{"author_link":"\/author\/xeon06\/","author_name":"xeon06","author_uid":"1882","comments":[{"author_name":"r4m0n","author_uid":"2968","time":"Dec 20, 2010 @ 7:25am","epoch":1292829600,"text":"Interesting idea, and well executed."},{"author_name":"ladron","author_uid":"3184","time":"Dec 21, 2010 @ 1:40am","epoch":1292895300,"text":"Nice idea! I didn't find the treasures very exciting, but then that it probably realistic for metal detecting :-)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Regarding your package, I knew to dig down into the bin directory for the executable, but it isn't super user-friendly."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Dec 22, 2010 @ 8:44am","epoch":1293007140,"text":"Cute idea, also the different beeps for different objects. \r<br\/>Overall it feels a bit sluggish, is that GDI based?"},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"Dec 24, 2010 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1293213840,"text":"All the thrill of mowing the lawn with my eyes closed! Gameplay's kind of slow, but I think that's accurate for beach combing. I got four of five treasures, then I started digging for the last one, which had a special beep, and I was like, oh, this is going to be a particularly good treasure, but then it blew me up. :) What beach am I combing, Normandy?"},{"author_name":"Myx","author_uid":"2625","time":"Dec 26, 2010 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1293370320,"text":"A pretty good idea. The game felt quite slow to me though, increasing the speed of movement and digging would probably increase the fun (at the cost of realism, but it is after all a game)."},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Jan 1, 2011 @ 10:40am","epoch":1293878100,"text":"Feels like part of a game, not a whole game. Needs a bit more to maintain interest."},{"author_name":"NiallM","author_uid":"785","time":"Jan 4, 2011 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1294158360,"text":"It's a neat idea, but the movement felt a bit too slow for my liking. Finding the treasures was a bit of a chore."}],"images":["ld19\/1882-5cc0d24f55fe00a7a5e3c88b440697ce.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/3310651\/LD19\/LD19_Extreme_Beachcombing.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"33312","g_author":"1882","g_event":"LD19","g_eventkey":"5","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"33342","g_title":"Extreme Beachcombing","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"150","g_commentcount":"7","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\/\/33232\/1882-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"***NOTE***: Requires .NET Framework 3.5 to run. It can be found there:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/en\/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6\r\n\r\nBeachcombing is the act of searching for and discovering items washed up by the shore, buried in beaches.\r\n\r\nUse your trusty object detector. The more it beeps, the closer you are to an item.\r\n\r\nYou must find the 5 buried treasures as fast as possible, but beware, there could be dangerous stuff down there!\r\n\r\nArrow keys - Move\r\nSpace - Dig<\/p>","title":"Extreme Beachcombing"}