{"author_link":"\/author\/cogentinvalid\/","author_name":"CogentInvalid","author_uid":"22583","comments":[{"author_name":"clofresh","author_uid":"19694","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:13am","epoch":1408939680,"text":"Hard, but fun! The fish are the best! Also, good to see another L&Ouml;VE user. :)"},{"author_name":"Jupitron","author_uid":"35249","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:18am","epoch":1408939980,"text":"Its hard! Cool graphics!"},{"author_name":"renatopp","author_uid":"15241","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:18am","epoch":1408939980,"text":"A good game. It looks like not very consistent on the world things (they are completely random? including the position), thus, it is a bit slow to advance. On the other hard, it makes thing hard and you cannot simply play this without any concentration (like doodle jump), which I think is a good thing"},{"author_name":"rob","author_uid":"771","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:25am","epoch":1408940400,"text":"Christ, this was a stressful experience. I gave you a 4 for fun but with the understanding that &quot;fun&quot; in this case means &quot;panic and hysteria&quot;. Everything's so precarious! There's nowhere safe to stand! AAAARGH\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The first level of this game has that feel to it that you might (in lesser games) only encounter when you're about to face the last boss, you've played for hours and gathered the necessary skills, and the game's throwing everything it's got at you.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But here, WHAM, you get hit with all this stuff right off the bat. Platforms appear and disappear all over the place! Fish make you shoot into the air for some reason! Nothing stays still!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This isn't really a complaint. I did enjoy it. One criticism I do have is that it was hard to tell if I was making any progress &mdash; I didn't notice any appreciable difference between one level and the next. And when I died, I was taken back to what looked suspiciously like level 1, though I couldn't be sure. Some more differentiation between levels might help.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Neat game though."},{"author_name":"oranebeast","author_uid":"33501","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:25am","epoch":1408940400,"text":"Although I didn't understand the connection of the theme, It was a ton of fun and the music and graphics were amazing"},{"author_name":"CogentInvalid","author_uid":"22583","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:31am","epoch":1408940760,"text":"@renatopp: Yeah, the randomness can mess you up sometimes. I did add some weighting to the randomness to counteract that, though; if one section of the screen has fewer clouds\/blue flying things in it, it's more likely to spawn things there in the future.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@rob: There isn't really any differentiation to the levels, true. The number of arrows at the top of the screen show you how much further you have to go until the end, but I didn't really make that clear."},{"author_name":"Fanatrick","author_uid":"39646","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1408980600,"text":"The theme was missed, however I'm glad I played this!"},{"author_name":"buckslice","author_uid":"40882","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1408981500,"text":"Really fun, I wish those orange blocks came more often though. They are the only stable thing you can stand on (until they abandon you like everything else does lol). Good job!"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:01am","epoch":1409010960,"text":"Incredibly challenging, but I kept coming back for more. I like the variety of objects you can use to help you on your journey."},{"author_name":"Zupoman","author_uid":"34292","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:04am","epoch":1409011140,"text":"Augh, this game is so difficult! I would really love to reach it to the end, but I just can't! I had to give up.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics are cute, the music is peaceful, it's so much contrast to how brutal the difficulty is!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also disagree with other comments - I think the game fits the theme pretty well."},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:56am","epoch":1409039460,"text":"Well my stress levels are through the roof but I really enjoyed myself at the same time! This is a great, panicky little platformer with just the right balance of difficulty to make you come back for more. I'm afraid to say that I didn't complete it but I felt sooooo close on occassion...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Graphics and sound are nice and the premise is cool and well connected to the theme. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Buttsteam","author_uid":"42335","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1409092140,"text":"The gameplay was SWEET. The music building up over time was really cool, the graphics all fit together. It was just really cool and I liked it a lot."},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1409092380,"text":"I don't get it. I stand on some clouds, then they all disappear, then I have to restart. What's the point ? (didn't rate it yet)"},{"author_name":"granut100","author_uid":"27528","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1409092680,"text":"Nice game graphics somehow reminded me of Bouncy Bit."},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1409093340,"text":"Its obvious that you are an experienced gamer and you understand that EASY = BORING. Great game and good luck to you!"},{"author_name":"CogentInvalid","author_uid":"22583","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:31am","epoch":1409099160,"text":"@Marcellus: Have you tried jumping? The goal of the game is to go upwards; if you fall off the screen, the game ends. The controls are listed in the game description and readme.txt."},{"author_name":"ZoneOne2","author_uid":"36419","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:01am","epoch":1409100960,"text":"Very fun. I like the gliding mechanic and the variety of platform types."},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 6:13am","epoch":1409465280,"text":"Nice but the platforms don't really show in way to help me progress..."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 6:15am","epoch":1409465400,"text":"Great graphics, cool innovation, great job!"},{"author_name":"Stan Sypek","author_uid":"40887","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1409521320,"text":"Is it just me?  I don't seem to be seeing what everyone else is seeing? I hop from cloud to cloud until they all disappear and just fall. Sometimes the blocks show up but disappear before there is anything to jump to.  I have seen a fish, but along the bottom of the screen. No help there. Not going to rate this, as it's most likely me."},{"author_name":"CogentInvalid","author_uid":"22583","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 2:31am","epoch":1409538360,"text":"@Stan Sypek: If no more clouds are spawning, then there's definitely something wrong. I can't imagine what might be causing that, especially given that blocks and fish are spawning correctly. Maybe there's some problem with the drawing that makes them invisible under certain conditions... Do the blue flying things in the screenshots appear for you?"},{"author_name":"Stan Sypek","author_uid":"40887","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 1:48am","epoch":1409794980,"text":"@CogentInvalid Yep, I see the blue things, but they spawn up high, so I don't know if I'm supposed to be able to jump on them or not.  I'll try it again tomorrow night."},{"author_name":"MercuryLegba","author_uid":"38447","time":"Sep 11, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1410450540,"text":"@Stan Sypek I have the same problem. Unfortunatly, I can't survive longer then the first couple of seconds of the game. Sometimes things spawn, but always too high up to save me from my certain doom."}],"images":["ld30\/22583-87f659a8a0ad5ff6399cf1a8ba4eec01.jpg","ld30\/22583-c66c7789917e062119ffa328feb6839f.jpg","ld30\/22583-d0156c1f363194a01666d04465399bcc.jpg","ld30\/22583-bd57c1d0b0f3bc48eb88b51afecd4679.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20159697\/GreenerGrass-win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20159697\/greenergrass.love","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20159697\/GreenerGrass-postcompo-win.zip","text":"Windows (post-compo)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20159697\/greenergrass-postcompo.love","text":"Source (post-compo)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17325","g_author":"22583","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17354","g_title":"Greener Grass","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"308","g_commentcount":"23","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\/22583-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/22583-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/22583-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/22583-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"(NOTE: You can play this game on Mac and Linux by downloading the source and running it with LOVE2D: www.love2d.org)\r\n\r\nYou have long looked up at the constantly-cycling portal above your world, wishing that you lived in one of the universes up there, particularly one that has a ground rather than the bottomless pit that you have spent your entire life precariously jumping on clouds and fish to avoid falling into. One day, you decide you've had enough of your life's never-ending platforming challenges, and climb up to the portal, jump through... and find yourself in a world nearly identical to the previous one, aside from the color of the sky.\r\n\r\nYou didn't go to all this effort just to wind up in a palette-swap reality, though, so you decide to keep climbing up to the portal again and again, trying your luck until you finally reach the one universe with a ground.\r\n\r\nCan you make it to your ideal world, one with a study ground and soft grass? Of course you can; I believe in you.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nArrow keys - move\r\nZ - jump\r\nHold Z to glide\r\nM to mute, P to pause\r\n\r\nEDIT: A post-compo version is now available! If you like the original version, feel free to check out the updated one. It includes lives, an actual difficulty progression between levels, and copious fireballs.","title":"Greener Grass"}