{"author_link":"\/author\/31eee384\/","author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","comments":[{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 2:21am","epoch":1346033760,"text":"Lots of fun but too difficult for me. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't kill all my people :("},{"author_name":"Rose","author_uid":"7352","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1346082960,"text":"This games seems interesting, and it looks really nice. But I wasn't really sure what the point was."},{"author_name":"MrDanH","author_uid":"11523","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1346107320,"text":"Couldn't stop the screen from scrolling up and it was a bit easy to lose track of where my planets were. Good concept, just could've done with a little more polish."},{"author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1346107560,"text":"MrDanH: Did you have a look at the map? I think it's likely that it wasn't a bug, but you were seeing the result of all the planets moving towards the black hole. (The map also shows you where your planets are.)"},{"author_name":"madameberry","author_uid":"14549","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1346107560,"text":"It's pretty neat, but it gets really tiring after a while, just moving from one planet to the next. There's no end to it.\rAlso, if you mouse-hover over a planet you "own" near the sun, and then let it get sucked into the sun, the game kind of freaks the crap out."},{"author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 3:19am","epoch":1346123640,"text":"Haha, yeah, I considered fixing that sort of bug, but I was pushing the deadline so didn't bother fixing them. And yeah, there's little point to the game--more like a toy, actually. \r\rThanks for commenting, all. :)"},{"author_name":"vigrid","author_uid":"10441","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1346160780,"text":"Very incomplete indeed. Feels a bit like Galcon Fusion. The moving planets are a nice touch."},{"author_name":"4urentertainment","author_uid":"11521","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1346161680,"text":"I think this is an interesting concept, at least, I *think* it is, it's a bit hard to tell exactly what the point of the game is, adding a short instructions screen probably wouldn't have taken too much time, I do like the idea of building a network and..doing something with it though!"},{"author_name":"rwos","author_uid":"14690","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1346161860,"text":"I didn't really know what to do - conquer all planets before they reach the black hole? Is there a win condition?\r\rOther than that - the animation is nicely done. The whole movement looks pretty cool."},{"author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1346185020,"text":"4urentertainment: Actually, it would have taken too long. I was working up until the time limit to finish what little is there. Wish I had more than 4 hours after I scrapped my first project.\r\rrwos: No win condition, no goal. Sorry about that!"},{"author_name":"echa","author_uid":"15601","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1346193960,"text":"I'm trying to flee from black hole )"},{"author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1346273940,"text":"Promising! Keep working on it!"},{"author_name":"mdkess","author_uid":"14701","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1346369940,"text":"An n-body simulation mixed with Galcon - while it's certainly incomplete (as you said), I really like the idea behind it, and I think that you could develop it into a neat game. I hope that you stick with this idea - I might just have to borrow it if not ;)"},{"author_name":"Gabriel","author_uid":"11099","time":"Sep 14, 2012 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1347647760,"text":"I spent some time trying to figure out what I was supposed to do, and then had a BIG surprise and a moment of total despair when I understood in the hardest way what the hell was going on. hahaha\rCongrats on the idea! As a game, it needs some time invested in more mechanics, some sort of evolution, win \/ loss conditions, etc, but it's a really interesting concept. ;)"},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1347895320,"text":"Started out going in the wrong direction (since there weren't stars further away) and ended up with a nice interplanetary civilization dumped right into the black hole.\r\rSeems like a pretty cool game for 4 hours of development. Any plans to take it further?"},{"author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1347899640,"text":"Thanks for the comments, guys! I currently don't have plans to continue it (got a few other ideas backed up) but now I'm considering it.\r\rGo ahead and "borrow" it if you like, mdkess. :)\r\rGabriel: The idea is that your species needs to evolve to travel to all these planets--so the game's basis is evolution, rather than the interactive part of the game. Sad that you and metadept (and I'm sure others) had to meet such a demise!"}],"images":["ld24\/1712-b7715624120c2599d95002a206f53604.jpg","ld24\/1712-ccbcb2c623f1c55797b649d98b54fcae.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/galacticgaming.net\/hosting\/ld24\/","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/galacticgaming.net\/hosting\/ld24\/src.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29860","g_author":"1712","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29890","g_title":"Beyond Our Sacred Sun","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"682","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/163678\/1712-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/1712-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Our sun has ventured near a black hole, which threatens to consume us. We must become a spacefaring race, the next step in our evolution!\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\nControls:\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\nWASD\/Arrow keys: Move camera\r\nHold space: Allow swiping with the left mouse button to move the camera.\r\nQ: Map\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\nThis game was made during the last 4 hours of the LD compo timeframe, so it's very incomplete. I'll be making a blog post about why--it's a long story.<\/p>","title":"Beyond Our Sacred Sun"}