{"author_name":"nfirvine","cat":"LD #11 - Minimalist - 2008","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"May 3, 2008 4:38 am","epoch":1209807480,"text":"Sorry the technology ended up clobbering your work :(. My computer has a less severe case of the disease, making me think my minimalist game was only getting about 20 FPS instead of 60 for a while. Good luck getting it fixed and I hope you manage to get your completed game out.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1209771960,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75007","p_author":"nfirvine","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"110839","p_title":"Kaaaaahhhhn!\u2026 puter!","p_cat":"LD #11 - Minimalist - 2008","p_event":"LD11","p_time":"1209771960","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1208476800","event_key":"87","event_name":"LD11"},"text":"<p>While I was doing the compo (and before), my computer was suffering from a disease I like to call &#8220;imabigstupidjerkofacomputerandimgoingtofreezeeveryfifteenminutes&#8221;.\u00a0 It made coding extra fun, but by the grace of Billy Idol, I managed to submit something.<\/p>\n <p>I noticed the comments and stuff on my entry about it basically being a piece of junk, so I went back and (hopefully) fixed those bugs.\u00a0 Yet my computer was apparently just being a saucy taunt-face, because pretty much right after I&#8217;d packaged and tested the bugfix release, the thing froze before I could upload it anywhere.\u00a0 It now freezes about one minute after it starts, thereby disallowing my every effort to get the update posted.<\/p>\n <p>In all fairness, the computer&#8217;s about six years old, which I think is a pretty impressive lifespan for a laptop which I&#8217;ve worked pretty hard every day I&#8217;ve owned it.\u00a0 I guess Ludum Dare must have been the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n <p>Anyway, in summary, I won&#8217;t be able to get the new, fixed, maybe-working-for-Windows version up before the voting closes.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t get it working on your system, feel free to judge it on the last-minute drunken stupor of a README and the sexy graphics in the gfx directory.<\/p>\n <p>Also, I&#8217;m not going to be able to really rate anyone else&#8217;s because I only have access to computers which are not mine to install dodgy games on (no offence).<\/p>\n <p>Peace out, and good luck to everyone whose computer isn&#8217;t a steaming pile of wreckage!<\/p>","time":"May 2nd, 2008 6:46 pm","title":"Kaaaaahhhhn!\u2026 puter!"}