{"author_link":"\/author\/cryovat\/","author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","comments":[{"author_name":"AutumnGuy","author_uid":"34026","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1398726780,"text":"This was pretty fun! Good job!"},{"author_name":"adamwoolridge","author_uid":"35122","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1398726840,"text":"Nice concept!"},{"author_name":"microapple","author_uid":"36045","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:56am","epoch":1398732660,"text":"Loved the AI! Nice job."},{"author_name":"person124","author_uid":"28512","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1398732720,"text":"That was fun. I did however notice a glitch. On the first level with dynamite it took me three attempts because the diver wouldn't get back into the pod; he just stood next to it and drowned."},{"author_name":"Cosrnos","author_uid":"25241","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:58am","epoch":1398732780,"text":"I love it!"},{"author_name":"theundeadwarrior","author_uid":"35371","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:58am","epoch":1398732780,"text":"Really nice game! Pretty fun except for the low oxygen sound :P"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:59am","epoch":1398732840,"text":"That was very enjoyable, would like to play more levels. Also great job on the amount of puns in your description"},{"author_name":"muramasa","author_uid":"30442","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:01am","epoch":1398732960,"text":"Well, it was fun. Pretty short but fun! Artworks are pretty nice, and sound is too. The concept was pretty interesting, pretty sad to hear about those problems, would like to see more of it, and the air tanks, which never made an appearance."},{"author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:04am","epoch":1398733140,"text":"Thanks guys. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@microapple: To give credit where credit is due; the grunt work of the AI is done by the A* implementation in Impact++. I just sabotaged it and made it stupid. :D\r<br\/>@person123: Yeah. I haven't been able to get to the bottom of it. :(\r<br\/>@muramasa: Thanks. The air tanks are actually all there, but"},{"author_name":"DrMelon","author_uid":"36229","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:09am","epoch":1398733440,"text":"Pretty fun! With some expansion it'll be a neat little puzzle game. I like the way the divers know if they're low on air and know the distance to the diving bell."},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1398896880,"text":"Snowman woooooooo"},{"author_name":"Crooksister","author_uid":"37324","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1399015920,"text":"Nice idea, wish there were more levels."},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:54am","epoch":1399016940,"text":"Great game! Too bad it's so short, it was really fun. I hope you will extend it in the future, I would like to see more of this concept.\r<br\/>Also very nice graphics. There is still room for improvement, but you did a very good job!"},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1399124100,"text":"Cool idea, has potential. The limitation of only being able to drop things from the surface could really create some interesting challenges."},{"author_name":"trueyomic","author_uid":"16892","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1399159560,"text":"Definitely wish there were more levels.  Very fun for what there is.  Great graphics too!  I'm not even squidding!"},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 6:46am","epoch":1399790460,"text":"The game looks great. I think some ambient music of some sort would have been nice, but the puns in the description are amazingly fishy, and the game was fun (while it lasted)."}],"images":["ld29\/19066-a0bd2cf6440fd375d88ac58397c90ab5.jpg","ld29\/19066-9a5cc602c6709551739f1de5165f6823.jpg","ld29\/19066-5c04d304c4ab00cdeffd7a66689fad55.jpg","ld29\/19066-77c60b1635ec2d1d7e37526c17084c26.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.winterday.net\/games\/ludum-dare-29\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/cryovat\/ludum-dare-29","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19271","g_author":"19066","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19300","g_title":"Squddingly Splendid Diving Simulator","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"57","g_commentcount":"16","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\/19066-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19066-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19066-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/19066-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A Lemmings-like puzzle game that ultimately got mer'ed by technical issues. It cod have been batter, but as it is, it's too scampi on content.\r\n\r\nThe general idea was that you assist a group of deep sea treasure hunters by dropping supplies and stuff from above. Blowing up rocks, dropping air tanks and generally helping them along on the way to survival and riches.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, I underestimated the time required to get into an unfamiliar library, and spent most of the time cursing at things not working. So in the end, I'm left with something that looks and sounds nice, but still has a whale lot of bugs. :\/\r\n\r\nI think there's a glimmer of a potential in the concept though. \r\n\r\nKnown bugs (fixable by level restart):\r\n\r\n * Sometimes a diver will decide that the bell\/treasures are impassable\r\n * Physics can get wonky, with stuff being pushed all over the place\r\n * If there are multiple treasures, the divers may pick the most idiotic of alternatives","title":"Squddingly Splendid Diving Simulator"}