{"author_link":"\/author\/reheated\/","author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","comments":[{"author_name":"zapaman","author_uid":"7159","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:31am","epoch":1346059560,"text":"Barely works with wine for me! Crashes two-three minutes into the game! Gonna give it a few more tries to give a more accurate rating!"},{"author_name":"zapaman","author_uid":"7159","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:38am","epoch":1346059980,"text":"Ok, got it to work!"},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:15am","epoch":1346062200,"text":"It's very hard to stay alive for long! The music, sounds, and voice are great though :)"},{"author_name":"Arkazon","author_uid":"6492","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:38am","epoch":1346063580,"text":"Download link just takes me to a google drive signup page.  I suggest using dropbox - doesn't force other people to sign up in order to get your files."},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:45am","epoch":1346064000,"text":"Sweet!  The screenshots do NOT do this justice.  At first I thought, &quot;what does this have to do with evolution?&quot; but then I saw the enemies evolving -- I didn't have to read the documentation to figure that out.  Awesome music, too.  Game is a bit hard."},{"author_name":"mariscal","author_uid":"14673","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:55am","epoch":1346064600,"text":"I manage to reach level 5! :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The music and sounds in general are awesome! It's very funny too, great work dude! ;)"},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:59am","epoch":1346064840,"text":"Arkazon: thanks for your suggestion. I moved the files to dropbox."},{"author_name":"Punga","author_uid":"16134","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1346083860,"text":"I dont have much to say for this game."},{"author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1346160840,"text":"I can't get this game to run, even with the installer. The .exe appears in my process list, but nothing ever happens.  Windows 7.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm really excited to give this a try too. I like that you're using actual natural selection to evolve your enemies."},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:07pm","epoch":1346162520,"text":"I really loved the music! The game was a bit too hard for me to really see evolution in action; too much multitasking (steering in one direction and aiming in another)."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1346177400,"text":"That's an interesting and unique concept! Though many games use the same base idea (mutating the enemies and combining (kinda) them), I really liked how the trigger is you taking damage. =D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The only downside are the graphics... =X\r<br\/>But the song was really good! =D"},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 2:23am","epoch":1346206680,"text":"quill18: can you tell me what kind of CPU and graphics card you have?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>In the off chance that this is something to do with the custom pixel shaders, can anyone for whom the original doesn't work try this: https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/100794454\/AstronomicalAffrayNoPS.zip . The only thing changed here is the removal of the pixel shaders. If you use this for voting please keep in mind that you aren't getting the full package re graphics &amp; mood.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>To everyone: thanks for your kind comments on the music and sound!"},{"author_name":"atraxgames","author_uid":"15195","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1346360580,"text":"It fits well the theme, but the gameplay it's a bit repetitive"},{"author_name":"Aceria","author_uid":"15100","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1346360700,"text":"Quite fun, nice choice of music and sfx. Gameplay wasn't all too shabby either, but it didn't feel very natural. The movement would probably be nicer without any smoothing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Either way, good work there, it's a pretty addicting game!"},{"author_name":"Moops","author_uid":"3105","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1346600640,"text":"Really tough! Great music, I liked the voice work too."},{"author_name":"jarnik","author_uid":"1163","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1346606400,"text":"The normal mode is actually pretty hard, thanks for the Easy mode. I like the controls, the music was nice! Also the enemy feedback0based evolution is a great idea."},{"author_name":"Josh @ Dreamland","author_uid":"5818","time":"Sep 7, 2012 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1347049500,"text":"Can't run because WINE can't put things in the MATE system tray. Don't know why this needs an icon in my tray, but..."},{"author_name":"tastive","author_uid":"15061","time":"Sep 13, 2012 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1347553260,"text":"Got to level 14!  Fun gameplay, enthralling tunes.  I'd have to play it a few more times to see the evolution happening, but I liked it."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Sep 15, 2012 @ 11:59am","epoch":1347710040,"text":"Unfortunately XNA games never work in linux."},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Sep 15, 2012 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1347723780,"text":"I wish this game was more fun to play, the sound is great but it's let down by the gameplay itself :( Maybe I just suck at it."}],"images":["ld24\/15514-0433dfc9e139fee6a1c931d62ff7b35e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/reheated.org\/games\/AstronomicalAffray.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/reheated.org\/games\/AstronomicalAffray_Installer.zip","text":"Windows Installer"},{"url":"https:\/\/reheated.org\/games\/AstronomicalAffray_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29978","g_author":"15514","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30008","g_title":"An Astronomical Affray","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"229","g_commentcount":"20","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\/15514-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The game is a top-down shooter with two classes of enemies, each of which has several parameters defining its combat abilities. Each round, the enemies that appear are mutations of those enemies that dealt the most damage to you on the previous round.\r\n\r\nYou can steer the direction of the enemies' evolution by taking more damage from the ones you like. It might not be easy to see that it's working, because of the game's difficulty. Therefore you can start a game in easy mode by pressing Ctrl-Alt-R when the game is paused. In this mode you can for example try to cause the enemies to become a particular colour.\r\n\r\nThe game has been found to run OK on a netbook with Ion graphics. It requires the .Net and XNA redistributables (the \"installer\" version of the game should be able to download them).\r\n\r\nThanks go to Brian Corr for moral and technical camaraderie. Try his entry \"being a Vampire Is Not Very Fun\" here: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&uid=15518 .<\/p>","title":"An Astronomical Affray"}