{"author_link":"\/author\/lostcodestudios\/","author_name":"LostCodeStudios","author_uid":"47224","comments":[{"author_name":"asobitech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1418135160,"text":"interesting concept."},{"author_name":"L33tGamer2001","author_uid":"24939","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:01am","epoch":1418180160,"text":"really leet"},{"author_name":"TheMonsterFromTheDeep","author_uid":"45764","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:12am","epoch":1418180820,"text":"Pretty fun! I like the concept."},{"author_name":"zakchaos","author_uid":"13273","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:16am","epoch":1418181060,"text":"really cool concept, might be more fun if portal is a little bigger?"},{"author_name":"p1x3lruckus","author_uid":"45534","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:19am","epoch":1418181240,"text":"Overall very fun, and a good use of the theme. But gameplay was damaged as soon as you realise you can win 100% of the time by shooting a portal behind the other players paddle. But I guess that's easily fixed if you where to ever remake this."},{"author_name":"TriSquare","author_uid":"45249","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:20am","epoch":1418181300,"text":"I actually kind of enjoyed this game. smooth movements natural curving all of it was great, and i like the Ubuntu themed terminal, nice touch."},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:24am","epoch":1418181540,"text":"Really cool concept, well executed.\r\rI had a crash trying to play a level after I had already beaten one - but they all works if I restarted the game."},{"author_name":"phaze112","author_uid":"11665","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:38am","epoch":1418182380,"text":"This is an interesting concept, though it's a bit too easy to cheat a win. Maybe it'd do better with some dead spots, so that you can't play a portal right behind the other paddle, or over their portals."},{"author_name":"Wampus","author_uid":"11619","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:49am","epoch":1418183040,"text":"The 'breaking the game' effect was an interesting addition, given the time constraints of LD."},{"author_name":"Ekilibr","author_uid":"29137","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:50am","epoch":1418183100,"text":"Nice tribute to Mr. Pong who unfortunately left us few days ago. \rA (bad) coincidence, though ? :)\r\rStill, the association of the two gameplays works, nice entry!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:07am","epoch":1418184120,"text":"I liked the idea of the game. Super hard to beat the AI in the game (lost many times), but pretty cool to use the portals.\r\rI did find a bug in that at least on Windows the game crashes when you try to start another level after ending a previous one. Starting the game back up works to play the next level, so it isn't that big of a deal though."},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1418184180,"text":"Wow that meta! The terminal interface, the code scrolling by in the back-ground, and the victory screen are really clever. The music is stunning!\r\rI want to know how many people start trying to run other commands, and I'm kind of curiuos as to how you created the terminal in the first place.\r\rThe gameplay itself is kind of confusing and feels unresponsive (maybe that's just my machine?). Regardless, this is a great entry."},{"author_name":"LostCodeStudios","author_uid":"47224","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:14am","epoch":1418184540,"text":"@ZnCatlaw, Monospace font and just coded it up using simple arrays and command parsing. @Wampus it was just an afterthought, but we thought that breaking the theme is breaking the game, so what better way to that than actually just breaking the screen!"},{"author_name":"BtheDestroyer","author_uid":"46490","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:16am","epoch":1418184660,"text":"Pretty neat. Managed to crash it somehow though..."},{"author_name":"trykondev","author_uid":"34441","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:30am","epoch":1418185500,"text":"What a great idea, this is a super interesting experiment! Some nice visual effects too"},{"author_name":"RobustInteractive","author_uid":"45963","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1418185560,"text":"great concept! love it!"},{"author_name":"tcarter","author_uid":"31008","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:44am","epoch":1418186340,"text":"Very innovative! I loved the ending animation."},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:56am","epoch":1418187060,"text":"Awesome concept! Bit too easy to lock the ball behind the paddle but pretty fun nonetheless. Would love to see some multiplayer for this. Did you make the music yourself though? If not you should probably opt out of the category."},{"author_name":"playvue","author_uid":"12572","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:19am","epoch":1418188440,"text":"Nice approach! Love the crazy update on pong, which you'd think couldn't be done in any 'new' ways by now. Love it! =)"},{"author_name":"LostCodeStudios","author_uid":"47224","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1418226540,"text":"@radmars We didn't make the music. I've opted out, thanks for the suggestion. I don't know how everyone else is using the opt out feature so I just assumed people were using it for categories they didn't address."},{"author_name":"billrizer","author_uid":"43727","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1418581260,"text":"Neat little game :)\r\rPortal creation process can be a little confusing at times tho"}],"images":["ld31\/47224-1e17edd2dfb3a9958f0fed3222a69b91.jpg","ld31\/47224-a134858a4bd454d2f32edb7e07044a45.jpg","ld31\/47224-1b9197060e4749716b3b2821dfbcbbfd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lostcodestudios.itch.io\/gn0portal","text":"itch.io (cross-platform)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/LostCodeStudios\/gnoPortal","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13801","g_author":"47224","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13831","g_title":"gnoPortal","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"569","g_commentcount":"21","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\/\/407933\/47224-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/47224-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/47224-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"gn0Portal is an experimental combination of Portal and Pong. We modeled the aesthetic on our own development tools, the Ubuntu desktop and Bash terminal. Development was very hectic and we made quite a few mistakes, so the final result is very janky, but we're proud of it anyway! We hope you enjoy it too.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nWork the main menu by typing a command and hitting Enter. Notable commands are \"play 1\", \"play 2\", and \"play 3\" to access the 3 different levels of the game.\r\n\r\nMove your paddle up and down with W and S. Shoot portals by aiming with the mouse and pressing the Left\/Right mouse buttons.\r\n\r\nWin by breaking your opponent's back wall.","title":"gnoPortal"}