{"author_link":"\/users\/affinitychris","author_name":"AffinityChris","author_uid":1028647,"comments":[{"id":939690,"author_name":"SquidGod","author_uid":"squidgod","epoch":1682983334,"text":"Wow a Playdate game for Ludum Dare! I knew I had to try it when I saw this. Played it on device and it was pretty fun. I did find that cranking while using the d-pad at the same time was a bit tough on my hands (wondering how using accelerometer to control movement might work instead) and that there wasn't much consequence to continuously cranking, but overall nice work!","format":"md","likes":7,"spam":"N"},{"id":939926,"author_name":"Sevla","author_uid":"sevla","epoch":1682985892,"text":"i didn't rate it, but when i tried to install the playdate, the windows try to block it, so i didn't go foward.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":939940,"author_name":"Geekarious Tony","author_uid":"geekarious-tony","epoch":1682986065,"text":"Thank you @squidgod ! So glad you got a chance to play our game. Thank you for the kind words!\n\nWe definitely want to add an overheat mechanic to the game. Hopefully we can toss that in down the line.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":940012,"author_name":"Hora-Timer","author_uid":"hora-timer","epoch":1682986948,"text":"**Very good!** I love the nostalgia of old games","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":942059,"author_name":"AffinityChris","author_uid":"affinitychris","epoch":1683000251,"text":"Hey, thanks @squidgod! We owe you a ton for helping us learn the ways of developing with the Playdate SDK :) Really appreciate the kind words!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":949370,"author_name":"uNclear Physicist","author_uid":"unclear-physicist","epoch":1683049970,"text":"Great to see a Playdate game here, good job guys!","format":"md","likes":5,"spam":"N"},{"id":966505,"author_name":"LDJam user 257438","author_uid":"257438","epoch":1683262028,"text":"Great thing man! A game for playdate\nBut you can't expect everyone to have a playdate and for me the SDK didn't work!!!\n\nTry a windows port and I will try!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":966516,"author_name":"AffinityChris","author_uid":"affinitychris","epoch":1683262401,"text":"Ah, thanks for the feedback @random-ideation-studios - we'll have to check the SDK again, they _just_ put out a new update, so it's possible that something wasn't compatible :worried: - Oh, just to make sure, you _do_ need to unzip the file before dropping it into the Playdate simulator (figured I'd mention it in case that step was missed!)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":966813,"author_name":"Poppy Entertainment","author_uid":"poppy-entertainment","epoch":1683271891,"text":"i love the playdate as a \"game engine\" or whatever. the game is fun and even tho is kinda hard to play on the simulator, i still enjoyed it","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":967147,"author_name":"Mastoast","author_uid":"mastoast","epoch":1683283763,"text":"First time ever playing a playddate game, it was really good ! looks like a great tool to work on for a game jam scope.\nI think the game could be more interesting if the difficulty increased over time (i'm not sure if that's already the case or not). I stopped after 100 , and i didn't felt any progression in the level.\nOtherwise, nice music and graphics","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":967202,"author_name":"RenardGames","author_uid":"renardgames","epoch":1683285209,"text":"Unfortunately couldn't figure out how to put it on the simulator","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":968449,"author_name":"Codexzier","author_uid":"codexzier","epoch":1683310884,"text":"Too bad I don't have one of those. I would load it immediately. :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":968914,"author_name":"Phoenix Fireflower","author_uid":"phoenix-fireflower","epoch":1683320424,"text":"Didn't except to play a game on a Game Boy-esque simulator this game jam, but this was pretty fun. The music was great, too.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":972361,"author_name":"ardorugus","author_uid":"ardorugus","epoch":1683436628,"text":"Cool style!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":972398,"author_name":"YurisCat","author_uid":"yuriscat","epoch":1683438303,"text":"I really like this retro art style. It reminds me of the memories when I used to play those monochrome game consoles long, long ago.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":973878,"author_name":"Ryder the First","author_uid":"ryder-the-first","epoch":1683501631,"text":"I think this game is very cute, though it's very difficult from a pure PC player... If I had a playdate I'd love to give this a real shot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":975127,"author_name":"NicMagnier","author_uid":"nicmagnier","epoch":1683575871,"text":"Cool entry. I tried it on device and for 173.\nAs SquidGo said, this is a bit difficult to control the aim, hold the console and turn the crank at the same time.\nThe difficulty curve takes also a bit too long to pick up and suddenly multiple enemies can appear at the same time.\nBut overall this is really cool. The art is neat and easy to read. The scale animation when enemies appear works really well.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":978388,"author_name":"WilliamSoares","author_uid":"williamsoares","epoch":1683917620,"text":"The game is very beautiful, but I downloaded the zip and I didn't find the game.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":979568,"author_name":"Brigart","author_uid":"brigart","epoch":1684094663,"text":"I love this art, reminds me retro games from my childhood","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld53\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/play.date\/dev\/","text":"Playdate SDK & Simulator"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"66776","g_author":"1028647","g_event":"LD53","g_eventkey":"118","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"285746","g_title":"Crank Shot - A Playdate game!","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"353154","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"353154","n_urlkey":"285746","n_parent":"332127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/crank-shot-a-playdate-game","n_slug":"crank-shot-a-playdate-game","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"28647","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"1142049","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":353154,"parent":332127,"_superparent":9,"author":28647,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2023-05-01T22:33:02Z","created":"2023-04-28T03:14:50Z","modified":"2023-05-07T05:45:03Z","_trust":1,"version":1142049,"slug":"crank-shot-a-playdate-game","name":"Crank Shot - A Playdate game!","body":"## Howdy, welcome to Crank Shot! \nIn this **gallery shooter** for the Playdate, you will help your small town out by delivering the package to the big city. Watch out for the rough n' tumblers or they'll send ya to the bone orchard.\n\nHop on that train, and get to the city lickety split. It should prove to be a hog-killin' time. \n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171816.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/59601.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171552.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/595e7.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171848.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/595ff.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171800.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/59602.png)\n \n### Controls \n- D Pad | Aim \n- Crank | Fire\n\n### Creators \n- Chris Weiss\n- Eddie Zak\n- Nathan Kilthorne!\n- Tony Leyva\n\nTo play Crank Shot follow the link and download the Playdate SDK here: https:\/\/play.date\/dev\/\nInside you'll find the Playdate simulator (in \"PlaydateSDK\\bin\\PlaydateSimulator.exe\")! 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Watch out for the rough n' tumblers or they'll send ya to the bone orchard.\n\nHop on that train, and get to the city lickety split. It should prove to be a hog-killin' time. \n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171816.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/59601.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171552.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/595e7.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171848.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/595ff.png)\n![Screenshot 2023-05-01 171800.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ef\/6\/z\/59602.png)\n \n### Controls \n- D Pad | Aim \n- Crank | Fire\n\n### Creators \n- Chris Weiss\n- Eddie Zak\n- Nathan Kilthorne!\n- Tony Leyva\n\nTo play Crank Shot follow the link and download the Playdate SDK here: https:\/\/play.date\/dev\/\nInside you'll find the Playdate simulator (in \"PlaydateSDK\\bin\\PlaydateSimulator.exe\")! Just unzip the .zip file and drag and drop the .PDX file onto the simulator app for it to play!\n\n(For simulator players, we recommend setting the \"auto-crank\" control, just so you don't have to fuss with the lack of a crank :smile:)\n\nYee-Haw! :cowboy: \n\n:heart: Affinity Archives\n\n","title":"Crank Shot - A Playdate game!","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20230507224453","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/352520+365286+358467+366791+360412+355872+333746+345083+341650+362197+332874+355411+353154+336857+358450+338093+359231+358832+366471+367805+352681+336487+332871+333933"}}