{"author_link":"\/author\/terryg\/","author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","comments":[{"author_name":"ragnta","author_uid":"64481","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1450212600,"text":"I can go out from the screen. Is it deliberate?"},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:59am","epoch":1450349640,"text":"Yes. It actually makes it easier since the hero sometimes gets in the way. By putting him to the far right, if a viking gets flinged too far, then the viking will push the hero to the left and allows you to get early detection since that's usually the case when the viking will really go to town chopping down the plant."},{"author_name":"Efuvex","author_uid":"44473","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1450351320,"text":"Interesting game. I see it was made in unity - by the way to fix the weird shaped health bar you can use a 9-slice in the sprite import settings."},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:34am","epoch":1450351740,"text":"Nice little game. Didn't succeed to end it though !"},{"author_name":"ImYellowFish","author_uid":"43725","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1450354440,"text":"pretty nice concept. the collision is a little weird. sometimes dragging a viking causes my character to fly with him if near. Adding more variations might make this game more fun"},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1450387200,"text":"Thanks, Efuvex. I'll look into that. \rThanks, Blake and YellowFish. It seems that the there might be some friction with the rigid body and that might cause the lift of the character too. I've had it happen to me."},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 6:42am","epoch":1450766220,"text":"It fit the theme but I wasn't sure what to do at first."},{"author_name":"Oneiric Worlds","author_uid":"66192","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 9:19am","epoch":1450775640,"text":"Interesting game. I was first confused by the fact that you have to move the character (the tutorial doesn't say anything about it?) Anyways, I got it quite fast. Nice idea, and I love the audio."},{"author_name":"The Glorious Oysters","author_uid":"65538","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1450891320,"text":"The game does not start... I stay stuck on a white page :("},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:20am","epoch":1451114100,"text":"Kind of frustrating, since the flinging isn't responsive and the player gets in the way. Otherwise, an interesting idea."},{"author_name":"Zener","author_uid":"12819","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 10:22am","epoch":1451125020,"text":"Interesting concept and good music"},{"author_name":"OwT","author_uid":"63013","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 11:55am","epoch":1451130600,"text":"Oh man... It turns out that I have the patience of a nut! At first I though I'm gonna throw everything out of the window. I really did not know what I'm doing! But then it seemed to work so I continued... and then I won? \rFor me it was not so fun, but people around me almost died from laughter so it was worth it!"},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1451147820,"text":"Glad to hear Owt! Yes. Mostly you just move the "hero" out of the way, and start chucking vikings at the plant."},{"author_name":"Loneshark","author_uid":"35329","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 7:35am","epoch":1451287800,"text":"I finally beat this game.\r\rThere needs to be a bit more feedback for click and drag as it's not obvious what's going on from the tutorial alone.\r\rI was furious when I almost reached the clouds but missed one shot with a viking who single-handedly chopped my plant back down within seconds. It's a bit brutal with punishment and could be balanced a bit more (understandable with the lack of time and all, though).\r\rI feel like the little pilgrim avatar could have had a bit more pushing power against the viking soldiers to give him more reason to stay on screen."},{"author_name":"hunttis","author_uid":"41000","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:10am","epoch":1451293500,"text":"Interesting, but damn this was frustrating to play on a trackpad :D\r\rThe music seems to restart every time you change a page in the tutorial."},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1451307480,"text":"Thanks for the feedback @loneshark. Spent a lot of time trying to get the flinging action to work. A floating arrow or something would have helped but I didn't have time. And the vikings are too aggressive with the axe. I think if that was half the rate that would give you time to deal with that viking. I could add more weight to the pilgrim."},{"author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1451308860,"text":"I'm not sure what to make of this. The mechanics are inventive, but it took me a while to work out how to be effective. Momentum can easily turn against the player, and the player character seems to get in the way more than anything else. The fling really does need an attached power arrow. Also, the UI buttons are tiny. I liked the challenge scaling as the plant neared the top, but it was very easy to get knocked all the way back down to below the starting point."},{"author_name":"Halleflux","author_uid":"24741","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 1:39am","epoch":1451352840,"text":"Rather difficult game play, but nice music."}],"images":["ld34\/50816-c6eab6e43950381014f0f7f9aaabb652.jpg","ld34\/50816-a2b34b9d43355d2c91175a1ab470a3e4.jpg","ld34\/50816-64940f62b3b76ed22c265b5f19afb6dd.jpg","ld34\/50816-58e0d2ba29f95eb4f725753d314e0dee.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/terryg.itch.io\/attack-of-the-vikings","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/terryg.itch.io\/attack-of-the-vikings-src","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5577","g_author":"50816","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5681","g_title":"Attack of the Vikings","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1014","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\/50816-shot0-1450078612.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50816-shot1-1450078612.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50816-shot2-1450078612.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/50816-shot3-1450078612.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The vikings are causing trouble in your village.\u00a0 You must drive them away so that people can be safe again.\u00a0 You discover a magical plant that can GROW tall enough to reach the god of all the vikings up in the skies.\u00a0 However, it needs nutrients to keep GROWING....vikings, that is.\u00a0 So you fling vikings at the plant before the viking hoards can cut it down.\u00a0 Can you destroy the viking god?\r\n\r\nYou will want to play with full screen in order to access the controls to start the game at the bottom of the screen.\r\n\r\nUse arrow keys (or \"a\" and \"d\") to move the player left and right.","title":"Attack of the Vikings"}