{"author_link":"\/author\/2hitmatt\/","author_name":"2HitMatt","author_uid":"39865","comments":[{"author_name":"DrHahn","author_uid":"21737","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:19am","epoch":1408950840,"text":"Nice little life-sim. I liked how I only left my room for food and sunlight."},{"author_name":"bladderbloat","author_uid":"40582","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:44am","epoch":1408955940,"text":"Awesome feel!"},{"author_name":"EMAK","author_uid":"25905","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:20am","epoch":1408961700,"text":"Nice approach! I really like"},{"author_name":"capsizedmoose","author_uid":"30615","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1408968000,"text":"haha this was pretty fun :D"},{"author_name":"MerlijnVH","author_uid":"14952","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1408976580,"text":"I love how this looks, and the sim aspect approach of moving to the different rooms is very original, too!"},{"author_name":"jackyjjc","author_uid":"21428","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:24am","epoch":1409026740,"text":"What a nice little game! The concept is simple but the execution is great, music and graphics are very nice. It seems after going to the beach my interest is just fixed at 100 and I only need to eat and work. Quite scary if it is in real life :p. One thing though, since I kept on pressing the space key till the end, I accidentally skipped the ending multiple times so I didn't know if I won or lost, would be nice if it is a different key to skip the ending screen. Overall it is pretty fun, Nice work!"},{"author_name":"AndyBrown","author_uid":"5699","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:51am","epoch":1409046360,"text":"That was quite amusing. Loved your art, very charming. Sorry man, you made $-8701.44! That's some serious debt. Why did you get so wasted and complete three times the required work? Must have caused a catastrophic failure when it was implemented."},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 10:26am","epoch":1409048460,"text":"This turned out really cool. Especially the art."},{"author_name":"KevinZuhn","author_uid":"8695","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1409177940,"text":"508$"},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1409196960,"text":"I got $998.40 on my third try. Nice graphics, the sound fit, and liked the lighting effect when walking on the tiles."},{"author_name":"Tanser","author_uid":"27381","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1409198580,"text":"Interesting concept. Lots of done for 48h, good job."},{"author_name":"OrangeeZ","author_uid":"12415","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:15am","epoch":1409199000,"text":">Workworkworkwork\r>Bourbonbbourbon\r>Workworkwork\r>You froze to death\rJust like IRL. :(\rGreat entry."},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:24am","epoch":1409199540,"text":"I'm liking the art!"},{"author_name":"GreyShock","author_uid":"11045","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1409230620,"text":"Great art, interesting idea and pretty fun! My best try was $721.44 :D"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1409246640,"text":"A neat little games. I especially like the graphics and how the "worlds" are connected. It could be harder though. Getting work to 100 was piece of cake"},{"author_name":"thecolorhacker","author_uid":"40333","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1409412840,"text":"Fun entry. I liked how it was I bet there will be lots of people that identify with your sim. Good work."},{"author_name":"monosaccharide","author_uid":"20919","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1409412840,"text":"cool game. liked the art and concept. plus i got to freeze to death, which was cool as well."},{"author_name":"abeing","author_uid":"30693","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1409412840,"text":"super game! awesome idea. :) got 60$ i think"},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1409421840,"text":"I liked your game, the story behind it adds a lot to it. The visuals are great and you used the theme in an interesting way, very good job sir ! (just one thing though, I didn't understand the winning condition, I thought I would have to complete my work but I won just by making enough money)"},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1409457960,"text":":)"},{"author_name":"Rehacked","author_uid":"41818","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1409468880,"text":"Very good game. Really liked the concept.I hope you a lot of 5 star rates! (I left you an answer on my games page.)"},{"author_name":"ForeignGuyMike","author_uid":"37077","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 1:33pm","epoch":1409837280,"text":"Made me laugh. Cool game."},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1409845440,"text":"really pleasant game! It was a good idea to "connect" different parts of somebody's life :)up for the graphics!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1410133860,"text":"$501.60\r\rI love everything about this game. Awesome use of theme, great graphics and interacting with the environment. Nice job."},{"author_name":"2HitMatt","author_uid":"39865","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 7:40am","epoch":1410334500,"text":"Sorry for the lack of response. LD happened a week before I quit my job in the Ice Box (in real life) and have since moved into a teaching role :D\r\rI'd like to thank everyone whose played and rated the game. It means a lot to me to see people enjoying something I built, especially something that's based on a mindset I was in for the last 8 months.\r\rI didn't consider it, but its interesting to see how many other people relate to this type of scenario. We all live in our little worlds, one of them an Ice Box.\r\rSo what's the deal with the 100% work completed thing? Well its not stated anywhere, but basically as long as you don't freeze to death, you win. That's because you're still alive technically to work another day. The work completed is used to calculate how much you earned that day and comes from the notion of 'I plan to get X Y and Z done today', which doesn't always pan out. I didn't mean for it to be so easy to get ahead on your work, but it happens haha.\r\rSo winning is not freezing to death, with the money earned more or less to work out your score. I'd like to see a super low negative number come up soon haha (hint; much bourbon, much negligent work)"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1410795900,"text":"Very cool idea, The concept of the game is what makes it such a moving piece."}],"images":["ld30\/39865-7e48997d0ae1f89b186ee3c478663a07.jpg","ld30\/39865-a7afd995cf5c57fbead82440670d94c1.jpg","ld30\/39865-a429048f6a520b980fc5d364f0062f3b.jpg","ld30\/39865-fbe2f2551ff9b9b1372aa1cfe18ab8fc.jpg","ld30\/39865-73212c9d42b59ceaedf30ba64d33de00.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.2hitstudio.com\/jams\/IceBox.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2HitMatt","text":"Twitter"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.2hitstudio.com\/jams\/IceBox.gmx.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16674","g_author":"39865","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16703","g_title":"Ice Box","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"363","g_commentcount":"26","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\/39865-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39865-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39865-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39865-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/39865-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This game sums up the last 8 months of work for me. Isolated in my office, freezing to death to try and earn enough money to get my family by. Spending time with them whenever possible or going to the beach to stay sane.\r\n\r\nNow it can be your struggle too!\r\n\r\nHow To Play\r\n===========\r\nSpacebar - interact\r\nArrows - move around\r\n\r\nAim: Earn a lot of money, by working at the computer.\r\nCatch: Your office is freezing to work in!\r\n\r\nPress space to interact with things in each room. Talking to family will increase your interest, going to beach will increase heat, eating will increase hunger which staves off heat loss. Drinking? You find out.\r\n\r\nLet your heat drop to zero and you die. Try to do as much work as possible at the computer before the time runs out, earn them cash dollars!\r\n\r\n\r\nLet me know how much money you make! :D @2HitMatt","title":"Ice Box"}