{"author_link":"\/author\/roseninja\/","author_name":"RoseNinja","author_uid":"27220","comments":[{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:50am","epoch":1377567900,"text":"Awesome game! Bouncing is a little bit unreliable, and the Y seems to have a maximum, loved that you added sounds. Graphics were very nicely done! The tears at the end were the best to. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1377568560,"text":"Cute little game, great work!"},{"author_name":"JellyMan64","author_uid":"25427","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1377613200,"text":"Nice little game, but I think it would of been more challenging if you controlled the hands by the arrow keys. Good Game anyway."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1377614100,"text":"Such a simple concept and yet that was mightily cute! \r\rMy second balloon made it to 13 years. Until it died. I probably shouldn't have any children. Ever."},{"author_name":"Nizan","author_uid":"5374","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:42pm","epoch":1377614220,"text":"Oh man, when you drop the balloon...\r...right in the feels."},{"author_name":"maxking1234","author_uid":"10198","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1377614280,"text":"A nice little game!"},{"author_name":"Brejlounek","author_uid":"19599","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1377614580,"text":"Very nice funny game :D My balloon left me alone for one whole year between 11-12 :( But he returned and lived happily ever after :)"},{"author_name":"Kimidori","author_uid":"25038","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:32pm","epoch":1377617220,"text":"simple but fun game."},{"author_name":"Jicken","author_uid":"25302","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1377623940,"text":"This game is perfect for the theme."},{"author_name":"Ken Ichi","author_uid":"27522","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:48pm","epoch":1377715380,"text":"Nice game =] The ballon is enourmous at 15 years xD"},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1377722100,"text":"Wow, that was a sad ending. I tried again and let go of it. I didn't realize how deep this game is! I enjoyed playing this game! Great use of the theme."},{"author_name":"odeckers","author_uid":"27410","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1377804720,"text":"Fun game, graphics and music were really well done. Good work!"},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1377805020,"text":"Really nice game! The graphics are great, especially the balloons. Some background music would be nice and it could be more challenging."},{"author_name":"Ritzblues783","author_uid":"10873","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1377808440,"text":"Nice way to tie a story behind a keep up theme. I like how the balloon gets progressively larger over time. The art style was good. The ending caught me off guard and made me sad."},{"author_name":"IHateATMFees","author_uid":"22624","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1377810300,"text":"Love the name."},{"author_name":"canvapps","author_uid":"27447","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1377810300,"text":"An emotional game, great use of the theme! Though it does not have much replayability, it is very nice for 3 days of work and a twist on the bouncing ball genre."},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1377811380,"text":"I'm willing to do anything just to make these balloons smile!\rGood job :)"},{"author_name":"onzephyr","author_uid":"5478","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1377874020,"text":"simple concept . fantastically made."},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1378056240,"text":"I really like the look of the balloon :)\rIt's getting a bit hard when the balloon is bigger because we don't really know where are our hands, but it's still a funny game."},{"author_name":"netgrind","author_uid":"12128","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 11:07pm","epoch":1378767720,"text":"God that lose screen made me feel a little rough"},{"author_name":"dylanwolf","author_uid":"20078","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 1:11am","epoch":1379034360,"text":"I like the art (especially the background) and the humor (the game over screen is dark). I also like the game balance--as the balloon gets larger and easier to hit, your hands go out of frame.\r\rAs you commented, it really is like the opposite of my game."}],"images":["ld27\/27220-af0378a28e87fc3903fb52589f4f3a76.jpg","ld27\/27220-3f79eff3b5e5d076a1ef5f0990697e03.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/112024728\/TheyBlowUpSoFast\/windows.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/112024728\/TheyBlowUpSoFast\/mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/112024728\/TheyBlowUpSoFast\/linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/112024728\/TheyBlowUpSoFast\/TheyBlowUpSoFast.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24453","g_author":"27220","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"24483","g_title":"They Blow Up So Fast","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"308","g_commentcount":"21","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\/27220-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/27220-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Every 10 seconds, an amazing miracle happens. The balloon you are parenting ages another year. It's a miracle of life!\r\n\r\nBounce the balloon to adulthood using your loving hands until it is a healthy 14 year old balloon.\r\n\r\nClick the arrows to select your balloon, and then press the balloon to take it into care.\r\n\r\nMove the mouse to control your hands.\r\n\r\nMade in 72 Hours for LD27 JAM.\r\n\r\nArt Assets, Design and Story by RoseNinja\r\nProgramming by JellyCakes\r\n\r\nEdit: Fixed the bug where you couldn't exit when you die.\r\n","title":"They Blow Up So Fast"}