{"id":22,"date":"2019-11-06T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2019-11-06T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:58:52","slug":"beacon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Beacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> An astronaut is stranded alone on a distant planet in an isolated star system and doesn\u2019t know why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/randomnine.com\/projects\/beacon\/Screenshot.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote the original version of \u201cBeacon\u201d for Ludum Dare 19, where it placed <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-19\/?action=top\">second<\/a>. It&#8217;s a sprawling adventure-platformer involving Sad Things and Mystery. It also has a jetpack! It\u2019ll take you about 15 minutes to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c\u2026a lovely bit of work, with some happy platforming and a touching ending\u201d<br><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/02\/14\/shine-a-light-beacon\/\">Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c\u2026a minimal yet alluring platformer with a surprising amount of emotional depth\u201d<br><em><a href=\"http:\/\/playthisthing.com\/beacon\">Play This Thing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cWhat really makes the game is the music \u2014 it\u2019s awesome\u201d<br><em><a href=\"http:\/\/digboston.com\/experience\/2011\/04\/indie-game-of-the-week-beacon\/\">Dig Boston Indie Game of the Week<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c\u2026surprisingly touching\u201d<br><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/2011\/03\/02\/februarys-best-free-pc-games\/\">PC Gamer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/projects\/beacon\/Beacon_v1_1_win.zip\">Windows<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/projects\/beacon\/Beacon_v1_1_macosx.zip\">Mac<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/projects\/beacon\/Beacon_v1_1_linux.tar.gz\">Linux<\/a> (see readme.txt)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/projects\/beacon\/Beacon-soundtrack.zip\">Soundtrack<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An astronaut is stranded alone on a distant planet in an isolated star system and doesn\u2019t know why. I wrote the original version of \u201cBeacon\u201d for Ludum Dare 19, where it placed second. It&#8217;s a sprawling adventure-platformer involving Sad Things and Mystery. It also has a jetpack! It\u2019ll take you about 15 minutes to play. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomnine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}