{"author_link":"\/author\/andwhatnot\/","author_name":"andwhatnot","author_uid":"27164","comments":[{"author_name":"Ciaran54","author_uid":"8247","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:31am","epoch":1377491160,"text":"WHO ARE THESE CUBES AND WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM ME?!?"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:15pm","epoch":1377529800,"text":"01234560 argh... that parts so frustrating..."},{"author_name":"grayhaze","author_uid":"23957","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1377548580,"text":"An enjoyable little platform game. The movement of the cubes sometimes makes it almost impossible to reach the higher goals, but adds to the challenge."},{"author_name":"apaneske","author_uid":"26582","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1377548820,"text":"The face was a nice addition. Replayed it a couple of times, and was surprised when I was pushed through the floor."},{"author_name":"Fabien Por\u00e9e","author_uid":"20926","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1377553800,"text":"This is really great."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1377555660,"text":"What happened ? Did I win the game? I have no idea. I had negative seconds!"},{"author_name":"flyingbear","author_uid":"16232","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1377556080,"text":"A platformer where the &quot;platforms&quot; slowly track you is surprisingly interesting to play! I liked the surreal turn the game took."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:33am","epoch":1377563280,"text":"The &quot;tracking&quot; platforms is indeed a very cool idea!"},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:13am","epoch":1377565680,"text":"Fun little game. :) I managed to find the taco!"},{"author_name":"evilDan","author_uid":"23275","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:40am","epoch":1377578100,"text":"I just keep buying tacos and rainbows.  \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I don't know what I just played, but I loved it and wished to spend more time with it.  MORE PLEASE!"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1377616020,"text":"Fun little plat...former? Unique gameplay. Maybe a little confusing, which only shows how little I understand the meaning of my own life. *sigh* ;)"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1377634320,"text":"I like, how the level changes with every collected &quot;thing&quot; and that everything is moving. I fell through the floor once though and the game runs a bit slow for me."},{"author_name":"Daisuke909","author_uid":"8522","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1377644220,"text":"I'm not sure if I really get it. The take on platforming was cool, though."},{"author_name":"[-BipolarDesign+]","author_uid":"13748","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1377644280,"text":"I'm confused... but I had fun, I think? Haha :D"},{"author_name":"Jayjay","author_uid":"5475","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:22am","epoch":1377649020,"text":"The cubes are friendly at first, but eventually turn foe as you try to get to harder-to-reach ones."},{"author_name":"bnhw","author_uid":"3267","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:35am","epoch":1377653400,"text":"I really liked the concept of the floating staircase building up procedurally, but I managed to get pushed off by the blocks! http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KAOd4GY.png"},{"author_name":"jrose","author_uid":"28017","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:11am","epoch":1377659160,"text":"Evil cubes! Challenging and addictive game. I finally mastered it and discovered the meaning of life."},{"author_name":"Delca","author_uid":"24934","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:05am","epoch":1377687600,"text":"A interesting platformer! I liked moving the character around and just jumping from one cube to another."},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1377699720,"text":"I love games that go the surreal way and breaks the rules that they set up themselves (this kind of felt like a micro version of Frog Fractions) and this was really great.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Surprisingly, the moving blocks mechanic was very cool, that seemed like it could be expanded and explored a lot!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I actually really want to make games like this, but I never dare pour more than an hour into it, because people just think it is super weird. Maybe one day I'll make something like this for a full weekend :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you for this great experience :D"},{"author_name":"ZeppelinCaptain","author_uid":"27032","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1377699780,"text":"Oh and btw, I had never heard of In Time before you mentioned it in a comment on my game :D I think it would fit a game story better than a movie."},{"author_name":"paulmcgg","author_uid":"21390","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1377726000,"text":"First stage reminds me a lot of problem attic. I love how gleefully obtuse this is."},{"author_name":"cafeine","author_uid":"14795","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:15am","epoch":1377735000,"text":"Good! I don't think I've been stalked by cubes before, that was an odd experience :)"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:25am","epoch":1377746400,"text":"kinda reminded me of boos from mario. I loved the offbeat gameplay! where can I spent my negative seconds in real life?"},{"author_name":"lalanl","author_uid":"19437","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1377748080,"text":"+&infin; for tacos. :)"},{"author_name":"Jimanzium","author_uid":"24428","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:05am","epoch":1377774000,"text":"I managed to get pushed off the bottom of the screen by an orange block"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1377881220,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1377987120,"text":"Did I just play a platformer game with moving platforms? That worked surprisingly well. Are the positions of the blocks scripted? They seemed so random, but at the same time really helpful.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And I am really confused. Did I win? Did I lose? Does it matter? The game seems to be over though."},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1378138380,"text":"had negative seconds too. no idea what happended?"},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 1:16am","epoch":1378516260,"text":"Didn't understand what I was supposed to do on the second stage..."}],"images":["ld27\/27164-3993208146aa2e501412715bb71c1f09.jpg","ld27\/27164-1fb8aa142713efffa07b08a0be0769f6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/s9aasvm19j6m6ts\/ludumdare27.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/s\/ls4qe3uthgdevn8\/src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23674","g_author":"27164","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23704","g_title":"Distraction","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"688","g_commentcount":"29","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\/27164-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27164-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"It's a meditation on necessity, the uses of diversion, and the meaning of life?\r\n\r\nThere may or may not be a taco somewhere in this game.","title":"Distraction"}