{"author_link":"\/author\/dragonmaster21\/","author_name":"DragonMaster21","author_uid":"25675","comments":[{"author_name":"rob","author_uid":"771","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:12am","epoch":1408939620,"text":"I gave this a few tries, because I really like the idea, but I found it too unforgiving. I got to planet 2 once but the job to that planet doesn't pay you enough to buy anything. I then set off for planet 4 and died about 1cm away from it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think it's a problem that your bullets stop at the edge of planets, because it means you can't shoot obstacles that are coming at you through a planet.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also found the distance between planets a little far &mdash;&nbsp;after dying right at the edge of planet 4, the idea of starting that journey again was a little off-putting.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>With a couple of tweaks this would be really cool, but as it is I found it quite frustrating."},{"author_name":"Suvidriel","author_uid":"38976","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1408940760,"text":"Really liked the idea :)"},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:00am","epoch":1408942500,"text":"I really liked the concept as well but... I found the controls really cumbersome. It's hard to get around! I never made it to the next planet. The stylization of the graphics and the chiptuney sound effects give the game a great mood, but the gameplay is just too tough. Nice music."},{"author_name":"Healthire","author_uid":"41282","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:02am","epoch":1408942620,"text":"Overall nice game with solid features. Unfortunately it was too hard for me and I barely made it halfway to other planets."},{"author_name":"kadybat","author_uid":"41432","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:09am","epoch":1408943040,"text":"Couldn't get it to launch after the start screen! Tutorial worked, but in hitting play it'd crash. It's an old mid-2009 13'' MacBook Pro running Mavericks ^^"},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:11am","epoch":1408943160,"text":"Awesome chiptune music! Going from planet to planet felt like real space travelling!"},{"author_name":"DragonMaster21","author_uid":"25675","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1408944480,"text":"Thanks for the suggestions. I will keep all of them in mind when I continue working on it :)"},{"author_name":"varun","author_uid":"1675","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:11am","epoch":1408946760,"text":"Great pixel art - the gameplay almost feels like a demake of many flight sims."},{"author_name":"IcyLava","author_uid":"36159","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1408973640,"text":"Why must it take so long to get to another planet? I guess it's kind of realistic, but not so fun... after I got to a different planet I quit, but now i see there are upgrades... well I'm not doing that again :P"},{"author_name":"Denisre3","author_uid":"32066","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1408985460,"text":"The idea of the game is really good, but the game itself is way too boring. It takes too much time to travel from a planet to another, and the ship controls really badly, making it hard to stop on planets(once I passed near planet 3, but wasn't able to turn fast enough to reach it). The musi is really good."},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1408992060,"text":"Great art and a good idea - just too far apart!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1408994700,"text":"Cool concept! I included it in part 5 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/W46twhRFdK8"},{"author_name":"uprightpath","author_uid":"10562","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1409007420,"text":"Rather cluggy controls and a VERY high distance between things. Made it difficult to enjoy the game, or get far at all."},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:48am","epoch":1409017380,"text":"Liked the graphics and audio, but the controls were too cumbersome, and I could not even make it to another planet! Also, the ship controls glitched a lot, and no the game was not sticking, because all the other planes moved freely!"},{"author_name":"DvigubaiPiktas","author_uid":"27113","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1409153460,"text":"Good game, but the distances between the planets are quite big."},{"author_name":"whilefun","author_uid":"7424","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1409258580,"text":"Loved the music. I found the ship movement very cumbersome, as it took so long to move around. This is a cool concept though! :)"},{"author_name":"Menesetsu","author_uid":"22515","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1409402460,"text":"uberhardcore gameplay :) i couldn't achieve any planet until they became mad on me... Or stupid ships destroy all my health :) anyway, i've spent about hour in this game :)"},{"author_name":"Dry Tree","author_uid":"5357","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1409862960,"text":"I had quite a few goes at this but gave up in frustration before achieving anything significant - the travel and rotation are WAY... TOO... SLOW... :(  *ragequit*\r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, the graphics and audio are very good and its a nice fit for the theme so I scored you highly for those anyway :)"},{"author_name":"RobotFriend","author_uid":"42253","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 12:01am","epoch":1409874960,"text":"looks really cool.. kept crashing after I hit play (OS X).. bummer"},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1410034260,"text":"Worked for me on OS X. I think the idea is good with a lot of potential, but the game is far too slow. I managed to get to planet 4 to sell a couple things (took me a long time to get there, though) but that still wasn't enough to buy any upgrades. Since the ship was so slow to maneuver, I then got killed en route to the next planet by an asteroid that I couldn't avoid. That led to me not having enough time to get to another planet before they got mad and I got a game over. I think all of this could be fixed by simply making the ship faster - both in turning speed and thrust. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Other than that, I think the graphics and audio were really good - I especially liked the particle effects on the destroyed ships."}],"images":["ld30\/25675-521a195ea42c67f273be3bb4b1b19b34.jpg","ld30\/25675-f9f0d8522ba7464ad21c592c3b04fa4d.jpg","ld30\/25675-849a6fe702467088e6fb28f3405777f8.jpg","ld30\/25675-1d204b10f0e79c25c9a1ad442aa16187.jpg","ld30\/25675-3d22e34ba9a6172f70ead551124c2ec7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/188174929\/Inter.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/188174929\/InterplanetaryMessengers.jar","text":"OS\/X and Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/188174929\/InterplanetaryMessengers.jar","text":"Runnable Jar"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/LegitzDestroy\/LD30","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17490","g_author":"25675","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17519","g_title":"Interplanetary Messengers","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1139","g_commentcount":"20","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\/25675-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25675-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25675-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25675-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/25675-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a member of the IPM (Interplanetary Messengers) and you must deliver people and cargo to other planets. If the planets do not receive their goods in a certain amount of time, they will get mad and stop trading with you.\r\n\r\nThe area around planets are a safe zone. You can't get hurt while in them and they will heal you completely. You can only access the job and shop windows from inside a safe zone.\r\n\r\nTo close a window, press the same button you used to open it.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nW: Move forward\r\nS: Move backward\r\nA: Rotate left\r\nD: Rotate right\r\nL-Shift: Slows down ship and rotation\r\nSpace: Opens job window\r\nY: Opens show window\r\nQ: Opens planet status window\r\nMouse: Aim your gun and fire with the left mouse button\r\nEscape: Frees your mouse click on the screen to capture it again\r\n\r\n\r\nTools:\r\nLanguage: Java\r\nIDE: Eclipse\r\nFramework: Libgdx\r\nArt: Paint.net\r\nMusic: beepbox.co\r\n\r\nlibgdx-utils: https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/dermetfan\/libgdx-utils\r\nMy basecode: https:\/\/github.com\/LegitzDestroy\/gdx-game-utils\r\n\r\n\r\nIf chrome marks the Windows download as malicious, try downloading and running the jar instead.","title":"Interplanetary Messengers"}