{"author_link":"\/author\/egdob\/","author_name":"egdob","author_uid":"41899","comments":[{"author_name":"eatsleepindie","author_uid":"35774","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:17am","epoch":1408954320,"text":"I really enjoyed this game.  I found it much easier to play in a small browser window (in a maximized window the buttons were too far from the game play area).  The animations on the planets as you interacted were great and helped me keep my focus where I needed to."},{"author_name":"Dimir","author_uid":"37373","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1408976160,"text":"Super job! Great pixel grafics!"},{"author_name":"fizzd","author_uid":"39331","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1408976400,"text":"This is really well done, even though i don't usually play games in this genre.  In Safari on OSX the text box blocks some of the options though."},{"author_name":"isal","author_uid":"42489","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:36am","epoch":1409038260,"text":"Awesome :D. beat it on 3rd attempt. Especially love the animations around the planets to keep me informed about whats going on."},{"author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1409078640,"text":"Fun game! I laughed at &quot;Febember&quot;."},{"author_name":"elkiwydev","author_uid":"40741","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1409079240,"text":"Good job but I feel a need of a better explanation of what is going on when i start the game"},{"author_name":"INC$D021","author_uid":"39751","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 10:48am","epoch":1409308980,"text":"Hard but fun :)"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 10:52am","epoch":1409309220,"text":"Fun game, first try I was expanding on all planets at the same time. Much easier just to max out the infrastructure and marketing on a single planet first by which time you have enough money to just build back hauls on all the other planets without worrying about customers to win the game."},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 12:02am","epoch":1409356620,"text":"I liked the small animations in the game, though I wish the screen was a bit bigger."},{"author_name":"zazery","author_uid":"2362","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1409782560,"text":"Really cool concept. I ended up failing but I'm not sure why. Sometimes it was hard to figure out how each of my actions affected the different numbers."},{"author_name":"HuvaaKoodia","author_uid":"21836","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1410010140,"text":"Overall I enjoyed playing through the game, but balancing the stats is a bit arduous as the rating value is rather arbitrary for a few reasons:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- Why 16:4:1 ratio? Why wouldn't everyone just want to use the tier 3 exchange?\r<br\/>- Who is keeping track of this rating value. Is there a Universal Telecom Council who terminate companies that hit the bottom. Wouldn't threatening with termination be a more effective option. After all it's going to be real big hassle to deal with all the infrastructure and workforce left over from the termination.\r<br\/>-Why is there only one company in control of the Superhighway project. If this was the case there would be a project deadline rather than an arbitrary rating.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>So keeping these things in mind here are a few suggestions.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The rating value should be indicative of how well the populace perceives your corporation and how willing they are to stick with your services.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Otherwise they'll change to a competitors service, driven by AI opponents.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The rating is based on:\r<br\/>- Connectivity (how many planets\/people are connected)\r<br\/>- Speed (the less congestion the better)\r<br\/>- Price (you can set it to whatever you want!)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Upgrading hardware only increases the speed but has no other effect on the rating. Choosing between copper and fiber isn't really a question for most people."},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1410808320,"text":"Fun Game. I enjoyed it till the end. I actually lost the first time around because my rating randomly plummeted but I won the second game :)"}],"images":["ld30\/41899-d96f26902dab630a9993a8254f2e03b1.jpg","ld30\/41899-8a32332478e7b7bb2a14e3a3630697e3.jpg","ld30\/41899-52164fd38c44e033359213f86372c158.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cubicle2.net\/ld30\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/cubicle2.net\/ld30.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16308","g_author":"41899","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16337","g_title":"Universal Information Superhighway Connectivity Si","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"446","g_commentcount":"12","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\/41899-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41899-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41899-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Universal Information Superhighway Connectivity Simulator 2014 puts you in the hot seat as the chief network engineer for a fledging new telecoms expert in the era of the space race.\r\n\r\nEstablish connectivity on planets before joining them up with juicy high-capacity back-haul to become the Ultimate Telecoms Giant.\r\n\r\nImprove your infrastructure by upgrading exchanges, but keep an eye on your Network Rating - keep it above 1000 by maintaining a ratio of 16:4:1 exchanges and having enough capacity for all your customers.","title":"Universal Information Superhighway Connectivity Simulator 2014"}