{"author_link":"\/author\/lorcanwsmith\/","author_name":"lorcanwsmith","author_uid":"55070","comments":[{"author_name":"dosmaen","author_uid":"4122","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:20am","epoch":1440389700,"text":"Great entry for your first time! I love crushing building and villagers as a giant snail. Very cartoony style, i love the villager dying sounds."},{"author_name":"Cynapse","author_uid":"25162","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:21am","epoch":1440389760,"text":"Pretty simple, but good for a quick play. I like the graphics, and can honestly say I've never played as a giant snail in a game before. Good work!"},{"author_name":"BortStudios","author_uid":"8199","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:30am","epoch":1440390300,"text":"Having better effects when hitting a building would make this game way fun"},{"author_name":"9.ar7k","author_uid":"56652","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:34am","epoch":1440390540,"text":"my only gripe is that i can't really see in front of me and it makes it hard to see if you are gonna eat a villager or not. still fun. played thru twice ^^"},{"author_name":"FiveIronFanatic","author_uid":"56279","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:40am","epoch":1440390900,"text":"First, this game took me a LONG time to download to play on Kongregate. Might just be my connection, but if you can trim any file size, that would help a lot.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Considering it was made in 48 hours, this is solid, but there are some things to work on. You asked for feedback, so here goes:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The view makes it hard to see what I'm hitting, especially villagers. Zooming out to be over the &quot;shoulder&quot; of the snail instead of on top of it would help me see what I'm hitting when I attack.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Speaking of, it was hard to tell when I hit a building\/lamp post, since there was no indication from the object in question if it had taken damage unless it was destroyed. A little shake or flash when I hit to show damage would be helpful!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, this is a solid Ludum game! After all, who wouldn't want to be a giant snail crushing a small town?"},{"author_name":"Jezz0r","author_uid":"55603","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:26am","epoch":1440397260,"text":"I the way the snail moves"},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:02am","epoch":1440403020,"text":"The snake controls feel way too mechenical, adding some speed-up\/slowdown when you change direction and the model actually responding to input will go a long way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It is unfortunate that the model blocks your view of what is in front of you so sometimes you just bash your head without knowing if you are going to hit something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The lightning is very harsh. Perhaps you could have used more ambient light and darker textures.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It would have been nice to have some animation when you destroy things."},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:04am","epoch":1440403140,"text":"Well done for keeping things simple. I really enjoyed the game. Some particle effects and explosions would be cool :P"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:06am","epoch":1440406860,"text":"The snail is very slow, which I suppose is authentic for a giant snail.  :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the moonlit village mood!  The graphics worked pretty well with it."},{"author_name":"MrDave","author_uid":"49905","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:36am","epoch":1440408660,"text":"This is a good entry, I really loved the music and the people had good sounds as well. \r<br\/>You should be very happy with this first entry!"},{"author_name":"Grhyll","author_uid":"55071","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:48am","epoch":1440409380,"text":"Well first thing: I Love the title :D \r<br\/>It feels good to be that big snail and eat people!\r<br\/>There isn't much to say that others haven't already, the camera is indeed not ideal, and I didn't even understand how to destroy houses, leaving me each time with a big &quot;0&quot; on the scores (tried to eat them, but apparently it's not possible). On my last try I destroyed a lampost without realizing it (made 2685pts, is that good? :p). \r<br\/>The &quot;eating&quot; sfx is quite satisfying, but the people screaming goes from fun to a bit annoying after some minutes ^^'\r<br\/>Also, the end of the game is a bit abrupt, maybe a sound for the final countdown would have attenuated the shock of the score panel interrupting the game!"},{"author_name":"Leopoldine","author_uid":"56916","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:21am","epoch":1440411360,"text":"Nice idea, first time i played a snail.\r<br\/>Like u said, to improve your game, u need to work better on animation.\r<br\/>GG"},{"author_name":"TwixtorTitan","author_uid":"40573","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:21am","epoch":1440411360,"text":"Crushing stuff is always fun."},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1440419160,"text":"LOL I CRIED XD pretty fun, but I couldn't tell If i ate a villager or not. Very fun overall with nice graphics. I liked the stats thing at the end."},{"author_name":"YerghaizVerot","author_uid":"56341","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1440427200,"text":"Wow!  This is certainly my favorite Unity submission thus far.  Lot of issues, that many others have already addressed, but I got to be a giant snail!"},{"author_name":"afisicos","author_uid":"56941","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1440443280,"text":"I love be a giant snail and destroy all."},{"author_name":"Jeroen Kapp\u00e9","author_uid":"57138","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1440447960,"text":"very nice style, nice game"},{"author_name":"kmiitz","author_uid":"56757","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1440540300,"text":"Ahah wtf? If I want a dessert can I eat something else than human? Can I crush the trees? Why can't I breathe fire?"},{"author_name":"jmschrack","author_uid":"55960","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 1:40am","epoch":1440552900,"text":"Felt weird since the villagers could push me around. But I loved the audio for the villagers"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1440706320,"text":"Welcome to Ludum Dare! Good first effort too :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Difficult, but I like a good challenge. The snail looks really cool and I like what you did with the moon!"},{"author_name":"Biruts","author_uid":"25209","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1441147860,"text":"Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy."},{"author_name":"Interface","author_uid":"42145","time":"Sep 12, 2015 @ 5:31am","epoch":1442035560,"text":"Good stuff for your first entry. Didn't quite get to destroying any houses. Great mood!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Oct 13, 2015 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1444750620,"text":"Wasnt sure how to destroy homes, but good game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/K5Eh9xNFJGY"}],"images":["ld33\/55070-0368dfc033dac7f0fdd8e33eb0193cf1.jpg","ld33\/55070-de1b025eb54e9a7670f4fee73466ad58.jpg","ld33\/55070-486365c63e6123cddf996202bafb4947.jpg","ld33\/55070-db4627795f0588946b4d77f0ab76f726.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/lorcanwsmith\/attack-of-the-50ft-snail","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-tVtdNO6XeTZWpEWTdoWnlwaXc\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-tVtdNO6XeTQUotelBBN3IyTWs\/view?usp=sharing","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-tVtdNO6XeTdFdLb0xWbkwxUkE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/folderview?id=0B-tVtdNO6XeTfmVfcFpuS2oxV3dHbWVkSmVwMXBkM081d2cyd2NRR1NybDZqUGtIa2tCWWM&amp;usp=sharing","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9829","g_author":"55070","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9863","g_title":"Attack Of The 50ft Snail","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"347","g_commentcount":"23","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\/55070-shot0-1440400419.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55070-shot1-1440400936.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55070-shot2-1440400936.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/55070-shot3-1440400936.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Game: Control a massive snail on his mission to destroy everything before time is up.\r\n\r\nControls: Up - Forward, Left - Rotate Left, Right - Rotate Right, Space - Attack\r\n\r\nImprovements: I really think next time I'll work on the animations and the lighting.\r\n\r\nTools: Unity, Blender, Audacity\r\n\r\nFeedback: Please give me honest feed back so I can improve my game next time.\r\n\r\nExtra: Really loved my first Ludum Dare can't wait to do it again.","title":"Attack Of The 50ft Snail"}