{"author_link":"\/author\/crowbeak\/","author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","comments":[{"author_name":"JoeProgram","author_uid":"19367","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:17am","epoch":1440385920,"text":"I chain slaughtered Chain Reaction.  Hilarious!"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:23am","epoch":1440404280,"text":"Kind of hilarious and kind of reflects my own feelings."},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:16am","epoch":1440407460,"text":"A lovely take on LD life. I can relate to it on *almost* every level (including FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:49am","epoch":1440409440,"text":"LudumDare Simulator 2015. 5\/5 on Humor"},{"author_name":"danialias","author_uid":"36537","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:01pm","epoch":1440428160,"text":"Haha, that was nice. TIME WARP! Now I can try a different route (and hopefully anger Crowbeak to level 8 :D)"},{"author_name":"0x0961h","author_uid":"21155","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1440440160,"text":"10\/10, would play again."},{"author_name":"PTSnoop","author_uid":"11718","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1440443340,"text":"Well, that was... refreshingly meta."},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 2:10am","epoch":1440468300,"text":"I was pretty stubborn about insisting the narrator is stubborn."},{"author_name":"wg_phancock","author_uid":"51056","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:47am","epoch":1440477720,"text":"Hahaha So.very.meta.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think you proved that all of us are monsters for voting for this theme."},{"author_name":"Tuism","author_uid":"35114","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:02am","epoch":1440482220,"text":"So meta, great writing! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There are a few great tidbits of info in there, and I liked the way your choices seemed to matter, which is a great thing for a text adventure. Sounds were great, and the emoticons were excellent too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Seems to be quite a deep branch! Gotta check it out again :)"},{"author_name":"cowboycolor","author_uid":"51198","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:22am","epoch":1440483420,"text":"Oh my gawsh :D"},{"author_name":"madjackmcmad","author_uid":"5448","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:35am","epoch":1440491400,"text":"Murder Chain Reaction over and over again!"},{"author_name":"Jelinib","author_uid":"54894","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:42am","epoch":1440491820,"text":"Funny and yet insightful! Especially since I'm new to Ludum Dare, this helped me learn more about its history. The emoticons did their jobs very well--very creative! Glad I played this. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:48am","epoch":1440499380,"text":"Thank you for this game! I like how it takes up some little things which happen every LD. Like the screaming about the 'bad' theme."},{"author_name":"CheesyRamen","author_uid":"23140","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:20am","epoch":1440501300,"text":"I really enjoyed this! Makes for a good introduction to those new to Ludum Dare!\r<br\/>Also, it made me feel like a monster for constantly trolling the narrator ;)"},{"author_name":"UncleChris","author_uid":"45712","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1440529560,"text":"I really liked your point of view, such a cool way to play with the themes and being a &quot;monster&quot; about them. Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Sparrow","author_uid":"7423","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:36pm","epoch":1440534660,"text":"*claps*\r<br\/>I laughed so hard at this! Great job!"},{"author_name":"hdong","author_uid":"58094","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1440544200,"text":"That was quite enjoyable and thought-provoking. Turned out to be way deeper than I expected. I'm new to Ludum Dare and  I found this quite informational as well. Nice game!"},{"author_name":"Shackhal","author_uid":"10863","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:37pm","epoch":1440545520,"text":"Refreshing game. I can only thinks that the theme is referring as the one who plays the game. After all, we are the monsters who choose the theme hahaha.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Of course, the graphics are below average, but you don't care about that, right? Anyways, it was fun. I only rage you to 6 on the second play. First was 1. After all, I'm a veteran too xD\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall, the game passes."},{"author_name":"squarepug","author_uid":"56811","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:12am","epoch":1440583620,"text":"Ha this made me smile. I actually &quot;played&quot; it twice to go on a different journey thru it, you've put a surprising amount of depth in it :D"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1440603480,"text":"What da.. Ok I got it!\r<br\/>(epic chain reaction joke lol)\r<br\/>(I agree with you, I don't really like this theme but in the end I found a nice idea! :D)\r<br\/>BTW funny entry! ;D"},{"author_name":"defacid","author_uid":"15837","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1440622740,"text":"A good attempt at a meta-anti-theme-game but some of the colors\/images were really off-putting and that sound was horrible and loud haha\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think the theme is okay - definitely not one of the ones I wanted to win, but ehhh..."},{"author_name":"ArthG","author_uid":"52110","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:17pm","epoch":1440630720,"text":"So grumpy. So old."},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 6:42am","epoch":1440743820,"text":"Hahaha so true."},{"author_name":"el-pepi","author_uid":"38693","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 12:28am","epoch":1440894180,"text":"Amazing. The most original &quot;game&quot; I have seen on this compo."},{"author_name":"MrTwister","author_uid":"4250","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 1:07am","epoch":1440896520,"text":"hahahaha, This is pretty much every LD ever.\r<br\/>It's a very well put together &quot;simulator&quot; though. Loved the time warp and the player-narrator interactions.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm glad you still made this game despite not liking the &quot;theme&quot; because this was hilarious! Made me smile a damn lot for sure. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"WubAlliance","author_uid":"54258","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1441123140,"text":"Fun little web game! 5\/5 for humor, some of the comments actually made me laugh out loud. The ASCII art was awesome, and the sound effects were a nice touch. Very enjoyable entry, I played through several times to get all the endings. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"ALobker","author_uid":"31811","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 9:26am","epoch":1441272060,"text":"&quot;Yes, you are.&quot; x57 before I gave up"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 10:50am","epoch":1441277100,"text":"This was so enjoyable to play through. Loved all the meta-references to Ludum Dare itself (Also maybe I should start taking a gander at the irc channnel at some point)."},{"author_name":"Mathieu Muller","author_uid":"40544","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 11:58am","epoch":1441281180,"text":"You monster! I just had a nightmare that the theme was &quot;You're the monster&quot; and... :D"},{"author_name":"sandbaydev","author_uid":"2926","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1441307940,"text":"Heh, fun little ludum dare simulator :) Plenty of options to go through. I actually liked the graphics a lot :D"},{"author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1441388520,"text":"Interesting. Very meta, obviously, but entertaining. Clever to include stats at the end."},{"author_name":"rodobodolfo","author_uid":"44770","time":"Sep 5, 2015 @ 8:09am","epoch":1441440240,"text":"Very clever! As I was playing I was thinking of the comments to leave arguing that the theme was different enough and open to interpretation but in the end you allowed me to do that in game! Great work!"},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Sep 11, 2015 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1442008860,"text":"I rate this very highly! At first I was playing because I thought &quot;pfft, what does this old-timer have to say about the theme! It's a great theme!&quot; but you actually made a very nice, friendly, compelling game with lots of &quot;team spirit&quot; and stuff. Good job! You're a real Ludum Dareling!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Sep 12, 2015 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1442091000,"text":"I made the narrator angry...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm just happy I managed to finish a game for this theme! My 'You Are The Villain' entry was rubbish."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Sep 15, 2015 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1442333580,"text":"I'm glad this got #14 humor, nice work.  :P"}],"images":["ld33\/16689-7d8c58e8d81815406483ceeec61d2d20.jpg","ld33\/16689-6e1651844a68418fa7923a25a59c0d17.jpg","ld33\/16689-71cd0f94de4474a01809122014ca0acf.jpg","ld33\/16689-66c3c9422d1e42f2ac44884c0c056309.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lenaleray.us\/jam\/ld33\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lenaleray.us\/jam\/ld33\/crowbeak_ld33.zip","text":"Download"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lenaleray.us\/jam\/ld33\/crowbeak_ld33_source.zip","text":"Source (Twine 2.0)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9127","g_author":"16689","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9160","g_title":"On the Growth of Ludum Dare and the Selection of T","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"398","g_commentcount":"36","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\/16689-shot0-1440336781.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/16689-shot1-1440336781.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/16689-shot2-1440336781.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/16689-shot3-1440367611.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Made in Twine. 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