{"author_link":"\/author\/slamblasta\/","author_name":"SlamBlasta","author_uid":"23191","comments":[{"author_name":"Zathalos","author_uid":"11257","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:45am","epoch":1398652800,"text":"Cool game. I liked the ability to upgrade my ship. Once I got the damage upgrade, things went a little more smoothly. The game doesn't have too much else to do though. Good job."},{"author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:47am","epoch":1398652920,"text":"Very asteroids-y. I didn't quite understand what the goal was though (something about experiments) so just shot everything."},{"author_name":"nerdybirdy346","author_uid":"23182","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:06am","epoch":1398654060,"text":"Goal was a bit vague but I loved the feel of the game. Very Asteroids feeling. And the upgrade was pretty snazzy :)"},{"author_name":"ultramailman","author_uid":"34414","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:21am","epoch":1398654960,"text":"I don't understand the math, but that's an interesting interpretation of the theme"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1398656160,"text":"It was really smooth and had great colours. There didn't seem to be a win or loss condition, though."},{"author_name":"atomic_swerve","author_uid":"13374","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:47am","epoch":1398656520,"text":"I thought the story premise was pretty fun, but the blaster shot sfx got old REALLY fast. I liked the effects of the scrolling textures. Oh, and your Web link is just to the .jar"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:30am","epoch":1398662700,"text":"Loved the music. I'm a sucker for games where there's a grid, so I liked this one. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Taugeshtu","author_uid":"8746","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:30am","epoch":1398662700,"text":"Liked it :) Though balance is a little bit too harsh to my taste... I didn't got the surface twist at first, but then it felt really neat. It's a bit of a shame that surface's impact on gameplay isn't that big :("},{"author_name":"BruceDoh","author_uid":"29780","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1398662880,"text":"Graphics are simple but aesthetically pleasing. Game is a lot of fun. Great audio."},{"author_name":"NTR","author_uid":"36589","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1398663000,"text":"Even though there's no endgame, it's still fun to mess around in."},{"author_name":"OhFiddleDiddle","author_uid":"28661","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1398663000,"text":"Seems to be a very hard game, but quite cool. \rMy main suggestion would be to have a little thing in the corner saying "Press Escape for Upgrades" or something along those lines.\rBecause many people (like me) will completely overlook the help document on their first play. :)"},{"author_name":"Naouak","author_uid":"8476","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:36am","epoch":1398663060,"text":"I don' t understand what is the goal of the game. I was able to move a ship and change its angle with the mouse but I didn' t found how to shoot. Mouse click did not do the trick."},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:39am","epoch":1398663240,"text":"There's a bit of a lack of guidance. I wasn't quite sure what I was meant to be doing, but the graphics are beautiful, and it handles nicely. Good job."},{"author_name":"mtinkerhess","author_uid":"20708","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:46am","epoch":1398663660,"text":"I really like the textures, that's such a cool effect! Nice music too, it fit the graphical style well.\r\rI wasn't totally sure how the rules worked but I shot some things, got some upgrades, my bullets got bigger, it was a good time!"},{"author_name":"terraco","author_uid":"36973","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:44am","epoch":1398667140,"text":"That was a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:46am","epoch":1398825660,"text":"Nice game, simple and I didn't run across any bugs"},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:54am","epoch":1398826140,"text":"Yeaaaaaah! I LIKE it! :D"},{"author_name":"Loneshark","author_uid":"35329","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:18am","epoch":1398838380,"text":"I lasted 600 seconds once I figured out I could try to group the purple things using re-spawns."},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1398891720,"text":"Nice game, good polish on the gameplay. The combat mechanic could have been more interesting than just click and shoot everything."},{"author_name":"pumpkin","author_uid":"18812","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1398892200,"text":"C'mon! I'm on AZERTY keyboard and my WinXP can't change keyboard's layout without reboot. Please, if you don't want to lose time with key bindig (like me), at least bind movment on the arrow keys!"},{"author_name":"LemmingSurvivor","author_uid":"24803","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 1:15am","epoch":1399338600,"text":"T'was fun. And I hadn't even noticed the upgrade stuff.\r\rClean and pleasing audio and visuals. And I'm both curious and scared as to how the theme led you to this idea."}],"images":["ld29\/23191-be86a7dff2ccf188d62e56f3eccd209e.jpg","ld29\/23191-4d9458daf0db4e8b548a8b8b95c66d6f.jpg","ld29\/23191-e5bc5a551b77e70dee53b56fae765bdf.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20401860\/BeneathTheSurfaceIntegral.jar","text":"Windows (1600X900)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20401860\/BeneathTheSurfaceIntegral_WIN.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20401860\/BeneathTheSurfaceIntegral_MAC.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20401860\/BeneathTheSurfaceIntegral_LIN.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/20401860\/LD29%20Beneath%20The%20Surface_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18634","g_author":"23191","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18663","g_title":"Beneath The Surface Integral","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"603","g_commentcount":"21","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\/23191-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23191-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23191-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"For the Ludum Dare 29, 'Beneath The Surface'\r\n\r\nThis game takes you into the Gaussian Surface where the evil Dr. Spoink has planted field disruption devices which are ruining science experiments everywhere! 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