{"author_link":"\/author\/covebit\/","author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","comments":[{"author_name":"devi ever","author_uid":"22858","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1387148280,"text":"Bangin'. Cellusious! I CHOOSE YOU!"},{"author_name":"lordjosephdeburg","author_uid":"13718","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1387148700,"text":"I like the shooting in it. Very nice effects. Wont spoil for others"},{"author_name":"CaptainNakou","author_uid":"21141","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1387149660,"text":"Best concept i've seen so far. The wheel, the system. I love it. Really."},{"author_name":"Nonameghost","author_uid":"20603","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1387150920,"text":"Keeps crashing for me, but that may be OS issues. Looks interesting enough though."},{"author_name":"YsenGrimm","author_uid":"18530","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1387151220,"text":"Broke my OS, 11\/10, would play again."},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1387151460,"text":"@DeviEver Am i a pokemon now?\r@lordjosephdeburg thanks!\r@CaptainNakou oh thank you :)\r@Nonameghost do i smell win8, oh yes i do! (win8 hates me)"},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 12:03am","epoch":1387151880,"text":"This game is amazing! It makes me cry how the art direction is so lush :)"},{"author_name":"SilentBunny","author_uid":"21833","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 12:27am","epoch":1387153320,"text":"Love the art"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1387155660,"text":"Wow, that game had some trouble running. But it was good. Very good!"},{"author_name":"TheOneWhoKnocks","author_uid":"29755","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:31am","epoch":1387157160,"text":"Really good!"},{"author_name":"dznemotion","author_uid":"31586","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 2:08am","epoch":1387159380,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"cjacobwade","author_uid":"21238","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:12am","epoch":1387166820,"text":"Awesome! Sadly, it started to lag pretty badly after 100 score or so"},{"author_name":"Sean Noonan","author_uid":"25406","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:44am","epoch":1387179540,"text":"Nice simple design, controls were tight too. The highlight is the excellent artwork across the characters, environment and effects. However, the screen shake was incredibly obnoxious - it really took away from the power of the weapons and just added unnecessary noise to such an awesome aesthetic.\r\rFor some reason in had some trouble running on my machine - this rig can run Crysis..."},{"author_name":"Nananas","author_uid":"31365","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:09am","epoch":1387188240,"text":"Whoaa so pretty those pixels, as expected. You're da boss :)\r\r(starting game in Win XP compatibility mode and it stopped crashing in Win8)"},{"author_name":"Geti","author_uid":"2001","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:27am","epoch":1387189320,"text":"Looks good, suits your fairly abstract style well. I really didn't get much of the theme from this, felt more "restricted" than "you only get one" :)\r\rThat said, had a very good feel and other than a few big lag spikes, did what it said on the tin."},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:41am","epoch":1387190160,"text":"Agree with everyone here about the lag - which is a little annoying! But I can see without it, it would be a lovely addictive little game!"},{"author_name":"Lorenzo Maier\u00fa","author_uid":"29253","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1387205100,"text":"The level of polish in this is astonishing. \rAwesome work!"},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1387207140,"text":"BY THE WAY PEOPLE, THE "LAG" IS DELIBERATE. I PUT IN A SLEEP(30ms) WHEN A OBJECT EXPLODES FOR "JUICE", IT FEELS STRANGELY AWKWARD AND LESS SATISFYING WHEN IT'S NOT THERE SO I DECIDED TO KEEP IT IN. SORRY IF YOU DISLIKE IT BUT I THINK YOU'D DISLIKE IT MORE WITHOUT IT."},{"author_name":"yokcos700","author_uid":"7500","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1387207560,"text":"Graphics and audio are stellar, but once you look past the novelty of being confined to a single circle, there's not much unique gameplay to be had. That said, it's still fun."},{"author_name":"mruno","author_uid":"8794","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1387207620,"text":"Very interesting and fun game with great shooting effects!"},{"author_name":"Chris Mondok","author_uid":"31703","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1387207680,"text":"Looks cool, despite the vast array of colors used. I really like the movement on the wheel. I don't like that I can't see very far. I'm sure it's deliberate, but it's also annoying."},{"author_name":"mtrc","author_uid":"12174","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1387207740,"text":"Oh man, so good. The graphics are incredible, and it animates so beautifully too. Great work. I like the game concept - definitely flesh it out into a fuller game like you were talking about on Twitter!"},{"author_name":"gusanolocovg","author_uid":"31285","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1387207860,"text":"Nice game very laggy at times, which is strange because it doesn't look like there is a lot on the screen when it does it. The sound bugged out on death also."},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1387207920,"text":"A fast and actionful shooter that uses quite a few colour, but fantastic sprites, has a strange but strong mood, has only an endless score-hunting mode and that is always going to provide me some minutes of fun!\r\rA big 5 overall!"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1387207920,"text":"Love the graphics and audio, and the controls were perfect; this makes for a great game!"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1387207980,"text":"very awesome graphics and music"},{"author_name":"rubna","author_uid":"14711","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1387208220,"text":"I like the graphics! Gameplay was also fun. Maybe you should make it clearer when you're getting hit though, like with an distinct sound effect and screenshake. Also maybe an indicator of when you're about to die? Well, good job nonetheless :D"},{"author_name":"Nik Sudan","author_uid":"8717","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1387213500,"text":"Looks very tasty, and felt very satisfying."},{"author_name":"auto_suggestion","author_uid":"24942","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1387218060,"text":"Art is amazing, as usual. Really liked the shooting effects. Unfortunately a fatal bug prevented me from getting too far."},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1387228080,"text":"I'm a huge sucker for the art and the feel, also the feel. Curvature in lazershots = nice!"},{"author_name":"Solluxx","author_uid":"29992","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1387236120,"text":"Wow this is simply fantastic. Nice work."},{"author_name":"ian_snyder","author_uid":"2079","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1387236720,"text":"Really nice art and I like the idea but I didn't really get hooked on the gameplay. The lag thing felt glitchy instead of like a juice effect. Could be really cool with some more polish :)"},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:02am","epoch":1387252620,"text":"Look at those pixels!"},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:45am","epoch":1387258800,"text":"Absolutely gorgeous, and I love the music. Playing this reminds of the SNES shmup Phalanx, for some reason, which then made me realize how mindblowing a shmup made by you would be.\r\rBut back to this game: it got surprisingly difficult for me quickly, but I still enjoyed it. If I play a bit more I'll get more accustomed to the controls and last a bit longer. Right now my high score is 48."},{"author_name":"KeyMaster","author_uid":"30626","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1387281360,"text":"Great game with incredible amount of polish overall, unfortunately the theme seemed completely tagged onto it. Otherwise good game"},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1387291560,"text":"Only objective is to die: fantastic! ;)\rA very polished entry, congratulations"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1387298160,"text":"Solid game. The shooting felt great. Artwork was awesome as usual :)"},{"author_name":"Pixelbear","author_uid":"7477","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1387298460,"text":"Stylish with very tight controls: didn't feel restricted while playing at all, which a lot of people tend to forget about for LD. :)"},{"author_name":"windwalkerranger","author_uid":"30671","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1387304280,"text":"Nice mechanic, steampunk everywhere! Shoot-em-round? Nice overall! Though the connection to the theme is rather weak?"},{"author_name":"Keith Evans","author_uid":"25189","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1387313040,"text":"Awesome style! Nice effects for bullets, enemy deaths and camera. I had a couple of odd performance slowdowns but overall it was a really neat arcade shooter. Could have had a stronger objective which might have made it fit the theme better."},{"author_name":"Pixelulsar","author_uid":"10737","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1387314420,"text":"Looks great. Pretty fun and I like the gear mechanic too. No lag issues that others are talking about."},{"author_name":"spx","author_uid":"14748","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:11am","epoch":1387325160,"text":"I'm getting a "... has stopped working" crash at random points which is kind of sad because it's a great experience up to that point. (Win 8.1 @ earlier comment)"},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:18am","epoch":1387325580,"text":"Yeah, i'm sorry but i can't do much when it comes to win8. Win8 hates .wav and .wav is the best format that works best with win7\/vista\/xp"},{"author_name":"nka","author_uid":"13909","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:03am","epoch":1387360680,"text":"Very nice graphics. Mechanics is quite hardcore as it requires mouse and keys to work synchronously. Great job anyway!"},{"author_name":"Lipedal","author_uid":"29565","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1387393560,"text":"I WON! i think.. and.. pretty laggy\rAnyway, nice art style."},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1387396740,"text":"Also had the win8 issues, but very much enjoyed what I could play of it. Lovely spritework!"},{"author_name":"BeardoGames","author_uid":"25748","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1387403160,"text":"Super nice looking, plays nicely, and represents a great twist on typical shooter mechanics. Excellent work."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1387404780,"text":"Unfortunately laggy, like the others already sad. Like the style, especially the glowing shots. Don't forget to link to the source of your game! :)"},{"author_name":"tchem","author_uid":"27459","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1387455840,"text":"I loved it... the art is very genuine,,, the all propose is awesome!!!,, great work"},{"author_name":"Kohijin","author_uid":"3710","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1387476720,"text":"A bit shortlived, but has a nice and polished arcade touch to it."},{"author_name":"gnerkus","author_uid":"28566","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1387478700,"text":"AWESOME! - The art is so good it's a little distracting. I especially liked the glowing shots and the effects on impact."},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1387481640,"text":"If i knew people would complain this much i'd put in a option to turn off the explosion freeze. >:("},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1387488060,"text":"Hey Cell! Nice graphics as usual! The idea is good, I like it :-)"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:53am","epoch":1387504080,"text":"Fun but a bit confusing. Not sure how I could be "better" than my previous score. Sometimes failure seemed arbitrary."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1387563000,"text":"Screen shook a bit much for my tastes, but still enjoyed the graphics. :)"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 1:45am","epoch":1387676400,"text":"Great game, I just suck at it, can't survive 10 seconds or so..."},{"author_name":"nyrrrr","author_uid":"24704","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1387765860,"text":"awesome! didn't knew you made games. always thought you "only" do art. Great game man!"},{"author_name":"mystakin","author_uid":"28484","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1387835460,"text":"Great art and effects! Having the movement restricted to a circle adds an extra layer of difficulty that I enjoyed. I felt the use of the theme could have been stronger, but the game is otherwise awesome."},{"author_name":"lalanl","author_uid":"19437","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1387853160,"text":"Very interesting controls, terrific feedback, and completely gorgeous graphics. Amazing!"},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1387986900,"text":"Oops, forgot to rate this one when I first played it. GUDGRAFIX but much to my surprise the gameplay's tolerable too."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1388872020,"text":"Love the colour pallet and the high level of detailed pixel art and animations. Very inspiring level of polish - impressive for 48 hours, rated highly! :)"},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1388956320,"text":"Looks and sounds awesome!"}],"images":["ld28\/3295-cd252ec0f18552ada9c6f6b1d1e70fcc.jpg","ld28\/3295-df93f31f47f2eab0ed141962acdeeccf.jpg","ld28\/3295-88adae3de694cad43fafb9ca32d01752.jpg","ld28\/3295-5ee51254f6e03d72e70e57155f9a93fa.jpg","ld28\/3295-b738467d7a7133e22719ad9184faf6dd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34397004\/DISTANT%20WORLD%20FOR%20BOTH%20OF%20US.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34397004\/DISTANT%20WORLD%20FOR%20BOTH%20OF%20US.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21777","g_author":"3295","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21806","g_title":"DISTANT WORLD FOR THE BOTH OF US","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"90","g_commentcount":"62","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\/3295-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/3295-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/3295-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/3295-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/3295-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"Might as well connect you to a gear in the middle of nowhere, why not.\"\r\n\r\nHere for more of my shit\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Cellusious\r\n\r\nCheers.","title":"DISTANT WORLD FOR THE BOTH OF US"}