{"author_link":"\/author\/jsmars\/","author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","comments":[{"author_name":"invi","author_uid":"20935","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:54am","epoch":1408956540,"text":"Lovely! Reminded me of the good old NES days."},{"author_name":"ViliX","author_uid":"29167","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:54am","epoch":1408956540,"text":"Nice art style :)\rIt feels a bit hard."},{"author_name":"Sequenceko","author_uid":"39051","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1408956600,"text":"Nice graphics, game is hard though and fun. Nice use of the literal meaning of the theme haha."},{"author_name":"Foofur","author_uid":"37074","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:56am","epoch":1408956660,"text":"The game didn't work... I tried to run the exe but windows says it stopped working all the time :("},{"author_name":"Healthire","author_uid":"41282","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:01am","epoch":1408956960,"text":"Surprisingly fun for such a simple mechanic. I like the graphics and music a lot. Difficulty can be a bit spiky because of randomness."},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1408963620,"text":"Sorry Foofur, forgot to mention you may need to install XNA redist, it's in the rar file."},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1408976940,"text":"fun but too short for making a lot of retry (the point where the situation is almost impossible come too fast).\rHigh score add really to the fun...\rNice mood, the music make the absurd of the situation totally normal..."},{"author_name":"sneeuwpopsneeuw","author_uid":"38913","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1408981440,"text":"it would be nice if you change the name play 1.0 into something like windows or downloud."},{"author_name":"SpringPowered","author_uid":"38560","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1408981740,"text":"It is quite fun, though as someone else said, the difficulty is a bit wonky because of the randomness.\rWhat I really don't appreciate though is that it uploads my computer's name to the internet... And it does so without telling me."},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1408983180,"text":"Sorry SpringPowered, I can change it afterwards if you like, just tell me to\/from what. Your computer name is shown at the title screen which is used for online highscores, didn't have time to make it changeable."},{"author_name":"Pheonise","author_uid":"15130","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1408983780,"text":"This was an excellent game! The controls were simple to get a hold of, the graphics were very consistent (and the colissions looked great), and the sounds matched great.\r\rLoved it!\r\rMade it onto the leaderboards, too ;)"},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:01pm","epoch":1409003760,"text":"Tried to play it but didnt work. Is there a workaround?"},{"author_name":"Hoopsnake Games","author_uid":"30913","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1409060760,"text":"Awesome game and fairly difficult to boot. Excellent that you managed to incorporate stats & leaderboards in as well."},{"author_name":"sputnik","author_uid":"38770","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1409066100,"text":"Love the leaderboard. Always a ++"},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1409084400,"text":"Nice game, the gameplay felt a bit random but I enjoyed making it on to the leaderboard. :)"},{"author_name":"Snoother","author_uid":"33841","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1409089860,"text":"Nice graphics and music, which set up well the feel of the game. And the gameplay is very addictive (especially thanks to the scoreboard); and I particularly like how the gameplay ties in with the theme. But the difficulty does seem a bit inconsistent. Sometimes you'll hit an essentially impassable cluster in 5 seconds, other times you'll glide through with ease for at least 20 seconds."},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:31am","epoch":1409135160,"text":"Yeah the randomess does add some inconsistency, but for this I think it's ok. It's a bit like Spelunky with the randomess I guess, sometimes you get a good run and sometimes not, it adds a bit to the excitement :)"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1409155380,"text":"really cool game, music and mechanics are over the top, managed to do 33.93 seconds"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:25am","epoch":1409286000,"text":"Awesome awesome innovation! Very fun!"},{"author_name":"DaGamesta","author_uid":"18923","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:23am","epoch":1409289480,"text":"Haha, first off all, ty for taking connected worlds seriously like our team did. XD Our games are rather similar. I loved the concept, graphics, and music. A bit hard, but it seems like it's meant to be that way. A+ from me. :)"},{"author_name":"Ted Brown","author_uid":"12485","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1409599200,"text":"GOTY\r\rI half-hoped that the stretchy bit would slingshot asteroid back at themselves, but that's a bit much to hope for for 48 hours, I think!\r\rSo much awesomeness in a little package. Well done!"},{"author_name":"jpverkamp","author_uid":"19702","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 4:55am","epoch":1409633400,"text":"Definitely connected worlds! For how simple it was, I spent entirely too long playing it. Didn't *quite* make it into the high scores, but I came close. I could see this idea going somewhere, especially if you got all this working in 48 hours..."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1410118140,"text":"Woah.\rThese graphics was really nice.\rGood job."}],"images":["ld30\/3933-d51e1ccebe7eba65a3ddfcf856c9e42a.jpg","ld30\/3933-5dbe1fb923a0980db359561b8bedbd88.jpg","ld30\/3933-7254c9fa1aaa3d42b1f33b89a1192406.jpg","ld30\/3933-9c70ac1cb125b2c5706f522c3d8eb6b2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.jsmars.com\/downloads\/Interstellar_1.0_LD.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jsmars.com\/downloads\/Interstellar_Source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17808","g_author":"3933","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17837","g_title":"Interstellar","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"153","g_commentcount":"23","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\/3933-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3933-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3933-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3933-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Thanks for trying my LD30 compo entry!\r\nDidn't have much time this LD but I hope you like it!\r\n\r\nHas online highscores, be sure to be top 10!\r\nYour computer name is used for online highscore name.\r\n\r\nYou may need to install XNA redist to get it working (if the game crashes at startup), the installer is in the rar!\r\n\r\nUse arrow keys and shift to play, enjoy!\r\nF10 - fullscreen\r\nM - toggle music\r\n\r\nPost any thoughts or bugs in comments, thanks! :)","title":"Interstellar"}