{"author_link":"\/author\/elforama\/","author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","comments":[{"author_name":"Sim00n","author_uid":"29770","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:37am","epoch":1398652320,"text":"The game doesn't work. You can't press the spacebar."},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:40am","epoch":1398652500,"text":"It works for me just fine, did you make sure to click on the game area first?"},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:41am","epoch":1398652560,"text":"I like the tears mechanic and how you've tied it into the theme - very original. :)"},{"author_name":"Recursiveanomaly","author_uid":"18179","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:42am","epoch":1398652620,"text":"I like how she melts when she dies of &quot;dehydration&quot; :D"},{"author_name":"ultramailman","author_uid":"34414","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:44am","epoch":1398652740,"text":"Nice. Sometimes she can get stuck at the platforms and the robot bits."},{"author_name":"Anny","author_uid":"31472","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:44am","epoch":1398652740,"text":"Really liked the tears concept, cute graphics n.n. Sometimes you get stuck in the border of the cliff and its kinda tricky."},{"author_name":"ZQMony","author_uid":"34117","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:45am","epoch":1398652800,"text":"Very original concept."},{"author_name":"NicoM","author_uid":"32562","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:49am","epoch":1398653040,"text":"Brutally hard, but really nice:) I noticed that I often couldnt jump when I was in the corner of a tile, very interesting concept as well, nice job:)"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:50am","epoch":1398653100,"text":"The player tends to get stuck on the corner of blocks, other than that I love the lighting and the graphics. The pool of tears is funny and clever. Good job for 48 hours :)"},{"author_name":"terraco","author_uid":"36973","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:18am","epoch":1398654780,"text":"HA! We were discussing making a game similar to this at the start of the dare!"},{"author_name":"Somfunambulist","author_uid":"19074","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:33am","epoch":1398655680,"text":"Great game, great premise. Brutally difficult, I had to stop or I'd dehydrate from crying irl. Loved it though."},{"author_name":"ramgilead","author_uid":"32070","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:00am","epoch":1398657300,"text":"fun concept.... if you made it easier, it could be a good subway game."},{"author_name":"pixelpun","author_uid":"37166","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1398657960,"text":"Can't get the game to work... Spacebar isn't working."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:17am","epoch":1398658320,"text":"This was hilarious. I really wish there was a soundtrack or some audio effects."},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:17am","epoch":1398658320,"text":"This was awesome, I laughed when you called it the Pool of Tears"},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:19am","epoch":1398662040,"text":"Wow, this is realy a nice plot good idea, but the gameplay is a little bit to hard for me. :)"},{"author_name":"FyberOptic","author_uid":"36171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:21am","epoch":1398662160,"text":"The concept of the tears of a little girl in a scary place being the primary gameplay mechanic is pretty unique.  The graphics are pretty nice, too.  Definitely difficult, but I'd like to see where you take this from here.  Great job!"},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:36am","epoch":1398663060,"text":"Tricky... I kept getting stuck on the corners when I jumped. Wonderful pixel art. A good reason to always stay hydrated."},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:42am","epoch":1398663420,"text":"That was really hard, but not in a good way. I was constantly getting stuck on edges. Having to jump off the very edge of a platform that you roll off of or get stuck on wasn't fun."},{"author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:42am","epoch":1398663420,"text":"Very fun and wacky mechanic. I thought I made it to the surface, but she kept crying. Is that supposed to happen? My only gripe is that sometimes the character wouldn't move left despite pressing the key."},{"author_name":"BallpointPress","author_uid":"33934","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:45am","epoch":1398663600,"text":"I'm pasting all the Unity based games into FireFox as Chrom doesn't play nicely with it on my system. This game is pretty solid platforming. I'm working on some side scrollers and I'm going to implement a smoothly accelerating camera like in this game."},{"author_name":"louiscarl","author_uid":"3376","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:57am","epoch":1398664320,"text":"Loved it! It's indeed pretty hard, but the concept was original and silly. I really like the idea of shooting your vital tears to kill enemies."},{"author_name":"Slader16","author_uid":"26474","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:30am","epoch":1398666300,"text":"I like the tears, and the art is superb!"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:17am","epoch":1398669120,"text":"eerie mood and amazing pixel work!"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:49am","epoch":1398671040,"text":"The idea of crying and throwing tears is funny, and the graphics are cute and consistent.  Unfortunately, every platform having a pixel down on each edge makes the controls SUPER frustrating, since you can either get stuck on the front side, or slide off the back and get stuck.  The loss-of-balance animation plays, but you can't jump or run back on.  Maybe that was on purpose, but I felt like it hurt the game more than helped it.  Also, I noticed a robot did not respawn when I retried.  I'm not sure if that was intentional or not."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:50am","epoch":1398671100,"text":"The idea of crying and throwing tears is funny, and the graphics are cute and consistent.  Unfortunately, every platform having a pixel down on each edge makes the controls SUPER frustrating, since you can either get stuck on the front side, or slide off the back and get stuck.  The loss-of-balance animation plays, but you can't jump or run back on.  Maybe that was on purpose, but I felt like it hurt the game more than helped it.  Also, I noticed a robot did not respawn when I retried.  I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Oh, and either jump should be higher or more floaty or both, in my opinion -- I think it might feel a lot better then."},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1398699060,"text":"Due to the number on mentions I've linked a new Web version that has the platforming edge glitch fixed. The player should no longer get stuck on edges making it near impossible to complete for many people."},{"author_name":"UnixXNova","author_uid":"25273","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1398703200,"text":"unresponsive controls when you hit the edges of platforms other than that nice concept + art good entry"},{"author_name":"ALobker","author_uid":"31811","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:46pm","epoch":1398703260,"text":"Tried to play it, but platforming glitch is still there."},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1398708720,"text":"Got stuck, failed the left most jump after the pool of tears. Is it passable normally?"},{"author_name":"tacs","author_uid":"35984","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1398709380,"text":"I like the tears idea. Very easy to get stuck on the corner of blocks, neither falling nor able to get up."},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1398709800,"text":"Okay, I was shown this running on a windows machine. Now I see what you mean by impassable. I'll try to get a fix for this as soon as I can. On my mac I can make it pass."},{"author_name":"Jools64","author_uid":"17060","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1398713460,"text":"Pretty funny and cute game. I found the collisions to be a little strange at times. Touching the side of a wall seemed to kill my upward momentum which was a little annoying. Everything else was great though. I liked the use of lighting to enhance the visuals and the crying mechanic was quite interesting. I liked sacrificing life for bullets.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job!"},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1398714720,"text":"Very solid entry ! I love your pixel art (the baby is so cute), I found the animations hilarious. There is a great atmosphere and I really enjoyed this small experience based on a lovely concept."},{"author_name":"pawegio","author_uid":"34988","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1398718080,"text":"Only missing sound, but very fun!"},{"author_name":"FuzzyWuzzie","author_uid":"22923","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:08am","epoch":1398733380,"text":"I like the mechanics, and the graphics are adorable! I kept getting stuck on the edges of platforms though, making things nearly impossible :("},{"author_name":"Robber","author_uid":"29159","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:20am","epoch":1398741300,"text":"crybaby...yeah..kinda cute\r<br\/>funny concept.."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:14am","epoch":1398744540,"text":"Haha love the title, and love the concept. Very very original, fun too :D"},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:47am","epoch":1398768120,"text":"There was a bug for me after which i could not go right anymore. Did not appear during second playthrough. Nice platformer!"},{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1398777240,"text":"Nice platformer. Holy cow great work in 48 hours. I think the written instructions in the game said move with A and S but it's A and D. I died the first time :'( lol"},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1398787860,"text":"That death animation OO\r<br\/>I can see you gave a lot of attention to the art. The game is really cute"},{"author_name":"JumbocactuarX27","author_uid":"22667","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1398817860,"text":"I feel like your game wants to be more of a resource management game but playing it felt more like I was just trying to quickly make a series of jumps and hope I got to the next pool fast enough. I never felt like I was doing anything with my tears other than praying that I had enough to make the next set of jumps."},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:36am","epoch":1398817860,"text":"A cute, sweet little game.  Sticking to the walls was my biggest gripe. The tears running out was an interesting idea.  Nice job."},{"author_name":"eufrik","author_uid":"35192","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:53am","epoch":1398836880,"text":"Good Game. Although it's hard to control the character (the jump)."},{"author_name":"randoman","author_uid":"13710","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:23am","epoch":1398849480,"text":"Loved the pixel art! The game mechanic is very interesting and original! Oh, and during the climb to the surface the character was still crying when I reached the daylight. She stopped crying only after I moved further. Don't know if it was supposed to be like this"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:36am","epoch":1398925860,"text":"Ahahahah. Pull of tears makes me laught a lot =)\r<br\/>Interesting concept. But luggy as hell. I haven't patience buggy jumps and wall stucking."},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1399040580,"text":"Nice sprite, is kind of adorable when crying :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good idea with lightning, but platforms were somewhat tricky (and sticky) sometimes, making some sections randomly hard.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Well done!"},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 10, 2014 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1399741500,"text":"Nice:) I think that space bar is the most clumsy feeling button for action, it is too big and slow, so I wish I could map it to a different key.  I also thought that I was a bit too slippery and kept falling off the smaller platforms too easily.  I like the crying innovation.  It was an interesting constraint on game play."}],"images":["ld29\/23982-331987977650e6a437f370abbbbb11c8.jpg","ld29\/23982-6bd6eb54a011b2b15b7ba07b3c02ec27.jpg","ld29\/23982-7392d191d8ac87da631399427b0bd61a.jpg","ld29\/23982-4844a9925b090bb8878b0c84d65a59b6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/17977745\/Ludum%20Dare%2029\/Cry%20Baby%20Jump%20Fixed\/Cry%20Baby.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/17977745\/Ludum%20Dare%2029\/Scripts.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19333","g_author":"23982","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19362","g_title":"Cry Baby","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"453","g_commentcount":"48","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\/\/342546\/23982-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23982-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23982-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/23982-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"FIXES:\r\n- There was a platforming glitch that made it impossible to play, this should be fixed now.\r\n- Win conditions couldn't be called at end. This has been fixed, you can now actually \"win\" the game.\r\n\r\nSTORY:\r\n\r\nYou're a young girl trying to get out of a cavern. You're scared of many things and easily cry. If you cry to much you will die of dehydration! Can you make it out alive?\r\n\r\n\r\nRULES:\r\n\r\nA & D to move.\r\nSpacebar to jump\r\nShift to throw tears\r\n\r\n\r\nRUSH NOTES: \r\n\r\n- FYI Orange things in the cave are simply a lack of polish, they don't do anything and aren't anything.\r\n-She's not supposed to cry when you're above ground, but I guess she is a bigger cry baby than I had originally anticipated =P\r\n- No time to add sound, maybe I'll upload a non compo version with sound later down the road.\r\n\r\n\r\nPOST THOUGHTS\r\n\r\n- I'd like to add an endgame that feels like you actually won.\r\n- Let the player pick between a boy or girl.\r\n- Expand more on the tear concept.","title":"Cry Baby"}