{"author_link":"\/author\/brucef\/","author_name":"Brucef","author_uid":"14164","comments":[{"author_name":"mappum","author_uid":"7962","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:09am","epoch":1346047440,"text":"This was actually quite entertaining.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When I first opened it I had no idea how to play, but when I read the description I went back and enjoyed it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm not really sure why I am on a ship with gorillas, or what that has to do with evolution..."},{"author_name":"philosophistry","author_uid":"14735","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:13am","epoch":1346047680,"text":"Pretty damn fun. Like the mechanics. Got 290. I couldn't tell if there was actually any evolution on the &quot;gorillas&quot; (looked more like mice to me), but still, I liked it!"},{"author_name":"Fritzendugan","author_uid":"14538","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:15am","epoch":1346047800,"text":"sound effects were a little on the annoying side. Music was decent. Gameplay mechanics were great, simple, but fun. Could maybe have used a little more depth, but it is just a 48 hour competition"},{"author_name":"pjchardt","author_uid":"13158","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:26am","epoch":1346048460,"text":"I like the mechanic however the difficulty seems to escalate very quickly and I seemed to die very quickly even at full health.  The wrapping of enemies in a circle to convert them is interesting.  Have you considered modifiers like the tail growing longer?  It does not grow longer does it?"},{"author_name":"Brucef","author_uid":"14164","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:32am","epoch":1346048820,"text":"@ pjchardt Currently, the tail does not grow longer at all. That was something that I would have liked to added, but It was hard to impliment in the amount of time left and with the way I had my code set up. Maybe I'll ad that in the future. and for the difficulty thing, balancing games is not a strong suite of mine. Next time i'll get more people to playtest and give me feedback before submission.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks everyone for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"robcozzens","author_uid":"10944","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:43am","epoch":1346049480,"text":"Pretty fun when there are just about 10, but then they reproduce so fast and it gets nearly impossible."},{"author_name":"panzermancer","author_uid":"5826","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:54am","epoch":1346050140,"text":"That was momentarily entertaining. You die way too quick, though, and there doesn't seem to be any sense of progression, just more gorillas."},{"author_name":"madpew","author_uid":"2196","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:59am","epoch":1346050440,"text":"I was able to evolve 1 gorilla, incredibly hard to get them into a loop (might be just me) Besides to that the game got a nice mechanic (but an annoying musicloop). Well done. Would like to see this mechanic expanded (like the already mentioned tail-length-increase)"},{"author_name":"J00nzu","author_uid":"10219","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:59am","epoch":1346050440,"text":"That was very fun and interesting game. Nice!"},{"author_name":"cacciatc","author_uid":"127","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:03am","epoch":1346050680,"text":"At first I thought the pirate was a ladybug.  I like the overhead view of the pirate ship."},{"author_name":"Thurig","author_uid":"14830","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:29am","epoch":1346055840,"text":"I had great fun with running around. Love the green farts.. or shield."},{"author_name":"hnjslater","author_uid":"16286","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1346083980,"text":"Pretty fun. A bit too hard and the music was certainly not to my taste. Not a lot of the theme in there either. Saying that, it did kill a couple of minutes!"},{"author_name":"kyyrma","author_uid":"8424","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1346085240,"text":"Your basic gameplay idea is really good. Makes me think something similar on touch devices (especially on tablets) could be amazing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As others have pointed out, the music got annoying real fast. I'm guessing you are a programmer first and musician second, so you get a point for effort. The graphics could've been more polished too, given that there are only a few sprites and a simple background."},{"author_name":"turnip","author_uid":"16168","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1346085360,"text":"Did you confuse 'evolution' with 'evasion' ? :S"},{"author_name":"FoxFiesta","author_uid":"14757","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1346089380,"text":"Cool mini-game ! (but the music is pretty annoying)"},{"author_name":"Brucef","author_uid":"14164","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1346100180,"text":"I'm liking all this feedback! Despite all the many things I did wrong, I'm proud of this first LD entry, and I will now be able to make something even better for future LD's"},{"author_name":"levelbylevel","author_uid":"12013","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1346101440,"text":"I like it :) The game mechanic is fun and I liked the audio."},{"author_name":"Amoaeba Junior","author_uid":"15074","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1346106600,"text":"Weirdest combination EVER XD made me lol a lot\r<br\/>\r<br\/>They stopped spawning so i gave up :&lt;"},{"author_name":"Brucef","author_uid":"14164","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1346107440,"text":"yea they cap off at like 200 or so, your supposed to be killing (or evolving, rather) them before there become that many, but oh well, haha"},{"author_name":"pjchardt","author_uid":"13158","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 1:22am","epoch":1346203020,"text":"Brucef, I completely relate to the balancing issues.  I thought my games had pretty solid controls, then I had someone play it and they could not jump from one platform to the next!  I made some tweaks but there is so much more I could do.  I don't know how else to fix such balance issues other than watch other people play it?!?"},{"author_name":"Ulixava","author_uid":"10489","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1346260380,"text":"I'm not sure what to say. First of all there is the sound which is really annoying. I had to lower the sound quite a bit in order to make my ears feel alright.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Another thing that needs to be changed is how you walk into an enemy and it drains all of your health straight away!"},{"author_name":"shinD","author_uid":"5550","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1346260740,"text":"It might be a bit of a stretch to find the theme in here, but gameplay mechanics I found pretty fun!"},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:10am","epoch":1346288700,"text":"Wow, that was fun! I have never played a corralling game before and I would never have thought of it myself. Great job! It sure does get too hard if you don't try and evolve them before there's too many but I guess that's something you learn by playing. Evolve and evolve often.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>That being said, I only got a fraction of the score you've got going in that screenshot! (430)"},{"author_name":"dengzo","author_uid":"9378","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1346331420,"text":"crazy.. in a good way ;)"}],"images":["ld24\/14164-9be412d8926d672ab66f7fef5332ca17.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/97642307\/Ludum%20Dare%2024\/bin-release\/LudumDare.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/97642307\/Ludum%20Dare%2024\/Ludum%20Dare%2024%20Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28816","g_author":"14164","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28846","g_title":"Pirates and Gorillas","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"375","g_commentcount":"24","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\/\/163678\/14164-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Basic Controls:\r\n\r\n- Pirate (player) moves towards mouse\r\n- Click mouse to \"Evolve\" the entities inside any loops in the blue string\r\n- Hold space to use a shield to be temporarily invisible (Edit: * invincible, not invisible)\r\n\r\nPro tips:\r\n\r\n- Don't let big mobs of gorillas build up\r\n- Use your shield to run through large mobs\r\n- When shielding, watch your energy (green bar)\r\n\r\n\r\nSo yea. Here is my entry for Ludum Dare 24. This was my first time participating in a Ludum Dare. It was fun. Looking forward to the next one.\r\n\r\nI would really appreciate any sort of feedback in comments!\r\nAnd for more incentive to comment: I will make sure to play the game of everyone who comments and make sure to give you my feedback about your game!\r\n\r\nThis was fun. Long live the Dare.\r\n\r\nBrucef<\/p>","title":"Pirates and Gorillas"}