{"author_link":"\/users\/rudra-nil-basu","author_name":"Rudra Nil Basu","author_uid":"1002094","comments":[{"author_name":"JestemStefan","author_uid":"1077786","time":"2019-05-01T14:57:41Z","epoch":1556722661,"modified":1556722661,"text":"Hi. I played your game and I'm very confused.\n\nHow to go past first spikes? I tried different thing like 20 times and nothing works.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jam373","author_uid":"1140301","time":"2019-05-01T14:57:47Z","epoch":1556722667,"modified":1556722667,"text":"Really cool level with some neat new platformer mechanics! I think you should tutorialise jumping on enemy heads before the arrows tho, just because then it makes the 'killing yourself on spikes' puzzle a little more clear.\nAlso really like the art for zombies!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rudra Nil Basu","author_uid":"1002094","time":"2019-05-01T18:01:33Z","epoch":1556733693,"modified":1556733693,"text":"Hey  @jestemstefan , thanks for playing! \n\n(**Spoiler**) So the idea behind the first spikes is to sacrifice your life by jumping on the spikes (and turning yourself into a zombie) and using the next member (which spawns when you die) to use the zombie as a platform by jumping on it's head and crossing the spiked platform.\n\n@jam373 yeah, I was divided on the placement, went ahead with the *'killing a zombie first'* tutorial since that would introduce the zombie without putting them into a mechanic directly. Probably wasn't a good idea since gamers are well aware of what a zombie is and people would end up killing the zombie first. Thanks for playing, glad you liked the game and the zombie programmer-art :stuck_out_tongue: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CarlsonAndPeeters","author_uid":"1005660","time":"2019-05-02T08:18:41Z","epoch":1556785121,"modified":1556785121,"text":"Cool game! Ran into a couple bugs with zombie behavior, but that's to be expected in a jam. The arrow mechanic was nice and I could see it being expanded into a larger project. And thanks for tuning into the stream!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Shunaky","author_uid":"1147632","time":"2019-05-03T20:28:59Z","epoch":1556915339,"modified":1556915339,"text":"Nice game, I liked that you can stick one arrow to te other, it really helps on that tall wall","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Balance686","author_uid":"1073177","time":"2019-05-03T21:03:15Z","epoch":1556917395,"modified":1556917395,"text":"Nice entry! I like the player sprite, the level design, and the jumping on arrow mechanic. The tie in with the theme is a bit loose but I see what you're going for with it. I found the way the camera jumps side to side when you turn a bit jarring. It looks like you're rotating or negating the scale based on a point at the center of the screen perhaps? If the goal is to maintain the camera distance from the direction you're traveling maybe lerping its location would be a better approach just to smooth things out. Either way, good job on finishing!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dougLima","author_uid":"1143326","time":"2019-05-03T22:17:36Z","epoch":1556921856,"modified":1556921856,"text":"Cool game, the camera needs a bit of work. I got the mario snes feeling, very cool. Nice entry!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yadi","author_uid":"1154102","time":"2019-05-04T23:12:56Z","epoch":1557011576,"modified":1557011576,"text":"nice game bro! lots of creative mechanics.  wish I had read the comments first! took me a long time to figure out how to get pass the spikes. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"cheesepencil","author_uid":"1143012","time":"2019-05-04T23:40:07Z","epoch":1557013207,"modified":1557013207,"text":"Tricky... cool entry, neat new mechanics","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ursagames","author_uid":"1007359","time":"2019-05-05T00:41:42Z","epoch":1557016902,"modified":1557016902,"text":"Thank you for submitting your game to be played on my stream!\n\nOnce the stream is finished you can find the video here: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ursagames\/videos\nIf you want to know when it was played you can find your game in the queue here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y5rdokvp","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Franciszek Pyr\u0107","author_uid":"1121145","time":"2019-05-05T07:57:57Z","epoch":1557043077,"modified":1557043077,"text":"I've played this game in a video.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5xDIFZyRjY8\n\nThe light offset makes turning around weird. Great entry!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jjjjason","author_uid":"1048483","time":"2019-05-06T03:09:43Z","epoch":1557112183,"modified":1557112239,"text":"That's a pretty cool mechanic!! And definitely only one you can discover through experimentation. When it looks like there's nothing you can do but die, guess I'll die then.\n\nAlso, I don't know how intended this was, but arrows make great makeshift platforms!\n\nFor feedback, obviously more levels would be great. People had already mentioned above, but the over-eager camera is quite jarring, and while very aesthetic, I'm not sure how much the fog-of-war contributes to the game.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/153835-e9c81c99280ce52b843f75f564e44666.png"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rudranilbasu.github.io\/games\/LD44\/TheDescendant.zip","text":"macOS"},{"url":"http:\/\/rudranilbasu.github.io\/games\/LD44\/TheDescendantWin.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/rudra.itch.io\/the-descendant","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","text":"macOS"},{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"54841","g_author":"1002094","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"255638","g_title":"The DESCENDANT","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"153835","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.416145"},"nds":{"n_key":"153835","n_urlkey":"255638","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/the-descendant","n_slug":"the-descendant","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"2094","n_created":"1556577526","n_modified":"1556902312","n_version":"470837","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":153835,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":2094,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2019-04-29T22:48:45Z","created":"2019-04-29T22:38:46Z","modified":"2019-05-03T16:51:52Z","version":470837,"slug":"the-descendant","name":"The DESCENDANT","body":"![Screenshot 2019-04-30 at 4.21.17 AM.png](\/\/\/raw\/e28\/z\/22926.png)\n\nThe Descendant is a platformer about sacrificing your life for your community.\n\n# Controls\n* Left \/ Right Arrow => Move left and right\n* Space => Jump\n* Z => Normal mode => loads an arrow\n* Z => on a loaded arrow => Fires the arrow\n\n\n![shooting.gif](\/\/\/raw\/e28\/z\/247cc.gif)\n","meta":{"author":[2094],"grade-06-out":"1","link-01-tag":"42339","link-01":"http:\/\/rudranilbasu.github.io\/games\/LD44\/TheDescendant.zip","link-02":"http:\/\/rudranilbasu.github.io\/games\/LD44\/TheDescendantWin.zip","link-02-tag":"42337","cover":"\/\/\/content\/e28\/z\/24172.png","link-03":"https:\/\/rudra.itch.io\/the-descendant","link-03-tag":"42336","link-03-name":"itch.io (postjam bug fixes)","link-04":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","link-04-tag":"42337","link-04-name":"gamejolt (postjam bug fixes)","link-05":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","link-05-tag":"42339","link-05-name":"gamejolt (postjam bug fixes)","link-06":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/the_descendant\/411716","link-06-tag":"42336","link-06-name":"","link-07":"","link-07-tag":"0","link-07-name":""},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/the-descendant","parents":[1,5,9,139254],"love":0,"notes":12,"notes-timestamp":"2019-05-06T03:10:39Z","grade":{"grade-01":17,"grade-02":17,"grade-03":17,"grade-04":17,"grade-05":17,"grade-07":15,"grade-08":16},"magic":{"cool":112.21672153736,"feedback":7,"given":17,"grade":16.571428571429,"smart":11.22360205987}},"text":"![Screenshot 2019-04-30 at 4.21.17 AM.png](\/\/\/raw\/e28\/z\/22926.png)\n\nThe Descendant is a platformer about sacrificing your life for your community.\n\n# Controls\n* Left \/ Right Arrow => Move left and right\n* Space => Jump\n* Z => Normal mode => loads an arrow\n* Z => on a loaded arrow => Fires the arrow\n\n\n![shooting.gif](\/\/\/raw\/e28\/z\/247cc.gif)\n","title":"The DESCENDANT"}