{"author_link":"\/author\/kepamun\/","author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","comments":[{"author_name":"petrih","author_uid":"35139","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1398694800,"text":"Great sound scape!"},{"author_name":"ninjacharlie","author_uid":"24096","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1398694980,"text":"Very cool. That was an interesting mechanic, switching between which type of fish to mimic. The only thing I didn't like was how gentle the difficulty curve was. I would have liked it to get harder a little faster. Other than that, good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Slashee the Cow","author_uid":"29123","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1398695040,"text":"I realise real kelp probably can't swim up, but... it would be nice if mimic kelp could :)."},{"author_name":"Marcus_siactro","author_uid":"28746","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1398695220,"text":"Ok, this was really great! One of the best games I played thus far. I really enjoyed the gameplay!"},{"author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1398696780,"text":"Best Mimic Octopus game I've played today!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Note that your source link do NOT work -- and I'm really interested in how you made the tentacles work. I'm assuming turning spring joints on and off?"},{"author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1398700320,"text":"Thanks petrih and charlie!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Slashee: If you hold up as Kelp, you will sink much slower.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks Marcus!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I Tweeted that great quote quill18, thanks. (@HellescapeGames)\r<br\/>The source link should work now. The tentacle links are connected by HingeJoint2Ds and the shapes are made by turning on spring joints connected to the tips."},{"author_name":"Anti","author_uid":"33991","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1398701760,"text":"Very cool game! Nice idea and nice execution."},{"author_name":"ezombort","author_uid":"30521","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1398701820,"text":"Cool concept. I liked the music."},{"author_name":"wespaugh","author_uid":"26579","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1398705060,"text":"Controls feel great! Agreed with NinjaCharlie, harder faster would have been good."},{"author_name":"Gaming_Ray","author_uid":"35380","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1398714840,"text":"Very original. Cool game."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1398715020,"text":"WOW! I love it! I would pay a lot of money for an iphone version of this with improved graphics! I love switching between the different mimic modes and eating fish... The gameplay is just perfect!"},{"author_name":"Jacksendary","author_uid":"29674","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1398715740,"text":"Love it it's pretty simple yet fun but gets a little dull after a few tries but all in all I really enjoyed everything about the game"},{"author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1398716520,"text":"Thank you so much Linus! I agree on the art. I'm a programmer, so yeah... #programmerart. :\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks Jackendary!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A full version would include more mimics, sea life, and objectives to keep it interesting longer. For now I'm happy with what I got done over the weekend."},{"author_name":"DannyG59","author_uid":"30075","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:21am","epoch":1398730560,"text":"Really beautiful sound and the mechanic was fun. A bit more polish and this could be really cool but tbh it doesn't need it!"},{"author_name":"JumbocactuarX27","author_uid":"22667","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:26am","epoch":1398817260,"text":"Pretty great take on something like Fishy but with an octopus. We need more octopus games."},{"author_name":"Snoother","author_uid":"33841","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1398883500,"text":"Wow, just sublime. I think the music kicked it up to that extra level. And the mechanics were simple yet varied enough to create a intensely good gameplay experience."},{"author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1398888840,"text":"Thanks Danny.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree Jumbo, OctoJam should be a thing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you very much Snoother, I'm glad you liked it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I ever make a full version, it will have a lot more stuff, but I wanted to get at lest two functional mimics into the jam version."},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1398894600,"text":"I like the sound and the idea a lot.  I love simple\/fun games."},{"author_name":"zanenga","author_uid":"34576","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1399063080,"text":"Wow! Awesome idea! It's really clever. I love it!"},{"author_name":"Chaoseed","author_uid":"1161","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1399183500,"text":"Pretty fun! Audio good, graphics eh but you know that. I really like the implementation of the octopus and its tentacles, as well as its variant shapes. I liked waiting until a bunch of fish were around me and then crunching them up. It seemed kind of easy, though. Also, I didn't run into any big fish? Hm. Good work, though!"},{"author_name":"rojo","author_uid":"29998","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:18am","epoch":1399183980,"text":"Well I can now scratch &quot;become mimic octopus&quot; off my bucket list.  Good job!"},{"author_name":"Deity","author_uid":"23611","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1399246860,"text":"Interesting controls and gameplay. It became a little too easy to survive and a little boring I got better at catching fish however. Also there seems to be an end to the ocean and it seems to be a box ;)"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1399667340,"text":"Really fun controls! Well done! I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/wBne0r55jPY"},{"author_name":"littleball","author_uid":"14756","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1399670460,"text":"The tentacles look tricky to make, well done!"},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1399673520,"text":"Love the mimic idea, i think that you can take it even further :B\r<br\/>The game was fun too ! (:"},{"author_name":"Cambrian_Man","author_uid":"4198","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1400209560,"text":"I love the idea of playing a mimic octopus and the wibbly-wobbly arms work well... maybe a little too well. Eventually I found that my best strategy was just to kind of stay in one place and gyrate. Oh, great music, too."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 3:59am","epoch":1400212440,"text":"very cool idea with great execution - nice job"}],"images":["ld29\/24452-44888670e7c2ec67dda3eb8f3426375b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/hellscapegames.itch.io\/mimic-of-the-deep","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/49886157\/LD29\/MimicOfTheDeep-Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20610","g_author":"24452","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20639","g_title":"Mimic of the Deep","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"308","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\/24452-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A tribute to the mimic octopus.\r\nThe master of illusion, hiding what is beneath its visage.\r\n\r\nMove: WASD or Arrow Keys\r\nTurn off mimic: 1 (move faster)\r\nMimic Kelp: 2 (don't scare food)\r\nMimic Lion Fish: 3 (scare big fish)\r\nMute: M, Pause: P, Esc\r\n\r\nYou are getting hungry\r\nEat small fish\r\nAvoid big fish\r\nSurvive as long as you can\r\n\r\nUpdate 4\/30: Added mute and pause.","title":"Mimic of the Deep"}