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Overall I liked it a lot though","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1083331,"author_name":"sbackman","author_uid":"sbackman","epoch":1728324194,"text":"Interesting game. Took a while to get the hang of it. A visible score would have been nice to try and get a highscore.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102092,"author_name":"Brendan Aeria","author_uid":"brendan-aeria","epoch":1728517065,"text":"I like the simplistic idea. It reminds me of Conway's game of life simulation. I just wish the instructions told me how to help the blue faction (do I sit on green tiles and avoid red tiles?)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1104432,"author_name":"pierallard","author_uid":"pierallard","epoch":1728578774,"text":"Simple but it's working as I played several minutes trying to get an end score... But I never had it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1104453,"author_name":"khaotom","author_uid":"khaotom","epoch":1728579218,"text":"Observe and experiment. Very chill.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106363,"author_name":"Martingonn","author_uid":"martingonn","epoch":1728621957,"text":"Simple yet fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108064,"author_name":"henk","author_uid":"henk","epoch":1728679558,"text":"My little magenta square seems to die randomly even when it's nowhere near any red squares.\nI thought I might be the victim of wraparound or red squares hiding under blue\nsquares, but neither seem to be the cause.  Is this a bug?  Or a mechanic I'm not understanding?\n\nAside from that, I thought it was fun.  It might be good to have some sort of visual indication\nof the number of lives, though.  I started on \"chill\" mode and didn't realize that\nmeant \"no death\" until several minutes had passed.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108447,"author_name":"SdCorpse","author_uid":"sdcorpse","epoch":1728695112,"text":"Nice game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109097,"author_name":"LDJam user 238500","author_uid":"238500","epoch":1728730260,"text":"Interesting idea, but very hard to understand what is going on. Sometimes I am just randomly moved somewhere else, I died I guess? But was not close to any red squares (or any squares actually). Sometimes there is a sound when I am moved somewhere else, did I die here too? Or did I level up or something?\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110616,"author_name":"PlasmaPuffs","author_uid":"plasmapuffs","epoch":1728789835,"text":"I found the rules and colors kind of confusing. I think a score or health indicator would be really useful, but good game (and it was pretty fun dodging the red squares on insane mode)!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111598,"author_name":"Adrien Tremblay","author_uid":"adrien-tremblay","epoch":1728840621,"text":"Im sorry. I didn't really understand this game. This is the type of game put out in like 1979 lmfao","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111857,"author_name":"Harmadillo","author_uid":"harmadillo","epoch":1728849242,"text":"It took me a while to work out what I should be doing and I don't think I understand 100%. Especially why i would randomly(seemingly) teleport. Interesting to play. Insane difficulty definitely was.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112200,"author_name":"crcdng","author_uid":"crcdng","epoch":1728870717,"text":"Thanks for all the feedback so far, it is very much appreciated. I definitely want to see if the concept works out with a few improvements, many of which are mentioned here. Therefore I am hard at work on a post-LD version. And I can't wait to share with you after the rating period is over. It will be available at the same place: https:\/\/crcdng.itch.io\/tiny-sim  ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1113056,"author_name":"ellaris","author_uid":"ellaris","epoch":1728932498,"text":"Interesting, I feel I understood the rules, but even tho I never touched red the game was over?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115285,"author_name":"tinykidtoo","author_uid":"tinykidtoo","epoch":1729135117,"text":"Didn't really understand the rules.  But avoiding the red was fun.  ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115707,"author_name":"DzejPi","author_uid":"dzejpi","epoch":1729193918,"text":"Interesting stack, you don't see Flutter often, I still have nightmares about working with it occasionally. Joking asides \u2014 interesting game which reminded me of Game of Life a bit. But I have to agree with most of the people \u2014 rules are quite hard to understand. And I too was moved randomly few times, which I was not sure whether it was bug or not. And then I died seemingly out of nowhere, because there was nothing around me. But avoiding the red squares was fun. \nIf you plan to work on this further, then I would definitely try to introduce the rules slowly, so, that everyone gets them well. Otherwise very original entry, it's great to experiment a bit!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118739,"author_name":"CatZP","author_uid":"catzp","epoch":1729633705,"text":"Fun game! Still it would be nice to have a score in the end ^^","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1119005,"author_name":"stmate03","author_uid":"stmate03","epoch":1729682124,"text":"simple and clean, easy to understand the main mechanics, can get hectic on high difficulty, I had fun just watching what happen on easier difficulty only really dodging every blue moon or seeking green to reduce red numbers, wish there was a life indicator :(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld56\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1H9xn3b0JscdfweyTorOadXI0kaC9V0U_\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Flutter source directory"},{"url":"https:\/\/crcdng.itch.io\/tiny-sim","text":"Playable Game at itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"95924","g_author":"1401499","g_event":"LD56","g_eventkey":"115","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"445067","g_title":"tiny_sim","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"311","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"401519","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"401519","n_urlkey":"445067","n_parent":"395186","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/tiny-sim","n_slug":"tiny-sim","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"401499","n_created":"1728086125","n_modified":"1779449038","n_version":"1253257","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD56","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":401499,"body":"*links to playable game on itch.io and to source code zip (Flutter project) below* \n\n# tiny_sim\nan exercise in micromanagement\n\nYOU are MAGENTA. move with WASD keys.\nfriendly faction is BLUE, opponents are RED, neutrals GREEN   \n\ncollisions are resolved at ticks:     \n\nRule 1 \"neutralize\":     \nBLUE + RED -> GREEN     \nYOU + RED -> GREEN and you lose a life.    \n\nRule 2 \"release\": \nBLUE + GREEN -> BLUE + BLUE \nYOU + GREEN -> BLUE + BLUE \nRED + GREEN -> RED + RED     \n\nhow long can you fend off RED? 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