{"author_link":"\/author\/programgamer\/","author_name":"ProgramGamer","author_uid":"7102","comments":[{"author_name":"tazdij","author_uid":"28357","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:47am","epoch":1450068120,"text":"very nice."},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1450068540,"text":"Nifty graphics. I get that the leaves give you more resources but I couldn't figure out what else to do. What are the fruits for?"},{"author_name":"Finestep","author_uid":"15189","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:38am","epoch":1450074780,"text":"The game seems technically sound, but the design is a real mess.\r<br\/>Ants eating strawberries to cocoon up to turn into grasshoppers?! \r<br\/>Videogame logic aside, the 'economy' of click larva, click fruit, click larva to fruit, click morph is exceedingly tedious to produce basic combat units. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Seems like you have a good base of a game going; you should carefully consider if this is the direction you want the game to go."},{"author_name":"realbogart","author_uid":"46918","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1450100040,"text":"Cool game!"},{"author_name":"Maixior","author_uid":"65353","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1450102980,"text":"I like this green :D"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1450189800,"text":"Nice and clear pixel-art, you have there.\r<br\/>Like @Finestep said, the whole process of creating units is really cumbersome, especially if they clump up and you try to manage a bunch of them at once. Also the HUD hides the right-most part of the map.\r<br\/>Since the enemies just sit there and wait until you come and kill them, there was no real challenge and eventually I killed them all."},{"author_name":"Bobsleigh","author_uid":"44126","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1450211100,"text":"&quot;Dandelion.exe is not commonly downloaded and could harm your computer&quot;. I usually find that linking direct .exe for download causes problems. I can probably configure Windows to accept it, but I'd rather not disable that security feature. Maybe you could just zip it?"}],"images":["ld34\/7102-bc345f499e4b5aa55e19da0a39b05be0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/03inmy9o60ioxmm\/Dandelion.exe?dl=1","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/j529bd1lanfi1hw\/Dandelion.gmz?dl=1","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6824","g_author":"7102","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6856","g_title":"Dandelion","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"830","g_commentcount":"7","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\/7102-shot0-1450060208.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"An RTS revolving around the mutually beneficial relationship of a bug colony and a patch of garden plants. Use the mouse to command your army to victory against the evil purple spiders. Slay them all to win!\r\n\r\n-Left click: select units\r\n-Right click: move units and set rally points\r\n-Buttons on the right: Various unit specific actions\r\n\r\nHave fun with this one!\r\n\r\nAdvice:\r\n-Don't let your queen die, if she does you can't get another one unless you have a spare larvae and three different fruits.\r\n-You can transform larvae into warriors by feeding them different kinds of fruit and hitting the appropriate transform button.\r\n-There is only one level. Stay posted, I might keep working on this once Game Maker fixes some of its issues.\r\n\r\nMy twitter: @ProgramGamer\r\n","title":"Dandelion"}