{"author_link":"\/users\/ragtagradical","author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","comments":[{"author_name":"Trifectuh","author_uid":"1048329","time":"2018-12-04T03:01:51Z","epoch":1543892511,"modified":1543892511,"text":"This async multiplayer mechanic is seriously cool. Excellent job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mmason","author_uid":"1002167","time":"2018-12-04T03:29:36Z","epoch":1543894176,"modified":1543894225,"text":"I couldn't play, the game kept crashing while trying to sync, tag me if you can find a fix and I'll come back and rate","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"trAsh","author_uid":1081918,"time":"2018-12-04T04:00:30Z","epoch":1543896030,"modified":1543896030,"text":"Liked the game, syncing was a little broke, got a few errors, but I really liked the idea of the game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-04T15:29:09Z","epoch":1543937349,"modified":1543937349,"text":"@trash @mmason  I just posted an update that should prevent crashing when sync fails, instead you get a timeout message and can refresh the game.   I'm not super sure why the sync fails.  I might try using a different host just to see if the problem persists!\n\n@trifectuh  thanks!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Axixx","author_uid":1079167,"time":"2018-12-04T18:07:20Z","epoch":1543946840,"modified":1543946840,"text":"Played your game! It was quite confusing as I couldn't understand what to do exactly. It would have been nice if the visual cues were informative. But overall it was a nice concept though.\n\nPlease play my game and give some feedback. \nhttps:\/\/therockripper.itch.io\/the-selfish-king\n\nThanks\n\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"sadsmile","author_uid":"1014408","time":"2018-12-04T19:21:42Z","epoch":1543951302,"modified":1543951302,"text":"The async multiplayer mechanic is freaking amazing! I'm really, really loving it!\n\nSome ideas:\n- when making a launcher, let me first decide it's direction, then let me confirm its placement\n- there should be some kind a cooldown between logins \n- let me spend my coins on manipulating the enemy god's side (destroy launchpads walls etc)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"D3vil0p3r","author_uid":1125063,"time":"2018-12-04T21:52:47Z","epoch":1543960367,"modified":1543960367,"text":"The sync does not work for me.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-04T21:58:07Z","epoch":1543960687,"modified":1543960687,"text":"@sadsmile thanks so much!  About your ideas:\n- what would the login cooldown do?  just prevent players from playing both sides?\n- spending coins on more stuff would be cool.  Maybe even traps and monsters. You can destroy objects right now by pressing F again after sacrifice, but it only takes one object at a time.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"willvasco","author_uid":"1042667","time":"2018-12-04T22:05:39Z","epoch":1543961139,"modified":1543961139,"text":"Doing multiplayer anything in 48 hours is a serious feat, well done!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PopDaddyGames","author_uid":"1097609","time":"2018-12-05T10:30:22Z","epoch":1544005822,"modified":1544005822,"text":"You undertook a monumental effort- great freaking job. PS super duper love that artwork. Ultra high fantasy dark stuff like that isn't always popular but you nailed it!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-05T10:35:44Z","epoch":1544006144,"modified":1544006144,"text":"@d3vil0p3r I recently pushed an update that hopefully fixes some sync some problems.  I also received notice from the server that I had been blocked temporarily for too many requests, but it seems to be resolved now. Try it again!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-05T11:00:48Z","epoch":1544007648,"modified":1544007648,"text":"@popdaddygames thanks so much!  It was a satisfying challenge to get that multiplayer working.  I hope to do more stuff with what I learned making this project.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Arvejeitor","author_uid":"1056406","time":"2018-12-05T12:14:36Z","epoch":1544012076,"modified":1544012076,"text":"Mechanic is kinda curious! very good job there!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"leorean","author_uid":1133940,"time":"2018-12-05T15:48:05Z","epoch":1544024885,"modified":1544024885,"text":"Very innovative idea, and great feeling! :clap: ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PancakeFriday","author_uid":1000172,"time":"2018-12-05T19:32:27Z","epoch":1544038347,"modified":1544038347,"text":"I wanted to check out some more games today, but I got stuck here. I think this game is just amazing, 5 out of 5. It's all super cool and I don't have anything negative to say. Love it! Also, go red!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-05T20:13:34Z","epoch":1544040814,"modified":1544040814,"text":"@pancakefriday Awesome!  I'm so glad you enjoyed it, but uh... GO BLUE!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Mertios","author_uid":"1100766","time":"2018-12-05T21:10:14Z","epoch":1544044214,"modified":1544044214,"text":"WebGL\/Linux version?","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mmason","author_uid":"1002167","time":"2018-12-05T22:08:41Z","epoch":1544047721,"modified":1544047721,"text":"To heck with red, GO BLUE!\n\nI came back to this game twice to see if the syncing bug was fixed and I'm glad I did, I've been playing this for maybe an hour and having an absolute blast.  I think this would make a really good X v X sort of game, where you have teams of people trying to score as many points as possible while a timer ticks down.  \n\nI feel like you might benefit from somewhere to spend all the money you have (character upgrades maybe?) and controller support would be really cool.\n\nI would love to see more of this!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nanda","author_uid":"1053010","time":"2018-12-05T23:52:19Z","epoch":1544053939,"modified":1544053939,"text":"I got stuck on this for way too long. Will definetly play again. 5\/5 best LD game for me so far.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jonathan Lorenz","author_uid":"1074698","time":"2018-12-06T00:29:29Z","epoch":1544056169,"modified":1544056169,"text":"Nice gamefeel. The character was pleasent to move and control. I liked the idea of the asynchronous gameplay! After a few lives I felt like I have seen everything but I had fun. Good work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Vodish","author_uid":1121880,"time":"2018-12-06T06:13:53Z","epoch":1544076833,"modified":1544076833,"text":"The idea is really cool, I wish there was a mac or html5 version, can't play and rate without it :cry: \nGood job still for doing this!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Guy Withivy","author_uid":"1074813","time":"2018-12-06T11:34:26Z","epoch":1544096066,"modified":1544096066,"text":"grats, cool job","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Beardmage","author_uid":"1134222","time":"2018-12-06T11:41:54Z","epoch":1544096514,"modified":1544096514,"text":"Great controls, love the concept so far ! The level design feels a bit weird though, i've been bumped around for a few minutes without being able to do much. Guess some explanation would be more than welcome :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-06T12:21:52Z","epoch":1544098912,"modified":1544098912,"text":"@mmason Thanks so much for playing!  Yeah it'd be interesting to have some kind of \"rounds\" and \"matches\" taking place in the game to tally a victory at some point.  Maybe if I update the game again.  Right now I think I'll probably just declare a winner when voting is over.  Upgrades and more building options would be awesome.  I was working to implement the multiplayer right up til the deadline, so there are a lot of ideas and features I didn't get to implement.  I just tried to focus on what I had written down.\n\n@nanda Thank you!!  Check in again and make sure your god takes victory in the final moments!  I think I'll tally the score at the end of voting.\n\n@beardmage you can blame the other players for the level design haha.  Every object in the game has been placed by another player.  ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AwiX","author_uid":"1114729","time":"2018-12-07T08:48:05Z","epoch":1544172485,"modified":1544172485,"text":"An interesting game with a kind of mechanics.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MrLeePerry","author_uid":"1036862","time":"2018-12-07T23:31:54Z","epoch":1544225514,"modified":1544225514,"text":"Super visceral feeling when you're bouncing all over the place!  Fun little setting.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Antoine Vion","author_uid":"1056198","time":"2018-12-10T21:04:44Z","epoch":1544475884,"modified":1544475884,"text":"Hi !, Nice game, I like the concept and the mechanic, it was fun ;)\n\nThe mood is so cool!\n\nvery nice job ;p","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Groggi","author_uid":"1070371","time":"2018-12-10T22:14:34Z","epoch":1544480074,"modified":1544480074,"text":"Great stuff! Love the user generated content concept! Hard to find out what you have to do in the beginning, but that is part of it I guess! I started in this weird world cramped with platforms and launchers and coins and had to find out what to do meanwhile having a lot of fun! :)\nThanks for that! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AlexT_Design","author_uid":"1010036","time":"2018-12-13T08:03:16Z","epoch":1544688196,"modified":1544688196,"text":"@ragtagradical Hey, I really like this game, but I didn't remember or understand how to properly play it.  I had fun, and think it's cool. My boy, Blaa, is losing though :(\n\nYou can watch me play it here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3PAOgJlbt3Y","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2018-12-15T00:38:32Z","epoch":1544834312,"modified":1544834312,"text":"@alext-design thanks for playing!  But yeah, the idea is that each player is building stuff in the world.  If you press F you Sacrifice yourself which opens a build menu.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Shakedimus","author_uid":"1105339","time":"2018-12-30T13:52:31Z","epoch":1546177951,"modified":1546177951,"text":"Very cool idea and really impressive you made this work during a jam. The artstyle was pretty cool. The actual game though wasn't really fun for me but it is cooling feeling like a part in a bigger battle and I guess that's the idea. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ragtagradical","author_uid":"1011168","time":"2019-01-02T00:34:36Z","epoch":1546389276,"modified":1546389276,"text":"@shakedimus Thanks for checking it out!  yeah as the world filled in it became pretty impossible to have any influence in your sacrifices, so less fun.  I think if I had found some way to set up rounds, or modify the world in more interesting ways it could have a longer lifespan, but as it is you're dealing with routes and paths and traps that other players built ages ago in a time of plenty.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld43\/121392-c355babaa0e269e74e2f91eebbf23abc.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ragtagradical.itch.io\/blavraa","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"37072","g_author":"1011168","g_event":"LD43","g_eventkey":"71","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"233404","g_title":"Bla v Raa : Eternal God Battle Brothers","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"204","g_commentcount":"32","g_site2_node_id":"121392","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"121392","n_urlkey":"233404","n_parent":"120415","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers","n_slug":"bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-b","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"11168","n_created":"1542155659","n_modified":"1544470278","n_version":"412551","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":121392,"parent":120415,"superparent":9,"author":11168,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2018-12-04T00:31:12Z","created":"2018-11-14T00:34:19Z","modified":"2018-12-10T19:31:18Z","version":412551,"slug":"bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers","name":"Bla v Raa : Eternal God Battle Brothers","body":"![BlavRaaBanner.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ab\/2\/z\/1ec1f.png)\n**Bla and Raa are God-brothers locked in Eternal God-battle.  Together they are known as Blavraa (or Raavbla)** \n\n_**(Actually it's a collaborative\/competitive asynchronous multiplayer platformer with Hats)**_\n\n- Choose a God and join the sacrificial flow!\n- Build pathways to your Chosen God's Sacrifice Holes and Deposit thyself Within.\n- Others may try to hinder your progress!\n- _**Asynchronous Multiplayer:**_ Every player updates the world with each sacrifice, building platforms, launchers, walls, and coins.\n\n##                    **Arrows : Move   |   Space : Jump   |   F : Sacrifice**\n\n### - *Controller is now Supported*\n\n**SACRIFICE : PRESS F to SACRIFICE**\n\nEach sacrifice allows you to **CONSTRUCT** an Object;\n\n- **Platforms (free)** : press DOWN to build a platform\n- **Coin (free)** : press UP to build a Coin (and drop all coins)\n- **Wall (1 coin)** : press LEFT or RIGHT to build a wall\n- **Launcher (4 coins)** : press SPACE to build a launcher! (use arrows to set direction)\n- **Destruct (free)** : press F to detonate and destroy an object!\n\n\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Days 1 and 2](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/blaavraa-battle-report-days-1-and-2)\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 3](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/raavblaa-battle-report-day-3)\n- **[ECONOMY UPDATE LIVE](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/raavblaa-online-economy-update-live)**\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 4](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/$136632)\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 5-8](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/battle-report-day-5-8)\n\n![Screenshot 2018-12-04 15.21.02.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ab\/2\/z\/1f072.png)\n**OBJECTIVE :** Give power to your God in the eternal struggle of Raa Vs Bla by leaping into your chosen God's Sacrifice Holes\n\n## The highest value Sacrifice Hole is 120,000+???, so far the highest achieved is RAA 13,457!\n\n\n**Credits** : \n- Alex Yao @ragtagradical : Programming, Art, Design, Music, Sound\n- https:\/\/jsonbin.io\/ : json hosting\n\n**Notes** : originally I was hoping to make this work in HTML5 and run in the browser, and for a while it was working fine, but suddenly it was not, and it was far too late.  So perhaps an update later.","meta":{"author":[11168],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/0ab\/2\/z\/1eb72.png","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/ragtagradical.itch.io\/blavraa","link-01-tag":"42337"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers","parents":[1,5,9,120415],"love":0,"notes":32,"notes-timestamp":"2019-01-02T00:34:36Z","grade":{"grade-01":34,"grade-02":34,"grade-03":34,"grade-04":36,"grade-05":36,"grade-06":34,"grade-07":30,"grade-08":32},"magic":{"cool":96.503767280022,"feedback":21,"given":30.5,"grade":33.75,"grade-01-average":3.797,"grade-01-result":204,"grade-02-average":3.703,"grade-02-result":187,"grade-03-average":4.234,"grade-03-result":15,"grade-04-average":3.5,"grade-04-result":489,"grade-05-average":3.691,"grade-05-result":417,"grade-06-average":3.578,"grade-06-result":221,"grade-07-average":3.196,"grade-07-result":348,"grade-08-average":3.283,"grade-08-result":543,"smart":9.411164511251}},"text":"![BlavRaaBanner.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ab\/2\/z\/1ec1f.png)\n**Bla and Raa are God-brothers locked in Eternal God-battle.  Together they are known as Blavraa (or Raavbla)** \n\n_**(Actually it's a collaborative\/competitive asynchronous multiplayer platformer with Hats)**_\n\n- Choose a God and join the sacrificial flow!\n- Build pathways to your Chosen God's Sacrifice Holes and Deposit thyself Within.\n- Others may try to hinder your progress!\n- _**Asynchronous Multiplayer:**_ Every player updates the world with each sacrifice, building platforms, launchers, walls, and coins.\n\n##                    **Arrows : Move   |   Space : Jump   |   F : Sacrifice**\n\n### - *Controller is now Supported*\n\n**SACRIFICE : PRESS F to SACRIFICE**\n\nEach sacrifice allows you to **CONSTRUCT** an Object;\n\n- **Platforms (free)** : press DOWN to build a platform\n- **Coin (free)** : press UP to build a Coin (and drop all coins)\n- **Wall (1 coin)** : press LEFT or RIGHT to build a wall\n- **Launcher (4 coins)** : press SPACE to build a launcher! (use arrows to set direction)\n- **Destruct (free)** : press F to detonate and destroy an object!\n\n\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Days 1 and 2](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/blaavraa-battle-report-days-1-and-2)\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 3](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/raavblaa-battle-report-day-3)\n- **[ECONOMY UPDATE LIVE](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/raavblaa-online-economy-update-live)**\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 4](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/$136632)\n- ## [BATTLE REPORT : Day 5-8](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/bla-v-raa-eternal-god-battle-brothers\/battle-report-day-5-8)\n\n![Screenshot 2018-12-04 15.21.02.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ab\/2\/z\/1f072.png)\n**OBJECTIVE :** Give power to your God in the eternal struggle of Raa Vs Bla by leaping into your chosen God's Sacrifice Holes\n\n## The highest value Sacrifice Hole is 120,000+???, so far the highest achieved is RAA 13,457!\n\n\n**Credits** : \n- Alex Yao @ragtagradical : Programming, Art, Design, Music, Sound\n- https:\/\/jsonbin.io\/ : json hosting\n\n**Notes** : originally I was hoping to make this work in HTML5 and run in the browser, and for a while it was working fine, but suddenly it was not, and it was far too late.  So perhaps an update later.","title":"Bla v Raa : Eternal God Battle Brothers"}