{"author_link":"\/author\/bugninja\/","author_name":"bugninja","author_uid":"8142","comments":[{"author_name":"rumachine","author_uid":"19333","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:19am","epoch":1355703240,"text":"Great game! I enjoyed playing it."},{"author_name":"JacksGamesSucks","author_uid":"16491","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1355776980,"text":"cool game, different approach, enjoyed playing"},{"author_name":"Jlebow","author_uid":"19313","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:07am","epoch":1355817720,"text":"Fun game."},{"author_name":"Luis Anton","author_uid":"12053","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:08am","epoch":1355817780,"text":"Nice! It was difficult getting used to controls - so many keys for such a small game, and hitting orbs with your tail requieres a bit of training. Well done!"},{"author_name":"lucky.luddite","author_uid":"19563","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:08am","epoch":1355817780,"text":"Nice trail effect."},{"author_name":"Logun","author_uid":"8007","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:12am","epoch":1355818020,"text":"It is hard to manage the tail properly. It is half cool, half frustrating. But cool concept !"},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:13am","epoch":1355818080,"text":"Cute game, interesting concept :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Small suggestion about the controls. Why not make up\/down work like z\/x ?"},{"author_name":"Yacodo","author_uid":"17935","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:22am","epoch":1355818620,"text":"Pretty tricky to play (at first I was like : Yeah try eat it... and then... I re-read the intro :))"},{"author_name":"KWL_TW","author_uid":"18962","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:26am","epoch":1355818860,"text":"A beautiful game!"},{"author_name":"AhNinniah","author_uid":"7227","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:36am","epoch":1355887860,"text":"Great concept! Though not very convenient that the character can completely get off the game screen"},{"author_name":"Floko","author_uid":"4166","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:55am","epoch":1355892600,"text":"nice game! even tough the theme isn't that clear if I don't read the description . Hitting the orbs with the tail is pretty hard,but still an enjoyable experience =]"},{"author_name":"Rabbits...","author_uid":"11321","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:55am","epoch":1355892600,"text":"I liked the idea of having a tail that was out for revenge, good job on the game, the colors contrasted nicely..."},{"author_name":"GreenPixelDev","author_uid":"19538","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:56am","epoch":1355892660,"text":"Reminded me of Snake! Cool concept and very smooth controls :D"},{"author_name":"bugninja","author_uid":"8142","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:14am","epoch":1355893740,"text":"@GreenPixelDev I'm glad you said that.  I was kind-of working from a reverse-snake angle."},{"author_name":"bugninja","author_uid":"8142","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:15am","epoch":1355893800,"text":"@AhNinniah I actually have a version where you can't go off the screen.  You actually don't go too far off the game screen, so if you turn slightly, you should see yourself re-appear."},{"author_name":"cdata","author_uid":"18004","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:21am","epoch":1355894160,"text":"This game is pretty fun, and quite hard. I found it very difficult to recover after my tail gets a certain length."},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:22am","epoch":1355894220,"text":"Nice concept and well executed.  Controls were solid.  I do wish there were a bit more to the gameplay though."},{"author_name":"RosyPenguin","author_uid":"5628","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:24am","epoch":1355894340,"text":"haha, I didn't read the instructions the first time through and ate every orb with my head. But the subsequent plays when I tried to eat the orbs with my tail it turned out a lot more difficult than it looks and I ended up having a lot of fun playing both ways!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I am a fan of this clean, crisp aesthetic and soft colors. Great job!"},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:26am","epoch":1355894460,"text":"Interesting. The trailing effect is pretty."},{"author_name":"Cthu","author_uid":"18793","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1355918460,"text":"Love it! Although I like the &quot;non growing tail&quot; build better. Add some Osmos style music and it would be enough to publish.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@bugninja: question regarding your bug report on my game - can you share your setup info? Flash Player version, system and brief computer specs? I'd like to investigate. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"arch.jslin","author_uid":"18318","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1355934960,"text":"It's sort of like a reversed-omnidirectional snake game! Simple yet excellent art and challenging."},{"author_name":"BlockBrains","author_uid":"17970","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1356280440,"text":"Beautiful."},{"author_name":"bechsen","author_uid":"11169","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1356619980,"text":"Great!"},{"author_name":"Ed Okonik","author_uid":"17164","time":"Jan 4, 2013 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1357341660,"text":"A nice game with interesting game play. Some atmospheric sound and music would make this really nice. Not sure about how well it fits the compo theme, but nice work anyway."},{"author_name":"bugninja","author_uid":"8142","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1357509420,"text":"Yeah, I don't think I'll get many votes based on theme because I didn't have time to get all the graphics done that would have made it make more sense that you were the bad guy.  So I called them &quot;peaceful&quot; orbs.  Sort-of a cop out, :D"},{"author_name":"xandrew","author_uid":"8080","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1357515420,"text":"That was very cool! Although I found that having a longer tail was more easy ;)"},{"author_name":"TakeNapEveryday","author_uid":"18126","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1357597740,"text":"Simple, fun, and looks great! An original take on the classic 'snake' game."}],"images":["ld25\/8142-4933dcae1dab1af3756e0b33b64e81fe.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.selticeapps.com\/ld48\/ld25\/","text":"Flash"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27375","g_author":"8142","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27405","g_title":"Tail Orbit","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"159","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\/\/201083\/8142-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You have 60 seconds to destroy as many peaceful orbs as you can.... since they are peaceful, that makes you the villain :)\r\n\r\nImportant note: You have to hit the orbs with your TAIL ... not your head to get points :)\r\n\r\nUse arrow keys to move, Z slows down, X speeds back up.\r\n\r\nYou must hit the orbs with your TAIL and not your HEAD to score points.  Your tail gets longer and harder to use the more orbs you hit with your head.\r\n\r\nHave fun!!!\r\n\r\nIt was made with Monkey (http:\/\/www.monkeycoder.co.nz\/), graphics made in Fireworks.\r\n\r\nI can't enter the \"compo\" because some of the libraries I use are closed source, and I'm using a modified version of Mojo that ships with Monkey.<\/p>","title":"Tail Orbit"}