{"author_link":"\/author\/spelchan\/","author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","comments":[{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1355746740,"text":"Not sure if it's a bug, but I literally couldn't catch a single one. Even when they were trapped in a corner, it was almost as if the player was colliding with the reindeer, but not actually capturing (scoring). Aside from that, I do like the chase mechanic, though it'd be nice if the reindeer either went a bit slower than me, or even slowed down over time (got tired)."},{"author_name":"Spelchan","author_uid":"15656","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:43am","epoch":1355794680,"text":"The goal is to chase them out of the corral, not to catch them. Sorry, I should have tried to make that clearer."},{"author_name":"Bemmu","author_uid":"13321","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:51am","epoch":1355798760,"text":"Strange experience at first walking around, having no idea what to do. Only later realized the goal was to push them out from above."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:53am","epoch":1355798880,"text":"Would probably be more fun with a much smaller corral (2x2 screens max), and far less blockers and having the reindeer move around on their own. Toss in a time limit or other things and it'd be a nice little game. Also stick to 8 named reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, so on) and perhaps have the entire game see how long it takes to get all 8 out, and that's that. Short and sweet."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:53am","epoch":1355798880,"text":"Solid entry. I didn't enjoy it, but I am biased -- I can't stand herding things in games."},{"author_name":"zachstronaut","author_uid":"3883","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:10am","epoch":1355807100,"text":"Wow, that was kind of hard! heh. The buggers don't want to leave. I like the subtle checker snow pattern."},{"author_name":"sletari","author_uid":"18522","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1355844180,"text":"Hahaha, so that's how it feels to be the grinch =P"},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1355850240,"text":"Nice concept, but herding multiple at once was near impossible."},{"author_name":"jamesca","author_uid":"18863","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1355866260,"text":"Woo got one, then I ran out of time. :-("},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1356007020,"text":"that man is really a true evil guy ! XD\rthe concept is interesting but it lack some good design.\r\ron the title screen, i searched the play button, be aware of the contrast blue & black, they don't work together."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:17am","epoch":1356048720,"text":"I quite like herding games, the whole thing worked well and was pretty solid"},{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","author_uid":"2507","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1356218520,"text":"Nice idea. Played a bit longer than I thought I had!"},{"author_name":"awppy","author_uid":"18868","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1356219960,"text":"The movement of the reindeer felt pretty good after a little bit. I couldn't see where where to take them at first, but it became clear after a bit.\r\rAs others mentioned, a few tweaks could really help - less obstacles, roaming reindeer, and the ability to herd multiple reindeer at once. Ah, but what can ya do?"},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 4:55am","epoch":1356238200,"text":"Good. It would be funnier if there were fewer obstacles."},{"author_name":"CoffeeOnimal","author_uid":"1643","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 8:29am","epoch":1356251040,"text":"Nice, a de-make of the mini-game from Twilight Princess.\rI had fun with this one, good job."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 10:05pm","epoch":1356300000,"text":"I think the area is to big for this type of game. Secondly, the fleeing of the reindeers is too... fragile? I mean, it is very hard to push 2 reindeers to the open gate without losing one."},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 7:35am","epoch":1356334200,"text":"Good idea, takes a little while to herd them out the corral though. Perhaps a smaller corral, or some small additional random movement for the reindeer."},{"author_name":"NiceAlexanderAS","author_uid":"7045","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1356363660,"text":"hehehehe very addictive for me o.o, great job!"},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 8:39am","epoch":1356424440,"text":"The idea was alright, but the presentation could've used more work."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 9:56am","epoch":1356429060,"text":"It would be nice if there is different types of reindeer in order to introduce different levels of difficulty. Controls are ok but I glue on rocks and trees.. which is a little annoying. Good work anyway !"},{"author_name":"Neonlare","author_uid":"1913","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 9:07am","epoch":1356512520,"text":"Didn't really strike me as supremely evil, couldn't quite get into this game sadly :(."},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1356553560,"text":"Yeah, it took me a minute to understand that I was getting them out of the corral, not catching them."},{"author_name":"waveon foxdale","author_uid":"11565","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1356635820,"text":"The main menu doesn't have the best matching colours, especially the buttons; I couldn't read what was written on them.\r\rThe game was pretty solid, though it would've been nice if the reindeer were moving on their own too and if Santa actually came on screen when the time ran out.\r\rNot a bad game, it just needs a lot polishing."},{"author_name":"jackspinoza","author_uid":"19353","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 3:21am","epoch":1356664560,"text":"I quite like the slap-dash graphics but some of the images on the menu seemed a little blurred. I liked chasing the deer around and a goatee beard is pretty evil."},{"author_name":"pl0xz0rz","author_uid":"17850","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 10:59am","epoch":1356692040,"text":"Average."},{"author_name":"AdricZero","author_uid":"822","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1356883800,"text":"Very difficult to herd them out. I got one in the time allotted. Maybe if the size of the corral was smaller to start out. Also to repeat the comment about the black on dark blue was hard to see in opening screen."},{"author_name":"Raptor85","author_uid":"7131","time":"Jan 3, 2013 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1357256040,"text":"Not all that much to do, could have used a little more work on the collision and herding as it was really pretty iffy, easy to get stuck on stuff."}],"images":["ld25\/15656-3e3efb8fb45bab4a1dfc65fb71eedb98.jpg","ld25\/15656-9c689f53c2a78a6a88062e1a3d4663da.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/blazinggames.com\/gamejams\/ld25\/ludumDare25.php","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/blazinggames.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/ld25-postmortem.html","text":"Postmortem"},{"url":"http:\/\/blazinggames.com\/other\/openLibrary\/html5Libs.php","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27959","g_author":"15656","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27989","g_title":"Evil Gnome's Revenge","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"694","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\/\/201083\/15656-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/15656-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Requires Flash 11+. You play the evil gnome from Blazing Games' earlier Christmas games with the evil plan of disrupting Christmas by stealing Santa's reindeer. You must chase the reindeer out of the corral. Note the sound volume slider requires clicking and dragging on the slider box, clicking in the volume area does not move the slider.\r\n\r\nUpdate: Added link to my postmortem that was posted December 27th.<\/p>","title":"Evil Gnome's Revenge"}