{"author_link":"\/author\/hippolyta\/","author_name":"Crosstales","author_uid":"32967","comments":[{"author_name":"Jamie Guillemette","author_uid":"55117","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:32am","epoch":1440473220,"text":"could not get past the title screen...."},{"author_name":"A_K_","author_uid":"55485","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:35am","epoch":1440473400,"text":"Can't run on web thou. Thou the screenshots are pretty solid."},{"author_name":"Heissayen","author_uid":"50528","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:45am","epoch":1440474000,"text":"Stuck in the title"},{"author_name":"shiroookami","author_uid":"56671","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:46am","epoch":1440474060,"text":"What a joyride. It was a really fun game and the music was great. Loved the ending of it the most though"},{"author_name":"ARubino","author_uid":"52732","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:53am","epoch":1440474480,"text":"Sorry about that, the Intro scene was broken. We Uploaded a (hopefully) working version ;) Check it out! cheers"},{"author_name":"MattV","author_uid":"35592","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1440474660,"text":"windows binary crashed my computer with a gnarly BSOD.  Productin values looked great though I was excited to play until that happened!"},{"author_name":"Aevek","author_uid":"22124","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:00am","epoch":1440474900,"text":"Shooting zombies in the dick in slow motion simulator 2015.\r<br\/>Love the use of the unreliable narration and that bullet time effect is seriously cool."},{"author_name":"Slashee the Cow","author_uid":"29123","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:02am","epoch":1440475020,"text":"Pretty fun. Although it doesn't help that the controls screen is wrong (unless maybe you're left handed) and doesn't mention that you can use the scroll wheel to zoom. Also I killed them all with over 30 seconds left and had to sit there doing nothing."},{"author_name":"Literal Games","author_uid":"26056","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:02am","epoch":1440475020,"text":"Bit buggy but the slow motion stuff is crazy cool when it works! Might need some more polish, but the actual gameplay was satisfying"},{"author_name":"tweedle","author_uid":"44218","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:08am","epoch":1440475380,"text":"The ending was a definite surprise, but I couldn't get my name to enter correctly in the paper."},{"author_name":"DrZanuff","author_uid":"15108","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1440525900,"text":"The game is a bit slow in my laptop even with the lowest configs, but well, my configs are not that good anyway. But i played even with that and the game is cool. I found one of the most fun bugs of this Ludum dare... there was an Zombie breaking dancing all over the floor, non-stop. Man I laughed... Congrats!"},{"author_name":"WASDMagician","author_uid":"55751","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1440530040,"text":"Couldn't play the web version but the desktop version played well on the fastest settings.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The usual unity button problems are there but you can get past that by having your cursor slightly to the left of where the button is."},{"author_name":"Jakob37","author_uid":"50156","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1440531000,"text":"Looks beautiful, unable to get past the main menu... (On Windows 10)."},{"author_name":"wdebowicz","author_uid":"29762","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1440531720,"text":"It's hard to target in a web version because of lag, I would add more action ;-) Nice camera movement while shooting!"},{"author_name":"WubAlliance","author_uid":"54258","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1440533400,"text":"+1 for a web-based fps. The end made me burst out laughing. Good audio, good graphics, awesome shaders! Well done!"},{"author_name":"EncryptedCow","author_uid":"25488","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1440534300,"text":"I liked the idea, but having the people look like zombies caused the ending to not make sense. It seemed like lots of the people disappeared before I could even find them. My guess is they were running away, however they just disappeared in the middle of a field. If tht is the case there should have been some sort of indicator that it would happen."},{"author_name":"FloatingGhost","author_uid":"20843","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1440536460,"text":"FoV made me feel ill, but I'm prone to that. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise solid. Great music"},{"author_name":"AntonyBaasan","author_uid":"20288","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1440536520,"text":"Wow, it took a while to download web play. Looks very cool. Easy to control the aim. Slow on my mac air."},{"author_name":"glerikud","author_uid":"55555","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1440536640,"text":"Very enjoyable game with a twist at the end. The only problem is that it's not well optimised, at least the web version runs quite slowly."},{"author_name":"taaboo","author_uid":"28743","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1440536880,"text":"Haha the twist fit the theme perfecly. What a good ending."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1440537300,"text":"Wow, that is a good looking game with really great control. The glitch and bizarre manifesto make it really hit home, dang. Nice job on this!"},{"author_name":"CrazyMinnowStudio","author_uid":"56101","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 2:28am","epoch":1440555780,"text":"That is a seriously cool bullet time effect. First time I played through, something errored and there was no countdown timer, so I didn't experience the end, which really is what makes the theme. I decided to try it again and the game worked as intended. Awesome ending. If you don't make it to the end, don't rate this game until you do. Great job Crosstales!"},{"author_name":"congusbongus","author_uid":"33168","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:19am","epoch":1440587640,"text":"The game is well made, I thought the gun was broken until I realised you can zoom in with mouse wheel :) Still, one major complaint: the warping effect is too nauseous!"},{"author_name":"Grhyll","author_uid":"55071","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:36am","epoch":1440588660,"text":"Well, that was pretty fun to play :) At first I look at all these monsters and know I have to kill them! Then I see one of them just jogging... then another stretching... And another one breakdancing '_' That's when I understood that maybe I have a distorded vision of reality. But hey, they are monsters, so I kept shooting them until the freedom chopper came!\r<br\/>Quite fun :)"},{"author_name":"oxysoft","author_uid":"25340","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1440613080,"text":"very funny outcome, I saw it coming a bit with the theme in mind and all but it was still pretty funny. A solid entry"},{"author_name":"Kerdelos","author_uid":"30088","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1440616380,"text":"Liked the music, the zombies dancing and the end. Had some glitch with mouse control but I think it was because of the embeded webplayer."},{"author_name":"terop2","author_uid":"58046","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1440627540,"text":"works fine. Nice effect where the buildings move in wave like pattern."},{"author_name":"Volumes of Fun","author_uid":"55049","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1440628080,"text":"Very interesting game, though I didn't appreciate it until the twist at the end. Actually pretty clever!"},{"author_name":"Joror","author_uid":"15925","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1440630360,"text":"Loved the kill-cam shots, controls a bit clunky at times. Saw the ending coming, but still a good one. ;)"},{"author_name":"MAnimal","author_uid":"54020","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 7:39am","epoch":1440660840,"text":"Played until the end, nice ending."},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:26am","epoch":1440663660,"text":"very nice execution for a jam game. It was fun to play except the fact that no more &quot;mosnters&quot; seems to spawn after few times of playing. I would say 30-40s before the helicopter, there's nobody in the park. The end twist is rather good, and rather unexpected :)"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 11:15am","epoch":1440673800,"text":"Even before the ending I was constantly thinking: &quot;I am a monster indeed, killing those innocent dancers!&quot;. And when the heli arrived I tried to kill the pilot immediately but I guess you can't do it. Or I just couldn't.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun game and great mood! Like the music also."},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1440680940,"text":"Very good entry. At one point I seemed to stop being able to shoot for some reason, but very well done. :)"},{"author_name":"RockhopperGames","author_uid":"46057","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1440682740,"text":"I have to agree with the others that the twist was somewhat spoiled by the theme, but otherwise this game is highly competent all round!"},{"author_name":"sleazywizard","author_uid":"52403","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1440707460,"text":"Hangs permanently at title screen in Web and OS X downloadables for me... could not rate."},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1440716700,"text":"I was half expecting the ending but otherwise it is a great sniping game (I appreciate accurate bullet physics!!) with nice graphics. I had definitely fun playing it. Windows download is down btw."},{"author_name":"veoviscool12","author_uid":"57463","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1440793980,"text":"Really liked the twist at the end. Great work!"},{"author_name":"JoshyOshKenoshi","author_uid":"49675","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1440796500,"text":"Quite a nicely done 3D game. It didn't run completely smoothly with the web player, but I did enjoy the twist at the end. ;)"},{"author_name":"Crosstales","author_uid":"32967","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1440799860,"text":"Hi dear OSX-friends\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately, the standalone-build for OSX didn't work. Since Unity 5.1.3 (or earlier versions?) the x86 (32 bit) won't work. We had to compile it with &quot;x86_64&quot; and it's now working on our old iMac.\r<br\/>Sorry for the inconvenience!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep on gaming!"},{"author_name":"Crosstales","author_uid":"32967","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1440799920,"text":"@all\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you very much for the valuable and kind reviews!\r<br\/>You're the best! :-)"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1441197540,"text":"The snipping system reminds me a lot the &quot;sniper elite&quot; one. I laughed when I saw some dancing zombi animation. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 12, 2015 @ 1:19am","epoch":1442020440,"text":"Neat graphics! I included it in part 25 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/OjNOJwfYtGQ"}],"images":["ld33\/32967-e133273ba4097d505f1c15b21e55e16e.jpg","ld33\/32967-3761b279889082293dfb69bbc4ca9581.jpg","ld33\/32967-620a2a93167833c2ad06e4cd2e4614bb.jpg","ld33\/32967-bcadc5797910c65484e73a2ab7752883.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.crosstales.com\/en\/games\/DeathFromAbove\/play.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crosstales.com\/en\/games\/DeathFromAbove\/DFA-windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crosstales.com\/en\/games\/DeathFromAbove\/DFA-mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crosstales.com\/en\/games\/DeathFromAbove\/DFA-linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ST7gedq-guM","text":"Trailer"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8297","g_author":"32967","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"8330","g_title":"Death from above","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"694","g_commentcount":"42","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\/32967-shot0-1440467091.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/32967-shot1-1440467111.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/32967-shot2-1440467131.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/32967-shot3-1440467148.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\u200bWait for the chopper in an apocalyptic environment!\r\n\r\nStory:\r\nYou are the last one of them. A lonely knight, lonely standing against a never ending flood of hellish creatures. Your divine rifle, righteous fire to incinerate your foes, vile servants of the Devil himself. Yet there is to fulfill your destiny, your final quest. Now take your rifle. Bring vengeance to them and hope the rescue chopper will come and pick you up soon.\r\n\r\nGameplay:\r\nYour standing on a rooftop in the middle of a park and you can navigate to four different points on the rooftop by pressing the A or D key. Look around with the mouse, shoot with left mouse button and use the right mouse button for aiming with a scope.\r\n\r\nGenre:\r\nFirst Person Shooter\r\n\r\nNumber of players:\r\n1\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n    Mouse : Look around \/ aim\r\n    Right Mouse Button : Scope\r\n    Left Mouse Button : Shot\r\n    Ctrl : Shoot\r\n    Mouse Wheel : Zoom while scooping\r\n    Shift : Hold breath\r\n    Q Key : Switch weapon\r\n    A Key : Go to the point left\r\n    D Key : Go to the point right\r\n    Escape (ESC) Key : Abort the game\r\n\r\nTeam:\r\nStefan Laubenberger, Lucien Ryter, Fabian Wiktora, Alessandro Rubino","title":"Death from above"}