{"author_link":"\/author\/cryovat\/","author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","comments":[{"author_name":"Chris_E","author_uid":"5707","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:40am","epoch":1409016900,"text":"Nice trading game. It took me a minute to figure things out, but then the interface was quite readable."},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1409076060,"text":"nice idea, liked it :)"},{"author_name":"~SquigglySoup~","author_uid":"42368","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1409083560,"text":"Oh man. i feel like people who like economics and trading\/crafting in online games would love this. but not exactly something i'm good at! lol"},{"author_name":"shashwat","author_uid":"39936","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1409088120,"text":"Nice idea. I think the randomness is too strict, though. I can't always make enough good trades to survive."},{"author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1409088780,"text":"Thanks a lot for the comments. :)\r\r@shashwat: I wholeheartedly agree. I never had time to balance it, so you're pretty dependant on a good spawning location. :("},{"author_name":"Capitals","author_uid":"28209","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1409088840,"text":"Fun little trading game which is nice and simple to learn in a small amount of time."},{"author_name":"PixelFeet","author_uid":"34877","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1409088900,"text":"Not bad, the card system was interesting but easy to manipulate at times."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1409091300,"text":"Great work! trading stuff was fun, I missed some audio though :( other than that. very nice!"},{"author_name":"Lokiman","author_uid":"16285","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:25am","epoch":1409106000,"text":"I don't really play card games but it doesn't hurt to try some once or twice a year right? :D :D :D\r\rThis game was quite a surprise for me and one can spend good time trading goods and traveling between planets. Also extra points for webGL :D"},{"author_name":"Altourus","author_uid":"469","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1409152620,"text":"Lucked into a fuel + food cycle but otherwise was pretty hard to predict. Had quite a bit of complexity *thumbs up*"},{"author_name":"Chikun Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:32am","epoch":1409203620,"text":"It was a alright idea. - Flurkin"},{"author_name":"suve","author_uid":"18843","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:34am","epoch":1409214540,"text":"Needs a bit of grinding between two planets at start, but gets pretty fun after that. Could use a warning when one's about to their last fuel on a trip to a planet that doesn't sell fuel. But other than that, a really cool entry."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1409257440,"text":"Hi there. Liked the interface and the cards mechanic for the trading. Shame no sounds. Good job."},{"author_name":"Jacob123","author_uid":"26000","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1409259180,"text":"Pretty cool, if you could expand upon this and everything it would be amazing!"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1409341800,"text":"Cards and randomness are two things I love in games :)\r\rI had to restart a couple of times to get going, but it was very fun once I did. Would be cool to see it further developed."},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1409859240,"text":"Interesting game, though the starting point makes a difference, sometimes making the game unplayable and others with an easy to find exploit. Then the issue becomes one of repetitively mining the exploit. It would be great if fuel was treated as a separate resource, so it wouldn't occupy a card slot, and that the mechanics were not subject to said exploits. Great job!"}],"images":["ld30\/19066-bde7eef37c8e5f5601347db55357a986.jpg","ld30\/19066-bd6663c87fde1976845ab21abe17304b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.winterday.net\/games\/ludum-dare-30\/","text":"Web (WebGL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/cryovat\/ludum-dare-30","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16517","g_author":"19066","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16546","g_title":"The Great Black","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"444","g_commentcount":"16","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\/19066-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/19066-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTE: If the star map looks a bit wonky or goes outside the visible area, refresh the page.\r\n\r\nThe Great Black is a single player card game about intergalactic trading. You own a shuttle that can fit six items (cards) and a modest amount of starting resources.\r\n\r\nYour goal is to hustle your way to having 10000 credits by buying low and selling high.\r\n\r\nAs a player, you have three types of actions:\r\n\r\n * Buy a card\r\n * Sell a card\r\n * Travel to another planet (costs one fuel)\r\n\r\nItem availability and price vary from planet to planet. The planets will also only have a limited amounts of card available at a time (drawn randomly).\r\n\r\nFuel is a special kind of item. It can only be bought, and not sold or discarded.\r\n\r\nHints:\r\n\r\n * Hover over planets to see what items are traded. Green means sold cheaply, gray means normal prices, other colors mean that you can sell at good markup.\r\n * Not all planets sell fuel. Make sure you have enough fuel for the return trip.\r\n * If you run out of money, or use your last amount of fuel going to a planet that doesn't sell fuel, you will lose.\r\n\r\nCompatibility:\r\n\r\nThe game is meant to be played with a mouse on a computer. It needs at least 1280x768 resolution and a modern browser that supports WebGL. It has been tested in Chrome and IE11.\r\n\r\n","title":"The Great Black"}