{"author_link":"\/author\/goodlookinguy\/","author_name":"Goodlookinguy","author_uid":"7683","comments":[{"author_name":"ilovepixel","author_uid":"13148","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1367258760,"text":"Super ant JUMP! Fun game and get harder every time!"},{"author_name":"JustinMullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1367356380,"text":"Challenging for sure. Good entry!"},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1367356440,"text":"Great and simple! :[]"},{"author_name":"Jhelle","author_uid":"2232","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1367356800,"text":"Nice take on the theme. Good job on finishing your game!"},{"author_name":"dreamlogician","author_uid":"23224","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1367361540,"text":"I had fun with this, despite getting squished many times! Nice job.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Some of the obstacles, like the bug that crawls along the ground, appear a little abruptly and were quite tough to react quickly enough to avoid.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, the color of the springtail and the background could use a little more contrast - it's tough to see the springtail when jumping."},{"author_name":"gmaker","author_uid":"20390","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:07am","epoch":1367388120,"text":"fun fun fun ^-))"},{"author_name":"starpixie","author_uid":"12750","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:15am","epoch":1367388600,"text":"Had fun at first, but that jump makes you feel like you're out of control.  Good soundtrack, but the piston sound is too loud for how often it is played.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Jumping over the beetle was too temperamental to be fun, though."},{"author_name":"Goodlookinguy","author_uid":"7683","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:24am","epoch":1367389140,"text":"This is game is very much a springtail simulator. If you've ever seen them jump, they are pretty out of control. They land on their head half of the time."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1367412720,"text":"HA! I love watching other people play this. Also, this dude with 80 fucking legs is a beast! I'd hate to be an insect in his house."},{"author_name":"domrein","author_uid":"12960","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:16am","epoch":1367467860,"text":"Why are there so many stomping legs in this house?!? Pretty fun simple game though. The jump is a little wonky, but it had a nice feel to it over all. Really quick action."},{"author_name":"Nonameghost","author_uid":"20603","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:16am","epoch":1367467860,"text":"Nice! It was a bit repetitive. I guess the difficulty balanced that, but it'd be nice to see some more variety for future progress :D"},{"author_name":"Alexander","author_uid":"20967","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1367467920,"text":"I liked the music and the graphics"},{"author_name":"Tanius","author_uid":"21178","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:29am","epoch":1367472240,"text":"ehehehe simple game, nice graphics"},{"author_name":"graytest","author_uid":"11705","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:31am","epoch":1367472360,"text":"Good music and graphics. Good challenge, although I'd have preferred to restart the room instead of the whole game every time I died. I got more difficult when the beetles entered, and was a bit annoying to have to run through the first room every time."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:26am","epoch":1367475660,"text":"I'll admit it was the music that kept me trying. XD"},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:30am","epoch":1367475900,"text":"The jumping is so hard. Make the game wider, so you have more vision of the scary bugs."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:11am","epoch":1367985960,"text":"I got smashed. and then I played this game."},{"author_name":"acro","author_uid":"21612","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1368747540,"text":"Very challenging, and I can't make out what this has to do with the theme. I think the controls are good - it feels solid and precise, and I like the that the view area *is* that limited, it makes sense from bug's eye view. Maybe. But given that it's so easy to die, it is far, far too slow to reset - die, press enter, fade out, fade in title screen, press enter to play, fade in, show &quot;level 1&quot; overlay again. There's just no reason to go back to the title screen. I quit after dying for the first time in level 2 and having to back to the title screen again. That's just harsh!"},{"author_name":"Goodlookinguy","author_uid":"7683","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 7:20am","epoch":1368774900,"text":"Minimal graphics. Minimal screen view. Minimal sized player. Minimal number of challenging objects. Minimal title screen options. I would say there's plenty of &quot;minimalism&quot; going around."},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 8:49am","epoch":1368780240,"text":"Having to start over from level 1 each time I got stomped killed the game for me. :\/"},{"author_name":"kddekadenz","author_uid":"10000","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 8:53am","epoch":1368780480,"text":"Meeh.. I wish you had more focused on the high jumps of the flee."},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1368829200,"text":"Uh, makes me itch... who makes a game like this ?!? :)"},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1368833520,"text":"This is a cool take on the theme. Good job with keeping things simple and &quot;minimal&quot;!"},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1368834000,"text":"Man that thing can jump...! Took me a little to realise it was actually jumping, with it being quick and blending into the background a bit..."},{"author_name":"madmichaelofmetal","author_uid":"16874","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1368846660,"text":"Yes. I already informed him about the color problem, but it's something he already noticed after he released it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>To the other comment, it's called a flea not flee...and it isn't a flea. Look up Springtails and you will see they can jump really high. It's entertaining."},{"author_name":"wolf","author_uid":"2364","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 9:24am","epoch":1368868740,"text":"Simple but really fun. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 8:10pm","epoch":1368907500,"text":"Nice music!"},{"author_name":"stqn","author_uid":"2181","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1368907860,"text":"Work well but it's impossible to avoid the creepers on level 2 due to the speed of the game and low visibility."},{"author_name":"Goodlookinguy","author_uid":"7683","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1368912300,"text":"@stqn It's not impossible to avoid the beetles, it's just really hard (maybe you meant 'impossible' figuratively?). People other than me have made it to level 3 and 4. I've only reached level 3 and I made the game."},{"author_name":"Natedog9145","author_uid":"5705","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 4:45am","epoch":1368938400,"text":"Nice fun addicting game that will make you rage. Good game"}],"images":["ld26\/7683-56b408c100ff1b490a236ca970d95b2d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nrgs.org\/ludumdare\/26\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/63883601\/LD26\/index.html","text":"Web Alt. Link (Dropbox)"},{"url":"http:\/\/nrgs.org\/ludumdare\/26\/sourcecode.txt","text":"Source Code (Monkey)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26820","g_author":"7683","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26850","g_title":"Flee: The Daily Adventures of a Springtail","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"914","g_commentcount":"30","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\/7683-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A game about a Springtail\r\n\r\n== Summary == \r\n\r\nThis is a game about a springtail inside of a house. The goal of the game is to reach the other side of the room without getting stomped on by feet or run over by the stag beetle\/spider things. As each stage progresses the game gets gradually harder. For most people, level 3 is as high as they get.\r\n\r\nAbout Springtails (if you don't know what they are)\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OwOL-MHcQ1w#t=71s\r\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Springtail\r\n\r\n== Thoughts On Entry == \r\n\r\nThis is the first LD game I've completed without my team. While not being exactly what I had envisioned, it works.\r\n\r\n== NOTES ==\r\n\r\nYou will see a white screen for a little bit, this is normal. I did not put a pre-loader so it loads all of the resources at once.\r\n\r\n== If you plan to complain about the death penalty in the game ==\r\n\r\nI don't think you've been exposed to enough Nintendo Hard games or have been spoiled by all of these easy games nowadays. So please stop commenting on that, 'cause I made it hard on purpose. This was not an accident, it was on purpose because there is no end to the game. So I tried to make you die off as quickly as possible.\r\n\r\n== Changes ==\r\n\r\nAt the request from a family member, I changed the first stage game over message to not be as mean sounding, even though it was meant as a joke. So in the source code it still reads \"You Suck\" even though now it will say \"Try Again\"...<\/p>","title":"Flee: The Daily Adventures of a Springtail"}