{"author_link":"\/author\/hotboxgames\/","author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","comments":[{"author_name":"goosetickler","author_uid":"29650","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1409159460,"text":"Fun little game! I love the world expansion as the planets collide together.  Every now and then I had a strange collision issue but it was neat little game, good job!"},{"author_name":"TeamEagle","author_uid":"23493","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1409168700,"text":"Hopping around is fun, except for when jumping into the void. Took me a while to land on a planet again :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Crashing in each other looks cool as well, nice one."},{"author_name":"danbo","author_uid":"26427","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1409174220,"text":"I was expecting more of these types of games but this was pretty well-presented! I like the planets joining together."},{"author_name":"tbamberg","author_uid":"40495","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1409174220,"text":"Great fun, would be nice if the planets exerted some gravity, or else make the jump speed faster. Drifting off into the void can be a real bummer"},{"author_name":"TeamConn","author_uid":"42386","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1409174700,"text":"Nice game. I was wondering how limited steering while in flight would have changed the game."},{"author_name":"LastResortGames","author_uid":"5040","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:23pm","epoch":1409181480,"text":"This download is incredibly! slow."},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1409181720,"text":"Drifting off into the void got really frustrating since there was no minimap or gravity on the planets, but otherwise a nice game with good polish."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1409181720,"text":"pretty neat game! i like the music and the jumping. pretty difficult though trying to line things up. nice job!"},{"author_name":"SoulGame","author_uid":"42398","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1409182740,"text":"Nice one. The concept is funny and rather well realized. \r<br\/>With a little less rigid character controls (a minimum of air management maybe), the game could be more pleasant.\r<br\/>Well done anyway :)"},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1409229720,"text":"Hey everyone, thanks for all the positive comments - it really is appreciated.\r<br\/>We're quite pleased with how the game turned out, especially considering it was made in just over 2 days!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>We couldn't agree more with most of your suggestions, if we had longer to complete the project (let's say a week) we would have loved to do the following:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>&bull; Add a minimap\r<br\/>&bull; Utilise PhysX (for gravity on planets and such)\r<br\/>&bull; Recode the 'hop' mechanic\r<br\/>&bull; Add more poweups\r<br\/>&bull; Add drills\/explosives for digging through planets\r<br\/>&bull; Much much much larger level size\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks again for the comments &amp; don't forget to post your scores to the leaderboard! :)"},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1409254980,"text":"There I was, happily wandering around a planet when worlds started to crash around me. I began to wonder if I had a portable black hole in my pocket.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Quite innovative - I enjoyed the bright colourful planets smashing into each other. I think the core mechanic could have done with a little tuning, but it was fun nonetheless."},{"author_name":"DragonXVI","author_uid":"35553","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1409262960,"text":"Nifty! Thought it was fairly straightforward at first, then obviously things got ridiculous pretty quickly :D Interesting spin on a nice idea! Could see it workin' well with some smoother Mario Galaxy-esque physics too."},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1409416140,"text":"Nice little game. The camera movement could have been better."},{"author_name":"GuillaumeGwi","author_uid":"25248","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1409419200,"text":"Hell ! It's not connected world it's crashing worlds ! hehe was funny when all planets started to crash towards me... but you can't die ? Too bad :( I wished there was a time limit somehow... (maybe if planets transforms to stars and then black hole hehe)"},{"author_name":"AdricZero","author_uid":"822","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1409492220,"text":"Your entry was similar to Hop Hop Planet, but moved a lot faster, was more interesting and had more humor. Music and sound effects were very good too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Hop Hop Planet:\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=35485"},{"author_name":"Ramiel","author_uid":"25695","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1409503680,"text":"Nice little game.\r<br\/>Cool graphics."},{"author_name":"belowzerogames","author_uid":"37630","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1409519280,"text":"Very nice game just think my PC is a little too slow to run it ."},{"author_name":"FXCesinha","author_uid":"38640","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 12:11am","epoch":1409529960,"text":"Awesome, i love planets, nice graphics too."},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 12:28am","epoch":1409530980,"text":"Well made! I occasionally flew off far into space, but good all around :)"},{"author_name":"IsaacL.Balogh","author_uid":"25471","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1409601000,"text":"I like the idea of the worlds colliding to change them (although it seems to spawn too many worlds at once) good job!"},{"author_name":"rhaasken","author_uid":"12716","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1409601120,"text":"Great audio and graphics. It looks very polished. The controls and the collision were a bit frustrating though. It was hard to get the character to do what I wanted."},{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1409667300,"text":"Great concept. This game is fun."},{"author_name":"Pavel","author_uid":"39828","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 6:52am","epoch":1409726820,"text":"Very good idea and theme implementation. Was fun to play."},{"author_name":"t4u","author_uid":"34334","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1409779380,"text":"Nice graphics but nothing prevents you from endless jump if you miss the planet."},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 3:25am","epoch":1409973600,"text":"Awesome space music and leaderboards! Good job!"},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1410031260,"text":"First time I didn't get that whatever world I was on would attract other worlds. Plus, I was unlucky that it was a rather abandoned place without neighbors. I hit space and flew off thinking it might work, but nope. It took quite a while too before I hit the edge of space. So I would recommend having some limited oxygen supply or so when out in space so you can't space-travel that far.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Second try, my initial place was more suitable and that made it much more intuitive and fun to play. So besides that first run experience, a really nice game!"},{"author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1410137520,"text":"My first game started on a planet with nothing nearby.  Not knowing how to zoom out yet... I just jumped off into space and died at the edge of the screen."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1410375540,"text":"Really fun game. Sometimes I had issues with collision and hopping between planets. The jetpack seemed like the less buggy version of switching planets.\r<br\/>The music makes this so much more enjoyable.\r<br\/>I often died without any apparant reason, maybe something indicating why you died would be great."},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1410644400,"text":"Really nice game. Loved how the planets merged together. The thing that through it off was there were some times when pressing W to jump that I would go flying or using A\/D to move would switch directions. Other than that very fun."}],"images":["ld30\/39707-763cd5c2ae08a77785a0089169642129.jpg","ld30\/39707-6fa2d91356984a8d3791c2129452e9e2.jpg","ld30\/39707-d04c4e1e1080ddcd47b817158707ecd5.jpg","ld30\/39707-63767358149c22381b5b2f892f9634d0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ld30.hotboxgames.co.uk","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/ld30.hotboxgames.co.uk\/projects\/ld30\/download\/PlanetJumper.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16830","g_author":"39707","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16859","g_title":"Planet Jumper","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"280","g_commentcount":"29","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\/39707-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39707-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39707-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39707-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In Planet Jumper, you'll play as Larry - a young space explorer who loves nothing more than to travel across the various planets in his galaxy.\r\n\r\nRecently, more and more planets seem to have been colliding together - and what happens when two planets collide? Thats right, coins appear! Lots of shiny gold coins! Larry wants to seize this opportunity by collecting as many coins as possible - try to help him out!\r\n\r\nDon't forget to use your trusty jetpack to fly between planets.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nA\/S or Left Arrow\/Right Arrow - Move left\/right\r\nW or Up Arrow - Hop\r\nSpace - Jetpack\r\n\r\nFEATURES:\r\n- Listen to awesome space music!\r\n- Hop from planet to planet in our randomly generated space!\r\n- Collect coins and visit more planets to increase your score!\r\n- Enjoy the scenery as planets collide and merge making all kinds of weird shapes!\r\n- Post your score to our online leaderboard and become Ultimate Planet Jumper Champion!\r\n\r\nIf you play in the browser, make sure you try fullscreen mode!\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nWe're quite pleased with how this game turned out, but like everyone we wish we could have added more. If we had more time, or managed to get things done a bit quicker, we would have looked to do the following:\r\n\r\n- Add a minimap \r\n- Utilise PhysX (for gravity on planets and such) \r\n- Recode the 'hop' mechanic \r\n- Add more powerups \r\n- Add drills\/explosives for digging through planets \r\n- Create a much larger level size \r\n- Add automatic camera zoom\r\n\r\nWhat a weekend! We had a blast creating this for LD30 and hope you enjoy playing it too!","title":"Planet Jumper"}