425","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"29171","g_title":"Block Shoot","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"175","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/163678\/7425-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/7425-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/7425-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"BLOCK SHOOT\r\nLudum Dare #24 - Evolution\r\nBy Edwin DeNicholas (KhaoTom)\r\n\r\nHow To Play\r\nYou are the circle, shoot the blocks. They evolve if they get away. Survivors mingle traits so over time the most successful (those that exit the gameboard) should have traits that the player wasn't able to deal with.\r\n\r\nMovement\r\n- Keyboard: WASD\r\n- Controller: Left Stick or D-Pad\r\n\r\nShooting\r\n- Keyboard: Arrow Keys\r\n- Controller: Button 0-3 (A, B, X, Y)\r\n\r\nMove Slower\r\n- Keyboard: Hold either shift key\r\n- Controller: Hold either bumper\r\n\r\nPause Game\r\n- Keyboard: P or Tab\r\n- Controller: Start button\r\n\r\nQuit Game (Stand-alone only)\r\n- Pause the game, and then press Escape Key or Back button.\r\n\r\nResolution & Control Config (Stand-alone only)\r\n- Hold ALT while starting the program.\r\n\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCreated in Unity with Blender for graphics and LabChirp for sound.\r\nFont by AJ Paglia available at http:\/\/www.dafont.com\/aldo-the-apache.font \r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<\/p>","title":"Block Shoot"}