{"author_link":"\/author\/kai20\/","author_name":"WERT Studio","author_uid":"55091","comments":[{"author_name":"glaze_96","author_uid":"46004","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1461067500,"text":"The controls for the car is a bit floaty which made it difficult to play.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also - I didn't get the point of the shapeshifting, even tough I read the desc.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, nice work!"},{"author_name":"TEAM-TIGER","author_uid":"53141","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1461170160,"text":"The controls could definitely use refinement. I feel like they start ok, but after driving part of the way to the city they somehow make less sense... like something has changed or is affecting my input.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The shapeshifting to get different discounts is a good way to apply the theme, but it would be nice if your discount was displayed in the trading menu somewhere to make it a bit more obvious."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1461170460,"text":"Controls and handling need work IMO, and the theme could have figured in more prominently (like in handling the car or example, people from Hove are reckless and so the car is faster, etc).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good effort, good luck in the jam!"},{"author_name":"hijomo","author_uid":"57468","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1461170520,"text":"Good concept. I like the &quot;it fell off the back of a truck&quot; idea. The car's slides around a lot."},{"author_name":"Pestel Crew","author_uid":"47507","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1461170640,"text":"Game session in very short, gameplay is pure, but I really did like the setting! Anyways having fun during development is the main point of the whole LD, isn't it? :D"},{"author_name":"SgtBursk","author_uid":"14965","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1461171120,"text":"Really fun idea. Some minor suggestions that would improve the game immensely would be sounds effects for the car and collisions (both volumes based on speed), and bigger hitboxes for the crates.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I enjoyed trying to ram into the truck as hard as possible. When I did, it was really cool to see that more crates drop! Models were well done, too."},{"author_name":"Louspirit","author_uid":"55260","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1461171720,"text":"Beautiful graphisms here!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The mood is immersive but the use of the theme is quite complicated as you dont see it visually. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Please think of the non qwerty keyboards."},{"author_name":"pixel_maniacs","author_uid":"52509","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:11am","epoch":1461323160,"text":"Haha onother vehicle inspired game. Nice job, i like the idea. Pretty complex. Check out out vehicle based game too ;)"},{"author_name":"Vantaug","author_uid":"36104","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1461326460,"text":"Nice graphics. I not very much into trading games, but this one had some gameplay next to the trading, which I liked. If the controls were a bit less floaty it would've been really good."},{"author_name":"Reallysketchy","author_uid":"56083","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1461339300,"text":"The car was pretty difficult to control, but otherwise it's a lot of fun! I didn't really understand what shapeshifting had to do with the game, though (besides picking which town you're from)."},{"author_name":"James Coote","author_uid":"44542","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1461344760,"text":"I think the game needs better indications of the differences between cities, what different cities supply or demand what resources (beyond just the apple or oil barrel on the choose your disguise screen), and what effect being from a city would have when trading in other cities.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Like maybe that you can go between cities, buying low and selling high, with a cost to travel between the cities (so that you can run out of money and potentially lose the game). But you're kinda scraping on thin margins unless you use your shapeshifting\/disguise properly.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also on the choose your disguise screen it's not immediately obvious that you're choosing two different things.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>In fact, I'd actually say consider taking the car bit out, because it doesn't seem to add much, aside from just giving you random resources."},{"author_name":"calzep","author_uid":"24878","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1461429540,"text":"Loved the driving parts but knowing what to sell, what to buy, and who to be was confusing to me."},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1461940500,"text":"The car feels too floaty and makes the driving bits a little hard. Otherwise good graphics and very interesting idea, would love to see it expanded. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Dr. Funkenstein","author_uid":"57339","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1461940920,"text":"CHILL GAME. CAN SEE YOU HAD FUN MAKING IT. I DO ENJOY DRIVING AROUND IN A DESERT AND THAT ONE CITY IS CALLED BOMBEY."},{"author_name":"alsantour","author_uid":"90832","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1462742040,"text":"its a nice game, music got to be annoying after a while, it is too short of a loop repeating forever, wouldnt mind it to repeat once or twice at the start of the level... Also car was hard to control, although that did make it fun in a way... Shape shifting wasnt clear till i read the comments"}],"images":["ld35\/55091-1951fa57999d4322d2c963fcdd406f8a.jpg","ld35\/55091-af890f0f598088b4783f41e0208a66f1.jpg","ld35\/55091-4de5ca58e50b5d2e703b42dbbebb3683.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/764563\/DesertTrader.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4465","g_author":"55091","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4457","g_title":"Desert Trader","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1138","g_commentcount":"15","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\/\/542293\/55091-shot0-1461010912.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/55091-shot1-1461010912.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/55091-shot2-1461010912.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Desert Trader is trading oriented game. The core gameplay loop consists out of you driving from city to city, while stealing goods that fall off a truck, to sell your resources there. Shapeshifting comes into context when you select your next city to drive to. Instead of choosing your city right away, you can select as whom you want to disguise. Different cities will offer you different discounts depending on who you are. So use that to your advantage.\r\n\r\nThe game itself is not the best, no excuses. But we had fun making it in this short period of time and it taught us about planning our next Ludum Dare. If you have any feedback whatsoever, please leave it in the comments below. Thanks!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD to move your vehicle\r\nX to reset your vehicle in case you fell over\r\n\r\n","title":"Desert Trader"}