{"author_link":"\/author\/phi\/","author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","comments":[{"author_name":"NinjaNic","author_uid":"105778","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1472413800,"text":"This game is pretty neat!"},{"author_name":"Xoko14","author_uid":"88947","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1472414700,"text":"It's very funny. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 28, 2016 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1472423580,"text":"Very original, and very polished!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm completely unmusical but I was able to play around and enjoy myself making a little racket.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>How might it be adapted to work on touchscreens e.g. ipads?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Was able to interlock gears in such a fashion that they ought to have locked up if they'd been real)"},{"author_name":"danilafe","author_uid":"111001","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:41am","epoch":1472452560,"text":"Couldn't figure out how to slow it down to match the challenge beat. Awesome idea, though!"},{"author_name":"jakatpemadi","author_uid":"111929","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 7:47am","epoch":1472456520,"text":"It's original, it's addicting for me. What engine do you use? Can you make it for another platform such as Android? Thanks."},{"author_name":"Flatgub","author_uid":"27519","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 8:58am","epoch":1472460780,"text":"Really cool idea, I loved the system and I had fun messing around in it but I got stuck on level 5 &gt;&lt;"},{"author_name":"SamuelSousa","author_uid":"112281","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 11:02am","epoch":1472468220,"text":"Interesting idea! Had some trouble getting around the the first challenge then went into freestyle where it seem to really shine. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Looks very polished. Good job!"},{"author_name":"svyatozar","author_uid":"112502","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1472475420,"text":"Weird sounds, and I could not figure out how to slow down, all gears no matter size seem to be giving same rate of beats :-("},{"author_name":"svyatozar","author_uid":"112502","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1472475480,"text":"oh, k I just missed the point that they can be stacked. Nice!"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","time":"Aug 29, 2016 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1472496840,"text":"Very nice entry. I had a lot of fun with this. It could use some more instruments for a larger variety of sounds."},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Sep 4, 2016 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1472993280,"text":"@jakatpemadi\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't use an engine for this one, just plain HTML5 and Dart. I think I'll have to rewrite a lot of the code anyway, so I should probably switch to a cross-platform framework... Thanks for the hint, I'll look into it! :)"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Sep 4, 2016 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1473030720,"text":"Innovation: This was a pretty cool concept!  It was a little tricky to understand the gear ratio mechanics at first.  I think most people's first instinct would be to try connecting small and large gears in series to affect the rate, instead of stacking differently-sized gears.\r<br\/>Fun: I feel like adding a bigger variety of instruments would have made things a lot more fun!\r<br\/>Theme: You did really well here!  Definitely fit the theme, and your intro page helped tie it all together.\r<br\/>Graphics: Simple but it worked!  I think it could be much better if you looked into some animations or particle effects to play whenever a sound is made.\r<br\/>Audio: As mentioned before, I think having some melodic instruments or other more interesting sounds would be pretty simple and would add a lot here!  Also, the harp-like instrument was difficult to hear on laptop speakers. (I know, I know, I should be using my headphones)\r<br\/>Humor: N\/A\r<br\/>Mood: I feel like your game was pretty minimalistic in terms of mood and theming.  For a game jam I think this works well but to expand upon it it would be nice to have some backgrounds.\r<br\/>Overall: Pretty good job for an LD!  I feel like being able to make more interesting sounds would add a lot here!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Congrats on finishing another game!  I'd really appreciate it if you could leave some feedback on mine as well.  You can find it at http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-36\/?action=preview&amp;uid=7285"},{"author_name":"Bobsleigh","author_uid":"44126","time":"Sep 5, 2016 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1473099900,"text":"Really nice game, congratz!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did to the lvl 5, after I stoped."}],"images":["ld36\/20723-a7297355c2200e3e514f1db4fc29679e.jpg","ld36\/20723-af59fb0644f219dcdc2afc7a189bf867.jpg","ld36\/20723-5be34a10f62203381af5fd26f2919914.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/67576446\/ld36\/index.html","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/phigames\/ld36","text":"Source (GitHub)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"1960","g_author":"20723","g_event":"LD36","g_eventkey":"35","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"1906","g_title":"Sounds of Samos","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"13","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\/\/570486\/20723-shot0-1472411934.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/20723-shot1-1472411934.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/570486\/20723-shot2-1472411934.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's the world's most ancient loop station! Use gears to build a mechanism that plays various instruments, and drop sick beats like in the good ol' Pythagorean times.\r\n\r\nThe game features two game modes:\r\n- Freestyle mode: Build whatever you want, use as many instruments as you like, and jam away!\r\n- Challenge mode: Build a mechanism that replicates a given beat you hear.\r\n\r\nHEADPHONES ARE RECOMMENDED!\r\n\r\nBasic instructions are included in-game.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTIPS:\r\n- You can stack smaller gears on larger ones (only if the large one is already connected).\r\n- Each instrument can produce two different sounds, depending on which way its gear is rotating.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Challenges can get quite hard. I'd love to know how far you get.\r\n\r\nTHANKS FOR PLAYING!","title":"Sounds of Samos"}