{"author_link":"\/author\/mustaine\/","author_name":"mustaine","author_uid":"19318","comments":[{"author_name":"celisoft","author_uid":"49455","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1440408060,"text":"Cannot use start button :\/ Is there a game behind ?"},{"author_name":"mustaine","author_uid":"19318","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:27am","epoch":1440408120,"text":"What build? I just re-tested all 3 and it worked without issue?"},{"author_name":"Mark Smith","author_uid":"55617","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:21am","epoch":1440411360,"text":"This game is great! Love the idea, the art was nice and consistent and the children dropping to the ground crying was hilarious.\r\rIt's a shame there was no audio and from the screenshot I was hoping you could move around and avoid parent's vision but the gameplay was still enjoyable while stationary.\r\r4\/5 :)"},{"author_name":"Pedrito73","author_uid":"53786","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:37am","epoch":1440415920,"text":"cool game, great idea. Fun!"},{"author_name":"OxyOxspring","author_uid":"19104","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1440446460,"text":"Really interesting take on the theme. Devilishly fun! I enjoyed the reactions of the sad children! xD"},{"author_name":"Rongon","author_uid":"20097","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1440446760,"text":"Wow! You get 10 out of 5 stars on "Theme".\rGraphics is also great, really in the mood of happy children, walking casually in the park. Kind of some theme park, colorful and calm.\rI really missed the audio, just some balloons pops would be cool."},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1440447360,"text":"Love the idea, the tantrum animation where they jump up and throw themselves on the ground bawling blue particles was hilarious. Only problem is that it's easy to keep the game going forever by avoiding popping too many childrens' last balloons. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"madjackmcmad","author_uid":"5448","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1440453660,"text":"Great work! Fine take on the theme too. I was a little unsure of how to keep my score up for a while, since balloons are worth 10 but leaving is -25, but I started to try and wait for kids with 1 balloon left were almost off the road, to prevent them from crying on screen. Did that help me any?"},{"author_name":"tiff","author_uid":"39421","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1440546060,"text":"Good idea on the concept, you were definitely thinking out of the box here. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"UltraRat","author_uid":"27370","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:46am","epoch":1440582060,"text":"Helicopter parents, ruin everything. ;)"},{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 12:53am","epoch":1440636480,"text":"That was fun, a bit cruel but fun."},{"author_name":"Kuchalu","author_uid":"35850","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 1:26am","epoch":1440638460,"text":"Love this game, I think the best way to play is make sure you leave at least 1 balloon on each person. Really addictive!"},{"author_name":"brombatti","author_uid":"40832","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:00am","epoch":1440640500,"text":"Great idea, I do feel like a monster. It was not very challenging though."},{"author_name":"CrazyMinnowStudio","author_uid":"56101","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:06am","epoch":1440648060,"text":"I didn't have audio either. Popping the balloons was fun. Perhaps some sort of dynamic that challenges you to pop all balloons before they leave the screen to challenge the popping skills? Or maybe I'm just a monster and wanted to pop all of their balloons...regardless what the parents thought... muuuaaahhhaaaahaaaa ;)"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:25am","epoch":1440649200,"text":"Interesting idea. Was there any way to preserve the combo and not get the parents too aware of the children crying? Ah, I am the monster."},{"author_name":"kidando","author_uid":"31330","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 7:43am","epoch":1440661080,"text":"I like how the kids throw tantrums when they turn into ragdolls... lol. Simple game and true to the theme. Wish there was sound fx though. Congrats on submitting your entry."},{"author_name":"adsilcott","author_uid":"49637","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1440685200,"text":"Funny game. I like how the kids cry after you pop all of their balloons. Good job."},{"author_name":"sprawl","author_uid":"29314","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1440687180,"text":"Game works well. The theme is very well apllied here.\r\rI didn't managed to find a good strategy, since ballons removes points when leaving screens I just had to pop them all but there's so many that I have to spam to destroy them. Am I Missing something ?\r\rOtherwise, Good job. I really like the kids reaction when you pop all the their balloons."},{"author_name":"SoulGame","author_uid":"42398","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1440688260,"text":"HAhaha diabolic :D I'm terrible person, and I enjoy it. The awarness level is a nice addition. But once you get the hang of it, it seemed to me that there were no challenge anymore. I pop all baloon but one on each kid so they don't cry, I make one cry from time to time, and if one gets out, well I only lose -25. \r\rStill, fun and original :)"},{"author_name":"mustaine","author_uid":"19318","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1440693960,"text":"Definitely a balancing act in keeping the combo high and not making the parents nuts! I've had a 12x multiplier at one point by carefully managing the # of popped balloons and riding the line with parental awareness! It's a challenge to get a real score in this :)"},{"author_name":"voidstar33","author_uid":"55576","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1440709140,"text":"Well done. Nice game. Nice rope animation and baloon animation,0 felt like real baloons."},{"author_name":"Marjie62","author_uid":"35766","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1440714120,"text":"Good concept, great realization, nice graphics and fun gameplay!\rNot sure if there was supposed to be audio, but I couldn't hear anything."},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1440715680,"text":"mouhahahahahahaha !!!!!!\r"All your Balloon are belong to us"\rnice concept"},{"author_name":"RoundFork","author_uid":"39524","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 11:32pm","epoch":1440718020,"text":"Helicopter Parents... Ruining my fun.. hehe :)"}],"images":["ld33\/19318-81db766c54e1c3f730f05b3a664ac240.jpg","ld33\/19318-bc03fa4c92237f9c78be4ad19bd374a1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9167625\/LDGames\/LD33\/LD33.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9167625\/LDGames\/LD33\/OAM%20Win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/9167625\/LDGames\/LD33\/OAM%20OSX.zip","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9005","g_author":"19318","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9038","g_title":"Only a Monster Would Pop Children's Balloons!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"313","g_commentcount":"24","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/19318-shot0-1440406930.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/19318-shot1-1440406974.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Making kids cry by popping their balloons is definitely the work of a monster. 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