{"author_link":"\/author\/edriavw\/","author_name":"edriavw","author_uid":"35576","comments":[{"author_name":"FuzzyWuzzie","author_uid":"22923","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:09am","epoch":1450069440,"text":"Ain't NO aliens gettin' MY Martian potatoes!\r\rControls were a bit difficult at first, but didn't take long to get a hang of and made me feel like a champ when I did.\r\rAdd some sound, and you should publish it on mobile!"},{"author_name":"zybit","author_uid":"51396","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:21am","epoch":1450073760,"text":"Cool! Porting to android\/iOS? Aspect ratio makes me think so."},{"author_name":"ProjectX593","author_uid":"19774","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:23am","epoch":1450073880,"text":"The controls seem awkward at first but once I got the hang of it I found it to be actually pretty effective. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"fishtrek","author_uid":"18456","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:47am","epoch":1450075320,"text":"Great visuals, the controls for the missiles are pretty terrible but I love them for making the game a lot funnier to play. Nice job :)"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:13am","epoch":1450080480,"text":"The controls are amazing, they are surprisingly intuitive to use. Great graphics. Wish there were sounds. I had to voice the game myself...\rReally fun overall."},{"author_name":"Akhera","author_uid":"60697","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:38am","epoch":1450092780,"text":"Maybe it's because I player CMDR LR before this, but I feel the controls are exactly the opposite of what they should be. But other than that, nice concept and great art."},{"author_name":"edriavw","author_uid":"35576","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1450096500,"text":"Akhera:\ryes, my initial concept also has the same control scheme like CMDR LR. But when i try to invert it, i think this way is easier and fun. Which control scheme do you prefer?\rThanks for playing guys!"},{"author_name":"Gyfis","author_uid":"63882","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1450101960,"text":"Cool. Even though I don't know what that little alien or so is, I love it."},{"author_name":"JD557","author_uid":"9253","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:25am","epoch":1450178400,"text":"Neat game. The controls are a bit hard, but fun nonetheless.\r\rI think there should be a small delay before each missile. I lost a lot of times because I was pressing A or D when the new missile spawns."},{"author_name":"AthenaOfDelphi","author_uid":"35239","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:56am","epoch":1450180260,"text":"Controls are a bit tricky to get used to, but once you do this is a great game."},{"author_name":"Drtizzle","author_uid":"32775","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1450217640,"text":"The pixel-art is really good! Especially the background is gorgeous!\rI think with a little more tweaking on the physics, the controls would be much better.\r\rGood job!"},{"author_name":"fluidvolt","author_uid":"26913","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:59am","epoch":1450320840,"text":"I think the title's good! It was fun learning how to control the missiles well. I like swerving around a UFO, aiming at it from above, and slamming both blasters on and smashing into it! With some retro sound and music this wouldn't be out of place in an arcade. Good job."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1450364700,"text":"Really cute game! Quite challenging. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/DppxuiW8XzY"},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1450382160,"text":"I liked the way of movement, I've never seen anything like it. Some music would be nice though."},{"author_name":"caryoscelus","author_uid":"17960","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1450472220,"text":"It's a pity i don't get most of the gfx (bg is just greenish) :\/ Enough to be playable though.\r\r"Press A\/D to turn left\/right" is kinda confusing. It should be more like "Press A\/D to turn on left\/right engine". When you understand that, controls become pretty simple."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1450792140,"text":"Game has interesting control mechanic, but is boring itself =("},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1451924280,"text":"Fun flying the rockets around. Took some getting used to, but in a good way. Liked the art, especially the background. Nice job."}],"images":["ld34\/35576-ea0e26ca1a1ac296ec970cafc6655597.jpg","ld34\/35576-a86d77f66f6342c812eb81dba89e8c0c.jpg","ld34\/35576-d5dc3161ac85d4394307a724375ec87b.jpg","ld34\/35576-6a59b8aac2c3e7ef370c5bd53fa83d0e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/edriavw.itch.io\/aliens-are-stealing-my-potatoes","text":"Web (Unity WebGL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B4OLqHup7JMzRmVKYW1FZGhIRFE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6383","g_author":"35576","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6373","g_title":"Aliens Are Stealing My Potatoes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"352","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/511439\/35576-shot0-1450072152.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/35576-shot1-1450043414.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/35576-shot2-1450043414.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/35576-shot3-1450097241.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"**update:\r\nWebGL version works well after upgrading to Unity 5.3, so here it is! Enjoy!\r\n\r\nThis game is about some astronauts growing crops on mars and some aliens trying to steal the crops. You have to blow up the alien ships with remote-controlled missile. use Key-A & D to control the missile.\r\n\r\ni spent too much time exploring some the game idea before executing this one, so just manage to implement some basic gameplay mechanic.\r\nsome concept that comes up but unimplemented yet:\r\n- other type of alien (actually finished sprite animation for alien that can teleport but didn't got enough time to finish the code\r\n- boss fight\r\n- astronaut cameo, watering the crops, harvesting, panicking\r\n- more missile type: homing, larger explosion area, slow missile\r\n- HP for alien ship\r\nany suggestion idea for this game?\r\n\r\n\r\nalso\r\nCan't come up with a good name, any idea?\r\n\r\nEngine: Unity 5.3\r\n\r\nHope you enjoy it!\r\n\r\n\"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So, technically, I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong!\" Mark Watney\r\n\r\n\r\n**WebGL version look better in fullscreen mode\r\n","title":"Aliens Are Stealing My Potatoes"}