{"author_link":"\/author\/hi-scor-es\/","author_name":"hi-scor.es","author_uid":"12602","comments":[{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:22am","epoch":1398655020,"text":"Nice job!"},{"author_name":"ix","author_uid":"18837","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:23am","epoch":1398655080,"text":"Cool mechanic! It feels like an &quot;idle game&quot; with a bit more thought involved. Would be neat to see you develop it some more."},{"author_name":"aneeslol","author_uid":"18671","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:30am","epoch":1398655500,"text":"I really like the concept of this, but it needs some sort of goal. Maybe a $\/sec quota that rises over time. Then add in something to hinder your progress and this would be a pretty solid game!"},{"author_name":"hi-scor.es","author_uid":"12602","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:38am","epoch":1398655980,"text":"Maybe it isn't obvious, but you win when you have $150,000. Then you can try to beat your best score."},{"author_name":"hi-scor.es","author_uid":"12602","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:38am","epoch":1398655980,"text":"Thanks for the comments!"},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1398684720,"text":"Nice simple strategy, almost puzzle game.  Would like to see a ranking system in the game though as the first time I played it I fell asleep and still won (it was last night after the end of the competition), but I didn't know if I actually did well."},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1398711000,"text":"Solid entry ! You did an amazing job, the concept is really interesting and original ! Congrats !"},{"author_name":"DragonXVI","author_uid":"35553","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1398711060,"text":"Played for 351 seconds, but by that point I was devouring cash! :D Nifty wee game, would like to see it taken further!"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1398711420,"text":"Nice idea and well implemented.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>What I didn't understand is how to optimize the pipes. It seems pretty random for me how much a new field increases the $\/second. Sometimes it even decreases.\r<br\/>The instructions should make this clearer to make the game more fun."},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1398714120,"text":"I wanted to keep playing! I was getting all the MONEY!!! Good addictive game :-)"},{"author_name":"microapple","author_uid":"36045","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:15am","epoch":1398730200,"text":"Very well done. Cool graphics \/ art style. Enjoyed the game mechanics."},{"author_name":"kmakai","author_uid":"28426","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:16am","epoch":1398730260,"text":"260.38 seconds. It took me a little while to get a feel for, but I enjoyed it a lot. Original concept, too. Great job!"},{"author_name":"TomCooper3D","author_uid":"26982","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:17am","epoch":1398730320,"text":"really neat concept, great use of theme, great job"},{"author_name":"AnnaGavaldaKedavra","author_uid":"17388","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:18am","epoch":1398730380,"text":"Good entry. Not very intuitive to know how the money earning increase but it's still fun to play and nice."},{"author_name":"DarkMeatGames","author_uid":"34345","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:19am","epoch":1398730440,"text":"Cool idea, never seen anything like it! I think with a bit more variety, maybe multiple levels and more upgrades, this could be really cool!"},{"author_name":"Secret_Tunnel","author_uid":"34733","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:19am","epoch":1398730440,"text":"A bit Candy Box-ish, but I liked it. It had a neat visual style integrated into the web page. Pretty interesting-- nice spin on the genre."},{"author_name":"eerongal","author_uid":"2978","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:19am","epoch":1398730440,"text":"It took me a few minutes to figure out what i was supposed to be doing, i was just digging out blocks with no real plan. Other than that, interesting concept. Could be a neat little time killer idle game with some power ups and a harder to achieve goal."},{"author_name":"atlantian","author_uid":"5458","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:21am","epoch":1398730560,"text":"It took a little while to understand the concept, but once i got it it was quite fun. Some audio would of been nice."},{"author_name":"Balloonsfor600","author_uid":"35061","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:40am","epoch":1398731700,"text":"I like the mechanic and the strategy behind it, but without a roadblock the game feels just a bit plain. This is a cool base though!"},{"author_name":"mjau","author_uid":"23","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:59am","epoch":1398732840,"text":"I, uh.. i kinda covered the entire surface of my planet with a slowly thickening layer of pipes (..since, you know, price increases with *depth*..). I don't think that's how you're supposed to do things? ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But yeah, it felt a bit odd that pipe construction is completely unrestricted like that. I guess it'd be better to be more selective in what to mine despite increased costs, but &quot;my&quot; way seemed effective enough really\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anyway, tried it again playing a bit more &quot;properly&quot; this time, and that felt a bit less pointless =)"},{"author_name":"mjau","author_uid":"23","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:06am","epoch":1398733260,"text":"Accidentally submitted a bit too early. But yeah, as i was trying to say, just needs a bit more incentive to do things &quot;properly&quot;, i think. Something to keep people from sabotaging their own enjoyment =)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, it locked up Firefox (linux). Works great in Chromium though."},{"author_name":"mjau","author_uid":"23","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:43am","epoch":1398735480,"text":"Hi, it's me again\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Apparently my Firefox locks up on all kinds of pages now and not just your game, so never mind that =]"},{"author_name":"UltimateWalrus","author_uid":"175","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1398744360,"text":"It's an interesting prototype.  I like the aesthetic.  The &quot;dollars per second&quot; mechanic seems pointless because there is no penalty that for waiting, at least that I can see, meaning there's no challenge."},{"author_name":"alexdantas","author_uid":"36899","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1398974820,"text":"Very well-implemented!\r<br\/>Much different from all the other entries so far.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- Please add a loading screen to your engine. It took a while to load, meanwhile showing a black screen\r<br\/>- The complete lack of audio is somewhat strange\r<br\/>- Other than that, nothing to complain! Good job!"},{"author_name":"pansapiens","author_uid":"198","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 3:39am","epoch":1399001640,"text":"I can see some interesting strategy emerging here, but I like others I didn't understand my goal was to make $150k in the shortest possible time, until I read the comments. It does feel like an 'idle game' at the moment - which is fine (I love me some candybox2 :) ). Otherwise there needs to be something to do while you are waiting for the cash to roll in .. maybe swat something attacking your towers on the surface ? I can see some competition between players developing if you hooked it into the highscore system on one of the portal sites."},{"author_name":"tomvert","author_uid":"18469","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 11:19am","epoch":1399029240,"text":"I like it, it's seems well balanced, I found it a bit slow to earn money, but maybe I was doing it wrong, what's a good strategy ?"},{"author_name":"Figglewatts","author_uid":"18833","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1399037700,"text":"Nice job! I thought the mechanics were really good and the idea is pretty interesting."}],"images":["ld29\/12602-71ef7e7cea7cf00205132bdc1d6a92d3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/hi-scor.es\/SolidGround\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/trflagg\/SolidGround","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19346","g_author":"12602","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19375","g_title":"SolidGround","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"717","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\/12602-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Place your rig.\r\nDig down and connect pipes to get minerals and make $.\r\nPipes cost more the deeper you go.\r\nUpgrade to refineries to make even more $.\r\n\r\nHave fun!","title":"SolidGround"}