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Audio is hilarious and so is the premise, the gameplay just leaves something to be desired. it gets repetitive VERY quickly ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":779571,"author_name":"eboatwright","author_uid":"eboatwright","epoch":1649102187,"text":"Very fun game! I loved the graphics, although the controls felt a little slow (I think that's kinda the point, but still) and I think the UI could have been a little better. I get it's a jam game, but a custom font would have done alot of good :) Fun game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":783960,"author_name":"blobo","author_uid":"blobo","epoch":1649129355,"text":"Haaa! I love the noises the kids make. The artwork is cute and child-like, it almost reminds me of Blues Clues, how the school appears to be drawn in crayon. Also, wow, the chaos as the game gets further and further is a lot of fun! Wonderfully done.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":791545,"author_name":"Mehran","author_uid":"mehran","epoch":1649175773,"text":"Kids distress sounds was so good. Simple but enjoyable game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":808203,"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"mrevilguy","epoch":1649303476,"text":"Hahaha wow you sound a lot like me making baby noises for an old game I made. Love the sound effects\/music combo. Love the art style too. Wish there was slightly more trouble-making than just crying though hahahaha.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":808207,"author_name":"ArianaD","author_uid":"arianad","epoch":1649303567,"text":"the sound LMAO, super fun though and the visuals really matched the overall theme of the game\/atmosphere!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":814154,"author_name":"jyumonji","author_uid":"jyumonji","epoch":1649400201,"text":"Really love this cute style =D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":818069,"author_name":"namnam","author_uid":"namnam","epoch":1649490570,"text":"Haha, i liked the mood, I laugh. It's really simple (may be a little bit too simple) but it's funny :) Nice take on the theme.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":820148,"author_name":"TheUnusualArt","author_uid":"theunusualart","epoch":1649533117,"text":"Awesome game, everything fits well together!\nNice, easy to understand gameplay, which gets really challenging the longer you play.\nThe artstyle is really cute and I love the soundeffects of the children crying :'D\nGood job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":821832,"author_name":"blinry","author_uid":"blinry","epoch":1649588815,"text":"We didn't find the mechanics for this one especially engaging. Running after the kids didn't give us very meaningful choices to make, or strategy to employ. We stopped playing after a few breaks. I think adding more gameplay elements might help? Good job on the graphics!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":822116,"author_name":"LDJam user 279546","author_uid":"279546","epoch":1649596336,"text":"Fun idea, art, and music. Maybe adding a temporary sprint or something similar would have been helpful. I found I couldn't catch up to the kids too well and it kept causing me trouble. Good entry though.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":822286,"author_name":"LDJam user 280755","author_uid":"280755","epoch":1649600547,"text":"LOL those voices.  Funny concept.  The difficulty ramps up quite quickly!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/fe\/fe0e8e62425d49e62d2ea00a4695ccd7aa98683f296dc8a82ae2e22cf10b8f42.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/bobvanderlinden\/ld50","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/bobvanderlinden.github.io\/ld50\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"82196","g_author":"1000826","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"386821","g_title":"Playground Panic","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"725","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"281870","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"281870","n_urlkey":"386821","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/playground-panic","n_slug":"playground-panic","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"826","n_created":"1648719049","n_modified":"1776824592","n_version":"873117","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":826,"body":"# Story\nChildren are the future! But they are also very clumsy\u2026 When kids play it is **inevitable** that there is some distress among them. They drop their food, lose their toys or hurt themselves. \n\nYou are a supervisor of a school playground on which children are having fun. Due to the **inevitable** budget cuts of the government you will need to supervise more and more children. You need to be fast and help the children when they are in distress. By doing this you **delay** the moment of complete chaos on the playground!\n![Untitled_Artwork 210.png](\/\/\/raw\/16d\/92\/z\/490c8.png)\n\n# Gameplay\n- You can move by using the **WASD** keys\n- You need to take care of the children during recess, when children have distress they will start crying. You can complete a level by solving all distress during the set amount of time, their break.\n  - The child in distress shows tears (:sweat_drops:) and an exclamation mark (:exclamation:) so you know where to go.\n  - When you move close enough to a child in distress it will **resolve** their distress\n- The panic-o-meter will increase by one when a child goes into a panic, when you have more than 3 children in panic-mode you will **loose**\n- Difficulty will increase by having less time in between the children that need attention \/ more children on the playground.\n- You cannot walk through the playground equipment.\n\n# Tech\n- We've build this game in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It should run in all modern browsers.\n- **Sound**\n  - The theme song has been generated on [Ecrett Music](https:\/\/ecrettmusic.com). 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