{"author_link":"\/author\/pinion\/","author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","comments":[{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:37am","epoch":1408933920,"text":"Interesting, felt kind of therapeutic. When I said Uranus out load I giggled and then saw the text. Immature humor knows no bounds..."},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:57am","epoch":1408953120,"text":"Simple, nicely done game."},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1408967100,"text":"concept is ok, but this game needed a lot of instruction, so I had to restart the game to read them (since this is LD, and already nearly 2000 entries, there's no way to read everything)\r<br\/>therefore, you should create info bubbles which blend into the game more whenever the player needs them, instead of flooding him info right at the start"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1408984680,"text":"Interesting concept - going to play again to try and keep all the stars alive :)"},{"author_name":"Team Sloth Fox","author_uid":"42077","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1408991340,"text":"I liked how you could use the particles radiating from the sun to find them, and the planet descriptions were amusing."},{"author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1408998600,"text":"@pythong\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If only there were time, there would be a tutorial, etc."},{"author_name":"Pheonise","author_uid":"15130","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1408998600,"text":"Neat game! Felt a little maniacal stealing energy from one world's suns to fuel the suns in the other, but in a good way.\r<br\/>RIP Milky Way.\r<br\/>See you, Space Cowboy"},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1409000460,"text":"I think this is exactly what Kardashev had in mind when he proposed the type III civilization."},{"author_name":"DrCicero","author_uid":"33845","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1409006640,"text":"Did i just kill our solar system?"},{"author_name":"Scott Baker","author_uid":"11823","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:35am","epoch":1409020200,"text":"Nice little game.  I know you ran out of time for the audio, that's too bad, I know the feeling.  The visuals for powering up a sun was super satisfying!"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:53am","epoch":1409021280,"text":"Relaxing and peacefull game, music would have been great."},{"author_name":"brodavi","author_uid":"8067","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1409022180,"text":"That was pretty fun. I am a sucker for top down spaceship games :)"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:17am","epoch":1409026320,"text":"Interesting! I like the concept of saving a system by stealing the other one. Also, I liked the idea of using particles to indicate where to go... and the name of some planets haha xD"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:43am","epoch":1409049480,"text":"Hey there.  Like the ideas here, flying between the two areas was a bit frustrating.  The collection and deposit mechanics were sound.  Shame no sound. Good job!"},{"author_name":"akymos","author_uid":"33966","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:26pm","epoch":1409055660,"text":"Funny gameplay! With sound would have been great. Cool vintage style. The resource transfer is a great concept. Will play again..."},{"author_name":"kyyrma","author_uid":"8424","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1409077200,"text":"I felt like a bit of a dick warping straight into our own system (at least Earth and Uranus were there!) and sucking the life out of our sun... Simple, but enjoyable. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Bonus points for the instantly recognizeable ship, despite it only being a few pixels tall ;-) http:\/\/goo.gl\/tA48JB"},{"author_name":"jomomomo","author_uid":"4914","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:56am","epoch":1409107860,"text":"Nice"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:52pm","epoch":1409147220,"text":"Interesting concept, I couldn't really tell which universe I was in."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:34am","epoch":1409200140,"text":"that's a nice little game, I liked the sort of 'minimalist' pixel art. Good job! :)"}],"images":["ld30\/19121-6378784ab170b126aca977a5a18f24fd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/8e96rxg2zwwgzs7\/LD30.swf","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/av2f1p55ziv1iwz\/LD30.zip?dl=0","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8e96rxg2zwwgzs7\/LD30.swf?dl=0","text":"Download"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16037","g_author":"19121","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16067","g_title":"Starlight Cowboy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"746","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/375043\/19121-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Starlight Cowboy\r\n\r\nControls -\r\nLeft click to start flying in a direction.\r\nHold space to shoot (only when you have energy).\r\n\r\nInstructions -\r\nThere are two universes, one with dead suns and one with live suns.\r\n\r\nTo warp between the 'dead' space and 'live' space, simply fly away from the starfield.\r\n\r\nYou will get mission summaries when you warp between zones.\r\nIt is at this time you will know if your mission is complete.\r\n\r\nTo find suns, look out for their particles. This will be harder for dead suns.\r\n\r\nTo drain a sun, fly over it.\r\nTo power a sun, shoot it. You will see when you powered it all the way up.\r\n\r\nTechnical -\r\nCode - HaxeFlixel\r\nSprites - Paint.NET \r\n\r\nNo time for music or sound\r\n\r\nIf you get a slowdown problem when playing in the browser, try downloading the swf and running it locally if you can.\r\n\r\nFriends -\r\nMade at a LD gathering of:\r\nTeam Sloth Fox - http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=42077\r\nCalciumtrice - http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=31814","title":"Starlight Cowboy"}