{"author_link":"\/author\/tomker\/","author_name":"Tomker","author_uid":"35753","comments":[{"author_name":"kadybat","author_uid":"41432","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:29am","epoch":1408937040,"text":"You should submit your link as a Windows link instead of a Web link! Web implies that it can be played in a browser. Hope to see a Mac port, I'd love to try your game! :D"},{"author_name":"4KbShort","author_uid":"29507","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:12am","epoch":1408964820,"text":"A nice entry! Very literally: Connected worlds! The concept is good, the interface and controls are super easy and intuitive. The game is also hard as I can barely keep even one planet alive. (Good thing) Nice work!"},{"author_name":"holgk","author_uid":"32032","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1408981380,"text":"Very hard to play."},{"author_name":"Frugle","author_uid":"4034","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1408981860,"text":"Interesting concept. It was confusing at first."},{"author_name":"jojocanard","author_uid":"24933","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1408982280,"text":"Interesting and original but confusing for me."},{"author_name":"HoboMechanistic","author_uid":"38275","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1408982580,"text":"A little bit of a learning curve but I got it in the end. I like that you spend more time worrying about the planet movement than all the asteroids :D Pretty cool idea!"},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1408982580,"text":"I think it's a good game that I had trouble understanding.\r<br\/>The instructions told me about keys, but I had no idea what the game mechanics are (what my goal is, what every option does in terms of gameplay, where I get energy from etc.)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Next time try to add sound, at the very least sound effects. Recording improvised effects doesn't take too much time, is very fun and will do wonders for a game."},{"author_name":"Denisre3","author_uid":"32066","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1408982820,"text":"Fun game, but you can still lose planets even if they are fully upgraded."},{"author_name":"tillrobby","author_uid":"38964","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1408984920,"text":"Interesting but a little confusing, maybe some in-game help texts could help"},{"author_name":"MarekkPie","author_uid":"11038","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1408984980,"text":"Interesting idea. Hard to see the effect of the turning until it is too late."},{"author_name":"aGoodPointPoorlyMade","author_uid":"39789","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1408985940,"text":"Neat! Once I had the controls figured out, I had a good time trying to keep my planets alive. I'm unsure how population influences my planets. I think a few laser sound effects would top things off nicely, especially as the speed increases."},{"author_name":"Goutye","author_uid":"37076","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1408986420,"text":"Interesting !\r<br\/>With a small arrow to point the direction of a planet...that will be a little better ! x) Nice !"},{"author_name":"Headmade","author_uid":"42076","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1408986720,"text":"I didn't understand at all what I was supposed to do."},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1408989060,"text":"I think I understood the controls, but I didn't appear to have much success in keeping the connections alive for long. Some more explanation would be appreciated."},{"author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1408989060,"text":"Cannot play: I can pass the menu screen by pressing [ENTER], but after that, nothing reacts to my right-click or any key.\r<br\/>(Windows 8.1\/64bit, JRE 8u20)"},{"author_name":"Tomker","author_uid":"35753","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1408989180,"text":"The point of this game is to survive as long as you can. If yoi will survive for 5 minutes, you can say that you are good :). I suggest you to use tactics from main screen, it helps a lot."},{"author_name":"marvalgames","author_uid":"35388","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1408989240,"text":"Once you understand it is actually quite slick and clever!"},{"author_name":"kyru","author_uid":"3377","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1408989360,"text":"Not bad, could use some better instructions maybe.  Good use of the theme."},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1408989600,"text":"I couldn't rotate the planets, and the concept of energy was a bit unclear to me - how can you get it in the first place?\r<br\/>It was quite fun to blast hundreds of meteors apart, though =)"},{"author_name":"Colthor","author_uid":"37151","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1408989840,"text":"The movement controls need more feedback and instruction - it was hard to see that they were having any effect at all, never mind what it might be in advance."},{"author_name":"SpringPowered","author_uid":"38560","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1408990620,"text":"That was interesting!\r<br\/>I'm not 100% sure what happened, but it was nice nonetheless :)"},{"author_name":"bw","author_uid":"32144","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1408991760,"text":"How do I run this thing in Linux command line?"},{"author_name":"pusheax","author_uid":"8150","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1408992300,"text":"I managed to stay alive with one planet and maximum everything for some time. Moving them together seems hard."},{"author_name":"kdunee","author_uid":"2084","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1408992420,"text":"The A and D keys didn't do anything notice'able for me, but it was cool to watch for some time as the planets defend themselves ;)"},{"author_name":"Zoomyzoom","author_uid":"7301","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1408993260,"text":"Linux version does not work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>william@Helium:~\/Downloads\/Troika$ java -jar Game.jar \r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1886)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:849)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1088)\r<br\/>\tat org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:73)\r<br\/>\tat java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)\r<br\/>\tat org.lwjgl.Sys.doLoadLibrary(Sys.java:66)\r<br\/>\tat org.lwjgl.Sys.loadLibrary(Sys.java:95)\r<br\/>\tat org.lwjgl.Sys.&lt;clinit&gt;(Sys.java:112)\r<br\/>\tat org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.&lt;clinit&gt;(Display.java:135)\r<br\/>\tat Game.main(Game.java:33)\r<br\/>william@Helium:~\/Downloads\/Troika$"},{"author_name":"Tomker","author_uid":"35753","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1408993680,"text":"@Zoomyzoom at the moment it only works on Windows and Linux platform"},{"author_name":"theCoder15","author_uid":"31939","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1409004060,"text":"Stays with the theme nicely and is fun."},{"author_name":"dix","author_uid":"30021","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1409075160,"text":"Interesting little game, I managed to save two of my planets, it says speed is the key, but i think more lasers first make the difference, lost the first planet and then I realized that maybe the energy level plays a part in the speed of the lasers? Idk I just noticed once the other two planets were fully upgraded the speed was faster as the energy level went up.\r<br\/>Lost a second planet, cause the two planets drifted, is it a wanted behaviour?(So that you have to keep all three alive?)\r<br\/>I find it quite enjoyable :D\r<br\/>Well done!"},{"author_name":"jahmaican","author_uid":"40987","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1409157060,"text":"Needs more instructions, as you basically have no idea what to do when you start. Also, sounds.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But it's a very interesting concept and it's quite playable when you figure out what you're doing."},{"author_name":"RaycoSantana","author_uid":"36042","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 11:12am","epoch":1409224020,"text":"nice game, had quite some fun. And the idea is interesting"},{"author_name":"eemmbbeerr","author_uid":"26778","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1409327520,"text":"Linux version does not work. Same error as for Zoomyzoom."},{"author_name":"vogon101","author_uid":"32543","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1409330760,"text":"Nice game but confusing"},{"author_name":"Otrora Games","author_uid":"32989","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1409331660,"text":"It will benefit from a tutorial. A bit confusing at first try"},{"author_name":"synchingfeeling","author_uid":"41319","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1409339940,"text":"Fun game, was hard to keep anything alive but all part of the charm. SFX would be awesome."},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1409347140,"text":"Difficult game, but fun once you figure it out. Fun with upgrades and limited energy so you have to prioritize their order :)"}],"images":["ld30\/35753-371b0dc15ef2ffb629c610feebbd45c9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/u89zktocjm7koui\/Troika.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/u89zktocjm7koui\/Troika.zip?dl=0","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15899","g_author":"35753","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15929","g_title":"Troika - how long will you cooperate?","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"964","g_commentcount":"35","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\/35753-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Green - perfect connection\r\nOrange - medium connection\r\nRed - weak connection\r\n\r\nHold the best connection as long as you can and survive \r\ndeadly meteor attack.","title":"Troika - how long will you cooperate?"}