{"author_link":"\/author\/move127\/","author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"30603","comments":[{"author_name":"pparke","author_uid":"56496","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:49am","epoch":1450064640,"text":"I like God games, I like A-life, this seems to be a little of both so it makes me happy :) Still confused as all heck though but it's an interesting confusion."},{"author_name":"gallerdude","author_uid":"16506","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:49am","epoch":1450064640,"text":"Cool idea! Very fun overall. Audio is servicable."},{"author_name":"OccamsRazor","author_uid":"32648","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:50am","epoch":1450064700,"text":"Wow, that was extremely cool! I loved the interpretation of the theme, and the amount of complexity you managed to get out of it. Really well done, I'm impressed!"},{"author_name":"sorlok","author_uid":"28370","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:51am","epoch":1450064760,"text":"Very fun! Has a feel sort of like Act Raiser? I liked the way that things grew without your control, so the whole system kind of evolved while you tried to manage it. Would like to see this "grow" into a bigger game!"},{"author_name":"fishtrek","author_uid":"18456","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:57am","epoch":1450065120,"text":"not sure if i understand how to get good at this, but i appreciate how different it is haha"},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:01am","epoch":1450065360,"text":"This is awesome, I love seeing the growth and life happening. My only complaint is that after I set up the initial conditions, everything seems to happen on it's own and without any real problems. Making it less of a game and more of a fishbowl. Still awesome nonetheless."},{"author_name":"freddyw9","author_uid":"51146","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:43am","epoch":1450067880,"text":"It's a little confusing, but still really neat."},{"author_name":"internetpaulicy","author_uid":"25260","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:44am","epoch":1450067940,"text":"This is fun. This is perfect for a touch screen."},{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:48am","epoch":1450068180,"text":"a nice game, reminded me of populous"},{"author_name":"zatch","author_uid":"63965","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:50am","epoch":1450068300,"text":"Very relaxing to play and a great feel overall. Well done!"},{"author_name":"eerongal","author_uid":"2978","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1450068360,"text":"Interesting game, though it seems my clicks sometimes dont do anything..."},{"author_name":"Kortuga","author_uid":"12952","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1450068360,"text":"This is really cool, it was hella satisfying once I realized how to work the resource distribution. It threw some errors while I was playing, though, specifically when attempting to murder people."},{"author_name":"thirteenthspiral","author_uid":"63900","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1450068540,"text":"I'm confused on how to actually get anywhere in this game, but it was still very interesting and somewhat fun :D Good job!"},{"author_name":"[email\u00a0protected]","author_uid":"51675","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:04am","epoch":1450069140,"text":"Rules are a little too hard to figure out. But this is definitely my type of game! Great job"},{"author_name":"siege","author_uid":"62251","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:13am","epoch":1450069680,"text":"Interesting. Hard to tell what's happening, but interesting nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"Elenesski","author_uid":"57748","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:26am","epoch":1450070460,"text":"overall fun idea."},{"author_name":"Fanttum","author_uid":"42108","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:54am","epoch":1450072140,"text":"A fun game, and while not much too it right now, I could see a lot of ways this could be expanded. Cool idea."},{"author_name":"salmonmoose","author_uid":"11416","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:31am","epoch":1450074360,"text":"I will pay you money if you greenlight this title (at a much grander scale of course)."},{"author_name":"Chubb1337","author_uid":"60288","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:47am","epoch":1450075320,"text":"I didn't quite understand it at first, but then I read the guide and it all made sense. I even had two towns with farms on my island ^^ Nice little game and I love the music"},{"author_name":"blohod","author_uid":"61724","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:22am","epoch":1450077420,"text":"wow, played for ages"},{"author_name":"ShadedVertex","author_uid":"61744","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1450091700,"text":"It's amazing that you finished this in 48 hours. Then again, you're using Unity :P\r\rStill, I love the idea of just letting the world develop on its own, occasionally pushing it like you would push a kid on a swing. Does that make sense? Nah, forget it. Still, awesome game!"},{"author_name":"5you","author_uid":"46758","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1450095060,"text":"Didn't really figure out the graphism (what is the light blue ?) but had fun playin god!\rGood concept, music and introduction! I would have given a good mood note if it was availiable.\r\rCheck out Digicross, playable in solo\/multi\/coop :\rhttp:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&uid=46758"},{"author_name":"Jeroenimoo0","author_uid":"9361","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1450096140,"text":"The graphics were very cute."},{"author_name":"jackyjjc","author_uid":"21428","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1450096920,"text":"I love god games! It is very interesting to try out different interactions but sometimes I don't know what I am doing. For example I have no idea what AV is. Eventually I got stuck because I don't have the place to place the mountain and the town seems to stop growing for some reason. It is fun though I enjoyed the game.I guess it should let the player to discover the interactions between object but it should at least show me what the object is."},{"author_name":"danbolt","author_uid":"6930","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1450106340,"text":"A lot of fun just to mess around. Really good usage of the themes for direction.\r\rI felt a little bad making the people become believers by hurting them, funny enough. The game is a bit of a statement in itself, lol."},{"author_name":"TheSteveIAm","author_uid":"19900","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1450110180,"text":"Great idea, things happen so fast it's hard to really appreciate the effects of your intervening though"},{"author_name":"nunesbarbosa","author_uid":"45119","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1450110960,"text":"Very confusing.. o.O\rclick, click, things happen.. why?"},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1450113840,"text":"I haven't wrapped my head around how to navigate this properly, but there's something oddly satisfying about fostering human life from a single volcano. Bravo!"},{"author_name":"Pete_H","author_uid":"30272","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1450123140,"text":"Love the idea. Also a bit confused as to whats going on! But was enjoying myself haha! Did get a crash after a few quick clicks :("},{"author_name":"Gornova","author_uid":"2572","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1450132860,"text":"I love the idea and execution, perfect in theme, well done!\r\rFor who don't understand what is going on: just explore combinations, this is key point of the game!"},{"author_name":"XbooperxdX","author_uid":"64865","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:55am","epoch":1450140600,"text":"Dont really understand what to do."},{"author_name":"Blobo","author_uid":"52667","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:58am","epoch":1450144380,"text":"I really tried with this one. the pictures looked amazing, but every time i just made volcanoes, and then eventually i couldn't do anything at all, so i was left with a bunch of stone and mountains. real shame too because the pictures look awesome. also, i'm not sure what the other symbol i got was. it kinda resembed a tribe maybe? it had a food counter on it whatever it was."},{"author_name":"Dyn","author_uid":"18632","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:24am","epoch":1450145940,"text":"Awesome idea! Like this game. Requires sometime to figure out what it going on)"},{"author_name":"MakerArt","author_uid":"26885","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:34am","epoch":1450146540,"text":"It look like old colonisation! And played like B&W!\rIt freez me, i must was other games. ;)"},{"author_name":"newbeings","author_uid":"65418","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:08am","epoch":1450148580,"text":"i love that song"},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:28am","epoch":1450149780,"text":"Nice idea. Good concept. Liked the music too. Good job."},{"author_name":"Jimbly","author_uid":"55346","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:03am","epoch":1450151880,"text":"That was fun =). I got an exception when trying to drop water into the middle of my town. Maybe I shouldn't do that..."},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:32am","epoch":1450153620,"text":"Love the concept, even though I'm very lost on what I'm doing lol"},{"author_name":"Tyler","author_uid":"16252","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:49am","epoch":1450154640,"text":"Good use of both themes! I found it a bit difficult to figure out how to get everything to work, but it worked well in the time constraints."},{"author_name":"dalbinblue","author_uid":"13960","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:31am","epoch":1450160760,"text":"This is a very interesting game. I actually really like how hands off it can be. You only have to perform a few actions to get things going (it's a lot like Sim Earth, a little bit of tweaking, and not much micro managing). I did get an exception twice using the web build, both times while taking an item (once was a mountain, the other was a church). Unfortunately debug support wasn't turned on so I couldn't get you an specifics on the error."},{"author_name":"3rdChance","author_uid":"66008","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:01am","epoch":1450173360,"text":"i really do like this :D"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:24am","epoch":1450174740,"text":"Interesting game, I must say. :) Didn't get how each tile works, but I had fun none the less."},{"author_name":"Silvio","author_uid":"16033","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:34am","epoch":1450175340,"text":"nice"},{"author_name":"Evgenii Petrov","author_uid":"60189","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1450182120,"text":"Very interesting game, actually spent quite some time watching how the land grows, etc. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Flip120","author_uid":"61807","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1450187520,"text":"good idea, it is a little confusing but i like it"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1450198500,"text":"A nice entry. I loved the intro."},{"author_name":"Namek","author_uid":"62744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1450202640,"text":"Performance is pretty bad :("},{"author_name":"UrbanHelsing","author_uid":"44682","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1450204200,"text":"This game was amazing! Best of the ones I've tried."},{"author_name":"_HopFrog","author_uid":"64957","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1450209840,"text":"It's honestly a bit complicated for me. But very interesting for sure!"},{"author_name":"Zeezgames","author_uid":"63931","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1450216860,"text":"I honestly wasnt sure about this type of game and kinda didnt know what to do half way through but that music omg i loved it :) makes me way to get a little keyboard lol\r\r\rye i think with the additional features you mentioned this would turn into a great game would be good to see it fully done\r\rWell Done!!"},{"author_name":"Peekotus","author_uid":"61673","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1450222080,"text":"Audio is great and is a good god game."},{"author_name":"oparisy","author_uid":"50996","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1450222260,"text":"I'm not saying I understood the whole idea but there's a very pleasant feeling of cellular automata and god game here which made me nostalgic of my Populous days."},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:02am","epoch":1450223820,"text":"Interesting idea. I couldn't always figure out the chain of events though."},{"author_name":"dcRfj15","author_uid":"49644","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:34am","epoch":1450229340,"text":"Interesting game. This was a very creative interpretation of the theme. It was cool to see things combine in different ways to make the environment more varied. Great work!\rI tweeted a picture of my world to #GiveandTakeLD"},{"author_name":"_benhumphries","author_uid":"60146","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:18am","epoch":1450231980,"text":"The game was confusing, but it was the kind of confusing that makes you want to figure out what's going on. Good job! I have wanted to make a game similar to this in the past, so I'm glad you uploaded your source. Thanks, and good job!"},{"author_name":"ondrejbalas","author_uid":"43743","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:21am","epoch":1450232160,"text":"Interesting game. It took a little while to figure out how to get the tiles to do what I wanted but once I got it, it was pretty fun."},{"author_name":"adamyounis","author_uid":"21745","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:26am","epoch":1450232460,"text":"I enjoyed this sim. You did well to model all of those phenomena in such an abstract game, everything felt reasonably balanced. I'm not sure I understood fully how I was interacting with the system, some kind of indicator would have helped. If you expand on this game, consider a growing world map! I'd love to see this happening at 5x the size :)"},{"author_name":"bushmango","author_uid":"5852","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:15am","epoch":1450239000,"text":"Cool! Sorry about your village, a volcano was needed there..."},{"author_name":"adaFish","author_uid":"56347","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:06am","epoch":1450242060,"text":"Initially a little confusing, but the initial time investment was well-rewarded. Cool concept and a really unique take on the theme."},{"author_name":"Neil","author_uid":"25892","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1450270680,"text":"Sounds intriguing, but I don't really get how it works."},{"author_name":"gebirgsbaerbel","author_uid":"6187","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1450272720,"text":"It was very difficult to understand the game at first. But once I understood it, it was interesting. Unfortunately, it does nor really communicate well, what combines into what. That makes it difficult to steer the game."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1450284300,"text":"Very well made game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/XuTLfsOkf7k"},{"author_name":"NoradZero","author_uid":"59332","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1450306440,"text":"Nice god-like game. Like other stated its hard to understand at first."},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 1:01am","epoch":1450313760,"text":"That was a cool game. I plan on revisiting this one later. really liked how this incorporated both themes."},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:25am","epoch":1450318800,"text":"Pretty interesting game, I liked the idea but I was a little bit confused. A lot of fun trying to control everything though!"},{"author_name":"candlesan","author_uid":"42159","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:33am","epoch":1450337280,"text":"Strangely compelling even though I didn't always know what I was doing!"},{"author_name":"Baecun","author_uid":"61849","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:53am","epoch":1450352880,"text":"This game is amazing, I really hope with all my heart that you keep working on this, I'd love to play a finished version. The only thing I really think is missing is a way to kill the little ungrateful shits... '0 belief' ...\r\rP.S: The joke about how the bible begins was hilarious, good job man!"},{"author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1450362120,"text":"Likes:\rGod Game\rFits Theme\rSimple Generates Complex\rPixel Art"},{"author_name":"deadpixl","author_uid":"48193","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1450365420,"text":"Interesting, but a bit confusing. Enjoyed what i could figure out."},{"author_name":"antonuklein","author_uid":"61922","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:52pm","epoch":1450367220,"text":"Awesome game, although I got way too confused playing it."},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1450386900,"text":"I got an exception in the web gl: ran out of memory"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1450392540,"text":"Had much fun playing it! Nice concept!"},{"author_name":"mockthebear","author_uid":"16447","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:38am","epoch":1450416780,"text":"Well, the game crashed XD\rbut in the second play i was able to create greens!! <3"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1450448160,"text":"I'm not 100% sure what's happening behind the scenes, but this is lovely. I like how it sort of grows a life of its own, allowing you to just watch it and be hypnotized :)"},{"author_name":"euske","author_uid":"17675","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1450452420,"text":"I couldn't figure out the growth rules, but it's very original. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:04am","epoch":1450483140,"text":"Nice game, it would be nice to have the tool tip tell you what the type of a tile is."},{"author_name":"EwChap","author_uid":"50010","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 2:54am","epoch":1450666140,"text":"Very interesting take on the theme and the god game genre."},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 10:44am","epoch":1450780740,"text":"Interesting concept. I like it a lot, but no idea what's going on. I figured out that different tiles can become other tiles, but not why, nor what the people needed or wanted."},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1451079480,"text":"Nice entry! I have been playing it for a long time to figure out how everything works. Then I read your description again to see there is a guide in-game and everything became clear haha. Well executed, good god-like game ;)"},{"author_name":"markusfisch","author_uid":"19466","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1451304300,"text":"Confusing but in a good way :) Very creative and funny!"}],"images":["ld34\/30603-9943168428d060763393346f6f9a9252.jpg","ld34\/30603-27d7f024bee628eaeaedde979aff9004.jpg","ld34\/30603-4682f222a28748063edc1cd1f423977d.jpg","ld34\/30603-d3614eef52ac91a9c9b9098593b0f60c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.tallshrimpcreations.com\/GiveandTake2\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tallshrimpcreations.com\/GiveandTakeWindows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tallshrimpcreations.com\/GiveandTakeMac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tallshrimpcreations.com\/Scripts.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6706","g_author":"30603","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6692","g_title":"Give and Take","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"278","g_commentcount":"80","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\/30603-shot0-1450054096.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/30603-shot1-1450054096.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/30603-shot2-1450054096.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/30603-shot3-1450054096.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"***********I suggest that you download the game if you want to play free mode. Free mode is pretty much unplayable in the web version*******\r\n\r\n***********Check the guide in game if you are unsure of what you are supposed to do. Press space to open the menu and then click on guide.*******\r\n\r\nKnown Bugs:\r\nAn error will sometimes occur when you try to destroy a building or farm. I know what is causing it, but I won't fix it until after the competition. I have, however, uploaded a version that will let you keep playing after the error occurs.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nLeft-click = give\r\nRight-click = take\r\nSpace\/Esc = open menu\r\nIf you're playing on the LD page, it is best to hit both fullscreen buttons. That way your space bar won't be interfering with the webpage.\r\n\r\nGive and Take is a god game where the player is restricted to only two actions, giving and taking. When the player takes something from the world they must give it back before they can take something else.\r\n\r\nI had this idea during a past LD, but the theme never matched it very well. With the dual theme this time, I thought it would be perfect. Not only are there only two actions in the game, there is an element of growth as well.\r\n\r\nI like the idea of games with very few rules creating a lot of complexity. While this game has a lot of stuff going on, the underlying mechanics are easy to grasp.\r\n\r\nThere is a guide in game that has some information on the kinds of tiles and objects, but it is not complete. I thought it would be nice to leave a lot of discovery for the player.\r\n\r\nThings I'd like to add in the future that I didn't have time for during LD:\r\nFactions of people that war with each other\r\nindividual animal species\r\nweather\r\n\r\nDue to the large variety of possible worlds I thought it would be cool for people to share screenshots of their worlds. If you share a screenshot on twitter with #GiveandTakeLD, then I will try to respond with a heartfelt thank you.","title":"Give and Take"}