{"author_link":"\/author\/ondrejbalas\/","author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","comments":[{"author_name":"rantt","author_uid":"41103","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:01am","epoch":1450065360,"text":"Fun game, I liked your take on the two button theme.   Hitting 'enter' to restart after a game over would be nice.  Other than that nicely done, I enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:16am","epoch":1450073460,"text":"Love the background!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Paying attention to both sides and keeping the balls in sync while avoiding enemies was a lot of fun. Interesting idea."},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:16am","epoch":1450080660,"text":"The gameplay gets intense.... but kind of twitchy.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice game though."},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:27am","epoch":1450081320,"text":"Neat concept! Pretty fun"},{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:32am","epoch":1450081620,"text":"Great implementation of both themes and an original concept. However, it doesn't fit my slightly smaller resolution (1366*768), and a replay button would be nice."},{"author_name":"doitle","author_uid":"3578","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:14am","epoch":1450084140,"text":"That is mental! It's so hard to keep one in a holding pattern when you need to maneuver the other. It feels like a brain training exercise almost more than a game. Clever use of the theme."},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1450095960,"text":"Awesome concept! Trying to coordinate both sides is really challenging and fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The background effect with the noise is also very cool when you see it in movement, with fitting colours for the balls and the middle area it might feel pretty trippy. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done!"},{"author_name":"eruiz00","author_uid":"41150","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1450104360,"text":"Hard controls but good idea. Its the kind of fame which needs super duper music i think"},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1450116360,"text":"Crikey, this feels much the same way learning the drums did. Brain not cut out for this :) Well implemented though. I thought the &quot;try it now&quot; thing at the beginning was a nice touch btw."},{"author_name":"pparke","author_uid":"56496","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1450126560,"text":"Man that background gets to you after a while, nice application of Perlin noise though.  You might have coincidentally found a great way of making people motion sick though lol.  Challenging gameplay, it takes some practice to get good at watching both sides and finding a path.  Good job!"},{"author_name":"JamesMowery","author_uid":"64932","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:38am","epoch":1450161180,"text":"Really cool idea of having to hold down both movement buttons to get any movement!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:25am","epoch":1450236000,"text":"Really fun game and very addictive. Perfect use of theme. Good job!!"},{"author_name":"sedistra","author_uid":"65719","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:44pm","epoch":1450276740,"text":"Really great game! Surprisingly deep gameplay patterns for a simple concept. Can't wait to see where you'll take it from here!"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1450308180,"text":"Pro:\r<br\/>+ Great concept\r<br\/>+ Awesome background noise\r<br\/>+ Gets really intense\r<br\/>Con:\r<br\/>- Some graphical effects in the objects would be great, also some music, but then I'm asking too much on a compo xp\r<br\/>Obs:\r<br\/>o A restart button would be nice\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great entry!"},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1450442520,"text":"This would be fun if my daughter was around to share the keyboard, I'm sure we would die very quickly...!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Interesting concept with the different layouts on each side... Made it much more fun and challenging..."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1450561380,"text":"Great challenging concept to couple both balls. Would be great to have some audio to improve the mood."},{"author_name":"LoneStranger","author_uid":"203","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 6:06am","epoch":1450850460,"text":"Interesting twist on two-button theme. It certainly takes some brain power to watch both sides and remember to press both buttons to move them."},{"author_name":"Martin Vilcans","author_uid":"10862","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 2:00pm","epoch":1451138100,"text":"At first I thought I was supposed to pick up some of the balls, but apparently all of them were bad. It would have made the gameplay more interesting if some of them had some positive effect. Anyway, the game is challenging as it is, and you could definitely work more on this concept."},{"author_name":"ChiPassGames","author_uid":"64535","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1451278260,"text":"Interesting mechanic to have the dual controls. Nice background."},{"author_name":"knason","author_uid":"65229","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1451420040,"text":"I liked how you used the theme! Nice game, hard, but quite fun! good job!"}],"images":["ld34\/43743-1a076d077ca8cd1ce7f25b0df245a7da.jpg","ld34\/43743-a49128d35d9d6b220edc8c8b182c2f1e.jpg","ld34\/43743-ed3da80a09ba2e1251ab6dea75c63692.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/obalas-ld34.azurewebsites.net\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ondrejbalas\/ld34","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7161","g_author":"43743","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7193","g_title":"Electric Dodgeball","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"536","g_commentcount":"20","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\/43743-shot0-1450059206.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/43743-shot1-1450059206.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/43743-shot2-1450059206.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my second-ever Ludum Dare, and first time succeeding at making a complete game. All graphics are procedurally generated on the fly. The Perlin noise algorithm was used for background noise.\r\n\r\nThe game itself was all written using the Phaser javascript game engine, with code written in TypeScript within Visual Studio 2015.\r\n\r\nIn this game you will be controlling two growing balls of electricity.\r\n\r\nControl the left one by using the A and D keys, and the right one with the Left and Right arrow keys. They cannot move independently and must be moved TOGETHER.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","title":"Electric Dodgeball"}