{"author_link":"\/author\/randomnine\/","author_name":"randomnine","author_uid":"214","comments":[{"author_name":"alexlarioza","author_uid":"3079","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 5:00am","epoch":1292820900,"text":"I really, really enjoyed this game. The jump mechanic was a nice touch and the vagueness of the story was just right."},{"author_name":"VDOgamez","author_uid":"1634","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1292856360,"text":"The atmosphere for this was great, if not a bit radioactive. Heh. Seriously, though, the mysterious feel of the game really made me feel like I was discovering something. The gameplay itself was fun, although a tiny bit annoying on the more difficult platforming sections. Overall, I'm glad I clicked on this game out of the random sea of games."},{"author_name":"ranklar","author_uid":"3268","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 2:49am","epoch":1292899440,"text":"Really well done, I wish I was able to get through the level.  Some of the jumps were really tough trying to time the jet pack at the right time.  I liked the fall that stunned you, I like the fact you get reset at your previous location before you died.  Nice graphics, nice story, well done, best game I have played so far."},{"author_name":"Zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 9:43am","epoch":1292924280,"text":"I really liked this.  Polished all the way through, and created a great atmosphere with simple sounds and art.  Well done. The turret sections were a bit tricky, but not impossible."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Dec 22, 2010 @ 9:40am","epoch":1293010500,"text":"Very well done!\r<br\/>An awesome little game with a perfect fitting story. Some parts with the turrets were tough but you had a good savespot system going."},{"author_name":"Sos","author_uid":"1405","time":"Dec 23, 2010 @ 1:07am","epoch":1293066120,"text":"10:00 !"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 23, 2010 @ 2:18am","epoch":1293070380,"text":"This was quite enjoyable! The little text blurbs from the character really sucked me into the game and made me want to &quot;discover&quot; what was gonna happen."},{"author_name":"31eee384","author_uid":"1712","time":"Dec 23, 2010 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1293124260,"text":"Epic. While there's obviously not many game mechanics, this works to the benefit of the game as a whole. The lava+turret part was annoying, but fun to finally get past.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As you can see by the trophy, I would also like to note that the storylines for our games are almost identical... except that you actually made it into a game. XD"},{"author_name":"randomnine","author_uid":"214","time":"Dec 23, 2010 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1293139080,"text":"Wow. Thanks everyone! I'm really glad the story side of it is coming across well. I spent a bunch of time on special stuff to support the story I was telling and I was really worried it wouldn't pan out, so it's great to hear that you liked it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>31eee384: heh, yeah. I think that's what happens when 250 people make a game on the same theme! I'm still amazed that several other people did expansive, story-based platformers. LD rocks."},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"Dec 24, 2010 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1293212220,"text":"This game is excellent! I'm impressed. Nice mood, nicely rounded out, some good challenge, and appropriate length. Those security systems had great prediction; they were quite interesting to dodge. I loved the deaths. They were understated but brutal and lonely, like I imagine dying on a deserted planet would be. I was glad that they were not punishing since I died a lot. Nice ending. One of my favorite LD19 games so far."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Dec 25, 2010 @ 2:15am","epoch":1293243000,"text":"It was an interesting game, and was fun to dodge the defense mechanisms. It had a nice overall feel to it and an engaging little story. =)"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Dec 25, 2010 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1293300360,"text":"Best game I have played so far, I really like the shooting method of the turret, very neat, it really reverse the way of dodging. Is it your idea ? If not what is the game it came from ? Congratulation for creating a complete game like this on LD48 !"},{"author_name":"Bender","author_uid":"2908","time":"Dec 26, 2010 @ 11:21am","epoch":1293362160,"text":"Woaw ! What a great game."},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1293899520,"text":"I liked this game a lot! Nice atmophere and story. Somehow I don't really miss music in this game, but could be nice with some soft ambient music perhaps. Those turrets were really annoying in a good way.\r<br\/>The fullscreen mode was a bit weird, the &quot;pixels&quot; were sort of moving around in non-integer positions and changing size. The low-res mode felt much better to play."},{"author_name":"randomnine","author_uid":"214","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1293906660,"text":"Benjamin: I don't know of any game that does this. It just seemed natural to me that they should aim ahead of their target.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Danik: Whether the full-screen mode works well or not depends, I think, on which resolutions your monitor supports natively. I guess a lot of people will get the effect you describe. I'll work on adding music soon for a post-compo version.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for your comments everyone :)"},{"author_name":"philomory","author_uid":"1112","time":"Jan 7, 2011 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1294428480,"text":"The story was really well executed, and it's fabulous to see someone make a game in C++, without basecode, that someone else would make (and feel good about) in a full engine like Game Maker.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, &quot;Ha! ...eesh.&quot; Brilliant. And speaking of, the turret AI felt really really good. Tricking them was a lot of fun. And speaking of *that*, how many 48 hour games can you think of with an AI element capable of being tricked? \r<br\/>\r<br\/>One very minor nitpick: if you get hit by a turret while text is rendering, you never get to see what the text would have said."},{"author_name":"Darkhogg","author_uid":"2462","time":"Jan 9, 2011 @ 10:20am","epoch":1294568100,"text":"Wow, I loved this game! And like everyone, I hated those turrets, in a good way :P"},{"author_name":"jolle","author_uid":"9","time":"Jan 11, 2011 @ 10:18am","epoch":1294740780,"text":"Great game."},{"author_name":"ladron","author_uid":"3184","time":"Jan 11, 2011 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1294768080,"text":"Nice job! I almost gave up a couple of times, but persevered through to the end."}],"images":["ld19\/214-1430a2af799644311418b32927720eb2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lizardfromtheinter.net\/randomnine\/Beacon.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33355","g_author":"214","g_event":"LD19","g_eventkey":"5","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33385","g_title":"Beacon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"2","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/33232\/214-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An astronaut is stranded alone on a distant planet in an isolated star system and doesn't know why.\r\n\r\n\"Beacon\" is a sprawling adventure-platformer involving SAD THINGS and MYSTERY.\r\n\r\nArrow keys to move. X to interact. Double tap 'up' to use jetpack.\r\n\r\nSee batch files for fullscreen or low-res mode.\r\n\r\nIf it complains about DLLs, try this: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/en\/details.aspx?familyid=A7B7A05E-6DE6-4D3A-A423-37BF0912DB84&displaylang=en&pf=true<\/p>","title":"Beacon"}