{"author_link":"\/users\/rjhelms","author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"1000104","comments":[{"author_name":"Serious07","author_uid":"1081108","time":"2018-04-23T04:11:05Z","epoch":1524456665,"modified":1524456665,"text":"Very funny game, I can not stop laughing xD","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gamebuilder","author_uid":"1075625","time":"2018-04-24T02:05:14Z","epoch":1524535514,"modified":1524535514,"text":"Yeeha!!! That was fun.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ripter","author_uid":"1073297","time":"2018-04-25T03:51:41Z","epoch":1524628301,"modified":1524628301,"text":"That was fun. I kicked butt and will rock out!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jshaffer94247","author_uid":"1007142","time":"2018-04-25T05:01:16Z","epoch":1524632476,"modified":1524632476,"text":"That was awesome! I finally won a game today! I loved the opera singers starting to sing...I think you can do more with that theme. I didn't understand the objects I was picking up, the hearts, or the thing about the bombs, so a little more tutorial or a pop-up hint or something would be good. The final screen didn't display long enough for me to read the whole thing. Great job getting this game completed!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"1000104","time":"2018-04-25T21:23:52Z","epoch":1524691432,"modified":1524691432,"text":"@Serious07 @gamebuilder @Ripter Thank you kindly for playing, and for the kind words!\n\n@jshaffer94247 Thanks! Overall I agree with you - a lot of the mechanics & items would do well to be explained somewhere. In the past I've been a big fan of introducing mechanics gradually and giving the player an opportunity to discover them, but this go-around it was enough of a scramble just to get this much in and playable in time!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dnich013","author_uid":"1092476","time":"2018-04-25T22:49:19Z","epoch":1524696559,"modified":1524696559,"text":"That was a lot of fun to play! \n\nGilbert and Sullivan were challenging, but I managed to beat them on my first playthrough (it was close though). \n\nStreets of Rage is one of my favourite games so I really enjoyed Punk at the Opera. The collisions on the boss fight is a little off though, I found myself losing a lot of health from colliding\/being hit when I felt I shouldn't have, but that's my only criticism. Thanks for the fun!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"1000104","time":"2018-04-25T23:06:51Z","epoch":1524697611,"modified":1524697611,"text":"Thanks @dnich013! I was definitely inspired by Streets of Rage with this one. Since the end of the compo, I've had some ideas about how I could have made the collisions work better, as I agree it's not quite right - but such is life during Ludum Dare!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"spthiel","author_uid":"1073354","time":"2018-04-26T12:18:38Z","epoch":1524745118,"modified":1524745118,"text":"I won :tada: quite fun game and a different approach to the theme. I like it! (52800 score)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Joe Cowman","author_uid":"1001483","time":"2018-04-26T14:31:41Z","epoch":1524753101,"modified":1524753101,"text":"Nice job! That was a lot of fun :smiley: \n\nI love how different enemies show up as you progress farther in the game, really keeps it interesting!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"1052698","time":"2018-04-27T04:57:08Z","epoch":1524805028,"modified":1524805028,"text":"Now, this was surprisingly fun! I played it all the way to the end. Maybe it was a bit too repetitious and too easy. Anyway, well done!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Efmi_","author_uid":"1014618","time":"2018-04-27T20:53:28Z","epoch":1524862408,"modified":1524862408,"text":"This was the most fun I've had in a while. Thankyou for making this masterpiece.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mikedirl","author_uid":"1009413","time":"2018-04-27T20:56:38Z","epoch":1524862598,"modified":1524862598,"text":"Nice game, fun to play, started off easy and had a nice progression to more challenging. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Autumnotopia","author_uid":"1033795","time":"2018-04-27T22:58:17Z","epoch":1524869897,"modified":1524869897,"text":"The graphics and aesthetic are really well done! It reminds me of something like Maniac Mansion or other early Lucas Arts games, which is definitely a compliment. I also appreciate your interpretation of two incompatible genres, the humor really sells it! The gameplay itself is also fine, though I had some difficulties wrapping my head around how the hitboxes worked. It being psuedo-grid based was actually kind of an interesting decision I feel.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sophie","author_uid":"1011503","time":"2018-04-28T06:17:33Z","epoch":1524896253,"modified":1524896253,"text":"Nice! The music is great, and I like your interpretation of the theme. The controls could feel \na little wonky at times (even using my xbox controller) but it will still fun to play\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KTO86Gm.png","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"silkworm_sweatshop","author_uid":"1005318","time":"2018-04-28T18:31:06Z","epoch":1524940266,"modified":1524940266,"text":"Gameplay is simple but fun and satisfying. Looks and sounds good and has a sense of progression. Good entry! 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I like the MIDI-sounding punkish music.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld41\/76339-d4147a5b0178c26d49b756fff6806058.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/rjhelms.itch.io\/punk-at-the-opera","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/rjhelms.itch.io\/punk-at-the-opera","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SuJrNtBP0A8","text":"Other (document)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"39646","g_author":"1000104","g_event":"LD41","g_eventkey":"72","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"222620","g_title":"Punk at the Opera","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"64","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"76339","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"76339","n_urlkey":"222620","n_parent":"73256","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/punk-at-the-opera","n_slug":"punk-at-the-opera","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"104","n_created":"1523329836","n_modified":"1524534648","n_version":"266368","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":76339,"parent":73256,"superparent":9,"author":104,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2018-04-23T01:26:11Z","created":"2018-04-10T03:10:36Z","modified":"2018-04-24T01:50:48Z","version":266368,"slug":"punk-at-the-opera","name":"Punk at the Opera","body":"Oh man, after a night getting black out drunk, you've woken up in the middle of a production of HMS Pinafore! There's only one thing left to do in this situation: fight your way out!\n\nA side-scrolling beat-'em-up about the incompatibility of opera and the punk rock lifestyle.\n\nClear each screen, by defeating all of the opera performers. Prepare for the final showdown with Gilbert and Sullivan themselves!\n\n### Keyboard controls\n\n- Move: Arrow keys \/ WASD\n- Punch: Z\n- Jump: X\n- Throw bomb: C\n\n### Gamepad controls\n\nThis mapping is for an XBox 360 controller - your mileage may vary!\n\n- Move: left stick\n- Punch: Button 1 (A)\n- Jump: Button 2 (B)\n- Throw bomb: Button 3 (X)\n\nController mapping can be changed in the launcher.\n\nEscape quits at all times.\n\n-----\n\n![02-jump.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f53.png)\n\n![03-guns.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f55.png)\n\n![04-bomb.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f56.png)\n\n![05-boss.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f63.png)\n\n-----\n\n### Update - 2018-04-23 7:58pm EST\n\nHTML5 build now available on itch.io. Also, minor bug-fix: when continuing or restarting from either end screen, the max player health was capped at 3 when it should have remained at 5. Literally a single-character change - although, on further consideration, it's probably a line of code that should have been removed entirely.","meta":{"author":[104],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/86\/z\/10d51.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/rjhelms\/LD41","link-02":"https:\/\/rjhelms.itch.io\/punk-at-the-opera","link-02-tag":"42337","link-03":"https:\/\/rjhelms.itch.io\/punk-at-the-opera","link-03-tag":"42336","link-03-name":"","link-04":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SuJrNtBP0A8","link-04-tag":"42517","link-04-name":"Timelapse"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/punk-at-the-opera","parents":[1,5,9,73256],"love":0,"notes":16,"notes-timestamp":"2018-05-05T15:06:31Z","grade":{"grade-01":28,"grade-02":28,"grade-03":29,"grade-04":28,"grade-05":28,"grade-06":29,"grade-07":29,"grade-08":28},"magic":{"cool":97.923649318693,"feedback":34,"given":26.25,"grade":28.375,"grade-01-average":3.923,"grade-01-result":64,"grade-02-average":4.077,"grade-02-result":16,"grade-03-average":3.037,"grade-03-result":506,"grade-04-average":3.654,"grade-04-result":313,"grade-05-average":3.577,"grade-05-result":208,"grade-06-average":3.815,"grade-06-result":52,"grade-07-average":3.667,"grade-07-result":71,"grade-08-average":3.769,"grade-08-result":51,"smart":22.386089807441}},"text":"Oh man, after a night getting black out drunk, you've woken up in the middle of a production of HMS Pinafore! There's only one thing left to do in this situation: fight your way out!\n\nA side-scrolling beat-'em-up about the incompatibility of opera and the punk rock lifestyle.\n\nClear each screen, by defeating all of the opera performers. Prepare for the final showdown with Gilbert and Sullivan themselves!\n\n### Keyboard controls\n\n- Move: Arrow keys \/ WASD\n- Punch: Z\n- Jump: X\n- Throw bomb: C\n\n### Gamepad controls\n\nThis mapping is for an XBox 360 controller - your mileage may vary!\n\n- Move: left stick\n- Punch: Button 1 (A)\n- Jump: Button 2 (B)\n- Throw bomb: Button 3 (X)\n\nController mapping can be changed in the launcher.\n\nEscape quits at all times.\n\n-----\n\n![02-jump.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f53.png)\n\n![03-guns.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f55.png)\n\n![04-bomb.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f56.png)\n\n![05-boss.png](\/\/\/raw\/86\/z\/12f63.png)\n\n-----\n\n### Update - 2018-04-23 7:58pm EST\n\nHTML5 build now available on itch.io. Also, minor bug-fix: when continuing or restarting from either end screen, the max player health was capped at 3 when it should have remained at 5. Literally a single-character change - although, on further consideration, it's probably a line of code that should have been removed entirely.","title":"Punk at the Opera"}