{"author_link":"\/author\/josephlittle\/","author_name":"JosephLittle","author_uid":"15937","comments":[{"author_name":"BubbleChien","author_uid":"39349","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:45am","epoch":1408966800,"text":"(+) Nice visual ambiance. (+) Like to be a smuggler :D (-) As said, no music and no sound. (-) Game is a tad too hard."},{"author_name":"g_o","author_uid":"24655","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1408970400,"text":"Unfortunately I suck at this already hard to play game\r<br\/>the controls are just so hard !\r<br\/>Too bad you don't have sound could've been kinda cool"},{"author_name":"NuSan","author_uid":"18943","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1408973160,"text":"A great idea, but there is too much to manage at the same time. I couldnt land on a single planet, my speed is probably too high, or i didnt get my landing gear out. On top of that, cops are strong. I like the idea of mission between worlds, you should tweak difficulty or simplify landing."},{"author_name":"JosephLittle","author_uid":"15937","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:46am","epoch":1409035260,"text":"Thanks for the feedback guys!\r<br\/>I'm going to tweak the difficulty a bit by making the cops slower to turn and upping the maximum speed you can be at when you try to land. Hopefully these tweaks are okay in the spirit of things!"},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:57am","epoch":1409122320,"text":"Has the potential for being a very fun game, but right now it's a bit difficult - very hard to steer around, ship movement is a bit fast. I like your take on the theme though. :)"},{"author_name":"gaarlicbread","author_uid":"33106","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1409330760,"text":"I really really like this game! Nice work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think the level of difficulty at the beginning would fit better as to what you'd see after finishing several missions. I was also a little confused by some missions that said their destination was the planet I was already on.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, though, I think the graphics are consistent and nice, and that the mechanics are pretty solid. It's exciting to avoid the space cops and asteroids and to try to land all at once. Really good! And the perfect scope for a game jam."},{"author_name":"Laksen","author_uid":"1504","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1409867100,"text":"Great success!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That was way more fun than anticipated. All that crashing only made it more fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Your control scheme is terrible though :P Quitting with the enter key was quite frustrating :)"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1410122040,"text":"Well, I sucked at landing on other planets but its a cool game! I included it in part 20 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/3H1YVzN-nuA"}],"images":["ld30\/15937-eb2eb54908020a3c0522bfd7e3115065.jpg","ld30\/15937-5c11a8459827e48d5d4471e052bf608f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/u3evde9vaguiqcm\/Elite%20Smuggler%20%28Tweaked%29.7z?dl=0","text":"Windows .7z"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/nrp0augy0uvjc0v\/Elite%20Smuggler%20%28Tweaked%29.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows .zip"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/oh9wruduw97xhox\/LudumDare30.7z?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15765","g_author":"15937","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15795","g_title":"Elite Smuggler","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"684","g_commentcount":"8","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\/\/375043\/15937-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/15937-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Pilot your space ship around the system and perform smuggling jobs. Avoid the illegal routes between planets and try to shake off the Space Cops!\r\n\r\nYou must stay alive and complete at least 6 missions from the 10 planets in the system. Land on planets and access the dock to take on a mission. Ever time you leave a planet a Space Cop will chase you and attempt to kill you. The safest way to travel is along routes (Asteroids will kill you), but periodically some of these routes will become illegal to travel along. When that happens you will be chased by multiple Space Cops if you trespass on an illegal route.\r\n\r\nControls.\r\nForward = W or Up\r\nBackward = S or Down\r\nTurn Left = A or Left\r\nTurn Right = D or Right\r\nLanding Gear = E\r\nShield = Q\r\nPause = Escape or P\r\nButtons for menus are explained as they're shown\r\n\r\nFeatures.\r\nSpace Ships!\r\nLanding on planets!\r\nSpace Cops!\r\nAsteroids!\r\nParticles!\r\nDifficulty!\r\nNo Sound!\r\n\r\nTo Run simply extract the zip and run \"LudumDare30.exe\"\r\n\r\nSource code is for Visual Studio 2012\r\n\r\nEDIT 26\/08\/14 [07:53]: Uploaded version of the game with tweaked difficulty (Game is no longer ridiculously hard). If this is against the rules let me know and I'll change the link back.","title":"Elite Smuggler"}