{"author_name":"tayl1r","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1460161800,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"8950","p_author":"tayl1r","p_authorkey":"5556","p_urlkey":"44162","p_title":"Walpurgis Night","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1460161800","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5556","us_name":"tayl1r","us_username":"tayl1r","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Hello all. I&#8217;m definitely in for the upcoming Ludum Dare. In fact, I never miss one&#8230; if you ignore all the ones I missed.<\/p>\n <p>One of the Ludum Dare game jams I definitely <em>did<\/em> enter a few years ago was MLD47 with its theme &#8220;Humble Beginnings.&#8221; For this I created <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-47\/?action=preview&amp;uid=5556\">Fireworks<\/a>, a remake of my first ever from-scratch game, which was a survival shmup (or dodge &#8217;em up, I guess!) set in a fireworks display. Later, when I was moving into the realms of mobile development I ported this over into an APK, both to get a feel for the platform and so I had something to play on the train. It got the interest of a few people and my friends encouraged me to create a full version. So I did.<\/p>\n <p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WA6JDMdd4Xg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n <p>There are a lot of changes over the original game, especially when it comes to the amount of content. There are multiple levels with unique patterns, the patterns themselves are a lot more interesting, and collecting spent fireworks results in a chaining system. The different levels and skill-based time skips\u00a0mean it hits a variety of difficulties\u00a0but keeps the sessions quite small. Instead of the clock being a set target the game is now endless, but at key milestones (1, 2, 3 minutes) you unlock stars for opening additional levels&#8230; Hopefully there is a lot here to sate\u00a0the bullet hell aficionado.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshotsssss.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-537283\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-537283 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshotsssss-550x275.png\" alt=\"Screenshotsssss\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshotsssss-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshotsssss-768x384.png 768w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshotsssss-550x275.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Wowsers.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/walpurgis-night\/id1083047102?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mojibake.walpurgis&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandertaylor.net\/press\/sheet.php?p=walpurgis_night\" target=\"_blank\">presskit()<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandertaylor.net\">website<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 8th, 2016 7:30 pm","title":"Walpurgis Night"}