{"author_link":"\/author\/rock48\/","author_name":"Rock48","author_uid":"34078","comments":[{"author_name":"Nonameghost","author_uid":"20603","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:50am","epoch":1409021100,"text":"Not bad. Considering there's not much in the way of gameplay,I think the elements are polished pretty well. The stars in the background, the thruster particles, and especially that warp effect!"},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1409021220,"text":"I enjoyed the graphics!"},{"author_name":"ShadowStryker","author_uid":"39432","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1409021640,"text":"Like the concept of having a market, most people don't add a store because they are too lazy. ;)"},{"author_name":"Rock48","author_uid":"34078","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:01am","epoch":1409021760,"text":"@ShadowStryker\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yeah, too bad I didn't have time to finish it though :\/"},{"author_name":"hamster_mk_4","author_uid":"4265","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:06am","epoch":1409022060,"text":"The music is nice, but there is not much to do. I tried to fly between worlds without the jump, but gave up after five minutes not seeing the distance decrease."},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1409084400,"text":"The distance to the planet does not update and there is not much to do in the game. However I liked the warp animation and how similar it is to our game :D"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1409084580,"text":"Well, I navigated, navigated, but what could I do else? Nice music, though! :3"},{"author_name":"Capitals","author_uid":"28209","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1409084940,"text":"Graphic: Lovely;\r<br\/>Gameplay: Sadly Lacking;"},{"author_name":"dancingmad","author_uid":"39644","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1409085300,"text":"There's not many things to do in this game... The music is pretty good though (and the graphics are good too)."},{"author_name":"Chaoseiro","author_uid":"26838","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1409087160,"text":"It was calm, almost relaxing, until I hit J and OOOOH YEAH :D"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1409087400,"text":"It's a shame you had to omit a lot of features in your game (Sadly, what was left didn't really add much to the gameplay) but I did like the graphics a lot (especially the thruster particles) and that music when you go into warp is actually quite catchy."},{"author_name":"ZoneOne2","author_uid":"36419","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:30am","epoch":1409099100,"text":"I like the look of the thrusters and ship."},{"author_name":"RadioLemon","author_uid":"18002","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 1:11am","epoch":1409360760,"text":"The warp speed effect was cool; the music made it feel all disco and stuff."},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1410035160,"text":"Not much game, but the graphics were really polished with lots of cool little details, and I liked the music as well."}],"images":["ld30\/34078-853fd830290b4b1ed332dbf56880a384.jpg","ld30\/34078-5fe81c2196aa748bb6b202220b7818ac.jpg","ld30\/34078-8194a879da723526422e9bcbe1f90bf2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/42055532\/LudumDare\/SpaceSim\/win32.zip","text":"Windows 32-bit"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/42055532\/LudumDare\/SpaceSim\/win64.zip","text":"Windows 64-bit"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/42055532\/LudumDare\/SpaceSim\/Space%20Game.love","text":"*.love (open with zip manager to see source)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15942","g_author":"34078","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"15972","g_title":"Space Explorer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"704","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\/34078-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/34078-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/34078-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Kinda a small game I made, tried to make it as pretty as possible, but ended up losing a whole lot of gameplay in the process, doesn't help that I slept for 18 hours at one time, losing my train of thought when coding but, it happens...\r\n\r\nAnyway, the controls are pretty simple\r\n\r\nw,s,a,d and use the mouse to move\r\nm opens and closes the starmap, where you can lock on to planets to jump to\r\nYou can click and drag the map to navigate it\r\nj activates the warp\/jump\/hyperdrive sending you to the other planet\r\n\r\nMusic was created by my buddy Sean, who gave me the rights to use his music in this game, find him here: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skramsax\/\r\n\r\nMost of the artwork was made by TealDragon, who's tumblr can be found here: http:\/\/tealdragon.tumblr.com\/\r\n\r\nI will be uploading a proper Mac executable in the future, but for now mac and linux users will have to download the love2d framework to run the *.love file -- downloadable at http:\/\/love2d.org\/\r\n\r\nLibraries used\r\n\r\nMiddleclass - https:\/\/github.com\/kikito\/middleclass\r\nI have LoveFrames and AnAL for windowing and animation, but they are unused -- the windowing is used in an unfinished economy system in the game, hit 'b' near a planet if you want a sneak peek\r\n\r\nI MUST REMIND YOU -- THIS PROJECT IS CLOSED SOURCE -- ALL ASSETS AND MUSIC ARE COPYRIGHTED","title":"Space Explorer"}