{"author_link":"\/author\/tritax\/","author_name":"Tritax","author_uid":"5232","comments":[{"author_name":"4urentertainment","author_uid":"11521","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1346178540,"text":"Despite the lack of polish, this was actually a really enjoyable game! I found it very nice that you guys created this as a family effort, kudos to you!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only gripe about it is the control scheme was rather weird and a bit frustrating to use. Always try to be intuitive with your design. Instead of having one button to jump, one button to eat and a third one that makes the player shake...I'm not sure what that does, you could have actually grouped them all into an action button, that changes depending on what you're doing, or better yet, just make one button for jumping, and eating those creatures is done automatically when you touch them. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>But other than that, fun game!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 2:09am","epoch":1346292240,"text":"great job -- our family made a game too -- hope you had as much fun as we did."},{"author_name":"jplur","author_uid":"1066","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 3:48am","epoch":1346384580,"text":"Actually I think this is pretty polished, novel idea and the level design was well though out, great job!"},{"author_name":"Cipher","author_uid":"13577","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1346509080,"text":"Cant run. Says no suitable graphics card found :("},{"author_name":"demonpants","author_uid":"531","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 4:09am","epoch":1346817840,"text":"Looks nifty. Chance for a Mac version?"},{"author_name":"patrickgh3","author_uid":"14266","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 4:36am","epoch":1346819460,"text":"That's pretty cool you guys made this game as a family. I thought the game mechanic and the level design were pretty solid. It would have been better if you told the player what &quot;burst&quot; meant. I only figured it out after I restarted from the title screen once. But I had a lot of fun!"},{"author_name":"sev_inf","author_uid":"13588","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 5:41am","epoch":1346823360,"text":"Pretty good game, I really enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1346847300,"text":"Can't play XNA games in Linux."},{"author_name":"aitorman","author_uid":"11341","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1346853420,"text":"There is a bug In the right part of the second level where after getting the spider's ability if i go right the screen doesn't scroll right and i fall through the level so I can't valorate all the levels, but the concept is great so I have givent it a good punctuation"},{"author_name":"Josh @ Dreamland","author_uid":"5818","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1347111720,"text":"Unfortunately, the game makes WINE explode. Re-scanning the description, I realize it's because it's XNA."},{"author_name":"NiceAlexanderAS","author_uid":"7045","time":"Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1347210960,"text":"Interesting idea! Nice work :D"},{"author_name":"LPGhatguy","author_uid":"14296","time":"Sep 10, 2012 @ 1:04am","epoch":1347238740,"text":"A very interesting concept! A family game for the jam was an awesome idea, I hope you guys had a lot of fun with that."},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 2:50am","epoch":1347417900,"text":"Niiice! Great idea to turn your blob into anything it &quot;touches.&quot; Okay, the blob eats them, so I won't feel to sympathetic.\r<br\/>In addition, that's awesome that the whole family pitched in towards developing the game."},{"author_name":"Khayet","author_uid":"9592","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 11:34am","epoch":1347449340,"text":"Although the comments sound really tempting, I don't want to install XNA Redistributable now."},{"author_name":"Khayet","author_uid":"9592","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1347462900,"text":"Pretty cool game, I especially like the idea that you can choose which animals to eat in order to progress. The graphics were also nice and you succeeded in creating a functioning platforming system. \r<br\/>I did get stuck once or twice, though. Therefore, a fast respawn system would be a nice addition."},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Sep 15, 2012 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1347724080,"text":"A lot of fun! Good job :) People seriously need to stop leaving comments on games that are only available for Windows, just to say that they don't work on another OS under emulation - especially when that game is written on a framework\/engine that everyone knows doesn't work well under emulation."},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Sep 16, 2012 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1347827280,"text":"Interesting game. The controls feel a little weird. It's strange that as a spider I am able to walk the ceiling but not on a wall ^^\r<br\/>Overall it was a fun game."},{"author_name":"RawBits","author_uid":"5167","time":"Sep 16, 2012 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1347832500,"text":"This game has too awesome graphics my video card can't handle apperantly... sad because I'm jealous of you having everyone in the family contribute to the game together."}],"images":["ld24\/5232-fc6169fb7988eddbeaf24b161554067f.jpg","ld24\/5232-0c7a3fc2f4c028868c42a47a4092d392.jpg","ld24\/5232-f4f4722a49a71dcd39ab6681b1aa145a.jpg","ld24\/5232-ba5e586b974d8c00679e483c4c0b3dc7.jpg","ld24\/5232-b2b5e2df450d20fad7ad88d5d32e4ff1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/48714596\/EvoBlob\/EvoBlob.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Tritax\/EvoBlob","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28908","g_author":"5232","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"28938","g_title":"EvoBlob","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"133","g_commentcount":"18","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\/\/163678\/5232-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5232-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5232-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5232-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/5232-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"EvoBlob is a side-scrolling, puzzle game.  You must eat critters you find around the levels to evolve new abilities that you can then use to overcome the obstacles preventing you from eating the super awesome golden nugget.\r\n\r\nAlso included is a level editor you can use to create your own levels (you can even use your own 32x32 tiles if you like)!\r\n\r\n=== Game Controls === \r\nMovement:  Arrow keys, VI keys, or Joypad\r\nJump:      Z or A button\r\nEat:       X or X button\r\nExplode:   Hold A or Y button (in case you get trapped)\r\n\r\n\r\n=== Requirements === \r\nYou'll need the XNA 4.0 Redistributable, available at:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\n\r\nEvoBlob was also a family game jam:\r\nDad - code\r\nMom - level design\r\nTeen - graphics, level design\r\nToddler - game design, supervision\r\n\r\n\r\nWe hope you enjoy playing it as much as we did creating it.  Feedback is welcome and encouraged! :D<\/p>","title":"EvoBlob"}