{"author_link":"\/author\/dyn\/","author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","comments":[{"author_name":"ahnt","author_uid":"17704","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1387247460,"text":"When i reached the main play screen I wasn't able to move my ship... i will not rate because it looks like there was more content from screen shots"},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1387248180,"text":"ahnt, \rclick on one of the stars and press jump button to warp to it. :)"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1387248180,"text":"Hmm, I got "Sorry, page not found.""},{"author_name":"errorage","author_uid":"20786","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1387248180,"text":"You click on starts to move"},{"author_name":"Coin Flip Games","author_uid":"31135","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:49am","epoch":1387248240,"text":"Couldn't figure out how to move or do anything."},{"author_name":"glovecat","author_uid":"28794","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:52am","epoch":1387248420,"text":"Sometimes the jump button doesn't appear and I cannot travel to the planet :S"},{"author_name":"JellyMan64","author_uid":"25427","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:54am","epoch":1387248540,"text":"I don't know how to play this game?"},{"author_name":"Nut","author_uid":"31779","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1387248900,"text":"There's a lot of slow-scrolling text, making it tedious to jump. It went to a black screen the first time my droid successfully found something so you might have a crash bug and I didn't get very far. Is there a difference between the three options at each planet, or do they all lead to the same move-the-droid game?\r\rThe starmap needs some kind of explanation: it took me a while to figure out how to jump to another system and it wasn't clear what to expect beyond the fuel cost of jumping.\r\rI liked the music a lot though."},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:06am","epoch":1387249260,"text":"After retrying a maze and finishing it I couldn't jump anymore :("},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1387250340,"text":"Found this error with the maze. trying to fix it. Sorry, guys."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1387251300,"text":"I wanted to write detailed description but I feel so exausted after this 3 days maraphone.\rUploaded new build with this critical fix.\r\rMost of times you will not get into maze while interacting in the planets. In the maze you will find parts or credits\/fuel. and they become harder after some time."},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:33am","epoch":1387326480,"text":"I'm also having trouble. I get through the dialogue just fine, but once I get to the game I can't seem to move around or do anything."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1387377300,"text":"Great use of audio to support the spacey mood. Had a bit of an FTL feel to it (which is a good thing). Felt like I would run out of fuel too soon, and there seemed to be some planets I couldn't jump to?"},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:13am","epoch":1387411680,"text":"Thanks for your comments.\r\rUploaded post-LD version with fixes and few improvements."},{"author_name":"sandbaydev","author_uid":"2926","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:34am","epoch":1387448940,"text":"I liked this one a lot. It actually reminds me bit of FTL and bit of a game idea I've been mulling over. More information about resources and events could be interesting... anyhow - good job!"},{"author_name":"meek","author_uid":"21177","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:36am","epoch":1387452660,"text":"This is awesome. Good job!"},{"author_name":"TinyMoonStudios","author_uid":"31665","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1387458060,"text":"Interesting, nice FTL-like well done."},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1387462140,"text":"good job with the planets :)"},{"author_name":"SimianLogic","author_uid":"15570","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1387462920,"text":"The interface was a little clunky. Basically an interstellar slot machine or Let's Make a Deal. The captain's dialogue was funny at first, but kind of annoying by the tenth planet-jump.\r\rHow do you get minerals? I had a lot of smugglers offer to trade, but I guess I din't have any trade goods? (played compo version)"},{"author_name":"Threef","author_uid":"15219","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1387463520,"text":"It's nice but not enough for me."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1387463700,"text":"@SimianLogic it was a bug with shop window. so it just don't open :)"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:46pm","epoch":1387464060,"text":"Very nice game! Lovely music and I like the Elite-style galactic map. I had a wierd issue where on the 3rd planet I visited the buttons didn't appear and I was stuck. Very ambitious entry though, well done. :)"},{"author_name":"Cake&Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1387468500,"text":"That was pretty cool, it is a simplified version of a planet crawler with only a few key decisions. It felt like I could make any significant progress because I would just run out of fuel and the maze exploring was a bit buggy but overall it was a really fun experience to fly from planet to planet.\r\rI noticed it was taking a while to start up so I watched the network progress, this game is 11mb. But the game itself doesn't have high-poly models with giant textures or anything. Did most of that go towards the music?"},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"21836","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1387475580,"text":"It's not and untitled alpha. Points for that.\r\rAs a fan of space exploration games this one is right up my alley. It’s overall a competent build and worth further development but the ambitious scope shows as some issues.\r\rStar map:\r\rSome stars cannot be clicked very easily (the hitbox seems to be a bit off). This makes it impossible to select stars very close to each other. Stars under the hud cannot be selected either. I also find it odd that in a 2d representation of space two stars close to each other can have wildly different distances from your position (e.g. 48 parsecs & 186 parsecs).\r\rGameplay:\r\rThe cave exploration is a tad bugged. Sometimes the droid flies through walls, doesn't go to the selected direction or is lost when there still is an unexplored direction to go.\r\rInterface:\r\rThere should be a summary for acquired parts, fuel and money after the action turn. I found the automatically scrolling text to be annoying as it goes on too fast. I'd rather just have next and skip buttons.\r\rWorld generation:\r\rIt seems the game uses a randomized event based system for generating the interactions in the galaxy.\rThis causes a severe discord between the properties of the planets and the events taking place there. It would be nice to be able to deduce the best choice of action based on the planets appearance and stats. For instance a planet with volcanic activity wouldn't have much sentient life on it and a planet with signs of an ancient civilization would always have ruins.\r\rEasiest way of achieving this is to tie events into planetary stats. A harder path is to introduce more complex simulation elements into the world.\r\rLet's end on some high notes.\r\rThe graphics are quite nice with a fancy galaxy background and moons orbiting planets on the planetary screen. The menus are sleek and functional as well."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1387476420,"text":"@HuvaaKoodia, wow. thank for detailed feedback.\rIndeed almost of all you said is because of lack of time.\rRegarding star distance difference - it's all because of stars are actually placed in 3d space. and that confuses a lot. We're trying to find now how to bypass this issue."},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1387476720,"text":"Doesn't work for me, with Chrome on OSX. Getting stuck after the dialogue as well, with a yellow dot in the center of the screen."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1387477260,"text":"@Dining Philosopher, LD or post-LD version?"},{"author_name":"ThatGuy","author_uid":"17563","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 12:41am","epoch":1387499760,"text":"Nice work on the game, even more so on the recent additions. You should allow users to skip through text faster."},{"author_name":"embero","author_uid":"6826","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:48am","epoch":1387536180,"text":"Love those kinds of old school random CRPGs. Well done."},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1387578240,"text":"Although the stars navigation is a little confusing to begin with and could use icons to explain, once you're passed that this is a really fascinating game. I really liked the droid movements which when reaching a wall with only one obvious direction, performs the moves without needing to be clicked."},{"author_name":"van noctar","author_uid":"21196","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 12:14pm","epoch":1387627740,"text":"I like the one chance for path! The map to choose level is very integrating into the story! Good work!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1388087460,"text":"I wasnt sure how this game worked but, I included it in my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/mm02WUCsrPg"}],"images":["ld28\/18632-06688e59cab2d23a3cef13033efa3121.jpg","ld28\/18632-7c831616e2b8ac31de49cc500d6f89bb.jpg","ld28\/18632-4c207b7943719180609c1241cff72480.jpg","ld28\/18632-781f9d914c3ee08665d77b3e5619991e.jpg","ld28\/18632-bba288a9a4669c95133812c75a09c0b8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dynergy.ru\/backwater-rider\/","text":"Web (Post-LD)"},{"url":"http:\/\/test.dynergy.ru\/backwater","text":"Web (Unity)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21249","g_author":"18632","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"21278","g_title":"Backwater Rider","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"370","g_commentcount":"32","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\/18632-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/18632-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/18632-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/18632-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/18632-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The game tells about the captain stuck in the distant corner of the universe. To leave this outskirts, he is looking for a new parts of the new ship in the nearest planets. His only assistant and best friend in this difficult journey is the on-board computer GO-1.\r\n\r\n- Explore space and fly from one system to another seeking adventures\r\n- Interact with the planets and learn interesting details\r\n- Communicate , share and trade with the locals.\r\n- Run droids in mysterious labyrinth to get so valuable part of the ship or other bonuses.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n- Spacemap\r\nClick on the star and you will see panel with description about it. \r\nIf you have enought fuel you will also see jump button.\r\n\r\n- Planet interaction\r\nYou will get here after you will jump to a new star. You can receive credits, fuel or some other info during interaction. Also you can get into the maze from here.\r\nAfter interaction you will go back - to the starmap\r\n\r\n- the maze\r\nhere you're controlling your drone (wasd or click on buttons). you need to find a special block here to complete it. other instructions - in the dialog before this screen.\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat's new in post-LD version\r\n- Added saves\r\n- Fixed trading\r\n- Reduced number of bla-bla dialogs at start\r\n- added help info at the bottom of the starmap screen\r\n- button menu added :)\r\n- each star can now be visited only once\r\n- jump speed increased\r\n- fixed error exitin maze with lack of fuel\r\n- added new type of planets (with textures)\r\n- added special offers while interacting with planets\r\n- some of bug fixes","title":"Backwater Rider"}