{"author_link":"\/author\/snapman_gt\/","author_name":"snapman_GT","author_uid":"30827","comments":[{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1398641820,"text":"I love this."},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1398642600,"text":"for some reason the web version won't start for me, i tried clicking, hitting enter, mashing keys... im on windows in chrome"},{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1398697320,"text":"Lovely polished elephant carving simulator. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Dramentiaras","author_uid":"29135","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1398697560,"text":"This is great! I really enjoyed it. The web version didn't work for me either, I'm on Windows with Chrome. The Windows version worked great though!"},{"author_name":"Doubstract","author_uid":"29853","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1398698760,"text":"Very interesting game. I feel like a sculptor :)"},{"author_name":"Ludonaut","author_uid":"18667","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1398707100,"text":"This is great."},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1398722340,"text":"LOL I win an my elephant travels in space.\r<br\/>Nice concept with cool physics ++"},{"author_name":"Halbernacht","author_uid":"35057","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:23am","epoch":1398737880,"text":"Was caught off guard by the ending. Good job."},{"author_name":"jcvsmc","author_uid":"17952","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1398776700,"text":"I love that quote, it's never even occurred to me it could be the set up for a game, awesome idea!\r<br\/>The ending is also completely bananas, good job xD"},{"author_name":"philip_sinclair","author_uid":"37109","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1398805740,"text":"One of my fave Ludum Dare games so far (and I've played over 50). Really enjoyed the game mechanics, and the unexpected dialogue. Great fun. Could have been a bit longer though, but that's LD for you :D"},{"author_name":"Neonlare","author_uid":"1913","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:22am","epoch":1398817020,"text":"This is great. This is simply great. Amazing concept and hilarious when you screw up."},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:23am","epoch":1398817080,"text":"Very nice entry! Enjoyed it a lot, awesome concept, super original.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great game!"},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:23am","epoch":1398817080,"text":"Really really good!  One of my favs!"},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:25am","epoch":1398817200,"text":"Very amusing... nice progression and ending."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:26am","epoch":1398817260,"text":"AHhaha amazing :P The ending is so funny haha great work !"},{"author_name":"Pitzik4","author_uid":"8883","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:40am","epoch":1398818100,"text":"This is a very fun little thing! It could have used a bit more challenge, though."},{"author_name":"ElStevo","author_uid":"25850","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:27am","epoch":1398828120,"text":"Good variation on the theme. I love this."},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:22am","epoch":1398849420,"text":"thoroughly enjoyed it. good choice on the sound effect."},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:39am","epoch":1398944040,"text":"This is great. I got surprised by the ending. :)"},{"author_name":"Beavl","author_uid":"26231","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1398949320,"text":"Wow, amazing take on the entry. Love the Smash hit-like destruction (if just making a sculpture were like dropping balls!) and the game progression. Clever stuff. Cheers and congrats on this!"},{"author_name":"blahoink","author_uid":"4932","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1398990660,"text":"very funny and fun but simplistic"},{"author_name":"jsspiegel","author_uid":"11418","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:25am","epoch":1398993600,"text":"Fantastic game, and super funny!"},{"author_name":"UltimateWalrus","author_uid":"175","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:07am","epoch":1399010520,"text":"I think this might be my favorite I've tried so far.  Very satisfying and &quot;your mom said she thought you did a good job&quot; made me laugh out loud.  Good ramp up of challenge and the game feels complete."},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:50am","epoch":1399016700,"text":"That's a really fun game you have there. Pretty polished too. I hope there will be more levels in the future, as it is really addicting to destroy stuff.:)\r<br\/>I am also very fond of the gui style."},{"author_name":"eastes","author_uid":"34676","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:42am","epoch":1399023420,"text":"From one unity 3d brother to another from another mother, I rated this.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh, by the way. My uncle Charlie is an amazing whistler. You whistle better than him."},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:55am","epoch":1399024200,"text":"Very deep and innovating use of theme. Enjoyed every moment of it."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1399033080,"text":"HAhaha... brilliant use of the theme!"},{"author_name":"zeal","author_uid":"31752","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1399036080,"text":"It's fantastic. The idea, the execution and I also liked the whistling sound. Does anything happen after the &quot;lift off&quot;? I wasn't sure if I should wait or not. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"Stephan Haldaman","author_uid":"17978","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1399037580,"text":"Very fun to play but maybe a bit easy. I like it when you make the elephant wothout head as if you could decide and the unexpected end!"},{"author_name":"Nizar89","author_uid":"35517","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1399038720,"text":"A bit too easy, but this was great!\r<br\/>I was a bit disappointed by the ending."},{"author_name":"Mnemusyne","author_uid":"18059","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1399047660,"text":"Really funny game. Interesting interpretation."},{"author_name":"BeeintheCarGames","author_uid":"35402","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1399047840,"text":"This is easily the most realistic elephant sculpting simulators around. This game made me laugh. Fantastic work!"},{"author_name":"Maschinen-Mensch","author_uid":"33058","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1399064880,"text":"Super nice entry! Love the idea and execution. Not much to complain about really, this is easily one of my favorite entries."},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1399073460,"text":"THAT ending.\r<br\/>GOTY 2014"},{"author_name":"Chris Mondok","author_uid":"31703","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1399123020,"text":"What a neat idea! And the game has such charm."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 9:20am","epoch":1399194900,"text":"This is really cool. Such a great idea and very cool implementation. The sound effect are fitting very good. Also challenging, but doable with some patience."},{"author_name":"ThingoStudios","author_uid":"31541","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1399232340,"text":"Unique interpretation of the theme. Sort of bizarre (to say the least)"},{"author_name":"pinkmonkeyhead","author_uid":"11711","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:54am","epoch":1399250940,"text":"Hahahahahah the ending\r<br\/>Awesome game!! I feel like I could play it forever\r<br\/>make it bigger!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1399316040,"text":"Hi. Great toy!  Love the Space finish."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1399331220,"text":"Erm.... What? '-' What happened by the end? @_@\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This was awesome! =D\r<br\/>It's really fun. :)"},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1399613280,"text":"great job on a funny take on the theme! it was challenging and fun at the same time and i loved the snarky attitude"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 7:50am","epoch":1399621500,"text":"Very nice and humorous game! I would like to see more levels. Also liked the interpretation of the theme."},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 10:41am","epoch":1399631760,"text":"This is so good, it makes me jealous!\r<br\/>Funny, good looking, sounds good and best take on the theme I've seen (and I don't think I'll see a better take).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Maybe I'll take a peek at your code too."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1399639620,"text":"Got here from your post-mortem, I loved how quickly you got this brilliant idea :D Best use of the theme I've seen in this jam.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, a fantastic ending.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The menu music was awesome!"},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1399646040,"text":"Awesome! Super original, great use of the theme, idea, fun, brough a smile to my face. So good! :D"},{"author_name":"snooze82","author_uid":"12061","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1399649400,"text":"great game! neat idea! :)"},{"author_name":"SK16Games","author_uid":"32632","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1399736400,"text":"Very original game :) I like the menu music, and the elephant sculptures :D Dat ending doe! xP"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 2:07am","epoch":1399773720,"text":"Quite an interesting idea. Well done. :)"},{"author_name":"st33d","author_uid":"26919","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 10:43am","epoch":1399977480,"text":"Well worth the ending."},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1399994580,"text":"Ahah I had so much fun! :)"}],"images":["ld29\/30827-eb4571a9dae8f8ad7fe08481f35d5a38.jpg","ld29\/30827-89b84c3375d276346e51bd617735eb18.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/100674809\/LudumDare\/29\/Web\/NOTTHEELEPHANT.htm","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/100674809\/LudumDare\/29\/NOTTHEELEPHANT_Win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/100674809\/LudumDare\/29\/NOTTHEELEPHANT_Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/100674809\/LudumDare\/29\/NOTTHEELEPHANT_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20562","g_author":"30827","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20591","g_title":"NOT THE ELEPHANT","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"26","g_commentcount":"50","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\/30827-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/30827-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOT THE ELEPHANT 1.0 by @Snapman_I_Am for Ludum Dare 29 (2014)\r\n\r\nMichelangelo was once asked how he would sculpt an elephant.  \r\nHe replied \"I would take a large piece of stone and take away everything that was not the elephant.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nElephants modeled with ShapeShop (shapeshop3d.com)\r\nFrente H1 font from 1001freefonts.com [Share Alike 3.0 Unported]\r\nSkybox made with Spacescape (sourceforge.net\/projects\/spacescape)\r\n","title":"NOT THE ELEPHANT"}