{"author_link":"\/author\/netguy204\/","author_name":"netguy204","author_uid":"5044","comments":[{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1377513600,"text":"Really fun and good looking game!"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:33am","epoch":1377516480,"text":"Oh that is great. Super addictive and beautiful. And the sounds.... really polished and entertaining effort."},{"author_name":"Elrobo","author_uid":"21627","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:55am","epoch":1377517800,"text":"This was a lot of fun. Good music, nice narrative, glad I played it."},{"author_name":"Morgawr","author_uid":"8711","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1377518760,"text":"Amazing audio and mood, interesting and fun gameplay, I kept re-playing and re-playing to get the best score. One of my favorite entries so far!"},{"author_name":"Red Mike","author_uid":"14718","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1377520320,"text":"Really nice game. Some weird bugs where I would randomly enter the same screen, then warp to another screen in the middle, and where the time would reset to 10.0 despite not restarting. Also, unintuitive that leaving from the top of the screen makes you come out of the bottom screen. Still a fun game. The ghost trails and high scores make it very replayable. I also really enjoyed the tutorial design!"},{"author_name":"smotko","author_uid":"21481","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1377521100,"text":"Awesome game! I really like the art style and the sound effects\/music. The controls are good as well. The only problem I had was the playing field gets really messy after a few runs and it gets harder to play, but other than that, I really liked your game, good job!"},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1377554400,"text":"The music is just wonderful.\rNice graphic style as well!"},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1377562560,"text":"The gameplay isn't really to my taste, but that music is fantastic. If it were compiled into a less "video game loop" format I would listen to it. Reminds me a bit of the Bastion soundtrack. I also like the look of the photon.\r\rThe bit about time dilation made me chuckle."},{"author_name":"EggPlant <3","author_uid":"27016","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1377565260,"text":"Simple short game. Nice easy to pick up mechanic and cute little backstory. I liked how the pickup sounds were always in rhythm with the music, a nice touch."},{"author_name":"LordHellMaX","author_uid":"19103","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:12am","epoch":1377565620,"text":"I love the fact that you can see your old path. Music is nice and "story" is well written. An enjoyable ride."},{"author_name":"GigaBass","author_uid":"27097","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:50am","epoch":1377571500,"text":"A really fun and quirky sort of game!\rGreat music, really made it that much more enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"daOyster","author_uid":"24971","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1377572100,"text":"Awesome game. Very easy to become addicted to. Liked the music and the story too."},{"author_name":"N0_Named_Guy","author_uid":"5344","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1377573540,"text":"Your game is refreshing. I would live to play it on a tablet, and control it with my fingers, or to use my mouse to control the photon. That's the major grip I have with this game, the control. But I got used to it quickly enough. =)\r\rThe story is simple and captivating. I tried the best I could to keep going, and move further into the giant space, because I really liked the "death screen" messages.\r\rThe music was simple, and yet fitting to the game, giving that feel of space exploration...\r\rThis would be a great game to play on the go. So if you can do a port of it to mobile platforms (even as it is) you can be in for big money.\r\rRated 9\/10 will play again when finished (or as it is, for that matter)."},{"author_name":"Phobos001","author_uid":"12851","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1377573840,"text":"Very good game, but I got really frustrated on the distance portion of the game, where those rocks kept being at the very left end of the screen, giving me no time to dodge them at all. \r\rStill very fun and I really liked the 'story telling' mechanic, if that's what you would call it. :)"},{"author_name":"PIXEL^3","author_uid":"10948","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:27am","epoch":1377580920,"text":"I love the narrative, the music is pleasant to listen to which is good because of how many playthroughs one might make. The sound effect compliment the music quit well.\r\rBest: Distance .152, Speed .7863.\r\r-AlucardX60"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:44am","epoch":1377599940,"text":"I really liked the trails of previous runs, that was really cool. Sometimes it wasn't really clear why I slowed down though."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:47am","epoch":1377600120,"text":"Lovely little game! :) Really enjoyed this one. Sweet little story as well. :)"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1377608640,"text":"Very good audio and mood! Also, I really like your thoughts on the theme."},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:55am","epoch":1377658200,"text":"Fun, very good looking and just the right amount of difficulty. Well done!"},{"author_name":"lulzfish_4","author_uid":"5606","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:33am","epoch":1377739680,"text":"I already gave you most of my opinion in IRC, but basically the controls are a little awkward and there is an unstable equilibrium where if I get hit by an orange photon, I slow down and can't catch any blue ones, which keeps me slow."},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:17am","epoch":1377745920,"text":"i think i'm going to come back to this a lot in the future. simple but fun."},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:30am","epoch":1377840300,"text":"I liked how the story unfolded as you play through the game. Displaying all the movement paths was also a nice touch. My best distance was 0.086 AU and best speed was 0.6758 C."},{"author_name":"Latcarf","author_uid":"19457","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1378396980,"text":"Very nice game, and the music is awesome."}],"images":["ld27\/5044-fc3ddc132d02b09635d067f7a2766e5f.jpg","ld27\/5044-c1f588c2a975fe35babb696d49f2e18e.jpg","ld27\/5044-9fe2ba860e74e0b5f5a0dcc1691a4078.jpg","ld27\/5044-3e8653cf8ec144e40762a17c159a78ea.jpg","ld27\/5044-6977145c6191964a376efc8175423014.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/14vQ58Y","text":"Mac\/Windows\/Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/netguy204\/ld27","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cNTh1ZCwJ7o","text":"YouTube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23655","g_author":"5044","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23685","g_title":"Life of a Photon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"170","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\/\/273708\/5044-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5044-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5044-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5044-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/5044-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Did you know that a photon can travel 1.8 million miles in 10 seconds? That sounds like plenty of room to build a game!\r\n\r\nGrab things that give you energy and avoid things that take it away. Get up enough speed to see the universe in your short lifetime. (Note that relativistic time dilation will extend your life a bit if you pick up enough speed!)\r\n\r\nMake sure you play more than once.","title":"Life of a Photon"}