{"author_link":"\/author\/takemikazuchi545\/","author_name":"takemikazuchi545","author_uid":"29379","comments":[{"author_name":"lXxGarrisonxXl","author_uid":"63289","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:47am","epoch":1450068120,"text":"Fun Game! It's really challenging, but I finished it!"},{"author_name":"Ghen","author_uid":"52500","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1450070040,"text":"i dig the art style\r<br\/>but for some reason the movement feel stuttering"},{"author_name":"davidcmcdonald","author_uid":"43146","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:22am","epoch":1450070220,"text":"couldnt get it to load on web, consider webGL"},{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:23am","epoch":1450070280,"text":"interesting game, the art style is nice and clean."},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:25am","epoch":1450070400,"text":"Super cute main character and song, but waaaay to hard."},{"author_name":"siege","author_uid":"62251","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:31am","epoch":1450070760,"text":"Eviscerated myself completely, made it to the end of the world, flew off into blue."},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:34am","epoch":1450070940,"text":"Cute graphics! But I had a really hard time controlling the player. I would get stuck in the ground sometimes and I once died just from landing :("},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:34am","epoch":1450070940,"text":"Great graphics! The sound loop was a bit short! Very challenging! I hated that cactus at more than one moment lol!! Also a bit of an issue with stuttering? Otherwise it's a really fun little platformer. Good job!"},{"author_name":"misson20000","author_uid":"12685","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:21am","epoch":1450073760,"text":"Unity Web Player doesn't count as Web (to me, at least. Needs a plugin not available on Linux), can you change the link to say &quot;Unity Web Player&quot; or something along those lines?"},{"author_name":"Chaserbrown","author_uid":"61940","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:27am","epoch":1450074120,"text":"I managed to exploit a glitch where you press &quot;x&quot; while the smallest size. It essentially keeps on side-scrolling while popping the Sea Cucumber out of existence! I love how you incorporated actual Sea Cucumber behavior!"},{"author_name":"Duobix","author_uid":"45482","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:28am","epoch":1450074180,"text":"Too hard, I can't jump high enough to say that this isn't frustrating."},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:38am","epoch":1450074780,"text":"Nice game!! But the game seems to be a bit laggy with the web build... \r<br\/>Controls do feel clunky... But awesome work! :)"},{"author_name":"gkxd","author_uid":"62948","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:40am","epoch":1450074900,"text":"The main character is really cute. The difficulty is a bit high at the beginning; I would've liked to see a less steep difficulty ramp."},{"author_name":"danbolt","author_uid":"6930","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:11am","epoch":1450076760,"text":"You get top humour for making a Sea Cucumber game! ( http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QnLzSu )\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I liked the growing mechanic a lot."},{"author_name":"BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH","author_uid":"17374","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:36am","epoch":1450078260,"text":"The whole &quot;press x to eviscerate organs&quot; thing is pretty funny but the game is a little too unforgiving with the jumps. I like how you ease the player into the game by introducing the mechanics gradually instead of just dumping it all in one place"},{"author_name":"BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH","author_uid":"17374","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:36am","epoch":1450078260,"text":"The whole &quot;press x to eviscerate organs&quot; thing is pretty funny but the game is a little too unforgiving with the jumps. I like how you ease the player into the game by introducing the mechanics gradually instead of just dumping it all in one place. Also, cute sea cucumber is cute"},{"author_name":"ruscoe","author_uid":"40450","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:54am","epoch":1450079340,"text":"Cool concept. Possibly a bit too difficult at the start, but fun once you get the hang of it."},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:10am","epoch":1450083900,"text":"Fun game, really a challenge.  Worked fine for me."},{"author_name":"veverichka","author_uid":"32042","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1450107900,"text":"Hard, yet somehow addictive. Good job!"},{"author_name":"PlasmaErnst","author_uid":"52774","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:14pm","epoch":1450116540,"text":"Nice game, though it was very hard for me (only got to level two). At times the Cucumber would stop, messing up my timing - unfair. Good job overall, a pitty my slow reflexes kept me from completing."},{"author_name":"takemikazuchi545","author_uid":"29379","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:31am","epoch":1450160760,"text":"Hey guys. Thanks for all the feedback and comments. I've updated the game to fix an issue where people were getting stuck and losing as a result. I would love to tweak the difficulty but I feel like that wouldn't be in the spirit of the rules since it would change much of the design. If I end up polishing this more I'll definitely post links though. Thanks again!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1450217520,"text":"I'm getting old, my reactions aren't fast enough! ;D\r<br\/>Love the chippy music and retro oldskool fee. :)"},{"author_name":"RoseNinja","author_uid":"27220","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1450239540,"text":"like the music, but won't jump when press space good game tho"},{"author_name":"DonEngland","author_uid":"64613","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:07am","epoch":1450252920,"text":"There was a bit of stuttering that made the jumping difficult in some places.  Especially the triple obstacle plus bread in level 3.  I like the graphical style!"},{"author_name":"disdanes","author_uid":"25239","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1450327860,"text":"This was really challenging and fun, I also liked the clean art style."},{"author_name":"MountainRanger","author_uid":"65409","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:45am","epoch":1450334400,"text":"Really solid gameplay. Great game."},{"author_name":"TheMeorch","author_uid":"44776","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:52am","epoch":1450334820,"text":"Absolutely lovely artwork in this game. I just love the style!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There seems to be a little stutter whenever I hit the ground -- it looks like it might be because the character is actually falling ever so slightly through the ground upon landing, but I'm not sure.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game definitely is challenging, but I worry that it's too much in the direction of frustrating\/tedious challenge, at least at the start."},{"author_name":"sikosis","author_uid":"39060","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:00am","epoch":1450335300,"text":"Very cool graphics but brutal gameplay with the steps to jump. Great entry."},{"author_name":"Ludic","author_uid":"66366","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:05am","epoch":1450335600,"text":"The graphics are good and music is funy, but the control is tough and the game is to hard, it would be good if the jump was highest or  gravity force lower."},{"author_name":"dustyroom","author_uid":"33150","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1450344060,"text":"Think it would be nice made a higher jump."},{"author_name":"BubsyPoochies","author_uid":"66146","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1450344060,"text":"Love the presentation and humor in your game! Thinking about a sea cucumber for a platformer is not a simple task at all, really creative and innovative stuff :D  Wish we could get a bit further though, it's incredibly challenging ;) Great work!"},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:45am","epoch":1450352400,"text":"Uh.... so it took me a good 10 minutes to get past the first stair case.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>After that I couldn't really find it fun anymore. I tried to! I got up to level 3 and then was like &quot;no thanks&quot;"},{"author_name":"DrFallos","author_uid":"61003","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1450355700,"text":"Seacucumber is fun! i haven't seen scores or progress while running."},{"author_name":"monetai","author_uid":"57774","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1450358820,"text":"The character is cute and the controls and physics are good but, wow, this is way too hard ! I finally gave up after trying 30 times to pass the first steps."},{"author_name":"knason","author_uid":"65229","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1450381140,"text":"Cute, fun game it was a bit hard I never seemed to get past that 3 step obstacle, but I really liked the music and the graphic was nice that sea cucumber was really cute! well done!"},{"author_name":"nassi","author_uid":"45156","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1450390740,"text":"Barely made it to the second level after countless restarts. The stuttery movement and the jumping not feeling too good made it a tough sell although the art and the aesthetic in general was pretty solid. Also I feel like the mechanic makes the game somewhat trial-and-error based, since at least my reflexes aren't good enough to adapt to a given situation fast enough by shrinking myself."},{"author_name":"tobia88","author_uid":"38215","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:23am","epoch":1450426680,"text":"interesting game here!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1451420940,"text":"Found it strangely hard... I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/EztdlDzFrUE"},{"author_name":"FiSilva","author_uid":"56232","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 4:44pm","epoch":1451493540,"text":"Nice art style, but a bit too hard for me."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1451924100,"text":"Solid entry. Barely got past second level. Pretty small timings on the jumps. Interesting idea with the growing of your character and shrinking."}],"images":["ld34\/29379-4b927735c598da41ab0604edb490f87f.jpg","ld34\/29379-66e5aeff99e4dfac669031f05c90e6eb.jpg","ld34\/29379-b7311775e6b4c69fb676ee7960e6a556.jpg","ld34\/29379-8356cb09747ef41f56a2ef610d17e16f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/yoshikischmitz.github.io\/SpaceCucumber2D\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMVVNUcWtjMmx2RWM","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMY2NBWkdyTzFsMk0","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMUlI5VHlqeE5pVTA","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0Bzwl-6Djb2LMcGJJWTNCa3JNMzg","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6083","g_author":"29379","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6031","g_title":"Sea Cucumber Runner 2D","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"716","g_commentcount":"40","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\/29379-shot0-1450061949.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29379-shot1-1450061949.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29379-shot2-1450061949.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/29379-shot3-1450061949.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my entry to LD34. I decided to go with both themes, \"two button control\" and \"growth\". You play as a sea cucumber in an infinite runner world. The twist is when you run into food and eat it, your character grows. You can shrink by pressing \"X\" to eviscerate your organs*. Certain parts of levels require you to be at certain sizes so timing food consumption and shrinking is critical.\r\n\r\n* Actual sea cucumber behavior: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evisceration_%28autotomy%29\r\n\r\nEDIT: I've updated the builds with a small fix to one of the ground colliders that was causing players to get stuck.","title":"Sea Cucumber Runner 2D"}