{"author_link":"\/author\/decept404\/","author_name":"Decept404","author_uid":"8635","comments":[{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1408934820,"text":"This is well-made but very difficult to do two things at once while also catching the letter!  If you ever update it, adding WASD as a second option in addition to arrow keys would be super helpful.  :)"},{"author_name":"Boodog","author_uid":"27333","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:25am","epoch":1408947600,"text":"Nice job! I love the way this works, and the concept :)"},{"author_name":"Decept404","author_uid":"8635","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1408963620,"text":"Thanks guys! I've got several things I'd like to update here but I don't know if adding stuff like WASD breaks the rules.\r<br\/>Also some players have reported poor performance in Chrome :\/ Alternative browsers may help, or running the SWF directly (I added a download link to the html)."},{"author_name":"midgard","author_uid":"11046","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:33am","epoch":1408966080,"text":"Greatly well-made, there needs to be a curve for difficulty thought, but it was really well done. I liked the overall concept and the theme relation is awesome!"},{"author_name":"SirJson","author_uid":"18639","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:36am","epoch":1408966260,"text":"It's a bit too hard at the beginning"},{"author_name":"veryfinestlions","author_uid":"42067","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:46am","epoch":1408966860,"text":"This is clever! I really like the letter-passing idea."},{"author_name":"Decept404","author_uid":"8635","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1408979940,"text":"I really agree on the difficulty curve. I have a development version that goes into solving that with scaling enemy spawns so they allow you easier passage of the checkpoints early on :)"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1409007660,"text":"I love the idea, and the different color schemes looked great! I'm awful at doing two things at once, but I managed to make it across a few checkpoints!"},{"author_name":"duncankeller","author_uid":"5260","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:45am","epoch":1409013600,"text":"There were a lot of games with this general take on the theme, and so far this one is by far my favorite. The multiple things to worry about combined with great tuning for difficulty made it a lot of fun for me. Great all around!"},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:48am","epoch":1409028180,"text":"Addicting, but hard life something else!"},{"author_name":"TrickFishPie","author_uid":"27071","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1409080320,"text":"Really nice to look at, as others I struggled at first with it."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1409081700,"text":"Really nice game, but is a bit challenging - I included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/_ZcQE6pTBcc"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1409087400,"text":"Loved the concept :)\r<br\/>I found it hard to keep the checkpoint throwing in mind at the same time as I was jumping over enemies on both sides, but found it very rewarding once I started to get the hang of it."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:00am","epoch":1409547300,"text":"Love the innovation and a really fun game! One of the best games I've rated so far and I've rated 100. Great job!"},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 11:54am","epoch":1409831340,"text":"Nice but quite difficult. I think that a fixed level design would have help the player getting better by at least learning good timing."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1410019020,"text":"The way characters jump feel a bit 'floaty', so it made the controls feel unresponsive.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The letter-catching mechanism is actually a really neat idea, good find"},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1410096960,"text":"Interesting! Quite difficult, however."},{"author_name":"Artamus","author_uid":"39880","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1410104820,"text":"Nice game, congrats!"},{"author_name":"sephyka","author_uid":"23770","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 7:09am","epoch":1410159840,"text":"Very interesting concept and playability.\r<br\/>A bit difficult maybe: I wasn't able to jump over the checkpoint. '^^"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1410190260,"text":"Controls were a bit hard to get used to at first but this was a very fun entry to play and a really cool take on the endless runner genre. I actually like how you can risk literally playing hot potato with the letter to build up your multiplier (and possibly end up getting hit by an obstacle or drop the letter) or decide to play it safe and only throw when you're about to pass a checkpoint."},{"author_name":"Decept404","author_uid":"8635","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1410372960,"text":"Thank you so much for all the feedback guys :) I have a dev version that implements a lot of fixes to issues, specifically things like difficulty ramp and so forth. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for the jump floatiness it's a tough one to balance. I've had really short sharp jumps before but for as long as a character is on the ground, it is at risk. I decided being able to float one character while checking on the other made for less painful play. Of course, it's subjective."},{"author_name":"Traumendes_Madchen","author_uid":"39080","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1410523140,"text":"The idea sounded fun, too bad it's so hard right from the beginning..."},{"author_name":"Teejay5","author_uid":"16615","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1410563820,"text":"CURSE YOU THIS IS DIFFICULT but fun! :D"}],"images":["ld30\/8635-8c83947b2c7bf2b8d8ccdcfc9e601566.jpg","ld30\/8635-13a30f1cd6a56bcce1acbe241c1030e9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.doomsday.no\/projects\/games\/ld30","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Sunjammer\/ld30\/tree\/Submission","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18103","g_author":"8635","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18132","g_title":"Starcrossed","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"248","g_commentcount":"23","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\/8635-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/8635-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Endless runner\/platformer tasking you with passing communication back and forth between two entities trapped on separate, hostile worlds.\r\n\r\nArrow keys left\/right control both characters.\r\nUp\/down jump each character independently. \r\nSpacebar throws a letter.\r\n\r\nSuccessfully passing the letter bumps the score multiplier.\r\nEnemies appear and must be jumped, or struck with the letter for a 5x multiplier bump. Occasionally, checkpoints appear, which the letter cannot be carried across, but thrown. \r\n\r\nOnline version uses scoreoid for tracking a global high score. This single line of code is omitted from the Github repo to avoid sharing api keys. \r\n\r\nBuilt with Haxe3 and Flash. ","title":"Starcrossed"}