{"author_link":"\/author\/perpetualraine\/","author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","comments":[{"author_name":"principlesofplay","author_uid":"42095","time":"Aug 24, 2014 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1408924380,"text":"Great submission Christian.  That lava scared the crap out of me! lol"},{"author_name":"EMAK","author_uid":"25905","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:37am","epoch":1408955520,"text":"Nice game, very fun!"},{"author_name":"yodamaster","author_uid":"38165","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1408978200,"text":"I think I've seen this type of game before ..."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1408978320,"text":"Is this game one button killing? And how it using the theme?"},{"author_name":"NikSG","author_uid":"17994","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1408978380,"text":"my digbot dug and dashed. fun stuff"},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1408978380,"text":"that lava came as real surprise.. it cost me 2 lives to realize what is going on.. turned into real keyboard smasher.. fun"},{"author_name":"uvwar","author_uid":"40468","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1408978380,"text":"I blew up!"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1408989540,"text":"Pretty hectic after the first few levels, but I had fun playing :)"},{"author_name":"TrickFishPie","author_uid":"27071","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1409079240,"text":"Nice to play this. Wasn't easy once that giant turkish rug thing came for me :)"},{"author_name":"TowelKing","author_uid":"36784","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1409079360,"text":"Digbot and his full range of robot emotions really brought this game to life"},{"author_name":"vulpineblazeyt","author_uid":"27775","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:03pm","epoch":1409079480,"text":"This was really awesome! I liked the concept and the lava was properly terrifying lol. Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"bluemaroo3","author_uid":"39635","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1409080080,"text":"I do like a bit of Mania in my games and this certainly provided it.\r<br\/>However I may have to charge you for keyboard replacement :P\r<br\/>Great game and lots of fun (and lava)"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1409080620,"text":"Very fun! The end of the first level had me enraged!!! Good work :D"},{"author_name":"TeamQuadratic","author_uid":"18547","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1409118900,"text":"Fun, frantic gameplay, but pretty difficult. The lava also starts really quickly and if you aren't expecting it you are basically screwed on your first playthrough."},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:05am","epoch":1409119200,"text":"Super-fun game! As soon as I saw the lava I just started furiously tapping the spacebar hoping to outrun it. Took a couple of tries, but I made it!"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:06am","epoch":1409119260,"text":"Very good game, really frantic. It's a tad annoying that you have to start all over again once all lives are gone. The fifth stage did me in (the one with the bombs).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Completely non themed though :)"},{"author_name":"buckslice","author_uid":"40882","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1409119440,"text":"Quite fun and had me playing a while. Trying to dig up though is pretty difficult, and couldn't get past level 4 or so because of this. Also don't really see how this is related to the theme at all but whatever lol. Nice game"},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:16am","epoch":1409119860,"text":"Great game, really fun ;)"},{"author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:25am","epoch":1409120400,"text":"Thanks for the feedback, everyone! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I tried to connect the theme within the story\/title cards in that Digbot was moving through an old connected tunnel of two worlds, but I can absolutely see how that doesn't come through enough for true thematics. Definitely something I'll keep in mind for my second LD!"},{"author_name":"DDFranky","author_uid":"40812","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:03am","epoch":1409133480,"text":"Nice game! I had to stop playing because otherwise my spacebar will sue me. Is it me or there is no audio on this game?"},{"author_name":"Quetzakol","author_uid":"39954","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:05am","epoch":1409133600,"text":"Cool game :) I destroyed my space button, but it was fun, though a bit too difficult. I would have finished the game if I had unlimited lives."},{"author_name":"FeYbraNt","author_uid":"39099","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:53am","epoch":1409136480,"text":"Nice game ! I like it and that lava puts the game even more interesting."},{"author_name":"Axebane","author_uid":"40345","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1409151960,"text":"Nice game! The lava stage was pretty intense!"},{"author_name":"hogtrick","author_uid":"39067","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1409179140,"text":"Pretty nice game. Lava is scare though. &gt;_&lt;"},{"author_name":"Amvere","author_uid":"39787","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 3:16am","epoch":1409195460,"text":"Best game I have played yet!  Very nice job.  This is legitimately fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 12:20am","epoch":1409271300,"text":"I dig it, those levels hard as rock, but Digibot should have paper drills to dig faster xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>now seriousley, great game, the visuals are simple but effective and the levels are really well designed and the parts with text really add deepness to the game."},{"author_name":"Stan Sypek","author_uid":"40887","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1409519460,"text":"Seems to be a dropbox error so I can't play now.  Bookmarking for later because I want to try this one."},{"author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1409597040,"text":"Dropbox link (Web) should be working now. Added a Game Jolt link as well just in case!"},{"author_name":"Stan Sypek","author_uid":"40887","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 1:45am","epoch":1409794800,"text":"Dat Lava!  Had me racing like a madman.  Glad I came back to this one, this was a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"Z.B.G.E.","author_uid":"9172","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1410197580,"text":"At first it doesn't seem like much, but the buttom smashing, retro looks and fast decision taking made this thing really fun to play, congrats!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The story didn't make much sense to me (seems like a few words were missing?), but he's a Digbot so whatever he says as long as he digs ;) Good level design too."}],"images":["ld30\/39908-873fd572b0b16c1244103e9dc368ee61.jpg","ld30\/39908-9345f8356988f978394a2e74531c3de7.jpg","ld30\/39908-441efb9a412e2dae85bf8b8c3abe4aa4.jpg","ld30\/39908-fd50a2c8ce5455176d7b5c18f18a4d4d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/162150802\/DigBotGame\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/action\/digbot-dash\/33048\/","text":"Game Jolt (Web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/162150802\/DigBotGame\/c2runtime.js","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17418","g_author":"39908","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17447","g_title":"Digbot Dash","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"418","g_commentcount":"30","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\/39908-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39908-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39908-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39908-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My very first Ludum Dare game, Digbot Dash!\r\n\r\nControls: Arrow Keys to Move\r\nAny Arrow Key + Space Bar to dig in the selected direction.\r\n\r\nPlease play, comment, vote, and most of all enjoy!\r\n\r\nAll assets created by Christian Scandariato for the purposes of this gamejam.","title":"Digbot Dash"}