{"author_link":"\/author\/vulture-tamer\/","author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","comments":[{"author_name":"wolfmother","author_uid":"38776","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1408934820,"text":"Not a bad proof of concept! But this is very far from a playable game.\rMy thoughts are the next step from here would be growing the world as you take over more boxes.\rPerhaps you could use a Lindenmayer fractal to create a detailed world (don't be scared by the name, they're dead simple to program -- google L-systems).\rExample: http:\/\/www.cgjennings.ca\/toybox\/lsystems\/dragon-curve.png"},{"author_name":"dokidoki","author_uid":"12261","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:26am","epoch":1408936860,"text":"I'm not exactly sure where you were planning to go with this, but I can certainly identify with not having enough time!"},{"author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:58am","epoch":1408938780,"text":"thanks wolfmother, I'll look into that after I finish my exams ;-)"},{"author_name":"Sogomn","author_uid":"40005","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:01am","epoch":1408946160,"text":"The game concept is good. Unfortunately it doesn't look like a finished game. If you invested a little more time it would have been a great game, I'm sure!"},{"author_name":"Njord","author_uid":"41155","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:09am","epoch":1408961040,"text":"The basic concept sounds good but there isn't much to do so far! I'd add some more visual feedback on what you can \/ can't do, and introduce a mechanic to generate more boxes."},{"author_name":"FeYbraNt","author_uid":"39099","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:09am","epoch":1408961040,"text":"I don't know others but i couldn't play it...I click on each part of the screen and nothing happens :(...I followed you instructions and also nothing happens...Sigh..."},{"author_name":"hirsch","author_uid":"13747","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1408987380,"text":"I do not really get the game mechanic. Can you explain it in the description?\rI also found out that it does not work with chrome (with firefox it does)."},{"author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1409047140,"text":"I made it using Chrome so it should work :-)\r\rmaybe refresh the page? my click triggers are poorly set up so it might bug out on you xD\r\rthe main thing is that a box get's 1 gold per second per connection with another box, \r\rthe intention I had was setting up a high score to who can link all boxes the fastest, but only had time to build this crap :p"},{"author_name":"coleott","author_uid":"39523","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1409079180,"text":"it's a decent little nugget of an idea—to have the player basically monitoring the little things happening on-screen and looking for connections to be made. in it's current state I have to click at least 10 times to make a connection (it seems like you need to click the upper-left of the box? but even that doesn't work most of the time?), so it's not very playable at all, but... baby steps!"},{"author_name":"Z.B.G.E.","author_uid":"9172","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1409241420,"text":"Hey it's like a Candy Box variant, in which as long as you wait nothing happens! Awesome ;)\r\rI hope you'll have more time next LD to achieve something more complete!"},{"author_name":"Piscythe","author_uid":"29376","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1409331360,"text":"I like the idea, it would be interesting to see a post-compo version with a greatly expanded world, more workable controls, and perhaps some special box types with different effects."},{"author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1409332260,"text":"@ piscythe, I'll deffinatly work on that after my exams ;-)"},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1409525760,"text":"It's an interesting concept, but you'll need some more explanation. I think I know what's going on but I'm not sure since sometimes nothing happens."},{"author_name":"dancingmad","author_uid":"39644","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1410203820,"text":"Sound promising but unfortunately it's not very playable... Nice try anyway."},{"author_name":"bluesky","author_uid":"40978","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1410706620,"text":"Good job!"}],"images":["ld30\/41917-9d83dc52ebf5b27373fdacd6b4ef13ec.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/d280d2f75f9cbef20e0ada1f694533bfd8700db8.googledrive.com\/host\/0B-KHOI9Ms1pvbHhIeHFmV0taMmM\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/d280d2f75f9cbef20e0ada1f694533bfd8700db8.googledrive.com\/host\/0B-KHOI9Ms1pvbHhIeHFmV0taMmM\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17861","g_author":"41917","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17890","g_title":"Prim","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1220","g_commentcount":"15","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\/41917-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"this is my first try. I had very little time but was dedicated to join in! \r\n\r\nit's a rough game, not finished at all! But it's a proof of concept ;-)\r\n\r\nhow to play:\r\nlink two blocks by clicking them after eachother :-)\r\nevery box gets gold per second per connection with another box \r\n\r\nthe intention I had was setting up a high score to who can link all boxes ( more than 4 boxes ofcource xD ) the fastest, but only had time to build this crap :p","title":"Prim"}