{"author_link":"\/author\/covenant\/","author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","comments":[{"author_name":"Dramentiaras","author_uid":"29135","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1398698820,"text":"I'm loving this, it feels like a solid concept and it's fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1398711600,"text":"Solid entry ! I really enjoyed it :) Congrats !"},{"author_name":"ThisIsDave","author_uid":"33974","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1398712140,"text":"Nice, the controls have a nice feel to it"},{"author_name":"Zupoman","author_uid":"34292","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1398712500,"text":"I found it impossible to leave the game in the middle of a level without terminating it with task manager, and I had it crash once on loading a level, but the game is really good and fun to play."},{"author_name":"Jeasonfire","author_uid":"29941","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1398712500,"text":"Good feeling on the thrusters, and the particle effects were cool. Music was good. Mechanics are the strength of this game. Very fun!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1398712560,"text":"Really nice! Good graphics, nice sound. Music made me feel a bit nostalgic about AdLib soundcard on my favourite DOS games. :D"},{"author_name":"Stuffie","author_uid":"21824","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1398712920,"text":"Nice entry, fun to play. I really liked how responsive the controls were."},{"author_name":"igwb","author_uid":"34468","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1398713100,"text":"Amazing. At first I found it a little slow, but after traveling a few planets far it gets quite interesting.\r<br\/>+1 for assisted landing.\r<br\/>I feel like the ammo could be a little more powerful by default, but realy, that's all. Quite amazing for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"KayZ","author_uid":"17933","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1398713280,"text":"Nice addicting game and quite polished."},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1398713400,"text":"Zupoman: To leave the game in the middle of a level, you just have to fly up to the top of the screen... You'll be taken to the &quot;upgrade&quot; screen, where you can exit to the main menu and leave... Another quicker route might have been prefered... :)"},{"author_name":"Airwaffle","author_uid":"3831","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1398713520,"text":"Really, really nice presentation, but pretty boring gameplay. Very impressed of the amount of content you were able to squeze out though. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>For some reason I couldn't close the game down. It just changed the background color of the level when I tried."},{"author_name":"TheExGenesis","author_uid":"34541","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1398717420,"text":"I agree, the gameplay is a bit slow tedious at first. That said, it's quite nicely made and the controls are really responsive and nice to play with. Cheers from a fellow PT developer!"},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1398718740,"text":"Would be nice if it had an ending or a more clear indication of where the ending was."},{"author_name":"AngryPriest","author_uid":"36582","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1398724560,"text":"Really cool, I loved the effects, such as the explosions and the thrusters. Very innovative"},{"author_name":"Balloonsfor600","author_uid":"35061","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:05am","epoch":1398733200,"text":"Great entry. I really enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1398793080,"text":"Kragnir: the game doesn't have an end, unfortunately, didn't have time to code one in... :("},{"author_name":"MSaul","author_uid":"35115","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1398795660,"text":"I really like the audio, a bit borring at the begining."},{"author_name":"Stepperz","author_uid":"35525","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1398796260,"text":"Seems like a well thought out design with the added bonus of it being quite fun :)\r<br\/>Well done!!"},{"author_name":"Boodog","author_uid":"27333","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:37am","epoch":1398832320,"text":"Really good! It was good! Good graphics, good sound! :D"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1398865860,"text":"Very nice, is so relaxing, and the gameplay is good.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had to close the game with the task manager &gt;_&lt;"},{"author_name":"sudorossy","author_uid":"7905","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:27am","epoch":1398903720,"text":"Cool controls, are the planets procedurally generated?"},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:40am","epoch":1398904500,"text":"sudorossy: everything about the levels is procedurally generated, based on a random seed and the current level."},{"author_name":"Sergraz","author_uid":"10052","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:35am","epoch":1398936600,"text":"Very solid, fun and polished. Lacks goal a little."},{"author_name":"CluelessGames","author_uid":"25362","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1398949320,"text":"Very solid game lacks a goal :)"},{"author_name":"tomvert","author_uid":"18469","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1398950820,"text":"Nice."},{"author_name":"paps","author_uid":"27849","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1398951300,"text":"the game crashed after leaving the first planet, too bad I wish I could play more. loved the game, and the music"},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1399220640,"text":"Had a really great time playing this. Level 3 kicked my butt though unfortunately. Those enemies were relentless and it made it difficult to do my mining. Nice work on a solid and fun game!"},{"author_name":"bucketh3ad","author_uid":"18323","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1399225140,"text":"This is a really fun and surprisingly complete game, although there is one game-breaking problem. The chasing enemies followed me back to the spawn point and I died immediately twice in a row without time to even fire a shot. Prevent that sort of instant death from happening and I see a lot of replay value here, especially when experimenting with different combinations of upgrades."},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 11:07am","epoch":1399374120,"text":"Kept me playing for quite a while. I don't really see the reasoning behind making the close button\/ALT F4'ing making the background change colour though"},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1399412700,"text":"Nanolotl: There's no reasoning behind that... Alt-F4 should close the game, ESC should go to the main menu... :\\ There's a bug somewhere... There always is... :) The background changes color because it generates a new level..."}],"images":["ld29\/326-a33881d8fef5165d1ab3ff3c37fb811d.jpg","ld29\/326-cc4980edf754d7fad8941a6c2f76c1d2.jpg","ld29\/326-fff694d557018dcbfd36b040cf11cd57.jpg","ld29\/326-239d0f2163e3eab606918d1e3debaee8.jpg","ld29\/326-f1c50222a2f12df6132b6ad31e028ca5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.shadowcovenant.com\/ld\/Pressure.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.shadowcovenant.com\/ld\/Pressure_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18767","g_author":"326","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18796","g_title":"Pressure","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"176","g_commentcount":"30","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\/\/342546\/326-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/326-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/326-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/326-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/326-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In 'Pressure', you control a mining ship deep in the atmosphere of gas giants, trying to make a living, while fending off the natural wildlife and pirates, and braving the terrifying currents and the overwhelming pressure!","title":"Pressure"}