{"author_link":"\/author\/omaha\/","author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","comments":[{"author_name":"talecrafter","author_uid":"3707","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:15am","epoch":1429513800,"text":"Great work for 8 hours. The 'battle star' feels nice to interact with.\r<br\/>Presentation is very good.\r<br\/>Time until the 'enemies' spawned was sometimes very long, which left me a bit confused."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:21am","epoch":1429517760,"text":"You have to click to start the game. Maybe it was still on the title screen?"},{"author_name":"ssiegel2","author_uid":"50178","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1429552200,"text":"Interesting mechanic. A little hard to control."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1429556460,"text":"Nice variant of the fruit ninja type gameplay. Pretty hard though, but with some training manageable!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice look and feel!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 8:24am","epoch":1429604340,"text":"Feels great to interaction with"},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1429627380,"text":"This is very hard! But I kept coming back and the mechanic is really interesting. And it's very pretty too. Well done!"},{"author_name":"nov1kk","author_uid":"46977","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1429627800,"text":"Pretty neat game! A little bit confusing at first, but once you know what to do it's pretty challenging!"},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1429628160,"text":"Amazing work for that short dev time! Very difficult to stay alive for long, the most points I could achieve after several plays were 9. Good fun and pretty addictive, nicely set mood and decent audio. Well done!"},{"author_name":"adsilcott","author_uid":"49637","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1429632540,"text":"I like the way I can make the sun &quot;set&quot; behind the foreground, and the way the enemies become stars in the sky. Fun game! I think I'd like it if the orbiting weapon had a little more weight\/moved a little slower."},{"author_name":"jhell","author_uid":"50845","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1429633260,"text":"This was hard as hell x). It looks pretty though, and the idea is original. I'd say I liked it."},{"author_name":"DKoding","author_uid":"33865","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1429633680,"text":"Hard. Not bad. Simple effective graphics. Still rating you for 48 hrs even if you claim 8. :-P"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1429636680,"text":"Messing with the star and swinging the little planet around is really satisfying for some reason!  The difficulty is pretty brutal though.  Cool game."},{"author_name":"Park","author_uid":"50322","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1429637340,"text":"One of the most fun gameplays I've experienced this jam, really enjoyed the potential to develop some skill at the game, and wielding the battle star in an effective, beautiful way had a lot of appeal.  My best score was 53, on average around 17-20.  Very good work, Omaha. \uff65\u25e1\uff65\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Making the &quot;Battle Star&quot; text at the top larger on replay, or adding some &quot;click to play&quot; text in the center would solve the confusion talecrafter experienced, I sometimes forgot to click again myself while playing a few dozen times. (\u3003\uffe3&omega;\uffe3\u3003\u309e"},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1429639440,"text":"Thanks Park!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'll concede the part about improving the title text and providing a bit more direction. I was going for a minimalist appeal but might have gone too far."},{"author_name":"LMT","author_uid":"25578","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1429644660,"text":"Awesome game and it really suits the touch controls. I also like the interesting take on the theme. The graphics are simple but nice."},{"author_name":"CowShark","author_uid":"35595","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:03am","epoch":1429675080,"text":"Snazzy! I like the weapon mechanic a lot. The minimalist look really works, I think. Anything more elaborate and the visuals would have been busy enough to cause readability issues, possibly, so well done on that! The difficulty level was a little beyond me, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the game!"},{"author_name":"TeamQuadratic","author_uid":"18547","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1429728480,"text":"Really hard but pretty fun. Graphics are simple but good!"},{"author_name":"Super Hamster","author_uid":"22460","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1430084700,"text":"Got 15! The game design looks cool. The control feels a little bit awkward though. Eventually I learned some kind of spin move that seemed to work out but it definitely took practice. Also I think sometimes the attacking star thing went through enemies some times. Probably is nice on android. Good job!"},{"author_name":"gruhn","author_uid":"50323","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1430090160,"text":"Good choice of mechanic."},{"author_name":"vikpek","author_uid":"49262","time":"Apr 30, 2015 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1430400000,"text":"Couldn't get more than 29 ... It's a fun game! Simple and elegant idea."},{"author_name":"davient","author_uid":"40961","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1431261300,"text":"Love the star controls"}],"images":["ld32\/5229-fe2809e3abc90bbf7dcc76c6ba3f7a38.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/whiledata.com\/static\/battlestar.apk","text":"Android"},{"url":"https:\/\/whiledata.com\/static\/battlestar-win32-bloated.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/whiledata.com\/static\/battlestar.dmg","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/whiledata.com\/static\/battlestar.tgz","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"11742","g_author":"5229","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"11772","g_title":"battle star","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"693","g_commentcount":"21","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/5229-shot0-1429495316.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Defend your solar system.\r\n\r\n-- ANDROID BUILD now available -- \r\n\r\nMade in ~8 hours. 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