{"author_link":"\/author\/mark_ffrench\/","author_name":"Chinchilla","author_uid":"5017","comments":[{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1314036540,"text":"Getting a lovely outrun, space harrier and after burner vibe here. Sad it isn't very finished yet."},{"author_name":"Zemmi","author_uid":"3343","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 1:31am","epoch":1314062760,"text":"When it turned into a jet I was like "Whoa". So in other words, I liked the idea. It was a little hard to tell where the enemy jets would be shooting or coming at you from."},{"author_name":"hamster_mk_4","author_uid":"4265","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 2:19am","epoch":1314065640,"text":"I really liked the warping land scape during the flight stage, but a couple of times it seemed like I was standing still or going backwards. Adding some clouds or random objects to the side of the road might fix this."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1314136860,"text":"Nice 3D effect!\rThe gameplay reminded me of those old handheld electronic games with vacuum fluorescent displays. :)"},{"author_name":"demonpants","author_uid":"531","time":"Aug 25, 2011 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1314292320,"text":"Woah! This game is all shortlylike. But it's pretty cool, nonetheless. I never quite understood exactly what was happening and it just kinda... ended, but it's still pretty cool and a good start."},{"author_name":"Codexus","author_uid":"187","time":"Aug 27, 2011 @ 8:02am","epoch":1314431820,"text":"nice old school style racing effect that managed to surprise me when it gets "upgraded"."},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Aug 28, 2011 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1314548940,"text":"Space Harrier flashbacks.\r\rPretty good attempt, thanks for making this."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 28, 2011 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1314561480,"text":"Nice! I love the scenes where you switch modes and go a level "higher". The rotating terrain also helps a lot."},{"author_name":"TheGrieve","author_uid":"1947","time":"Sep 1, 2011 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1314881160,"text":"Enjoyed it, loved the warping terrain. Good work."},{"author_name":"Petzi","author_uid":"1477","time":"Sep 7, 2011 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1315409400,"text":"I really like the graphics. The gameplay is obviously lacking a lot and it's way too short, but it's still pretty fun."},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Sep 7, 2011 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1315413120,"text":"i really love the style of this game, and hope you finish it!"}],"images":["ld21\/5017-ededd4c58a38f053b03d59a8bf9eccdd.jpg","ld21\/5017-6f8868364d91d4453915d61f0e0d33be.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/markffrench.com\/games\/E_Velocity.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/markffrench.com\/games\/source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32552","g_author":"5017","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32582","g_title":"Escape Velocity","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"339","g_commentcount":"11","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\/\/62148\/5017-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/5017-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Well... its in no way finished, but here's my firstest ever Ludum Dare entry.\r\n\r\nThe idea behind the game was that you had stolen an ultra-fast prototype military motorbike and then had to make a quick getaway. Unfortunately there wasn't any time to include any mini cutscenes explaining this. In fact there was not time to implement much in the way of gameplay, but oh well!\r\n\r\nThe game is based on a heavily modified version of this tutorial:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/active.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/games\/create-a-racing-game-without-a-3d-engine\/\r\n\r\nI'm not sure if that's breaking the rules or not? If so, shove me in the Jam...<\/p>","title":"Escape Velocity"}