{"author_link":"\/author\/pinion\/","author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","comments":[{"author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1355672760,"text":"Whoops, no description of the gameplay. Here the instructions from in the game:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>You are a villain on a train.\r<br\/>Use LEFT and RIGHT to pick a train car, then ENTER to go in to take action.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Your goal is to increase your Villain Points (VP), whilst not getting busted by keeping a low profile (ALERT &lt; 100),not dying by keeping healthy (HP &gt; 0)and maybe get rich trying (GP)!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There are a range of titles\/ratings depending on your VP and GP."},{"author_name":"jurnacsr","author_uid":"16532","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:24am","epoch":1355703540,"text":"Entertaining!  You should make that intro music loop, maybe at a lower volume, while someone plays.  The intro music was cool!"},{"author_name":"jurnacsr","author_uid":"16532","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:27am","epoch":1355703720,"text":"By the way, I am Very Handsome, thank you very much."},{"author_name":"CMaster","author_uid":"10609","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1355763240,"text":"Hey, that was a pretty fun 2 minutes. Nice work."},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1355787120,"text":"The sound effects! My sides! Great work :D"},{"author_name":"wzl","author_uid":"5751","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:20am","epoch":1355825700,"text":"Cute game :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wrote a little review on it, you can check it on http:\/\/ldmr.wzl.vg\/#pinion\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you have a twitter account, or someplace else you want to me to link, let me know and i'll add it in there too :)"},{"author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1355869200,"text":"Thanks everyone.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@wzl, your review describes pretty much exactly what I was going for! I don't have a twitter or anything though.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Now, off to rate other games."},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1355869620,"text":"Liked it. very basic but fun! I robbed the puppy :D"},{"author_name":"HeXoT","author_uid":"19448","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1355869800,"text":"Little story and cute graphics. I loved it."},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1355869920,"text":"So fun :) It's always good to be handsome.  Nice job :)"},{"author_name":"delpes","author_uid":"8513","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1355869920,"text":"Aww sweet game :) Loved the sounds! But it seems i'm not a good villain :D"},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1355869980,"text":"Funny, cute and fun. Awesome ending sound effect."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:40pm","epoch":1355870100,"text":"What an interesting game. It's small but nice to play and kinda fun. That music at the beginning is really loud and very out of place. However the recorded choo-choo-choos were really lovely.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay was very nice but it would have been nice to have had a bigger end to look forwards to.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not a bad game at all."},{"author_name":"zazery","author_uid":"2362","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1355870220,"text":"I enjoyed playing it. The choices were intuitive enough to figure out what would happen to your stats."},{"author_name":"TheCze","author_uid":"17841","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1355870400,"text":"Loved the sounds :)"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1355870400,"text":"Your &quot;choo-choo&quot; sounds really made me laugh. This was charming and and unexpectedly fun."},{"author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:49pm","epoch":1355870640,"text":"My wife provided the sounds. The sound when you win is her impression of the World of Warcraft undead female doing the \/train emote. Her favourite sound effect ever."},{"author_name":"aeveis","author_uid":"8854","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:50pm","epoch":1355870700,"text":"pretty funny!\r<br\/>I would've like more scenarios for each car was it random? Maybe if they were all different, and different things happened if you did certain cars in order... There is a also no indication of close you are to getting caught (is it just 100?) Overall very nice!"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1355871000,"text":"Ok... now I have a stupid smile on my face"},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1355871120,"text":"The concept is actually pretty good. I played it twice. I also liked the funny sound effects of 'sh sh sh' and 'choo choo'. The chocolate coins were pretty humorous as well."},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1355871180,"text":"Really liked the sound of the intro music.  Also, fun little game.  There wasn't really any strategy, just random messages, but still entertaining.  Well done for your first Ludum Dare ever!  I hope you join the fun again.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I lol'd at the homemade sound effects."},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1355871180,"text":"Simple, short too but afterall it's fun and really welldone; the sound FX (and some situations too) is hilarious!"},{"author_name":"crashbanito","author_uid":"18899","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1355871300,"text":"Pinion, feel free to update your entry page; you are allowed to do that. The graphical style is simple, but engaging in a way. This pretty much plays out like a game of chance, but the humor used throughout provides for a fun little experience. I like it."},{"author_name":"StMatn","author_uid":"18894","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1355871360,"text":"Wow, so simplistic appearance, yet so much fun... I found myself restarting until I got &quot;Very very brutish&quot; rating :D Really cool game!"},{"author_name":"brantkings","author_uid":"7556","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:05pm","epoch":1355871600,"text":"Interesting game, funny and different, but feels like it doesn't depends much on the player, I mean, I don't really feel like I'm playing the game, since some results seem kind of random.."},{"author_name":"Cake&amp;Code","author_uid":"10976","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1355871720,"text":"Needs some more content, but the options that are available were interesting and funny! I hope you keep working on it :D"},{"author_name":"Tobias Wehrum","author_uid":"2587","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1355872800,"text":"&quot;Chu-chu! Chugga chugga chugga chugga...&quot;\r<br\/>Haha, so cool.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like and dislike the choices at the same time. They are funny and interesting, but their randomness and unpredictability renders them mostly moot. It was still enjoyable for a few times. It's a bit hard to say whether I did particularily good or bad at the end of the game.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The art is not pretty, but serves it purpose in a minimalistic way.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all, an enjoyable experience. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"mikemacdee","author_uid":"6769","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1355874000,"text":"pretty damn cute."},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:40am","epoch":1355877300,"text":"One of the funniest games I tried.\r<br\/>The minimalistic presentation is great, too."},{"author_name":"vrav","author_uid":"2745","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:34am","epoch":1355887740,"text":"Enjoyed this game! Very, very cute."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:44am","epoch":1356079140,"text":"Nice theme game, very nice overall game :)\r<br\/>I like the concept that you chose what you are and what &quot;being a violain&quot; means. Thx !"}],"images":["ld25\/19121-fde3d534d746a1f7215b0d0129fdee9c.jpg","ld25\/19121-ebbc32156f1a6b0599c60efb073c8ea2.jpg","ld25\/19121-32dff461ba08afe866a08fdb9f0af049.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/xntef9jkmi47m8e\/PinionLudumDare25.swf","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/xntef9jkmi47m8e\/PinionLudumDare25.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/20tpgt7l7efsvke\/src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27929","g_author":"19121","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27959","g_title":"Villain on a train","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"263","g_commentcount":"31","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\/\/201083\/19121-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/19121-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/19121-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My first ever Ludum Dare entry!\r\n\r\nVILLAIN ON A TRAIN!\r\n\r\nRandomised train mischief simulator.\r\n\r\nStory:\r\nYou are a villain on a train, causing mischief! Try to decide what action will be most villainous or otherwise useful as you explore the cars. When you are done (visited all cars) you will be awarded a title depending on your performance. Good luck!\r\n\r\nInstructions are available in game, but here there are too:\r\n\r\nUse LEFT and RIGHT to pick a train car, then ENTER to go in and take an action. Train cars are random each game and the length of the train can vary.\r\n\r\nYour goal is to increase your Villain Points (VP) whilst not getting busted by keeping a low profile (ALERT < 100), not dying by keep healthy (HP > 0)and maybe get rich trying (GP)! Clearing all cars will end the game and give you a rating.\r\n\r\nMade in flash with flixel\r\nVoiced by my wife\r\n\r\nemail : pinion.makesgames@gmail.com\r\n\r\ntools:\r\n\r\nCode:FlashDevelop, actionscript3, flixel\r\nAudio: musagi, windows sound recorder, http:\/\/media.io\/, audacity\r\n<\/p>","title":"Villain on a train"}