{"author_link":"\/author\/akz-2\/","author_name":"Akz-","author_uid":"35289","comments":[{"author_name":"rallebauz","author_uid":"35471","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:06am","epoch":1398679260,"text":"Fun mechanics! I'm not gonna lie I had trouble with these puzzles"},{"author_name":"eldog","author_uid":"34252","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:25am","epoch":1398684000,"text":"Woooo! That was F.U.N.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great game mechanics. I completed it. Took me a while to figure out what I had to do on the third level. But was a lot of fun when I got it, made the whole thing more daredevilish. Great platform puzzler."},{"author_name":"thomz12","author_uid":"35164","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:29am","epoch":1398684240,"text":"Fun game with creative mechanics! Well done!"},{"author_name":"longshorts","author_uid":"34312","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:39am","epoch":1398684840,"text":"A really great spinoff on the theme. You kept the game very simple (which i sadly didn't do for my libgdx game!) and that means it is really effective, well done!"},{"author_name":"NathanBrower","author_uid":"34369","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1398688740,"text":"Really great job! Took me a while on the third level as well, but it was really rewarding when I figured it out. I would have liked to see more levels and music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, my game shares the same mechanic as yours, check it out! http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=34369"},{"author_name":"S\u00e9bastien","author_uid":"484","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1398701700,"text":"I like the concept !"},{"author_name":"CupcakeMedia","author_uid":"36424","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1398706440,"text":"This bent my mind, but when you get the hang of it, the level design makes the game flow really intuitive. Needs more polish on the camera movement and controls, but otherwise great!"},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1398710160,"text":"fun mechanics - a mix between VVVVVV and fez :)"},{"author_name":"StabAlarash","author_uid":"5031","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1398710340,"text":"great concept !!!"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1398710520,"text":"Interesting platform mechanic, and good use of the theme."},{"author_name":"jotson","author_uid":"20128","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1398710640,"text":"Really neat idea."},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1398715200,"text":"pretty nice idea, cool controls\r<br\/>overall very good"},{"author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:31am","epoch":1398738360,"text":"Challenging!"},{"author_name":"CDK","author_uid":"34196","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:16am","epoch":1398759060,"text":"nice mechanics.. quite hard puzzles.."},{"author_name":"Belvar","author_uid":"28450","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1398775320,"text":"Cool game, really dynamic and interesting gameplay. The graphics looks good to!"},{"author_name":"Raiyumi","author_uid":"25829","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398789240,"text":"Really cool mechanic. and pretty fun."},{"author_name":"SirJson","author_uid":"18639","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1398789360,"text":"Cool use of the theme!"},{"author_name":"Cash","author_uid":"31729","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1398789480,"text":"Good job,the lack of music made it feel a little &quot;empty&quot; but I still had fun"},{"author_name":"dj_pale","author_uid":"9921","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1398789540,"text":"Nice work, feels quite polished due to innovate mechanics and proper level design! Level design is one of the tricky things on LD, IMHO. Small pickings would be that sometimes the drilling is too &quot;sensitive&quot;, and the hitbox on the enemies are a bit big."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1398803100,"text":"Really fun game-mechanics and charming pixel graphics!  :)"},{"author_name":"Charimation","author_uid":"34472","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1398898740,"text":"Nice interpretation of the theme! I love the side switching mechanic, really fun and nice graphics too :)"},{"author_name":"Sheepolution","author_uid":"5959","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1398899040,"text":"At first I thought this was another 'change gravity' game, but you took more out of the concept than I thought! The levels really make me think."},{"author_name":"Vinyl Pixels","author_uid":"34483","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1399033440,"text":"At first I was like: meh, just a decent polished take on the side switching games. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>But then I discovered the through-ground-jumping mechanics and the fact that you can actually kill the enemies and I was like: SUPER AWESOME :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Really, I WANT MORE!"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"May 12, 2014 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1399898400,"text":"This was a really interesting mechanic. You maybe should have made the &quot;jump through&quot; mechanic more obvious, as I only discovered it after reading through the comments. Also you might want to add the ability to cancel digs, as I ended up quitting after accidentally digging on the wrong square too many times. Reminds me of Ibb and Obb."},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 9:21am","epoch":1400404560,"text":"I had trouble accidentally drilling through to the bottom and dying, but it's a great concept and a fun game!"},{"author_name":"BeeintheCarGames","author_uid":"35402","time":"May 20, 2014 @ 12:24am","epoch":1400545140,"text":"Some of the puzzles were challenging! Great work."}],"images":["ld29\/35289-cdf5161c9c0062af8e867215c36b99fa.jpg","ld29\/35289-93e40645b7d2ffa6f22bff5efeac51b6.jpg","ld29\/35289-f002b36b304a78bb253e43d90afe10a8.jpg","ld29\/35289-c3cc2649485eb09cea8c56d4e2469e81.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/koti.mbnet.fi\/grogbot\/game\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/koti.mbnet.fi\/grogbot\/game\/hollowplanet.jar","text":"Desktop"},{"url":"http:\/\/koti.mbnet.fi\/grogbot\/game\/ld29_src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20295","g_author":"35289","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20324","g_title":"Hollow Planet","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"199","g_commentcount":"26","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\/35289-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/35289-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/35289-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/35289-shot3.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A platformer where you control a tiny alien with gravity-flipping powers.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft+Right arrows or A+D: Move left and right\r\nUp or W: Jump\r\nDown or S: Drill into the ground\r\n\r\nDesktop version requires Java to run.\r\n\r\nMy first attempt at Ludum Dare! I'm quite pleased that I got the thing submitted, even though there's not all that much content in the game. Next time I'll try not to spend a day fixing bugs in collision detection :)\r\n\r\nI used LibGDX, Paint.NET, Tiled and Bfxr to create this game.","title":"Hollow Planet"}