{"author_link":"\/author\/modenv\/","author_name":"modenv","author_uid":"62131","comments":[{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:36pm","epoch":1450189860,"text":"I got an error the folder "Ball Street Journal_data" wasn't found (windows) but after renaming, everything worked ok.\r\rThe game is a nice take on the fish in the sea game, graphics are great but appear to be kinda half-done? (lots of white)\r\rMusic & Audio were great!\rMovement felt fun but collision detection was a bit weird."},{"author_name":"Digitaldude555","author_uid":"57517","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1450207500,"text":"I liked the audio especially the background noises added to the mood, liked that the credits were scattered around the city. Gameplay was a bit too simple for me."},{"author_name":"utoxin","author_uid":"50911","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1450207680,"text":"Not bad, but it seems like if you don't get ahead early there's no way to recover. You also need to fix the web client."},{"author_name":"Gins","author_uid":"33074","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1450207980,"text":"Nice single player agar.io clone :)\rDefinitely works in this context!"},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:13pm","epoch":1450210080,"text":"Fun twist on the big fish eating small fish trope! Needing to"engulf" a company makes the reward rise with the challenge. I also liked the movement and chase mechanics, which leads to some cool dynamic situations such as whipping around your pursuer or doing a fly-by past an even larger company to distract them both.\r\rKept trying but couldn't break half a million. On my last attempt, I got eaten by a company with the diameter of more than half the screen that just appeared on top of me. :)"},{"author_name":"scriptorum","author_uid":"17811","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1450210680,"text":"Finally broke half a million. Around 700K I started to fill the whole screen and a chain reaction of mergers began that ended at 3.6 million. :)"},{"author_name":"puddelipip","author_uid":"55915","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1450215720,"text":"Nice job on the audio and the buildings, and i really liked the metaphor! \rGameplay is hard to control though and knowing which is possible to acquire is difficult"},{"author_name":"DrTeaSpoon","author_uid":"60315","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1450216020,"text":"There is a bug where another big "business" can spawn right on you when you eat smaller one that uses "stay still" behaviour. I was expecting game design of this type to show up but you had very good thematic design. Well done!"},{"author_name":"anv","author_uid":"55892","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1450216260,"text":"Now that's what I call a "hostile takeover"! Probably best free market portrayal I've ever seen. On technical side, game is well polished - city landscape looks great (thanks to unique stylistic choice) and AI enemies behave better than your average Agar.io Player."},{"author_name":"Japes","author_uid":"38385","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1450218480,"text":"Nicely polished!\r+1 humor star for the name :)"},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1450219980,"text":"Would love to see the gameplay a bit more developed, it felt very sparse, not at all the speedy dodge-em' style twitch game would would expect wall street to be! Not much to acquire, the larger companies drifting behind like slow balloons! \rCity was beautifully modelled."},{"author_name":"ddr2","author_uid":"7978","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1450297740,"text":"Well, it's quite agar.io-ish (not that it's a bad thing, there is some big gameplay similarities).\r\rThat said, I love the idea of hovering over the city like that and the graphics are gorgeous, lacking a bit of color but that's it. The audio is very well done as well.\r\rGood job"},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:12am","epoch":1450494420,"text":"Well that was plain awesome! Loved the graphics, the music even more! It's a cloned idea but the execution is really original. My only concern was that it was a bit too hard to swallow other companies."},{"author_name":"WizzardMaker","author_uid":"53413","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1450613940,"text":"The game is funny, but you have to, lets call it, grind a lot."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Mar 30, 2016 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1459356180,"text":"Really neat game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/S5oK4fsls3Q"}],"images":["ld34\/62131-49ce9a4f25da1b3e53a889e23dc37102.jpg","ld34\/62131-f80115f8b3a3195d7f179e21f21aebdb.jpg","ld34\/62131-969394f0225efa0ade2de71f36464828.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/oscarlundberg.com\/ballstreetjournal.html","text":"Windows\/OSX\/Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/oscarlundberg.com\/ballstreetjournal\/highres.html","text":"Web Player (High Resolution)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5934","g_author":"62131","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5966","g_title":"Ball Street Journal","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"651","g_commentcount":"15","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\/62131-shot0-1450144690.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/62131-shot1-1450144690.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/62131-shot3-1450144690.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Introduction:\r\nToday! \r\nA highly anticipated stock-exchange enlisting, from a company named: Gooqle\r\nA promising trading-company, whom the Ball Street Journal predict are going to rely on quick, high-risk decisions and a lot of hard work, to survive and grow to become one of the strongest corporations on the market.\r\n\r\n***\r\n\r\nBall Street Journal is an arcade-style game where you take the role as a newly enlisted company. Roam the stock market to find smaller companies to invest in and increase your capital. \r\nBut be careful not to clash into a bigger company, as they will buy you out\r\nand you will be forced to retire.\r\nIf you have the skill to manage a combination between company acquisition and share dividend, you can become the leading trading company on the market.\r\nGood Luck!","title":"Ball Street Journal"}