{"author_link":"\/author\/danieldsj\/","author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","comments":[{"author_name":"Srednuht","author_uid":"91435","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:07am","epoch":1461027720,"text":"some UI bugs, but Good game at overall!"},{"author_name":"AngerFork","author_uid":"91156","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:32am","epoch":1461029220,"text":"Fun!  Was weird to get a handle on how movement worked at first, but had a great time once I did!"},{"author_name":"juanluisrodreyes","author_uid":"93243","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:36am","epoch":1461029460,"text":"There were some audio bugs that made some noises when finishing the level but it was quite nice to play."},{"author_name":"swamppenguins","author_uid":"92768","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:36am","epoch":1461029460,"text":"Ahaha the sounds are hilarious and the gameplay is super fun!"},{"author_name":"Lancelot Gao","author_uid":"3035","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:39am","epoch":1461029640,"text":"Good work!Well done!"},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:41am","epoch":1461029760,"text":"RE: Controls\r<br\/>Instead of putting a rotate\/thrust type of control we went with cardinal directions. It gave it more of an arcade feel and less of a driving feel.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>RE: Sounds.\r<br\/>All of the audio is original and was added at the last hour.  Too bad about the bugs, we may fix them in the future.  This is our first submission as a group.  Thanks for the feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>RE: UI bugs\r<br\/>Specifics would be greatly appreciated.  If you have a github account, please submit an issue: ttps:\/\/github.com\/trollsofthenorth\/ludumdare35\/issues"},{"author_name":"OU GDA","author_uid":"93144","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:43am","epoch":1461029880,"text":"Actually pretty fun. Hurts my ears. Perfect 5\/7."},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:46am","epoch":1461030060,"text":"RE: Ears\r<br\/>Added a warning about the audio bug in the description."},{"author_name":"SantiHisteria","author_uid":"59433","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:01am","epoch":1461056160,"text":":D very funny! Congratulations for the game, I like it! - I think the sound could be improved but it's a nice game overall"},{"author_name":"Fabraz","author_uid":"50665","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 3:23am","epoch":1461640680,"text":"Careful to people with headphones, buggy sounds can be tense! Fun game though."},{"author_name":"ciaodavinci","author_uid":"47511","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 4:04am","epoch":1461643140,"text":"I liked the recorded voices also sometimes it stacked up and became kind of crazy. Fun game! I liked how you used the theme to create a interesting mechanic. Makes for some exciting gameplay to have things rush toward and away from you."},{"author_name":"vootele","author_uid":"90525","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 4:14am","epoch":1461643740,"text":"Sounds are overlapping and quite hard to play but good job!"},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 10:47am","epoch":1461753720,"text":"Thanks for all of the positive feedback!  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you have some constructive feedback or bug reports, please submit them as issues in github: https:\/\/github.com\/trollsofthenorth\/ludumdare35\/issues\/new"},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 1:56am","epoch":1461894660,"text":"so levels were too hard but some how I could get it and get out the theme you know"},{"author_name":"schizoid2k","author_uid":"60097","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 2:00am","epoch":1461894900,"text":"Shapeshift! Love it!  Great job... lots of fun to play"},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 2:16am","epoch":1461895860,"text":"Terryg: There are 6 levels. It gets really difficult after the first 3 tutorial stages.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>If anyone is up for a challenge, type &quot;game.state.start('stage6');&quot; in the developer console of your browser to go to the last level."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1461948120,"text":"Looks deceptively simple but it's actually harder than it is (Level 3\/4 seems impossible with all those shapes coming after you). Still pretty fun to play though."},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1462053780,"text":"Sound bug is weird, but not so annoying, and besides, the gameplay and animation are good. Well done !"},{"author_name":"kik0729","author_uid":"30623","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1462116720,"text":"Loved the &quot;shapeshift&quot; soundbyte"},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 12:13am","epoch":1462234080,"text":"When you get to the point where huge swarms of shapes are following\/avoiding you, things get really fun and hectic. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Whimsical art and really funny audio make for a really attractive arcade game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd recommend having spacebar or another keyboard key activate the Next and Try Again buttons, since the player will have 2 hands on the keyboard while playing. Having to reach for the mouse each time you win\/lose is an unnecessary step.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work!"},{"author_name":"danieldsj","author_uid":"60805","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 11:48am","epoch":1462275780,"text":"TheMeorch:  Thanks for the tip about hitting the space bar, or some other key.  Didn't think about the hand positions."},{"author_name":"trulyvile","author_uid":"89659","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1462299600,"text":"The mechanic is pretty memorable, almost like Pac-Man in its system of give-and-take (constantly switching between hunter and hunted, and all). I think the one place the game suffered a bit was level design. I typically found the only strategy to be herding enemies into the corner and wait until the other shapes caught up with me. I think the gameplay could stand to be more varied in this way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But again--the concept is sweet. I came back to this entry a couple of times because of it."},{"author_name":"wboqm","author_uid":"83541","time":"May 4, 2016 @ 6:49am","epoch":1462344240,"text":"Interesting game; requires quick reflexes!"},{"author_name":"samreid","author_uid":"50503","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1462540620,"text":"This is one of the best entries, great replay value!"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"May 7, 2016 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1462662780,"text":"Interesting idea, but it becomes really difficult, really fast, maybe a few more 'easy' levels to get more used to the concept?"}],"images":["ld35\/60805-9dfcd9adaf667940ef2f76d60d14bb31.jpg","ld35\/60805-b0408dd7b308b2247bca96ec3522761c.jpg","ld35\/60805-6091f64abbf7fa0ec7ac44be6b05ae69.jpg","ld35\/60805-406038220bb7fab0888f1092acdecb9a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B14sKJzSf-P3STlsVUhwanpkMUE","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B14sKJzSf-P3STlsVUhwanpkMUE","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B14sKJzSf-P3STlsVUhwanpkMUE","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B14sKJzSf-P3STlsVUhwanpkMUE","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/trollsofthenorth\/ludumdare35","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3753","g_author":"60805","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"3869","g_title":"Shapeman","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"346","g_commentcount":"25","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\/60805-shot0-1460983361.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60805-shot1-1460983361.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60805-shot2-1460983361.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60805-shot3-1460983361.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"***** AUDIO BUG WARNING *****\r\n***** You may want to turn down the volume when testing. ****\r\n\r\nThis is the first Ludumdare submission for all but one of the team members.  We started working on this at 0730h EST on 2016-04-16 and finished at around 2230h EST on 2016-04-17.  Since we all have full time jobs, we could not continue to work on Monday.  The entire game was created in 39 hours.\r\n\r\nTeam Members:\r\n* alanjcastonguay (concept, programming, stage design)\r\n* danieldsj (concept, art, programming, stage design)\r\n* myrmidor (concept, programming, physics consultant)\r\n* gabe-camp (concept, music, sound effects, programming)\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n* Press <up>, <down>, <left>, or <right> keys to move.\r\n* Press <space> to shapeshift.\r\n* Eat the shapes that are similar to you to gain points.\r\n* Avoid the shapes that are dissimilar to you to avoid losing points.\r\n* Attain the required points on the HUD to go to the next stage.\r\n\r\nkeywords: #html5 #html html5 html #javascript javascript #phaser phaser","title":"Shapeman"}