{"author_link":"\/author\/fortyseven\/","author_name":"Fortyseven","author_uid":"2847","comments":[{"author_name":"Warzone Gaming","author_uid":"34993","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1398728940,"text":"Dropping from ceilings, and chest busting aliens... Most legit I've ever played! If it weren't for all the glitches... It would be freakin awesome."},{"author_name":"danbo","author_uid":"26427","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:09am","epoch":1398733440,"text":"This is pretty funny. Scream sound effect took me by surprise!"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:09am","epoch":1398733440,"text":"Hard to go wrong with a whack-a-mole game"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:29am","epoch":1398734640,"text":"Might be the best game of the Alien franchise."},{"author_name":"Korwegian","author_uid":"31877","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:41am","epoch":1398735360,"text":"I love the concept but it's really glitchy and confusing."},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:44am","epoch":1398735540,"text":"Very nice graphics and atmosphere."},{"author_name":"Fortyseven","author_uid":"2847","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:46am","epoch":1398735660,"text":"Thanks, guys! :D  But yes, lots of bugs. Much glitching. I plan to fix up most of that and polish it up in the coming days."},{"author_name":"theundeadwarrior","author_uid":"35371","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:05am","epoch":1398740400,"text":"WOOAHHHAHAAAAHAHHHHHH ;)"},{"author_name":"mechabit","author_uid":"34391","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:15am","epoch":1398741000,"text":"Nice graphics, don't think I've yet to whack an alien"},{"author_name":"gene-z","author_uid":"26095","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:28am","epoch":1398745380,"text":"Good Work.. really impressive"},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1398799740,"text":"Art is pretty sweet."},{"author_name":"Gins","author_uid":"33074","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1398812280,"text":"Whack-A-Mole :)\r<br\/>The game seems to have gotten stuck after a while, because nothing new happened."},{"author_name":"hyouko","author_uid":"31859","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:43am","epoch":1398829080,"text":"The scream definitely makes it.  Wish there was an easier way to start over than reloading the page, though!"},{"author_name":"GamerTaters","author_uid":"35352","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:07am","epoch":1398855720,"text":"That scream! Nice presentation. Definitely a little buggy though."},{"author_name":"urisensei","author_uid":"35608","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:08am","epoch":1398855780,"text":"It's all fun and games until a chest burster flies into your face. Wacky idea, and good execution, only bug I came across was after wacking the Medical Hammer tm (great name) a few times in a row, no more patients came down.\r<br\/>Don't do drugs kids"},{"author_name":"byExclusive","author_uid":"37316","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:59am","epoch":1399017240,"text":"Great idea!!!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:59am","epoch":1399017240,"text":"Very funny. Very bugged. ;)"},{"author_name":"CMaster","author_uid":"10609","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:08am","epoch":1399201380,"text":"Kinda funny.\r<br\/>Shame it tends to lock up.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Guessing most of the graphics are pulled from elsewhere?"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1399313040,"text":"Hi. Several bugs on mouse tracking. Really good mood."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 9, 2014 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1399667340,"text":"Glitchy, but pretty good for the time. I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/wBne0r55jPY"},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 5:02pm","epoch":1399741020,"text":"Cool idea.^^ I played several rounds :)"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1400194320,"text":"The most hardcore whack-a-mole game I've ever played! It's a diamond in the rough :P.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anssi@MooseflyGames"},{"author_name":"Fortyseven","author_uid":"2847","time":"Jul 16, 2014 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1405550880,"text":"I went back and revised the hell out of the game over the last couple weeks; fixed lots of bugs and polished things up. Learned a lot. :) -&gt; http:\/\/fortyseven.itch.io\/whack-a-burster"},{"author_name":"Fortyseven","author_uid":"2847","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 5:11am","epoch":1418879160,"text":"Came back to link to the final version on GameJolt: http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/arcade\/whack-a-burster\/30298\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It's still barely a game, but I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. :)"},{"author_name":"Fortyseven","author_uid":"2847","time":"Dec 18, 2014 @ 5:12am","epoch":1418879220,"text":"And I'm just realizing that it's probably the same build. I should have looked first. [Talks to an empty room.]"}],"images":["ld29\/2847-bdebb90a4358b881bec782cec5ea5566.jpg","ld29\/2847-80351c201fb547eccb9deef29e7928b8.jpg","ld29\/2847-144e31125ff88eef5c2f1ae281a5542f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bytestemplar.com\/misc\/ld48\/29\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20333","g_author":"2847","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20362","g_title":"Whack-A-Burster","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"629","g_commentcount":"25","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\/2847-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/2847-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/2847-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What's beneath the surface? A chest-burster. \r\n\r\nWhat you've got here is Aliens themed whack-a-mole.  That's it. ;)\r\n\r\nArcade gameplay is roughly in place, with bugs of course. Hastily added sound effects. Wrapping this up with a couple hours to spare since I have to be someplace. Will definitely finish it up, since there's a bit more I wanted to do with this.","title":"Whack-A-Burster"}