{"author_link":"\/author\/spierek\/","author_name":"Spierek","author_uid":"14319","comments":[{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:48am","epoch":1398660180,"text":"Really well done. Switching up the controls like that is a really interesting idea."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:58am","epoch":1398660780,"text":"Only tested solo, which kind-of misses the point so apologies for that.  I like the twister-style mechanic, have recommended to my son and friends to try playing at school - they love keyboard mashing in groups ! Good job!"},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:24am","epoch":1398669540,"text":"The graphics are so good, really nice concept!"},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:25am","epoch":1398669600,"text":"This is really cool. I'll try this again later with some friends."},{"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"11177","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:47am","epoch":1398670920,"text":"A fun approach to the theme there! The switching keys is an awesome catch, I can imagine playing this with friends and frustratingly pushing others away while trying to reach the keys. :)"},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:50am","epoch":1398671100,"text":"Loved the mechanics. I certainly felt like I was swimming hard."},{"author_name":"Liens","author_uid":"33982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:21am","epoch":1398672960,"text":"Nice graphics, I like the way you customised the unity web player especially."},{"author_name":"lucienpro","author_uid":"33744","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:25am","epoch":1398673200,"text":"I liked the graphics, the sound and pretty much everything else, really fun but I wish their was AI to play with... Good job! buuut it's a bit loosely tied around the theme"},{"author_name":"NeiloGD","author_uid":"1154","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:31am","epoch":1398673560,"text":"Tested solo too, but still a fun concept. Very nicely presented game good, clean and simple."},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:56am","epoch":1398675060,"text":"B-but i have no friends to play with.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Lovely clean visuals though, and i like the key randomization. I would assume that is a good chance to break all your friends fingers."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:57am","epoch":1398675120,"text":"Really nice graphics. I really like these kind of games where you kinda don't know what to do and just start smashing buttons. Creates some really nice competitions. :D"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:31am","epoch":1398677160,"text":"tfw no friends to play with ;_;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>would have been 20x better with some sort of computer player\r<br\/>\r<br\/>excellent graphics though, could barely tell it was a unity plugin! (If only you could reskin the unity preloader too)"},{"author_name":"allurious","author_uid":"20642","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:38am","epoch":1398677580,"text":"This is SO NEAT. I'm a huge fan of local co-op so it's great to see a game that does something interesting around it. Switching the controls is a great way to keep engaged and the game itself looks really clean and polished."},{"author_name":"kbm","author_uid":"20498","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:11am","epoch":1398683160,"text":"wow! this was very well done, very polished! i really liked it, shame I couldn't play 1-player mode, though. great job!"},{"author_name":"zebi24","author_uid":"28347","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1398684300,"text":"Really cool game! My poor keyboard tho... ;)"},{"author_name":"lorniebear","author_uid":"31739","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1398700140,"text":"Fun, I played this with my mum"},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1398700260,"text":"Cool.  :)"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1398700440,"text":"I myself is a swimmer, and do enjoy a casual swim.\r<br\/>So multiplayer game made in 48hr?\r<br\/>More than impressive.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Like this simplistic style too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fantastic work!"},{"author_name":"iJohnF","author_uid":"37343","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1398719880,"text":"Wow this is super polished! The music \/ style is awesome. Good stuff, cant wait to try this at a party"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1398720420,"text":"Superb! :) Nice clean visuals. I love how you put unity player on the website."},{"author_name":"crocantidepollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1398721200,"text":"Excellent presentation! The changing controls were confusing at first but it's fun as a party game"},{"author_name":"pinkmonkeyhead","author_uid":"11711","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:37am","epoch":1398742320,"text":"I love multiplayer games on jam!!\r<br\/>the graphics are well polished. even details like the background matching the page background. really cool"},{"author_name":"Statman","author_uid":"26952","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:46am","epoch":1398760860,"text":"I love this multiplayer game, so funny with friends !"},{"author_name":"Spierek","author_uid":"14319","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:55am","epoch":1398765000,"text":"Thanks for the very positive feedback :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>One pro tip for winning the game (and losing friends): you can drown other players if they're not suspecting it."},{"author_name":"copain","author_uid":"35128","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:28am","epoch":1398766980,"text":"really nice, really good graphics, really fun...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(but, we don't have immediatly understood how &quot;dive&quot; works... after that, really cool...)"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1398790560,"text":"Not super tied to the theme, but I really like these kinds of games where you coordinate button presses. I was a bit clumsy picking up on the effect of the two buttons at first, but slowly got better! Like others said, wish there was an AI to work with since I didn't have anyone around at the moment to play with. But it was fun to pretend that my two hands were two people! :P"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1398806520,"text":"Visually stunning, and the random control thing was a nice addition to the gameplay! :)"},{"author_name":"fserb","author_uid":"6308","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1398813180,"text":"Really enjoyed. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Nic V.","author_uid":"36404","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:14am","epoch":1398827340,"text":"I always love local multiplayer! Pretty fun if you try to mess each other up too :)"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:01am","epoch":1398844560,"text":"flawless polish... especially liked how you made the page background the same colour so there was no clear border"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:05am","epoch":1398848400,"text":"Nice game. The control switch makes all the fun I think. I didn't really get how Dive worked."},{"author_name":"rezoner","author_uid":"21594","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:34am","epoch":1398857340,"text":"Thank you for adding Linux version. Pretty loved the aesthetics and the music with dorkly &quot;yeah&quot; in the background."},{"author_name":"nesis","author_uid":"2726","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1398871080,"text":"A nice game that's scoped well and pretty polished for a jam. Really fun :)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1398891840,"text":"Solid entry, good job!"},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:24am","epoch":1398939540,"text":"Nice little concept !! The execution is perfect, great work!"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:19am","epoch":1398942840,"text":"I feel that people who are able to keep the scope of their games small are always the ones to deliver the best entries. Good job!"},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1398979260,"text":"Nice game, I still prefer a solo game"},{"author_name":"jujule","author_uid":"13894","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1399152120,"text":"Hehehe, real good fun. I just played for 10 minutes with my wife. Very fun concept and very properly inplemented.\r<br\/>Extremely fun. I wonder how you could port it on a tablet. That would be awesome as a 4 player games around a table."},{"author_name":"Rodaja","author_uid":"29557","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1399242000,"text":"Really great use of local multiplayer with the randomized controls."},{"author_name":"Bekokstover","author_uid":"26481","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1399360080,"text":"Love it! The controls are really funny. Great looking and playing game. Diving is not all that useful though."},{"author_name":"lowcade","author_uid":"29062","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 4:19am","epoch":1399436040,"text":"Two player game? It's Rare nowadays.\r<br\/>Nice commands, it's fun with friends (a virtual competition but real violence)\r<br\/>Good game!"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1399500360,"text":"Soooooo friggin cool concept. I was also trying to find an idea about multiple players battling on one keyboard. Strong entry :D"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1399560120,"text":"Cool idea, nice art! Only played solo but can definitely imagine four players getting interesting... if you could even four four players around a keyboard!"},{"author_name":"Miltage","author_uid":"8745","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1399565880,"text":"Simple, fun and well implemented. Well done!"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1399660980,"text":"The halfway switcheroo kills it. This game is awesome."},{"author_name":"Yword","author_uid":"26150","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1399726860,"text":"I like the graphics, simple and clean. The randomized buttons mechanic has made it becomes more challenging! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Striwx","author_uid":"29515","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1399994460,"text":"Very cool concept !"},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"May 27, 2014 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1401204420,"text":"Pretty cool neat game^^"}],"images":["ld29\/14319-d063b5aec79535ca6fda2aaa6c83eca4.jpg","ld29\/14319-4590159a4d684fc9de6eb0a968b45385.jpg","ld29\/14319-82dddbaa6f08fe6608156f3bc5a40607.jpg","ld29\/14319-9c626ec7c586a3478bfd8c3bbf450fd0.jpg","ld29\/14319-2bb1a718a90ccda8bba33172753e80ce.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/spierek.net\/Games\/SwimHard\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/spierek.net\/Games\/SwimHard\/SWIM HARD win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/spierek.net\/Games\/SwimHard\/SWIM HARD mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/spierek.net\/Games\/SwimHard\/SWIM HARD linux.tar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/spierek.net\/Games\/SwimHard\/SWIM HARD source.7z","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20475","g_author":"14319","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20504","g_title":"SWIM HARD","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"185","g_commentcount":"48","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\/14319-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14319-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14319-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14319-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14319-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"SWIM HARD is a local multiplayer game about mashing keys to victory!\r\n\r\nPress SWIM as fast as possible to gain speed.\r\nHold DIVE to be even faster, but be careful not to suffocate!\r\n\r\nThe buttons for each player are randomized when the round begins.\r\n\r\nFind me on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/Spierek \r\nMy portfolio-ish site: http:\/\/spierek.net","title":"SWIM HARD"}