{"author_link":"\/author\/ondrejbalas\/","author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","comments":[{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1418066220,"text":"It amused me for a minute or so ;) It looks very nice for a first attempt. Hopefully good luck next time!"},{"author_name":"Tokw","author_uid":"26257","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1418130360,"text":"It's a funny little game, the AI pathing seems to work quite well, maybe after the Ludum dare you can expand off this."},{"author_name":"hazzahazzam","author_uid":"40538","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:54am","epoch":1418190540,"text":"Nifty little AI running. I could use this as a screensaver!"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1418235660,"text":"Aw, was expecting cars to start crashing around. Hope you are more successful next time."},{"author_name":"Just Tom","author_uid":"24929","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1418236740,"text":"It's an interesting little system, it's nifty but I left it running for a while and they started off roading! Crazy drivers!"},{"author_name":"rantt","author_uid":"41103","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1418239860,"text":"Interesting to watch, grats on your first Ludum Dare and getting something out there :)"},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 2:44am","epoch":1418265540,"text":"It is nice you give it a try at ludum dare. Add tapping to destroy each car and you can have a playable game."},{"author_name":"Snail_Man","author_uid":"11050","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1418271960,"text":"It actually was pretty amusing for the first little while. I think this would make a great screen saver.\r<br\/>One improvement I would make is making it so that the cars actually avoid each other. It was cool as it was, but the thing I like the most about watching real life traffic patterns is seeing how thousands of cars flow in and out, but not a single one hits another (at least usually). I hope you keep working on this though, it's cool!"},{"author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:20am","epoch":1418274900,"text":"Thanks for all the comments! I actually spent most of Sunday trying to get cars to not hit each other (with success, actually), but wasn't able to get the cars coming on from the on-ramps to predict when there would be a gap for them to fit into. I am hoping to refactor the code and finish the &quot;game&quot; itself at some point soon. If I do I will post a link to the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"oranebeast","author_uid":"33501","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:15am","epoch":1418278200,"text":"Seems like russia. When people crash, they just keep going."},{"author_name":"lase","author_uid":"44961","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 2:34am","epoch":1418351340,"text":"I love that no cars ever leave. I've just been watching it for a while now. Actually, when I tabbed back over, everyone had stopped a few trucks were in the grass :) Keep workin on it!"},{"author_name":"BMacIntosh","author_uid":"15030","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 2:51am","epoch":1418352360,"text":"I love the idea of exploring interesting AI and sharing that with other developers. Best of luck to your future entries, I hope they continue to have neat AI."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 8:05am","epoch":1418371200,"text":"Funny :) Its a nice start for a simcity-like traffic engine :D COngrats for the first dare :D"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1418851920,"text":"Very cool to watch! Too bad you didn't finished in time :("},{"author_name":"maxmetallica","author_uid":"47374","time":"Dec 28, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1419735240,"text":"really nice work"}],"images":["ld31\/43743-2585c4537c0560a1fe0bf82c7870f3ba.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/obalas-ld31.azurewebsites.net\/","text":"Web (click to play)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ondrejbalas\/ld31","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15112","g_author":"43743","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15142","g_title":"Traffic Cop","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1194","g_commentcount":"15","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\/43743-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Traffic Cop is a riveting game where you watch traffic that behaves in unpredictable ways, but like a real traffic cop are powerless to impact change.\r\n\r\nIt was my first attempt at a Ludum Dare, and while I learned a lot in the process I was ultimately unsuccessful. If you \"play\" it, I hope that it amuses you for at least a few seconds!","title":"Traffic Cop"}