{"author_name":"iandioch","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","time":"July 20, 2012 7:02 pm","epoch":1342828920,"text":"YES! I’ve been quoted in my absence!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"debarraGaming","time":"July 21, 2012 7:08 am","epoch":1342872480,"text":"Nice Game. Very interesting. I take it then that you’re a fellow Irishman! \ud83d\ude00","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"iandioch","time":"July 21, 2012 10:08 am","epoch":1342883280,"text":"@debarraGaming Indeed. Cork-born, living in Monaghan. I chose the name Cruithne because of its space-ness. Its Irish roots were just a nice coincidence \ud83d\ude00
\n @Puzzlem00n Yeah, it’s easier, but to me, it just doesn’t feel quite as responsive. And if you leave the ship in free-fall, you’ll see that the gravity is pathetic. But, if that makes it playable, then it must be a good thing!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1342811880,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"55553","p_author":"iandioch","p_authorkey":"13363","p_urlkey":"91271","p_title":"The New Cruithne: less difficult, less twitchy, and more fun!","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1342811880","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"13363","us_name":"iandioch","us_username":"iandioch","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

So, I made a Spaceship game called Cruithne<\/a> (pronounced ‘croo-ih-nyuh’) for miniLD#36. I really loved making it, but on release, people said that it was more than a little bit<\/em> too hard. I quote @Puzzlem00n here: “I like what you have going here, but this game is so hard it’s ridiculous”.<\/p>\n

Sorry guys!<\/p>\n

I’ve updated the game with smoother controls, weaker gravity, and a bit less thrust. You can play the updated version on StaticVoidGames.com\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new version has 3 new (relatively easy) levels (4, 5, 6), to make a grand total of 13ish. If you have any comments,\u00a0criticism, or proclamations of your undying love, feel free to post them here, or tweet me @iandioch<\/a>. Don’t be shy!<\/p>\n

I might get around to adding another few levels sometime in the future, if you want. My convoluted code makes it a bit awkward, but I’ll suffer it if you ask nicely \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy the game!<\/p>\n

-iandioch<\/p>","time":"July 20th, 2012 2:18 pm","title":"The New Cruithne: less difficult, less twitchy, and more fun!"}