{"author_name":"CullenCoyote","cat":"LD #31","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 9, 2014 9:01 pm","epoch":1418176860,"text":"This is excellent; thanks for the tip.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1418174580,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"22250","p_author":"CullenCoyote","p_authorkey":"47326","p_urlkey":"57617","p_title":"My favorite game so far:","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1418174580","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"47326","us_name":"CullenCoyote","us_username":"cullencoyote","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A Place in Space by <em><a title=\"lokijki\" href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=772\" target=\"_blank\">lokijki.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=772\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/407933\/772-shot1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>It might be partly because one of my favorite games of all time is <a title=\"Shoot First\" href=\"http:\/\/teknopants.com\/2011\/05\/shoot-first\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shoot First<\/a> by Teknopants, and that this game is incredibly reminiscent of it, or any number of biases, but this game is INCREDIBLE. \u00a0The theme is well executed in that everything does take place on one screen, even the title, through use of shadows to cover up the portion of the screen that is unavailable at any time. \u00a0Then you blast your way through an alien-infested room with <em>perfect<\/em> controls and a door opens up. \u00a0You walk into the next room, no big deal, blast away some more enemies, sweet, but no big deal, and then&#8230; And <em>then<\/em> the door that had <em>just locked behind you\u00a0<\/em> opens up, and you think, &#8220;Damn, I don&#8217;t want to go back into that room again, but whatever.&#8221; \u00a0And you walk into the room and as the shadows recede, you realize, &#8220;<em>Holy crap! \u00a0This is an entirely new room!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Pure genius.<\/p>\n <p>On top of that, \u00a0the graphics are simple, but marvelous. \u00a0The amount of screen shake at points of impact is amazing, and the RGB-positions (or something) of all the sprites shift when the screen shakes. \u00a0It&#8217;s super gory, super addicting, and super worth checking out.<\/p>\n <p>-C<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 9th, 2014 8:23 pm","title":"My favorite game so far:"}