{"author_link":"\/author\/dissiden7\/","author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","comments":[{"author_name":"Exeneva","author_uid":"21296","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:57am","epoch":1409035920,"text":"Overall very polished. The gameplay got a bit repetitive over time, but the music was good and the graphics were fitting. A fine entry."},{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1409057460,"text":"Fairly chill to start with, ramps up nicely with more planets. Music was suitably chilled and trippy. I liked it."},{"author_name":"katanagari7c1","author_uid":"38891","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1409086080,"text":"Cool design and nice playability! The only thing I missed was a fast forward button during resources transactions."},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1409086380,"text":"Very interesting difficulty curve. Nice job on the mechanics, simple yet well done!"},{"author_name":"Axebane","author_uid":"40345","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1409086560,"text":"Great concept and great execution of the theme. I found myself playing this for longer than the other games I tested. Good work!"},{"author_name":"vulpineblazeyt","author_uid":"27775","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1409086980,"text":"Very nice work, I loved the art and the music, and the gameplay was highly entertaining for me. Kind of wish there was a pause button, but overall, very good!"},{"author_name":"DJWizardCop","author_uid":"37158","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1409087520,"text":"Very neat, would be fun to play as a full game."},{"author_name":"Capitals","author_uid":"28209","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1409087700,"text":"One of my favorite games this ld so far. The music sets a lovely calm mood and made the game enjoyable. The only criticism I would lay upon it is that the trips are a bit slow."},{"author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1409090880,"text":"Thank you all for the kind words. :)\rI'm going to continue developing the concept a bit further to see if it can go the extra mile. I'll be posting progress on twitter.\r\r@joaoguerra"},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1409091180,"text":"Lovely polished looks and sound, much of a Galcon vibe about it with a similar theme to my own but a very different approach. Only wish I could speed it up. Will come back to this later, please add a time compression feature :)"},{"author_name":"hoyt hoy","author_uid":"27144","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1409091840,"text":"Nice game,\rTo slow for me... maybe some fast forward button would be great.\rBut the mood was very good."},{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"36762","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1409093520,"text":"Very good mood! Your concept is interesting too!"},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1409148540,"text":"The movement felt a little slow to me... \rThe concept is cool, and I like the choice of upgrades on the new year..."},{"author_name":"Hairein","author_uid":"31797","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1409167860,"text":"The assets and audio use was great and the game was easy to learn. I also felt this could be developed but more as part of a wider game type. Nice mood and theme."},{"author_name":"kikito","author_uid":"4031","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1409229780,"text":"I wish there was a way to fast forward time at the beginning. Other than that, good execution in general"},{"author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1409264460,"text":"Due to popular demand, I've added a Fast-Forward (2x) and a Pause button.\r\rThank you all. :)"},{"author_name":"wdebowicz","author_uid":"29762","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1409265540,"text":"Interesting game, I appreciate possibility to speed up in this type of games."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1409268240,"text":"cool game, reminds me of mini metro \rperhaps add pirates in your full version which you can either pay off or hunt down"},{"author_name":"DrCicero","author_uid":"33845","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1409268960,"text":"Sometimes my ships moved THROUGH the planets and thus, were lost forever in space.\rI wonder what caused that? Maybe you should simply tween the ships between the planets instead of checking collision.\r\rNice game!"},{"author_name":"Retr0spectrum","author_uid":"32920","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 11:05am","epoch":1409396400,"text":"Not bad, but it was a bit boring waiting for the transporting. Maybe a fast-forward button would help?"},{"author_name":"Cosmonautas","author_uid":"42021","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1409397900,"text":"Nice job"},{"author_name":"Oana","author_uid":"10659","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:21am","epoch":1409472960,"text":"Pretty hard game, but I had lots of fun with it! I like time management games in general, and this is a pretty well done example. Good visuals with a clean intuitive interface, nice music, well executed progression!"},{"author_name":"AdricZero","author_uid":"822","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1409491440,"text":"One of the better resource balancing games I've seen this LD. Liked the music to help set the mood up really well."},{"author_name":"sbarrio","author_uid":"25025","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1409516520,"text":"I loved the slow but intense gameplay, I always seemed to be running out of blue stuff. Graphics and sound are superb, and the game has a very polished and complete feel to it.\r\r I had a lot of fun playing it!"},{"author_name":"bytegrove","author_uid":"11939","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1409516940,"text":"Cool game, nice interpretation of the theme! I think this game could fit quite well on a tablet. I like that you managed to get an upgrades system in there! As the camera zoomed out It became a little harder to read the text. Maybe visualize the resource in another way as well? A pie chart around the atmosphere perhaps?"},{"author_name":"Dissiden7","author_uid":"25686","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1409518740,"text":"@bytegrove I've plans to tackle that issue in a coming update, but that idea is fantastic. I hadn't thought about it yet. :)\r\rThank you all for playing, I've rated all your games as well. \rKeep the feedback coming."},{"author_name":"arzi","author_uid":"1524","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1409525100,"text":""Connect the planets with trade routes" seems to be a genre of its own in this LD. Nice game nevertheless and very good work on the art and the mood. \r\rThe first three planets were invisible (except for their UI elements), I'm not sure if that was intentional."},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1409686860,"text":"Nice game, it adds pressure every turn, keeping the game alive with a good rythm (thanks for\/to fastforwarding). Great music, it helps the mood."},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 11:29pm","epoch":1409786640,"text":"Interesting concept that became stressful after a couple of years :)\rFun gameplay and nice visuals. I liked the choice of upgrades, and how they could make or break that coming year.\r\rWould be nice to see where you're taking the game from here!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 10:35am","epoch":1409826600,"text":"Great game! I enjoyed it a lot and I will definitely be following your progress!\r\rJoona@MooseflyGames"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 3:46am","epoch":1410061260,"text":"I liked this game. When I was thinking about a game design, I thought something similar to yours. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1410118020,"text":"Calm and surprising strategic game.\rgood work."}],"images":["ld30\/25686-5a6772dd9045737db429867386dbcd3e.jpg","ld30\/25686-569446572e7a86a2e53b3e9d7ea9271e.jpg","ld30\/25686-0a788588872ad61d36c424ac95df61ef.jpg","ld30\/25686-24fb93e878a664f4604f91af0321e353.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/StarTrucker","text":"Web (post-compo)"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/StarTruckerWin","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/StarTruckerOSX","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/StarTruckerLinux","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16755","g_author":"25686","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16784","g_title":"Star Trucker","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"204","g_commentcount":"32","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\/25686-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25686-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25686-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25686-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTES:\r\nThe only thing added in the web post-compo build was a Fast-Forward and a Pause button. \r\nI'm leaving the other versions as they were when submitted, so that you can rate it as it was originally if you so desire.\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nDon't let the planets reserves reach a critical level.\r\nOrganize your transports and keep those resources running to meet demand.\r\n\r\nOne distraction is enough for a planet reserves to be depleted and for you to fail.\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nI've decided to continue developing the game. In the next couple of weeks I'll have more updates for it.\r\nHowever I won't be posting new builds here because it would go against the spirit of the Jam. You can follow its development on twitter or on my blog, where I'll have an up-to-date playable build of the game.\r\n\r\nThanks for playing. :)\r\n\r\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/joaoguerra\r\nBlog: http:\/\/halfdonegames.blogspot.co.uk\/","title":"Star Trucker"}