{"author_link":"\/author\/bach\/","author_name":"bach","author_uid":"5433","comments":[{"author_name":"embero","author_uid":"6826","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:35am","epoch":1387269000,"text":"Tris: 887\r<br\/>Planets: 463\r<br\/>Systems: 0\r<br\/>Clicks: 696\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like this idea and it's well done. \r<br\/>Controls feel smooth, music and sound are nice too.\r<br\/>+1"},{"author_name":"Jakub Koziol","author_uid":"28738","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:40am","epoch":1387269300,"text":"It's difficult to understand what's going on at the beginning so some additional instructions + keybindings would help a lot. But other than that great work! Really nice feel."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1387315620,"text":"Triangles: Mother F*cking 7258\r<br\/>Sytems 1!!!!\r<br\/>planets 1214\r<br\/>clicks 522"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1387316100,"text":"15000 triangles, and 5 systems \r<br\/>Now I've got triangle eyes... this is awesome!!!!!!"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1387316940,"text":"Great Game!!!!"},{"author_name":"Vladp995","author_uid":"2185","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1387317900,"text":"Nice game, I got 86k triangles :D"},{"author_name":"TheWhiteLlama","author_uid":"31834","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1387323240,"text":"After some minutes of learning the game without any instructions it's really nice to play and challenging ( for me it is!)\r<br\/>Reminds me on cookieclicker a little, but that's nothing bad. I like those games where you get more and more and more... this way even I can live my megalomania :D"},{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1387401900,"text":"Really cool ideas for this game. I love what you did here and I love the game. You're awesome"},{"author_name":"AlanZucconi","author_uid":"21108","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:50pm","epoch":1387547100,"text":"This entry was awesome! *_* I wasn't expecting the nuke to literally... destroy the planet! :D"},{"author_name":"Fervir","author_uid":"20857","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1387577340,"text":"Amazing atmosphere!\r<br\/>I had to play a second time because it was so relaxing to play!\r<br\/>Love this game, great job!"},{"author_name":"SpellingPhailer","author_uid":"29144","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1387735860,"text":"That was awesome! Loved the puzzle aspect and the minimalistic visuals."},{"author_name":"Dry Tree","author_uid":"5357","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 12:44am","epoch":1387845540,"text":"Triangles: 34,841\r<br\/>Planets: 2662\r<br\/>Systems: 6\r<br\/>Clicks: 387\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And after playing for a solid half an hour I think I need a surgeon to take a look at my clicking hand!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Seriously though this is really really good! Took me a while to figure out how to play, but once I did I was hooked. Very nice use of colour, a powerful message subtly portrayed, anything with fractals is cool in my books, and it's fun and compelling to keep playing (even if your finger is hurting!). One of the best I've rated yet - great work! :)"},{"author_name":"ezolotko","author_uid":"13121","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 6:16am","epoch":1388038260,"text":"This is one of the best games in this LD."},{"author_name":"bach","author_uid":"5433","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1388070780,"text":"@everyone: Thanks for playing! Good to hear you enjoyed this :)"},{"author_name":"Photon","author_uid":"7658","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1388070900,"text":"A bit of a click-a-thon, but surprisingly atmospheric and actually kind of cool. Wonderful."},{"author_name":"Managore","author_uid":"3479","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 11:26am","epoch":1388143260,"text":"Great idea for a game! After many attempts I managed to get 389506 triangles, 5579 planets and 10 systems!"},{"author_name":"Arkrothe","author_uid":"29482","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1388145960,"text":"How do people get so many triangles o_O. I got 2677 on my last try :\/. But great game! I'll definitely play it a lot more. Also would love to see this on android or something."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1388151120,"text":"First looks and clicks, I was far from convinced.\r<br\/>Then I had a look to the screenshot with instructions and the game became totally addictive.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great cohesion between graphics and sounds, you succeed in creating a unique atmosphere."},{"author_name":"Djoron","author_uid":"32439","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 4:40pm","epoch":1388162100,"text":"He, really nice.\r<br\/>Triangles: 92355\r<br\/>Systems: 3073\r<br\/>Planets: 5\r<br\/>Clicks: 420\r<br\/>\r<br\/>After the first run so far. This is quite fun, good job. :3\r<br\/>I'll give it some more shots for sure."},{"author_name":"Djoron","author_uid":"32439","time":"Dec 27, 2013 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1388163000,"text":"How did I get that many Triangles the first time. .___.\r<br\/>Can't seem to get over 30-40k now. ^^\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh well, still, really nice little game you made there."},{"author_name":"postmodestie","author_uid":"8113","time":"Dec 28, 2013 @ 1:13am","epoch":1388192880,"text":"Wow, hard to get better. Great game! Great atmosphere! Libgdx rulez!"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 7:59am","epoch":1388303640,"text":"It reminds me of cookie clicker lol."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1388335380,"text":"great feel to this game and i love the deeper message!"},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1388338620,"text":"Very engaging and innovative gameplay. I love that the color scheme changed every time you received a new galaxy (though some of the color schemes made it difficult to read). Great game!"},{"author_name":"larb","author_uid":"17860","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1388356140,"text":"Awesome entry. I enjoyed it more when I had enough workers and let them do everything, instead of clicking like a maniac."},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1388788860,"text":"This game is awesome! It kept me playing for about half an hour, it's not easy to play with a trackpad, I'll try again tomorrow with a mouse. After many attemps I managed to destroy one system!!! Really addictive and relaxing, I had so much fun playing it! :D"},{"author_name":"themachinestarts","author_uid":"30430","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1388964960,"text":"288069\r<br\/>I really wish the galaxy didn't end and I could clear out the whole thing. It would also be really cool if I could have my automated guys keep collecting while I'm in a different system."}],"images":["ld28\/5433-c418270e827d5239eb1088655a6af49a.jpg","ld28\/5433-1cb6e62e76bab658261f04bcf2cbe942.jpg","ld28\/5433-6636ebe6a8a8251e01e1cdbd3ce51dac.jpg","ld28\/5433-b32c0f0c7729f21ffffd7f283bfaf09b.jpg","ld28\/5433-c5d201f858a52c6ad4eb886d357d1bb3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotality.com\/html5\/gaea\/","text":"Web \/ HTML5"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotality.com\/downloads\/gaea.zip","text":"Win"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotality.com\/downloads\/gaea.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotality.com\/downloads\/gaea.zip","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22402","g_author":"5433","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22432","g_title":"Gaea","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"28","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\/\/308734\/5433-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/5433-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/5433-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/5433-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/5433-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Gaea is an atmospheric little game that builds a unique galaxy every time you play it. Mine as many triangles from the planets as you can before the galaxy dies and literally never exists again. The more triangles you mine, the better the upgrades to improve your mining speed. (See last screenshot for what the upgrades do)\r\n\r\nMy focus was on creating an interesting atmosphere, with a minimalistic yet somehow fascinating game mechanic. The galaxy is generated via a Julia set fractal. Each system procedurally generates a little soundtrack (best enjoyed with headphones). You get to see and hear a galaxy generated from a fractal. The game is meant as a bit of a sarcastic look at our consumerism.\r\n\r\nThe game needs JAVA to run. On Windows and OS\/X you should be able to just double click to run. On linux you might have to run it from cmd line (\"java -jar gaea.jar\"). I will try and put a web version of the game up once I get a free minute to do so.\r\n\r\nPOST YOUR SCORES!\r\n\r\nControls\r\n********\r\nEverything is controlled with the mouse\r\n\r\nLMB: Zoom to system \/ Mine planet\r\nRMB\/ESC-key: Show galaxy\r\n\r\nMove mouse over triangles to collect them.\r\n\r\nCredits\r\n********\r\nThis game was created with libgdx in under 72hrs by Stefan Bachmann","title":"Gaea"}