{"author_link":"\/author\/curiousexpedition\/","author_name":"Maschinen-Mensch","author_uid":"33058","comments":[{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:12am","epoch":1398737220,"text":"Aw man, I failed the first time lol the newsperson made me laugh! Fun game you guys! And nice pixelart!"},{"author_name":"Solluxx","author_uid":"29992","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:33am","epoch":1398749280,"text":"Great game guys :) an interesting concept and great use of the theme. I love the sound effects for Donovan ;D"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1398756720,"text":"Awesome game with good humor. The Freddie Mercury joke actually made me laugh. :D \r<br\/>Overall a nice and simple mechanic. Addicting as hell too! I think I'll be back to play this one again. :)"},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:25am","epoch":1398759600,"text":"Awesome gameplay concept, well executed, very polished, one of the best I've seen so far! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"tinytouchtales","author_uid":"18608","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:04am","epoch":1398761940,"text":"Hehe good one! Liked the interpretation. At times too difficult to hit the right depth."},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:48am","epoch":1398768180,"text":"Amazing game! You took a popular concept and made it better and more fun! I can see a lot of work was put into this project.:)"},{"author_name":"Jargo","author_uid":"37561","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1398781140,"text":"Cool game, love the idea. Riad and Jo rulez!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>P.S.: Venus is ridiculous!!!"},{"author_name":"SoupWithBits","author_uid":"37409","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1398781200,"text":"I'm not the biggest fun of pixel art but it works with the simplicity of the game. Like the mechanic of the stability of the planet."},{"author_name":"kbm","author_uid":"20498","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1398782100,"text":"Very cool, loved the idea and art. Great job, guys! :)"},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1398783480,"text":"Simple yet smart mechanics, check.\r<br\/>Beautiful and gameplay-friendly art , check.\r<br\/>Well written and fitting theme, check.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done mate. Well done."},{"author_name":"DMinsky","author_uid":"18941","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1398783480,"text":"Hey! Nice job! And yes, we have something common in our projects ;)"},{"author_name":"eastes","author_uid":"34676","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1398786060,"text":"Love it! 5 stars"},{"author_name":"Dominator_101","author_uid":"21741","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1398789660,"text":"Pretty nice, overall.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I have to say, though, Venus is WAY too hard. Even once I found a better approach (go for 2, not 3, and stay away from the core) it still took me a while. There were a couple times I hit every pocket but still didn't have enough resources.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But still, great overall. Especially the newscaster sound effects."},{"author_name":"tomvert","author_uid":"18469","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1398793980,"text":"I'm bookmarking this game for later :) Too bad it's so hard, there should be an easy planet at the beginning to understand the mechanics step by step. Otherwise everything is perfectly polished."},{"author_name":"eatsleepindie","author_uid":"35774","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1398797040,"text":"Great game.  Easy to pick up but difficult to master.  I'll definitely be back for more later on."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1398798420,"text":"Love the art and the ship's really nice to handle. Great simple idea that works really really well."},{"author_name":"kidder","author_uid":"21304","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:17am","epoch":1398831120,"text":"This is great. Amazing art, love the news broadcasts, and the mechanics are solid, fun, and well polished."},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:48am","epoch":1398832980,"text":"Funny scenario and nice art style."},{"author_name":"MoArtis","author_uid":"35084","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:45am","epoch":1398836400,"text":"Nice concept! :) And very nice art style. I would like to be able to draw stuff like that by myself. :("},{"author_name":"mr_tag","author_uid":"12297","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:27am","epoch":1398842520,"text":"had this idea, too. very nice to see how it could've turned out. nice job!"},{"author_name":"ChickadeeGames","author_uid":"34212","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1398854640,"text":"This is great. Thumbs up."},{"author_name":"dertom","author_uid":"479","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:07am","epoch":1398855720,"text":"Just wow! Great game! Fits the theme perfect have a nice abstraction of a reallife problem! Great job!"},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1398866700,"text":"Very nice game. It all fits together so well!"},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1398879360,"text":"Tough game, but very fun."},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1398883620,"text":"This is a really fun game, very good mechanics! That intro was hilarious. Great art."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1398898860,"text":"Cool idea. You should drop Planetary Resources a mail about the torpedo drill :D"},{"author_name":"drnick","author_uid":"11663","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:27am","epoch":1398907320,"text":"Great game! The concept is good and the art is nice. The newsman saying nom nom nom nom nom nom"},{"author_name":"finefin","author_uid":"16498","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:13am","epoch":1398935280,"text":"haha this is great!\r<br\/>love the style!"},{"author_name":"tschery","author_uid":"36719","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:59am","epoch":1398941640,"text":"Really enjoyed playing your game at talk &amp; play yesterday, also would like to see the vine which you took"},{"author_name":"Corn\u00e9 Dorrestijn","author_uid":"4506","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:59am","epoch":1398941640,"text":"Nice game, and indeed venus is hard :P"},{"author_name":"Bekokstover","author_uid":"26481","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:21am","epoch":1398942960,"text":"Great game! Too bad I still can't finish Venus, even after trying for a long time at Talk &amp; Play. It looks and feels great - awesome work!"},{"author_name":"Maschinen-Mensch","author_uid":"33058","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:39am","epoch":1398944040,"text":"Thanks everybody for the super nice comments! We're really happy with the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@tschery: The vine is here: https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/MrKZ6ApTOH0 . We also tweeted it from our game account @curiousexped :)"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1398971040,"text":"Well, that was a lot of fun. Mercury was hard and I stopped after a few tries of Venus, but with an entry like mine, I can hardly complain about difficulty level, can I?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The audio effects are perfect (although some a little bit jarring) and the opening title music is great, so - why is there no music ingame? :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Some notes:\r<br\/>- Should be able to skip sections of the cutscenes with a click instead of the whole thing. Sometimes people just want th hear things FASTER instead of skipping totally.\r<br\/>- I'd have loved to have some feedback when the explosions happened: How many points? How much of this did I collect? And also: Do I still have a chance of winning this level?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, fantastic entry with an amazing level of polish!"},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1398971880,"text":"What a cool idea! Really liked it."},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1398975900,"text":"Great idea!!! And great minds think alike :) I really like the simple fun of the firing mechanic :) And yours is better in-game explained than mine :))"},{"author_name":"tehryanx","author_uid":"34623","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1398979980,"text":"My favorite jam entry so far. 5's all through. This is polished enough to be in the market right now. Great work."},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1398983040,"text":"Okay, I hate Mercury now. Awesomely done! Great style and visual cohesion!"},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:00am","epoch":1399024500,"text":"Ahahahah, the audio made me laugh a lot! Thanks for that!\r<br\/>The game is incredible, love it !\r<br\/>The concept is awesome, would have been great if the &quot;fuel&quot; was part of the game difficulty.\r<br\/>I think it is one of the best compo of the LD.\r<br\/>It is hard not to put 5\/5 everywhere^^"},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:19am","epoch":1399025640,"text":"Nice game, like the gameplay a lot."},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 2:42pm","epoch":1399041420,"text":"Amazing execution. Loved the mechanics. Really well done :)"},{"author_name":"lowcade","author_uid":"29062","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1399045740,"text":"Very well done this game! \r<br\/>Complete and full of interesting details. \r<br\/>I had fun playing and I think it's perfect as it is ^ ^"},{"author_name":"Dooleus","author_uid":"27530","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1399046220,"text":"Aw man, that intro screen with the newscaster is SWEET! Loving the gameplay, but when the planet destabilized and I didn't get to see is blow up I was SO DISAPPOINTED! Haha. I know it's not a good thing to blow up a planet (or ex-planet, since we're talking about Pluto), but still... a videogame about space mining can never have too many explosions in my book."},{"author_name":"Maschinen-Mensch","author_uid":"33058","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1399046460,"text":"@TobiasW: Agree on all points. We just didn't manage to do more in the time given. Definitely something for the HD version :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Dooleus: Thanks, actually the whole point of the game is blowing up planets. If you didn't see the planet explode, you didn't beat the level. There are multiple levels and a small plot connecting them."},{"author_name":"Dooleus","author_uid":"27530","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1399046580,"text":"I just made that connection after playing and NOT failing the misson, haha! Fantastic game, seriously!"},{"author_name":"travislucia","author_uid":"11403","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1399051980,"text":"Awesome Game, Graphics were nice and gameplay was smooth and responsive."},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1399053900,"text":"WOW! This is awesome! I like the ship's dynamic, the tutu-newscast and blowing planets is fun."},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1399053960,"text":"Splendid idea for economic growth. Reminds me what Somanto corp. came up with."},{"author_name":"BoaHeck_ArtGent","author_uid":"25132","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1399065240,"text":"Fun and pretty and funny I like it."},{"author_name":"BenW","author_uid":"128","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 3:44am","epoch":1399088340,"text":"I really liked it but it was extremely hard to harvest everything in the third level. Might want to make it a bit easier."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 6:45am","epoch":1399099200,"text":"Great entry. Liked the mechanic of drilling, avoiding blowing the planet up and the movement of the ship. Was satisfying to play."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 10:50am","epoch":1399113900,"text":"This is so fudging brilliant.\r<br\/>The steering and gameplay is so simple and easy to understand.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The pixel style and premise with the news caster is really fantastic.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good (no genius) game!"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:51am","epoch":1399117560,"text":"HOLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHHH\r<br\/>If you read this, a billion #$%#$%'s at you for the venus level. That took me an hour...but did feel so good once I beat it. The final earth level was a nice pause (at least you didn't make it even harder :)).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved the game, ended up spending most of an hour to beat it. Bravo!"},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1399161180,"text":"This is one of my favorite games of the jam! Hilarious, innovative, and damn fun. I couldn't get past Mercury yet, but it is a really cool skill game. Love the newscaster and the humor throughout. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Kate Kligman","author_uid":"27059","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:58am","epoch":1399168380,"text":"Loved this! Nice graphics, loved the intro sequences and pixel art. One of my favorite games for this LD."},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:23am","epoch":1399184280,"text":"Great original gameplay mechanics. It's simple and easy to pick up even without reading instructions."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1399233300,"text":"Very cool and Polished. Easy to understand, hard to master"},{"author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1399234020,"text":"Nice game concept!  I wish it came with music and an upgrade system.  I like the sfx."},{"author_name":"Jared Sartin","author_uid":"32837","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1399237260,"text":"Love it! Can't wait to see more additions!"},{"author_name":"Daniel X. Moore","author_uid":"2816","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1399237920,"text":"Great game, best one I've played so far. I wish there were an option to skip ahead after too many failures."},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1399239000,"text":"Good fun game."},{"author_name":"Venturelli","author_uid":"26269","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1399239360,"text":"Very, very, very good :D Congrats!"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1399242960,"text":"Dat Venus.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is really nice :)"},{"author_name":"scgrn","author_uid":"7797","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1399247280,"text":"Cool idea and nicely polished!"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:04am","epoch":1399247940,"text":"Fun game, love the art, well done"},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 12:40am","epoch":1399250100,"text":"Hey! Planet Corp is featured on my &quot;favorites&quot; post \r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/05\/04\/my-favorite-ld29-games\/"},{"author_name":"tchem","author_uid":"27459","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 1:48am","epoch":1399254180,"text":"Great idea!!!,,, i loved it."},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 7:38am","epoch":1399275180,"text":"Really enjoyed the graphics, i want to see it in a arcade machine :D"},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1399319700,"text":"AMAZING IN EVERY ASPECTS! Check my video for further opinion."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1399355700,"text":"really fun, it was especially neat to just fly the ship around the planet at top speed ;) love the graphics too"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1399381500,"text":"Great game with fun mechanics."},{"author_name":"shadow64","author_uid":"35058","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 6:03am","epoch":1399442280,"text":"I really liked this. I thought it was really well put together and very well polished. I think the gameplay is pretty repetitive - after a level I sort of &quot;got it&quot; - but that's okay. I could definitely see this being a full game and the mechanics are interesting and original as far as I know.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done. Thanks for sharing! :D"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 5:39pm","epoch":1399484040,"text":"This entry is just awesome. Great mechanics, controls that feel good, sounds that are not a pain to the ears, a nice touch of humor, nice transitions screens...\r<br\/>5 star all around"},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1399497660,"text":"Hehehe the game made me laught :D but it's a little glitchy"},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 1:03am","epoch":1399510680,"text":"Best game ever:\r<br\/>&quot;Earth: Don't do it.&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It could do with some more rock types maybe, put 'em on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter? The best LD game so far."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 11:06am","epoch":1399633260,"text":"Poor Pluto. Very nice game though. I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/ruvs0qoO4zU"},{"author_name":"Romko Pidstryhach","author_uid":"32804","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1399839360,"text":"Wow, nice game!"},{"author_name":"woodenrabbit","author_uid":"33849","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 3:58am","epoch":1400212380,"text":"Awesome game! The art and the writing is really fun :D Its a great game and it fits well with theme. I had a lot of fun playing it."},{"author_name":"Kimau","author_uid":"15","time":"May 17, 2014 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1400330700,"text":"Brilliant! Damn Venus to all hell though."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"May 17, 2014 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1400331720,"text":"Really like this. Good sounds and graphics. Just wish I could fast-forward the news anchor.\r<br\/>And I don't think Venus is possible ;)"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"May 17, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1400361000,"text":"Simple idea, but you added enough polish to make it deeper and a lot of fun. Really nice job!"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 11:34pm","epoch":1400455740,"text":"Arg. &gt;_&lt;\r<br\/>Screw venus!!! &gt;_&lt;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But this game is still awesome! That intro song... wow!\r<br\/>And nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"Jools64","author_uid":"17060","time":"May 20, 2014 @ 12:57am","epoch":1400547120,"text":"Really fantastic game, one of the best that I've played!"}],"images":["ld29\/33058-0431d8d4b84add5e3a259aa6260c8994.jpg","ld29\/33058-cd3d95f3c44f4040d049bea247bd5e46.jpg","ld29\/33058-f8d232ac075025ae6e42e0a8d4b46cc6.jpg","ld29\/33058-5fbf4cfe3c299f335a667d78bdb1d6fc.jpg","ld29\/33058-7fa7b1e32dd2bc47510218a8d8b4bcba.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.maschinen-mensch.com","text":"Play in Browser (HTML5)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19004","g_author":"33058","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19033","g_title":"Planet Corp.","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"20","g_commentcount":"82","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\/33058-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/33058-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/33058-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/33058-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/33058-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Planet Corp has announced a revolutionary new approach to solve the world's resource problems. Thanks to their latest invention in spacecraft mining, they have discovered a method to extract valuable resources from beneath a planet's surface. Take control of the Planet Corp mining vessel and start extracting for mankind and a better future! But please, don't blow up too many planets in the process.\r\n\r\n++---------------++\r\n\r\nWorking in space is dangerous. Here are some tips from the secret Planet Corp Mining Manual..\r\n\r\n* Firing torpedo-drills on the planet surface, will decrease stability. So use less torpedos if possible. \r\n\r\n* Resources that are in the explosion range of a torpedo-drill are lost. The ideal approach to harvesting is to ignite the resource chambers without actually destroying them. \r\n\r\n* Understand how different planet materials influence the drilling speed of your torpedos. \r\n\r\n* Don't hit the planet core. Doing this will heavily increase the danger of planet destibilization. \r\n\r\n* Yes, Venus can be successfully harvested. \r\n\r\n++---------------++\r\n\r\nThe game does not require any plugins and should run directly in your browser window. \r\n\r\nUse Twitter for feedback and questions: @CuriousExped\r\n\r\n++---------------++\r\n\r\nCredits:\r\n\r\nRiad Djemili - Code & Idea\r\nJohannes Kristmann - Art & Idea\r\n\r\nLawrence Steele - Title Music\r\nSpecial Thanks to Shawn Frison","title":"Planet Corp."}