{"author_link":"\/author\/mcfunkypants\/","author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","comments":[{"author_name":"drewfitz","author_uid":"18450","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1387220340,"text":"A very nice start to an interesting concept. Just two criticisms: It doesn't really fit the theme and it doesn't really feel finished, mainly due to the (seeming) lack of a win or end condition."},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1387220700,"text":"Innovative game; I probably needed more instructions, but once I got the hang of it the airlock fitted into place. ;)"},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1387221300,"text":"Nice graphics, nice concept.\r<br\/>When does it end?\r<br\/>One little thing, the black text under the score is almost invisible"},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1387222920,"text":"I also felt it needed an ending condition. Also, for some reason I was getting around 40x combos everytime I placed a piece, even if that didn't close anything.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But the graphics are cool and the idea is so interesting!"},{"author_name":"xgeovanni","author_uid":"11296","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1387223760,"text":"A win condition of some sort would be nice."},{"author_name":"Kyle Mac","author_uid":"26936","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1387224540,"text":"Interesting idea, but there's not any way to win."},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1387225080,"text":"Amazing! Once I get I could rotate the pieces the gameplay just exploded ;) Nice music!"},{"author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1387226220,"text":"You *CAN* win, guys! Just create a simple shape like a circle with no overlaps or open walls."},{"author_name":"Ted Brown","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1387227240,"text":"Fantastic! Completing a space station really felt like an accomplishment. I really enjoyed my time with the game. I had to restart to get out menus, and I finished a station and the game didn't end, BUT it's a great concept done well."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1387228080,"text":"The audio in this is really great and what you have is really nicely polished which is refreshing to see! Neat game mechanics too, rated highly. :)"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1387231920,"text":"Awesome concept! I managed to cheater style it to win by just using those tiny pieces to make a tiny station :)"},{"author_name":"mrjordan","author_uid":"25844","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1387233000,"text":"Very polished controls, nice graphics. Pretty neat. :)"},{"author_name":"ian_snyder","author_uid":"2079","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:43pm","epoch":1387237080,"text":"Wow, I really liked this once I figured it out :) I like that you make it so you can link together modules, it's very well-planned. One of the first games I've played in the competition where I see how it could be developed into a full game -- that I would pay money for :)"},{"author_name":"Michcioperz","author_uid":"10103","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:50am","epoch":1387241100,"text":"Yay, I won on ~5th try :) Pretty interesting. If you want to do some post-jam improvements, a tutorial would be useful. I missed most of possibilities by not reading notes :D"},{"author_name":"d__adee","author_uid":"24414","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1387293000,"text":"Nice game! :D Had fun once I got the hang of it. :)"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1387299060,"text":"Took me a moment to realize what to do, but plays pretty well, great concept! Is there any quick way to restart besides refreshing page?"},{"author_name":"Aaants","author_uid":"16061","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1387319880,"text":"Shaping up really nicely (yey puns). Really like the visuals."},{"author_name":"TwitchSeventeen","author_uid":"24445","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1387320900,"text":"Took a while to figure it out, I really like it."},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:05am","epoch":1387339200,"text":"Really neat puzzle game.  Took me a minute to figure out what I was doing, but when I figured out that I could switch out pieces it was almost too easy.  I was almost able to make the Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000. :D"},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:55am","epoch":1387414200,"text":"Great concept for a puzzle game! I didn't realized through minutes that I can even rotate!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Addictive! 5 for Fun!"},{"author_name":"Lyje","author_uid":"29064","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:05am","epoch":1387414800,"text":"Very cool!"},{"author_name":"madlee","author_uid":"15236","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:46am","epoch":1387417260,"text":"Really cool idea.  I would like to see more variety in the ship pieces, but other than that its great.  Well done!"},{"author_name":"30dogs","author_uid":"12480","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:31am","epoch":1387419960,"text":"Woahhh cool concept! Would be nice to see some more constraints or objectives to make it more interesting or challenging. The combo system seems a little buggy, but I had fun building this monstrosity: http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/S3N2MCR.jpg"},{"author_name":"sekaru","author_uid":"23171","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:49am","epoch":1387435440,"text":"Very interesting concept with a good aesthetic to back it up, nice job."},{"author_name":"joe40001","author_uid":"22192","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:09am","epoch":1387436640,"text":"Pretty much just what drewfitz said. Despite this though I really liked it, the polish of the design was great and I think you are not too far off something really awesome and fun here, maybe think about developing it further."},{"author_name":"Symmeteer","author_uid":"18295","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:09am","epoch":1387436640,"text":"Interesting! Took me a while to get the hang of it, but the given shapes were neat to work with. Felt nice and sci-fi."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:23am","epoch":1387448280,"text":"I like this puzzle.\r<br\/>but what about win or loose conditions?"},{"author_name":"daredevildave","author_uid":"5182","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:43am","epoch":1387449480,"text":"Nice game, I found I could often end up with a ship I couldn't complete, but it didn't fail or let me know. Or maybe I could continue, but I had hexes with open sides that I couldn't add to.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway I think this could be turned into something really cool."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:01am","epoch":1387450560,"text":"Very good puzzle mechanic, with combos and highscores. The station becomes unsealable due to wrong pieces, so I guess that's the endgame condition. The sound's good, and the graphics are great. Some pieces changed shape on rotation, though :|\r<br\/>Oh yes, the theme was really loose though."},{"author_name":"ashen","author_uid":"29060","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:26am","epoch":1387452060,"text":"Nice puzzle game.  Simple to play but with more strategy than I first expected."},{"author_name":"ziomorti","author_uid":"7388","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1387460340,"text":"Nice concept maybe a bit poor implementation.\r<br\/>I found some bug when you try to fit wrong pieces."},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1387469160,"text":"The future of Space Station Craft! Nice game dude!"},{"author_name":"Erik \u00d6rjehag","author_uid":"18108","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1387471620,"text":"It felt polished and I really liked the sounds!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1387473540,"text":"Really interesting concept, nicely done! Good presentation as well."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1387480140,"text":"Please expand this and add a reset button and make it so I can play it all day long on my phone! Awesome idea and works really well too."},{"author_name":"peacegiverman","author_uid":"13850","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1387485960,"text":"Nice puzzle, though it would have been nice to have some feeling of progress or at least a rising difficulty."},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1387486020,"text":"A mixed bag. A great idea I think, but it's not really finished I feel.\r<br\/>Great moody sounds.\r<br\/>It looks very polished and plays pretty smooth mostly, but clicking another part is then again not so easy.\r<br\/>I have the feeling that it needs a bit more work.\r<br\/>In the end I ended up playing rising lava of doom :)"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1387486620,"text":"I like the creation aspect. I didn't get how it relates to the theme though."},{"author_name":"Idovoodoo","author_uid":"18162","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1387489500,"text":"Really enjoyed playing this. Good job funky dude! :)"},{"author_name":"Tex Killer","author_uid":"7901","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1387489680,"text":"There's no condition to the end XD"},{"author_name":"chiguireitor","author_uid":"28571","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1387580220,"text":"Nice concept. The mood really added to the game. When you lock yourself out of winning conditions the game isn't playable anymore :("},{"author_name":"Jgpicatoste","author_uid":"16419","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1387636380,"text":"It's innovative, overall a great new concept well executed, but I don't see the theme in here. A good game on its own, after all."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1387984260,"text":"Really nice game, love the graphics! I included this game in my Ludum Dare Compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/ph4Rui-mL0k"},{"author_name":"Jan Marcano","author_uid":"13980","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1388090820,"text":"I didn't really feel the theme :\/ however the concept was very good. It was a little confusing at first, but I managed to get it with a little thinking. I feel that it lacks a little bit of polish, mainly on the menus and the win condition; dunno, it kinda feels incomplete.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Maybe you could make some levels where there's a minimum area that you have to cover and it scales with difficulty? That way the game doesn't feel like it ends too soon :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would like t see a post-compo version!"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1388174700,"text":"Interesting idea and a fun to play game. I think I had luck and successfully made an airtight space station at the first attempt. Maybe the game would better work, if the player isn't able to choose a part, but has to place the given part before receiving the next one (like in tetris)."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 28, 2013 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1388249880,"text":"Took time to get used to but nice take on a tetrominoes based game (Pretty sure that's the name for it but I don't know) although I think there's too much freedom in being able to swap out pieces and it could do with some objectives like building a station of a certain size etc. Other than that, the game was pretty fun to play and the graphics and audio do give that in-space kind of mood."},{"author_name":"Snuti","author_uid":"31813","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1388342220,"text":"Once I got the hang of the game, was really enjoyable and fun! Nice work :)"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 1:30am","epoch":1388712300,"text":"Lovely!!! It would be so cool to have a pipemania-type deadline. People running through the ship, like in FTL, or comets raining down on it. A few missions would make all the difference in the world! Rating this very high &lt;3"}],"images":["ld28\/2297-7f686da2d68fa213e4413fc30a2acb2b.jpg","ld28\/2297-574b721dc4afecd1f2fa0cdb2fd291b7.jpg","ld28\/2297-22d978f5e560b280cc95c821fba62047.jpg","ld28\/2297-4db419dfd7985c689ac1c7a43740cdb9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mcfunkypants.com\/AirlockOne\/","text":"Web - click here to play"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21151","g_author":"2297","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"21180","g_title":"Airlock One","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"177","g_commentcount":"48","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\/\/308734\/2297-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/2297-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/2297-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/2297-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Mars Orbital: AIRLOCK ONE\r\n\r\nA puzzle game. Your mission: build a space station. \r\n\r\nRotate hull blocks to create an enclosed shape with a yellow line around all edges. Can you make a perfectly sealed ship with no open sides?\r\n\r\nUse the mousewheel or keyboard to rotate blocks.\r\n\r\nClick the floating pieces to choose another.\r\n\r\nHOW TO WIN: rotate and place hexagon tiles to create a single unified (enclosed) yellow shape and it will say:\r\n\r\n\"Good work!  You did it!\r\nThe airlock has a perfect seal.\r\nMISSION ACCOMPLISHED.\"\r\n\r\nFor example, the fourth screenshot below shows a winning pattern, about to trigger the win condition once I click.","title":"Airlock One"}