{"author_link":"\/users\/srabatata","author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","comments":[{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-11-30T05:56:25Z","epoch":1512021385,"modified":1512021629,"text":":smile:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Xwilarg","author_uid":"1036136","time":"2017-12-05T02:58:27Z","epoch":1512442707,"modified":1512442707,"text":"Nice little game, I got 1010 points :).","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T03:05:09Z","epoch":1512443109,"modified":1512443183,"text":"@xwilarg thanks!! ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Caleb","author_uid":"1058529","time":"2017-12-05T05:29:12Z","epoch":1512451752,"modified":1512451752,"text":"With more polish, a concept like this can become a good little mobile app. Very simple and intuitive with a clear play session length is a great combination for a mobile game!\n\nI'd suggest a mute button though :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"daul","author_uid":1050877,"time":"2017-12-05T05:29:56Z","epoch":1512451796,"modified":1512451796,"text":"Cute little game, but I had to mute the sound after a couple minutes. It may be beneficial to have a longer loop for your music.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"disperse","author_uid":"1001731","time":"2017-12-05T05:31:49Z","epoch":1512451909,"modified":1512451909,"text":"Only 780 here... Nice job.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:32:43Z","epoch":1512451963,"modified":1512451977,"text":"@caleb hahahah thanks a lot for the review and the tips! ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:34:03Z","epoch":1512452043,"modified":1512452043,"text":"@daul thanks! I'll definetely try this in the next time :)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Thy Duck","author_uid":"1053400","time":"2017-12-05T05:34:54Z","epoch":1512452094,"modified":1512452094,"text":"Love the concept, made it into a fun game, nice job!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Regularjohn4","author_uid":1038252,"time":"2017-12-05T05:35:17Z","epoch":1512452117,"modified":1512452117,"text":"Oh hey, cute idea, I like it.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:36:32Z","epoch":1512452192,"modified":1512452192,"text":"@disperse good! :joy: :joy: thanks!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"danman113","author_uid":"1052233","time":"2017-12-05T05:36:54Z","epoch":1512452214,"modified":1512452214,"text":"## Surprise hit of the day\nWow I really didn't expect to enjoy this game as much as I did. The graphics are nothing special but man is the game fun. It also fits the theme perfectly!\n","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:47:20Z","epoch":1512452840,"modified":1512452840,"text":"@thy-duck thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it =)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:48:38Z","epoch":1512452918,"modified":1512452918,"text":"@regularjohn4 hey ho, thanks!! :joy:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T05:50:18Z","epoch":1512453018,"modified":1512453018,"text":"@danman113 oh my, we are speechless. we are very glad all of you are enjoying it and having fun! Thank you so much for your words, it means a lot for us =)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Stix","author_uid":"1055148","time":"2017-12-05T07:14:48Z","epoch":1512458088,"modified":1512458088,"text":"ahahaha we did a tennis game too! awesome :D!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FireSlash","author_uid":"1000025","time":"2017-12-05T07:26:12Z","epoch":1512458772,"modified":1512458772,"text":"It looks like the racket still applies an upward impulse even when you hit a ball from below.\n\nThis is probably a flash limitation, but I wish the mouse was captured. The racket going dead when the mouse exits the window is super frustrating.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T07:35:35Z","epoch":1512459335,"modified":1512459335,"text":"@fireslash thanks for your feedback, we will improve this in  a future version :slight_smile:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-05T07:37:10Z","epoch":1512459430,"modified":1512459430,"text":"@stix awesome! we are tennis buddies! :joy: :joy:","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Badly Drawn Rod","author_uid":"1039808","time":"2017-12-05T19:48:00Z","epoch":1512503280,"modified":1512503280,"text":"Good use of the theme. It would be amusing if you had a mode whee you just cower in fear at all of the tennis balls hurtling at you.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Badly Drawn Rod","author_uid":"1039808","time":"2017-12-05T19:48:27Z","epoch":1512503307,"modified":1512503307,"text":"Good use of the theme. It would be amusing if you had a mode whee you just cower in fear at all of the tennis balls hurtling at you.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Badly Drawn Rod","author_uid":"1039808","time":"2017-12-05T19:48:27Z","epoch":1512503307,"modified":1512503307,"text":"Good use of the theme. It would be amusing if you had a mode whee you just cower in fear at all of the tennis balls hurtling at you.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Badly Drawn Rod","author_uid":"1039808","time":"2017-12-05T19:48:27Z","epoch":1512503307,"modified":1512503307,"text":"Good use of the theme. It would be amusing if you had a mode whee you just cower in fear at all of the tennis balls hurtling at you.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FussenKuh","author_uid":"1055856","time":"2017-12-06T03:17:50Z","epoch":1512530270,"modified":1512530312,"text":"920 for me! Good work on your first physics game. I'd say it met the theme rather nicely and it was easy to figure out. That said, for me, I found the music a bit annoying after it looped a few times. Though I did like the ball hitting sounds Overall, nice job!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-06T05:13:40Z","epoch":1512537220,"modified":1512537220,"text":"@badly-drawn-rod oh man I liked your idea :joy: thank you so much for the feedback!\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-06T05:14:39Z","epoch":1512537279,"modified":1512537279,"text":"@fussenkuh thank you very much! Yeah the sound was a very challenging and fun part. we will work harder in the music in the next time :smiley: ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LandoSystems","author_uid":"1000769","time":"2017-12-06T06:31:27Z","epoch":1512541887,"modified":1512541887,"text":"More fun than I expected it to be. Got 700 points first time around. Nice work!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-06T06:43:47Z","epoch":1512542627,"modified":1512542627,"text":"@landosystems Great, we're glad you liked it! Thanks! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Baby Dino Herd","author_uid":"1010395","time":"2017-12-06T06:45:41Z","epoch":1512542741,"modified":1512542741,"text":"Really cute game! I think the graphics and audio really went well together to create a nice 'lo-fi' aesthetic. Game was fun, although I didn't get the high scores of some of the other posters. Wasn't sure exactly what changing the racket side did; a little more feedback on that would have been helpful. Well done! :tennis:","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-06T07:02:58Z","epoch":1512543778,"modified":1512543778,"text":"@baby-dino-herd Thanks for your feedback! I honestly don't know how some people got so high scores either, it's impressing :joy: We're very glad you liked it :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"sidewalksleeper","author_uid":"1001061","time":"2017-12-06T09:03:17Z","epoch":1512550997,"modified":1512550997,"text":"A cute little game with a surprising sense of escalation. I wish it controlled better, though. But nice job regardless!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"erd0s","author_uid":1057884,"time":"2017-12-06T11:29:28Z","epoch":1512559768,"modified":1512559768,"text":"hehe surprisingly satisfying, i had fun, nice work!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wrexialmt","author_uid":"1003046","time":"2017-12-06T12:39:54Z","epoch":1512563994,"modified":1512563994,"text":"Cool little game, got 930, I didn't understand what switching the racket would do except the direction the ball is going to be thrown back.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"howardcs","author_uid":"1011504","time":"2017-12-06T15:48:23Z","epoch":1512575303,"modified":1512575303,"text":"I was playing perfectly and then it all went horribly wrong!  720 points.  Simple yet fun game.  Great job.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheMadStrauss","author_uid":"1000190","time":"2017-12-06T19:28:23Z","epoch":1512588503,"modified":1512588503,"text":"Great game! At the beginning was easy but after a while so many balls started to drop! Very fun!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sylver_Kovy","author_uid":"1049768","time":"2017-12-06T20:37:27Z","epoch":1512592647,"modified":1512592647,"text":"Nice Game, very fun and fits with the theme.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:28:25Z","epoch":1512710905,"modified":1512710905,"text":"@sidewalksleeper Glad you had fun, thank you ! We'll improve it in future versions :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:29:25Z","epoch":1512710965,"modified":1512710965,"text":"@wrexialmt nice score :joy: yeah that's the purpose hahha thanks for playing it","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:30:08Z","epoch":1512711008,"modified":1512711008,"text":"@howardcs :joy: so happy you liked it, thanks!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:31:16Z","epoch":1512711076,"modified":1512711076,"text":"@themadstrauss glad you liked it! thanks :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:31:41Z","epoch":1512711101,"modified":1512711101,"text":"@sylver-kovy thank you for the feedback :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-08T05:38:52Z","epoch":1512711532,"modified":1512711532,"text":"@erd0s  so good that you had fun! thank's a lot :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gatinmnsok","author_uid":"1000919","time":"2017-12-08T09:02:11Z","epoch":1512723731,"modified":1512723731,"text":"In the beginning you think it will be easy. Then all the balls come and they bounce against eachother and you can't clear them in time and 890 points. Funny game.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Swagdorf","author_uid":"1066216","time":"2017-12-08T09:02:16Z","epoch":1512723736,"modified":1512723736,"text":"Genuinely fun game! There was a bit of delay with the racket that was a little awkward but otherwise this could be a great mobile game!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Traak","author_uid":"1012716","time":"2017-12-08T10:11:56Z","epoch":1512727916,"modified":1512727916,"text":"Wow","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Eraleis","author_uid":"1056809","time":"2017-12-08T10:22:27Z","epoch":1512728547,"modified":1512728547,"text":"I feel like the hitboxes are not quite where they should be, but it's a fun little game that i enjoyed playing :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LaPapagena","author_uid":1056961,"time":"2017-12-08T19:29:29Z","epoch":1512761369,"modified":1512761369,"text":"This was fun!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-11T05:21:50Z","epoch":1512969710,"modified":1512969710,"text":"@gatinmnsok we're glad you had fun, thanks! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-11T05:27:28Z","epoch":1512970048,"modified":1512970048,"text":"@swagdorf thanks for the feedback, we're happy you had fun :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-11T05:31:40Z","epoch":1512970300,"modified":1512970300,"text":"@traak thanks! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-11T05:36:16Z","epoch":1512970576,"modified":1512970576,"text":"@eraleis we'll check it out. thanks for playing it! :slight_smile:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-11T05:42:27Z","epoch":1512970947,"modified":1512970947,"text":"@lapapagena nice to know, thank you! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Fylipp","author_uid":"1000499","time":"2017-12-11T11:11:25Z","epoch":1512990685,"modified":1512990927,"text":"Nice game. Maybe you could have added some more complex mechanics. I scored 1030 on my first try :)\n\n![Score](\/\/\/raw\/3f1\/z\/e78e.png)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Marco","author_uid":"1000498","time":"2017-12-11T11:17:13Z","epoch":1512991033,"modified":1512991148,"text":"Cool game. Got a score of 2660 with touchpad\n\n![Screenshot_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/2f1\/z\/e790.png)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-12T05:40:10Z","epoch":1513057210,"modified":1513057210,"text":"@fylipp thank you for the tip! it's good to know you enjoyed the game! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-12T05:44:49Z","epoch":1513057489,"modified":1513057489,"text":"@marco thanks ! wow, the highest score so far! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"aemiliu5","author_uid":"1006305","time":"2017-12-12T09:31:56Z","epoch":1513071116,"modified":1513071116,"text":"fun little game!","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CaylebLucas","author_uid":"1012582","time":"2017-12-16T09:15:18Z","epoch":1513415718,"modified":1513415718,"text":"Really enjoyable game, well executed too :)","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-18T06:07:31Z","epoch":1513577251,"modified":1513577333,"text":"@aemiliu5 thank you! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-18T06:09:10Z","epoch":1513577350,"modified":1513577350,"text":"@cayleblucas thanks for the feedback! :smiley:  ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tinis Games","author_uid":"1055645","time":"2017-12-18T18:47:44Z","epoch":1513622864,"modified":1513622864,"text":"Very nice game. I didn't find it really useful to change the side of the racket though. I confess that I also searched for the mute button :p","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ponywolf","author_uid":"1005016","time":"2017-12-19T18:10:36Z","epoch":1513707036,"modified":1513707036,"text":"Nice work. I'd keep pushing the gameplay... a little too simplistic right now.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-28T05:45:34Z","epoch":1514439934,"modified":1514439934,"text":"@tinis-games Thanks ! We appreciate the feedback, we'll try to make the button more visible and work on the racket.  :slight_smile:","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-28T05:46:44Z","epoch":1514440004,"modified":1514440004,"text":"@ponywolf We'll work on it! Thanks for playing it! :slight_smile:\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dollarone","author_uid":"1000023","time":"2017-12-28T12:36:17Z","epoch":1514464577,"modified":1514464577,"text":"Nice idea! starts off EASY then gets harder before it's suddenly SUPER HARD. Alyways seem to fail around the ~1000 point mark. I like that you only get points if you hit the ball properly - makes it more skill-based.\n\nThe music was a bit repetitive but the controls were good!\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SraBatata","author_uid":"1056130","time":"2017-12-28T19:42:14Z","epoch":1514490134,"modified":1514490134,"text":"@dollarone Thank you so much! :smiley:","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld40\/56133-39e24545e38019f2b770984de0d67836.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/703034","text":"Other (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"38135","g_author":"1056130","g_event":"LD40","g_eventkey":"70","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"221480","g_title":"It's raining tennis balls!","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"1038","g_commentcount":"66","g_site2_node_id":"56133","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"56133","n_urlkey":"221480","n_parent":"49883","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/its-raining-tennis-balls","n_slug":"its-raining-tennis-balls","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"56130","n_created":"1512019706","n_modified":"1512441781","n_version":"191829","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":56133,"parent":49883,"superparent":9,"author":56130,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-12-05T02:43:01Z","created":"2017-11-30T05:28:26Z","modified":"2017-12-05T02:43:01Z","version":191829,"slug":"its-raining-tennis-balls","name":"It's raining tennis balls!","body":"Our first Jam ever! 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