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Really enjoyed it!\nIt just gets a little to impossibleeeee there in the las 60 meters EHAHEHAEHAHEAHEHAEA\nBut I definitely enjoyed the game! Great work!!!!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":657394,"author_name":"Elmos Minion","author_uid":"elmos-minion","epoch":1619579979,"text":"This game is really, really, cool and fun! The different modules as well as variety of enemies and environments makes gameplay really varied and fun. Some improvements might be to make the controls easier to use, and to also add a short interactive tutorial to help the player learn what the different modules do, and how the power system works.","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":660096,"author_name":"Copito","author_uid":"copito","epoch":1619602363,"text":"this game is unique and super fun although I felt like it was a bit too difficult for me at least, it took a long time to find the right widget to activate compared to how quickly I was taking damage. Some kind of homing missile or something a bit more automatic to deal with the more aggressive enemies would have been nice, since trying to turn the ship and activate a gun was too slow while being shot up by a UFO","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":660271,"author_name":"BlueCalx","author_uid":"bluecalx","epoch":1619603655,"text":"Thanks for your feedbacks :)  \nIndeed our game might be a bit too difficult, especially towards the end.  \nWe like when it gets spicy, but it might have overshadowed the initial taste.  \nWe're delighted that you guys had some fun playing it though.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":660342,"author_name":"Sanemsky","author_uid":"sanemsky","epoch":1619604411,"text":"Great job guys. Find it a bit hard too, to control the machine at least, but I'm not a gamer, that could be the reason. Nevertheless it was fun to play :)","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":660347,"author_name":"Doot","author_uid":"doot","epoch":1619604462,"text":"Nice game!  \nThe controls are really interesting and fun. Great idea!  \n\nI didn't understand a lot of things though. Why did I die sometimes and not other? Are the weapons I am using actually doing anything? I feel like more visual and audio feedback would be great!  \n\nThanks for the game!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":660348,"author_name":"Neowise06","author_uid":"neowise06","epoch":1619604464,"text":"Love the intro, but I didn't quite understand the controls, but the intro, PERFECT","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":661973,"author_name":"Geo3D","author_uid":"geo3d","epoch":1619616808,"text":"This has interesting game mechanics and that's in a good way.\nIt is a bit difficult to play but after some practice I can see it becoming fluid to control the ship.\nFun game and looks great!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":664733,"author_name":"Local Minimum","author_uid":"local-minimum","epoch":1619631564,"text":"I really liked the audio in this game. It kind of reminded me a bit about Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. I found the cheezy strat for the upper part of the decent to roll the craft on the side, activate downwards facing shield and cannon and just let it fall. The controls feels like they really would have needed a controller to be intuitive. Well made game though.","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":667201,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1619644257,"text":"That's a AA game for a jam! Well done!.\n","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":671605,"author_name":"smiley405","author_uid":"smiley405","epoch":1619691511,"text":"A fun to play game for the Jam. Control does take a while to get used to, Other than that pretty cool game!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":671805,"author_name":"PSV Games Studio","author_uid":"psv-games-studio","epoch":1619694283,"text":"The game is fun and very creative! The environments and enemies provide the player with a unique experience!\nBut in my opinion, the controls are a little bit difficult and could be a little easier!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":671971,"author_name":"Chunkish Campino","author_uid":"chunkish-campino","epoch":1619696625,"text":"It's interesting, but tends to become too hard :D","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":671972,"author_name":"Klon160","author_uid":"klon160","epoch":1619696627,"text":"The game has an interesting mechanic, but I agree with the other comments that the controlls are a bit difficult to use. And you did a great job with the graphics.","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":674738,"author_name":"Robotex","author_uid":"robotex","epoch":1619722902,"text":"Very interesting idea","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":675681,"author_name":"PeachTreeOath","author_uid":"peachtreeoath","epoch":1619731359,"text":"Is that............Donald Duck I'm fighting? lol, interesting sound effect.\n\nGreat job figuring out how to make a single player Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime without........making a single player LiaDS. I've tried to think of a way in the past and couldn't come up with anything, so the wheel mechanic is quite elegant.\n\nAfter an approach where I just have everything on full blast and hurtling downwards (which failed), I wound up with the same strategy as @local-minimum so I sorta bypassed a lot of the intended strategy. I did play around with the controls for a while though and I appreciated how the mechanics worked together. Somehow bringing in FTL mechanics where you can upgrade your battery systems to wield stronger tools would be a good path for a future version.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":677469,"author_name":"josephdevelops","author_uid":"josephdevelops","epoch":1619758761,"text":"Super interesting game. I love pixel art. I love space. Trying to land a probe was super interesting. Hopefully it's not that rough when we are trying to land on Mars.\n\nMy Twitch VOD: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1004793106?t=02h19m46s\n","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":678149,"author_name":"Curtis Pelissier","author_uid":"curtis-pelissier","epoch":1619771047,"text":"Hello! I tried your game yesterday during my stream ^^\n\nIt really was a hard game for me. I tried some strategies to finish the game and none of them worked.\nI think you must level the difficulty like a linear curve. Here, it's too hard, too fast.\nThough, I like the mechanics and it reminds me FTL because of the management of the different parts of the ship. It's weird ^^ \n\nGreat job on this game :thumbsup: \n\nEDIT: here is the link to the video https:\/\/youtu.be\/mYqBFQerlCI?t=1986","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/fc\/fce66309f0e6ef4df37cfe7b2d5590b36ff2a7a127f9582de8c057aab163dcdd.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/schnibble.itch.io\/watcherpatrol4","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1I-vfwruFWatBosRpykyY3x7SKn9DXfLk\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"75342","g_author":"1055081","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"369712","g_title":"Watcher Patrol 4","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1250","g_commentcount":"21","g_site2_node_id":"237559","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"237559","n_urlkey":"369712","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/watcher-patrol-4","n_slug":"watcher-patrol-4","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"55081","n_created":"1618241638","n_modified":"1779568573","n_version":"779613","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":7,"author":55081,"body":"**Name:** Blobby Seldon  \n**ID:** 6FDI78YUISY8J  \n**Assessment:** Watch Patrol  \n**MissionID:** WPT4BBS  \n**Mission description:** attempt first contact with TrES-4b's newborn civilization.  \n**Success criteria:** Landing.  \n\nGood luck Watcher!\n\n![intro.png](\/\/\/raw\/0d6\/43\/z\/3eff1.png)\n\n**Appendix A:** New recruits instructions.  \nUnlike in space, your ship's solar-powered core charge rate will not be able to sustain all the modules with energy while diving under a thickening atmosphere.   \nThe deeper in the atmosphere the less battery recharge you get (less sunlight), down to no recharge at all just above the ground. 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