{"author_link":"\/author\/alink\/","author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","comments":[{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:39am","epoch":1387172040,"text":"I had fun playing this it was challenging. Cute mouse too."},{"author_name":"Zolmeister","author_uid":"29241","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:58am","epoch":1387173180,"text":"Solid. This game quite good, with a unique take on the theme. Really enjoyed it (instructions were not clear though)."},{"author_name":"SojaBird","author_uid":"31667","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:51am","epoch":1387187160,"text":"Cool! So close only the last bubble such a pain in the first level :D\rDidn't got further :p"},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1387207680,"text":"Thanks for playing my game. I intentionally let the player discover the mechanic, but here are some tips if really needed:\r\r- Of course, use long blow (keep space key pressed).\r- Closer blows are much more powerful. Often better to let the bubble comes to you first.\r- Jump + and close blow are very effective but inaccurate and risky.\r- Use the bubble inertia.\r- Your character doesn't hit the bubble.\r- Find the best order to get the cheese\/bubbles.\r\rHope it helps and have fun."},{"author_name":"lorniebear","author_uid":"31739","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1387223280,"text":"Quite hard, but I like the non-violent nature!"},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1387247700,"text":"Nice job. Would love gamepad support!"},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1387304940,"text":"Nice game, good job, the graphics are good. :)"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1387305000,"text":"A lot of fun and nice aesthetic."},{"author_name":"Pixelbear","author_uid":"7477","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1387305420,"text":"Took me to figure out why I kept failing suddenly, then I noticed that the big bubble wasn't popping. Managed to get me to panic when I mis-timed a grab for cheese and the bubble was dropping far too low, so good job there! I would say the game is quite slow though, and you need a lot of patience."},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1387306440,"text":"@Pixelbear: Ah indeed good point. I should have timed it so can't go far enough to miss the main bubble hitting the ground. And probably also move the first mini golden bubble off the start screen. Well, when I designed that part, I was planning to add more instructions and a nicer mechanic for the bubbles creation (make the mouse blows through a soap thing)"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1387316820,"text":"Quite innovative but hard game. I like that you have to collect the golden items with your character and with the bubble. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1387320900,"text":"Great game! I really love the idea, and you executed it really well, with nice graphics and everything :)"},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 2:57am","epoch":1387335120,"text":"This is awesome! Like "Pang" in a way, but very unique. Loved the indirect control scheme, this is awesome and gets top marks from me! (The little animation of the mouse blowing is so well-done! )"},{"author_name":"murilo","author_uid":"6882","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1387379100,"text":"That was rather unique! I like it man! It feels slow but that's the game! Really nice!"},{"author_name":"Thecoolestnerdguys","author_uid":"17792","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1387383720,"text":"Pretty fun! And pretty hard!\rHad some very tense moments guiding that bubble, haha."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1387403100,"text":"Nice idea (:"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1387406760,"text":"Very nice concept and very challenging game !"},{"author_name":"syawqy","author_uid":"15312","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:28am","epoch":1387430580,"text":"asdfghjkl, why you... simple death and we go back from the begining. haha...\ryou only get one bubble, nice concept, that was fun"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1387564800,"text":"Very fun game! I wished there were a way to speed it up a bit though. It could get a little boring if you blow the bubble to high up."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1387578960,"text":"Nice to play a game with no violence. I like the Idea to take bubbles and Cheese. Cool gameplay. Cool little mouse :D"},{"author_name":"smash ball","author_uid":"27436","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1387751880,"text":"Didn't get past the second level in this test of patience, but it was a fun game."},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 28, 2013 @ 8:35am","epoch":1388219400,"text":"Innovative and fun gameplay. One thing though, shouldn't the bubble get bigger as it absorbs other bubbles?"},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 1:01am","epoch":1388278560,"text":"@jacklehamster: indeed it should. Note that there is working code and animation for that. At some point, the mouse was able to jump into the bubble and make it bigger by blowing inside (also not realistic), catching more wind, less gravity etc. That's why you are a mouse and the bubble is about your size. But floating like that to pass obstacle was not very fun: too much control and you stay inside playing a flying game, too little and you just watch yourself going in a bad direction."},{"author_name":"ManicTheNobody","author_uid":"23204","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1388959800,"text":"Like many others have said it was rather slow. I beat the first level in one go, but I gave up on the second level. I'm sure the addition of checkpoints makes the game more fun, but since I'm only judging the compo entry I only played the compo entry. Overall I enjoyed it. Nicely done."}],"images":["ld28\/11244-d76e3d1fc31e056c36499e09e1d3ee59.jpg","ld28\/11244-4f6de8b9b794b40761bf1d0eb803a6da.jpg","ld28\/11244-817ac0134a784440be19f2c8bbad761c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/flyingmaze.com\/games\/ld28\/","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/flyingmaze.com\/games\/ld28\/checkpoints.html","text":"Post-Compo (only added checkpoints)"},{"url":"http:\/\/flyingmaze.com\/games\/ld28\/thebubble.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22152","g_author":"11244","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22181","g_title":"The Bubble","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"296","g_commentcount":"24","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\/11244-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/11244-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/11244-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You only get one big bubble. Blow it around without letting it hits the ground.\r\n\r\nYour bubble absorbs the other mini golden bubbles and you eat the cheeses. Collect all of these to win.\r\n\r\nThe post-compo version is the same except that death just rewind time 10 seconds (use Enter key for the level restart of the compo version).","title":"The Bubble"}