{"author_link":"\/author\/bentosmile\/","author_name":"bentosmile","author_uid":"1177","comments":[{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:03am","epoch":1398646680,"text":"Not your best game of course but I enjoyed it and it surprised me. twice. in a 2 seconds intervals. cool."},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:47am","epoch":1398656520,"text":"Did not see that coming in the end xD, great game nonetheless"},{"author_name":"madhoe","author_uid":"35189","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:50am","epoch":1398656700,"text":"Oh my god. THE SURPRISE."},{"author_name":"Liens","author_uid":"33982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:52am","epoch":1398656820,"text":"Nice take on the theme.  Not sure what that thing was though, maybe aliens."},{"author_name":"Jonochrome","author_uid":"36840","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:55am","epoch":1398657000,"text":"I got so engaged in that, and then--abrupt lovely confusion. That was quite enjoyable."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:56am","epoch":1398660660,"text":"Lol! I love how the friend is just like, &quot;Oh, why diddnt you tell me sooner? ok bye.&quot; Nice suprise though :)"},{"author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1398702360,"text":"Kafka would be proud!"},{"author_name":"kratorspore","author_uid":"6762","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1398702720,"text":"Hehe nice! That was sure unexpected! Nicely done."},{"author_name":"smikulcik","author_uid":"37175","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1398702840,"text":"Nice twist at the end."},{"author_name":"lorniebear","author_uid":"31739","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1398703080,"text":"I like the graphics! :)"},{"author_name":"trueyomic","author_uid":"16892","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1398703200,"text":"It pulls you in to give you an interesting surprise at the end.  The best part of this game was the graphics.  I always like games with multiple endings, so that was a plus."},{"author_name":"KayZ","author_uid":"17933","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1398703320,"text":"There needs to be a category for storytelling or something :). Even played twice to see different dialog and endings."},{"author_name":"Khopa","author_uid":"20553","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1398711180,"text":"Boy, that escalated quickly !"},{"author_name":"muramasa","author_uid":"30442","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1398712200,"text":"YEEEEEEEHHH! I'm an evil creature! I enjoyed it, like, every part of it. Except for the sound, because it doesn't has any."},{"author_name":"xgeovanni","author_uid":"11296","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1398712320,"text":"That ending is up there with The Usual Suspects and Virtue's Last Reward.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also: Boom, voice acting: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/xgeovanni\/scratch\r<br\/>(Feel free to contact me with job offers. I won't get out of bed for less that $80 000)."},{"author_name":"burgerdare","author_uid":"29805","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1398713460,"text":"pretty cool, although I should note that white text on a yellow background is often not a superb choice."},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1398718200,"text":"That made me WTF pretty hard in the end. I really enjoy the graphics, really pleasant on the eyes."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1398719820,"text":"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\r<br\/>That ending D:\r<br\/>Brilliant work on the extreme teen angst part.. I feel so disgusted with the way the character is disgusted with herself that it actually made it make more sense if you know what I mean."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:14am","epoch":1398762540,"text":"First manga styled game in this LD I've spotted so far.\r<br\/>Nice little game!"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1398772860,"text":"This end xD nice one."},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1398813420,"text":"I liked the surprise at the end. A tale of alienation becomes more literal! ;) Nice capturing of teen angst in the dialog. I was just clicking right along reading up the story, totally sucked into it."},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1398814560,"text":"That was so deep and then all of the sudden just what. Played through again, sad I got the same path even though I changed my responses. Still a great game!"},{"author_name":"Halbernacht","author_uid":"35057","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1398901020,"text":"Wasn't expecting to see another VN in Ludum Dare. Really liked the twist and twist's design."},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:07am","epoch":1398938520,"text":"I just LOVED the graphic style. Wish I could draw like this (I am awful with human-shaped things).\r<br\/>It is a shame that there is only one ending, because I would have gladly played through it multiple time to find them all (which I already did, and always got the same ending).\r<br\/>Great job anyway, loved it!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1398947940,"text":"The simplistic graphics style worked wonders, but for me the story wasn't all that compelling. Too bad I also spoiled myself a bit on the other comments :(.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Anssi@MooseflyGames"},{"author_name":"Nichii","author_uid":"29131","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1398948180,"text":"Nice game. Now, only if there is multiple endings :P"},{"author_name":"solkar","author_uid":"9271","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:50pm","epoch":1398948300,"text":"I know some people exactly like that."},{"author_name":"VictoryGarden","author_uid":"22357","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:47am","epoch":1399012920,"text":"I... really liked this. I thought the main character was just transgendered and severely depressed at first, and then... that twist *_* I actually don't have much of anything to add as far as concrit--the game looks great, with good color design and well-chosen images. It may be tiny, but I think it was just the right size for the scope, the twist, and the ideas at hand. A nice game, and I appreciated that you put in multiple endings for such a small project.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Now I want to go take a look at your work for the other competitions! Thank you. This was a nice breather in-between everything else."},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1399054500,"text":"Cool game, I really enjoyed it. I was missing some sound\/music, but still... ;) I made a game by the same name, but yours is better, of course!"},{"author_name":"King_Mew","author_uid":"34967","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1399147980,"text":"I loved it. The ending caught me off guard :P"},{"author_name":"rfgpfeiffer","author_uid":"7968","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1399218300,"text":"Hey bentosmile! I immediately recognized your style on the tiny thumbnail screenshot. I have played your visual novels on my Ouya. Air Pressure was - &quot;fun&quot; is not the right word - really engaging."},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"May 12, 2014 @ 2:48am","epoch":1399862580,"text":"Great ending"}],"images":["ld29\/1177-ea3208fe7ce4c6053da8140733594ea3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bentosmile.com\/games\/jams\/ld29\/Scratch-win32.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bentosmile.com\/games\/jams\/ld29\/Scratch-mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bentosmile.com\/games\/jams\/ld29\/Scratch-linux-x86.tar.bz2","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20497","g_author":"1177","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20526","g_title":"Scratch","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"360","g_commentcount":"32","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\/1177-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a game of extreme teen angst! It's a visual novel, so the controls are pretty simple:\r\n\r\nSPACE: advance text\r\nENTER: confirm\/advance text\r\nARROW KEYS: pick option\r\nESCAPE: quit\r\nF: toggle fullscreen (off by default)\r\n\r\nNote - I didn't spend much energy on this game. It's primarily for fun, and not so much a test of my limits. :) Still, enjoy! It should be playable in 5 minutes at the most.\r\n\r\nSource is included in the game.\r\n","title":"Scratch"}