{"author_link":"\/author\/gmfk07\/","author_name":"gmfk07","author_uid":"30116","comments":[{"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"38974","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:58am","epoch":1408967580,"text":"This game is really difficult, I couldn't get over level 2. But funny idea, now I know how hard the nsa works.\r<br\/>And you was right, the game is better than the screenshot"},{"author_name":"smbe19","author_uid":"37059","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1408972020,"text":"Chrome claims your .exe download is malware. How fitting ;)"},{"author_name":"gmfk07","author_uid":"30116","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1408999980,"text":"Wow, smbe. That is... something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You wouldn't have happened to download it from a strange sounding e-mail, did you? ;)"},{"author_name":"ZoneOne2","author_uid":"36419","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1409096880,"text":"Haha, I quite like this. I could see a more polished, deeper version as a kind of &quot;Papers, Please&quot; game."},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:04am","epoch":1409097540,"text":"Very hard, but it's well made! The emails that are almost spam but then psych you out - those really got me at first."},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 1:07am","epoch":1409187720,"text":"I'm up for the challenge! Fun and original gameplay :) GJ!"},{"author_name":"Snicklodocus","author_uid":"22794","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1409260860,"text":"Gets very difficult very fast! I loved the idea. If this was easier, I think it could actually be used to help people learn internet safety. Great job."},{"author_name":"katanagari7c1","author_uid":"38891","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1409261520,"text":"I couldn't pass beyond level 3. :(\r<br\/>Very interesting and fun concept. Like it."},{"author_name":"ForeignGuyMike","author_uid":"37077","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1409261640,"text":"Haha very fun and challenging. Yes level 2 was a pretty huge jump in difficulty from level 1. Those files to be scanned take a while."},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1409261760,"text":"Super interesting concept and executed well. Could be a bit easier though."},{"author_name":"gmfk07","author_uid":"30116","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1409266440,"text":"Thanks for all the support, everyone! This game accidentally became a rage game... oops :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I were to add a mode for wusses (read as: easy mode) what do you think I could do? Decrease letter spawn rate? Decrease speed? Decrease probability of an exe\/bad download\/bad url?"},{"author_name":"PeerPlay","author_uid":"40389","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1409269260,"text":"Pretty hard game, but had a few good laughs :)"},{"author_name":"hadesfury","author_uid":"10263","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:34am","epoch":1409390940,"text":"Good idea ... quite hard to succeed"},{"author_name":"RaycoSantana","author_uid":"36042","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1409489520,"text":"Liked the concept a lot, the game was too hard but is a really good game!"},{"author_name":"OhFiddleDiddle","author_uid":"28661","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1409672700,"text":"I got up to level 3, but like everyone else says, it just gets way too hard. :P\r<br\/>Really fun game though, I love the concept. :)"},{"author_name":"DvanderAart","author_uid":"39433","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1409677380,"text":"Pretty challenging!"},{"author_name":"Knowledge","author_uid":"34045","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 7:57am","epoch":1409730720,"text":"Level 5 is too hard or even impossible.\r<br\/>Did you play your game?"},{"author_name":"gmfk07","author_uid":"30116","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 8:30pm","epoch":1409775900,"text":"Yep.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I even had a few people try it out, and most could beat it... if it took them a while.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree it's quite hard, and I have made an easier version but I can't post it up here for rules reasons."}],"images":["ld30\/30116-676be5207751144b4943244b76054de8.jpg","ld30\/30116-2046bf2e555f51a5541e6c9797c383ee.jpg","ld30\/30116-a95292115599b84f23e8f3329a3ed9d3.jpg","ld30\/30116-fa4db15cdc0c5594b65b7fb57dff6053.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/41fjvl9w7st9i8j\/Networkaholics.exe?dl=0","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/u4w3fmi4a71sgbd\/InternetGame.rar?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15985","g_author":"30116","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16015","g_title":"Networkaholics","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"363","g_commentcount":"18","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\/\/375043\/30116-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/30116-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/30116-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/30116-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A frantic, fast-paced game of playing the guardian in a network of unprotected computers.\r\n\r\nYou have to check up on e-mails, downloads, and URLs sent between computers. If they sound fishy - rich nigerian prince, anyone? - you need to delete them before they reach a computer.\r\n\r\nEven has a few links to real-life security stuff! So, there's always that.\r\n\r\nControls\/how to play\/help follows:\r\nThe objective of the game is to protect your computer network in each level from various internet threats. You do this by examining potential threats by left-clicking them, and then right-clicking them again if they are dangerous.\r\n\r\nYou have three lives, which are represented by \" :D \" icons on the lower-right hand corner of the screen.\r\n\r\nThe gameplay components are:\r\n\r\nComputers\r\nThese are the things you need to protect. If a dangerous file reaches a computer, you lose a life. Computers also produce e-mail.\r\n\r\nE-mail\r\nProduced by computers. Bad e-mail urges you to click on something. If an e-mail is bad, right-click it to delete it. Right-clicking a normal e-mail message will cost a life.\r\nExample of good e-mail: \"Oh, hey! How are you doing?\"\r\nExample of bad e-mail: \"Hi, I'm Jim! Click HERE to enter a survey and win $100!\"\r\n\r\nInternet\r\nThe internet will produce downloads.\r\n\r\nDownloads\r\nProduced by the internet. If a download ends in .exe, you need to right-click to scan it. After you scan a download, it turns blue. Left-clicking to examine a scanned download will tell you if it is malicious or not - if it is, right-click it once more.\r\nExample of a good download:\"help.txt\"\r\nExample of a download that could be risky: \"duck.exe\" < if a download ends in .exe, right click to scan it.\r\nExample of a scanned good download: \"A somewhat hard video game.\"\r\nExample of a scanned bad download: \"Malware masquerading as a popular program.\"\r\n\r\nBrowser\r\nA browser will produce urls.\r\n\r\nURL\r\nProduced by browsers. Good urls say \"www.site.com.\" Bad urls say something slightly different.\r\nExample of a good URL: \"www.site.com\"\r\nExample of a bad URL:   \"www.sitte.com\"","title":"Networkaholics"}