{"author_link":"\/author\/superchihuahua\/","author_name":"SuperChihuahua","author_uid":"35585","comments":[{"author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:45am","epoch":1460958000,"text":"I got the plane select and path drawing and that works quite well, but on top of that I have no idea what was going on in the game. There were explosions and green boxes that appeared(?), but I have no idea where those came from."},{"author_name":"CarlsonAndPeeters","author_uid":"28902","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:59am","epoch":1460958840,"text":"Like sol_hsa, I was pretty confused as to what was going on. Drawing the paths felt very unresponsive. The plane pathing and circling was very impressive though; with more clarity and polish this could be a fun idea!"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:04am","epoch":1460959140,"text":"The idea is great, but to make the planes do what I want is really difficult."},{"author_name":"wavertron","author_uid":"45908","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:09am","epoch":1460959440,"text":"Interesting. Maybe too ambitious for the compo? The pathing didnt really work too well for me. The green towers I assume are aliens. I think its a good idea overall, just needs some time and refinement. Also, I wanted to click\/hold the mouse wheel to move around the map, rather than WASD. Maybe cause I've been using Inkscape the last day or two, haha."},{"author_name":"hildegarbage","author_uid":"89320","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:19am","epoch":1460960040,"text":"It took me a while before I found I could zoom out and I kind of got the idea after a while, but by then I was already kind of bored unfortunately. I like the idea though, would have liked to see more of this."},{"author_name":"simon","author_uid":"91263","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:21am","epoch":1460974560,"text":"well done!\r<br\/>zooming out helped to understand what to do - enemies are difficult to see - choose other color than ground...\r<br\/>orbiting around the base would help too\r<br\/>could get addicting..."},{"author_name":"TLansdale","author_uid":"55932","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1460981400,"text":"A little confusing, but the planes looked great swooping around.  I couldn't really read what the green squares were or where the attacks were (from either me or the planes).  Maybe a few quick particle effects would make that clearer?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job overall though!"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1460981400,"text":"Kind of felt like missile defense in a way, as the paths had to match the projected movement of the green rectangle monster things. I played for a while, reloaded the planes, and killed a lot of green boxes. It wasn't clear when the next wave would happen, or if I could win.  Pretty fun to control the planes with paths though. More polish would probably result in a neat little game!"},{"author_name":"monkeybit29","author_uid":"89887","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1461007260,"text":"like everyone else, I didn't quite know how to play the game, and the sound effects were too loud for it having no music"},{"author_name":"DragonZBW (SparkLight Games)","author_uid":"85560","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:09am","epoch":1461024240,"text":"Not really sure what I was supposed to be doing"},{"author_name":"Headmade","author_uid":"42076","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:47am","epoch":1461026520,"text":"The controls are a bit weird but I figured it out, so it's not so bad. \r<br\/>I like the concept and the planes are well animated and modeled. I don't see the connection to the theme though."},{"author_name":"lordsavage","author_uid":"43141","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:50am","epoch":1461026700,"text":"A Very ambitious project for the compo, but well done! that must have been a huge amount of work getting the planes to bank and swarm etc. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I too found it difficult to understand what was going on to begin with perhaps having flags or arrow indicators for approaching enemies would be a good addition.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done - a great entry."},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:57am","epoch":1461027120,"text":"The game started with me zoomed in too far, and when zooming away, I started seeing the ships.  The controls were not intuitive and the the goal was not really apparent.  I was impressed with the 3d graphics and flying animation, so I gave points for innovation and graphics."},{"author_name":"The Walking Kiwi","author_uid":"44005","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:45am","epoch":1461030000,"text":"I'm really confused about this. It barely is a game, unless i'm missing something. Controls were wierd. And it seems like something you already had made and you just changed the name to adapt it to the theme."},{"author_name":"CalmKai","author_uid":"64382","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:36am","epoch":1461033060,"text":"Good game!"},{"author_name":"TeamKawaiiju","author_uid":"65838","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:47am","epoch":1461033720,"text":"Pretty fun! I like RTS games and I felt like the controls worked pretty good. The path drawing element worked pretty well, even if it was a bit difficult to use, controls-wise."},{"author_name":"davidcmcdonald","author_uid":"43146","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:43am","epoch":1461037080,"text":"very impressive concept, i like how crazy the gameplay is for such a short amount of time, i think that if you had more time you could add some nice polish and the game could go next level. nice work. well done :)"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:40am","epoch":1461044100,"text":"I enjoyed playing this quite a bit. :) controlling the planes felt very fun and tactical. it was sometimes difficult to tell which enemies were still alive, so I'd often spend some time at the end of the wave to try to find what I had missed. great work!"},{"author_name":"brainybeard","author_uid":"65920","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:00am","epoch":1461056100,"text":"Really interesting game mechanic, I just wish it played a little bit better, i.e the line drawing felt a little sluggish and the plane didn't seem to follow the path properly. Some epic music would have been great too! Although perhaps a little bit quieter than the gunshot noises. Ambitious project, I really hope this is taken further as is defintely a game I'd want to play!"},{"author_name":"mutonizer","author_uid":"91240","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:54am","epoch":1461059340,"text":"Interesting concept but not sure how it fits the theme plus you need to be quite zoomed to do anything, which takes away from just seeing the planes go around and do their thing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Feels more like a testing run for the mouse drawning\/pathing system than something made for this ludum though."},{"author_name":"caporaltito","author_uid":"20076","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:21am","epoch":1461060960,"text":"Great concept but you obviously ran out of time. The path system should be more readable to the player. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"kabel","author_uid":"53077","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1461077040,"text":"Very simple, very fun."},{"author_name":"pixel_maniacs","author_uid":"52509","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1461079860,"text":"Haha neat controlls, a good idea. Overall a good entry. Enjoyed it, thx!"},{"author_name":"LeftRight92","author_uid":"38834","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1461089100,"text":"Regretably frustrating due to the flight mechanics making moving difficult."},{"author_name":"Big Cow","author_uid":"51323","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1461089100,"text":"This was a really ambitious entry - I like that you've introduced mechanics I've never seen before in a game, good job! :)"},{"author_name":"ermrk","author_uid":"52446","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1461093600,"text":"I didn't know how play the game at first. I didn't know how the planes shoot. The idea of moving the whole squadron of fighters is cool."},{"author_name":"Ironhead","author_uid":"89786","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1461095280,"text":"Being a fan of aviation, I thought this was a really cool and fun game. I didnt have much trouble with the controls as others have stated. worked pretty good for me and I could see the little rockets heading toward the enemies before the explosions so I could tell what was happening. Maybe make them and the bullets a bit more visible though. This could be a great game with some improved graphics and SFX."},{"author_name":"Freank","author_uid":"94168","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1461514740,"text":"Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.\r<br\/>Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)\r<br\/>So we can include also your game in the video ;)\r<br\/>p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description"},{"author_name":"drazil100","author_uid":"89952","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 4:49am","epoch":1461559440,"text":"I had a few roblems with trying to figure out the controls. But i liked the plane models."}],"images":["ld35\/35585-7348860a7e9885533e24274323b7697d.jpg","ld35\/35585-fb7655b2569f15d34083165cfb142ddb.jpg","ld35\/35585-fc886ef6938a627cfdd5730ee4164d91.jpg","ld35\/35585-d980f423892ae5255b2b193b39ed5087.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.habrador.com\/p\/ludum-dare\/LD35-battle-of-britain-2\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.habrador.com\/p\/ludum-dare\/LD35-battle-of-britain-2\/LD35-source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3623","g_author":"35585","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"3638","g_title":"Battle of Britain 2","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"889","g_commentcount":"29","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\/\/542293\/35585-shot0-1460919041.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/35585-shot1-1460919041.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/35585-shot2-1460919041.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/35585-shot3-1460919041.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Who said happiness lasts forever? A few weeks after the great war in Europe ended, the aliens attacked. Your job is to defend Great Britain against hordes of green slimy squary attackers. To your help you have the distinguished 75th Royal Fighter Squadron, nicknamed Shapeshifters. During the great war, the Shapeshifters flew their Spitfire planes and shifted the shape of the enemy into dust.\r\n\r\nYou are the 75th Royal Fighter Squadron's new air traffic controller. You have to direct the planes against the enemy and redirect them back when they are out of ammunition. This is how you do it:\r\n\r\n- Select a plane with left mouse button, and deselect with escape\r\n\r\n- To give the plane a path to follow (it will fly around the latest waypoint if it doesn't have a path), you have to select a plane and then move the mouse (while holding left mouse button) in the same path you want the plane to follow\r\n\r\n- The Spitfire will automatically fire its weapon if it can, so you have to make sure not to make a too curvy path because it can't fire its weapon and turn at the same time. The red sphere moving infront of the plane is the zone where it can hit an alien\r\n\r\n- To refill ammunition, you select the plane and then click on the runway. The plane will fly to the runway, refill its ammunition, and then automatically fly away when it's done\r\n\r\n- The difference between rockets and bullets is that rockets will kill within a larger radius of where they land.\r\n\r\n- The green boxes are the aliens and they are attacking the base. They will damage the base when they stand close to the wall, and you fail when \"Base\" (top-left-text) has gone down from 100 to 0.\r\n\r\n- If you can't see what's happening, zoom out with mouse wheel or I or O keys.\r\n\r\nSummary of the keys:\r\n- Move camera: WASD\r\n- Zoom in\/out: IO or Mouse wheel\r\n- Select Spitfire: Left Mouse\r\n- Deselect Spitfire: Esc\r\n- Add path: Hold Left Mouse while moving mouse\r\n- Reload ammo: Select plane, click on runway and the plane will land","title":"Battle of Britain 2"}