{"author_link":"\/author\/zener\/","author_name":"Zener","author_uid":"12819","comments":[{"author_name":"Tom","author_uid":"60667","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:11am","epoch":1450062360,"text":"Started off a little slow I thought I was going to be disappointed but when the tornado gets going its quite fun. Good job."},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:38pm","epoch":1450096380,"text":"I love the moment you tear apart your first office building. It feels like victory n_n\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Awesome job for just one day, you've managed to fit both themes with a cool concept. Congrats!! :D"},{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1450474800,"text":"The controls are great. However, it gets a little boring after some time. Good job though."},{"author_name":"FireSlash","author_uid":"3130","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:30am","epoch":1450513500,"text":"There's something oddly satisfying about tearing office buildings out of the ground.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm not entirely sure what the power meter does, and there doesn't seem to be a clear goal or victory condition. But for something cobbled together in a day that's fairly easy to forgive.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You should consider making a non-compo finished version, even if it is late."},{"author_name":"grifdail","author_uid":"15168","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:31am","epoch":1450513560,"text":"An old spin on the old katamary genre.... (See what I did here ?)"},{"author_name":"ddr2","author_uid":"7978","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:34am","epoch":1450513740,"text":"interesting controls, but there is no difficulty increase or anything ? The controls don't get harder with a bigger tornado (getting out of control) ... which makes it not really re-playable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>good job though, I had fun playing it."},{"author_name":"Gipzo","author_uid":"32280","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:36am","epoch":1450513860,"text":"Nice game. Controls really let you feel that you are a tornado. My advice, that you could think of a more sophisticated system for a power meter, then just waiting for a little to fill it up."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:00am","epoch":1450515300,"text":"Nice concept! I would like to see some animations of the cars and maybe people running around. Audio would also add a lot to your game."},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:19am","epoch":1450516440,"text":"I like how the controls kind of make you move like a tornado =D\r<br\/>it's just awesome"},{"author_name":"LeafThief","author_uid":"3923","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 11:59am","epoch":1450526040,"text":"i did not really understand the power mechanics but i had fun nonetheless! :)"},{"author_name":"lurils","author_uid":"16303","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1450715160,"text":"nice game, it's kind of weird how it oscillates the power, I never know what I'll be able to destroy or not... But it was fun"},{"author_name":"Hybrog","author_uid":"59571","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1450726920,"text":"Took a while to get sued to the power mechanic, but I think i eventually got a hold of it. Interesting game, but on smaller windows, the power and destruction meters go off the screen. Solid game."},{"author_name":"madjackmcmad","author_uid":"5448","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 10:58am","epoch":1451127180,"text":"Excellent control. Power mechanic confused me as the tornado got bigger. Really well put together, an inspired Katamari style game. Good show."},{"author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 11:04am","epoch":1451127540,"text":"That was fun. The purpose of the power bar wasn't clear but it was still an interesting concept. Makes me want to play a Katamari game."},{"author_name":"SamH","author_uid":"26183","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1451128500,"text":"No sharks?! Well then you only get four stars, sorry. Apart from that, nice job on doing both themes, producing decent art and finding original game mechanics."},{"author_name":"Dreyan","author_uid":"52023","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:04am","epoch":1451293140,"text":"Fulfilled lifelong goal of being a tornado.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work on the game :D Reminded me a lot of Katamari Damacy, controls felt nice. Fit both themes very well. ^^"},{"author_name":"hunttis","author_uid":"41000","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:07am","epoch":1451293320,"text":"Liked the &quot;katamari damacyness&quot; of it all :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The destruction was a little bit unpredictable. Didn't really get why sometimes a building would get picked up and other times not and then another building of the same size got picked up again. Didn't also understand why the power-meter just seemed to &quot;fizzle&quot; at lowest power when I had reached maximum size."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1451322660,"text":"Liked the controls and the overall mood!"}],"images":["ld34\/12819-ecb01f38c2ffa8ae3985f3c6dd67867c.jpg","ld34\/12819-88f37dfe8af7feefc0fba101514cbdde.jpg","ld34\/12819-78c64fae31034bb63337e259dc971011.jpg","ld34\/12819-70c0131ccdada277db88ad14983d3315.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/62196728\/ld34\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/62196728\/ld34\/LD34Win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/62196728\/ld34\/LD34Mac.zip","text":"Mac"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/62196728\/ld34\/LudumDare34.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5008","g_author":"12819","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4986","g_title":"Crazy Tornado City","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"439","g_commentcount":"18","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\/\/511439\/12819-shot0-1450046326.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/12819-shot1-1450046326.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/12819-shot2-1450046326.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/12819-shot3-1450046326.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In Crazy Tornado City you are a Tornado! It's all about growing, and it is also about using two buttons to rotate left and right. The more things you absorb the bigger the Tornado will be.\r\n\r\nNotes\r\n=====\r\n-Please, give some time to the game to download and start (WebGL).\r\n-If you play from Ludum Dare page you won't see the destruction progress bar.\r\n-Alternate left and right to go into straight direction.\r\n\r\n\r\nControls\r\n========\r\nOption 1: Left + Right (Keyboard and Joystick)\r\nOption 2: Mouse button left + Mouse button right\r\nOption 3: Key A + Key D \r\n\r\nDevelopment\r\n===========\r\nThis time I could only develop for one day, I had a good idea but not much time, this is why the game is less polished than I would like. There is no sound, no sharks, and, once more, there are no enemies.\r\n\r\nGame is developed using Unity 5, MSVS and Paint shop pro.\r\n\r\n","title":"Crazy Tornado City"}