{"author_link":"\/author\/johnman\/","author_name":"Johnman","author_uid":"10265","comments":[{"author_name":"Somfunambulist","author_uid":"19074","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:05am","epoch":1387162800,"text":"The visuals are great, monochrome graphics will always appeal to me. Nice, basic proof of concept game."},{"author_name":"chiguireitor","author_uid":"28571","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:40am","epoch":1387168500,"text":"Nice graphics, nice ambiance. It is a little bit of a stretch for the current theme. I dunno. :-|"},{"author_name":"BraindeadGeo","author_uid":"29444","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:29am","epoch":1387189440,"text":"Would have liked a better view of the ocean so i could plan my dives a bit better but it's a nice concept and love the animation on the bird!"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:31am","epoch":1387189560,"text":"I really like the mood. Congrats on finally submitting an entry :)"},{"author_name":"junt74","author_uid":"20520","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:31am","epoch":1387189560,"text":"I like this mood :) great game!"},{"author_name":"capnramses","author_uid":"30024","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:32am","epoch":1387189620,"text":"took me a second to get the hang of flying (me read instructions?!). really loved what happens when you go super super high. yess! well done on good cross-platform support!"},{"author_name":"Johnman","author_uid":"10265","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:42am","epoch":1387190220,"text":"Thanks for your comments!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It took me a while to realize that the screen format was not appropriate for this concept (bad visibility), but by then it was too late to change it."},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1387206360,"text":"I really liked this, it felt like a kind of &quot;What's happening above the world of Ecco the Dolphin?&quot; :)"},{"author_name":"Coin Flip Games","author_uid":"31135","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:39am","epoch":1387348440,"text":"Nice little game, but it took me a little while to figure out the controls."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1387401840,"text":"Very pretty, with a lovely concept. Good job!"},{"author_name":"AlanZucconi","author_uid":"21108","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1387410720,"text":"Why is there a Nyan cat in space? :D"},{"author_name":"Johnman","author_uid":"10265","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1387482240,"text":"I saw sort of a &quot;put your cat into the game&quot; challenge, but my cat died a while ago and well... Nyan cat!"},{"author_name":"angelman","author_uid":"32428","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1387541640,"text":"well done johnman, you are the best making games haha \r<br\/>and your game is really the best ovbiously."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1387582260,"text":"Nice game. Like the artwork very much. Cool idea... played it for a few tries :D Cool Typo ;)"},{"author_name":"MRvanderPants","author_uid":"20836","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1388332980,"text":"Really liked the graphics. Gameplay felt a bit weird thou"}],"images":["ld28\/10265-b5a06aa7cf54b2f65377e311f2c72b60.jpg","ld28\/10265-5d575bcea5ca3a0464996ee5f2e23b3c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Ju6ELk","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/IN8Lcq","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20944","g_author":"10265","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20973","g_title":"Ocean and Bodies","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"676","g_commentcount":"15","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\/\/308734\/10265-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/10265-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ocean and Bodies is a game about a bird who wants fish. Life, commitment, hardship and other deep stuff. In other words, it has no plot because I decided to focus on mechanics early on.\r\n\r\nInstructions (also inside)\r\nUse Z (or Y) to flap your wings. Go high if you want to go deep!\r\nPress and release X to dive, hold X while diving to brake and change direction.\r\nUse the arrow keys for that.\r\n\r\nThank you for playing!\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nWell, I ended up changing a lot of things over the course of 24 hours. I basically chickened out on what I said in my \"I'm in\" post. I have had a hard time finishing stuff in past LD and I decided finishing this one was my top priority, so I adapted the technical details of the game as I needed to.\r\n\r\nNow I must return to work on other stuff.\r\n\r\nBut I finally managed to submit an entry! And as a reward I get to play hundreds of awesome games!","title":"Ocean and Bodies"}