{"author_link":"\/users\/zamizmi","author_name":"Zamizmi","author_uid":"zamizmi","comments":[],"epoch":1778177091,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":432572,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"96958","p_author":"Zamizmi","p_authorkey":"1384143","p_urlkey":"312607","p_title":"WHO APPROVED BUYING THE SUN!?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1778177091","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1384143","us_name":"Zamizmi","us_username":"zamizmi","event_start":"1776470400","event_key":"113","event_name":"Ludum Dare 59"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":424249,"_trust":1,"author":384143,"body":">Not solar panels. Not a nice branded flashlight. The actual strategic concept of \"what if we just dropped a star on the enemy\" has apparently moved from whiteboard joke to approved battlefield expenditure.\n\n>Thousand Suns evolves the Orbital Laser into something the finance department cannot responsibly classify as equipment. It charges up like a procurement scandal, burns across the battlefield like a line item with no  spending cap, and exits before anyone can ask for a receipt.\n\n>Budget damage summary:\n\n>- Orbital Laser now evolves into Thousand Suns, which suggests someone saw one orbital laser and said, \"Fine, but can it be more legally indefensible?\"\n>- The strike now gets a dramatic charge-up, giving Finance several seconds to scream before the invoice lands.\n>- The beam sweeps through the horde with the calm confidence of a purchase order nobody read.\n>- It collapses out afterward, which is convenient, because so did the quarterly forecast.\n>- Survivors get a spectacular new answer to enemy pressure, while Accounting gets a spectacular new reason to update the risk register.\n\nOrbital laser was the first weapon I implemented on LD59s second day; blueish and earth shattering ray from the sky. I'm happy to share Orbital Laser can now be upgraded into **Thousand Suns** which is significantly faster, and still deadly.\n\nUnlocking *Thousand Suns* requires **Orbital Laser lvl5 + Spike lvl 1**\n\n### PLAY THE POST-JAM VERSION\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/zamizmi.itch.io\/fire-support-survivors-post-jam\n\n![thousand_suns.gif](\/\/\/raw\/f8c\/d5\/z\/732d6.gif)","comments":0,"created":"2026-05-07T17:34:13Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":432572,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2026-05-08T06:47:26Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-05-08T06:47:26Z","name":"WHO APPROVED BUYING THE SUN!?","node-timestamp":"2026-05-07T18:04:51Z","parent":428855,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,428855],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/danger-close\/who-approved-buying-the-sun","published":"2026-05-07T18:04:51Z","scope":"public","slug":"who-approved-buying-the-sun","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1374762},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"432572","n_urlkey":"312607","n_parent":"428855","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/danger-close\/who-approved-buying-the-sun","n_slug":"who-approved-buying-the-sun","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"384143","n_created":"1778175253","n_modified":"1778222846","n_version":"1374762","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/danger-close\/who-approved-buying-the-sun","text":">Not solar panels. Not a nice branded flashlight. The actual strategic concept of \"what if we just dropped a star on the enemy\" has apparently moved from whiteboard joke to approved battlefield expenditure.\n\n>Thousand Suns evolves the Orbital Laser into something the finance department cannot responsibly classify as equipment. It charges up like a procurement scandal, burns across the battlefield like a line item with no  spending cap, and exits before anyone can ask for a receipt.\n\n>Budget damage summary:\n\n>- Orbital Laser now evolves into Thousand Suns, which suggests someone saw one orbital laser and said, \"Fine, but can it be more legally indefensible?\"\n>- The strike now gets a dramatic charge-up, giving Finance several seconds to scream before the invoice lands.\n>- The beam sweeps through the horde with the calm confidence of a purchase order nobody read.\n>- It collapses out afterward, which is convenient, because so did the quarterly forecast.\n>- Survivors get a spectacular new answer to enemy pressure, while Accounting gets a spectacular new reason to update the risk register.\n\nOrbital laser was the first weapon I implemented on LD59s second day; blueish and earth shattering ray from the sky. I'm happy to share Orbital Laser can now be upgraded into **Thousand Suns** which is significantly faster, and still deadly.\n\nUnlocking *Thousand Suns* requires **Orbital Laser lvl5 + Spike lvl 1**\n\n### PLAY THE POST-JAM VERSION\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/zamizmi.itch.io\/fire-support-survivors-post-jam\n\n![thousand_suns.gif](\/\/\/raw\/f8c\/d5\/z\/732d6.gif)","title":"WHO APPROVED BUYING THE SUN!?","wayback_source":[]}