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I finished the game to see all the cutscenes though!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":722051,"author_name":"Nyles","author_uid":"nyles","epoch":1633405644,"text":"The art is pretty funny.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":722467,"author_name":"LDJam user 230963","author_uid":"230963","epoch":1633408617,"text":"Very funny! 100% on theme!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":722735,"author_name":"GreenXenith","author_uid":"greenxenith","epoch":1633410795,"text":"@teenythanos Man, some banjo\/fiddle action was part of the plan in the beginning, but time was not on my side :)  \n@gurt Ouch, looks like I forgot to lower the stomp angle when I made the player hitbox circular. Should be more fair now :\/","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":722806,"author_name":"Lone_Wolf","author_uid":"lone-wolf","epoch":1633411431,"text":"Great work! I had a blast horsing around, a really really big blast, and two small ones.\n\n~~@gurt said the hitboxes were unfair. I didn't notice it after playing for a bit. I can see what they meant though.~~ Ope, never mind\n\n10\/10 on the cutscenes btw","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":726857,"author_name":"congusbongus","author_uid":"congusbongus","epoch":1633438457,"text":"I love love love this! The comics are gold, such an evil horse. It's a shame there's no audio because it would have made this perfect.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":728902,"author_name":"uberscientist","author_uid":"uberscientist","epoch":1633448545,"text":"I really enjoyed playing this one, the horse and I are kindred souls","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":734143,"author_name":"Dante2001","author_uid":"dante2001","epoch":1633473741,"text":"All 5s dude. You could release this on Steam by just adding the audio and some FX. Has lot of heart!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":741748,"author_name":"krypticbit","author_uid":"krypticbit","epoch":1633546707,"text":"Very nice!  I especially like the graphics, they're very continuous (especially considering the time limit).  The game was challenging but fun.  The hitboxes do seem a little oversensitive to me, and the horse slowly sides off of the platform if it's on the very edge (intentional?) but neither of these seriously detract from the game.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":743587,"author_name":"runrajrun","author_uid":"runrajrun","epoch":1633560887,"text":"Dude haha the story was amazing and the animations... just wow! Great work! :D","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744187,"author_name":"hammerfrenzy","author_uid":"hammerfrenzy","epoch":1633568404,"text":"Cutscenes were great. As some said the collision detection was a bit mean at times, but it was doable after some practice. Loving all the farm related games.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744199,"author_name":"Hampster","author_uid":"hampster","epoch":1633568675,"text":"I agree with a previous comment that the hitboxes seemed a little sensitive, but overall good job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744205,"author_name":"hwaet","author_uid":"hwaet","epoch":1633568769,"text":"The animations are great! I really like your intro level design as well. It does a nice job of setting up the obstacles. Not sure if I missed something, but why are the birds dangerous (plot wise)?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744211,"author_name":"Tobold H","author_uid":"tobold-h","epoch":1633568865,"text":"I loved playing this game; it was very funny and surprisingly difficult. The only thing I found mildly frustrating was interpreting whether I could interact with certain objects or they were part of the background. The art in the gameplay and cutscenes especially was awesome.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744226,"author_name":"LDJam user 265360","author_uid":"265360","epoch":1633569214,"text":"Aha, this game rules! I agree that there's room to improve the hitboxes and that even some simple audio would really help the game pop. But the animations are hilarious and I love the overall style.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":744228,"author_name":"shared","author_uid":"shared","epoch":1633569236,"text":"Fun game with lovable graphics, enjoyed the cutscenes a lot. Good job","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745196,"author_name":"ashtheevil","author_uid":"ashtheevil","epoch":1633587909,"text":"Nice looking platformer with some fair challenge, I like it. And cutscenes rock! Had a bit of a hard time with hazards, cause they wasn't stick well out of the environment and I never knew what hits me next.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":748087,"author_name":"David Bro\u017e","author_uid":"david-broz","epoch":1633633598,"text":"10\/10 would nuke again","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":749619,"author_name":"nardandas","author_uid":"nardandas","epoch":1633654648,"text":"The game was super funny! I found the graphics charming, even though they weren't like, the best. The difficulty curve seemed a bit off. The final level was way beyond the others. Also, the spikes could hide in other elements.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":751805,"author_name":"Cookie_CHR","author_uid":"cookie-chr","epoch":1633707871,"text":"Nice game! I found it hard sometimes to guess wether I could jump on something or not (ex. the tractor), but the game itself was pretty easy so this little difficulty doesn't bother me","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755165,"author_name":"rubenwardy","author_uid":"rubenwardy","epoch":1633795849,"text":"I loved the cutscenes, full marks for humour!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755309,"author_name":"Denzil Gomes","author_uid":"denzil-gomes","epoch":1633799292,"text":"This game has so much character, I was always looking forward to the end level cutscenes as they were hilarious. I thought perhaps the sound bugged out on the web build so I tried the windows version too. I understand having time constraints and working on your own probably stopped you from adding sound but that would've added quite a bit to this. Regardless I had fun with this. Good job","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755548,"author_name":"Weine","author_uid":"weine","epoch":1633804807,"text":"Incredible cinematics, story and characters! Probably the funniest game I've played this LDjam.\nGameplay itself was a bit simplistic, but the story is what carries this game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755699,"author_name":"Lakrits","author_uid":"lakrits","epoch":1633807968,"text":"Can't be understated how important the cutscenes are for this game. :) Audio would have taken it to the neighxt level.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":756171,"author_name":"Tsunscreen","author_uid":"tsunscreen","epoch":1633817908,"text":"Managed to make it to the end. The art rocks, and the humor is on point!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":756550,"author_name":"Gryhyphen","author_uid":"gryhyphen","epoch":1633828432,"text":"This game is great! I loved the humor and art! Some of the hitboxes were a bit janky, and the horse was a bit skiddy, but it wasn't overly frustrating. Would love to see more games in this style from you :D","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":757545,"author_name":"kr4ft3r","author_uid":"kr4ft3r","epoch":1633874004,"text":"Bonus for adding those beautifully drawn cutscenes. The game is a bit punishing with level reset on first mistake, but it wasn't unreasonably hard to get to the end. I'd say the game contains a subtle morale of the story that those rejected from their rightful place in society may start blowing things up.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":758987,"author_name":"ColeSlaughter","author_uid":"coleslaughter","epoch":1633911495,"text":"[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1172137556?t=02h05m06s)\n\nThis one was downright hilarious.  I love the absolutely ridiculous buff animals and their little cutscenes.  Very nice job overall!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/GreenXenith\/ricketyranch","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/GreenXenith\/ricketyranch\/releases\/download\/stable\/RicketyRanch_Win64.zip","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/GreenXenith\/ricketyranch\/releases\/download\/stable\/RicketyRanch_Linux.zip","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/GreenXenith\/ricketyranch\/releases\/download\/stable\/RicketyRanch_OSX.zip","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.greenxenith.com\/ricketyranch\/","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"79929","g_author":"1209454","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"380726","g_title":"Rickety Ranch","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"470","g_commentcount":"31","g_site2_node_id":"266451","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"266451","n_urlkey":"380726","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/rickety-ranch","n_slug":"rickety-ranch","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"209454","n_created":"1633123217","n_modified":"1761347363","n_version":"847079","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":209454,"body":"![2021-10-04_18-41.png](\/\/\/raw\/e22\/33\/z\/46b06.png)\n\nAn unstable horse is determined to un-stable the stable. 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