{"author_link":"\/author\/pickensincorporated\/","author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","comments":[{"author_name":"Sherun","author_uid":"26280","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1377557160,"text":"The digging is motivating to play again"},{"author_name":"Drachlen","author_uid":"27311","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1377558480,"text":"I love the mining \/ oxygen concept. I think if you add more variety to levels, more stuff to dig up, maybe even some upgrades, you could really expand this into something great."},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:07am","epoch":1377572520,"text":"Very nice and fun. The controls and music are good. I survived until the sudden death."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:19am","epoch":1377598440,"text":"Thank you so much to everyone who played, and thanks for the praise :D - It's great to hear I made a game that was fun, and will definitely take into account the suggestions people have made :)"},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:19am","epoch":1377602040,"text":"Nice little gem, too hard for me though. :)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:26am","epoch":1377602460,"text":"@Tanser\r<br\/>Thanks so much :D"},{"author_name":"Foxtacy","author_uid":"12398","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1377604560,"text":"Very nice! and my comments are pretty much what everyone else already said so far :) No additional complaints\/comments ^_^"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1377607620,"text":"@Foxtacy Thanks as well :D really appreciate it!"},{"author_name":"almightyzentaco","author_uid":"25879","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1377608700,"text":"Very satisfying gameplay. The music was nice too. Only question is why is the .exe so freakishly big?"},{"author_name":"almightyzentaco","author_uid":"25879","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1377608760,"text":"Played and rated, good game!"},{"author_name":"dom2d","author_uid":"1893","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1377609360,"text":"Surprisingly fun to blast through, probably because finding bubbles is so rewarding!"},{"author_name":"AnnaGavaldaKedavra","author_uid":"17388","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1377609360,"text":"Quite fun and engaging, mining is always great."},{"author_name":"Clodial","author_uid":"17897","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:46pm","epoch":1377610860,"text":"That was really really fun XD\r<br\/>Though, I never reached a sudden death or anything. I'm definitely going to continue playing this little game!"},{"author_name":"Fede3751","author_uid":"26899","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1377612060,"text":"Fun game and cool idea! :D"},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1377613380,"text":"Gameplay was really cool, could've used better visuals though. But otherwise, really good!"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1377639120,"text":"Thanks to everyone! :D You all have made my summer, letting me know I made something fun :)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1377639540,"text":"@almightyzentaco Thanks :), I don't know why its so large.  I'm going to develop it more, and give it better visuals, and I will definitely do my best to optimise it!"},{"author_name":"designatius","author_uid":"26218","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:05pm","epoch":1377644400,"text":"Simple, fun and addictive. Good work!"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1377645180,"text":"@designatius Thank you :D"},{"author_name":"Joxno","author_uid":"25136","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1377645300,"text":"Really cool and got me playing for a while, nice!"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1377646560,"text":"@Joxno Thanks :)"},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:09am","epoch":1377648240,"text":"Fun game! The main menu could be controlled with the keyboard as well, otherwise the flow (from the menu to the game... and then back to the menu) breaks in the transition.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Regarding the exe file it's definitely not normal for a game so short to be that &quot;big&quot;. I can totally see the file size being a deal-breaker for some potential players so here's my advice; Ensure you are not compiling your project with &quot;include debug information&quot; (A &quot;build for release&quot; option\/profile should be available in most dev environments) and also see if your IDE\/toolchain offers the option to &quot;strip&quot; unneded\/unused symbols when compiling. That usually removes any portion of code that your game is not ACTUALLY using (sometimes your game gets compiled together with the FULL runtime and libraries you are using even when you call a function or two from them)."},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:11am","epoch":1377651960,"text":"Funny and stressful game, maybe a bit too hard."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:46am","epoch":1377679260,"text":"@ConflictiveLabs Thank you for your feedback, I really do appreciate it, and will look into this right now :D)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@iterative deepening heh, thank you, It is quite hard."},{"author_name":"wally2069","author_uid":"5461","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1377703860,"text":"Maybe the graphic for bomb and air bubble should be different colors or shapes or something"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1377717060,"text":"@wally2069 Thanks for the feedback. Don't worry, when my sprite artist turns up, the game will get a complete graphical overhaul! :D"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1377718140,"text":"Ha ha, fun little game! I like it, you immediately grasp the interest and it's good to run. Reminds me of Boulder Dash for some reason, although it's actually quite different. Nice entry!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>BTW I'll check this page often to see if you have uploaded source. I'll take a look at why it is so big a file as you requested on the blog :)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1377721980,"text":"@Lightmare Studio Thank you for your kind words :) I will upload the source right now, check back in about five minutes :D - and thank you! :D"},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:37am","epoch":1377747120,"text":"Cool game, really enjoyed it. Regarding the file size, uncompressed audio files are usually the culprit for that sort of thing. Hope you can get it sorted out, this one deserves to have more people check it out :)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1377772800,"text":"@jay griffin :D Thanks for the praise and advice! You made The\r<br\/>Duellists! I really enjoyed your game :)"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1377792720,"text":"Well yep, no mystery here! You have ~3Mb of sound effects, and 110Mb of music! 3'30&quot; is awfully long for an uncompressed .wav. I'm pretty sure GM8 accepts MP3, so you should definitely go for it when it comes to BGMs. You can keep .wav for SFX, though."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1377800460,"text":"@Lightmare Studio Really? MP3 is better for bgm's than wav? Okay, thanks so much for your help!"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1377801840,"text":"Oh my God! Thanks to Lightmare Studios, the file size has reduced from 110 mb to just 16! Freaking amazing!"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1377804180,"text":"When I try to download it from the google-drive, I get a 404 Error. That's really sad, because the game seems to be fun."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1377809100,"text":"Are you sure?\r<br\/>Ill try re-uploading."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1377809220,"text":"Try again now."},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1377819180,"text":"Make holes in the ground is really fun for a bit.\r<br\/>You can add some more stuff and make a really interesting game. :)"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:44am","epoch":1377830340,"text":"Cool survival concept! The music fit well with the gameplay.\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"Lightmare Studio","author_uid":"24728","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:55am","epoch":1377863400,"text":"@Pickens Inc. &gt; No problem! Yeah MP3 is a compressed format while WAV is lossless. You seldom need lossless sound, believe me :)"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1377864240,"text":"A smart little game with a nice mechanic. Maybe a little more variety would be nice but I enjoyed playing this."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1377886800,"text":"@panurge Thank you! I am planning, once I've had the graphical overhaul, to add a tonne of content :D"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1377891060,"text":"Wow, this was actually MORE fun than I expected :D\r<br\/>The music is really great, and I like just running around and spamming those gravity-defying bombs.\r<br\/>Then suddenly an alarm rang and the music changed, and I was like &quot;WTF!&quot; and then it rained giant drills. Really cool."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1377900900,"text":"@kilanc09 Thanks :D I am most proud of my Sudden Death :)"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1377959040,"text":"The explosions made it worth playing again :)"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 3:20am","epoch":1378091700,"text":"This is so addictive! I just wished I could get some power ups to increase the oxygen. Gotta love the digging. Add more power ups, more terrain and random items to find and I could spend hours playing."},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 10:26am","epoch":1378117260,"text":"@hbocao Thanks for the kind words! You are (and I am) in luck, I was planning to do just that! Just as I give this game a graphical overhaul."},{"author_name":"Antidote","author_uid":"27803","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1378145040,"text":"Good game ^^ Wish it was easier to download (Please add another download link that just works xD Dropbox maybe?)"},{"author_name":"Pickens Inc.","author_uid":"25346","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 10:38am","epoch":1378290780,"text":"Wow not had a play in a very long time D:"},{"author_name":"UnorthodoxGames","author_uid":"26617","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1379081280,"text":"Ahh this is super fun. I really love the music too! Great stuff!"},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1379081760,"text":"nice game with great graphics,\r<br\/>but gameplay is bored"},{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1379193420,"text":"Very nice work! Cute little destruction game. I don't really think the the theme was designed for building and or destruction games, but you made it work! Nice sounds, good graphics. Alright animations. 8\/10"},{"author_name":"Oxygamer","author_uid":"27817","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1379344260,"text":"good work"}],"images":["ld27\/25346-1011e6ae5fbef18f107f3e7626ce6402.jpg","ld27\/25346-63248c622660c01366e9bfca57158d9c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/xuymfztsycj22rr\/Pressurized.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B9gjt2leQsDIUmx1bFc0SFgwV2c\/edit?usp=sharing","text":"Source (.GM81)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22868","g_author":"25346","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22898","g_title":"Pressurized","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"282","g_commentcount":"52","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\/\/273708\/25346-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/25346-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\r\n*Updated so file size has been vastly reduced from 110 MB to 16MB* \r\n\r\nThanks to LightMare Studios for the help on optimization. Check out their entry!\r\n\r\n*Updated win condition*\r\n\r\nSorry for the vomit-inducing graphics. I am so, so sorry. In time, I will have them replaced by my Sprite artist buddy.\r\n\r\nA game where oxygen must be replenished while mining frantically to find the exit. Locate the end or simply play for points!","title":"Pressurized"}