{"author_link":"\/author\/hungare\/","author_name":"HunGARE","author_uid":"62862","comments":[{"author_name":"blackoptics8","author_uid":"91935","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1461171480,"text":"you might want to include those types of tips before dying x...x great job, mechanics were clear and simple enough to find out without a control list"},{"author_name":"MayMakeGame","author_uid":"61271","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1461191580,"text":"didn't really understand it. The sharks where quick, and there should have been more lives. Other than that, the mechanics where easy (which i myself find appealing.) And it was cute!"},{"author_name":"qu2","author_uid":"87890","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1461193800,"text":"I love the shark's sound effect!"},{"author_name":"Thepattybeast","author_uid":"18033","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 2:30am","epoch":1461291900,"text":"How do you avoid the shark?"},{"author_name":"rodobodolfo","author_uid":"44770","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 2:32am","epoch":1461292020,"text":"that sound effect was spot on!cute simple an fun, probably too easy though."},{"author_name":"HunGARE","author_uid":"62862","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 2:38am","epoch":1461292380,"text":"@Thepattybeast Hold space to puff up"},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:06am","epoch":1461294060,"text":"I like the sound effects and graphically it's pretty good for a first attempt. The core gameplay is pretty weak though.\r\rThink about the gameplay loop. The player moves forward. Looks at one spot on the screen. When a shadow appears they stand still and hold space. The shark goes away. The player keeps going.\r\rThe only thing the player has to do is "see the shadow". It doesn't move quickly enough to be a twitch challenge, but it doesn't provide enough mechanics to be an intellectual challenge. It's only difficult while you are figuring out how it works.\r\rAlso, the health meter is in the most important place on the screen. When moving down a linear corridor like that the player wants to see as far ahead as possible. But the place they most want to look has a big block in it!\r\rGood on you for getting something together, I think you'll see real improvement in your next attempt."},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:17am","epoch":1461294720,"text":"Congrats on your first LD! Finding ways to add more depth to the gameplay will make it more fun. For instance, you're navigating a channel, but you don't really have to make any decisions about where to go, whether to speed up or slow down, etc. The potential to burst yourself can be a good source of tension -- if you adjusted the enemies so that the player can't just hold the puff button when they hear the shark's sound effect, it would again offer more opportunities for interesting decision-making and reaction."},{"author_name":"BlennosoftGames","author_uid":"8308","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 1:09am","epoch":1461373440,"text":"The sound effects for this game made me so happy. I was grinning ear-to-ear the whole time! :P\r\rReally good job for a first Ludum Dare. One tip: The health bar might have been better placed at the bottom of the screen, to not block the view. Great job, and I'm looking forward to seeing your next entry! :D"},{"author_name":"lanestp","author_uid":"49246","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1461447480,"text":"I won on my first try! Amazing! Good effort, hampered by some details. I think the game itself is more fun than the mechanics deserve, so that's cool."},{"author_name":"KairosXIII","author_uid":"92648","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 5:56am","epoch":1461649860,"text":"Nice take on the theme with the pufferfish. Great blender work for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"rhastapunk","author_uid":"89125","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 10:39am","epoch":1462271640,"text":"Humm simple but nice game, for a compo entry you did a great job!"}],"images":["ld35\/62862-479bacf475dab91152a7f8a06b394db4.jpg","ld35\/62862-43d1fd832990fff32ae4ab343cbbb8f7.jpg","ld35\/62862-45a53f409a565fd77a3b1a2dcbc080ec.jpg","ld35\/62862-7ef7b2af752443e98522471251d42e37.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/pufferfish-the-game-not-the-fish\/141473","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/pufferfish-the-game-not-the-fish\/141473","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-35\/?action=preview&uid=62862","text":"OS\/X (Untested)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-35\/?action=preview&uid=62862","text":"Linux (Untested)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/w545yko8pajwf3l\/Pufferfish_LD35.zip?dl=1","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"4133","g_author":"62862","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"4134","g_title":"Pufferfish: The Game Not The Fish","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"904","g_commentcount":"12","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\/62862-shot0-1460905307.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/62862-shot1-1460905307.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/62862-shot2-1460905307.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/62862-shot3-1460905307.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTE: I didn't scale the UI so the best resolution is 800 x 600\r\n\r\nYou are a strong manly pufferfish trying to reach his wife Mrs. Puff - I mean eh Mrs...Puffe de Fish on the other side of the underwater channel. But you must be careful. There is a pesty shark circling you, and he wants pufferfish on the menu! Puff yourself up for protection and swim on to reach your lovely wife.\r\n\r\nThis is my first Ludum Dare, so I am here to learn. Criticize as you please as it will only make my next one better.\r\n\r\nSpecial Thanks to Quill18 for keeping me entertained this weekend :)\r\n\r\n@TonsOfHun\r\ntonsofhunstudios.com\r\n\r\nUnity 5.3 (C#)\r\nBlender\r\nMusic Creator 6","title":"Pufferfish: The Game Not The Fish"}