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I really wanted the top set of paddles to have a longer arc, or at least be tilted a little more to start with; they felt relatively useless.\n\nFelt like I didn't want to play more than twice but mostly that's because the game does everything it wants to pretty quickly: nice job.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":828198,"author_name":"Lazzor","author_uid":"lazzor","epoch":1649855687,"text":"Wow, your game looks and feels great! Some modest sound effects for the ball collisions or the paddle controls and this would be perfect in my opinion. Fantastic job! :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":830277,"author_name":"Kriszti\u00e1n","author_uid":"krisztian","epoch":1650026679,"text":"Great and creative return of an old game! Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":830299,"author_name":"pollahard","author_uid":"pollahard","epoch":1650028441,"text":"Excellent minimalistic design, nice to play. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831324,"author_name":"tompudding","author_uid":"tompudding","epoch":1650122364,"text":"The controls felt very slick, just what you want in a pinball game. Nice job","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831357,"author_name":"Untitled Studios","author_uid":"untitled-studios","epoch":1650124563,"text":"Serene, fun, PRETTY. A great idea with great execution. There isn't a lot here, but that just means that I don't have much to criticize. Good job.\n\nedit: ended up playing this for the entirety of a virtual college tour, which was an hour long. good stuff fr","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831373,"author_name":"Noiyy","author_uid":"noiyy","epoch":1650126234,"text":"Really love this concept, very well executed, great job! :smile: That fade really made it harder :sweat_smile: I enjoyed it, though I couldn't get past 40 seconds, being the pro pinball player that I am :laughing: Maybe the smaller circles could be also made to unfade after some time when the controls are faded and you can't hit the bigger ones - this could be an easier difficulty option.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831935,"author_name":"damakuno","author_uid":"damakuno","epoch":1650177619,"text":"Pretty relaxing game, I have been playing quite a lot of pinball games recently so I'm kinda biased towards this sort of game at the moment! I like the aesthetics of this game mostly, and the gimmick of the controls fading added a extra challenge to this game. Overall, good job on the game and I look forward to seeing more of your creations!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":832009,"author_name":"fueelin","author_uid":"fueelin","epoch":1650184309,"text":"Really cool game!  Having the \"board\" disappear like that was a really creative idea!  The visuals were nice and relaxing.  Nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":832292,"author_name":"Birdwards","author_uid":"birdwards","epoch":1650214066,"text":"This is super cool! I agree with Lazzor that it could use some sound effects for collision (and maybe some subtle visual effects for colliding with the circles), but that's a minor thing. Besides that, this game has everything it needs and nothing it doesn't need. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":832937,"author_name":"lilkrit","author_uid":"lilkrit","epoch":1650276647,"text":"One of my favorite games so far in this LD. The graphics are very simple but they work perfectly. And I like the background noise. If you are gonna improve this later, please make the circles more responsive, and add some leniency with the sunset - right now it goes up a bit too fast.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833078,"author_name":"antonsem","author_uid":"antonsem","epoch":1650288907,"text":"OMG! This is fantastic! Such a simple and elegant twist on the pinball! I love it :)\n\nPS: I'm tweeting about the games from this jam. Here is yorus: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAntonSem\/status\/1516047362992529412","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833272,"author_name":"mikouaji","author_uid":"mikouaji","epoch":1650301829,"text":"Very chill game :) Nice background sound, could use some effects on ball hit. 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Of course I was motivated to delay the inevitable, and the fading controls made it more difficult - on the other hand, it was somehow satisfying to let the controls fade away and enjoy the pure, unobstructed sunset.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/cd\/cd3edc0e8a4a3c4f4320e13ac090946c46df4701aa9f01b922c1f6a7f6c02ad0.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/alteredtree.co.uk\/files\/Sunset\/Sunset.love","text":"Source \/ .love archive"},{"url":"https:\/\/alteredtree.co.uk\/files\/Sunset\/Sunset_Win.zip","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"82942","g_author":"1007432","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"388241","g_title":"Sunset","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"75","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"286137","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"286137","n_urlkey":"388241","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/sunset","n_slug":"sunset","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"7432","n_created":"1648914080","n_modified":"1777301958","n_version":"869342","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":12,"author":7432,"body":"![Sunset1.png](\/\/\/raw\/80d\/1\/z\/4908c.png)\n\nA sunset at the beach. 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