{"author_link":"\/author\/phi\/","author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","comments":[{"author_name":"Inudenis","author_uid":"40363","time":"Aug 24, 2014 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1408923600,"text":"Nice, very creative!"},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1408944480,"text":"Nice mechanics."},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1408976520,"text":"I got a glitch where one of the planets spawned over one of the others, making it hard to play on, interesting mechanics though!"},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1408990320,"text":"@DaanVanYperen: This is not a glitch. You can move the planets by dragging with your right mouse button. It's mentioned in the description and also in-game, but I guess it's not visible enough. Thank you for playing and for your feedback!"},{"author_name":"Perjoka","author_uid":"38892","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1408994940,"text":"i like it, interesting mechanic :)"},{"author_name":"Killbert","author_uid":"37012","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1408995000,"text":"Very creative and original."},{"author_name":"kyru","author_uid":"3377","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1408995060,"text":"Nice puzzle game, uses the theme well."},{"author_name":"graebor","author_uid":"11713","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1408995120,"text":"Very cool concept. Took me a few minutes to get the hang of it but once I did it was a good "aha" moment. Audio fits, controls are simple, great job!"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1408995540,"text":"Nice mood! I'm not used to this kind of strategy so I'm pretty bad, but I can feel the work you put in it."},{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1408996020,"text":"interesting idea, pretty fun"},{"author_name":"Ramori","author_uid":"39486","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1408996680,"text":"http:\/\/imgur.com\/Q2DBewu - still no idea what am I doing, but it's fun.\rI really like the sounds and simple graphics. Both create very pleasant mood. Instead of thinking about making the most optimal flow, I was like: "Let's see what happens if I connect this to that. Oh, nice. Now let's try connecting this over there...". Very nice game."},{"author_name":"Sunflower","author_uid":"39564","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1408999260,"text":"After thinking a little and having the information about the fact number indicate the speed, I came up with formula that must be followed for each planet to reach the perfect equilibrum: Sum(incomingSpeeds) = outcomingSpeed * outcomingEdges. With that knowledge I reached level teen-ish before deciding it's probably never going to end, however randomly generated completion messages can be.\r\rGenerally, I found mechanics to be quite original, but they didn't keep me interested for really long; I guess having levels designed rather than randomly generated, and limited number of them (and maybe some other gimmicks) would hook me more (not that I expect to make full game in 48 hours ^^"). As for audiovisuals, they served their purpose, even though they didn't stand out.\r\rOverall, nice job here."},{"author_name":"akymos","author_uid":"33966","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1409059380,"text":"Great result for a 48h challenge. Curious gameplay and smooth visual. Minimal sound and graphics"},{"author_name":"Hippolyta","author_uid":"32967","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1409069640,"text":"Liked it very much, cool mechanics!"},{"author_name":"Eero Tuovinen","author_uid":"40525","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1409069700,"text":"A solid puzzle kernel, very satifying for a competition entry. Merely adding more planets as the only axis of elaboration would be too thin for sustained interest, and the concept has legs for more variety, but these are not competition concerns."},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1409071320,"text":"What a neat mechanic! Normally these "drag lines from circle to circle" games are about bodies with varying populations but a stable rate of change. This is neat because you have to try to understand how the populations will change based on the rates of change.\r\rThat being said! I never felt like I "understood" how to win these levels, but I won by just making a bunch of connections and then tweaking them. It would be nice if there was more of a visual sense of how these quantities are changing.\r\rDo you have a twitter account?"},{"author_name":"Floko","author_uid":"4166","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1409075940,"text":"Awesome mechanics! I'm so bad at puzzles , ahah . I stated to ge really confused after so many connections, but I'm glad you put a button to clear them all...thanks a lot for that =] \r\rI really enjoyed the mechanics , and the audio feedback is spot-on. nice work!"},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1409083140,"text":"@ZNCatlaw: Thanks a ton for playing and for the feedback! I do have a twitter account (@phigames), but I'm not really using it actively at the moment."},{"author_name":"J-d-H","author_uid":"25914","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1409143260,"text":"I like the game and it's presentation. Nice time filer keeping brain from rusting too much."},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1409148060,"text":"Well done, and very unique. At first, I had no idea what I was doing, but my brain started subconsciously figuring it out after a few levels while. I played it for quite a while, and ended up with a very pleasing visual.\r\rYou did a nice job of making the game feel challenging, but not unfair. The whole thing was nicely polished... slick visuals, appropriate music. This is the type of game I could waste time with. Also, I think touch controls would work great with the game.\r\rMy only complaint is that there wasn't a lot of variety, but what is there is great."},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1409149980,"text":"nice idea :) got till level 10 :D"},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1409158020,"text":"nice concept, but all the possibilities made me go crazy XD"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1409239680,"text":"I had to restart a few times because the new planet would pop to close to an other, and if one of the two became too big I couldn't clic the other."},{"author_name":"ElectricSeagull","author_uid":"38469","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1409240340,"text":"Nice original puzzle game. I think the sound & visuals suits the feel of the game well."},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1409246940,"text":"@PapyGaragos: You can move the planets with your left mouse button."},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 4:49am","epoch":1409287440,"text":"* right mouse button\r:s"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:53am","epoch":1409392080,"text":"Once you know that you can move planets and that the number is the travel flow (even if that last one becomes clear with few levels), the game starts to be really interesting.\rThe atmosphere is great, the game have a good response to user actions which renders the thinking easier."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 6:25am","epoch":1409725200,"text":"Hi there. I like the implementation more than the underlying puzzle. Nice sounds, visuals, UI."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 6:26am","epoch":1409725260,"text":"Hi there. I like the implementation more than the underlying puzzle. Nice sounds, visuals, UI."},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 3:36am","epoch":1410147060,"text":"Nice take on the theme, I like puzzles very much. Well done!"},{"author_name":"brookman","author_uid":"14127","time":"Sep 11, 2014 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1410456540,"text":"Nice to see a fellow Swiss game dev! :)\r\rMade it to stage 23. My strategy: Order the nodes by value in a bi-directionally connected ring (like this: http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CDmyadw.png) Then fiddle around a bit until it's in equilibrium.\rKeep up the good work!"}],"images":["ld30\/20723-fe17706ef7515d66fc5fe424af0502b0.jpg","ld30\/20723-39970082c2c288f1eaa8019c13ff3f56.jpg","ld30\/20723-0df4e34677f8a76205b3e386db5904eb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/67576446\/equilibrium\/web\/ld30.html","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/phigames\/ld30","text":"Source (GitHub)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W04XpKMckzM","text":"Time-lapse Video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17706","g_author":"20723","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17735","g_title":"Equilibrium","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"319","g_commentcount":"31","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\/20723-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/20723-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/20723-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Your goal is to equalize the population numbers (indicated by the size) of the planets. Establish continuous population flows between planets. The numbers on the planets represent the speed at which population is transported away from them. The green bar at the right shows you how far away you are from all planets having equal population numbers. Get it over the threshold to get to the next stage. Every planet must be connected to at least one other planet.\r\n\r\n- Create or remove an arrow by dragging with your LEFT MOUSE BUTTON from one planet to the other.\r\n- Move a planet around by dragging with your RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON, to keep things neatly arranged.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------\r\nTested successfully in Chrome and Firefox.\r\n-----------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nHave fun, thank you for playing!","title":"Equilibrium"}