{"author_link":"\/author\/dramentiaras\/","author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","comments":[{"author_name":"Mopz","author_uid":"45675","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1418042520,"text":"All I get is a black screen, Windows 8.1"},{"author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1418060580,"text":"I see, can you try running the jar using command prompt, using the command:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>java -jar carrot_chaos.jar\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This will hopefully print an error message."},{"author_name":"oskardevelopment","author_uid":"21518","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1418062560,"text":"Snowman! Looks good! Thanks for the game and Merry Christmas!"},{"author_name":"Eponesh","author_uid":"45468","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1418064000,"text":"Remember me a old mobile game! Great game:)"},{"author_name":"davesoft","author_uid":"46316","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1418064840,"text":"On windows 8 it vanishes as soon as it opens. I'll try again later"},{"author_name":"vekjeft","author_uid":"44008","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1418067240,"text":"Osx 10.9.5:\r<br\/>java -jar .....\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Error in texture program linking.\r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/tileset.png\r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/entities.png\r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/gui.png\r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/font.png\r<br\/>Loaded sound: ambient\r<br\/>Loaded sound: throw\r<br\/>Loaded sound: carrot_pickup\r<br\/>Loaded sound: hurt\r<br\/>Loaded sound: footstep\r<br\/>Loaded sound: hit\r<br\/>Loaded sound: scarf_pickup\r<br\/>1"},{"author_name":"Pietdagamer","author_uid":"46438","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1418067300,"text":"I like the health\/heat system!"},{"author_name":"Mokosha","author_uid":"45771","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1418068020,"text":"Really good art! It was a little difficult using my keyboard, because each hand has different arrow keys. :( Also, I think that there's a bug when you get pinned by a snowman you get instakilled."},{"author_name":"qleonetti","author_uid":"29545","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1418068080,"text":"Black screen on osx :("},{"author_name":"AndresGames","author_uid":"47045","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1418068380,"text":"All I get is the black screen aswell. (Windows 8.1) after running the java thing I got same as @vekjeft.\r<br\/>Error in texture program linking. \r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/tileset.png \r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/entities.png \r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/gui.png \r<br\/>Succesfully loaded texture: textures\/font.png \r<br\/>Loaded sound: ambient \r<br\/>Loaded sound: throw \r<br\/>Loaded sound: carrot_pickup \r<br\/>Loaded sound: hurt \r<br\/>Loaded sound: footstep \r<br\/>Loaded sound: hit \r<br\/>Loaded sound: scarf_pickup"},{"author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1418068680,"text":"@vekjeft Try to download the new version and try again, I didn't fix any thing, just added more debug info printed."},{"author_name":"ArrowThroughHisEye","author_uid":"45975","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1418068680,"text":"19 carrots and 2 scarves :p\r<br\/>It was pretty fun, I liked the graphics. Thought it was weird to have separate controls for moving and shooting, expected to just shoot in the same direction you were facing, but it actually made it way easier. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>-10 for using snowmen though :P"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1418097780,"text":"Love the snowman. :) I Included it in part 2 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/QrqYJieiXWs"},{"author_name":"InfectionTeam","author_uid":"37445","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:16am","epoch":1418109060,"text":"Lol, snowman! XD"},{"author_name":"MechanicalLife","author_uid":"35468","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1418144760,"text":"I love the half submerged snowmen!"},{"author_name":"SpartanIceCream","author_uid":"44083","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1418154420,"text":"Nice!"},{"author_name":"geckojsc","author_uid":"5246","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1418154780,"text":"Hey, I got an exception when launching (using java 1.7)\r<br\/>Maybe it's a problem on my end, graphics drivers or something?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>D:\\Games\\LD31&gt;java -jar carrot_chaos.jar\r<br\/>org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not create context (WGL_ARB_create_context)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsContextImplementation.nCreate(Native Method)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsContextImplementation.create(WindowsContextImplementation.java:50)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.ContextGL.&lt;init&gt;(ContextGL.java:132)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:850)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:797)\r<br\/>        at com.goudagames.ld31.base.Launch.main(Launch.java:24)\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.GLContext.getCapabilities(GLContext.java:124)\r<br\/>        at org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.glViewport(GL11.java:3261)\r<br\/>        at com.goudagames.ld31.render.RenderEngine.&lt;init&gt;(RenderEngine.java:238)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>        at com.goudagames.ld31.render.RenderEngine.init(RenderEngine.java:186)\r<br\/>        at com.goudagames.ld31.base.Launch.main(Launch.java:33)"},{"author_name":"Odefus","author_uid":"44603","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1418154960,"text":"I think I got 28 carrots on my best run before I got surrounded by snowmen who then proceeded to play pong with my character. Could use pathfinding for the snowmen. Enjoyable game anyway."},{"author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1418232600,"text":"@geckojsc It looks like a driver problem, check what OpenGL version your drivers are compatible with, they need to have support for OpenGL 3.3"},{"author_name":"magnontobi","author_uid":"44076","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1418238000,"text":"Really enjoyed this one, except for the occasional lag spike or two. ;)"},{"author_name":"cxsquared","author_uid":"23711","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1418238120,"text":"It crashes on launch for me. I'm on osx. I get a here's a link to the error http:\/\/pastebin.com\/m5EFRfc7"},{"author_name":"grid96","author_uid":"45476","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1418244840,"text":"Great job. Looks awesome and makes fun playing it."},{"author_name":"f7f5","author_uid":"21437","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1418245320,"text":"Simple but catchy. I got to 25 carrots."},{"author_name":"Gemberkoekje","author_uid":"5952","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1418313900,"text":"Not a bad effort, I feel like you could've given a bit more feedback on hitting things, if only a bit slower speed or something. It was pretty hard, and not really obvious how you get the scarfs (i guess they were rare drops?)\r<br\/>Graphics looked good, the game was a pretty fun arcade entry.\r<br\/>You could've done a bit more with the theme, but other than that, good effort!"},{"author_name":"Slothmachine","author_uid":"30979","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1418318700,"text":"Nice animation in falling carrots :) Controls feel nice. Good job."},{"author_name":"ynots","author_uid":"45674","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1418394360,"text":"NICE GAME.."},{"author_name":"BtheDestroyer","author_uid":"46490","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1418415120,"text":"Doesn't run on OS X"},{"author_name":"Lasty","author_uid":"14800","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1418428260,"text":"Very cool.. One of the more polished entries :D  (Think my high score was 35 carrots before I got swarmed and cornered)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the ingenious way of introducing the controls via the help screens at the start (blocking until you press W and up)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would have been nice to see all scarved snowmen drop scarves.  I either got really unlucky dice rolls or they have a bit too low droprate."},{"author_name":"BoxedMeatRevolution","author_uid":"47669","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1418493900,"text":"Couldn't get it to work in OS\/X 10.9.5 :( Just a black screen that disappears."},{"author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1418499240,"text":"If everyone running on OS\/X could start it using this command:\r<br\/>java -jar carrot_chaos.jar \r<br\/>From the command prompt, you should get an error message. It would help me a lot if you could post that here :)"},{"author_name":"GoudaGames","author_uid":"29135","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1418499300,"text":"The above only applies to those who crashes on OS\/X, of course."},{"author_name":"the-arrival","author_uid":"47053","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 11:52am","epoch":1418557620,"text":"Ok, we had very similar ideas here. check out our game also:\r<br\/>http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=47053\r<br\/>btw i got 23 carrots in the first attempt :)"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1418567400,"text":"I can't run the entry... it crashes at start :\/\r<br\/>(i'm using w7)"},{"author_name":"redoxkun","author_uid":"40073","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1418570640,"text":"Got 15 carrots after a couple of tries. Nice and funny game :)"},{"author_name":"Hellequin","author_uid":"20522","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1418578020,"text":"Interesting concept! Well done! I like the graphics and the gameplay!"}],"images":["ld31\/29135-2dec09b733bb782c562b1897c4b3484b.jpg","ld31\/29135-18ebde0fb742266b2518d83ddcc72005.jpg","ld31\/29135-1f869aaa76f092c8644ec8fb64c9143e.jpg","ld31\/29135-9cedbd71e9f1a0855525296d1dfee5d9.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/goudagames.com\/games\/carrotchaos\/carrot_chaos.jar","text":"Windows | OS\/X | Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Dramentiaras\/LD31","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13196","g_author":"29135","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"13226","g_title":"Carrot Chaos","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"711","g_commentcount":"35","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\/29135-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29135-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29135-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/29135-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are out stocking food for the winter, and the snowmen have really tasty noses...\r\n\r\nIn Carrot Chaos, you have to run around, kill snowmen and pick up their carrot noses. There are AWESOME EXPLOSIONS, and MOAR POWERUPS THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAG... Ok, not really.\r\n\r\nThe game is kind of simple, kill snowmen, pick up carrots, and keep moving, or you freeze to death. Oh, and avoid crashing into any snowmen, they're really cold, and will lower your temperature. You can also pick up red scarves, because they make you run faster, for some magical reason. I hope you'll enjoy it!\r\n\r\nOoh, and please post the highest amount of carrots you are able to collect, you know, just for funsies :P\r\n\r\nCONTROLS\r\n(if the game's instructions aren't clear enough)\r\n\r\nMovement:       WASD\r\nFire snowballs: Arrow keys\r\nPause:          ESC\r\n\r\nPost mortem can be read here: http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/14\/carrot-chaos-post-mortem\/","title":"Carrot Chaos"}