{"author_link":"\/author\/tigerbyte\/","author_name":"tigerbyte","author_uid":"39187","comments":[{"author_name":"jomomomo","author_uid":"4914","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:36am","epoch":1408937460,"text":"Interesting, seems like this concept would work pretty well as a mobile\/tablet game."},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:32am","epoch":1408944420,"text":"Nice trading game."},{"author_name":"anserran","author_uid":"27412","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:40am","epoch":1408966500,"text":"Congrats for your first LD! HTML5 version worked fine in Chrome (Ubuntu), but in Firefox had some weird color in the planet stats board."},{"author_name":"exoticorn","author_uid":"3475","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:47am","epoch":1408966920,"text":"I like the idea an interface. It would be cool to be able to click on a thought-bubble to send a ship with that resource.\r<br\/>I found it strange to be sending out gold when that's the currency I'm earning."},{"author_name":"tigerbyte","author_uid":"39187","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1408968240,"text":"Oh! You're not just earning gold. Whenever you trade, you don't always get gold. You get whatever the planet produces. Sorry, I should make that more clear.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>In the end screen you get scored for resources, not just gold. It's important to keep all of them as high as possible."},{"author_name":"cobracommander","author_uid":"25260","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1408969740,"text":"This is fun little rts. I like how you can try to preempt issues by sending things before they are needed."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1408971480,"text":"cool calming game. nice one"},{"author_name":"gardenhead","author_uid":"40724","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1408971660,"text":"I really like it! There are lots of trading games in the competiton, but this one is one of my favourites so far."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1408974960,"text":"Really nice job on your very first LD! I like the concept (of course). Nice use of the theme."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1409092140,"text":"Nice job! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/LbmZDYffwi8"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:19am","epoch":1409102040,"text":"Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http:\/\/youtu.be\/lmQkJ525PNo"},{"author_name":"ShadowStryker","author_uid":"39432","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:28am","epoch":1409102580,"text":"One of the few games with a trading system in it, I like it."},{"author_name":"Leginar","author_uid":"21822","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:46am","epoch":1409103660,"text":"I like the idea, interesting twist on a classic concept.   Seems tailor made for mobile gaming."},{"author_name":"ripter","author_uid":"3640","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:13am","epoch":1409105280,"text":"when Tapper meets Sins of A Solar Empire...it is a little difficult to know what any planet needs until they ask for it, and by then it seems like it's too little too late to keep them happy."},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:25am","epoch":1409106000,"text":"That was quite stressful! :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done for you first Ludum Dare! This is a hard, but also fun game!"},{"author_name":"Wertle","author_uid":"22452","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:09am","epoch":1409112240,"text":"Congrats on your first LD! I think there are a lot of little polishy things you could do to clean up this game but one thing I struggled with was knowing overall if I was doing well or doing poorly. Once I got a lot of speech balloons demanding stuff I couldn't figure out if it was because I was doing something wrong or if that's just the expected game state. Having the planets orbit might be a fun way of messing with people trying to keep track of which planets needed what. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Nisshoku","author_uid":"19360","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:41am","epoch":1409139360,"text":"very addicting management game. simple but solid first entry"},{"author_name":"ramoncb","author_uid":"14743","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 12:56am","epoch":1409187060,"text":"my god, those people eat too much ! xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>very solid entry, for you first LD (and even for the compo) the game already has a nicely complex concept! congratulations! =)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>and sorry my bad english ^^'"},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1410633180,"text":"Gosh, these planets are so needy!"}],"images":["ld30\/39187-9895f4bca861069375f7b5cca065ce54.jpg","ld30\/39187-290eeffdfe970f58f923644b1b198c21.jpg","ld30\/39187-338543180d1e3f9ac73a57a8f387fef6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/andrewperrin.com\/ld\/30\/html5\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrewperrin.com\/ld\/30\/runonce\/OmniCorp.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrewperrin.com\/ld\/30\/source\/OmniCorp.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16969","g_author":"39187","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16998","g_title":"OmniCorp","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"970","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\/39187-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39187-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39187-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"OmniCorp! Your leading intergalactic shipping corporation!\r\n\r\nAs the new shipping coordinator at OmniCorp, it is your duty to keep all of the planets supplied and our customers happy!\r\nKeep our supplies up as well, by trading with our customers!\r\n\r\nFail to keep customers happy? You're fired!\r\nMismanage our inventory? You're fired!\r\n\r\n~ the Boss.\r\n---\r\nThe HTML version was not as thoroughly tested as the Windows version. I know there was some oddities with draw_text.\r\nAs far as I'm aware, the HTML version is still fully functional, just with uglier text :)\r\n\r\nThis is my first Ludum Dare and one of my first completed games. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get to Audio, and I'm sure the gameplay needs tweaked, but it was a fun time nonetheless.\r\n---\r\n\r\nAdditional Notes from Comments:\r\n1. I realize now that I missed this in the \"how to play\" screen, but you don't just earn gold. Whatever the planet makes is what you will get when you trade with them. It's important to keep all resources high. You get scored on resources when the game ends.\r\n\r\n2. It's been reported that the planet stats window is colored differently in Firefox. When I played in Firefox the colors were normal for me, but maybe it's my version of Firefox? I don't use it regularly so I don't update it regularly.","title":"OmniCorp"}