{"author_link":"\/author\/folmerkelly\/","author_name":"folmerkelly","author_uid":"15353","comments":[{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1377555780,"text":"Absolutely gorgeous, one of the most beautiful games i have seen here. Great music, fits well.\rBut the game is too easy, and i don't see the theme connection really.\rBut this has potential, really beautiful."},{"author_name":"Static 64","author_uid":"22813","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1377555840,"text":"I love the art style. That made the overall game so much better."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1377557640,"text":"Probably the best art ive seen so far."},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1377559140,"text":"This game features gorgeous graphics, but the gameplay is way too easy."},{"author_name":"Mclogenog","author_uid":"14996","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1377559140,"text":"Nice take on the plants versus zombies style tower defense. It's pretty easy right now, though. If there was some resource limit, or if there were enemies capable of easily destroying turrets, it would help a lot."},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1377559680,"text":"Great music and I gave you highish audio despite not having sound effects because of it. The art is great and the mechanic has promise. I don't see any way to lose though, I got to a point where I stopped clicking on dolphins because there really was no point to having more firepower, things died as soon as they spawned. Would love to play a balanced version of this."},{"author_name":"aschearer","author_uid":"15160","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1377559740,"text":"Very nice presentation, very polished. Gameplay was kind of uninspiring and repetitive. I quickly had enough guns that I didn't need any more and enemies couldn't get past the beach."},{"author_name":"[-BipolarDesign+]","author_uid":"13748","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1377564480,"text":"The art is amazing, and the game could have been a lot better with a full week, instead of just 2.5+ days. I definitely see the potential here!!"},{"author_name":"deammer","author_uid":"18342","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:31am","epoch":1377566760,"text":"Great art as usual, and it's fun to stack dem cannons :)"},{"author_name":"Lianne Booton","author_uid":"19939","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:33am","epoch":1377566880,"text":"Really really pretty graphics, a bit more polish and this could be something special :) I applaud the amount you managed to pull off in the time frame though, so good work!"},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:51am","epoch":1377593160,"text":"amazing game - loved the drag&drop mechanic\rthe visual style is wonderful\r\rvery well done - didn't expect anything less from you :)"},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:19am","epoch":1377594840,"text":"Not to beat a dead horse, but those are some fantastic graphics!\r\rThe gameplay is fun, but imbalanced. I think the problem is that it's too easy to just cluster weapons directly in front of the lighthouse -- there should be a limit to how many you could place in one spot to force the player to micromanage as their defenses get destroyed."},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:28am","epoch":1377602580,"text":"The best mood :)"},{"author_name":"FireZenk","author_uid":"27429","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:30am","epoch":1377602700,"text":"Fantastic graphics and fun game"},{"author_name":"h_double","author_uid":"2948","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1377612480,"text":"Beautiful art style but I found it unplayably hard, maybe it's my touchpad?"},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1377619140,"text":"Man, that art..."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1377628620,"text":"Very sunny, bright and fun! Had a good couple of minutes! Thanks for the great game! Dolphins are good!"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1377630660,"text":"So beautiful, and very clever. I love the style you have, especially the colors. Very polished. I can envision a finished game with different "islands," enemies, scenarios, etc. \r\rAlso, *frantic-dolphin-clicking*"},{"author_name":"Serilyn","author_uid":"1128","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1377634200,"text":"Pretty and fun game. I think I found a bug though. Sometimes I click a dolphin and it disappears but nothing happens. From a screenshot Spiridios sent me I know I should be getting guns but I'm only getting cannons and bombs. Guessing that for some reason the guns aren't dropping from those dolphins. Perhaps that's why some people are finding it hard and others easy?\r(For reference I'm running Chrome on Windows 7)"},{"author_name":"DuduSAr","author_uid":"13937","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1377642300,"text":"Fun, simple and I like the idea. Nice art!\rUnballanced at the moment (too easy)."},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1377642540,"text":"One of the best looking games I've seen so far! Love the creature design and overall look. Fun concept too. good job"},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1377643680,"text":"Fantastic art. Music was very catchy"},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:29am","epoch":1377667440,"text":"Hmm. Tried the game on a different computer and I'm seeing the same bug Serilyn is - no guns spawn. With just the cannons and bombs spawning it's a pretty darn hard game. On this computer I see the bug in Firefox but not in Chrome. On the other computer I don't see the bug in Firefox and never tried Chrome. The buggy computer has flash 11,8,800,94. Symptoms are that sometimes when you click on a dolphin, nothing spawns and for as long as you play you'll only get cannons and bombs, no guns (presumably what would have dropped from the dolphins that drop nothing)."},{"author_name":"FunByJohn","author_uid":"5063","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:28am","epoch":1377681780,"text":"Amazing as always :D"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:01am","epoch":1377683760,"text":"Absolutely gorgeous game. 5 stars on that department! A bit on the easy side though, it got boring pretty fast because of that. Some sound effects would have helped also :)"},{"author_name":"folmerkelly","author_uid":"15353","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:39am","epoch":1377686040,"text":"@ Serilyn and Spiridios: Yeah, when I open my workfile those dolphins spawn guns but in the swf they just spawn nothing. No idea what's up w that. Goes to show just how badly balanced the game is when one option makes it way too hard and the other makes it way too easy, ha.\r\r@ everyone: Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it :)"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:43am","epoch":1377686280,"text":"Lovely laid-back mood and beautiful graphics. Nice music too. I played this one for quite a long time just soaking up the atmosphere. I think it would only take a few tweaks to balance the gameplay (and a few extra levels and enemies) to turn it into a really addictive little game. Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"team_cow","author_uid":"27760","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:00am","epoch":1377687300,"text":"Beautiful art!"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1377699900,"text":"INSANELY beautiful! I love the music too - it fits the visuals perfectly. Can you imagine how crazy the world would be if all dolphins were weapons dealers?"},{"author_name":"Loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:25pm","epoch":1377703200,"text":"So fun! I really really liked the art style and gameplay. Great job man :)"},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1377703260,"text":"Really great stuff! Graphics were stunning and music was great too. Concept of quickly clicking on something to get powerups was really original + a cool addition to the tower defense genre."},{"author_name":"Kohijin","author_uid":"3710","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1377703560,"text":"Really like the visual designs and the music. The gameplay is already solid base aswell, maybe a bit too much PvsZ inspired, but its very own upbeat atmosphere."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1377714480,"text":"Fantastic graphics and music and great all round presentation"},{"author_name":"nixeldev","author_uid":"12013","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1377721260,"text":"I love this! I watched its progress on twitter and am glad I got to play it :) The gameplay is difficult but fun (especially on a laptop touchpad) and the graphics are superb."},{"author_name":"futuristteletex","author_uid":"25869","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:56am","epoch":1377766260,"text":"very beautiful very professional and fun!"},{"author_name":"targaciej","author_uid":"26829","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:36am","epoch":1377775860,"text":"Amazing and unique presentation, also fun to play. Great work!"},{"author_name":"futuristteletex","author_uid":"25869","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1377784800,"text":"Gorgeous graphics, not really a connection to the theme and it's too easy and not that fun."},{"author_name":"PixlWalkr","author_uid":"26777","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:36pm","epoch":1377786660,"text":"Enjoyed playing it. Great artstyle."},{"author_name":"acro","author_uid":"21612","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1377807660,"text":"beautfil lowpoly look to the background, and great colours. I didn't realise the 10 seconds were the only chance to grab 'towers', and after that I lost immediately, having not clicked on any Dolphins. After that, clicking on more than 2 dolphins made it impossible to lose - so, it needs a bit of difficulty adjustment. Art and sound is top notch, though."},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1377810120,"text":"Graphics are stunning!"},{"author_name":"Fififox","author_uid":"3098","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:36pm","epoch":1377815460,"text":"Really awesome graphics!\rGlad to see some #LDTD action! This free-form tower defense surprised me at first but it's a really neat system in the end!\rCongrats on a very good entry! :)"},{"author_name":"zlowrance","author_uid":"21441","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:22pm","epoch":1377872220,"text":"Amazing graphics! Really great job on this one"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:37pm","epoch":1377876720,"text":"This game features gorgeous graphics. good job"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:32am","epoch":1377926820,"text":"Good work!\rNice visuals and interesting gameplay.\rVisuals are really inspiring!"},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1377975240,"text":"Very nice visuals and atmosphere.\r\rThe game has a lot of potential, keep working on it!"},{"author_name":"Submundo Games","author_uid":"27491","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 2:45am","epoch":1378089600,"text":"good game man! I really like this kind of art."},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1378140120,"text":"Those graphics!"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1378145580,"text":"haha crazy fun, fantastic "thick" objects, very charming, very energetic game!\r\rTop marks!!"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:46am","epoch":1378204860,"text":"This just looks great, well done on the style. Fun game as well."},{"author_name":"vikingpotato","author_uid":"27438","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1378233120,"text":"Gorgeous and melodious! The visuals are epic!\rGameplay need more thoughts, i feel. Overall, its great stuff for something done in 72 hours! I like your sense of visual design"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1378314240,"text":"Would be great if the game was a bit more challenging, the art style is really cool though. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 5:20am","epoch":1378358100,"text":"Lovely art. Wish there was a bit more game though."},{"author_name":"withoutpillow","author_uid":"27525","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1378385700,"text":"stunning visuals and solid gameplay but to easy and repetitive."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1378494360,"text":"Very cool art style. The ideas are really fantastic, but the balancing could be improved."},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 9:07am","epoch":1378630920,"text":"Welcome to Gun Island!\r\rArt is so cute, really stylish :) Satisfying game to play and music suits it really well. \r\rGreat job. :)"},{"author_name":"lordjosephdeburg","author_uid":"13718","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1379265120,"text":"Im actually routing for this game, it deserves to be in the top 100 jams. Really stunning and great idea of protecting the light house. really nice."}],"images":["ld27\/15353-bf3e5cc4ff1ead1d8d838ba64d188c3e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/other\/lodestar\/17132\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24929","g_author":"15353","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24959","g_title":"Lodestar","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"105","g_commentcount":"56","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\/15353-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"When the beacon shines, click dolphins to get turrets and bombs to defend your island from the ever-emerging sea creatures.\r\n\r\nIt lacks sound effects and balancing and polish, apologies for that. it's all i managed to get out of the time I had. i tried.\r\n\r\nMouse controls all day errday. \r\n\r\nHave fun.\r\n","title":"Lodestar"}