{"author_link":"\/author\/georgebroussard\/","author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","comments":[{"author_name":"The Jahn","author_uid":"2485","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1377484980,"text":"the mixture of real-time elements with turn-based elements is definitely an odd one, but it works surprisingly well. the only thing that threw me off was the tweening on every action. it felt a bit slow for the real-time elements. it definitely added to the game's tension though, so i'd presume that was intentional.\r\reither way though, great design here."},{"author_name":"PaidGEEK","author_uid":"10029","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:23am","epoch":1377487080,"text":"Nice graphics and "easy to understand" gameplay. I like it."},{"author_name":"Josh Riley","author_uid":"14165","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:26am","epoch":1377487260,"text":"Really love how the design forces you to make snap decisions when the level loads. Since it's pseudo turn-based, I had to fight my instinct to stare at the level when it loaded. Also, the sound effects were great, I think the breathing really made it really immersive."},{"author_name":"Big Dave","author_uid":"13584","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1377489360,"text":"Enjoyed it quite a bit, good use of the theme for sure. The breathing sound when you're low on air really ratcheted up the tension, nice touch."},{"author_name":"Sakuyan","author_uid":"13803","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:14am","epoch":1377490140,"text":"Really good! I like the 2 "resources" you have on the field and the oxygen caps at 10 :)"},{"author_name":"xel","author_uid":"12874","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:39am","epoch":1377491640,"text":"Great game! Loved the roguelike gameplay mixed in with having to make time-sensitive decisions. Scored 2970 on my 2nd try."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:28am","epoch":1377498180,"text":"Interesting combination of turn-based movement with a real-time clock edging you on, I haven't seen that before.\r\rThe atmosphere is working quite well too, the breathing is creepy."},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:22am","epoch":1377505020,"text":"The mood\/sound is quite good. I would have preferred a full turn based system."},{"author_name":"Misfit","author_uid":"10677","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:38pm","epoch":1377520380,"text":"Cool game! Laser Squad style gameplay works great."},{"author_name":"skarab","author_uid":"25221","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1377526140,"text":"Cool gameplay, audio works well too ;) Stressing as it should be!"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1377528120,"text":"Great little game! It felt a bit strange with the air counting down in real time while everything was turn based but it added a good level of stress to forcing me to think\/move quickly. Kind of like speed chess."},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1377529380,"text":"Superb game! Loved all the pulsating animations you managed to squeeze into everything. Saw a presentation about that and they called it "Juice", to make it juicy. Really intense and my pulse went up the last levels."},{"author_name":"Wertle","author_uid":"22452","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1377534180,"text":"I love the movement scheme and trying to pay attention to the enemy movement patterns, it lets me stop and think while the air loss maintains tension. Fantastic audio feedback!"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1377541980,"text":"very nice! reached level 16 and got squashed by two robots.. was hoping to reach some sort of ending but not even sure it has one? :)"},{"author_name":"Linusson","author_uid":"25442","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1377542220,"text":"Fun and intensive game. :)\r\rI died quite a few times at level 15-16, but then I finally escaped Robot Planet so that I could come back to earth and rate the game. :D"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1377545520,"text":"@orangepascal There's an ending at level 20! So close...try again! :)\r\rThanks for playing and rating guys."},{"author_name":"VagabondEx","author_uid":"16505","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1377547080,"text":"Well balanced little Roguelike-like. Easy to pick up, but hard to master :) Well done."},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1377554580,"text":"Great job! It's really intense when you start running low on oxygen and start to panic :D"},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1377562560,"text":"Hail to the king, baby! That was one amazing game George. The breathing and the music totally immersed me in the game. The addictive gameplay kept me coming back for more!"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:24am","epoch":1377584340,"text":"Great game, and thanks for that BetterMazeGenerator class! This will be a good reference for anybody else wanting to make a simple roguelike."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:41am","epoch":1377588960,"text":"Order now Episode 2 and 3 to continue your adventure! (TM)\r\rThis is great fun, very atmospheric when you're in the later stages and close to die. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Darien","author_uid":"7355","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:16am","epoch":1377591060,"text":"I will punish the Doombots!\r\rGood stuff. I love the interplay between trying to rush through the levels and dodge robots and having to veer off course to grab air bubbles. Also, the interesting moment when you have to decide if you'll lose more air running for a bubble than you'll get from it."},{"author_name":"Capro","author_uid":"16077","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1377615060,"text":"This is fun and original. I love the mixture of real-time and turn-based mechanics."},{"author_name":"zeh","author_uid":"13340","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1377624600,"text":"The mix of turn-based\/real-time actions take some time to sink in. But that's just a small detail... very very good."},{"author_name":"gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1377629640,"text":"Loved the horror aspect to the game, and the 10 second air gives a real sense of urgency. Great job! =D"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1377632400,"text":"Cool sounds and nice graphics. It works suprprisingly well with the turn-based trick and the ticking clock."},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1377636000,"text":"Really solid entry. I love how simple it is but how well everything (graphics, sound, theme) work together."},{"author_name":"Zer0Kelvin","author_uid":"11953","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:41am","epoch":1377660960,"text":"Fun game with a good sense of panic when running low on air. I love the running out of breath sounds, they really get you going. I finished it on my second try. Not sure if it was getting harder or if I was just getting better at grabbing powerups! :P"},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"391","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:06am","epoch":1377669660,"text":"Score 2825\rKind of contradictory to have turns and a time limit, but I had fun with it."},{"author_name":"MidCry","author_uid":"21379","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1377705060,"text":"Fast paced decision making is brilliant and fun ... but lake of different strategies hurt a bit ...\rGreat game . :D"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1377716520,"text":"Wow that is awesome. All this levels, all this polished controlls and graphics. Nice Mood... I love this game."},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1377719700,"text":"I love the intensity. After a few tries, I made it to level 10, then got stuck for a split second then panick-hammered the arrow keys, then died. Love the art too. I would maybe continue tweak the weapon blasts to better show who they're coming from; the difference in size and color weren't enough to differentiate, for me anyway. \r\rGreat game overall. Also loved the sound."},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:13am","epoch":1377734880,"text":"It's curious how it feels very easy yet very hard the same time, I keep getting killed at around level 15, haha. Very nice and distressing athmosphere, the ambient and breathing really add to the feel. True fight for survival! Good work!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:00am","epoch":1377737700,"text":"Noooo! I was literally two steps from the exit of level 20 when I was murdered by robots.\r\rGreat game. I was mentally in puzzle game mode because of the turn based movement until I realized the clock was ticking. It's an interesting combination that works surprisingly well. The audio is quite good too; it really communicates urgency. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:11am","epoch":1377738360,"text":"Super fun and polished. Love the sound!"},{"author_name":"KeithE.","author_uid":"25189","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:22am","epoch":1377749820,"text":"This was wonderful. Right up there with my favorite games from this LD. The SFX add so much and for such a simple game I had to play a # of times to get to the end."},{"author_name":"futuristteletex","author_uid":"25869","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:03am","epoch":1377755880,"text":"really enjoyed it! liked every bit of it.. =) the art, the gameplay, the sound.. brilliant!"},{"author_name":"gmaker","author_uid":"20390","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:41am","epoch":1377761760,"text":"Wow! the best game of compo IMHO.. HIGH FIVE!!"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:01am","epoch":1377770160,"text":"Excellent job on creating an oppressing atmosphere, sfx are really well done."},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:53am","epoch":1377773280,"text":"Really cool :)"},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:17am","epoch":1377774720,"text":"Damn, that was intense, and really fun. Probably my favourite game thus far. The audio, the graphics, the overall polish... it's all great."},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1377782640,"text":"For a game that looks very simple in the screenshots, there's a suprising amount of polish in the sound effects and visuals. Just the breathing sounds add so much to this... very nice."},{"author_name":"Myyyvothrr","author_uid":"6391","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1377786780,"text":"Great entry, really liked the atmosphere!"},{"author_name":"AdricZero","author_uid":"822","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1377798180,"text":"Love the gasping air sound effect as you are about to run out of oxygen."},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1377808800,"text":"Nice work! Cool art style and simple but strong mechanic. The need to make quick decisions really added to the tension, as did the panicky sound effects. The difficulty level was just about right too."},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377833160,"text":"After many close calls, I managed to escape Robot Planet!\r\rI love the gasping for air sound effect, it really makes me \rfeel anxious to get to the end of the stage\/get oxygen.\r\rI also like how the graphics are simples and effective.\r\rThe movement scheme worked in a great way with the need to reach for oxygen.\r\rGreat job in this game!"},{"author_name":"stenol","author_uid":"24796","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1377874140,"text":"Great game. Easy to play and understand. Great sound."},{"author_name":"Richard Matey","author_uid":"16170","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1377890640,"text":"Awesome game George love the pure rogue like nature to this."},{"author_name":"Impmaster","author_uid":"25036","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 1:22am","epoch":1377911820,"text":"I felt that I didn't like the mixture of real-time elements with turn-based elements because when I died, it didn't feel like it was my fault. It felt like the time restriction's fault."},{"author_name":"Kwrky","author_uid":"17889","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:14am","epoch":1377925740,"text":"I really enjoyed this. It felt really balanced and I was stressed out for the duration. Died on lvl 20... will play again."},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:04am","epoch":1377928740,"text":"Great game man! Beat it my second try. Tense but very enjoyable. Feels quite a bit like Zaga-33 but the real-time pressure is a good twist. Tweens and everything felt great, especially the robot death effect.\r\rDidn't realize at first that picking up hearts gave me more than 1 health back... led to me playing more conservatively the first time, and had a few moments where I didn't understand why I was still alive. Not complaining :)"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:18am","epoch":1377929580,"text":"No big deal, but if you wouldn't mind uploading your whole unity project I'd be curious to try it out. Just like to see how other people go about organizing\/hooking up theirs, maybe learn something new."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:19am","epoch":1377929640,"text":"@rylgh, thanks for finishing. I put effort into that "ending" just for sake of completeness :)\r\rUltimately I'm tempted to extend this and have different robots with different behaviors for an added layer of randomness and maybe strategy."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:20am","epoch":1377944100,"text":"Wow I escaped Robot Planet with literally 0.6 seconds of air left! Great game. Loved it. Felt like a panicky roguelike. Awesome presentation and sounds were in particular good, loved the breathing. Amazing level of polish with the different effects and little touches you've got. Up there with my favourites so far. Could have done with being a bit more difficult as I was fine except for the last mission. Overall though, my summary has to be: LOVE IT."},{"author_name":"Diogo Muller","author_uid":"23705","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1377960420,"text":"You mixed the turn-based and time-based elements very well. Your game gets really tense at some points, great work!"},{"author_name":"zzForrest","author_uid":"6412","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1377976080,"text":"Really interesting, very fun. It was pretty challenging too. The hyperventilation sound effect was able to make me panic a little, or at least made me hurry up."},{"author_name":"darkshadow","author_uid":"15698","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1377978120,"text":"Mixing dungeon crawling rogue style with a time limit is great to add extra tension. The breathing and other audio makes things even more tense. The laser blast also feels satisfyingly chunky. Very nice game."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1377985740,"text":"Fantastic game! Loads of polish, and juicy visual feedback.\r+5 on the sound design as well!\r\rGameplay is like the ancient game Dalek Attack (I was 6 back then) so bonus points for nostalgia"},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1377987540,"text":"Solid game. I liked to how you have to balance your health and air. I escaped from Robot planet and had a score of 2450."},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1377992820,"text":"Nice game, at the beginning I was thinking that those bot were hard to avoid as I was running like a crazy guy, then I noticed they were moving only when I moved, and ran out of oxygen. Good balance of "hurry" vs take "your time to think" here :)"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 1:25am","epoch":1377998400,"text":"I really love the combination of very simple art and complex visual effects. Creates quite a nice atmosphere."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:52am","epoch":1378010820,"text":"nice graphics - great mood -- excellent controls = awesome game"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:06am","epoch":1378029660,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1378043520,"text":"Really really good game here! The theme is perfectly used in this one. The mix of turn based strategy with realtime constraint works really well! I'm almost jealous I didn't have the same idea :)\r\rHowever, it would have been perfect if some harder mobs were a little more clever: like a mob that follows you, but only moves 1 turn out of 2. Or mobs that do twice more damages?\r\rOh, and you especially did well on the art & sounds on this one. Which is undeniable proof that coders CAN actually draw despite what they all pretend."},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1378045560,"text":"Nice graphics. The game-play and controls are really well polished."},{"author_name":"DiscoFish","author_uid":"12320","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1378049880,"text":"Amazing game!"},{"author_name":"N427","author_uid":"7563","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1378050000,"text":"Really awesome! Felt really panicked all the time because I kept having to choose between going for air or for health and felt very rushed. Very fun, managed to escape eventually. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1378074180,"text":"Really nice game. Was a little strange that the timer ran independently of the turn based system but it still worked out. Really well polished too. Nice job."},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 1:05am","epoch":1378083600,"text":"I love how juicy this game is! Really nice entry!"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1378090500,"text":"Very solid entry. The graphics and sound blends in a very cool way. The mix between turn based and real time was kinda off and I wish I could shoot or setup traps."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1378139640,"text":"Real nice game with a simple gameplay that reminds me of the K.I.S.S principle. Nice graphics and even some narrative in there too.\r\rGood job George!"},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1378147440,"text":"This worked really well, very intuitive, great atmosphere and quite tense!"},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1379104200,"text":"Very interesting mix of real time elements and turn based movement. Unfortunately I only got to level 19 after few attempts, I'm not good in racing against the clock."},{"author_name":"mrtibbs","author_uid":"28381","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 12:44am","epoch":1379291940,"text":"Really cool game. Great atmosphere, nice controls and a neat gameplay loop. Awesome work."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 12:51am","epoch":1379292360,"text":"This has a lot of polish. I really like the graphics and sound effects. Nice use of the theme too. This one is going into my "play more later" folder."},{"author_name":"Antylum","author_uid":"18596","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 10:22am","epoch":1379326620,"text":"Great atmosphere! Sounds effects make a lot. I like game mechanics"},{"author_name":"meszka","author_uid":"21212","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1379355540,"text":"Interesting use of theme. Very nice sounds, especially the breathing."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Sep 17, 2013 @ 12:05am","epoch":1379376000,"text":"The breathing sound made this game for me - it added a ridiculous amount of tension, and actually gave it a survival-horror feel, which I love. Very cool entry!"},{"author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","time":"Sep 17, 2013 @ 12:26am","epoch":1379377260,"text":"I escaped Robot Planet! :D\r\rI loved it. The graphics, effects and sound just works wonderfully together, and the resource management made it tense.\r\rManaged it on the first attempt, but had a lot of very close calls along the way. Excellent work! :D"}],"images":["ld27\/8631-307e85a4051483b783348607dba5398f.jpg","ld27\/8631-5e83c090f792d84511fb3786bb7cb058.jpg","ld27\/8631-edf5d9def84faf7fbfc64ab5389f8323.jpg","ld27\/8631-0e172824c38d41c70edc1a8091e32da6.jpg","ld27\/8631-2f2677b0488bed99afc304470d74d885.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2926749\/LD27\/LD27.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2926749\/LD27\/LD27_Source_RobotPlanet.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23946","g_author":"8631","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23976","g_title":"ROBOT PLANET","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"27","g_commentcount":"79","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\/\/273708\/8631-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8631-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8631-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8631-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/8631-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"I've crash landed on Robot Planet. My spacesuit is damaged and will only maintain ten seconds of oxygen. I need to fight through the Doom-Bots and steal one of their spaceships to escape. Readings show it's 20 levels from my current location.\"\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY: \r\n Arrow Keys to move\r\n Walk into Doom-Bots to attack \r\n Exit level before you run out of air\r\n Pickup air \/ health\r\n Get 1 health for finishing a level\r\n Health and Air cap at 10\r\n\r\nYou can run through the whole game (20 levels) in about 5 minutes.\r\n","title":"ROBOT PLANET"}