{"author_link":"\/author\/slowfrog\/","author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","comments":[{"author_name":"4KbShort","author_uid":"29507","time":"Aug 24, 2014 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1408912380,"text":"Interesting idea. Very simple interface and I like how the worlds move about. Couldn't figure out how to get the links in place or if anything I was doing was having an affect on the game. You may want to add instructions to the description to help players know what buttons to use and such."},{"author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","time":"Aug 24, 2014 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1408920420,"text":"Sorry, my first upload was not finished yet.\rNow it should be OK and you can add and remove "transfers".\rBut it's pretty dumb, anyway (first participation, big ideas, very bad planning ;)"},{"author_name":"Cosmologicon","author_uid":"1151","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1408983240,"text":"It's got several nice touches. I like that the worlds move in the viewport. I like the music. It's pretty incomplete with only one type of resource, but I get where you were going. The interface is a little clunky - it shouldn't take 30 clicks to begin transferring 10 resources."},{"author_name":"miwuc","author_uid":"6177","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1408984740,"text":"Nice concept! Too bad you didn't get to implement the full gameplay, it looks like it could have been very interesting. The controls are a bit cumbersome though."},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1408991160,"text":"Good concept. It's simple, but enjoyable."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1408991400,"text":"Hiya! I loved the idea and think it would have been a great management\/juggling (spinning planets, he he) game with some more fleshing out. Graphics are good and serve it well. When I tried to transfer water from the water planet, it said it is transferring fire... I'm assuming it's a graphics\/gui thing as opposed to a gameplay thing because the target wasn't getting hotter.\r\rAlso, before I knew what's what I heated the air planet waaaaay too much and now I can't cool it, but I'm still playing and trying to figure out how xD\r\rI think keyboard hotkeys would have made the game better for faster players, but maybe defeated your purpose, I dunno.\r\rOverall, really liked the concept and can only lament the idea you didn't get to COMPLETELY finish it :)\r\rGood luck!"},{"author_name":"TrickFishPie","author_uid":"27071","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1408995840,"text":"I seemed to be able to send fire from the water world that didn't seem right unless I am being mental :) Decent idea though!"},{"author_name":"graebor","author_uid":"11713","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1408996080,"text":"Cool concept but the pace is suuuper slow. It took forever to thaw a single planet, even when I was sending all 12 fire towards it. I think the idea has some potential, though."},{"author_name":"laremere","author_uid":"530","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1408996320,"text":"It's an interesting start, too bad it's unfinished."},{"author_name":"Brian Crick","author_uid":"14540","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1408996440,"text":"Nice concept! I'd love to see this fleshed out more."},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1408996740,"text":"Wasn't quite sure what I was doing, and a few interactions seemed buggy (water world was sending fire to other planets despite the description saying it only produced water?). Nice concept. Could've used clearer instructions :)"},{"author_name":"elkiwydev","author_uid":"40741","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1408996860,"text":"There is some potential but not really finished games I suppose.. Too slow the gameplay.. And I still don't understand why the waterplanet transfert fire :|"},{"author_name":"KittyMac","author_uid":"39742","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1408996980,"text":"intriguing concept"},{"author_name":"noffle","author_uid":"7577","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1409076540,"text":"Really cool idea and beginning that I'd really like to see taken farther."},{"author_name":"slowfrog","author_uid":"39076","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1409257260,"text":"Yep all! It's clearly unfinished and full of bugs (waterworld sending fire being the most obvious). I'll try harder next LD :)"},{"author_name":"JavadocMD","author_uid":"29362","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1409344440,"text":"Cool idea with a really fun presentation. I really like the way the four planets just constantly and calmly revolve while the star field slowly scrolls by in the background. This could be a very relaxing game to play. :) Awesome shot; I'm sure the lessons you learned here will lead to more sophisticated gameplay in future. Looking forward to it."},{"author_name":"HotBoxGames","author_uid":"39707","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1409416500,"text":"Good concept and start - adding some more functionality to each planet could make this a solid game."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1409416860,"text":"gj"},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1409417100,"text":"Great concept! It would have been good to see it finished though. Good effort!!"},{"author_name":"bluesky","author_uid":"40978","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1409516760,"text":"This is actually very entertaining, well done."},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1409520000,"text":"It's a bit of a clunky system, but it's a really neat idea. While you're told that 'balance' is a win condition, it initially feels super vague as to what you should be aiming for, instead of trial-and-erroring."},{"author_name":"BroCade","author_uid":"42427","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1409690880,"text":"I like the idea, but the ui could ui be clearer"},{"author_name":"lkr","author_uid":"42013","time":"Sep 5, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1409959020,"text":"Fun concept :)\rWould have loved to play more if there were more interactions between the planets (and more planets!)\r\rI thought the controls were intuitive enough, but a bit clunky if I wanted to switch a bunch of elements from one planet to another.\r\rI wasn't sure what the goal was to begin with, but I got the credits, so I guess I did things right :)\r\rFun beginning of a game!"},{"author_name":"whalebot","author_uid":"36369","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1410389400,"text":"It seemed like I only had to transfer fire to win the game. It would have been more interesting if I had to work harder to keep more of a balance. Nice work though!"}],"images":["ld30\/39076-cc26c8afeffe971a39c1f55b8c1bbd2c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/slowfrog.com\/balanceworlds\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/slowfrog.com\/balanceworlds\/balanceworlds.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17797","g_author":"39076","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17826","g_title":"Balance the Worlds","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1133","g_commentcount":"24","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\/39076-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Ok, so the idea is that there are worlds corresponding to the four basic elements (fire, water, air and earth). Each one produces elements. You need to connect them by establishing transfers between worlds so that they function best (not freezing and not boiling either).\r\n\r\nIt's not as fleshed out as I initially imagined, but there is a winning condition.\r\n\r\nHTML5\/Web, no compilation needed. Tested on Chrome & Firefox. Almost but not completely working on IE.\r\n\r\nUses the Phaser library.\r\n","title":"Balance the Worlds"}