{"author_link":"\/author\/zanzlanz\/","author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","comments":[{"author_name":"FuzzyWuzzie","author_uid":"22923","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:23am","epoch":1450059480,"text":"I think you've uploaded the wrong game.. that said, chocolate helicopter blades are delicious (and that game is SOLID, sad I missed it last LD!)"},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:45am","epoch":1450060800,"text":"WAH! You're right, the embedded game was pointed to the old game. The links are fine though. WHOOPS!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fixed. Thank you."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:44am","epoch":1450064340,"text":"This game is really addicting! Graphics are basic, but colours make it look epic, and music is top notch! 5\/5 everything! :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for participating in this jam, and please do so next time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good luck in your exams!!! :D"},{"author_name":"JanGames","author_uid":"21764","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1450065060,"text":"I love the graphics, pretty cool gameplay too, it was easy to evade the walls but the seeds got me killed."},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:06am","epoch":1450076460,"text":"Pretty spiffy game! Diagonal pixels look damn awesome (although you probably didn't have to tilt the whole screen for it)! Rather difficult, though, but not unfair!"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:12am","epoch":1450076820,"text":"Simply amazing."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:17am","epoch":1450077120,"text":"5611 high score maybe?  For some reason, the tutorial was WAY more difficult for me than the game itself.  It took forever for me to time the 3 shots so that each of the obstacles got two shots each.  I felt like one should be enough.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unique idea with the diagonal pixels!  Nice audio too."},{"author_name":"gkxd","author_uid":"62948","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:19am","epoch":1450077240,"text":"I really enjoyed this game! The graphics are simple but nice. The diagonal look is a cool twist on the classic 8-bit theme. The music fit well, and the gameplay and controls were really fluid.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Working high score table too!)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not sure how hard this would be, but something that you could do is space things out so that the sound effects sync up with the rhythm of the music. This is something pretty minor, but as a rhythm game player, this would make the game complete for me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"killthealias","author_uid":"36494","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:20am","epoch":1450077300,"text":"The tutorial was harder than the actual game. The actual game was great."},{"author_name":"Aurel B\u00edl\u00fd","author_uid":"1645","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:23am","epoch":1450077480,"text":"Well done! The aesthetic was nice, gameplay fun for a little bit. I wish it got more frantic \/ difficult, though. Got to 18k, felt no difference."},{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:25am","epoch":1450077600,"text":"Very nice! I like the rotated graphics, the audio is cool - I can really see myself playing this from time to time, should this become a mobile port at some time."},{"author_name":"mlepage","author_uid":"61867","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:26am","epoch":1450077660,"text":"Amazing! Really loving it!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done on all counts!"},{"author_name":"Fanttum","author_uid":"42108","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:42am","epoch":1450078620,"text":"Great game. A little tough for me. Why don't the shots go all the way across the screen? :\/ Sick music too"},{"author_name":"Luxorix","author_uid":"22476","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:04am","epoch":1450079940,"text":"Very good! Amazing music!"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:17am","epoch":1450080720,"text":"Very slick and stylish. The 3 &quot;big&quot; seeds in the tutorial are a hell to get through xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Amazing graphics, sound is fantastic, gameplay is straigh forward and very effective. Great work and good luck ^_^"},{"author_name":"Waynetron","author_uid":"8591","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1450092120,"text":"Simple idea implemented really well. Really made those 2 buttons count."},{"author_name":"tgrehawi","author_uid":"60024","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1450104660,"text":"Love the diagonal pixel style! The music is very well done and all around this game is fantastic! I'd love to see a post compo version with more variety."},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1450114680,"text":"So many comments! Thank you all! &lt;3 I will be checking out everyone's games soon, I promise!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Danidre: I can't say for sure if I'll participate in the next one! It's really hard planning around my school schedule. And I have an exam to take today, so thanks for the good luck :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>JanGames &amp; tgrehawi: I should have totally spent more time adding more variation to the walls!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Justinooncx &amp; Aurel B&iacute;l&yacute; &amp; Fanttum: Getting mixed comments on difficulty! I really need to figure out how to balance this :)\r<br\/>Fanttum, the shots end on the screen as a gameplay element. You can always see your bullets and plan their locations - also it gives you a chance to see incoming walls and stuff before you destroy them)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>GAFBlizzard &amp; killthealias &amp; esayitch: The tutorial is too difficult? I must really be used to it by now. Thanks for letting me know! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>gkxd: A rhythm game! That would actually be pretty cool, but that would be so difficult to balance with gameplay xD Thanks!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Gyfis: I had mobile in mind when I made the resolution! I might work on it after Spike Tower!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Waynetron: The hardest part was trying to make the game balanced with constant shooting! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"GhostID","author_uid":"10885","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1450122180,"text":"I love it! &lt;3"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1450128180,"text":"Wow, great job! The diagonal pixel idea works really well, and goes a good job to set this game apart from the flurry of pixel art we see every Ludum Dare (including from myself.)"},{"author_name":"adiaden","author_uid":"64779","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:55am","epoch":1450147800,"text":"Zanzlanz, I watched you make this from the first minute, and seeing what it has become in 48 hours just amazes me. Keep up the good work, and keep on making games! :D"},{"author_name":"Dmitrix","author_uid":"10093","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:12am","epoch":1450156020,"text":"Diagonal pixels look pretty good."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1450237800,"text":"Loved it! Loved the diagonal pixels, beautiful! Great idea too. Very nice music, and fun game! Great job!"},{"author_name":"JohnWatmuff","author_uid":"60437","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1450292880,"text":"very fun! It would be cool to have control of the gun somehow, but still great. Much enjoyed."},{"author_name":"Jakob37","author_uid":"50156","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1450293300,"text":"Interesting game! I really like the pixel art, and it has a nice game play."},{"author_name":"CrownCity","author_uid":"19469","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1450293480,"text":"One of the best games played so far! It's just all comes well together... Don't know what to say about it anymore other than very good entry! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh a nice addition to this would be the possibility to beat other highscores"},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1450294260,"text":"Amazing game !"},{"author_name":"Optimus6128","author_uid":"17470","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1450294380,"text":"I really like the graphic style of this game. And it's simple and plays nicely."},{"author_name":"daandruff","author_uid":"3244","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1450294620,"text":"Superawesome game... best played yet!"},{"author_name":"bitdecaygames","author_uid":"52796","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1450296300,"text":"The diagonal pixel style was definitely unique.  Great game!  Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Riftpoint","author_uid":"56172","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1450297320,"text":"Cool art and gameplay! Very fun to play."},{"author_name":"Max Amaden","author_uid":"62658","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1450297860,"text":"Wow - this is one of the most polished endless games I've seen this Ludum Dare so far! I love the sound effects and the dynamic camera shake when you destroy objects. Keep up the good work - I look forward to seeing more of your work!"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1450297920,"text":"Great music and SFX! The pixel art is very pixel-ized and retro in a very good way. This game is well stylized. It is probably just me but I wish my bullets went a bit farther as I have trouble shooting all the seeds that appear. Loved it."},{"author_name":"lawendt","author_uid":"62237","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1450298100,"text":"Simple but fun gameplay, congratz!"},{"author_name":"tweedle","author_uid":"44218","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1450299540,"text":"The seed feeding the plant behind you is really clever, nice work!"},{"author_name":"alpha_rat","author_uid":"39704","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1450300740,"text":"Simple and efficient! very satisfying to play"},{"author_name":"banana4life","author_uid":"41477","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1450305840,"text":"Score: 3701\r<br\/>I really like it!"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1450306500,"text":"Fun, simple, dynamic, well done. :)"},{"author_name":"emmes","author_uid":"60595","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:21am","epoch":1450311360,"text":"Wow.\r<br\/>One of the sickest game I've played on Ludum Dare yet. The diagonal pixel idea is freaking me out! Nostalgia...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But the best thing is the music. Completely unbelievable you did that during the compo! It's actually so good, I have it running in endless loop in the background ATM... Yes, it's repetitive after a while, but I also like Underworld and Crystal Method ;-)"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:18am","epoch":1450350780,"text":"the graphics and sound are very cool, nice job"},{"author_name":"Supernaught","author_uid":"25961","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1450368720,"text":"Very fun game! Sounds and music are SICK and really add to the juiciness of the game. Also love what you did with the diagonal pixel art.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Definitely one of my favorite games this LD! Now excuse me while I go play Deseeder OST on repeat."},{"author_name":"NirabazGAMES","author_uid":"65891","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1450372920,"text":"Interesting style and beautiful graphics. Special thanks for the tutorial =)"},{"author_name":"fractalbear","author_uid":"64635","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1450374540,"text":"Awesome! Full marks from me. Diagonal pixels are ridiculously cool! Reckon they'll be the new voxel. Amazing stuff dude :D"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:04am","epoch":1450421940,"text":"So much awesome! I'm jealous of this art style very cool"},{"author_name":"Jwatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1450539900,"text":"It's a solid if plain infinite runner. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I can see a lot of work has gone into the music, good job with that. Plenty of polish all around."},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1450550700,"text":"Loved this, but the tutorials could be a bit easier! Well done :)"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1450633260,"text":"Wow, slick all-arounder here, it's got nice gameplay, plus good graphics and sound, plus a soundtrack... that's a lot for a compo entry!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job.  Only nitpick I could offer is that a few times I was confused about when I got hit, otherwise it was all clear and fun.  The tutorial was well done, I usually find them intrusive but not in this case."},{"author_name":"AndreasL","author_uid":"34522","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 11:38am","epoch":1450697580,"text":"Very cool game!\r<br\/>Loved the music, and somehow the sound effects when I shot enemies seemed to sync up to the music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice to see an entry that focus so much on the juicy-ness \/game feel.\r<br\/>I'm not a huge fan of the graphics, it just seems like a big blur to me so something a bit crisper would be great.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But the gameplay is really the reason why I come back to this game! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1450741320,"text":"Awesome game! It's really polished, fun and the mechanics really fit the theme. Nice done! :D"},{"author_name":"drludos","author_uid":"29773","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1450815240,"text":"Very cool entry! I love the graphics style, and the music is very entertaining! The gameplay is simple yet challenging, and most of all, quite fun to play! Congrats for putting this out in 48h hours only, it's very polished fast-paced game :)"},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1450890480,"text":"You are featured in today's Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out! - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kRXegYh1MPw"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 11:30am","epoch":1451042700,"text":"Wow! Awesome game, really =) Art syle looking interesting. Game mechanic is perfect! Like the challenge, it's fun and very adictive, man! Like that I can destroy walls, it's really cool feature =)\r<br\/>Very solid entry, man!"},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1451059020,"text":"Love the global score board, it's always a treat to see that. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1451322240,"text":"Fun to play! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/Fm6iQk47yZ0"},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1451323680,"text":"Thanks again everyone for the kind feedback!!! I did make a post compo version that improves in most of the areas you guys mentioned. The level design was fixed, the tutorial is 4% easier, and I added a scoreboard (There you go, @CrownCity :D)!\r<br\/>I really slacked off on playing everyone's games, but I still plan on getting to it soon. I want to rate everyone back and give feedback if I can. Love your games so far! &lt;3\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks @ButtonMasherBros for checking out the game! I wish I had a way to make it more obvious that the seeds feed the plant and make you lose a heart!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And thank you Jupiter_Hadley for playing too! Your commentary is always pleasant and to the point. Keep up the great work!"},{"author_name":"sararyCow","author_uid":"50072","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1451416020,"text":"Pretty original visuals! I liked graphics, music and the overall mood of this game. Congrats! :)"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1451419860,"text":"Very polished and cute! Nice job! Also cool hints and tutorial!"},{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","author_uid":"55226","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1451424720,"text":"I love the graphics, and the gameplay was great. The only thing that bothered me was that the walls to get to extra hearts took too long to break, and had no indication of damage.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This definitely deserves the top 100!"},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1451427060,"text":"@TerraCottaFrog - Agreed: walls do show damage in the postcompo version (they turn red - making them shader was confusing to the player), but I still never decided on a good way to provide hearts. :D"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1451429340,"text":"Wow, amazing graphics, I love the diamond-shaped pixels! And awesome sound! Gameplay isn't that innovative, but fun nonetheless. Well done!"},{"author_name":"ninos","author_uid":"48763","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 10:46am","epoch":1451644860,"text":"Really liked this game, you did a great job 10\/10"},{"author_name":"Big Cow","author_uid":"51323","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1451682720,"text":"Pumpin tune! Fun addictive play. Looks pretty with very few pixels. Well done for stick to two button theme too!"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 10:52am","epoch":1451818020,"text":"Nice entry. A difficulty curve would make it more interesting though. :) keep up the good work."},{"author_name":"Nega Drive","author_uid":"26098","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1451835900,"text":"Great game! The diagonal pixel aesthetic is really interesting! Fun stuff. Love the soundtrack too."},{"author_name":"Peekotus","author_uid":"61673","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1451852700,"text":"The seeds are kinda hard to kill but besides that the game is good."},{"author_name":"oparisy","author_uid":"50996","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1451860080,"text":"Hey, very fun game! Original graphics, cool music, good action (weren't most of the plaforms destructible?)."},{"author_name":"Guard13007","author_uid":"52323","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1451936100,"text":"That was excellent. I barely beat the f@%#ing tutorial, but it was awesome."},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 3:04am","epoch":1451962740,"text":"WOAH GUYS! Thanks so much for voting me so high on the audio! That's the highest I've been rated in any category before (the last was 9th in audio for Str1ngle). &lt;3\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise pretty decent scores. Thank you everyone for playing! ;D"}],"images":["ld34\/11407-48f8cd1f32df06bd5f076f9d884cf7be.jpg","ld34\/11407-1c14d756bd1205dc1d0efcee1f33b076.jpg","ld34\/11407-b7f6ccdb8e3a0852c8e2f6895651ef1f.jpg","ld34\/11407-e72dce462e87ed6bfc09c3c8a3563640.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/zanzlanz.com\/g\/DESEEDERLD","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/667815","text":"Newgrounds Postmortem"},{"url":"https:\/\/zanzlanz.bandcamp.com\/album\/deseeder-soundtrack","text":"Soundtrack"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-Ly4mb2VDo","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/zanzlanz.com\/dump\/2015\/DESEEDERSource","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5082","g_author":"11407","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5106","g_title":"DESEEDER","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"51","g_commentcount":"68","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\/11407-shot0-1450059092.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/11407-shot1-1450059092.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/11407-shot2-1450059092.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/11407-shot3-1450059092.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I decided to fool around with a new style this Ludum Dare: Diagonal pixels!\r\nIt was weird to program, but I love how it turned out.\r\n\r\nI incorporated both themes:\r\n- Your goal as the DESEEDER is to destroy all of the seeds, otherwise you'll feed the giant plant following you!\r\n- Your controls are only UP and DOWN. Shooting is automatic.\r\n\r\nPress P to pause, and M to mute.\r\n\r\nHope you all really enjoy the game! Let me know your scores! :D\r\n\r\nHEY! Check out the postmortem! It has a scoreboard, and fixed up level generation:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/667815","title":"DESEEDER"}