{"author_link":"\/author\/d-b-o-nstudios\/","author_name":"D.B.O.NStudios","author_uid":"45506","comments":[{"author_name":"yokcos700","author_uid":"7500","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1418078520,"text":"2hard4me. Keep running out of ammo and there's not really any indication of when you've been hit\/are taking damage. Death comes too easily and there doesn't seem to be a way to restart. Also, I resent that the download is an installer rather than just an exe. This is all really frustrating because I want to play this game and get good at it and have fun, but I can't stomach the difficulty and inconvenience of restarting every time I die."},{"author_name":"Pixelaborate","author_uid":"42113","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1418078520,"text":"Couldn't make it to the bottom try as I might, but the soundtrack kept on bringing me back. Controls could have used work, but all around, excellent job!"},{"author_name":"Pixelaborate","author_uid":"42113","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1418078700,"text":"I forgot to mention, it would have been a lot harder to give up as easily as I did if there was a simpler way of restarting."},{"author_name":"Hammers","author_uid":"45416","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1418078760,"text":"Not a bad idea. Pretty hard though! Could do with a jump key so you can get back up and grab the ammo drops."},{"author_name":"frenzyasii","author_uid":"45770","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:19am","epoch":1418087640,"text":"fine idea :)"},{"author_name":"ianh","author_uid":"1496","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:21am","epoch":1418087760,"text":"Wish I had more ammo!"},{"author_name":"dallonf","author_uid":"44672","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:19am","epoch":1418091240,"text":"I think you're onto a cool idea here, but you *have* to be able to restart without closing the window in a game like this. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>My first attempt was to dig straight down, Minecraft style. But I quickly ran out of ammo and got stuck. I hit pause and restarted, this time I realized being up top was the way to go. Slightly annoyed that I can't walk past the trees, but I stayed in the section I spawned in and tried to dodge the meteors. I failed. After working up the motivation to open the game again and try again, I got much the same result. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, protip: for your next jam, don't make an installer. Just let me run the executable."},{"author_name":"D.B.O.NStudios","author_uid":"45506","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:27am","epoch":1418106120,"text":"Hey thanks for the input guys, I really like hearing your opinions. I think I literally am going to start a notebook so I can write down everything I've learned from this. haha. One thing I would like to say is I'm sorry about the lousy installer, and bad UI, a lot of those concepts were completely new to me. I'm going to definitely work on that to make it a more enjoyable experience. Again, thanks and keep the input coming!"},{"author_name":"Valeour","author_uid":"2679","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 10:35am","epoch":1418121000,"text":"Love the idea that's here.\r<br\/>Maybe jumping shouldn't be so floaty though. Very easy to get lost.\r<br\/>Lots of text is usually bad. Lots of games to play, little time or patience for reading, plus walls of text more often than not avert people\r<br\/>For a first LD I like it a lot, and congratulations.\r<br\/>With a bit more experience and polish, this would be really fun. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Oh, this is a personal thing, but I hate using setups for LD games. When there's lots of games that do it, it clogs up my program files. Unless you have a good reason for doing it, I'd suggest not doing so. Not gonna mark you down for it or anything, like I said, just a personal peeve)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for playing my game too, by the way. :)"},{"author_name":"MechanicMoon","author_uid":"40539","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1418158920,"text":"First of all, congratulations for your first LD. The game needs polishing, that is true, but its your first step to improve and learn a lot! Nice and fun gameplay, cheers."},{"author_name":"CrefossusJam","author_uid":"42424","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1418216700,"text":"I liked the gameplay - especially using trees as cover at first and how the landscape changes. Missed a restart option. Could use feedback on player for when getting hit besides the bar going down.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pretty fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Strange to use installer although I just sandboxied it."},{"author_name":"Tosic","author_uid":"35464","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1418326620,"text":"It is interesting. I especially like the asteroid damage :)"},{"author_name":"Mr MadCat","author_uid":"47470","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1418488440,"text":"Interesting game. Some sound effects would be nice. Concerning the installer: using Unity, just create a build an put the .exe and the Data-folder in a zip.\r<br\/>Way to go for a first LD game. Keep it up."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1418731080,"text":"No easy game as it seems) \r<br\/>P.S. I'm so tired of installers((((("},{"author_name":"Peach Pie Productions","author_uid":"40673","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1418918880,"text":"I love the terrain destruction!"}],"images":["ld31\/45506-aec50d67111caf0b61a4a398158bbea6.jpg","ld31\/45506-5cb3664fd026abc5375a3902021f4319.jpg","ld31\/45506-96b3f0be57af5deceef99cf1e2059ccb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/googledrive.com\/host\/0B2uNiC9f2y9-NWJpLW9DamNEbDA\/setup-MeteorStrike.exe","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14715","g_author":"45506","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"14745","g_title":"MeteorStrike","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"802","g_commentcount":"15","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\/45506-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/45506-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/45506-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A short but fun game where you have to survive a meteor strike by getting a certain depth underground. My first Ludum Dare game I've made and its been an awesome learning experience! Looking forward to doing more of these in the future!","title":"MeteorStrike"}