{"author_link":"\/author\/gaspard_\/","author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","comments":[{"author_name":"wandersenus","author_uid":"44802","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:21am","epoch":1418030160,"text":"what a good game!!!"},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1418049840,"text":"haha.. good job man.. i liked the particle effects.. i couldn't get past the mantis tho ;p"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1418050620,"text":"@hobieV if you don't beat the mantis, you have not seen the REAL game.\r<br\/>Hint: time your dashes, you can use them in mid air.\r<br\/>Dash just after you got hit!(So that you don't suffer the knockback...)"},{"author_name":"PnDAA","author_uid":"35115","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1418058300,"text":"I really don't understand what to do (and i wait the message at the begining) so i didn't rate it. Good audio !"},{"author_name":"talecrafter","author_uid":"3707","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1418058960,"text":"I am not sure, what this is, but I enjoyed it. Thank you."},{"author_name":"PnDAA","author_uid":"35115","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1418062440,"text":"Ok, i get it. Hard time to understand what to do at the begining. And WTFFFFFFFF happens omg. I got the icecream don't know if it's the end x)."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1418062680,"text":"@PhDAA The ice-cream is nearly the end!(Kinda is IMHO)\r<br\/>The screen still has to be shattered once again to get the end message, which basically tells you to quit.\r<br\/>You haven't missed anything :)."},{"author_name":"harley77","author_uid":"43987","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1418065680,"text":"Wasn't sure what to expect with a 120MB download.  Good action, and the progressiveness was a nice addition.  Good job!"},{"author_name":"SneManden","author_uid":"16779","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1418069760,"text":"yo\r<br\/>finally.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Haha, I am not sure what I just played there! A very, ehh, psychedelic experience for sure. Actually managed to win the game? (I got that icecream). Despite that it was quite hard. Really liked the mantis-eating-you-amimation ;)"},{"author_name":"Kitch","author_uid":"7470","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1418082840,"text":"I got icecream and eaten by a mantis.  Would play again.\r<br\/>(liked the piano jam in the background... got pretty heavy when the mantis came in :) )"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:03am","epoch":1418083080,"text":"@kilch Thanks for the compliment, I recorded that!"},{"author_name":"Ryan Kline","author_uid":"44153","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:41am","epoch":1418088960,"text":"I was quite a fan of the background, as well as the piano serenade. The bouncy little green thing was also really fun to kick around and had interesting interactions with the character, but I never really could figure out what it was that I was playing. Again. Thumbs up for the piano."},{"author_name":"ShellfishGames","author_uid":"23164","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1418127120,"text":"I don't know what this was, but it was cool! Quite a neat effect when the screen suddenly fell apart. And is it true that there is no actual lose state? I didn't do very well but didn't seem like I could die. Which is nice! :D"},{"author_name":"Rene Damm","author_uid":"45029","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1418155140,"text":"A psychedelic experience with bouncy physics :) Got eaten by the Mantis twice. Fun graphics and gameplay. Combat felt a little too bouncy and imprecise, though :)"},{"author_name":"Divitos","author_uid":"9732","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 5:03am","epoch":1418187480,"text":"This is, um, interesting.\r<br\/>I love abstract games like this,"},{"author_name":"Jim Haslett","author_uid":"11411","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1418222520,"text":"I couldn't make it past the mantis.  I didn't really understand what was going on, especially at the beginning."},{"author_name":"Hellequin","author_uid":"20522","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1418241900,"text":"Good job! Nice concept and great game overall!"},{"author_name":"GrabenGroup","author_uid":"46957","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1418254020,"text":"kick the frog to accomplish your mission!\r<br\/>11\/10 \r<br\/>would play again!"},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:07am","epoch":1418364120,"text":"Woooooow this was way cooler than I initially thought. I couldn't figure out how to start the game for a while. For those of you who, like me, were lost at the beginning: kick the frog (green thing) into the snowman.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't beat the Mantis, but oh man was the death scene cool! Thanks for this strange surreal game!"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:21am","epoch":1418364960,"text":"wat the actual fuck"},{"author_name":"Acuity","author_uid":"34803","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 6:46am","epoch":1418366460,"text":"I can't tell if I won or lost.  Music was pretty nice!"},{"author_name":"madmaw","author_uid":"5068","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1418424960,"text":"If only the scoring went higher than 5"},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 3:50am","epoch":1418442300,"text":"Thanks for your feedback!  I've patched my game with a hotfix for the issue you experienced on the second stage by adding a switch on the right side so you can no longer get into an unwinnable state for that area."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1418920020,"text":"I'm the author, so as to confuse no-one,the comment above has nothing to do with this game."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 20, 2014 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1419102240,"text":"Nice graphics!"}],"images":["ld31\/25208-5e8953bcca27aeb73c1461d6bdd60848.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/staticvoidgames.com\/games\/LD31_Mantis","text":"Jar(Windows_OS\/X_Linux )+Source "}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14690","g_author":"25208","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14720","g_title":"Mantis breaks the Rules","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"850","g_commentcount":"25","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\/25208-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Well, here's the game.\r\n\r\nArrow Keys to move, just listen to the messages to know more( i.e. don't mash space to fast!)\r\n\r\nI hope it's fun and silly enough.\r\nI personally don't think that the \"violence here is strong\"\r\nbut if it's inappropriate for kids tell me please!\r\n\r\nMade in Java from scratch.\r\n\r\nMusic Track:\r\nhttp:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gaspard-4\/piano_recornding_ld31","title":"Mantis breaks the Rules"}