{"author_link":"\/author\/mcfunkypants\/","author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","comments":[{"author_name":"ConorOD","author_uid":"89815","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1461016140,"text":"This needs to be expanded upon - feels great to play currently!"},{"author_name":"APantaloni","author_uid":"92148","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1461019860,"text":"Well, it IS fun to control, it would be great to see this expanded into a game!"},{"author_name":"AlejoAC","author_uid":"12038","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1461022680,"text":"&quot;I will put my shoes on\r<br\/>and do what I feel&quot;\r<br\/>Max air:32\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A bit uncontrollable if you are trying to do something really specific, but really fun to tumble around while exploring. The pinball\/skate area is huge and have a lot of hidden little corners.\r<br\/>I was playing with a gamepad and being able to control the camera with the second stick can be really helpful."},{"author_name":"SmallPhil","author_uid":"39162","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:01am","epoch":1461027360,"text":"Ahaha this is great! The music is a amazing too :P"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:55am","epoch":1461034200,"text":"Pretty fun demo - I got 13M max air! Controls are a bit hard to use for precise moves (e.g. camera didn't really follow the player so some angles were hard to see). If this was expanded into a sort of cyber tony hawk, with gamepad support and grinding, that'd be awesome. I really enjoy the neon-future visuals :D"},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:58am","epoch":1461034380,"text":"Oh snap, just realized the gamepad works. Nice!"},{"author_name":"Wefiends","author_uid":"25830","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:19am","epoch":1461035640,"text":"Haha a good effort, I miss these kinds of games. Spent so long trying to get the required max air."},{"author_name":"icefallgames","author_uid":"11319","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:02am","epoch":1461052620,"text":"The look and atmosphere are great. And the controls feel awesome (with my gamepad)!\r<br\/>Just needs some missions and gameplay ;-)"},{"author_name":"tanis","author_uid":"48604","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1461091260,"text":"There's some potential there. The gameplay isn't bad at all and the controls are nice. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics style is good as well. You could definitely turn this into something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Sometimes the camera is a bit awkward and makes it hard to understand the direction you're going."},{"author_name":"Yetikatt","author_uid":"85947","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1461101520,"text":"Looks beautiful, sounds fantastic, gameplay was fun. Really enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"hellojed","author_uid":"3400","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1461101700,"text":"A for effort"},{"author_name":"solkar","author_uid":"9271","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:07am","epoch":1461146520,"text":"If your kid likes it that's something, for sure. :D"},{"author_name":"Pat Kemp","author_uid":"4349","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 1:42am","epoch":1461202620,"text":"Slick presentation! Fun movement!"},{"author_name":"Lady Beardo","author_uid":"25448","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 2:01am","epoch":1461203760,"text":"The movement feels really great!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1461251100,"text":"Congratulations on entry number 20 :D !! Anyway, this was really fun to play despite being a &quot;tech demo&quot; per se plus I liked the neon visuals and funky soundtrack. I definitely think you should expand on this more (as it's been a while since we had a really good skateboarding game :V)."},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1461265560,"text":"Really fun to just skate around and see how much air you can get. (I got 27 max air) Congrats on finding a way to entertain your son! That's what really matters!"},{"author_name":"ragnta","author_uid":"64481","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1461267420,"text":"Nice game. :) It has a little bit hard control, and sometimes I fall to the texture."},{"author_name":"JoeManaco","author_uid":"6837","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1461267840,"text":"This is insanely fun. Like Tony Hawk in Space ;)"},{"author_name":"Spotline","author_uid":"11703","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1461274020,"text":"SOUNDTRACK IS AWESOME"},{"author_name":"josemwarrior","author_uid":"17929","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:46am","epoch":1461285660,"text":"I spent several minutes just moving and jumping around the room, and I think that's a good sign. If I spend several minutes just playing with movement without a goal, it is a good starting point for a great game. Definitely keep working on this. Your child has good taste for games :)"},{"author_name":"Xmpp Texting FTW","author_uid":"94292","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 4:43am","epoch":1461299880,"text":"MOAR is required"},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 6:42am","epoch":1461307020,"text":"Please expand this, it feels so good. It would be great if you could do tricks and missions and stuff."},{"author_name":"pixelpotions","author_uid":"63064","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:15am","epoch":1461323400,"text":"For the short amount of time you had this is an awesome outcome! The movement feels slick and the added collectables and airtime stats do give it that arcade feel! I can see why your son thinks this is the best game you ever made. In it's core it is fun."},{"author_name":"Arvydas","author_uid":"84596","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1461339840,"text":"This is a good demo and is fun to just fly around on those ramps xD. Add more moves, levels, missions, character designs and you'll have something great! Good stuff"},{"author_name":"zetsumi","author_uid":"90428","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1461359040,"text":"funny !!!"},{"author_name":"siryakko","author_uid":"49920","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 11:08am","epoch":1461409380,"text":"You should use that as a good prototype and do more research on gameplay mechanics and game design. It can be a really great game"},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 11:26am","epoch":1461410460,"text":"And there is the mcfunkypants entry ! Even it's not finished, I find this super fun to control, it's visually pleasant and the audio is great. Would love to see an expanded version of it :) Glad you finally submitted it, you're son was right haha ! Also #IndieHighFive for your 20th Ludum Dare !"},{"author_name":"LinealGames","author_uid":"64590","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1461446400,"text":"Had a blast playing this although there were some parts that were open and caused me to fall through the map"},{"author_name":"Dmitrix","author_uid":"10093","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1461524580,"text":"This is pretty cool, I love skateboarding. Hope you expand on it!"},{"author_name":"fenwick","author_uid":"80489","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1461626880,"text":"Ollying would be a good addition.  The movement does feel really good."},{"author_name":"Freank","author_uid":"94168","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 9:14am","epoch":1461661740,"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":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1462040880,"text":"Game with great 3D graphics and style."},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1462139280,"text":"downloaded it but didnt find the exe"},{"author_name":"Uson Chen","author_uid":"90795","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 9:38am","epoch":1462267980,"text":"I like the visual arts and the music is exciting!"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1462290300,"text":"Nice controls and great aesthetic. I think that this project has some potential. Well done ++"},{"author_name":"yuigoto","author_uid":"50909","time":"May 6, 2016 @ 3:25am","epoch":1462504800,"text":"This is really fun, even though it's just a tech demo as you wrote. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Controls feel pretty solid and responsive, gameplay is fluid for me. DO keep working on it! :P"},{"author_name":"dollarone","author_uid":"45147","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 2:45am","epoch":1462761600,"text":"Very nice effort! Very impressive for a 72h jam!"}],"images":["ld35\/2297-8a8a839a4e43d20c107fbc0fc49fdb2f.jpg","ld35\/2297-e6ba5baf143381032eb25cefb6e0f36e.jpg","ld35\/2297-84b2fb14539c19212a5d5224a4d24b74.jpg","ld35\/2297-2ed5f39068cbbadcb376e57f003fa2ca.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mcfunkypants.com\/zip\/Trickytron_WINDOWS.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/mcfunkypants.com\/zip\/Trickytron_MAC.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/mcfunkypants.com\/zip\/Trickytron_LINUX.zip","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4076","g_author":"2297","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4188","g_title":"Trickytron","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"300","g_commentcount":"37","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\/2297-shot0-1461000532.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/2297-shot1-1461000532.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/2297-shot2-1461000532.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/2297-shot3-1461000532.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"So I'm a 43 year old dad with like zero free time... =)\r\n\r\nBut I LOVE LUDUM DARE so much I put a few hours into my 20th game entry!\r\n\r\nTWENTY LUDUM DARES! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\r\n\r\nAll I managed to finish was a \"movement tech demo\" where I continually tweaked the \"feel\" and nothing else - just in a debug room. \r\n\r\nThere's no damn gameplay here at all - don't bother rating me! Just - try it for fun, and see if you like the feel. The movement (on gamepad) feels so smooth that my 5 year old son just skated around in this vast fantasy skatepark for as long as I'd let him - he kept begging to play it the entire weekend. \"Daddy, this is your BEST GAME YOU EVER MADE!\"\r\n\r\nI don't know what to think. Should I keep working on this? Missions, people to talk to, a world map, levelups, inventory blah blah blah. \r\n\r\nUpdate: Just posted Mac OSX and Linux builds. Since I made this in Unity, I bet I could get it to work in VR on the HTC Vive or Oculus but I don't have the hardware. If you do, let me know if it runs on your glasses! \r\n\r\n=====\r\n\r\nI considered not submitting it.\r\n\r\nMy 5 year old son loves it.\r\n\r\nSo, you be the judge.\r\n\r\nTell me what you think in a comment.\r\n\r\nThanks for playing!\r\n\r\n- Christer \"mcfunkypants\" Kaitila\r\n","title":"Trickytron"}