{"author_link":"\/author\/almost\/","author_name":"Almost","author_uid":"1168","comments":[{"author_name":"Discuzting","author_uid":"23413","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1367250180,"text":"The link is down :("}],"images":["ld17\/1168-fa1b8dc1462c78b66b1c7e221a8dd967.jpg","ld17\/1168-24937eef6017db34705bafb4c839e539.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/file\/zqzydunjj4m\/TinyArmada.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/file\/gzlzwnmgtmm\/TinyArmada.love","text":"Source\/Crossplatform"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33824","g_author":"1168","g_event":"LD17","g_eventkey":"3","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33854","g_title":"Tiny Armada","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"2","g_commentcount":"1","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\/\/15900\/1168-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/15900\/1168-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Phew, making an RTS in 48 hours is hard.\r\n\r\nTiny Armada is a quick RTS game that is played entirely with boats, trading between colonies on the different islands for wealth and fighting for control of the trade routes.\r\n\r\n[HOW TO PLAY]\r\nMouse to select and order your units.\r\nSelect your capital to train additional units.\r\nMerchants provide income over time when ordered to a small colony, galleys fight enemy ships and capture cities for you.\r\nDestroying an enemy capital will give you control over that player's units.\r\n\r\nThere is no win screen. Or a lose screen. When either of these situations arise, you may press R to restart.\r\n\r\nAlso, if the random map generator gives you a stupid map, feel free to restart.\r\nI'll probably be making a postcompo version that has a lot more polish and works without as many minor hiccups. Also, optimizing.\r\n\r\nIn response to questions that I assume are being asked in secret: You are blue. Fire does not hurt units, it is merely an indicator of hurt. There is no point in owning a colony other than feeling powerful. If you do not build any merchants at the beginning, you will probably fail. If a colony is inland it is useless.\r\n\r\nThe source can be run with the crossplatform Love engine, which is a very small download at http:\/\/love2d.org\/download\r\nTo view the source files: the .love file is actually a .zip file, and can be renamed and opened as such.\r\n\r\nSome aspects of the game are not very optimized, and so it may run slowly on weaker\/older machines. Let me know if you're having any problems running it.<\/p>","title":"Tiny Armada"}