{"author_link":"\/author\/homelinen\/","author_name":"homelinen","author_uid":"11591","comments":[{"author_name":"Chtulhu","author_uid":"12980","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 1:18am","epoch":1335229980,"text":"non-QWERTY keyboards don't like WASD. Arrows are better."},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:33am","epoch":1335324480,"text":"I second that. And you should keep on building the game, it has potential!"},{"author_name":"sythe","author_uid":"8655","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 2:52am","epoch":1335667620,"text":"Complete rip-off of Osmos, sadly, so zero in the innovation department."},{"author_name":"CitrusPunchSamurai","author_uid":"12241","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1336140660,"text":"I got lost easily when there was nothing around me. Interesting Idea."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1336141140,"text":"I have no idea whats going on.\r<br\/>It really doesn't feel like you are moving at all.\r<br\/>Some visual feedback on the player would definitely help.\r<br\/>This does require a lot more work to be shaped into a decent game though but it has potential, and I disagree with sythe, this game is very different from Osmos."},{"author_name":"homelinen","author_uid":"11591","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1336142880,"text":"CitrusPunchSamurai, we really did need to add a moving background or particle trails to show movement. Should have spent less time on bugs and more time on that"},{"author_name":"pbackx","author_uid":"5353","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1336146780,"text":"Well, it isn't really a game yet, but take another weekend and try to build it out. The idea is pretty good."},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1336147320,"text":"A solid start, the concept has potential if you flesh it out."},{"author_name":"kddekadenz","author_uid":"10000","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1336147680,"text":"Relatively good idea, but this didn't turned into a enjoyable game.\r<br\/>And I agree with the visual feedback on moving."},{"author_name":"samwoakley","author_uid":"11289","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1336148460,"text":"Nice idea, but the actual gameplay was certainly lacking. Maybe some more time to flesh it out could have resulted in something more fun :)"},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 1:35am","epoch":1336267800,"text":"I'm not sure if it was buggy because I'm on a Mac or if everything was supposed to move almost randomly."},{"author_name":"FredericRP","author_uid":"4277","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1336771860,"text":"totally unplayable on a azerty keyboard :( too bad, that was a promising idea but I encountered only some blue planets and have been lost after that. (tested on a Mac)"}],"images":["ld23\/11591-b465809acb99983924fa08c420d21e1f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4804406\/tinyworld-java.jar","text":"Windows (Tested once)"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4804406\/tinyworld-java.jar","text":"OS\/X (Unconfirmed)"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/4804406\/tinyworld-java.jar","text":"Linux (Works)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30585","g_author":"11591","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"30615","g_title":"Tiny (Growing) World","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"237","g_commentcount":"12","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\/11591-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The idea was to start as a tiny planet and build up your mass by collecting other celestial bodies, but we never finished scaling, so we have a sort of asteroid catching game.\r\n\r\nThere is no concrete objective. Asteroids (grey) detract from your atmosphere, but add more mass and Comets (blue) add to atmosphere and a little bit of mass.\r\n\r\nAlso, being close to the sun reduces your atmosphere.\r\n\r\nControls\r\nWASD to move, space to stop\r\n\r\nIssue List\r\nExit in Menu doesn't work\r\nPlayer not centered\r\nHitbox slightly off for player\r\nPlayer is as fast as every other object\r\nPlayer can collide with sun.\r\nMusic doesn't play\r\n(There are more)<\/p>","title":"Tiny (Growing) World"}