{"author_link":"\/author\/hegemege\/","author_name":"Hegemege","author_uid":"11022","comments":[{"author_name":"hpearson2","author_uid":"64684","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:13am","epoch":1450058880,"text":"Two button and growing!, relaxing to play and has good music :) I wish it was a little more lax on path selection (Keeps making a new branch rather then follow a made one)\r<br\/>(hold left or right to follow branch, press left or right to make new path)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway,\r<br\/>:D good work man!"},{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","author_uid":"55226","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:15am","epoch":1450062600,"text":"A cool game, but I feel it could be a little faster. Not in terms of game speed, but how far each branch can go. It didn't hold my interest for long enough to get to the items."},{"author_name":"AlmightyTuna","author_uid":"61380","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:44am","epoch":1450064340,"text":"Nice idea, well executed. The controls are a little too slow and clunky though"},{"author_name":"aamatniekss","author_uid":"64215","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1450114440,"text":"Great mood! Though I think some limitations would have been good, but well now it's a cool relaxation game."},{"author_name":"Ghen","author_uid":"52500","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1450114620,"text":"theres lot of soothing and atmosferic game this LD, love it!\r<br\/>awesome idea, i like the graphics and music fit really well!"},{"author_name":"seththefirst","author_uid":"57799","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1450114800,"text":"I liked the idea, but I think that the game was a bit slow for me. I was not sure when I should press the keys, cause the yellow ball just disappeared. Hahahaha\r<br\/>Anyway, cool concept, can be improved a lot."},{"author_name":"shanton","author_uid":"58853","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1450114980,"text":"Great use of both themes and loads of fun, graphics look weird when the stem is close to horizontal though"},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1450115100,"text":"I thought this looked great, the music really suited it too. I feel all relaxed now. If I had one piece of constructive criticism, it might hvae been better if the water drops weren't moved after every growth, because it made it impossible to plan things and most of the growth ended up being wasted?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice though :)"},{"author_name":"farnsworth2","author_uid":"36721","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1450115340,"text":"An interesting idea with strong visuals, but it felt a little too slow to hold my interest. Most of the game was spent waiting for a branch to finish growing a short distance, then accidently switching to the wrong branch."},{"author_name":"rantt","author_uid":"41103","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1450117200,"text":"Cool game, and so relaxing.  Good, job!"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1450118760,"text":"neat idea ... well executed.  It would have been better to have control over where it went.  Perhaps a slight pause at a junction or something."},{"author_name":"pparke","author_uid":"56496","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1450120500,"text":"Nice work!  The music was enjoyable and I liked the atmosphere created by the slow pace.  With a little more polish and touch screen controls this could be a relaxing way to spend a few minutes on a phone or tablet."},{"author_name":"Jakob37","author_uid":"50156","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1450121100,"text":"I liked the mood in this game a lot. For me right now, I didn't have the patience to play it for long, but I think I will come back to it sometime when I want a calm moment :) Impressive visuals."},{"author_name":"Integershift","author_uid":"25019","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:01am","epoch":1450144560,"text":"Pretty cool game! I found the beginning pretty confusing, I couldn't really get a good grasp of the controls. The music is really soothing, and the overall mood was nice. Good job!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1450303740,"text":"Nice graphics and music.Good use of the theme. Good job!"},{"author_name":"blackbird806","author_uid":"62205","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1450383900,"text":"Great use of both themes, very cool music and ambiance =)\r<br\/>But a little too slow.Nice work !!"},{"author_name":"simon.parzer","author_uid":"50444","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1450458600,"text":"This is a nice game, the music fits the general mood and atmosphere. The controls however are kind of unresponsive and it is a little too slow for my taste. In 10 minutes of playing I couldn't get a single water drop and they change positions too often."},{"author_name":"piper82","author_uid":"28326","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1450459200,"text":"very nice idea. controls are bit off but its manageable. music was ok but i would swap organ for something less intrusive."},{"author_name":"monetai","author_uid":"57774","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1450461780,"text":"its slow but that's relaxing, it's calm, the music is cool, i liked it"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1450563780,"text":"Growing a plant is a great idea. I like the calming atmosphere of the game, but I think the music is a bit too strong."},{"author_name":"cilerba","author_uid":"62588","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 1:18am","epoch":1451956380,"text":"Perfect fit to the theme, and a great concept. The leaves that grow out of it is the perfect touch. Personally excited to look through the source code to see how you went about coding this. :)"}],"images":["ld34\/11022-12b934c4021be5e4aac1f6bdd56e0841.jpg","ld34\/11022-5bd24246d790a948f72077f9c4d85ae5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/hegemege.itch.io\/stalker","text":"Play (Web on itch.io)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Hegemege\/ludum-dare-34","text":"Source (GitHub)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5098","g_author":"11022","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5073","g_title":"STALKer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"502","g_commentcount":"21","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\/11022-shot0-1450052515.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/11022-shot1-1450052515.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"PLAY LINK BELOW\r\n\r\nThe smoothest STALKer experience is waiting!\r\n\r\nGrow your plant as you please, no annoying limitations or goals! The definite day dream of the 3rd millenium mankind.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft and right arrow keys\r\n\r\nNote:\r\nIf you don't hear the music, refresh the game page.\r\n\r\nYou can guide the stalk around whenever it's growing. When you see growth energy going up the stem (yellow blob), you can start a new stem by pressing left or right. You can also hop onto stems when the blob is at their intersection. Gain more energy by collecting the water droplets.\r\n\r\nAuthor's notes:\r\nThis was my nth time participating, and although I almost felt like giving up after 24 hours and no progress, I carried on. This is my first LD entry in javascript, and I lost a lot of time learning a new library - Phaser.js.\r\n\r\nThe game doesn't have a goal, but maybe it's just perfect for you :)\r\n\r\nTool stack used:\r\n-Code:\r\nhttp:\/\/phaser.io\/\r\nSublime Text 2\r\n\r\n-Graphics:\r\nGraphicsGale\r\nPhotoshop\r\n\r\n-Audio (generated):\r\nhttp:\/\/abundant-music.com\/","title":"STALKer"}