{"author_link":"\/author\/paulsinnett\/","author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","comments":[{"author_name":"Jesse111","author_uid":"22856","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:23am","epoch":1367209080,"text":"Doesn't seem to be loading for me so far"},{"author_name":"Jesse111","author_uid":"22856","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:23am","epoch":1367209080,"text":"Nevermind, there it goes!"},{"author_name":"gokuhd","author_uid":"5379","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:29am","epoch":1367209440,"text":"Very nice game, it fits the theme well :). Have you considered letting the ball bounce on the right and left walls maybe would help the player to keep playing?"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:52am","epoch":1367218020,"text":"I did consider that. It would make the game a lot easier, but it's difficult to know if that would make it better without a fair amount of play testing. I didn't have long to devote to the competition this year. The whole thing was made in about an hour."},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:59am","epoch":1367218440,"text":"Out of interest, what's your highest score? Mine's 25 so far."},{"author_name":"Kiwiboi","author_uid":"20891","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:54am","epoch":1367225340,"text":"Nice little game! ^^ as mentioned really fits the theme!"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1367239560,"text":"Well, defenitely fits the theme! I got 18. Would have loved if the noises you made on a succesful bounce would have somehow created a tune or something. It sorta sounds like that sometimes, but I guess it's sorta random, right?"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1367239980,"text":"Yeah it's random. It would be great to play a tune though. I definitely would have experimented with that if I'd had more time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I did change the intro music. Originally it was just CEG but that sounded too 'final' when played and replayed. So I changed it down to CEF. Now it sounds 'incomplete' and the random additional notes carry it on."},{"author_name":"qdowngames","author_uid":"15224","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:26am","epoch":1367281260,"text":"Haha fun!"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:30am","epoch":1367313900,"text":"Thanks. It helped that I stole a game idea that was already fun. It's a shame I couldn't think of anything to make it a little more innovative without adding complications."},{"author_name":"Exclamation Mark","author_uid":"22286","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:45am","epoch":1367318400,"text":"In theme, work, and fun (kinda)! Good entry, though as you said yourself, maybe a bit too simple."},{"author_name":"MegaBrutal","author_uid":"16637","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:51am","epoch":1367372760,"text":"Very fun game! My record is 22 so far, and I had to practice a little to reach it. I especially liked the sound.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'd be curious of the source code but I can't download it - it gives a 404!"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1367412000,"text":"Hm. It seems that the link doesn't work. But you can download the source from the game page. The link is at the top right of the page."},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1367412600,"text":"Okay, I think I have the link for the source working now. You will need a copy of Scratch to open it of course."},{"author_name":"Ariake81","author_uid":"19384","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1367449740,"text":"Great inversion of pong, why have i never played it before!! I like the idea of using the walls. graphics sound and gameplay are a perfect match for the theme. it reminds me of california games - not enough hacky sack sims out there!!"},{"author_name":"larb","author_uid":"17860","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 12:33am","epoch":1367454480,"text":"Very minimal. Simple. And fun. I like the title. :)"},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 12:37am","epoch":1367454720,"text":"Well this is minimalism at its finest ;)\r<br\/>But I think I'm to clumsy for this game, I didn't make it past 8."},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1367461980,"text":"using Scratch in LD, gutsy"},{"author_name":"tudd","author_uid":"20285","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1367528100,"text":"pretty cool!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I agree with playing a tune w\/ the sound effects\r<br\/>maybe making it speed up eventually would be good?"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1367623680,"text":"Or maybe I could have the walls closing in :)"},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 10:56am","epoch":1367664660,"text":"I'm terrible at this! :) But excelente work, very minimal and yet fun!"},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1367779860,"text":"I've posted an alternative web link because the Scratch web site is going down for a few days to upgrade to Scratch 2.0. I'll post about how to do that on the blog."},{"author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1367846160,"text":"Done. http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/06\/hosting-your-own-scratch-web-player\/"},{"author_name":"GameRespect","author_uid":"17760","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1368200040,"text":"Mesmerizingly minimalistic. Additional gameplay mechanics to make the gameplay more interesting would help though! Nonetheless, this is a very fun game :)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 12:07am","epoch":1368576120,"text":"Very fitting to the theme. :)"},{"author_name":"Erunaamo","author_uid":"22869","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1368998160,"text":"Fits the theme all right, and it's classic non-computer gameplay I don't recall seeing in a computer game before. Cute. Pretty hard, but then it should be."},{"author_name":"FREEZX","author_uid":"20830","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 6:05pm","epoch":1369072800,"text":"Nice and challenging little game."}],"images":["ld26\/11312-6471ad7f78f18654abf3b2f9ff2968d7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/PaulSinnett\/3298376","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/15225572\/Keepy%20Uppy.sb","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/codeclub.net78.net\/Projects\/KeepyUppy.html","text":"Alt Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25066","g_author":"11312","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25096","g_title":"Keepy Uppy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1069","g_commentcount":"27","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\/\/233892\/11312-shot0.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A minimalist game in Scratch. How to play: move the mouse  to control the bat and attempt to keep the ball within the screen. Press the mouse button to restart.","title":"Keepy Uppy"}