{"author_link":"\/users\/reizoukin","author_name":"reizoukin","author_uid":"1042209","comments":[{"author_name":"krishnasism","author_uid":"1037726","time":"2017-08-01T13:27:40Z","epoch":1501594060,"modified":1501594060,"text":"Takes me back to the old space shooter games :) Really loved it. The gameplay could have been somewhat smoother. But it's a great game overall. Liked the sounds. Good luck! :D","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Remzo","author_uid":"1042546","time":"2017-08-01T13:35:38Z","epoch":1501594538,"modified":1501594539,"text":"Interesting mechanic! I didn't understand exactly how to move around. It seemed that turning the ship also speeds it up somehow? Because of that, I didn't really run out of fuel as I was getting shot at a lot.\nThe music was good and fit quite well, nicely done! :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"reizoukin","author_uid":"1042209","time":"2017-08-01T13:57:06Z","epoch":1501595826,"modified":1501595827,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, both of you! I've added some tips and control info in the post. Glad you enjoyed it!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AlmostCthulhu","author_uid":"1035298","time":"2017-08-01T14:27:26Z","epoch":1501597646,"modified":1501597646,"text":"Nice interpretation of the theme.  I thought the mechanic was quite unique, and the fuel \/ health balance was definitely challenging to try to maintain.  The controls seemed a bit awkward and unresponsive, but I think that added to the challenge of the game.\nThe menu could have done with some work as well, but it's functional, which is good.\nThe enemies definitely did seem to pile onto you, perhaps a bit too much, but the game was fun to play otherwise.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Alexis Cheron","author_uid":"1036341","time":"2017-08-01T17:17:45Z","epoch":1501607865,"modified":1501607865,"text":"It's a pretty good game. I think that the controls are hard due to realism of spatial inertia, but that made the spaceship very uncontrollable.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Antti Haavikko","author_uid":"1013537","time":"2017-08-01T18:43:57Z","epoch":1501613037,"modified":1501613037,"text":"Already mentioned this on ZedKraze's stream but it's even more obvious after playing it myself, the bullets need to be visually bigger. You're not going for realistic visuals with this anyway, they could be almost half the size of the ships. You can check some awesome shmups like Ikaruga or the Touhou series for reference. Having a dot-like hitbox for them is cool but they were just way too hard to see. I think they were also a bit too fast compared to the player ship movement capabilities.\n\nAnd speaking of moving capabilities, we also discussed the controls a bit. If feels awkward having all the controls clamped up to one hand when there is no need to use the other hand for mouse.\n\nReally cool music. Overall, good job!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pedro Romero","author_uid":"1003660","time":"2017-08-04T11:17:31Z","epoch":1501845451,"modified":1501845451,"text":"To my is very hard to control. The ship requires a lot of impulse to slow down. Or maybe it's just me, I suck at Asteroids-like games... :cry:","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wowods","author_uid":"1000184","time":"2017-08-06T13:22:37Z","epoch":1502025757,"modified":1502025757,"text":"The movement is kinda hard to control, I always miss the healthkits after destroying enemy :D","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"EdwinGameDev","author_uid":"1038184","time":"2017-08-10T02:43:36Z","epoch":1502333016,"modified":1502333016,"text":"Good game, i like this stuff! But the controls need to be more distributed, having them all on one side of the keyboard only makes things much more difficult. Good job!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"reizoukin","author_uid":"1042209","time":"2017-08-19T16:20:17Z","epoch":1503159617,"modified":1503159617,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback! We appreciate it. If we can find the time we'll revisit the movement and maybe release a postjam version. If nothing else we've definitely learned the value of playtesting! When implementing the movement system, we both knew what we wanted to achieve, and I think that meant that it was intuitive for us while being difficult for everyone else. That's definitely something to consider for next time. In the meantime I hope you've enjoyed playing it!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SMA","author_uid":"1036898","time":"2017-08-19T18:06:51Z","epoch":1503166011,"modified":1503166011,"text":"I got 3500 points on my third run. The game's fun, but I didn't find the \"hits to fuel\"-mechanic impacting the game too much, I found myself using the F-key a lot. I think the game would've been more interesting if the enemy shots were more avoidable but also more impactful (both health and fuel wise). Also, you start moving backwards if you rapidly tap left and right while thrusting.. probably not intentional","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yetman","author_uid":"1041592","time":"2017-08-19T19:51:10Z","epoch":1503172270,"modified":1503172270,"text":"That was hard, the thruster is so slow. Otherwise, I had some fun shooting the enemies down. The art is ok (not my favorite but works well). The music is good too.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Natrium729","author_uid":"1007095","time":"2017-08-19T21:42:04Z","epoch":1503178924,"modified":1503178924,"text":"I found the mechanic of trading health for fuel interesting, but I never had to do that since I was nearly all the time at full health (I destroy all ships in one line in front of me, grab the health packs, turn 180\u00b0 and destroy the line of ennemy behind me, and so on).\n\nThe inertia was a bit too hight according to me.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheMonsterFromTheDeep","author_uid":"1003060","time":"2017-08-20T01:48:29Z","epoch":1503193709,"modified":1503193709,"text":"The ship does not control very well at all. I found it basically impossible to actually steer, and I could never really pick up a health pack. It's also somewhat hard to aim, even if you're just perfectly still - you rotate too quickly to actually line up with enemy ships.\n\nI think mouse for aiming might be better.\n\nI like the basic idea for the game, but it just so happens that I can't actually pick up health packs, so the fuel for health mechanic doesn't actually matter.\n\nMaybe I'm just bad at arcade-type games.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"1000996","time":"2017-08-20T11:11:54Z","epoch":1503227514,"modified":1503227554,"text":"I like the *damage into fuel* gimmick on paper, but in reality it turns out to work too effectively! There are so many enemies after a while that the only thing I needed to care about was health. Fuel was topped off constantly.\n\nI think the problem with the ship thrusters is that there is no effect for them. Spawning some particles would help to see that the thrusters are actually doing something. They could also be more powerful in order to feel less sluggish.\n\nThere is some strange camera jitter when being hit. Is it supposed to be camera shake? On my computer at least it doesn't look very good.\n\nPlay testing and polish is what you need.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Brickkid512","author_uid":"1000522","time":"2017-08-22T03:38:37Z","epoch":1503373117,"modified":1503373117,"text":"This is a very good start for a game. My main problem with the game though is that the enemies tend to clump together and get to you very fast making it very hard to avoid them. Good job though","likes":2,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld39\/42378-f8a83035ad7ac94ac7e06770f9695b86.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/quietaria.itch.io\/onfueldrain","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/quietaria.itch.io\/onfueldrain","text":"macOS"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"43523","g_author":"1042209","g_event":"LD39","g_eventkey":"74","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"225986","g_title":"OnFuelDrain()","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"801","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"42378","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"42378","n_urlkey":"225986","n_parent":"32802","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/onfueldrain","n_slug":"onfueldrain","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"42209","n_created":"1501342029","n_modified":"1501595873","n_version":"130072","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":42378,"parent":32802,"superparent":9,"author":42209,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-07-31T23:20:39Z","created":"2017-07-29T15:27:09Z","modified":"2017-08-01T13:57:53Z","version":130072,"slug":"onfueldrain","name":"OnFuelDrain()","body":"![Screen Shot 2017-07-31 at 23.31.04.png](\/\/\/raw\/1e4\/a\/z\/71a5.png)\n\nWhat do you do when you are running out of fuel? Just get hit hard and often!\n\nWhat if bullets powered your spaceship? **OnFuelDrain()** is a game about balancing fuel and health--get hit, and you'll gain fuel. Get hit too much, and you'll die.\n\nMade by Ar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir and Hudson Miears.\n\nMusic from Jukedeck - create your own at http:\/\/jukedeck.com.\n\nWindows and MacOS builds are both available on the itch.io page below.\n\n## Controls\n\nRotate the ship with \"A\" and \"D\" keys.\nThrust using the \"W\" key.\nBoost using the \"Left Shift\" key.\nShoot by pressing or holding the \"Space\" key.\n\nPause \/ Unpause game with the \"ESC\" key.\n\nYour fuel level is constantly draining.\nGetting damaged refuels your ship.\n\nYou can trade 1\/3 of your health for fuel by pressing the \"F\" key.\n\nEnemies drop health kits when destroyed.\n\nEnemies spawn based on the games timer. \n\nThe game is potentially infinite.\n\n## Gameplay Tips\n\n*Movement:* Your ship maintains its velocity at all times. Thrust forward with \"W\" to move in the direction you're facing. **You may have to work against your current velocity!**\n\n*Boosting:* Boosting will increase your speed at its current velocity. You can only boost when you're thrusting! This is a good way to change directions, but be careful, because it drains your fuel quickly.\n\n*Trading Health for Fuel:* If you don't have a lot of enemies shooting at you, you might find your fuel is running low. You can trade 1\/3 of your health for an equal amount of fuel. Be careful--you can drain all of your health this way!\n\n### Don't forget to post your high score in the comments!","meta":{"grade-06-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/1e4\/a\/z\/7138.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/Ariawyn\/ld39-spacegame-v2","link-02":"https:\/\/quietaria.itch.io\/onfueldrain","link-02-tag":"42337","link-03":"https:\/\/quietaria.itch.io\/onfueldrain","link-03-tag":"42339","author":[42209,42385]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/onfueldrain","parents":[1,5,9,32802],"love":0,"notes":16,"notes-timestamp":"2017-08-22T03:38:37Z","grade":{"grade-01":25,"grade-02":25,"grade-03":25,"grade-04":25,"grade-05":25,"grade-07":23,"grade-08":24},"magic":{"cool":117.39032244984,"feedback":15,"given":28.25,"grade":24.571428571429,"grade-01-average":2.652,"grade-01-result":801,"grade-02-average":2.565,"grade-02-result":744,"grade-03-average":2.565,"grade-03-result":691,"grade-04-average":3.217,"grade-04-result":598,"grade-05-average":2.304,"grade-05-result":763,"grade-07-average":1.81,"grade-07-result":616,"grade-08-average":2.5,"grade-08-result":731,"smart":18.238939979071}},"text":"![Screen Shot 2017-07-31 at 23.31.04.png](\/\/\/raw\/1e4\/a\/z\/71a5.png)\n\nWhat do you do when you are running out of fuel? Just get hit hard and often!\n\nWhat if bullets powered your spaceship? **OnFuelDrain()** is a game about balancing fuel and health--get hit, and you'll gain fuel. Get hit too much, and you'll die.\n\nMade by Ar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir and Hudson Miears.\n\nMusic from Jukedeck - create your own at http:\/\/jukedeck.com.\n\nWindows and MacOS builds are both available on the itch.io page below.\n\n## Controls\n\nRotate the ship with \"A\" and \"D\" keys.\nThrust using the \"W\" key.\nBoost using the \"Left Shift\" key.\nShoot by pressing or holding the \"Space\" key.\n\nPause \/ Unpause game with the \"ESC\" key.\n\nYour fuel level is constantly draining.\nGetting damaged refuels your ship.\n\nYou can trade 1\/3 of your health for fuel by pressing the \"F\" key.\n\nEnemies drop health kits when destroyed.\n\nEnemies spawn based on the games timer. \n\nThe game is potentially infinite.\n\n## Gameplay Tips\n\n*Movement:* Your ship maintains its velocity at all times. Thrust forward with \"W\" to move in the direction you're facing. **You may have to work against your current velocity!**\n\n*Boosting:* Boosting will increase your speed at its current velocity. You can only boost when you're thrusting! This is a good way to change directions, but be careful, because it drains your fuel quickly.\n\n*Trading Health for Fuel:* If you don't have a lot of enemies shooting at you, you might find your fuel is running low. You can trade 1\/3 of your health for an equal amount of fuel. Be careful--you can drain all of your health this way!\n\n### Don't forget to post your high score in the comments!","title":"OnFuelDrain()"}