{"author_link":"\/author\/hanoth\/","author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","comments":[{"author_name":"Daniel X. Moore","author_uid":"2816","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:43am","epoch":1398656280,"text":"Simple and fun, congrats on your first entry! I like the take on the theme."},{"author_name":"nigelmnz","author_uid":"35021","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:45am","epoch":1398656400,"text":"Makes my skin itch."},{"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"11246","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:03am","epoch":1398657480,"text":"Damn... some of them are really big. Goosebumps...."},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:09am","epoch":1398657840,"text":"If I had that many ticks crawling on me. . . man, I would freak.  :)"},{"author_name":"pixelpun","author_uid":"37166","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:29am","epoch":1398659040,"text":"I like how the bugs crawl over the score and the ui.... I am really itchy now... Nice entry :)"},{"author_name":"Quady14","author_uid":"37152","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:54am","epoch":1398660540,"text":"Ugh, gave me the shivers playing this! Fits really well for the theme though, so I applaud you, nice job!"},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:08am","epoch":1398661380,"text":"Thanks, all, for the kind comments.  I've been itchy since I started working on it."},{"author_name":"TaleLore","author_uid":"21654","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:44am","epoch":1398663540,"text":"Good take on the theme."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1398668400,"text":"Ugh! This game makes me feel uneasy. I really like where you took the theme."},{"author_name":"Caridorc","author_uid":"32741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1398686760,"text":"This is so simple and mind relaxing... Very good!"},{"author_name":"burquitlambadgers","author_uid":"35642","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:17am","epoch":1398733920,"text":"Love the music in this one! Makes me want to scratch at my skin..."},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:20am","epoch":1398737700,"text":"Absolutely disgusting. And hilarious. Both the Flash and HTML5 versions work great. I felt like the 'buzzing' noise could be quieter so you can hear the music better. The music is perfect! Nice job!"},{"author_name":"cavf88","author_uid":"37133","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:32am","epoch":1398821220,"text":"I tried to get rid of them but at the end they won. I wouldn't like that situation in real life."},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:48am","epoch":1398822180,"text":"Guh, ticks are the worst. Really like the execution tho."},{"author_name":"Marcellus","author_uid":"26515","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:57am","epoch":1398822720,"text":"Reminds me of mariopaint. good job."},{"author_name":"Jake_Cohen","author_uid":"37454","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:48am","epoch":1398825780,"text":"this would be fun on an iPad, upgrades could be cool and easy to implement for extended replay-ability"},{"author_name":"brogrammers","author_uid":"26439","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1398870660,"text":"My highscore: 68.\r<br\/>Fun little game!"},{"author_name":"xensky","author_uid":"27267","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1398870780,"text":"perfect game, except for the part where I got the skin crawlies. *shudder*"},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1398878460,"text":"Grossss! Nice job."},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1398896940,"text":"WOW that really creeped me out hahahah. I was really unsettled by the ticks crawling everywhere. I thought it was pretty fun though! The Web one froze on me, and I think the Flash one was on its way to freezing. On my third attempt I was able to get it! My best wasn't very good, it was 30-something, but I got overwhelmed pretty quickly."},{"author_name":"SecularBaron","author_uid":"37422","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1398904140,"text":"Gross... Cool game."},{"author_name":"vicious_br","author_uid":"36629","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1398904260,"text":"yuck! but great fun!!! hahaha,"},{"author_name":"Snild","author_uid":"37223","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1398961260,"text":"Ew. I think I'll stay inside this summer.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The &quot;kill&quot; sound was annoying.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Stereo sound would be a nice addition to give a little hint on where you should look."},{"author_name":"Stratovarius","author_uid":"25000","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1398977040,"text":"You're right, our games are pretty similar, both in style and gameplay. Pretty neat!"},{"author_name":"wicht","author_uid":"8372","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1399061640,"text":"Android Version breaks with a classnotfound exception."},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:48am","epoch":1399077780,"text":"@wicht - Sorry about that.  I don't have an Android phone so I'm kind of flying blind on it.  I've compiled a new version that runs ok on my Ouya, and am publishing it right now.  I'll update the page again when it's up."},{"author_name":"BadgerPriest","author_uid":"3353","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:27am","epoch":1399080120,"text":"Nice take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 2:59am","epoch":1399085640,"text":"Congrats on your first game! Played the web version on my android phone - android version did not work. Some feedback:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>- could not hear any sound. \r<br\/>- some sort of feedback when you splat a tick would be good - an animation or sound effect.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>nice use of the theme! thanks for your game :)"},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:31am","epoch":1399116360,"text":"OK, I think I FINALLY have the Android version working right.  It's now in both the Google Play store (linked above) and the Amazon Appstore - http:\/\/amzn.com\/B00K3BEQ3S"},{"author_name":"vladimirdlc","author_uid":"20157","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1399139400,"text":"Playing this game makes you feel incomfortable in your own skin, that's an achievement itself. Cool first entry, really creative take on the theme.\r<br\/>Regarding the sound, I would have preferred softer sfx's, and on the web version there is no music."},{"author_name":"mark.goetz","author_uid":"34393","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1399140360,"text":"Oh man, that's so creepy (which I'm sure was your intent!).  It's really simple, but it gets the job done.  I felt like the bugs were a little harder to click than I expected, though.  But great job making a game that makes my skin crawl and makes me want to take a shower, in a good way.  :)"},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1399147080,"text":"@vladimirdlc - Thanks for the feedback.  Which browser were you using for the web version?  Just curious since the music plays on mine on Chrome."},{"author_name":"ceosol","author_uid":"34411","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:42am","epoch":1399171020,"text":"Nice little entry. The music\/sound was definitely a good offset for watching ticks burrowing into the skin :D"},{"author_name":"pinkmonkeyhead","author_uid":"11711","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1399219860,"text":"Nice use of the theme"},{"author_name":"evilDan","author_uid":"23275","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1399322100,"text":"Rad - loved the banjo (but it made me itchy &lt;the game, not the banjo&gt;)"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1399569480,"text":"Simple game with no innovation, but implemented well. :)"},{"author_name":"vigrid","author_uid":"10441","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 12:35am","epoch":1400459400,"text":"I'm never going camping..."}],"images":["ld29\/3162-36238af147d14c4d72adb386026598ef.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/manifestgalaxy.com\/tickattack","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.jhanson.tickattack","text":"Android"},{"url":"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/tick-attack\/id870999982?ls=1&amp;mt=8","text":"iPhone"},{"url":"http:\/\/manifestgalaxy.com\/tickattack\/flash\/","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/manifestgalaxy.com\/tickattack\/TickAttackSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18891","g_author":"3162","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18920","g_title":"Tick Attack","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"830","g_commentcount":"37","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\/3162-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I made Tick Attack as my first Ludum Dare entry.  It was written in Monkey-X, using FantomEngine.  I made the graphics in Acorn, the sounds in CFXR, and the music in GarageBand.\r\n\r\nThe controls are simple - click the ticks to make them disappear before they dig in and get BENEATH THE SURFACE of your skin.  Eww.\r\n\r\nThe Web version is HTML5.  I put an untested OS X version out there too.  Enjoy!\r\n\r\nUPDATE 1:  Ported to Flash and Android\r\nUPDATE 2:  I removed the OS X version and replaced it with an iPhone version.","title":"Tick Attack"}