{"author_link":"\/author\/mcpgnz\/","author_name":"MCPGNZ","author_uid":"40765","comments":[{"author_name":"BoskoSokolov","author_uid":"38564","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:03am","epoch":1408935480,"text":"Cool game :)"},{"author_name":"varun","author_uid":"1675","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:20am","epoch":1408936500,"text":"I was unable to start the game, receiving this error - http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3HmaFPG.png."},{"author_name":"sharpcoder","author_uid":"32080","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:22am","epoch":1408936620,"text":"Fun concept! This has a certainly unique game mechanic, so that was pretty cool. Good job!"},{"author_name":"MCPGNZ","author_uid":"40765","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:28am","epoch":1408936980,"text":"varun: reuploaded with dll i suspect was missing, give it another try ;)"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:36am","epoch":1408937460,"text":"Ultra satisfying spraying with four planets at once!\r<br\/>Later on I get completely overwhelmed and only manage to hold on to one planet.\r<br\/>Very cool!"},{"author_name":"MCPGNZ","author_uid":"40765","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:40am","epoch":1408937700,"text":"If the game progresses to quickly (all your base are belong to enemies) You can change DIFFICULTY_GAIN in config.txt to smaller value for smoother change. Cheers :)"},{"author_name":"MrSylar59","author_uid":"38521","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:56am","epoch":1408945860,"text":"I have the same problem as varun to run the game, same error."},{"author_name":"kyru","author_uid":"3377","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:59am","epoch":1408946040,"text":"Very fun game but I won't lie, I had no idea what I was doing for most of it."},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:01am","epoch":1408960560,"text":"Pretty solid action game! Really loved it!"},{"author_name":"FrankieSmileShow","author_uid":"1892","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:11am","epoch":1409029560,"text":"Im still not entirely sure how you get to gain new astronauts to shoot with!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This was fun though, once it started to pick up. Maybe id add some sort of dotted line showing where your astronaut is about to jump once you disconnect from a planet, maybe highlighting the current target? The game looks really cool when you're shooting."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1409174340,"text":"Cool game, from the instructions I thought it would be very similar to mine :)"},{"author_name":"KingBolonzo","author_uid":"39832","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1409525100,"text":"Its awesome like the style u created def progressed difficulty with time nice work"},{"author_name":"vividhelix","author_uid":"35713","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 12:10am","epoch":1409529900,"text":"Nice game, couldn't switch worlds but did manage to spawn a new world. Loved the upbeat music!"},{"author_name":"Scipio Xaos","author_uid":"7742","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 1:38am","epoch":1409535180,"text":"Wow... just.. wow.. BEST GAME I'VE PLAYED YET!   Woooh!  SOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN. :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did find an interesting little glitch where I could get more than one mean astronaut and connected planet at a time.  I tried to get a whole bunch of them going... but then the HORDE showed up and there was just so many I was forced to spin in circles and constantly fire to drive them off...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(And the little astronaut popping his head up at the controls screen was gold.  I only which I could give this 6 stars. XD )"}],"images":["ld30\/40765-1df7243f72324979d077f1b1379ed544.jpg","ld30\/40765-5d8ed0a7f3b5101489f8e8b7bfae762c.jpg","ld30\/40765-5280fddf1a93703d8de1c649edebeeec.jpg","ld30\/40765-d85c25ec6f2b096d61856daa72573705.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/93175990\/The%20Mean%20Astronaut.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sendspace.com\/file\/9ixf1z","text":"mirror1"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.speedyshare.com\/Wdf5P\/The-Mean-Astronaut.rar","text":"mirror2"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15872","g_author":"40765","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15902","g_title":"The Mean Astronaut","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"195","g_commentcount":"14","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\/40765-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/40765-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/40765-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/40765-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Maybe he's mean, but only The Mean Astronaut can save the World(s)! Help him to accomplish his goal or die trying!\r\n\r\nThis game! What is it all about:\r\n\r\nYour main goal is to keep alive as many planets as you can.\r\nWith space bar you connect to planets. Those connected grow, others slowly die out.\r\nWhen the planets grows to 100% it spawns another one.\r\nYou can jump between planets by placing your character pointing to one and pressing W.\r\n\r\nADDITIONAL NOTES:\r\nIn configuration file config.txt you can change few options:\r\nwidth\/height of a window, difficulty settings.\r\n\r\nISSUES:\r\n#1: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b.)\r\na) in DLL folder there are .dll files for x86\/x64 machines, try to copy->replace them to the game folder.\r\nb) if that doesn't work, try installing:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=40784\r\nc)if you uncounted this problem and suggested solution worked, let me know ;) \r\nd) if it not worked, join IRC channel or leave some kind of contact info to help me to help you! :)","title":"The Mean Astronaut"}