{"author_link":"\/author\/keepee\/","author_name":"keepee","author_uid":"12238","comments":[{"author_name":"takemikazuchi545","author_uid":"29379","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:47am","epoch":1450071720,"text":"Nice, I played multiplayer with my friend and we got some good laughs out of it."},{"author_name":"Os_Reboot","author_uid":"45083","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:21am","epoch":1450073760,"text":"Nice physics! Your "dumb" AI tore me to bits right off the bat, lol. Controls are tough, but they fit the theme. Sweet art. Well done!"},{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:24am","epoch":1450073940,"text":"at first i didnt know if i should eat my self because the other snake was eating him self."},{"author_name":"TsFreddie","author_uid":"32627","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:24am","epoch":1450073940,"text":"The control feels solid. Great idea with great implementation."},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:41am","epoch":1450074960,"text":"hahahah!! I loved it!! Its a fun game!!"},{"author_name":"ruscoe","author_uid":"40450","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:01am","epoch":1450076160,"text":"Really fun game. I immediately bit my own tail on the first attempt."},{"author_name":"Piepenguin1995","author_uid":"64234","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:10am","epoch":1450076700,"text":"I love it! Really neat control system. Didn't take me long to snap my own neck by trying to eat the wall! Very entertaining."},{"author_name":"Leon M\u00f6hring","author_uid":"63620","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1450103580,"text":"I always bite myself, but the game is really nice and the style of the snakes is great!"},{"author_name":"MrDave","author_uid":"49905","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1450103700,"text":"This is actually a really clever game, very simple but with a really high skill ceiling. The first time I played straight away the AI ripped itself apart so I thought that was the objective of the game. I will definitely find someone else to play with and come back to this game."},{"author_name":"djdudes100","author_uid":"37315","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1450103700,"text":"good game"},{"author_name":"Studiosaurus","author_uid":"65664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1450111380,"text":"sweet concept, so simple and effective! And the creatures are very lifelike in their movements somehow. I played against no-one and still lost! I can imagine this would be a very fun game with someone else. High marks from me."},{"author_name":"Ghen","author_uid":"52500","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1450111500,"text":"really unique game!, the control feel so good and weird at the same times\ri love it, the graphics quite nice too, this will be a great online multiplayer game\ryour AI kill itself btw :))"},{"author_name":"Knowledge","author_uid":"34045","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1450111920,"text":"I would want to see post-compo version.\rThis version lacks music & sounds, that would make mood way better.\rAlso when I eat opponent's head mine disappears!\r\rAnyway it's good game (I rated most fields with 3, which I use for good games that aren't really good)."},{"author_name":"Catblocker","author_uid":"64551","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1450117740,"text":"One of my favorite games thus far. Really like the gameplay\/concept!"},{"author_name":"Reggianito","author_uid":"61928","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1450123500,"text":"best game hands down"},{"author_name":"velddev","author_uid":"61846","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1450123620,"text":"Neato"},{"author_name":"keepee","author_uid":"12238","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1450125060,"text":"Thanks for the nice comments. \r\r@Knowledge I was in a hurry to finish and there's a lot more to fix and add to this. I will definitely be continuing to dev this. I'll update the itch.io page in a week or so after the comp is over. \r\r@Os_Reboot The AI is not really AI at all. It just randomly changes it's left\/right input as if its a player pressing those keys. (lol)"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1450127280,"text":"Good try. Nice physics. The AI was umm ... was the AI without the "I". Controls are hard, perhaps introduce a small delay so that you don't turn first when wanting to use both keys."},{"author_name":"sputnik","author_uid":"38770","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1450145040,"text":"Nice controls et funny game. lack of finishing touch but promising concept. Would like to see a post-compo fo this one for sure!"},{"author_name":"im-oab","author_uid":"20535","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1450151400,"text":"I like it. :)"},{"author_name":"Alexander Ramsay-Baggs","author_uid":"42098","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:55am","epoch":1450151400,"text":"Seriously good."},{"author_name":"uvwar","author_uid":"40468","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1450151460,"text":"Pretty funny, AI promptly ate itself a few times. I like the mechanics, and that the body pieces look like those little wobbly plastic snake toys."},{"author_name":"Slothmachine","author_uid":"30979","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:56am","epoch":1450151460,"text":"Hehe. Cool. At first I just kept on spinning. Then I learned to bite... myself. But then I started to get a hang of it."},{"author_name":"VitasaMode","author_uid":"63629","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:11am","epoch":1450152360,"text":"Quite innovative. Sound would have been great. Fun with multiplayer but AI is dumb haha."},{"author_name":"Fanatrick","author_uid":"39646","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:17am","epoch":1450152720,"text":"Cool entry and nice physics. I played it a bit with my sister and we both wished there was more to it."},{"author_name":"lawendt","author_uid":"62237","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:32am","epoch":1450153620,"text":"Nice ideia!"},{"author_name":"KZdev","author_uid":"63895","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:39am","epoch":1450154040,"text":"Super cool concept, would love to see more!"},{"author_name":"jeroenwimmers","author_uid":"63759","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1450154940,"text":"theses snekklrs(?) actually feel scary. with that pointy mouth, red toungue, and red lines. were those red lines between the body pieces acually meant from the start? or was it just because the physics draws the parts apart and you needed something to connect them? anyway, it looks pretty cool. and there's quite a lot in the mechanics. like the part that get bloody and part of your body or mouth(\/beak?) that fall of. fun to play around with that.\r\ralso that simple effect of the two squares popping out works really well. gonna remember that one.\r\rI'm not sure if multiplayer is the best thing for this game (got no else around now to test it, so can't really judge), but I hope you continue working on it. then I also wonder if you should keep the 2 button presses for the munch then. I know it's for the theme here, but it would probably work better with an extra button.\r\ranyway, curious to see where this goes."},{"author_name":"jeroenwimmers","author_uid":"63759","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:58am","epoch":1450155180,"text":"jaws! that was the word I was looking for. \ralso, just read your post about extra features, good stuff!"},{"author_name":"keepee","author_uid":"12238","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:06am","epoch":1450155660,"text":"@jeroenwimmers, thanks for the indepth comment\r\rYou're kinda right, the red muscles were not planned. The box2d physics joints I found to be buggy and limiting, so I decided to make my own. The muscles started off as debug markers so I could make sure my own joints were working, but they looked cool so I made em look like muscles. \rhttps:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/p8zb8v8j6nyric5\/2015-12-12_15-03-05.mp4?raw=1\r\r>I also wonder if you should keep the 2 button presses for the munch then.\r\rThat's what I'm thinking too.. extra buttons will make it easier to control, but I really value local multiplayer. Having as little controls as possible makes it easier for 2 people to use the same keyboard without keys conflicting."},{"author_name":"CrazyMinnowStudio","author_uid":"56101","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:36am","epoch":1450157460,"text":"I love this...the jaws snapping shut provides a visceral satisfaction. It's a great mechanic, and I've rarely had this much fun with something so incomplete...please do more with this."},{"author_name":"brainstorm","author_uid":"44355","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1450200720,"text":"Innovation 5\/5: Really innovative game!\r\rFun 4\/5: It's really fun oto it your tail, your body and the rest of the snake's sgements. The Ai kills himself though. But don't worry, make a good AI ith aa lack of time is difficult :)\r\rTheme 3\/5: Not really well used. But used.\r\rGraphics 4\/5: Really consistent primitives.\r\rHumor 4\/5: As I said, ating your tail is funny.\r\rMood n\/a: Not sure if intended.\r\rOverall 4\/5: That's the Ultimate Suicide Snake Simulator 2K16!"},{"author_name":"local306","author_uid":"55445","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1450202220,"text":"10\/10 Computer ate himself. Would play again!"},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:55am","epoch":1450227000,"text":"Awesome game! I played this with a friend and really enjoy it."},{"author_name":"YoungHorses","author_uid":"62194","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1450475880,"text":"I like how the snekklr's are as dangerous to themselves as to each other. One wrong move and you somehow eat your own face off. Playing with AI, it always tries to eat its own tail until I get within chomping range."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1450577040,"text":"It's really a pity that you couldn't develop this further. I really liked the original idea and your planned features for the feature.\r\rIn my opinion, there should be a way to smoothly move and steer.\rE.g.: Start by holding L+R to move forward. Release L to start steering right (but you gradually lose speed). Hold L+R once again, so velocity is regained and you go back to moving forward."},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1450626780,"text":"Very nice idea! Some kind of winning conditions would be nice, I guess you just ran out of time. Good job anyway."},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 1:31am","epoch":1450833960,"text":"I loved this snake, it's super creepy. Implementations was very solid."},{"author_name":"cameronpenner","author_uid":"56667","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 2:06am","epoch":1450836060,"text":"I ate my own face! Overall, pretty cool concept."},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 3:36am","epoch":1450841460,"text":"lol great idea and the way that you can eat your own body is awesome!, nice mechanics and graphics with audio could get pretty good. great job!"},{"author_name":"lucentbeam","author_uid":"25522","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1450882260,"text":"Really great control scheme and gameplay idea - very clever use of both buttons. Simple but effective."},{"author_name":"cudabear","author_uid":"25773","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1450889700,"text":"I actually wish I had a friend to play with, because I can see a lot of potential for laughs here but I just didn't get it alone. You made a good attempt at making the AI, but it keeps eating itself, haha. Controls felt nice for being only two buttons, graphics are smooth. Good entry!"},{"author_name":"Tyler","author_uid":"16252","time":"Dec 24, 2015 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1450998540,"text":"Great humor created just from the interactions! Great mechanic and graphics, would love to see if developed further!"}],"images":["ld34\/12238-23aa84d6e97fbcb0b7ac0c14efcfadf0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/keepee.itch.io\/snekklr","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/phwnnvv0zv8x1zy\/Snekklr.capx?raw=1","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5119","g_author":"12238","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5094","g_title":"Snekklr","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"300","g_commentcount":"43","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\/12238-shot0-1450057662.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Snekklr \r\n\r\nphysicsy snakes chomping on each other\r\n\r\nLeft and Right to turn, hold both to go forward and open jaw, release to chomp\r\n\r\nplay at http:\/\/keepee.itch.io\/snekklr for a full screen button\r\n\r\nThis was gonna be fit both themes, grow and two button, but i never got around to implementing the growing. whoops\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/keepeetron\r\n\r\nBlog post with a load more info: \r\nhttp:\/\/keepeetron.tumblr.com\/post\/135230946811\/snekklr-ld34-entry\r\nhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/12\/14\/s-n-e-k-k-l-r\/","title":"Snekklr"}