{"author_link":"\/author\/acuity\/","author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","comments":[{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:58am","epoch":1398682380,"text":"You have a solid mechanic here, I kept playing for a while despite the lack of metrics or any real goal. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Candyhandy","author_uid":"34443","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:33am","epoch":1398752880,"text":"Nice mechanics, but a little too slow."},{"author_name":"muramasa","author_uid":"30442","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:34am","epoch":1398752940,"text":"There is no end\/losing condition, not even score. But it's pretty addicting, I have to say."},{"author_name":"john_conder9","author_uid":"12682","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:37am","epoch":1398753120,"text":"This is a really simple entry - but despite that I played it for quite a lot longer than I thought I would. The mechanic is just brilliant, possibly the funnest mechanic I have ever seen in an LD submission. Really solid job here! Now, just make it into a game and I would be thrilled to play it :D"},{"author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1398789120,"text":"Thanks for the feedback! I haven't learned how to make menus or a separate screen yet, so I didn't put in a win\/lose condition...\r\rI'll work on making my future games much more game-like! :D"},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1398810480,"text":"Is there a goal?"},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1398810540,"text":"interesting gameplay mechanics, quite fun\rreally loud music, missing some obstacles, score, something.."},{"author_name":"oranebeast","author_uid":"33501","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:35am","epoch":1399012200,"text":"Fun but, It just didn't seem compleeted"},{"author_name":"petey123567","author_uid":"4433","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:37am","epoch":1399012320,"text":"A solid star - get some hazards in there and there will be real tension!"},{"author_name":"Lancelot Gao","author_uid":"3035","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:09am","epoch":1399014240,"text":"Find the control is hard to master, but the game mechanics is fun!"},{"author_name":"Fox_in_sox","author_uid":"36959","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:18am","epoch":1399014780,"text":"Suprisingly fun! You have an entertaining mechanic her, but the game could use better graphics and a possibility to win or fail. I hope you will work on a post-portem vesrion.:)"},{"author_name":"petrih","author_uid":"35139","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:36am","epoch":1399015860,"text":"Great music!"},{"author_name":"Pitzik4","author_uid":"8883","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1399166760,"text":"There is no way any other games have been submitted this LD with music this good. And the charging sound actually harmonizes with it. I would rate this 10\/5 in Audio if I could.\rGame-wise, it's unremarkable, but addicting. But, man, I'm going to go download the music from SoundCloud! How can this even be Ludum Dare music?"},{"author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:22am","epoch":1399184220,"text":"Thanks for the comments and feedback! For another entry with awesome music, check out Ripple Runner by DDRKirby(ISQ)!"},{"author_name":"ThingoStudios","author_uid":"31541","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1399218660,"text":"The lack of actual goals hurts this game a little bit, but the sheer fun of the gameplay and the brilliant music bring this up.\r\rBubbles bounce off of bubbles with other stuff in them, but I think it would be more interesting if the bubbles bounced off of each other even when they're empty."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1399393440,"text":"Nice music!"},{"author_name":"matt_j","author_uid":"35819","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1399494600,"text":"Nice music and sound. Game needs some work, though."},{"author_name":"woodenrabbit","author_uid":"33849","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 3:48am","epoch":1400211780,"text":"What a cool game mechanic for the bubble cannon. Its really fun, feels like a real life toy but in video game form."}],"images":["ld29\/34803-ea15ab2012056a25312ebf8e8a0028be.jpg","ld29\/34803-2420d37e7caa4937263ae95cc12d5527.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/68866567\/LD29\/bin\/BubbleCannon.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/68866567\/LD29.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19907","g_author":"34803","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19936","g_title":"Bubble Cannon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1060","g_commentcount":"18","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\/34803-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34803-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This game is about a ship armed with a bubble cannon trying to collect artifacts.\r\n\r\nHold Z to charge your bubble cannon, and release to shoot!\r\nLeft and Right to move your ship.\r\n\r\nMuch of my time was spent learning how to use flash and learning how the APIs in flashpunk worked. Music was written in 1.5 hours or so in FL Studio 10, from around 3-4 pm PST today. Sfx was done in around an hour after that.\r\n\r\nEdit: I forgot to include a link to sourcecode.\r\n\r\nAlso, music uploaded to my SoundCloud: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/acuitynpc\/bubble-cannon\r\n\r\n","title":"Bubble Cannon"}