{"author_link":"\/author\/bodsey\/","author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","comments":[{"author_name":"WASDMagician","author_uid":"55751","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:05am","epoch":1450177200,"text":"Very nice, took me a while to realise you could buy multiple stock at different prices and then had to sell them off individually."},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:22am","epoch":1450178220,"text":"Very cool! Theme is awesome :)"},{"author_name":"Reccy","author_uid":"41489","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:24am","epoch":1450178340,"text":"Fun game, awesome artwork! :D\rTook me a while to figure out how it worked."},{"author_name":"NuclearCellar","author_uid":"66283","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:24am","epoch":1450178340,"text":"I am rich! I should consider a stock broker career. Jokes aside very fun, amazingly looking and overall satisfying game."},{"author_name":"Lapiroxx","author_uid":"66346","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:27am","epoch":1450178520,"text":"I love this."},{"author_name":"treslapin","author_uid":"58303","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1450182900,"text":"I love the graphics. Really fun! I got soooo much money money money :D I wish the stock was on sale for longer so I could make EVEN MORE MONEY!! Good job ^_^"},{"author_name":"WizzardMaker","author_uid":"53413","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1450183080,"text":"Nice game! I had a lot of fun, but it gets boring after time"},{"author_name":"EternalCastleStudio","author_uid":"64145","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1450186200,"text":"Very interesting aproaching to the theme. Nice job! I am really hook to the game :-)"},{"author_name":"Blobby101","author_uid":"5567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1450194900,"text":"The art design in this is great! Liked the main mechanic too, but I felt it got boring very quickly. It's quite easy to buy\/sell at roughly the right time and amass money, but nothing happens with it.\rReally good start though!"},{"author_name":"Elit3dGaming","author_uid":"50291","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1450198320,"text":"Fantastic game, had fun playing"},{"author_name":"jackyjjc","author_uid":"21428","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1450215720,"text":"The game looks very nice and play very nicely, really well done. I had quite a bit of fun with the game, only if selling and buying stock is this easy in real life.\r\rThere were two things that confused me in the beginning. I didn't realise each time it switch graph, it is a different stock, I thought it was one stock we were monitoring in the beginning and then I found it out the hard way by getting fired :P The second thing is I didn't realize I had to sell multiple times if I bought multiple times. \r\rOverall it was a very awesome game, I would love to see more of it (maybe it gets harder or something)"},{"author_name":"NirabazGAMES","author_uid":"65891","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:03am","epoch":1450223880,"text":"Very funny game)"},{"author_name":"AdWARDS","author_uid":"63361","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:09am","epoch":1450238640,"text":"Although without any substantial objectives, I just couldn't stop playing, I think this is called GREED...\rBTW, The intro menu is astonishing, but the sudden stop of the theme track ruined it..."},{"author_name":"strong99","author_uid":"8175","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1450272180,"text":"I love the artwork. Good job. Simple and fun game."},{"author_name":"mitya1234","author_uid":"62494","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1450272300,"text":"I've made the almost the same name game. And it's about triangles. But your game is really nice instead of mine. You're the best."},{"author_name":"aare","author_uid":"15039","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1450288140,"text":"A simple gameplay, but polished all the way up! I absolutelly LOVE the art style - easilly the best looking Jam entry I seen so far :D\r\rI made so much money I cant see anything :D"},{"author_name":"flakoflak","author_uid":"65388","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1450292340,"text":"it's fast and fun."},{"author_name":"sim9","author_uid":"64402","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1450294260,"text":"I like that you can make so much money that it's hard to see the screen :P Clever use of the theme and trading\/betting was fun. Didn't like that you lose for not making bad investments though"},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:13am","epoch":1450411680,"text":"Really nice game, creative use for the theme, I never thought I would be so good in financial things haha.\rThe art is perfect and I've never seen so much money in my screen! Great job!"},{"author_name":"CremaGames","author_uid":"59414","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:37am","epoch":1450434720,"text":"One of the best games of the jam. Great idea, great implementation of both ideas and a great funny subtext."},{"author_name":"Kushulain","author_uid":"51860","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1450629420,"text":"Great job ! Nice graphics, sounds. Gameplay is pretty fun. I reached 1.1186462+e07 dollars :P"},{"author_name":"davidB","author_uid":"20693","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1450630080,"text":"well done and fun, one of my favorite."},{"author_name":"zulman","author_uid":"31114","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1450816860,"text":"Amazing theme approach :) But it's a bit complicated to play on high volumes because of dollars floating on my screen :) Also love it because it's very similar to our game Let's Play Simulator 2016, i will be happy to hear feedback from you :) http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&uid=31114"},{"author_name":"Catmoo","author_uid":"1396","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1451826120,"text":"Really enjoyed your game! Made me think of the games my sister makes a lot for Ludum Dare.\r\rIt looked great, the humour was great and the sounds worked well with it. Overall I think you should be happy with what you created, even if I'm not a great stockbroker."},{"author_name":"cptalbertwesker","author_uid":"1535","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1451835900,"text":"So much fun! I liked how the screen literally filled up with money! Though that did make it a little difficult to see what was going on.\r\rI was bummed out that I was let go, after making so much money, just because I wouldn't buy some crummy shares that were never going to make any profit, no fair.\r\rFantastic audio, and graphics, and a lot of humour. I liked how the news in the front right correlated to some of the stocks, perhaps coincidence? But all Great Federation shares were plummeting when they had a war on, fantastic game for a dare!"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1451838600,"text":"Pro:\r+ Great graphics and nice audio\r+ Cool concept\rCon:\r- I wish I could earn money that easily T_T\rObs:\ro Stock fluctuation seemed a bit random (though some cases the stock would drop when I buy)\ro Didn't know how to use all that information, I just looked at the graph and sometimes the headline on the right monitor\r\rGreat job!"},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1451838780,"text":"o But maybe the randomness of the stock is the idea...\ro Didn't have a win condition... I guess you can just win money forever xp"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Mar 28, 2016 @ 3:07am","epoch":1459134120,"text":"Nice graphics, good game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/MR4ln4T3mFk"}],"images":["ld34\/3672-2b26344e52662c5859d3f701bf9b2e36.jpg","ld34\/3672-369482df25e49612575ac33523c47826.jpg","ld34\/3672-ee6caba6c014aef2cad818501ab1fe66.jpg","ld34\/3672-4ab51ae4371266085d61e4c9f49df8f3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/45130336\/WEB\/JAMS\/GROW.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/45130336\/WEB\/JAMS\/Grow.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6548","g_author":"3672","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6636","g_title":"\u25b2GROW","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"33","g_commentcount":"28","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\/3672-shot0-1450130013.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/3672-shot1-1450130013.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/3672-shot2-1450130013.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/3672-shot3-1450130013.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\u25b2GROW puts you in the shoes of a trader, in one of the biggest stock market on the planet.\r\n\r\nHelp capitalism grow stronger by getting as much money as possible out of your financial transactions.\r\n\r\nBuy shares at the lowest price with left arrow or left click.\r\nSell them when they\u2019re the highest with right arrow or right click.\r\n\r\nEvery few seconds a new stock is on sale.\r\n\r\nIf you miss too much opportunities or lose too much money, you\u2019re running the risk of getting fired.\r\n\r\nStock value can be influenced by events around the world, so make sure to keep an eye on that.\r\n\r\nHave fun !\r\n\r\nEdit: there seems to be an issue with some users with Nvidia graphic cards where the game is playing way too fast, and I apologize in advance if that happens to you. Sorry! xx\r\n\r\n\r\nArt by Joseph Herbelin \/ Design&Music by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Bodin","title":"\u25b2GROW"}