{"author_link":"\/author\/triplevisiongames\/","author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","comments":[{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:25am","epoch":1440462000,"text":"Please let me know if you can help me upload a Mac or Linux version. I'm using GameMaker: Studio.\r\rThanks"},{"author_name":"SecularBaron","author_uid":"37422","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1440505680,"text":"Very well made and polished!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1440505680,"text":"Ok, Mac version is now up. Massive thanks to @ashtom_gva on twitter :D"},{"author_name":"Sunflower","author_uid":"39564","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1440510840,"text":"My absolute favourite so far; granted, out of only 15 games, but still I really like what you've done here!\r\rThe wow:\r - sound effects and music (to put it in better perspective: I checked if there's any convenient soundtrack link, and not finding out I just left the game open in background)\r - graphics & animation\r - all-round-polish\r\rThe yay:\r - creative and well-executed game mechanics\r - well-designed levels\r\rThe nay:\r - could use some sort of tutorial; but it pales compared to the overall impression\r\rI'd like to see enhanced version, especially with a tutorial and saving + level selection screen (and maybe different zones with different soundtracks, too?)!"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1440511620,"text":"Clever concept, i like the using of your life as a resource to move.\rThe controls aren't very intuitive though, and it took me a while to realize you can float because i wasn't sure if i just had the wrong angle\/strength to get through level 2. Some sort of guiding arc might have been useful.\rSolid entry though, i like the artstyle and music, very Castlevania. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"foreverisbetter","author_uid":"56176","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1440514800,"text":"Love it. My favourite so far. never played anything quite like it"},{"author_name":"Saf","author_uid":"27438","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1440516360,"text":"Solid entry! Clever control scheme. It is a great arcade experience. Well done"},{"author_name":"Mathieu Muller","author_uid":"40544","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1440517260,"text":"Congrats to my first five star in overall. This game is clearly fit for a mobile device. Would buy it if it was on iPhone\/Android.\r\rAnd boy, I didn't expect the sunlight :D."},{"author_name":"Legulysse","author_uid":"37999","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1440517500,"text":"Great game over here"},{"author_name":"janiq","author_uid":"55647","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1440517980,"text":"Very very nice. Everything perfect and screenshake is super :-)"},{"author_name":"Mr. Jif","author_uid":"19204","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1440521400,"text":"I love the mechanic, although having it explained in game would have been nice, I didn't have too hard of a time figuring it out :) Graphics and Audio were amazing! Well done"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1440521760,"text":"Takes a few tries to get the hang of, but it's super fun when you do! Mua-hua-hua-hua! Love those sound effects!"},{"author_name":"FiSilva","author_uid":"56232","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1440527580,"text":"I love the art!\rControls are a little hard but I guess that's part of the fun"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1440531000,"text":"Really nice game. Good work !"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1440531420,"text":"Very well polished game. I like the novel puzzle-platforming idea that you have, and it would've been nice to have a bit more variety (I got as far enough to see the same platforms, people and spikes)."},{"author_name":"AlexPGilbert","author_uid":"39524","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1440536700,"text":"I love the polish! The game is fun. When I thought the controls were awful at first, but then after the first few levels I felt super bad ass when I timed and landed a jump perfectly. Great job!"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 7:16am","epoch":1440573060,"text":"Nice atmospreic game! Puzzles are pretty well made =)\rTheme also well interpretatied. Good job!"},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1440617460,"text":"Thanks for putting up the Mac version! I like the movement\/blood mechanic. Well done!"},{"author_name":"GameQuester","author_uid":"45230","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1440619740,"text":"That game is very good and polished. Didn't make it to the end yet, but I will try it later. The sound and graphics really stand out. You really did a great job here."},{"author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:23pm","epoch":1440681480,"text":"Great animation and mood. Tons of levels. About as much frustration as I would expect from a Golf Sim\/Super Meat Boy mix. (Hence my rage quit.) Still certainly one of the better games.\r\rI would suggest you eliminate the retry screen and just respawn the player. That 2 seconds doesn't seem like much, but after seeing it 50 times, it gets annoying. A quit\/main menu button on the screen somewhere would be enough."},{"author_name":"XaviorPenguin","author_uid":"58496","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1440687840,"text":"Oh yeah...frustrating...as...heck! :) I love it. I was able to get through all the way until I came across a scrolling level, previous levels didn't have a scrolling part, just what you saw on the screen. That was the part that got me to say "F it!" and throw my computer out the window only to see that it burst into flames only to tell me to Retry. Upon hitting Retry, my computer came back to me in its previous glory and this level was back on my screen. Did I do something wrong?\r\rIn all seriousness, if this was made in the amount of time given, you did a great job. There is definitely a learning curve but I think once a player gets to that curve, it is going to be a hard game to beat. Sound, graphics, gameplay are all really well done for this small of a game. Good job! I am enjoying it."},{"author_name":"dickpoelen","author_uid":"34953","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1440697680,"text":"That was a lot of fun (and pretty!). Two tiny things that would be nice: A reset button (in case you mess up a jump to bad), and maybe have your jump charge just a little faster."},{"author_name":"sararyCow","author_uid":"50072","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1440711000,"text":"Innovative, addictive and pretty. What else can be asked?\r\rSolid entry."},{"author_name":"Frump","author_uid":"35460","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1440733860,"text":"That was fun. Unique mechanics and quite polished. Took a while to get used to the controls but when I did they felt great. Well done."},{"author_name":"careless","author_uid":"32413","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:47am","epoch":1440754920,"text":"Excellent game, really had lots of fun playing this. \r\rGraphics are spot on, very nice pixel art. Great concept, smooth controls. \r\rMusic is good too. \r\rAnother great entry, the mechanics could be applied to other themes to create all sorts of fun stuff :D"},{"author_name":"derr","author_uid":"55643","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1440776640,"text":"Great idea and well executed. It controls very nicely, I love it!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1440793320,"text":"Spooky! Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"inbetweengames","author_uid":"56968","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:17am","epoch":1440843120,"text":"Wow that was a lot of levels to go through!\rReally fun gameplay mechanics and great theme!"},{"author_name":"OxyOxspring","author_uid":"19104","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:19am","epoch":1440843240,"text":"Brilliant!"},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:24am","epoch":1440843540,"text":"Wow, this game was really really nice. Reminds me a lot of our game from last LD. Theme was great, art style was great, mechanics were clever. One annoying thing was not being able to move at all, and landing just outside the range of farmers and needing to mess around trying to do a tiny hop onto them."},{"author_name":"Datamosh","author_uid":"10942","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 11:48am","epoch":1440848580,"text":"Attack animation is amazing. Great entry, polished and fun!"},{"author_name":"Sypanite","author_uid":"44146","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1440849360,"text":"That was great - pretty difficult in places."},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1440851280,"text":"Really interesting mechanics, nice graphics and audio too. The level design is really great."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1440853080,"text":"Really cool game. Fun and beautiful.\rSOmething strange in the difficulty curve (I had a hard level and then two or three easy levels...) but it is the only complaint I have. Great great job!"},{"author_name":"steve","author_uid":"5178","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1440853260,"text":"Great pixel art and a fun movement mechanic that's tougher to master than it initially appears, good work! I would have liked a quick retry button though for when I mess up! Mwahahaha!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1440885480,"text":"Lack of a restart function definitely makes it slightly frustrating at times but I absolutely love the gameplay mechanics."},{"author_name":"Eldan_Knight","author_uid":"58017","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1440885900,"text":"Yeah, absolutely 5\/5! Great idea, perfect performance. Easy to learn and hard to master, like all the best games. Also outstanding graphics and music. It's the best game I have tasted in this Ludum Dare and definitely this should be at the top of many videogame markets! Congratulations, keep on the good work!"},{"author_name":"OnionBlaze","author_uid":"4653","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 1:50am","epoch":1440899100,"text":"Fun game mechanic. Love the pixel art and music also. Great work! :D"},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1440953040,"text":"Excellent game, looks, sounds, plays great!"},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1441047660,"text":"Very polished game and the visual feedback in the bloodbar is excelent.\rThe game mechanic doesn't need explanation.\rSo congratulations!"},{"author_name":"HappyHour","author_uid":"58112","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 1:39am","epoch":1441071240,"text":"Pleasantly surprised by this one. Unique and responsive control scheme + nicely fitting audio and visuals."},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 2:00pm","epoch":1441115700,"text":"This was a great entry with polished graphics and audio. Liked the whole concept of using your life force as your movement and having to be careful with how you approached the later levels so you didn't end up turning to dust. Clever mechanic and nice use of the theme. Have added it to my list of favourites from this Ludum Dare."},{"author_name":"Pomb","author_uid":"21417","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 8:07am","epoch":1441180920,"text":"This is awesome man! I love the feel. Some added animations on the take down would make it feel even more satisfying to get the kill. Great work!"},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1441322700,"text":"Great idea! The only thing I'd complain about is the exit on escape and the lack of level selection or something like that (you might see the two are somewhat related).\r\rThe graphics, mechanics, music and levels are great!"},{"author_name":"KrisDevelopment","author_uid":"39050","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1441397160,"text":"One of the best i have played so far, very nice!"},{"author_name":"Slothmachine","author_uid":"30979","time":"Sep 13, 2015 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1442178480,"text":"I love your pixel art! The gameplay was solid and challenging. Really polished in so little time. Great Job!"},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Sep 13, 2015 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1442180400,"text":"Very nice idea for controlling the movement of your character. It is pretty hard sometimes, but feels even more rewarding when succeeding. The visuals and audio are also very, very good. Overall, a great game, good job!"},{"author_name":"shawn42","author_uid":"571","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 1:33am","epoch":1442194080,"text":"Lots of stars in my rating. ;) Very fun and unique."},{"author_name":"walsh9","author_uid":"56320","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 5:46am","epoch":1442209260,"text":"Really neat movement mechanics. Art and sound are wonderful. Game overall is very polished. Terrific game!"},{"author_name":"Jan Tuts","author_uid":"50599","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1442261160,"text":"Simply great overall :) Well done!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Oct 13, 2015 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1444750560,"text":"Lovely game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/K5Eh9xNFJGY"}],"images":["ld33\/12495-f80e667e66bd5c0551ba656e23ebd83f.jpg","ld33\/12495-da80d2ebee5e77d1a6055227ac81fe95.jpg","ld33\/12495-4c5c0f73672e3e6f12fc1c635c40b6ae.jpg","ld33\/12495-b996a211b1d6024b81ec9e3fed605616.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/triplevisiongames.itch.io\/a-shadow-in-the-night","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/triplevisiongames.itch.io\/a-shadow-in-the-night","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/jbowiecampbell.bandcamp.com\/album\/ludum-dare-33-mini-ost-a-shadow-in-the-night","text":"Soundtrack Download"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8317","g_author":"12495","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"8350","g_title":"A Shadow In The Night","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"42","g_commentcount":"51","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\/12495-shot0-1440842365.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/12495-shot1-1440613273.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/12495-shot2-1440613273.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/12495-shot3-1440842366.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\u200bYou are the shadow that cast the night. They are merely appetisers, mere mortal morsels to tempt your tongue. But tonight you must make do with what little scraps you can find...\r\n\r\n********* CONTROLS *********\r\n\r\nUse the mouse to charge jumps and hold down to float in the air - imagine a friendly mix of Desert Golfing, Super Meat Boy and the delightful taste of blood and you're on the right track.\r\n\r\nYou can have a practice in the title screen if you are unsure how to control it.\r\n\r\nI'll make more levels if folks want to play them, I just ran out of time. I would also like to apologise for any bugs that may have slipped in. Once again, game jam conditions do not make for fully tested games.\r\n\r\nHave fun you God forsaken bloodsuckers!\r\n\r\n*********\r\n\r\nCreated in 72 hours (only just)\r\n\r\nCode, design and art by Andrew Stewart - @triplevisgames on twitter\r\n\r\nSound and Music by James Campbell - @obiwanbalogna on twitter\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to @ashtom_gva on Twitter for the Mac build. Go follow that guy.\r\n\r\n","title":"A Shadow In The Night"}