{"author_link":"\/author\/catman\/","author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","comments":[{"author_name":"jrap","author_uid":"35879","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:04am","epoch":1398664740,"text":"This is really neat! It could use some balancing to make it more challenging and stop players spamming aliens, but this is a really solid game with a really solid mechanic! nice one."},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:46am","epoch":1398674460,"text":"Thank you! Yeah, I agree on the balancing bit. I was torn between improving the design straight away to avoid the spamming, and the joy of seeing so many aliens being spammed. The latter won, at the time. ;)"},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1398685500,"text":"Fancy pixel art and funny game mechanics. Top!"},{"author_name":"oatsbarley","author_uid":"5172","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1398693000,"text":"The art and music fit so well with each other, and with the theme of the game. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"martinysa0311","author_uid":"35150","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1398702240,"text":"Good Art."},{"author_name":"Gins","author_uid":"33074","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1398716520,"text":"While it's a great idea that I had a lot of fun with, it comes down to finding the right path and then spamming the aliens as fast as possible until you win.\r<br\/>Loads of potential in this game though, really good work!\r<br\/>The graphics and especially the music are amazing, too :)"},{"author_name":"Luis Anton","author_uid":"12053","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1398722040,"text":"Great game! It was not always clear to me which direction rats would follow, but I had fun eating people nevertheless :)"},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1398727560,"text":"Visuals were cool. The pathfinding seemed inconsistent, so I couldn't really anticipate what path to create for the rats..\r<br\/>I also really liked the music, it was nice ^^"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:41am","epoch":1398749760,"text":"Great game. Seriously great. Loved the music, art and play mechanics. Really fun puzzle game. Polish and work on some more and release somewhere. It's worthy."},{"author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:21am","epoch":1398755760,"text":"Very nice game, good pixel art and catchy music :D\r<br\/>With a little polish it could be a hit in the app stores :D"},{"author_name":"AmmoreChicks","author_uid":"30938","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:53am","epoch":1398772080,"text":"Ah, ah, ah! Wonderful!"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1398799500,"text":"Thanks to all of you!! I've added a few ideas in the description section to solve the spamming design issue, while still leaving the joy of sending dozens of aliens up to greet the sun. :D"},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1398803220,"text":"Hi there,\r<br\/>\r<br\/>great game with some solid mechanic. I miss some kind of juice and polish but that could be added in a post compo version?"},{"author_name":"_adamturnbull","author_uid":"36034","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1398808200,"text":"Awesome game, love the art and music."},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1398879900,"text":"Been looking forward to this game! The puzzle aspect didn't really shine through, but I really like the art and the music."},{"author_name":"Warzone Gaming","author_uid":"34993","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1398890940,"text":"Haha, great game. Needs more levels or something, because its too easy right now. Great start to a game."},{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"36762","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1398891420,"text":"Pretty original."},{"author_name":"Menesetsu","author_uid":"22515","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1398891480,"text":"Wonderful game! I think it might be a great game for kongregate or newgrounds audience."},{"author_name":"eowindil","author_uid":"35732","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1398891480,"text":"Took me some time to get the gameplay, but very good compo !"},{"author_name":"clearlyspam23","author_uid":"18940","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1398891540,"text":"Pretty fun, at first it was a little confusing, but what you got the hang of it it became quite a game"},{"author_name":"metkis","author_uid":"27592","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1398891540,"text":"I enjoyed the graphics, music, and sound. The gameplay is fun, but I couldn't stand losing immediately when pressing the release button the last time. Wish all rats had time to die off first."},{"author_name":"pixelpig","author_uid":"36357","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1398891720,"text":"Fantastic game! so polished"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1398891840,"text":"Thanks again to everyone for the feedback!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Warzone Gaming: Will surely add more levels, after I refine the mechanics. I have a lot of ideas for extensions too, like special blocks, new aliens and so on... this was a more rough proof of concept. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@metkis: you are right, that is a good idea, as otherwise you are obliged to just click it and lose. I'll surely do that!"},{"author_name":"Balint197","author_uid":"34465","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1398892020,"text":"The pathfinding at first was hard to understand, but it is a really good idea! The rat-mole-alien spamming is an issue though(cool name :D) Cool game!"},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1398892200,"text":"Cute, frustrating, disturbing and fun."},{"author_name":"Robber","author_uid":"29159","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1398892380,"text":"yeah this is great, right amount a twisted hilariousness..\r<br\/>already some good puzzly elements when the girls walk away from the toilets and stuff, could be improved a little with the pipe design\/option, but already so much fun to play.."},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1398892440,"text":"Cute, frustrating, disturbing and fun."},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1398893460,"text":"Glad you liked the 'disturbance'. ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yeah, I maybe threw too many unrefined mechanics in it, I just thought about making it cruel and fun, next step is to make them more synergetic!"},{"author_name":"BoneDaddy","author_uid":"10569","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1398900540,"text":"The graphics are absolutely delicious and they work really well with the sounds. This makes for a great mood. The little girls are absolutely hilarious and adorable, I love the way they laugh when idling. The game is unfair though and sometimes I didn't understand why what I was doing wasn't working (aliens would go down a weird tube, or I wouldn't know how many &quot;hits&quot; a girl would take before she was eaten). Pretty cool stuff though"},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:10am","epoch":1398906300,"text":"amazing pixel art and very original take on the theme"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:07am","epoch":1398931320,"text":"@BoneDaddy: I see how you could think the aliens' movement is unfair, I'll add more information on it. The hits on the girl are always the same amount, tho. Thank you for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:30am","epoch":1398932700,"text":"Fun little game, great entry!"},{"author_name":"iSamurai","author_uid":"24851","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:11am","epoch":1398938760,"text":"Interesting! Nice art and music, innovative gameplay. Though the rotation of the floors is a bit confusing."},{"author_name":"bwpdsigns","author_uid":"33977","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1398950880,"text":"Great game! Nice music and graphics."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1398963420,"text":"I liked games in which I can be an asshole. Thank you for letting me be one."},{"author_name":"gnerkus","author_uid":"28566","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 8:10am","epoch":1399017900,"text":"I feel ashamed. This is one of the best games I've played."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1399048440,"text":"Wow, looks and plays really well! For an LD it's seriously impressive! I'd love to see a post-compo version! :)"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1399050300,"text":"Great polish!! And the music was so cool!!\r<br\/>It took me a while to understand how the aliens behave but, after that, the game was really fun. I thought, at first, that they could change direction at any intersection... I'll have to read the description more carefully next time. =X\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job. :)"},{"author_name":"StoneMasters","author_uid":"30482","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1399050360,"text":"It came from the desert! So this is the sequal then? :) ..from the Sewers! Nice puzzely game. WD for a 48h game."},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1399051920,"text":"really good man.. nice'n'polished :)"},{"author_name":"rorycooke","author_uid":"30038","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1399052460,"text":"this is really nice, I love that graphics - so cute 555555555"},{"author_name":"bebopbraunbaer","author_uid":"6623","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1399058160,"text":"fun! thx for making it (- : very good art and nice sound. Looking forward to your next game. Good work!"},{"author_name":"xdegtyarev","author_uid":"5862","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1399059000,"text":"haha, very funny! cute visuals! ;)"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:23am","epoch":1399076280,"text":"Pretty slick presentation, great pixel art and sound.  Interesting concept for a puzzle game too.  Not to be 'that guy', but it felt a bit weird that I was only killing girls.  Why can't I kill some guys too?  I support equal opportunity mole-rat-alien devouring!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 4:02am","epoch":1399089420,"text":"Really cool game.  Feels almost like an inverted pipe dream game.  There was as lot of good strategy in the game, though there were a few levels where spawning aliens could complete it, most required a lot of thought and careful bating of girls to get them in the right position.  Also very funny, though the highly public toilets is a little disturbing."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 6:06am","epoch":1399096860,"text":"This is an awesome entry, Looks like its ready for so much more :)"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 7:11am","epoch":1399100760,"text":"Thanks to everyone!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@ArcturusDeluxe: this is explained in the postmortem :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Long story short: I had a shrieking niece around while working.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/05\/02\/it-came-from-the-sewer-the-post-mortem\/"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1399123920,"text":"Overall a great fun to play game, I like especially the graphics and the interesting concept. Different types of girls would be nice, so that you need different strategies to get them. Maybe combined with different types of aliens or you can change an alien by directing it through different kinds of tunnels."},{"author_name":"Izitmee","author_uid":"14764","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1399131840,"text":"Beautiful game with beautiful art. I'm so frustrated I didn't participate and thus I can't vote for it :P"},{"author_name":"wdebowicz","author_uid":"29762","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1399134600,"text":"Very good game! quite addictive."},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1399138680,"text":"Great game, I just wish the way the aliens turn when reaching a wall wasn't so random."},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1399154040,"text":"This made the little sociopath in my so happy. Solid pipe puzzler with charming graphics and fitting sound. Good job."},{"author_name":"mboaj","author_uid":"12678","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1399160760,"text":"Really great and sick :) in a good way though."},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 8:29am","epoch":1399191840,"text":"I had to play this as a fan of ICFTD. I'm not sure which is scarier - rats or ants! Fun game."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 3:35am","epoch":1399519800,"text":"Love the graphics and the game! I included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/-VvtqXfr-Xs"},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 5:05am","epoch":1399525200,"text":"Wow at this - sick the aliens on the little girls.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You Win font is incredible."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 11:19am","epoch":1399547640,"text":"The difficulty curve is not great, but that is the only thing I didn't like in this entry. Fantastic job"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1399556880,"text":"Nice! I love how the puzzle element from the pipes blends in with the resource management part of spawning the aliens. It's also ver fitting. Great work!"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 6:53am","epoch":1399963680,"text":"WOW! Really love the idea and execution. Killer job!!!"}],"images":["ld29\/11589-ffa4b1bcea12039d4206984645a7b616.jpg","ld29\/11589-1d8fc091c511a642858b96414202ccab.jpg","ld29\/11589-63a0e57610008d7ff5100bc3e40dcf00.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/homes.di.unimi.it\/~pirovano\/games\/ICFTS\/ICFTS.html","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jlN8nSGgQlU","text":"Twitchy Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/homes.di.unimi.it\/~pirovano\/games\/ICFTS\/Source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18763","g_author":"11589","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18792","g_title":"It Came From The Sewer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"110","g_commentcount":"59","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\/11589-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/11589-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/11589-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"They are close, and nowhere is safe! They are the rat-mole-aliens!\r\nThere is some good news too, however: the aliens are on your side!\r\nKill all the girls with your underground army!\r\nThere are around 15 levels, and then you unlock the 'random' mode. :)\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY:\r\nClick on the spawners to spawn rat-aliens.\r\nClick on the tubes to rotate them.\r\nYou have a limited amount of alien-power, so play wisely! When that runs out, you lose!\r\n\r\n!!!!!!!!!!!!-----HINTS-----!!!!!!!!!!:\r\n- Aliens change direction when they find their way blocked (they go straight until they cannot anymore). They'll then choose another direction at random, but not the one they came from. Keep that in mind!\r\n\r\n- Aliens cannot bear earth's oxygen, and they'll die after a while.\r\n\r\n- Girls take a fixed amount of hits to die (you can use more aliens to kill them faster).\r\n\r\n- Girls will be scared and run away if they see an alien, use that to your advantage!\r\n\r\n- Never, NEVER let an alien enter a spawner from above. That is a recipe for disaster.\r\n\t\t\r\nNOTES FOR THE FUTURE:\r\nI've been thinking about how to improve the design an, so here are some ideas:\r\n- counterattacking girls (with flooding, or bombs, or who knows)!\r\n- dynamic change of the tubes at times (they get closed off, some of them rotate automatically, etc...)!\r\n- different alien types\r\n- halfway goals, such as 'stuff' to collect!\r\n- the more time the aliens spend in the sewer, the stronger they get!\r\n\r\nFeel free to contribute! :)\r\n\r\nCREDITS:\r\nMade from scratch by Michele Pirovano with Unity 3D, Gimp, LMMS, Audacity, BFXR.\r\n\r\nFluid Soundfonts (used to compose the music): Copyright (c) 2000-2002, 2008 Frank Wen\r\n\r\n","title":"It Came From The Sewer"}