{"author_link":"\/author\/randomm00\/","author_name":"RandomM00","author_uid":"3221","comments":[{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1408969620,"text":"Can't vote fairly as I can only see bright and dark background, ship and light circle, but no collidable background. Played on Windows 7"},{"author_name":"Matyze","author_uid":"39246","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:03am","epoch":1409011080,"text":"Same goes for me"},{"author_name":"RandomM00","author_uid":"3221","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1409168880,"text":"Thanks for the bug report, it should be fixed now!"},{"author_name":"MemoryLeek","author_uid":"7989","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:25am","epoch":1409203200,"text":"I also don't see any background on Arch Linux.\r<br\/>Tried the Linux build and building from source, same result."},{"author_name":"RandomM00","author_uid":"3221","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:24am","epoch":1409221140,"text":"Thank you, fixed. Looks like I misunderstood SDL_assert. I'll look into that."},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1409236020,"text":"Can't download windows version, 404."},{"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"39241","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1409236980,"text":"Ok, I built it from sources. You should remove the code that writes debug data to the console before publishing the game. Also, on windows you can add -mwindows flag if you don't want to open console window at all. And another thing: instead of asking users to download SDL, you can put SDL2.dll file in the `bin` folder of your executable."},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1409237100,"text":"Oops! 404. Be sure to let us all know when you get it up and running :)"},{"author_name":"RandomM00","author_uid":"3221","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1409241240,"text":"Should be working again, I think Bitbucket went for a bit of a derp. Or maybe I did, not sure...\r<br\/>Building with build-release.sh passes -DNDEBUG which should disable most output. I'm not seeing a console appear on Windows 7."},{"author_name":"TBSHRichard","author_uid":"7292","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1409241900,"text":"Gameplay:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Positive) + Mechanics of the game aren't difficult to pick up, making it easy to learn the game.\r<br\/>(Negative) - Very similar to Lunar Lander as far as controls and the idea of not crashing into the walls. Using ideas from other games is unavoidable, but there should be some effort in adding or destorting the existing mechanics into something that feels different. A simple example of something different could be having a puzzle aspect such as using the thruster to burn a piece of wood that is blocking the path.\r<br\/>(Negative) - Horizontal collision detection is far too unforgiving. It doesn't matter what speed the player is going at; if you collide with a wall to the left or the right then you have to start over. This was very frustrating in a game where the whole idea was to navigate your way through tight spaces.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Story:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Positive) + The story itself is fairly interesting. The idea of an explorer going to new lands where he doesn't know the consequences is pertinent to real life, not knowing what exists in where we've not explored. You've left it rather open to interpretation, but this is how I viewed the story.\r<br\/>(Negative) - I feel that having the story drive the theme doesn't really make it based on the theme of Connected Worlds. I'm not saying that you did this, but it is completely possible to have a full game idea before the compo and then just adapt the story to the them without much effort. I prefer to think of having the theme drive the creation of the gameplay, but perhaps that is just me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Graphics:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Positive) + The graphics, while simple and primitive, were all consistent throughout the game and nothing felt out of place. Nicely done!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Final thoughts:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall there are definitely some improvements that can be done. Take a look at all the mistakes, and analyze what is actually a mistake and what is not so that you may not make them again. Congratulations on finishing, and good luck to all you game development endeavors in the future!"},{"author_name":"Knowledge","author_uid":"34045","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1409242920,"text":"OK game, but doesn't fit the theme."},{"author_name":"Thingo Studios","author_uid":"31541","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1409244420,"text":"I didn't find it intuitive that I was supposed to go down, and I found the difficulty curve way too steep. Admittedly, using your thruster for light is a very cool idea."},{"author_name":"RandomM00","author_uid":"3221","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:54pm","epoch":1409244540,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, glad it's working!\r<br\/>I had real trouble coming up with something that would fit the theme, I was getting a bit desperate because I only had twelve hours or so left after messing up."},{"author_name":"RodRoy1","author_uid":"31418","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1409244900,"text":"I liked this, but it starts off really hard so I couldn't get very far at all. I like the progression of story, and I like the mood."},{"author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1409245020,"text":"Tough game. I liked the concept of needing to move upwards to increase the lighting, great idea there."},{"author_name":"eemmbbeerr","author_uid":"26778","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1409247120,"text":"It was a fun game, but when I got to the bottom nothing happened... I just died"},{"author_name":"MemoryLeek","author_uid":"7989","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:07am","epoch":1409288520,"text":"Works good with the updated version.\r<br\/>I like the gameplay concept, but I found it a bit too hard, it just required a bit too pixel perfect positioning for me to handle with my keyboard.\r<br\/>Maybe making it a bit easier overall still with hard sections and with some kind of checkpoints.\r<br\/>I like the simple graphics and the mood, it feels well made."},{"author_name":"NiceAlexanderAS","author_uid":"7045","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1410016200,"text":"That was hard! xD excellent work :D the mysterious gameplay is awesome :D"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1410016260,"text":"Good start of a game. I like the light effect.\r<br\/>Horizontal collision is a bit unforgiving.\r<br\/>It seems to just stop at the bottom."}],"images":["ld30\/3221-9245ed6cc133a3eebb27b6198e39fff2.jpg","ld30\/3221-1f731689d4d2d30c7ef0ba9e6b14970f.jpg","ld30\/3221-2da7faf0e2511f96faa00576dd291367.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/gah\/ludum-dare-30\/downloads\/into-the-deep-win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/gah\/ludum-dare-30\/downloads\/into-the-deep-linux.tar.gz","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/gah\/ludum-dare-30\/get\/2abf62758cd6.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/gah\/ludum-dare-30\/overview","text":"Repository"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15721","g_author":"3221","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15751","g_title":"Into the Deep","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"709","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/375043\/3221-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3221-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3221-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"* BUGFIX 2013\/8\/28 - Fixed Linux missing background *\r\n* BUGFIX 2013\/8\/27 - Fixed Windows 7\/8 missing background *\r\n\r\nAbout\r\n=====\r\n\r\nThis is a simple game inspired by the cave flying game Spout.\r\nIt was written in a bit of a rush after I botched the first day of the competition. In the end I wrote this in well under a day, and was reasonably pleased with it.\r\nI may have made it rather difficult by accident!\r\n\r\nInstalling\r\n==========\r\n\r\nThe game requires SDL2. I've tested it briefly on Arch Linux and Windows XP.\r\n\r\nRun build-release.sh to build an executable on Linux.\r\nIf you're brave you might try build-win32-release.sh to cross compile a Windows executable (requires SDL2.dll at runtime, see the SDL website).\r\n\r\nRunning\r\n=======\r\n\r\nThere are no data files, but the Windows executable requires SDL2.dll in the same directory.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\t- left\/right\/up accelerate\r\n\r\nAvoid colliding with anything, press up to restart when you do!\r\n","title":"Into the Deep"}