{"author_link":"\/author\/bubuiic\/","author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","comments":[{"author_name":"OrangePop","author_uid":"92267","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:14am","epoch":1461031740,"text":"It looks really interesting, but the game board keeps scrolling up for me, making it unplayable."},{"author_name":"11Schotter","author_uid":"83597","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:23am","epoch":1461032280,"text":"clever gameplay and sweet graphics, i like!"},{"author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:47am","epoch":1461033720,"text":"@OrangePop: I never had this problem, which version are you using?"},{"author_name":"Le_Sarus","author_uid":"86933","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1461071520,"text":"Cool idea, shame you ran out of time to add a win state or any music but it's a good effort"},{"author_name":"sndr","author_uid":"90735","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:22pm","epoch":1461071820,"text":"Nice little game! I took me several attempts to actually figure out what was going on, though. It could be nice to have some more examples on the instructions."},{"author_name":"Matzigon","author_uid":"56958","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1461107820,"text":"Not just good, but educational as well! :) \r<br\/>Could use some finishing touches. Good job!"},{"author_name":"AGausmann","author_uid":"39216","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:55am","epoch":1461127800,"text":"I love to see games like this that show political and cultural flaws. This one excellently illustrates the problems of gerrymandering - nice pun by the way - and I enjoy playing simulations like these. This was a very innovative interpretation of the theme as well."},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1461259380,"text":"It's a cool game, I liked it when I knew how to play but I feel it needs a win state and sound to improve it."},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1461273900,"text":"Fun to play! I was kinda confused as a win scren is missing but I had fun playing it anyways!"},{"author_name":"pixel_maniacs","author_uid":"52509","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1461327960,"text":"Very interesting from an educational perspective. Could obviously need some more polish, but still it's a solid simulation\/game! Nice work!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would be great if you could check out our game as well!"},{"author_name":"Osaft","author_uid":"64444","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1461328140,"text":"Having Problems opening the Site my Anti-Virus blocks me off :\\"},{"author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1461342180,"text":"@Osaft: I think it's just unknown to the AV because it's hosted on my personal site. So they block it by default. :-\/"},{"author_name":"reheated","author_uid":"15514","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 12:40am","epoch":1461371700,"text":"Oh yeah! This is a very clever board game. It is potentially quite deep (but it's hard to tell how deep a game is, really). I don't know any opening strategy, but as the game develops, it becomes possible to look ahead and plan some moves. I feel that certain go-like aspects emerge. E.g. I had a couple of &quot;miai&quot; moments where I was happy because two moves were equivalent, so if the computer took one, I could take the other.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also nice commentary on the state of politics :D. And I like the art style."},{"author_name":"scnoobi","author_uid":"44546","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1461502620,"text":"intstructions are pretty bad and verbose. Theres no clear indication of what things do or what your objective is if you don't read instructions. lackluster end(theres no sheep is victorious!)"},{"author_name":"Paskal007r","author_uid":"89873","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1461504540,"text":"GREAT concept! As a non-us living person gerrymandering has never been explained so clearly to me. Kudos for that!"},{"author_name":"Llucile","author_uid":"58109","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 12:22am","epoch":1461543420,"text":"The idea is a pretty original interpretation of the theme and the graphics are nice but the game sadly lacks ingame feedbacks to understand fully how it works and to display scores. Hope it will be added soon"},{"author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 9:48am","epoch":1461577380,"text":"i _think_ i won. but i am not sure :D"},{"author_name":"themadknights","author_uid":"64533","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 10:44am","epoch":1461580740,"text":"One of the more intelligent game I saw in this LD. Good work."},{"author_name":"Odyssey","author_uid":"58620","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 11:50am","epoch":1461584700,"text":"I liked the art style and the political undertones"},{"author_name":"Jin47","author_uid":"29469","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1461592140,"text":"Great game and interesting concept ! So sad that their is no winning  trigger but great job nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"APantaloni","author_uid":"92148","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1461599280,"text":"Really cool idea. I'd love to see this developed further."},{"author_name":"adsilcott","author_uid":"49637","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1461610500,"text":"This could be a great tool for education."},{"author_name":"StaNov","author_uid":"55257","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1461674880,"text":"Nice graphics! Some effects and win\/lose-screen would be appreciated though. And highlighted the last move of oponent!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No link to the theme whatsoever.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for making this :)"},{"author_name":"BubuIIC","author_uid":"11335","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1461687600,"text":"@StaNov: Thanks for trying it out. Well, the game is about shifting the shape of electoral districts, so it fairly fits the theme."},{"author_name":"Rock Eaters","author_uid":"90519","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1462223400,"text":"i didnt understand the rules, maybe add more example"},{"author_name":"drentsoft","author_uid":"28854","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1462292940,"text":"Looks interesting but I wasn't sure if I was doing it right :\/"}],"images":["ld35\/11335-a4a20771d38d7b9a6df58434a81d5bde.jpg","ld35\/11335-407997da3abe03f5afd8f514b5e3561b.jpg","ld35\/11335-8a329871ed9a24043188e2f1d7bf42f7.jpg","ld35\/11335-f794d24081278565f1f5d352ea50d77c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bubu1.eu\/LD35-Gerry-Wins","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bubu1.eu\/files\/Gerry_Wins_win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/bubu1.eu\/files\/gerry_wins_mac.app.zip","text":"OS\/X(untested)"},{"url":"https:\/\/bubu1.eu\/files\/Gerry_wins_linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Bubu\/LD35","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3976","g_author":"11335","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"4074","g_title":"Gerry Wins!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"507","g_commentcount":"26","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\/\/542293\/11335-shot0-1461030971.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/11335-shot1-1461030971.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/11335-shot2-1461605452.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/11335-shot3-1461030971.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"+++++++ Description +++++++\r\nGerry Wins! is a game about the democratic process in the animal kingdom.\r\n\r\nThe player is tasked with designing new districts to ensure his supported candidate wins the general elections.\r\n\r\nYou can play against the AI (Gerry) or locally against another human player (much more fun you should try it!).\r\nNOTICE: Gerry's first turns are very slow for large grids (>=15). The web version crashes with grid size >=10.\r\n\r\n+++++++ BASIC INSTRUCTIONS +++++++\r\nThe goal of the game is to hold a majority in more electoral districts than your opponent (shown on the right side of the screen) at the end of a game.\r\nThe game ends when the whole board is colored. \r\nRight now their is no end-of-game trigger and no notice for winning\/losing. But you can always check for yourself on the right side of the screen whether you control more districts than your opponent.\r\n\r\nTo play select one of the electoral districts (colors) on the left side and then one of the voters (yours or your opponents) on the grid to add to the district.\r\nA district counts as yours if you get the majority of votes in it.\r\n\r\nFor an example see screenshot #3.\r\n\r\n\r\n+++++++ Things we didn't get around to +++++++\r\n - Different special moves for every animal.\r\n - Win\/Lose screen.\r\n - Bugtesting :-).\r\n - Any kind of Audio Music :-(.\r\n\r\n+++++++ Made by +++++++\r\n - Marcus Hoffmann (Code)\r\n - Stefanie Schrottke (Design, Graphics, Story)\r\n - Stephan W\u00e4ldchen (Code, Graphics)\r\n - Eric Zimmermann (Code)\r\n\r\n+++++++ Made with +++++++\r\n - Unity 3D Personal\r\n - Gimp & Inkscape\r\n\r\n\r\n+++++++ Idea  +++++++++++\r\nThis game is based on a concept called \"Gerrymandering\". If you've never heard of it, look here: \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerrymandering\r\n\r\nPS: Can someone test the mac build and post the results?","title":"Gerry Wins!"}