{"author_link":"\/author\/maesk\/","author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","comments":[{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1398697200,"text":"Great job on your first LD game. Love your wacky sea adventure :)"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1398714060,"text":"Thanks! I hope you liked it as much as I enjoyed (and laughed) creating it."},{"author_name":"Lizzip","author_uid":"22200","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1398719520,"text":"Haha interesting indeed. That's some very pretty water too"},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1398719580,"text":"Hahaha, funny game!  :)"},{"author_name":"thinkster","author_uid":"30204","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1398719940,"text":"i thought it was fun. a little hard to begin with would have liked to have been able to shoot and destroy the yellow pellets. but good game!"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1398720780,"text":"Oh, thinkster, at first, the yellow pellets clashed with your cannon balls. But then the game was too easy, and spamming bullets guaranteed victory... I'm afraid I had to change it!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks everyone for your comments!"},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1398720780,"text":"Totally strange, in a good way."},{"author_name":"jomacel","author_uid":"14637","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1398720780,"text":"Good game, I liked the 3D perspective, music and graphics are good too. Maybe you could improve it by adding some animations to the 2D sprites. Good job!"},{"author_name":"geounknown","author_uid":"36318","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1398721500,"text":"Interresting...really"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1398791400,"text":"Hey congrats on your first LD! The controls feel good and the audio is nice (for once a game that use sound effects that don't hurt your ears)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1398804300,"text":"the water alone was worth it :) that's an awesome depth effect!"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1398806640,"text":"Thanks for commenting! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>@jomacel, I really wish I had more time to include animations, because I wanted enemies and the player to express fury, pain or surprise, depending on the surroundings. I missed them a lot. But you know, life gets in the way, and somehow due time arrives unexpectedly!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@PapyGaragos Thanks, I tried to create nice sounds, but I couldnt use more time with the music. Bosca coeil needs some learning before creating gold with it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You know, getting continuous and nice explosions everywhere costs time, but they are worth it :D"},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:00am","epoch":1398822900,"text":"I love how the boat can jump and also how it can go under the water and spring back up. I also love how none of the fish are actually under the water. Seems they stopped spawning pretty soon though and I was just left to cruise around an empty ocean."},{"author_name":"DavidErosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1398946260,"text":"Nice little game. I liked how the boat reacted to firing bullets by going back (recoil)."},{"author_name":"0Creds","author_uid":"24709","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1399039920,"text":"Interesting game, I like the art and sound, along with the premise, but the game is a tad too difficult. Good Job."},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1399041240,"text":"I like the trampoline style jumping and the water looks really good. Extremely hard game!"},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:10am","epoch":1399086300,"text":"Congrats on your first LD game! I couldn't for the life of me get past the really big red bird thing but it was pretty fun! Not sure if it was a glitch, but it was really fun getting launched up by the spinning green fish towards the beginning haha. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"BrothersT","author_uid":"12722","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1399130160,"text":"Nice and sweet, lots of fun. Some more sprites for health states (on the boat and enemies too) might help, and the jumping felt a little loose."},{"author_name":"Kevlanche","author_uid":"25421","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1399130280,"text":"Everyone seems to think it's hard, but I beat it on the first try. My secret; I cheated! I jumped over two of the bosses. The spinning fish gave be quite the boost which made me fly for a while.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Funny ending, as the spinning fish came just as the text said it might come :D. Good first entry."},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1399329540,"text":"Congratulations on your first LD game! I found that the big fish is quite difficult to destroy because of the invincible yellow pellets."},{"author_name":"Adrian","author_uid":"20592","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1399411980,"text":"Weird and cool ! Reminded me of ridiculous fishing :) \r<br\/>Cool sound fx and a music that makes you want to kill yourself after a few seconds rather that killing whales haha.\r<br\/>Good job for a LD, keep going :)"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 2:39am","epoch":1399430040,"text":"well epic battle despite the basic control layout. I was stuck far east by a monster throwing HUGE bullets at me"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1399491600,"text":"&quot;Everyone seems to think it's hard, but I beat it on the first try. My secret; I cheated! I jumped over two of the bosses.&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Someone give this man a medal! :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm sorry guys, when you create a game, and you test it so much, it is easy to get used to it and underestimate difficulty. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I admit jumping over enemies too, to avoid losing more time dodging bullets and retreating now and then. But I got used to it, the angles, the jumping heights (try to jump twice under the water) and ended the game multiple times, thinking it was hard but accurate.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Adrian Ridiculous fishing? Naming a Vlambeer game as comparison is an honor! Thanks! (Although I still have to play it... :P )\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@BrothersT With a little more time, health bars would be present. I need to learn how to implement them best and fast, I'll definitely make it next time! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>@HybridMind I know, I faced two options, randomly spawn enemies of different sizes and types, or try to set an increasing difficulty with less design time. I took the second, but bigger explosions come with a price in difficulty :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@DavidErosa As you know, magic's on the details, as in Vlambeer's talk &quot;The art of screenshake&quot;. I started with shooting and explosions, then I ran out of time for animations :(  See you at Betabeers!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks everyone!"},{"author_name":"romandtom","author_uid":"32169","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1399496700,"text":"It is a fun and cool game :)\r<br\/>but I felt like it lack of \r<br\/>a goal. You just shoot monsters and then new one comes :S\r<br\/>I didn't have scores or something..."},{"author_name":"JoshOS","author_uid":"35518","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1399749720,"text":"Nice and hard game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think a shadow for the ship would have been really good because sometimes I jumped so hight I didn't know where I was."}],"images":["ld29\/30782-1efddd37f0d998230496063cc799b9d2.jpg","ld29\/30782-2004a75e66d9d036359553747699d6fb.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/maesk.itch.io\/thecube","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/maesk.itch.io\/thecube","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/maesk.itch.io\/thecube","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/2973280\/LudumDare29.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20499","g_author":"30782","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20528","g_title":"TheCube","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"717","g_commentcount":"25","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\/30782-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30782-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There goes my first Ludum Dare game, it has been created with Unity, a little bit of BFXR, and some Bosca Coeil. \r\n\r\nControl buttons:\r\n\r\nSPACE - Talk\r\nZ - Jump from water\r\nX - Shoot\r\nR - Reload scene (in case you die, bugs, etc)\r\nLeft & Right - Moves the boat\r\n\r\nEnjoy! And be careful with the sea!\r\n\r\nProtip: If Web version ignores input, change browser tab and return. It might help.\r\n\r\nThanks to TenByTwenty for Munro font, and everyone who has the courage to play! ","title":"TheCube"}