{"author_link":"\/author\/donutttt\/","author_name":"Donutttt","author_uid":"30043","comments":[{"author_name":"Jaucheman","author_uid":"21986","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:13am","epoch":1408964880,"text":"very nice Game! but its a bit too easy to win"},{"author_name":"Slooowpoke","author_uid":"5540","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1408968240,"text":"Bit difficult to understand, would have liked a play as you go tutorial but that's just me. Sound\/Music would have been great. Different to the other games out there though! A little bit more polish and difficulty and I can see myself playing this more!"},{"author_name":"datacr4sh","author_uid":"40158","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1408976580,"text":"love the gameplay, simple and great theme!"},{"author_name":"Tomker","author_uid":"35753","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1408986660,"text":"Simple graphic and nice gameplay :) Really nice"},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1408986900,"text":"I love this kind of game. good entry but a bit too easy. (try to add some sfx and music next time ;))"},{"author_name":"Macocco","author_uid":"13370","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1408990680,"text":"I like the concept but it is really hard to understand it at first. A tutorial level would be good. Besides the AI wasn't really good. Also the window was too big for my screen and the bottom was cut off."},{"author_name":"micdoodle8","author_uid":"36649","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1408997460,"text":"Nice job, though could be a bit harder. I noticed they're randomly generated. Nicely done :)"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1408997760,"text":"It was very easy to beat the AI, but I enjoyed the game very much!"},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1408998840,"text":"My highscore was 21310 ^_^ The computer had about a quarter of it. Loving these cellular automata :) Simple concept to grasp, but great gameplay!"},{"author_name":"Macocco","author_uid":"13370","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1409001600,"text":"I like the concept but it is really hard to understand it at first. A tutorial level would be good. Besides the AI wasn't really good. Also the window was too big for my screen and the bottom was cut off."},{"author_name":"gene-z","author_uid":"26095","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1409006700,"text":"Great game... very simple,, but good"},{"author_name":"ReddogStone","author_uid":"12333","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1409006820,"text":"I like the idea, though it was quite hard to get at first. Obviously, better visuals and some audio would help."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1409006940,"text":"Liked the style, took me a while to figure out the gameplay, but good job!"},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1409007000,"text":"Cool concept! It took some getting the hang of though"},{"author_name":"MacGeekPro","author_uid":"42383","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1409008740,"text":"Love the simple visual theme."},{"author_name":"kyyrma","author_uid":"8424","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1409076840,"text":"A bit complicated, due to a lack of tutorial. Once I got it though, I found the concept clever. Good job on interpreting the theme."},{"author_name":"magmaCrab","author_uid":"40609","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:12am","epoch":1409134020,"text":"Cool concept. I think the fun in this kind of games is to figure out how it works. The tutorial is fine in my opinion. good work!"},{"author_name":"bob_fish","author_uid":"14144","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:26am","epoch":1409217660,"text":"This was actually REALLY fun, the way to place things was a bit weird though and I often accidentally put the wrong thing in spots. I would have played this more if there was music and sound but in 48 hours, you did a great job!"},{"author_name":"vinull","author_uid":"19362","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 1:10am","epoch":1409360700,"text":"Not an easy game to get into, but interesting once figured out."},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 7:10am","epoch":1409987100,"text":"From the description I was expecting something more like cellular automata (Conway's Game of Life), but this is also good."}],"images":["ld30\/30043-7acb4bcc47a82ee4c4a1b379a62bac35.jpg","ld30\/30043-51bf17e5ab33133299525402817819df.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34082693\/Connected%20Worlds.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/34082693\/Connected%20Worlds.gmx.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16786","g_author":"30043","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16815","g_title":"Two Islands","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"709","g_commentcount":"20","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\/\/375043\/30043-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/30043-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Thanks for looking at my game. I'd really appreciate any feedback at all, so thank you in advance. Sorry for there only being a Windows version... I'm still stuck using fre Game Maker.\r\n\r\nI hope you enjoy my game!\r\n\r\n!!FOR BONUS POINTS PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SCORE IN THE COMMENTS!!\r\n\r\nTip -- Begin by placing houses and the nature blocks they need.\r\n\r\n\r\n---Controls---\r\nSpace - Next Turn\r\nH     - Help\r\nR     - Restart\r\n\r\nW, A, S, D\/ Arrows - Move\r\n\r\nZ - Place Factory\/Tree\r\nX - Place House\/Water\r\nC - Place Shop\/Wheat\r\n\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nIn this game you place blocks on the left island to earn points.\r\n\r\nIslands are generated randomly so each game is different.\r\n\r\nYou alternate between placing industrial and natural blocks.\r\n\r\nDifferent blocks have different needs. If a block's needs are not met it is destroyed at the end of the turn:\r\n\r\n-Houses must be surrounded by two different types of natural blocks\r\n-Factories must be surrounded by at least 4 houses\r\n-Shops must be surrounded by at least 2 houses\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDifferent blocks award different bonuses:\r\n\r\n-Houses award 10 points each\r\n-Factories award 50 points and allow 1 extra block per turn\r\n-Shops award 10 points for each house in their surrounding area\r\n\r\n","title":"Two Islands"}