{"author_link":"\/author\/jnt\/","author_name":"JNT","author_uid":"35274","comments":[{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1409055660,"text":"The WEB link goes to the linux version."},{"author_name":"JNT","author_uid":"35274","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1409062680,"text":"Web link is mandatory, I saw no way around it. Going to upload a package containing all exes for Web download."},{"author_name":"JNT","author_uid":"35274","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1409063100,"text":"Web link now points to a global package containing all \r<br\/>versions of the game including source code."},{"author_name":"Mali","author_uid":"5540","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1409064420,"text":"I liked it. Pretty funny with the snail. Very hard game. Bit frustrating here and there but funny still."},{"author_name":"darkshadow","author_uid":"15698","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1409154840,"text":"Nice idea, but the stamina system seems to be a bit too harsh and unclear - I think I would have liked to see a numeric indicator of stamina in addition to the snail\/shell colour."},{"author_name":"hate-marina","author_uid":"26068","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1409156220,"text":"Come on, it's too hard. Poor little snail T____________T"},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1409157660,"text":"Echoing the above - amusing concept but really difficult!"},{"author_name":"AortaStudios","author_uid":"40756","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:23am","epoch":1409217480,"text":"Took me a little while to get it working on OSX (should have read your notes first haha!) I was pretty confused at first, but a nice sub :) keep it up"},{"author_name":"JoshuaBurr","author_uid":"37414","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:59pm","epoch":1409230440,"text":"You can change the name of the 'Web' link."},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1409231820,"text":"Nice concept, but the stamina system made it seem a bit tedious"},{"author_name":"JNT","author_uid":"35274","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1409245140,"text":"Joshua: Thanks, didn't realize."},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1409391600,"text":"Interesting story! :D"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1409392740,"text":"It would be a lot better with the right music, but even now it's crazy original and cool."},{"author_name":"Mallot1","author_uid":"35285","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:18am","epoch":1409623980,"text":"Great to see a fellow SDL developer ( although I migrated to SDL2 ) Great Work! :D"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1410121620,"text":"I liked this game a lot! It captures really well how big the universe is and how much ime it takes to travel from one place to another. \r<br\/>And thanks for carifying Ursa Minor's true meaning ;)"},{"author_name":"JNT","author_uid":"35274","time":"Sep 16, 2014 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1410873960,"text":"Pretty funny my score for audio (2) puts me in #600th place when there is *no* audio in the game whatsoever... :\/"}],"images":["ld30\/35274-836606cb89a4df47e6283d38d1b1a450.jpg","ld30\/35274-51c11fbddb2ca607ea855721deac83ec.jpg","ld30\/35274-21f1ecc4d27cb2edd16c71ddcbd43feb.jpg","ld30\/35274-b5a64eeb9289917990c112fb9e343333.jpg","ld30\/35274-438d156e1cc4d55a4e3055057c43ae84.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ubmlf5rcg0ge6tt\/old_one_win7.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/pml0kd3l3v0q6um\/old_one_osx10_6.zip?dl=0","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/43bb2vj0hy1k4jn\/old_one_linux64.zip?dl=0","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/pu2je1t8ltc04uo\/old_one_src.zip?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16879","g_author":"35274","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16908","g_title":"The Old One","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"453","g_commentcount":"16","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\/35274-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35274-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35274-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35274-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35274-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"README\r\n\r\nNOTE: WEB link links to a global package containing all\r\nversions of the game including source code.\r\n\r\n=======\r\nCredits\r\n=======\r\n\r\nBy JNT\r\n\r\nCreated for Ludum Dare 30 (Jam section).\r\n2014-08-26\r\n\r\n======\r\nSource\r\n======\r\n\r\nContains all source code used in this project.\r\nIncludes Qt Creator project files and Visual\r\nStudio project.\r\n\r\nCompile:\r\n\r\n[Windows]\r\nYou need SDL1.2, SDL_image1.2, SDL_mixer1.2,\r\nand GLEW.\r\n\r\n[OSX]\r\nYou need SDL1.2, SDL_image1.2, SDL_mixer1.2,\r\nan OpenGL implementation and a Cocoa implementation\r\n(you might need to have XCode installed for the last one)\r\n\r\n[Linux]\r\nYou need libsdl1.2, libsdl_mixer1.2, libsdl_image1.2 and\r\nglext.\r\n\r\nOpen project with QtCreator or Visual Studio, build & run, then done.\r\n\r\n===\r\nRun\r\n===\r\n\r\n[Windows]\r\nYou need:\r\n\ta moderately modern OpenGL implementation w\/ driver\r\n\r\nTo run:\r\n\tDouble-click old_one.exe in bin folder.\r\n\r\n[OSX]\r\nYou need:\r\n\ta moderately modern OpenGL implementation w\/ driver\r\n\r\nTo run:\r\n\tDouble-click old_one.app in the bin folder.\r\n\r\n[Linux]\r\nYou need:\r\n\tlibsdl1.2\r\n\tlibsdl_image1.2\r\n\tlibsdl_mixer1.2\r\n\ta moderately modern OpenGL implementation w\/ driver\r\n\r\nTo run:\r\n\tOpen a consode.\r\n\tNavigate to binary file.\r\n\tType \".\/old_one\"\r\n\tNote1:\tYou may need to alter file permissions in order\r\n\t\tfor the binary to run.\r\n\tNote2:\tWith luck you can run the binary by double-clicking\r\n\t\tit. However, that depends on how your file manager\r\n\t\tsets working directory.\r\n\r\n====\r\nPlay\r\n====\r\n\r\nRules:\r\n\tAvoid\/draw advantage of planetary alignment\r\n\tand gravity to make your way to the heart of\r\n\tthe sun before the timer runs out. Keep an eye\r\n\ton your stamina, and rest up on planets rather\r\n\tthan in space.\r\n\r\nButton config:\r\n\tHold LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to move character (both on\/off planet)\r\n\tHold RIGHT CTRL for map overview\r\n\tHold RIGHT SHIFT to pass time\/regain stamina\r\n\tPress SPACE to make a controlled jump at expense of stamina\r\n\r\n====\r\nNOTE\r\n====\r\n\r\nThis game was tested on Windows 7 64 bit (although binary is 32 bit), OSX 10.6.8, Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit, x86-64). These are the only platforms that I have available, so if there is a platform specific bug that only occurs on newer versions of any of the OSes I can't do much. Try compiling the code yourself.","title":"The Old One"}