{"author_link":"\/author\/kelley\/","author_name":"kelley","author_uid":"26978","comments":[{"author_name":"AdamSwaggoner","author_uid":"7136","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:06am","epoch":1398654060,"text":"At first I was pretty bored by this, but then more roots started sprouting and it suddenly became very interesting. Cool game!"},{"author_name":"MattV","author_uid":"35592","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:07am","epoch":1398654120,"text":"controlling multiple at once is really fun!"},{"author_name":"porousnapkin","author_uid":"35873","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1398654180,"text":"That was quite fun! Would feel a lot better if you could smooth out the camera movement. Maybe try and lerp it at a certain speed to the destination point? Great job with the theme."},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1398654180,"text":"Good game. When the roots started splitting it got really fun and challenging."},{"author_name":"SuperMsp10","author_uid":"35834","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:21am","epoch":1398654960,"text":"cool concept and excellent executation"},{"author_name":"SuperMsp10","author_uid":"35834","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:24am","epoch":1398655140,"text":"cool concept"},{"author_name":"Gwinnell","author_uid":"1508","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:35pm","epoch":1398774600,"text":"Is there any reason not to make the roots collide to make the game easier? Perhaps it should go faster when there are more roots, or something sort-of self-balancing! :)"},{"author_name":"kelley","author_uid":"26978","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:26am","epoch":1398820860,"text":"Thanks everyone for commenting and giving such great feedback! I'm really glad you're enjoying my little game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@porousnapkin: That's a great suggestion. I was attempting to play up the retro\/8-bit vibe by having everything move in discrete steps, but it's definitely something I'll consider for future improvements!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Gwinnell: The roots colliding with one another was meant to make the game a bit more challenge and strategic. Like you have to make sure you don't cut off one of your other roots when moving to avoid a rock. But maybe that makes the game a bit too hard :)"},{"author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:42am","epoch":1398850620,"text":"Ha, we had a very similar idea but went in a bit different direction (You control every root at the same time in our game). Interesting to see it done this way."},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:40am","epoch":1399178100,"text":"Fun, challenging game, especially when the roots split and you're cycling through them. Great work."},{"author_name":"RowdyGhosts","author_uid":"35291","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 2:43am","epoch":1399343880,"text":"Pretty clever idea!"},{"author_name":"NiceAlexanderAS","author_uid":"7045","time":"May 14, 2014 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1400106420,"text":"Interesting concept :D very fun, great work :D"},{"author_name":"xevozfighter","author_uid":"10433","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1400264760,"text":"I really like the fact that more roots sprout the deeper you go.  A little sound would go a long way to add to the mood."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 1:59am","epoch":1400378040,"text":"184ft - nice game"},{"author_name":"mark.goetz","author_uid":"34393","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 2:09am","epoch":1400378640,"text":"Not bad!  I do like the root splitting as a way of adding more variety to the game, but it did feel like there were too many times where there was nothing to do.  Nice job with the graphics too!"},{"author_name":"CommanderJ","author_uid":"36634","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 3:51am","epoch":1400384760,"text":"Wow those extra roots sprouting makes it so much more difficult (and fun).  I really like it.  I think it could have used some sound, almost anything really.  Nice take on the theme."}],"images":["ld29\/26978-c31bb1a64383df2bb6673837642ebf28.jpg","ld29\/26978-c12c2e0c76b2a6d3f6e4ac4fbebcb1a3.jpg","ld29\/26978-714e7736733ef896cd9a211ea46c517c.jpg","ld29\/26978-508a6238adaa05b364e664244556b0dc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kelleyhecker.com\/uploads\/Runners\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/kelleyhecker.com\/uploads\/Runners\/RunnersWin.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/kelleyhecker.com\/uploads\/Runners\/RunnersMac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/kelleyhecker.com\/uploads\/Runners\/RunnersSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20280","g_author":"26978","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20309","g_title":"Runners","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"370","g_commentcount":"16","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\/26978-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26978-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26978-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26978-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Keep your plant alive by steering its roots around rocks and other roots. Get ready for when the roots split!\r\n\r\nNote: If the controls aren't working, make sure the game window is active by clicking on it. Requires Unity webplayer plugin. \r\n\r\nControls:\r\nHold arrow keys or WASD to move left and right. \r\nSpace to cycle through roots.\r\nClick to select a specific root.\r\nRefresh the page to restart.","title":"Runners"}