{"author_link":"\/author\/jward\/","author_name":"jward","author_uid":"14909","comments":[{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:12am","epoch":1450062420,"text":"the sound of the water, i think its water, was a bit overpowering i had to turn down the volume."},{"author_name":"CMG","author_uid":"65690","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:35am","epoch":1450067400,"text":"Very nice atmosphere!"},{"author_name":"paraboxx","author_uid":"64955","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:05am","epoch":1450069200,"text":"Nice atmosphere. For the sake of non-english players, consider X\/C instead of X\/Z, Z is switched with Y for a lot of people."},{"author_name":"Crowno","author_uid":"52187","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:42am","epoch":1450071420,"text":"I really like the atmosphere and visuals, that despite of being simple are still charming. Also very challenging, but it can get addicting as you go along. I'm just not a fan of the sound effects. Anyway, nice work!"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:29am","epoch":1450081440,"text":"Neat idea.  Good Sound.  I found controls were hard to use and I smashed into the walls too much.  Maybe smaller swimming thing and less abrupt turning might make it easier to control."},{"author_name":"broknecho","author_uid":"45690","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1450109640,"text":"Great Atmosphere!  The turn speed was a little harsh as it was very hard to not overturn in the tight hallways.  Great job though for ~16 hours."},{"author_name":"Belvar","author_uid":"28450","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1450121340,"text":"I like the disturbing weird atmosphere. It matches the tough gameplay."},{"author_name":"joekinglake","author_uid":"14924","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1450121880,"text":"Nice game! I really love the aesthetic! Good work!"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1450129440,"text":"I loved the atmosphere, really felt cold and dark, and great implementation of the themes!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>nice movement, I felt I had control over the octopus the entire time, and the challenge was a nice steady 'stream' [hehe aren't I clever] of progression, nothing really felt unfair.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice game, great work for 48 hours! :)"},{"author_name":"francoisvn","author_uid":"23363","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:58pm","epoch":1450137180,"text":"Nice level of polish. I wish I could get further, but it was also surprisingly difficult. The system of going back a level when out of lives works well, but it's still quite difficult to progress, at least for me :)"},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:26am","epoch":1450142460,"text":"Nice setup and mood, the controls are stiff though :)"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:53pm","epoch":1450561680,"text":"Something about the anti-aliasing effect works in this, also when you die in Level 3 you get sent back to Level 2 for some reason."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1451950560,"text":"Hey! We have similar games :D I really loved the mood of the game! The fuzzy graphics and bubbly audio really made me feel deep underwater! I had some trouble getting used to the controls, and kept missing one or two points in level 3. Awesome work!"}],"images":["ld34\/14909-a6cb5abbb3ab6e0fc78c7aea5d8834ef.jpg","ld34\/14909-fd064ddb4cc4d14077d4835a958eb0f6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jcward.com\/ld34\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/jcward.com\/ld34\/source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5758","g_author":"14909","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5715","g_title":"Octopodes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"412","g_commentcount":"13","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\/\/511439\/14909-shot0-1450060261.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/14909-shot1-1450060590.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"-- Use 'z' and 'c' keys to maneuver.\r\n\r\nWow, so I whipped this out in only daylight hours, so I only got about 16 hours into it. It shows -- it's very short (4 levels), the level design needs a lot of work, and there's no story. But it's the most complete and playable game I've ever made, so I'm proud of that.\r\n\r\nThe audio files are from freesound.org, so I declined to be rated in the audio category.\r\n\r\nThis is written in Haxe, using OpenFL, entirely from scratch (no other frameworks.) This also shows, lots of hackish stuff. ;)","title":"Octopodes"}