{"author_link":"\/author\/kiswa\/","author_name":"kiswa","author_uid":"10990","comments":[{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1335194100,"text":"ha, a pretty literal interpretation of the theme. i liked it!"},{"author_name":"Cambrian_Man","author_uid":"4198","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1335196440,"text":"I dug the music. The dead planets were somewhat hard to see, though and I never got terribly far into the game. I like the concept, though."},{"author_name":"De10ter","author_uid":"8352","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1335197160,"text":"Well its...different."},{"author_name":"kiswa","author_uid":"10990","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1335197880,"text":"Cambrian_Man: I should have tested on more machines. I could see them fine on my dev machine, but at work today they're nearly invisible. My bad!"},{"author_name":"Kane","author_uid":"8722","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1335199920,"text":"I am totally bad at this game, but I like it !"},{"author_name":"jimmypaulin","author_uid":"6965","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1335204720,"text":"I like the megascale structure interpretation of the theme, very space opera\/sci-fi. The difficulty ramp was well judged and there were some nice risk\/reward dilemmas thrown at the player. Nice crisp graphics too, I persevered until I beat it ;)"},{"author_name":"eburn184","author_uid":"5565","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:39am","epoch":1335234840,"text":"This game is so simple, yet I found it a lot of fun. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Evgis","author_uid":"12507","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1335283320,"text":"Good concept, but a little bit wierd :P"},{"author_name":"schizofunky","author_uid":"11944","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1335299820,"text":"I like the idea of playing as the world! ANd the shrinking mechanic is very cool too!"},{"author_name":"whitetigle","author_uid":"2966","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1335299880,"text":"I like the fact that shrinking a planet has a cost ;)"},{"author_name":"devwil","author_uid":"7526","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1335300240,"text":"i was really enjoying the music, but it stopped playing after a while! started back up when i restarted the level, though."},{"author_name":"Terra","author_uid":"2414","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1335309060,"text":"I really liked the atmosphere of it, and I felt so guilty the first time I had to shrink. Controlling the planet was great.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I feel like the hitbox for the lightning and dead planets was maybe a bit too large; There were a few times where I was hit when I thought I was safe, but maybe I just suck :P"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1335386220,"text":"Hehe,  very literal interpretation."},{"author_name":"10WonXero10","author_uid":"12014","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 8:51am","epoch":1335516360,"text":"Quite innovative, well done."},{"author_name":"BlackBulletIV","author_uid":"3915","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 9:11am","epoch":1335863160,"text":"I quite like the concept, the music was pretty cool too. I couldn't get that far though, since it's very difficult for me. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1336144680,"text":"Interesting concept and good music.\r<br\/>I didn't get very far though. The dead planets hitboxes seem to be square, which seems off as I keep dying without actually touching them."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1336490700,"text":"wow! really nice! love the theme and how you adapted to it"},{"author_name":"onehandclap","author_uid":"12918","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1336931280,"text":"Well, well, well: what have we got here? And unpredictable interpretation of the theme. And it's fun, too! =)"}],"images":["ld23\/10990-d545c03ab501284b27e63bec6c862793.jpg","ld23\/10990-64a84cbde7459dd0504a30206b0f08ab.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kiswa.bitbucket.org\/ld23\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/kiswa\/ludumdare\/src\/3551966052b7\/ld23","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/3cPL3XxfSkw","text":"Time-Lapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30797","g_author":"10990","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30827","g_title":"Protector","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"535","g_commentcount":"18","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\/\/123793\/10990-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/10990-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"From the intro:\r\n\r\nYou are the protector of this planet.\r\nYou have kept it safe from disaster for hundreds of years.\r\nBut now a new threat has arrived.\r\nYour planet has been swallowed by a giant vessel.\r\n\r\n\r\nI really enjoyed my first Ludum Dare. Thanks for taking the time to play my game!\r\n\r\nIf you're interested in what went into this; I used Otomata for music, bfxr for sounds, Audacity for audio editing, GIMP for tiles and sprites, kilo (my JS library) for base code, and JavaScript edited in Eclipse (with Aptana and MercurialEclipse plugins used)! Also, bitbucket for play hosting and code repositories.<\/p>","title":"Protector"}