{"author_link":"\/author\/minism\/","author_name":"minism","author_uid":"7032","comments":[{"author_name":"tiffi_gaming","author_uid":"29484","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:27am","epoch":1398651720,"text":"That was hard to focus on all these things at once :D \r<br\/>Touchpad would have been impossible. Nice game mate!"},{"author_name":"BallpointPress","author_uid":"33934","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:07am","epoch":1398654120,"text":"I love it. Feels like an old NES game except for the suspension line with it's fine rotation. I especially like the music. I gottta get some chiptunes going."},{"author_name":"Kiyaku","author_uid":"14950","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:16am","epoch":1398654660,"text":"This feels so nostalgic even though it's brand new, i love it :D Nice idea, very smooth gameplay, awesome music!"},{"author_name":"kunzbe","author_uid":"20508","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:19am","epoch":1398654840,"text":"Nive tunes &amp; game mechanic."},{"author_name":"sknoslo","author_uid":"14586","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:35am","epoch":1398659400,"text":"384 pounds was my best in 5 attempts. Great mix of simplicity and difficulty. My only wish is that there were some more realistic physics with the rope. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"FyberOptic","author_uid":"36171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:42am","epoch":1398659820,"text":"I like the combination of being a shooter and dealing with underwater tasks at the same time.  Like others have said, it has a good nostalgic feel to it, especially with the music and sounds.  Despite the nostalgia, the controls are perfectly modern, very smooth, and the physics of the bucket  and everything is a nice touch.  Good job all around."},{"author_name":"Jeffalisk","author_uid":"11298","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1398711660,"text":"Really proper enjoyed that, reminds me of the sort of game I used to try making on the Amiga only better done. A good old-fashioned arcade game, plays really well. Loads of fun, really put a smile on my face. Good work!"},{"author_name":"agmcleod","author_uid":"15813","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:00am","epoch":1398732900,"text":"Was trying with a touchpad, not gone well lol. Still, a really neat idea. I think this could work well with touch controls &amp; a shoot button."},{"author_name":"petey123567","author_uid":"4433","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:21am","epoch":1398744960,"text":"Split focus was handled really nicely"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:52am","epoch":1398746820,"text":"Pretty cool, simple and very fun. Music is very catchy too, I liked this a lot :)"},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:28am","epoch":1398820980,"text":"Very nice game. Had fun playing it. Although the graphics on there own were fairly low quality, I thought the game all together had a very pleasing look.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job."},{"author_name":"MrLeePerry","author_uid":"30240","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1398882660,"text":"hha!  That's fun.   OMG bumping a column is BRUTAL... was on a good run when I found that out :)  Feels like a classic game that never was.  Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:33am","epoch":1398904080,"text":"I ended up being surprised with how much I liked the controls. Water animation and missles were great too!"},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:27am","epoch":1398925320,"text":"I enjoyed playing this game. It's almost like it's two games at the same time, that you've put together in a very solid manner. Good job, keep it up!"},{"author_name":"xdegtyarev","author_uid":"5862","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1399057620,"text":"neat and funny!"},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:25pm","epoch":1399130400,"text":"Fun little game. It is a bit expensive way to fish, but a fun way!"},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:55am","epoch":1399171800,"text":"This is a fun game. Hard to control with just a touch pad though, and I don't know that I can shoot :v Keep avoiding those copter with misiles until there's 5 of them :v"},{"author_name":"Troy","author_uid":"34904","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:01am","epoch":1399172160,"text":"A simple but unique take on the theme. It actually becomes way harder than you first think. Great job!"},{"author_name":"erdos","author_uid":"20674","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:14am","epoch":1399172940,"text":"hahahah this was great!! my favourite game so far! i tried really hard to beat 1000 points but i couldn't. i think it's very well balanced, easy enough to get addictive, hard enough to brutally destroy you when you think you're doing alright. really well done (why does everyone that uses love2d seem so pro?)"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 5:50am","epoch":1399182300,"text":"Screw those sharks! Nice job! Fun theme, great mechanics!"},{"author_name":"GlowingSnail","author_uid":"36700","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1399328100,"text":"Nicely original. But yeah it's hard. I keep bumping into the water. :("},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1399673460,"text":"Interesting controls - I feel like games like this are usually controlled by keyboard, but the mouse worked really well! The whole thing felt strangely physical, I like it. Great job!"}],"images":["ld29\/7032-45573e067867575fbbe14f36df058814.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/minornine.com\/games\/files\/fishcopter\/fishcopter-win32.zip","text":"Windows (32-bit)"},{"url":"http:\/\/minornine.com\/games\/files\/fishcopter\/fishcopter-win64.zip","text":"Windows (64-bit)"},{"url":"http:\/\/minornine.com\/games\/files\/fishcopter\/fishcopter-osx.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/minornine.com\/games\/files\/fishcopter\/fishcopter.love","text":"LOVE"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/minism\/ld29","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18662","g_author":"7032","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18691","g_title":"FishCopter","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"240","g_commentcount":"22","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\/7032-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This game isn't quite as involved as some of my earlier games, but I'm happy with how it turned out with considering I was on the fence thursday about whether or not to compete in this LD.\r\n\r\nThis game is a realization of a dual-object mechanic idea I had several years ago but never had a reason to do, and it happened to work well enough with the theme that I figured I'd try it.  The idea was to split the screen into two areas that you need to pay attention to but with a singular control interface.  I'm happy with how the feel of the physics turned out...it actually feels pretty weird to have \"weight\" on your mouse.\r\n\r\nI tried to make the game super silly and fun at the same time, but fair warning that it is probably very hard.  I am bad at making games that are fair :(\r\n\r\nCongrats everyone who finished, looking forward to playing your games!\r\n\r\n\r\nCONTROLS \/ MECHANICS:\r\n\r\nMove and shoot with the mouse, no keyboard required.  I do recommend using a desktop mouse instead of a touchpad if you can.\r\n\r\nCatch as many fish as you can in your bucket without dying.  Don't let your bucket bump into those pillars in the water or you'll lose fish.  I'll be impressed if you can get over 1000 pounds!","title":"FishCopter"}