{"author_link":"\/author\/deity\/","author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","comments":[{"author_name":"SilentBunny","author_uid":"21833","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1387163460,"text":"poor boomerang didnt come back"},{"author_name":"mcgraw","author_uid":"5989","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1387163460,"text":"That was fun\/interesting! Great work!"},{"author_name":"supremefist","author_uid":"6395","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1387163460,"text":"Hard to predict what the trajectory of the boomerang will be!"},{"author_name":"Snail_Man","author_uid":"11050","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:18am","epoch":1387163580,"text":"I really liked the clean, crisp graphical style. Sounds were okay, although they cot a bit annoying after a while. The boomerang's physics felt very weird and inconsistent though."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:21am","epoch":1387163760,"text":"Cute game ! I lost my boomerang after level 6 :P Good job with the graphics I love the isometric view."},{"author_name":"andrewkennedy","author_uid":"20990","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:28am","epoch":1387164180,"text":"Cool take on the theme, You've got a pretty fun game here!"},{"author_name":"ashen","author_uid":"29060","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:35am","epoch":1387164600,"text":"What a fun game!  Well done!  The graphic style is clean and the use of the theme very clever."},{"author_name":"WojWorks","author_uid":"18921","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:40am","epoch":1387164900,"text":"A fun, albeit simple game. Not sure how well this fits the theme though."},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1387166160,"text":"A nice but a little unpredictable boomerang. I played for 30 levels, did not know if the game had an end. Simple concept, but nice gameplay."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:49am","epoch":1387169040,"text":"nicely executed!"},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:44am","epoch":1387175940,"text":"Very fun!  It's a video game boomerang simulator game."},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:10am","epoch":1387188300,"text":"The boomerang is hard to predict, but it's fun to play."},{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1387198080,"text":"Nice crisp graphics! Bit hard to predict the boomerang's path, but still fun."},{"author_name":"Tonasz","author_uid":"25257","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1387211100,"text":"I love this minimalistic art style and enjoyed this idea for puzzle gameplay. :) The mechanics of boomerang could be explained better, but I think I got it. Are levels generated or preseted? And I'm not sure if that's bug, but few times the ball has moved around after failure, and once got inside a tree."},{"author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:22am","epoch":1387243020,"text":"Thanks for all the feedback! Was my first entry to Ludum so I kept my plans simple so I could finish.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Boomerang is definitely a bit tricky. I wanted a fully elliptical path but that didn't work so well so I made it to where the boomerang first goes to where you click then does the full 180 degree semicircle before returning.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Tonasz: levels are all randomized\/generated. And yes I think on the return path, the boomerang can sometimes glitch through trees (collider fail due to the movement\/rotation speed I think)."},{"author_name":"Adam Tea","author_uid":"29328","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:35am","epoch":1387258200,"text":"I quite like the graphics! It's quite cute. I made a boomerang game too! Quite different to yours which goes to show there's a lot you can do :D\r<br\/>Please check it out!\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&amp;uid=29328"},{"author_name":"danbo","author_uid":"26427","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1387282380,"text":"Cute game, though since you can just keep throwing it I dunno how much it adheres to the theme."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1387283160,"text":"When there were a few trees and you swung the boomerang between them it was supremely satisfying!"},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1387298220,"text":"Nice idea, but the boomerang trajectory is a little weird, I think! We made a boomerang game as well, nice to see the same idea generating games in completely different genres :D"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1387312620,"text":"Nice idea, good implementation. but unfortunately it is more luck than skill required. More different levels would also be nice."},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1387403160,"text":"A good game. Stuck at level 6 tho ;)"},{"author_name":"Jgpicatoste","author_uid":"16419","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1387489680,"text":"Pretty good, with clever level design and vibrant graphics. I found, though, that the boomerang mechanic behaved somewhat unreliable sometimes."},{"author_name":"Miltage","author_uid":"8745","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1387544820,"text":"I loved the concept, but the puzzles aren't very well thought out. If you hit the ball, but don't get the boomerang back, the level restarts with the ball in a new position. This makes me think that the levels are actually random and not puzzles at all, more a luck-based game as opposed to a skill\/logical one which I hoped it was. Overall, an enjoyable game, nicely done."},{"author_name":"diegomachado","author_uid":"3680","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1387658340,"text":"I like the minimal graphics style and gameplay! Could improve control (or lack of) the boomerang when it's comming back. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 2:15am","epoch":1387678200,"text":"Interesting idea. Is there a way to predict the direction the boomerang will turn? It's quite hard this way. Funky art style."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1388755380,"text":"Simple and fun! It was hard to know if the boomerang would turn left or right, so too a lot of gambles. The spinning was weird. But other than that, great game, and a great way to kill time."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1388856000,"text":"Really cute looking. Love the game :) I included this game in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/fUXvqevl8YI"}],"images":["ld28\/23611-2cb8e3d197445996c975e170b21d2c73.jpg","ld28\/23611-181399473c7de1f7f28741619797db56.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/imdeity.com\/ludum\/28\/Boom-Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/imdeity.com\/ludum\/28\/Boom-Mac.zip","text":"Mac"},{"url":"http:\/\/imdeity.com\/ludum\/28\/Boom-Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/imdeity.com\/ludum\/28\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/imdeity.com\/ludum\/28\/Boom-Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21608","g_author":"23611","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21637","g_title":"Boomerang","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"554","g_commentcount":"27","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\/23611-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/23611-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You get 1 Boomerang. It comes back to you if it doesn't hit anything. Collect the Orange ball to go to the next level.\r\n\r\nLeft click to fire boomerang. That's it.","title":"Boomerang"}