{"author_link":"\/users\/jspacek","author_name":"jspacek","author_uid":"1186144","comments":[{"author_name":"gamebuilder","author_uid":"1075625","time":"2020-04-23T01:38:50Z","epoch":1587605930,"modified":1587605969,"text":"I made it to Sunday. It took me a while to figure out the controls (I couldn't find any instructions), but once I learned how it works, it was fun. Thanks for making this.\n\n![alyve-screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/967\/21\/z\/32a0b.png)\n\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nefrace","author_uid":"1034175","time":"2020-04-24T15:05:31Z","epoch":1587740731,"modified":1587740782,"text":"A very nice tower defence game, i really like it.\nHowever, after \"You kept yourself alive for sunday\", the game frezes and doesn't respond to any controls, only music is still playing. I think it's game over :smile: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AdamV","author_uid":"1020664","time":"2020-04-28T03:29:26Z","epoch":1588044566,"modified":1588044566,"text":"Cool tower defense game! It took me a while to figure out the controls though.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"congusbongus","author_uid":"1002764","time":"2020-04-28T03:31:48Z","epoch":1588044708,"modified":1588044708,"text":"Nice simple TD game. The twist ending was interesting! A great entry in the pico library","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mhykah","author_uid":"1034355","time":"2020-04-28T03:35:02Z","epoch":1588044902,"modified":1588044914,"text":"Fun game! Made it to Sunday. It took a while for me to understand what was going on but once I did it was good. Really liked the twist.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Isiah Brighton","author_uid":"1184192","time":"2020-04-28T03:41:39Z","epoch":1588045299,"modified":1588045299,"text":"I really enjoyed the ending. Especially since it was a mechanical twist as well as a narrative one. I only wish there was a way to see the cost of upgrading the highlighted unit (if there was I just didn't see it).","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"meelo","author_uid":"1186937","time":"2020-04-28T03:47:29Z","epoch":1588045649,"modified":1588045649,"text":"This was fun - I beat it my first try, and decided to go back for another run. The controls were really confusing at first - I had to basically push all the buttons on my keyboard until I figured out the controls were Z, X, C + Arrow keys (and the first run through, I found them awkward - I couldn't get turrets down fast enough to save my test tube buddy\/monster). There's definitely some balance issues to work out, though - the Pulser far outpaces any other weapon in terms of damager per second per $$$ - and you can get a perfect score (on my third attempt, hehe) up until the final day with just un-upgraded Pulsers:\n![Screen Shot 2020-04-27 at 11.44.06 PM.png](\/\/\/raw\/93a\/d2\/z\/33762.png)\n(I nearly killed the boss too; had only two segments left when it got to me). It might need some rebalancing. I really dig the graphical style and the audio is simple, but fun. Very nicely done.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"1004834","time":"2020-04-30T04:25:05Z","epoch":1588220705,"modified":1588220705,"text":"Had fun playing the game! I like the narrative you got running through the different waves, with the thing you were protecting becoming the boss becuase it broke loose. I had some trouble with the controls at first becuase I kept pressing z or x instead of the other. Nice job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OldeTobeh","author_uid":"1012958","time":"2020-04-30T04:33:44Z","epoch":1588221224,"modified":1588221224,"text":"Very impressive considering this is all running on PICO-8. Maybe needs a little re-balancing, was a bit too easy. Solid tower defense game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"frosty","author_uid":"1005628","time":"2020-04-30T07:12:20Z","epoch":1588230740,"modified":1588230740,"text":"My first time playing a PICO-8 game.  A really nice, solid little tower defense.  Great entry! ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Probe31","author_uid":"1088859","time":"2020-05-02T05:10:47Z","epoch":1588396247,"modified":1588396247,"text":"I love PICO-8. The color palette and the pixel art are awesome.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"paul-sinnett","author_uid":"1003446","time":"2020-05-03T22:20:40Z","epoch":1588544440,"modified":1588544440,"text":"This is the ideal game style for the theme.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ZipLockBagMan","author_uid":"1198935","time":"2020-05-03T22:24:21Z","epoch":1588544661,"modified":1588544661,"text":"Nice tower defence game. I found the controls a bit confusing and it was quite easy, but it was fun!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"marcusnystrand","author_uid":"1196098","time":"2020-05-03T22:26:09Z","epoch":1588544769,"modified":1588544769,"text":"First time I ever played a tower defense game using arrow keys and it was super fun! A bit hard to control at first though, especially when choosing and placing towers.\n\nI don't know if this is on purpose but I kept all my towers after loosing?\n\nAnyhow, well done!!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Danilo Bezerra","author_uid":"1010834","time":"2020-05-04T22:06:04Z","epoch":1588629964,"modified":1588629964,"text":"At first I had a hard time understanding, but soon after that I was able to enjoy the game a lot!\n\nI also loved the plot twist at the end! I really didn't expect it. :laughing: \n\nVery polished game, nice work!\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Evan Minto","author_uid":"1020346","time":"2020-05-07T06:21:23Z","epoch":1588832483,"modified":1588832483,"text":"I also had trouble understanding the controls at first (I know the Pico-8 X\/C thing, just couldn't figure out which button was the one for placing a turret vs. canceling, etc). Once I figured them out this was pretty great. Love the simple but really vibrant pixel art. Great world-building in such a small project too! And a fantastic twist.\n\nI'll also note what someone mentioned: when I died I kept my turrets from the last run, which made subsequent runs much easier. Seems like a bug but I\u2019m not sure.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"frenchie","author_uid":"1002401","time":"2020-05-07T07:27:37Z","epoch":1588836457,"modified":1588836457,"text":"Nice little PICO-8 game! Managed to beat it on my first try (after a quick restart where I figured out controls :wink:)\n\nTook a quick peak at the code - was surprised to see the biggest function was around cursor handling! The devils always in the details :smile: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"vfqd","author_uid":"1074404","time":"2020-05-07T08:27:25Z","epoch":1588840045,"modified":1588840045,"text":"Really solid TD, also loved the twist at the end :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kjscott","author_uid":"1186023","time":"2020-05-07T11:06:20Z","epoch":1588849580,"modified":1588849580,"text":"Glad to see another fellow PICO-8 developer out here! One bug I came across, if you lose and start again the towers remain from the previous game making the second play through super easy in comparison. After I won the bottom left showed \"[nil]\" and I wasn't able to restart the game without resetting the cartridge.\n\nOverall a really well polished game, very enjoyable and I would love to see an expanded post-jam version so I could play more of it.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"drprettypatty","author_uid":"1009319","time":"2020-05-11T23:10:01Z","epoch":1589238601,"modified":1589238601,"text":"this was great! i thought it was really polished, great graphics and sound, fun dialog (the corruption at the end was cool) and you implemented a full game. really impressive for your first game jam imho. on my first try i lost on tuesday (i think), and everything I placed stuck around, which is a bug I think -- but it was still a lot of fun and i was happy with the easier difficulty that it gave me. awesome entry, i hope you keep doing LD!","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/186145-2bf59ab5cb42cc28f2cc39118c8ae767.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/bbs\/files\/43903\/alyve.p8","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/bbs\/files\/43903\/alyve.p8.png","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/bbs\/cart_info.php?cid=alyve-0","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"59008","g_author":"1186144","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"269812","g_title":"ALYVE","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"206","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"186145","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"186145","n_urlkey":"269812","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/alyve","n_slug":"alyve","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"186144","n_created":"1586907646","n_modified":"1588277040","n_version":"635377","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":186145,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":186144,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2020-04-20T00:44:45Z","created":"2020-04-14T23:40:46Z","modified":"2020-04-30T20:04:00Z","version":635377,"slug":"alyve","name":"ALYVE","body":"You're an intern in a biological research lab on the moon. 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