{"author_link":"\/author\/thomastc\/","author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","comments":[{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:12am","epoch":1377511620,"text":"Nice take on an old classic story :)"},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1377520440,"text":"My Firefox 23 crashed when I got to the giant unfortunately."},{"author_name":"Zelun","author_uid":"26563","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1377525960,"text":"Awesome music, awesome idea, but the jump is kinda fast and you have to do a lot leap of faith till win."},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1377526140,"text":"Haha! Poor Peter Molyneux! Why do you have to take his money? Enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1377526380,"text":"Nice work with the level-design! I like how the story builds up naturally"},{"author_name":"mort96","author_uid":"10534","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1377539100,"text":"Nice game, slightly annoying controls though."},{"author_name":"skarab","author_uid":"25221","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1377539220,"text":"Thumbs up to make me wanted to turn on my megadrive :)"},{"author_name":"Obscuremoon","author_uid":"16732","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1377539220,"text":"This is the best entry I've played so far!"},{"author_name":"Spotline","author_uid":"11703","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1377539940,"text":"Nice game, works well :)"},{"author_name":"Vaughn","author_uid":"25876","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:20pm","epoch":1377558900,"text":"Overall a great experience and entry to LD. Very polished and complete!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:31am","epoch":1377584760,"text":"I like the concept very much. But I found the way up a bit too long to do it every time you fail. Would have been awesome if the giant had actually chased you ;) Nice game!"},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1377607320,"text":"Very solid platformer! I like the snooze button device."},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1377626700,"text":"Hehe nice idea :) It gets frustrating sometimes, especially when I realize for the umpteenth time that I forgot to drop the snoozes. Beat it without time ever running out btw, always got smashed. Just checked to see what happens if it does."},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1377627480,"text":"@timtipgames: Thanks! Both checkpointing and a chasing giant were on the wishlist, but they didn't make the 48h cut :(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Dining Philosopher: Yeah, I realized too late that the balance was off, didn't want to redo all the levels. I could have changed the timer to 7 seconds, but y'know, theme and all that..."},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1377627780,"text":"Haha, really unique take on the theme, nice idea!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The controls were really clunky though, the jumping could perhaps have bit more floatiness into it. Also the music was was ear breakingly bad.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But the hilarious ending made it worth it!"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:39am","epoch":1377650040,"text":"Great graphics, a nice tie in with the fairy tale, a bit silly, and very well polished.  My only major complaint is that the jumping mechanic was a but unforgiving.  I also with the platforms were jump-through so you could just up through them from the bottom.  Overall, very nice job."},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1377746340,"text":"All 5's from me. amazing entry. great music, sfx, the parallax clouds are amazing (I have a cloud game and spend weeks on drawing clouds).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like how you discover the alarm clock and then are able to skill it later. it's genius. really amazing entry. great work."},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:04pm","epoch":1377784740,"text":"Sweet concept - ran MUCH smoother for me in chrome than firefox."},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1377807660,"text":"@AdventureIslands: I know I'm no great composer :) In the interest of improving my skills, what in particular don't you like about the music? Is it the chiptune instruments? The accompaniment that I invented? The lack of any dynamics? Or do you just not like Irish jigs in general? ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@tigerj: Thank you for the praise!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@gritfish: Funny, it's a bit smoother in FF for me. Which surprised me because I usually find Chrome faster."},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1378152660,"text":"Really nice game, and so much addictive! The jumping is a little imprecise, especially when the platform is getting harder. But overall it's a very good job."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1378499880,"text":"Nice game, well executed :)"},{"author_name":"whiteravens","author_uid":"23106","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1378504200,"text":"Frame rate seems to be too fast, but good game!"},{"author_name":"zzForrest","author_uid":"6412","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1378510260,"text":"Really cool!  I liked the different take on a classic tale.  I think the mechanic was pretty cool, but unfortunately the game had less of a focus on placing snooze buttons in well planned places, instead focusing on how fast you can do a pixel perfect jump.  The first chicken level is nearly impossible due to this."},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 2:42pm","epoch":1378564620,"text":"Nice work here. Smart theme usage, really liked this game."},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 10:19am","epoch":1378635240,"text":"The jumping felt a bit weird and took some time to get used to, but it was fun."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 8:22am","epoch":1378714620,"text":"Good job on introducing the snooze button, which gives some dynamic in the gameplay. But levels were a bit too easy in 10+ seconds.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>For info, I had some trouble in chrome, I went off the page for few seconds and when I came back, the fps was awfully high. Problem solved by reloading the page."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1378839720,"text":"Good game with nice sounds and music. Very solid without any glitches. Since I am not a big fan of platformers and my skill is very low, I had no chance to finish more than two levels, but the level design and game design is very solid.\r<br\/>Good Work!"},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1379363760,"text":"A great and original idea!"}],"images":["ld27\/7882-112b284ae166931ad7767e7351e69f59.jpg","ld27\/7882-bf840fbac4e496a957208d2d155cac1d.jpg","ld27\/7882-9dc76b5eaedeaf3a03082838977681de.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jack.frozenfractal.com\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/jack.frozenfractal.com\/game.coffee","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23628","g_author":"7882","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23658","g_title":"Jack and the Alarm Clock","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"237","g_commentcount":"28","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\/\/273708\/7882-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/7882-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/7882-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Jack has to climb up the beanstalk to steal the sleeping giant's treasure, but on the way down, the giant's alarm clock is about to go off! You have to strategically place snooze buttons along the way to keep him dozing, buying time to reach the ground safely.\r\n\r\nA WebGL browser game in CoffeeScript. Tested in Chrome and Firefox.","title":"Jack and the Alarm Clock"}