{"author_link":"\/author\/flarb\/","author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","comments":[{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1377467040,"text":"Still a few more hours to go. I'll probably add some polish."},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:56am","epoch":1377489060,"text":"Darned good fun!"},{"author_name":"noom","author_uid":"27369","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:57am","epoch":1377489120,"text":"I can't get the bloody unity web player to install grrrr I really want to play and rate this one. Sorry! :("},{"author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1377489180,"text":"Nice! The thruster sound is a little too intense though."},{"author_name":"andreyin","author_uid":"15858","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:00am","epoch":1377489300,"text":"Really weird bug you've got there! Still, good game."},{"author_name":"Bactopiad","author_uid":"17731","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:03am","epoch":1377489480,"text":"Pressing the list controls did nothing. However, pressing the arrow keys did! Very fun little game."},{"author_name":"tiooonnn","author_uid":"27712","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1377535620,"text":"TO MANY SPACE FATALITIES!! SUPER FUN."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1377545520,"text":"Oops, yeah U,D,L,R means Up, Down, Left, Right arrow keys. I should have just said arrow keys. \r\rThanks for the comments! If I fix that Windows bug I'll probably just put up a separate link since I'm not sure it's allowed."},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1377553140,"text":"Beat the first level. Doesn't let me go to the next level.\rPretty good game though."},{"author_name":"Nights57","author_uid":"27514","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1377553380,"text":"Thought the U,L,D,R were for the keys, not the arrows lol. Fun game though, I could never beat the first level : ("},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1377557220,"text":"Yeah if you don't go to the next level, let me know what OS\/Browser you are using. As far as I know, it works on all OSX browsers, but this bug always happens on Windows. (Which is weird since it's Unity!!)"},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:11am","epoch":1377565560,"text":"Pretty fun game, let's hope you fix the Windows next level bug :)"},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"24534","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:26am","epoch":1377566460,"text":"Nice gameplay. I can't get to the next level too, using win7 and chrome. I would suggest leaving the music on during the level. Good game!"},{"author_name":"larb","author_uid":"17860","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1377567420,"text":"On Windows\/Chrome, and it doesn't trigger the level. Darn, looks fun. Love the pixel graphics."},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:18am","epoch":1377576780,"text":"Pretty cool game! The instructions at the start.. I literally thought it meant U,D,L,R. haha."},{"author_name":"Adjotur","author_uid":"23103","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:19am","epoch":1377576840,"text":"Awesome game :D. I love just going all out and dropping straight down without putting any upwards thrust into it, but I always seem to splat on the bottom when I can't slow down in time."},{"author_name":"moonmagic","author_uid":"4706","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:52am","epoch":1377578820,"text":"I really like the blocks and the ship sprites, and the sound effect for picking up fuel. The thruster sound was a bit too harsh for me. I found myself thrusting in the opposite directions sometimes because I expected the keys to correspond to the thruster. Would have been nice if the thruster graphics matched the rest of the sprites. \r\rI wasn't able to get the next level to load; using Chrome, running Windows XP."},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:07am","epoch":1377579720,"text":"Good game! Nice controls and pixel art! But I got stuck in level 1 too."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:37am","epoch":1377581520,"text":"Yeah I totally should have used a block sprite for the thruster particles."},{"author_name":"KeinBaum","author_uid":"25952","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1377609540,"text":"nice"},{"author_name":"Typedeaf","author_uid":"18950","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1377621360,"text":"Decent enough Lunar Lander :) The levels were longer than I expected, and there wasn't much challenge involved. \r\rOne thing that would have made it more challenging would have been a time limit on how quick you could get to the bottom, and you'd need to dodge random platforms and not splat against the bottom. That's kind of fun to do right now, actually :)"},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1377621420,"text":"Wow, Unity tech support is fast--they found the bug. I guess the collision normals are inconsistent between Windows and OSX. I'll probably put up a link to a fixed version once I figure out a different way to detect landings."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1377621480,"text":"Yeah if you are able to get to the next levels, basically they sort of raise in difficulty by putting more obstacles in the center of the path, and less time boost capsules. I had plans for moving enemies and other obstacles as well."},{"author_name":"Vavassor","author_uid":"17930","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1377622800,"text":"Liked the art and idea, just wish I had gotten to play more of it due to that level change bug."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1377627840,"text":"Yeah I might fix the bug today, I know what it is now. I'll probably put up a 2nd link with the fixed version, so that purists can consider the submitted one, but others might want to use the bug-fixed version."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1377631620,"text":"Very cool concept, though the handling was a bit tough to master... I didn't know if I could land on platforms? Or just on the ground at the bottom? Didn't seem to progress to new level either way...\r\rGood game and good luck!"},{"author_name":"refreshcreations","author_uid":"6823","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1377636780,"text":"Got to the bottom with 6 seconds of spare fuel, but didn't get a next level \/ ending screen. Aside from that, it's a pretty fun lander game you've got there! Some 8bit graphics in the game suited the mood fairly well. Just wish there was an ending \/ extra levels, congrats on getting music and sfx in the game too!"},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:56am","epoch":1377665460,"text":"OK--so I have put a link to the FIXED version for Windows (well it works on Windows and OSX). \r\rIt turns out, the normals you get back from collisions not only are inaccurate, but inconsistent between platforms. So instead I'm using the position of the collision points to detect landing. \r\rI took the collision volume off of the endzone object which also makes the in-game music louder. There's a sound source at the end that gets louder as you get closer. When I added the last minute hack (a box collider) around it, for some reason it made the music super quiet.\r\rSo I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules or not, hence I've kept both versions up. The WEB version is the original and FIXED WEB has the landing fix. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"AmyDee","author_uid":"26825","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:33am","epoch":1377667680,"text":"I kind of made it into a game of "launch yourself into the ground at as high a velocity as possible". Fun!"},{"author_name":"Teejay5","author_uid":"16615","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:28am","epoch":1377670980,"text":"By "U,D,L,R", I didn't get that you were referring to Up, Down, Left and Right and now I feel silly. Fun game!"},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:53am","epoch":1377676080,"text":"Space Fatality! Good fun."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1377733980,"text":"Fun game! Always loved lander style games since the old Atari arcade game. You can add a lot of polish to this and work on it and toss it up on the app store. Nice 48hr effort."},{"author_name":"matthewvermaak","author_uid":"26368","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:08am","epoch":1377759780,"text":"Nice job. The satisfaction of pulling off the landing with 0.5 energy left was stellar :0)"},{"author_name":"bvanschooten","author_uid":"14520","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1377807600,"text":"Great to see someone else make graphics with my sprite generator. Your game looks good and plays well, though it could use a little more challenge. It appears almost everything is procedurally generated, I like that."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1377808560,"text":"Yeah I love your sprite generator!!!! I could suggest a few improvements, but it's really awesome.\r\rMight as well list some improvements here:\r\r* Ability to specify size of the sprites\/tiles\r\r* Ability to specify hue range of tiles (like, I want a bunch of green-ish ones)\r\r* Ability to specify naming convention. Like ForestTile-X.png and then X ends up being the tile number or something."},{"author_name":"Makio","author_uid":"24863","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1377817680,"text":"Very hard but get fun :D"},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1378045500,"text":"I really like this. Did you ever play work time fun? there was a job on that game called Pollinator that pretty much had the same concept but not as developed as what you have here.\r\rNice entry!"},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1378128540,"text":"I LOVED Work Time Fun! My favorite was "Let's Protest!" which was kind of ripped off on the PS3 with "The Last Guy.""},{"author_name":"fferro234","author_uid":"26574","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 3:58am","epoch":1378353180,"text":"Nice game. The thruster sound is a little loud but not that bad. Nice randomly generated levels."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 9:32am","epoch":1378373220,"text":"It's got that awesome oldschool feel to it.\rSpacey physics and solid mechanics. Very nice!"}],"images":["ld27\/21519-97e2923998e78fe55aa60af169c713b0.jpg","ld27\/21519-09a944e51d8b5726517a4819b52a3a90.jpg","ld27\/21519-44960beb0f59675fc5114a7262d8e127.jpg","ld27\/21519-c1e8045365fb68eb2b7503a222159b70.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/580190\/ld48\/ld48.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/580190\/ld48_fixed\/ld48_fixed.html","text":"FIXED Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/flarb\/tenseconds","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24692","g_author":"21519","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24722","g_title":"Ten Seconds of Thrust","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"569","g_commentcount":"40","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\/21519-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21519-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21519-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/21519-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTE: The FIXED link has fixed the bug in Windows where landing wouldn't cause the level to advance. Also you might notice the music is louder at the bottom since for some reason taking the collision box off the endzone (which was the original landing hack for Windows) makes the music louder--go figure. I added the collision box around the sound object at the end to try and fix the windows bug at the last minute which kind of muted the music.\r\n\r\nAnyway--I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules so I've kept both up, the Web link and the new fixed web link--which technically isn't adding any content I don't think. You can check the HG repository.\r\n\r\nUnity3D. cfxr for sound. Spritegen for tiles\/sprites. autotracker.py for music. HOTwen, 2DToolkit for Unity plugins.\r\n\r\nPress up, down, left, and right arrows to thrust. Pick up capsules for extra \"Energy Time\", safely land on the bottom to go to the next stage.\r\n\r\nYou can only land safely when the HUD says you are at a safe velocity (upper right)\r\n\r\nStages are all randomly generated....how many can you clear?\r\n\r\nSpeaking of which--turns out on Windows landing doesn't trigger the next level screen...only on OSX. I've tried a few hacks to no avail--I have no idea why this is. Seems like a Unity bug.","title":"Ten Seconds of Thrust"}