{"author_link":"\/author\/mrspeaker\/","author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","comments":[{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:34am","epoch":1355740140,"text":"This is great concept!\r\rNice job for the map generation."},{"author_name":"Lidfrid","author_uid":"12884","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:43am","epoch":1355740680,"text":"The map generation is very cool,\r\rI hope you will solve the submitting problem!"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1355750580,"text":"Nice map generation! Lovely sounds and atmosphere. Sadly I could not find any red minerals even after 5 minutes of gameplay :S"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1355763960,"text":"Thanks dek! (That's what the "scouts" are for - sprinkle them around until they change size - size indicates mineable goodness ;)"},{"author_name":"Red Mike","author_uid":"14718","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1355767020,"text":"Somewhat odd instructions, but eventually figured it out. Interesting!"},{"author_name":"HardScore","author_uid":"19205","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1355773200,"text":"Very unique,I like it :)"},{"author_name":"Muu? (lanoiadimuu)","author_uid":"7264","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1355773860,"text":"I found lots of red stuff by just blowing up stuff at random positions without ever using scouts.\rEven with bomb tool selected the Earth rotated when I clicked, this caused some bomb misplacements.\rI actually blew up roughly 1\/4 of the planet before getting bored, does the game have other levels or a win condition?"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1355774760,"text":"Mining is a strange game: The only winning move is not to play. Also, this is LD - so the things like "enemies" and "some kind of point" were excluded due to time constraints ;)"},{"author_name":"Hazel","author_uid":"3026","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1355778300,"text":"Nice! I wasted a lot of money on scouts until I figured how the work, but it's a cool idea."},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1355778480,"text":"It's hard to understand, but it's fun. Great audio and mood!"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1355779140,"text":"Very cool, a nice unique game!"},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:37am","epoch":1355790720,"text":"Love it.\rWould love for the world itself to have depth ( really give the digging into it some impact - you can see these chunks ripped out of the earth ).\r\rI'd also consider changing the colour of the minerals from red to gold. Red made me think I'd uncovered magma."},{"author_name":"KWL_TW","author_uid":"18962","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1355803800,"text":"Cool!"},{"author_name":"mjcorm","author_uid":"19643","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:19am","epoch":1355811240,"text":"This has some great potential. Wonderful submission!"},{"author_name":"Udrian","author_uid":"18950","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1355836800,"text":"This game have potentials if expanded on, lacks goal and content right now. I really like the x-com styled globe that you perform your operations on!"},{"author_name":"ChainedLupine","author_uid":"1746","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1355850900,"text":"I agree with the red comment. I initially overlooked the minerals because I thought I had mined too far. :)\r\rLike the atmosphere, very spacey and abstract."},{"author_name":"Cthu","author_uid":"18793","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:43am","epoch":1355909880,"text":"Didn't find any minerals, but I love how everything looks and the overall mood\/ambiance."},{"author_name":"ananasblau","author_uid":"3562","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:08am","epoch":1355911380,"text":"four tries to understand later I made $37,000,000 and could go on like this. This is the stuff minecraft is missing. It's a game with potential."},{"author_name":"Niavlys","author_uid":"8666","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:51am","epoch":1355967960,"text":"Great idea, and it fits the theme perfectly! Map generation is great, but I wonder if it would be feasible to make it join on the sides, not to have this vertical separation (not sure if I'm saying it correctly ^^)\rI'm having trouble to beat it though, but I'll keep trying. :)"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 4:38am","epoch":1355977980,"text":"Good idea, very evil :p!"},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Jan 1, 2013 @ 3:30am","epoch":1357010700,"text":"Map generation? Nice!"}],"images":["ld25\/9199-3e9d8a800caf91d0b30f3815e4ec50f7.jpg","ld25\/9199-a046deb76916cc8e39d57a9acd39f3da.jpg","ld25\/9199-8781048d2306ffb2af7888f60f0b0d9b.jpg","ld25\/9199-cd826eeed2eb3ecdc9a64ded6b85461a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mrspeaker.net\/dev\/ld25\/","text":"Web (WebGL)"},{"url":"http:\/\/mrspeaker.net\/dev\/biominto\/","text":"Not-for-rating improved version!"},{"url":"http:\/\/mrspeaker.net\/dev\/ld25\/biomint.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27456","g_author":"9199","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27486","g_title":"BIOMINT","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"288","g_commentcount":"21","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\/\/201083\/9199-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/9199-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/9199-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/9199-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You play a mining giant who just want to earn a living. To earn this living, you send out probes around the globe (sprinkle them around - but watch it, they cost a bit) which detect the presence of valuable minerals. They will grow in size when they pass a vein.\r\n\r\nYou now know where you should blow up the earth - don't be stingy with the explosives (they're not so expensive). You'll need a fair bit to get to the core. With luck, you'll to uncover the red goodness.\r\n\r\nOnce you have unearthed some treasure, deploy a mine (careful, it's a bit pricy all this digging) to retrieve the goods and earn your coin while tilling the earth bare!\r\n\r\n[UPDATE: I spent a bit of time after the comp tweaking things in the \"improved\" version: you're punished by your shareholders if you blow up non-mineral-producing earth, you can mine the ocean now with (expensive) oil rigs, and I added some polar ice caps... just for fun] <\/p>","title":"BIOMINT"}