{"author_name":"thedaian","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"February 21, 2010 7:34 pm","epoch":1266798840,"text":"Hard, but addictively fun.  I was unable to reach &#8216;full-size&#8217;, but I enjoyed dodging and chasing the others.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1266789360,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"71593","p_author":"thedaian","p_authorkey":"241","p_urlkey":"107415","p_title":"SCIENTIFICAL TITAL \u2013 The Game","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1266789360","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"241","us_name":"thedaian","us_username":"thedaian","event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"text":"<p>Well, this probably took about 20 hours, maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less.\u00a0 But my game is done.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually pretty hard, due to the AI that tries to follow you, or escape.\u00a0 I actually turned down the difficulty a bit.\u00a0 Anyway, ripping straight from the readme:<\/p>\n <p>&#8212;IMPORTANT PART&#8212;<\/p>\n <p>Controls: 1 and 2 will move you left and right, respectively, 3 will give you a speed boost (the bar on the right will decrease while boosting).\u00a0 Your vertical movement is limited by your position on the screen.\u00a0 The white specks give you an indication of what direction you&#8217;ll go in that general area.\u00a0 Escape or 0 will quit the game.<\/p>\n <p>Gameplay: You are the orange dot.\u00a0 You must eat smaller dots to grow bigger.\u00a0 When you reach a certain size, the game ends and you can play again.\u00a0 Enemy positions are random (except for the first game, which has a constant seed).\u00a0 Enemies are color coded by size, with small sized enemies being light blue, and large enemies being a darker blue.\u00a0 Enemy movements are semi-random, but they will chase you or avoid you (depending on size) if you get too close.<\/p>\n <p>Download the game here: <a title=\"Game Download\" href=\"http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/miniLD16-thedaian.zip\">http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/miniLD16-thedaian.zip<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Get the source code (only) here: <a title=\"Game Source\" href=\"http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/miniLD16-thedaian.zip\">http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/miniLD16-source.rar<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Game compiled\/tested on Windows XP.\u00a0 Could feasibly work on other operating systems.<\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/screenshot.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/barchok.com\/p\/miniLD16\/screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>","time":"February 21st, 2010 4:56 pm","title":"SCIENTIFICAL TITAL \u2013 The Game"}