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A small note: I really don't like that the game always forced itself into fullscreen mode with no way to disable that.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1160707,"author_name":"MelekTaus","author_uid":"melektaus","epoch":1759756018,"text":"@bereg Thank you for your kind words :heart: (... and the page is now filled)\n\n@staticrose Thanks for playing and for not giving up :smile: ... and you're right, the forced full-screen mode is annoying, so I disabled it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1160988,"author_name":"mdotedot","author_uid":"mdotedot","epoch":1759766504,"text":"This was really nice. The music is great! I had fun dragging the tire and I experimented with dropping stuff outside of the area to be punished. Good game design! Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1160991,"author_name":"designernap","author_uid":"designernap","epoch":1759766560,"text":"Great job. LOVED the \"TRAASH OOOUT!\" voice! \nAudio and visuals are excellent and great gameplay. \nIt was very tricky to carry the tires though! \nSolid entry.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1161639,"author_name":"arkicade","author_uid":"arkicade","epoch":1759783817,"text":"This game is adorable!! I love Pops (the trash bot), their animations are so fluid and their design is very cute. The music sounds incredible and despite it looping frequently was very pleasant to listen to. I also appreciate the unique gameplay of having to drag things around. At the beginning it was quite frantic\/hectic (so the music mismatched) but on another replay I got a lot of trash sorted and then entered a state where collecting the new trash was easier and the gameplay became very relaxing (maybe a metaphor for how beginning environmental efforts may be difficult but gradually become easier with more support?). I never used the longer range upgrades but I found speed to be essential. Great job :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1164005,"author_name":"LDJam user 384191","author_uid":"384191","epoch":1759813280,"text":"Oh I love it! The visuals, music and little voice lines are adorable and give the game a very polished feel. The game feels nicely balanced. I had to retry a couple of times before finding a good upgrade path, but then collecting the trash felt easier and very smooth (I also appreciate how the grabber only grabs one kind of trash). Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166347,"author_name":"NekoBones","author_uid":"nekobones","epoch":1759844573,"text":"It's super cute. I failed once and cleared the game at my second try, so the balance is great - not too hard, not too easy. And the voice of \"Traaaash~ OUT!\" is surprising lol, very cool game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1168846,"author_name":"guillaumepauli","author_uid":"guillaumepauli","epoch":1759867467,"text":"very cool concept! i had fun ! but i lost :'(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169613,"author_name":"MrV","author_uid":"mrv","epoch":1759874698,"text":"how good it looks! the animations are amazing","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174427,"author_name":"grid96","author_uid":"grid96","epoch":1759957498,"text":"Very good game and cool interpretation of the theme. Feeling good that I did something for the environment today! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177770,"author_name":"Emmatw","author_uid":"emmatw","epoch":1760044717,"text":"Super cute and relaxing game! I loved the art style, the trash cans are so adorable! The controls felt really smooth as well. I could really see this game being extended by adding more levels of difficulty, more different types of trash and things like that, I managed to clean out the lake but would definitely have played it for longer if there were more levels! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182081,"author_name":"Rewzu","author_uid":"rewzu","epoch":1760268425,"text":"I've managed to clean it all! Cute little game with a nice progression. Really polished! Good entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183643,"author_name":"FrozenDude","author_uid":"frozendude","epoch":1760394984,"text":"Really nice game. The upgrades are at a very nice level where you feel the improvment every time. Love the \"Traaaaash out!\"","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184282,"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"jimbly","epoch":1760481518,"text":"Nice game!  The progression felt pretty good.  My first game I lost unexpectedly, I didn't feel like I was going slow, but apparently I was too slow -_-.  Some better feedback for being about to lose (screen going red, blinking meter - I didn't even see the meter during the first game =) or something probably would have helped.  I managed to win my second game though, and enjoyed it.  Trash out!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184668,"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"linus-lindberg","epoch":1760555292,"text":"This to me feels like a perfect jam game! Perfectly scoped and very polished! Well done! It felt a little too difficult to me so I couldn't finish it even after 4 or 5 attempts, but I will be back later to try again! :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1186810,"author_name":"Shoalmuse","author_uid":"shoalmuse","epoch":1760984924,"text":"Loved this one!  Super cute graphics and sound and there was some strategy in drafting upgrades and figuring out how to get many of the same type of garbage in one go.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187185,"author_name":"LDJam user 214618","author_uid":"214618","epoch":1761048997,"text":"Traaaaaaaaash out!\nWow, that was great! Super polished, well balanced and oddly satifying! Great entry overall!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187203,"author_name":"ChuChuGeralt","author_uid":"chuchugeralt","epoch":1761051551,"text":"Really nice game! I liked the smooth game loop, the crisp art, and the relaxing music.\n\nThe game could be improved with a more challenging game loop, as it tended to get easier toward the end.\n\nBut considering the time constraint of the jam, it's a really nice entry that I enjoyed a lot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1188945,"author_name":"Cthulhu5227","author_uid":"cthulhu5227","epoch":1761338609,"text":"Very nice!\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/themelektaus\/ld58\/tree\/2db6","text":"Compo (Source Code)"},{"url":"https:\/\/nockal.com\/ld58\/compo","text":"Compo (Game, WebGL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/nockal.com\/ld58\/postjam--do-not-rate--","text":"Post-Jam (Do not rate)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89458","g_author":"1218709","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"427477","g_title":"TRASH-OUT","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"21","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"418907","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"418907","n_urlkey":"427477","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/recycle-robo","n_slug":"recycle-robo","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"218709","n_created":"1759508817","n_modified":"1778810790","n_version":"1334847","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":5,"author":218709,"body":"![](\/\/\/raw\/556\/53\/z\/6d416.png)\n\n\n \n\n**TRASH-OUT** is a game where you control a robotic arm to save a polluted pond from drowning in garbage. 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