{"author_link":"\/author\/steve\/","author_name":"steve","author_uid":"5178","comments":[{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:57am","epoch":1367232720,"text":"cool innovative gameplay, really tricky after level 3, but thats good"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:01am","epoch":1367232960,"text":"Neat puzzle game, Could start of a bit easier to explain the basics but it's great later"},{"author_name":"YM","author_uid":"11344","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:03am","epoch":1367233080,"text":"Fantastic!\r<br\/>Simple, clean, challenging and fun. Couldn't ask for more in a puzzle game"},{"author_name":"Chman","author_uid":"17883","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:10am","epoch":1367233500,"text":"My favorite game so far. Simple concept, perfect execution and very well-polished. Simply brilliant."},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:50am","epoch":1367235900,"text":"Damn I don't have windows :( Really like how this looks like."},{"author_name":"MagiMaster","author_uid":"23161","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:00pm","epoch":1367236500,"text":"It needs maybe a one sentence description of the goal\/mechanics."},{"author_name":"Corofides","author_uid":"18511","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1367236620,"text":"A simple, innovative game. Rather enjoyable"},{"author_name":"JimmyLord","author_uid":"23245","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1367236800,"text":"Great puzzle game.  The first level was a bit of a challenge, but ultimately taught the rules, it could use a slightly easier intro.  Excellent work."},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:09pm","epoch":1367237040,"text":"Awesome gameplay\r<br\/>Awesome graphics\r<br\/>Awesome use of theme\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This might be the winner"},{"author_name":"yinbar","author_uid":"20863","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1367237160,"text":"Creative idea for puzzles, and visually really smooth. Good work."},{"author_name":"Holofire","author_uid":"14323","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1367241000,"text":"Amazing game. Incredibly simple but very difficult. I love the way it looks and sounds.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Such an awesome idea."},{"author_name":"vegard1992","author_uid":"20707","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1367242140,"text":"awsome puzzles dude. i cant beat the 4th level though :("},{"author_name":"danielcmessias","author_uid":"17950","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1367252400,"text":"Could do with some description of the mechanics, as the movement is a bit confusing, but otherwise elegant and a great concept with great implementation!"},{"author_name":"Kiwiboi","author_uid":"20891","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1367252700,"text":"Really nice, I genuinely enjoyed this! :) Got to like level 6 or 7, then I got restless ;D \r<br\/>But honestly this was great!"},{"author_name":"nicso","author_uid":"8002","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1367253420,"text":"awesome, really. I would totally pay to play more of this! MAKE IT HAPPEN!"},{"author_name":"Ernyz","author_uid":"2537","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1367253540,"text":"Very nice game, cant say a bad thing about it."},{"author_name":"geepit","author_uid":"7990","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1367273700,"text":"Cool gameplay and awesome clean style. Excellent!"},{"author_name":"NiallM","author_uid":"785","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:14am","epoch":1367316540,"text":"This is really nice, though I agree with the other commenters that the mechanics are slightly unintuitive at first."},{"author_name":"wolfadex","author_uid":"9032","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1367329740,"text":"Incredible game!"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:12am","epoch":1367406420,"text":"You can't go wrong with a fluorescent themed puzzle game!"},{"author_name":"Tainted_Code","author_uid":"5752","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:17am","epoch":1367406720,"text":"Really fun concept, was really hard too! Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"maloki","author_uid":"3790","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1367412780,"text":"I love this game! The rules were a bit hard for me to understand at first, but when it clicked, I just kept going and going and going. Simple yet works amazingly. Good job! :D"},{"author_name":"steve","author_uid":"5178","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 10:42am","epoch":1367491020,"text":"Thanks for the kind words all!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The reason I didn't give any rules text was partially to fit to the theme, but also because I was hoping to put enough feedback into the game that they wouldn't be needed!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That said, the tabbing between worms is a little janky which makes it awkward to experiment with the game, so perhaps having two worms in the first level rather than three would have made for a smoother learning curve...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I get around to making a post-compo version I'll try to address that there :)"},{"author_name":"steve","author_uid":"5178","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 10:43am","epoch":1367491080,"text":"@split82 I'm afraid it would be quite a lot of work to port to other platforms as it is right now, I think for my next Ludum Dare I'll try to do a web based one to avoid this problem in the future!"},{"author_name":"miro662","author_uid":"22312","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:10am","epoch":1367492700,"text":"very nice game, i love this concept!"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:12am","epoch":1367492820,"text":"Impressive art\/gameplay"},{"author_name":"ShellfishGames","author_uid":"23164","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:21am","epoch":1367493360,"text":"Great game. The rules seem a little unintuitive at first, but once you get the hang of it it begins to be quite fun and challenging. The visuals are nice as well."},{"author_name":"HD408","author_uid":"12948","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 1:09am","epoch":1367802240,"text":"Success! (I've solved it.) Really liked the puzzle mechanics and the difficulty curve. Instant 5 for almost everything."},{"author_name":"Norgg","author_uid":"5283","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1367936700,"text":"So, this is really awesome.  I think there's a lot of multiplayer potential in there too, where you each play one worm and shout at each other to get into the right place."},{"author_name":"Norgg","author_uid":"5283","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1367936760,"text":"Oh, and I ended up kind of solving the last level by mistake while trying to get one worm over another one and then somehow they were all just in the right place."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1367942400,"text":"This game is incredibly awesome!\r<br\/>I like unique game mechanics, which makes gameplay very addictive. It's pretty fun to understanding worm mechanic and solve these puzzles. I enjoyed with that a lot!\r<br\/>Thank you for entry! Excellent work, dude!"},{"author_name":"Misael.K","author_uid":"12802","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 5:17am","epoch":1368594720,"text":"The exe file is less than 100k, that alone is impressive, compared to other entries.\r<br\/>Puzzles were great, not too hard, not too easy, and the level progression was great, too.\r<br\/>Loved the sounds and the colors.\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1368815340,"text":"So glad I had the chance to play (and complete) this game. It really is one of the best entries and gets so much out of the theme!"},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1368981120,"text":"Incredibly addictive concept! Definitely one my fav LD26 entry, you really managed to create a totally unique gameplay with a great learning curve. Made in 84h? Seriously: that's amazing."},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1368982080,"text":"Incredibly addictive concept! Definitely my favorite LD26 entry so far, you really managed to create a totally unique gameplay with a great learning curve. \r<br\/>Made in 48h? Seriously: that's amazing."},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1369051800,"text":"Very good minismalist graphics and cool puzzle game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- SEPHY (@sephyka)"}],"images":["ld26\/5178-6cb94f81e29dbd79d7be428339f7565c.jpg","ld26\/5178-3656ebc7fcbdd331bb981370c4942dee.jpg","ld26\/5178-7a65891b289b80be04c64daf950e63d7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/03d0ajj0ehj8lzs\/ld26-gravity-worm.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.quantumrain.com\/etc\/ld26-gravity-worm.zip","text":"Windows (alt)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/quantumrain\/LD26","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25861","g_author":"5178","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25891","g_title":"Gravity Worm","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"30","g_commentcount":"36","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\/\/233892\/5178-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/5178-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/5178-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My initial plan was to create a version of snake with gravity affecting the movement (hence the name), but it turned into something else and I couldn't think of a better name :)\r\n\r\nUse the cursor keys to control the blocks and space to switch between worms.\r\n\r\nI've included a few alternate colour schemes to hopefully allow people with colour blindness to play, press F1 to cycle between them.<\/p>","title":"Gravity Worm"}