{"author_link":"\/author\/xobust\/","author_name":"Xobust","author_uid":"5352","comments":[{"author_name":"JohanAR","author_uid":"4989","time":"Aug 22, 2011 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1314043380,"text":"Doesn't start in Wine, possibly due to lack of that VC++ redist"},{"author_name":"hamster_mk_4","author_uid":"4265","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 6:20am","epoch":1314080100,"text":"It ran fine for me, but I don't understand why I had to hold down the D key at all times. If the player is going to be doing something all the time why not make it automatic?"},{"author_name":"Xobust","author_uid":"5352","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 12:41pm","epoch":1314102960,"text":"sorry forgot to tell you... you cant use both a and d unless you got 7000 points, before that you only use a to build up speed...."},{"author_name":"Xobust","author_uid":"5352","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1314103440,"text":"hm thats weird i dont have to use the d key at all time to get the player to do something probably a bug in sdl duno.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>yes and you can try to run VC++ redist on wine, probably i won't port it to linux cuz i don't know how to use any Linux complier. the libs i use are cross platform so feel free porting it to whatever platform"},{"author_name":"FireSlash","author_uid":"3130","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1314108780,"text":"Controls feel very strange and make little sense to me. I kept losing until I realized you had to jump to keep up with the scrolling rate of the game. I'm also unsure why you packaged two EXE files in your entry, they appear to be the same."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1314116760,"text":"Probably I didn't unsdertand the game.  I just had to press jump all the time to avoid the obstables and accumulate points.  The A, D, and S keys didn't make a difference to me."},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1314139920,"text":"I didn't like to always have to be tapping a key. Also, I found the color scheme off-putting.\r<br\/>I thought the warning sign was a cool mechanic that was very-well implemented."},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Aug 30, 2011 @ 7:45am","epoch":1314690000,"text":"The controls were rather choatic and often the GUI elements got drawn over each other. The warning sign was a good idea and helped me a lot."},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Sep 12, 2011 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1315863780,"text":"I dont like the red-white-gray gradient in background but the lava really feel like you should avoid it ^^ The control are not very good but the idea of taping one key while trying to make some more specific moves is ok for me. It's also one of the few games that really respect the theme in my opinion."}],"images":["ld21\/5352-ea7f51835c82f2a55e74a4b074268858.jpg","ld21\/5352-7bbaf596a59a8f176574feb77e400a6f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?x3oplqbo2xkuee4","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.multiupload.com\/1PSBWQ5XOL","text":"Windows mirrors"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?0bl3977cy9cicuu","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32561","g_author":"5352","g_event":"LD21","g_eventkey":"7","g_subevent":"-","g_urlkey":"32591","g_title":"Road Runner","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"477","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\/\/62148\/5352-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/62148\/5352-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"my first ludum dare entry and yes the first game i really completed.\r\n\r\n!you need Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package to get it working:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=5555\r\n\r\ncontrols:\r\nuse A and latter D to build up speed\r\nuse W and S to avoid obstacles\r\n\r\nthe goal is to get as many points as possible.\r\nbe careful if you go to fast you might not see where you are going.\r\n\r\nabout me:\r\nHello everyone my name is Alexander Bladh aka Xobust. I'm 14 years old and live in Sweden just as @notch :P.\r\ni've been developing for a while now, the dream of my life is to become a good developer and make all sorts of programs.\r\n\r\nEnjoy ! :D \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>","title":"Road Runner"}