{"author_link":"\/author\/darkfrost\/","author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","comments":[{"author_name":"Devenger","author_uid":"2661","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:28am","epoch":1355804580,"text":"Very bloody, unnervingly satisfying. A shame that the evolution thing fell by the wayside after the start, but still good fun throughout :)"},{"author_name":"BlockBrains","author_uid":"17970","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1355835060,"text":"Those chickens don't stand a chance with the beam! :D"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:38am","epoch":1355967180,"text":"That was awesome, and oddly satisfying.\r<br\/>Unfortunately the game froze when I got to the second level running it in Wine."},{"author_name":"JFlegle","author_uid":"17748","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 2:09am","epoch":1355969040,"text":"+1 for the tractor beam, the second level seemed like a big jump in difficulty."},{"author_name":"EatenAlive3","author_uid":"15753","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 2:24am","epoch":1355969940,"text":"Nice! I died pretty early on, and couldn't find a way to recover health (was there one?), but great idea, I enjoyed playing."},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:46am","epoch":1355992860,"text":"We had a health pick up to start with but think it got lost in the confusion XD We had a few problems right at the end when we planned to balance thus the second level came out like it did.. we're hoping to polish it and make a balanced version at some point!"},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1356010620,"text":"Small tip on the second level - Do not touch the cherry trucks! Avoid them all costs"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1356033720,"text":"Really really fun to play. The turning was a bit awkward, but the graphics style and the bloody nature of the game made up for it ;)"},{"author_name":"Kuulog","author_uid":"10301","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1356036000,"text":"Killing farmyard animals is actually very fun! Great game!"},{"author_name":"OrangeeZ","author_uid":"12415","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1356036960,"text":"Background tune actually made the game feel quite relaxing, but 2nd level was a huge jump in difficulty, and tracktor physics were rough. But overral, the game was fun, art looks great, and tracktor beam is forever in my heart :)"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1356045180,"text":"Looking really cute :)"},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1356047520,"text":"Nice work.  Took me a while to work out how to use the laser and play level 2 without dying immediately but it was great fun.  Looked and sounded great too."},{"author_name":"DaviDeMo","author_uid":"8548","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1356047640,"text":"hahah, funny!"},{"author_name":"goulding57","author_uid":"18642","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1356117540,"text":"Don't have windows, wish I did so I could play this. Looks awesome, and from the comments, is awesome. Good luck!"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1356119640,"text":"Moving doesn't feel good because of the collision boxes (they are too big). Very funny idea anyway. I hope I didn't miss it, but is there an explanation for the icons? Especially the last one I didn't get."},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1356120840,"text":"Health fuel mattercollected energy, then the other blacked out pictures where equipable wepons on the nums. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yeh we never did get round to fixing the collisions XD"},{"author_name":"Cyboot","author_uid":"10242","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:56am","epoch":1356177060,"text":"that was bloody funny. \r<br\/>Ok that sounds stupid, but great game.\r<br\/>Nice graphics and sound.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>good job!"},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1356203640,"text":"The icons from left to right were:\r<br\/>Health (%)\r<br\/>Fuel (%)\r<br\/>Matter collected (% to the next upgrade)\r<br\/>Energy (%, this is needed for certain weapons)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Then there are various icons showing you the state of your weapons, depending on which you have unlocked"},{"author_name":"arhpositive","author_uid":"11575","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1356208020,"text":"Nice little game. :) Lost interest after a few minutes, but still a good game in the jam category."},{"author_name":"bentog","author_uid":"17307","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1356286740,"text":"I like the game, it's fun and relaxing, half a second after I got to level 2 I died  :( So, I had no patience to finish level one again. Besides that, well done!"},{"author_name":"sclark39","author_uid":"15443","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1356286860,"text":"Pretty fun, but I couldn't figure out how to attack in the second level and didn't want to grind my way through the first again after I died. Also, &quot;tractor beam&quot;. Love it."},{"author_name":"mokujin","author_uid":"14120","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1356636420,"text":"Sheeps are too big, like elephants XD Great game!"}],"images":["ld25\/7085-57442d7f624865d97aaff67035680bca.jpg","ld25\/7085-6bb2babfe2ce0aeeba1397c59d7d8290.jpg","ld25\/7085-5c3d86713f8a879be9f0f8be3942cf47.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jacobkeane.co.uk\/projects\/LD25.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28082","g_author":"7085","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"28112","g_title":"Educational Tractor Kingdom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"121","g_commentcount":"22","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\/\/201083\/7085-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7085-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/7085-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In early 2013, an average redneck farmer downloaded an EBook called \"Programming Tractor Artificial Intelligence for Dummies\". However, due to a single typo in coping out the sample code, he accidently created a murderous, self improving AI.\r\n\r\n\r\nBuilt in C# and SFML, so requires windows unless you're familiar with setting up Mono :)\r\n\r\nCreated by:\r\n - Jacob Keane (Programming)\r\n - Holly Grant (Programming)\r\n - Gary Nield (Programming)\r\n - Sophie Morris (Art)\r\n - William Ahmadi (Art)\r\n - David Biggs (Programming)\r\n\r\nMusic by http:\/\/www.nosoapradio.us\/\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nWASD \/ Arrow keys - Move\r\n123  \/ Numpad 123 - Select Weapon\r\nMouse - Aim\r\nLMB - Use weapon<\/p>","title":"Educational Tractor Kingdom"}