{"author_link":"\/author\/aymes\/","author_name":"AndyBumpkin","author_uid":"1735","comments":[{"author_name":"ElScootro","author_uid":"14881","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:45pm","epoch":1367239200,"text":"Nice game! I didn't pick up on the health bar the first time around, but otherwise, easy to jump into and fun to play!\r\rIf you choose to keep developing this game, I would love to see some motivation for the player to jump regularly and bonuses for pulling off hard jumps. I found myself trying to jump between tight spaces just for the challenge!"},{"author_name":"zerebruin","author_uid":"18208","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1367239320,"text":"Super fun to play! I love how you used pong as a base and turned it into a completely different game. Also cool graphics & sound."},{"author_name":"zerebruin","author_uid":"18208","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1367239380,"text":"P.S: Highscore! (37) :D"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1367239440,"text":"43 jumps! Glad I made it that far. It took me a while to figure out that jumping was the way to score and that the bar was my health. But once I did that, it's kinda fun to try and 'stunt' your way through the mines. \r\rLove the music! Simple but good!"},{"author_name":"MaxguN","author_uid":"21322","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1367239560,"text":"Fun to play but moving on the left feels tedious as it goes at the same speed at the spikes. Also some situations feel a bit impossible (3 following spikes at the height of the bar)."},{"author_name":"tiffi","author_uid":"21552","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1367240340,"text":"fun to play! highscore 43, will definitely play it again!"},{"author_name":"AndyBumpkin","author_uid":"1735","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1367241120,"text":"Thanks for comments so far guys! Lovely to see you found it fun, and it's quite tempting to keep developing it!\r\rBtw, my highscore so far is 73! I'm sure someone can smash that though ;)"},{"author_name":"CharlesBoury","author_uid":"20528","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1367241660,"text":"Highscore = 52 jumps !\rAm I the best here ?\r\rAlso, as @MaxguN said, it feels very tedious to move left and right. I would very much move faster !\rIt reminded me of jumping in World of Warcraft. You jump for nothing, but you give yourself rules and you have fun."},{"author_name":"qgi","author_uid":"13866","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1367250180,"text":"Nice and juicy gameplay. Great visual fx and nice audio."},{"author_name":"ThirteenWB","author_uid":"22557","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1367255160,"text":"This was surprisingly simple and fun, also loved the audio.\rA respectable 50 points on my second attempt.\rNice game :)"},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:30am","epoch":1367310300,"text":"you made some excellent game design decisions - for example the shrinking platform representing your life (although it would be even better if you could move it independently from the ball - so you wouldn't loose the game because of some mechanic, but because it's way harder to catch the ball with a small platform)\r\rthe music was really amazing, I wish I could do music this good\r\rfun game, I liked it\rwell done"},{"author_name":"CherryNukaCola","author_uid":"4966","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:31am","epoch":1367310360,"text":"Very cute. ^_^"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:50am","epoch":1367318700,"text":"This is nice. :) Loved the fact that you managed to mix the gameplay elements, like the paddle\/lifebar, jumping\/scoring. And the music fitted the game very well, very good job on that department."},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:23am","epoch":1367320680,"text":"Some neat concepts good job!"},{"author_name":"BarrensZeppelin","author_uid":"8838","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1367339760,"text":"I got 77 on my second attempt. Fun & challenging game, it kept me entertained for a couple of minutes. (;"},{"author_name":"galman","author_uid":"5971","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:49am","epoch":1367408640,"text":"Nice game idea, played it for a while and my high score is 38! Well done :)"},{"author_name":"BumpkinRich","author_uid":"14256","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1367416080,"text":"Great idea. Got 43 once I realized that you can 'cheat' and jump during the tutorial. \r\rLooks pretty too."},{"author_name":"AndyBumpkin","author_uid":"1735","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1367420400,"text":"Thanks again everyone, all comments are totally welcome. I'm working on this more post-compo and hope to have an improved version up and running soon :)"},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 9:58am","epoch":1367920380,"text":"A nice begining but not correctly balanced. I did not jump for 1mn, then i died quickly without any escape solution. By the way, i really like the size of the paddle showing your life ;)"},{"author_name":"marnaouf","author_uid":"12107","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 9:53am","epoch":1368265680,"text":"fun game. Loved how the bat represented your healthbar, very minimalist. Also, the music was incredible, I really loved it a lot. Nice Work."},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 9:56am","epoch":1368265860,"text":"Neat idea and I love the way the health is represented. Excellent soundtrack!"},{"author_name":"foyosoft","author_uid":"23062","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1368301140,"text":"41 jumps! The placement of the spikey things seemed a little too random, but it's a fun game none the less."},{"author_name":"finefin","author_uid":"16498","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1368373140,"text":"hehe the idea of merging the paddle and the health bar is genius!"},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 12:18am","epoch":1368490380,"text":"Nice concept, easy to pick up, hard to master. A little acceleration on the bat, especially going backwards relative to the mines would be cool."},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 1:16pm","epoch":1368537060,"text":"Fun game. Nice idea with the paddle."},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1368979680,"text":"Combos and tricks would make it more interesting, instead of just trying to survive."}],"images":["ld26\/1735-e6a5e53af69e998acd4868435289f41b.jpg","ld26\/1735-fa4afba77c7b9ff4ac44c529426bb609.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bumpkinbrothers.com\/hopper\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bumpkinbrothers.com\/hopper\/mnk_hopper.rar","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bumpkinbrothers.hopper","text":"Google Play (Free!)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26629","g_author":"1735","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26659","g_title":"Hopper","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"664","g_commentcount":"26","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\/\/233892\/1735-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1735-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"*** Update - now on Google Play for Free! ***\r\n\r\nHopper is about jumping! How many times can you jump before you lose?\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\n\r\nHey everyone, thanks for checking out my little entry into LD 26, great to be here!\r\n\r\nWhen loading the game it can take a few seconds for the music\/sound to stream in. Sorry about that, I'm still learning the HTML5 ropes here.\r\n\r\nTools used:\r\nCode - Monkey\r\nIDE - Jungle\r\nArt - Paint.net\r\nMusic - Renoise\r\nSFX - BFXR<\/p>","title":"Hopper"}