{"author_link":"\/author\/cixelyn\/","author_name":"Cixelyn","author_uid":"14556","comments":[{"author_name":"braingale","author_uid":"16579","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:01am","epoch":1346133360,"text":"Wouldn't run on my computer ;(\r<br\/>OSX 10.6.4"},{"author_name":"Cixelyn","author_uid":"14556","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:43am","epoch":1346135880,"text":"Forgot to mention -- requires Java 7"},{"author_name":"ButtercupSaiyan","author_uid":"4948","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1346192940,"text":"It was an embarrassing 3 minutes where I realized I was trying to attack my own guys, and that's why it wasn't working.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>After that, it was a bit of a clusterfuck when I discovered the other tribes. Absorbing ink didn't seem to have a really noticeable effect, but I understand there's a deeper gameplay here.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The blurring out for loss of health is a nice touch. Once I survived a little longer, it's fun to see the chaos. For later times, a minimap to oversee the entire battlefield would be more than welcome.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When arrow or arrow (pope-looking guy) is acquired, I waded in like a captain. The game really goes so fast that it's hard to react to the swarms sometimes."},{"author_name":"mes","author_uid":"4975","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 5:34am","epoch":1346218140,"text":"Nice game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish I could set waypoints that my squad would run to and defend.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, it would be nice to be able to bump squadmembers out of the way as I often got stuck. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Final piece of constructive criticism: Make your character look unique! It was so easy to lose him in the heat of battle.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, I found it to be lots of fun. Good work."},{"author_name":"Viridi04","author_uid":"15792","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:27am","epoch":1346462520,"text":"The art is a bit cluttered but the gameplay is very interesting. Good work!"},{"author_name":"munchor","author_uid":"7348","time":"Sep 16, 2012 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1347821280,"text":"Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I got that :s"}],"images":["ld24\/14556-f5678d448587b0eedc2d1a5a2188e76a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/coryli.scripts.mit.edu\/ld48\/mina-bin.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/coryli.scripts.mit.edu\/ld48\/mina-bin.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/coryli.scripts.mit.edu\/ld48\/mina-bin.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/esports\/mina","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29850","g_author":"14556","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"29880","g_title":"Mina","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"6","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\/14556-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An LD#48 Jam Entry \r\n\r\nTo play: Extract the zip and run Mina.jar. Requires Java 7\r\n\r\nControls: Arrow Keys - Move, Z - Attack, X - Absorb. \r\n\r\nThis is an arcade style survival game. The goal is to stay alive as long as possible.\r\n\r\nTribes of ink soldiers are fighting for control of a piece of paper. Each tribe has genetic traits that dictate its base attack power, defense power, speed, regeneration rate, and upgrade rate. So some tribes are innately better than others. \r\n\r\nYou are an ink soldier like any other, with one additional ability. You have the ability to absorb the ink dropped from fallen ink soldiers around you. To do so, be over the corpse of a slain ink soldier and hold X. This ink makes up your gene pool, which is shown as a bar at the bottom of the screen. Each tribe has its own unique color of ink, and your gene pool is comprised of the colors of ink you have absorbed. The dominant color in your gene pool dictates what your genetic traits are, so you can join different tribes by absorbing the ink of their fallen soldiers.\r\n\r\nInk soldiers come in four classes:\r\nEach soldier class can upgrade into the next one by killing enemies or being near\r\nallies killing enemies.\r\nSpear - These are the basic soldiers, and have a thrusting attack.\r\nSword - Melee soldiers with a cleaving sword slash attack.\r\nBow - Ranged soldiers that can shoot arrows from a distance.\r\nCannon - The ultimate soldier. Has a powerful ink cannonball attack.\r\n\r\nThe only goal of this game is to stay alive for as long as possible. The score is the number of seconds you've stayed alive. New tribes get stronger over time, so you will eventually need to switch tribes in order to be on par with other soldiers. Whenever you manage to switch tribes, you will lose all of your class upgrades, and your absorption power will also become less effective.\r\n\r\nTips:\r\n- Ink soldiers in your current tribe will be striped to make them stand out more.\r\n- Try to observe tribes fighting each other to figure out who the stronger tribes are. \r\n- Stick with your tribe to stay safe, but be ready to convert into a genetically superior tribe in case your current one becomes overwhelmed! You will want to upgrade into the cannon soldier as quickly as possible to have a fighting chance against stronger tribes. \r\n- Tribes will roam the map randomly. Try to avoid getting mobbed by really fast enemies.\r\n- The more of your gene pool is comprised of the dominant color, the stronger your attack multiplier will be. Absorbing ink from fallen allies is a safe way to increase your damage.<\/p>","title":"Mina"}