{"author_link":"\/author\/goerp\/","author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","comments":[{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:50am","epoch":1398645900,"text":"cool name ;)\r\ris there a way to skip the intro?"},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:12am","epoch":1398647220,"text":"Skip intro with 'S'."},{"author_name":"Pete_H","author_uid":"30272","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:05am","epoch":1398650400,"text":"Why would you skip the intro? :p love the music and style! Made me laugh out loud when he takes his sun glasses off!"},{"author_name":"ClutchNachos","author_uid":"33491","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:32am","epoch":1398652020,"text":"That was just fun and hilarious and the best use of the theme"},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:23am","epoch":1398676680,"text":"I wanted to skip the intro because I wanted to try the game again :)"},{"author_name":"tiffi_gaming","author_uid":"29484","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1398687840,"text":""S" saved the day. Awesome music sir!"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1398689280,"text":"Best wtf game of LD29 this far xD"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1398689460,"text":"Five stars for the use of theme. :D Ben is such a bad ass."},{"author_name":"primaerfunktion","author_uid":"12505","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1398692580,"text":"Really interesting to see how many people have a similar idea. I guess this is like the third surfig game I've seen. And yours is just as great. Really like the art."},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:52pm","epoch":1398692820,"text":"Good music, that man is awesome."},{"author_name":"Dominator_101","author_uid":"21741","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:07pm","epoch":1398708120,"text":"Good jump, fellow surf ace!\r\rNot much gameplay wise, but humorous and decent music. Radical!"},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398712320,"text":"Never have i experienced something more tense than those last 15 seconds of Ben Eath the Surf Ace very very slowly approaching the boat."},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1398712740,"text":"@Lars: haha, sorry about that. I knew it was impossible to react to something thrown from just a few pixels away, but I didn't have time to implement a good solution, so my fix was, not having anything thrown within a certain distance from the boat. But now Ben is going with 3 pixels per second and nothing happens until you reach the boat.\rI'll make a fix for that I think."},{"author_name":"mactinite","author_uid":"26320","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1398713880,"text":"After waiting 15 seconds before i finally meet the manliest Ben."},{"author_name":"burquitlambadgers","author_uid":"35642","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:22am","epoch":1398734220,"text":"Hah. Ben is hilarious!"},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:56am","epoch":1398736260,"text":"Let me start by saying you've done an amazing soundtrack!\r\rYour graphics are decent, consistent, and suit the humorous vibe of the game.\r\rMechanics-wise it's not the most original game in the competition, but I suppose that wasn't your intention ;)\r\rGood job!"},{"author_name":"TeamPurpleDolphins","author_uid":"37395","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:43am","epoch":1398746280,"text":"Really enjoyed it. Great work. Clever play on the theme too"},{"author_name":"GertJohnny","author_uid":"22774","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:36am","epoch":1398753060,"text":"I wish I could be part time surfer, full time cool dude."},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:45am","epoch":1398764400,"text":"Graphics, music and humor are great!\rWell, the gameplay isn't that new, but it works."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:03am","epoch":1398765480,"text":"Haha, fun to play, love the quirky music and sound and grafix, neat! Great intro and outro :)"},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1398781440,"text":"Nice Game. Would love to see another Ben Eath adventure. :)"},{"author_name":"LittleBlueFrog","author_uid":"34105","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1398791460,"text":"Great musical score, nice art as usual and a nice short game to waste your time on :)"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1398801240,"text":"Love the graphics and the intro! Audiodesign is also great! ^^"},{"author_name":"dejant","author_uid":"34568","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1398804420,"text":"Hahaha, great!"},{"author_name":"maffydub","author_uid":"36549","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1398808140,"text":"Great graphics and a very funny ending!"},{"author_name":"nonentheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:40am","epoch":1398854100,"text":"Mustache and hairy chest, the only way to roll!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:57am","epoch":1398912720,"text":"Yeah the theme was totally asking for it ;D\rI rofld the first time the dodging sound effect played.\rAnd epic 70's audio!"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1398963180,"text":"Timing your move is a bit hard, so the lack of a retry button is a bit disapointing, but the overall tone of the game makes up for it"},{"author_name":"Tardowyn","author_uid":"36811","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 3:47am","epoch":1399002120,"text":"Wow...just...amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this! It would be nice to have a way to retry, though, without having to refresh."},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1399225500,"text":"Okay, I'll give you extra points just for style. Short, fun little game with a really silly vibe and more humor than you can shake a Cool Dude at. No replay value, but still pretty fun for something made in a day. :)"},{"author_name":"Hiku","author_uid":"22687","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1399573800,"text":"Simple but really great ! GG !"},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1399579200,"text":"Cool game, a bit short! I loved the music, very fitting to the surf vibe...! ;)"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 12:40pm","epoch":1399725300,"text":"Great game with hilarious ending. I like the story, the graphics, the audio and everything else about your game. It's simple but the story and the presentation makes it fun to play. You even managed to build up tension right before Ben reaches the boat. I noticed a bug in the game, if you press the down key right after ben is on the surfboard, you immediately lose. And your instructions say to use the down key for the bombs and the up key for the knives, but I think it's the other way around. Overall a great game, sadly a bit short."},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1399758600,"text":"I'm kind of amazed that 4 other games used the same gag interpretation of the theme. Pretty clever anyway.\r\r Endearing audio & voice work. Gameplay is perhaps a bit basic."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 12:30am","epoch":1400199900,"text":"that was kool - nice hairy surfer dud"}],"images":["ld29\/14225-053b3d619bcd100fa4e72d6c474fa114.jpg","ld29\/14225-caa0d4e1b5e4bb76b9dd1fd43c349b16.jpg","ld29\/14225-b96217c02bb5666da1e2ecb4f23006d1.jpg","ld29\/14225-74521d48c55aa50b021546e1be7d4924.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.goerp.nl\/flash\/ld\/ld29\/Ben%20Eath.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/05\/10\/the-making-of-ben-eath-the-surf-ace\/","text":"The making of"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.goerp.nl\/flash\/ld\/ld29\/beneath2.mp3","text":"intro music"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.goerp.nl\/flash\/ld\/ld29\/beneath.mp3","text":"in game music"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.goerp.nl\/flash\/ld\/ld29\/Ben%20Eath.fla","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19811","g_author":"14225","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19840","g_title":"Ben Eath the Surf Ace","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"632","g_commentcount":"35","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\/14225-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14225-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14225-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/14225-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Everybody who remembers the 70's loves the cartoons of Ben Eath (pronounced like 'Earth' but without the 'r').\r\n\r\nBen Eath the Surf Ace:\r\npart time surfer\r\npart time private investigator\r\nfull time Cool Dude!\r\n\r\nNow Ben is back and you can play Ben himself in this thrilling surf game!\r\n\r\nAvoid the weapons thrown at you, by jumping (UP key, for the bombs) or ducking (DOWN key, for the knives).\r\n\r\nSkip intro with 'S'.\r\n\r\nEDIT 10-5: if you have the time, check out the 'the making of' link for more Ben stuff. \r\n\r\nBACKGROUND: \r\nI had a more original idea, but at the end of the first day I found that the game was far to difficult and actually no fun at all!\r\nSo the second day I made this game.\r\n\r\nI admit it's not that special but I think you can enjoy yourself for a while. It is possible to win and quite easy to lose.\r\nI didn't get to make a retry button so you have to refresh the screen to replay.\r\n\r\nI had fun creating this especially the music (the 'Ben choir'!! :D). It was the first time I created a complete multitrack song!\r\nI admit the music could have used a few more retakes (my sense of rhythm is not so good) but at the moment I'm pleased with it.\r\n\r\nEDIT 28-8: I've changed the game a little bit where the wait between having won the game and seeing the end animation is lessened a bit. It doesn't affect any gameplay, just a few seconds waiting time for the end.","title":"Ben Eath the Surf Ace"}