{"author_link":"\/author\/ltyrosine\/","author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","comments":[{"author_name":"ekajjake","author_uid":"48260","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:26am","epoch":1440483660,"text":"Omnomnomnom."},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1440688200,"text":"Nice concept!"},{"author_name":"carlmartus","author_uid":"31158","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1440797160,"text":"Cool. Played on my laptop but does it work with multitouch?"},{"author_name":"FistBumpGames","author_uid":"30260","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1440797220,"text":"I like the idea and how the movement works. The eye is also really great (:"},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1440797760,"text":"Spent quite a while on this, good fun, but never managed to finish :( got to 40%! Nice concept and the art looks cooool!"},{"author_name":"dregamr","author_uid":"57743","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1440798420,"text":"Unexpected and well made, but difficult to play."},{"author_name":"garvon","author_uid":"42226","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1440799140,"text":"great idea, great execution. I had a lot of fun. Controls felt great"},{"author_name":"r8berto","author_uid":"50430","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1440799560,"text":"Oh man, I love sea monsters"},{"author_name":"Hippomancer","author_uid":"58055","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1440800280,"text":"I loved everything about this game."},{"author_name":"Grahhhhh","author_uid":"51802","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1440800580,"text":"I found the controls to be a little hard to use, but God is this beautiful.  One of prettiest games I've seen yet."},{"author_name":"flokitall","author_uid":"57210","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1440800700,"text":"Fun concept and surprisingly difficult, well done!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I liked the detail put into the eye movement, as well as the ripples on the ocean's surface. What surprised me most though was the variety in enemies, I wanted to play more just to see what else was in the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Because the game is completely mouse controlled, quite often I ended up using the jaws instead of dragging the body. Perhaps binding the jaws to Space and using the mouse for movement only would have worked slightly better.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I made it to 30%, yay :)"},{"author_name":"Infernal","author_uid":"16392","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1440802440,"text":"great game! mechanics were solid, but a little slow.  there has to be a better way to destroy the black subs than smacking them but I wasn't having much luck.  Tried having them hit mines and barrels but they are hard to mannouver and keep pelting me with weapons from all sides"},{"author_name":"Chadivision","author_uid":"49058","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1440803580,"text":"Great game!  This is one of my favorites.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The movement was visually interesting and just made intuitive sense.  The graphics also look very good.  Nice job all around."},{"author_name":"peecestudios","author_uid":"52769","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:22am","epoch":1440807420,"text":"So much polish, mmmmmmm. Polished good looking ludum dare games make me so happy"},{"author_name":"Fanatrick","author_uid":"39646","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 1:18am","epoch":1440810780,"text":"The physics are amazing, even though it's just unity physics I loved how you put it together. Wish the monster had more power to be destructive, whole game I could only eat the divers which was kind of annoying.\r<br\/>Really well made but the potential was a bit misplaced, wish the monster was more powerful."},{"author_name":"shawn42","author_uid":"571","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 2:54am","epoch":1440816540,"text":"very fun. maybe speed up movement just a touch. nice work!"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 3:41am","epoch":1440819360,"text":"Great concept, but the movement is too slow in the beginning. It's a real struggle to get past that point, but the game is otherwise outstanding. The graphics especially are really nice, lots of subtle detail that make them really stand out."},{"author_name":"stahlmanDesign","author_uid":"49932","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 3:42am","epoch":1440819420,"text":"Crazy scary monster. Nice touch to have the eye follow the cursor. The 3D is beautiful and it's fun to control the monster. Great sounds too. Fun to play for a long time. Wow, really great! One of the best-looking, with innovative controls."},{"author_name":"spindizzyMR","author_uid":"53194","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1440858120,"text":"Spent a lot of time playing this one, but it's hard.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Annoyed that I can't smite the puny human divers and destroying subs and ships feels like punching in your dreams. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I want to get to the later levels :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Guess I try again."},{"author_name":"spindizzyMR","author_uid":"53194","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1440860340,"text":"Yep tried again, I found in particular trying to get containers off cargoships incredibly frustrating, I failed over and over.  So I stopped before I punched my monitor.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very polished beautiful game, just draws me in drives me mad."},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1440862500,"text":"This is very fun even thouhg it is very simple. i like it. The sound effects add quite a lot of atmosphere too."},{"author_name":"chuckeles","author_uid":"33094","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1440864960,"text":"Awesome game! I also like the silence (=sound design :P). It's a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1440866040,"text":"Clearly quite a bit of work went into the models, animations and presentation and it shows. I like the mechanic of grabbing and eating but it does get a bit tiresome after a couple of minutes (esp. when my gains are removed by depth charges again, nullifying my effort) The movements feel good, the slowness in the water, just if I hit a tiny sub with one of my claws it should still get quite a bit of momentum. Intriguing and nice."},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1440868200,"text":"So satisfying."},{"author_name":"AdayMC","author_uid":"45420","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1440869040,"text":"Really good work, nice mechanics and final result.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice done!"},{"author_name":"jcwelgemoed","author_uid":"55308","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1441052640,"text":"Quite challenging. Super fun eating those divers though :)\r<br\/>This could be super fun on a tablet with touch controls."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1441146240,"text":"I really dig those graphics! It reminds me of DKC, when it used pre-rendered graphics on the SNES.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game felt... too slow. Perhaps it would be better on a touch device, and if everything move a little bit faster...\r<br\/>The idea is pretty cool, though!"},{"author_name":"KilledByAPixel","author_uid":"2075","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1441402320,"text":"- looks fantastic\r<br\/>- good use of theme\r<br\/>- movement was a bit slow, but pretty fun to control\r<br\/>- a bit difficult but i managed to bring some stars closer"},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1441409760,"text":"Very nice game. Moving the arms\/body was a bit annoying at times, but quite fun nonetheless."},{"author_name":"wallmasterr","author_uid":"18865","time":"Sep 10, 2015 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1441920960,"text":"looks nice and has realy funny physics"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Sep 11, 2015 @ 2:14am","epoch":1441937340,"text":"Had a lot of fun with the game.  I liked that as I progressed, it became easier to control the monster.  At the same time, a lot of new elements are introduced to make the game more fast-paced.  Had a very good difficulty curve, too.  Thought I wouldn't make it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Music would have been nice.  Could have started with slightly more mobility.  Still thought it was a spectacular game!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Oct 19, 2015 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1445272200,"text":"Fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/sWM7EbBXpJg"}],"images":["ld33\/6633-efb2c9e0a02225d730d87be2f1f3a87f.jpg","ld33\/6633-51dbe4219a49df0f39e4e41ea9543c12.jpg","ld33\/6633-7bdb458926685a0d386b0a41c5dca09b.jpg","ld33\/6633-f31edd5ce35db7651a0d69b5fd917cd1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.arcadiumplayware.com\/WhenTheStarsAreRight.html","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.arcadiumplayware.com\/WhenTheStarsAreRight\/index.html","text":"Web (WebGL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9AAhNs7XBp8&amp;feature=youtu.be","text":"Full length gameplay video"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9704","g_author":"6633","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9738","g_title":"When the Stars are Right","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"223","g_commentcount":"32","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\/\/479518\/6633-shot0-1440852315.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/6633-shot1-1440465963.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/6633-shot2-1440480301.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/6633-shot3-1440871785.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In the depths it awaits... when the stars are right.\r\n\r\n[How to play]\r\n\r\nDrag the mouse with left button over the monster parts to move.\r\nClick on the mouth to use it (uses energy)\r\nDestroy things with your claws and fangs, eat humans to gain levels and return to the stars\r\n\r\n[FAQ and hints]\r\n\r\nQ: I am a giant monster and can barely hold a small boat. Why?\r\nA: Yes. You've been sleeping for thousands of years. You need energy.\r\n\r\nQ: How can I replenish my energy?\r\nA: You need to eat divers. Sometimes they come alone but most of them are inside vehicles, just break it and they will go out. Catch as many as you can with your enclosing arms in direction of the fatal bite. You can also eat containers from cargo ships.\r\n\r\nQ: What is energy for?\r\nA: Each bite cost 2 points of energy. Beside that, when you fill your energy bar you gain a level.\r\n\r\nQ: How to destroy vehicles?\r\nA: With bites and punches. Punches damage is tied to punch speed.\r\n\r\nQ: What are the changes on each level?\r\nA: +resistance +agility +strength +bite power +stars. Punches do more damage because you move faster. On later levels you will be pulling battleships with a single claw.\r\n\r\nQ: Is this game have an end \/ What are those black stars in sky?\r\nA: They are not stars and they are not black, but this is all that your human eye will see =). You win the game reaching level 11 (filling sky with stars)\r\n\r\nQ: Is this game was made entirely in 72 hours?\r\nA: Of course. We are in a ludumdare.\r\n\r\nQ: Has the monster another power beside the bite?\r\nA: It should have short range laser and telekinesis. Actually, they are implemented in code with a few more lines to work in full... but not in time.\r\n\r\nQ: Are there any plans for a post compo version? \/ I would like to see these powers\r\nA: It depends on community feedback.\r\n\r\n\r\nThank you and see you in LD34 =)","title":"When the Stars are Right"}