{"author_link":"\/author\/milo\/","author_name":"Milo","author_uid":"2934","comments":[{"author_name":"hnjslater","author_uid":"16286","time":"Aug 26, 2012 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1346022780,"text":"Pretty fun. And actually had evolution in it!"},{"author_name":"vicethal","author_uid":"14312","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 3:25am","epoch":1346037600,"text":"wow. This maybe wasn't so much of a "game", but a really fun toy. It's tricky!! Maybe with a bigger tank :)\r\rI really liked this. The behaviors of the fish and the influence over the environment made for a genuinely dynamic gameplay."},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1346090640,"text":"This was rather cool! I got to 55 mutations. Sometimes I lose right when I start the game.\r\rShame there's no fun sound effects."},{"author_name":"thewiseguy99","author_uid":"14421","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1346090880,"text":"Loved the tie in to the theme. And the time-lapse looked like mine, all coding :)\rGood job!"},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1346091000,"text":"fun game, it was nice seeing the fishies interact. I thought I could choose the mutation? But it just cycles through? Maybe If I could choose what was going to happen. I was also not clear on what the icons meant."},{"author_name":"celeron55","author_uid":"16208","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1346091180,"text":"It took a short while for me to figure out how the game works: The player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around.\r\rGood and fun 48 hour implementation of an interesting idea. Played a few tries and had 36 mutations when I messed up the last one."},{"author_name":"My Milked Eek","author_uid":"7229","time":"Aug 27, 2012 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1346095080,"text":"Lost once when it started, after that I had fun playing. Reached 30 mutations."},{"author_name":"berareu","author_uid":"15244","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 10:51am","epoch":1346150760,"text":"Cool game! It took me some time before really grasping how it works and at the beginning it isn't really clear how the methods cycle but it's fun trying to balance the three species!\rWould love to see this idea expanded :)"},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 11:19am","epoch":1346152440,"text":"The music is hypnotic, i tested this in GNU\/Linux, there is a lot of lines of output that makes the gameplay slower xD\rWhat is this?\r------\rYAY128.16669\rYAY106.24561\rYAY241.2538\rYAY107.617744\rYAY353.8569\rYAY91.22722\rYAY106.04344\r\r------\r\rlool"},{"author_name":"Milo","author_uid":"2934","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 6:44pm","epoch":1346179140,"text":"Oops... that output comes from the particle effects. 1 line per particle per frame = A lot of lines of output.\r\rAlso, sorry about the losing on load thing. I didn't realize it was possible (I mean, I guess the spikey must eat a fish, reproduce, then be eaten by a fish bigger than it, which might happen with some probability...)"},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1346184060,"text":"Really neat concept of indirect control. Love it."},{"author_name":"Cracky","author_uid":"14963","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 1:44am","epoch":1346377140,"text":"Probably the best sue of the theme i've seen yet"},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 2:50am","epoch":1346467500,"text":"I played with it for 5 minutes or so, but couldn't quite figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I clicked the buttons at the bottom a lot, but I was never sure if they were affecting anything, or how. That said, it was surprisingly fun to watch, despite not having top notch graphics. I'm sure if I could figure out what I'm doing, this would be a lot more fun. Loved the music, btw."},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"Sep 4, 2012 @ 6:37pm","epoch":1346783520,"text":"Very cool stuff. Liked the music too."},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1347194820,"text":""The player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around" - this should be documented in-game, while knowing this, game finally makes sense. I like how the concept was executed - while graphics were clumsy, gameplay is pretty fun. Bonus points for music."}],"images":["ld24\/2934-73f8f8208670358d090b4c5756a09bc4.jpg","ld24\/2934-a9b0da6f0daceab315d795bddfa7721a.jpg","ld24\/2934-6233cc479c8c15ad4d3adbb2fc2e2f40.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/milo.grotonma.net\/uploads\/PlanetaryOverseer\/application.windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/milo.grotonma.net\/uploads\/PlanetaryOverseer\/application.macosx.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/milo.grotonma.net\/uploads\/PlanetaryOverseer\/application.linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/milo.grotonma.net\/uploads\/PlanetaryOverseer\/Planetary_Overseer.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yrEHXcY2NcE","text":"Timelapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29155","g_author":"2934","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"29185","g_title":"Planetary Overseer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"309","g_commentcount":"15","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\/2934-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/2934-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/2934-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Have you ever wanted to help guide evolution? Specifically, have you ever wanted to use some methods (they're probably highly illegal; don't inquire too much) to mutate animals to try to build a stable ecosystem? Well, then this is the game for you! Your goal is to, by mutating individuals, make it so 3 species can coexist.\r\n\r\nThe player is given actions to do like blocks in a tetris, and you just use them at that order by simply clicking around<\/p>","title":"Planetary Overseer"}