{"author_link":"\/author\/skywolf\/","author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","comments":[{"author_name":"OmnipotentPotatoDEV","author_uid":"50213","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:16am","epoch":1429506660,"text":"By far my favorite game so far! :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That audio in the beginning was really cool, I love your accent. xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm gonna keep this game installed."},{"author_name":"HeskHwis","author_uid":"52587","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:36am","epoch":1429525860,"text":"Really cool game ! I just found it difficult to aim precisely with the mouse while avoiding the ennemies... Beautiful voice in the menu too \\o\/"},{"author_name":"ndebruyn","author_uid":"32655","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:37am","epoch":1429525920,"text":"Hehehe, good game.\r<br\/>Love the movements, music and intro.\r<br\/>I don't like that you can't exit from the tutorial screen.\r<br\/>Well done other than that."},{"author_name":"morgondag","author_uid":"51821","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:39am","epoch":1429526040,"text":"nice voiced over intro :D"},{"author_name":"Yamzho","author_uid":"40804","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:43am","epoch":1429526280,"text":"Vey cool ! Nice intro voice ! (And yeah, why the heck not ?)"},{"author_name":"rudra","author_uid":"42948","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:50am","epoch":1429526700,"text":"The voice in the beginning was really cool !\r<br\/>Good Game, and yes, it was a bit difficult to aim at the enemies, but yes Good one :)"},{"author_name":"RikkyPikki","author_uid":"52695","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:56am","epoch":1429527060,"text":"Fun game! But you should have made it easier to click on the fruits."},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:56am","epoch":1429527060,"text":"Nice take on the theme. I find aiming too hard, timing seems to be off all the time as you are moving, but I guess I'm just bad at these kinds of games. :)"},{"author_name":"ManicMiner","author_uid":"50892","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:59am","epoch":1429527240,"text":"I found this weirdly hard - too many things to keep track of at once! - seriously though this is a nice entry. Cool take on the theme, and I really DID want to know what all the fruit did"},{"author_name":"pi_pi3","author_uid":"38955","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:00am","epoch":1429527300,"text":"Aiming is a bit hard, but otherwise it's 4\/5"},{"author_name":"Multiplexor","author_uid":"50012","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:07am","epoch":1429527720,"text":"I like the concept, I think it could make for a nice roguelike game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As other people said, it's a bit hard to control and aim tough"},{"author_name":"Nilq","author_uid":"39343","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:28am","epoch":1429528980,"text":"The grapihcs and the gameplay are awesome! Great idea."},{"author_name":"rg_rem","author_uid":"50982","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:36am","epoch":1429529460,"text":"intro is really cool"},{"author_name":"BraindeadGeo","author_uid":"29444","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:41am","epoch":1429529760,"text":"haha, i got a bit of a fright with the intro voice! Certainly an unusual take on the theme :)"},{"author_name":"notrorschach","author_uid":"48891","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:41am","epoch":1429529760,"text":"Great audio and concept."},{"author_name":"deadarius","author_uid":"34214","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:43am","epoch":1429529880,"text":"Sick, bro."},{"author_name":"PapyPilgrim","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:45am","epoch":1429530000,"text":"It was a bit hard to keep track of everything, and the aiming was really unprecise"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:46am","epoch":1429530060,"text":"Would have been amazing if you voiced more stuff in the game."},{"author_name":"strega","author_uid":"5269","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1429531440,"text":"Pretty awesome! and nice tutorial. I wish when I clicked it would launch the closest fruit to my mouse regardless if I click near the fruit or not."},{"author_name":"Nuclear Mosquito","author_uid":"50222","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1429554180,"text":"I love the overall idea of the game, but it doesn't feel like you spent time to make the controls feel nice, which ruins the game for me. I had a really difficult time hitting enemies."},{"author_name":"dylanigan","author_uid":"24589","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1429569600,"text":"FRUIT SALAD: IN SPACE! 2015 Edition! WITH LIKE FIVE FONTS!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I enjoyed this game, especially the intro."},{"author_name":"calavera","author_uid":"45053","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1429571760,"text":"Awesome! great audio and use of theme."},{"author_name":"dix","author_uid":"30021","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 11:11am","epoch":1429614360,"text":"Nice game :D Cool graphics and idea :D"},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1429619940,"text":"Challenging game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>BTW I have an Azerty keyboard... it's always a bit annoying to switch to a Qwerty configuration in the middle of the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I didn't see any fruit to grab in the tutorial :\/"},{"author_name":"Embalaje","author_uid":"52106","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1429630980,"text":"Ey! That&acute;s a nice game. I enjoied discovering what each fruit can do. Good variation of asteroids!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very difficult but not frustrating, makes you want to play again."},{"author_name":"dyfer","author_uid":"50857","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1429633560,"text":"lol prety funny one,"},{"author_name":"SimianLogic","author_uid":"15570","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1429654080,"text":"The intro was pretty funny, but I the gameplay was really hard to figure out. I was never sure which fruit was going to launch and they all seem pretty underpowered for how quickly the enemies take you down."},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:03am","epoch":1429689480,"text":"Nice idea, the mechanics work really well!"},{"author_name":"cgmorton","author_uid":"52622","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1429722420,"text":"Grapes are the only fruit for me. Every other fruit is terrible by comparison."},{"author_name":"lody","author_uid":"52630","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 8:52am","epoch":1429778820,"text":"very fun game! i love having the all little pieces of melon and spamming them away :3 the intro was funny, but wow it's annoying after so many game overs XDD"},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 10:07am","epoch":1429783320,"text":"Thanks everybody for the kind comments.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I guess that shooting the fruit in the (fruit-character) direction was a bad design choice because it made it look &quot;imprecise&quot;. Maybe it should have &quot;followed&quot; the mouse instead. Lesson learned!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>About the intro, it was very fun to make and i'm happy it's funny to listen to. Sorry for that accent, english it's not exactly my native language. xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@cgmorton yeah, indeed grapes are overpowered, although they are slighty more rare. If i recall the weights correctly."},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1429983120,"text":"All round greatness. You da man son."},{"author_name":"tompudding","author_uid":"12467","time":"May 10, 2015 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1431293700,"text":"Fantastic idea, great game. It was so rare that I managed to hit things with the fruits I think I'd like them to do more damage, but otherwise super"},{"author_name":"Plustech","author_uid":"50284","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1431357720,"text":"My favorite was the grapes, was easier to landed. A little too difficult to wait for the fruits to also click on the right one and also avoiding bullets. I would like to play a different option on the controls, maybe the fruits could be stacked and then you just need to point with the mouse to the direction you want to send it. Anyways, good amount of content and features. Good job overall"}],"images":["ld32\/18222-1d951d68c7ab4c92ec4607c0510395bc.jpg","ld32\/18222-4f4758b5e10b8a43ecde32af5cf9bc51.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25474885\/ld32\/Windows\/fruitsalad-win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25474885\/ld32\/Mac\/fruitsalad-mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25474885\/ld32\/Linux\/fruitsalad-linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/SkyWolf\/ld32","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/25474885\/ld32\/WebGL\/index.html","text":"WebGL"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12227","g_author":"18222","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"12257","g_title":"Fruit Salad (in Space)","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"386","g_commentcount":"34","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\/\/444368\/18222-shot0-1429547188.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/18222-shot1-1429494944.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Changelog (post Compo end \/ pre Jam end):\r\n- Fixed not looping song\r\n- Fixed grapes not shooting properly\r\n- Fixed enemies occasionally not looking at the character\r\n- Fixed enemies spawning in the tutorial (when they shouldn't have)\r\n- Fixed boss being unable to shoot\r\n- Rewrote description, i was horribly sleep deprived yesterday night\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nKnown Bugs \/ Notes:\r\n- Even though this is a jam game (it was a 2 man team), we've self-imposed ALL the other Compo rules, including but not limited to the 48h time limit.\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nLore:\r\nWho doesn't love a lovely fruit salad? Aliens don't. They want to ruin your freaking basket with your freaking harvested fruit, we must do something to stop them!\r\nUnfortunately the only weapon we dispose of is the fruit itself, which fortunately looks like it does good harm to our alien \"not-friends\".\r\nYou must restore peace, kill those aliens and give everybody else their well deserved fruit salad.\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nInfo:\r\nHello guys, it's SkyWolf.\r\nAfter LD30's experiment where i took part into the jam with a 2 man team, with self-imposed Compo rules (http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=18222) i wanted to do that again.\r\nSo here we are, me and my friend zlatancld, who gladly jumped on board!\r\n\r\nYou can find us both on Twitter @akaSkyWolf and @zlatancld, follow us if you care.\r\nAlso we higly encourage feedback and insults. Tell us how much our game sucked, folks.\r\n\r\nHave fun everybody and keep jammin'!\r\n\r\nPS: Mac and Linux builds aren't tested, please confirm if they work or not. Thanks a lot. \r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nControls: \r\nWASD to move (can be changed in the launcher)\r\nMouse to shoot\r\n\r\nPS: I strongly recommend following the in-game tutorial.","title":"Fruit Salad (in Space)"}