{"author_link":"\/author\/allenfreese\/","author_name":"allenfreese","author_uid":"25243","comments":[{"author_name":"jennyludum","author_uid":"27626","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:22am","epoch":1377494220,"text":"I vote for you!"},{"author_name":"PaidGEEK","author_uid":"10029","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1377532200,"text":"Why only OSX version :\/ Art looks great from the screenshot though."},{"author_name":"allenfreese","author_uid":"25243","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1377556020,"text":"I've updated the link to the Mac version since it wasn't downloading properly."},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:25am","epoch":1377580800,"text":"I managed to play it on my friend's MAC :) Only because 1: I only have PCs, and 2: this game looked very fun :)\r\rvery nice :D\r\r-ENDESGA"},{"author_name":"tamy","author_uid":"25856","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:27am","epoch":1377580920,"text":"Cool visual style,can´t play it tho."},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:44am","epoch":1377581940,"text":"I like the graphics. You should've do that game on Windows too, Windows is a main OS for games now unfortunately."},{"author_name":"Steve Cochrane","author_uid":"12266","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:11am","epoch":1377583560,"text":"It looks nice from the screenshot and I'd love to give it a try, and I do use a Mac, but when I opened the .zip I got a .cpgz file and I'm not sure how to use it. Is there an app I need to get to open it? I'll check back later :)"},{"author_name":"Sergey Mohov","author_uid":"9963","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:28am","epoch":1377584580,"text":"Mac exclusive game? You are my hero! Thank you! We should have more of these. I liked the sprite of the character and the fact that it's monochrome :-)"},{"author_name":"sev_inf","author_uid":"13588","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:31am","epoch":1377584760,"text":"H bar can be bit slower, but it cool game anyway. Pity its mac only, more people should see it."},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:38am","epoch":1377585180,"text":"Yay, a mac game:D good to see one of these:) \rI love the art, and the gameplay feels really smooth. But for a while I was a little confused, a bit of background would be nice.\r\rBut overall, good game:)"},{"author_name":"avh4","author_uid":"24856","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:44am","epoch":1377585540,"text":"Man, that little (gender-neutral) dude is hungry!"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:06am","epoch":1377687660,"text":"I like the idea and it looks and feels good. A bit more play testing might have helped to notice that the hunger bar is way to fast. I had to stand at the table most of the time, eating the food as soon as it refreshed, and still, the hunger bar went down. But still a nice entry!"},{"author_name":"HD408","author_uid":"12948","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1377693660,"text":"Can't play, don't have OS\/X. Looks nice anyway, congratulations on your first attempt!"},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:12am","epoch":1377760020,"text":"Amusing! I liked it"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1377800580,"text":"That looks very good, I can't play it :( (because of my PC of course)"},{"author_name":"laserbeam","author_uid":"25081","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 5:55am","epoch":1378792200,"text":"Cute game, but nothing much to it, just a bit of grind here and there. But, I guess this is by design ;). Anyway, I don't see what you can do to make it better or play with the idea, other than making a minimal sims."},{"author_name":"Oxygamer","author_uid":"27817","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1379344380,"text":"incredible"}],"images":["ld27\/25243-f752a2504baf0a796657cd2f3875d6bc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ethk8m72nm7rjge\/the_grind.zip","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24646","g_author":"25243","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24676","g_title":"The Grind: 10 Seconds at a Time","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"17","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\/25243-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"First LD attempt. Classic NES\/Gameboy RPG stylings.\r\n\r\nThe three meters in the upper corner of the screen need to be kept up, by pressing SPACE_BAR next to the items with the bubbles. Every 10 seconds a device comes from the back room's conveyer system that needs to be removed by pressing SPACE_BAR, as well (there was additional gameplay here, but I ran out of time).\r\n\r\nSee how long you can last before you miss a device, or die from boredom, hunger, or lack of potty breaks.","title":"The Grind: 10 Seconds at a Time"}