{"author_link":"\/author\/lakael\/","author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","comments":[{"author_name":"Fanatrick","author_uid":"39646","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:37am","epoch":1409016720,"text":"This is good and polished. It shows that you're well rounded as a duo. I would rate it even higher but there's an abundance of space games already flying around."},{"author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:18am","epoch":1409019180,"text":"Yeah, I think that was the problem with "Connected Worlds." We all instantly thought space..."},{"author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:19am","epoch":1409019240,"text":"And thanks! This is our third game together."},{"author_name":"liquidminduk","author_uid":"37631","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:47am","epoch":1409020920,"text":"Great level of polish and a nice clean art style. Just like Fanatrick said, too many space games haha"},{"author_name":"JordanFitz","author_uid":"28678","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1409021220,"text":"The graphics in this game are incredible. The game is also very well polished."},{"author_name":"banana4life","author_uid":"41477","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:53am","epoch":1409021280,"text":"Very nice game. But it felt weird to have to click to deliver."},{"author_name":"Follett","author_uid":"11500","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:53am","epoch":1409021280,"text":"This is insanely well polished. Graphically it all goes together so well. Normally due to the quick development times there are always little graphical interdependencies but this flows so well.\r\rYou should be so proud of what you have here."},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1409021640,"text":"Fun game! I had an easier time getting packages to their destination when I just ignored the enemies and focused on getting there faster. A nice departure from the usual shmup :)"},{"author_name":"idovingx","author_uid":"35256","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1409021640,"text":"Nice work! It would have been nice to be able to select missions\/deliveries so everything wasn't counting down at once, but there's only so much time I guess :)"},{"author_name":"harko12","author_uid":"36889","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:06am","epoch":1409022060,"text":"Good riff on Asteriods, with lots of new mechanics. I couldn't get behind the control scheme though.. not sure why but I just didn't get into it. Great work for 48 hrs though"},{"author_name":"FinnMacd","author_uid":"36590","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:07am","epoch":1409022120,"text":"perhaps i'm stupid but I don't understand the game"},{"author_name":"seantheartist","author_uid":"31255","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:07am","epoch":1409022120,"text":"Cool game, love the art!"},{"author_name":"jpcote","author_uid":"17454","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1409022360,"text":"Great game ! I love the art, so polished. Great twist on Asteroid game. I love it"},{"author_name":"Kato","author_uid":"994","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1409022360,"text":"Like everyone else has said, nice polished art! The web version is pretty heavy. Took like 10 minutes for it to load, and my internet isn't slow. It startled me when it started. lol. That is a lot of game for not very much time. Great job."},{"author_name":"biscuitWizard","author_uid":"42186","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:24am","epoch":1409023140,"text":"Like the soundtrack, and especially the graphics. I felt it fit the theme. Also. Space games unite!"},{"author_name":"Robber","author_uid":"29159","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:27am","epoch":1409023320,"text":"'Galactic Parcel Service' that is already hilarious to me :) but nice work, also like the characters and their comments..Fun"},{"author_name":"chicken","author_uid":"42456","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:35am","epoch":1409023800,"text":"Awesome game! :D\r\rBy the way, with the pastebin I gave you, I wanted you to:\r - Create "Makefile" file, with no extension\r - Add the content of the pastebin in the file\r - Put the Makefile at the root of the linux build\r - Zip it and resend\r - Then say somewhere that you need to type "make" in a terminal to make the files executable\r\rI think through that people will understand how to make it executable. But you know, details KappaKappa"},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:35am","epoch":1409027400,"text":"The character and planet artwork is fantastic, but the screen turned black after leaving the dock."},{"author_name":"AortaStudios","author_uid":"40756","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:25am","epoch":1409030400,"text":"Really nice polished game! Especially for 72 hours, great job! You guys NEED to continue devving, you've got something solid here! Best of luck, great entry!"},{"author_name":"Kyoutashan","author_uid":"15526","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:58am","epoch":1409046780,"text":"You web build took a long time to load (it also failed 1 time), and in the end, my computer was not powerful enough to handle all the graphics at this resolution :(\r\rOn a brighter note, from what I saw, this game is really polished. It's a good start for a 72h entry, good luck with your future projects :)"},{"author_name":"creative630","author_uid":"8156","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:05am","epoch":1409047200,"text":"Enjoyed this. We also considered an inter-planetary delivery game - cool to see someone made it happen!\r\rTitle screen is so nicely designed! Confused why that look wasn't worked into the game itself.\r\rStill had a good time with this!"},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1409077440,"text":"It was beautiful and polished, but it didn't seem to go anywhere after delivering a lot of things."},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1409083380,"text":"I like the presentation. The alien graphics are really nice."},{"author_name":"Schrodinger Games","author_uid":"39357","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:15am","epoch":1409098200,"text":"Beautiful game!"},{"author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:31am","epoch":1409109960,"text":"Thanks guys! We want to polish it up. 72 hours is not much time, but it was so much fun!"},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:12am","epoch":1409119620,"text":"This has such a cool feel to it. I would love to see concept art for a sci-fi game made by you guys. The graphic design is just so pleasant."},{"author_name":"(Not) Ivano","author_uid":"29702","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:36am","epoch":1409135460,"text":"A solid, enjoyable entry: I liked the attention to details -logo, UI, zoom- sounds and general graphics are ok."},{"author_name":"H1S2","author_uid":"40166","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1409245860,"text":"Loading the web version took ages for me and the options button in the start menu did nothing when I clicked on it :(\rNice graphics and no problems with controlling the space ship. Although I do like the idea and see that you were trying to *connect worlds* in the game, to me planets != worlds, but I guess that's just my personal opinion :)"},{"author_name":"RawboSaurX","author_uid":"32143","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1409254980,"text":"An overall fun experience. I like the interface and the gameplay works very well. Wish there was some more things to do, but it's a great start! Also very good mood in this one."},{"author_name":"Scott Baker","author_uid":"11823","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1409263200,"text":"I love the portraits of the people getting the deliveries. I personally don't like the controls, but that's just me. Nice game."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 8:44am","epoch":1409301540,"text":"Hi there. Nice looking, couldn't get to any of the indicated targets in time due to all the fighting, might need to look at balance and at least start off easier. Though of course it might be my bad abilities... Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1409314500,"text":"Hey mrexcessive - Yeah the enemies load randomly right now, which does make it challenging sometimes. We would definitely want to balance it as we continue to work on it. Thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1409326920,"text":"Pretty nice! One of the best space shooter we've seen so far."},{"author_name":"Dohan","author_uid":"14678","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1409343060,"text":"Beautiful graphics, nice music and interesting gameplay. I really like it. The only thing, on the web version, the right click enable the context menu (you can disable it when you build the game for web in Unity)."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 12:14am","epoch":1409357340,"text":"usually during ludum dare, you need to sacrifice something due to time, however you 2 managed to make 2 complete systems (gameplay and graphics) and implemented them in a way that complements each other, giving the overall feel of the game a very polished feel. Excellent job! :)"},{"author_name":"varun","author_uid":"1675","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 2:47am","epoch":1409366520,"text":"Man, so many people trying to attack me, and all I do is deliver packages! Great game, and loved the posh aliens!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:40am","epoch":1409456100,"text":"The mechanics felt off to me. also there were too many other enemy ships flying around which took away from the delivery aspect of the game. good job."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:41am","epoch":1409625360,"text":"Nicely designed ui's and menus (you can really see the web design background!), though some wonky bits (random note, it looks like there are transparency artifacts around the afterburner trails).\r\rGameplay wise, had some trouble figuring out what to do. People were shooting at me but I didn't have any reactions (no health bar, screen shake, etc). This could be the start of a fun space-themed rpg, however!\r\rFinally, couldn't hear any audio though I saw it had original soundtrack. Double checked that my sound was on, too!"},{"author_name":"markusfisch","author_uid":"19466","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 10:32am","epoch":1409653620,"text":"Great game! Had a very similar idea but without all the shooting and those very cool alien heads. Very nice music and good sound effects. All I'd want is a cannon that can fire sidewards :)\r\rAnd I don't think there can be too many space games."},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1409675700,"text":"Beautiful graphical style, and a nice interpretation of the theme. Would love to see more work on this!"},{"author_name":"lakael","author_uid":"39285","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 4:51am","epoch":1409892360,"text":"Wow thanks guys!! Weird about the audio. Yes, agree about the health bar and too many enemies. We are working on it non-stop (hence the delay in replying to you all, so sorry!) to polish those things out. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"Crocanti de Pollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1409957520,"text":"Lovely art in this one! Nice game. I failed at every contract though >.<"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1410011160,"text":"Great art style and really liked the character design and overall feel. Good stuff!"}],"images":["ld30\/39285-1457820a7c6fb7c7846bd751fc3720e0.jpg","ld30\/39285-d4ead7981ddbaf639117595e4ac30b3b.jpg","ld30\/39285-42dde230d00d33c97df0e6e84d6b2d06.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ignisstudios.com\/gps\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/bgzymfpb5t65vh7\/GPS.zip?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/nys1yc23igt0ets\/GPS_Data.zip?dl=0","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17324","g_author":"39285","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"17353","g_title":"GPS: Galactic Parcel Service","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"294","g_commentcount":"43","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\/39285-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39285-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39285-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Space is huge, but that hasn't reduced people's needs for a speedy parcel delivery service. Protect your cargo, manage your clients' happiness, and get packages to their destination before time runs out.\r\n\r\nControls: WASD, Arrow keys, and mouse. You'll figure it out. You're smart.\r\n\r\nThe only builds that were tested were Web (Firefox) and Windows... so good luck!\r\n\r\nFor the Linux version, you need to make it executable: http:\/\/pastebin.com\/y58m05Lf\r\n\r\nWe are a team of two (Ryan Harrington, programmer, and Lauren Ellis, artist) who work together under the name of Ignis Studios. This is our first Ludum Dare. Original soundtrack composed for this game by Jeff McMillen.","title":"GPS: Galactic Parcel Service"}