{"author_link":"\/author\/otaviogood\/","author_name":"otaviogood","author_uid":"12630","comments":[{"author_name":"Arkazon","author_uid":"6492","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1335205860,"text":"Overall that was good fun, I would say that some of the sounds are a bit too similar though."},{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:51am","epoch":1335246360,"text":"Brilliant work. I loved the little story in between levels. The hand coming in gave me a good laugh, since it made no sense. The sounds and graphics are great, and it's really fun. Also, I absolutely LOVED it when the fish tank got low on water. It was dreadful and hilarious at the same time - they were all shaking and clearly knew they were about to die. Amazing work!"},{"author_name":"LukeRissacher","author_uid":"10956","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:49am","epoch":1335249840,"text":"Nice, really enjoyed this. The story between levels was really fun and thought-provoking (the Matrix is everywhere Neo :). Liked the mechanic of the mating calls too."},{"author_name":"hungyg","author_uid":"8391","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1335285300,"text":"great art and programming! some of the sounds are too similar, making it a bit too hard. The story is ok too. Good job!"},{"author_name":"karnakgames","author_uid":"2465","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1335291780,"text":"I'm with LukeRissacher: a game about the Matrix, good work!"},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:53am","epoch":1335318480,"text":"couldn't get it to run on my mac or linux machines"},{"author_name":"CherryNukaCola","author_uid":"4966","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:05am","epoch":1335319200,"text":"Conceptually, comes across as funny at first, then you end up feeling sad for those poor fishies. I do wish that fish dragging was a little faster and that there might be a visual way for people to see 'pairs' - like maybe a speech bubble when they call? Otherwise, strangely compelling - cheers!"},{"author_name":"Gabriel","author_uid":"11099","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:08am","epoch":1335319380,"text":"Great, one of the best I've rated so far! Nice casual game with a smart, organic progression system and an unexpected good story! This one got me thinking. Congratulations! :)"},{"author_name":"jeroenimooo","author_uid":"9361","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:20am","epoch":1335341700,"text":"No suitable graphics card :s i will have to wait till i get home to my pc"},{"author_name":"gavin5564","author_uid":"5689","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:41am","epoch":1335342960,"text":"Great game, I really liked the concept. It was unique to the other games I have rated so far. Good job!"},{"author_name":"R3ason","author_uid":"6105","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 2:17am","epoch":1335492720,"text":"Clever! Some similar sounds, but all around pretty ingenious and fun; thanks!"},{"author_name":"crazyheckman","author_uid":"7321","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 3:44am","epoch":1335497940,"text":"I can't play it on my laptop, if you go into the project settings and switch to Reach mode, more people will be able to play."},{"author_name":"johannhat","author_uid":"3014","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 4:21am","epoch":1335500160,"text":"Cute idea! I didn't notice it until the fourth or fifth level, but the water running down as a timer and hurdle worked really well. I also loved the small story segments that came after each level. Some of the sounds sounded too similar or didn't happen as often as they should have (Especially in the later levels, where one fish had the tenacity to make the same call five times in a row with the other fish silence.) but an excellent effort!"},{"author_name":"xBlinkedx","author_uid":"8072","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 7:17am","epoch":1335510720,"text":"Pretty good, I like the little movement patterns of the fish."},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1335531840,"text":"I has no windows.  Only macos.  :-("},{"author_name":"schizofunky","author_uid":"11944","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1335629100,"text":"very nice original idea and quite a sweet story!"},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1335640020,"text":"Great fun game! Definitely one of my favorites of the compo.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Some of the sounds were either identical or only off by a tiny bit. I like the idea of a speech bubble as an alternative for sound, each has a symbol or something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The controls weren't intuitive. At first I kept click click click clicking, dragging the fish in little spurts, until I realized I could click and hold, and the fish would just follow."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 9:32am","epoch":1335691620,"text":"I can't run it because my computer doesn't have a &quot;HiDef&quot; compatible video card.  Sorry :'("},{"author_name":"RandomOutput","author_uid":"11581","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1335734880,"text":"Very nice take on the classic matching game, and a perfect concept to go with the tiny world theme.  The story in between is quite nice.  I had fun. Made it through level 8 before it got overwhelming."},{"author_name":"Yapikom","author_uid":"7497","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 7:14am","epoch":1335942540,"text":"Finished the story, fun and original. I could almost se religious undertones in the story and mythbuilding among the fishes. The sounds may have been a little to similiar for us with no musical ear."},{"author_name":"tfendall","author_uid":"3275","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 5:36am","epoch":1336023060,"text":"Simple, but fun - the definition of elegance. Nicely done."},{"author_name":"Datamosh","author_uid":"10942","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 5:59am","epoch":1336024440,"text":"Really fun game! As said by others, more sound variety would've been great.  I thought that the realistic water didn't match the fishes, but it didn't bothered me when playing."},{"author_name":"Gunmonkey","author_uid":"12096","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 8:05am","epoch":1336118400,"text":"pretty fun"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1336751340,"text":"XNA Games don't run in Wine."},{"author_name":"Raptor85","author_uid":"7131","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1336772880,"text":"can't test, XNA won't run under WINE on linux"}],"images":["ld23\/12630-ed1d3e174732983ce8f876fd55342c90.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.collectingsmiles.com\/temp\/LoveInTheTimeOfFishbowls.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.collectingsmiles.com\/temp\/LoveInTheTimeOfFishbowlsC.zip","text":"Windows more compatibility"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.collectingsmiles.com\/temp\/LoveInTheTimeOfFishbowls.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30214","g_author":"12630","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30244","g_title":"love in the time of fishbowls","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"239","g_commentcount":"25","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\/\/123793\/12630-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a game about listening to your fishies to help them find love. Make sure audio is working and turned on. It requires XNA, so I included the installer for the redist.\r\n\r\nI just compiled a more compatible XNA version using the \"reach\" compiler option. Same exact game, but it should work on more computers. So use that one.<\/p>","title":"love in the time of fishbowls"}