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Nice job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":956395,"author_name":"Obe Dot","author_uid":"obe-dot","epoch":1683116722,"text":"The controls take some getting used to, but the artwork is well executed.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":956444,"author_name":"Joao Mazzarolo","author_uid":"joao-mazzarolo","epoch":1683117243,"text":"God job! The art is really well done.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":956603,"author_name":"Kristallllllik","author_uid":"kristallllllik","epoch":1683119139,"text":"Nice art style!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":966679,"author_name":"Kilthorne","author_uid":"kilthorne","epoch":1683267391,"text":"Eeeeey, fellow playdate game makers! Good fun, looking forward to what other challenges you can throw into those levels. Maybe an option to fire missiles at the cost of money since it's easy to get surrounded by asteroids. 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Also there were some gaps that I thought maybe I could squeeze through but were apparently slightly too thin, and immediately knocked my package down to 0% when I touched them (presumably from being knocked back and forth between two asteroids a bunch?)\n\n\nDespite my complaints, I want to reiterate how nice and polished this game is. Very cool to see and hear, I just found it pretty frustrating to actually play.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":972448,"author_name":"jacobingalls","author_uid":"jacobingalls","epoch":1683441906,"text":"Loaded it up my Playdate and it felt right at home!\n\nI do wish that I had a way to punch through the asteroid maze that killed my perfume delivery before I even left. Maybe I would have been better for you to \"lose\" when you hit zero, so you don't have to deliver a broken package for $0. I wasn't sure what to do with money, so maybe it doesn't matter...\n\nArt was great! The animations into the station were great. And I really liked the UI, especially the little pips when picking the contract and how it on the border.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":981980,"author_name":"digital bacon","author_uid":"digital-bacon","epoch":1684415909,"text":"Very pretty! Love the retro graphics. Good work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":982742,"author_name":"aligator","author_uid":"aligator","epoch":1684488939,"text":"This game feels very polished! It would deserve having the 20 ratings!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":983164,"author_name":"alpacalypse","author_uid":"alpacalypse","epoch":1684531552,"text":"I admire any team with the vision and steel nerve to make an LD game for an obscure platform. The game is very delicate, but I love the pixel art and the docking animation.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":983274,"author_name":"yopox","author_uid":"yopox","epoch":1684537787,"text":"Congratulations, you tricked me into installing the Playdate SDK and now it will be really tempting to try developing something :laughing: \n\nI liked your game, the audio is great! I loved the cutscenes and it was clever to trigger a cutscene after using the crank. Thank you for making this game :space_invader: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":983691,"author_name":"alpacalypse","author_uid":"alpacalypse","epoch":1684664209,"text":"Just stopping by to say I'm stoked you guys made it over the line.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":983712,"author_name":"tangiblegames","author_uid":"tangiblegames","epoch":1684691255,"text":"To everyone who left comments and\/or rated our game: Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!\n\n@alpacalypse Thank you for you kind words, and you rating, it is all really appreciated! We are so happy to get a rating this time :)\n\n@yopox Once you make something for PlayDate, please, share with us too!\n\n@aligator You are awesome!\n\n@digital-bacon Thank you so much!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld53\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Tangible-Games\/pdGameLD53","text":"Source on Github"},{"url":"https:\/\/disk.yandex.ru\/d\/_leTx0IiHHlVcQ","text":"Native Playdate Version for sideloading"},{"url":"https:\/\/disk.yandex.ru\/d\/novzfNfcSCTfhA","text":"For Playdate Simluator (macOS, M series Arm processors only)"},{"url":"https:\/\/disk.yandex.ru\/d\/UwMG7vUgpmTCMw","text":"Playdate Simulator (Win, Linux, macOS x86_64)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"88468","g_author":"1002043","g_event":"LD53","g_eventkey":"118","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"422574","g_title":"SpaceEx: Interstellar","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"390","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"357205","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"357205","n_urlkey":"422574","n_parent":"332127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/spaceex-interstellar","n_slug":"spaceex-interstellar","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"2043","n_created":"1682713716","n_modified":"1776469807","n_version":"1139057","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD53","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":2043,"body":"![scr1.png](\/\/\/raw\/bf7\/z\/595e8.png)\n\nDeliver various cargo to different space stations across the galaxy in this amazing stylish game!\n\nWe decided to try something new this time. 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