{"author_link":"\/users\/jaxson-van-doorn","author_name":"Jaxson Van Doorn","author_uid":"1075750","comments":[{"author_name":"notb","author_uid":"1088525","time":"2019-04-29T06:07:26Z","epoch":1556518046,"modified":1556518046,"text":"Awesome!! It's very Star Fox. Great job, love seeing more pico 8 carts here","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dkdwrek","author_uid":"1003648","time":"2019-04-29T06:07:31Z","epoch":1556518051,"modified":1556518051,"text":"The graphics were great! I had a hard time controlling the ship, though. Good work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"HEYitsLEO","author_uid":"1150874","time":"2019-04-29T06:11:55Z","epoch":1556518315,"modified":1556518315,"text":"Couldn't really shoot or move properly but the graphics are really nice.  Can't really go wrong with 8-bit sound either :) ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"b3agz","author_uid":1139183,"time":"2019-04-29T06:12:23Z","epoch":1556518343,"modified":1556518343,"text":"Could use some kind of collision visuals so it's more obvious when you get hit but I loved the art style. I've never tried pico but the more I see, the more I'm interested. Good game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"zubspace","author_uid":"1141104","time":"2019-04-29T06:19:00Z","epoch":1556518740,"modified":1556518740,"text":"I'm actually impressed by the oldschool voxel graphics. But it's very hard. My highscore was only about 1000 points, but I guess real spaces battles are hard to win, too.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Synedraacus","author_uid":"1079422","time":"2019-04-29T06:25:10Z","epoch":1556519110,"modified":1556519110,"text":"Cool graphics and sounds, but I found the controls pretty weird. Is left\/right rotation really inverted?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"xSupah","author_uid":"1149743","time":"2019-04-29T07:24:46Z","epoch":1556522686,"modified":1556522686,"text":"Awesome graphics, they really remind me of starfox on the SNES. I liked the game but sometimes I felt I was getting hit when it felt like I shoudn't be. Overall a very nice job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"volatile-dove","author_uid":1147169,"time":"2019-04-29T10:03:19Z","epoch":1556532199,"modified":1556532199,"text":"Very nice the graphics and sound! Shooting and moving was a bit confusing though.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pvtroswold","author_uid":"1002235","time":"2019-04-29T11:14:01Z","epoch":1556536441,"modified":1556536441,"text":"Nice work. Depth perception was kind of difficult to wrap my head around, but cool little game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"1000461","time":"2019-04-29T11:44:05Z","epoch":1556538245,"modified":1556538245,"text":"Neat graphics! But I cannot understand the inverted left\/right movement?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Week of the agents","author_uid":"1152224","time":"2019-04-29T11:54:01Z","epoch":1556538841,"modified":1556538841,"text":"Childhood memories... Shooting is not quiet uderstandable","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"chawls_v","author_uid":1139224,"time":"2019-04-29T16:15:10Z","epoch":1556554510,"modified":1556554510,"text":"The  art and music is fantastic! I had hard time seeing what I was shooting or why I was being hit but I think this has a strong basis for being something cool, good work!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"benjamin","author_uid":"1001083","time":"2019-05-04T07:40:58Z","epoch":1556955658,"modified":1556955658,"text":"It's not very usual to invert left right on this kind of games. I also found it difficult to aim.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/146764-5116bd68faf681fd6560175fc6920e44.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/woofers\/ludum-dare-44","text":"Source code"},{"url":"http:\/\/jaxson.vandoorn.ca\/ludum-dare-44\/","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"36335","g_author":"1075750","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"257404","g_title":"ALIEN, e x p a n s i o n .","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"146764","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.406207"},"nds":{"n_key":"146764","n_urlkey":"257404","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/alien-e-x-p-a-n-s-i-o-n","n_slug":"alien-e-x-p-a-n-s-i-o-n","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"75750","n_created":"1556266946","n_modified":"1556499488","n_version":"444922","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":146764,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":75750,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2019-04-29T00:58:08Z","created":"2019-04-26T08:22:26Z","modified":"2019-04-29T00:58:08Z","version":444922,"slug":"alien-e-x-p-a-n-s-i-o-n","name":"ALIEN, e x p a n s i o n .","body":"# ALIEN, e x p a n s i o n .\n\nSmall game created in under 48 hours for [Ludum Dare 44](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44) with the theme of **Your life is currency**.\n\nGame is built using [Lua](https:\/\/www.lua.org\/) and [MoonScript](https:\/\/moonscript.org\/), with the [PICO-8](https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/pico-8.php) Fantasy Console.\n\n\n## Instructions\n\nPlay as an alien bounty hunter attempting to amass a small fortune by capturing human manned ships using a state-of-the-art vortex laser.\n\nYou will be payed by some of the galaxies top scientists who aim to study these humans.\n\nBe careful as hitting human ships will deplete your life meter and more importantly will lead to unwarranted attention and hence will detract from your score\/pay.\n\nHowever capturing a human will restore a small amount of life and the increase your score.  Additionally flying past human ships will also add to your score.\n\nCapture as many ships as possible to achieve a high payday and satisfy the scientists.\n\n\n## Controls\n\n-   **Arrows Keys** - Control your ship\n-   **X Key** - Fire vortex laser \/ Advance menus\n\n## Screenshots\n\n![game-1.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/21776.png)\n![game-2.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/21778.png)\n![game-3.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/2177a.png)\n","meta":{"author":[75750],"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/6e7\/21\/z\/2177e.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/woofers\/ludum-dare-44","link-01-tag":"42332","link-02":"http:\/\/jaxson.vandoorn.ca\/ludum-dare-44\/","link-02-tag":"42336"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/alien-e-x-p-a-n-s-i-o-n","parents":[1,5,9,139254],"love":0,"notes":13,"notes-timestamp":"2019-05-04T07:40:58Z","grade":{"grade-01":17,"grade-02":17,"grade-03":17,"grade-04":17,"grade-05":18,"grade-06":16,"grade-07":16,"grade-08":17},"magic":{"cool":83.713045672392,"feedback":1,"given":11.125,"grade":16.875,"smart":-17.000669346742}},"text":"# ALIEN, e x p a n s i o n .\n\nSmall game created in under 48 hours for [Ludum Dare 44](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44) with the theme of **Your life is currency**.\n\nGame is built using [Lua](https:\/\/www.lua.org\/) and [MoonScript](https:\/\/moonscript.org\/), with the [PICO-8](https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/pico-8.php) Fantasy Console.\n\n\n## Instructions\n\nPlay as an alien bounty hunter attempting to amass a small fortune by capturing human manned ships using a state-of-the-art vortex laser.\n\nYou will be payed by some of the galaxies top scientists who aim to study these humans.\n\nBe careful as hitting human ships will deplete your life meter and more importantly will lead to unwarranted attention and hence will detract from your score\/pay.\n\nHowever capturing a human will restore a small amount of life and the increase your score.  Additionally flying past human ships will also add to your score.\n\nCapture as many ships as possible to achieve a high payday and satisfy the scientists.\n\n\n## Controls\n\n-   **Arrows Keys** - Control your ship\n-   **X Key** - Fire vortex laser \/ Advance menus\n\n## Screenshots\n\n![game-1.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/21776.png)\n![game-2.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/21778.png)\n![game-3.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/21\/z\/2177a.png)\n","title":"ALIEN, e x p a n s i o n ."}