{"author_link":"\/author\/scriptorum\/","author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","comments":[{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","author_uid":"55226","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:54am","epoch":1440388140,"text":"This is good, but placement of buildings and pikes can make it seemingly impossible to continue.\r\rPikes are also very hard to see.\r\rI still enjoyed the game despite its flaws."},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:43am","epoch":1440398280,"text":"I ran into some kind of bug early on where it didn't matter what I did I couldn't destroy the buildings or do anything ... just kept on gathering up points. As for when it was working, I found that once you saw the pikes and moving too fast you couldn't slow down in time."},{"author_name":"Snowdrama","author_uid":"8774","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:44am","epoch":1440398340,"text":"I ran into a glitch after a couple restarts and a bunch of mashing, I stopped colliding with anything at all and just ran past everything."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:34am","epoch":1440401340,"text":"You might want to add left click as an alternative to spacebar. That way I can avoid destroying my spacebar. :P\r\rDecent twist on a concept."},{"author_name":"imdigitaljim","author_uid":"40038","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1440444480,"text":"I tripped and died a lot but was a good button smasher game! :D"},{"author_name":"Hamsternator","author_uid":"35790","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1440445020,"text":"Nice idea but needs more polish =)\rThe player needs some alternative way of avoiding the spikes since it's pretty easy to come into situations you can't beat."},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1440446340,"text":"Very hard to get where spikes are. But it is always fun to destroy building, soooo... :)"},{"author_name":"Cawrtz","author_uid":"29641","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1440446640,"text":"The gameplay based on the speed is a good idea that makes your game 1000x better than if it had been a simple flappy bird ripoff, however either the timing is very hard or sometimes an impossible sequence of obstacles will be generated (you can only slow down so quickly). But that is rare enough to keep your game very entertaining. The graphics are nice too.\rKeep it up!"},{"author_name":"Stechas","author_uid":"44644","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1440453120,"text":"My best time is 144 I have tried to get better one, but sometimes it happens that you have spikes and building to close together making it impossible to survive. I have enjoying building demolition and praying every time I have crossed the spikes :D"},{"author_name":"IronPencilGames","author_uid":"55990","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:25am","epoch":1440465600,"text":"Interesting take on flappy bird, but as others have said the spikes and building placement can be pretty unforgiving. I like that the monster gets more excited as he runs faster."},{"author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1440514320,"text":"The pikes are difficult to see, especially when you're at building-breaking speed. I like the concept of balancing speed vs. defense though.\r\rThe "Flappy" name confused me at first, too. I thought I should be flying. Serves me right for not reading the description, I guess!"},{"author_name":"mrcdk","author_uid":"25271","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1440523800,"text":"The randomness of the game make it almost impossible and spikes are hard to see. I liked the idea though :D"},{"author_name":"Jani Nyk\u00e4nen","author_uid":"26965","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1440523920,"text":"Those spikes are almost impossible to avoid, but at least this game wasn't another Flappy Bird clone as I thought first!"},{"author_name":"xvw","author_uid":"57278","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1440597240,"text":"hahaha it's fun but sooo hard ! Thanks a lot for the game ! A fun experience !"},{"author_name":"DinnerInTheDark","author_uid":"57665","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1440611220,"text":"A fun concept, quite addicting to be honest. However the level generation could use some work. Too often you end up with an impossible situation (like a large building with a spike right after it)."},{"author_name":"dacharya64","author_uid":"57413","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1440611820,"text":"I liked the core mechanic of the game--balancing speeding up and slowing down--and think that this is fun and a good proof-of-concept. The slow-down often didn't slow me down in time; maybe adding a brake mechanic would help--if balanced with the rest of the game."},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1440613140,"text":"Thanks for the feedback! I've addressed several issues in the post-compo version, notably difficulty with map generation, pikes visibility, and a "flappier" slow-down mechanic.\r\r@DinnerInTheDark: A building slows you down, so (technically) you could hit it at the perfect speed to pass both obstacles, but yeah it's hard. This doesn't happen in the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"Donni11","author_uid":"44680","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1440616320,"text":"Wow , fun game! Fun concept! A great game!"},{"author_name":"BulletsArePeopleToo","author_uid":"52817","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1440625920,"text":"54.94 seconds! The rng makes this game very tough."},{"author_name":"Grhyll","author_uid":"55071","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:04am","epoch":1440665940,"text":"But... but... This is hard XD \rNice gameplay concept, graphics ok, but I wish there was some way to tell what speed is needed for a given building size (well, I guess that's something you would learn from playing a lot !)."},{"author_name":"collaboration","author_uid":"57976","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1440677220,"text":"Excellent idea, if you will improve the grpahics later - it could be really awesome, great entry!"},{"author_name":"LittleThor","author_uid":"26496","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1440766380,"text":"It took me way too long time before I understand how to avoid these spikes. The idea is interesting but not intuitive at all. Maybe use another thing than "spikes" : why slow down to avoid them?"},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1440792840,"text":"@LittleThor I may add a a tip-toe animation to the post-compo version when you go through spikes safely. That might make the purpose clearer. However, spikes make sense thematically and are a fairly established game mechanic. Prince of Persia, Spelunky, and Eldritch come to mind."},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1440792960,"text":"Also the real fault is the lack of in-game help. I was intending to have a little tutorial at the start of a run to explain spikes, but it was lower on the priority list. :)"},{"author_name":"Biruts","author_uid":"25209","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1441030740,"text":"Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy."},{"author_name":"Infokub Arcade","author_uid":"54822","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1441111800,"text":"I was worry when i saw "Flappy" but finally it's fun ! Like some people said : you only need to improve obstacle placement because sometimes you lose but it's not your fault :( \r\r^^ nevertheless, funny entry"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 8:24am","epoch":1442218740,"text":"Haha clever idea for a flappy concept! It is cool, and the post-compo version looks very well polished ^_^"}],"images":["ld33\/17811-94b276964be3695937f31ea24567618b.jpg","ld33\/17811-ea45d63f51f6931d681cfce3901f467e.jpg","ld33\/17811-c8e449bd34250feeed50adc1763f7205.jpg","ld33\/17811-3e06d088ee8d752e00fc83a1f09ead45.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/egotron.com\/share\/LD33\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/egotron.com\/share\/LD33\/","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/egotron.com\/share\/LD33\/postcompo\/","text":"Post-Compo Version"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/08\/28\/post-mortem-flappy-monster\/","text":"Post-Mortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7513","g_author":"17811","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7545","g_title":"Flappy Monster","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"774","g_commentcount":"27","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\/\/479518\/17811-shot0-1440380289.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/17811-shot1-1440380289.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/17811-shot2-1440571226.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/17811-shot3-1441904347.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"== After voting, play the POST-COMPO version! Link below. ==\r\n\r\nYou wish you were a bird, but you're just a monster. A flappy monster, rampaging through the city, destroying all the humans. How far can you get before you get bored, run too fast and die impaled on a set of spikes?\r\n\r\n - Hit SPACEBAR to move faster! \r\n - Don't get knocked back! The bigger the building, the faster you have to go to demolish it.\r\n - But be wary of going too fast, deadly pikes can only be passed through slowly!\r\n - You slow down over time.\r\n - You slow after each collision.\r\n\r\nI ran out of time as usual, but I'm happy that it's sorta semi-playable kind of maybe sort of? Bah, what do you know.\r\n\r\nUPDATE Aug-24:\r\nFixed the collision bug.\r\n\r\nUPDATE Sep-12:\r\nIf you like the concept, you'll find the post-compo version to be more polished, and addresses some of your concerns. It includes some updated art, additional effects, and several gameplay improvements. See the post-compo page (link below) to play that version and for a full list of changes!","title":"Flappy Monster"}