{"author_link":"\/author\/psychomonster\/","author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","comments":[{"author_name":"Supernours","author_uid":"15677","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:30am","epoch":1377509100,"text":"There is a bug with the time counter ? I do not see it ^^""},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:03am","epoch":1377511080,"text":"I don't know if the absence of timer is on purpose or not, but this is what I enjoyed the most, counting the seconds myself. "Was it 8 or 9" ? Haa, let's take a pill anyway!"\rI think it would be better if there were less pills in the level. I never fell shortage.\r\r(Why does he puke ? ^^)"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:25am","epoch":1377512400,"text":"One point in Mood for 'love you' :D Didn't pick up on the pill mechanic, death animation would help you figure out what killed you."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1377555060,"text":"It is part of the gameplay that the counter is not visible... you have to count by your self :) I thought I wrote it to the instrzctions :)"},{"author_name":"Feysoura","author_uid":"25882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1377555120,"text":"There are some collision problems. Other than that, pretty decent game!"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1377555360,"text":"Love the pixel art style.. the character is neat."},{"author_name":"otresnjak","author_uid":"25039","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1377555420,"text":"There really should be a time counter. Trying to count to myself while playing the game isn't really fun. Other than that, cool game."},{"author_name":"flyingbear","author_uid":"16232","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1377555540,"text":"Love the puke-attack, especially coming from this mild-mannered, glasses & turtleneck wearing dude! I couldn't figure out why I was dying sometimes, I thought I was taking my pills?"},{"author_name":"realtutsgml","author_uid":"17578","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1377557280,"text":"Nice clean cut platformer! Love the puking, Some background music would be nice though. Good Job!"},{"author_name":"Mandraw","author_uid":"25422","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1377557460,"text":"Really good , it really catch the theme , you really cannot forget the 10 seconds , if you do , it's sure death...\rfun to play , the only "problem" is that sound could make it a lot better... maybe after the end of the votes you can make a refined version ?"},{"author_name":"noom","author_uid":"27369","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1377557520,"text":"Was a bit tough, the lack of the timer complicated things, I kept getting stuck in walls and had a lot of trouble jumping to clear obstacles. The whole "you instantly die" when touching the drips from the ceiling confused me at first, I though I must have missed a pill or something as I never even saw the drips that were killing me! Not a bad game overall, would be cool to see the concept expanded on."},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:18pm","epoch":1377558780,"text":"Nice, but I'm never gonna die."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1377559560,"text":"Hey Jack ^^\r\rYeah I see that Sound is a big fail at this... but there was no time left to do :.(\r\rMy thoughts was, that to count by your self will take some brain capacity, so that simple commands like jump left or puke this enemy will take some more extra brain power ^^\r\rwill work at the game after jam... because i want to see it run better ^^\r\rthanks for so much feedback till now :D"},{"author_name":"Tork","author_uid":"24727","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1377559560,"text":"I couldn't find out which was the counter, your GUI moves faster than the player.\rLoved your art thought."},{"author_name":"pedroka","author_uid":"26610","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:00am","epoch":1377561300,"text":"Good game. Some bugs, nice graphics, etc..."},{"author_name":"frankbsad","author_uid":"22426","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:22am","epoch":1377562620,"text":"Nice game, but some of the platforming elements felt a bit cheap to me."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:23am","epoch":1377562680,"text":"Love the pings as a timer that you have to keep track yourself. Perhaps your character could be a bit shorter, I felt like it clashes with the size of the tiles and the enemies. I like the story you setup for this character as well, great job!"},{"author_name":"Lissar","author_uid":"27179","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:49am","epoch":1377564240,"text":"I really liked the design of the main character, but other artwork was hit or miss. Had some difficulty managing the controls (felt jump was a bit weird, but that may have just been the lack of animation for it?) but maybe it's just me!"},{"author_name":"[-BipolarDesign+]","author_uid":"13748","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:59am","epoch":1377564840,"text":"I found it tough to remember to press the space bar every 9ish seconds, just as some people who take medications find it difficult to remember to take their pills. Very good mechanic with a very real real-life meaning behind it. Whether you meant it or not, this is a problem a lot of people deal with, and I understand how terrifying it can be if they forget to take their medication on time.\r\rIf you wanted to add something to it, I think overdosing could be an interesting mechanic (like if you take it within 6 seconds of your last pill, you collapse for three seconds, or something).\r\rThe platforming control was a bit iffy, and I wish there was a bit more variety in the gameplay, but I enjoyed the concept and got my own meaning out of it :)"},{"author_name":"JimmyDelaney19","author_uid":"26384","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:44am","epoch":1377571140,"text":"I couldn't stop playing til I beat it! Pretty fun, simple game. Interesting idea with making the timer invisible."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:47am","epoch":1377571320,"text":"It took me a while to understand when I was supposed to take the pill and then I loved it. I really didn't like the buttons configurations. :( alt+space it's not a good combination."},{"author_name":"murilo","author_uid":"6882","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:02am","epoch":1377572220,"text":"Nice pixel art! I got stuck on some walls and couldn't understand why I always died even after grabbing the pills!"},{"author_name":"Gus","author_uid":"25502","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:57am","epoch":1377575520,"text":"Didn't beat it, but at least I know the ending by the screenshots\rWell, didn't like this one so much, but I found the lack of a timer thing interesting, it gives an unique tension that makes you getting pills not matter what time do you have, this would've been frustrating in a long game, but in this one, it works nice.\rSome more animation and sense would help."},{"author_name":"LittleThor","author_uid":"26496","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:16am","epoch":1377591060,"text":"Interesting game but some issues with hitboxes make this game very hard (especialy with yellow-idontknowwhat-drops). Nice character design."},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:04am","epoch":1377593940,"text":"Very nice sprite! Too bad it have so little animations.. Love the idea of puking instead of shooting, didn't liked the lack of visual timer and some lifes (i don't want to be killed at first hit with some yellow liquid)\r\rCool idea, keep going!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:29pm","epoch":1377627840,"text":"Nice work on the graphics. I liked not knowing how long was left too, made it kind of worrying."},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:43am","epoch":1377653880,"text":"Cool game. I like the idea of mentally having to keep track of your remaining time. Just a shame you couldn't get more of the planned features implemented in time, maybe you can expand it a little in future. Good job!"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1377708840,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1377719220,"text":"Nice game but controls are a bit hard to master."},{"author_name":"ellipticaldoor","author_uid":"24027","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1377735360,"text":"Nice art!"},{"author_name":"futuristteletex","author_uid":"25869","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:09am","epoch":1377756240,"text":"poor steven.. i mean jack.. it'll be our little secret =).. enjoyed it, even having to count myself =)"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:47am","epoch":1377776520,"text":"@futuristteletex :D It's no secret... yeah Jack is heavily inspired by the pixelart galerie http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2011\/100-8-bit-design-inspiration-%E2%80%93-illustration-pixel-art-web-design-more-retro-nostalgia\/ ... but there is no copy and paste... I did it myself ;) with diffrent hair, beard and glases :) Animation too :D"},{"author_name":"Brian Stegmann","author_uid":"24792","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:15pm","epoch":1377796200,"text":"I'm glad you didn't include a timer, having to track the 10 seconds yourself is a good take on the theme. Makes it challenging."},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:23am","epoch":1377832680,"text":"Hehe, charming take on the theme! I like the character design.\r\rIt's a good thing he doesn't overdose on those pills! He also seems to have an endless amount of puke, that's quite the symptom!\r\rMy only complaint is, as you mentioned, the character getting snagged on walls."},{"author_name":"d__adee","author_uid":"24414","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1377962100,"text":"THIS GAME IS AWESOME!\rI like how you not put a counter! I have to count mentally to 8 or 9 before pressing space. Also by counting mentally, the game made me confused with controls. Like pressing space instead of alt, by which I have to count back from one again, before I know it, that slime got me. Have to redo a lot and finally made it to the finish line.\r\rIt's nice, I like everything... take all my stars!\r:D"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1377992460,"text":"@ d__adee :D"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1378004100,"text":"Good entry for 48 hours. I don't know why, but the guy reminded me of Steve Jobs :) On a Mac, the alt key caused problems. Should map to another key to avoid stuff like that. Very hard game :) I liked that you could collect pills and choose when to use them."},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1378044000,"text":"@GeorgeBroussard ohh well the alt key is problematic... i see.. damn. and yeah the main character is definitely based on a 8bit pixelart of steven jobs ... but I created diffrent haistyle, diffrent looking glasses and another beard :D There is a link to the original artwork above --> http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2011\/100-8-bit-design-inspiration-%E2%80%93-illustration-pixel-art-web-design-more-retro-nostalgia\/"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1378147260,"text":"A bit strange. I dislike how avatar's jump."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 3:44am","epoch":1378265940,"text":"great theme -- needed a timer and the controls were hard -- nice effort"}],"images":["ld27\/17723-9a6d9a884bb04f3749807989afc3f55c.jpg","ld27\/17723-fdbf45739fbc3d868d5e7aa3d0c9cdd4.jpg","ld27\/17723-238f72461d2657cf7a1ac41394ba226a.jpg","ld27\/17723-46556b7978fa15961f8995c6c01f6a01.jpg","ld27\/17723-57ec614a9a8139b4ef6d4e5db9dc93d5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dev.psychomonster.com\/ld27\/jack_is_gonna_die.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dev.psychomonster.com\/ld27\/jack_is_gonna_die_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23803","g_author":"17723","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23833","g_title":"Jack is gonna Die!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"841","g_commentcount":"40","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\/\/273708\/17723-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/17723-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/17723-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/17723-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/17723-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hello again\r\n\r\nI've finished the Game \"Jack is gonna Die!\". Yeah. It was hard and more then 70% of the cool planed game features has been killed in the early hours. Now I've created the game only with the core features for the theme \"10 seconds!\"\r\nIts the second time at LudumDare for me. It was really fun again. Love you!\r\n\r\nThe Idea:\r\nJack has been contaminated by radioactivity... he has only 10 seconds left to life. He want to see his family for a last time. There are pills that can help him. Get them. Every pill will refill his 10 seconds lifetime battery... Guard him home...\r\n\r\nhow to play:\r\nleft arrow key = go left\r\nright arrow key = go right\r\nup arrow key = jump\r\nalt = puke (that radioactive puke kills enemys)\r\nspace bar = swallow a pill\r\n\r\nWARNING: There is no visiual indicator for the time that is left... only a \"ping\"... you have to count seconds and swallow the pill at the right moment. If you are Dead... you have to restart at the starting position ;)\r\n\r\nCanceled Features:\r\nMore then one level\r\nMore animations\r\nBetter controlls for platfomer (glitches)\r\nTeleporter\r\nMore enemys\r\nbetter sounds\r\ncool selfmade music\r\n\r\nBugs:\r\nGlitches while jumping against solid walls sometimes\r\nsome animations are invisible :(\r\nMaybe a view more... I'm tired... have to sleep for a while.","title":"Jack is gonna Die!"}