{"author_link":"\/author\/icereci\/","author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","comments":[{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"2011","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1450095780,"text":"Ouch that was brutal :) Very atmospheric and has the potential to be a relaxing game if it was just a little bit easier. I get stuck on the level with 4 orbs and a pulsating green circle that doesn't seem to kill me. It seems impossible... Maybe there's something I'm not getting?"},{"author_name":"BUNN1E5","author_uid":"35895","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1450095840,"text":"I spent way to long playing this! I'm not sure if this was intentional but after a few seconds the mouse courser would disappear. Also I could never actually finish the levels the way they were supposed to be done, I always went behind the circles :P.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Absolutely loved it!"},{"author_name":"SecularBaron","author_uid":"37422","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1450096080,"text":"Fun and very hard game. Great sound."},{"author_name":"MrDave","author_uid":"49905","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1450096440,"text":"Wow that game was hard. I got to the end (most of the time by going what seemed like an unintended route behind the orbs). I would have put an easier levels at the start because I did feel like I was thrown in at the deep end. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I tried to do a no deaths run but got frustrated because as your known problem says on the later levels the triangle tries to zoom towards the mouse when you just finish a level often causing a death you cant help."},{"author_name":"Andarilhoz","author_uid":"62532","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1450096860,"text":"Very nice backgroung music and sounds, but, yeah, like you said, very hard haha, i like it, i just dont have the skills haha"},{"author_name":"Catblocker","author_uid":"64551","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1450099980,"text":"Very nicly done game. but i have a problem where my mouse goes invisible and it's really hard to play :c. Otherwise really good :)"},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1450100580,"text":"a bit frustrating for me, but maybe I misunderstood something in the control ?"},{"author_name":"Boberro","author_uid":"14299","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1450104600,"text":"I'm unable to get past &quot;gotta go fast&quot;. Would be easier if mouse cursor didn't disappear after few seconds into level, and I'm not sure how it makes for a feature. Regardless, biggest problem I see is the theme. Not sure which one it's supposed to represent."},{"author_name":"YinYin","author_uid":"64352","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1450111140,"text":"The not so hard edition was still super hard.\r<br\/>Music restarting on every reset was quite annoying.\r<br\/>And I would've preferred if the triangle was just directly tied to mouse movement rather than having to click\/hold."},{"author_name":"nonetheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1450118700,"text":"I absolutely love the sounds you have here. Great job! :)"},{"author_name":"DracoLizardStudios","author_uid":"64815","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:03pm","epoch":1450119480,"text":"Very challenging game! Good job."},{"author_name":"laFunk","author_uid":"62641","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1450122180,"text":"A bit too frustrating for me! Making the music reset after dying is pretty annoying :\/ Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"davesoft","author_uid":"46316","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1450122240,"text":"Fun game, very difficult!"},{"author_name":"chrizdekok","author_uid":"43930","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1450122540,"text":"Oh. that was a hard game :)"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1450123980,"text":"couldn't get past the first level.  I must be lame.  good idea.  Needed to start easier and draw you into the game."},{"author_name":"Mr_Fudd","author_uid":"62180","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:27am","epoch":1450156920,"text":"I quite liked this. The game was very challenging and made me want to beat it. The sounds matched the simplistic style and mood of the game."},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1450215000,"text":"no kidding, it's not easy.\r<br\/>I think from a technical viewpoint not capturing the mouse in the web version would have made it a bit better experience. But it totally was playable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like, that you used the grow theme not on the playable character but on the obstacles :)"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:05pm","epoch":1450220400,"text":"cute but challenging game, aesthetically pleasant, but the gameplay needs some improvement, especially the super sensitive collision detection."},{"author_name":"DrTeaSpoon","author_uid":"60315","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:14am","epoch":1450404540,"text":"The level design was very odd."},{"author_name":"Crawler Studios","author_uid":"31869","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:32am","epoch":1450672020,"text":"Difficult but man that music was intense. Really great concept, very enjoyable entry."},{"author_name":"mxjones","author_uid":"59469","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1450816080,"text":"Wow, that was hard! Got stuck on the fourth level. Good fun though, enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"alyphen","author_uid":"14242","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:25am","epoch":1450844400,"text":"Really loved the difficulty level - the music was good but I got sick of the first two notes very quickly. Left myself at the beginning of a level so I could appreciate more of it. A really cool concept, and I could see it going far as a mobile game. The graphical style was simple but neat, there were some nice visual touches like the trail. Though frustrating at times, it was very enjoyable to play."},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1450910580,"text":"Very hard and very addictive, could have used a slower learning curve as I'm awful at this type of game. Well done, nice entry."}],"images":["ld34\/32854-80c803984a58ccb0565c8d70b6eb0306.jpg","ld34\/32854-1672a11f5999bc28564d271ff65905c6.jpg","ld34\/32854-cc022f94a23269003491c80f7f92f21a.jpg","ld34\/32854-dfc4f99d1f525235fc5e2ac59936d9d8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/12402232\/LD34\/LD34WinPost.rar","text":"Windows (The Not So Hard Edition)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/12402232\/LD34\/LD34Win.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/12402232\/LD34\/GrowingOrbsLD34\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/12402232\/LD34\/LD34_GrowingOrbs_icereci_Source_Code.rar","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6bS67Y1aYW-N1FCenZRRnR2eVU\/view","text":"Windows(Mirror)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4673","g_author":"32854","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4660","g_title":"Growing Orbs","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"625","g_commentcount":"23","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\/\/511439\/32854-shot0-1450039249.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/32854-shot1-1450039249.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/32854-shot2-1450039249.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/32854-shot3-1450040142.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"READ ME!!!\r\nIf you are frustrated with the mouse disappearing, or game being too hard, I strongly recommend playing the \"Not So Hard\" Edition. In exchange I removed level shortcuts that exist in compo version.\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nGrowing Orbs is a single screen puzzle game where you avoid nasty growing orbs.\r\nThe game uses 2 buttons. Hold Mouse click to move and Escape key to quit.\r\nThe game is HARD! (Both intentionally and sometimes unintentionally.. Please check known problems)\r\n\r\nIt has a Cheat level (well it is not exactly cheating, just figuring some design decisions)\r\nThe game has two ends :)\r\n\r\nI only had little more than 24 hours to finish the game. That's why I couldn't add any more levels.\r\nHope you like the ones that exist.. \r\n- @icereci\r\n\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nClick and hold left mouse button and move your mouse to navigate on the screen.\r\nYou can also click to move, but beware.. the cursor will disappear after a short period of time.\r\nPress Escape key to close the game.\r\n\r\n\r\nUsed Technologies:\r\nEngine  - Unity 5\r\nSprites - Photoshop\r\nMusic   - GarageBand \r\n\r\n\r\nKnown Problems:\r\nSince Unity does not let me to change mouse position on screen, previous mouse positions become problematic when the player suddenly changes its location.\r\n\r\nI advise playing on the Windows build. Since HTML5 player does not let any kind of mouse control. Some of the  \"mouse disable\" quick fixes I put for stability are completely ignored there :( Hence instant deaths on level reloads. \r\n\r\nDisappearing the mouse is a feature, but it seems to have confused a lot of people. Holding left mouse click and moving is preferable in most cases. It helps you track the location of the character at any given time.","title":"Growing Orbs"}