{"author_link":"\/users\/bros","author_name":"Bros.","author_uid":"1058994","comments":[{"author_name":"Beebo Studios","author_uid":"1062033","time":"2017-12-05T10:23:23Z","epoch":1512469403,"modified":1512469403,"text":"Sweet idea and cool graphics! It's missing some sounds or music tho","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ambi","author_uid":"1003767","time":"2017-12-28T18:51:27Z","epoch":1514487087,"modified":1514487087,"text":"Really cool puzzle platformer. Nice graphics. Some audio would be nice like Beebo said.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"abcdef65g","author_uid":"1005689","time":"2017-12-28T19:46:10Z","epoch":1514490370,"modified":1514490370,"text":"I really liked the game!\n\nSome thoughts: would be nice to be able to see where the thrown sheep will land. Having to guess meant losing my 4 sheep in the second stage all too quickly. XD Double jumping was a cool idea but it wasn't reliable and sometimes didn't go off, which is why usually I advise having a simple jump that feels good to control over 2 inaccurate jumps. I had fun though, and would like to see the idea being taken further after LD!\n\nAlso, why mixed feelings? It's perfectly normal not to be able to finish a game completely, and having bugs\/missing features\/no sound, particularly in your first time. You did well! Just don't give up, making games is tough but very rewarding.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"notpresident35","author_uid":"1050630","time":"2017-12-28T20:08:41Z","epoch":1514491721,"modified":1514491721,"text":"I also think there are some missing sounds. However, I think that the rest of the game was amazing! The art was great, and the game was pretty fun too! Good job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tex Killer","author_uid":"1027674","time":"2017-12-28T20:18:03Z","epoch":1514492283,"modified":1514492365,"text":"Very cool game! And made on Java, there aren't many Java games here.\n\nThis game reminded me of an old Noah's Ark game for the NES, look: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bible_Adventures\n\nIn it Noah stacked multiple animals and carried them, much like the sheep in your game.\n\nGood job making this! It seems very polished! :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"notpresident35","author_uid":"1050630","time":"2017-12-28T20:48:14Z","epoch":1514494094,"modified":1514494094,"text":"@tex-killer You don't happen to mean that this game is as terrible as that one, right? (just kidding)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tex Killer","author_uid":"1027674","time":"2017-12-28T20:54:18Z","epoch":1514494458,"modified":1514494458,"text":"@notpresident35, but Bible Adventures is a classic! Noah on steroids! :D","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Bros.","author_uid":"1058994","time":"2017-12-29T21:20:38Z","epoch":1514582438,"modified":1514582438,"text":"Thank you all for your kind words!\n\nI agree with all of you, that I should have put some music and sounds into the game. This is the major part I'll be working on for the next Ludum Dare.\n\nThis game was also a lot compared with @tex-killer's mentioned Noah's Ark Game, but I have never heard of it before. Except not being that good... I may check it out sooner or later...\n\nAgain, thank you for your critics. I will work on them for the next Ludum Dare.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld40\/58996-a749ef183b1b3ed66e5a3286155a6de7.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/BrosLD\/LD40\/files\/1529274\/get_your_sheep_together.zip","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"36781","g_author":"1058994","g_event":"LD40","g_eventkey":"70","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"220532","g_title":"Get Your Sheep Together","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"8","g_site2_node_id":"58996","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"58996","n_urlkey":"220532","n_parent":"49883","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/get-your-sheep-together","n_slug":"get-your-sheep-together","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"58994","n_created":"1512158649","n_modified":"1512495772","n_version":"197872","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":58996,"parent":49883,"superparent":9,"author":58994,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-12-05T01:27:44Z","created":"2017-12-01T20:04:09Z","modified":"2017-12-05T17:42:52Z","version":197872,"slug":"get-your-sheep-together","name":"Get Your Sheep Together","body":"This is it. My first Ludum Dare Game. Mixed feelings.\n\n## About the game\nYou play as a (stylish) shepherd who tries to get his sheep to the endzone of the levels. For each level you get a score depending on your time and the number of sheep brought to the endzone.\n\nBringing back sheep to the endzone causes them to spawn on the next level. So in each stage there will be more and more sheep making it harder to get them to the endzone.\n\nYou can stack up to 6 sheep. But each sheep makes you heavier making jumps (or movement) nearly impossible.\n\nCall sheep to let them go to your position. If you're to far ahead, they won't follow you. \n\nIf you're falling down a gap, you'll respawn at the start of the level. You only lose some time. However if one sheep falls down it is lost. It gets only back if you reset the complete level.\n\nMy total score was **73.170 points**. _Can you beat it?_\n\n## Controls\n|        Key | Action        |\n|-----------:|---------------|\n| Arrow Keys | Walking       |\n|          X | Jump          |\n|   X in Air | DoubleJump    |\n|     Hold C | Pick Up Sheep |\n|  Release C | Throw Sheep   |\n|          V | Call Sheep    |\n|          R | Reset Level   |\n\n## Known Bugs\nIt might happen that sheep will stuck on the ceiling\n\nIf somethings like that happen, simply **press R to reset the level**. Sorry for any inconveniences.\n\n## Requirements\nThe game was made in Java with the LibGDX framework.\n**You will need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 or later to play this game.** \nYou can download it from the [official java website](https:\/\/java.com\/de\/download\/).\n\n## Things that went wrong\n1. Time management was harsh. I did not provide any code templates for LibGDX (except rudimental collision detection), so I had to implement everything from skratch\n\n2. Graphics took way to long. Next time I have to develop a more simplisitc style for easier and faster drawing progress\n\n3. If I had had more time, I would have included audio. Sadly no baa sound... no chilly music...\n\n## Screenshots\n![screenshot_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/276\/e\/z\/c7b4.png)\n\n![screenshot_3.png](\/\/\/raw\/276\/e\/z\/c7b6.png)\n","meta":{"author":[58994],"grade-06-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/276\/e\/z\/c7a6.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/BrosLD\/LD40\/archive\/v1.0.zip","link-02":"https:\/\/github.com\/BrosLD\/LD40\/files\/1529274\/get_your_sheep_together.zip","link-02-tag":"42337","link-02-name":"Should work for all OS as it is Java"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/get-your-sheep-together","parents":[1,5,9,49883],"love":0,"notes":8,"notes-timestamp":"2017-12-29T21:20:38Z","grade":{"grade-01":11,"grade-02":11,"grade-03":11,"grade-04":11,"grade-05":12,"grade-07":10,"grade-08":9},"magic":{"cool":136.04213570276,"feedback":7,"given":15.5,"grade":10.714285714286,"grade-01-average":3.611,"grade-02-average":3.667,"grade-03-average":3.722,"grade-04-average":3.833,"grade-05-average":4,"grade-07-average":3.25,"grade-08-average":2.857,"smart":30.164031741628}},"text":"This is it. My first Ludum Dare Game. Mixed feelings.\n\n## About the game\nYou play as a (stylish) shepherd who tries to get his sheep to the endzone of the levels. For each level you get a score depending on your time and the number of sheep brought to the endzone.\n\nBringing back sheep to the endzone causes them to spawn on the next level. So in each stage there will be more and more sheep making it harder to get them to the endzone.\n\nYou can stack up to 6 sheep. But each sheep makes you heavier making jumps (or movement) nearly impossible.\n\nCall sheep to let them go to your position. If you're to far ahead, they won't follow you. \n\nIf you're falling down a gap, you'll respawn at the start of the level. You only lose some time. However if one sheep falls down it is lost. It gets only back if you reset the complete level.\n\nMy total score was **73.170 points**. _Can you beat it?_\n\n## Controls\n|        Key | Action        |\n|-----------:|---------------|\n| Arrow Keys | Walking       |\n|          X | Jump          |\n|   X in Air | DoubleJump    |\n|     Hold C | Pick Up Sheep |\n|  Release C | Throw Sheep   |\n|          V | Call Sheep    |\n|          R | Reset Level   |\n\n## Known Bugs\nIt might happen that sheep will stuck on the ceiling\n\nIf somethings like that happen, simply **press R to reset the level**. Sorry for any inconveniences.\n\n## Requirements\nThe game was made in Java with the LibGDX framework.\n**You will need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 or later to play this game.** \nYou can download it from the [official java website](https:\/\/java.com\/de\/download\/).\n\n## Things that went wrong\n1. Time management was harsh. I did not provide any code templates for LibGDX (except rudimental collision detection), so I had to implement everything from skratch\n\n2. Graphics took way to long. Next time I have to develop a more simplisitc style for easier and faster drawing progress\n\n3. If I had had more time, I would have included audio. Sadly no baa sound... no chilly music...\n\n## Screenshots\n![screenshot_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/276\/e\/z\/c7b4.png)\n\n![screenshot_3.png](\/\/\/raw\/276\/e\/z\/c7b6.png)\n","title":"Get Your Sheep Together"}