{"author_link":"\/author\/tweedle\/","author_name":"tweedle","author_uid":"44218","comments":[{"author_name":"block97","author_uid":"51145","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:23am","epoch":1429586280,"text":"Really cool simple game. The art is very well done and the level generation impressive. Maybe add a different enemy to add more variety to the level. Very cool game!"},{"author_name":"Ilseroth","author_uid":"50718","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:32am","epoch":1429586820,"text":"Surprised this is the first &quot;infinite runner&quot; style game I have seen in this ludum. In any case decent concept, worked out well; but the gameplay drags on a bit after a couple minutes."},{"author_name":"hadesfury","author_uid":"10263","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:34am","epoch":1429586940,"text":"Funny intro and nice graphics. I didn't quite understand when  grape throws a star or just a regular turd..."},{"author_name":"MGhareeb32","author_uid":"52528","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:34am","epoch":1429586940,"text":"Great game setting, nice gameplay."},{"author_name":"jushii","author_uid":"40591","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:39pm","epoch":1429626840,"text":"Art is really nice and I love the way you tell the story! :) Also the music is really great, it really sets up the mood!! Gameplay could maybe need some kind of a twist to make it more interesting! :)"},{"author_name":"ogrepixel","author_uid":"50780","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1429640400,"text":"It looks great! it was hard for me, I liked the graphics and the intro story, good work!"},{"author_name":"Ranmara","author_uid":"22529","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1429645080,"text":"Nice art style!"},{"author_name":"Elit3dGaming","author_uid":"50291","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1429645320,"text":"Really nice game I enjoy games like this where you have restricted movement and you have to get as far as possible, this adds a twist by allowing you to shoot different things along the way"},{"author_name":"randoman","author_uid":"13710","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1429645980,"text":"Great graphics and audio. I think a bigger variety on obstacles could improve the game, but had fun anyway."},{"author_name":"pikmin4000","author_uid":"13796","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1429653540,"text":"Graphics, music, and mood are on point! I had fun and the bananas makes stars ;). You could work on difficulty ramping and perhaps highscore table otherwise the score is meaningless- or at least show it around the end of the game. My best score was around 300."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 2:36pm","epoch":1429713060,"text":"I loved the aesthetic in this and the concept is great, but I wish that theme was expressed more in the behaviour of the projectile as opposed to it's appearance... Music was great as well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good luck!"},{"author_name":"sydan","author_uid":"50347","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1429718820,"text":"I like the story and the originality but sometimes I'd find that I'd collide with a rock when move past it just as I'd move up or down. It felt like their bounding box was a bit big. I didn't feel that death by the side of a rock was necessary."},{"author_name":"reiknight","author_uid":"36994","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1429721940,"text":"When the mobile version? Nice game and funny"},{"author_name":"Alice","author_uid":"51483","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1429722120,"text":"Nice game, I love the art."},{"author_name":"EverlessDrop41","author_uid":"51214","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1429722180,"text":"I liked the graphics style"},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1429722360,"text":"Might wanna change the collision boxes but overall a pretty nice. Special mention for the art and the intro."},{"author_name":"CraftMuch","author_uid":"50777","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1429722660,"text":"Nice game, looks very polished. The gameplay is a bit lacking; mostly in variety, however it plays nicely."},{"author_name":"Chris Delta","author_uid":"38163","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1429725840,"text":"Collision is borken, humor misses badly, looks kinda cruddy, gameplay is uninteresting."},{"author_name":"Taldius","author_uid":"12650","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1429726260,"text":"First, I love that title, it's hilarious! The game itself was a pretty simple runner, but the art and the background story was really good. I also like the Genesis type music.\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1429730520,"text":"Simple gameplay and a funny little story. I really liked the graphics and the menus, those looked really good. Nice use of the theme. Grape job!"},{"author_name":"DiegoEscalante","author_uid":"45857","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1429730580,"text":"The polish in this game is phenomenal. Visually pleasing, and the music is very fitting. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"CornflowerBlue","author_uid":"29311","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1429810680,"text":"A funny game. Art style is interesting."},{"author_name":"Tatsu Studio","author_uid":"50217","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1429811640,"text":"I liked the game, and the art is very nice! Good Job!"},{"author_name":"Strandypants","author_uid":"46627","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1429814880,"text":"This game was quite entertaining, loved the introscenes and the music. The gameplay got a bit boring after a while, but for a jam entry I think it's very good!"},{"author_name":"Fluffy Tigers in the Sky","author_uid":"26553","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:03pm","epoch":1429815480,"text":"Hey, that's a really nice little game! It looks pretty polished and it's fun to play. The level design is sophisticated and the difficulty is not too easy and not too hard! I really like the look and feel of the game, it looks pretty polished and the intro story is great!"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1429815780,"text":"Nice game, would be nice to see more levels or a continuation of the story"},{"author_name":"Dorgam","author_uid":"52637","time":"May 11, 2015 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1431386460,"text":"Average game however the graphics style is the most amazing thing about it. I would suggest you work more on the mechanics."}],"images":["ld32\/44218-5f8fb5ee95560521d00f2de46dfcf5eb.jpg","ld32\/44218-4f8b7bb07d3bdb4f9c9b2cf7c3aa0a48.jpg","ld32\/44218-4aedecac448887e632f13ffa89e05512.jpg","ld32\/44218-3931e5871340f82a8397b25b34c2af8f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BxX9W2KgQ432TF9BR0hqWVZ2NlE\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BxX9W2KgQ432M2xvTXNpVk5jVTA\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"10412","g_author":"44218","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"10446","g_title":"The Grape Escape: Banana Shadow","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"362","g_commentcount":"27","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\/\/444368\/44218-shot0-1429582397.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/44218-shot1-1429581202.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/44218-shot2-1429580103.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/44218-shot3-1429582398.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"***FEEDBACK WELCOME***\r\n\r\nFor centuries the evil space robot empire experimented on apes, hoping to create super soldier ape slaves. One ape in particular, Nicknamed \u201cGrape\u201d for his violet fur, showed promise. Grape gained the ability to form his shit into deadly ninja shit-stars. Grape grew smarter and stronger, eventually escaping the evil space robot\u2019s facility in search of freedom...\r\n\r\nGameplay & Controls:\r\n2D Sidescroller - Get to the end and kill the boss!\r\nSpacebar = Throw | Up Arrow = Move up | Down Arrow = Move down\r\nEnter = Select | Esc = Restart\/Exit\r\n\r\nCredits:\r\nBy: Zamboni Macaroni (This is our 2nd jam!)\r\nZamboni Macaroni is Josh Watson and Taylor Dunn\r\nProgrammed by Josh Watson\r\nDesign & Music by: Taylor Dunn\r\n\r\nThings (Updated 4\/20\/15 10:40PM) :\r\nOh boy we did it! Celebratory beer time!\r\nYou get to the boss after like... 2 song play thrus.\r\nJosh added the scoring mech. in the last 10 minutes.\r\nBananas and cactus are worth points?\r\n... We need to crash & think more about all this later!\r\nLook forward to playing many game entries!\r\nENJOY!\r\n\r\nUpdate 4\/22\/15:\r\nThanks for all the feedback everybody!\r\nEspecially you Chris Delta ;)\r\nYeah rocks shouldn't kill you moving into them...\r\nYou just shouldn't be able to move up!\r\nKeep it coming!\r\n\r\nUpdate 5\/11\/15:\r\nHad a blast rating games!\r\nThanks a ton everybody, looking forward to #33\r\n","title":"The Grape Escape: Banana Shadow"}