{"author_link":"\/author\/ponywolf\/","author_name":"ponywolf","author_uid":"40011","comments":[{"author_name":"ponywolf","author_uid":"40011","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1440458520,"text":"Hotkeys: \r<br\/>R - Restarts level \r<br\/>M - Turns music on\/off \r<br\/>Esc - Opens menu \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Note: \r<br\/>All graphics\/sound\/music created by the team for the Jam in under 72 hours \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Known Issues: \r<br\/>Text is a little blurry on Windows \r<br\/>Joystick support is a flakey at best \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Tools: \r<br\/>Lua (lua.org) \r<br\/>Corona (coronalabs.com\/) - SDK \r<br\/>Tiled (mapeditor.org\/) - Level building \r<br\/>BFXR (bfxr.net\/) - Sound Effects \r<br\/>Figure (propellerheads.se\/figure) - Music"},{"author_name":"SeaMonster131","author_uid":"17667","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:00am","epoch":1440460500,"text":"Interesting idea and nice graphics. Good work."},{"author_name":"Selzier","author_uid":"45688","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:16am","epoch":1440486660,"text":"Top notch entry here guys!! Really fun game I made it all the way to the end and ready for more :D"},{"author_name":"Literal Games","author_uid":"26056","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1440514860,"text":"Great entry! The idea and the graphics were fantastic! It was quite hard to push blocks sometimes, so maybe look into a nicer way of doing that?"},{"author_name":"TaleEngineer","author_uid":"56190","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1440525360,"text":"VERY well done game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fantastic visuals, nice level design, interesting mechanics.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>My only complaint is that there wasn't more of it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Best game out of the jam I've seen so far. Good job!"},{"author_name":"mzmiric5","author_uid":"35168","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:07pm","epoch":1440529320,"text":"Music and the very nice graphics go together quite well, the mood is fun, and I always enjoy Sokoban style game. The game crashed for me when I didn't solve the level and a the lose condition should have been triggered."},{"author_name":"Lucho9","author_uid":"52094","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1440542220,"text":"the visual graphics were very good, nice work. i like the fact it s a boy disguised as a monster and exploits all"},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 2:22am","epoch":1440555420,"text":"nicely done, the visual style is great."},{"author_name":"thegdr","author_uid":"50282","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 4:34am","epoch":1440563340,"text":"made it to end!  Nice!"},{"author_name":"anarbitrarymustache","author_uid":"54871","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:09am","epoch":1440587040,"text":"Great interpretation of the theme. Loved the visuals. The controls need to be tighter, maybe consider snapping the movable pieces to a grid to allow for easier\/predictable sliding\/placement ."},{"author_name":"monetai","author_uid":"57774","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1440694200,"text":"Awesome art and gameplay!!"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1440694260,"text":"Fantastic idea with wonderful visuals. I found that pushing objects around was a little clumsy and they would get stuck on scenery or not quite fit in gaps, but you made the game forgiving enough to compensate for that. Overall, a really great entry!"},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1440694320,"text":"Hahahaha the game idea is great!\r<br\/>A little tricky some times to place the pieces, but smooth and enjoyyable gameplay!\r<br\/>Love the visual style! Well done!"},{"author_name":"plusultra","author_uid":"55241","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1440699300,"text":"nice job! lots of levels and great art."},{"author_name":"Headmade","author_uid":"42076","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1440709020,"text":"The art style is very cute and some of the puzzles are good. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Why does the game send me to the first level again? This is super disappointing. Just quit the game, show some text, anything! \r<br\/>Still a very good entry."},{"author_name":"Ninja Garage","author_uid":"55778","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 5:26am","epoch":1440739260,"text":"Great, beautiful, funny game!"},{"author_name":"RougeRogue","author_uid":"43866","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1440787320,"text":"Really liked the mechanics. Kids were very annoying as they would be to Jimmy."},{"author_name":"bossmojoman","author_uid":"41214","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 4:58am","epoch":1440910380,"text":"Very polished, fun puzzle game. The Graphics are and sound re top notch.  One of the best of the competition hands down.  Awesome Job guys!"},{"author_name":"OnionBlaze","author_uid":"4653","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 10:08am","epoch":1440928980,"text":"The art looks cute. I wish there was a way to pull blocks sometimes. Funny entry, good job. :)"},{"author_name":"Wekid","author_uid":"57156","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1441059840,"text":"Awesome game, loved the style. Managed to get blocks stuck a lot haha"},{"author_name":"puppetmaster","author_uid":"39425","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 8:50pm","epoch":1441140300,"text":"I love the art of the graphics. Animation of monster are very cool. Without the time the puzzling would be more relaxing. :-) Very good entry!"},{"author_name":"dickpoelen","author_uid":"34953","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1441195800,"text":"Love your illustration style. And it's a fun little puzzler"},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 1:58pm","epoch":1441288380,"text":"One of the best looking games I've seen so far, loved the whole design and colours. Favourite touch though was that when things exploded you got to see you were actually just a kid in a costume."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Sep 5, 2015 @ 1:16am","epoch":1441415460,"text":"Very nice graphics and polish, gameplay could have used some more mechanics (got repetitive after a while)"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1442250600,"text":"Love it! Great learning curve, very addictive, and cute graphics. The only thing I think it needs is for the blocks to pop around obstacles if they are just one or two pixels off. Or maybe I should just not suck so much :P"},{"author_name":"chunkybrewster","author_uid":"24281","time":"Sep 14, 2015 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1442255820,"text":"Pretty darn fun!  The ability to pull blocks and tweaking the hit detection to not be so pixel perfect would make this even better; I found myself restarting a lot because I pushed a block too close to an obstacle.  Love the monster costume design"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Oct 18, 2015 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1445185500,"text":"Super cute, funny game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/VOSoNttI06o"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 1, 2015 @ 4:27am","epoch":1448943720,"text":"I also included your game in an article of my favorites from this jam and added a trophy to your Ludum Dare profile!! :) http:\/\/fireside.gamejolt.com\/post\/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-33-part-2-jbncejqm"}],"images":["ld33\/40011-d2f82ffe5e6cad52000a2b17e541587e.jpg","ld33\/40011-84d5e3311023f904e44878aa56fed713.jpg","ld33\/40011-d994dadbf651444564408ac0e0378df1.jpg","ld33\/40011-a330d68b337213f6aae5343846c83c6b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/1-800-monsters\/109755","text":"GameJolt (Win\/OSX, Updated)"},{"url":"https:\/\/ponywolf.itch.io\/1-800-monsters","text":"Itch.io (Win\/OSX, Updated)"},{"url":"http:\/\/files.ponywolf.com\/ld33\/1-800-monsters-win.zip","text":"Windows (Original, 5mb)"},{"url":"http:\/\/files.ponywolf.com\/ld33\/1-800-monsters-osx.zip","text":"OSX (Original, 6mb)"},{"url":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/OwCzMkvtA4Q","text":"YouTube (:30)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9949","g_author":"40011","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9983","g_title":"1-800-Monsters","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"97","g_commentcount":"28","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\/40011-shot0-1440716118.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/40011-shot1-1440458829.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/40011-shot2-1440716195.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/40011-shot3-1440458829.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Dial up 1-800-Monsters and begin your quest as the hapless Jimmy, ex-pyrotechnician, now birthday party entertainer extraordinaire. 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