{"author_link":"\/author\/eastes\/","author_name":"eastes","author_uid":"34676","comments":[{"author_name":"Lrnk","author_uid":"6545","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:29am","epoch":1398684240,"text":"Mental. Difficult! Brilliant."},{"author_name":"fserb","author_uid":"6308","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1398684300,"text":"I really liked the art style and colors. Throwing rocks at pigs was not as rewarding as I first imagined. But I had some fun. :)"},{"author_name":"CustomPhase","author_uid":"20604","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:32am","epoch":1398684420,"text":"The game looks really good, at least for 48 hours that for sure, but man it runs poorly. I have like 15fps all the time. Gameplay-wise - i didnt get it. Menus were bad..."},{"author_name":"Cell","author_uid":"3295","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1398684720,"text":"Haha, fantastic stuff! \r<br\/>Love the weird talking-music :D"},{"author_name":"Franklins Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:39am","epoch":1398684840,"text":"Runs well on my laptop and the visuals are great, nice use of colour."},{"author_name":"mikedirl","author_uid":"33827","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1398688440,"text":"Very difficult but also very interesting. I think I need a more power full computer to play these 3D games."},{"author_name":"tayl1r","author_uid":"5556","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1398688980,"text":"It's got a cool N64 platformer vibe to it. Seems like there's a few bugs with the menus and all the little hops make it a bit of a slog in the end, but it's extremely impressive for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1398694140,"text":"Love the low-poly\/flat-shaded art style!"},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:14pm","epoch":1398697740,"text":"This game is completely insane. From the visuals to the music. It's fun. :D"},{"author_name":"kbm","author_uid":"20498","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1398786240,"text":"Crazy, brilliant graphics! I loved it! &lt;3"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1398786300,"text":"Ran great; This was your first game ever? Did you know Unity beforehand? Well done!"},{"author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1398786420,"text":"I really liked the art style :D"},{"author_name":"XrXr","author_uid":"36842","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1398786480,"text":"The jumping doesn't feel quite natural, it feels like I'm in space. Other than that, the Pepsi rap is fun and the concept about the game is just crazy! :D Good fun"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1398786720,"text":"Graphics are nice and so is music. An invert mouse option would have been great.\r<br\/>Also I don't see how theme based it this game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice overall first entry."},{"author_name":"Simon@LD","author_uid":"33672","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1398786840,"text":"The graphic style is gorgeous, but jumping felt quite uncontrolled (this does however add to the difficulty). Overall a good game though!"},{"author_name":"eastes","author_uid":"34676","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1398789000,"text":"Frank the fish lives beneath the surface of the ocean. Feed him pigs and Pepsi consultants"},{"author_name":"schn\u00fct","author_uid":"35313","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398789240,"text":"This is a wonderful game. Throwing pigs of cliffs to become friends with a giant fish named Frank? Absolutely fun. \r<br\/>The only thing that bugged me was that I had to restart the game to reset the Level. I don't know if that was done on purpose or not, but it felt better having pigs to throw away after restarting. ;-)"},{"author_name":"Halbernacht","author_uid":"35057","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:03am","epoch":1398826680,"text":"Very weird game, but in a good way."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1398841680,"text":"Really really poorly on my computer (Mac Mini), but from the 10fps I got it looked really nice."},{"author_name":"Reinkout","author_uid":"34458","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:19am","epoch":1398842040,"text":"Oh man i think i just jizzed a little for the visuals."},{"author_name":"biscuitdough","author_uid":"4177","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:22am","epoch":1398842220,"text":"Ran alright on my machine, though I had trouble with the web version not locking my mouse. Liked the visuals, gameplay was simple, but worked."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:31am","epoch":1399022760,"text":"Like a wierd and wonderful dream!"},{"author_name":"mrhill","author_uid":"15148","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1399023600,"text":"I just ran around and try to make awesome jumps. It was the best! Love the art style"},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:57am","epoch":1399024320,"text":"The low-poly look was awesome, as was the audio. Shooting rocks at pigs has never been so much fun!\r<br\/>Definitely a must-play. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"davidB","author_uid":"20693","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:00am","epoch":1399024500,"text":"The controls (arrow + space + mouse) are very hard. On azerty keyboard it's &quot;impossible&quot; to play, except shooting the 3 firs ts pigs."},{"author_name":"607","author_uid":"31832","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:11am","epoch":1399025160,"text":"Haha, genius! xD I really had much fun with this one. At some point my aiming messed up though, because when I minimalised the game and then opened it again, I would have to aim down to shoot forward. But that may have been my fault, it was great! The music was also fitting well."},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1399215000,"text":"Crazy, mental, stunning visuals and sound. Very nice - like it."},{"author_name":"LarryChupacabra","author_uid":"37974","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 4:28am","epoch":1399263780,"text":"Like roaming about in a salvador dali painting turned video game. Great fun when so many other games can take themselves too seriously. The only thing tweaky was frank can clip all over the place. Otherwise great game. Loved chucking the Pepsi Salesman into the drink. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Got featured in a showcase video on youtube ta boot: http:\/\/youtu.be\/ZqtwPW9QMLk"},{"author_name":"ninjacharlie","author_uid":"24096","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1399326840,"text":"The graphics were nice. It was a little buggy, but fun. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1399583400,"text":"woow the art style is fantastic!"},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1399986600,"text":"I love the low poly art.\r<br\/>Game not so challenging but cool.\r<br\/>The gravity is weird. (or the jump is too slow)"}],"images":["ld29\/34676-b92dd6f31659a7a7f89b434ac0442230.jpg","ld29\/34676-cc8449039d49717e70be909eab501822.jpg","ld29\/34676-2507d47183cd9711953c3f1a01f96eca.jpg","ld29\/34676-daa49a62fab10787c24343b71f8409ee.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/eastes.com.au\/frankthefish\/default.htm","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/eastes.com.au\/frankthefish\/FrankTheFish.zip","text":"Windows (Recommended)"},{"url":"http:\/\/eastes.com.au\/frankthefish\/FrankTheFishLinux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/eastes.com.au\/frankthefish\/FrankTheFishSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19864","g_author":"34676","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19893","g_title":"Frank the Fish","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"574","g_commentcount":"31","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\/34676-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34676-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34676-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34676-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Throw rocks at pigs and Pepsi Consultants! \r\n\r\nMy first ever game and Ludum Dare.\r\n\r\nStyle is low poly geometric. \r\n\r\nIt took 12 hours to bake the textures, hence the delay in porting to windows. \r\n\r\nWindows version is recommended over the web version to take advantage of the graphics. \r\n\r\nJump from platform to platform to find new enemies to feed frank the fish before he eats you. Jumping is supposed to be fun and difficult. ","title":"Frank the Fish"}