{"author_link":"\/author\/oldpeculier\/","author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","comments":[{"author_name":"RadMcCool","author_uid":"56816","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:54am","epoch":1450093740,"text":"Really enjoyed the visual style. Could only get to level 5 before my patience broke."},{"author_name":"Zeezgames","author_uid":"63931","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:55am","epoch":1450093800,"text":"Really liked the game, took me a good 5 mins to get the hang of the controls but when i did i got into it :) music matched the style and the graphics were decent for the style of game \r<br\/>\r<br\/>really liked it and after voting on some others will come back and try get higher score :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks"},{"author_name":"Eshford","author_uid":"21218","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1450115940,"text":"Game looks brilliant! Well done!"},{"author_name":"pianoman373","author_uid":"52498","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1450116660,"text":"Amazing game. I lost about 5 hours in the beginning of my compo trying to do an orbit-based game, failed, gave up, and made a different game. You really nailed it."},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1450118880,"text":"Thanks pianoman and Eshford and Zeezgames and RadMcCool! Makes me feel happy!"},{"author_name":"ranseur","author_uid":"39477","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1450119540,"text":"Incredible use of vector graphics! Very cool."},{"author_name":"Chewie","author_uid":"56370","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1450119840,"text":"Hardcore landing game with step levels curve and good visuals. Nothing new in mechanics but nice realization anyway."},{"author_name":"wilsk","author_uid":"50407","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1450120320,"text":"Fun, challenging little game which looked very nice. Was a little small on the screen but I squinted and leant forward in my chair which helped :) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I'm a sucker for a time lapse!"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:39am","epoch":1450154040,"text":"Fantastic vector monitor emulation.  Nice Lunar Landar variant.  The orbital mechanics make it a lot more interesting.  Made it to level 7 :)"},{"author_name":"trozen","author_uid":"62783","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1450200180,"text":"Awesome little game! I checked out the code but the engine is missing! Any chance you can open source it?"},{"author_name":"LeafThief","author_uid":"3923","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1450212720,"text":"We were surprised by how much fun we had with this! Good stuff!"},{"author_name":"local306","author_uid":"55445","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1450216800,"text":"Clever spin on a classic with the two button limitation"},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:00am","epoch":1450238100,"text":"Lovely vector graphics! Lander games often frustrate me because the motion is so slow and they often require lots of restarts -- that said, this is a great execution of that genre, with a really nice scaling of difficulty over the course of the levels. Great job!"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:52am","epoch":1450252020,"text":"Very cool and well-made. I think I found out all the ways that you can fail a level during the first level, except maybe the off the pad one xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Graphics were very suitable, and sound was very ambient and created a really nice atmosphere.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall I really enjoyed it, very well-made."},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1450465320,"text":"Awesome visuals and Audio, loved the &quot;asteroids&quot;+&quot;moon lander&quot; style gameplay. Simple and perfectly exicuted well done."},{"author_name":"dlowe","author_uid":"25082","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1450465620,"text":"Level 8 :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This was a sweet twist on a retro classic, and I loved it. Thanks for the game!"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1450471380,"text":"I dig this vector style. Very well done!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The controls are surprisingly intuitive. I wish there was some more variation in the gameplay, but then I ragequit after trying level 10 for the billionth time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good game and extra points for pointing out that it's not a Unity &quot;Web&quot;-Player game."},{"author_name":"OwT","author_uid":"63013","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1450474800,"text":"Really interesting and fun little game (also gave up at level 5) :)"},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1450475280,"text":"Great visual style. The game should rely less on patience, though. Amazing graphics too!"},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1450475640,"text":"hmmmm..not able to play it...cant see anything on the browser...might be my fault somehow..."},{"author_name":"AntiMatterTape","author_uid":"63322","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1450477920,"text":"Lunar lander\r<br\/>*but better"},{"author_name":"bessdlan","author_uid":"31298","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1450615320,"text":"difficult but very nice game (could go to level 8 but it's very hard :p)\r<br\/>good job ;)"},{"author_name":"AndreSilvs","author_uid":"56230","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1450616940,"text":"I gave up at level 11, at which point the landing pad was so small the ship barely fits and you actually have to keep up with planet's rotation to be able to land. Not being able to turn while thrusting makes it really hard at higher levels but I guess it's part of the theme. Loved the visuals, nice gameplay. Great job! Also, I would have liked to see my &quot;Landing success rate&quot;. (So bad!)"},{"author_name":"Instant Noodles","author_uid":"44379","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 9:00am","epoch":1450688100,"text":"Pretty neat, I like the sounds and the music. Sadly my ship fell down on my first try, but I manage to land it right after that."},{"author_name":"ztiromoritz","author_uid":"41456","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1450729920,"text":"Looks very nice."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 24, 2015 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1450975140,"text":"Enjoyed a lot, the controls fit good, though the gameplay is a bit tough and repetitive. Played a couple of games in the past that featured landing in the same way, so not very innovative, but graphics and mood are still great! Also liked the hints explaining my mistakes, but except one - I didn't initially know that I have to land to special pads, I saw these pads as something I needed to avoid :D"},{"author_name":"arzi","author_uid":"1524","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1451145120,"text":"Looks really good, but insanely difficult :o"},{"author_name":"Aurel B\u00edl\u00fd","author_uid":"1645","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1451308080,"text":"Very retro, like the lander Flash games of the 00's :) Lost it at level 8."},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1451756520,"text":"So this game looks absolutely brilliant and, I have to say, one of the very few games where I've immediately downloaded the source. :P"},{"author_name":"BunchaSapsGames","author_uid":"64862","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 1:00am","epoch":1451955300,"text":"I loved it! Looks great, good concept."}],"images":["ld34\/25979-d520d405a9552b8fa1c4c60906feda86.jpg","ld34\/25979-07c3d0e4ab596f6a806ee125581c851c.jpg","ld34\/25979-afcadce96defddf2f619636e78b819e1.jpg","ld34\/25979-c1b4b9e917a41333f3f09ce08f0ce1ae.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.electrictoy.co\/games\/ld34\/","text":"Web (HTML5 + WebGL, not Unity)"},{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xwzBK8j7MXs","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.electrictoy.co\/games\/ld34\/src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6810","g_author":"25979","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6842","g_title":"Orbital","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"54","g_commentcount":"30","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\/25979-shot0-1450093733.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/25979-shot1-1450058824.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/25979-shot2-1450058824.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/25979-shot3-1450554402.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's 1979, and you're landing your groovy new spaceship on a cruelly revolving planet. \r\n\r\nJust two buttons (the arrow keys) do everything:\r\n\r\n* LEFT turns left.\r\n* RIGHT turns right.\r\n* LEFT + RIGHT at the same time to thrust forward.\r\n\r\nSee how many levels you can beat! The cool kids wear large, polyester lapels and easily beat the first six levels. Are you as cool as they are?\r\n\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nI'd had vague ideas of making a vector-graphics game for years but had never gotten around to adding vector rendering to my personal engine, \"Fresh.\" When I saw the theme \"Two Button Controls\" I knew the time for mega-retro minimalism had come. Wonderful theme.\r\n\r\nHey! Enjoy!","title":"Orbital"}