{"author_link":"\/users\/lucecyl","author_name":"LuCecyl","author_uid":"1126275","comments":[{"author_name":"TeamNova","author_uid":"1195930","time":"2020-04-21T01:12:51Z","epoch":1587431571,"modified":1587431571,"text":"Waouh! Your game is pretty nice!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kimkillaqueen","author_uid":"1189526","time":"2020-04-21T01:13:55Z","epoch":1587431635,"modified":1587431635,"text":"A neat game, really enjoyed the look and feel of the art. Having the controls tutorial at the beginning was nice touch to!\n\nIf I had to make one recommendation It'd be to allow for rotation via keyboard, I had trouble getting the hang of the controls (a lot of it is on me, since I only used a track pad, but using A\/D would be make this easier to play for people who lack a proper mouse)","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PolyOrbit Studio","author_uid":"1198714","time":"2020-04-21T01:14:07Z","epoch":1587431647,"modified":1587431647,"text":"The graphics are really good ! And the game mechanics are also great and fun, good job !","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Vadzim","author_uid":"1141281","time":"2020-04-21T01:14:12Z","epoch":1587431652,"modified":1587431652,"text":"Interesting game design","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Edvard Sandquist","author_uid":"1181643","time":"2020-04-21T01:15:10Z","epoch":1587431710,"modified":1587431710,"text":"Nice game dude! I like the idea you have. My only critic for you would be to make the player speed a little bit quicker so it's a little bit easier. But really cool! ","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Schwarcraft","author_uid":"1181316","time":"2020-04-21T01:15:14Z","epoch":1587431714,"modified":1587431714,"text":"Very high level of polish in all aspects. Really impressed with how complete this feels in such a short amount of time!\n\nThe controls took a little bit of getting used too, but once I got the feel for it it was pretty fun! \n\nGreat job all!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LudumDareDevil","author_uid":"1179882","time":"2020-04-21T01:19:42Z","epoch":1587431982,"modified":1587432001,"text":"Awesome! A little confusing with the rotate with the mouse though. At one point I was shooting at an asteroid but my cannon kept rotating for longer than I wanted so it hit the planet. But other than that it was fun.","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NomadicRockMan","author_uid":"1188180","time":"2020-04-21T01:22:33Z","epoch":1587432153,"modified":1587432153,"text":"I didn't get what was happening, but the graphics were great!","likes":7,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PrimalShadow","author_uid":"1187134","time":"2020-04-21T01:25:33Z","epoch":1587432333,"modified":1587432333,"text":"Really fun -- just wondering though, is there a victory condition?","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JAzambuja","author_uid":"1127045","time":"2020-04-21T01:57:33Z","epoch":1587434253,"modified":1587434253,"text":"@primalshadow yes! if you heal the planet you win! =) ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JanaChumi","author_uid":"1067094","time":"2020-04-21T01:58:48Z","epoch":1587434328,"modified":1587434487,"text":"@primalshadow It has. When you pick up enough stars, you win.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ArturNista","author_uid":"1151625","time":"2020-04-21T02:59:56Z","epoch":1587437996,"modified":1587437996,"text":"The game is very fun, with a very interesting gameplay.\nGraphics are awesome, really like it!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Dreamer","author_uid":"1061367","time":"2020-04-21T04:22:56Z","epoch":1587442976,"modified":1587442976,"text":"The graphics and music of the game are very good, I like it, if the gameplay can be more rich and playable, it will be perfect","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"konomizure","author_uid":"1064027","time":"2020-04-21T04:31:17Z","epoch":1587443477,"modified":1587443507,"text":"I got confused about how the planet cannons worked at first, until i noticed one of them had a different color. I think that cannon could have a more obvious difference in colors with the others.\nAnyways, i loved the art, and it is fun to play and try to beat your own score!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Alex Weiser","author_uid":"1168351","time":"2020-04-21T05:03:19Z","epoch":1587445399,"modified":1587445399,"text":"This game is visual very pleasant and polished nicely. It took me a while to get used to controlling the little astronaut man, unfortunately hes bad at his job lol. The planets defenses do just fine without him, actually they are OP. This game has a lot of potential and I think the next steps are to add some kind of difficultly progression or different levels or modes that are more challenging for the player. Excellent work Space Rangers!","likes":6,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"RodPraet","author_uid":"1201553","time":"2020-04-21T05:37:36Z","epoch":1587447456,"modified":1587447456,"text":"What a beautiful game! It's just a bit hard to control the rotation.","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"valisse21","author_uid":"1180614","time":"2020-04-21T14:16:11Z","epoch":1587478571,"modified":1587478571,"text":"It was a bit hard to control the rotation, so I killed the Earth few times, but the game is lovely! Graphics and sounds are really great. I think it would be nice to add some levels to make it more difficult and fun. ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"BrokenCogGames","author_uid":"1198996","time":"2020-04-21T14:19:49Z","epoch":1587478789,"modified":1587478789,"text":"Presentation and itch.io page look really polished! Game itself has great art and I like the music. I also like how all the buttons make a sound when you press them.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LairinLair","author_uid":"1107238","time":"2020-04-21T14:41:08Z","epoch":1587480068,"modified":1587480068,"text":"Beautiful aesthesic game. Its goes pretty smoothly. Hard to master controls, but thats part of the fun and innovation.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"keln","author_uid":"1007374","time":"2020-04-21T15:48:31Z","epoch":1587484111,"modified":1587484111,"text":"The art is so cute!! :_)","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ryzy27","author_uid":"1028590","time":"2020-04-21T17:56:41Z","epoch":1587491801,"modified":1587491801,"text":"Delivery is outstanding. It looks beautiful and sound are great. I just wish there was more gameplay as I have finished it in a bit more than a minute. \n\nCan be easily built upon adding a few mechanics and enemies.\n\nGreat game!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Kate90","author_uid":"1173319","time":"2020-04-21T18:12:24Z","epoch":1587492744,"modified":1587492744,"text":"Great piece of work! Collecting stars is pretty difficult with that many asteroids! Good difficulty level. Farest I could go was to grow trees","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"johnnydalvi","author_uid":"1034551","time":"2020-04-21T19:54:06Z","epoch":1587498846,"modified":1587498846,"text":"Really fun and polished game, congrats to the whole team. I was a bit confused at first regarding what I should to do to actually achieve the win condition, but after I was told that I should collect the stars it really ramped up the challenge and, consequently, the fun\n","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pke1029","author_uid":"1140289","time":"2020-04-21T20:46:19Z","epoch":1587501979,"modified":1587501979,"text":"Controls is a bit difficult to get, really like the visuals and music.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Fryer","author_uid":"1188452","time":"2020-04-22T03:29:22Z","epoch":1587526162,"modified":1587526162,"text":"Beautiful art style. I would've loved to play it in fullscreen mode with more space around the planet to be fully immersed in the experience.\n\nThe game felt a bit easy, so I tried to play it without shooting and only collecting stars, but that didn't work. I would've actually enjoyed if it was possible to do that as a way to play the game on hard mode. :D","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LuCecyl","author_uid":"1126275","time":"2020-04-22T03:40:09Z","epoch":1587526809,"modified":1587526818,"text":"Thank everybody for the feedbacks so far :D We are keeping the noted!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ballipilla","author_uid":"1183459","time":"2020-04-22T08:25:15Z","epoch":1587543915,"modified":1587543915,"text":"Nice artwork and sound. Controls needed a bit getting used to. And I always ended up shooting my stars :(","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Dextreon","author_uid":"1011029","time":"2020-04-22T09:34:24Z","epoch":1587548064,"modified":1587548064,"text":"It is a great idea, really fun. I really like how it looks! I had a bit of trouble swapping between the cannons and the ranger, it needs to give more feedback when you swap, some icon on the UI, a sound, etc. But overall I liked it! Good job!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Oneils","author_uid":"1184873","time":"2020-04-22T10:15:35Z","epoch":1587550535,"modified":1587550535,"text":"I like the graphics and sound! It\u00b4s just a bit to easy :)","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Epsulon","author_uid":"1098263","time":"2020-04-22T17:29:27Z","epoch":1587576567,"modified":1587576567,"text":"Cool mechanics and interesting graphics!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"HiqueRS","author_uid":"1128562","time":"2020-04-22T23:03:08Z","epoch":1587596588,"modified":1587596588,"text":"Graphics are really cute, the \"animation\" when you lose is cute and hearthbreaking. The game is a bit hard, specially if you don't understand the controls well, it took some time to figure out how the things work.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Amazura","author_uid":"1073121","time":"2020-04-23T04:51:28Z","epoch":1587617488,"modified":1587617488,"text":":thumbsup_tone2: Awesome game and love the graphic. good job..","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LouieJams","author_uid":"1182574","time":"2020-04-23T14:52:49Z","epoch":1587653569,"modified":1587653569,"text":"I really liked the art in this game, its a shame there wasn't much animation with it. When i first tried to fend off astroids with the person, i found the gun to have little to no affect. The rotating planet guns on the other had seemed abit overpowered.\nI didnt't feel the need to go back to the person after using the 4 guns as i could just hold the LMB down and slightly scroll left and right and the astroids werent even making it onto the screen anymore as they'd already been destroyed. \nI feel you may just need a little more balcne testing, otherwise i like the idea and could see it being expanded :)","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PonyPen","author_uid":"1192526","time":"2020-04-23T16:50:33Z","epoch":1587660633,"modified":1587660633,"text":"Really nice game with good art style and clean polished finish. \nGood job :) ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JAzambuja","author_uid":"1127045","time":"2020-04-23T17:19:20Z","epoch":1587662360,"modified":1587662360,"text":"@louiejams  the astronaut gun it's to get the stars, to heal the planet, tha cannons destroy the asteroids and the healing stars. You win the game if the planet health go up to 100% =)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JoAMD","author_uid":"1194673","time":"2020-04-23T17:35:40Z","epoch":1587663340,"modified":1587663340,"text":"Nice game, really neat cool looking art, nice sounds, got the planet healed in 48 secs in 4th trial i guess :p \n\nAt the start I took a bit of time to understand the gameplay but after that it was easy.\n\nOnly thing is that I felt that the gameplay was a bit less, but hey its a jam game. Maybe it can be extended post jam, more features and stuff. Maybe multiple planets to manage? or a basic longer health bar, difficulty levels, various asteroid and star types :thinking: endless possibilities :p :muscle: ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"invader","author_uid":"1010718","time":"2020-04-23T22:24:03Z","epoch":1587680643,"modified":1587680643,"text":"It is a cool little game. Amazingly polished graphics!\n\nThe controls are little bit awkward. Maybe it can be improved by experimenting with different control schemes. Try to use keyboard, it can give the game more arcade-like feel.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yarl","author_uid":"1205786","time":"2020-04-23T23:55:15Z","epoch":1587686115,"modified":1587686132,"text":"Very well presented simple little game. You're in space, so I understand the loose type controlling, but I would enjoy a bit more sense of grasp of my space man. ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ivan Garcia Filho","author_uid":"1000555","time":"2020-04-24T02:05:42Z","epoch":1587693942,"modified":1587693942,"text":"Cool and colourful entry! everything looks like ice cream and  marshmallows!\n\nI had some issues trying to figure out how to switch between the planet and the astronaut, and tough that i should save the astronaut from colliding with the meteors and firing towards the stars with the cannons would collect them the same way as the protagonist Did... \nMaybe you should try to  play a different  VFX \/ SFX feedback when a star is destroyed by the cannons this way!\n\nSome improvements from my point of view: \nYou could also add more background layers to add more depth to the space, like star dust layers and meteors spawning within random sorting layers to look like they are all on a more volumetric place!\n\nthere's a lack of sound effects, mainly for the character itself, maybe add some jet pack pushing the astronaut around the orbit, some oxygen loops from the space suit and an ambience that could reinforce the environment, like the reverberation and some electronic equipments \"blips, blops and blups\" echoing like old sci-fi movies!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Trexxak","author_uid":"1187273","time":"2020-04-24T08:35:25Z","epoch":1587717325,"modified":1587717325,"text":"Beautiful artstyle <3\n\nI felt the controls were really hard to get used to, but the basic gameplay loop is fun overall.\nGreat work you guys!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Guille","author_uid":"1182858","time":"2020-04-24T11:41:46Z","epoch":1587728506,"modified":1587728506,"text":"Fun concept! Love the art style! The game is very polished and intuitive! The game is too easy for me because I can spin around the planet while shooting from the planet, killing the enemies almost all the time. Even when the enemies do get very close it is still easy to aim one of the cannons at the enemy and fire from point blank range. Over all Fun, polished, little game! Good job! keep it up!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LapisRaider","author_uid":"1185219","time":"2020-04-24T12:52:10Z","epoch":1587732730,"modified":1587732730,"text":"Really love the art, especially the colors of your game! The gameplay is pretty unique, although I had some trouble getting or understanding the controls. Overall, great game!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"hwaet","author_uid":"1140820","time":"2020-04-25T05:20:24Z","epoch":1587792024,"modified":1587792024,"text":"The art is incredibly strong with this entry! I like that you took the time to have nice polished menus and effects, that's a very nice detail for a limited time project like ludum dare! This was fun to play, thank you for sharing!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mehrdadsh","author_uid":"1189882","time":"2020-04-25T13:56:29Z","epoch":1587822989,"modified":1587822989,"text":"\nHello, just saw your game, nice graphics. I'm a programmer looking for a graphic designer or a team to join and maybe work on new games, are you interested?\u200b\nemail:m.shahiri.m@gmail.com\nmy LudumDare Game:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/social-distancing-for-ladybugs","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MandaRad","author_uid":"1024332","time":"2020-04-25T15:10:58Z","epoch":1587827458,"modified":1587827458,"text":"I really liked the planet design. It's easy to last forever in this game by just constantly shooting. Something like a cool down, or just increasing the amount of enemies over time might help that.\n\nBut overall it's a good entry, nice job!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Duck Reaction","author_uid":"1177781","time":"2020-04-25T18:06:23Z","epoch":1587837983,"modified":1587837983,"text":"Nice graphics, I like the planet and the guardian.\n\nYou should add different kinds of enemies, and let the player collect different kinds of items, to improve shooter or abilities.\n\nGood job.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"madalaski","author_uid":"1000595","time":"2020-04-25T18:37:09Z","epoch":1587839829,"modified":1587839829,"text":"Fun, simple and cute. A love experience all the way through. I'd certainly be up for playing more if there were more levels and challenges, perhaps switching between planets or something?","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NathanT","author_uid":"1144807","time":"2020-04-25T23:14:09Z","epoch":1587856449,"modified":1587856449,"text":"Love the color choices and the art style. Controls were easy thanks to the tutorial. Great job keeping it simple and sticking to the theme. Good jam!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JoaoG","author_uid":"1153863","time":"2020-04-27T01:53:12Z","epoch":1587952392,"modified":1587952392,"text":"The game is simple, but it is also challenging. I really enjoyed it! The art is great, I liked the soundtrack too. Good job!\n\n![17-min.png](\/\/\/raw\/709\/52\/z\/335f2.png)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fabula_rasa","author_uid":"1172599","time":"2020-04-28T18:51:59Z","epoch":1588099919,"modified":1588100527,"text":"Beautiful art, I really liked it. The game feels polished and really well-made. Great job :)\n\nBut, if you are not in a hurry, you can win by practically doing nothing. Put the astronaut somewhere near top of the screen and the stars will gather themselves in time, no attraction cannon needed. And you can just keep holding the lmb down and move your mouse willy-nilly around - nothing will be able to even get close to you. Not that I am advertising this way of playing ;) - but it is certainly possible. And it probably shouldn't be.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Eran Haas","author_uid":"1084385","time":"2020-04-29T10:58:46Z","epoch":1588157926,"modified":1588157926,"text":"Love the art style!\nGreat particle work!\n\nEverything feels really nicely polished ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LuCecyl","author_uid":"1126275","time":"2020-04-30T01:23:23Z","epoch":1588209803,"modified":1588209803,"text":"@joaog nice job winning on 17 seconds! Now you dive the record with just one other player :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LaZZyDev72","author_uid":"1189931","time":"2020-05-07T18:03:52Z","epoch":1588874632,"modified":1588874632,"text":"Nice little game. ! :v: ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JMad","author_uid":"1185865","time":"2020-05-08T14:51:12Z","epoch":1588949472,"modified":1588949472,"text":"Took me a bit of time to get a hold of the control, even with the tutorial. Was a bit confusing that the attraction gun and canons had the same particle sprite. Other than that, once I got it, it was great! Very nice art, crisp UI, original mechanic.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Matootsy","author_uid":"1188007","time":"2020-05-11T05:34:35Z","epoch":1589175275,"modified":1589175275,"text":"Nice idea and art style. The tutorial introduction is clean and clear. The mechanic is interesting, but perhaps a bit difficult to manage. The movements are a bit low (But after all it's an astronaut ^^) and I had difficulties with the lack of precision because there were lags on my laptop. But I could see that the gameplay is original and well in the theme, and sound design is good too.  Congratulation to the team!","likes":2,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/186739-812ae0279eaf47ee5eaf3f3a8bea8f13.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/lucecyl.itch.io\/spaceranger","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"60898","g_author":"1126275","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"273642","g_title":"Space Ranger","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"1072","g_commentcount":"55","g_site2_node_id":"186739","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"186739","n_urlkey":"273642","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/space-ranger","n_slug":"space-ranger","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"126275","n_created":"1586959754","n_modified":"1587479307","n_version":"616532","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":186739,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":126275,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-21T00:20:08Z","created":"2020-04-15T14:09:14Z","modified":"2020-04-21T14:28:27Z","version":616532,"slug":"space-ranger","name":"Space Ranger","body":"![LOGO-01.png](\/\/\/raw\/34d\/e1\/z\/2b223.png)**You are a Space Ranger!**\n\n**Your mission: Keep your planet alive and safe from the spacial threats!**\n\n\nWith the **Astronaut**, round the orbit of the planet and use the **Attraction Gun** to get the **Stars of Life**:stars:to full restore your **planet's life**.  When things get ugly, take control of the **Guardian Cannons** to destroy **Deadly Meteors**:boom:.\n\n\n\n\n\n:video_game:**CONTROLS:**\n\nMouse cursor to aim.\n\nHold left click for weapon activation.\n\nRight click for weapon swapping.\n\n\n\n:rocket:**CREDITS:**\n\nThis is a collaborative piece of work, we all contributed with the Game Design.\n\nArthur Graciano - Code\n\nJanaChumi -  Art\n\nJessica Azambuja - Art \n\nLuciana do Prado - Game Design\n\nLu\u00edsa Cec\u00edlia - Production\n![3SpaceRanger_Crazy.png](\/\/\/raw\/34d\/e1\/z\/2f45b.png)\n","meta":{"author":[126275,127045,189243,159132,67094],"link-01-tag":[42336],"link-01":"https:\/\/lucecyl.itch.io\/spaceranger","cover":"\/\/\/content\/34d\/e1\/z\/2b21f.png","grade-06-out":"1"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/space-ranger","parents":[1,5,9,176557],"love":0,"notes":55,"notes-timestamp":"2020-05-11T05:34:35Z","grade":{"grade-01":79,"grade-02":79,"grade-03":78,"grade-04":79,"grade-05":80,"grade-07":67,"grade-08":75},"magic":{"cool":122.97509238027,"feedback":127,"given":133.75,"grade":76.714285714286,"grade-01-average":3.558,"grade-01-result":1072,"grade-02-average":3.279,"grade-02-result":1297,"grade-03-average":3.276,"grade-03-result":1243,"grade-04-average":3.948,"grade-04-result":608,"grade-05-average":4.186,"grade-05-result":410,"grade-07-average":2.631,"grade-07-result":1457,"grade-08-average":3.459,"grade-08-result":1087,"smart":-9.6998235671752}},"text":"![LOGO-01.png](\/\/\/raw\/34d\/e1\/z\/2b223.png)**You are a Space Ranger!**\n\n**Your mission: Keep your planet alive and safe from the spacial threats!**\n\n\nWith the **Astronaut**, round the orbit of the planet and use the **Attraction Gun** to get the **Stars of Life**:stars:to full restore your **planet's life**.  When things get ugly, take control of the **Guardian Cannons** to destroy **Deadly Meteors**:boom:.\n\n\n\n\n\n:video_game:**CONTROLS:**\n\nMouse cursor to aim.\n\nHold left click for weapon activation.\n\nRight click for weapon swapping.\n\n\n\n:rocket:**CREDITS:**\n\nThis is a collaborative piece of work, we all contributed with the Game Design.\n\nArthur Graciano - Code\n\nJanaChumi -  Art\n\nJessica Azambuja - Art \n\nLuciana do Prado - Game Design\n\nLu\u00edsa Cec\u00edlia - Production\n![3SpaceRanger_Crazy.png](\/\/\/raw\/34d\/e1\/z\/2f45b.png)\n","title":"Space Ranger"}