{"author_link":"\/author\/avinashd\/","author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","comments":[{"author_name":"RedPanda","author_uid":"24636","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:23am","epoch":1461025080,"text":"&quot;Encrypted with ROT13 technology&quot; &quot;Sergei: nyet, antivirus is flagging your code!&quot; \r<br\/>Humor would be 5\/5"},{"author_name":"Powersource","author_uid":"44448","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:12am","epoch":1461028020,"text":"I remove the print statements (both by erasing and commenting out) and click &quot;Send to botnet&quot; but nothing happens :("},{"author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:15am","epoch":1461028200,"text":"Hey Powersource, fixed now. HTTPS issues :\/"},{"author_name":"TheCain","author_uid":"87568","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 1:16am","epoch":1461028260,"text":"Wow. I'm way too dumb for this. \r<br\/>Cool idea though."},{"author_name":"Jadernak","author_uid":"36014","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:16am","epoch":1461031860,"text":"I have to give is another try when my brain functions properly :) Clever idea nevertheless."},{"author_name":"torcado","author_uid":"5839","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:40am","epoch":1461033300,"text":"interesting idea! never seen a programming game in a ludum dare"},{"author_name":"norseware","author_uid":"87842","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:15am","epoch":1461039000,"text":"Interesting! I solved up to 3, and gave up... Nice idea though! The output was funny. Good work! :)"},{"author_name":"Tater_hater","author_uid":"21618","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:21am","epoch":1461039360,"text":"was it hard debugging a game about debugging?"},{"author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:42am","epoch":1461044220,"text":"Tater_hater, you have no idea. It's a python script running inside javascript on a webpage loading a fake python module.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If I try this again, it's going to be lua next time :P"},{"author_name":"w1n5t0n","author_uid":"51564","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:53am","epoch":1461044880,"text":"This is by far the most interesting and different entry that I have seen, and it is probably the most creative entry in the competition."},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:17am","epoch":1461057120,"text":"Phew. I'm pretty decent with Python myself and I had to look up workarounds for some of the puzzles in here. Good times!"},{"author_name":"nextreality","author_uid":"51893","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:43am","epoch":1461134280,"text":"I liked the concept, simple code based editing, but oddly satisfying, good job!"},{"author_name":"Andreas Brandt","author_uid":"29122","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:46am","epoch":1461134460,"text":"Original Theme, good design. I had troubles scrolling up and down at the game-screen and web browser, scrolls all together so maybe a fullscreen option could be better, also for more natural gaming. I had fun with it, maybe a non programmer will not understand it xD."},{"author_name":"Skruffye","author_uid":"63924","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 3:46pm","epoch":1461166860,"text":"Fantastic take on the theme. My brain is too asleep to properly solve these puzzles, but the innovation of concept and quality of execution are plain to see.\r<br\/>Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"mooncalf","author_uid":"56703","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 6:10am","epoch":1461218700,"text":"A lot about this impressed me, but it wasn't fun for me."},{"author_name":"QualityCatGames","author_uid":"91339","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 6:20am","epoch":1461219300,"text":"i give... lol\r<br\/>nice concept, though"},{"author_name":"Dread_Lord369","author_uid":"54265","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 7:56am","epoch":1461225060,"text":"Loved it!"},{"author_name":"Jin47","author_uid":"29469","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 8:17am","epoch":1461226320,"text":"Great &quot;game&quot;\/programming riddles. Interesting take on the subject. good job."},{"author_name":"SeaDads","author_uid":"56711","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 8:42am","epoch":1461227820,"text":"I love code puzzles, this was really cool! It was too hard for me, but I learned a little python, and had fun :D"},{"author_name":"Phaix","author_uid":"38968","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:20am","epoch":1461230100,"text":"Funny idea. As Programmer i liked it, so i better not asking the Graphic artist :D"},{"author_name":"glaze_96","author_uid":"46004","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 9:39am","epoch":1461231240,"text":"Gonna get a friend who's a big python fan to play this with! Gonna let you know what we think when we finish it =)"},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 11:37am","epoch":1461238320,"text":"Ha ha, I'm not that good with Python, had to cheat a couple of times :)"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 11:52am","epoch":1461239220,"text":"A very different idea, nice job"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 1:23pm","epoch":1461244680,"text":"I love the programming challenge concept !\r<br\/>It took me a long time to fulfill all constraints, but I made it to the end (despite I'm a noob in Python), very good entry for me !"},{"author_name":"GrooveMan","author_uid":"26423","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1461247440,"text":"This is such a cool concept for a game, but it really feels like the kind of game that would benefit from a hint system. I understand enough coding logic and python syntax to get \/what\/ I should be doing, but not how. =(\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Even if the hints were written elsewhere instead of in the game proper (so as not to break narrative), I think that would be an excellent finishing touch."},{"author_name":"glaze_96","author_uid":"46004","time":"Apr 21, 2016 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1461259740,"text":"Really great! Even though I couldn't get past task 2 even with google and a programming friend."},{"author_name":"ijona","author_uid":"89781","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:46am","epoch":1461325260,"text":"Wow! I'm not a programmer at all, but I managed to solve two puzzles using some Python tutorials. This game was good for my self-esteem and therefore a lot of fun :D"},{"author_name":"Fabraz","author_uid":"50665","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1461337680,"text":"Talk about a game that isn't for the mass market! :D But that's exactly what LD's are for, cool idea!"},{"author_name":"omarhuseynov011","author_uid":"92927","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1461352500,"text":"To be honest I'm not really big fan of python but I still liked this game :D"},{"author_name":"blinry","author_uid":"64665","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 10:04pm","epoch":1461362340,"text":"Whoa, nice! I really enjoyed the first few levels! A built-in help system or something would have been helpful ;-)"},{"author_name":"Khaoz_Fang","author_uid":"91082","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1461426720,"text":"Know few about python, but the concept is interesting."},{"author_name":"fin_nolimit","author_uid":"86340","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1461448440,"text":"I've never used python before but that was really cool! Excellent work"},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 8:21am","epoch":1461485760,"text":"Great programmer quest about fixing source code. Awesome!"},{"author_name":"gnerkus","author_uid":"28566","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 10:39am","epoch":1461494040,"text":"I got as far as task 5 and ran into an input error for task 6. The solution humbled me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thank you so much for this."},{"author_name":"DeltaNegative","author_uid":"64197","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 11:54am","epoch":1461498540,"text":"Cool idea, although could be more engaging ;)"},{"author_name":"hunttis","author_uid":"41000","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1461504120,"text":"Ok, that was fun and funny :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Novel use of the theme, nice implementation and funny too. Great work!"},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 2:46pm","epoch":1461508860,"text":"I like this, but from a 'game' perspective, this could only entertain a very small audience.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The solution makes me 'wow'.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But is this going to raise exception? I thought I would have to check the download length.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>f(pl+rcv.download_chunk(cn), cn + len(&quot; &quot;), rcv)"},{"author_name":"Asturk","author_uid":"54658","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 5:17pm","epoch":1461517920,"text":"Thats a very new different idea and i liked it! Do a game about shaping a python code in order to fix random stuff is really something new here. good job!"},{"author_name":"MementoGames","author_uid":"92436","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 1:06am","epoch":1461546060,"text":"Very interesting concept.\r<br\/>Nice take on the theme too.\r<br\/>Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 4:18am","epoch":1461557580,"text":"@tmpxyz: it does, but an exception is thrown when we run out of chunks left to download, at which point we just assume means that the download is over and continue (using the try\/except).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>A friend came up with that beautiful solution to task 6, so I take no credit for it :P"},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1461766980,"text":"well I've spent an hour on this game and I'm blocked on the third, Sergei says it's not working correctly but it's just impossible to debug without a debugger, my python skills are what they are...\r<br\/>It was fun (I spent an hour on this.. ;) but it's surely not a game for everyone!\r<br\/>anyway I really enjoyed it and it's an innovative approach to the theme"},{"author_name":"Kerdelos","author_uid":"30088","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1461936900,"text":"The concept is interesting, I like having to tweak some code according to certain limitations. The only frustrating things is that you can not really run the code to checks its output or anything else, it feels a bit like working in the dark. Apart from the game is pleasant to play."},{"author_name":"Adipson","author_uid":"22158","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 8:41am","epoch":1462005360,"text":"original concept"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1462135020,"text":"\u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c. Clever idea. reminds me this time when I developed some exploits using PHP. Well done ++"},{"author_name":"Aaranos","author_uid":"51253","time":"May 1, 2016 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1462146180,"text":"More of a learning tool than a game."},{"author_name":"neilcorre2k6","author_uid":"49082","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1462203600,"text":"wow! that was a very awesome idea! :D haha, Python isn't actually my language, but that was pretty neat :D"},{"author_name":"RaysAndLazors","author_uid":"35779","time":"May 2, 2016 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1462227120,"text":"I gave up at 4\/6. I have nowhere near the required knowledge of this language, and at this point searching for answers at google has grown frustrating enough. Turns out Python does not have half of statements and constructs I was expecting. Humor is 11\/10, but only for the programmers :P"},{"author_name":"QuexD","author_uid":"39307","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 1:19am","epoch":1462238040,"text":"This game is only for the L33T very hard very fun. Great Job!"},{"author_name":"KairosXIII","author_uid":"92648","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 3:48am","epoch":1462246980,"text":"Wow, very cool concept and great take on the theme. Can't pass this game with my limited knowledge though, only made it to level 3 :("},{"author_name":"MementoGames","author_uid":"92436","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1462277220,"text":"Hi! You posted a comment in our game saying that we ripped off Portal 2 sounds, which is not true. Not cool, man. We recorded and edited the robot voices by ourselves (We used my voice which kinda have a strange-high-pitch going on already). We did took a look at tutorials to make it sound more Glados-ish. Thanks for your comments though."},{"author_name":"cheshire","author_uid":"63590","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 8:20am","epoch":1462436100,"text":"Really good idea =)"},{"author_name":"B0pt1K","author_uid":"59431","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 11:15am","epoch":1462446600,"text":"I really really enjoy playing this game, haven't really seen a game like this before, some of it was quite hard, but good to think over. Great idea!"},{"author_name":"Louspirit","author_uid":"55260","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1462450260,"text":"It makes my head overheating, but it is fun."},{"author_name":"CliffracerX","author_uid":"42929","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1462479240,"text":"This is really funny and a brilliant idea.  Only downside is feeling like a terrible programmer for not being able to make it past puzzle two.  I've been doing this for years, dangit, I should be able to solve a simple while loop!  :P"},{"author_name":"sharrackor","author_uid":"92033","time":"May 5, 2016 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1462479600,"text":"Absolutely fantastic game, had a load of fun with this one :) perhaps a little bit short, I'd love to see more missions and challenges to complete, but what you have here is great by itself. Well done!"},{"author_name":"UnlikelyRogue","author_uid":"85728","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 8:23pm","epoch":1462738680,"text":"Ha, that was clever. A little too close to work though ;)"},{"author_name":"abuzreq","author_uid":"17923","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1462740060,"text":"That's amazing !\r<br\/>I haven't coded in python for long but got until removing the conditionals (and for some reason lambdas are not working :P)\r<br\/>I didn't play a game like this before and would love having a one for Java :P \r<br\/>(psst.. yes you! , do it if you know Java,please..!)"},{"author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1462740300,"text":"@abuzreq It'd be cool to have one for Java, but Java is strongly typed and also doesn't let you get away with the same types of crazy things that python lets you get away with! :P"},{"author_name":"dcolgan","author_uid":"2293","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1462746600,"text":"Awesome, first time I've seen a programming challenge on LD.  Definitely requires some functional programming techniques.  +10 for Haskell!"},{"author_name":"avinashd","author_uid":"45007","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1462749360,"text":"@dcolgan I wasn't too strong with functional programming myself, which is why I had to ask a friend of mine to help me with challenge 6 :P. Have you seen the solution he came up with (it's linked in the starting pop-up)? It's fantastic.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@abuzreq Guess what was posted on hackernews a couple of hours ago? https:\/\/www.javapoly.com\/ :P"},{"author_name":"BulletsArePeopleToo","author_uid":"52817","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 12:33am","epoch":1462753680,"text":"My favorite entry of LD35... I laughed out loud when Sergei made his final request.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only complaint is that the coding window can't be resized.  By the end, I had a line over 200 characters long, and it was a little unwieldy to have to scroll to edit.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I want to see more games like this!"}],"images":["ld35\/45007-c1766a551131ff509a310d00a1d0f5ed.jpg","ld35\/45007-d824050a5388c9ba54ad7fb0b6dfa303.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/codepen.io\/avinashbot\/full\/XdObPE\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/codepen.io\/avinashbot\/pen\/XdObPE","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3019","g_author":"45007","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"3049","g_title":"Sergei's Virus","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"346","g_commentcount":"61","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\/\/542293\/45007-shot0-1462162613.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/45007-shot1-1461603578.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Sergei has a virus for you. To avoid being caught by an antivirus, he has a few requests for you. Shapeshift your code from a simple python script to something no antivirus will ever catch! (Between you and me, I think Sergei's trying to get you to write Haskell)\r\n\r\nThis is the second entry I submitted for this jam. Also check out my first one: http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-35\/?action=preview&uid=49839\r\n\r\nEDIT: Full disclosure, git wiped the sixth task for some reason, and I just noticed. Pushed now, everything seems to work :)\r\n\r\nEDIT 2: Added a codepen link that does exactly the same thing, but one that I'm less prone to deleting if my private repo limit fills up ;)","title":"Sergei's Virus"}