{"author_link":"\/author\/mrphil\/","author_name":"MrPhil","author_uid":"165","comments":[{"author_name":"sfernald","author_uid":"258","time":"Aug 22, 2010 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1282511640,"text":"is it possible to provide an exe that can be run without an installer? installers suck for this compo."},{"author_name":"alistair aitcheson","author_uid":"2401","time":"Aug 23, 2010 @ 7:07am","epoch":1282546920,"text":"A nice attempt, but in need of a lot of tweaking before it shows its full potential. Would be nice to see some sounds and maybe some explosions, and the beam would be nicer if it moved faster and gave you more control over bouncing the bullets. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Still, good try, and a very appetising journal! :P"},{"author_name":"MrPhil","author_uid":"165","time":"Aug 23, 2010 @ 11:30am","epoch":1282562700,"text":"@ sfernald - The installer helps with all the XNA prerequisites and so is the easiest.  It's also a minimal install.  But, I'll see what I can do.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@alistar - Thanks.  I completely agree with your assessment.  Unfortunately, I lost too much time dealing with some physic engine issues."},{"author_name":"Jamin","author_uid":"2356","time":"Aug 23, 2010 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1282591140,"text":"The installer does not seem to run under Wine.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'll give it a try sometime after I've rebooted into Windows."},{"author_name":"ChainedLupine","author_uid":"1746","time":"Aug 24, 2010 @ 2:11am","epoch":1282615560,"text":"I concur with sfernald, I do not like games that require installation for a compo.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Welcome to LudumDare, I hope you enter again!"},{"author_name":"JDruid","author_uid":"2366","time":"Aug 24, 2010 @ 7:28am","epoch":1282634580,"text":"I can win the game with almost perfect health by just keeping z button down."},{"author_name":"MrPhil","author_uid":"165","time":"Aug 24, 2010 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1282669920,"text":"Okay guys, I put up a zip that should let you play without the installer.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@JDruid - yep, it's a feature! :D"},{"author_name":"Jerm","author_uid":"518","time":"Aug 24, 2010 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1282686120,"text":"There wasn't much to this one, so not much to say about it. Very easy to beat and not much variety.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The installer didn't both me, but perhaps you should call your game something other than 'LD18'. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great food photos though. :)"},{"author_name":"Hempuli","author_uid":"491","time":"Aug 25, 2010 @ 6:58am","epoch":1282719180,"text":"Could it be possible to provide a zip for those who have the frameworks and such installed?"},{"author_name":"stqn","author_uid":"2181","time":"Aug 26, 2010 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1282845300,"text":"I liked your food photos and motivational posters! :)"},{"author_name":"Martoon","author_uid":"2355","time":"Aug 29, 2010 @ 10:00am","epoch":1283075700,"text":"Looks like the start of something good.  I like the weighty feel of the of beam.  If you spent as much time on your game as you did on preparing awesome food, you'd have a AAA title. ;)"},{"author_name":"pekuja","author_uid":"110","time":"Sep 5, 2010 @ 12:37am","epoch":1283646720,"text":"Heh, a neat game, although I expected the deflector beam to act a bit more like a deflector beam rather than a baseball bat. :-P\r<br\/>It also seemed like the end bit didn't really act like a proper arc, but a two-edged polygonal thing?"}],"images":["ld18\/165-7a22f73294d2bb855df71c66ec1c1ba2.jpg","ld18\/165-f78dcd67d6827820eb9cd709a46495a8.jpg","ld18\/165-fa07ba34802abbf4f7a96496f5520170.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mrphilgames.com\/files\/LD18\/setup.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mrphilgames.com\/files\/LD18\/MrPhil-LD18.exe.zip","text":"Windows Non-Installer"},{"url":"http:\/\/github.com\/MrPhil\/LD18","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33740","g_author":"165","g_event":"LD18","g_eventkey":"4","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33770","g_title":"Deflector Beam","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"160","g_commentcount":"12","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\/\/22150\/165-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/22150\/165-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/22150\/165-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a peaceful, un-armed UFO, but this planet isn't having it.  Protect your self from them using you Deflector Beam.\r\n\r\nThis is a XNA application, so the follow are\/might be  prerequisites:\r\nWindows Installer 3.1\r\n.NET Framework 3.5 SP1\r\nMicrosoft XNA Framework Redistributable 3.1\r\n<\/p>","title":"Deflector Beam"}