{"author_link":"\/author\/maddogawl\/","author_name":"maddogawl","author_uid":"18798","comments":[{"author_name":"Raxsus","author_uid":"44875","time":"Dec 7, 2014 @ 4:16am","epoch":1417925460,"text":"Very fun game. A bit addicting too."},{"author_name":"maddogawl","author_uid":"18798","time":"Dec 7, 2014 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1417971840,"text":"Thank you! My two boys are addicted to it too."},{"author_name":"maddogawl","author_uid":"18798","time":"Dec 7, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1417979280,"text":"My Record for reaching an Egg Empire is 163 days.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A few tricks:\r<br\/>-The happier the chickens the more they will lay\r<br\/>-Sometimes its better to build cheaper chickens because they require less care\r<br\/>-If your chickens are unhappy for too long they will die!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If anyone plays it long enough to hit $500 be sure to post the time it took you to get there."},{"author_name":"roktom","author_uid":"41010","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1418051100,"text":"Well i cannot ignore such games aka cookie clicker , and this one is similar, so great work !"},{"author_name":"chadheim","author_uid":"33574","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1418051220,"text":"Clever idea!  Needs more progress bars to help visualize the egg laying rates."},{"author_name":"Pantelis Petsopoulos","author_uid":"34259","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:17pm","epoch":1418051520,"text":"haha the kind of game I like to play when I want to kill time, 10\/10 would breed chickens again."},{"author_name":"cutandreil","author_uid":"45361","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1418051880,"text":"Not a job I would like to do in real life ...\r<br\/>I've made 500$ in day 167.\r<br\/>(I've used nearly the same amount of every chicken)"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1418139720,"text":"Hi there.  Nice simple clickfarmer. Sell Eggs button was just off screen for first 8 days... so that was a pain... but things went better once found it ;)  Liked the flutey music."},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1418149680,"text":"interesting idea, good game.. needs more features"},{"author_name":"charlesque","author_uid":"46516","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1418184180,"text":"Quite good game, but maybe a bit too slow or too long. It doesn't make me wanna try to make a better score many many times. Still a good job. :)"},{"author_name":"Budaniel","author_uid":"38918","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1418225160,"text":"Note to self: chicken farming is NOT a fast, easy road to riches. It's a nice, simple game and it fits the theme. My biggest complaint is that it rapidly became a game of whack-a-mole as the farm filled up, and once it was filled it there was nothing left to do except whack moles. I would have also liked to have seen more gradients in the level of chicken satisfaction so I could know which one needed my help most desperately."},{"author_name":"Verz","author_uid":"17978","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 11:15am","epoch":1418296200,"text":"A nice clickfarmer &iexcl;I NEED MORE EEEEEEEEGGGGSSSSS! really, congratulations on finishing LD"},{"author_name":"PoQA Games","author_uid":"22866","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1418407620,"text":"Woah! Did not expect this! Really fun game :) \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The loop can get kind of annoying after long periods of time, but I had fun!"},{"author_name":"grid96","author_uid":"45476","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1418410080,"text":"Fun little game."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 2:08am","epoch":1418608980,"text":"Interesting concept and quite a nice time-killer as well."},{"author_name":"TyrusPeace","author_uid":"5305","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1419441060,"text":"Impressively compelling!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice touch that the cheaper chickens are easier to maintain; I swamped myself with an army of clicks before I figured that out."}],"images":["ld31\/18798-e04e56daadae0a9c3b8dff85470a329b.jpg","ld31\/18798-c8e84c84c0ed05aac69cd00fa8086e63.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.allgamedevelopment.com\/LudumDare\/EggEmpire.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.allgamedevelopment.com\/LudumDare\/EggEmpireSource.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13052","g_author":"18798","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"13082","g_title":"Egg Empire","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"967","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/407933\/18798-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/18798-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Egg Empire starts you with an empty chicken coop.  Your goal is to reach $500 as quickly as possible.  You build roosting boxes, purchase chickens, sell eggs, and keep your chickens happy as you move to build your chicken empire.\r\n\r\nDirections:\r\nClick on any square to start by purchasing a roosting box, once you purchase a roosting box you may purchase a chicken.\r\n\r\nThe happier the chickens the quicker they lay eggs!\r\n\r\nI composed the music using free online virtual tools, and then edited it in Audacity.  I did all art in Paint .Net, and used Unity3D as the engine.  Overall I spent about 9 - 10 hours on this, including coming up with the idea.\r\n\r\nGood Luck All!","title":"Egg Empire"}