{"author_link":"\/author\/dsoft20\/","author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","comments":[{"author_name":"madmaw","author_uid":"5068","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1398681840,"text":"Multiplayer is a big achievement in this time frame"},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1398698160,"text":"This is pretty amazing for a game jam. I like the atmosphere too."},{"author_name":"helekopeter","author_uid":"31857","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1398700560,"text":"best ld game i have played so far"},{"author_name":"GagaPete","author_uid":"16147","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1398706020,"text":"Nice game, not sure though where it is cooperative. :) But awesome relaxing gameplay."},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1398706500,"text":"It must have been hard to create a multiplayer game in such a short timeframe. Good job on that! The game looks good and the atmosphere is relaxing, nice one! :)"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:23am","epoch":1398741480,"text":"Are the other paths generated by other players? If so this is a really interestinglittle toy! II'll be curious to see if you come up with similar stuff in the future."},{"author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:09am","epoch":1398755040,"text":"@GagaPete: The health of the tree depends of what the player do, so if a lotf players don't find much water the tree become sick (as every root created cost a little energy), viceversa if the player get a lot of water the tree will become healthy.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@KevinWorkman: Yes the other roots are the paths that other player have taken.\r<br\/>The rocks and water is procedurally generated every new play."},{"author_name":"Simon@LD","author_uid":"33672","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1398761400,"text":"A very relaxing game! I really like the art style and the sound track. This is a game i will come back to when i need to lose some stress. Thanks for creating this!"},{"author_name":"InfectionTeam","author_uid":"37445","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:22am","epoch":1398763020,"text":"Rather ingenious little idea I thought! I would love to see this concept taken further."},{"author_name":"snade","author_uid":"7992","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:39am","epoch":1398767640,"text":"Great concept!\r<br\/>I got a score of 8, not sure if thats a good or a bad score."},{"author_name":"JoshOS","author_uid":"35518","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:57am","epoch":1398768720,"text":"Long live the tree! http:\/\/i.gyazo.com\/94326b81c20a727ca6cbd1876d9d8b2d.png\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Moving on - incredible take on the terms &quot;Beneath the surface&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very impressed with this one. The fact that other players have an input on how this game is incredible; and the root view... oh my!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I confess it's not a game I'd spend much time playing; but seeing the collaboration of all the people who have played it impresses me greatly! It's more like a game-styles experiment, I suppose?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You get my vote :)"},{"author_name":"AmmoreChicks","author_uid":"30938","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1398770700,"text":"It's a very interesting game and an original experience."},{"author_name":"dsoft20","author_uid":"8795","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1398786300,"text":"@JoshOS, yep it's more an experiment than a game :P"},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1398790560,"text":"I love the concept, its definitely experimental but really interesting.  The multiplayer aspect is very impressive given the time limitations, and the root view is really cool."},{"author_name":"Jagang","author_uid":"36243","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1398790860,"text":"Nice and relaxing :)\r<br\/>I like the root view"},{"author_name":"flavio","author_uid":"25936","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1398799260,"text":"At the beginning it was confusing. Did I really understand what was going on ?\r<br\/>But I like the mood and use of the theme !\r<br\/>Are all the roots behind the roots of the other players ?  That's an amazing idea !\r<br\/>A big collaborative game\r<br\/>Good game ! :)"},{"author_name":"BigGiantHead","author_uid":"35295","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1398802920,"text":"pretty amazing game. This has lots of potential. You should stick with it."},{"author_name":"calvinsm","author_uid":"25300","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1398817740,"text":"So genius !!!! Simple music, simple game. Damn!!!!Why I didn't have the same idea =) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Innovation isn't the correct word to our game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I really love the idea. But you need to work more in your gameplay to became rich."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:43am","epoch":1398829080,"text":"For some reason the game did not work for me, but I included a mention to it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 29 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/pi2GfgHfAZM"},{"author_name":"PoQA Games","author_uid":"22866","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:18am","epoch":1398834780,"text":"Interesting game, not sure how the score is calculated and what they mean :( Definitely fits the theme well and would be a good app for phones after polish :)"},{"author_name":"wicht","author_uid":"8372","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:58am","epoch":1398847980,"text":"Nice concept and cudos for the coop multiplayer. At the start it's really hard to distinguish which root is yours, but otherwise cool idea!"},{"author_name":"SoupWithBits","author_uid":"37409","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1398860640,"text":"When you see &quot;connecting to server&quot; you know shit is serious!\r<br\/>Really awesome little masterpiece you have here!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1398898920,"text":"Here is a better video - http:\/\/youtu.be\/as-BlCZWXm0"},{"author_name":"MrShoestore","author_uid":"20984","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:27am","epoch":1398907320,"text":"Very very cool game.  definitely the most original this jam."},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:52am","epoch":1398908820,"text":"very original and creative entry even if not a real &quot;game&quot;\r<br\/>nice atmosphere :)"},{"author_name":"delfino","author_uid":"20596","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1399034340,"text":"Fun, interesting concept, great execution.  One note, playing on the web (chrome), my browser would freeze up when selecting root view"},{"author_name":"Melondonut","author_uid":"35153","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 8:17am","epoch":1399623120,"text":"I got 0 all the time. ;( I'm can't figure out what's wrong..."}],"images":["ld29\/8795-5ef304a5138be4f98f341925b029b9bf.jpg","ld29\/8795-289e172258d51014927d177d92d90e3b.jpg","ld29\/8795-f4ddd8b0ef886b82a0880e2868da4935.jpg","ld29\/8795-decaae3c5e720fe5aea7fa3d6d73f1af.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/other\/a-tree\/25782\/","text":"Web (GameJolt)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1050404\/ATREEWIN.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1050404\/aTree.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1050404\/aTree.apk","text":"Android"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1050404\/aTreeLinux.zip","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18296","g_author":"8795","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"18325","g_title":"a Tree...","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"189","g_commentcount":"27","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\/\/342546\/8795-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/8795-shot1.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/8795-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/8795-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"a Tree is a collaborative asynchronous multiplayer game.\r\nPlay as a root to find water so you keep your tree healthy.\r\n\r\nThe health of the tree depends of what the player do, so if a lot of players doesn't find much water the tree become sick (as every root created cost a little energy), viceversa if the player get a lot of water the tree will become healthy. \r\n\r\nThe underground is automatically generated every time you play :P\r\n\r\nNOTE: If the game freezes on the web version (found on gamejolt) try the standalone verion (either windows, osx, linux or android).\r\n\r\nThe game is playable on Web (requires Unity web player), Windows, OSX, linux & android.\r\nPlease note that OSX and linux builds are not tested.\r\n\r\nAndroid requires the following:\r\nNetwork communication - is needed to send score via internet\r\nPhone calls - it's used for retrieving the device id, no other data is collected (for more info https:\/\/docs.unity3d.com\/Documentation\/ScriptReference\/SystemInfo-deviceUniqueIdentifier.html)","title":"a Tree..."}