{"author_link":"\/author\/paperblurt\/","author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","comments":[{"author_name":"AgeNt_","author_uid":"34738","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1398645060,"text":"This is really good! Funny yet awesome to play along with. Good job!"},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:12am","epoch":1398668820,"text":"I didn't expect something like this to come out of the theme. Really surprising and cool!"},{"author_name":"eldog","author_uid":"34252","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:23am","epoch":1398669480,"text":"I digged the narrative and the poetry. What a lovely character too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great SMS scene.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You've got a &quot;hear&quot; instead of a &quot;here&quot; in there, but that is me just being a smelly spelly."},{"author_name":"Colorvade","author_uid":"22146","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:24am","epoch":1398669540,"text":"Nice stylization of things. 'Bout all I have to say on that."},{"author_name":"Farfin","author_uid":"4268","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:30am","epoch":1398669900,"text":"I don't think rocky learned anything!"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:41am","epoch":1398670560,"text":"very cool, not what I expected. (also the font for Rectum Ranger Heroes is great, which is it? or did you make it yourself?)"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:44am","epoch":1398670740,"text":"Thanks eldog for spotting the typo. Something is always missed it seems!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>rylgh: The font is from Google Web Fonts, Trade Winds and Metamorphous is used for Rectum Rangers :)"},{"author_name":"finefin","author_uid":"16498","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:48am","epoch":1398670980,"text":"great use of the twine engine! the story was kind of disturbing - but funny. the porn titles made me laugh out loud :)"},{"author_name":"LewisW","author_uid":"34178","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:52am","epoch":1398671220,"text":"It was pretty interesting. I played until the end at least. I think it felt a bit &quot;railroady&quot; though."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:15am","epoch":1398672600,"text":"Man, not sure if there where other paths or something but that was heart wrenching D:"},{"author_name":"TomBoogaart","author_uid":"36150","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:22am","epoch":1398673020,"text":"haha i had some laughs playing this"},{"author_name":"micdoodle8","author_uid":"36649","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:52am","epoch":1398674820,"text":"Funny, creative and graphically pleasing. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1398675000,"text":"A melancholic tale on the surface, and a hilarious one below. Good show!"},{"author_name":"allurious","author_uid":"20642","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1398675000,"text":"I really liked this, especially the phone conversations between Rocky and God\/Satan. Neat."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1398675000,"text":"Isn't this edgy and cool. :)\r<br\/>Really great use of theme, now I know a lot more about retired porn stars.\r<br\/>Love the overall aesthetics!"},{"author_name":"Custard Games","author_uid":"9841","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:57am","epoch":1398675120,"text":"wat? This was great. I didn't understand a lot of it, but great anyway."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:00am","epoch":1398675300,"text":"got sucked in the story :)"},{"author_name":"fluidvolt","author_uid":"26913","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:03am","epoch":1398675480,"text":"I love twine games, another rad one to add to the list. This was well-written and had a good story. And it stayed funny all the way through, always great. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:03am","epoch":1398675480,"text":"Boom! The best!"},{"author_name":"CustomPhase","author_uid":"20604","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:17am","epoch":1398676320,"text":"Heh, that was, um, unusual :) Not a big fan of a text driven adventure games though :)"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:34am","epoch":1398677340,"text":"I just love your entries! \r<br\/>So much enjoyment from such minimalistic delivery. \r<br\/>Also the typos add to the fun. Leave them in man."},{"author_name":"gabbsson","author_uid":"19472","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:23am","epoch":1398680280,"text":"At first I thought, oh no.. one of &quot;these&quot; games. But was pleasantly surprised at the depth of Rockys thoughts! Well done!"},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:17am","epoch":1398683520,"text":"I was not expecting something this funny from the theme. Good job!"},{"author_name":"donan","author_uid":"22213","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1398684300,"text":"Really original xD. Awesome game."},{"author_name":"Snoother","author_uid":"33841","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1398697200,"text":"Not what I expected, but nevertheless good. Nice use of graphics and timed scenes. The prose was a bit bland at times, but overall it's pretty well-written."},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1398701100,"text":"Funny. But need MOAR.."},{"author_name":"Snoother","author_uid":"33841","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1398704460,"text":"Played it a second time: upping my score slightly. The prose works better than I originally thought and, on reflection, it really is a bloody good premise."},{"author_name":"chrisamaphone","author_uid":"2634","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1398710040,"text":"what a super weird story! props for your use of twine and extensive content development."},{"author_name":"ioboi","author_uid":"26407","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1398713940,"text":"i love it :))"},{"author_name":"attractivenerd","author_uid":"21956","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1398714000,"text":"WTF haha, charmingly offensive idea. Never slipped into the role of an ex porn star. Ending was sad somehow."},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1398715860,"text":"Very cool and visually pleasing.\r<br\/>I like these sort of choose-your-way games."},{"author_name":"SenorDiablo","author_uid":"20137","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1398721500,"text":"ahahahaha very very funny but also got so dark. Nice one 5\/5 humor"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1398724380,"text":"That was unexpected :)"},{"author_name":"kbm","author_uid":"20498","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1398727320,"text":"This was a really funny, interesting, sad experience. Thank you for this."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:53am","epoch":1398736080,"text":"haha I had fun with this. Once I saw Schindler's Fist, I knew I was in for something unique. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Candyhandy","author_uid":"34443","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:16am","epoch":1398755460,"text":"Pure enjoyment"},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:55am","epoch":1398761400,"text":"I saw a few typos, such as &quot;With an empty fridge you are a too busy to find the time to cook.&quot; (Extraneous &quot;a&quot;.)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had trouble identifying with the first part, being female, but it was interesting. Lots of good storytelling techniques used."},{"author_name":"DanEEStar","author_uid":"12823","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:46am","epoch":1398764460,"text":"Not bad. Full of cliches.\r<br\/>Its pretty cool that you can replay parts of the game by changing the URL."},{"author_name":"teambrookvale","author_uid":"34127","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:22am","epoch":1398766620,"text":"Haha that was fun! Love the art style"},{"author_name":"nonentheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:43am","epoch":1398767880,"text":"That is great! Nice job!"},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:00am","epoch":1398768900,"text":"Like how the story told. Not sure if Twine support sound, but it would be great if some background sounds are added. :)"},{"author_name":"AmmoreChicks","author_uid":"30938","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:41am","epoch":1398771360,"text":"Ah, ah! A little bit extreme but very original! I saw a lot of Twine functions I didn't know..."},{"author_name":"SuperIzzo","author_uid":"34828","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:56am","epoch":1398772260,"text":"It started funny then it got sad, but it got me following the mood trough out. Exquisite narrative."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1398774300,"text":"Had a good laugh, thank you"},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1398778740,"text":"haha i like it ..well done man :)"},{"author_name":"RobotParking","author_uid":"26005","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1398780780,"text":"\ufeff\uff21\uff32\uff32\uff29\uff22\uff21"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:36pm","epoch":1398781860,"text":"Funny? You guys are fucked up man! It was awesome. Thouugh, the end did make me lol out loud. That's a lot of lolols."},{"author_name":"DarkMeatGames","author_uid":"34345","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1398793140,"text":"Great stuff. Well executed choose your own adventure book that Chuck Palaniuk would probably enjoy. Nice work! Great visual style considering it was 90% text"},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1398801000,"text":"That was so well done. Disturbing, thoughtful and funny in a black-humoured way. Really nice work."},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1398807540,"text":"I normally dont like text stuffs but this one is good, really well written, it catches you. Great game!"},{"author_name":"Udell Games","author_uid":"30630","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1398808740,"text":"Woah, that was deeper than expected. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"dmcfarline","author_uid":"22181","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1398810240,"text":"Something about the minimalist presentation really drew me in\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The ending was a bit unexpected!"},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1398814200,"text":"&quot;i have a fucking galaxy to run.&quot; LOL"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1398815460,"text":"Well, that was pretty cool! Well-written and humorous, with a few really surprising scenes (especially heaven and hell). And the best thing: Great execution! I don't think I've ever seen a Twine game that had so many changes in style - and all of them fit well here. Really good job!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:00am","epoch":1398819300,"text":"Kind of a weird\/funny game. I included it in part 2 of my LD29 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) \r<br\/>http:\/\/youtu.be\/JHNjbQTDBuQ"},{"author_name":"v3games","author_uid":"34769","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:38am","epoch":1398825180,"text":"Your rating is more than the sum of its parts. It's a good idea though."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:07am","epoch":1398841320,"text":"Thanks for all comments so far!"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:26am","epoch":1398849660,"text":"lol wut"},{"author_name":"randoman","author_uid":"13710","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:31am","epoch":1398857160,"text":"Poor Rocky! Very nice entry! Finished 2 paths, I don't know if there is more but I'll keep playing to find out!"},{"author_name":"Ken Ichi","author_uid":"27522","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:41pm","epoch":1398868560,"text":"Nice game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Love the God on cellphone ;p~"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1398876840,"text":"I listened to Lovage http:\/\/youtu.be\/Od8FfT1U820 while playing this. Once the talking stops it works pretty well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The piano intro song kicked in just as I clicked onto the highway.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game is fantastic. Your use of colour is perfect and the pacing is brilliant. Every time I play one of your games I think I really want to make something like this but I just don't have the skills!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1398876900,"text":"I've always wanted to go to *spoiler* !"},{"author_name":"arrogant.gamer","author_uid":"22995","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1398877920,"text":"Pretty neat for the first bit, but it kind of lost me when he tries to steal a kid. And then I think I got stuck in the guard's office, trapped by the number of choices."},{"author_name":"Gazok","author_uid":"6609","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1398899400,"text":"Hey, thanks for pointing out broken images on my game. Now to return the favour :P\r<br\/>\r<br\/>At http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com\/#1l.3.p.a.b.c , &quot;resides&quot; &quot;needs&quot; and &quot;hits&quot; shouldn't have those 's's.\r<br\/>http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com\/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g should be &quot;fridge has been&quot;\r<br\/>http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com\/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g.s.c.1p.o.7.1m &quot;lived has given&quot;, &quot;elderly existence&quot;\r<br\/>http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com\/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g.s.c.1p.o.7.1m.1f.1e.5.1e &quot;just not to oblige you&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for the rest of the game, &quot;Schindler's Fist.&quot;\r<br\/>That is all.\r<br\/>But seriously, I really liked a lot of the jokes."},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:19am","epoch":1398939240,"text":"Humorous and awesome, I just wish it were longer"},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1398955380,"text":"Hahaha, I didn't expect this. Great one :)"},{"author_name":"javifugitivo","author_uid":"25708","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1398988080,"text":"Lol!"},{"author_name":"madflame991","author_uid":"5035","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 10:51am","epoch":1399027560,"text":"Funny and sad story with some nice graphics. One of the few text adventures I've played to the end. Arriba!"},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1399125180,"text":"I'm rarely into text based game, but this one drew me in. The story was somewhat interesting, and the pace didn't feel monotonous. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1399227600,"text":"Ariba! (I let 'm go)"},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1399228980,"text":"Humorous, sad, then creepy. But you kept me involved in the story from start to finish. I didn't expect much when I started, but I was sure shown what for - good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1399305780,"text":"Unique, involving story, and great use of colour and graphics. A bit linear, but you can't have everything.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Definitely one of your best games. (I may have enjoyed &quot;Alone\/Awake&quot; more, but that's because I'm more of a science fiction fan. This story has better visuals, though.)"},{"author_name":"JavadocMD","author_uid":"29362","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1399395060,"text":"A very interesting mix of funny and sad. The visuals really add a lot of flare."},{"author_name":"edibletoaster","author_uid":"5756","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 11:01am","epoch":1399460160,"text":"Well done"},{"author_name":"Kyatric","author_uid":"5250","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 7:06pm","epoch":1399662060,"text":"Unexpected and well written.\r<br\/>An interesting interactive story.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job on making it and submitting to the compo !"},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 8:05am","epoch":1399795200,"text":"Interesting. The artwork and overall style was very nice. I'm not used to playing games in silence, but it worked for well for this game."},{"author_name":"cageinabird","author_uid":"12377","time":"May 12, 2014 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1399923900,"text":"I always find myself underestimating and then being super impressed by the ingenious stuff people can do in Twine. I really ought to try it some day...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This was, in turns, bizarre, darkly comic, disturbing, surreal, pathos-inducing, and probably more adjectives that I haven't learned yet. :D I agree with the person who saw similarities with this and Chuck Palahniuk's work, and I sensed a bit of Hunter S. Thompson in there too in the way the story itself seemed to go off-road and make a dash for the border (probably to bat country). I'm just glad I'm came along for the ride! :)"},{"author_name":"ThingoStudios","author_uid":"31541","time":"May 17, 2014 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1400365800,"text":"Everyone's said everything that can be said about this game, methinks. Gross and hilarious while never losing its heart."},{"author_name":"kristoffer zetterberg","author_uid":"27525","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1400510640,"text":"hej PaperBlurt! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>synd att du inte kunde spela mitt spel, det blev ju lite annorlunda den h&auml;r g&aring;ngen, hade ont om tid, en bra id&eacute; som inte funkade i Twine, och en kompis som kan programmera. men det blir s&auml;kert nya Twine-spel i framtiden. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>ditt spelade jag d&auml;remot, och det &auml;r jag glad f&ouml;r! du har verkligen lyckats f&aring; till nya s&auml;tt att anv&auml;nda programmet p&aring; som k&auml;nns fr&auml;scha och intressanta och bidrar till upplevelsen. du &auml;r dessutom lyckats v&auml;ldigt bra med humorn h&auml;r, speciellt tajmingen &auml;r toppen. bra jobbat!"},{"author_name":"wilbefast","author_uid":"14535","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1400534580,"text":"Not sure categories like &quot;fun&quot; really apply to this game, but that you for this... &quot;experience&quot;? Something strangely profound a melancholic, but also very funny on occasion. I'm not sure I have the emotional intelligence to did that far into it, but it gave me a moments pause and quite contemplation about life the universe and everything, even if I'm not sure I understood exactly why it did. Good job sir :)"}],"images":["ld29\/26530-403a627df86211270d6fe7611e29815e.jpg","ld29\/26530-ca5eb22ad18a2f1bb7d90b75c3ad7510.jpg","ld29\/26530-edae2af4364c1db38501803c7ba44b00.jpg","ld29\/26530-32a74845e3880465c159bde982349803.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com","text":"play online"},{"url":"http:\/\/rocky.paperblurt.com\/Rocky_Barbato_Source_Code.txt","text":"source code"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.paperblurt.com","text":"other fun stuff"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paperblurt","text":"twitter"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18652","g_author":"26530","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18681","g_title":"The Sadness of Rocky Barbato","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"517","g_commentcount":"80","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\/\/342546\/26530-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26530-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26530-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/26530-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Sadness of Rocky Barbato is about an ex porn star.\r\n\r\nAn OLD porn star, not having the same youthful stamina anymore.\r\nHe looks back at his life and sees that he's missing something, that he's been focusing on the surface, instead of looking beneath it - seeing what really matters.\r\n\r\nBut this drives him a bit crazy unfortunately.\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nMade in Twine and I used Photoshop for all graphics.\r\n\r\nWanted to use graphics, animations and colors as I feel that gives Interactive Fiction games an extra kick, and I really like working with the design portion of a Twine game...\r\n\r\nHope you enjoy it!\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nUPDATE 28\/4:\r\n\r\nThanks to eldog who spotted a typo!\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nUPDATE 29\/4:\r\n\r\nThanks to Crowbeak who spotted a typo!\r\nI removed an \"a\".\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nUPDATE 29\/4:\r\n\r\nReal BIG thanks to Gazok for extensive proofreading!\r\n(as I'm not a native english speaker, some errors and typos manage to slip me by)\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nUPDATE 4\/5:\r\n\r\nTweaked the timings a bit, went from 6 seconds to 5 seconds on one part (!)\r\n\r\n- - - -\r\n\r\nUPDATE 7\/5:\r\n\r\nGot an e-mail from Phrostylicious who had spotted yet another typo (man I suck at proofreading!)","title":"The Sadness of Rocky Barbato"}