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Overall, a crazy good amount of work. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745195,"author_name":"freeworld","author_uid":"freeworld","epoch":1633587879,"text":"I failed at building too, both for the web and mac builds.. :\/\n\nThe 3d models and the overall world looked really neat though (zooming was the only thing I was able to accomplish).","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745243,"author_name":"Sli","author_uid":"sli","epoch":1633588764,"text":"Interesting idea. I managed to build some bridges and the gummies started crossing. Is this the idea? Maybe you should think of little more feedback to the player. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":745244,"author_name":"Recessive","author_uid":"recessive","epoch":1633588766,"text":"It has potential but I'm pretty confused, the gummis only seem to sometimes move across bridges. Maybe some simpler levels with just 1 bridge to build and then building up from there would be helpful!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745266,"author_name":"D3kryption","author_uid":"d3kryption","epoch":1633589146,"text":"Never heard of the luxe engine so thats super interesting!\nThis is cool fun little game :D nice work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745268,"author_name":"Mads","author_uid":"mads","epoch":1633589234,"text":"Nice idea that you can connect any two points! The bridges seem to glitch a lot, and take down adjacent bridges as well. I could not figure out how to delete or move nodes once they are set. In game control explenation would be nice!\nGood job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745337,"author_name":"GHubert","author_uid":"ghubert","epoch":1633590410,"text":"nice","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":747767,"author_name":"Fupi","author_uid":"fupi","epoch":1633630063,"text":"Doesn't seem to work on my computer.. WASD and dragging the anchor points do nothing.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":754848,"author_name":"ZachsButt","author_uid":"zachsbutt","epoch":1633789724,"text":"the web build didn't work for me in chrome on windows 10 (no ui). but the download worked fine! it seems like i was able to successfully connect all the blob people to eachother.\n\n![216.gif](\/\/\/raw\/cd6\/f\/z\/47eba.gif)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":754966,"author_name":"LazySeal","author_uid":"lazyseal","epoch":1633791931,"text":"I like the idea and art. But i had some bugs when built unstable bridges: one disappear, one had crazy animation like convulsing xD ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755592,"author_name":"LDJam user 233347","author_uid":"233347","epoch":1633805788,"text":"I like the idea, it reminds me a lot of the older Bridge Builder games.\n\nI managed to make it as well, even on web. But I downloaded the desktop to see if there was any audio.\nWould enhance the whole experience quite a bit IMO to have a looping background noise.\n\nAll in all though, I quite enjoy it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763573,"author_name":"Britt Henderson","author_uid":"britt-henderson","epoch":1634188994,"text":"I really really love the idea. \nUnfortunately i kept crashing the game... Idk how but the bridges i built were all really unstable and kept exploding - they stretched and spasmed out until the game just crashed on me. \nThe simulation is really well done tho - and i really loved the art :) ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763576,"author_name":"Joel Davis","author_uid":"joel-davis","epoch":1634189218,"text":"hey @zachsbutt I admire your dedication and construction skills.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763578,"author_name":"yikescloud","author_uid":"yikescloud","epoch":1634189471,"text":"Simple bridge builder, it's fun to see those slimes going here and there!![QQ\u622a\u56fe20211014132857.png](\/\/\/raw\/84a\/62\/z\/4821d.png)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763582,"author_name":"ELVEVERX","author_uid":"elveverx","epoch":1634189799,"text":"The art style is  very pleasing to the eye and i love how fluid the animation on the little blobs is! The way the bridges snap together feels really well done. Overall a very enjoyable experience. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763589,"author_name":"Joel Davis","author_uid":"joel-davis","epoch":1634190446,"text":"@yikescloud nice work managing to build a truss bridge and a suspension bridge.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":763610,"author_name":"very high ping","author_uid":"very-high-ping","epoch":1634193358,"text":"maybe my computer just is unable to handle it, but it was incredibly buggy, for example after building a bridge it expanded and stretched like i'd summoned a demon\nbut the concept is really cool, i love the idea of a bridge building game where you choose where to build the bridge, i just wish it was a bit more playable","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":764097,"author_name":"Cedric86","author_uid":"cedric86","epoch":1634232633,"text":"Got the blobs all connected. GAme didn't end though. Is it possible for a bridge to collapse? Becuase a few off my builds were terrible and the bridsges still held together. XD\nFun game i had a good time playing it. Keep it up.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":764100,"author_name":"Rengo","author_uid":"rengo","epoch":1634232804,"text":"the bridges are definitely unstable however i don't think them phasing out of existence was planned","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":766990,"author_name":"LDJam user 263763","author_uid":"263763","epoch":1634562201,"text":"Interesting concept, well done!, a little hard, the floating bridge and the gummis are funny lol","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/joeld42.itch.io\/bridges","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/joeld42.itch.io\/bridges","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/joeld42.itch.io\/bridges","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/joeld42.itch.io\/bridges","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"80355","g_author":"1000748","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"381945","g_title":"Gummi Bridges","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1218","g_commentcount":"22","g_site2_node_id":"268873","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"268873","n_urlkey":"381945","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/gummi-bridges","n_slug":"gummi-bridges","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"748","n_created":"1633242406","n_modified":"1778259081","n_version":"844474","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":748,"body":"![Cover Img](\/\/\/content\/ce2\/z\/462d5.png)\n\n\nA game for LD49 game jam\nJoel Davis \nTwitter: @joeld42\njoeld42@gmail.com\n\n# Introduction\n\nSpawn pools will spawn babby gummis. When they grow up, their color\nwill change and they will seek out another pool that matches their new\ncolor. \n\nBut there are giant ravines in the way! Oh no! Help out the gummis\nby building bridges so that they can reach the pools.\n\n![luxe_gN4dtipVkH.png](\/\/\/raw\/ce2\/z\/46337.png)\n\n# How to play\n\nMostly the on-screen help will tell you how to build stuff. \nHow to build bridges:\n\n1. Press the \"Build\" button to start build mode\n2. Draw a line between the two Anchors (red spheres) to pick where to build the bridge.\n3. Draw roads segments and struts from the anchors. Blue anchors can be used for additional support. Segments will be tinted red if they are too long to build. \n\n(There is no undo and you can't edit anything after building it. Those features were cut by the department of squishy transportation as the project was projected to go over time.)\n\nThe gummis can only walk on road segments, not struts. 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When they grow up, their color\nwill change and they will seek out another pool that matches their new\ncolor. \n\nBut there are giant ravines in the way! Oh no! Help out the gummis\nby building bridges so that they can reach the pools.\n\n![luxe_gN4dtipVkH.png](\/\/\/raw\/ce2\/z\/46337.png)\n\n# How to play\n\nMostly the on-screen help will tell you how to build stuff. \nHow to build bridges:\n\n1. Press the \"Build\" button to start build mode\n2. Draw a line between the two Anchors (red spheres) to pick where to build the bridge.\n3. Draw roads segments and struts from the anchors. Blue anchors can be used for additional support. Segments will be tinted red if they are too long to build. \n\n(There is no undo and you can't edit anything after building it. Those features were cut by the department of squishy transportation as the project was projected to go over time.)\n\nThe gummis can only walk on road segments, not struts. 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It doesn't really work too well.\n\n\nBuilt using [luxe engine](https:\/\/luxeengine.com\/).\n\nNote: Source code is not included since Luxe is still in private preview release, but if you have joined the\npreview feel free to ask me (joeld) on the Luxe discord and I will be happy to give you access to\nthe project sources.","title":"Gummi Bridges","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/268501+268502+268503+268504+268505+268506+268507+268508+268509+268510+268511+268512+268513+268514+268515+268516+268517+268518+268519+268520+268521+268522+268523+268524+268525+268526+268527+268528+268529+268530+268531+268532+268533+268534+268535+268536+268537+268538+268539+268540+268541+268542+268543+268544+268545+268546+268547+268548+268549+268550+268551+268552+268553+268554+268555+268556+268557+268558+268559+268560+268561+268562+268563+268564+268565+268566+268567+268568+268569+268570+268571+268572+268573+268574+268575+268576+268577+268578+268579+268580+268581+268582+268583+268584+268585+268586+268587+268588+268589+268590+268591+268592+268593+268594+268595+268596+268597+268598+268599+268600+268601+268602+268603+268604+268605+268606+268607+268608+268609+268610+268611+268612+268613+268614+268615+268616+268617+268618+268619+268620+268621+268622+268623+268624+268625+268626+268627+268628+268629+268630+268631+268632+268633+268634+268635+268636+268637+268638+268639+268640+268641+268642+268643+268644+268645+268646+268647+268648+268649+268650+268651+268652+268653+268654+268655+268656+268657+268658+268659+268660+268661+268662+268663+268664+268665+268666+268667+268668+268669+268670+268671+268672+268673+268674+268675+268676+268677+268678+268679+268680+268681+268682+268683+268684+268685+268686+268687+268688+268689+268690+268691+268692+268693+268694+268695+268696+268697+268698+268699+268700+268701+268702+268703+268704+268705+268706+268707+268708+268709+268710+268711+268712+268713+268714+268715+268716+268717+268718+268719+268720+268721+268722+268723+268724+268725+268726+268727+268728+268729+268730+268731+268732+268733+268734+268735+268736+268737+268738+268739+268740+268741+268742+268743+268744+268745+268746+268747+268748+268749+268750+268751+268752+268753+268754+268755+268756+268757+268758+268759+268760+268761+268762+268763+268764+268765+268766+268767+268768+268769+268770+268771+268772+268773+268774+268775+268776+268777+268778+268779+268780+268781+268782+268783+268784+268785+268786+268787+268788+268789+268790+268791+268792+268793+268794+268795+268796+268797+268798+268799+268800+268801+268802+268803+268804+268805+268806+268807+268808+268809+268810+268811+268812+268813+268814+268815+268816+268817+268818+268819+268820+268821+268822+268823+268824+268825+268826+268827+268828+268829+268830+268831+268832+268833+268834+268835+268836+268837+268838+268839+268840+268841+268842+268843+268844+268845+268846+268847+268848+268849+268850+268851+268852+268853+268854+268855+268856+268857+268858+268859+268860+268861+268862+268863+268864+268865+268866+268867+268868+268869+268870+268871+268872+268873+268874+268875+268876+268877+268878+268879+268880+268881+268882+268883+268884+268885+268886+268887+268888+268889+268890+268891+268892+268893+268894+268895+268896+268897+268898+268899+268900+268901+268902+268903+268904+268905+268906+268907+268908+268909+268910+268911+268912+268913+268914+268915+268916+268917+268918+268919+268920+268921+268922+268923+268924+268925+268926+268927+268928+268929+268930+268931+268932+268933+268934+268935+268936+268937+268938+268939+268940+268941+268942+268943+268944+268945+268946+268947+268948+268949+268950+268951+268952+268953+268954+268955+268956+268957+268958+268959+268960+268961+268962+268963+268964+268965+268966+268967+268968+268969+268970+268971+268972+268973+268974+268975+268976+268977+268978+268979+268980+268981+268982+268983+268984+268985+268986+268987+268988+268989+268990+268991+268992+268993+268994+268995+268996+268997+268998+268999+269000?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/81\/81ce963675eed3fc32a2bb70a1c4f319b7916c91ba577728220031ded53a03a1","record":"shard-3\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/7edbaebd69469d8b220e1235045ab82ccdb03a9209a345a1f3cf3a61a123e01e.json","sha256":"81ce963675eed3fc32a2bb70a1c4f319b7916c91ba577728220031ded53a03a1","source":"https","stored_at":1784022349}}