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Not bad.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167041,"author_name":"beguilint","author_uid":"beguilint","epoch":1759850696,"text":"Interesting idea, especially since Halloween is around the corner, but the gameplay was a bit confusing","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187097,"author_name":"Jes\u00fas Gonz\u00e1lez","author_uid":"jesus-gonzalez","epoch":1761029761,"text":"Interesting concept, would be cool to see it actually more developed.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187150,"author_name":"5H08","author_uid":"5h08","epoch":1761039987,"text":"Cool!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187178,"author_name":"wisstopher","author_uid":"wisstopher","epoch":1761047409,"text":"Cool idea, can imagine a lot went into this. Would have been nice to have something to do during the run. Other than that I can see what it is and I dig it. Good work :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187238,"author_name":"FiveCyclops","author_uid":"fivecyclops","epoch":1761059983,"text":"Great concept. It could be a really good game with better graphics. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187264,"author_name":"LDJam user 261037","author_uid":"261037","epoch":1761065279,"text":"I got stuck at a popular house on my first run and after about a minute or two, I still was there and had to refresh the game because I was worried I'd be there the whole run. I avoided all popular houses in the next runs I did, but I feel the description's implication was the game was supposed to be encouraging us to limit as opposed to avoid them.\n\nOtherwise, graphics were nice, the concept was fun and there were enough factors to consider while choosing houses to make me think, without being completely confused :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187274,"author_name":"PatUwU","author_uid":"patuwu","epoch":1761066006,"text":"Interesting concept but graphics are kinda weak. It could be more interesting with better graphics","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187312,"author_name":"Fiordarancio","author_uid":"fiordarancio","epoch":1761068877,"text":"I really like your funny wall-of-text, but the steps that were so clear there became very confusing when put in action in the real game. Also, the central part about watching kids flow quickly got kinda boring due to the lack of graphic or auditory feedback. I would suggest to add a reset\/give up button because it's very easy to waste the first runs on unrewarding routes. I would also diminish the time before the curfew strikes to make the gameplay a bit faster and more enjoyable.\n\nHowever, I loved your idea and concept :smiley: keep up with games (and descriptions) like this!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187436,"author_name":"FiveCyclops","author_uid":"fivecyclops","epoch":1761086696,"text":"I think you should try testing and rating about 20 games to increase your Karma and make your game more visible, so that other players can test it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187442,"author_name":"gagapete","author_uid":"gagapete","epoch":1761087342,"text":"That general idea is pretty cool and fits the theme nicely. I had fun planning out the perfect route but sometimes waiting takes way too long. I guess some animation could carry the excitement over that time. An art style inspired by Prison Architect would fit that game nicely. :smile:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187759,"author_name":"8BitCharlie","author_uid":"8bitcharlie","epoch":1761152260,"text":"Total Score: 10 \ud83d\ude0d The idea is halarious \ud83d\udc97 Very nice and original entry! \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1188184,"author_name":"Truedat","author_uid":"truedat","epoch":1761237248,"text":"i find the idea also very good . sometimes they walk above\/through houses and dont stick to the street. but overall gj!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"88977","g_author":"1099784","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"426797","g_title":"Candy Crunch","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"665","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"416433","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"416433","n_urlkey":"426797","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/candy-crunch","n_slug":"candy-crunch","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"99784","n_created":"1758769182","n_modified":"1778469509","n_version":"1333296","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":99784,"body":"# Candy Crunch\n\n**The Great Halloween Candy Heist: Race the Clock, Raid the Houses, and Out-Sugar the other Neighborhood Gremlins!**\n\nCandy Crunch is a bite-sized (pun intended) Halloween strategy sim where you and a horde of neighborhood kids compete for the collection of the ultimate candy haul\u2014**all before curfew hits and the parental patrols start!** Plan your route wisely, dodge the duds, and watch the sugary chaos unfold as everyone scrambles for treats. It's a chill \"set it and forget it\" vibe, perfect for soaking in the spooky-season silliness.\n\n*(Ludum Dare entry: Ambitious ideas met a tight timeline\u2014imagine this with full polish, and you'll get the vision!)*\n\n## How to Play: Your Path to Candy Glory\n\n### 1. **Dive In and Scout the Neighborhood**\n- Hit **Start** to generate a random map of your neighborhood and all the Halloween potential.\n- Hover over houses for the scoop: Who's handing out what? Rumors on candy types (full-size bars? Toothpaste traps?) and popularity levels.\n- High-popularity houses might run dry fast\u2014 so plan around the buzz, or risk empty bowls. Candy types contribute to the scoring, so try to avoid the Health-Nut houses if you can!\n\n### 2. **Regenerate if It's a Bust**\n- Map looking like a ghost town? Or every house whispering \"raisins only\"?\n- Hit that **Generate New Map** button for a fresh neighborhood. Roll until it feels right!\n\n### 3. **Plot Your Route**\n- Click houses one by one to build your path\u2014an **orange line** snakes out to show the flow.\n- No undos yet (planning pro-tip: Commit or regret!), so choose carefully. Skip your own home, you've already got a stash of candy there and can't select it!\n- Peek at estimated time vs. curfew\u2014overtime's a killer!\n\n### 4. **Launch the Run!**\n- Route locked? Press **Start Run!** at the bottom left.\n- Watch the kids crowd up outside your house like a pint-sized flash mob\u2014then they burst off on their own wild routes.\n- Your Player is the very light blue Godot hanging outside your house.\n- *(Pro tip: Some slackers bail early and loiter. Boo\u2014lazy goblins.)*\n\n### 5. **The Sugar Sprint Unfolds**\n- Your Player dashes the route: Travel, queue up, snag candy, repeat.\n- You return home using the streets. Everyone else? Full on Wizard mode\u2014flying broomsticks optional (mach-speed returns to the start house are a giggle glitch for now).\n- Beat curfew? Sweet. Linger too long? **Oof\u2014grounding penalty bites 10% off your haul per 10 seconds late!**\n\n### 6. **Home Sweet Haul: Stats Showdown**\n- Stats screen drops: Your score vs. the top kid, average gremlin, and total bum-out.\n- Track silly metrics like \"TP Terror Targets\" (healthy house raids) and \"Heroic Heists\" (full-size feasts).\n- *(Note: If you finish early, stats might cut short\u2014no full sim yet. Emojis? Glitchy placeholders for now.)*\n\n### 7. **Next Steps: Keep the Chaos Rolling**\n- From the stats screen: **New Run** for a quick reset, or **Main Menu** to bail.\n- *(KNOWN BUG: New Run might crash\u2014hit Main Menu and restart safely for now!)*\n\n## A Note from one of the Devs (AnneArkey)\nThanks for wading through this candy-coated wall of text! 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Grab some candy, chuckle at the fails, and may your real haul be full-size only.\n\n**Happy Game Jam\u2014hope you have a blast! \ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf6c**","comments":13,"comments-timestamp":"2025-10-23T16:34:08Z","created":"2025-09-25T02:59:42Z","files":[{"author":261802,"id":44703,"name":"$$embed-44703.zip","node":416433,"size":9376313,"status":73,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2025-10-06T22:09:54Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2025-10-06T22:09:54Z","grade":{"grade-01":25,"grade-02":25,"grade-03":25,"grade-04":25,"grade-07":24,"grade-08":25},"id":416433,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":124.34224104383,"feedback":15,"given":27.25,"grade":24.833333333333,"grade-01-average":3.065,"grade-01-result":665,"grade-02-average":2.674,"grade-02-result":706,"grade-03-average":3.413,"grade-03-result":293,"grade-04-average":3.826,"grade-04-result":291,"grade-07-average":2.864,"grade-07-result":441,"grade-08-average":2.63,"grade-08-result":748,"smart":-4.8138524544471},"meta":{"author":[99784,261802],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/aae\/f3\/z\/6e307.png","grade-05-out":"1","grade-06-out":"1","link-01-tag":[42332]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-11T03:18:29Z","modified":"2026-05-11T03:18:29Z","name":"Candy Crunch","node-timestamp":"2025-10-06T23:27:41Z","parent":415614,"parents":[1,5,9,415614],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/candy-crunch","published":"2025-10-06T22:11:04Z","scope":"public","slug":"candy-crunch","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":1333296},"text":"# Candy Crunch\n\n**The Great Halloween Candy Heist: Race the Clock, Raid the Houses, and Out-Sugar the other Neighborhood Gremlins!**\n\nCandy Crunch is a bite-sized (pun intended) Halloween strategy sim where you and a horde of neighborhood kids compete for the collection of the ultimate candy haul\u2014**all before curfew hits and the parental patrols start!** Plan your route wisely, dodge the duds, and watch the sugary chaos unfold as everyone scrambles for treats. It's a chill \"set it and forget it\" vibe, perfect for soaking in the spooky-season silliness.\n\n*(Ludum Dare entry: Ambitious ideas met a tight timeline\u2014imagine this with full polish, and you'll get the vision!)*\n\n## How to Play: Your Path to Candy Glory\n\n### 1. **Dive In and Scout the Neighborhood**\n- Hit **Start** to generate a random map of your neighborhood and all the Halloween potential.\n- Hover over houses for the scoop: Who's handing out what? Rumors on candy types (full-size bars? Toothpaste traps?) and popularity levels.\n- High-popularity houses might run dry fast\u2014 so plan around the buzz, or risk empty bowls. Candy types contribute to the scoring, so try to avoid the Health-Nut houses if you can!\n\n### 2. **Regenerate if It's a Bust**\n- Map looking like a ghost town? Or every house whispering \"raisins only\"?\n- Hit that **Generate New Map** button for a fresh neighborhood. Roll until it feels right!\n\n### 3. **Plot Your Route**\n- Click houses one by one to build your path\u2014an **orange line** snakes out to show the flow.\n- No undos yet (planning pro-tip: Commit or regret!), so choose carefully. Skip your own home, you've already got a stash of candy there and can't select it!\n- Peek at estimated time vs. curfew\u2014overtime's a killer!\n\n### 4. **Launch the Run!**\n- Route locked? Press **Start Run!** at the bottom left.\n- Watch the kids crowd up outside your house like a pint-sized flash mob\u2014then they burst off on their own wild routes.\n- Your Player is the very light blue Godot hanging outside your house.\n- *(Pro tip: Some slackers bail early and loiter. Boo\u2014lazy goblins.)*\n\n### 5. **The Sugar Sprint Unfolds**\n- Your Player dashes the route: Travel, queue up, snag candy, repeat.\n- You return home using the streets. Everyone else? Full on Wizard mode\u2014flying broomsticks optional (mach-speed returns to the start house are a giggle glitch for now).\n- Beat curfew? Sweet. Linger too long? **Oof\u2014grounding penalty bites 10% off your haul per 10 seconds late!**\n\n### 6. **Home Sweet Haul: Stats Showdown**\n- Stats screen drops: Your score vs. the top kid, average gremlin, and total bum-out.\n- Track silly metrics like \"TP Terror Targets\" (healthy house raids) and \"Heroic Heists\" (full-size feasts).\n- *(Note: If you finish early, stats might cut short\u2014no full sim yet. Emojis? Glitchy placeholders for now.)*\n\n### 7. **Next Steps: Keep the Chaos Rolling**\n- From the stats screen: **New Run** for a quick reset, or **Main Menu** to bail.\n- *(KNOWN BUG: New Run might crash\u2014hit Main Menu and restart safely for now!)*\n\n## A Note from one of the Devs (AnneArkey)\nThanks for wading through this candy-coated wall of text! This was imagined up as a cozy watch-the-mayhem-unfold jam: Plot once, sip cocoa, laugh at the lil' monsters swiping sweets. But whoops\u2014rookie dev here, and the systems snowball got real. Apologies for the rough edges!\n\nBugs? We'll squash 'em. Future versions: Proper sprites, smooth animations, *gasp* even sound effects. For LD58, though? Just pure, pixelated Halloween heart. Grab some candy, chuckle at the fails, and may your real haul be full-size only.\n\n**Happy Game Jam\u2014hope you have a blast! \ud83c\udf83\ud83c\udf6c**","title":"Candy Crunch","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/423001+423002+423003+423004+423005+423006+423007+423008+423009+423010+423011+423012+423013+423014+423015+423016+423017+423018+423019+423020+423021+423022+423023+423024+423025+423026+423027+423028+423029+423030+423031+423032+423033+423034+423035+423036+423037+423038+423039+423040+423041+423042+423043+423044+423045+423046+423047+423048+423049+423050+423051+423052+423053+423054+423055+423056+423057+423058+423059+423060+423061+423062+423063+423064+423065+423066+423067+423068+423069+423070+423071+423072+423073+423074+423075+423076+423077+423078+423079+423080+423081+423082+423083+423084+423085+423086+423087+423088+423089+423090+423091+423092+423093+423094+423095+423096+423097+423098+423099+423100+423101+423102+423103+423104+423105+423106+423107+423108+423109+423110+423111+423112+423113+423114+423115+423116+423117+423118+423119+423120+423121+423122+423123+423124+423125+423126+423127+423128+423129+423130+423131+423132+423133+423134+423135+423136+423137+423138+423139+423140+423141+423142+423143+423144+423145+423146+423147+423148+423149+423150+423151+423152+423153+423154+423155+423156+423157+423158+423159+423160+423161+423162+423163+423164+423165+423166+423167+423168+423169+423170+423171+423172+423173+423174+423175+423176+423177+423178+423179+423180+423181+423182+423183+423184+423185+423186+423187+423188+423189+423190+423191+423192+423193+423194+423195+423196+423197+423198+423199+423200+423201+423202+423203+423204+423205+423206+423207+423208+423209+423210+423211+423212+423213+423214+423215+423216+423217+423218+423219+423220+423221+423222+423223+423224+423225+423226+423227+423228+423229+423230+423231+423232+423233+423234+423235+423236+423237+423238+423239+423240+423241+423242+423243+423244+423245+423246+423247+423248+423249+423250+423251+423252+423253+423254+423255+423256+423257+423258+423259+423260+423261+423262+423263+423264+423265+423266+423267+423268+423269+423270+423271+423272+423273+423274+423275+423276+423277+423278+423279+423280+423281+423282+423283+423284+423285+423286+423287+423288+423289+423290+423291+423292+423293+423294+423295+423296+423297+423298+423299+423300+423301+423302+423303+423304+423305+423306+423307+423308+423309+423310+423311+423312+423313+423314+423315+423316+423317+423318+423319+423320+423321+423322+423323+423324+423325+423326+423327+423328+423329+423330+423331+423332+423333+423334+423335+423336+423337+423338+423339+423340+423341+423342+423343+423344+423345+423346+423347+423348+423349+423350+423351+423352+423353+423354+423355+423356+423357+423358+423359+423360+423361+423362+423363+423364+423365+423366+423367+423368+423369+423370+423371+423372+423373+423374+423375+423376+423377+423378+423379+423380+423381+423382+423383+423384+423385+423386+423387+423388+423389+423390+423391+423392+423393+423394+423395+423396+423397+423398+423399+423400+423401+423402+423403+423404+423405+423406+423407+423408+423409+423410+423411+423412+423413+423414+423415+423416+423417+423418+423419+423420+423421+423422+423423+423424+423425+423426+423427+423428+423429+423430+423431+423432+423433+423434+423435+423436+423437+423438+423439+423440+423441+423442+423443+423444+423445+423446+423447+423448+423449+423450+423451+423452+423453+423454+423455+423456+423457+423458+423459+423460+423461+423462+423463+423464+423465+423466+423467+423468+423469+423470+423471+423472+423473+423474+423475+423476+423477+423478+423479+423480+423481+423482+423483+423484+423485+423486+423487+423488+423489+423490+423491+423492+423493+423494+423495+423496+423497+423498+423499+423500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/1b\/1bccfd96900f49fb2adf461c55cd95c8ae8014df3d0277bb44845e31a6f2e179","record":"shard-0\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/b13c160497d13560aafc9dd17727deadbf447c6b9a996a200ad73c35311720bc.json","sha256":"1bccfd96900f49fb2adf461c55cd95c8ae8014df3d0277bb44845e31a6f2e179","source":"https","stored_at":1784022538}}