{"author_link":"\/author\/dasginger\/","author_name":"Dasginger","author_uid":"40793","comments":[{"author_name":"MrKOHCEPBAHT","author_uid":"47798","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:11am","epoch":1440410760,"text":"Man, you lost 95% of potential players by doing installer instead of exe or web. That's sad because game looks pretty well."},{"author_name":"madjackmcmad","author_uid":"5448","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:26am","epoch":1440411660,"text":"Cool art, and hooray for XNA even though it's long since been sunset."},{"author_name":"Mister_Melon","author_uid":"56747","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:32am","epoch":1440412020,"text":"I found the idea behind the reverse-tower defense cool, I did find the gameplay a little boring however as I did find at times I could just let the minions attack the castle on their own without any need for my help. Unless you read into the description the game didn't suit the theme very well but you explained why in your description. I really liked the cute art style and it reminded me slightly of the Castle Crashers vibe at times. I was annoyed by the non-existant audio. The mood wasn't great (didn't find it really ambient or dark enough)Overall the idea behind this game is great but when it comes to actuall play it didn't deliver what it could have but we all run out of time so well done overall!"},{"author_name":"Dasginger","author_uid":"40793","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:32am","epoch":1440412020,"text":"It's a shame XNA is deader than dead, I haven't managed to find a new framework I like anywhere near as much. \r<br\/>I think it'd be worth installing something once if it meant I could play a whole bunch of entries, but I haven't seen any other XNA games yet this year. Thanks for your interest at least!"},{"author_name":"miro662","author_uid":"22312","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:36am","epoch":1440412260,"text":"Similar idea to mine game."},{"author_name":"AlgorithmicsAnonymous","author_uid":"56949","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1440688740,"text":"Not very innovative, Tower defense and reverse ones have been done to death in the last couple of years, across all platforms and budgets. But aside from that it does pretty well on all other points.\r<br\/>And also in response to other XNA comments, XNA is actually coming back slightly now, since MS started recommending the community built continuation - time will tell how well it will do though, with a lot of people already shifted to alternatives. But getting a bit off-topic from the game now :)"},{"author_name":"KR-Eddie","author_uid":"15475","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1440689340,"text":"Great graphics. The minions were adorable.\r<br\/>Selecting abilities was a bit annoying, specially the disable, because you had to click back and forth. Being able to use the 1-4 number keys would have been great."},{"author_name":"alyphen","author_uid":"14242","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1441201860,"text":"A really nice graphical style, humourous narrative, and some truly interesting mechancis make this a fun entry to play. It would do well with some audio and some further development beyond the four initial mechanics (maybe an extra skill unlock each time you pass a door)\r<br\/>It needs to be harder, I think. It was incredibly short and I beat it first time."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Sep 9, 2015 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1441822140,"text":"The game looks nice and it's nice to see a reverse tower defence game. I had quite a few bugs, as I was scrolling a lot of the towers vanished and I had some pathfinding issues when I destroyed a tower near the end (my monsters skipped over a bunch of towers). It's fun and has some potential."}],"images":["ld33\/40793-ba9e54eaae9354a63e6b06ccfd8fde84.jpg","ld33\/40793-4d1ec1a4683ed8878511726006d78384.jpg","ld33\/40793-863f62c0152d523a280a1b0e8140763b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cameronedwards.me\/downloads\/LD33-install.zip","text":"Windows (Installer)"},{"url":"http:\/\/cameronedwards.me\/downloads\/LD33.zip","text":"Windows (Binary)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/cedwards145\/ld33","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9875","g_author":"40793","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9909","g_title":"You are the monster","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"9","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\/40793-shot0-1440376577.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/40793-shot1-1440376577.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/40793-shot2-1440376577.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"DESCRIPTION:\r\nThe (not very) evil empire has built a nice shiny castle right in your back garden, and no self-respecting overlord would stand for that! Use your minions and spells to teach them a lesson!\r\n\r\nDETAILS:\r\nA reverse tower defense game made with C# and XNA.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nWASD - Camera movement\r\nClick - Select spell \/ cast selected\r\nEscape - Cancel current skill\r\n\r\nNOTES:\r\nThis entry would probably fit the theme a lot better if I'd had time to add the cutscenes that I had planned, but I'm still reasonably happy with how it turned out. There was also supposed to be different tower types and more spells, but I couldn't create the art needed for those in time, 48 hours passes so quickly!\r\n\r\nThis game requires the .NET framework and XNA. \r\nIf you already have those (or want to get them yourself), you can download the binary release of this game. \r\nIf you don't have the software installed, choose the installer release. This will install all necessary software and remove it all when uninstalled (if you want). The game can be uninstalled from the control panel, listed as \"LD33.\"\r\n\r\nTested on Windows 7, confirmed working on Windows 8.\r\n\r\nI hope you enjoy my game!","title":"You are the monster"}