{"author_link":"\/users\/daniel-mak","author_name":"Daniel Mak","author_uid":"1096358","comments":[{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"1004229","time":"2018-08-14T05:31:32Z","epoch":1534224692,"modified":1534224692,"text":"2nd level is super difficult. Wasn't able to do that jump on that purple thing...\n\nStill a good concept. Would have liked if it would have ramped up a little bit :)  ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Caerul","author_uid":"1102587","time":"2018-08-14T05:37:07Z","epoch":1534225027,"modified":1534225027,"text":"Love the shrinking platforms. Could not get pass the second level with the purple bullet coming at you. Tried it for a while and gave up lol. Any tips? Or I just suck at it. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Daniel Mak","author_uid":"1096358","time":"2018-08-14T17:47:36Z","epoch":1534268856,"modified":1534268856,"text":"The first comet coming at the player is intended to introduce the danger of those comets.\nI only created 3 levels which makes me running out of space (duh) to smooth out the difficulty curve. I chose to not make the game easy and beatable in under 5 minutes.\n\n\n(Spoilers)\nLevel 3 is more difficult than level 2 quite a bit. You can watch my entire playthrough here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/l_v3UGEPzVw\nIt is by no means a perfect run and it shows exactly how difficult this is. I will admit level 3's difficulty is more like level 30.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ezra LaFleur","author_uid":"1103544","time":"2018-08-14T17:53:10Z","epoch":1534269190,"modified":1534269190,"text":"Was really fun for a bit but I also could not pass the second level. The music was interesting but definitely a bit repetitive and could have been a bit more compelling. For the level I could play, the game wasn't bad!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"J-Star","author_uid":"1114706","time":"2018-08-14T18:05:15Z","epoch":1534269915,"modified":1534269915,"text":"It's a nice concept, but as others already said, the levels are getting hard extremely early. I've beaten the second level, but the third one was too difficult. I love the animations on the player character and the overall graphics!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"J-Star","author_uid":"1114706","time":"2018-08-14T18:05:15Z","epoch":1534269915,"modified":1534270099,"text":"EDIT after watching the video and reading the comment:\nIt's indeed better if you would have more levels to spread out the difficulty increase. Overall well done though!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"anstabo","author_uid":"1105243","time":"2018-08-14T18:08:56Z","epoch":1534270136,"modified":1534270136,"text":"The game is solid and it feels nice to jump. There is a little bug though when you jump once and then quickly press space when you hit the ground, the next jump is a very weak jump.\nMaybe you could have used physics for the platform ? Grea little game nontheless.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Daniel Mak","author_uid":"1096358","time":"2018-08-15T01:35:24Z","epoch":1534296924,"modified":1534296924,"text":"A quick press of the jump button resulting in a weaker jump is actually an intended feature. However, if the jump is very weak (like barely even lifted), then that would be a bug that I have never encountered. Thanks for the awesome feedbacks!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"diesdas","author_uid":"1111096","time":"2018-08-15T18:04:17Z","epoch":1534356257,"modified":1534356257,"text":"Nice introduction to the mechanics, but after that it just gets really hard, too frustrating imo. Nice \"squash and stretch\" on that jumping animation, good job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nerzal","author_uid":"1083680","time":"2018-08-15T18:12:30Z","epoch":1534356750,"modified":1534356810,"text":"I'm unable to beat the third level :D I love the design of the character and its animation. Your space is running out of screen so you met the theme perfetly.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"nightsong","author_uid":"1036567","time":"2018-08-15T18:15:36Z","epoch":1534356936,"modified":1534356936,"text":"Fun concept! \nA bit frustrating at times as it seems like I'm not alone to think... :D\nHope you keep working on the concept! ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Firesplash Entertainment","author_uid":"1075076","time":"2018-08-15T18:17:28Z","epoch":1534357048,"modified":1534357048,"text":"Also a nice game idea - with some more polish (and fixing the double jump issue) it might have a chance as a mobile game in my opinion...","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nam Nguyen","author_uid":"1104979","time":"2018-08-16T17:43:29Z","epoch":1534441409,"modified":1534441409,"text":"Very interesting mechanic, I think it is very promising for a post-jam version. Keep it up","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nufflee","author_uid":"1008133","time":"2018-08-16T17:47:43Z","epoch":1534441663,"modified":1534441663,"text":"Nice game! Quite infuriating because the character sometimes jumps when he lands on a platform. 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Like others have stated I think with some polish this could be a good mobile game.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Void Productions","author_uid":"1104638","time":"2018-08-22T17:40:12Z","epoch":1534959612,"modified":1534959612,"text":"@daniel-mak I reached the third level but couldn't get past that, the game mechanic is really interesting I enjoyed the game.\n\nDo check our game and leave feedback.Cheers!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Andrei9","author_uid":"1099670","time":"2018-09-04T18:10:28Z","epoch":1536084628,"modified":1536084628,"text":"Nice game! :thumbsup: +++++","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld42\/98235-15f61545b1792c243dafc1bb542ee364.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/danielmakc.itch.io\/star-hopper","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/dchmak\/Ludum-Dare-42-Running-Out-Of-Space","text":"Source code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"52130","g_author":"1096358","g_event":"LD42","g_eventkey":"73","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"238742","g_title":"Star Hopper","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"974","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"98235","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"98235","n_urlkey":"238742","n_parent":"97793","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/star-hopper-1","n_slug":"star-hopper-1","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"96358","n_created":"1531332487","n_modified":"1534193620","n_version":"331036","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":98235,"parent":97793,"superparent":9,"author":96358,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2018-08-13T20:53:40Z","created":"2018-07-11T18:08:07Z","modified":"2018-08-13T20:53:40Z","version":331036,"slug":"star-hopper-1","name":"Star Hopper","body":"Move: A and D (Keyboard) \/ Left Joystick (XBOX Controller)\nJump: Space (Keyboard) \/ A (XBOX Controller)","meta":{"author":[96358],"link-01-tag":"42332","link-02-tag":"42336","link-02":"https:\/\/danielmakc.itch.io\/star-hopper","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/dchmak\/Ludum-Dare-42-Running-Out-Of-Space","cover":"\/\/\/content\/668\/71\/z\/18d52.png"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/star-hopper-1","parents":[1,5,9,97793],"love":0,"notes":17,"notes-timestamp":"2018-09-04T18:10:28Z","grade":{"grade-01":22,"grade-02":22,"grade-03":22,"grade-04":21,"grade-05":22,"grade-06":20,"grade-07":20,"grade-08":22},"magic":{"cool":92.012269120545,"feedback":8,"given":17.25,"grade":21.375,"grade-01-average":3.025,"grade-01-result":974,"grade-02-average":3.025,"grade-02-result":789,"grade-03-average":2.55,"grade-03-result":1114,"grade-04-average":3.421,"grade-04-result":657,"grade-05-average":2.75,"grade-05-result":1012,"grade-06-average":2.861,"grade-06-result":602,"grade-07-average":2.222,"grade-07-result":773,"grade-08-average":2.6,"grade-08-result":968,"smart":-0.29282639731352}},"text":"Move: A and D (Keyboard) \/ Left Joystick (XBOX Controller)\nJump: Space (Keyboard) \/ A (XBOX Controller)","title":"Star Hopper"}