{"author_link":"\/author\/leafo\/","author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","comments":[{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1346168400,"text":"If you tried to play before this comment you might want to try again, I fixed a bug in my framework that was making the game too laggy to play."},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1346172780,"text":"your game is very good leafo!"},{"author_name":"ameliayn","author_uid":"15254","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1346182020,"text":"I'm not sure what is causing this, but I can't get the game to play past the intro."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1346182560,"text":"Most fun game I've played so far. Looks and sounds great too."},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1346188860,"text":"Not working for me. Windows 7 64 bits"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1346189160,"text":"This game is really cute. The music, the effects, the are all is so cute xD\r<br\/>On the title screen there is a spear so why is my hero holding some giant tampon instead?\r<br\/>And why am I fighting dogs along the way if my mission is to beat up the slimes :D"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1346191980,"text":"The game does try and crash right after the intro. not sure why. Made it all the way to the end though. Very fun."},{"author_name":"gnx","author_uid":"8333","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1346195340,"text":"Very nice graphics, visual effects and generally well presented.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Enemy variation was also very good, and I liked their behaviour.\r<br\/>The player weapon wasn't very fun and I would've enjoyed it a lot more with some upgrades.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Having some love2d experience myself it is weird that such a game would have excessive loading times and almost crash when loading the game, so probably some issues to sort out there.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>On the whole, very nice job."},{"author_name":"kevincorrigan","author_uid":"15028","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1346195400,"text":"I couldn't play, after the introduction it just gets stuck on a brown screen with music playing."},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1346195760,"text":"I had the intro screen crash. I had to pass intro clicking fast on x or Enter, for playing. The game is good, the blob habilities are fun and they make challenging opponent for the sword fights. I gave up in the level with the very angry cats dashing at me."},{"author_name":"Rabbits...","author_uid":"11321","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 12:55am","epoch":1346201400,"text":"Couldn't get into the game at first but aimlessly mashing buttons is always the perfect cure...I did own it up with my pokey stick, but then was slain by a speedy blue lump...Overall, Great game..."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1346255460,"text":"Like game mechanic and audio=) Well done=)"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1346275200,"text":"Nice job fixing that lag!"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 5:22am","epoch":1346303820,"text":"Good news. I fixed the loading issue that happens after the intro on Windows. The game should now run great on every platform!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 6:21am","epoch":1346307360,"text":"I really liked your game. I agree that the player weapon wasn't the most fun part of the game. The graphics are really nice and I liked the variation to it. I also liked the music which had a really catchy part in it ;) Please don't take this too seriously, but why does the game look so good and the title screen so ridicolous? ;)"},{"author_name":"arkeus","author_uid":"4155","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 6:37am","epoch":1346308320,"text":"Super fun. Love the bouncy numbers."},{"author_name":"Maple","author_uid":"1551","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 6:53am","epoch":1346309280,"text":"Pretty good! I only started to not like it when it turned into a maze game."},{"author_name":"KEFIR","author_uid":"14211","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 8:52am","epoch":1346316420,"text":"Smooth! I liked it!"},{"author_name":"Accidental Rebel","author_uid":"5728","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 9:25am","epoch":1346318400,"text":"Got to play for a couple of minutes and I really liked it. Everything ran so smoothly. And the one thing that I really liked, that I am surprised about, is the damage numbers that appear. Nic ework."},{"author_name":"neocrey","author_uid":"12085","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 9:49am","epoch":1346319840,"text":"Nice game! Very addictive and funny! Good luck!)"},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 10:47am","epoch":1346323320,"text":"Nice game I like the graphics a lot and the sound effects :)"},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:23am","epoch":1346325480,"text":"Nice game !\r<br\/>My weapon wasn't working anymore as soon as it overlapped a slime (nothing happens when X pressed), and on the boss level it pratically wasn't working at all (I'm on Windows 32bits).\r<br\/>Other than that, very pleasant experience :)"},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1346329260,"text":"You get a plus point for 'evolving from our own waste' at the end. Really well-paced game, but the music got a bit repetetive. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I particularly liked how I seemed to be smacking things in the face with a shovel."},{"author_name":"aitorman","author_uid":"11341","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1346330340,"text":"really really great game! Loved the graphics and there is a lot of content!"},{"author_name":"SiENcE","author_uid":"10298","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1346333100,"text":"Hey leafo. Very nice and complex game. Where is a l&ouml;ve-webplayer version :-) ?"},{"author_name":"ReveLorenfield","author_uid":"15526","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1346335020,"text":"I liked the way you display damages.\r<br\/>Also, your boss was hard but very funny to kill :)"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1346343060,"text":"Very well done. The graphics and sound were great, and the gameplay was decent. I found myself finding ways to skip past the slimes in the later stages rather than fight them."},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1346367480,"text":"Feels very much complete. Great pixel art, great audio. Gameplay-wise, that damn [spoiler]huge ass slime[\/spoiler] was really hard to beat. The ending made me laugh a little. Very good entry."},{"author_name":"mohammad","author_uid":"14064","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:32am","epoch":1346462820,"text":"GREATE GAME!\r<br\/>ive never seen anything better in a LONG time! (7 days)\r<br\/>GREATE JOB!!!"},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 4:43am","epoch":1346560680,"text":"First couple of levels were a bit mazey, but the gameplay is great. And that music! Awesome."},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 8:46am","epoch":1346575260,"text":"The intro text is very slow, and unskippable :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sound is nice, and the graphics are great, especially the damage numbers! I didn't find much reason to attack slimes that weren't blocking my way, or the boss, which wasn't many - not sure if that's intended or there needs to be more incentive."},{"author_name":"Wan","author_uid":"9172","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1346774580,"text":"Amazing entry, with a very polished gameplay and good-looking graphics! This is simply one of my favorites for LD24, too bad you couldn't fit it for the compo.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, props for the monsters IA (making them shake before attacking is a nice touch) and also for the text animation when hurting enemies ; these are the kind of details that make combat fun. With more contents I would clearly see this as a fun mobile game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I were to suggest something, it would be simply to add some basic leveling system: the main reason would be to make it more rewarding to fight monsters instead of rushing to the final boss. Also maybe increase the weapon hitbox a bit ;)"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1346788200,"text":"Don't people know not to get married on Ludum Dare weekend? \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really fun game. Amazing you got it all done yourself so quickly. I didn't play all the way, but if there's no change in gameplay (new items, abilities, etc), you might consider adding them in a post-compo version to make it more engaging.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"Sep 7, 2012 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1347056160,"text":"&quot;Walking&quot; sound is a little bit noisy. But nice!"},{"author_name":"Doft","author_uid":"5451","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 1:48am","epoch":1347068580,"text":"The collision with walls down and right is weird... Other than that the gameplay is nice, and the graphics are really good"},{"author_name":"jfroco","author_uid":"2085","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 3:16am","epoch":1347073860,"text":"Nice game... a lot of potential. L&ouml;ve is great!!!"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1347119340,"text":"That was a fun little game \r<br\/>*poking slime*"},{"author_name":"cobrajs","author_uid":"11192","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1347134340,"text":"Excellent game, but fairly difficult. After dying a few times I just started running quickly through the levels to get to the end... but then I wasn't able to beat the boss because I hadn't practiced on the weaker enemies :D Really nice, though."},{"author_name":"Will Xyen","author_uid":"1443","time":"Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1347231840,"text":"love2d doesn't seem to run on my windows 7 64bit."},{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"Sep 11, 2012 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1347407160,"text":"Gosh, that boss is HARD! Can't beat it after a lot of trying. I really like the game though! Although the music sort of contrasted with the story a bit."},{"author_name":"TobiasNL","author_uid":"10964","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 11:18am","epoch":1347448380,"text":"Nifty, well presented. Didn't had much to do with the theme though.I liked the gameplay, it felt responsive and fast. Looks good as well!"},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1347481500,"text":"Nice, but not related to the theme at all"}],"images":["ld24\/4321-c23c558d48534447367bffb9329341fb.jpg","ld24\/4321-342abae4b2b73a44cee626bcda29c444.jpg","ld24\/4321-6b1129c941e1eb8a329642806ae8dd35.jpg","ld24\/4321-3f19a6ec4a68a74b0715f66d5159d560.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/leafo.net\/exoslime\/exo-slime-win32.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/leafo.net\/exoslime\/exo-slime.love","text":"LOVE file"},{"url":"http:\/\/leafo.net\/exoslime\/exo-slime-osx.zip","text":"OSX"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8D1Sc9KCY8","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/leafo\/ludum-dare-24","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29338","g_author":"4321","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"29368","g_title":"ExoSlime","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"33","g_commentcount":"42","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\/4321-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/4321-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/4321-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/4321-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"-- If you are on Linux you can play the LOVE file by installing: https:\/\/love2d.org\/\r\n\r\nPress ESC to to skip the intro. (It quits the game on any other screen)\r\n\r\nKill some slimes in this jam packed action adventure game.\r\n\r\nWield your trusty spear and impale hordes of enemies as you explore the castle depths in search of what lives below and how exactly this game has anything to do with the theme.\r\n\r\nCool game-play including:\r\n* 9 rad levels\r\n* 5 monster types with unique artificial intelligence\r\n* Epic boss battle\r\n* 2 musical tracks\r\n* 8bit sound effects\r\n\r\nMove with arrow keys, press x to attack.\r\n\r\nAll game assets have been created by me. This was supposed to be a comp entry but I lost a handful of hours to a wedding on Saturday. Enjoy!<\/p>","title":"ExoSlime"}