{"author_link":"\/author\/ysty\/","author_name":"Ysty","author_uid":"17877","comments":[{"author_name":"Caridorc","author_uid":"32741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:19am","epoch":1398683640,"text":"This game is pretty hard and I personally hate the 'space' physics (in Mario I love them but this is not relevant here)."},{"author_name":"CustomPhase","author_uid":"20604","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:26am","epoch":1398684060,"text":"I dont really like the controls in this. And theme presence is kinda subtle. Why are you constantly diggind down, and why are there empty space between layers? And visuals i find kinda &quot;strainy&quot;, made my eyes hurt a bit."},{"author_name":"tayl1r","author_uid":"5556","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1398685500,"text":"Pretty cool. It's a bit tricky at first but it's fine once you get the hang of things."},{"author_name":"Andrew Adams","author_uid":"20321","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1398687240,"text":"I like the contrast feel. Fun game, but wish I could rotate in other than 90 degree turns."},{"author_name":"microapple","author_uid":"36045","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1398688740,"text":"The game went unresponsive a couple times (stuck in an animation...) I personally do like the space controls, they're floaty but fun. Nice sound effects too. ;)"},{"author_name":"philip_sinclair","author_uid":"37109","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1398691560,"text":"loved the audio, i really brought the enemies to life."},{"author_name":"DarkMeatGames","author_uid":"34345","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1398699000,"text":"Liked the idea, and wanted to play more, but I got frustrated with the controls (on keyboard) and eventually gave up."},{"author_name":"bzizizi","author_uid":"6411","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1398699060,"text":"Medal for audio."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1398699060,"text":"The movement is really weird. Not bad. Weird. That makes the game quite unique. Fits well with dubstep (i tried)"},{"author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1398699180,"text":"Digging looks really cool! Controls are super weird it felt like the ship didn't react to my input half of the time &gt;_&gt;"},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1398699240,"text":"The controls are tricky, but once you get used to it its fine. Made it to level 3, hard as ball.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I would recommend putting tome background because when there's nothing on screen it's tricky to know if where's you're going. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job."},{"author_name":"SethR","author_uid":"17","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1398699360,"text":"very cool, especially when I got far enough to use the shop!  I agree with the others, full 360 asteroids style rotation would feel more natural..."},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1398699540,"text":"I like the effects and level switching!  The ship's a little hard to control.  :)"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1398703380,"text":"Interesting"},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:38am","epoch":1398738780,"text":"I'll echo what other people are saying: turning at other angles than 90 degrees would improve the game tremendously.\r<br\/>Also, this is a minor gripe, but the text in the top-left corner is white, and so vanishes when you're burrowing through the white planet. If the letters were outlined in black or red it would be easier to read."},{"author_name":"terraco","author_uid":"36973","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:20am","epoch":1398759300,"text":"really hard to control."},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1398780240,"text":"Difficult in a good way. Love the sound effects too :)"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1398792720,"text":"I liked the retro style. The controls were hard to master. I liked the digging thing as a way to advance to the next level, and the game felt polished. I loved the fact that you could buy upgrades. I would've loved more free control of the ship, but apart from that, you made a solid game."},{"author_name":"ninjacharlie","author_uid":"24096","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1398799380,"text":"I like the digging mechanic and the weapons, but the controls made no sense to me. I could rarely get the ship going in the direction I wanted it to. The minimal graphics were nice. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 10:56am","epoch":1399114260,"text":"mechanics was hard to get used to, but liked the explosions and the concept. gj"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 3:26am","epoch":1399346460,"text":"Kinda good, but when I got to the shop at level 2, I couldn't buy anything because I was too busy dying."}],"images":["ld29\/17877-9f82fdfd9af39ac6e942465a88a5bc2c.jpg","ld29\/17877-04706587e0cfdee155afd612e2a8bd22.jpg","ld29\/17877-5dbfa902aca3905b6b894e8a33abb2ea.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ystygames.com\/ludumdare\/Substep\/Web.html","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ystygames.com\/ludumdare\/Substep\/Substep_Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ystygames.com\/ludumdare\/Substep\/Substep_Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/ystygames.com\/ludumdare\/Substep\/Substep_Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/ystygames.com\/ludumdare\/Substep\/Substep_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18910","g_author":"17877","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18939","g_title":"Substep","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"895","g_commentcount":"21","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\/17877-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/17877-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/17877-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Legend says that beneath the surface of Oroborous C, the hollow world, is another planet. Below that planet is another, and another, and below them all. Below them all is a source of untold wealth and power.\r\n\r\nSubstep is a roguelike shooter played best with a game controller (in fact a controller is almost mandatory). Fight hard enemies, get coin to buy new weapons and ship upgrades, and use your drill-ship to dig as deep as you can into the planet without dying.\r\n\r\nThe controls are fairly simple:\r\n\r\nArrows\/WASD or the Left Analogue Stick to move (movement uses space physics - the trick is to not hold the analogue stick down all the time)\r\n\r\nSpace Bar or RB to fire your weapon.\r\n\r\nWhen your fuel gauge is over 100%, crash the ship into the planet to dig through to the next level.\r\n\r\nCollect coins to spend on new weapons (might I suggest the scatter shot), ship upgrades and repairs.","title":"Substep"}