{"author_link":"\/author\/ioboi\/","author_name":"ioboi","author_uid":"26407","comments":[{"author_name":"Hempuli","author_uid":"491","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:09am","epoch":1398683040,"text":"A very interesting concept with nice graphics! When going right, I had to click a pipe twice to get it to turn. I would've loved to have some time-manipulation tools, such as pausing or speeding up the game."},{"author_name":"ioboi","author_uid":"26407","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:21am","epoch":1398683760,"text":"Thanks :) \r<br\/>The game can be paused with space bar."},{"author_name":"Luis Anton","author_uid":"12053","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:14pm","epoch":1398697740,"text":"So stressing if you build just a second drill! But it's a nice concept, I think you could improve this into a full fledged game. It reminds me of Mr. Driller. Sort of."},{"author_name":"CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD","author_uid":"27523","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1398698340,"text":"Nice idea. But not very intuitive controls(change drill direction). Good job! Two drills it's very hard!!!"},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1398717900,"text":"Mining and building = fav themese, you have my votes, sir!"},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1398717900,"text":"Nice concept! Managing more than one drill is a bit hard though. Changing the drill direction could've been a bit easier."},{"author_name":"KayZ","author_uid":"17933","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1398718380,"text":"Nice, another game in Dart. And even without using any library.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Got to 518. Started with 2 drills, but lost one of them.."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:52am","epoch":1398754020,"text":"Real fun and for a first Ludum Dare it's great work!"},{"author_name":"CMaster","author_uid":"10609","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1398803880,"text":"Works pretty well, if low on excitement."},{"author_name":"whalebot","author_uid":"36369","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1398805260,"text":"I feel like the drill needs to be a bit faster for this to really be fun. Overall, cool idea for a concept, it was just a little slow game play. (Maybe I didn't use enough drills ;)"},{"author_name":"Mnemusyne","author_uid":"18059","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1398806460,"text":"Interesting mechanics but the gameplay could be explored more."},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1398886920,"text":"This reminds me of Motherload :)"},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:29am","epoch":1398907440,"text":"original concept, i like the retro style of the design"},{"author_name":"AtkinsSJ","author_uid":"1049","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1398961860,"text":"It's an interesting idea, but as others have said, if you have one drill the game is slow and quite easy, but with more than one it's chaos.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Certainly a good game for a first LD, though! :)"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1398966720,"text":"Hey congrats on your first LD! That's a nice concept you got here (maybe not 'punchy' enough, but that's something you could work on next time)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>With more variety you could have something great here."},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:04am","epoch":1399013940,"text":"Interesting game. A fine entry for your first LD."},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1399228560,"text":"Interesting mechanic. I don't think it is as fun as it probably could be with further work. I like the idea of being able to guide the drill, but it quickly becomes boring to wait for the 1-second pulse of the drill iteration. I wish I could speed it up a lot. Controlling the turning isn't an issue because I can pause. It might be fun to have the drill slowly speed up as a function of your depth. So as your reward goes up, so increases the risk (and hopefully the fun!)"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1399407780,"text":"Nice twist on snake mechanics, I enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1399839960,"text":"I couldnt make the stinkin drill move, but cool game over all :) I included it in part 24 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/a1xd0I3_xtY"},{"author_name":"ioboi","author_uid":"26407","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1399848780,"text":"Thank you, I really like your youtube channel and the series :)\r<br\/>You have to click the last drill-segment to make it change the direction.\r<br\/>I'm sorry, I should've written that in the instructions :\/"}],"images":["ld29\/26407-0b8a4bf827f0ea99e69908a0fd757ebc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ioboi.github.io\/ld29\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ioboi\/ld29\/tree\/master","text":"Github"},{"url":"http:\/\/github.com\/ioboi\/ld29\/archive\/master.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20192","g_author":"26407","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20221","g_title":"Beneath the Surface, Drillsnake","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"884","g_commentcount":"20","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\/26407-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my first entry to Ludum Dare :)\r\n\r\nI would describe the game as some sort of snake with mines as a twist.\r\nYour goal is to get as much minerals as possible.\r\n\r\nThe compo was fun and I'm looking forward to play and rate awesome games :D\r\n\r\nIf you'd like post your highscore in the comments :)\r\n\r\nMy personal highscore is 604 \r\n\r\nCheers <3\r\n\r\n","title":"Beneath the Surface, Drillsnake"}