{"author_link":"\/author\/namrog84\/","author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","comments":[{"author_name":"VictorGrunn","author_uid":"23006","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:26am","epoch":1377487260,"text":"Nice game. Good, responsive controls, well laid out levels."},{"author_name":"Bactopiad","author_uid":"17731","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377487560,"text":"Very cute game. Solid mechanics! I encountered an audio glitch where the &quot;thrusting&quot; noise looped forever once I passed a certain level."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:57am","epoch":1377489120,"text":"I love how the fuel is measured in time."},{"author_name":"Ghostik","author_uid":"6198","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1377489180,"text":"That moving spikes totally hypnotized me :D \r<br\/>Simple but definitely playable!"},{"author_name":"nathanhoffer","author_uid":"25795","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:08am","epoch":1377489780,"text":"Cute game.  Good controls.  &quot;Right difficulty&quot; on the levels.  I had the same infinite thruster glitch, but great job.  I liked the cute little ending too."},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:24am","epoch":1377490740,"text":"D'awwwwww. :)"},{"author_name":"MegaMasterX","author_uid":"20152","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1377490920,"text":"The layout of all the levels are simply fantastic. The art style is a nice touch, the sound is masterfully used. Cute entry, nicely done!"},{"author_name":"xel","author_uid":"12874","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:29am","epoch":1377491040,"text":"Successfully collected all the love fuel! Fun game- and the music played at the end is pretty catchy."},{"author_name":"gravyhands","author_uid":"26121","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:30am","epoch":1377491100,"text":"This is definitely my favorite game so far. I loved the death effect, I liked the weird text, I liked the controls. Overall, well done."},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:30am","epoch":1377491100,"text":"So cute especially the ending! Nice effects and graphics. Kinda difficult yet it's still possible."},{"author_name":"disease","author_uid":"21557","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:36am","epoch":1377491460,"text":"Great game, fun and cute with solid responsive controls. The web version played fine for me. Only wish it was a little bit longer and more challenging."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:05am","epoch":1377493200,"text":"Made of love from internet cats, I got the big heart and can now fly forever ;)  Interesting gameplay, very responsive controls. Love the levels with dead-end. Great work :)"},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:11am","epoch":1377497160,"text":"Nice use of theme.  Great level design.  Would have liked to see more than just spikes to avoid."},{"author_name":"HeroesGrave","author_uid":"13812","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:26am","epoch":1377498060,"text":"Nice!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not too easy, not too hard."},{"author_name":"Lustdante","author_uid":"25182","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:01am","epoch":1377500160,"text":"Great! That was the most gore pixel death scene I've ever seen."},{"author_name":"GNecro1","author_uid":"25590","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:23am","epoch":1377512280,"text":"Cool game dun as well"},{"author_name":"PaidGEEK","author_uid":"10029","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:34am","epoch":1377512940,"text":"Very smooth player movement!"},{"author_name":"GNecro1","author_uid":"25590","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:04am","epoch":1377514740,"text":"Cool i had fun but the spikes i dont like and why are they animated ??"},{"author_name":"Jayjay","author_uid":"5475","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1377519120,"text":"Very good take on the 10s theme, and fun =D"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1377528660,"text":"So let me get this straight: The sentry has a jetpack like thing, powered by burning love, and all the love it needs is readily available in small heart-shaped packets lying around? Yep, I guess that's a thing now. Anyway:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Looks cool and plays well! The difficulty curve is nice: It starts out really easy and gets infuriatingly hard when you have to hover. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Now that I listen to the music consciously, it's a really short loop, right? It should get annoying, but oddly, it doesn't - it sets a nice mood instead. The sound effects work well too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm not sure why the levels are all &quot;Go for it!!&quot; and the last level is like &quot;NO GO BACK PLEASE&quot;, haha :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, pretty solid! Good job!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>PS: Na-na-na-naaa. Na-na-na-naaa ~ (I like the end song!)"},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1377530040,"text":"yeah the music for the gameplay, was made using http:\/\/tonematrix.audiotool.com\/\r<br\/>Then I did some slightly audio editing,  like I slowed it down 150% and did some other minor tweaks to make it seem more sad\/ambient\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The difficulty curve is odd, because some people find the game very hard and others find it easy.  So its hard to find a solid balance.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There is a rare audio glitch with the jetpack I am aware of. Although I know LD supports 'bug fixing' I personally don't feel like any changes should be made post submission, unless its game breaking. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I am a bit disappointed with graphics of spikes, but I had limited time and energy and was just so burnt out. I had wanted to add some more things along the way. more levels, more bad guys. But thats LD for you. Limited time to do things.  Though I am sure next one will be better! I get better at this stuff all of the time!"},{"author_name":"Drabiter","author_uid":"8337","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1377530820,"text":"Nice concept, I like it!"},{"author_name":"proc","author_uid":"26457","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1377535500,"text":"Cool ending and now I know about Incredibox! Clever spike animation for the collision detection I'm presuming but I see why you don't like them."},{"author_name":"avh4","author_uid":"24856","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1377546660,"text":"Nice work-- I didn't really understand what I was searching for hearts until the &quot;THE END&quot; screen--maybe include a bit more backstory about the sentrys.  But very fun to play!"},{"author_name":"sittaman","author_uid":"21123","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:26am","epoch":1377570060,"text":"Oh! Pretty cool concept! I really enjoyed the level design and gotta say that the controls are very smooth."},{"author_name":"vanderZwan","author_uid":"25238","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:11am","epoch":1377594360,"text":"Short and sweet :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Love the sound, graphics are so-so but not jarring - like the exhaust effect in particular though, and the way the sentry moved gave it a real sense of weight so that's pretty well done. Plus, the ending was very cute.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, great controls - just the right amount of accelleration, inertia and stuff to not be frustrating, but still challenging to control. As far as &quot;lander&quot; type games go, that's pretty hard to get right in my experience, so great job there!"},{"author_name":"ShellfishGames","author_uid":"23164","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1377617400,"text":"I reallly like it. Very positive mood. &quot;Love fuel&quot; hehe. The particles effect are great and the controls are smooth (enough). And as many already mentioned, the level design leaves nothing to be desired. Good work! :)"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1377660900,"text":"Nice graphics. Different type of gameplay and a bit tough at times."},{"author_name":"stenol","author_uid":"24796","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1377704160,"text":"Nice game. Great work !"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1377705540,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1377714720,"text":"I like the idea and the fire animation. Feels like a real rocket!"},{"author_name":"MuciojadPL","author_uid":"21095","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1377720720,"text":"Very solid and good game. I played it with pleasure. :)"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1377722700,"text":"Reminds me good old lunar lander game :-)"},{"author_name":"anmorales","author_uid":"27315","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1377733920,"text":"I like it, just the perfect level of difficulty, I couldn't get to the end cuz I kept exploding vs spikes, but it was cool :P"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:26am","epoch":1377739260,"text":"Haha, that end music &lt;3\r<br\/>Great gameplay!"},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1377745440,"text":"Really nicely designed and polished, this one. The controls feel just right, which makes playing through it a real pleasure. Excellent stuff."},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:02am","epoch":1377755820,"text":"great game, and really fun to play! it felt like he fell a little too fast and like to make friends with spikes... but everything was forgiven when he exploded in rainbow particles"},{"author_name":"nixeldev","author_uid":"12013","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:16am","epoch":1377763860,"text":"I had loads of fun with this one, good tight controls and tricky level layout. Awesome stuff! :)"},{"author_name":"donfabio","author_uid":"25515","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:29am","epoch":1377771840,"text":"This game was really fun. Played it through and liked the ending. :)\r<br\/>Also nice particles effects but the collision detection is rather unforgiving. ;)"},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:23am","epoch":1377775080,"text":"Charming game, great controls too. :)"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1377801060,"text":"I really enjoyed that game! Awesome sound and graphic effects!\r<br\/>It seems that i found the bug - when you flying and pressing Restart, sound of fuel can loop and play himself infinity amount of times."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1377805980,"text":"Really beautiful well designed polished game here. The sounds are really nice.. I like the dying animation effect too.. nice work, rated highly. :)"},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1377807600,"text":"The controls were good, and I liked the way the player dies (are the particles the love fuel left in the sentry ?).\r<br\/>SPOILER AHEAD : there is a very simple way to complete the last but one level. Was it intentional ?\r<br\/>Anywa,I would loved to see this extended with more levels and mechanics. Good job!"},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1377810480,"text":"Looks simple but its really quite fun! :) Couldnt stop until I'd completed it!:)"},{"author_name":"Angrycrow","author_uid":"5288","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:41am","epoch":1377830160,"text":"Very well made difficulty curve!"},{"author_name":"Reicher","author_uid":"24716","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:42am","epoch":1377862620,"text":"Nice, solid game!"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1377868020,"text":"Good solid level design, atmospheric sounds and nicely responsive controls. I enjoyed playing this."},{"author_name":"Reverend Speed","author_uid":"27066","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1377868020,"text":"That was fun! Nicely designed levels, liked the music at the end."},{"author_name":"OkayHughes","author_uid":"23107","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1377875400,"text":"Fun concept. Not the most innovative I've ever come across, but enjoyable. Sort of cute in a way. Good entry."},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1377880500,"text":"Nice, clean graphics, great level design. Love the particle explosion when you die."},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1377894060,"text":"Not really inovativ but well balanced, good control (and nice sound design)"},{"author_name":"drkrunk","author_uid":"20825","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1377903720,"text":"I liked it, it was pretty fun and interesting. The music was lovely, kind of calming and soothing."},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1377905100,"text":"Nice idea, the gameplay was really good."},{"author_name":"thetheodor98","author_uid":"21017","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:57am","epoch":1377942720,"text":"Nice game, great level design and a calm and sad music loop that was perfect to the  game."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1377960600,"text":"Great idea! Nice sound!"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1377970200,"text":"Nice game mechanic. Well designed levels and solid controls. Nice entry :)"},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1377972060,"text":"I beat your game cause I'm the best\r<br\/>that ending music beats all the rest\r<br\/>acapella is always great\r<br\/>and so are the rocket physics\r<br\/>the art is also nice\r<br\/>as is the blood in gore bursting from the spikes."},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1377990180,"text":"Awesome entry. Simple but fun to play mechanics. Hard enought but not to hard. Enjoyed whole playthrough. Good job!"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1378007760,"text":"Short, controlled well, and pretty fun. Good job for 48hrs!"},{"author_name":"Erigitic","author_uid":"24918","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:36am","epoch":1378096260,"text":"Great game. Good controls, great levels, and overall a fun game. I love the way you implemented the 10 Second theme. Great job."},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 2:36pm","epoch":1378218660,"text":"Nice concept and level design.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the way the character explodes when you die.\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Connors","author_uid":"10411","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 7:34am","epoch":1378279740,"text":"Awww yes the graphics and music are well done, so kudos for that. Quite pleasant to listen to if you don't have the thrusting sound glitch."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 11:35am","epoch":1378294200,"text":"Yes another game that kinda reminds me of Commodore 64 games!"},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1378496940,"text":"A good amount of absurdity in this game!  The controls are great.  I like text inside the world.  Awesome entry."},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1378568820,"text":"Really cool game, not to pressured yet not too slow.  The music and art really sets a nice mood.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was a bit sh*t at it at first truth be told though.  :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really good job."},{"author_name":"zanval","author_uid":"27706","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1378585800,"text":"Physics were a challenge. It was very frustrating to learn how to &quot;hover&quot;. But in total the game was enjoyable and I finished it. Was definetely fun!"},{"author_name":"Sebby","author_uid":"2414","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 3:05am","epoch":1378695600,"text":"Nice! Cute story :)"},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1378756560,"text":"I had to mute the game halfway through because the jetpack sound was stuck on a loop.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice work with the game!"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Sep 12, 2013 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1379010000,"text":"The music made it extra lonely! :("},{"author_name":"DaVince","author_uid":"25741","time":"Nov 15, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1384544400,"text":"Pretty cool! :)"}],"images":["ld27\/4313-d03170e78fbed0e2a93a55c2d6d96c9f.jpg","ld27\/4313-b40173ad8272d246d8c0ded9e01daa8e.jpg","ld27\/4313-0ce577c8b5d0a7b081e976a6bfe5843c.jpg","ld27\/4313-5cf9be9050cf5102bdcaa45167fead60.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/78352186\/TheLonelySentryLD27.jar","text":"Executable Jar(Recommended) (All Platforms)"},{"url":"https:\/\/newrog.com\/84bit\/LonelySentry_LD27\/TheLonelySentryLD27.jar","text":"Mirror"},{"url":"http:\/\/newrog.com\/84bit\/LonelySentry_LD27\/index.html","text":"Browser HTML5 Port"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/namrog84\/LD27Game","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24647","g_author":"4313","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24677","g_title":"The Lonely Sentry","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"188","g_commentcount":"70","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\/4313-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4313-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4313-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4313-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Lonely Sentry: 10 Seconds of Love\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Sentry requires love fuel to power its rockets.\r\nSadly The Sentry can only find small capsules that provide 10 seconds of fuel.\r\n\r\nHelp the Sentry find the Grand Heart and have unlimited fuel to find his lost friends!\r\n\r\n\r\nControls are WAD or Arrow keys\r\n\r\nPress R to restart if you die or get stuck\r\nIn executable jar, you can maximize window too! Far better performance than html5 port! \r\n\r\n\r\nPoorly made video of the game start to finish(Its very laggy though :( \r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VDwuRicJ3-M\r\n\r\nThanks Everyone! I hope you enjoy!\r\nAdam \"namrog84\" Gorman\r\n\r\nMade with LibGDX, Paint.net, bfxr, tone matrix, Incredibox, and ??? \r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE: If you use the html5 version(Which I don't recommend) and you can't reach the top of the map(that says \"FLY UP\")(run out of fuel)  The issue is lag, you should be using the executable jar version of the game, of the 10 computers and friends have tested, there is usually 3 seconds of fuel left. However if your computer is running laggy or low frame rates(due to streaming\/video recording) you will likely at best make it there with -1 fuel(e.g. you won't make it there)","title":"The Lonely Sentry"}