{"author_link":"\/author\/jerm\/","author_name":"Jerm","author_uid":"518","comments":[{"author_name":"Ryan","author_uid":"3326","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 8:06am","epoch":1292832060,"text":"I liked the semi-3d effect used for attacking islands via Helicopter. Interesting combination of both overhead views for navigating the sea, with a side scrolling view for attacking islands."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1292883600,"text":"Kinda conflicted with how to rate this one; the idea is strong, but the execution needed more care. The helicopter minigame felt especially rough; I couldn't see any of the bullets because of the contrast of yellow light blue, so my strategy essentially became moving up and down randomly. I could usually clear out an island with a helicopter or two with that. There was also the problem where you would have to fly over land that you already conquered to get to the next turrets, which took a long time and didn't feel productive. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>On the more positive side, the game outside of the shooting game felt more strong, and it was kind of neat to watch my kingdom grow :) A good, ambitious concept for a game that I'm impressed you managed to pull together."},{"author_name":"ranklar","author_uid":"3268","time":"Dec 22, 2010 @ 3:55am","epoch":1292989800,"text":"Decent effort, not the most fun game in the world, but was fun to play for a little while."},{"author_name":"Squax","author_uid":"2367","time":"Dec 23, 2010 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1293129120,"text":"Was a fun little time waster.  Congrats on the new job :D"},{"author_name":"thristhart","author_uid":"3164","time":"Dec 24, 2010 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1293203400,"text":"This would have been a great game if you made the bullets black."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Dec 26, 2010 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1293378060,"text":"Won't start, complains about missing avrt.dll. Looks like you're missing some dependencies."},{"author_name":"Jerm","author_uid":"518","time":"Dec 27, 2010 @ 1:00am","epoch":1293411300,"text":"Actually Endurion, it was because the game only worked in Vista or 7. I have now updated it so it works in XP so try downloading it again."},{"author_name":"xeon06","author_uid":"1882","time":"Dec 29, 2010 @ 1:07am","epoch":1293584520,"text":"Loved the fake 3D effect when changing terrain."},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 10:45am","epoch":1293878400,"text":"Taken out by Norton as a security risk."},{"author_name":"Jerm","author_uid":"518","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1293923100,"text":"Wow, that's random. I'm using avast! which didn't find anything. I also scanned it on www.virustotal.com which also didn't find anything (actually 1 scanner marked it as some trojan, and 42 scanners marked it as ok)."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Jan 4, 2011 @ 8:04am","epoch":1294127940,"text":"Thanks for fixing the dependency!\r<br\/>A neat combination of Carrier Command and Choplifter ;)\r<br\/>The most prominent problem for me is the chopper game. There is hardly a way to avoid the turret bullets. Also Space and arrow keys are somewhat conflicting on my keyboard (can't press two arrows and space at the same time).\r<br\/>Quite nice effort, with a bit more balance on the controls this could be quite good!"}],"images":["ld19\/518-7a0cf8ad5e9b2a761b68e8ae6c2019eb.jpg","ld19\/518-9f6d2a1093b689510559b050262249c5.jpg","ld19\/518-aae09d1030a626b06c64b88afe37c6c7.jpg","ld19\/518-d6f879d56b84537483bbd1a70d490afb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Source.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Windows-Original.zip","text":"Windows (Original, Broken)"},{"url":"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Source-Original.zip","text":"Source (Original, Broken)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33484","g_author":"518","g_event":"LD19","g_eventkey":"5","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33514","g_title":"Island Commander","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"160","g_commentcount":"11","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\/\/33232\/518-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/33232\/518-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/33232\/518-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/33232\/518-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There is in game help explaining how to play or you can read the Readme.txt file.\r\n\r\nI kept a development log at: http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/\r\n\r\n(Update 20\/12\/2010 1114 UTC) There was a bug where the game would crash after taking over the first island. I have now fixed the bug which enables substantially more of the game. I also fixed a cosmetic issue with a misaligned line of text in one of the cutscenes.\r\n\r\n(Update 21\/12\/2010 0439 UTC) I now have a Linux port which is identical to the Windows version. See the instructions in the Readme.txt for how to compile.\r\n\r\n(Update 27\/12\/2010 0055 UTC) I have updated the game so it now runs in Windows XP.<\/p>","title":"Island Commander"}