{"author_link":"\/author\/draknek\/","author_name":"Draknek","author_uid":"741","comments":[{"author_name":"jonbro","author_uid":"1187","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:35am","epoch":1335177000,"text":"I like it! Discovering the multipush rule is a nice touch."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1335188220,"text":"Nice.\rTook me a while to discover the multipush mechanic."},{"author_name":"rik","author_uid":"1070","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1335194940,"text":"Took me absolutely ages to figure out what I was meant to do. Maybe I'm being stupid, but some visual clues might've been useful! (I got to the game from your twitter, so I didn't see the instructions here, but it's still pretty obscure). Good solid puzzle rules otherwise though!"},{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","author_uid":"527","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1335196560,"text":"Fun. Nice mechanic. Aches for a multi-step undo button\/key."},{"author_name":"Zaxuhe","author_uid":"12209","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1335199560,"text":"Found hard to play, no instructions! but after found it was an ok game :)!"},{"author_name":"Gremlin","author_uid":"12047","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1335206220,"text":"I actually like how the one multipush level requires you to discover the mechanic to advance, though I mostly discovered it by accident, so that's a bit of a wash. And restarting the whole thing after one wrong move did get a little old, but that's obvious.\r\rBiology!"},{"author_name":"dukope","author_uid":"11080","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:02am","epoch":1335347820,"text":"Nice puzzle mechanic. Gets quite hard really fast though."},{"author_name":"Ishisoft","author_uid":"8804","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1335375480,"text":"Not bad for four hours! Could do with a *little* polish obviously, but the puzzle mechanic is really nice."},{"author_name":"ghRibacki","author_uid":"7839","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 3:05am","epoch":1335409200,"text":"The sound effects are the best! I love puzzles like this one, would love to see more of it!"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 10:54am","epoch":1335437340,"text":"Yay biology!"},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1335472860,"text":"you won't win an oscar for graphics\/presentation but it's a very solid and enjoyable game, wouldn't expect less from you anyway\r\rso far this is the only educational themed game I've encountered - so you're getting some additional love for creativity :)"},{"author_name":"evilseanbot","author_uid":"7902","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:40am","epoch":1335584100,"text":"yay biology"},{"author_name":"23","author_uid":"4678","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:12am","epoch":1335593220,"text":"Clever mechanic; I had trouble with multipush too, and found it pretty difficult."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1335629940,"text":"Love the concept and gameplay, awesome work!"},{"author_name":"eburn184","author_uid":"5565","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1335630420,"text":"Fun game. With some work it could make for a nice little iOS game, like These Robotic Hearts of Mine :)"},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1335630540,"text":"Yay biology! I got stuck on the one that is impossible without multi-push and I was going to come and tell you that it's impossible, but then I read the spoilers. I wish the game had telegraphed that better. But it's a good and creative puzzle with that rule!"},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1335630720,"text":"I love the puzzles, cool concept of filling space in the right order. It would have been nice if there were a button for restart instead of having to use the keyboard since the game itself doesn't require keyboard. Too bad no music... wonder what you would have gone for in that department. Also, big bonus points for included a level editor."},{"author_name":"nornagon","author_uid":"11649","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 1:08am","epoch":1335661380,"text":"It's not working for me :("},{"author_name":"netguy204","author_uid":"5044","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1335717360,"text":"It took me a while to figure out how to make moves but once I did (and once I discovered multi-push) it was fun. I liked the audio. :)\r\rThis is a really nice little puzzle game."},{"author_name":"schnerble","author_uid":"11560","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1335717420,"text":"Cool! Nice idea. The push thing certainly wasn't obvious to me, but it certainly makes for some creative thinking."},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1335962940,"text":"Excellent puzzle game! I wish I knew about the pushing before pulling my hair off, but once I found out I almost became excited :-P"},{"author_name":"Thotep","author_uid":"12581","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1336306200,"text":"I like it; can't believe you designed and developed it all in 4 hours! :)"},{"author_name":"philhassey","author_uid":"2","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1336311840,"text":"I would have given up pretty quick, but I read some of these comments and got the multipush tip."},{"author_name":"Alexandre","author_uid":"11209","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1336321920,"text":"Interesting game. It took me some time to realize you can push a whole stack. The editor is a nice touch also!"},{"author_name":"Incredible Ape","author_uid":"12165","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 8:48pm","epoch":1336336980,"text":"Yay, I beat it! Really clever puzzles with an interesting mechanic. The level editor is an especially nice touch."},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1336337040,"text":"I had a few *lightbulb* moments while playing, which was nice."},{"author_name":"Dan C","author_uid":"2445","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1336342680,"text":"Awesome for four hours!\r\rI was too stupid to figure out the multi-push rule on my own but the rest was fun to discover :)\r\rFun puzzle games always get five innovation stars from me because inventing fun puzzles is hard."},{"author_name":"Knighty","author_uid":"3733","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 7:59am","epoch":1336377240,"text":"Great game! Simple yet challenging. I managed to make it to the end."},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1336404420,"text":"Yay, biology! Great idea - don't know how innovative it is, but I find it pretty clever and fun to play. I don't see that much connection to the theme, but I find it very entertaining anyway."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 7, 2012 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1336420440,"text":"This idea is awesome."},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1336839300,"text":"Yay, biology! Your voice acting is, as always, exquisite"},{"author_name":"Cosmologicon","author_uid":"1151","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1336945560,"text":"This is my favorite puzzle game of this Ludum Dare. Really really clever and rich puzzle idea. Great work. The first board with a 4 was really tough. I think in general more open boards are harder because there are more possibilities. Finished the whole thing, and glad I did!"},{"author_name":"Sodaware","author_uid":"10712","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 12:36am","epoch":1336955460,"text":"Obviously a little more polish would be nice, but for a 4-hour entry it's extremely playable. Some boards are a little tough, but the underlying mechanic works really well (and makes you feel super-smart when you finally beat a puzzle). Great sounds too ;)"},{"author_name":"mcc","author_uid":"4987","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 1:06am","epoch":1336957260,"text":"Original and interesting puzzle concept here. This game made me think of Q Billion.\r\rThis game seems "small" and that's probably a good thing, I liked the efficiently minimalist graphics. I feel like I could play this for a long time when I have more time to devote to it."}],"images":["ld23\/741-62032c2a4c28039bf9e2e36bb46a0b7a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.draknek.org\/games\/drbiology\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.draknek.org\/games\/drbiology\/?edit=1","text":"Create levels!"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Draknek\/Dr-Biology","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31290","g_author":"741","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"31320","g_title":"Dr. Biology's Educational Game","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"273","g_commentcount":"34","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\/741-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Made in four hours, sorry for the graphics.\r\n\r\nClick and drag to split cells.\r\n\r\nThere is a level editor! Technically done in the jam but still done in considerably less than 48 hours.\r\n\r\nMade in FlashPunk, of course.<\/p>","title":"Dr. Biology's Educational Game"}