{"author_link":"\/author\/xillix\/","author_name":"xillix","author_uid":"10866","comments":[{"author_name":"kutuup1989","author_uid":"8490","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 12:55am","epoch":1335228600,"text":"Cool idea but there didn't seem to be a penalty for allowing things to hit your planet. The way the physics worked was awesome though!"},{"author_name":"brus46","author_uid":"8800","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1335307680,"text":"Sorry, couldn't test on linux. Can you provide a video for mac\/linux users?"},{"author_name":"brus46","author_uid":"8800","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1335379800,"text":"Even if I had to change computer to play this i must admit that's a nice re-interpretation of pong! :D"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1335627420,"text":"I'm sorry, I can't play your game because I don't have Windows (OSX)."},{"author_name":"JoeCool17","author_uid":"5160","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1335628680,"text":"It's a very cool concept, but it seems like the planets that you added around the earth actually hinders gameplay, as the aliens get stuck orbiting them."},{"author_name":"Dax","author_uid":"7756","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1335629580,"text":"The idea is good but you should have added the ability to move or something because when the ball is locked never touching a planet, it's really boring.\rPlus please next time don't make the game install on the computer."},{"author_name":"R3ason","author_uid":"6105","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1335638340,"text":"Cool concept! Music would be nice. Also, it seems that the gravitational pull from earth could be a bit stronger? Otherwise the ball just flies around for a long while as you just sit and wait. Other than that, I really like the new take on Pong! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1335638700,"text":"XNA is good, but I have Linux."},{"author_name":"scoopsy","author_uid":"10538","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1335641460,"text":"Can't play, Mac user. Looks neat though!"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1335642480,"text":"Nice physics. More visual and\/or audio as well as a health bar, so the player gets involved. The shield protection is a bit buggy, I think.\r\rFor publishing XNA games, just copy the exe file and the content directory. Both are in your Debug-directory. Then players must not install you game, makes it easier :)"},{"author_name":"quickfingers","author_uid":"3963","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1335645480,"text":"sorry mac only here"},{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1335645900,"text":"I like how it's a different experience\/difficulty depending on how the planets are arranged around the 3rd planet. Some kind of scoring mechanism would be nice. It's a great concept and you could probably make a pretty fun game out of it with more development. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Vilborg","author_uid":"4884","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1335650580,"text":"Even though I have XNA, I was forced to install XNA components. Can you also provide the exe\/Content folder found in the project files (in Debug or x86 or bin or somewhere) next time?\r\rAlso, I could not run the game due to the graphics profile used. You can fix this by going into the project properties and changing the graphics profile from HiDef to Reach."},{"author_name":"xillix","author_uid":"10866","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1335654120,"text":"Thanks for all the feedback guys. I have added a no installer option and I changed the graphics profile."},{"author_name":"Kvisle","author_uid":"3818","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:22am","epoch":1335658620,"text":"Tried to run with Mono 2.8 on Linux, didn't work."},{"author_name":"SusanTheCat","author_uid":"5150","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:22am","epoch":1335658620,"text":"Was unable to play the no installer version. It just wouldn't start. Windows 7."},{"author_name":"xillix","author_uid":"10866","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:23am","epoch":1335658680,"text":"@SusanTheCat I assume you have XNA4 installed?"},{"author_name":"nornagon","author_uid":"11649","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 8:42am","epoch":1335688620,"text":"Cool idea, needed more to be interesting\/fun though."},{"author_name":"dagothig","author_uid":"11227","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 3:18am","epoch":1335841980,"text":"a nice concept, but it got tiring fairly fast since you can often end up waiting a lot of time for something to actually come your way."},{"author_name":"Vilborg","author_uid":"4884","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 6:23am","epoch":1335853080,"text":"No install and Reach graphics profile worked very well! Thanks.\r\rThe game seems like it could use a bit more UI, like your health. I was not sure how to kill the enemies, since they seemed to go through my shield but died anyway. I'm not sure where the ball came in."},{"author_name":"Datamosh","author_uid":"10942","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 6:19am","epoch":1336025640,"text":"Oooh! Fun game. Reminded me of other entry, with the same Pong premise, but with a musical twist. Yours has more "replay" value :) Good job!"},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1336710720,"text":"I would try it if you had a Web or OSX version."}],"images":["ld23\/10866-f2cc68d1650161f97516046be13fd2fa.jpg","ld23\/10866-8a5361d7fc39db1f17b1e4705ce8cfdd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/6594963\/3rdPlanet.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/6594963\/3rdPlanetNoInstall.zip","text":"Windows No Install"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31094","g_author":"10866","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"31124","g_title":"3rd Planet","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"241","g_commentcount":"22","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\/10866-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/10866-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"3rd Planet is pong with a twist. 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