{"author_link":"\/author\/taro\/","author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","comments":[{"author_name":"Ozcr","author_uid":"44154","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:15am","epoch":1418087400,"text":"Really cool game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Try mine, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=44154"},{"author_name":"5k0d","author_uid":"44911","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1418149020,"text":"Lol what a twist, wash ur tshirts = profit!"},{"author_name":"belowzerogames","author_uid":"37630","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1418175900,"text":"I got a Hybrid Cat in my lint trap :) Very cool little game"},{"author_name":"andrewkennedy","author_uid":"20990","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:41am","epoch":1418178960,"text":"Clever idea, but the game sort of locked up for me. I clicked on the phone and then opened a washer and both UIs were open. Then I could never leave the phone screen."},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:40am","epoch":1418189700,"text":"Good game! My favourite feature was the lint trap thought that was pretty cool! Overall solid effort, good entry!"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:03am","epoch":1418270280,"text":"Funny commentary on social gaming."},{"author_name":"spacedoubt","author_uid":"39200","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:17am","epoch":1418274720,"text":"Pogs and a Nuke in the same lint trap. Wanna play pogs? I dare you to beat me."},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:00am","epoch":1418277300,"text":"@spacedoubt All I get from this is a sad feeling."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:13am","epoch":1418288880,"text":"Nice sound, good idea and implementation, but the chatting thing did not work, i sent two messages and nothing ever came back, so i guess i kind of didn't see the whole point you wanted to make?"},{"author_name":"SK16 Games","author_uid":"32632","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1418324160,"text":"Haha very fun (and very boring of course :P) little game! Why not doing the laundry while playing other Ludum Dare games? :D"},{"author_name":"spacedoubt","author_uid":"39200","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1418330760,"text":"A sad feeling?! I thought it was awesome!"},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1418333760,"text":"No problems, @spacedoubt, I knew you meant that in a positive.  I was joking that one of the trinkets you can collect in the lint screen is &quot;a sad feeling.&quot;"},{"author_name":"Kuality Games","author_uid":"46151","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1418335260,"text":"Funny idea. I like how different it is from other games."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 2:00am","epoch":1418349300,"text":"Well this was weirdly fun but the implementation is well done (especially the random stuff you can find in the lint traps) and you do have the theme nailed down really well."},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"20701","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1418422080,"text":"i laugth a lot thanks.\r<br\/>seriously good idea the  multigaming with this background \r<br\/>Great job"},{"author_name":"EquipeJAM","author_uid":"46706","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:20am","epoch":1418429700,"text":"Really cool game! xD"},{"author_name":"Wampus","author_uid":"11619","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:25am","epoch":1418430000,"text":"Its like I was actually in a laundromat, getting annoyed at how long it was taking to wash clothes. Good, funny concept. Next game: Garbage day."},{"author_name":"Dans17","author_uid":"22050","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1418430540,"text":"Well done, and enjoyable to play."},{"author_name":"JJEvil","author_uid":"46521","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1418597700,"text":"Intense clothes-washing action. I found a bag of chips in the lint trap &amp; ate them while trying to change my ringtone."},{"author_name":"sorlok","author_uid":"28370","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 12:07am","epoch":1418601720,"text":"Surprisingly fun! I love the feel of the game, and the stuff you find in the lint trap. Probably has the maximum &quot;fun you're having&quot; to &quot;coolness of the thing you're doing&quot; ratio."},{"author_name":"Scam","author_uid":"35226","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1418672100,"text":"Very fun and very boring at the same time. Bravo!"},{"author_name":"Integershift","author_uid":"25019","time":"Dec 15, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1418685420,"text":"Got to 101 Coins fun game but it could of had some kind of mechanic where you payed monthly rent or something to spice the game up a bit. Got pretty boring is all. Played on stream and was fun! http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/integershift"},{"author_name":"RyanNielson","author_uid":"13891","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 12:46am","epoch":1418690460,"text":"I'd do laundry every day if I found tons of change in the lint trap. What a strange game, I enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"bogdan.tana","author_uid":"17418","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1418768880,"text":"Never thought a laundry day could be so fun lol. Congrats! :D"},{"author_name":"puppetmaster","author_uid":"39425","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1418772780,"text":"Hehehe!! I can play this game the hole day! :-)\r<br\/>Cool sound effects!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well made!"},{"author_name":"MrBadIvan","author_uid":"44988","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 7:43am","epoch":1418801880,"text":"This game is a very fun, and I didnt expect this from laundary!=)\r<br\/>Simple, humorous, rewarding and addictive=)"},{"author_name":"Simon","author_uid":"9596","time":"Dec 17, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1418826000,"text":"This is actually pretty cool. I like the premise but I ended making huge laundries to gather lots of objects so that I could send text messages. Huge laundries taking more time I spent most of my time waiting :) Weird and in the end very close to the actual laundry day feeling. Well done."},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1418938620,"text":"Whether you intended or not, you've basically just made what almost every freemium bloody mobile game is these days :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And on a fraction of the budget too! Well done! :)"},{"author_name":"wavertron","author_uid":"45908","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1418938860,"text":"I found this game a little odd. I found myself waiting a little too much. eg the first cycle took like 2 minutes+ and I had nothing to really do. The text messages were a little slow and locked up one time. Still, there is a certain charm to this game."},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1418941320,"text":"@Tuism Psst!\r<br\/>It's intended."},{"author_name":"rjhelms","author_uid":"39055","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1419018540,"text":"Remember laundry day? It's back, in game form!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Adams","author_uid":"20321","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 12:20am","epoch":1419034500,"text":"I found an Ice Cube in the lint trap!"},{"author_name":"Lynx","author_uid":"44477","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 5:17am","epoch":1419052320,"text":"Very humorous game concept, I kept finding myself washing clothes over and over without really know why I keep putting them back in! That's a sign of a great game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish I had a pile of trinkets or something so I can look through see what I've gotten and how many I need"},{"author_name":"janovbyrnisson","author_uid":"43705","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 6:56am","epoch":1419144660,"text":"Nah, can't rate! Gotta do my laundry. :P"},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1419186660,"text":"Really good, absurdist fun! Amazing what you find in those lint trays.."},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Dec 21, 2014 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1419197160,"text":"@janovbyrnisson *sends a text message* Rate the game, man."},{"author_name":"joppiesaus","author_uid":"29014","time":"Dec 26, 2014 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1419623040,"text":"Hahaha, what a humor.\r<br\/>Pretty polished game, nice sounds, but I wish the gameplay was a little faster.\r<br\/>Neat idea. Great work!"},{"author_name":"hoqjed","author_uid":"26775","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 5:46am","epoch":1419658860,"text":"I found it interesting how sometimes a compelling narrative would be revealed through the phone\/items every once in a while. I liked that approach and even though the game can be random it felt personal at times.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was wondering where exactly those clothes were coming from however. I could swear I was just washing the same ones over and over haha.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job on the audio too, everything was perfectly mundane. Matched the setting pretty well."},{"author_name":"gallerdude","author_uid":"16506","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1419706020,"text":"Interesting play while I play other games."},{"author_name":"efux","author_uid":"36287","time":"Dec 27, 2014 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1419707220,"text":"Nice laundry simulator! =D"},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1419854280,"text":"This was goofy, and reminded me a bit of Work Time Fun, but there's a surprisingly nice friend on the other end of that phone that boosts the Mood score for this game too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It feels silly to say this about a laundry simulator, but I'm really, really impressed. Amazing job!"},{"author_name":"ETHproductions","author_uid":"44122","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1419869460,"text":"Pretty cool concept! I like how you can spend money on the machines, but also profit from doing so. :)"},{"author_name":"oscarabraham","author_uid":"45778","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1419873300,"text":"This is weirdly relaxing. I love that I can do other things while playing it."},{"author_name":"martial_cantarel_games","author_uid":"47216","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1419878640,"text":"cleaning the trap effect is awesome)))"},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1419884100,"text":"The game feels very slow, the idea itself is clever but the lack of music and interactive makes the game loose its appeal after a while.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The idea that it works in real time is really clever though."}],"images":["ld31\/20557-626e892383e22d29a42b79b12139031d.jpg","ld31\/20557-1bf7c27a151328540809ff7de2746456.jpg","ld31\/20557-61239f06fa2498845a92a6caef3e07de.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/omiyagames.com\/laundry_day7\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/649954","text":"Newgrounds"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/strategy-sim\/laundry-day\/41406\/","text":"GameJolt"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/OmiyaGames\/laundry-day","text":"Kongregate"},{"url":"http:\/\/omiyagames.itch.io\/laundry-day","text":"Itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13059","g_author":"20557","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13089","g_title":"Laundry Day","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"439","g_commentcount":"45","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\/20557-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20557-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/20557-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's time to do your laundry!  Remember to clean out the dryer's lint screen, and don't forget to IM to your friends about your wonderful adventure in the laundromat!\r\n\r\nToo busy to wait for your current cycle to finish? Don't worry - you can close the game and come back later to collect your laundry.\r\n\r\nThe laundromat owners are not responsible for lost or stolen items, so please don't leave your clothes unattended for too long!\r\n\r\nLaundry Day was created via a collaborative effort between the members of Tech Valley Game Space, an inclusive game development group and co-working space located in Troy, NY.\r\nThe Space Cadets who contributed to the game include:\r\n* Jamey Stevenson (Spoony Bird)\r\n* Taro Omiya (Omiya Games)\r\n* Anthony Rossello (Brightstar)\r\n* Ampera\r\n* Chase Bethea\r\n* Terence Tolman\r\n* Phillip Demick\r\n* Keith Morgado (Binary Takeover)\r\n\r\nFor more information about Tech Valley Game Space, please visit our Meetup page at:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.meetup.com\/TechValleyGameSpace\/","title":"Laundry Day"}