{"author_link":"\/author\/miltage\/","author_name":"Miltage","author_uid":"8745","comments":[{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:15am","epoch":1398651000,"text":"Once again you manage to win my heart with beautiful art and clever gameplay. This game is very well made. Great job!"},{"author_name":"sharpcoder","author_uid":"32080","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45am","epoch":1398660000,"text":"Great job! It's short, sweet, and elegant. I love the interesting gameplay mechanic."},{"author_name":"wacko141","author_uid":"36017","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:33am","epoch":1398666480,"text":"Great game...but my word, it had me screaming this: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E39WWj_RpBc"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:11am","epoch":1398672360,"text":"Loved the pixel art. The 'ice' physics made it challenging to avoid being eaten, but that just added to the fun. Great job! :)"},{"author_name":"bazld","author_uid":"36950","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1398687180,"text":"Wonderful game, with excellent art. A little too hard (for me) at the start, perhaps make it a bit easier at the start?"},{"author_name":"martinysa0311","author_uid":"35150","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1398700080,"text":"Very well done. graphics are excelent"},{"author_name":"43iscoding","author_uid":"35110","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1398700140,"text":"I enjoyed your game, simple, yet art and gameplay is pretty neat. P.S. I've been expecting u can cut off circles as u skate - would be even more hardcore ;D gj, tho"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1398703980,"text":"Cute art and nice audio, I like that game. Does the whale try to kill you or was I just REALLY unlucky? It is super hard to avoid"},{"author_name":"_adamturnbull","author_uid":"36034","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1398705840,"text":"This looks really nice, love it!"},{"author_name":"pixelpig","author_uid":"36357","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1398706080,"text":"Fantastic game! Love the art to bits and the concept it very original. Awesome entry, be proud!"},{"author_name":"eldog","author_uid":"34252","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1398706200,"text":"Beautiful graphics: the fin shadows under the ice and the reflection of the skater are some of the highlights.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun too, nice skating controls. Got 15 pages back!"},{"author_name":"Jeffalisk","author_uid":"11298","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1398706380,"text":"Love how polished you've managed to get this in 48 hours! Great graphics, great controls, very moreish... really good work."},{"author_name":"whalebot","author_uid":"36369","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1398706680,"text":"Thanks to you, I now have a new least favorite aquatic mammal... Beautiful music, fantastic graphics, holy difficulty batman. You definitely have the addicting short game play element going for you. I managed to get 8 pages of my documents before giving up on studying orcas forever."},{"author_name":"Dominator_101","author_uid":"21741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1398706920,"text":"Holy crap, nice game. I might be too good at it, though. I mean, just check out my first attempt:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/i243.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff18\/Dominator_101\/LudumDare\/isuck_zps31f10ee7.png\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, it's a really simple game with nice art and decent music. Great job!"},{"author_name":"DragonXVI","author_uid":"35553","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1398706980,"text":"Awesome little game :D Looks gorgeous and easy to play!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1398708420,"text":"WHALE\r<br\/>WHAAAAAAAALE\r<br\/>Cute and brilliant work!"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1398708480,"text":"Great idea, beautiful gfx, nice music, effing HARD!!\r<br\/>Well done :)"},{"author_name":"Almost","author_uid":"1168","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1398708780,"text":"This is really cool. The art, music, and mechanics all feel pretty polished.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Having the orca appear right in front of or next to you is terrifying."},{"author_name":"fserb","author_uid":"6308","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1398709680,"text":"I really enjoyed playing this. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"zell2002","author_uid":"34964","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1398710880,"text":"This is fantastic! hard, but beautiful"},{"author_name":"SiENcE","author_uid":"10298","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398712320,"text":"I love it!"},{"author_name":"igwb","author_uid":"34468","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1398713340,"text":"+5 for whales.\r<br\/>No, seriously, it's amazing. It took me a few tries to figure out how to get moving the way I want, but then it was just pure fun."},{"author_name":"bazoo","author_uid":"24238","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:22am","epoch":1398730620,"text":"I liked this. Cute gfx and quite polished game."},{"author_name":"Jared Sartin","author_uid":"32837","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:01am","epoch":1398736560,"text":"Love it! Gonna come back and play more soon!"},{"author_name":"jonsul","author_uid":"11914","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:38am","epoch":1398760380,"text":"Great game. It's fun trying to figure out the whales logic. Nice concept."},{"author_name":"adamwoolridge","author_uid":"35122","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:28am","epoch":1398763380,"text":"Nice momevement!"},{"author_name":"allurious","author_uid":"20642","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:08am","epoch":1398765780,"text":"This game is amazing! I love the premise and it's super polished for a compo entry. Audio is really suitable, plus the orcas are gorgeous. Nothing wins me over like a hungry orca."},{"author_name":"SoupWithBits","author_uid":"37409","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:15am","epoch":1398766200,"text":"Doesn't get much better than this"},{"author_name":"nxT","author_uid":"25909","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:35am","epoch":1398767400,"text":"The ice-skating mechanic feels so satisfying!"},{"author_name":"Ryan up in here","author_uid":"34204","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1398779340,"text":"Awesome. I'll be sharing this."},{"author_name":"nesis","author_uid":"2726","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1398785280,"text":"I love it, great art, music, and gameplay - a cute and simple game that's just challenging enough to be fun. Bravo."},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1398790980,"text":"Nice game, I love the graphics!"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1398791220,"text":"Hah, this is really cute, and the gameplay feels just right. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"dmcfarline","author_uid":"22181","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1398799140,"text":"Really nice feel to this, great graphics too!"},{"author_name":"_adamturnbull","author_uid":"36034","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1398800460,"text":"Loved this! Great graphics and fun gameplay. Nice job :)"},{"author_name":"AmmarAlsharekh","author_uid":"27728","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1398800940,"text":"Simple and nice , I like reflection in ice"},{"author_name":"stoo","author_uid":"11088","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1398807900,"text":"I really like this! It's nicely implemented, fantastic mechanic and the music has an icy feel to it. I am also completely rubbish at it!"},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1398809460,"text":"Really nice game, but a bit too difficult for me. Yeah, I guess I suck at games...! ;) Still, very cute, and a nice soundtrack, too. Looking very professional!"},{"author_name":"Secret_Tunnel","author_uid":"34733","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1398813240,"text":"Very cool concept! There's not much to it, but it was very fun to control. I think the past few 3D Mario games have proven that we need more ice-skating games."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:10am","epoch":1398827100,"text":"Very elegant very pretty :) Id take it out on a date anyday!"},{"author_name":"peo","author_uid":"21406","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1398887520,"text":"Very well done in all aspect :) The best I did was 4 pages!\r<br\/>It would be cool if there was a way to anticipate the killer whale, or maybe I missed something."},{"author_name":"WhiteVoidia","author_uid":"36120","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:13am","epoch":1398910080,"text":"So much fun! The whales always seemed to cut me off :P\r<br\/>The controls, music, and art style are perfect for this game."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:59am","epoch":1398934440,"text":"Beautiful game. Very cool and subtle use of very well known mechanics (?). I enjoyed this a lot!"},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1398959040,"text":"I remember playing ice levels in old platformer games and really hating them. But you managed to remove the bad and make  the idea of ice skating in games fun. Yes, it's true the game is hard, but I enjoyed it. Also thumbs up for the pretty graphics.:)"},{"author_name":"bombjack","author_uid":"18768","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1398975240,"text":"very addictive! great job!"},{"author_name":"KeyMaster","author_uid":"30626","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1398976200,"text":"Really really nice entry, I'm amazed that this already is a completely finished game! Nice and simple mechanics in combination with great art and sound! Great work :)"},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 11:23pm","epoch":1399072680,"text":"Very cool! I love the graphics and the gameplay, some real tension in those turns! Well done! Every little bit of communication was really good. TENSE! Good one!"},{"author_name":"Merrik","author_uid":"8052","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:33am","epoch":1399166880,"text":"This is very charming! I really like the sound track a lot.\r<br\/>I found the whale attack a little unavoidable at times. I might be missing something but I feel there could be a little more warning before the attack."},{"author_name":"Spierek","author_uid":"14319","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:26am","epoch":1399360860,"text":"Pretty fun :) It'd be nice if the wind could change directions in the middle of the game."},{"author_name":"Bekokstover","author_uid":"26481","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:58am","epoch":1399362780,"text":"Feels and plays very nice. Tough to get more than 8 pages!"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1399380300,"text":"fun little game"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1399383360,"text":"That's super stylish! I love the mood and I love the mechanics! It's very hard though, avoiding the orca if it emerges right before you is nearly impossible for me."},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1399387500,"text":"Am I really bad at this game or is it just really hard? I never got more than 4 pages.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Needless to say but great graphics, great sound and great game as a whole."},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1399395300,"text":"Quite hard and very awesome. Smooth and sweet. Great job. :)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1399401000,"text":"Quite a solid entry. Nicely done. :)"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1399402080,"text":"Whale of a time!"},{"author_name":"zebi24","author_uid":"28347","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1399417020,"text":"Love it! :)"},{"author_name":"mustaine","author_uid":"19318","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 3:07am","epoch":1399431720,"text":"Love the skating gameplay.  Very unique.  Game is really challenging."},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 4:14am","epoch":1399435740,"text":"Skating in figures to avoid the orca kept me concerned and alert!  The rules of the orca, which seemed to predict my next position interested me.  Also how the ice that I can skate on is removed, which makes it more and more difficult challenged me.  If you continue to develop this, I didn't get to a moment where I felt I had accomplished something besides the time.  I also didn't have much skill at catching papers, so began to ignore them."},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 4:22am","epoch":1399522620,"text":"Love the feel of the skating, looks really nice too. Nicely done!"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1399567920,"text":"Nice little game, very well made in all of its aspects. Great job!!"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1399655880,"text":"Love it! Great art and sound, awesome concept, incredibly difficult."},{"author_name":"Striwx","author_uid":"29515","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 10:35am","epoch":1399977000,"text":"Very cool !"},{"author_name":"captainflimflam","author_uid":"35581","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1400155920,"text":"So cute! Nice1!"},{"author_name":"billhung","author_uid":"35543","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1400160540,"text":"looks simple, but quite hard. Like the BGM. And the graphics was very cute."},{"author_name":"Anoarith","author_uid":"24843","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 12:38am","epoch":1400459580,"text":"Really nice game. Graphics and the music was really cute :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Quite difficult tough because whales spawn really fast"}],"images":["ld29\/8745-4f5706af2b7fac9bbf0ee90c3b86bb5e.jpg","ld29\/8745-607c512a13be614bf654832f08a30a46.jpg","ld29\/8745-24424c6344e614f048905c5c2c828b18.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/robertshenton.co.za\/ludumdare\/29\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/robertshenton.co.zal\/ludumdare\/29\/arctic_antics_src.rar","text":"Source (AS3)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19279","g_author":"8745","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19308","g_title":"Arctic Antics","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"35","g_commentcount":"66","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\/8745-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/8745-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/8745-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are an arctic researcher. You have accidentally dropped your life's work on orcas and its pages are blowing across the ice.\r\n\r\nCollect as many as you can before you are murdered by the ravenous orcas you love so dearly.\r\n\r\nUse ARROW KEYS or WASD to skate.\r\n\r\nUP - Accelerate\r\nDOWN - Brake\r\nLEFT\/RIGHT - Steer\r\n\r\nYou can make sharper turns if you slow down, but keep moving if you want to stay alive.\r\n\r\nTIP: The whale sometimes predicts your movement, so it's best not to skate in long, straight lines. Evasive maneuvers! \r\n\r\nThanks for playing!","title":"Arctic Antics"}