{"author_link":"\/users\/trmrddr","author_name":"trmrddr","author_uid":"1163888","comments":[{"author_name":"SnowyCocoon","author_uid":"1199536","time":"2020-04-21T01:40:34Z","epoch":1587433234,"modified":1587433234,"text":"Cute and simple game! Love it!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"majorleegay","author_uid":"1019241","time":"2020-04-21T01:44:27Z","epoch":1587433467,"modified":1587433467,"text":"I did not think I'd enjoy a game about work\/plant balance at all, but this game low-key bops. I like the music choice and absolutely adore the in-game music playing keyboard.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Equivocator","author_uid":"1196787","time":"2020-04-21T01:45:06Z","epoch":1587433506,"modified":1587433506,"text":"I loved the idea and it's very relatable!\nFor some reason it wasn't accepting an apostrophe as input?","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"WittyCognomen","author_uid":"1182137","time":"2020-04-21T01:46:11Z","epoch":1587433571,"modified":1587433571,"text":"Typing seems to be broken on non-US key layouts.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Arktas","author_uid":"1124153","time":"2020-04-21T01:48:58Z","epoch":1587433738,"modified":1587433738,"text":"The game is really cool, a bit stress during work part, relaxing in singing one. Well done !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bbkate98","author_uid":"1187308","time":"2020-04-21T01:50:05Z","epoch":1587433805,"modified":1587433805,"text":"very cute!! love the graphics and sound design ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"shwany_b","author_uid":"1186099","time":"2020-04-21T01:50:23Z","epoch":1587433823,"modified":1587433823,"text":"\"Please CC Raymond\"\n\nWoah I gotta take a break","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"noahnewline","author_uid":"1193755","time":"2020-04-21T01:50:28Z","epoch":1587433828,"modified":1587433828,"text":"Lovely game!! There's so much to like about it, but my favorite thing is probably the dynamic music. I really enjoyed how it changes based on what you're doing, nice touch! I wish the anxiety meter would pause during the transition animations, but then again anxiety doesn't stop for anything :laughing: Overall excellent!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Silverice","author_uid":"1194614","time":"2020-04-21T01:50:40Z","epoch":1587433840,"modified":1587433840,"text":"Didnt work in chrome, but in firefox played well. Lovable graphics, only problem is that my keyboard \"?\" simbol didnt appear in the game, so everytime i encountered a \"?\" i lost.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NanoArch","author_uid":"1188385","time":"2020-04-21T01:53:36Z","epoch":1587434016,"modified":1587434016,"text":"Very polished for a jam game, the graphics are good, and the concept is fun, I normally don't enjoy games like these, but I enjoyed this one.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ayced","author_uid":"1014345","time":"2020-04-21T01:54:08Z","epoch":1587434048,"modified":1587434048,"text":"So weird but cool or perhaps its just me xD I think I found a bug or \"problem\"\n\nI was writing the emails and one of them had a question mark at the end which I didn't seem to be able to apply (possibly because of my keyboard layout? idk)\n\nThis got me stuck","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Cheese Team","author_uid":"1193686","time":"2020-04-21T01:54:27Z","epoch":1587434067,"modified":1587434067,"text":"This was fun! If you type too fast, some of your inputs get dropped.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"KilThrall","author_uid":"1193718","time":"2020-04-21T01:55:55Z","epoch":1587434155,"modified":1587434155,"text":"I loved how I could play some simple piano songs while singing hahhaha. It's a really nice game, I liked it","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MattKuroshi","author_uid":"1194142","time":"2020-04-21T01:59:51Z","epoch":1587434391,"modified":1587434391,"text":"everytime that appears a ' was an instant loss, but i find this game very original and cute :3","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"nerdysl0th","author_uid":"1032728","time":"2020-04-21T02:06:50Z","epoch":1587434810,"modified":1587434810,"text":"Big animal crossing vibes, in the best way possible! Very charming and polished. Good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Nachodlv","author_uid":"1179623","time":"2020-04-21T02:10:51Z","epoch":1587435051,"modified":1587435051,"text":"Really fun. I had a little bit of lag so it was really hard to type. The bunny is super cute.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"trmrddr","author_uid":"1163888","time":"2020-04-21T02:25:17Z","epoch":1587435917,"modified":1587435917,"text":"@mattkuroshi @ayced @silverice @wittycognomen @equivocator We pushed a fix so that everyone can play the game! It's 100% less questionmarks and apostrophes! Obviously can't have an unintentional game-breaking bug like that laying around!! Sorry about that.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"willjardine","author_uid":"1016188","time":"2020-04-21T02:43:08Z","epoch":1587436988,"modified":1587436988,"text":"Super cute!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PecheDodue","author_uid":"1187025","time":"2020-04-21T13:28:16Z","epoch":1587475696,"modified":1587475696,"text":"Nice game, love the visual!!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hexa3","author_uid":"1024152","time":"2020-04-21T14:36:04Z","epoch":1587479764,"modified":1587479764,"text":"The piano was the icing on the cake! ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"leafthief","author_uid":"1002819","time":"2020-04-22T04:32:01Z","epoch":1587529921,"modified":1587529921,"text":"I felt really bad for the bunny whenever they had to work! Good job overall! <3 ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"saucygames","author_uid":"1002598","time":"2020-04-22T06:43:38Z","epoch":1587537818,"modified":1587537818,"text":"love me a good typing test! artstyle is ouii nice","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"FishMasterino","author_uid":"1202492","time":"2020-04-22T08:22:34Z","epoch":1587543754,"modified":1587543754,"text":"Everything about this game is great, it looks nice, sounds nice and plays nice. The emails were funny too, I really loved it ! \nI also counldn't get past emails with \"-\" in them","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mirsakka","author_uid":"1128970","time":"2020-04-22T09:43:27Z","epoch":1587548607,"modified":1587548607,"text":"Ohhh this was so pretty and nice idea of writing and singing! I loved to sing! Yeees! :rabbit2: ","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"arzi","author_uid":"1001976","time":"2020-04-22T12:00:14Z","epoch":1587556814,"modified":1587556814,"text":"I love the artwork and the concept is great, but I feel it's a bit too difficult for how it feels otherwise (or I'm just a really bad at typing). Amazing work nonetheless!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"mathemagician","author_uid":"1164160","time":"2020-04-22T12:54:26Z","epoch":1587560066,"modified":1587560066,"text":"@arzi Trying to balance the game was definitely more guessing than science for me. As a stop gap, we included a difficulty slider in the options menu, though nothing really mentions that it exists (I added it with about 30 minutes until the deadline haha).\n\n@fishmasterino Glad you enjoyed, but sorry to hear people are still having issues with getting certain keys registered. I was more than a little naive for trying to parse typing out of keypresses instead of reading an actual text input, but you live and you learn. Hopefully I'll be able to get a quick fix out sometime soon.","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Fables","author_uid":"1185969","time":"2020-04-22T17:56:50Z","epoch":1587578210,"modified":1587578210,"text":"Super cute game, very well made with great graphics and fun gameplay!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fatPenguin","author_uid":"1009985","time":"2020-04-22T18:06:33Z","epoch":1587578793,"modified":1587578793,"text":"haha oh boy that whole scrum things gave me PTSD.. I'm not at work anymore, man! :P     \njk. cool and funny game, the graphics were beautiful and i have the utmost respect for anybody who does rigging for a gamejam ^^ congrats on finsihing your game :)","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JAzambuja","author_uid":"1127045","time":"2020-04-23T00:28:15Z","epoch":1587601695,"modified":1587601695,"text":"really fun game! awesome art, congratulations!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"tweedle","author_uid":"1001846","time":"2020-04-23T03:25:33Z","epoch":1587612333,"modified":1587612333,"text":"lol that animation when you click on the computer to work. liked that i got to play my own tunes when singing to the plants.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Geegaz","author_uid":"1180194","time":"2020-04-23T07:16:32Z","epoch":1587626192,"modified":1587626192,"text":"Tried it, loved it. It looks so nice and polished for a Jam game ! Everything fits perfectly. I just couldn't get my anxiety down, as I didn't understand how to properly sing it seems ? Amazing job !","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CosmicCrystalGames","author_uid":"1063689","time":"2020-04-23T10:30:45Z","epoch":1587637845,"modified":1587637845,"text":"Incredibly adorable game! Really novel use of a typing game mechanic. The general theme of the game feels very relatable right now! Overall, a really fun and polished entry :) ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Abdurrahman  Khallouf","author_uid":"1122438","time":"2020-04-23T14:16:51Z","epoch":1587651411,"modified":1587651411,"text":"I like the mood and the cute aesthetics.\ngot bored half way through but I finished all the planets. wasn't hard.\n\nI like typing so I liked that part. but the balancing act got boring fast.\n\nall in all it was a nice experience. my baby daughter loved watching me playin' :tongue: ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Motley","author_uid":"1181026","time":"2020-04-23T15:51:15Z","epoch":1587657075,"modified":1587657075,"text":"Great graphics! The gameplay wasn't very immersive, but I guess that's how work is\n\nAs a sidenote, the notes on the piano are in incorrect positions (the group of two black keys is above CDE, not ABC)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"trmrddr","author_uid":"1163888","time":"2020-04-23T15:54:21Z","epoch":1587657261,"modified":1587657261,"text":"@motley We initially had it on the C-scale, so we made the art for that. But then our audio guy made the music in A, so we switched around the letters but didn't bother updating the black keys (oversight!).","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Motley","author_uid":"1181026","time":"2020-04-23T16:02:59Z","epoch":1587657779,"modified":1587657793,"text":"@trmrddr Oh, I see","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Lexyvil","author_uid":"1108907","time":"2020-04-29T04:02:30Z","epoch":1588132950,"modified":1588133062,"text":"Fun game! I realized that the more e-mails you had the highest the anxiety went, and the more plants you owned, the more it helps lower it.\n\n![yay.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/b69\/a1\/z\/33882.jpg)\n\nMy favourite aspect was probably the option to sing different notes. Not limiting the player was more fun, by having us choose what notes to sing~","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"elysiagriffin","author_uid":"1047013","time":"2020-05-09T19:56:15Z","epoch":1589054175,"modified":1589054175,"text":"Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!\n\nIf you\u2019d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: \n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/615937007?t=6h46m35s\n\nGood luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D\n\n\ud83d\udc9c Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady\n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/elysiagriffin","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld46\/183894-d1893d88fae9ad36b495277ee513155f.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/trmrddr.itch.io\/life-is-hard-buy-a-cactus","text":"Youtube"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"63812","g_author":"1163888","g_event":"LD46","g_eventkey":"77","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"279530","g_title":"Life is Hard, and then You Buy a Cactus","g_status":"PVT1","g_place":"275","g_commentcount":"38","g_site2_node_id":"183894","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"183894","n_urlkey":"279530","n_parent":"176557","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/life-is-hard-and-then-you-buy-a-cactus","n_slug":"life-is-hard-and-then-you-buy-","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"163888","n_created":"1586703676","n_modified":"1587829808","n_version":"631306","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":183894,"parent":176557,"superparent":9,"author":163888,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2020-04-21T01:00:51Z","created":"2020-04-12T15:01:16Z","modified":"2020-04-25T15:50:08Z","version":631306,"slug":"life-is-hard-and-then-you-buy-a-cactus","name":"Life is Hard, and then You Buy a Cactus","body":"![singing.gif](\/\/\/raw\/030\/82\/z\/2fbd0.gif)\n\nYou play as a bunny who's working from home.\n\nBeing home & working brings up your anxiety,\n\nbut having plants brings down your anxiety!\n\nEarn plants by working.\n\nWork by typing up business words!\n\nSing to your plants to bring down your anxiety even more!\n\nRemember: The more work tasks you have, the more anxious you are!\n\nKeep yourself sane, and remember: It's all about that work\/life balance! :)\n![ui1.png](\/\/\/raw\/030\/82\/z\/2fbda.png)\n![ui2.png](\/\/\/raw\/030\/82\/z\/2fbe1.png)\n\n- Code by mathemagician and Armure\n- Concepts by giraffalope and RobL\n- 3D Art by trmrddr and RobL\n- Music and sounds by Progs\n\n```\nChangelog\n1. v1_1: Non-US keyboard layouts had issues with ? and '. 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