{"author_link":"\/author\/rab236\/","author_name":"rab236","author_uid":"7804","comments":[{"author_name":"Nolojen","author_uid":"23082","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1367247300,"text":"nice work, clean minimalist graphics style, nice font.  movement definitely challenging!"},{"author_name":"geepit","author_uid":"7990","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1367247660,"text":"Movement was interesting and cool. Pretty fun quickly turning and flicking the balls away with your tail"},{"author_name":"Idovoodoo","author_uid":"18162","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1367247960,"text":"Hard to control at first but I like the concept, well done! :)"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1367248080,"text":"Quite fun, once you can hang of the controls."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1367249040,"text":"This is pretty great. I love the style and colors!"},{"author_name":"ElScootro","author_uid":"14881","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1367250300,"text":"Couldn't get it to work. Got to the menu screen, but clicking PLAY produced no results. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Mac OSX 10.7.5 Chrome browser\r<br\/>Let me know if you get it working or if I'm missing something so I can play!"},{"author_name":"Nakato","author_uid":"13667","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1367250480,"text":"Control is difficult at the beginning but with time, become correct and cool ;)\r<br\/>Nice job"},{"author_name":"rab236","author_uid":"7804","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1367250540,"text":"Huh, that's odd. I'm also on Chrome on 10.7.5. My only suggestion is try refreshing or a different browser. I honestly don't have any idea why it's not working for you."},{"author_name":"Merkoth","author_uid":"22272","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1367250720,"text":"I like the idea and the minimalistic graphics, but the controls are kind of a turn off at the beginning. Cool concept."},{"author_name":"ataxkt","author_uid":"14547","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1367250840,"text":"Quite nice, the controls took a bit too much from me though, I didn't feel very in control!"},{"author_name":"ZeroDivide","author_uid":"20934","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1367253840,"text":"The controls make sense at first, but once you lose a chunk or two, it starts to make no sense. It seems it still depends on the &quot;missing&quot; chunks' weight."},{"author_name":"artifex","author_uid":"20979","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1367256720,"text":"Addictive. Very fucking addictive. Excellent concept. You got it."},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1367259240,"text":"I really like the controls, makes you feel all amoeba-like."},{"author_name":"Cirrial","author_uid":"1620","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1367259600,"text":"Interesting take on the snake-like genre. I like your game, although the controls are very hard to work with. I realise this is the intent, though."},{"author_name":"Kortuga98","author_uid":"12952","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1367262300,"text":"Kind of strange movement, at times it felt like I couldn't really control my 'moeba. Good game though, interesting concept."},{"author_name":"SenorDiablo","author_uid":"20137","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1367263560,"text":"interesting idea well achieved"},{"author_name":"dasrkrain","author_uid":"20241","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1367264400,"text":"Cool idea! Loved the way he moves randomly!"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1367267760,"text":"Was pretty amusing!"},{"author_name":"Michael Hall","author_uid":"20062","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1367269440,"text":"Really innovative and interesting concept, but those sounds were extremely annoying."},{"author_name":"TobiasL","author_uid":"21947","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1367273460,"text":"Nice work. Though it was really hard to control when I had only one dot left :)"},{"author_name":"rab236","author_uid":"7804","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1367273880,"text":"I may or may not have forgotten to remove the mass of the tail pieces once they're removed. It was on my todo list, I swear :P"},{"author_name":"daydalus","author_uid":"7722","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:32am","epoch":1367288820,"text":"Game has a nice minimalist look.  I found controlling the &quot;snake&quot; a bit too sluggish and difficult to collect the balls."},{"author_name":"rab236","author_uid":"7804","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1367289060,"text":"Oh, but that's the challenge. You need to learn to be the amoeba :)"},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:03am","epoch":1367290680,"text":"Liked the idea and concept. Hard to move a bit at first, but ultimately cool. Good work."},{"author_name":"McDonaldsWizard","author_uid":"22461","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:06am","epoch":1367294460,"text":"well executed concept. I really dig how the controls feel especially as your amoeba gets smaller and it feels different."},{"author_name":"neight","author_uid":"21813","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:22am","epoch":1367302620,"text":"This is a fun game, but I wish there was a little more character to it. The gameplay mechanic is awkwardly original and interesting, and I found myself determined to master it."},{"author_name":"Jubjub.","author_uid":"18307","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1367333760,"text":"I really suck at it, but I really love those physics! Was good fun. Thanks."},{"author_name":"whitetigle","author_uid":"2966","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1367337180,"text":"Hard to control but nice concept :)"},{"author_name":"anatolat","author_uid":"20525","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1367344500,"text":"Controls are really hard, but the idea is good."},{"author_name":"ilovepixel","author_uid":"13148","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1367352780,"text":"Great game! It felt a bit out of control some times."},{"author_name":"PixelOaks","author_uid":"15090","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:44am","epoch":1367372340,"text":"Pretty innovative, and quite challenging. It's one of those types of games that make you play it over and over until you get use to it."},{"author_name":"Komradus","author_uid":"11076","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1367375580,"text":"I am the amoeba king."},{"author_name":"boboKat","author_uid":"20222","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:48am","epoch":1367376180,"text":"The movement was definitely challenging!"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:13am","epoch":1367377680,"text":"Who doesn't like to flop their 'moeba around! (I have no idea what I'm doing)."},{"author_name":"Oliver Simon","author_uid":"7804","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:54am","epoch":1367380140,"text":"@Komradus, will you wear the red crown or the green?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@DaanVanYperen, I couldn't say I have any full idea of what I'm doing when I play either :p"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1367411880,"text":"Very cool concept! But the controls are unintutive."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:55am","epoch":1367481000,"text":"Very unusual controls for a snake, but unteresting new concept ;)"},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1367511540,"text":"Really couldn't get a handle on the controls. Aside from that, it's a neat game, good use of theme."},{"author_name":"Rafael Sales","author_uid":"22086","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1367529720,"text":"Interesting mechanic, really minimalist concept, but the controls are weird."},{"author_name":"PabloAlexandre31","author_uid":"10620","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 2:18am","epoch":1367633580,"text":"The controls are hard, but the idea is very interesting of move like a snake. Good Work!"},{"author_name":"Alucard J","author_uid":"22505","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 11:15am","epoch":1367665800,"text":"Also found the controls difficult, but really liked the idea and the physics. Was impressed how the tail moved and stayed relative to the other tail objects. Well Done =]"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1367690880,"text":"Pretty fun. I spent most of my time chasing after new brown segments to try to get back to original size."},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1367691060,"text":"No idea what was going on, but what was going on appeared really nice and clean."},{"author_name":"Oliver Simon","author_uid":"7804","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 12:34am","epoch":1367713740,"text":"Thanks all for the comments, compliments, and critiques. I do want to fix the movement and then develop this concept a bit more to see where it leads."},{"author_name":"patrickward","author_uid":"22335","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1367870880,"text":"Interesting idea. I had to play around a bit, before I understood the controls, but I think that's part of the challenge and the charm. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"JustinMullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1367884440,"text":"Huh, very cool.  The physics on the snake thing make it very interesting, and add a lot.  Well done!  My only complaint is the sound effects were a bit jarring."},{"author_name":"Oliver Simon","author_uid":"7804","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:26am","epoch":1367900460,"text":"Yeah. I didn't have much time so I just cranked a few things out of sfxr. I wish I had time both to make better sound effects and a soundtrack."},{"author_name":"lightnarcissus","author_uid":"20680","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1368070440,"text":"Intriguing game. Liked the simplistic concept which goes along quite well with the theme IMO."},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 5:28am","epoch":1368163380,"text":"Cute... now I know what it's like to live a day in the life of an amoeba."}],"images":["ld26\/7804-cf68c93e8a70dc790e284e378911a8c9.jpg","ld26\/7804-1f9272c1e9ba87c43cdebeabe363378d.jpg","ld26\/7804-f08d3de3861dca09ac37ceb86afb2319.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pseudovita.com\/projects\/%27moeba\/%27moeba.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25396","g_author":"7804","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25426","g_title":"'moeba","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"825","g_commentcount":"49","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\/7804-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7804-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7804-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Use the arrow keys to move around. Last for as long as you can. The challenge in the game is in the movement. Learn to be the amoeba.","title":"'moeba"}