{"author_link":"\/author\/rnlf\/","author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","comments":[{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:09am","epoch":1398675840,"text":"Blub blub. It's a real cold world down there. Good setting\/atmosphere, most of all."},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:18am","epoch":1398676380,"text":"I'm loving the particle effects and lighting. When you collide with something it feels buggy though. I also recommend posting the controls here in case your player doesn't memorize them (cough)."},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:29am","epoch":1398677040,"text":"I like a lot, but the camera does strange things when you collide. Moreover, it is very good entry."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:52am","epoch":1398678420,"text":"Ah yes, the camera ;-) One of those things that are on the To Do list for more than a day and get delayed because of more important stuff until the deadline is reached :-("},{"author_name":"madhoe","author_uid":"35189","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:06am","epoch":1398679260,"text":"Pretty cool! (Okay, pun unintended.) I don't like the weird key bindings, they're... weird."},{"author_name":"BigRat","author_uid":"34234","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:09am","epoch":1398679440,"text":"The Only thing that i really Love it's graphic .So 1 Notice.Controlls are not well done.And when i am colliding the boxes it actually starts to shake the screen ."},{"author_name":"lief","author_uid":"1832","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:15am","epoch":1398683400,"text":"pros: hot damn! those bubbles.. they are magic... the spiral from the sub props...the way the bubbles hang in the water like filaments of silk...\r\rcons: key layout is crap"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:42am","epoch":1398685020,"text":"Keyboard layout fixed. See update in the description."},{"author_name":"Dominator_101","author_uid":"21741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1398707640,"text":"Nice! The bubbles are awesome! Well done!\r\rYeah, as others have said, the camera can be a little jerky when you hit something. I'm guessing it's location is based on the speed of the sub, which is set to 0 when you collide? Maybe make it more based on input, or at least a combination? Either that, or have like a "maxCameraSpeed" to say the furthest the camera can move in one frame? I don't know, I'm just throwing out ideas for some reason. Don't mind me.\r\rSeriously, though. Those bubbles."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1398711600,"text":"Haha, Dominator_101, that's exactly right. It was meant as be quick hack but then it stayed because of time :-("},{"author_name":"Dominator_101","author_uid":"21741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1398713820,"text":"Yeah, I totally get it. I think there's probably a large portion of people that that's true of some part of their game, myself included.\r\rThat's just one of the joys of doing the ludum dare :P"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1398716280,"text":"Those bubbles is probably the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life. How did you do that?\r\rSound and visuals are nice and simplistic, but bubbles are almost photorealistic (with low res of course)."},{"author_name":"Afal","author_uid":"27397","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1398721320,"text":"This looks really nice!"},{"author_name":"WetDesertRock","author_uid":"30221","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1398723300,"text":"I liked it, though the engine noise did get on my nerves after awhile.\r\rI enjoyed the lighting you had, the visuals of the game were perfect for the game, really enjoyed the sub turning around.\r\rAs other people said, the camera was kinda of jerky when you ran into things, and was detracting away from the game.\r\rYour control scheme was also kind of wonky? On QWERTY keyboards (I realize this might not be your keyboard scheme), WASD and tab are kind of odd. I got used to it after awhile though.\r\rI loved hearing the sub sound when my depth changed, that was a nice touch.\r\rGood entry :)"},{"author_name":"WetDesertRock","author_uid":"30221","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1398723540,"text":"Oh, also your title screen says 900 bar rather than 800 I think."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:44am","epoch":1398749940,"text":"WetDesertRock: Oopsie. I think I can reconstruct the genesis of this bug ;-) I wanted to call the game 800bar in the beginning but when I made the title screen, I figured that it looked to much like Boo Bar in the font I used, so I changed it to 900 and forgot to change it everywhere else, including my own mind.\r\rThis may be on of the most embarrassing bugs in video game history. Interesting how nobody noticed it before you :D\r\r\rmortus: <3"},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:39am","epoch":1398753240,"text":"I really enjoy it!\rThe graphics were awesome, it would be nice if you add more to the level tiles, so that everything match.\r:D"},{"author_name":"frankbsad","author_uid":"22426","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:33am","epoch":1398756480,"text":"Nice game, I really enjoyed the bubbles."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:58am","epoch":1398757980,"text":"Embarrassing, you say? Ha! My game actually has words "Game Title" on its main screen!"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:05am","epoch":1398762000,"text":"Keys are a bit strange, but I enjoyed the mood. Nice particle effects, I'm always a sucker for those. I liked ramming into the enemy subs too."},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1398788520,"text":"Ah, the game did not start for me, for some reason! I'm using Love 0.9.1 (Linux)."},{"author_name":"monsterkillu","author_uid":"28534","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1398794160,"text":"Liked the impressive underwater effects .. The Bubbles are just awesome. Would be better with Arrow-key\/Space\/Tab control scheme i guess ... (And there was this camera resetting bug when i hit something. Its not a big problem , just letting you know )..."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1398795600,"text":"pancakecity, yes, I noticed the same, on Windows and Linux. I have no idea as to why this happens :-(\r\rGarethIW, monsterkillu, I changed the keyboard layout yesterday. Does Dropbox give you the version with WASD only?"},{"author_name":"rxi","author_uid":"16007","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1398805740,"text":"Bloop\r\r\rBloop\r\r\rBloop\r\r\rA really excellent effort, the sound worked really well with the game, and the movement had a sort of weight to it which really brought home the feeling "submarine" without being annoying. The gameplay was challenging and fun -- I made several failed attempted at beating the game before I unfortunately gave up.\r\rThe bubble particles looked fantastic, the lighting added to the underwater atmosphere and I quite liked the turning animations of the submarines -- the whole turning mechanic, as opposed to always facing the direction you were headed, seemed to work really well with the setting. It also allowed me the ability to flip my vessel around as I tried to fly through the level backwards, yelling profanities towards the submarines who's failed attempts at shooting me and lack of ability to chase me left them stranded and impotent.\r\rNice work!"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:50am","epoch":1398825900,"text":"I love how the pixel art is so dynamic. Even the ship turns nicely! Great job!"},{"author_name":"xensky","author_uid":"27267","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:14pm","epoch":1398870540,"text":"a bit glitchy, my ship was hopping, but very cool."},{"author_name":"okkolobr","author_uid":"26489","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:14pm","epoch":1398870540,"text":"There's a good start here. But two things prevented me to have a real fun on this one : \r - Having to use a special key to turn the submarin is pretty annoying. I kept on using the cursor key of the opposite direction, which seems more "natural". \r - It feels like my submarine is invincible : i can't see what being hit by ennemi shoots, ennemies or the floor does to me. So, I don't really feel like challenged :(\rYou have done some good work on arts and animation, though."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1398871500,"text":"Okkolabr, being able to turn and move independently was part of the design. And every hit hurts your shit (there is a health bar at the top of the screen). Your ship can pack a punch, otherwise the game would be unbeatable (balancing needed ;-))."},{"author_name":"SoupWithBits","author_uid":"37409","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1398871680,"text":"Rocking pixel art and lighting!\rSome of the sounds got a little annoying...\rBut all in all one of the better submarine games on here!"},{"author_name":"Jacques_le_lezard","author_uid":"20660","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1398881280,"text":"Some lags but all the rest is quite good ! (nice design & sound)"},{"author_name":"dook","author_uid":"18341","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1398882600,"text":"Pretty good little game! And the animations, lighting and bubbles and such made it look a lot better than the screenshots implies."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1398882720,"text":"Yeah, a bit hard to get that into a still image. The action GIF shows it better ;-)"},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1398889800,"text":"Lovely particles! The overall mood was great too, the lighting system added a lot to it I guess. I found the game a bit easy to beat, but that might be because I like hardcore games. ^^\rGood job for this entry! :)\r(And cool timelapse btw)"},{"author_name":"Mental Atrophy","author_uid":"26025","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1398889860,"text":"I thought this played pretty well. The controls\/physics felt pretty spot-on for a 2D submarine game. I liked the wobble on the spotlight which, along with the bubble particles, enhanced the overall atmosphere. It is a simple game, but a pretty good one. The only major thing I caught was with collisions as previous users already mentioned, which became more noticeable on Stage 2's narrow passages."},{"author_name":"drnick","author_uid":"11663","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1398900060,"text":"Quite nice!\r\rAs previously mentioned by many other commentators, the bubble particles give a nice touch and complement the atmosphere, as well as the lighting effects.\r\rThe turning mechanic tends well to this type of gameplay.\r\rI'd like to give you two suggestions:\r1)Between levels, change the ground\/scenery's colour\r2)Make the ground\/scenery destructible by your torpedoes\r\rI don't know anything about Love2d, but I may actually try to implement the above myself if I have the time."},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:42am","epoch":1398937020,"text":"wow, i love the particle effects! it's so real!"},{"author_name":"Spaceoff","author_uid":"5791","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1398937200,"text":"Loved the lighting and water effects, movement felt smooth other than collisions."},{"author_name":"javierecf","author_uid":"32999","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:02am","epoch":1398941820,"text":"The particles effects are very well done, the movement of the ship also feels natural, but the collisions have problems as pointed by many others. The enviroment gives you that mood of underwater, really hard to achieve but some of the sounds are a bit noisy."},{"author_name":"JoshOS","author_uid":"35518","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1398958260,"text":"The atmosphere generated by the deep, darkness, the bubbles and the lighting emphasizing the darkness really set the mood on this one. Unfortunately the sound was lacking, and when I was on low health, it annoyed me to the point I muted my speakers.\r\rThe gameplay feels a bit off, but I think that's due to the way you jitter off of the surfaces. The levels were tricky but I beat them without much stress.\r\rAll in all, a very impressive entry"},{"author_name":"rvmook","author_uid":"8418","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:57am","epoch":1399009920,"text":"Besides the things you already pointed out yourself this game is pretty solid. I couldn't get passed the second level though. I didn't have enough patience to wait for the correct moment. It would've been cool to be able to shoot the incoming torpedo's. I'll try to beat the game later this week, nice job!"},{"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"14366","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:46am","epoch":1399077660,"text":"i felt immersed underwater in a submarine. It was like i was there, bobbing under the water fleeing for my life to get to the other side. Then i discovered many more submarines and decided to get frisky and blow them up! I discovered that better enemies had scarier torpedoes than i did. much to my chagrin, i died. Nice work. The lighting was bit weird a times and the camera bounce was really wild. a bit to jarring. you caught the bugs at least. :-)"},{"author_name":"VictorDoval","author_uid":"37171","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1399214520,"text":"I had a nice time playing, the mechanics felt like a real submarine. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:05am","epoch":1399248000,"text":"i couldnt see the game at all on a windows machine just a white blob shape :("},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1399251120,"text":"The particle effect was really cool! :)"}],"images":["ld29\/30930-ece88310d98db02ff77686faf24df085.jpg","ld29\/30930-6ec0f60085a3a09450248608b0e7bf94.jpg","ld29\/30930-f99f4cbb50e4972f45cec0634230b327.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/q1l1r0jilihbwmj\/800bar.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/z3elz9yqq3444gq\/800bar.love","text":".love file (Linux\/Window\/Mac, love2d 0.9.0 required)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/lp7z1641agguhga\/800bar.tar.xz","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/8f8bibm2q1x9s2x\/promo.gif","text":"Action GIF"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QyJlERh73qc","text":"Timelapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18199","g_author":"30930","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18228","g_title":"800bar","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"323","g_commentcount":"44","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\/\/342546\/30930-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30930-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30930-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"UPDATE NOTE: I fixed the keyboard layout. In addition to WASD, cursor keys are supported now as well and I added the spacebar as a second fire key. I honestly hope this doesn't violate any rules, someone suggested that this could be considered as \"porting\" the game to non-qwerty keyboards.\r\n----------------------------------------------------- \r\n\r\n\r\nOne of the most obvious takes on the theme.\r\n\r\nThe highscore doesn't work on Windows for some reason. Works fine on Linux though.\r\nThe Windows version can be run under wine if you don't have love 0.9.0 installed on your Linux box.\r\n\r\nSince some didn't seem to notice: This game has an actual ending after three levels. Every level has a dedicated exit that takes you to the next ;-)\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------- \r\nControls:\r\nWASD or Cursor Keys to move the ship\r\nTAB to turn it around\r\nLeft Alt or spacebar to fire torpedo.\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------- \r\n\r\nKnown problems (thanks for reporting):\r\n* The camera goes crazy when hitting things\r\n* Bouncing off of things changes the direction in a stupid way\r\n* The tilemap flickers from time to time\r\n* Highscore is not saved on Windows (this could actually be a love2d bug, need to investigate)\r\n* THE TITLE IS MISSPELLED (omg)","title":"800bar"}