{"author_link":"\/author\/sodaware\/","author_name":"Sodaware","author_uid":"10712","comments":[{"author_name":"NTR","author_uid":"36589","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:18am","epoch":1398651180,"text":"I dig the artstyle"},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1398701160,"text":"This has a great look to it, with some cute touches such as the fish and the bubbles that rise from the submarines. Nicely done."},{"author_name":"xgeovanni","author_uid":"11296","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1398701280,"text":"That old Pop Station game done right, I see. I've got the high score!"},{"author_name":"Daniel X. Moore","author_uid":"2816","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398702840,"text":"Nice graphics! The gameplay itself seemed to me to be a little too easy though. I didn't really end up needing to move the boat much and could just drop charges and blow up subs whenever because there were so many to hit."},{"author_name":"renatopp","author_uid":"15241","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1398702900,"text":"Great artwork. I think the gameplay is pretty slow, but is not a problem. Good job.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And...... I liked because we create similar games =D\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=15241"},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1398703020,"text":"It is amazingly balanced, gotta love it."},{"author_name":"GiveMeAllYourCats","author_uid":"32239","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1398711900,"text":"I like it, the art is right the sounds are right and it feels nice owning those little subs. Best points goto Theme and Mood!"},{"author_name":"TowelKing","author_uid":"36784","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1398723780,"text":"great art style for the game. I wish the game play was a bit quicker, but that just might be my personal preference."},{"author_name":"bakpakin","author_uid":"29055","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1398724140,"text":"Nice and simple, this reminds me of a little game I used to play on a palm pilot thing. Except better. Kind of slow, but not too slow. I got 4855."},{"author_name":"voidqk","author_uid":"29154","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1398726180,"text":"very simple but also very fun!  satisfying to destroy multiple subs with the same blast :-)"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1398785880,"text":"Yeah, a little slow gameplay, but well designed overall. Well done."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1398804660,"text":"I love entries like this one, it feels very complete and is a pretty good game in itself. You could (and should) post it on a game portal :)"},{"author_name":"whalebot","author_uid":"36369","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1398808920,"text":"This is a very solid game. Well put together, with a perfect difficulty curve. Excellent work with this."},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1398813060,"text":"Nice! I was worried it was going to be a flappy clone, but it satisfies. Challenge curve is a little slow, but I liked being able to play a slower paced game that still gets challenging."},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:01am","epoch":1398819360,"text":"I have the current highscore, 12,660! That was really fun. Shouldn't it be called &quot;Splodey Subs&quot; though? ;) If I have any critical feedback, it would be that you don't introduce all those extra fun mechanics until too late in the game. I was about ready to quit thinking that I'd seen all the game had to show at mission 2-1. I was like, &quot;Oh I see, it's just going to keep reducing my times by 10 seconds every 4 rounds. I'm glad I stuck around though because then you introduced the powerups, the sub torpedoes, the water mines, the sonar mode, etc. I bet a lot of players won't stick around that long at the current pace. Other than that, nice polished game!"},{"author_name":"Sodaware","author_uid":"10712","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:51am","epoch":1398822360,"text":"Thanks for all the great feedback everyone, I really appreciate it!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Getting the progression right was something that bugged me during development. I originally had the sunset stage (with the mines) as mission 2, but I was worried it would be too difficult too quickly. I definitely screwed up there. But that's what I love about LD - you get to see your game from so many different angles."},{"author_name":"Lerc","author_uid":"20","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:44am","epoch":1398854340,"text":"Reminds me of an old arcade game from the 80's.  Good progression of new elements to the levels."},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1398972540,"text":"Nice. Felt so bad when I killed the fish. Gratz!"},{"author_name":"mrbungle","author_uid":"4895","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1399729080,"text":"Simple game, really well executed."},{"author_name":"copain","author_uid":"35128","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1399734660,"text":"good but so long to begin fun..."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 2:38am","epoch":1400121180,"text":"this game was a lot of fun - felt like i was playing an old skool atari game - nice job"},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1400541540,"text":"Fun game! I like the little details like the bubbles."}],"images":["ld29\/10712-4f9391f3a7c3a2ccb7f41c126ed2942e.jpg","ld29\/10712-22328af7351f027477a237525b99d8f4.jpg","ld29\/10712-cde98486b6fabf0d6637ba75b63d03d2.jpg","ld29\/10712-678a3c6aecc303f0d86594b5675d56db.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/lab.sodaware.net\/1gam-2014\/04-splodey-boats\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/lab.sodaware.net\/game-jams\/ld-29\/","text":"Development Log"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Sodaware\/ld-29\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20228","g_author":"10712","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20257","g_title":"Splodey Boats","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"167","g_commentcount":"22","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\/10712-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/10712-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/10712-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/10712-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Destroy the enemy submarines using your depth charges. You may only drop one charge at a time, so timing is everything. Use \"space\" to drop a charge, and then space again to detonate it. At night, you'll have to use your sonar to find enemies. It's slow to start, but it gets more interesting from stage 3-1 onwards!\r\n\r\nControls\r\n  - SPACE to drop a depth charge\r\n  - SPACE to detonate a dropped charge\r\n  - S to emit a sonar pulse\r\n","title":"Splodey Boats"}