{"author_link":"\/author\/hyoga-3d\/","author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","comments":[{"author_name":"Alice","author_uid":"51483","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:31am","epoch":1429514760,"text":"This game is awesome! Only thing I would add is a player score, because I would want to try and beat my high score."},{"author_name":"xandrucea","author_uid":"50587","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:06am","epoch":1429527660,"text":"Nice gameplay and cool design!"},{"author_name":"Birke","author_uid":"2550","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:53am","epoch":1429530480,"text":"I liked it. The graphics are good and mapping the game onto a spherical surface makes it stand out. The problem with mapping it to a sphere is that it is difficult to determine where your shots will go so maybe use mouse to aim and then get the direction you should shoot in by doing a raycast onto the sphere would work better."},{"author_name":"DarkGrisen","author_uid":"42213","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1429535340,"text":"Really fun game! I also miss the high score."},{"author_name":"longshorts","author_uid":"34312","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 3:14pm","epoch":1429542540,"text":"Really fun little game, esp with the dash mechanic. Music and graphics are well put together. It does definitely need a scoring mechanism however as it needs to give the player feedback as to how well they are doing. Also, I'm unsure how this fits the theme."},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429547520,"text":"I love the spherical movement system, but at the north and south poles it has a tendency to spaz out and start spinning in a circle wildly.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also I am pretty sure that music is copyrighted? Not sure. Any case. Pretty fun, the controls feel a little wird but it looks good and other then at the poles feels alright as well. Though with the number of enemies perhaps up the firing rate a bit?"},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429547520,"text":"I quite enjoyed this.  Some navigation weirdness at the poles.  Good graphics, familiar music, and and a nice pacing to the game.  Well done."},{"author_name":"vortex","author_uid":"36386","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429547520,"text":"Really liked the gameplay and the music, but dude... \r<br\/>Give us a Score!!!"},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1429547580,"text":"I would have never thought of this, great idea and good work :)"},{"author_name":"PyroSneak","author_uid":"22612","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1429547820,"text":"Really fun game. All of it was really well done."},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1429547820,"text":"A highscore was on my task jobs, but since I worked alone, I ran out of time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for the feedback guys!"},{"author_name":"plams","author_uid":"3099","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1429548120,"text":"Nice! Zooming around the poles is fun, weeeeeeee! Thanks for providing a Linux version."},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1429548360,"text":"Wow, this was a lot of fun. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Finn","author_uid":"50231","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1429548420,"text":"A very fun shooter lacking a highscore feature! Can't quite see how the theme fits into this though."},{"author_name":"Geared Games","author_uid":"45678","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1429550280,"text":"That was really fun! At some point the amount of screenshake was way too much though. It's hard to see what's going on with the screen shaking all over"},{"author_name":"MightyToast","author_uid":"49934","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1429550280,"text":"Wow! I love the quick ramp up of difficulty. The game gets good fast, and plays quite well. Cool physics, great graphics, and MAN that song is catchy. Great work!"},{"author_name":"ManicMiner","author_uid":"50892","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1429550460,"text":"Very solid entry - although it doesn't really match the theme. Zooming round the sphere feels good, and there's a nice range of enemies - I also like your sneaky explosion effect which looks WAY more complex than it actually is... that's smart game development right there!"},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1429552320,"text":"I like the spherical platform idea, the game is pretty fun to play despite some spazing out already mentioned in another comment. Good luck!"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1429554120,"text":"Pretty fun, I don't like how the movement has poles."},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1429554660,"text":"It's a very fun game and the different enemies\/hazards add a lot of variety to the gameplay.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As some people already pointed out, this game is screaming for a score tracker :)"},{"author_name":"Rulrite","author_uid":"46265","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1429557420,"text":"This is a super-fun game! It's very thrilling to see how long you can last. I really like the music and the visuals, too; all of it is presented very well."},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1429560000,"text":"So beautiful and polished!\r<br\/>Good work with the shaders!\r<br\/>As was said, a score would be very nice! xD\r<br\/>An explanation of what everything does would be good too, not a huge deal, but I miss it. It can be here, just to be sure that I undestood everything about the game.\r<br\/>Congratz man!\r<br\/>Always good to see more people on comp! :)"},{"author_name":"hercludes","author_uid":"14310","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1429560900,"text":"I really liked the graphics and feel of this game, it's definitely a very nice game. Unfortunately the dash was really hard to perform. Not sure if I'm doing it wrong but it was very unresponsive and hitting space would not activate it most of the time."},{"author_name":"lanza","author_uid":"49263","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1429562580,"text":"It's a very cool idea, and the graphics are awesome."},{"author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1429564020,"text":"Pretty fun to fight while navigating around the planet. Really loved it."},{"author_name":"jordyadan","author_uid":"52138","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1429564740,"text":"Great design"},{"author_name":"Lyje","author_uid":"29064","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1429566540,"text":"The spherical idea is great, and the graphics are lovely. Controls and combat could really use some polish though."},{"author_name":"Marcus316","author_uid":"17343","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1429569120,"text":"LOL, you had me with the BG music! Love it! ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All said and done, nice work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree with the comments about a high score. That would be awesome."},{"author_name":"skiper4e","author_uid":"38086","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1429569600,"text":"Amazing game! Would really like to see this expanded. One thingi don't like is that you lose ALL your upgrades when hit. I think it's way too brutal since you still get stronger enemies"},{"author_name":"internetpaulicy","author_uid":"25260","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:54am","epoch":1429577340,"text":"Pretty game! I like the final fantasy esq fight music. The ship is cool and I like its little trail that it leaves. It feels cool to play."},{"author_name":"Havacore","author_uid":"19064","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:48am","epoch":1429580580,"text":"This was a lot of fun.  Loved the graphics style."},{"author_name":"SpeirCeol","author_uid":"49854","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:26am","epoch":1429582860,"text":"That is incredibly awesome! and for a game made in 72 hours it is really outstanding, very nice!"},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:35am","epoch":1429583400,"text":"If asteroids become 3d and on a sphere, this will be it. As for the music, is that Final Fantasy I'm hearing? :)"},{"author_name":"trenchgames","author_uid":"46155","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:53am","epoch":1429584480,"text":"Fun concept and really good visual style."},{"author_name":"JakeL168","author_uid":"2813","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:57am","epoch":1429588320,"text":"Cool. Except it ticks me off that the bullet wasn't being shot from the forward direction of the plane, otherwise it would have been perfect. :)"},{"author_name":"peterkirk","author_uid":"42239","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:19am","epoch":1429589640,"text":"I've always had an interest with 2d games that operate in a 3d environment. The art style is exceptionally lovely. I had a good deal of fun with this one. Good work."},{"author_name":"TailyILoveYou","author_uid":"20709","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:26am","epoch":1429590060,"text":"That was fantastic! I loved the graphics and the sound. Very well done!"},{"author_name":"cmcoto","author_uid":"44292","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:30am","epoch":1429590300,"text":"Wow amazing game! Way to go! I had fun playing it... got some trouble at first with the controls as you have to use both wasd and arrow keys. But great job!"},{"author_name":"paruthidotexe","author_uid":"51981","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:31am","epoch":1429590360,"text":"I love the concept and a different art style. But not interesting to play repeatedly, yea i understand with in the time limit this is very great work.."},{"author_name":"terryg","author_uid":"50816","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:48am","epoch":1429591380,"text":"Fun game. I like that I can shoot the direction I want to shoot regardless of the direction that my ship if facing.  I couldn't quite see how the game ends or what progress I was making.  Still a very nice game.  Good job!"},{"author_name":"Pinpickle","author_uid":"1179","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:15am","epoch":1429593000,"text":"Really fun and easy to control. I'm struggling to see the connection with the them, though. Also, it's hard to click on the buttons to play\/restart when you can't see the mouse."},{"author_name":"Buzzwerd","author_uid":"25830","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:16am","epoch":1429593060,"text":"This looked awesome, but it immediately spazzed out. Tried refreshing, but couldn't get it going. Awesome music and art though."},{"author_name":"Bitterdeath","author_uid":"7698","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1429593240,"text":"The aiming is a little strange but otherwise the game is really fun. Then I got upgrades and had even more fun. As mentioned, the scoreboard is lacking."},{"author_name":"safran","author_uid":"50835","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:36am","epoch":1429594260,"text":"Music, graphic, game idea, are all good. The only thing that's missing is the theme. Aside from that, this is an incredibly addictive game."},{"author_name":"bradur","author_uid":"40138","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:54am","epoch":1429598940,"text":"Not well-related to the theme, but a very solid shmup! Fun to play and challenging."},{"author_name":"Luke Nizik","author_uid":"40149","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:07am","epoch":1429599720,"text":"Great looking game. Very good job using ascetic assets. Maybe shooting with mouse would be a good idea."},{"author_name":"GTA LUDUM V","author_uid":"3968","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:11am","epoch":1429599960,"text":"Must say that this is pretty amazing for a game you made alone. Though I'm not sure if this game fit the unconventional weapon theme."},{"author_name":"Kaijuu","author_uid":"46066","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:00am","epoch":1429602900,"text":"Awesome!"},{"author_name":"Kaijuu","author_uid":"46066","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:09am","epoch":1429603440,"text":"Really awesome!"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:11am","epoch":1429603560,"text":"Nice game, pretty impresive to be made in 48 hours"},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:26am","epoch":1429604460,"text":"very cool! being on a sphere really make the game interesting. my favorite is the dash though. its so fun to speed through hordes of enemies."},{"author_name":"Sergi Montaner","author_uid":"50492","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:10am","epoch":1429607100,"text":"Nice looking, simple and fun.\r<br\/>It reminds me of the Geometric Wars series.\r<br\/>I had some movement problems on the south pole."},{"author_name":"PurpleApes","author_uid":"39859","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:44am","epoch":1429609140,"text":"Nice Concept!"},{"author_name":"Deal With It","author_uid":"46136","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:00am","epoch":1429613700,"text":"Very cool!"},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:04am","epoch":1429613940,"text":"I agree with others that a high-score would really fit your game. Very smooth to play, nice graphics, but I do not see a connection with the theme. Nice effort!"},{"author_name":"BermudaCake","author_uid":"30622","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1429618740,"text":"Really cool! Gets a bit confusing when you go over the 'poles' of the sphere. I'm amazed that you did all the coding and art in 48 hours."},{"author_name":"adnzzzzZ","author_uid":"7173","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1429619340,"text":"I played this for a good half an hour. The progression feels just right and getting more powerful feels good too. General effects when you get hit\/hit something also feel good and the the way things control (with the globe and all) is intuitive. The only thing I wish was different was that when you get hit you should, instead of losing all powers, just go back 1 or 2 levels, in my opinion. Other than that this was really great."},{"author_name":"kivano","author_uid":"53066","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1429620600,"text":"Very nice and polished game, Had a lot of fun playing it! I love this kind of 'arcadish' feel. Love spherical movement and the number of obstacles. The only bad thing is I can't really see a 'unconventional weapon' theme here.. Maybe I haven't progress enough to get that weapon?"},{"author_name":"rgehan","author_uid":"51530","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1429621200,"text":"Very cool. I really enjoyed the way we can improve our ship, even tough I didn't understand at first this was the point of the red boxes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good graphics, good music (is it yours?), good gameplay.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The only problem is the weird behavior of the ship at the poles."},{"author_name":"Destruktorrr","author_uid":"49168","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1429621440,"text":"This was a great bullet-hell design!  Never quite seen one like this, before!  Great job!"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:18pm","epoch":1429621980,"text":"Nice game. I got confused early on when I got stuck at one of the poles, and circled extremely fast. And then I was like &quot;Aahh, of course!&quot; - Great game, loved the controls and nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"gruhn","author_uid":"50323","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1429622760,"text":"Another brazilian game! =)\r<br\/>With a few seconds, already had control of the attacks, making it easy to play.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Bom jogo."},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1429623300,"text":"One of the better looking entries I've played so far and did enjoy the destruction of the enemies. Like that you were able to get a variety in the time limit."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1429623960,"text":"Cool little game you have here! It's cool the way the world rotates around and it's pretty fun when you start getting swamped by enemies"},{"author_name":"lochmann-apps","author_uid":"52509","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1429624680,"text":"Awesome game, one of the best I've seen so far."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1429625460,"text":"Nice clean game, love the graphics and design. Really fun!"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1429625640,"text":"OMG I LOVE THIS!! Epic gameplay and nice graphic! This is the best so far! Well done!!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>p.s. I hope the player spacecraft is inspired by cowboy bebop swordfish! ;D"},{"author_name":"SadSmile","author_uid":"49998","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1429630260,"text":"nice stardust hd clone! I miss the score tho :\/"},{"author_name":"eott","author_uid":"40748","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1429634700,"text":"A great game, not just for being made during LD, but in general. Unfortunately I could not see much of the theme in this game."},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1429634880,"text":"Looks pretty damn nice, sphere thing is cool, reminds me of the new geometry wars."},{"author_name":"cbear_wallis","author_uid":"27018","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1429635000,"text":"Pretty cool! ^_^ really responsive and looks great!"},{"author_name":"Jared Sartin","author_uid":"32837","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1429635600,"text":"Awesome! Love the design. Would love to see scores."},{"author_name":"PeterFonts","author_uid":"51710","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1429636260,"text":"Great and addictive job!"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1429637880,"text":"Not fit the theme but I liked it. Very fun and adictive =)"},{"author_name":"funisfun8","author_uid":"51044","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1429637940,"text":"Good game, not sure the theme was used that well as spaceship with lasers is pretty conventional. But the game overall is a blast to play."},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1429638240,"text":"Cool game. The mouse pointer isn't visible in Linux, but that's a minor issue. Couldn't seem to dash, but really fun nevertheless."},{"author_name":"Chippington","author_uid":"31385","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1429638360,"text":"It's a solid and fun game, very arcade and this game would improve significantly with a score system."},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1429639020,"text":"This is a fun and pretty game, I enjoyed playing! \r<br\/>It becomes very hard when you die in a later stage, as you lack the powerups to beat the enemies..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish that the weapon was a bit more unconventional..\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Wonderful colors and music, well done!"},{"author_name":"Mohagged","author_uid":"51695","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1429639320,"text":"my favourite part is spinning at the poles @_@"},{"author_name":"kaa","author_uid":"39491","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1429640940,"text":"Nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"Nibble Bits Studio","author_uid":"49788","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1429641180,"text":"This game is great! I also missing a score, and perhaps see the shots. But it is very fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Reccy","author_uid":"41489","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1429642380,"text":"Pretty fun little game, I like how all of the enemies and the player orbits around the planet."},{"author_name":"daltostronic","author_uid":"39875","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1429643100,"text":"This is great :) congrats!"},{"author_name":"callumW","author_uid":"30922","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1429643100,"text":"Quite a solid game. Getting a game with a complete game loop (ie start and death retry etc) is quite hard in the time constraints. I think you could of done more with the theme though."},{"author_name":"Dege","author_uid":"51345","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1429644120,"text":"Awesome! I love it! It gets a bit weird on the poles but its really a great game!"},{"author_name":"fixitteam","author_uid":"52954","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1429644840,"text":"awesome graphics and music :)"},{"author_name":"FistBumpGames","author_uid":"30260","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1429645500,"text":"Very cool space shooter! Nice graphics and sound and I really liked the depth blur around the astroids behind the planet!\r<br\/>Didn&acute;t really get the unconventionality of the weapon though."},{"author_name":"Hectigo","author_uid":"3671","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1429646820,"text":"Considering the other production values, it seems a bit odd that the game lacks any kind of explosions - this kind of action shooter would really benefit from some extra oomph. But it's really well balanced with a smooth difficulty curve and a nice pace."},{"author_name":"mockthebear","author_uid":"16447","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1429647600,"text":"Its a good game but i have seen nothing unconventional"},{"author_name":"UnconventionalFusion","author_uid":"52397","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1429650120,"text":"I Really dig the art, good job!"},{"author_name":"chanko08","author_uid":"21466","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1429652760,"text":"I also had the issues with the poles of the sphere with odd movement. Really cool looking game nonetheless though, good job!"},{"author_name":"little_polygon","author_uid":"19295","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1429653720,"text":"Rad, rad, raaad."},{"author_name":"DaveCarlile","author_uid":"51447","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1429653840,"text":"Nice game. Makes me think of a modern Asteroids or something."},{"author_name":"arrogant.gamer","author_uid":"22995","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1429655760,"text":"This was a lot of fun! I felt strange whenever I was hit though: maybe the hit-boxes are too wide? It never felt like I was able to squeeze between things that it looked like I should be able to squeeze between. Does that make sense?"},{"author_name":"PeculiarCarrot","author_uid":"34200","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1429656000,"text":"Pretty good! I actually found this fun enough to play for a while. Although I usually don't care for scores, this is one game I believe needs them. Also, the depth-of-field effect where the objects farther from you are blurred was really nicely used. It just seemed to fit well with the game. Also, not sure if it's a bug, but my mouse was hidden, so I had to spam click around until I hit the play button. :P I really liked the &quot;fighting on a sphere&quot; mechanic, although I died multiple times from going onto the top of the sphere and getting stuck in a loop until I figured out how to escape. Also, it doesn't really seem to suit the theme. Great game, overall. :D"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1429656900,"text":"This was super fun. Took me a while to understand how it works, but then I enjoyed it a lot :)"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1429657560,"text":"Music was good at first, but then got annoying. Graphics are pretty stylish. Gameplay is fairly solid, had to get used to the shooting directions at first but after that it was fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool entry, good luck!"},{"author_name":"xbcw","author_uid":"28725","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:33am","epoch":1429662480,"text":"I'm not sure the Final Fantasy II battle music is open source..."},{"author_name":"Reis Mahnic","author_uid":"52764","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:14am","epoch":1429664940,"text":"Great job! Really nailed the look and feel of Stardust, but still felt like your own thing visually. Loved it."},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:25am","epoch":1429669200,"text":"Hey guys thank you for all the feedback, It means a lot. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I have posted a new version, now you can play with a joystick and I also solved the north pole issue.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep Flying and Shooting \\o\/"},{"author_name":"Marjie62","author_uid":"35766","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:35am","epoch":1429669800,"text":"Excellent entry!  The collision can feel a bit wonky \/ imprecise at times; perhaps due to the difficult-to-judge varying altitude of the objects?"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:48am","epoch":1429670580,"text":"Awesome music, and really nice clean graphics! Great game overall, I had fun!"},{"author_name":"goadrich","author_uid":"50710","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:13am","epoch":1429672080,"text":"Excellent graphics, and innovative world space! I wasn't sure about it at first, but I got used to and appreciated the ability to fire in any direction, especially when using multiple buttons at once. The music seemed a bit intense for the setting."},{"author_name":"Budaniel","author_uid":"38918","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:41am","epoch":1429673760,"text":"Fun to play, at least with a controller. I did terrible with the keyboard. I like the sounds too, but I didn't really see any use of the theme."},{"author_name":"Hammer Games","author_uid":"53120","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:39am","epoch":1429680840,"text":"One of the best games of the Ludum Dare 32!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Gameplay: Awesome!\r<br\/>Graphics: GREAT!\r<br\/>Theme: Failed to follow the theme\r<br\/>Sound: Perfect!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I suggest that you place a score with online leaderboards! We could play this game for hours! Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"strega","author_uid":"5269","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:35am","epoch":1429684200,"text":"Well done, you captured the general feel of superstar dust pretty well! I died a few times were it didn't seem like i hit anything though."},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:40am","epoch":1429688100,"text":"a sphere level design, really good idea."},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:44am","epoch":1429695540,"text":"Awesome game! Cool graphics and music. Orbiting the planet is nicely done."},{"author_name":"MysteriousMolarGoblin","author_uid":"52057","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:59am","epoch":1429696440,"text":"Really cool!\r<br\/>Would infinitely cooler with be better with controller support.\r<br\/>I had a couple of cheap deaths when an enemy spawned and fell down on to my head"},{"author_name":"benbateman","author_uid":"51139","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:09am","epoch":1429697040,"text":"This works really well and appeals to those who love games like geometry wars. Add a score system and this would be perfect :)"},{"author_name":"Switch","author_uid":"46647","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 10:56am","epoch":1429699860,"text":"Music reminded me Final Fantasy 9 battle theme :D"},{"author_name":"eskivor","author_uid":"25329","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 11:18am","epoch":1429701180,"text":"Nice game. Great music. A highscore system would be really cool. At the end, &quot;Thanks for player&quot; : WTF ?, I'm not a native english speaker but it's usually &quot;Thanks for playing&quot;."},{"author_name":"nopogo","author_uid":"22228","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1429705320,"text":"I like the feel and look of the game a lot. Only thing not clear to me was when enemies were close enough to hit me."},{"author_name":"12 Pech\u00e1s Of Souls","author_uid":"53028","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1429706820,"text":"Really fun game :D"},{"author_name":"AlexDJones","author_uid":"41178","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1429708860,"text":"Neat entry with some really great visuals."},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1429716480,"text":"I like the graphics and the style, audio is decent. My only real complaint is I find it difficult to tell the difference between getting hurt and successfully destroying an enemy - they are not visually distinct enough, and until I figured out what I was supposed to do I was a bit confused about why I died. But overall it was a good experience!"},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1429718880,"text":"The idea is really good but I wish you could do something about poles."},{"author_name":"xirion11","author_uid":"21497","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1429719600,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"x1212","author_uid":"25277","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1429720380,"text":"Great game, I really like that graphic-style."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1429720920,"text":"WOW, love this game, very nice shooter. My arms hurts so much now :("},{"author_name":"jmborden","author_uid":"42811","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1429723680,"text":"Very active game. You did a good job putting it together this &quot;Robotron&quot; game."},{"author_name":"rodrigomotta","author_uid":"15106","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1429725840,"text":"Hahah the Mini Super Stardust. Congrats to the prototype! Amazing work! Rated. Please, play and rate my game."},{"author_name":"DKoding","author_uid":"33865","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1429731000,"text":"Looks very cool and loved the music, Ufortunately I don&acute;t have a dual stick controller so I could not really play it as I could not shoot properly it felt like. Liked the gameplay but not the most unconvetional weapon I would say."},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1429731420,"text":"frenetic music ! Great job ! Miss a highscore. Sorry to ask but what is the link with the theme ?"},{"author_name":"Team-KwaKwa","author_uid":"32076","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1429734840,"text":"You should consider put your game on anything else than your website, it is a so slow bandwidth.\r<br\/>For the game, it is nicely balanced, nice mood with the Final Fantasy (warning to not just take the melody if you want to avoid trouble). But I enjoyed my time playing it."},{"author_name":"novadream","author_uid":"50299","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:30am","epoch":1429752300,"text":"Really fun, had to play it twice!  :D\r<br\/>Would've liked to see some form of score though."},{"author_name":"Elit3dGaming","author_uid":"50291","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:37am","epoch":1429756320,"text":"Very cool, maybe a timer and score would be cool and then display it at the end? Also I'm not sure if there is a way but a rare spawn on health would be cool too. Overall enjoyed the game a lot, replayed a few times to see other waves of enemy"},{"author_name":"lebrokholic","author_uid":"52405","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1429764540,"text":"It is an excellent representation of one of the most interesting and well-developed games on Ludum Dare #32. I am kin on playing that game and, frankly speaking, it is the first time when I put 5 stars as an overall score. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"jackrugile","author_uid":"26377","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 6:59am","epoch":1429772040,"text":"This concept is so cool ;) I had a blast. The blur on the far away objects looks awesome."},{"author_name":"Dejvo","author_uid":"49267","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:45am","epoch":1429774800,"text":"really nice execution. i kinda didn't see where i was firing but that was a bug i assume. but the graphics are awesome and the music too. i could see this expanding into something big."},{"author_name":"Prowler","author_uid":"49063","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1429810560,"text":"As often mentioned. A high score would be nice. Its fun to play and the graphics are cool. You can do some really awesome maneuvers with that ship :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Toby Pinder","author_uid":"4783","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1429824300,"text":"I really like what I'm seeing here. I think for the next one you should try to make or find open source\/CC licensable music though, much as I love the Battle theme from FF2 :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Camera work can be a bit jarring at first with the dashing, but I can see how it's intentional. Enemies are fun, graphics interesting, and spherical game spaces are always cool.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It doesn't feel like it's integrated with the theme though."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1429828680,"text":"Beautiful art, dude! Damn! Wonderful job at the gameplay too. Is the music yours? Because it's damn good.\r<br\/>Abra&ccedil;o do Brasil!"},{"author_name":"Tatsu Studio","author_uid":"50217","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:47am","epoch":1429846920,"text":"Really liked this game, the design is very cool! ^^ Good Job"},{"author_name":"AinoraZ","author_uid":"50640","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1429880880,"text":"Probably one of the best game I have seen on here. Going to give very good rating! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Smiley","author_uid":"30731","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1429889100,"text":"great game!   my first five stars this year! :)"},{"author_name":"filipe.silva","author_uid":"53158","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1429895760,"text":"I found quite interesting mix of asteroids with the face of the globe and new enemies. It was really cool. I also cool the fact the ship shoot the four independent directions which way to turn this ship."},{"author_name":"Andrea","author_uid":"44353","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1429903800,"text":"Great game with a lot of potential!\r<br\/>A little too easy to my taste, but that's about all the reserve I have on this title.\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"abcdef65g","author_uid":"29151","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1429910160,"text":"The graphics are seriously awesome. Seriously hard to believe this was achieved in a 2 days span, the graphical concept feels really cool. From a brazilian to another, it really is an awesome game which makes you want to beat yourself over and over. Oh and the final fantasy music helps to set the pace!"},{"author_name":"mildmojo","author_uid":"6748","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1429918860,"text":"Wow, nice work! Very challenging. It took me a few tries to get to the UFO boss, but I didn't make it through. Good world design, enemy and player models, sound effects, and particles. The music was a touch loud compared to the sound effects and got a little repetitive, but the tone was right. Reminded me a little of Starfox music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I played with a keyboard and felt like the WASD and arrows should be the other way around since arrows are more common for movement in PC games, but it worked fine as is. I didn't use dash much because it seemed more dangerous than helpful. A little like warping in Asteroids games.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I felt like the shield powerup should have a different color than the weapon upgrades, but that's a small thing. The weapon tiers were good upgrades in effectiveness.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's awesome that you made this alone! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"BoxedMeatRevolution","author_uid":"47669","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 2:58am","epoch":1429930380,"text":"Fun and polished game. Though, as others have mentioned, it doesn't fit the theme at all..."},{"author_name":"xhunterko","author_uid":"1960","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 6:52am","epoch":1429944420,"text":"Not sure what was the &quot;unconventional&quot; bit. The dash or the control scheme? Not for me I guess. But not bad."},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1429975920,"text":"Nice gameplay and graphical style, but Final Fantasy music? Really?"},{"author_name":"Skiddings","author_uid":"15697","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1429978980,"text":"A lot of fun to play and looks and sounds great, but it's not super linked to the theme. Good work!"},{"author_name":"sekaru","author_uid":"23171","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1429982760,"text":"The graphics and gameplay are great!"},{"author_name":"SySaNiN","author_uid":"50377","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1429983660,"text":"Very interesting idea!"},{"author_name":"efonsecab","author_uid":"50074","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 5:06am","epoch":1430024460,"text":"I loved it, interesting, good difficulty, and the music you used really keeps you in the mood to play it."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 5:57am","epoch":1430027520,"text":"This was fun to play, but I can't rate it highly in most categories because 1) you admitted it's a clone and 2) the music is definitely not open source or otherwise legal for you to use. I don't remember which Final Fantasy game it's from, but it's definitely Final Fantasy music."},{"author_name":"Steven Colling","author_uid":"7211","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1430057760,"text":"Awesome game, very addictive. The art style and the music fit very well. The only improvement I currently see is a better color coding of stuff. Right now, power ups, hurting rocks which contain power ups, the player and parts of enemies are red. I think it would improve the game if you color things which don't hurt on collision with another color than everything else. :)"},{"author_name":"DeadFragment","author_uid":"52749","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1430065560,"text":"You really should make a comment about the BGM you're using as it's clear you're using this song https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b8TdhrqIc9c or some modified version of it as people will be rating you on your audio. The gameplay was smooth and fun and the game had a nice style to it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-Neith"},{"author_name":"coderitual","author_uid":"22182","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1430076180,"text":"Fantastic game. One day I would like to create something like this. I had similar idea how my game should look like. Gameplay is a little boring... but overall is much way better than mine :)"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1430081820,"text":"Well done ! I realy enjoyed play this one !"},{"author_name":"Squarlboy","author_uid":"50488","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1430092080,"text":"this is really fun."},{"author_name":"yuigoto","author_uid":"50909","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 7:43am","epoch":1430120280,"text":"The game's really fun and it really has that &quot;Super Stardust&quot; formula in it, though I didn't quite get the use of theme, unless the fact that &quot;dashing&quot; makes the ship the unconventional weapon. :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work with the stylized graphics and gameplay in general, feels pretty good to play the game! But, as everyone says, I'm missing some scoring here. :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And, to finish: Bom trabalho! O jogo, em geral, ficou bem bacana! :)"},{"author_name":"Marek Lis\u00fd","author_uid":"51128","time":"Apr 27, 2015 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1430152440,"text":"Very catchy game, I kept playing again and again. My only (but a big one) complaint is, that it is definitely not connected to the theme, unconventional weapon. I mean, space shooters are one of the most common games. However, the game design and gameplay definitely wasn't conventional :)"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 8:54am","epoch":1430210940,"text":"A fun game, which is based on a good idea. But The Weapon is not really Unconventional."},{"author_name":"wooltech","author_uid":"46350","time":"Apr 29, 2015 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1430310120,"text":"Fun game, although I'm not sure how much it fits the theme. The gameplay was smooth and the graphics worked well. I wasn't sure what collecting the red blocks did, but otherwise it was very intuitive."},{"author_name":"RockhopperGames","author_uid":"46057","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1430498100,"text":"You have some good basics here, but I experienced some unfortunate movement bugs when I was playing the game. I'm not quite sure how it relates to the theme either. The core gameplay is decently fun though!"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"May 1, 2015 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1430521920,"text":"Nice game! Good graphics and interesing mechanics. Just a tip: red enemies might need another color as people may confuse them with powerups. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>And... hey, is this music from a Final Fantasy? Sounds very similar, if so, be careful with using copyrighted material. It sounds great, but because of it I expected swords and magic, not planets and spaceships :P"},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1430754960,"text":"Pssst - you are in todays Ludum Dare to Believe! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5huV5G4H100"},{"author_name":"Lukbebalduke","author_uid":"26331","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1430757120,"text":"Nice graphics style and gameplay =D"},{"author_name":"Krunoslav","author_uid":"43157","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1430760600,"text":"Hard game or maybe it is not my style. Anyway, i like it. (nice enemies)"},{"author_name":"joe40001","author_uid":"22192","time":"May 5, 2015 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1430828580,"text":"Very well made well polished game. \r<br\/>Almost perfect, only complaint is it doesn't do a good job with the theme. Space lasers are a very conventional weapon.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise perfect though."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 6, 2015 @ 3:14am","epoch":1430881740,"text":"very good game - lacked using theme and the keyboard controls were a little hard - overall great game"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"May 8, 2015 @ 12:51am","epoch":1431045960,"text":"Had a ton of fun with this one. played it for quite awhile. Really well done"},{"author_name":"freeholdgames","author_uid":"52756","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1431276120,"text":"A lovely little technical design. I'd probably like a little more feedback during the dash; right now it just jumps ahead in a single frame, which I think could feel improved. Awesome work :)"},{"author_name":"Menesetsu","author_uid":"22515","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1431357540,"text":"Great entry! Not sure if it suits theme well but the overall execution is very good! Well done, sir."},{"author_name":"BIZM","author_uid":"50449","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1431359940,"text":"Great level of polish. Really liked the graphics and overall feel!"}],"images":["ld32\/23927-9efff5eed4a8850f5f29a918e7fc8f63.jpg","ld32\/23927-6a424e177e93e69400cfacb247ab0b31.jpg","ld32\/23927-7c671c6eabf6d2ea16562e8d3690645c.jpg","ld32\/23927-72b54faf4d45ba72c35a4a1cc16c5593.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SpaceBoy_Web","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SpaceBoy_PC","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SpaceBoy_Linux","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10722","g_author":"23927","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"10756","g_title":"Space Boy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"279","g_commentcount":"168","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\/\/444368\/23927-shot0-1429488128.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23927-shot1-1429487367.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23927-shot2-1429488128.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/23927-shot3-1429487367.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Controls:\r\nControl Ship      - WASD   \/ Left Stick\r\nShoot             - Arrows \/ Right Stick\r\nDash              - Space  \/ RB\r\n\r\nSpace Boy, this is my entry for the Ludum Dare 32 made in 48 hours, a spaceship shooting game where you need to survive until kill the boss. \r\nSuper Startdust HD is a super game and this ludum dare were my change to try to simulate that perfect formula, I'm a programmer, but since this was the first game that I worked alone, I managed to make all the programming and art.\r\n\r\nI'm currently on the last year of Digital Games university here in Brazil and here is my website(http:\/\/bit.ly\/pabloamaral) if you want to see some of my other games.\r\n\r\nIf you could leave a comment it would mean a lot!\r\n\r\n*Maybe web version won't work on Chrome. And music was not composed by myself.","title":"Space Boy"}