{"author_link":"\/author\/sugarbyte\/","author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","comments":[{"author_name":"Milktoast","author_uid":"3609","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:23am","epoch":1398734280,"text":"Very suspenseful!  Never know if you can reach the next treasure.  Well done."},{"author_name":"Korwegian","author_uid":"31877","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:44am","epoch":1398735540,"text":"Do I get English credits for this?"},{"author_name":"evilDan","author_uid":"23275","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:45am","epoch":1398735600,"text":"That was AWESOME!!  The shells are perfectly spaced and finding the books was somehow freakishly satisfying.  That was really fun"},{"author_name":"4KbShort","author_uid":"29507","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:17am","epoch":1398737520,"text":"Very simple and cute. As I descended I realized it was getting darker and that I was progressing which made me want to keep going until the end. Easy to complete and makes you feel accomplished. Great work."},{"author_name":"cirolve","author_uid":"7965","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:36am","epoch":1398738660,"text":"Neat game! Very simple, I like the shell animation, and it was fun. Great idea, guys!"},{"author_name":"danbo","author_uid":"26427","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:36am","epoch":1398738660,"text":"I got an A!"},{"author_name":"GresponApps","author_uid":"33466","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:40am","epoch":1398738900,"text":"Perfectly simple. Great game!"},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:12am","epoch":1398740820,"text":"I liked this a lot! Finding the different thematic treasures was a treat, and as others have said, the spacing of the shells was just far apart enough that you weren't sure if you were going to make it.\r<br\/>I think I would have been happier if the field of view had been a little wider, but the narrowness does lend a certain feeling to the whole game."},{"author_name":"muramasa","author_uid":"30442","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:06am","epoch":1398744060,"text":"It was fun. And that guy in a dive suit reading a book is quite entertaining. Heh!\r<br\/>When I got to the bottom, I was wondering if I then needed to wait and die, but I think it was just waiting, or touching the right side... or... I don't know.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm still amazed with this man's devotion for a good lecture. My life in exchange for finding a good reading."},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:34am","epoch":1398745740,"text":"Damn straight, I always get an 'A'. Simple, hypnotic, and just a little tense. Not bad."},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:51am","epoch":1398750360,"text":"Great gameplay for a little but fun game ;)"},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:48am","epoch":1398753780,"text":"I agree with 4KbShort, making the background fade to black on the player's journey was a important to let them know about their progress ~yay!\r<br\/>That aside, i really enjoyed, the idea is quite interesting and the game ended up being really fun :D"},{"author_name":"Cirrial","author_uid":"1620","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1398789840,"text":"I love the dual interpretation of the theme here. Gameplay is good but nothing entirely special. Graphics are good too. Level design is *superb*. A solid entry!"},{"author_name":"ninjabit","author_uid":"28636","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1398795660,"text":"Great placement of the obstacles, made it a challenge to decide which route to take. Nice!"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1398815580,"text":"Cute game.  Mechanics are pretty basic, but it works for what it is.  The literary theme was interesting."},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:24am","epoch":1398820740,"text":"It's amazing how you managed to make me get most of the shells with a pixel or two of air left. It kept me on the edge of my seat!"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:53am","epoch":1398826080,"text":"Simple and fun. The obstacle generation\/level design was nice. I didn't quite understand what the literary stuff was about.. I was thinking maybe I'd get some more details about what I collected when the game ended, but that didn't happen"},{"author_name":"b_bertoldo","author_uid":"37371","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1398871260,"text":"Great job man!!!Simple and fun! Awesome work!!!"},{"author_name":"ThingoStudios","author_uid":"31541","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1399224360,"text":"Great game, but shouldn't those books be soaked? I mean, how long have they been at the bottom of the sea? They should be waterlogged by this point!"},{"author_name":"mark.goetz","author_uid":"34393","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 3:59am","epoch":1400126040,"text":"Nice!  I like the dual interpretation of Beneath the Surface.  I think some audio might've improved it, and it did also start to lag towards the end, but not to the extent that it stopped me from completing the game - which is good, because I enjoyed the fact that the background got darker the farther down you went."}],"images":["ld29\/34276-604cff4f03662ef5f2c494b2fc88f601.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sugarbyte.site44.com\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19894","g_author":"34276","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19923","g_title":"Literary Diver","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"458","g_commentcount":"20","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\/34276-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Gather shells to bust through knots of kelp and seek meaning below the surface. Get to the bottom and collect all the literary treasures before your air runs out!\r\n\r\nProgramming - Johnicholas\r\nArt - sugarbyte","title":"Literary Diver"}