{"author_link":"\/author\/benmcnelly\/","author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","comments":[{"author_name":"BKGH","author_uid":"9732","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1418021160,"text":"Very interesting concept!"},{"author_name":"LexGear","author_uid":"26708","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1418023920,"text":"This may or may not be a positive thing to say, but the best part of the entire game was the menu and the music. Honestly, top job there! Game itself was little tedious and it took a while before the maze actually became a maze with decision making. Graphics were great, and I like how you took the more literal approach to the phrase &quot;Entire game on one screen&quot;. :P Good job!"},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1418023920,"text":"very cool idea. ship tends to get stuck on corners"},{"author_name":"daviosmash","author_uid":"44180","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1418023920,"text":"A little touchy, in relation to moving around, and easy to get a bit out of touch on where I am going, but a nice idea!"},{"author_name":"talecrafter","author_uid":"3707","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:38am","epoch":1418023980,"text":"The talking is the best part. Hilarious stuff. :)"},{"author_name":"MrPhil","author_uid":"165","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:41am","epoch":1418024160,"text":"THe audio of the trucker calling his friend was awesome."},{"author_name":"erik","author_uid":"59","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:42am","epoch":1418024220,"text":"I! Won! The Game!  You obviously had a lot of fun with the audio.  Lack of wall slide, and slow movement speed made gameplay a bit frustrating.  I liked the visual style."},{"author_name":"ken","author_uid":"14138","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:56am","epoch":1418025060,"text":"The game has a cool story and nice visuals however it can require a lot of patience. I restarted the game 2 times because I didn't want to backtrack as I knew it would be faster to restart. Even though the maze can be navigated pretty fast(before the dialogue finishes) the vehicle moves really slow and it takes a long time to go through the maze, especially if you take an incorrect path because the incorrect paths can be quite long."},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:01am","epoch":1418025360,"text":"Wow yeah, adding a slick material for wall slide would have been a huge help, I ended up nixing all the drilling and flare dropping mechanics just to finish on time :( My brain is fried though! I am glad people are winning, I was going for challenging but not too frustrating :)"},{"author_name":"Matthew Rayfield","author_uid":"44787","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:50am","epoch":1418028300,"text":"Enjoyed it! Like others said, the voice over stuff was hilarious. Something that mixes your sense of humor and storytelling with a less tedious game would be a serious winner! I look forward to your next game."},{"author_name":"rsergiu2003","author_uid":"44047","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:59am","epoch":1418028840,"text":"the audio is by far the best part :)"},{"author_name":"wandersenus","author_uid":"44802","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:03am","epoch":1418029080,"text":"nice game!"},{"author_name":"Nuclear Napalm","author_uid":"38866","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:35am","epoch":1418031000,"text":"It's all about voice acting))"},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1418059020,"text":"Neat idea. Graphics are gorgeous! Great work, would definitely play with an oculus ifn I had one."},{"author_name":"Nardom","author_uid":"30296","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1418061180,"text":"Liked the radar graphics (the soft blurry glow), loved the humor with the audio \/ conversations.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You made me chuckle with that start screen, and I was honestly motivated to click that start button asap! The maze itself however feels like...well a maze, there's no way to see if you're making the right choice. Backtracking became an issue, and it makes the game feel a bit tedious."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1418066880,"text":"Best title screen moment I've seen so far! I really enjoyed the audio conversations that setup the mood for the game really nicely. Had a really good laugh with this one and just because you can make music, doesn't mean you should ;)  Well done!"},{"author_name":"hd_","author_uid":"35511","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1418073600,"text":"Very nice graphics and very smooth controls. My only complaint is the sticky walls, made it a bit rough to play through."},{"author_name":"Conk","author_uid":"40797","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1418074560,"text":"Loving the music! Game was a little too simple, visuals were interesting, made seeing walls difficult, which made it harder..."},{"author_name":"benmcnelly","author_uid":"31106","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1418078820,"text":"Ah you guys should try this with the simple sticky wall fix in place, its a dream :p - Oh well compo rules say sticky walls stay so have fun\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Conk yeah, there was digging through walls, and dropping flares \/ pickups \/ blasting caps to give you a radar echo boost... no time. Went with the easier maze. At least it has a beginning, middle-ish and end :D"},{"author_name":"Wezley","author_uid":"10490","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1418082000,"text":"Nice concept! The maze was really hard to navigate though due to the colliders being too close."},{"author_name":"Kitch","author_uid":"7470","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:59am","epoch":1418086440,"text":"I got sooooooo lost in the maze :(  But loved the backend banter and the theme take is great.  \r<br\/>Good Work!  Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:00am","epoch":1418086500,"text":"Great work, feeling and mood but i couldnt get to the exit, i suck at this kind of games."},{"author_name":"error031","author_uid":"44348","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:58am","epoch":1418089980,"text":"Like your concept, and audio was perfect! One thing that was little annoying is that i got stuck at corners."},{"author_name":"ramonparaiba","author_uid":"21621","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 2:02am","epoch":1418090220,"text":"I like this concept.. Nice job, dude"},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:01am","epoch":1418093760,"text":"I enjoyed playing this game. I enjoyed listening to the intro music even more lol. Great FX. The maze felt a little slow. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Xenolupus","author_uid":"38981","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1418104500,"text":"&quot;Just because you can make music doesn't mean that you should&quot;\r<br\/>                                                -HAULER31\r<br\/>Atleast you mentioned the audio sucked.  The &quot;bro&quot; guy was just annoying, but Ill give you the humor on that one just for the song at the end.  Also, why mention oxygen and not put an oxygen meter?"},{"author_name":"sirikan","author_uid":"33950","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:14am","epoch":1418105340,"text":"Nice concept. I liked the extra touch with all the dialogue. :)"},{"author_name":"calavera","author_uid":"45053","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1418108880,"text":"I gave up on the long-ass puzzle but the audio was great!"},{"author_name":"Havi","author_uid":"46369","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:42am","epoch":1418117820,"text":"Cool and funny game (with the audio). Well made :)"},{"author_name":"Pete_H","author_uid":"30272","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1418129520,"text":"Nice audio and art but as some of the other comments mentioned the movement was a bt too slow and found myself getting caught on walls. Also 1 Poly thick walls made seeing stuff a bit weird at times. Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"trykondev","author_uid":"34441","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1418156760,"text":"The visual are really appealing and the audio is such a great touch! Nice work"},{"author_name":"purezero","author_uid":"24478","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 11:49pm","epoch":1418168640,"text":"did well with the theme and the graphic are great. I just don't see this is a fun game, but I can tell that a lot of work went in to it and its well defined."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1418322180,"text":"Hi there. Interesting shader\/view of maze."},{"author_name":"thenerdster","author_uid":"46343","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1418335500,"text":"Audio was great, I played all the way through. Had no major issues with the game. Good Work, Rift capable was also sweet!"},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 5:39am","epoch":1418708040,"text":"I like the maze concept and the glow effects.  I had some difficulty with the contrast of the ship at first."},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 6:31am","epoch":1418711160,"text":"Yay another maze game. I was frustrated by the stickiness of the walls, but I guess driving my .. mining vehicle? through narrow tunnels shouldn't be too easy. I liked what I could make out of the audio but it was hard to hear it over the engine noise. But this was a nicely atmospheric game :)"},{"author_name":"yosh","author_uid":"6851","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 7:19am","epoch":1418714040,"text":"Gosh for a second I thought this game was gonna be a screamer when I heard the guy doing the phone call part... who sounded REALLY LIKE the guy from 5 nights at Freddy's....\r<br\/>Bonus points for all the jibber jabber :P"},{"author_name":"MrBadIvan","author_uid":"44988","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:24am","epoch":1418725140,"text":"The atmosphere very good, I like the talking track, it creates the mood=)"},{"author_name":"asobitech","author_uid":"11959","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1418737500,"text":"Great use of audio and atmosphere.  As a maze game it's a bit limited."},{"author_name":"spacedoubt","author_uid":"39200","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 1:13am","epoch":1418864880,"text":"It probably wasn't the best idea to hire a bunch of stoners to mine Mars... Seriously, though, the redneck voice acting was awesome (Trust me, I'm from Arkansas, I know.).. As others have said, fun, great concept. A bit tedious gameplay wise."},{"author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 8:05am","epoch":1418889600,"text":"Great atmosphere and I managed to make my way trough the maze surprisingly easily. Could've done without the install in the windows download, and I couldn't see the full game (or atleast the Hauler 31 text in the title) until I picked a resolution of 1680x1050."},{"author_name":"Interface","author_uid":"42145","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1418969040,"text":"Great game, the background chatter is hilarious! Sticky walls are a bit cumbersome but not too bad, my one issue is the graphics sometimes cause walls to be almost invisible. A few times I thought, hey I can go through there, only to see a wall appear as I was turning. Great mood, well done."},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 5:08am","epoch":1419051780,"text":"I like the audio and graphics. The ambient noise and dialogue enhance the atmosphere a lot. Also, the graphics style is really nice and interesting."}],"images":["ld31\/31106-126b60cb89c3003b0a9bfeb32c8665d8.jpg","ld31\/31106-b2c79cea734be2e36bfdb333a2b5f68c.jpg","ld31\/31106-d892103c3510c9cd3938178140083408.jpg","ld31\/31106-8c86854a13f419931a6c776ff2104179.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/benmcnelly.com\/ludum31\/web.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/benmcnelly.com\/ludum31\/setup.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/benmcnelly.com\/ludum31\/oculus.zip","text":"Oculus Rift DK2 (latest SDK)"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.benmcnelly.cardboard","text":"Android Cardboard *experimental"},{"url":"http:\/\/benmcnelly.com\/ludum31\/LD31.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14882","g_author":"31106","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14912","g_title":"Hauler 31","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"955","g_commentcount":"43","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\/\/407933\/31106-shot0-1418543511.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/31106-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/31106-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/31106-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"*** Windows installer or zip version is much better experience ***\r\n\r\nHauler 31: You are a hauler working the mines on Mars when disaster strikes. Escape or die. Or whatever. I decided on no windows to stick with the theme of everything on one screen, so your radar screen is your life. Follow it out. You won't believe what happens...\r\n\r\nW\/A\/S\/D or X360 Controller in Windows Installer version\r\n\r\n* Oculus version not tested completely due to time limitations but should be interesting. I did not add the oculus support until after the compo ended, it is only a bonus for those with the Oculus Rift DK2","title":"Hauler 31"}