{"author_link":"\/author\/jolle\/","author_name":"jolle","author_uid":"9","comments":[{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:55am","epoch":1367203800,"text":"the map is a little bit small :D, just kidding, looks great"},{"author_name":"Perry","author_uid":"15778","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:46am","epoch":1367206860,"text":"Wow super ambitious. I like it, I filled in the whole map, I just wish there were more fluctuations, I liked watching the buildings grow and migrate, but now my game has stabalized. Either way, awesome entry. Looks magnificent."},{"author_name":"Kimau","author_uid":"15","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1367239260,"text":"Hypnotic just playing with the simulation and finding ways to change things up. Really loved it."},{"author_name":"danielcmessias","author_uid":"17950","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1367250780,"text":"Awesome for 48 hours!"},{"author_name":"SeruK","author_uid":"23360","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1367251380,"text":"What really sold it for me was how all of a sudden, after just drawing some roads, I had a city with an industrial zone. Just incredibly cool for such a tiny little game."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1367258880,"text":"Neat sim program. I'd like to see you do a post-LD version of it."},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1367267880,"text":"How did you... and the... and even... in the... and only in 48... but... and... I'm speechless! And you're awesome!"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1367268240,"text":"Isn't it strange how such a &quot;simple&quot; idea can grow legs and just take over your brain? There's really nothing going on when you first look at this game, but it quickly sneaks up and kicks you in the ass. I really love what's going on under the hood, so to speak. Great use of theme. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"DalsGames","author_uid":"8389","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1367268480,"text":"Fooled around with it, liked it a lot. Could need some more depth thought but it fitted the theme well."},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1367269140,"text":"Really liked it. It felt less like a game and more like a city-painting toy, which was awesome. Kind of like SimCity on zen mode."},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1367269140,"text":"Opened up some simcity music in youtube and forgot the time. Very fun game. I played a lot of games today, but I think this is the one I spent the most time on, just because it is so damn fun.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think I am going to play this game a little longer"},{"author_name":"VDOgamez","author_uid":"1634","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1367269560,"text":"I don't know how gamey this is but I had a lot of fun playing with this. This was a really impressive thing to make in this amount of time. I'm having fun seeing what develops in the silly designs I'm making. It would be neat to see more with this kind of thing."},{"author_name":"dick_claus","author_uid":"11148","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1367269800,"text":"I'd love to see cars going around the city. \r<br\/>Also the disasters would be fun."},{"author_name":"Markavian","author_uid":"10967","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1367272500,"text":"Couldn't stop playing this, so simple, but very rewarding."},{"author_name":"reverso13","author_uid":"12353","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1367338800,"text":"Cool"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1367338980,"text":"Wow, amazing !"},{"author_name":"billknye","author_uid":"1863","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1367338980,"text":"Really compelling entry on the minimalism theme.  Felt bad wrecking so many houses expanding my roads though.  Great work!"},{"author_name":"Spanfile","author_uid":"13292","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1367339040,"text":"This is better than SimCity 5!"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1367339400,"text":"Wow 5000+ residents, it was nice playing this little toybox, thank you :)"},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1367339400,"text":"That was really cool! I ended up drawing silly pictures with the roads... Trying to trace a Bulbasaur sprite got me up to about 5,000 people, which was nifty."},{"author_name":"Khaldrin","author_uid":"21078","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1367339820,"text":"Wow. Simply amazing! Smooth graphics and - strangely enough - addictive gameplay. This one should have some music and - minimalistic - sounds. Otherwise great contribution. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Jonny D","author_uid":"654","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1367340180,"text":"Very good.  The sim got frustrated when I scattered single road spots.  When I deleted them, the city started growing again in unrelated places."},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1367442120,"text":"The screenshots look awesome. Unfortunately I'm on a Mac :("},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1367792640,"text":"Better then the real new SimCity :D Really enjoyed it to play this game"},{"author_name":"thedaian","author_uid":"241","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 8:57am","epoch":1367830320,"text":"Overall, a better city building game than the recent Sim City 2013. Though it only becomes apparent once you look at the other views and realise there's more to everything than you first think."},{"author_name":"naughtyloose","author_uid":"7317","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 9:55am","epoch":1367833800,"text":"cool little game. The only thing thats bothering me is the middle mouse button (didn't work on my mouse) and that there isn't much to do after a while."},{"author_name":"Nonameghost","author_uid":"20603","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1367859720,"text":"Tons of fun. Very ambitious for a 48 hour game. I had a lot of fun experimenting, I think I'll be late for work now because I was so embedded in this game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"kyyninen","author_uid":"21389","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1367861700,"text":"This was surprisingly fun! It was quite impressive seeing small neighborhoods turning into high-rises when you build a bypass through them to help congested main roads. Seeing some spots becoming industrial zones and some shopping centers almost organically was amusing and perplexing! I think I'll be playing with this for a long time."},{"author_name":"Lerc","author_uid":"20","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1368105660,"text":"It is the small hours of the morning.  I'm not sure how that happened.  I have a population of 11127."},{"author_name":"BenW","author_uid":"128","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 2:27am","epoch":1368238920,"text":"Neat little toy, I liked watching the different layers as the city changed. It seemed odd to me that all the industrial would cluster in the middle with the commercial to the outside of it."},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1368287700,"text":"Downloaded this game a week ago though tried it out first now as of time scheduling issues. A extremely great game which I loved to play, holding my thumbs for you to win! Loved the use of 3D and the innovative automatic growth! Couldn't figure out how to zoom out, scrolling didn't work for me?"},{"author_name":"jolle","author_uid":"9","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1368466800,"text":"Sorry oskardevelopment, there's no zooming."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 3:50am","epoch":1368675900,"text":"it would be better if you would force me to logon before playing -- nice job"}],"images":["ld26\/9-deb4f97fadbd55a06f4c5defa63e7b04.jpg","ld26\/9-f71763b0fb4952a7f9f2ff56c5fdb7e2.jpg","ld26\/9-9d78072f99d157474f9946db09909b1f.jpg","ld26\/9-bbe38a060556f853a4359e0faf5001c0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jolle.se\/48h\/26\/jolle-minisim-ld26.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/jolle.se\/48h\/26\/jolle-minisim-ld26-src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25073","g_author":"9","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25103","g_title":"MiniSim","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"68","g_commentcount":"33","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\/\/233892\/9-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/9-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/9-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/9-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a minimalistic city sim game, where you can only build roads or demolish stuff.\r\n\r\nThere's no specific goal (it is a sim game, after all). Just play around until you're happy. Maybe try get a large population, or many skyscrapers.\r\n\r\nLeft click to build road.\r\nRight click to demolish.\r\nHold middle to pan.\r\nKeys 1-8 changes view.\r\n\r\nCity growth might not always behave as you would expect. Changing view might help.","title":"MiniSim"}