{"author_link":"\/author\/omaha\/","author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","comments":[{"author_name":"cornedor","author_uid":"4506","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1335202920,"text":"Nice game, but very hard. The water effect looks pretty nice tough."},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1335203160,"text":"Can't... let... the game... beat me...\rI'm hooked. If I don't rate the other games that's your fault ;)"},{"author_name":"karnakgames","author_uid":"2465","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:57pm","epoch":1335203520,"text":"I see a successful iPhone game coming out from this game? You should port it :)"},{"author_name":"Misaka42","author_uid":"10972","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1335203640,"text":"Hardcore. Just what I need."},{"author_name":"Magnega","author_uid":"11030","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1335204540,"text":"Dammit. Couldn't get further than 1531. Awesome, iPhone port approved. Also, addicted."},{"author_name":"matt","author_uid":"7275","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:18pm","epoch":1335204780,"text":"Solid game. I agree that this would be a successful iPhone game."},{"author_name":"davidllanos22","author_uid":"10692","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1335204900,"text":"When I saw the screenshoot I thought the boat was a slime xDDD Great game, I find it quite hard at the begining, maybe it could be more progressive... and when I reset sometimes the boat crashes without even start to run :S"},{"author_name":"ComaToes","author_uid":"12890","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1335205500,"text":"A nice combination of frustrating yet addictive. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Fsmv","author_uid":"10895","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1335206220,"text":"Amazing! Port it to Android as well!"},{"author_name":"vigrid","author_uid":"10441","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1335219180,"text":"Haha, nice timewaster (in a good meaning of this word). Your game is a bit hard, or my hands are too slow for it. You should definitely make it a phone game!"},{"author_name":"gavin5564","author_uid":"5689","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:02am","epoch":1335239820,"text":"Gaahhh, This game is annoyingly addictive. Would work well on a Ipad with the accelerometer for controls.\rGreat job.\rDon't know how it relates to the theme tho.."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1335240600,"text":"Thank you everyone for the kind words.\r\rI am working on an android release this week, just need a day of rest after the weekend. iPhone will be more difficult, but I'd love to make that happen.\r\rMy personal best score is 3555. Has anyone done better?\r\rRegarding the theme: The idea was that you're playing in the 'tiny' world of a single leaf, trying to navigate a tiny stream of water, with the occasional firefly buzzing past you and lighting the way."},{"author_name":"feyleaf","author_uid":"3375","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:16am","epoch":1335240660,"text":"Great job! This game was totally fun, and also quite a challenge. Your voxel work makes it something outstanding."},{"author_name":"invaderJim","author_uid":"2117","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:16am","epoch":1335240660,"text":"Cubetastic!"},{"author_name":"MadGnomeGamer","author_uid":"10251","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:28am","epoch":1335241380,"text":"So what's the special prize? ....You're not playing a practical joke on whoever gets 10000 and demands a prize are you? :)"},{"author_name":"MadGnomeGamer","author_uid":"10251","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:29am","epoch":1335241440,"text":"Erm...when I double click it starts to open a wondow and then abruptly stops without even giving an error sign--it just blinks onto the screen for a split second."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:34am","epoch":1335241740,"text":"There is definitely a prize if you beat 10000. More than one person can win the prize."},{"author_name":"Tourgen","author_uid":"2408","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:59am","epoch":1335243240,"text":"It looks good and plays alright. It would benefit from an analog control input - joystick or even h-axis on the mouse. Or possibly not instantly re-centering on key-up."},{"author_name":"runsintowalls","author_uid":"5309","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:02am","epoch":1335243420,"text":"Fun. Hard. Like the water."},{"author_name":"seigenblues","author_uid":"11657","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:04am","epoch":1335243540,"text":"very nice! There went 15 minutes!"},{"author_name":"the8donut","author_uid":"10453","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:09am","epoch":1335265440,"text":"Good job on this one, very hard but definitely fun. Water effect is very interesting."},{"author_name":"Rex Peppers","author_uid":"4914","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1335274140,"text":"Amazing how satisfying it is to find a comment you've left in the game just a little bit further downstream..."},{"author_name":"Evgis","author_uid":"12507","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1335279900,"text":"Fun: 5\/5. Pretty hard, but fun to play!"},{"author_name":"devwil","author_uid":"7526","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1335302820,"text":"***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***\r\rWhen hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.\r\rPlease consider making a browser game next time."},{"author_name":"Skully","author_uid":"10876","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:37am","epoch":1335321120,"text":"looks very pretty, but gets hard pretty quick"},{"author_name":"Hazematman","author_uid":"10252","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:54am","epoch":1335322140,"text":"I have to say this game is really fun and addictive, but one slight problem, I don't see how this goes with the theme. The game is pretty awesome though! :D"},{"author_name":"bburbank","author_uid":"1159","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:55am","epoch":1335322200,"text":"I really love how this looks. I'm hypnotized by it, and don't ever want to stop."},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:03am","epoch":1335322680,"text":"Wow, really good! The narrow sections are really hard, but it's nothing that some tweaking on the collision side of things couldn't fix. I absolutely love how it looks, and it does seem to have a lot of room for adding cool stuff such as obstacles on the wide section or ramps for the leaf to jump from :D nicely done! I definitely can see it work as a mobile app."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:10am","epoch":1335323100,"text":"Regarding the theme: The idea was that you're playing in the 'tiny' world of a single leaf, trying to navigate a tiny stream of water, with the occasional firefly buzzing past you and lighting the way.\r\rThanks again everyone!"},{"author_name":"edbadiux","author_uid":"12142","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 4:57am","epoch":1335329520,"text":"I really enjoyed playing your game, I like challenging games and I liked this one. I think there should be a little bit more incentives to reach farest, maybe adding some color or music after some distance (of course is just my opinion). Thanks for the fun (my record ~5500)."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:04am","epoch":1335329940,"text":"edbadiux: that's a great score! i haven't managed to score that well after many tries :) remember, there is a special bonus at 10000."},{"author_name":"unicornpooping","author_uid":"12751","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1335356400,"text":"Tough, but well made. Love the graphics. Boxes are in right now :-)"},{"author_name":"jeroenimooo","author_uid":"9361","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1335365280,"text":"Awesome game, sometimes suddenly real hard, and then real easy, graphics also look really cool"},{"author_name":"thegreystudios","author_uid":"12111","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1335376500,"text":"Neat water effect! But yes very hard and unforgiving.. Not saying that's a bad thing though!! Still had to try it over and over again just to get that little further.. Nice entry"},{"author_name":"fatSquirrel","author_uid":"10782","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 3:32am","epoch":1335410820,"text":"Awesome graphics and effects, but dang hard. After ten tries I couldn't get past the 3rd turn where it gets narrow."},{"author_name":"stigmawall","author_uid":"6116","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 5:12am","epoch":1335416820,"text":"It´s hard, ahuAHUahuha!\rAlso, more leafs as IA will be awesome! :)"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:51am","epoch":1335422760,"text":"Nice effects for the graphics."},{"author_name":"Evil Sandwich Studios","author_uid":"12700","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1335444480,"text":"Awesome, loved it."},{"author_name":"AlwaysGeeky","author_uid":"11531","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1335458760,"text":"Hard... but I enjoyed it overall, well done :)"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1335463140,"text":"Think I managed 4525. Very tense and fun. Procedurally-generated levels would make this great... greater, even!"},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1335465240,"text":"Pretty tough, but fun game, I like the simplistic look and the water looks nice."},{"author_name":"raarlac","author_uid":"11711","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1335473280,"text":"Awesome game!! Pretty hard though"},{"author_name":"crazyheckman","author_uid":"7321","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 12:01am","epoch":1335484560,"text":"Fun game, impressive style for a bunch of basic shapes. I got to around 2500 before I crapped out, is there actually a prize or is that an empty promise?"},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 1:18pm","epoch":1335532380,"text":"These levels are in fact procedurally generated. They follow a sine wave of varying amplitude, with a random +\/-1 added to give it the smaller details near the shore. \r\rI ran out of time before I could test more complicated waveforms with varying frequency, but I'm working on an android version that includes that an much more :)\r\rThanks for the feedback!\r\rOh, and yes, there really is a prize if you reach 10000 or greater. Many people have reached 5000, but 10000 is possible if you can stay focused long enough."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 1:24pm","epoch":1335532740,"text":"I just scored 10559!!!! It is officially possible to win the prize :)"},{"author_name":"orgarus","author_uid":"11198","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1335979440,"text":"6533... I'll give it another try.\rChallenging!\r:D"},{"author_name":"orgarus","author_uid":"11198","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1335979860,"text":"I HATE this game >:( I never gonna play it again... err... one more try..."},{"author_name":"orgarus","author_uid":"11198","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1335980340,"text":"That enough (for today)!!! Every time I hear the (deadly) crash sound (of dead, of course) I want to burn something.\r\rCheers!\r\rPS.-Great game!"},{"author_name":"orgarus","author_uid":"11198","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1335980820,"text":"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 6431!! What piece of creature from hell have programmed you!\r\rPS.-Last comment I promise :)"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 3:58am","epoch":1336276380,"text":"Sir, you have wasted my valuable time, that could have been used to play other Ludum Dare games, by uploading such an addictive entry. Shame on you!\r\rFull points for fun :)"},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 4:00am","epoch":1336276500,"text":"Also, forgot to say, I loved the blocky graphics."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1336431060,"text":"It get's too hard very fast. Sadly, because it's a fun game!"}],"images":["ld23\/5229-80fea906456ed849d0984bd6e73d6403.jpg","ld23\/5229-96fac9bde9323798176cacf063380604.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/whilesoftware.com\/static\/river_runner.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/whilesoftware.com\/static\/river_runner.jar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/whilesoftware.com\/static\/river_runner.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iFvxB_CDzmk","text":"Gameplay Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/whilesoftware.com\/static\/river_runner.source.tgz","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30555","g_author":"5229","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30585","g_title":"River Runner","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"273","g_commentcount":"52","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\/\/123793\/5229-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/5229-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Fast paced river racing. Try not to hit the walls.\r\n\r\nSpecial prize for anyone that beats 10000.\r\n\r\nTo play, download and double-click the jar file. On mac\/linux, it might be necessary to run it with: java -jar river_runner.jar\r\n<\/p>","title":"River Runner"}