{"author_link":"\/users\/wesley-werner","author_name":"wesley werner","author_uid":"1001613","comments":[{"author_name":"Timbaleek","author_uid":1032241,"time":"2017-07-31T22:32:19Z","epoch":1501540339,"modified":1501540339,"text":"Is there a way to win the game?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wesley werner","author_uid":"1001613","time":"2017-08-01T16:46:09Z","epoch":1501605969,"modified":1501605969,"text":"@Timbaleek, yes. You retire after 10 missions.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Terribly Awesome Games","author_uid":"1036509","time":"2017-08-02T05:22:22Z","epoch":1501651342,"modified":1501651342,"text":"really nifty arcade style game, i enjoyed it. I think i'd prefer if you could shoot like in Galaga rather than auto aim and fire by proximity. Was fun though!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LockonS","author_uid":"1045463","time":"2017-08-03T05:16:15Z","epoch":1501737375,"modified":1501737375,"text":"Couldn't entirely understand the goal of the game, and I think the gameplay could use a little polishing. But it looks neat!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pixel Game Wizard","author_uid":"1038274","time":"2017-08-03T05:20:34Z","epoch":1501737634,"modified":1501737675,"text":"Very retro-style game, I like it. :-)\n\nI love the graphics.\n\nThe audio seemed a bit crude, but it fits in with the retro style. As far as I could tell there was a unique sound for each action, and that's pretty important.\n\nThe controls were generally straightforward.\n\nFlying over planets did not seem to activate mission related tasks. It took me a while to figure it out, but I think I'm supposed to press the Z-key? At least that seemed to work for me.\n\nWhile I do like this game, it felt a bit repetitive and it felt like a bunch of fetch-style quests between planets. Most of the time I just tried to avoid enemy ships, and tried to head for stars when I got low on energy. If I got unlucky I wouldn't see any stars and I'd run out of power. Maybe a larger map screen would be helpful for planning routes between planets? Might add a bit of a puzzle-solving element too (that is, if it is compatible with your goal for this game :-) ).\n\nThanks for sharing, I did enjoy playing this.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AfroAnt","author_uid":"1003671","time":"2017-08-03T05:21:00Z","epoch":1501737660,"modified":1501737660,"text":"Very cool pixel art! Died a lot. Music was harsh, but went well with the graphics. Didn't quite understand when to use shields vs weapons. Nice entry!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"VarelseGames","author_uid":"1040121","time":"2017-08-03T05:25:28Z","epoch":1501737928,"modified":1501737928,"text":"I really liked this, though I kind of wanted to aim. Major props for using a fantasy console.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wesley werner","author_uid":"1001613","time":"2017-08-04T01:03:24Z","epoch":1501808604,"modified":1501808604,"text":"Thanks for the feedback everyone. The game is very crude, made in one day. It is repetitive and I regret not adding more humour to break the pattern. All great points :)\n\nTo clear up mission logic:\n* Fly over a new planet to get a new mission\n* The mini-map highlights a red dot where the mission planet is located\n* Flying over the mission planet completes the mission\n* Once a planet is used for completing a mission, you cannot get a new mission from it. Go find another new planet","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ninjascribble","author_uid":"1006742","time":"2017-08-04T03:04:49Z","epoch":1501815889,"modified":1501815889,"text":"Nice little retro throwback -- the sound and graphics are perfect for the style of game you were going for. Intergalactic postal service is a fun idea, and I didn't have any trouble getting missions from planets and delivering them to others. I'm afraid I never did figure out how shields and phasers worked though, and mostly just avoided enemies as much as possible. I could see you building this one up a bit more -- maybe adding some random events each time you reach a planet, and throwing in some bonuses for successful combat. Solid entry -- thanks for sharing!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bmacintosh","author_uid":"1003066","time":"2017-08-04T15:28:10Z","epoch":1501860490,"modified":1501860490,"text":"The pixel art was what pulled me to this one. It's very well put-together! The enemy AI was a bit annoying in constantly running out of range, I eventually gave up fighting them because none of them seemed to want to fight me.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Estebe","author_uid":"1010489","time":"2017-08-08T17:29:52Z","epoch":1502213392,"modified":1502213392,"text":"Original little game!  \nI liked the concept of the game. Only some more varied missions, not only flavor text, would be nice and break up the monotony.  \nI didn't like the charging sound effect. It was loud and annoying. The graphics I did like. Simple yet enough detailed to have a certain charm.  \nIt also helped that it recalled a certain SF-show... So it was an insta-play for me!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wh05herlock","author_uid":"1002280","time":"2017-08-22T07:42:54Z","epoch":1503387774,"modified":1503387774,"text":"This is a really cool, cute, game.\n\nThere are a few improvements I would make:\n - I noticed the destination of the very first mission you get always has the same name. It might be nice if it was random.\n - It would be cool if there was a visual indicator on your ship when your shields are up (e.g. a nice graphic of a shield surrounding you ship).\n - It would also be nice if you could aim your weapon, and maybe have a dotted circle or something to tell you its range so it's more obvious.\n - Maybe some variety in mission types would be good (e.g. maybe you have to rescue someone off of a spaceship, or destroy a ship attacking a planet.\n - It would also be cool if it wasn't guaranteed everyone you met was hostile, but instead you had more of an interaction with other ships (e.g. maybe you open a communication channel with them, and they demand some resources or else they attack you, idk the possibilities are endless).\n\nSorry, I only posted so many things because I think this game has so much potential to be really fun. :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FuriousWitch","author_uid":"1009708","time":"2017-08-22T15:49:04Z","epoch":1503416944,"modified":1503416944,"text":"Great game! I enjoyed playing this game a lot especially that I like this type of games. Good job :)\n\nP.S If you could check and rate my game that would be great. Thanks :)","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld39\/37269-98c78c86191d5d0b1db5b241ac69263f.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/tic.computer\/play?cart=158","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"42610","g_author":"1001613","g_event":"LD39","g_eventkey":"74","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"240342","g_title":"Starship","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"729","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"37269","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"37269","n_urlkey":"240342","n_parent":"32802","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/starship","n_slug":"starship","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"1613","n_created":"1501130028","n_modified":"1501808781","n_version":"135758","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":37269,"parent":32802,"superparent":9,"author":1613,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-07-31T22:11:20Z","created":"2017-07-27T04:33:48Z","modified":"2017-08-04T01:06:21Z","version":135758,"slug":"starship","name":"Starship","body":"You pilot a starship exploring the galaxy. Do not let your power run out.\n\nArrow keys move, Z and X uses shields and phasers, aiming is automatic. Hover over suns to recharge your power, and dock at planets to complete missions. \n\n* Fly over a new planet to get a new mission\n* The mini-map at the top-right shows your position in white, and your mission goal in red\n* Flying over to the mission destination planet to complete the mission\n* You cannot get a new mission from that planet any more. Go find another new planet\n* You retire after 10 successful missions.\n\nPress ctrl-r to restart the game\n\n![starship-screenshot-intro.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f5d.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameplay.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f62.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameplay2.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6fc9.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-mission.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f66.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameover.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f68.png)\n\nThis game was created in one day using the TIC-80 fantasy computer (version 0.30.0 dev). You can download the game cartridge on the game page (including sprites and sounds), but I provide a pastebin link of the Lua source here for readability.","meta":{"grade-06-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/d46\/z\/6f7f.png","link-01":"https:\/\/tic.computer\/play?cart=158","link-01-tag":"42336","link-02":"https:\/\/pastebin.com\/fGb8xef6","author":[1613]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/starship","parents":[1,5,9,32802],"love":0,"notes":13,"notes-timestamp":"2017-08-22T15:49:04Z","grade":{"grade-01":18,"grade-02":18,"grade-03":18,"grade-04":18,"grade-05":18,"grade-07":14,"grade-08":16},"magic":{"cool":85.565346790792,"feedback":12,"given":10.25,"grade":17.142857142857,"grade-01-average":2.875,"grade-01-result":729,"grade-02-average":2.438,"grade-02-result":786,"grade-03-average":2.5,"grade-03-result":718,"grade-04-average":3.5,"grade-04-result":403,"grade-05-average":3.5,"grade-05-result":429,"grade-07-average":2.167,"grade-07-result":495,"grade-08-average":3,"grade-08-result":527,"smart":-5.3601938221246}},"text":"You pilot a starship exploring the galaxy. Do not let your power run out.\n\nArrow keys move, Z and X uses shields and phasers, aiming is automatic. Hover over suns to recharge your power, and dock at planets to complete missions. \n\n* Fly over a new planet to get a new mission\n* The mini-map at the top-right shows your position in white, and your mission goal in red\n* Flying over to the mission destination planet to complete the mission\n* You cannot get a new mission from that planet any more. Go find another new planet\n* You retire after 10 successful missions.\n\nPress ctrl-r to restart the game\n\n![starship-screenshot-intro.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f5d.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameplay.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f62.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameplay2.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6fc9.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-mission.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f66.png)\n\n![starship-screenshot-gameover.png](\/\/\/raw\/d46\/z\/6f68.png)\n\nThis game was created in one day using the TIC-80 fantasy computer (version 0.30.0 dev). You can download the game cartridge on the game page (including sprites and sounds), but I provide a pastebin link of the Lua source here for readability.","title":"Starship"}