{"author_link":"\/author\/ludonaut\/","author_name":"Ludonaut","author_uid":"18667","comments":[{"author_name":"Dramentiaras","author_uid":"29135","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1398696960,"text":"Fun to play and the graphics feels great. So does the audio!"},{"author_name":"sknoslo","author_uid":"14586","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1398698640,"text":"Love the use of ASCII for the graphics. A lot of fun too. Really great work."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1398699180,"text":"This game has a really good feel. Love your graphic choice. Really good job! :)"},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1398699780,"text":"It's really fun to play and feels really satisfying to blow those enemys up. Great game!"},{"author_name":"jillheden","author_uid":"37314","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1398700740,"text":"I guess you can say, he just wanted equality."},{"author_name":"AdamSwaggoner","author_uid":"7136","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1398701100,"text":"This is awesome, the ASCII characters made it really cool to look at. I loved the retro.. ness."},{"author_name":"MrShortee","author_uid":"35018","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1398702180,"text":"Controls are tight, graphics & UI look and feel really nice, gameplay is fun and quite challenging. Not 'Beneath the Surface' but an awesome game!"},{"author_name":"Sam Oates Games","author_uid":"25331","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1398702660,"text":"Very much enjoyed that, great work."},{"author_name":"nonentheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1398702660,"text":"Pretty nice looking, love the color switching"},{"author_name":"pht59x","author_uid":"36239","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398702840,"text":"Nothing to do with the theme. However, it is a good arcade game remake."},{"author_name":"fserb","author_uid":"6308","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398702840,"text":"I had lots of fun! :)"},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1398704940,"text":"It is really fun to play! gotta agree with MrShortee"},{"author_name":"sensenmann666","author_uid":"31079","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1398708000,"text":"nice arcade shooter. thanks for creating :)"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1398708060,"text":"Fun on a bun!"},{"author_name":"skymen","author_uid":"33923","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1398708120,"text":"Really fun to play and addictive. Too bad it hasn't anything to do with the theme.\rThe audio and graphics are really good though"},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1398708300,"text":"A Construct 2 game- don't see a lot of those! This one hits some pretty good vibes- swooping around and avoiding the somewhat neo-digital foes. And everything shakes! Fun."},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1398708300,"text":"yeah, fun to play - love the music <3"},{"author_name":"lamphj","author_uid":"35721","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1398708720,"text":"Really loved the game! Graphics are cool and it's fun to play."},{"author_name":"SzRaPnEL","author_uid":"35639","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1398709260,"text":"This ROX!\rSuper cool game! I wouldn't change anything.\rAdd features, levels, port to all devices and profit!"},{"author_name":"VictorDoval","author_uid":"37171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1398723720,"text":"vibrating and stylish!"},{"author_name":"dylanigan","author_uid":"24589","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1398725160,"text":"The audio just made it amazing! Love the graphics too!"},{"author_name":"MattV","author_uid":"35592","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1398725700,"text":"music is sick, was gonna ask how you made it until I saw you didn't! And yeah not on theme at all, but a fun little game."},{"author_name":"taocayo","author_uid":"30769","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1398732720,"text":"Ok, this was waaaaaaay more fun than I was expecting. The music was in tune with the mechanics. Love the ASCII. Great work!"},{"author_name":"jsspiegel","author_uid":"11418","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:29am","epoch":1398734640,"text":"The controls are so tight and fantastic! It just feels "right". The graphics and VFX are all great, and really give it a great retro arcade feeling!"},{"author_name":"acehk","author_uid":"28118","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1398734760,"text":"Yesss. This kind of game is perfect for jams. Fun, fast paced game that anyone can play first try, but there definitely a good skill curve."},{"author_name":"shalskar","author_uid":"35342","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:44am","epoch":1398735540,"text":"Awesome game, simple but fun and smooth. Well done."},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:17am","epoch":1398741120,"text":"Great style!"},{"author_name":"theundeadwarrior","author_uid":"35371","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:39am","epoch":1398742440,"text":"Wow Amazing audio and graphics! :) I felt like the controls weren't as tight as they should be but I really enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"cirolve","author_uid":"7965","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:34am","epoch":1398749340,"text":"I definitely like the look of the game, and it feels very retro. Overall, it was a job well done!"},{"author_name":"snickersnacks","author_uid":"36844","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:52am","epoch":1398750420,"text":"Really solid entry, fun to play, the controls feel right. Good job!"},{"author_name":"InvisibleWonder","author_uid":"28398","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:35am","epoch":1398753000,"text":"Just rename it geologic explorer and you'll fit the theme! Nice camera shake. Or seismic activity, that is."},{"author_name":"tomvert","author_uid":"18469","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:05am","epoch":1398769200,"text":"A simple yet nicely polished game, keep up the good work !"},{"author_name":"bombjack","author_uid":"18768","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:11am","epoch":1398769560,"text":"Yeahhhh! Very fun and full of nostalgia. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Hermes","author_uid":"28880","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1398771900,"text":"Very interresing use of ASCII and I love the music!\rCan I ear it somewhere?"},{"author_name":"kmakai","author_uid":"28426","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1398774840,"text":"Great game, nice job making the kills feel weight-y."},{"author_name":"Siewart","author_uid":"10724","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1398777120,"text":"Awesome graphics! Nice! Audio idem! Easy but fun gameplay :)"},{"author_name":"theengineers","author_uid":"37408","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1398778920,"text":"I love ASCII so much."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1398780960,"text":"Can't stop playing :-) As you say, it doesnt have much to do with the theme, but still a whole lot of fun :D"},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1398781980,"text":"Smooth controls, I like that.\rLike the graphics, Simple bit fit their purpose and that makes\ra good balance and a good choice. \r\rBut I guess the could have pushed inovation a bit further"},{"author_name":"mat1er","author_uid":"20749","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1398783120,"text":"Wouhou! I love it! *favourite*"},{"author_name":"Detective Pixel","author_uid":"37046","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1398787200,"text":"I like it a lot. I wish there was more variation and maybe some powerups, but other than that, it is great!"},{"author_name":"eufrik","author_uid":"35192","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1398788280,"text":"I liked the audio and the art and everything. You did a good job!"},{"author_name":"Beavl","author_uid":"26231","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1398793980,"text":"Tight controls! Autoshoot option maybe? Perhaps spawning indicator make it to easy at the beginning, less time there might heat things up. Nice game overall and fun! Congrats. And hey, that description: “It really has nothing to do with the theme”. Love your honesty, man!"},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1398794640,"text":"I think this is one of the best entries I've play so far gameplay-wise. Super slick and nice controls!"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1398799980,"text":"Very nice game! Had a very nice polished feel to it. The graphics were great!"},{"author_name":"Kuchalu","author_uid":"35850","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1398801900,"text":"The music is fantastic and the gameplay is really fun!"},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1398803040,"text":"Great game, graphics and sound!"},{"author_name":"Mnemusyne","author_uid":"18059","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1398810960,"text":"Music was nice, solid game."},{"author_name":"Jake_Cohen","author_uid":"37454","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:05am","epoch":1398819600,"text":"This was awesome! The retro graphics and sound, along with the tight gameplay makes for a perfect arcade experience. I really enjoy the way the enemies spawn with a warning, allowing you to exercise your short term memory and multitasking. Fun!"},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:16am","epoch":1398841860,"text":"Nice fun gameplay! love the ASCII stuff too, felt like i was back in an arcade!"},{"author_name":"Valandre","author_uid":"3211","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:15am","epoch":1398852600,"text":"5 stars in fun!"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:02am","epoch":1398923820,"text":"And where is the theme?"},{"author_name":"Fritzendugan","author_uid":"14538","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:07am","epoch":1399024920,"text":"Nice bullet hell shooter, plays a lot like geometry wars with ascii graphics, which is fine by me. Really like the visual style and the graphics were executed very well. Music was good, too. Not really seeing the theme in any of this though.\r\rGot pretty repetitive after a while. No power-ups or anything, and seems like there's only 2 types of enemies. Background probably changed colors a little too often.\r\rSolid entry, though! Good job"},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1399061820,"text":"Nice little game! Super smooth controls and really nice look and feel. Cant say I see a relation with the theme though...."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1399396980,"text":"Nice retro style game. The graphics is cool, but probably because it is only retro-inspired. Sound fits the fast gameplay."},{"author_name":"TaoPhoenix","author_uid":"13269","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1399561200,"text":"Yeah well when fellas go Retro, you "lose" all those million dollar CGI renders but you go back to the games that made us as children. \r\rEspecially in a time limited compo\/jam, it's a clever trick that can save an entire day if you can polish it enough. I think I'd wish for more than one life here. \r\rBut I was slightly too late for pure PET goodness. I'd seen notes about it all here and there, but I grew up on a C128 which was a C64 packaged with a top-layer of easier Basic. But I screen-shot'ed the opening intro! Commodore lives again for one weekend!"},{"author_name":"TaoPhoenix","author_uid":"13269","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1399563060,"text":"I will post a different comment that the mere mention of "PETSCII" sparked a 14 page excursion into Wikipedia! I only knew the C64\/128 "as is", and except for a couple of times I peeked at all this, I didn't know much of anything about the earlier models. My father had a choice on what to buy, he was smart enough to know "computers are the future", but he waited to buy a pair of C64 and later C128."},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1399665000,"text":"27159 - world record! : O"},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"May 14, 2014 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1400074860,"text":"I love this genre, very arcade-style! The graphics and audios work very well."},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1400506680,"text":"Controls are fine, nice graphics and it has overall quality.. Next time try to include the theme into your entry and it's gonna be really good ;-)"}],"images":["ld29\/18667-a522827dcf59ee3da04c4479314b212b.jpg","ld29\/18667-0fcf8f10a7fd518f2c322c26db6f0a44.jpg","ld29\/18667-9c2bd08584a691c89e68bc17a9145dd0.jpg","ld29\/18667-2a6b9d45e155d055d4e7c42f378af871.jpg","ld29\/18667-7177a8667d5cbef752717a2b4eef5fe7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ludonaut.itch.io\/pet-run-stop","text":"Web (itch.io, fixed width)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludonaut.de\/ld29\/","text":"Web (my site, integer scaling)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20495","g_author":"18667","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20524","g_title":"PET RUN\/STOP","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"107","g_commentcount":"60","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\/18667-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/18667-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/18667-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/18667-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/18667-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An arcade-y arena shooter featuring fake PETSCII graphics.\r\n\r\nSecond time participating, first time using Construct 2. Submitted as Jam entry because it really has nothing to do with the theme and I didn't have the time to make music myself.\r\n\r\nI learned a lot and there are still some bugs left over, but I think it turned out pretty well overall.","title":"PET RUN\/STOP"}