{"author_link":"\/author\/hulahulahest\/","author_name":"hulahulahest","author_uid":"528","comments":[{"author_name":"sirGustav","author_uid":"1135","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1335193320,"text":"Sometimes rocks get caught up in each other and small rocks are seems to weight as much as the larger ones. Other than that, a great game!"},{"author_name":"De10ter","author_uid":"8352","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1335199680,"text":"Oh man, that was really good! A twist on classic Asteroids.\r<br\/>I loved the graphics and the weapons, felt really polished, though heat never seemed to be an important factor for me."},{"author_name":"robbiehunt","author_uid":"10796","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1335202020,"text":"Good game, man!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If anything it could benefit from music, but over all it's got great sprite work, the sounds are awesome, and the gameplay is very fun. good job!"},{"author_name":"vitor.navarro","author_uid":"10745","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1335202860,"text":"This one took me back right to contra III days on my loved snes. Man this is awesome stuff you have here. A music is all you need to put this in a top ten hit list. Congrats."},{"author_name":"Lidfrid","author_uid":"12884","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1335204180,"text":"Good Game! I lie it very much!"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1335204600,"text":"If only it had some nice fast-paced music!   This would be the best entry ever.  Very well polished, high level of detail in the graphics.  Two-thousand thumbs up on that one."},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1335204660,"text":"If only it had some nice fast-paced music!   This would be the best arcade entry,  even better than Lilac!  Very well polished, high level of detail in the graphics.  Two-thousand thumbs up on that one."},{"author_name":"madpew","author_uid":"2196","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1335204900,"text":"awesome game. sfx is a litte bit annoying and the music could be better. please continue this game post compo"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1335206280,"text":"I didn't realize there was music!  I didn't realize I had to push.  Really well done!  Wish I had this in an arcade-box!!"},{"author_name":"ghRibacki","author_uid":"7839","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 1:19am","epoch":1335230040,"text":"Wow! I loved the graphics, audio and mood! So simple yet innovative, the mix of genres is genius. Good work! =)"},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:11am","epoch":1335243960,"text":"Really awesome! Everything fitted together really well, crisp, beautiful pixel art, fun, simple gameplay!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Awesome work!"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1335294540,"text":"Absolutely great! It was all really fun and harkens back to classic arcade games. Great work! :D"},{"author_name":"PoV","author_uid":"19","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1335294600,"text":"Love it!"},{"author_name":"Dyst","author_uid":"11338","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1335294660,"text":"This is really, really nice. Really well done. The graphics in particular are great, but the shooting feels lovely, the movement speed is just right and the sound works quite well."},{"author_name":"Wampus","author_uid":"11619","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1335294840,"text":"Excellent mix of classic ideas. Was a lot of fun to play and the polish was a real stand-out factor."},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1335296160,"text":"Nice !"},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1335298620,"text":"That's really awesome, incredibly well made and polished. The game kills you unfairly sometimes though, wish you could jump or shoot sideways or something. Also, the overheating was mostly annoying. Otherwise the gameplay was good.\r<br\/>Very strong entry."},{"author_name":"PabloAM","author_uid":"12649","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1335371700,"text":"Good game! The game is beautiful, fun and with good mechanics and phisics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>GJ!!"},{"author_name":"ratboy2713","author_uid":"5162","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1335373080,"text":"Reminds of an old game, Pea Shootin' Pete. I loved that game, and this does the concept really well. Thoroughly enjoyed myself."},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1335388200,"text":"Wow. This is one of the most complete entries I've seen, in terms of graphics consistency, overall quality and gameplay. I've just spent like a half hour playing this. :D"},{"author_name":"NAMKCOR","author_uid":"7685","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1335391020,"text":"This was one of the better entries I've played.  The graphics are very well done, the gameplay is well refined, and the visual\/audio feedback is great.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The theme interpretation was one of the seemingly more generic ones, but it's executed very well."},{"author_name":"heuermh","author_uid":"1864","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 5:14am","epoch":1335416940,"text":"Well done.  The physics seemed off sometimes but was fun nonetheless."},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1335441420,"text":"such a classic game experience - I loved it\r<br\/>you invested a great deal of polishing the game up - it shows\r<br\/>\r<br\/>well done :D"},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1335441960,"text":"The only things I can complain about this game is the lag between the actions and the sound effects--which could be an issue only in my system--and the lack of music (although you said you made some&hellip;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Other than that, I can honestly say that I am jealous of your artistic ability and the polishing that you've put into this game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very well done indeed."},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:14pm","epoch":1335442140,"text":"Very classic but very solid entry. The graphics are flawless!"},{"author_name":"jim3wg","author_uid":"4055","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1335442500,"text":"Well done and fun to play"},{"author_name":"rvmook","author_uid":"8418","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1335452700,"text":"Nice game, good balance with the shooting\/overheating."},{"author_name":"lanoiadimuu","author_uid":"7264","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1335457560,"text":"Great game! It somehow felt like a twist in Pang series. :)"},{"author_name":"caribou","author_uid":"4227","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1335462120,"text":"Really fun &amp; polished game &lt;3"},{"author_name":"chinchang","author_uid":"4201","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1335465000,"text":"winning one for me....this was really an osom entry. reminds me of contra. Simply addictive gameplay i can play for hours! well done!"},{"author_name":"bitslap_","author_uid":"11516","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1335474360,"text":"I like the graphics and gameplay alot. Kind of Super Pang esque."},{"author_name":"Kvisle","author_uid":"3818","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1335476220,"text":"This was excellent."},{"author_name":"Gabriel","author_uid":"11099","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1335483900,"text":"Great! Asteroids with radial gravity, that's a nice twist and approach to the theme! Each level starts a little too difficult and finishes easy, maybe part of the wave's asteroids could start appearing during the wave instead of in the beginning? Nothing else to add, this game really feels complete and well polished in its scope. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"chambers","author_uid":"11981","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1335536700,"text":"I wish I could vote 6 for overall and fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's the exact kind of game I always wanted to make: simple but refined, and all gameplay mechanics fit very well together."},{"author_name":"onehandclap","author_uid":"12918","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1335633720,"text":"This is so good it almost hurts. =D"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1335639900,"text":"This was a lot of fun. I also enjoyed the graphics as lot. Sound effects were great too, sad there wasn't any music."},{"author_name":"Jigxor","author_uid":"3289","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 5:04am","epoch":1335675540,"text":"This is amazing! An extremely polished entry with beautiful graphics and very fun gameplay. I remember playing this during development, and it's really good to see features like powerups - they make it more awesome. One of the best entries! My only suggestion would be maybe allowing a jump, as sometimes there's almost nothing you can do when two asteroids are coming your way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Amazing job! :)"},{"author_name":"AD-Edge","author_uid":"3467","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 11:55am","epoch":1335700200,"text":"Nailed it! Spent a good amount of time playing this one. Its a challange, and its fun. Reminds me, for obvious reasons, of Asteroids. Feels like a 'modern' version which would have come out in the 80-90's on the SNES or something :)\r<br\/>The only thing I would have added is the ability to shoot sideways at times, that would have been handy."},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1335729840,"text":"Absolutely amazing! Excellent execution, great art, and very solid gameplay :) Many games tried to do the &quot;single little planet with ennemies flying around&quot;, but you manage to turn this into a very playable and intuitive game. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"bompo","author_uid":"7570","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1335734400,"text":"Reminded me of the old pong game! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1335788820,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"Julian Spillane","author_uid":"12162","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1335797280,"text":"Wow, this game was very well done. The art is gorgeous, the concept simple, and I love the arcade-y action of it all. Add on to that a strong level of polish and this is one of the best LD entries I've rated so far. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1335812160,"text":"I loved it!  think it could do without the overheating of the gun, but it does work once you get used to it"},{"author_name":"MaximSchoemaker","author_uid":"11306","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1335822600,"text":"Nice arcade-y feel to this game. :3 \r<br\/>The amount of pollish is impressive, feels very complete ^^"},{"author_name":"Mesene","author_uid":"6870","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 12:46am","epoch":1335832860,"text":"I like the way you used classic icons for rewards and upgrades :)"},{"author_name":"Thotep","author_uid":"12581","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 11:46am","epoch":1335872460,"text":"Good, entertaining and surprisingly polished game; congrats!"},{"author_name":"Nora Shishi","author_uid":"2022","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1335910980,"text":"The artwork, the idea, effect design are awesome!"},{"author_name":"mooosh","author_uid":"6474","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1335911100,"text":"super fun! I liked all of the different weapons and how they changed the gameplay. and holy crumb these graphics."},{"author_name":"amodo","author_uid":"8798","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1335968100,"text":"The level of polish and finish is incredible. Can not say more than I really really like this. Somehow reminds me of amiga times."},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 3:19am","epoch":1336014840,"text":"Awesome game! No complaints\/suggestions! Just wanna play it more later!"},{"author_name":"alexlarioza","author_uid":"3079","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 2:00am","epoch":1336096500,"text":"This is great! =D"},{"author_name":"nornagon","author_uid":"11649","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 7:17am","epoch":1336115520,"text":"Gorgeous, and heaps of fun. Nice!"},{"author_name":"R\u00e9mi","author_uid":"11804","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 11:49am","epoch":1336131840,"text":"OH MAN! I can totally see this game in arcades! Addicting and very polished! Just add a &quot;Konami-style&quot; music and it would be PER-FECT!"},{"author_name":"nuprahtor","author_uid":"2280","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1336138200,"text":"That was realy fun and addictive."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 9:45am","epoch":1336383600,"text":"Really addictive, one of the most addictive I've played. It's great to play it with a single hand with the arrow keys (I say that because I've seen a lot of games with bad controls, these ones are great)Let me restart the game with the down arrow key instead of R and that would be perfect, I could play while smoking my cigarette"},{"author_name":"Gareth Jenkins","author_uid":"7693","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1336395300,"text":"First of my 5-star fun ratings, and superb use of theme. Loads of fun, very well polished as well :)"},{"author_name":"derosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1336398660,"text":"Great game! Saw it on indiegames.com and searched it just to rate it :)"},{"author_name":"Dr.Pingu","author_uid":"12088","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1336399260,"text":"A really good game.\r<br\/>Graphics are great, with music it will be even better :)"},{"author_name":"free_napalm","author_uid":"12423","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1336404900,"text":"Great graphics and the audio is alright, too.\r<br\/>Nice to see a challenging game."},{"author_name":"Evil Sandwich Studios","author_uid":"12700","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 6:40pm","epoch":1336415700,"text":"Uau, a really cool game. I played for too long, it really got me hooked. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 2:46am","epoch":1336444860,"text":"This was really fun. You've got an awesome game here that would be really easy to add more powerups and different kinds of enemies to, which is awesome work for 48 hours. Great job."},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 5:55am","epoch":1336456200,"text":"I played this game during your development. Very fun! I'm happy to see it turn out how it did. :D"},{"author_name":"cadin","author_uid":"7233","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1336486980,"text":"Love this. Really great work. I have no criticisms except that I thought it was a little too easy."},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 2:42am","epoch":1336531020,"text":"Very good! Waiting for a mobile release!"},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1336564560,"text":"Great! Everything an arcade game needs to be, simple, fun and polished. A catchy tune would have made this even better."},{"author_name":"asfdfdfd","author_uid":"2404","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1336587900,"text":"It is super-mega-cool."},{"author_name":"astral","author_uid":"13616","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1336592580,"text":"Great game! Autocannon rulez!"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1336653540,"text":"very very cool! Pang and asteroids, and the astronaut is full of charm :)"},{"author_name":"Chaoseed","author_uid":"1161","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1336778460,"text":"Very nice, very polished! I particularly like shooting powerups to change them. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There were a couple of problems, though. The first one is that the gun doesn't seem to push back asteroids at all. So you get into situations where you have the autocannon, you see the asteroid barreling down on you, you get under it and blast away...and you lose a life. Pretty frustrating. The second problem is, really, only three lives? It's impossible to play for more than a couple minutes with that setup."},{"author_name":"thegreystudios","author_uid":"12111","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1336833180,"text":"Alot of fun here with this game! great! :)"},{"author_name":"chambers","author_uid":"11981","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1336839420,"text":"Dude, this is still one of my favorite games. I just came back to say I'd probably make the overheat feature less harsh (perhaps doubling the bar's capacity?) and besides that I wouldn't change a thing."},{"author_name":"Jacic","author_uid":"5267","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1336863300,"text":"Very arcade-y. I love it!"},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 7:25am","epoch":1336893600,"text":"Nice game - super, super fun. Just kill that overheat meter and give me something to do (other than die) when I get boxed in by meteors and I'd pretty much never stop playing this game."},{"author_name":"Sodaware","author_uid":"10712","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 12:29am","epoch":1336955040,"text":"Wow! This plays great and looks even better. Reminds me a little of Pang crossed with Asteroids, but the rotating playfield is a nice twist. Really solid entry - small, but perfectly polished."},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 1:40am","epoch":1336959300,"text":"loved it :)"},{"author_name":"Daisuke909","author_uid":"8522","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 1:45am","epoch":1336959600,"text":"Going through the winners and eating big fat slices of humble pie.  I say, you may have just fed me the biggest one yet!"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1337018760,"text":"This just kept getting better and better. At first I thought it needed a jump button, but now I'm convinced that it doesn't. Rad progression, rad art, and the music is NOT awful! Loved this. Lots of fun!"}],"images":["ld23\/528-90c216c4d6e7cfb2f626b2f0f38464a6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/17039075\/LD23\/index.html","text":"Web\/Flash"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/17039075\/LD23\/AstroBreak-Source.7z","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30063","g_author":"528","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30093","g_title":"Astro Break","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"8","g_commentcount":"77","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\/\/123793\/528-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An arcade shooting game wherein asteroids are dodged and, eventually, blown to smithereens for fun, profit, points, and delicious space fruit.\r\n\r\nThe game is Flash, written in AS3 with Flashpunk. Audio generated with bfxr and Autotracker.\r\n\r\nIf you like the game, follow me on twitter (@movexig)!\r\n<\/p>","title":"Astro Break"}