{"author_link":"\/author\/jestar_jokin\/","author_name":"jestar_jokin","author_uid":"34880","comments":[{"author_name":"Lucio","author_uid":"34179","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1398628920,"text":"Congrats! I keep coming back but still haven't found the solution."},{"author_name":"jestar_jokin","author_uid":"34880","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:52am","epoch":1398656820,"text":"Thanks for playing! Sorry, it's way too hard; ideally there would be smaller puzzles leading up to this one, and a lot more hints and niceties in-game.\r\rAnyway, start off on the same path as in the screenshot. Then, you want to tackle the top-left section, then bottom-left, then top-right, then bottom-right. Hope this helps!"},{"author_name":"bazld","author_uid":"36950","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1398687600,"text":"Very interesting concept. \rAs others said, perhaps with smaller introductory levels first, and hints, could be a very unique game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:12am","epoch":1398769620,"text":"Nice one. Really enjoyed playing. It's very hard, but thats not bad. Maybe you could add a counter for collected nutrients later and a highscore."},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1398810300,"text":"Wow, super idea and really addictive. I didnt solve it, seems really hard but if you could make more levels with a more graduate difficulty that'd be great. You definitely have something here!"},{"author_name":"Romko Pidstryhach","author_uid":"32804","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1398810540,"text":"Brilliant idea! Very inspiring. Spawned a few nice ideas in my head. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Newt_","author_uid":"34427","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1398811020,"text":"Pretty good! It's really hard, though."},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1398865200,"text":"Hard game, but concept is very innovative. Some hints would be helpful."},{"author_name":"jadams","author_uid":"21588","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1398865500,"text":"Nice game. I've not beaten it yet, but have just seen your comment giving hints as to the solution so I'll take another stab at it. More levels, starting with something shorter would have been a nice addition."},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1398866460,"text":"Nice idea for a puzzle game, the puzzle is pretty hard. Don't know how good this idea is try to make a few more puzzles and see if they are any fun to solve."},{"author_name":"PoQA Games","author_uid":"22866","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1398888480,"text":"Interesting concept, still haven't finished it after many attempts lol."},{"author_name":"Cake&Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1399231020,"text":"Wow, it took several tries to simply fail again, but it was a lot of fun to try and plan a few steps ahead! Very cool idea and good execution :)"},{"author_name":"NoTrueSpaceman","author_uid":"30184","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 3:26am","epoch":1399432860,"text":"Whoa! Hard puzzle! Nice moody background music. \r\rI'd like to see more of this game. As has been said, a set of ramping difficulty levels (as a sort of tutorial) would make this really shine."},{"author_name":"kevinAlbs","author_uid":"26957","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 3:25am","epoch":1399519200,"text":"This was really good. I played for a solid 20 minutes without finding a solution. This is really an awesome puzzle and the music is very fitting."},{"author_name":"The-nameless-kompany","author_uid":"34992","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 5:50am","epoch":1399527900,"text":"It's too hard. I tried for 15 minutes and I can't do it"},{"author_name":"romandtom","author_uid":"32169","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1399591380,"text":"Cool idea for a game, but you could improve it.\rIt didn't felt like I have a goal enough.\rI felt like I just have to survive every turn but that I don't have a general goal."},{"author_name":"burgerdare","author_uid":"29805","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1399823580,"text":"this is a really neat puzzle game, I like the idea of it alot.\rI should note, however, that passing over a nutrient without actually landing on it (very common when speed is above 1) you don't actually grab that nutrient and it gets locked out because you can't pass over your previous roots. This can be kind of frustrating."},{"author_name":"jestar_jokin","author_uid":"34880","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1400415720,"text":"Thanks to all for playing my little game! This was my first Ludum Dare, and only my second or third game project, so it was a great learning experience. Would definitely have liked to add more polish.\r\rI've posted the solution online for the curious.\rhttp:\/\/www.jestarjokin.net\/storage\/ld29\/solution.png"}],"images":["ld29\/34880-fef140323c3edc4fe7c2f6dc337e0a47.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.jestarjokin.net\/storage\/ld29\/nutrition.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jestarjokin.net\/storage\/ld29\/LudumDare29.stencyl","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20182","g_author":"34880","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20211","g_title":"Nutrition","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"328","g_commentcount":"18","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\/34880-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a seedling, who must spread roots and absorb nutrients from the soil.\r\nUse the arrow keys to navigate the plant's root.\r\nTry to collect all of the nutrients.\r\nSpacebar will reset the puzzle.\r\nClick and drag with the mouse to see the whole playfield.\r\nYes, it is possible to finish. There may be more than one solution, but there's definitely at least one solution.\r\n\r\nN = Nitrogen. Energy = 3, speed = 1.\r\nK = Potassium. Energy = 2, speed = 2.\r\nP = Phosphorus. Energy = 2, speed = 3.\r\n\r\nFor when you inevitably get stuck, the solution is available here:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.jestarjokin.net\/storage\/ld29\/solution.png","title":"Nutrition"}