{"author_link":"\/author\/eriku\/","author_name":"ErikU","author_uid":"30880","comments":[{"author_name":"Jeff0029","author_uid":"36838","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:34am","epoch":1398652140,"text":"Very nice concept! I was able to roam around but was not able to find that giant monster on your last image."},{"author_name":"InvisibleWonder","author_uid":"28398","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:26am","epoch":1398752460,"text":"The upgrade choice is very slick. I love the world design, too. I like this a lot.\r\rThe sonar effect is neat, but it's range is too small to be useful. And of course, music would finish the ambiance."},{"author_name":"mrbungle","author_uid":"4895","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1399728780,"text":"This very cool - I like the graphic and the upgrade path is neat. Occasionally I struggled to read the words especially once I could see a wider area and I seemed to stop growing bigger once I had been eaten a bit by the small black evil thing."},{"author_name":"Wertle","author_uid":"22452","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1400184360,"text":"I had fun with this though at first the movement wasn't working for me so I had to refresh a few times. I love how you change over time as you evolve and the upgrades are pretty fun. I thought the sonar was a bit unusual because usually anything it could detect was already on screen anyway. Nice work, seems like this could definitely be expanded!"},{"author_name":"wschorn","author_uid":"36225","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1400537640,"text":"very neat concept and visuals. lots of nice effects (like Sonar, wow!) I wanted more flow of 'what do i do now' though, and in that way it does feel unfinished."},{"author_name":"wilbefast","author_uid":"14535","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1400538180,"text":"Nice! I especially like the sonar, it's a really cool effect :) I'm surprised you polished so much considering you say the game is unfinished. I'd like to see more frankly, it's really nice - reminds me of Fl0w though not so much that it doesn't have it's own novelty. The only trouble is when you reach a certain size it become really hard to eat as your eat range doesn't expand with you :S"},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1400539440,"text":"I like the color scheme and fonts. The rays shooting out to collect the fish felt nice. I can see where the camera work is going with giving leading space but because it controls where you're moving, it feels odd. \r\rAudio is really high pitch, could use music."},{"author_name":"Teejay5","author_uid":"16615","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1400540160,"text":"I like the upgrade system, this is a neat little game!"},{"author_name":"PixelFeet","author_uid":"34877","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1400540520,"text":"This is a really cool game; it's very relaxing, too. I love the art style in particular."},{"author_name":"drilltail","author_uid":"23253","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1400541660,"text":"Cool concept. The idea of leveling up how far the camera sits is pretty sweet!"},{"author_name":"mark.goetz","author_uid":"34393","time":"May 20, 2014 @ 12:01am","epoch":1400543760,"text":"Love the upgrade system, and the graphics and AI seem pretty good too! I'll echo the complaint that once I upgraded my sight, the text was impossible to read, which I felt detracted from the experience, though. Nice job getting all this in!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"May 20, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1400545860,"text":"Not much of a game at the moment, but still an interesting experience. Those pitch black depths were kinda spooky too. Interesting control scheme, why not use a mousebutton or something instead of W?\r\rAnssi@MooseflyGames"}],"images":["ld29\/30880-3f85157782faee1096425a0862f01e01.jpg","ld29\/30880-00d3a4bd21e31d8b8987bbf70db75842.jpg","ld29\/30880-65444ea0476fa2e50053d34c8f5cedb9.jpg","ld29\/30880-6937f8a07a254d47cd83eac95767c751.jpg","ld29\/30880-f7c03a82d6bfc2f41784dad10b568e33.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/blackcarbongames.com\/LD29\/MustThrive.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/blackcarbongames.com\/LD29\/MustThrive_Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/blackcarbongames.com\/LD29\/MustThrive_OSX.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/blackcarbongames.com\/LD29\/MustThrive_Linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ErikUggeldahl\/LD29","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20088","g_author":"30880","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20117","g_title":"Must Thrive","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"232","g_commentcount":"12","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\/30880-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30880-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30880-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30880-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30880-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hi, and thanks for looking at my entry! This is my second Ludum Dare.\r\n\r\nMy game is called Must Thrive - it's a 2.5D survival \/ evolution game where you play as a geometric creature that gains complexity by eating other complex objects. You can then level up and gain new abilities such as sonar and teleportation. But beware - there are creatures out there to eat you as well!\r\n\r\nThe game is fairly unfinished - it was meant to be played in three levels. Those levels can be visited, but only with some difficulty (by spamming teleport to traverse the land sections). If you press 0, you can get automatic levels for debugging or playing around.\r\n\r\nI also apologize for the amount of empty space - it was meant to be filled more! I think I bit off a bit too much this time, hah.","title":"Must Thrive"}