{"author_link":"\/author\/flam\/","author_name":"Flam","author_uid":"34713","comments":[{"author_name":"uprightpath","author_uid":"10562","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1398667560,"text":"I had an issue with the jump attempts failing until after I used the thruster."},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:36am","epoch":1398670260,"text":"I get "Error: Could not find or load main class LD29-Return To The Surface.jar" when trying to launch."},{"author_name":"Flam","author_uid":"34713","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:47am","epoch":1398670920,"text":"@manabreak Could you update your Java (might be a problem with JREs < 1.7)?"},{"author_name":"thristhart","author_uid":"3164","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:58am","epoch":1398671580,"text":"Jetpacks automatically add a +1 to the fun rating. I explored for a while but never found a power stone. I would do very poorly in Etno's situation, apparently. No issues with running it, although I did run into the known jumping bug. Not a big deal."},{"author_name":"micdoodle8","author_uid":"36649","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:02am","epoch":1398671820,"text":"Nice job! I like the aesthetic, with the lights from bullets and the gun, as well as the pixel art. I feel like the enemies bunch up too easily though, I get overrun very quickly."},{"author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:02am","epoch":1398671820,"text":"I had fun with the jetpack (and a broken element if you jumped and then immediately pressed jetpack you'd fly a lot faster), and it looked nice, but the enemies got too easily cluttered with the looping stage so I wouldn't see one for ages, and then suddenly meet a bunch all at once. Also I did not find a single Power Stone."},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:12am","epoch":1398672420,"text":"Same there, error (Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: LD29-Return To The Surface.jar).\rFixed after updating my JRE.\r\rI've beaten it after 3 retries and the game is in the theme :3\rNot too hard, not too easy, maybe too short.\rAn ambient music should've been good too."},{"author_name":"lief","author_uid":"1832","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:18am","epoch":1398676380,"text":"Nice mood, loved the torch. I would not reach the meetup healthily.\r\rI had the jump bug also."},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:57am","epoch":1398945120,"text":"I didn't find the exit and the best way of dealing with these ghosts seems to simply escape. Some music, even simple would be great next time ;-)"},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1398950340,"text":"Loved the art on this, great feel."},{"author_name":"atombrot","author_uid":"7738","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1398971280,"text":"I like the idea of your game very much and also the creepy bugs look very cool. A bit more variety would have been nice. Also sometimes jump would not work (I had to use the jetpack first to be able to jump). For a first ludum dare entry it's great ;)"},{"author_name":"NoTrueSpaceman","author_uid":"30184","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 2:58am","epoch":1399431180,"text":"Fix the jump bug and how the gun doesn't seem to shoot where you aim, and this would be really solid!"}],"images":["ld29\/34713-a3d15da901190d0bae7273b85bc474db.jpg","ld29\/34713-ad89b6ce5ffc51c52ce8e8cfe5453cb1.jpg","ld29\/34713-0fb06d8ff3f449ab7903c1d540af9453.jpg","ld29\/34713-684b52522f7d63bf15439f9a65e46d02.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20682531\/LD29-Return%20To%20The%20Surface.jar","text":"Mac\/Windows\/Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/simengangstad\/LD29-Return-To-The-Surface","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19531","g_author":"34713","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19560","g_title":"Return To The Surface","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"775","g_commentcount":"12","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\/34713-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34713-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34713-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34713-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Etno entered the wrong coordinates on his teleporter on the way to a Ludum Dare meet-up. His teleporter is now out of juice and he's stranded below the surface. Find the way to the power stones and help Etno reach the meet-up!\r\n\r\nI'm pretty satisfied with what I've managed to build. This was my first Ludum Dare and I'm quite happy with the amount of knowledge I've gained on these two days.\r\n\r\nKnown bugs:\r\n\r\nThe jumping is a bit buggy. If you fail to jump, use the jet pack.\r\n","title":"Return To The Surface"}