{"author_link":"\/author\/paulsinnett\/","author_name":"Paul Sinnett","author_uid":"11312","comments":[{"author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:25am","epoch":1450138800,"text":"This was a pretty cute idea. The sound effects were a little uneven, and I was missing a lose screen\/message after the POP!, but the gameplay and bird flapping are nicely done."},{"author_name":"jeroenwimmers","author_uid":"63759","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:46am","epoch":1450143660,"text":"really hard to play. you can never react in time for the birds. if they moved way slower you could probably estimate how and when you should move upward"},{"author_name":"RoyallK","author_uid":"66337","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:20am","epoch":1450145700,"text":"HAHA I love it! its funny as hell, could use a few improvements tho like the other gents above have said. Awesome job! Keep it up."},{"author_name":"Phobos001","author_uid":"12851","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:29am","epoch":1450146240,"text":"Controls made it difficult to react properly, and the 'levels' are extremely repetitive. Didn't really keep my attention for very long. The inflate\/deflate mechanic would be really cool in a physics driven game though!"},{"author_name":"mattrified","author_uid":"34540","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:18am","epoch":1450149180,"text":"Didn't feel like I was deflating properly, but a simple yet fun idea."},{"author_name":"GameGrape Gaming","author_uid":"52602","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:00am","epoch":1450151700,"text":"Hello, This is GameGrape Gaming! Here at GameGrape Gaming we review games, more! We will do a run through of your game making sure you can see someone playing and enjoying your game but also letting you know what could be changed or whats awesome about your game.\r\rFeel free to send as many as you want since we review all the games that are sent! All games will be video reviewed and the reviews will be available on the GameGrape Gaming YouTube channel and GameGrape Gaming website. We will even Tweet and share the games we like the most on Twitter!\r\rSo what are you waiting for? Do you want people to see your game(s)? Do you want to watch people play your game? The time has come! What are you waiting for!\r\rGet Your Game Reviewed Now!: https:\/\/goo.gl\/StKpT9\r\rIf you would like to be placed in the randomly picked group then sign up here (you are not guaranteed to get a review with this option though): http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/WMMWfbKU5N\r\rThis game looks great and we can't wait to play! Good luck in the competition! :)"},{"author_name":"SirSoltex","author_uid":"60916","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:39am","epoch":1450154040,"text":"nice idea, haven't seen a scratch game on here, sound effects could use some work"},{"author_name":"AdamAlexander","author_uid":"64995","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:14am","epoch":1450159740,"text":"A nice idea for a game, however I feel that the player had not enough control over the balloon. I liked the sound effects, but the game needed more to it (obstacles, control, win\/lose screens etc.)"},{"author_name":"Pietdagamer","author_uid":"46438","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:37am","epoch":1450164720,"text":"Nice idea, but the baloon inflation and deflation seems to go a little slow."},{"author_name":"daandruff","author_uid":"3244","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:31am","epoch":1450175160,"text":"Felt a bit slow and I was able to get to lvl 11 by just holding the right key. OK entry though :)"},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1450182240,"text":"Could've been so much more!"},{"author_name":"LittleThor","author_uid":"26496","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1450182720,"text":"Interesting cute idea!\rTry to add "game over" screen and "try again" button next time, because it's very unpleasant to refresh the page to start over.\rAnd this SFX is not very good ><"},{"author_name":"cescababs","author_uid":"66617","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1450191960,"text":"Not really for me.... The Sounds effects were harsh and when my balloon popped it didnt couldnt find a way to reset it, liked the colour scheme though for each level"},{"author_name":"Simplest","author_uid":"26438","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1450202820,"text":"Nice and interesting game idea! The sound effects are a little big high. Good job team!"},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:15pm","epoch":1450206600,"text":"Great idea for the two themes and a really nicely presented game. I was really missing some game over screen and a way to restart the game though. Also, some variety in the enemies would have been cool."},{"author_name":"Christina Nordlander","author_uid":"20504","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:56pm","epoch":1450212660,"text":"Cool that you made it in Scratch (first time I remember seeing an LD game made with that site). The title screen looks great, and the assets are pretty good-looking. Innovative theme. Sound is good, but the "inflate" sound effect is a bit too loud.\r\rUnfortunately, I found the gameplay a bit boring. It didn't really hold my interest for long. Still, nice use of the theme and a pretty innovative game."},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1450219020,"text":"The two button controls worked, but they were pretty slow to respond, which made it hard to control the balloon once it was inflated past a certain point. I liked the music, although it got a little repetitive. Simple game, but fun!"},{"author_name":"Pusty","author_uid":"55076","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1450644120,"text":"looks fun but these sounds tho."},{"author_name":"tribrain","author_uid":"62559","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 1:25am","epoch":1450660800,"text":"its hard to play maybe the controls are not good calibrate thats why.´buts is kind of entertaining"},{"author_name":"kardfogu","author_uid":"64580","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1451834580,"text":"Well, nicely done with the theme. Also, the audio is quite good.\r\r- Kardfogú"}],"images":["ld34\/11312-c01d18ef1eb10076858f37bfbb6cca5d.jpg","ld34\/11312-c6a0057aaf6a74441346038e5d1ab845.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/91365731\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/91365731\/","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5509","g_author":"11312","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5535","g_title":"Bloon","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"935","g_commentcount":"20","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\/\/511439\/11312-shot0-1450059784.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/11312-shot1-1450059784.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In this game you play as a helium filled balloon. You only have two controls: inflate and deflate. Inflating increases your buoyancy, deflating decreases it. Climb as high as you can but avoid the sharp beaks of the passing crows. If you get popped, press the green flag to try again.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nRight arrow key to inflate\r\nLeft arrow key to deflate\r\n\r\nThis game was written in Scratch. The source code is available from the web site. (Click see inside to view the source.)\r\n\r\nSprites were created using the Scratch tools.\r\nSound effects were created using JFXR.\r\nMusic was created in Otomata and edited in Audacity.\r\n\r\nDevelopment write up: http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2015\/12\/20\/bloon\/\r\n","title":"Bloon"}