{"author_link":"\/author\/headchant\/","author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","comments":[{"author_name":"eruiz00","author_uid":"41150","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1418038320,"text":"Fun fun fun. Love shmups. Takeof on the compo theme almost similar to my game (rescue to the princess) although mine is a platformer.  Good good one!"},{"author_name":"eruditespirit","author_uid":"47140","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:46am","epoch":1418038860,"text":"There's a lot going on in this game, what with the powerups and the map switching, and that's great! I'd have liked it if the enemies were a little easier to kill, but that's just me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The familiar is super useful btw."},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:49am","epoch":1418039040,"text":"Good use of the theme! Very solid and fun shmup."},{"author_name":"Aglavra","author_uid":"38572","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:57am","epoch":1418039520,"text":"I liked the visuals and the audio, but the game was a bit too difficult for me. Maybe it is just me (still sleepy after finishing own entry) but I can barely survive until I'm able to switch map."},{"author_name":"berkano","author_uid":"11027","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1418046060,"text":"Nice crisp graphics, sound and great music. Feels very polished. Got that crunchy arcade game feel."},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 2:20pm","epoch":1418048100,"text":"Fantastic entry with solid gameplay and energetic music. I really want to check more power-ups but it's too hard."},{"author_name":"oh_andrej","author_uid":"45379","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1418066220,"text":"I love me a good shmup and for 48h this is really impressive! Great graphics and energetic sound. The map switching mechanic is the icing on the cake."},{"author_name":"sausagroll","author_uid":"46243","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1418066460,"text":"Fun game, I love the style of the graphics and audio."},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:37am","epoch":1418113920,"text":"Cool pixalart graphics and old school gameplay. :D"},{"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"3574","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1418130480,"text":"very good, i love shooting game, played so much.\r<br\/>it's hard to believe that you do all those thing in just 48h, great work!\r<br\/>only problem is that it has some frame drop on my computer with e3 + gtx970..."},{"author_name":"jellyislovely","author_uid":"12508","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1418130660,"text":"Fantastic. This is a bang on shmup. Really excellent. Great art and gameplay."},{"author_name":"sirival","author_uid":"29447","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1418136240,"text":"Ugh the memories... Nice job! Feels very polished"},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1418145720,"text":"Cool and fun game that have lovely graphics! A lot more fun than the normal procedural space shooters IMO. Thanks for the game, good luck and Merry Christmas!"},{"author_name":"TriSquare","author_uid":"45249","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:31pm","epoch":1418217960,"text":"This game was awesome, i really like the scrolling plane type shooters, and you sir had done well, i also really like the switching maps mechanic :)"},{"author_name":"Domicuc","author_uid":"44551","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1418240520,"text":"LOVE the art ! :) funny game ! Also check my project if you have some time mate x)"},{"author_name":"K.Chplr","author_uid":"46806","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1418241360,"text":"Good job on your compo entry, we can see a lot of work went into it and the map switching is a nice feature.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Player movement should probably have been constrained to the screen though. It's possible to dash directly to the boss at the start of the game, though it's not really useful."},{"author_name":"UlydevSecondGame","author_uid":"47489","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1418241900,"text":"Pure awesomeness, fellow L&ouml;ver ! Great graphics :D"},{"author_name":"TeamEagle","author_uid":"23493","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1418242620,"text":"crashes for me (yosemite) unfortunately :("},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1418249100,"text":"@K.Chplr: Haha, didn't think about that!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@TeamEagle: Sorry. L&ouml;ve does not seem to be supported for yosemite at this time. Or maybe I'm bundling wrong, sorry!"},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1418496300,"text":"Wow this is awesome!! Graphics and music are stellar. Controls are pretty good though the movement feels pretty slow relative to how big your hitbox is, so that makes it a bit hard. My only suggestion would be to have the A\/B and switching mechanics explained more ingame, it took me a while to figure out what my strategy should be. Awesome work!"},{"author_name":"FloatingGhost","author_uid":"20843","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1418570520,"text":"Very nice overall package, sound especially"},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1418570580,"text":"fun ! but the theme ?"},{"author_name":"blzkz","author_uid":"14947","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 1:39am","epoch":1418693640,"text":"Awesome, very very fun, love shoot'm ups. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Backterria","author_uid":"46642","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1418858220,"text":"Very nice mechanic with the maps and great controls!Visuals are cool too!"},{"author_name":"Odefus","author_uid":"44603","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1418858880,"text":"Loved the graphics and the effects. Solid shmup action."},{"author_name":"seraphki","author_uid":"47526","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1419204540,"text":"Awesome graphics. Takes me back to Skyshark. Can't ever get enough shooters like this. You certainly aren't pulling your punches with the difficulty either =3"},{"author_name":"lxd1","author_uid":"34792","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1419798780,"text":"fun"},{"author_name":"Valeour","author_uid":"2679","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1419857700,"text":"Ouch. You hit my nostalgia hard. This looked and felt great, wonderfully executed. :D"},{"author_name":"jachepe","author_uid":"44966","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1419860160,"text":"Funny game! congratulations :D"},{"author_name":"maxmetallica","author_uid":"47374","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1419890640,"text":"great work"},{"author_name":"Hellequin","author_uid":"20522","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1419890640,"text":"Awesome fun game! Really like it!"}],"images":["ld31\/4232-f4630351d312f21c587a8f7aa6d89696.jpg","ld31\/4232-a113c9334107c41cbfc717aa65182458.jpg","ld31\/4232-f786c628fe892b00677e1f6c3fc9ec48.jpg","ld31\/4232-e14f4019bd1a77f1aa2d64311adc6108.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD31\/STARSIDE%5Bwin%5D.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD31\/STARSIDE%5Bosx%5D.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10283425\/LD31\/STARSIDE.love","text":"Source\/Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14505","g_author":"4232","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14535","g_title":"Starside Takeover","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"113","g_commentcount":"31","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\/\/407933\/4232-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/4232-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/4232-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/4232-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Shmup with 2 maps on only one screen. Collect all upgrades and beat the mothership.\r\n\r\nMove           arrows\r\nShoot          X\r\nSwitch Map Z or Y\r\n\r\nHints for the gentle reader:\r\nHint 1) Switching maps costs A\/B\r\nHint 2) Switching maps can get you out\/into sticky situations\r\nHint 3) A\/B combinations unlock different upgrades, e.g 1\/0 unlocks the backshot\r\n\r\nFollow me on twitter.com\/headchant for more freeware games und updates!","title":"Starside Takeover"}