{"author_link":"\/users\/izzet","author_name":"Izzet","author_uid":1104650,"comments":[{"id":843693,"author_name":"mdotedot","author_uid":"mdotedot","epoch":1664793692,"text":"I've got to read the instructions in the submission text to scroll through the intro.\nPut a 'press space' bar. \nKind of easy.\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":843910,"author_name":"fnelix","author_uid":"fnelix","epoch":1664796991,"text":"Embedded game runs well! Nice entry","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":843917,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1664797145,"text":"It looks okay, but I have no idea what I am suppose to do.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":843919,"author_name":"LDJam user 300360","author_uid":"300360","epoch":1664797184,"text":"Unfortunately the game is indeed a bit lacking, but it's completely understandable given the tools and the time ^^  Good job nonetheless, with a few more levels it could be very nice","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":846805,"author_name":"cogcomp","author_uid":"cogcomp","epoch":1664828433,"text":"A bit confused about what I'm supposed to do? I walked to the pod thingy, avoiding the colonist and the game was over? Still, good work anyway! It's not easy learning a new library, during a 48h compo and actually produce anything.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":848675,"author_name":"LDJam user 303716","author_uid":"303716","epoch":1664838832,"text":"nice game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":861222,"author_name":"Serxiolas","author_uid":"serxiolas","epoch":1664918280,"text":"I guess this is a try of a young kid! Keep on! First of all, you have to polish the movement of the character.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":867431,"author_name":"King Zhou","author_uid":"king-zhou","epoch":1664990411,"text":"Solid foundation, cannot wait to see more on this!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":885731,"author_name":"Luka Roli","author_uid":"luka-roli","epoch":1665513564,"text":"Too bad you don't have anything else to do. At least what is there works :D runs well too","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":888823,"author_name":"DzejPi","author_uid":"dzejpi","epoch":1665826327,"text":"Great idea for the story. I understood what to do right away, which means I finished the game very quickly. Perhaps you can work on this game afterwards and make something amazing out of it! I think the idea with pulsar is really great, so it would be a waste to not do anything with it! Also, greetings to fellow Czech. :) ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":892452,"author_name":"JakobTheQuizGuy","author_uid":"jakobthequizguy","epoch":1666282767,"text":"A bit too short for a meaningful interaction with the player I'd say, but I understand that learning a new library coupled with Ludum Dare might not make for a longer game :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":892998,"author_name":"LDJam user 259831","author_uid":"259831","epoch":1666330575,"text":"Interesting game. Great job with learning a new library! I agree with the other commenters, it's hard to rate a game like this where it was more of a learning experience. Hopefully next year we'll see more!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld51\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/StepanMarek\/LDJAM51","text":"Github Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"84316","g_author":"1104650","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"392797","g_title":"Pulsar Cycle","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"489","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"298988","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"298988","n_urlkey":"392797","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/pulsar-cycle","n_slug":"pulsar-cycle","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"104650","n_created":"1664052925","n_modified":"1778363805","n_version":"938907","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD51","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":104650,"body":"Humanity makes its colony around a pulsar star, which mercilessly bombards the planet with solar flares. Standing in them for too long kills everything. Normally, this is a problem, but when virus overtakes the colonists, flares can become unexpected allies.\n\n### Controls\nTo click through the intro messages, press Spacebar. To move, press AD, to jump, press W.\n\n### Compo Debriefing\nUnfortunately, the 48 hour limit was very steep for me, I did not get to creating sound effects or music at all, and only designed simple tutorial level. But, I really enjoyed learning **raylib** library, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys more grounded programming. But, this includes for example programming your collision engine or dealing with bad decisions about memory management. Some of the stories are told in the git messages ...\n\n### Links to source\n[Github Repository](https:\/\/github.com\/StepanMarek\/LDJAM51)","comments":12,"comments-timestamp":"2022-10-21T05:36:15Z","created":"2022-09-24T20:55:25Z","files":[{"author":104650,"id":1664,"name":"$$embed-1664.zip","node":298988,"size":462461,"status":64,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2022-10-02T22:12:44Z"},{"author":104650,"id":1743,"name":"$$embed-1743.zip","node":298988,"size":465450,"status":1,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2022-10-02T22:23:31Z"},{"author":104650,"id":1778,"name":"$$embed-1778.zip","node":298988,"size":462467,"status":73,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2022-10-02T22:27:11Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2022-10-02T22:27:11Z","grade":{"grade-01":21,"grade-02":20,"grade-03":20,"grade-04":21,"grade-05":20,"grade-06":18,"grade-07":20,"grade-08":20},"id":298988,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":70.710678118655,"feedback":12,"given":9.5,"grade":20,"grade-01-average":1.789,"grade-01-result":489,"grade-02-average":1.694,"grade-02-result":489,"grade-03-average":1.917,"grade-03-result":489,"grade-04-average":2.5,"grade-04-result":470,"grade-05-average":2.194,"grade-05-result":472,"grade-06-average":1.125,"grade-06-result":410,"grade-07-average":1.583,"grade-07-result":361,"grade-08-average":1.75,"grade-08-result":442,"smart":-11.965915691705},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[104650],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/ac8\/91\/z\/4fc83.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/StepanMarek\/LDJAM51","link-01-name":"Github Source","link-01-tag":[50]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-09T21:56:45Z","modified":"2026-05-09T21:56:45Z","name":"Pulsar Cycle","node-timestamp":"2022-10-02T22:31:57Z","parent":296586,"parents":[1,5,9,296586],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/pulsar-cycle","published":"2022-10-02T22:14:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"pulsar-cycle","subsubtype":"compo","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":938907},"text":"Humanity makes its colony around a pulsar star, which mercilessly bombards the planet with solar flares. Standing in them for too long kills everything. Normally, this is a problem, but when virus overtakes the colonists, flares can become unexpected allies.\n\n### Controls\nTo click through the intro messages, press Spacebar. To move, press AD, to jump, press W.\n\n### Compo Debriefing\nUnfortunately, the 48 hour limit was very steep for me, I did not get to creating sound effects or music at all, and only designed simple tutorial level. But, I really enjoyed learning **raylib** library, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys more grounded programming. But, this includes for example programming your collision engine or dealing with bad decisions about memory management. Some of the stories are told in the git messages ...\n\n### Links to source\n[Github Repository](https:\/\/github.com\/StepanMarek\/LDJAM51)","title":"Pulsar Cycle","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/298501+298502+298503+298504+298505+298506+298507+298508+298509+298510+298511+298512+298513+298514+298515+298516+298517+298518+298519+298520+298521+298522+298523+298524+298525+298526+298527+298528+298529+298530+298531+298532+298533+298534+298535+298536+298537+298538+298539+298540+298541+298542+298543+298544+298545+298546+298547+298548+298549+298550+298551+298552+298553+298554+298555+298556+298557+298558+298559+298560+298561+298562+298563+298564+298565+298566+298567+298568+298569+298570+298571+298572+298573+298574+298575+298576+298577+298578+298579+298580+298581+298582+298583+298584+298585+298586+298587+298588+298589+298590+298591+298592+298593+298594+298595+298596+298597+298598+298599+298600+298601+298602+298603+298604+298605+298606+298607+298608+298609+298610+298611+298612+298613+298614+298615+298616+298617+298618+298619+298620+298621+298622+298623+298624+298625+298626+298627+298628+298629+298630+298631+298632+298633+298634+298635+298636+298637+298638+298639+298640+298641+298642+298643+298644+298645+298646+298647+298648+298649+298650+298651+298652+298653+298654+298655+298656+298657+298658+298659+298660+298661+298662+298663+298664+298665+298666+298667+298668+298669+298670+298671+298672+298673+298674+298675+298676+298677+298678+298679+298680+298681+298682+298683+298684+298685+298686+298687+298688+298689+298690+298691+298692+298693+298694+298695+298696+298697+298698+298699+298700+298701+298702+298703+298704+298705+298706+298707+298708+298709+298710+298711+298712+298713+298714+298715+298716+298717+298718+298719+298720+298721+298722+298723+298724+298725+298726+298727+298728+298729+298730+298731+298732+298733+298734+298735+298736+298737+298738+298739+298740+298741+298742+298743+298744+298745+298746+298747+298748+298749+298750+298751+298752+298753+298754+298755+298756+298757+298758+298759+298760+298761+298762+298763+298764+298765+298766+298767+298768+298769+298770+298771+298772+298773+298774+298775+298776+298777+298778+298779+298780+298781+298782+298783+298784+298785+298786+298787+298788+298789+298790+298791+298792+298793+298794+298795+298796+298797+298798+298799+298800+298801+298802+298803+298804+298805+298806+298807+298808+298809+298810+298811+298812+298813+298814+298815+298816+298817+298818+298819+298820+298821+298822+298823+298824+298825+298826+298827+298828+298829+298830+298831+298832+298833+298834+298835+298836+298837+298838+298839+298840+298841+298842+298843+298844+298845+298846+298847+298848+298849+298850+298851+298852+298853+298854+298855+298856+298857+298858+298859+298860+298861+298862+298863+298864+298865+298866+298867+298868+298869+298870+298871+298872+298873+298874+298875+298876+298877+298878+298879+298880+298881+298882+298883+298884+298885+298886+298887+298888+298889+298890+298891+298892+298893+298894+298895+298896+298897+298898+298899+298900+298901+298902+298903+298904+298905+298906+298907+298908+298909+298910+298911+298912+298913+298914+298915+298916+298917+298918+298919+298920+298921+298922+298923+298924+298925+298926+298927+298928+298929+298930+298931+298932+298933+298934+298935+298936+298937+298938+298939+298940+298941+298942+298943+298944+298945+298946+298947+298948+298949+298950+298951+298952+298953+298954+298955+298956+298957+298958+298959+298960+298961+298962+298963+298964+298965+298966+298967+298968+298969+298970+298971+298972+298973+298974+298975+298976+298977+298978+298979+298980+298981+298982+298983+298984+298985+298986+298987+298988+298989+298990+298991+298992+298993+298994+298995+298996+298997+298998+298999+299000?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/2f\/2f441afdcf2378f6c82c580f2c841aa209868ad663972959be7fba9c20b9fc54","record":"shard-2\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/df6b5a85bde3dc3ee1b930c1fa926ea6f11987f7900895d770baaafd1a4fef28.json","sha256":"2f441afdcf2378f6c82c580f2c841aa209868ad663972959be7fba9c20b9fc54","source":"https","stored_at":1784022410}}