{"author_link":"\/author\/timtipgames\/","author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","comments":[{"author_name":"yumaikas","author_uid":"62747","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:57am","epoch":1450079520,"text":"Good game, L-R arrow keys would be nice to have."},{"author_name":"adamyounis","author_uid":"21745","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:05am","epoch":1450080000,"text":"Really fun! I enjoyed this one so much I made sure I beat every top score on the chart (4.88 for level one, come at me!) I thought the premise was a bit silly (why stars?), but the mechanics were really solid. Seriously I'd play a more fleshed out version of this, definitely."},{"author_name":"Evannex","author_uid":"54379","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:49am","epoch":1450082640,"text":"I really like this!"},{"author_name":"rosden shadow","author_uid":"64705","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:13am","epoch":1450084080,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Akhera","author_uid":"60697","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:20am","epoch":1450084500,"text":"Love the concept! And the execution is great as well. I feel that damage is a bit inconsistent, though - sometimes small bumps take much more health than larger bumps."},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:33am","epoch":1450085280,"text":"Is a hell of a game! It's very hard, I promise to play more later, is good!"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:38am","epoch":1450085580,"text":"really awesome, worth beating every level"},{"author_name":"Dianouille","author_uid":"56737","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:44am","epoch":1450085940,"text":"Really good game. I had a lot of fun playing it ! Maybe a little too difficult. Really, really good job !"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1450112700,"text":"This would make an amazing mobile game. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1450112760,"text":"Ho God I suck at this game. But its nice !!!"},{"author_name":"Tutti Ankka","author_uid":"59760","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1450113720,"text":"Amazing game, played all the levels and had a lot of fun!"},{"author_name":"DesignerNap","author_uid":"21374","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1450115520,"text":"A fellow &quot;Commander&quot; game! Nice work! Tricky in a fun way. Enjoyed this a lot. Great intro too!"},{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1450115760,"text":"Nice controls. Feels good to fly around. I was stuck on one level (couldn't make it), but I wished there was a more open level where you could do tricks and stuff with the controls. Still though good game."},{"author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1450117500,"text":"Fun game! Unexpectedly difficult but I managed to get through a handful of levels. Nice work"},{"author_name":"Submundo Games","author_uid":"27491","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1450117860,"text":"nice game dude."},{"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"44796","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1450118280,"text":"Pretty difficult, good job! I'm sure I'll play more of this :)"},{"author_name":"elliottd","author_uid":"27074","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1450119000,"text":"really nice entry, It would have been friendly to put &quot;A&quot; and &quot;L&quot; on the first level. there was a period where i didn't know what i would control on the screen and thought i was affecting the spin of the first star (which is a nice little animation by the way). I also found that dragging a wing does a seemingly unfair amount of damage compared to a bump"},{"author_name":"Luke","author_uid":"43988","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1450119840,"text":"Ragequit; this game is super hard and fun."},{"author_name":"A333","author_uid":"38947","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1450120320,"text":"Got through it, beat some records. \r<br\/>Once you've managed to wire up your reflexes and learn how to fly downwards, this game starts to be even more fun. Overall a very nice game. It would be nice to see it expanded properly."},{"author_name":"VascoF","author_uid":"3945","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1450121040,"text":"Awesome, had a great time trying to beat the high scores. Great use of the theme."},{"author_name":"A333","author_uid":"38947","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1450121460,"text":"VascoF, sorry dude, it seems that I've beat some of yours. Better start over."},{"author_name":"Aaants","author_uid":"16061","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1450128360,"text":"Really smooth and well polished. Control of the ship is tight and the scoreboards make it even more interesting."},{"author_name":"NaoisTheGuardian","author_uid":"22501","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1450132800,"text":"Darnit, man, you're taking all of my stars! Fun gameplay, plus the fact that I really want a high score, with clean graphics and perfect audio, I can't really complain about anything except the fact that you only have 6 levels!"},{"author_name":"ianh","author_uid":"1496","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:43am","epoch":1450175880,"text":"I love the control scheme.  It seemed &quot;flipped&quot; at first (press right to turn left?) but I got used to it quickly!"},{"author_name":"RadStar","author_uid":"46262","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:50am","epoch":1450176300,"text":"Really nice game, you really feels in controls of the ship.\r<br\/>Nicely polished, no bug and leaderboard, good job!"},{"author_name":"Leaghorn","author_uid":"45380","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:02am","epoch":1450177020,"text":"Fun and addictive but hard as hell.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And why A+L? Arrows would work mych better (or A+D). And the controls shoud be inverted. That way flies tye way we press the key. I couldnt finish 1st level, but when I rotated keyboard 180 it got much easier"},{"author_name":"bloomingbuds","author_uid":"56152","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:41pm","epoch":1450182960,"text":"freaking funny, really simple to learn, bloody hard to master. I could spend hpurs with this game, congrats!"},{"author_name":"Namek","author_uid":"62744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1450210980,"text":"Actually, controls somehow felt reversed for me but overall nice done. I like a lot whole audio stuff."},{"author_name":"Jelinib","author_uid":"54894","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1450223220,"text":"Love the super clean style. The music also makes me feel alone in space--awesome job! I went through all the levels. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I have no idea how VascoF does it so well. I suspect they're a robot that does everything optimally with perfect precision. Insane! :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I really have nothing to complain about. It takes some practice, but what doesn't? The controls feel pretty solid, and the levels are all challenging in their own ways. Really well done!"},{"author_name":"lastninja2","author_uid":"30017","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:15am","epoch":1450257000,"text":"I really liked the controls and the theme presentation."},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:22am","epoch":1450261020,"text":"Good job. Nice art, and cool idea. Tricky controls but good."},{"author_name":"banana4life","author_uid":"41477","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:30am","epoch":1450261500,"text":"Awesome..."},{"author_name":"tyrants.not.found.team","author_uid":"66002","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:44am","epoch":1450262340,"text":"Nice classic, well done for the jam, fits the theme well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cheers,\r<br\/>Ionut(Tyrants.not.found team)"},{"author_name":"Erlend Aakre","author_uid":"54973","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:51am","epoch":1450262760,"text":"Great game! sweet controls, nice levels. Does the 'P' key show debug info only?"},{"author_name":"stargardengames","author_uid":"61161","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:01am","epoch":1450263360,"text":"Very challenging but in all the right ways. Felt mechanically satisfying and had a difficulty curve that felt a little steep but was enjoyable. I liked it a lot! Great work."},{"author_name":"krashja","author_uid":"59611","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:04am","epoch":1450263540,"text":"Cool game! i like it!"},{"author_name":"DrZanuff","author_uid":"15108","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:18am","epoch":1450264380,"text":"Looks like you got a nice game. Presentation is good. I really liked the narrator voice, funny! The problem for me is the Landing, very frustrating. If you could make an auto Landing, when the ship gets near the Landing zone the ship automatically corrects the angle and position."},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:29am","epoch":1450265040,"text":"Tons of fun! I like how complete it all feels. Great polish, smooth controls, fun level designs. Love the score submission too, it's amazing how much it makes you want to optimize your play and retry each level.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Two thumbs up!"},{"author_name":"NidzaKornjaca","author_uid":"56576","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1450268040,"text":"Really good game, too bad I'm terrible at it :D"},{"author_name":"yhsper","author_uid":"50473","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1450271520,"text":"Very nice! Loved the controls (even if I'm not best at them!), the graphics are cool (the explosion of the ship is spot on). Highly skill based and very rewarding! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1450273740,"text":"Amazing, the most addicting LD entry so far. Just kept playing and playing to try to beat the high scores. Reminder to self: high score tables are important!"},{"author_name":"matiasbontempo","author_uid":"60542","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:00pm","epoch":1450274100,"text":"I really liked this game. I had a similar idea for mine but then I droped it!"},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1450276320,"text":"I enjoyed the setup :) Kittens and such :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>One big gripe was that I felt the controls were not only inverted, that you put them so far apart means I had to do it with two hands. If they were closer together I could choose two hands or one.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had to flip my keyboard upside down to feel like I knew what I was doing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My game this time BOOST was also based around this kind of mechanic, I think I got my controls quite intuitive, if you'd like to check it out.  http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=35114\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would have liked a little bit of grace in difficulty by giving the ship a little bounce when it touches a wall, instead of just taking all my life because I'm touching it constantly in half a second!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good solid entry :)"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1450278060,"text":"Thank you all for your comments and kind words. I am really happy that you are enjoying the game as much as I do :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Regarding the controls:\r<br\/>They are the way they are for a reason. I was trying to create more of a &quot;simulation&quot; feeling than an arcade game. While those are a lot of fun (and yours is great btw @Tuism) I wanted to create a sense of controlling the individual thrusters and not of controlling the ship directly - if that explanation makes sense to you :) I do understand that some people would decide differently, but it was a conscious decision.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also played around with &quot;one hand controlls&quot; like A+D or arrow-keys, but I found that it creates a completely different feeling that I did not want. The same happened when I inverted the controls - although the impact wasn't as drastically. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I create a follow up, I may consider to at least allow to invert the keys, but I am not sure yet. I am pretty sure that I won't change to one-hand control, even though I am always open for arguments as to why I should do it despite my reasons that I just listed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Concerning the damage, @Akhera is right it feels pretty inconsistent even though technically it isn't. In a follow up I'd change it to be more based on impact speed and may also take @Tuism's idea into consideration to add a little &quot;bump&quot; effect when scratching along walls.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you all so much for your thorough reviews and comments, I am reading all of them and find every single one very important. If you are interested in a possible post compo version, make sure to follow me on twitter: @TimTipGames :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Candyjapan @VascoF @A333 you guys are freaking robots - I have a hard time beating your scores and I have basically been playing this game for half the weekend :D\r<br\/>@Erlend Aakre yes :)"},{"author_name":"DieBackStudios","author_uid":"62053","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1450281180,"text":"Nice game mate i really like the controls :D"},{"author_name":"Riftpoint","author_uid":"56172","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1450282800,"text":"Cool game, really fun to play. It was a little difficult tough"},{"author_name":"YinYin","author_uid":"64352","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1450287360,"text":"Can't say it's innovative or humorous, but 5 stars in every other category.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd love to see more levels, perhaps even a larger cave adventure with less blocky\/arcade style progression."},{"author_name":"DevDad","author_uid":"59961","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1450291560,"text":"Great game , good job :D"},{"author_name":"DinnerInTheDark","author_uid":"57665","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1450291860,"text":"(Android version) Awesome game! Super polished, both the graphics and the sound design. It 'feels' really good on mobile, definitely keeping this game to kill some spare hours on the train :)"},{"author_name":"Tapehead","author_uid":"64267","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1450292880,"text":"it's a hard game, with cool very and challenging gameplay! very well done!"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:22am","epoch":1450343820,"text":"Seriously cool game! Reminds me a lot of Crazy Gravity, just in HARD.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Took me a million tries to finish level 6 (I always failed at the steep ascent in the end or hit the edge on the corner to the landing zone).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The interaction of the particles with the level was nice and looks cool.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The android version kept forgetting my online name, so I guess I played a few times without it registering on the highscore, but tbh it wouldn't have made a difference with everybody always being three or four times as fast as I was :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>With some extra polish, this could be great mobile game, even outside the scope of LD."},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1450358520,"text":"Fun as hell! Apple store is waiting for you!"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1450362060,"text":"cool game, very creative, fun and challenging, well done"},{"author_name":"Remicy","author_uid":"43233","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1450373880,"text":"Best game of LD34."},{"author_name":"VascoF","author_uid":"3945","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 3:17am","epoch":1450581120,"text":"@A333 You dare challenge me??!?!! I've just beaten all the high scores. Please don't make me do it again :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@timtipgames Great game once again, it's the only LD34 game I went back to again (so far) :)"},{"author_name":"MrJoshuaMcLean","author_uid":"61811","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 3:24am","epoch":1450581540,"text":"Pretty hard, but quite fun. Good stuff."},{"author_name":"dvdfu","author_uid":"51259","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1451410440,"text":"Great entry, it's very difficult at first but very rewarding to master. Good take on the 2-button theme, as well!"}],"images":["ld34\/15341-8215db7d5b3edb0046c3abb9744757fa.jpg","ld34\/15341-75a6bb2cb6e07263f3b16d472deac382.jpg","ld34\/15341-7b6900fed1804710697264724fee4bde.jpg","ld34\/15341-bed33256ff2a3aa232df463e8cb212e3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ld34data.timtips.com\/CMDRLR2.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ld34data.timtips.com\/CMDRLR2.jar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/ld34data.timtips.com\/CMDRLR2.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.timtips.ld34.android","text":"Android (GooglePlay)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ld34data.timtips.com\/LD34src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7280","g_author":"15341","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7312","g_title":"CMDR LR","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"33","g_commentcount":"57","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\/15341-shot0-1450059777.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15341-shot1-1450061493.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15341-shot2-1450061566.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/15341-shot3-1450061566.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Commander Left Right\r\n\r\n* You can maximize the window if you like, the game will scale accordingly\r\n* The online highscore is optional. You will be prompted for a username in the beginning. If you leave the field empty, no data will be sent. The highscores of other players will still be fetched though.\r\n* I hope it's not too difficult. I am very well trained now ;)\r\n\r\n#CHANGELOG#\r\n###########\r\nWhen I added android support and tested on an older device, I realized that some things weren't calculated independently of the FPS. That was not only a disadvantage on lower end machines but also unplayable under certain circumstances. I changed those and only those calculations to take the time delta into account. Everything else stayed the same as in the initially submitted version.\r\n\r\n###########\r\n\r\nANDROID\r\nI uploaded an Android version, let me know how it works! highscores are shared between platforms.\r\n\r\nDESKTOP\r\nMake sure to have a semi recent java version. If you have problems on windows try this version with a working java runtime included: http:\/\/ld34data.timtips.com\/CMDRLRWin64.zip\r\n\r\n     Input notes \r\n########################\r\nKey \"R\" resets a level\r\nKey \"A\" left Thruster\r\nKey \"L\" right Thruster\r\nKey \"ESC\" return to menu\r\n\r\n\r\nProgramming: libgdx, artemis-odb, intellij, universal tween engine, box2d\r\nGraphics: Inkscape\r\nMaps: Tiled\r\nSounds: Recordings with Reaper, my Korg SP-250 E-Piano, editing and synths also mostly in Reaper","title":"CMDR LR"}