{"author_link":"\/author\/oberynmartell\/","author_name":"OberynMartell","author_uid":"30386","comments":[{"author_name":"xodene","author_uid":"63331","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:55am","epoch":1450155000,"text":"Well the graphics are definitely a 5\/5  - so is the mood and aesthetics. I think the satellite is a little too hard to control, it rotates really slowly and lazy. I would have more fun if the rotation was improved."},{"author_name":"JayProg","author_uid":"26015","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1450155060,"text":"Awesome graphics.  Very serene mood too, I like it."},{"author_name":"GogglesKitty","author_uid":"49663","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:00am","epoch":1450155300,"text":"Very fun! Trying to stay still while adjusting the angle is incredibly infuriating, but in a really good way. Nice Work."},{"author_name":"fergarram","author_uid":"46629","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:46am","epoch":1450158060,"text":"I love the graphics but I suck at the game! Haha"},{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:08am","epoch":1450234980,"text":"I'm glad I took my time to master the controls (they're very hard) to play this game. It\u015b really good once you get the hang of it. And the visuals? Man, they're amazing, i really enjoyed how this game looks. The music fits the mmod really well. really great entry."},{"author_name":"herniewise","author_uid":"26114","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:10am","epoch":1450235100,"text":"Loved all of this beautiful game. Congrats"},{"author_name":"zzapp","author_uid":"55441","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:11am","epoch":1450235160,"text":"Great game. The graphics are awesome and the sound fits really well and creates a good atmosphere. Once you learn to be gentle it flows quite well and is really fun working the angles for signals out."},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:15am","epoch":1450235400,"text":"This was a gorgeous game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"MrJoshuaMcLean","author_uid":"61811","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:38am","epoch":1450236780,"text":"Oh man, my machine can't handle this on WebGL at all - it's like 10 fps. Anyway, got it running on Windows. Cool ambiance with the music, nifty graphics. It's really challenging, but in a good way. Reminds me of old-school lander games."},{"author_name":"_HopFrog","author_uid":"64957","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:10am","epoch":1450242300,"text":"Ground Control to Major Tom: Game is awesome! Loved the artstyle, but control scheme was a bit annoying to deal with at times.. Still, nicely done!"},{"author_name":"Taldius","author_uid":"12650","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1450277880,"text":"This game is really nice, I've completed all of the 6 levels.\r<br\/>The controls are hard to handle at first, but then it becomes easy to manipulate the satellite.\r<br\/>Also the graphics look awesome.\r<br\/>Excellent job, and one of the best entry I've seen so far."},{"author_name":"OberynMartell","author_uid":"30386","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1450280820,"text":"Thank you everyone for all the feedback! It's very appreciated!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@MrJoshuaMcLean Are you running WebGL on a laptop? Mine has a dedicated GPU (fast) and a integrated GPU (slow), and the browser runs on the integrated by default. If that is your case, you have to force it to run on the dedicated GPU!"},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1450287720,"text":"Nice mood &amp; graphics. However, the game is really hard to play.. :("},{"author_name":"StrehFox","author_uid":"45227","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1450289760,"text":"Found this to be very relaxing to play even despite the dialtone noise!  Great job!"},{"author_name":"wccrawford","author_uid":"11376","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1450291080,"text":"I got mid-way through level 5 before webgl ran out of memory.  OSX\/Chrome."},{"author_name":"Sean","author_uid":"50235","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:15am","epoch":1450404600,"text":"Really nice!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>btw, there's a small typo in the instructions"},{"author_name":"Echo Team","author_uid":"62927","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 3:30am","epoch":1450409100,"text":"10\/10 would spin again"},{"author_name":"Iman_axe","author_uid":"64499","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1450439820,"text":"The game is super cool! everything implemented well! well done! best entry that i played so far"},{"author_name":"Switchiers","author_uid":"63854","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1450445040,"text":"Incredible! Can't even imagine how you create this game on only 72h. Beautiful graphics!"},{"author_name":"teamvr","author_uid":"62401","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450464840,"text":"This is the type of game I always hope to come across on the android market. 5 stars."},{"author_name":"bwatanabe","author_uid":"44194","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:14am","epoch":1450494540,"text":"Beautiful and meditative experience."},{"author_name":"Polith Games","author_uid":"54513","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1450546380,"text":"Really nice graphics. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"piper82","author_uid":"28326","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:10am","epoch":1450569900,"text":"loved the art and the music fits to create perfect mood. gameplay was top notch too."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 5:17am","epoch":1450588320,"text":"very neat game - controls were a little too hard i think which took away some of the fun value - great effort"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1450622280,"text":"Despite the fact that this is not at all how satellites are operated or navigated in space, it was a nice little game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I felt pretty smart when I managed to connect two antennas through one of the extra reflectors."},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1450714140,"text":"Goooooddamnit. Halfway through level 6, and WebGL runs out of memory... Besides the satellite being difficult as hell to control (restarted because I couldn't stop it from boosting), the game is beautiful and challenging."},{"author_name":"puppetmaster","author_uid":"39425","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1450740540,"text":"Amazing game! I love the art and the presentation!\r<br\/>5* for mood, audio and graphics\r<br\/>Congrats, for your entry!"},{"author_name":"mr. a","author_uid":"45525","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 6:52am","epoch":1450766820,"text":"Gorgeous presentation -- it's a pleasure just watching the world in motion, passing through its day &amp; night cycles!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Kinda wish this wasn't restricted by the two-button theme. Levels that didn't require the use of an additional satellite were super-easy (but relaxing, thanks to the visuals &amp; sound), but by level 6, I found myself wishing for reverse thrusters to better dial in my speed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, great work! I think I'll keep this one on my hard drive for a while."},{"author_name":"rijnswand","author_uid":"22564","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450810440,"text":"As others already mentioned, quite difficult to control.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The idea is really interesting, and the tone and graphics are great."},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 1:01am","epoch":1450832160,"text":"I loved your game, really relaxing and fun to play! I loved your low poly art style and the name of the game is perfect (I like David Bowie too).\r<br\/>Awesome job guys!"},{"author_name":"Imagos Softworks","author_uid":"64799","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 1:13am","epoch":1450832880,"text":"The Impulse engines threw me into high orbit and were difficult to get the hang of. After a little practice, maneuvering the satellite became second nature and fun. The music was very fitting for making internet connections from space."},{"author_name":"retrogradeorbit","author_uid":"40126","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:36am","epoch":1450845060,"text":"Wonderful!"},{"author_name":"bob_fish","author_uid":"14144","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:40am","epoch":1450848900,"text":"This game is kind of hard but the mood it creates along with the music and graphics are amazing. Really really good work!"},{"author_name":"Foofanoo42","author_uid":"50800","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 8:25am","epoch":1450858800,"text":"It's games like this that make me keep doing LD. Nice job."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1450886580,"text":"A cool idea and very well executed. I love the blocky graphics and the game mechanic is simple yet fun. The difficulty of keeping the satellite pointing where you want it is just about right. I enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Bensonance","author_uid":"17953","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1450890240,"text":"Excellent game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Adore the mood, graphics and music. The gameplay system is really clever and neat. Really loved the secondary satellite idea. I love how much detail you put into the world!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I do think the satellite is a bit too trick to control, but it's really hard to do this right without good playtesting. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job and congrats!"},{"author_name":"Justin Mullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1450893060,"text":"This is amazing.  It starts out fairly mind blowing, then you start to learn how to manipulate all the angles and it becomes like second nature.  I really really enjoyed this.  It crashed out of memory just before I completed the final connection, but I'll call it a win.  =)  Great submission!"},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1450911240,"text":"Nice entry. Would have liked a bit more difficulty on the later levels (perhaps less time before a timeout, or more time to transmit data). Right now it was pretty much the same on all levels."},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 24, 2015 @ 4:15am","epoch":1450930200,"text":"Innovation went thought the rough on this title! \r<br\/>Well done guys. Good to know the brazilians are kicking ass :D I would love to keep in contact with you both. Botaram pra fuder caras."},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1451080620,"text":"The graphics are really great! The mood and music are also nice. It crashed for me after I transmitted the first 42 gigabytes of data in level 6, but I was glad to have played as much as I did! Awesome game :)"},{"author_name":"aare","author_uid":"15039","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1451083680,"text":"Lovelly entry. Splendid graphics and really interesting gameplay!"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1451237220,"text":"Totally great idea.\r<br\/>I'd like to see this expanded.\r<br\/>Very impressed."},{"author_name":"thebrickanator","author_uid":"50329","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1451332620,"text":"Really polished and immersive game! really good work :D I did however meet with a memory leak as the game crashed in level 6."},{"author_name":"bitdecaygames","author_uid":"52796","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 1:12am","epoch":1451351220,"text":"Such mood... The audio fits this game perfectly. Only thing I wish it had was a little more variety in the game play (different satellite altitudes, any other mechanics to play around how the signal reflects)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But well done, it's clean, it's entertaining, it's relaxing."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Jan 9, 2016 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1452352860,"text":"Really challenging, fun game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/yY4Ylj7ccuc"}],"images":["ld34\/30386-be9573d05241315fa3d088692bca1f08.jpg","ld34\/30386-e3c7343792fb029def077e40460928f4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B4Zpq702BFaIS0lJajh5NXNlTjQ","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B4Zpq702BFaIR1NmY1llTlVrTzA","text":"Mac"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B4Zpq702BFaIOExXRzhOeE04UHM","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6880","g_author":"30386","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6912","g_title":"Major Tom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"27","g_commentcount":"45","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\/\/511439\/30386-shot0-1450147562.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/30386-shot1-1450146643.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"---Instructions---\r\n\r\nTheme chosen: two buttons.\r\n\r\nYou are Major Tom, the controller of a satellite responsible for sending messages across the world.\r\nYour objective is to send messages from the source antena to the target antena by reflecting the signal and mantaining it for a certaing time.\r\nThe game has 6 levels, each one with increasing difficulty. Try to beat them all!\r\n\r\nTip: Be gentle, you are in space. ;)\r\n\r\n---Controls---\r\nleft = rotate satellite\r\nright = rotate satellite\r\nleft + right = impulse satellite\r\n\r\n---Changes---\r\n- Fixed some rotations being bound to FPS.\r\n\r\n---Credits---\r\nFernando Molon Toigo - Programmer - fmtoigo@gmail.com\r\nFilipe Scur - Programmer\/Artist - filipe.scur@gmail.com\r\n\r\n\"Peace of Mind\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\r\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\r\nhttp:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/","title":"Major Tom"}