{"author_link":"\/author\/gamexcore\/","author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","comments":[{"author_name":"patricklorio","author_uid":"18617","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:02am","epoch":1355741820,"text":"It looks awesome! To bad I'm on a mac, is a port on the way?"},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:02am","epoch":1355741820,"text":"Unfortunately when I try to run this game, either through setup or the application it crashes and says that it has stopped working. No error messages I'm afraid."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:05am","epoch":1355742000,"text":"Damn starspell, thats a bit rubs one of the problems with 48 hours I guess is a lack of being able to test on a bunch of platforms and "it works on my PC" runs rampant. I'll double check a bunch of things and see if I can root out the issue, my apologies.\r\rSorry as well patrick, XNA - Windows only, or at least I wouldn't have the foggyest on how to port to mac, thanks for the comment though."},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:08am","epoch":1355742180,"text":"Found a spinning goat and was like "What the hell!?!" and died at 415.77 LY..."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:11am","epoch":1355742360,"text":"415.77 isn't too bad, my best during dev was 650, the goat means your doing well :p\r\rStarspell, I did a local test, I uninstalled the XNA redistributable from my PC and got the same issue, I then downloaded and ran the installer and it worked fine, installing this dependancy is supposed to be taken care of by the clickonce portion of the installer, I guess that failed."},{"author_name":"arch.jslin","author_uid":"18318","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:52am","epoch":1355744820,"text":"The art style is pretty novel to me, interestingly an all white background for the universe still pretty fits. (to me) :P I only wish it doesn't need installation. But I guess if you used XNA to publish it's pretty hard to do that?"},{"author_name":"vidarn","author_uid":"126","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:55am","epoch":1355745000,"text":"I love the amount of polish you've managed to put into this.\rIt feels like a really solid game and I had fun playing it.\rGreat job!"},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1355747160,"text":"arch, I could provide the .exe and resources etc however it would require that the user has the xna dependencies installed which they likely will not have, so its bit of a toss up - I don't like installers either!\r\rI'm currently looking into SilverSprite to see if porting it to silverlight is a quick job, if so I'll try do that and get it hosted online.\r\rThanks Vidarn."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:38pm","epoch":1355747580,"text":"I just added a new download:\r\rWindows (No Install - Requires .net 4 & XNA) \r\rFor anyone that already has the required dependancy's installed or wants to install them themselves!"},{"author_name":"robashton","author_uid":"7112","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1355750400,"text":"I ran the installer and got the various dependencies, couldn't run the game, then tried standalone version as I now have the dependencies but that won't work either :(\r\rNo error, no nothing :("},{"author_name":"aare","author_uid":"15039","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1355750580,"text":"Overall really nice game. My only problem is with the background - despite I like the effect of fading space station and spinning galaxies it doesn't give any feedback about your ship speed\/direction. As a result my first 4 games ended up after 10s by continously hitting the top\/bottom asteroids"},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1355751660,"text":"The theme is more of a backdrop here, but the game itself is pretty solid."},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1355753100,"text":"This looks nice. The black-white thing works for me.\rA lot of stuff going on and it also looks expandable (I mean could be expanded) \rThe game is pretty hard (for me) though, al lot of different buttons to push (hmm, just like my own game:)"},{"author_name":"Fonserbc","author_uid":"16828","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1355753520,"text":"Looks great!\rThe only thing is maybe that the game is kind a hard at the beggining, having to recharge the guns etc.\r\rThe gun shots are small and barely visible sometimes :\/\r\rOther than that it's really polished!"},{"author_name":"mutuware","author_uid":"14635","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1355753580,"text":"Audio\/music is kinda strange! But liked the stylized graphics."},{"author_name":"lucasncv","author_uid":"10289","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1355761140,"text":"Nice controls, really polished! Great mood too. As someone above me said, it starts too hard. You should introduce the player to your game one bit at a time.\r\rCould you give my game one more try? It comes with the DLLs now! Please? :D"},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1355766180,"text":"I did think that starting with a wall of asteroids was maybe bad, however I also wanted to start with a bang, so that there was instantly something to do.\r\rOf course I will,added to my play queue now.\r\rThanks for all the comments!"},{"author_name":"Mava","author_uid":"17949","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1355780340,"text":"Very nice! Definately agree with having bigger bullets but other than that I enjoyed it very much :)"},{"author_name":"filtoid","author_uid":"17606","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1355780580,"text":"Good game - i enjoyed. Used the non-installer version and worked fine (on Win 8) Nice graphical style."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1355780700,"text":"Thanks, originally the bullets were all going to black, to keep colors almost exclusively for explosions... that was a BAD idea!"},{"author_name":"theRestlessTaxidermists","author_uid":"19596","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1355786340,"text":""Found a spinning goat and was like "What the hell!?!" and died at 415.77 LY..."\rSame here. In fact, I went totally distracted, till I realised it was just for fun :D\r\rReally loved the graphics, this is a nice touch. The only little thing that was quite annoying (for me), was the beginning. I didn't understand what happenned, with this planet going farther from my ship. Something went weird with the perspective\/and or the parralax, I didn't get I was already playing the ship and could move it.\r\rBut I just may be dumb."},{"author_name":"Winterblood","author_uid":"4051","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1355786760,"text":"Great visual style, Scott! Could use some vertical parallax on the background so you know when you're about to hit the top or bottom of the play area, and maybe a little less inertia on the ship. I have yet to catch a single power up :) Very polished."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:04am","epoch":1355795940,"text":"Beautifully styled game. Really hard to control on a tablet computer without a proper mouse, but I will not hold that against you at all. I will need to get an external mouse and try it again later. Good show!"},{"author_name":"Saisaith","author_uid":"18577","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:25am","epoch":1355822400,"text":"This was pretty fun!"},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:31am","epoch":1355822760,"text":"Solid work :)"},{"author_name":"Pacifist Games","author_uid":"10510","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1355832780,"text":"I made it to about 385 by just going as fast as possible, shooting missiles occasionally. I have no idea how you made something this complex in 48 hours! I wish the control scheme was a little simpler, it's hard to maneuver on a laptop."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1355837640,"text":"Was you using the trackpad or a mouse pacifist? I actually did the whole thing on a laptop on my sofa! 48 hours at the end felt like quite a lot, I just didn't worry about pretty code or any nonsense like that, each feature was put in one at a time, whichever way it went in fastest... that and my day job usually involves the same frantic pace of programming!"},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1355841000,"text":"Good work! Just a little downside: it's hard to distinguish the different elements, especially the power ups. I discovered their existence only on my 2nd or 3rd run!"},{"author_name":"shaneshanekavanagh","author_uid":"19140","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1355857920,"text":"Very pretty."},{"author_name":"awppy","author_uid":"18868","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1355863860,"text":"707, augh! I find it best to save the missiles for large clumps of enemies. It increases your chance for cargo drops when you can take 3 of them out with a single missile.\r\rGreat game, and hard to believe it was done in 48 hours! You must not be new to it.\r\rWith the dependencies installed, the game crashed immediately when I opened it in "Sandbox mode" (avast is very nervous about EXE files, even ones that I've created myself). Opening it normally, it runs fine, so anyone WITH the dependencies getting it to crash, check file\/folder\/user permissions is my best guess.\r\rThis game is awesome."},{"author_name":"Amoaeba Junior","author_uid":"15074","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1355864100,"text":"I love the art on this game, the background and the ships look fantastic, the only thing that annoyed was the ship movement, other than that it's a very solid game, especially for one that is made in 48 hours. Gratz man"},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1355866860,"text":"made it a lot farther when I realized I had missiles"},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1355868960,"text":"Thanks all. \r\r@awppy, this is my first LD, and in fact first game jam\/comp, I've been making games for a while now though. \r\r@lorancou, thanks and fair point, I think I weant a little overboard on the whole "Black and white" and should have used that more to my advantage by using colour to make game-play elements really jump out.\r\r@moomoo112, yup, those missiles will help :p knowing that the best bet is to make something intuitive, or teach the player as they play I wanted to add some in-game hints to teach the game-play as you went along, the main reason I didn't, rather embarrassingly, is I couldn't work out how best to put them on the screen without them being detracting or distracting."},{"author_name":"markengley","author_uid":"4575","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1355870700,"text":"Good work. You managed to get an insane amount done here. The graphics look great, and the music is nice, and appropriately spacey.\r\rThought the difficulty was pretty reasonable once I rationed my missiles a bit.\r\rAlso you get bonus kudos for the flying goat."},{"author_name":"DTG","author_uid":"18600","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 11:28am","epoch":1355916180,"text":"I love the aesthetic, clean and a great feel. \rGameplay was fun whilst being nice and challenging.\rI think I would have made the top and bottom just push the player back, and also having things that look like powerups hurt you is a bit harsh.\rHad fun though."},{"author_name":"killmonday","author_uid":"19199","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1355919240,"text":"Loved the art, the sound, the spacy atmosphere and the pewpew factor. Great job!"},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1355929260,"text":"Liked it."},{"author_name":"Maple","author_uid":"1551","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1355952360,"text":"I loved the story set up, actually. It made me really want the game to be set on the planet! But I'm not here to talk about the game you didn't make, so without further ado: The gameplay felt a little slow, while the asteroid (when moving vertically) always seemed to travel too fast. It's a fairly solid game. The music and sounds were nice, etc. Probably the biggest thing for me though, is the complicated controls. It would have been much nicer to have those repair keys around WASD instead of all over the keyboard. A nice entry, nonetheless.\r\r(Also, thanks for the constructive feedback you gave us on our game. It helps!)"},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1355953260,"text":"@maple did you put the right comment to the right game here? First bit makes sense, but unless there is a secret repair mechanic I forgot I added I;m confused :p"},{"author_name":"Faust","author_uid":"18319","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:37am","epoch":1355992320,"text":"Nice graphic. But I think the bullet and the powerups can be more standout from the background."},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1356026700,"text":"Really nice, lacks a tiny bit of progression and narrative. :)"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1356181680,"text":"Nice game!\rIt's really polished! Also, nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 12:42am","epoch":1356223020,"text":"Really nice presentation, but I think more colour would help the player to breakdown the visual elements more easily.\r\rA more defined difficulty curve would also help, but the gameplay was solid."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1356281580,"text":"This has a very interesting style. I would have gotten a better sense of speed if the background had multiple layers. As it is now I didn't even notice A and D did anything for the first minute. Other than that this is very polished and plays well."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1356305580,"text":"nice!"},{"author_name":"sPe","author_uid":"14748","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1356445740,"text":"The bright graphics lessen the space feeling and for my taste a bit too easy, but the overall game experience is really good. Nice work."},{"author_name":"AyCe","author_uid":"3852","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1356649320,"text":"Once I figured out how the game works, it was quite funny - until my shields ran out. Really good game! :)"}],"images":["ld25\/7049-09e7ea2a264a835a20c7ea322d4aff7f.jpg","ld25\/7049-f3b6b2ee5b4297930596f14b3fd41645.jpg","ld25\/7049-463a8b89de0106f5bedbd77b0fdcb408.jpg","ld25\/7049-0637bd77a740243abab90922f7f8c2b8.jpg","ld25\/7049-b4cec37143997a2b74e3bdc1ab897a09.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/ludum-dare-25-gxc\/downloads\/detail?name=EFPP%20-%20Submission.zip&can=2&q=","text":"Windows (Installer)"},{"url":"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/ludum-dare-25-gxc\/downloads\/detail?name=EFPP%20-%20Submission%20-%20No%20Install.zip&can=2&q=#makechanges","text":"Windows (No Install - Requires .net 4 & XNA)"},{"url":"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/ludum-dare-25-gxc\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27842","g_author":"7049","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27872","g_title":"Escape From Prison Planet","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"237","g_commentcount":"47","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\/\/201083\/7049-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7049-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7049-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7049-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7049-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"STORY\r\n\r\nIn the year 2130, the Galactic Police began transporting all prisoners to the\r\nfirst planet, designed as a prison with no way out.\r\n\r\nEven Prison Planet 1 was not enough to contain the galaxy's most cunning villain.\r\n\r\nAfter starting a riot, you have slipped aboard Prison Transporter 1 after a fresh\r\ndelivery of in-mates, now you must get as far away from PP! as you can, or die trying!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nW - Move up\r\nS - Move down\r\nA - Speed up\r\nD - Slow down\r\n\r\nSPACE - Activate shield\r\n\r\nMouse - Aim\r\nLeft - Fire guns\r\nRight - Fire missile.\r\n\r\nGameplay:\r\n\r\n - Avoid Asteroids, use missiles to destroy them\r\n - Destroy enemy spacecraft using your guns.\r\n - Steal cargo dropped by destroyed enemy spacecraft:\r\n - [S] Shields - Recharges your shields.\r\n - [M] Missiles - Recharges your missile launchers.\r\n - [H] Hull Repair - Repairs damage to your hull.\r\n - [B] Bomb - AVOID, this cargo is boobytrapped.\r\n\r\nGameplay Video: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GVgqcm7ygKo&feature=youtu.be<\/p>","title":"Escape From Prison Planet"}