{"author_link":"\/author\/docjekyll\/","author_name":"Docjekyll","author_uid":"41650","comments":[{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:28am","epoch":1450077780,"text":"Nice game.  Its fun to line up combo shots.  Some kind of score with a multiplier for combos would be fun.  Its maybe a little too easy.  When I lost on purpose, it still gave me the victory."},{"author_name":"Tensoplast01","author_uid":"58271","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:45am","epoch":1450078800,"text":"Nice game, fun, but the challenge isn't too difficult.."},{"author_name":"ProjectX593","author_uid":"19774","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:48am","epoch":1450078980,"text":"The way the music changes based on the laser is great - I found myself keeping my laser charged even if it wasn't needed just to play with the music."},{"author_name":"Terrabalt","author_uid":"38512","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:08am","epoch":1450080180,"text":"Nice game. could be a lil too easy, though"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:09am","epoch":1450080240,"text":"There's a lot of good stuff going on here!  Nice graphics, nice sound loop, and very clever use of the two additional themes that mix in depending on which button you hold down.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I kind of wanted to hear what BOTH would sound like mixed together.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you wanted to take this further in a full game, you could do neat stuff with combo bonuses and maybe upgrades.  I was fun lining up the laser to hit multiple enemies."},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:11am","epoch":1450080360,"text":"Nice, but the pace is a bit slow. Sound effects would have been better too :) I like to music"},{"author_name":"ianh","author_uid":"1496","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:12am","epoch":1450080420,"text":"I really like that thing you're doing with the music!  I found myself shooting to the beat.  Maybe an opportunity for a musical combo system? :)"},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:14am","epoch":1450080540,"text":"Fun! combo shots were satisfying to make. Adding in little variation was great."},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:59am","epoch":1450083240,"text":"Neat, well polished. Would have been neat to see more uses for the 4 bases."},{"author_name":"rantt","author_uid":"41103","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1450114560,"text":"I love how you mixed the music in with charging the lasers, very nice touch.  Fun game, great job!"},{"author_name":"Jakob37","author_uid":"50156","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1450120860,"text":"Very nice game! I especially liked how certain parts of the music got louder when you charged the laser. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I missed what you wrote in the description about skipping levels, so it was a bit too easy for me."},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1450122960,"text":"Nice music and love the visuals although oh my god is this game crying out for glowing stuff and trails and particles :) Couldn't work out how to skip btw!"},{"author_name":"pparke","author_uid":"56496","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1450126860,"text":"I enjoyed the laser charging and having to match the enemy with the type of laser used.  The music was great.  Could have faster progression or more variance in enemy strategies but those are just polishing.  Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:33am","epoch":1450236480,"text":"Great game idea. It's really fun to play it. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"JamesMowery","author_uid":"64932","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:52am","epoch":1450417620,"text":"This was very fun. I enjoyed it, so good job. One thing I felt that could have been added, or would have just been cool in general, is if I could have fired both lasers at the same time. Maybe just require it to take much longer to charge, but it could combine into a super shot if you have enough time."},{"author_name":"Kenneth Ng","author_uid":"66377","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:31am","epoch":1450423560,"text":"Love the art. Cool style. Difficult game, but very addicting, ended up playing longer than I thought I would haha."},{"author_name":"thecatspajamas","author_uid":"66266","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:03am","epoch":1450519080,"text":"A fun twist on missile commander.  I like that you have to match the color of the enemy, and that different charge levels affect different enemies."},{"author_name":"LoneStranger","author_uid":"203","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 6:25am","epoch":1450851600,"text":"Interesting twist on the Command game with the two laser types. I was in no way good enough to get through Easy, but I can see the potential with a little more lead time or some other balancing between charge time\/enemy toughness."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1451338680,"text":"Good game! I like the simple graphics and the great music. It's fun to play and gets rather challenging in higher levels, but it gets there only slowly. I wonder if some sound effects would improve the game."},{"author_name":"Clabbage","author_uid":"59691","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 5:07am","epoch":1451365320,"text":"Really fun and pretty game. I loved the sound and audio."},{"author_name":"ac7","author_uid":"64451","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 6:02am","epoch":1451368620,"text":"Good concept and well-polished given the time constraints. The music was awesome!"},{"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"14366","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 6:09am","epoch":1451369040,"text":"audio and mood are fabulous! i expected different things as the level progressed, but it seemed like the same things. Still, that music changes were fun!"},{"author_name":"A Flat Miner Studios","author_uid":"42150","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 6:29am","epoch":1451370240,"text":"So much juice packed in here for a mere 48 hours. Music cues based on laser, clean visuals, great twist on the genre. Nice work."},{"author_name":"nucleartide","author_uid":"12773","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 7:20am","epoch":1451373300,"text":"Fun game. The graphics are very charming, they remind me of carbine rifles in Halo. :D Laser sound effects would be nice. Lining up combo shots is very satisfying."},{"author_name":"Efuvex","author_uid":"44473","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 7:44am","epoch":1451374740,"text":"Really cool audio :)"},{"author_name":"Tacohej","author_uid":"60381","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 9:27am","epoch":1451380920,"text":"++ Graphics looks great. Very weapon juicy charging animation.\r<br\/>+ Gameplay. The way you charge up and tries to achive combos is great, giving it a more strategic feel rather then just button mashing.\r<br\/>++ Music. Great track, very suiting for the theme. Nice use of different track based on weapon\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- To many lives. Even when you are doing terribly, you have a high chance of winning since losing all bases are rare. \r<br\/>- Sound effects - Would be nice!\r<br\/>- Difficulties. For this kind of game, I think only &quot;Normal&quot; would be enough since the game gets harder with levels. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall great job!"},{"author_name":"drinkadriu","author_uid":"64420","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 9:57am","epoch":1451382720,"text":"So addictive and interesting"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 11:19am","epoch":1451387640,"text":"Nice missile command and ikaruga mixture. Consistent art style, just missing some good meaty sound effects."},{"author_name":"SamH","author_uid":"26183","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 11:05am","epoch":1451818800,"text":"Interesting mechanics, it was a pretty enjoyable experience. Aiming was a bit too easy; I&rsquo;d have liked more diversity in enemy patterns, maybe."},{"author_name":"Bocodillo","author_uid":"55271","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 12:39am","epoch":1451954040,"text":"Very solid game. Fun, good looking and the music suits it well. Good job!"}],"images":["ld34\/41650-e17e300b4a7909fe06aa8c69400e5d77.jpg","ld34\/41650-b3f598d818cd5278919a5f80fb2c524a.jpg","ld34\/41650-7f755a13b05c2ddf0080fd52b9a2b2c9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cjdevsite.com\/games\/ld34\/","text":"Self-hosted"},{"url":"http:\/\/docjekyll.itch.io\/laser-command","text":"Itch.io"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jhnsnc\/LD34","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5409","g_author":"41650","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5421","g_title":"Laser Command","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"174","g_commentcount":"30","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\/41650-shot0-1450134127.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/41650-shot1-1450134057.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/41650-shot2-1450134166.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"***Update: Added difficulty feature post-compo. No game logic changed--it's just like skipping ahead a few levels.***\r\n\r\nLaser Command is like Missile Command with a twist.\r\n\r\nYou have to charge your laser before you can fire and enemies can only be hit by the correct type of laser.\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n- A = charge pink\/fuscia laser (release key to fire)\r\n- F or S = charge blue laser (release key to fire)\r\n- mouse cursor = aim laser\r\n(on \"How to play\" screen, for convenience)\r\n- PageUp = skip one level\r\n- PageDown = go back one level\r\n\r\n\r\nTechnology:\r\n- Phaser = HTML5 game engine (http:\/\/phaser.io\/)\r\n- Lodash = JavaScript utility library; barely used\r\n- GIMP for image editing\r\n- FL Studio 11 (+plugins) for music\r\n- NodeJS for build process","title":"Laser Command"}