{"author_link":"\/author\/toloagames\/","author_name":"ToloaGames","author_uid":"55166","comments":[{"author_name":"GameGrape Gaming","author_uid":"52602","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:02am","epoch":1450148220,"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<br\/>\r<br\/>Feel 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<br\/>\r<br\/>So 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<br\/>\r<br\/>Get Your Game Reviewed Now!: https:\/\/goo.gl\/StKpT9\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If 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<br\/>\r<br\/>This game looks great and we can't wait to play! Good luck in the competition! :)"},{"author_name":"narve","author_uid":"49505","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:18am","epoch":1450149180,"text":"Based on the screenshots you uploaded, the frog seems to play a major role in the story. I feel like this wasn't explored deeply enough in the game. Where did the frog come from? Is he\/she really just a normal frog, or is he\/she hiding something from us? Is this frog to be trusted?"},{"author_name":"siege","author_uid":"62251","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:59am","epoch":1450151640,"text":"I don't understand the general point of this game. It controlled well but I had no reason to continue."},{"author_name":"Simplest","author_uid":"26438","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1450202640,"text":"Hahaha really funny graphics, good job team!!"},{"author_name":"Louspirit","author_uid":"55260","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1450212360,"text":"The sounds were cool, as the idea. But I didn't understand that I should hit the frog. I tried once but not long enough so I wandered why I was failing. Else the controls were embarassing because I dont have a qwerty keyboard."},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:15pm","epoch":1450282200,"text":"Crazy frogs? Frantic clouds? Dead children? \r<br\/>Must be Ludum Dare.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not a bad entry at all, graphics are amusing, gameplay works although a bit hard. Music is repetitive-ish but effects are great.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>At first I didn't entirely understnad what to do and how the game works but after a dead kid or two it becomes much clearer :)"},{"author_name":"SovietBear","author_uid":"60769","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:33am","epoch":1450312080,"text":"It's Fun to play, although It'd be nice if Billy had some sort of legs. Ah well, besides that It's a nice little challenge to kill a some time on."},{"author_name":"tantumgames","author_uid":"60654","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:38am","epoch":1450312380,"text":"Great job. Pretty funny game and cool frog."},{"author_name":"Zemmi","author_uid":"3343","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1450372680,"text":"Poor kids, if only Billy invested in an irrigation system they wouldn't have to starve. It would be nice if the one looked less like a seven. I got confused and wasted away two of my daughters trying to grow seven peas."},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1450478580,"text":"Nice little game that gets quite challenging indeed! Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"jachepe","author_uid":"44966","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1450649940,"text":"A bit difficult to understand how to play but really funny graphics. Good work!"},{"author_name":"pixelpotions","author_uid":"63064","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1450889100,"text":"Fun game, very addictive!"}],"images":["ld34\/55166-6504e2210c8b9c0c9d6902c8c37c4cb2.jpg","ld34\/55166-41513d85683a77dbd5326a9c088c4218.jpg","ld34\/55166-1a28cb8a15c8263b198528a9cd32a36f.jpg","ld34\/55166-c9bf65118a28acfcd34efdb8dac96937.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/folderview?id=0B0cR6R0zj5Z-NXhCMUVMbk1SMVE&amp;usp=sharing","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/folderview?id=0B0cR6R0zj5Z-UFpHbktvRDQ0VDg&amp;usp=sharing","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/folderview?id=0B0cR6R0zj5Z-NXhCMUVMbk1SMVE&amp;usp=sharing","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6193","g_author":"55166","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6138","g_title":"Billy And His Kids","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"884","g_commentcount":"12","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\/55166-shot0-1450058307.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/55166-shot1-1450058307.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/55166-shot2-1450059854.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/55166-shot3-1450059779.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CONTROLS: WASD, SPACE\r\nI don't know if this game work in a solution other than 4:3.\r\nOS\/X Version not tested!\r\n\r\nBilly is a little farmer. He has three girls who are very hungry.\r\nTo feed them, Billy has to grow some stuff. But nothing grows without rain.\r\nSo make it rain!\r\n\r\nControl the Cloud with WASD. Billy will plant seeds and you have to rain on them in order to make them grow. The blue meter shows you how much water the plant still needs. If it is depleted then the plant will die. Plants will grow over time if you water them. They will then be added to your stockpile.The kids will demand that you grow certain plants for them. You win the game if you manage to beat level 8.\r\n\r\nTips:\r\n-The kids will tell you what they need.\r\n-At this stage it is not possible to complete the game with all 3 lives remaining (as far as I know)\r\n-Don't try to water a plant if the blue meter is full, it will have no effect.\r\n\r\nSo this is my second LDJAM and it was almost as exciting as the first one. I improved a lot in terms of graphics. The code is also better but still a HUGE MESS. When I started coding I was so tired that I couldn't structure it very well so it's really embarrassing and patchworky tbh.\r\n\r\nI managed to work 38 hours in the 48 hour time frame, which is one hour more than last time. The jam starts at 3 am in my timezone which can be quite the challenge because usually really tired in the first 3 hours.\r\n\r\nI pushed a lot of the design and all the balancing to the end of the compo and did most of the art first, which is generally a bad idea imo. I had to balance the whole thing in the last 2 hours and I think the gameplay is still lacking and not as intuitive as i wanted it to be. I also have no idea how challenging this game is cause I played it so much by now.","title":"Billy And His Kids"}