{"author_link":"\/author\/andrew-wagoner30\/","author_name":"Those 30 Ninjas","author_uid":"22911","comments":[{"author_name":"ezolotko","author_uid":"13121","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1387201200,"text":"Wow, cool mechanic"},{"author_name":"ob6160","author_uid":"31367","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1387221720,"text":"Interesting concept nicely executed."},{"author_name":"TobiasNL","author_uid":"10964","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1387222380,"text":"Nice! Good sounds and music, and the gameplay mechanic was very smooth and interesting. Really like the gold turtles (which I think should give more points when they die) Got to 910."},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1387222440,"text":"Really the best game under all these "you only get one shot" games! Good job"},{"author_name":"ThatGuy","author_uid":"17563","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1387222560,"text":"Fun and well made mechanic. This game could easily be expanded into much more, given more time. Great work!"},{"author_name":"KumoKairo","author_uid":"26435","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1387222560,"text":"Definitely my vote!\rSounds, gameplay and graphics are absolutely beautiful"},{"author_name":"postmodestie","author_uid":"8113","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1387222620,"text":"Very nice! Simple and, as stated before, well executed in all departements! Funny: the ship colors reminded me of CGA-graphics. :)"},{"author_name":"Static_boy123","author_uid":"6108","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1387222680,"text":"I really liked the mechanic. I think the bouncing was especially good, and the sounds were just great! I think the game would be a little better with different art, but I also recognize that you were going for a certain art style.\rOverall, very good!"},{"author_name":"Jago","author_uid":"4020","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1387222740,"text":"Nice work! It was very fun game to play. Music was nice and graphics fit the theme very well."},{"author_name":"d_0o_d","author_uid":"29499","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1387223220,"text":"Yeah this was fun. You implemented the theme very good."},{"author_name":"baton4ik","author_uid":"8792","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1387223580,"text":"Amazing game. It's fun, the graphics and sounds are beatiful."},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1387223640,"text":"Everything about this game is great. Best game was 3080 points and then I got killed by these evil giant red jellyfish things."},{"author_name":"iamwhosiam","author_uid":"14725","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1387226220,"text":"now this is my kind of game :)"},{"author_name":"van noctar","author_uid":"21196","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:53am","epoch":1387248480,"text":"Really good collisions!!! Mouse and keyboard is a good control system. And sounds are very pretty!"},{"author_name":"ahnt","author_uid":"17704","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:56am","epoch":1387248660,"text":"Great idea, had a lot of fun with this one!"},{"author_name":"30dogs","author_uid":"12480","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:27am","epoch":1387261320,"text":"We had very similar ideas! You guys executed it extremely well. Pretty much everything is awesome. The jagged edges of the map to make the bounces more unpredictable is brilliant."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1387297080,"text":"Oh damn whales! :)\rGreat game! No comments, you are great guys!"},{"author_name":"havana24","author_uid":"16470","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1387297200,"text":"Cool game! :)"},{"author_name":"AndreRodrigues","author_uid":"31047","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1387298880,"text":"Hey, we have very similar games. =)\r\rIt's funny how we came up with similar game elements but took a very different approach to them. I really like some of the touches like using diagonal walls so the harpoon has a little more complex trajectory to it."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1387299060,"text":"This is great! Really fun and great sound!"},{"author_name":"Cake&Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1387300020,"text":"Amazingly well-designed concept, I love that once you've shot the harpoon you get shields to defend yourself. The movement is drifty but I'll forgive that since it is supposed to be space.\r\rThis definitely needs some polish and post-LD work! It would be a lot of fun as a fully realized game."},{"author_name":"cobhc6","author_uid":"6638","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1387302780,"text":"Really nice game you made here!"},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1387302900,"text":"Nice, fits the theme very good, its hard and fun. Good job.\rI just love when it bounces in some weird way and gets triple kill."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1387303260,"text":"Wow! I played this for a LOT longer than I thought I would! Super fun and funny game, you really had a good time doing this and it shows :D 5\/5"},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1387303980,"text":"I guess I'm lucky getting this as my first "you only get one shot" game here. If all others are like this, then maybe the theme was OK after all. A small comment. For us with laptop + left handed right hand on WASD and left on mouse is a bit uncomfortable."},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1387304040,"text":"Very neat design. The game is very fresh and this universe ( space whale, pirate talks & stuff ) is fun. The harpoon mechanic could have became boring with time but you guys had this genius idea of non-flat border. I like the fact it's shaped like a treasure map.\r\rThe game still have rythm problem : You should autospawn monsters everytime the screen is empty. Clearing waves very fast is more secure but you also get those boring waiting time when nothing is on screen.\r\rThe difficulty curve itself is weird sometime there's huge jeelyfish spawn and sometime you have to wait 10 seconds on a blank screen to see a lonely whale pop."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1387304220,"text":"Good game with great sounds!"},{"author_name":"vapgames","author_uid":"15943","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1387304760,"text":"Space Pirates!"},{"author_name":"Hypermagical","author_uid":"32147","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1387310400,"text":"I like the dotted lines. \r\rI really like the interpretation of the theme. It's a fun twist on the shooter-in-a-box gameplay.\r\rI'm rubbish at the game, but that's all my fault. Well, except for the bit where it's easy for whales to sometimes spawn right on top of you, but at least there's a little bit of warning there."},{"author_name":"acp_ld","author_uid":"30564","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1387311600,"text":"really well done game"},{"author_name":"LatFoued","author_uid":"30371","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1387312140,"text":"Very nice concept. the gameplay was smooth and the music enjoyable. Good work"},{"author_name":"Nazariglez","author_uid":"19585","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1387312680,"text":"Lol! quite original, i love it!"},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1387313400,"text":"Cool mechanics, nice esthetics and a fun game! A more interesting game than most I've played as of yet! :)\r\rThanks for playing my game, I've added controls tutorial at the top of the entry as to make it easier for other players in the future.\r\rGood luck!"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1387313700,"text":"Good all round game, well done :)"},{"author_name":"TeamRoboto","author_uid":"30482","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1387316040,"text":"Game mechanics are really cool and fun. You can get really skilled at bouncing the harpoon and that is a big plus! Got to a score of 850 and died by a whale spawning very close. Easier to keep control of the harpoon by bouncing it horizontal as the sides are pretty much flat."},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1387321080,"text":"Solid gameplay and sounds. :)"},{"author_name":"Toureiro","author_uid":"24095","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:23pm","epoch":1387322280,"text":"Loved the concept, the mechanic and the look\/sound! Great entry! One of the best I've seen so far."},{"author_name":"Cake_Catastrophe","author_uid":"5901","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:03am","epoch":1387324680,"text":"OK, guys, we can all stop voting now. This is clearly the Best Game."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:07am","epoch":1387324920,"text":"I LOVE the mechanic with how you have to pickup your bullet to shoot it again! Very nice!\rGraphics are clean and simple :) and music is a tad quiet, but it's good enough :)\rSweet game!"},{"author_name":"AaronGordon","author_uid":"16006","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:10am","epoch":1387325100,"text":"Nice! Simple mechanic but great use of sfx to reinforce it getting stuck."},{"author_name":"Jejeboy","author_uid":"20833","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:44am","epoch":1387341540,"text":"Very good design choices. I really enjoyed lining up the enemies."},{"author_name":"MatrixBai","author_uid":"4067","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 8:33am","epoch":1387355280,"text":"Greenpeace will sue me for killing big amount of whales. Really funny game."},{"author_name":"glovecat","author_uid":"28794","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:39am","epoch":1387362840,"text":"I really enjoyed this game. I would play this game forever. Excellent WC game if you would launch it for a tablet or smartphone :D"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:46am","epoch":1387363260,"text":"Mechanic's great, the best I've seen so far with the one shot mechanic. And overall it's real fun, awesome job!"},{"author_name":"LTPATS","author_uid":"29798","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1387398900,"text":"This was really fun, loved the "one retrievable bullet" mechanic! Music was nice and the sound effects helped round it out nicely."},{"author_name":"Static 64","author_uid":"22813","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1387399200,"text":"Wow! I wasn't sure what to expect just looking at it, but that was fun! The mechanic is great, one of the best implementations of the theme I've seen!"},{"author_name":"whiteknife","author_uid":"30189","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1387401000,"text":"Fun mechanic and definitely felt very pirate-y. Great job!"},{"author_name":"OriginalBigDan","author_uid":"1760","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1387410480,"text":"Annoyingly addictive and 6 times as good when you realise you can move around and collect the harpoon! (Duh! My bad!)\r\rGreat music and sound effects! I would love to see some powerups and alternative weapons."},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:20am","epoch":1387412100,"text":"I really like what you've done with the art :D\rThe game is pretty fun and it's a really good one shot mechanic."},{"author_name":"javifugitivo","author_uid":"25708","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:01am","epoch":1387428960,"text":"Nice mechanics! Nice sounds! Aaaaarrrrrrrr!"},{"author_name":"sekaru","author_uid":"23171","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:52am","epoch":1387435620,"text":"Fantastic mechanic! The music and sound assets are pretty cool too."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1387458720,"text":"This was really enjoyable to play, definitely a top score for fun. Great work here"},{"author_name":"occash","author_uid":"31683","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1387483560,"text":"Nice game)thank you for good graphics and sound!"},{"author_name":"LastResortGames","author_uid":"5040","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1387485420,"text":"Great Job. I loved the trail you left behind you!\r\rSide Note: Since you used Unity I suggest making a Linux build. The Web player does not work on Linux Machines."},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1387492980,"text":"A very fun entry! Adorable graphics, retrieve-the-bullet theme works fine! (err, I used that too) :D"},{"author_name":"peacegiverman","author_uid":"13850","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1387498440,"text":"I really like the UI, the way the game is played on a map and the ship leaves a trail. Very nice.\r\rThe game's fun too play, though I'd like it if the ship was a bit faster or had less drag. As it is it feels a bit heavy."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:02am","epoch":1387508220,"text":"Great game ! The mechanic is indeed very interesting !"},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:13am","epoch":1387526880,"text":"Really like the art style. It's very inviting and I couldn't resist trying this one out."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:43am","epoch":1387528680,"text":"Man, this is deceptively fun. At first I was like, "Well... ok this is a bit slow." THEN TURTLES SHOWED UP! HOLY CRAP THE STRATEGY WHEN YOU GET 3 OR 4 TURTLES ON THE SCREEN AND WAVES OF WHALES AND OCTOPUSESSSSESES!\r\rThe game is really fun, has a great difficulty curve and pacing, and the audio fits well. You have this crazy concept of a snowglobed space pirate boat shooting a huge harpoon that's bouncing around a scroll boundary hitting flying space whales and turtles with rotating shields. It's crazy as hell and I love it!\r\rThe only bad thing is the graphics don't really do match up with the rest of the experience. With some better art and some more polish this would be AMAZING. It's still awesome fun right now, though. GREAT ENTRY!"},{"author_name":"JacksGamesSucks","author_uid":"16491","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1387548000,"text":"nice, interesting little game. good job!"},{"author_name":"2HitAdam","author_uid":"15390","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 10:08am","epoch":1387792980,"text":"Super fun. This is honestly just a graphics overhaul away from being a really neat game!"},{"author_name":"Ras Lyon","author_uid":"30554","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1388155080,"text":"That's fun, I like the bouncing of the harpoon. I wish I was better at judging how it would bounce. Like a trajectory guide or something. Fun!"},{"author_name":"lucentbeam","author_uid":"25522","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1388176020,"text":"Really nice work. I love the dashed line, map\/scroll background, and 'X's. Makes for a clever and nicely unified theme."},{"author_name":"samooJAM","author_uid":"11043","time":"Dec 28, 2013 @ 9:50am","epoch":1388223900,"text":"Pleasant gameplay"},{"author_name":"Tex Killer","author_uid":"7901","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 12:37am","epoch":1388277120,"text":"Nice take on the theme... the cursor could be centered, though: the harpoon aparently goes to the top-left corner of the cursor instead of the center"},{"author_name":"pjchardt","author_uid":"13158","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1388371560,"text":"Like the mechanic of one bullet and the way the bullet bounces around the screen. This led to a lot of depth. Felt a bit sluggish and unresponsive at times but the core of the game is very interesting!"},{"author_name":"lordjosephdeburg","author_uid":"13718","time":"Jan 2, 2014 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1388690400,"text":"A lot of fun. Great use of mechanics, has a lot of potential in my opinion on the marketplace too. Nice Jam Ninja"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1388952060,"text":"Great idea, lovely game play.\rWell done."}],"images":["ld28\/22911-874e12daa596f0a33881f84e67147628.jpg","ld28\/22911-4954ea9062cac8cc9d0d99ea180d13b3.jpg","ld28\/22911-89f8871dedeb3e764b886b2a36925cb2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/13659497\/Starbeard\/Starbeard.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/13659497\/Starbeard\/Starbeard.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/13659497\/Starbeard\/Starbeard_Linux.zip","text":"(Untested)Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21815","g_author":"22911","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"21844","g_title":"Starbeard: The Curse of the Space Whales","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"76","g_commentcount":"68","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\/22911-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/22911-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/22911-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Starbeard: The Curse of the Space Whales follows a crew of space pirates in their journey across the stars. Seasick Dan, the powder monkey, forgot all the armaments except for a single harpoon. Now, trapped in a nebula and surrounded by vicious space whales, Starbeard and his crew will need to fight their way free with all they've got: just one harpoon.\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nWASD or Arrow Keys to move\r\nMouse to Aim \/ Left mouse to fire - your harpoon will bounce!\r\nMouse to aim projectile shield (when you have no harpoon)\r\nBump the harpoon to pick it up.\r\nCollect loot at the x marks as you defeat foes.\r\n\r\nGet the highest score you can!\r\n","title":"Starbeard: The Curse of the Space Whales"}