{"author_link":"\/users\/lou-bagel","author_name":"Lou Bagel","author_uid":"lou-bagel","comments":[],"epoch":1534370924,"event":"LD42","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":116917,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"120599","p_author":"Lou Bagel","p_authorkey":"1111599","p_urlkey":"336634","p_title":"Core Mechanic 2:  Return in a Portal Brick","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD42","p_time":"1534370924","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1111599","us_name":"Lou Bagel","us_username":"lou-bagel","event_start":"1533859200","event_key":"73","event_name":"LD 42"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":97793,"_trust":2,"author":111599,"body":"Some players I'm sure skip the instructions and we kind of ran out of time on making one of our core mechanics really intuitive.  Since we can't make changes for 20 days I figured the least I can do is write a quick post in case anyone does look for an explanation.\n\n![brick-portal-320.gif](\/\/\/raw\/fe3\/b1\/z\/19de8.gif)\n\n\nWhat is a portal brick?\nA portal returns your ship back to the hangar and opens up the upgrade\/select ship menu again.\n\nReturning to the hangar allows your ship to unload all the space men you pick up which gives you points and money.  Your ship has a limited capacity of spacemen it can carry so you have to return to the hangar via a portal frequently.\n\nWith that money you collect you can upgrade your ships by clicking the green arrows next to their stats.\n\nSo if you don't figure out the concept of the portal then you are missing out on a lot of the game!\n\n![space-out-portal-5.gif](\/\/\/raw\/fe3\/b1\/z\/19df8.gif)\n\nHow do I open a portal?\nIf you run into the portal brick your ship crashes and explodes.  It has to be opened first.\n\nTo open a portal you have to bounce your balls off it three times.  This can be the same ball deflected back at it or three different balls.\n\nLasers have no effect on portals.\n\nAfter three bounces the portal open animation starts.  The portal isn't \"open\" until that animation finishes (I did that on purpose...probably a bit too harsh, hehe)\n\n- [Jam Page](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spaceout)\n- [Itch Page](https:\/\/bagelshorts.itch.io\/spaceout)","comments":0,"created":"2018-08-15T22:00:08Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":116917,"love":0,"meta":[],"modified":"2018-08-15T22:08:44Z","name":"Core Mechanic 2:  Return in a Portal Brick","node-timestamp":"2018-08-15T22:08:44Z","parent":111608,"parents":[1,5,9,97793,111608],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spaceout\/core-mechanic-2-return-in-a-portal-brick","published":"2018-08-15T22:08:44Z","scope":"public","slug":"core-mechanic-2-return-in-a-portal-brick","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":348022},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"116917","n_urlkey":"336634","n_parent":"111608","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spaceout\/core-mechanic-2-return-in-a-portal-brick","n_slug":"core-mechanic-2-return-in-a-port","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"111599","n_created":"1534370408","n_modified":"1534370924","n_version":"348022","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spaceout\/core-mechanic-2-return-in-a-portal-brick","text":"Some players I'm sure skip the instructions and we kind of ran out of time on making one of our core mechanics really intuitive.  Since we can't make changes for 20 days I figured the least I can do is write a quick post in case anyone does look for an explanation.\n\n![brick-portal-320.gif](\/\/\/raw\/fe3\/b1\/z\/19de8.gif)\n\n\nWhat is a portal brick?\nA portal returns your ship back to the hangar and opens up the upgrade\/select ship menu again.\n\nReturning to the hangar allows your ship to unload all the space men you pick up which gives you points and money.  Your ship has a limited capacity of spacemen it can carry so you have to return to the hangar via a portal frequently.\n\nWith that money you collect you can upgrade your ships by clicking the green arrows next to their stats.\n\nSo if you don't figure out the concept of the portal then you are missing out on a lot of the game!\n\n![space-out-portal-5.gif](\/\/\/raw\/fe3\/b1\/z\/19df8.gif)\n\nHow do I open a portal?\nIf you run into the portal brick your ship crashes and explodes.  It has to be opened first.\n\nTo open a portal you have to bounce your balls off it three times.  This can be the same ball deflected back at it or three different balls.\n\nLasers have no effect on portals.\n\nAfter three bounces the portal open animation starts.  The portal isn't \"open\" until that animation finishes (I did that on purpose...probably a bit too harsh, hehe)\n\n- [Jam Page](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/spaceout)\n- [Itch Page](https:\/\/bagelshorts.itch.io\/spaceout)","title":"Core Mechanic 2:  Return in a Portal Brick","wayback_source":[]}