{"author_link":"\/author\/silkworm_sweatshop\/","author_name":"silkworm_sweatshop","author_uid":"47199","comments":[{"author_name":"RyanNielson","author_uid":"13891","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1460996640,"text":"I like the music and art style, the cutscenes are story are a nice addition as well. On a keyboard the controls could be a bit tighter though, it's far too easy to accidentally hit balloons."},{"author_name":"Dooskington","author_uid":"25167","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1461001140,"text":"I loved the music and the parallax background. The controls were a bit floaty."},{"author_name":"cgriff","author_uid":"51093","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1461001440,"text":"Intro cutscene was crazy long! But it was all pretty good stuff. Funny concept, and a solid game."},{"author_name":"Solocov","author_uid":"56983","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1461001500,"text":"One word To many Ballons &gt;:( .... But great game"},{"author_name":"Rakowu","author_uid":"91826","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1461001620,"text":"I just have to say one thin... ROFL. I love it. The intro is probably the best of all the game. Great job. Good music, nice concept, nice graphics. And in that time... :D"},{"author_name":"dvdking","author_uid":"14173","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1461001860,"text":"Really funny intro, everything about the game was great. The only bad thing is difficulty, the levels should be shorter, or have checkpoints."},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1461005460,"text":"Cool game, the into was a bit long and it was very difficult as you lose the level very easily"},{"author_name":"Max Amaden","author_uid":"62658","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1461008940,"text":"Utterly hilarious and awesome, unique gameplay... FIVE STARS!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep up the fantastic work!"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1461016380,"text":"Loved the rant at the beginning! The 'Stop Smiling!' line made me laugh aloud. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Neat mechanics and gorgeous visuals\/sound. Tricky gameplay too, without being too tough. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1461016380,"text":"Relaxing with a cute aesthetic and a quiet mood. However, the controls on keyboard seem to me very weird. It's not easy to catch something. Overall, I like it. Thanks ++"},{"author_name":"laFunk","author_uid":"62641","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:03pm","epoch":1461016680,"text":"The dialogue got me cracking up all the way :D The art looks nice, the music is great! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Jordan","author_uid":"43421","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1461016980,"text":"Good music, kind of reminded me of Earthbound's. Intro was great, though a bit lengthy. The mechanic is interesting and fun."},{"author_name":"fairwolf games","author_uid":"88703","time":"Apr 18, 2016 @ 10:08pm","epoch":1461016980,"text":"i liked it personaly im not a fan of large cutscenes but it did set the atmosphere quite well"},{"author_name":"aegypticus","author_uid":"64850","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:42am","epoch":1461026220,"text":"Damn, those balloons make such a loud noise. Holy shit. Great game. Super funny intro!"},{"author_name":"jdmazz","author_uid":"50350","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:35pm","epoch":1461101400,"text":"I thought the controls were good. I had no problem with them at all. Everything seemed completely responsive to me."},{"author_name":"CaptainPilot","author_uid":"41078","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1461105420,"text":"Looks *really* good, and it's got a good mood to it.  The platforming gameplay is not really my thing though and possibly because I was so bad at it, I got frustrated always hitting balloons!  The little game over messages are excellent tho XD"},{"author_name":"GaryS","author_uid":"86710","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:51am","epoch":1461113160,"text":"Nice work! I found it a bit too easy to hit the baloons, but a fun game all the same."},{"author_name":"bigpan","author_uid":"90090","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:57am","epoch":1461113520,"text":"A good game overall, i laughed when i failed the first time, very fun game, good job!"},{"author_name":"Matzigon","author_uid":"56958","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:44pm","epoch":1461155940,"text":"Nice and round. :) Get it?!"},{"author_name":"jordgubben","author_uid":"51939","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1461177600,"text":"Loving the writing and the music sets a very pleasant mood. The level design is a bit of a bully, but I get the feeling this is intentional."},{"author_name":"abuzreq","author_uid":"17923","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1461181080,"text":"Amazing !\r<br\/>I really liked the cut scene, reminded me of Flatland :)\r<br\/>The mechanics are interesting and the music is suitable .\r<br\/>Well made.."},{"author_name":"LOSTALLOY","author_uid":"87699","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 8:11am","epoch":1461312360,"text":"&quot;My sides are infinite!&quot; Ahahahahahaahahahahahah! My sides are in orbit, especially with the game over sentences! Awesome game, right into my favorite list :D"},{"author_name":"Arvydas","author_uid":"84596","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 2:53pm","epoch":1461336480,"text":"This was an addicting game for sure! Though, that intro was a bit too long. It was funny as hell, but long lol. Also, it was pretty frustrating with the movement to not hit any balloons...especially after getting that last hog on level 2. I would nudge my key to the slightest possible I could go, but still end up hitting the balloon. Great humor game overall x)"},{"author_name":"QuexD","author_uid":"39307","time":"Apr 22, 2016 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1461354060,"text":"Had to play with the audio off but the game was really good great job!"},{"author_name":"Franklin's Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1461416820,"text":"Great opening funny scene, loved the dialogue. Thought the humour was really well and done and the jokes worked well with the graphics and setting up the gameplay."},{"author_name":"iceburg7","author_uid":"43569","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1461446280,"text":"This was excellent!  THe humor, the audio, the visuals were all great!  nice work."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1461596340,"text":"Really funny, well made game! I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you&rsquo;d like to check them out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q_baWrdQ2o4"},{"author_name":"Ellian","author_uid":"7701","time":"Apr 28, 2016 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1461870720,"text":"Intro cutscene was pretty great!\r<br\/>But man, the controls are super hard, I kept accidentally hitting balloons all the time.\r<br\/>Good work tho, this is a lot for such a short time!"},{"author_name":"ProjectX593","author_uid":"19774","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 3:37am","epoch":1461900720,"text":"Very funny intro, the game itself is a bit hard!"},{"author_name":"forestgamer007","author_uid":"48212","time":"Apr 29, 2016 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1461959880,"text":"80 is maximum points to get\r<br\/>Innovation: 3\/10\r<br\/>Fun: 5\/10\r<br\/>Theme: 4\/10\r<br\/>Graphics: 4\/10\r<br\/>Audio: 5\/10\r<br\/>Humor: 3\/10\r<br\/>Mood: 4\/10\r<br\/>Coolness: 4\/10\r<br\/>Overall: 32\/80\r<br\/>Good Game"},{"author_name":"flummox3d","author_uid":"45209","time":"Apr 30, 2016 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1462029360,"text":"Really cute game (minus the strong language :D). Nice work! :)"},{"author_name":"AinoraZ","author_uid":"50640","time":"May 3, 2016 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1462312380,"text":"A very cool little game. The art seems polished and feels nice as well!"},{"author_name":"sftrabbit","author_uid":"26559","time":"May 9, 2016 @ 11:54am","epoch":1462794540,"text":"Reaaaally nice. The writing in the intro was perfect and the game was fun. Only minor gripe was that it was a little frustrating having to start again so easily. But the graphics, music, humour - all awesome!"}],"images":["ld35\/47199-fcaeb075a86d82263c434a57a8795d52.jpg","ld35\/47199-763d33db59031ee33ed6ffa7d74d77a5.jpg","ld35\/47199-959005512854a91f6e6cc9ce18cdcc2e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/silkworm-sweatshop.itch.io\/the-night-shift","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/silkworm-sweatshop.itch.io\/the-night-shift","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3ltlG--b5s","text":"Playthrough video"},{"url":"https:\/\/silkworm-sweatshop.itch.io\/the-night-shift","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"2364","g_author":"47199","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"2409","g_title":"The Night Shift","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"152","g_commentcount":"33","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\/\/542293\/47199-shot0-1460937292.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/47199-shot1-1460937292.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/47199-shot2-1460937292.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The Night Shift is a puzzle platformer. You take control of a lowly polygon just trying to hold down a job, but a horrible curse is making things difficult. I took the theme to a kinda weird place. There is also some harsh language in the game but otherwise it's pretty cutesy.\r\n\r\nMade in Gamemaker Studio\r\n","title":"The Night Shift"}