{"author_link":"\/users\/leonard-graf","author_name":"Leonard Graf","author_uid":"1161243","comments":[{"author_name":"fallcresthero","author_uid":"1172900","time":"2019-10-08T13:30:16Z","epoch":1570541416,"modified":1570541416,"text":"Awesome concept. I would really like to try more levels. Thanks guys","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cybikitty","author_uid":"1162473","time":"2019-10-08T13:33:47Z","epoch":1570541627,"modified":1570541627,"text":"A really cool Katamari-feeling game, I love it! :D Great job guys ^^","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JustusPan","author_uid":"1137882","time":"2019-10-08T13:36:12Z","epoch":1570541772,"modified":1570541772,"text":"Hard game but eventually I win.\nI like the concept and simple gameplay!\n![sticky.png](\/\/\/raw\/a9a\/12\/z\/28ca5.png)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tommyflower","author_uid":"1014558","time":"2019-10-08T13:38:44Z","epoch":1570541924,"modified":1570541924,"text":"Ok this is fantastic! :D I would play it forever. Please make a longer path. The sound effects are awesome :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pilarius","author_uid":"1034348","time":"2019-10-08T13:40:24Z","epoch":1570542024,"modified":1570542024,"text":"Nicely done :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Rhymar","author_uid":"1160232","time":"2019-10-08T15:06:49Z","epoch":1570547209,"modified":1570547209,"text":"i love Katamari Damacy and because of that i tried to get as many stuff as possible\nand then recognized that i have to try to get the least volume^^\n\nits was sooo fun^^","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CrimsonHorizon","author_uid":"1165163","time":"2019-10-08T15:36:12Z","epoch":1570548972,"modified":1570548972,"text":"That was fun! Damn those trees at the end were hard to avoid :P","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Mercuryal","author_uid":"1037535","time":"2019-10-08T15:36:12Z","epoch":1570548972,"modified":1570548972,"text":"Fantastic!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"darkcmd","author_uid":"1159273","time":"2019-10-08T15:38:18Z","epoch":1570549098,"modified":1570549098,"text":"The funniest game I've ever played in this jam.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Bubble Boy","author_uid":"1167762","time":"2019-10-08T15:47:09Z","epoch":1570549629,"modified":1570549629,"text":"I like it! Kind of a reverse Katamari where the goal is to stay as small as possible! ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Danilo Freire","author_uid":"1125328","time":"2019-10-08T15:49:49Z","epoch":1570549789,"modified":1570549789,"text":"Nice, good execution guys, congratulations to the team. I had a bit of low framerate problem in the web version.\n\nIt might be interesting if the scenario had less sticky objects or greater distance between them to give the player more room to deflect and think their way.\n\nAlso had a little difficulty with the control, I felt that the avatar does not respond directly to the inputs, with the low framerate this is even more evident.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AlphaDen","author_uid":"1159264","time":"2019-10-08T16:05:21Z","epoch":1570550721,"modified":1570550721,"text":"Great game. This game looks similar to voodoo's and lion studio's game combined. But cannot believe that you guys managed to make this game in the given time.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Shinmera","author_uid":"1009530","time":"2019-10-08T18:42:20Z","epoch":1570560140,"modified":1570560140,"text":"Hey, that was the best one I've played so far. Nice little idea, that could easily be expanded into a bigger game! Good concept and execution, well done.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Darylsteak","author_uid":"1052965","time":"2019-10-09T10:34:52Z","epoch":1570617292,"modified":1570617292,"text":"![Untitled.png](\/\/\/raw\/5ee\/c\/z\/29165.png)\n\nNot to shabby!\n\nI really like the concept and how well the game was done. The models were good and the sound effects were awesome.\nShame there aren't more levels though!\n\nNo real complaints","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ninnec","author_uid":"1124467","time":"2019-10-09T15:51:39Z","epoch":1570636299,"modified":1570636299,"text":"Cool idea! I couldnt be the level though. The volume counter up top was really nice other wise I would have thought it was impossible. I would have enjoyed a little more if I could slow down but all in all a good game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LoneWolfDev","author_uid":"1052783","time":"2019-10-09T15:55:51Z","epoch":1570636551,"modified":1570636551,"text":"It's so funny to play this game hahaha, I love it!! Impressive how the web version handles all this stuff attached together XD","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"KrisDev","author_uid":"1173281","time":"2019-10-09T15:58:50Z","epoch":1570636730,"modified":1570636730,"text":"Nice twist on the formula. Good job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"downtimes","author_uid":1167223,"time":"2019-10-09T16:15:53Z","epoch":1570637753,"modified":1570637861,"text":"@ninnec Thank you for the feedback. It might be harder if the performance is low. All in all we would have liked to tweak the physics a little more. There just wasn't enough time sadly.\n\n@all Thank you so much for your positive feedback. Please feel free to also add areas we could improve in!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dk5000p","author_uid":"1100501","time":"2019-10-09T16:16:53Z","epoch":1570637813,"modified":1570637813,"text":"That was quite tough, but I finally beat it a couple times, actually first time I beat it my mass was 36.4 but it let me through.  ![Score.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/598\/81\/z\/2926a.png)\nIt was fun and hilarious watching everything get picked up.  Good sound effects, also.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"optus23","author_uid":"1173615","time":"2019-10-09T16:23:46Z","epoch":1570638226,"modified":1570638226,"text":"Nice mechanic, so fun! More level would be nice a few more levels","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"trinarr","author_uid":"1162823","time":"2019-10-09T16:25:27Z","epoch":1570638327,"modified":1570638327,"text":"This game is a pure madness. Very funny gameplay :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"OWC","author_uid":"1002484","time":"2019-10-09T16:38:02Z","epoch":1570639082,"modified":1570639082,"text":"I've found awesome to fell self like big sphere of trees and houses. Nice entry, congrats :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Glukoosi","author_uid":"1172357","time":"2019-10-09T16:40:52Z","epoch":1570639252,"modified":1570639252,"text":"Really good idea, had a ton of fun playing it. Great job! :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dankar","author_uid":"1000475","time":"2019-10-09T16:59:32Z","epoch":1570640372,"modified":1570640372,"text":"Really cool concept and nice touch with the sound effects! I just wish it was longer :)\nI had a similar idea, but I went with a puzzle game instead :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pestodesign","author_uid":"1012816","time":"2019-10-09T17:30:28Z","epoch":1570642228,"modified":1570642228,"text":"Haha really fun game! It is very hard to finish it, but I got a feeling it is not impossible to find the best route, and that kept me playing.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jharler","author_uid":"1001548","time":"2019-10-09T19:25:13Z","epoch":1570649113,"modified":1570649113,"text":"I really enjoyed this, although I wasn't able to stay small enough to get through the end.  Collecting the cows on you is hilarious and I love the idea.  Great job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Inferture","author_uid":"1112953","time":"2019-10-09T22:02:03Z","epoch":1570658523,"modified":1570658568,"text":"Hilarious and fun ! That's an original way of using the theme and it works quite fine. The level was pretty hard, it took me a lot of try to pass it (and not with the best of scores x) ) but in the end, that was satisfying !\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Almighty Games","author_uid":"1134563","time":"2019-10-09T22:54:02Z","epoch":1570661642,"modified":1570661642,"text":"fit the theme pretty good. I would have liked it more if the first level was beatable. lol. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NavrcL","author_uid":"1166962","time":"2019-10-10T11:39:29Z","epoch":1570707569,"modified":1570707569,"text":"A funny little well made game. Had fun. Great job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Matt Rix","author_uid":"1007766","time":"2019-10-11T13:53:06Z","epoch":1570801986,"modified":1570801986,"text":"Despite the lag, this is a lot of fun to play. Took me a few tries to beat it, then once I did I decided to spend a few more tries going as small as I could... This was about as far as I got. ![tinyba.png](\/\/\/raw\/65e\/1\/z\/29630.png)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"drtizzle","author_uid":"1003170","time":"2019-10-12T12:37:43Z","epoch":1570883863,"modified":1570883863,"text":"This is a lot of fun! It is short, fast and intense, and that's how I like it. The sound-FX really finish the job. It has a simple premise, and simple controls, so that's a big plus for a LD game. Too bad there is only one level! Well done!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yaen","author_uid":"1135701","time":"2019-10-13T16:38:44Z","epoch":1570984724,"modified":1570984724,"text":"Interesting take on the katamari formula! From a game design perspective it's cool to see how the positive feedback loop of katamari works when turned on its head. I wish the level design was a little less linear as it quickly became obvious which route to take and the game turned into a normal auto-runner in which you have to take the clear optimal route and avoid obstacles.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld45\/161244-00d38226912b91108ff115a0e5db2bb1.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1rlNlK2aMDbRLKRZtADWva37qyhmNgZBG","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/leograf.itch.io\/fit-the-sticky","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"55467","g_author":"1161243","g_event":"LD45","g_eventkey":"78","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"262784","g_title":"Fit the Sticky","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"239","g_commentcount":"32","g_site2_node_id":"161244","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"161244","n_urlkey":"262784","n_parent":"159347","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/fit-the-sticky","n_slug":"fit-the-sticky","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"161243","n_created":"1569003248","n_modified":"1570638179","n_version":"526141","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":161244,"parent":159347,"superparent":9,"author":161243,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2019-10-07T22:06:11Z","created":"2019-09-20T18:14:08Z","modified":"2019-10-09T16:22:59Z","version":526141,"slug":"fit-the-sticky","name":"Fit the Sticky","body":"![banner.png](\/\/\/raw\/73d\/82\/z\/2924b.png)\n\n# Description\nFit the Sticky is a Katamari Damacy and Rock of Ages inspired game in which your goal is to stay as small as possible in order to reach the finish line. By rolling through obstacles the Sticky grows in size and mass. Collect to much and you will have troubles navigating and ultimatly won't fit through the goal.\nIn esscence you **start with nothing** attached and try to stay that way.\n\n![ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif](\/\/\/raw\/73d\/82\/z\/27c67.gif)\n\n# Challenges\nThis game was our second Ludum Dare (1st 2014) and our first 3D submission. Bing in 3d brought the additional challenge of creating assets (although we used a lot of freely available assets) and designing a 3D level. Our team consisted of two programmers, so asset creation was a new field for both of us.\nThe physics of the ball movement also gave us trouble. It was hard to get the right *feel* to it. With more time on hand we could have tweaked it even further.\nBecause of the nature of our game (lots of seperate objects), perfomance proved to be our biggest issue. \n\nAll these challenges combined let to a more focused approach resulting in only one level :cry:. Therefore we decided to invest the time we had into polishing and tweaking the core mechanic. The core game loop is suprisingly fun and offers potential for further mechanics and interesting level design.\n\n### Performance\n\nIf you have problem playing the game because we couldn't optimize enough try playing in a lower resolution or download the windows version.\n\n# Tools and assets used\n\n* Unity (2019.2.8f1)\n* Visual Studio (2017\/2019)\n* Blender (2.8)\n* GIMP (2.10)\n* Audacity (2.3.2)\n\n* [Kenney assets](https:\/\/kenney.nl\/assets)\n* [Quaternius assets](http:\/\/quaternius.com\/assets.html?i=1)\n\n# Controls\nSelf explanatory :)\n\n* **A\/left arrow** - Left\n* **D\/right arrow** - Right\n* **R** - Restart level\n* **Esc** - Quit","meta":{"author":[161243,167223],"link-01-tag":[42337],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/73d\/82\/z\/27d44.png","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","grade-05-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1rlNlK2aMDbRLKRZtADWva37qyhmNgZBG","link-02":"https:\/\/leograf.itch.io\/fit-the-sticky","link-02-tag":[42336]},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/fit-the-sticky","parents":[1,5,9,159347],"love":0,"notes":32,"notes-timestamp":"2019-10-13T16:38:44Z","grade":{"grade-01":46,"grade-02":46,"grade-03":46,"grade-04":46,"grade-06":45,"grade-07":42,"grade-08":46},"magic":{"cool":113.34856170296,"feedback":21,"given":49.625,"grade":45.285714285714,"grade-01-average":3.784,"grade-01-result":239,"grade-02-average":4.114,"grade-02-result":40,"grade-03-average":3.398,"grade-03-result":404,"grade-04-average":3.625,"grade-04-result":347,"grade-06-average":3.163,"grade-06-result":475,"grade-07-average":3.8,"grade-07-result":109,"grade-08-average":3.352,"grade-08-result":543,"smart":15.225057518433}},"text":"![banner.png](\/\/\/raw\/73d\/82\/z\/2924b.png)\n\n# Description\nFit the Sticky is a Katamari Damacy and Rock of Ages inspired game in which your goal is to stay as small as possible in order to reach the finish line. By rolling through obstacles the Sticky grows in size and mass. Collect to much and you will have troubles navigating and ultimatly won't fit through the goal.\nIn esscence you **start with nothing** attached and try to stay that way.\n\n![ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif](\/\/\/raw\/73d\/82\/z\/27c67.gif)\n\n# Challenges\nThis game was our second Ludum Dare (1st 2014) and our first 3D submission. Bing in 3d brought the additional challenge of creating assets (although we used a lot of freely available assets) and designing a 3D level. Our team consisted of two programmers, so asset creation was a new field for both of us.\nThe physics of the ball movement also gave us trouble. It was hard to get the right *feel* to it. With more time on hand we could have tweaked it even further.\nBecause of the nature of our game (lots of seperate objects), perfomance proved to be our biggest issue. \n\nAll these challenges combined let to a more focused approach resulting in only one level :cry:. Therefore we decided to invest the time we had into polishing and tweaking the core mechanic. The core game loop is suprisingly fun and offers potential for further mechanics and interesting level design.\n\n### Performance\n\nIf you have problem playing the game because we couldn't optimize enough try playing in a lower resolution or download the windows version.\n\n# Tools and assets used\n\n* Unity (2019.2.8f1)\n* Visual Studio (2017\/2019)\n* Blender (2.8)\n* GIMP (2.10)\n* Audacity (2.3.2)\n\n* [Kenney assets](https:\/\/kenney.nl\/assets)\n* [Quaternius assets](http:\/\/quaternius.com\/assets.html?i=1)\n\n# Controls\nSelf explanatory :)\n\n* **A\/left arrow** - Left\n* **D\/right arrow** - Right\n* **R** - Restart level\n* **Esc** - Quit","title":"Fit the Sticky"}