{"author_link":"\/author\/pkenney\/","author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","comments":[{"author_name":"rosden shadow","author_uid":"64705","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1460982240,"text":"Really fun game! nice work!"},{"author_name":"dwhiffing","author_uid":"5662","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:26am","epoch":1461025260,"text":"This is nice, I like that you started with awkward controls and made it fun from there, but I feel it may be more fun if you rethink the controls to be less 'awkward'\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No matter what you choose to do, nice work! It's a gooda game."},{"author_name":"GammaS","author_uid":"53549","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:36am","epoch":1461025860,"text":"Cool game, needs polishing though"},{"author_name":"ruchirbapat","author_uid":"88260","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:51am","epoch":1461026760,"text":"awesome game, mate, but the controls are a bit weird, but hey, its still a good game"},{"author_name":"Baknik","author_uid":"22088","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:54am","epoch":1461026940,"text":"I enjoyed your minimalist art style and smooth game play. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"w1n5t0n","author_uid":"51564","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:59am","epoch":1461027240,"text":"I could have stopped after 30 seconds of playing like I do with most games, but it was so fun that I finished the game. 5\/5 for fun!"},{"author_name":"jbasinger","author_uid":"9019","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:00am","epoch":1461027300,"text":"That was a fun one! Well done!"},{"author_name":"David Cookie","author_uid":"66030","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:23am","epoch":1461028680,"text":"Well.. it's effectively a really fun game! :)"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:48am","epoch":1461037380,"text":"When I dodged red shapes and swatted them with green balls, I felt alert!  If you continue to design this, I felt inept at aiming the green balls."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:52am","epoch":1461041220,"text":"I actually really like how the paddle wiggles around sorta unpredictably. The bouncing works really well so you've got to be quick to capitalize when it's at the right angle. Like the game says, with skill (and infinite retries) you can achieve your goals!"},{"author_name":"schizoid2k","author_uid":"60097","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 1:34am","epoch":1461374940,"text":"Nice job! I really liked it."},{"author_name":"Weeping Rupee","author_uid":"60016","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 2:37am","epoch":1461378720,"text":"Simple but really fun. You should explore this more!"},{"author_name":"Chaserbrown","author_uid":"61940","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 7:02am","epoch":1461394620,"text":"Wow! This was really fun - much better than I expected!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The only problem was the controls, which weren't even that bad! If you could have come up with a better rotation method, it could make this game a lot better!"},{"author_name":"Shael","author_uid":"91745","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 10:42am","epoch":1461407820,"text":"Fun game"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1461421440,"text":"Cool concept! Graphics and story is nice too! Hard to control though, especially to dodge bullets, but that's the point right? Congrats on your entry!"},{"author_name":"knason","author_uid":"65229","time":"May 7, 2016 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1462645920,"text":"Simple, but fun!"}],"images":["ld35\/30865-fa29ff8d877a42fd80c2b1a0a4448194.jpg","ld35\/30865-cecb1cda35d2649f8bd7add46aed333f.jpg","ld35\/30865-795309fbfaa6f8472297bce1a7f8da3b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/savagehill.itch.io\/astro-zoids","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/savagehillgames.com\/LD35\/LD35AstroZoids-SourceCode.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4437","g_author":"30865","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4429","g_title":"Astro Zoids","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"155","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/542293\/30865-shot0-1460943030.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/30865-shot1-1460943030.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/30865-shot2-1460943030.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I started with an unusual control scheme and then followed the fun...\r\n\r\nAnd out come Astro Zoids, a weird combination of awkward dodging and contortionist ball-bouncing.\r\n\r\nThis one went through some radical changes mid-jam, I hope you like where it ended up!\r\n\r\n","title":"Astro Zoids"}