{"author_link":"\/author\/mechabit\/","author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","comments":[{"author_name":"NnelGdaBandit","author_uid":"39408","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1409009640,"text":"If there is one thing I want to do more in games is poo!"},{"author_name":"EatYourBeef_Doug","author_uid":"22360","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:40pm","epoch":1409009700,"text":"ah i didnt realize the first time round the orange things are snails. Really nice concept, and really nicely executed! I would loved to have seen some more critters though."},{"author_name":"elcaraescombro","author_uid":"42252","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1409009820,"text":"So lovely graphics, good work!!!"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1409009940,"text":"Yeah, there's only 2 plants and 1 animal but we planned all sorts of weird alien fauna and flora each with different behaviors and interactions. But alas such is ludum dare."},{"author_name":"elliottd","author_uid":"27074","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1409010060,"text":"looks great, music is good, not on board with the poop sounds. I could only make three plants, and then they were generating the small seeds\/poo and it just comes out the same... gross game. good work"},{"author_name":"nikki93","author_uid":"39848","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1409010780,"text":"The graphics are really nice and cute. The poo is hilarious. Neat idea! Playing as a dinosaur is sweet."},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:03am","epoch":1409011080,"text":"Loved the graphics and the overall sense of fun."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:10am","epoch":1409011500,"text":"@elliottd Ha ha yeah it's a bit gross..."},{"author_name":"LuisDC","author_uid":"42345","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:21am","epoch":1409012160,"text":"Loved the graphics and art style. I had to search for the meaning of LMB and RMB. Please, consider write "left\/right mouse button" in the description.\r\rGood job and good luck!"},{"author_name":"Miziziziz","author_uid":"41803","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:24am","epoch":1409012340,"text":"Where do you people get all this time to make such amazing music and art.\rI have to say, your sense for color is amazing. Really nice visuals.\rThe game was also really, wish you could've made more. I ended up with snail overpopulation after a while"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:32am","epoch":1409012820,"text":"Edited the instructions for less acronyms"},{"author_name":"FXCesinha","author_uid":"38640","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:33am","epoch":1409016480,"text":"Nice graphics"},{"author_name":"BoaHeck_ArtGent","author_uid":"25132","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:03am","epoch":1409018280,"text":"POOT POOT POOT POOT. Finally a game I can relate to! I'm always pooping and eating! Seriously though. well done. I really found this idea interesting and funny. The difficulty was a little bit steep though so I didn't get that far."},{"author_name":"PixelOaks","author_uid":"15090","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:51am","epoch":1409021160,"text":"Loved the pooping. Only disappointment was that the dino wouldn't poop out any more after a while"},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:56am","epoch":1409021460,"text":"Funny idea! The art is awesome, and the controls is solid. If there is more hints in the game about my progress would be better :) Good job!"},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"20701","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:33am","epoch":1409045280,"text":"great you can eat youre poo"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1409061420,"text":"Anyone managed to stick with it till the end?"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1409065260,"text":"Interesting concept. You can't get the second plant to make seeds can you?"},{"author_name":"tillrobby","author_uid":"38964","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1409065380,"text":"Funny game :D Great music"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1409065380,"text":"Really nice, the idea was pretty cute. I kept getting stuck though after I ate all the animals (I think). Nice job though!"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1409068140,"text":"@Kayelgee the 2nd plant eats snails to make seeds, it's not hinted at, you just have to experiment with it. I wanted a sense of exploration with each world adding new life forms to play with.\r\r@Jellycakes You do have to be careful with that, make sure there's always at least one of each thing left so they can spawn more. If you plant a bulb next to a snail you'll get infinite snails after a bit lol"},{"author_name":"SwiftIllusion","author_uid":"17539","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1409072280,"text":"That was really awesome :D.\rLoved the management-esque mechanics and trying to develop the life in that final level where you had to balance all the plants\/animals. Even though you mentioned not getting everything you wanted done, you managed to get just enough in that it felt like a really satisfying experience after completing it, great job :D."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1409076960,"text":"Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:42am","epoch":1409139420,"text":"Can I pickup snails somehow or do I need to headbutt them after they spawned? I actually thought about moving snails to the plant but I had planted the second plant on the other side xD"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:44pm","epoch":1409150340,"text":"@Kayeglee You can't pick up the snails but you can lure them with seeds if you want them to move in a certain direction. I was going to make them climb walls like snails but didn't get round to it. It's possible to head butt them around but it's tricky to do."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1409166960,"text":"This is hilarious. By the end of my play session, I was eating my own poo, then pooping it back out. This was some great entertainment, and the graphics are pretty neat too. If you keep working on it, you should put in more animal types and perhaps some that could eat you too."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1409168340,"text":"@recursor Thanks. Your game is fun as well. If we expanded the game we'd probably add some danger element but not any combat (want to keep it about exploration and experimentation), maybe an exploding\/burning seed that lets you burn plants you don't want anymore or some kind of snappy plant that blocks your path. Maybe some physics\/mind altering seeds? lol"},{"author_name":"MechanicMoon","author_uid":"40539","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1409174220,"text":"You can eat your own shit GOTY"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1409176140,"text":"@MechanicMoon I think your 3 eyed space pigs would get along with my pooping dino lol"},{"author_name":"KigurumiDevs","author_uid":"42414","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1409180880,"text":"Sadly my Unity web player isn't working (not your fault). Would have loved to play the game! looks like a game for me :D"},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 6:33am","epoch":1409207280,"text":"Cool visual style and nice concept."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:24am","epoch":1409217540,"text":"The mix of 3d and hand drawing is really cool.\rI went till the second world, but I wasn't able to obtain new orange seed. Maybe those orange plant doesn't produce them or I miss something."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:38am","epoch":1409218380,"text":"@Colapsydo The orange plant is carnivorous, feed it snails"},{"author_name":"Otrora Games","author_uid":"32989","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1409329620,"text":"This was crazy but pretty cool. Nice job"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1409341620,"text":"Haha, I like how much effort you put into the farting sounds :D But seriously, this game is awesome! I couldn't stop playing. Very relaxing. I would have liked to see more complex ecosystems. I am sure this would make a great mobile app! You know, pooping some snails while waiting for the bus :D\rAwesome work!"},{"author_name":"hb3p8","author_uid":"40178","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 11:53am","epoch":1409399280,"text":"Very cute dino :) Great job!"},{"author_name":"Artamus","author_uid":"39880","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1409408040,"text":"Nice game, congrats!"},{"author_name":"Ofursnati","author_uid":"22793","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1409432820,"text":"The pooping sound is awesome. Fun game. GJ."},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 5:08am","epoch":1409461380,"text":"A poopping dino! It is sad you ran out of time, same thing happened to us too. Graphics are colourful and the audio is neat. Good job!"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 10:41am","epoch":1409481360,"text":"We're very happy with what we did, the main mechanics are working and there's an end lol"},{"author_name":"leafarz","author_uid":"30173","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 12:07pm","epoch":1409486520,"text":"the game is so cute haha! :))\rvery nice visuals and yeah 10\/10 on the poo mechanic man.\rreally awesome game! good job! :D"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1409598480,"text":"Graphics are great!"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 12:30am","epoch":1409617500,"text":"This game is simply amazing. It did take me a while to figure out that the snails were in fact snails, and not just a limited supply of food for me to turn into poo. I'm glad I stuck it out."},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 7:23am","epoch":1409642280,"text":"Yeah the snail spiral on the shells doesn't really come out in the water colour style. I had them walking about randomly at first but then I broke it and then kinda like how they look like dormant rocks until some food was around so kept it that way."},{"author_name":"skiddings","author_uid":"15697","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1409927880,"text":"It's been a while since I had to do tactical pooping in a game!"},{"author_name":"H1S2","author_uid":"40166","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 8:50am","epoch":1410079500,"text":"very funny! these snails get a plague really quick :) catchy tune and nice artwork."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 2:54am","epoch":1410144540,"text":"Cute monster :D I included it in part 22 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/_5a2Oj9U9sk"},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 8:21am","epoch":1410164160,"text":"i liked the style, especially the texture of the world, but after finding out i had to eat the big stones and poop them into the earth, i didn't know what to do anymore? :\/"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1410198060,"text":"@Pythong, poop the seeds into the green grass to make plants"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1410198060,"text":"@Jupiter_Hadley Thanks man!"},{"author_name":"MerlijnVH","author_uid":"14952","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1410552240,"text":"Very cool game! I liked the game mechanic and the music was great, too. Love the graphics style."},{"author_name":"fisholith","author_uid":"40999","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 10:03am","epoch":1410602280,"text":"Fun idea. The music and art create a nice atmosphere.\rThe sounds add a ... I'm gonna say novel element, as well. :)\r\rSo, at first I experienced what I suspect to be the normal pitch range for the randomized poots. "poot, little-poot, moderate-poot, pt, poot, etc" Then, without warning, "POOOOT ... PUUUUUUT ... P-P-P-P-EW-EW-EW-EW-T" Ultra-low-frequency. Ultra-low! I mean, I'm pretty sure I may have just interfered with whale migration for the next few days."},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1410641880,"text":"Nice style with the water colors. I was only able to make the big flower that spit out seeds. I never saw any other plants or animals :("},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1410694920,"text":"@Rage Paint, the big rocks are actually snails, feed them seeds to make more."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1410714600,"text":"Pooping is always fun. Really enjoyed rest of the game too :)"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1410717660,"text":"That was a lot of fun :) Loved the visuals and the relaxed atmosphere.\r\rDidn't beat the second world because I couldn't figure out how to fill the orange meter more than about two thirds. Eventually the game would slow to a crawl with hundreds of snails other things covering the planet.\r\rHad a great time - would love to see the ideas you didn't have time to implement during the jam fleshed out :)"},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1410823620,"text":"Interesting idea with walking on a planet but I felt like spending most of my time walking to reach plants or snails. Also couldn't get the point of second level really. I think this might be something if there were more variation to what player can do. Cute little game, liked it."},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Sep 16, 2014 @ 12:53am","epoch":1410828480,"text":"mmmm my favorite music so far... i want to grow plants into forever"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Sep 16, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1410883380,"text":"Woo, scored highly on humour again. Too bad about the theme. Thanks for playing and commenting guys!"}],"images":["ld30\/34391-b04b0922a29a2df913e9b382e0eed510.jpg","ld30\/34391-69b2cbc6a773c8aae799d31ae3d4175f.jpg","ld30\/34391-9177fac0c4d83239be1339314392b7ca.jpg","ld30\/34391-166eef1555ce18ec5be87d035157e49a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mechabit.itch.io\/where-did-the-stars-go","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/fluffymellonbun.tumblr.com","text":"Tumblr"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mechabit","text":"Twitter"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mechabit.co.uk","text":"Website"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16136","g_author":"34391","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16166","g_title":"Where Did The Stars Go?","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"345","g_commentcount":"59","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\/34391-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/34391-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/34391-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/34391-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a dino space gardener.\r\n(If the webplayer stops responding try resizing the window)\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nA\/D = Walk\r\nSpace = Jump\r\nLeft Mouse Button = Eat\r\nRight Mouse Button = Poo\r\nR = Restart level\r\n\r\n*Fertilize soil with your poo.\r\n*Eating seeds lets you poo seeds onto fertilized soil to grow a plant.\r\n*Animals will eat seeds too.\r\n*If you cause a plant or animal to go extinct you might need to restart.\r\n*The 2nd plant eats snails\r\n*There is a thank you screen at the end\r\n\r\nTools:\r\nUnity3D\r\nAudacity\r\nPhotoshop\r\nWater colours on paper\r\nfreesound.org\r\n\r\n\r\nStory:\r\nA terrible disaster wiped out almost all life in the galaxy.\r\nYou wake up to a sky with no stars and a barren world.\r\n\r\nYou find ancient ruins on the planet which rumbles into life as you approach. It seems to react to life on the planet.\r\n\r\nThere's nothing for you on this world so you jump into the shimmering portal and being your journey across the galaxy to find another of your species and uncover the *truth. (*truth not included)\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\nThere were going to be more plants and animal types and more planets but we ran out of time as usual. You were going to uncover the cause of the apocalypse and the origin of the star gates through paintings on ruins but that was cut also. \r\nThe original story had ancient interstellar beings who built the star gates to travel between worlds but they uncover a plague that threatened to spread across the star gate network and wipe out all life. As a last resort they construct a super gate to escape to another galaxy but inadvertently triggers the disaster which caused the stars to fade and destroyed themselves.\r\n\r\nTry keeping seeds in the air by head butting them :)\r\n\r\nwww.mechabit.co.uk\r\n\r\nMusic by Deceased Superior Technician\r\n","title":"Where Did The Stars Go?"}