{"author_link":"\/author\/kill0u\/","author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","comments":[{"author_name":"FerraWare","author_uid":"45480","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:19am","epoch":1418022840,"text":"Pretty cool game. You might want to look a bit into path-finding, you might find it useful for Tama's movement :)"},{"author_name":"Silii","author_uid":"17716","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:19am","epoch":1418030040,"text":"Good Job Kill0u, that's nice ! Mostly for Tama, who need to eat. Good thing is. ;) \rIf he is still hungry, I have pixelated wheat."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1418045580,"text":"Thanks!\r\r@FerraWare : he is already using it. I just made it dumb in purpose :P He can only follow you when he sees you, you're not too far and you're not too close (that one is to allow you to move without him getting in the way too much)."},{"author_name":"zitheker","author_uid":"13021","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1418054940,"text":"As I thought, you did this game very well. I love little Tama :D i have a little time to understand how choose the directions of shurikens, but Pulsar help me :D jut one question, you have design yourself the character ?"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1418056560,"text":"Yep, I have drawn everything in this game ;) I needed easy-to-draw head-only characters :P\r\rThe shooting style is indeed borrowed from Pulsar, which was from Death vs Monstars. The latter is great to know more about how this works (with the visible target)."},{"author_name":"allurious","author_uid":"20642","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1418132100,"text":"Really cute design, polished UI, as a designer I really like the visuals you did. Everyone loves tamagotchis and I think this is a really nice effort in two days!"},{"author_name":"adrianulima","author_uid":"45624","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1418132160,"text":"cool game.. I liked it!!!"},{"author_name":"Conk","author_uid":"40797","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1418132280,"text":"Nice game play and visuals (:"},{"author_name":"Tasteslikefuture","author_uid":"44588","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1418132280,"text":"Nifty idea! Though I think my tama might have ended up with mild diabetes lol. Great work!"},{"author_name":"HoboMechanistic","author_uid":"38275","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 1:44pm","epoch":1418132340,"text":"I thought the erratic movements actually kind of fit the aesthetic, thought the idea was good and it was definitely fun to play :D."},{"author_name":"borgi","author_uid":"39688","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1418145600,"text":"Cool idea, nice implementation! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Elena Gavrilova","author_uid":"44801","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1418145660,"text":"Nice one"},{"author_name":"EthanWebster","author_uid":"38791","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:28pm","epoch":1418145780,"text":"This game has a great atmosphere to it, and definitely has some potential. Make sure you do a post-compo version! Great game overall."},{"author_name":"HappyTransportGames","author_uid":"47515","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1418145960,"text":"Nice game. Nice graphics. I would appreciate better pathfinding for Tama."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1418146260,"text":"Well, Tama is dumb :3 I made its pathfinding chaotic on purpose ;)\r\rThanks to you all for playing & for your comments :)"},{"author_name":"Murchurl","author_uid":"44531","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 7:11am","epoch":1418195160,"text":"Haha I always loved these things. Simple but i like how you interpreted the theme! goo job!"},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:10am","epoch":1418288700,"text":"Lovely! Save the shity rabbit and let him find the candy. Shounds like brandnew hit!"},{"author_name":"stevekratos","author_uid":"47516","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:11am","epoch":1418288760,"text":"Good work..."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:20am","epoch":1418289300,"text":"Cute game! I like the throwback to the tamagotchi and using that for the theme. It was pretty funny when the tama was scared and it pooped! The use of the guide throwing the ninja stars to help protect tama from enemies is a really cool mechanic. Well done!"},{"author_name":"RadStar","author_uid":"46262","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 9:21am","epoch":1418289360,"text":"nice graphics and good idea. but I find it weird that the shurikens are thrown at the opposite side of the mouse..."},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1418301420,"text":"good job!\ri'd prefer to be a knight who wants to save his princess instead of a ninja (wtf) with a pet. Maybe it's because i'm an old player..."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 12:46pm","epoch":1418301660,"text":"Thanks!\r\rAhah yeah :D\rThe little story behind the ninja in one word: graphics. That was wayyyyy easier to draw than anything else I could come up with :D\r\rAs for the throwing mechanism, it's borrowed from Death vs Monstars (thanks Benjamin for the hint) ;)"},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:26pm","epoch":1418311260,"text":"Certainly more entertaining than a real tamogotchi. Poops were a nice touch. More games need poops."},{"author_name":"Random Seed Games","author_uid":"16933","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1418311320,"text":"This is a really cute and well executed idea. Nice work."},{"author_name":"Ludum Dare Riga","author_uid":"46418","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1418311620,"text":"Nice controls. Kinda made me curious :)\rAlso nicely balanced. Had hard time and did not pass all levels.\rAs for theme use. Found it slightly cheesy"},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1418311680,"text":"interesting, kinda hard to control, but it's good"},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1418312940,"text":"Interesting control scheme, and nicely polished. Would love to feel a little closer (scale wise) to the cute characters."},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1418412060,"text":"Cute entry, nice job!"},{"author_name":"Erhune","author_uid":"26007","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1418569080,"text":"Very nicely done. I agree with some people here: games need more poop! (Ed McMillen understand that perfectly well!)"},{"author_name":"dunin","author_uid":"32902","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 10:05am","epoch":1418983200,"text":"cut game, but controls are really weird, Hard to master that (for me...)"},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1419010500,"text":"Nice one :) Movements are a bit weird sometimes but overall it works pretty well. Quite a fun game anyway :)"},{"author_name":"PapyPilgrim","author_uid":"7971","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1419869160,"text":"Cool concept, but the little tama sometimes run straight into an enemy while i am just beside him and there is no candy nearby... -_-"}],"images":["ld31\/5422-abbd6e4689a25699678e09432e6335fc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/klabz.org\/tama\/","text":"Web (Flash)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"15255","g_author":"5422","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"15285","g_title":"Tama","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"744","g_commentcount":"32","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\/\/407933\/5422-shot0-1418278847.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Yay, you got a new electronic pet!\r\nBut.. this one seems kinda weird =\/ Seems like he'll need your help to get his food. But be patient, he's really absent-minded so you'll lose him easily when guiding him through the levels!\r\n\r\nGameplay notes: \r\n- You will shoot in the opposite direction of your last move. Hold your left mouse button to lock the direction.\r\n- Tama will follow you if he sees you and you're close enough (but not too close). However, he'll still prefer the candy to you :P\r\n- Tama poops sometime. Don't worry, you don't have to clean up. Hell, maybe this could even become useful?!\r\n\r\n\r\n- \"Soo this is the story of a ninja's electronic pet too dumb to fetch his food, so the ninja has to go inside the tamagotchi and shoot shurikens at skull monsters while guiding the dumb pooping pet to candies.\"\r\n- \"Uhhh ok. Are you sure you took your medicine?\"\r\n\r\n\r\nSorry for the music\/sfx, I was too tired for that. Instructions are available ingame.\r\nMade with Haxe+OpenFL","title":"Tama"}