{"author_link":"\/author\/brokenbeach\/","author_name":"brokenbeach","author_uid":"41470","comments":[{"author_name":"Retr0spectrum","author_uid":"32920","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1408984980,"text":"I seem to be stuck on this screen: http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tkZCnKT.png"},{"author_name":"4sap","author_uid":"34460","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1408998960,"text":"Im also stuck on that screen. Running openjdk on debian."},{"author_name":"yodamaster","author_uid":"38165","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1408999080,"text":"Nice gameboy-style graphics. Game is quite hard to play, at least for me. Very challenging."},{"author_name":"SaxonRah","author_uid":"3625","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1408999140,"text":"Wow awesome game. I love the look and feel. Great job mate."},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1408999260,"text":"Pretty nice game, unfortunately the game crashed when I completed the astroid level so I couldn't finish the game."},{"author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1409000040,"text":"Great little shooter\/platformer. I've not finished it yet (only excavated three planets) but I'm impressed by its polish. It really feels great.\r<br\/>Graphics are simple but to the point, maybe a little too small.\r<br\/>I'm not too sure about the theme, but not having found 'the nexus', I can't say much.\r<br\/>Very solid entry."},{"author_name":"Ramori","author_uid":"39486","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1409000820,"text":"Very nice game. Big bullets, lots of particle effects - you know what's good :)\r<br\/>I've also found bug, but I wasn't able to reproduce it. Once on meteor and once on final world (probably doesn't matter where) in the middle of a fight game screen froze. Nothing moved, but when I pressed the arrows I could still hear shooting sound."},{"author_name":"Conk","author_uid":"40797","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1409001600,"text":"Quite hard, not entirely sure how to finish a level, did excavated mean complete? I don't know how I did that if so. Was very fun and looks awesome, love the style."},{"author_name":"Zigsfi","author_uid":"39440","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1409002020,"text":"Great art, great gameplay. Very hard!"},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:55am","epoch":1409039400,"text":"Challenging, but really fun.  Doesn't feel like a first game!  Great job :)"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:37am","epoch":1409099520,"text":"Love the pixel art, awesome choice of colors! Cool innovation too"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:52am","epoch":1409104020,"text":"Like the visuals. But game TOOOO hard for me =("},{"author_name":"Victory Garden","author_uid":"22357","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:42am","epoch":1409121420,"text":"Wow, this was amazing. I really killed my hand trying to beat that last boss! It took a while to understand what I was supposed to do on the first level, but once I got it... wow. My favorite was definitely the asteroids level. Right when I started feeling really cocky and confident about my skills, the game would wipe the floor with me and make me work a lot harder. Awesome."},{"author_name":"gwa","author_uid":"34038","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1409169780,"text":"Really cool Game I love the graphics and the generally style and shooting in 4 directions :)"},{"author_name":"IsaacL.Balogh","author_uid":"25471","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1409169840,"text":"Couldn't boot the windows file, it says that the main class main.game is not found"},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1409169960,"text":"Feels great! Love the color palette, FIGGEN HARD!"},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1409170380,"text":"Looks pretty good but I'm having menu issues."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 10:36am","epoch":1409308260,"text":"Great game, finished it pretty quick. Controls felt a little floaty+slippery (especially with the bit of precision platforming), but loved the (SPOILER ALERT) boss."},{"author_name":"LeafThief","author_uid":"3923","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1409317560,"text":"It's really hard, but also really rewarding. This game is so well made. Congrats and thanks for this!"},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1409322360,"text":"This is awesomely COMPLETE game which made it top on my list until I find a better game among entries."},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1409325900,"text":"Graphics are nice! Neat game!"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1409328720,"text":"Love the gameboy graphics. Retro-time!"},{"author_name":"Pinqu","author_uid":"41035","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1409339340,"text":"Love the retro look, but the controls were a little hard to adapt to."},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1409400360,"text":"Congratulations on your first LD dude! ^^ For a first time this is really really good! I personally think that it's a bit too difficult. Especially the jump height bugged me out each time I fell into a little gap and got stuck. I can see you tried going for game feel but I think you can still learn a LOT on that part, here maybe this video helps if you haven't seen it yet: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg Because you know, in your game there isn't too much happening and it can get a bit stale. Add more different elements and exaggerate even more!"},{"author_name":"azidhouse","author_uid":"42893","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 10:39am","epoch":1409654040,"text":"Congratulation, the game is very challenging! BTW the source zip contains only compiled classes and not actual sources... Is it intentional?"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 7:25am","epoch":1409728800,"text":"Really hard, but the controls were very responsive and the movement and shooting was smooth as hell. Great entry. :)"}],"images":["ld30\/41470-24c7bfcbcb768525f50a3237f8cdd2dc.jpg","ld30\/41470-7f43d6e5a9c1b0b63e354dd3df1432cd.jpg","ld30\/41470-d3a35388c4b00b421a895e84b59746f0.jpg","ld30\/41470-b9aaa7acc70b191f44c5f16d1158c3c0.jpg","ld30\/41470-e8664c8f3eb1d29d7ecbce0c88f8775a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/brokenbeachuk\/NEXUS.zip","text":"Windows Download"},{"url":"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/brokenbeachuk\/NEXUS.jar","text":"Executable Jar Download"},{"url":"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/brokenbeachuk\/NEXUSsrc.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16395","g_author":"41470","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16424","g_title":"NEXUS","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"269","g_commentcount":"26","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\/41470-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41470-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41470-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41470-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41470-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The NEXUS; A mysterious alien planet shrouded by a thick, impenetrable fog. The worlds surrounding the NEXUS are connected by their beacons; ancient alien artifacts that are the key to unveiling it's secrets.\r\n\r\nThis game is an arcade shooter\/platformer, focused on feel-good gameplay and terrain destruction.\r\n\r\nThis is my first time taking part in Ludum Dare. In fact, this is the first game I've ever completed. The code's a mess, and there are a couple of small bugs but nothing substantial. The hardest part has just been distributing it. Still working on an OSX and Linux wrapper. In the mean time, the Windows one should work, so long as you 'run anyway' when Windows tries to stop you. Apologies for the inconvenience.\r\n\r\nI chose a simple 5-colour palette. And focused on \"feel-good\" shooting, platforming, and terrain destruction. It's pretty short, but the final level is something very different from the rest. And it's fairly challenging too!\r\n\r\nI hope you enjoy it. If you do, feel free to follow me on twitter @brokenbeachuk or on tumblr at www.brokenbeach.com\r\n\r\n* Someone mentioned being stuck on the menu screen. I can't seem to reproduce the problem after downloading and running the game. I'm still able to run it problem free. For those who may not know, you select a planet with 'ENTER'.\r\n\r\n** I'd like to apologise to those experiencing crashes. I'm not entirely sure what could be causing them, but I'm looking into it right now, but I'm having trouble reproducing many of these problems. Please do try both the Windows wrap and executable jar file. Thanks for your patience and most of all, thanks for playing.","title":"NEXUS"}