{"author_link":"\/author\/nanolotl\/","author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","comments":[{"author_name":"Patacorow","author_uid":"6685","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1367153880,"text":"Your Angus is beautiful!"},{"author_name":"Flai","author_uid":"14346","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:18am","epoch":1367208780,"text":"Great looking but as awesome as potatoes are, it gets boring pretty fast just planting new potatoes :P"},{"author_name":"Waave","author_uid":"21500","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:20am","epoch":1367208900,"text":"Got stuck at the beehive, really nice though!"},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:42am","epoch":1367210220,"text":"Linux users: this works almost-perfectly in Ubuntu with WINE. For some reason the mouse pulls down constantly, which is very annoying, but it doesn't make the game unplayable. You need to &quot;look up&quot; first."},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:55am","epoch":1367211000,"text":"Any way to get &quot;past&quot; the beehive? Just want to know if I can in-fact reach the moon... ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Love the little growing animations, by the way. Very nice."},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:09am","epoch":1367211840,"text":"It is possible to reach the moon (ie. win the game). Sometimes it requires a bit of experimentation."},{"author_name":"Infernal","author_uid":"16392","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:32am","epoch":1367216820,"text":"Pow! straight to the moon! great job!"},{"author_name":"LrdKzrth","author_uid":"22257","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:42am","epoch":1367224620,"text":"POTATOES! Great game! :D"},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:43am","epoch":1367224680,"text":"Very interesting game, a bit too dark, yeah, there shouldn't be any light but the ground is completely black and the objetcs seem to be illuminated. I really liked it and I'll keep trying to reach the moon :)"},{"author_name":"johnste","author_uid":"5034","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:45am","epoch":1367224800,"text":"Fun game, I had fun experimenting my way towards the moon. I wish I could continue after finally reaching it."},{"author_name":"biscuitdough","author_uid":"4177","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:56am","epoch":1367225460,"text":"Liked how exploratory it was, wish more games were like this"},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1367249820,"text":"My favorite game so far!\r<br\/>Could use some music to help set the adventurous mood."},{"author_name":"Beerman","author_uid":"5206","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1367258280,"text":"Took a little thinking, but I made it to the moon. Great job."},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1367335080,"text":"&quot;Gentlemen, it's going to take a lot of potatoes, and a lot of flowers, but we'll make it to the moon come hell or high water.&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great little game, cute and funny. Some parts were a little hard to figure out how to progress (particularly the initial planting potatoes) but not TOO hard. I don't know what an angus is, but I want one!"},{"author_name":"AstroEngiSci","author_uid":"13579","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1367335800,"text":"One of the best LD entries I've played so far. The problem-solving element was great, and the graphics were really nice. Well done. Well done."},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1367336400,"text":"Cool!"},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1367352120,"text":"I love your style, but without watching the video I would never figure out how to create giant potato ;)"},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:44am","epoch":1367379540,"text":"I love a happy Angus! I loved this game!"},{"author_name":"Monxcleyr Productions","author_uid":"18483","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:56am","epoch":1367380260,"text":"Very fun game. I really liked how you had to use all the materials at your disposal to come up with a solution - very experimental. I was dangerously close to giving up a couple times, and maybe the player could be introduced to the mechanic in a more lenient way. That said, I made it to the moon so maybe it worked out just fine!\r<br\/>The graphics and animation were great and I enjoyed the nonsensical mood of the game.  Awesome stuff."},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:21am","epoch":1367385360,"text":"Good concept. However the camera keeps moving up made me feel dizzy."},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:25am","epoch":1367385600,"text":"@lekochen the camera-always-moves-up thing is an issue that occurs when the window borders are not the default size. Unfortunately I have no clue how to fix this. On Windows 7 a border padding value of 4 and an active title bar size of 21 generally fixes it."},{"author_name":"gmaker","author_uid":"20390","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:08am","epoch":1367388180,"text":"really nice! )"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:14am","epoch":1367388540,"text":"Holy moly what an awesome and bizarre series of puzzles.  I never felt cheated."},{"author_name":"TenTonToon","author_uid":"11273","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:20am","epoch":1367388900,"text":"Impressive &quot;Minecraft&quot; vibe for an LD48 game! The exploration of the mechanics is a nice concept, but needs the player to think outside of the box a little too much; it's easy to get bored of planting potatoes if you don't happen to find the way to get the giant potato and move the experience forward.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There's also the &quot;potato&quot; thing, that it's sort of a love\/hate matter in this edition, and I tend more to the later than to the former :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Congratulations! :)"},{"author_name":"KilledByAPixel","author_uid":"2075","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:32am","epoch":1367465220,"text":"That was absolutely brilliant! I loved it, so imaginative and it made me feel awesome to win. I think one thing you should do is change the end so you actually get to fly away to the moon."},{"author_name":"PsenFilip","author_uid":"20764","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:21am","epoch":1367468160,"text":"I had fun with this puzzly entry. Too bad it is short.\r<br\/>I would say the beginning is so boring and grindy I almost gave up. Anyway it is worth the run!\r<br\/>Missed some background music to add on the mood though"},{"author_name":"psychopsam","author_uid":"12354","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:19am","epoch":1367486040,"text":"Only got to the beehive before resorting to cheats.  Great concept, just needed an extra clue to continue.  Nice work."},{"author_name":"Alex Camilleri","author_uid":"3732","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 9:03am","epoch":1367571480,"text":"Very interesting. I gave up after a while, though :("},{"author_name":"StMatn","author_uid":"18894","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:55am","epoch":1367578200,"text":"Weird, but cool game. I really had fun playing, although, I needed the walkthrough, to complete the game. Good work!"},{"author_name":"NaoisTheGuardian","author_uid":"22501","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1367712840,"text":"Cant run it, I get to the press space part and when I do, it stops working, and I have to press escape to close it."},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1367756820,"text":"Excelent, really loved this one... Ultimate Angus made me LOL... :)"},{"author_name":"Sestren","author_uid":"10343","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1367791680,"text":"Cool graphical style, and, while the objective wasn't always immediately clear, it was decent enough that I was always able to figure out what to do next in a fair amount of time. Good job!"},{"author_name":"jimday","author_uid":"24082","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1368029400,"text":"HAHA! very nice little game. I like it!\r<br\/>angus..lol"},{"author_name":"jimday","author_uid":"24082","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:17pm","epoch":1368029520,"text":"but how to vote this game? I can not find it anywhere..."},{"author_name":"atraxgames","author_uid":"15195","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1368045960,"text":"I loved it, it's very creative, trying to things with the environment it's very entertaining"},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1368196320,"text":"Fabulous adventure!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- SEPHY (@sephyka)"},{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1368561600,"text":"I cannot describe to you how much I love this. It just hits all the right points for me. Great job, really great job."},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 7:26am","epoch":1368775260,"text":"amazing game\r<br\/>loved it in every way possible\r<br\/>\r<br\/>well done :D"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1368834780,"text":"absolutely fabulous -- great imagination -- and great use of theme -- lots of fun"}],"images":["ld26\/4470-f5c79d96156a521a77c6f89fc83f207a.jpg","ld26\/4470-c1491080745f39ddd0a01d168a0a2840.jpg","ld26\/4470-775fdee9f48ab83415228f5300e10503.jpg","ld26\/4470-9fdac19f19ee207cf647c5fa4a92b90b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/47598017\/Ludum%20Dare%20Entries\/Reach%20the%20Moon.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/47598017\/Ludum%20Dare%20Entries\/Nanominimal1.gmx.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26755","g_author":"4470","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26785","g_title":"Reach the Moon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"90","g_commentcount":"39","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\/4470-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/4470-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/4470-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/4470-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Reach the Moon is a short game set in an empty world.\r\nFeatures potatoes and other interactive objects. The game does have an ending which requires some experimentation to reach.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD Keys: Movement\r\nMouse: Look around\r\nMouse Buttons: Interact\r\nEnter: Free the mouse\r\nEsc: Quit\r\n\r\nThis is very different to any game I have made before so it was very interesting to work on. \r\n\r\nA Let's Play can be found here: (SPOILERS) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ln8Gbn2W6OQ\r\n\r\n<\/p>","title":"Reach the Moon"}