{"author_link":"\/users\/cary-stanley","author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","comments":[{"author_name":"David Hunter","author_uid":"1052491","time":"2020-10-04T23:17:19Z","epoch":1601853439,"modified":1601853439,"text":"I do not know what sort of strange mind came up with this game. The doctor proscribes sleep and lots of it.\nSeriously though I used to love those old adventure games, this a pretty good version of the them. Very funny.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"alec","author_uid":"1013678","time":"2020-10-05T00:28:11Z","epoch":1601857691,"modified":1601857691,"text":"\"tabs or spaces? Both\" made me chuckle","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neonjeff","author_uid":"1145434","time":"2020-10-05T01:57:09Z","epoch":1601863029,"modified":1601863029,"text":"Alternating space\/tab is the only way to go! I got stuck after animating the jumping jacks guy, but I like the idea! I wish it had sound.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Aarimous","author_uid":"1193277","time":"2020-10-05T01:58:42Z","epoch":1601863122,"modified":1601863122,"text":"Love the tabs\/spaces joke :) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SsoOG6ZeyUI","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cryptomnesic","author_uid":"1190355","time":"2020-10-05T02:00:18Z","epoch":1601863218,"modified":1601863218,"text":"???","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ChickenCastle","author_uid":"1200718","time":"2020-10-05T02:04:28Z","epoch":1601863468,"modified":1601863468,"text":"Haha tabs vs spaces, nice. I got confused when he hated both answers, took me a while to come back for the 'both'. I then got stuck at 'true { console.log }'.\nI think maybe some instructions or how to play details in the submission description would be really helpful.\nNice work! ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yeomsley","author_uid":"1165402","time":"2020-10-05T02:12:18Z","epoch":1601863938,"modified":1601863938,"text":"After much wandering it was worth it for the ending haha","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-05T02:13:02Z","epoch":1601863982,"modified":1601863982,"text":"@david-hunter Yup, this is a weird game, I need to get some rest now :sleeping: \n\n@aarimous Yes! I had to rewatch that \"Silicon valley\" clip when I was writing the dialog for that section of the game. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"spacemyname","author_uid":"1058305","time":"2020-10-05T02:57:30Z","epoch":1601866650,"modified":1601866650,"text":"Great Game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"timeloopedpowergamer","author_uid":"1186258","time":"2020-10-05T07:52:12Z","epoch":1601884332,"modified":1601884332,"text":"Lots of inside jokes. Reminds me fondly of old Roberta Williams games. Not exactly nailing the theme, but this great game nails just about everything else.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Masaru","author_uid":"1184053","time":"2020-10-05T11:47:23Z","epoch":1601898443,"modified":1601898443,"text":"Does the { not do anything ? I got stuck trying it on every character until I randomly clicked the computer... outside of that, these of true r\/programmerhumour memes. Concept is very cool.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"joonamo","author_uid":"1077311","time":"2020-10-05T14:00:42Z","epoch":1601906442,"modified":1601906442,"text":"I love the walk animation loop! :runner: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Aterlamia","author_uid":"1012477","time":"2020-10-05T14:50:26Z","epoch":1601909426,"modified":1601909426,"text":"well that is javascript, truest comment i have seen. Fun take, but i do miss  some sounds","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Gironimo4","author_uid":"1216347","time":"2020-10-05T15:18:20Z","epoch":1601911100,"modified":1601911100,"text":"Tabs. That's the end of the discussion. Fun way of picking up items by debugging!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-05T17:02:07Z","epoch":1601917327,"modified":1601920332,"text":"@chickencastle If the markdown had a way to hide spoilers, I would definitely add a strategy guide.\n\n@timeloopedpowergamer Thanks for the comment, was nice to hear my game likened to a old Roberta Williams games :smile_cat: \n\n@masaru Yes, the \"{\" does not have a use in this game, but is needed to complete the game.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"WongKongPhooey","author_uid":"1076102","time":"2020-10-05T17:21:15Z","epoch":1601918475,"modified":1601918475,"text":"What a nice, unique idea! Simple, but engaging. Exactly what you want from a jam game!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"raddishradish","author_uid":"1215691","time":"2020-10-06T04:27:29Z","epoch":1601958449,"modified":1601958449,"text":"Loved how you executed the theme! I didn't expect to actually see a game jam game about making a game jam game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Emily Pitcher","author_uid":"1214283","time":"2020-10-06T06:49:12Z","epoch":1601966952,"modified":1601966952,"text":"What a fun game idea! I love how you interpreted the theme especially.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LouieJams","author_uid":"1182574","time":"2020-10-06T13:47:40Z","epoch":1601992060,"modified":1601992060,"text":"Really fun idea, was unable to figure out how to escape the dream but enjoyed the experience!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-06T18:14:36Z","epoch":1602008076,"modified":1602008076,"text":"Thanks @emily-pitcher & @louiejams I really enjoyed your game as well!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fpoli","author_uid":"1213538","time":"2020-10-07T02:25:54Z","epoch":1602037554,"modified":1602037554,"text":"Very funny and engaging! I felt bad for the poor guy who got stuck on the animation loop. One thing to point out... I used all all the \"items\" except for the opening curly bracket. Can it be used somewhere? Anyway, it was fun!  ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Lucas Helfman","author_uid":1216511,"time":"2020-10-07T03:40:25Z","epoch":1602042025,"modified":1602042025,"text":"This really is a nightmare! \nIf your goal was the mess with the player, job well done!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-07T16:33:40Z","epoch":1602088420,"modified":1602088420,"text":"@fpoli yes the opening curly bracket is not used as an \"action\" in the game, but must be obtained for the ending\n\n@lucas-helfman sorry to hear you had a bad experience","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Shelvid","author_uid":"1056505","time":"2020-10-07T18:56:15Z","epoch":1602096975,"modified":1602096975,"text":"Simple and fun game, slightly confusing but managed to beat it all by myself","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-07T20:07:41Z","epoch":1602101261,"modified":1602101261,"text":"Thanks for playing @shelvid! It was great to watch your twitch broadcast. Helps me see the players challenges and understand how I can better improve in the future.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"1001117","time":"2020-10-08T19:25:52Z","epoch":1602185152,"modified":1602185152,"text":"Lot's of great programmer humor in here :joy:  \nI love a good point n click, and this one was very unique. Well done :grin: :thumbsup: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ramble House Games","author_uid":"1185062","time":"2020-10-11T00:21:53Z","epoch":1602375713,"modified":1602375713,"text":"Neat idea.  I hope you sort out that sleep issue.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"island-jam-2-group-3","author_uid":"1064718","time":"2020-10-11T15:22:40Z","epoch":1602429760,"modified":1602429760,"text":"Simple but original game. I missed some music \/ sounds but other than that good job ;-)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MandaRad","author_uid":"1024332","time":"2020-10-11T16:03:45Z","epoch":1602432225,"modified":1602432225,"text":"I liked the humour in this game a lot and really enjoyed the interactions with the characters. Great job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"nandelind","author_uid":"1054591","time":"2020-10-14T20:37:43Z","epoch":1602707863,"modified":1602707863,"text":"Very creative and fitting! I did have trouble sometimes with putting an instruction on something, where it would sometimes drop\/disappear before I got to where I was going or clicked to try using it.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cary Stanley","author_uid":"1100694","time":"2020-10-15T21:22:51Z","epoch":1602796971,"modified":1602797000,"text":"Thanks @nandelind for the feedback, I saw another player struggle with the \"actions\" cursor, if I have time I will try to fix some day.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"1005450","time":"2020-10-16T22:27:10Z","epoch":1602887230,"modified":1602887230,"text":"I was bout to be MAD at that wizard before I realized what the right answer was... haha! I love the originality of this game, which is reminiscent of an oldschool adventure game with a looping environment. It'd be nicer with some audio but I really appreciate the inventiveness of it and the funny dialog.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld47\/220831-de2e300c9d15fbe54f05e02fdfc38c34.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/carystanley.itch.io\/programmer-nightmare","text":"Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/carystanley\/ld47-coder-dream","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"62594","g_author":"1100694","g_event":"LD47","g_eventkey":"76","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"277016","g_title":"Programmer Nightmare","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"257","g_commentcount":"32","g_site2_node_id":"220831","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"220831","n_urlkey":"277016","n_parent":"212256","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/programmer-nightmare","n_slug":"programmer-nightmare","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"100694","n_created":"1601660782","n_modified":"1601861982","n_version":"671824","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":220831,"parent":212256,"superparent":9,"author":100694,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2020-10-04T21:42:07Z","created":"2020-10-02T17:46:22Z","modified":"2020-10-05T01:39:42Z","version":671824,"slug":"programmer-nightmare","name":"Programmer Nightmare","body":"![Screen Shot 2020-10-04 at 2.27.25 PM.png](\/\/\/raw\/659\/81\/z\/35aeb.png)\n\n![Screen Shot 2020-10-04 at 6 (4).png](\/\/\/raw\/659\/81\/z\/361e2.png)\n\nOh No!! 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