{"author_link":"\/author\/insality\/","author_name":"Insality","author_uid":"43734","comments":[{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:50am","epoch":1440398700,"text":"Beautiful artstyle and awesome soundtrack! The music makes this game really fun to play. I just found it difficult sometimes when some of the obstacles would block my view."},{"author_name":"bwafflecone","author_uid":"55231","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:04am","epoch":1440399540,"text":"Cool soundtrack, really sets the mood for the game! The obstacles were a little hard to see sometimes though."},{"author_name":"Gaius Baltar","author_uid":"50749","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:23am","epoch":1440400680,"text":"Awesome game! I got like 30000 points and my heart was racing, the pointer thingy was going really fast and the lights were all over the place. Also, the music worked with the whole game flawlessly.\r<br\/>One of the best submissions this LD for sure."},{"author_name":"Insality","author_uid":"43734","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:31am","epoch":1440401160,"text":"@Gaius Baltar, i had spectate on you records, you now is Number One at highscore ;) Thanks for playing standalone\r<br\/>Are you know, what you have a personal page?) http:\/\/45.55.134.136:5000\/ld33\/info\/Gaius"},{"author_name":"KodingNights","author_uid":"33865","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:55am","epoch":1440402600,"text":"Cool but theme?"},{"author_name":"Jajo","author_uid":"48984","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:08am","epoch":1440403380,"text":"So difficult, but enjoyable."},{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:14am","epoch":1440403740,"text":"Interesting game, but the repetitiveness of the soundtrack, as well as non-obvious dead-ends combined with the camera speed made for a frustrating time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think if the perspective was either directly behind, or directly above it would work a lot better, the almost fish-eye nature of the camera was very disorienting."},{"author_name":"sydream","author_uid":"38341","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:18am","epoch":1440403980,"text":"It's a well done endless runner, bit too difficult for me if I may say. Audio and Arts nicely done in their abstractivity. However sadly enough I can't see the theme."},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:56am","epoch":1440406260,"text":"Omg this was intense :D I suck at these kind of games, but I enjoyed it anyway. Good job."},{"author_name":"tuben999","author_uid":"30045","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:08am","epoch":1440406980,"text":"The feel of this game is amazing! really good soundtrack and overall design of the game. some obstacles is a bit tricky tough. Keep up the good work! ;)"},{"author_name":"uthamon","author_uid":"55697","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:49am","epoch":1440409440,"text":"I dig arcade-style games with electronic music, so this was a bliss. This mechanic with jumping to center is what makes the game unique, really, really good. Would be great if you would expand it, more music etc.. Congrats."},{"author_name":"Pantelis Petsopoulos","author_uid":"34259","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:37am","epoch":1440412320,"text":"I love it! My fav entry so far."},{"author_name":"highlyinteractive","author_uid":"14065","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:38am","epoch":1440412380,"text":"Really difficult! Love the music."},{"author_name":"chromebookbob","author_uid":"49589","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:39am","epoch":1440412440,"text":"great audio integration and graphical theme"},{"author_name":"Grhyll","author_uid":"55071","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1440428460,"text":"That's... wut?? I didn't know I was THIS bad '_' My best score is around 10 seconds, I systematically die there. I have tried at least a dozen of times, I find it insanely difficult ^^' It's a shame, because the screenshots look quite promising about what can happen later, and the music seems good, but I am incapable of avoiding those obstacles... Maybe there is something I haven't understood (after saying this I have retried one time and reached 14s! Because it was a different, much easier layout at the beginning...). You should just add an option to let less skilled people enjoy it too ^^'"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1440439860,"text":"Holy moly thats a tuff one. Very polished tho!"},{"author_name":"ronsap123","author_uid":"39022","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1440446940,"text":"Beautiful graphics! Awesome game!"},{"author_name":"daveh","author_uid":"55246","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1440449820,"text":"This game has a lot of style. The audio is great and works well with the cool shadows: having you be chasing the light was a really nice idea. I'm terrible at this kind of game but kept trying because I wanted to see my name on the scoreboard. ;-)"},{"author_name":"DaleP","author_uid":"25195","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:00am","epoch":1440460500,"text":"At the moment I&rsquo;m not able to play it because the web version seems to require a login, and when I try to download the standalone, Google Drive errors out (infinite redirect loop). Any chance you could upload it somewhere like Itch.io or Dropbox so it&rsquo;s publicly available?"},{"author_name":"#hashtag","author_uid":"57455","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 2:33am","epoch":1440469680,"text":"The music is enjoyable, and the gameplay is pretty fun. I think the angle of the camera made it a little hard to see how to evade some obstacles, which made the otherwise pleasant challenge of the speed and controls a bit frustrating."},{"author_name":"Kaltic","author_uid":"55972","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:16am","epoch":1440472260,"text":"I always like the games that a built around their soundtrack. The visuals are quite nice and the thumping of the world\/music really engages the user.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was fun though it became quite difficult to navigate certain sections and it didn't feel like user error, but difficulty to tell where to go based on the visuals. Maybe I just missed some visual clue though.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It still doesn't really fit the theme much."},{"author_name":"Insality","author_uid":"43734","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:39am","epoch":1440484440,"text":"Thanks for your all feedback!\r<br\/>About high obstacles: this was an idea. So, seems was unlucky one..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I have updated the game by removing this annoying high obstacles, so lets try it again!\r<br\/>Also i switched hosting to itch.io (for web-version) and to dropbox (for standalones)\r<br\/>Good luck!"},{"author_name":"Manou","author_uid":"29477","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:18am","epoch":1440490380,"text":"Awesome sounds and global feeling ! But it's very very hard :P"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1440537240,"text":"Really run game, quite difficult but the music is awesome, you can't jump on the web version unfortunately."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1440543240,"text":"Great fun little game with cool graphics and music :D Loved it!"},{"author_name":"Lynx","author_uid":"44477","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 1:03am","epoch":1440550680,"text":"Hello orange theme supporter, I do remember you! Glad to see that I corrupted...er I mean that you took up music influenced gaming haha...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very cool game! I don't know if it was just me, but jump wasn't working for me....but it was still super cool! Wonderful music too!"},{"author_name":"Insality","author_uid":"43734","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 5:29am","epoch":1440566640,"text":"Thanks for all feedback! again  ;)\r<br\/>What is mean, what jump is now working? There is one rule: Jump is recharging by pickuping orbs. I testing game in different browsers, all is working well.\r<br\/>May be i should did it more obviously, my mistake"},{"author_name":"camlang","author_uid":"34675","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 6:17am","epoch":1440569520,"text":"Nice runner, man. Cool beat effect and graphic style. It can be good game. But theme dude. It's far fetched in your game, from my point of view.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway it's very cool entry for compo. Good job."},{"author_name":"DaleP","author_uid":"25195","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 6:44am","epoch":1440657540,"text":"This is a very challenging game but it&rsquo;s also addicting to keep practicing and getting better at dodging each obstacle type. The music and graphics work really well together and get adrenaline pumping. I thought the controls seemed a little too twitchy as I&rsquo;d often crash into the side of openings while trying to line myself up, but I don&rsquo;t play endless runners much so maybe that&rsquo;s just me."},{"author_name":"Strike","author_uid":"56894","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 7:54am","epoch":1440661740,"text":"I love games like Super Hexagon, Boson X and Velocibox. This one fits there perfectly. I would have just jizzed in my pants if collecting orbs was sync with the beat. But I can imagine this would have make the level design a hell to build. I'm just wondering how it fit the theme, but the game is so great that's the only thing i can complain about. Good job on the art style and music too."},{"author_name":"sergicollado","author_uid":"56825","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:46am","epoch":1440664860,"text":"Great sound ang graphics, I love it"},{"author_name":"Meadgard Games","author_uid":"57087","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:58am","epoch":1440669180,"text":"Nice graphics and light effects, but I don't see the monster."},{"author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1440804060,"text":"Great game! The visual is so styled!"},{"author_name":"saucygames","author_uid":"56128","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 6:02am","epoch":1440827820,"text":"cool"},{"author_name":"Aevek","author_uid":"22124","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 6:59am","epoch":1440831240,"text":"I played this a lot. Its challenging in the exact right way, and the instant restarts and randomized levels kept me playing for waaaay longer than I expected to. Great job!"},{"author_name":"andreymust19","author_uid":"56501","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 7:52am","epoch":1440834420,"text":"'Jump' not working for me. 'Space' button just plays sound."},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1440851940,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1440855900,"text":"Quite good style, and the visual has a good match with the beat."},{"author_name":"CrazyMinnowStudio","author_uid":"56101","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 9:57pm","epoch":1440885120,"text":"I love the look and sound, but it was way to hard for me, which made it frustrating."},{"author_name":"OnionBlaze","author_uid":"4653","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 6:37am","epoch":1440916320,"text":"Really fun and challenging! Love the music."},{"author_name":"Jimjam","author_uid":"3643","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 7:37am","epoch":1440919920,"text":"Really fun entry, and the audio fits really nicely!\r<br\/>Some of that difficulty may also be reduced by reducing some of the noise on screen. For example, the shadows cast by the obstacles look great, but may mess with the player's ability to judge spacing and distances. \r<br\/>Great fun!"},{"author_name":"walsh9","author_uid":"56320","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 7:45am","epoch":1440920400,"text":"Great soundtrack! Took a bit of practice to and figuring out how the 'jump to the center' worked but I eventually managed to get to level 2."},{"author_name":"Ulydev","author_uid":"43753","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1440971160,"text":"Wonderful entry. For some reason, though, my highscore is not showing in the leaderboards. http:\/\/imgur.com\/78Fm2uH"},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 1:59am","epoch":1440986040,"text":"Very challenging!"},{"author_name":"dregamr","author_uid":"57743","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1441030500,"text":"Beautiful game!!\r<br\/>The music is fantastic, and the light effect is awesome!!\r<br\/>The beats effect is supreme!!\r<br\/>I loved this, congratulations!!"},{"author_name":"Zambini","author_uid":"29047","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1441042020,"text":"Fun runner! Great art (both audio and visual). Not sure what it has to do with the theme but great work overall :D"},{"author_name":"Zeriver","author_uid":"51756","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1441042980,"text":"It's one good looking (and sounding game)! I like this robotic voice and everything is just so perfectly matching! I mean art style and lightning effects plus this sick beat :D\r<br\/>It is a challenging game and i'm gonna play it more when i get time."},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1441055280,"text":"Fun, but really really hard - maybe I am just bad :)\r<br\/>The controls could be less sensitive for more pleasure, but the mood is cool. A game wich is really addictive. A solid entry. Where is the monster? Thank you ++"},{"author_name":"Biruts","author_uid":"25209","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 12:51am","epoch":1441154760,"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":"Crawler Studios","author_uid":"31869","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 4:40am","epoch":1441168500,"text":"Wow, this game is difficult. But my god this game feels amazing to play. Everything from the music to the graphics is great. Great job!!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 6, 2015 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1441545240,"text":"Challenging, fun game. I included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/bouSnGLQUcs"},{"author_name":"Tanton-H2X","author_uid":"55854","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1442248680,"text":"Full of rhythm and life!! \r<br\/>it was a little bit hard to me ~ but i really enjoy the challenging process and really love it ~ \r<br\/>it worth more votes~"},{"author_name":"Mubox","author_uid":"57193","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1442273100,"text":"Very good audio. :D\r<br\/>Sometimes I loose the control of my character.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>PS: We have fixed our game, if you want to see it again. ^^\r<br\/>Thank you."},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Sep 15, 2015 @ 12:18am","epoch":1442275980,"text":"Nice! Great music, sounds like there's some Ken Ishii\/Rez influence :D Cool game mechanic though dying in one hit combined with the fast starting speed is really unforgiving. Also it was a bit weird that level 2 started out way easier than level 1. Regardless I had a lot of fun, nice work!"}],"images":["ld33\/43734-4fb406e12c6e8af66b60b41606989cc4.jpg","ld33\/43734-175e269b20f9a19435843b7cdca8d60f.jpg","ld33\/43734-622087d16eb60df1aca5080f71695a7e.jpg","ld33\/43734-10494390ad86d869577214f2c59fd756.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/i83ettjdrxwnfrp\/AAA7Wj0v4t9xgdituPszcyS7a?dl=0","text":"Standalones (Windows, Linux, Mac)"},{"url":"http:\/\/insality.itch.io\/beats-of-nightmare","text":"Unity WebPlayer (itch.io)"},{"url":"http:\/\/45.55.134.136:5000\/ld33\/info","text":"Online Highscore and Statistics"},{"url":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/insality","text":"My Soundcloud"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/i83ettjdrxwnfrp\/AAA7Wj0v4t9xgdituPszcyS7a?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8293","g_author":"43734","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"8326","g_title":"Beats of Nightmare","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"142","g_commentcount":"54","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\/43734-shot0-1440363624.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/43734-shot1-1440363624.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/43734-shot2-1440363624.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/43734-shot3-1440363624.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Beats of Nightmare\r\n\r\nControls\r\n====================\r\nMove: A-D or arrows\r\nJump: Space\r\nR: Restart\r\nEsc: Exit\r\n\r\nDescription\r\n====================\r\nYou are the Nightmare, the essence of shadow. Can you run through your mind barrier to the Light? Challenge for you and your master-skills! Complete all 3 levels! The Runner Game with opposition Light VS Darkness.\r\nTry yourself at online highscore with other people!\r\n\r\nRules\r\n====================\r\nYou can jump at middle by pressing Spacebar\r\nJump recharge by pickuping orbs\r\nPickuping orb in a row increasing your score multiplier, otherwise decreasing\r\nUpgrade yourself in menu by collected orbs\r\nGet highscore! Complete the game!\r\n\r\nSome information about\r\n====================\r\nMy second game on Ludum Dare\r\nUsed tools: Unity, FLStudio, Paint.Net and my musical instruments\r\nGame has a difficult that i wanted, game is beatable! And it's more easier than my first entry.\r\n\r\n====================\r\nIMPORTANT. READ THIS\r\n====================\r\nIMPORTANT: Sending your statistics aviable only in STANDALONE version!!! So please, if you can, play in Windows or Mac version.\r\nThere is Online highscore and statistics site, link below!\r\n\r\n\r\nGlad to see any feedback, i spend a lot of energy to create this! \r\n\r\nAnd more important thing: Have Fun! And be careful ;)\r\n\r\n\r\nUpdate 1: Removed the high obstacles, which sometimes close the camera view\r\n","title":"Beats of Nightmare"}