{"author_link":"\/author\/olofson\/","author_name":"Olofson","author_uid":"2901","comments":[{"author_name":"Kitch","author_uid":"7470","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 2:57am","epoch":1324349520,"text":"That was fun.  Thanks!"},{"author_name":"TeamEpsilon","author_uid":"8687","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 3:30am","epoch":1324351500,"text":"Fun but controls were a bit confusing and rather annoying to learn."},{"author_name":"Olofson","author_uid":"2901","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1324389480,"text":"Turn keyboard some 30-40&deg; counterclockwise. ;-) (Or add &quot;dir -= .25 * PI;&quot; and brackets as needed around line 322 in game.eel.)"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1324411980,"text":"Why Up=left ? It's pretty unusual and consequently hard to control. On the other hand : It's pretty fun!"},{"author_name":"Olofson","author_uid":"2901","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1324421400,"text":"It seemed natural at first to have controls world axis aligned, and I got used to that. Fixed (as described above) in version 0.3!"},{"author_name":"Jacic","author_uid":"5267","time":"Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1324574280,"text":"It was hard to control, but very fun."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 29, 2011 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1325184120,"text":"Plays like other old school marble games, so the controls are fine for me. Do the enemies ever fight back?"},{"author_name":"jeffz","author_uid":"4842","time":"Jan 2, 2012 @ 9:48am","epoch":1325497380,"text":"Couldn't open the 0.3 zip, winrar says the archive is damaged."},{"author_name":"Olofson","author_uid":"2901","time":"Jan 4, 2012 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1325690820,"text":"SonnyBone: If you played the 0.3 version, that's where I rotated the controls 45 degrees. Should probably be user configurable...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And no, there's no AI whatsoever. I was short on time. :-)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>jeffz: Strange... Tried 7-zip? (Built with Zip 3.0 on Linux.) Also, file size should be 1244287 bytes."}],"images":["ld22\/2901-8f9ec7cff70499aa9ac22ff095d30306.jpg","ld22\/2901-964a35d2225be211fe194be7cf82491c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.olofson.net\/download\/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.3-Win32.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.olofson.net\/download\/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.3-Linux64.tar.bz2","text":"Linux (64 bit)"},{"url":"http:\/\/eel.olofson.net\/news.html","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32275","g_author":"2901","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"32305","g_title":"The Grumpy Pinball Ball","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"62","g_commentcount":"9","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\/\/87574\/2901-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/2901-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Well, if you spent the last few years being slapped around a table all day, you'd be grumpy too! This ball just wants to be alone on his blocky islands.\r\n\r\nUPDATE: Rotated the controls 45 degrees for less confusion.\r\n\r\nOriginal version here: http:\/\/www.olofson.net\/download\/LD22-TheGrumpyPinballBall-0.2-Win32.zip<\/p>","title":"The Grumpy Pinball Ball"}