{"author_link":"\/author\/thecze\/","author_name":"TheCze","author_uid":"17841","comments":[{"author_name":"morbidbuilder407","author_uid":"20623","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1367291040,"text":"Very interesting idea gj."},{"author_name":"DBRalir","author_uid":"10296","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:11am","epoch":1367291160,"text":"Very fun and difficult game!"},{"author_name":"dakeese","author_uid":"23270","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:13am","epoch":1367291280,"text":"I love this concept! At first I thought it'd be just like Typing of the Dead, but this is a very original concept!"},{"author_name":"Krahe","author_uid":"20668","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:14am","epoch":1367291340,"text":"Clever use of simple mechanic; enjoyable variety. I think I may have enjoyed it a little more if I didn't suck at typing, but overall a really sweet entrant."},{"author_name":"Dew","author_uid":"11118","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:18am","epoch":1367291580,"text":"damn i hate looking at the keyborad when typing letters xD"},{"author_name":"Avrec","author_uid":"22441","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1367292840,"text":"Very well done! Managed to beat it but that was HARD; gonna have to give my wrists a break."},{"author_name":"Otoris","author_uid":"22814","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:21am","epoch":1367295360,"text":"This style of game is amazing! I love the challenge of typing while thinking of what to type next. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Only complaint is that the audio is really sharp and painful with headphones on. Otherwise, that is quite amazing that was created in 72-hours!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Kudos!"},{"author_name":"DavidErosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:37am","epoch":1367310720,"text":"Wow, easy to learn, hard to master :) Had fun with this one! Well done!"},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:10am","epoch":1367312700,"text":"Cool idea! I just disliked that if you slide ~1 frame above the ground you still get it by enemies that are one tile above ground:&lt; Happend so many times:("},{"author_name":"kbm0","author_uid":"20498","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:39pm","epoch":1367325240,"text":"Very engaging mechanics. Nice idea and execution, although the graphics are a little hard on the eyes. Good job!"},{"author_name":"OnlySlightly","author_uid":"1959","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1367325420,"text":"Wow that was a lot of fun. Awesome mechanic!"},{"author_name":"ataxkt","author_uid":"14547","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1367329740,"text":"Having to type pause to pause is evil. Love it."},{"author_name":"multitude","author_uid":"21762","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1367329920,"text":"Wow - finally a game where i learn something. The idea is pretty cool, but maybe the game is a bit hard - or i should train my typing. ;)"},{"author_name":"Xaychru04","author_uid":"16472","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1367330220,"text":"Great game! I like the concept of typing actions, but it's a little difficult if you can't type without looking at your keyboard :)"},{"author_name":"dertom","author_uid":"479","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1367334060,"text":"Great game...and especially with the level design you did a great job constantly increasing the difficulty. Very challenging game where you always have the feeling it is you who screwed it up and not the level is too hard...(super meat boy-like :D) \r<br\/>Again, great job!"},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1367352060,"text":"Fun, yet tricky game."},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1367352060,"text":"Such a cool idea! The sliding through walls glitches are really funny :D"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1367352180,"text":"Really cool, nice way to play a platformer. Funky lincoln is probably the best character i've seen. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Harsay","author_uid":"17616","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1367352360,"text":"Challenging level design. Sometimes controls can be annoying (pixel perfect slide on air) but I like it!"},{"author_name":"ecool377","author_uid":"16979","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1367459760,"text":"Good start, kinda hard though."},{"author_name":"chowdy","author_uid":"21321","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:07am","epoch":1367460120,"text":"Really neat mechanic. Very challenging levels... frustrating but satisfying to pull off well."},{"author_name":"cahman","author_uid":"20494","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:13am","epoch":1367460480,"text":"I liked it.  That's the funkiest Mr. Lincoln has ever been!  Maybe typing other words, instead typing the action name every time would mix it up?"},{"author_name":"Tyro","author_uid":"12708","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:14am","epoch":1367460540,"text":"Great graphics and a fun take on the runner game genre. I kept having Megaman 8 flashbacks while playing this for some reason..."},{"author_name":"awppy","author_uid":"18868","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:28am","epoch":1367461380,"text":"Funky Lincoln Teaches Typing\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This game was really neat. Congrats on your clever idea - it was well executed and the difficulty ramps up quite nicely. Around level 10 I started getting bored of it, but kept going to see the end."},{"author_name":"joekinley","author_uid":"3012","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:35am","epoch":1367494200,"text":"Gah what a hard game. I kept typing &quot;JUM&quot;... and waited to enter that P... same with SLIDE... i guess everyone did just that. But as soon as I had to slide mid air, i was just too bad. Kept screwing up that part.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Fun little idea, although I found it rather annoying to type in the whole jump. Yeah I guess that was the point there, still it was weird and all.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The sound was bad. It was totally annoying and loud. Well, at least it had sound.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good work though. It ran great, everything seemed well done."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 11:48am","epoch":1367494980,"text":"Great idea. Rapidly difficult. Would be fun to learn keyboard."},{"author_name":"vapgames","author_uid":"15943","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1367500860,"text":"Fun and hard!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:42pm","epoch":1367516220,"text":"Brilliant! Really enjoyed this... got to level 10 and had to bail."},{"author_name":"captainkraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1367516460,"text":"This game is a ton of fun. It gets pretty tough, which I love. If you make some graphics that don't burn out my retinas, you'd have an epic game haha. Well done"},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1367516460,"text":"I broke my fingers. But it was worth it! :D"},{"author_name":"Ariake81","author_uid":"19384","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1367527680,"text":"didnt work for me, just hung on a black screen?.... funky lincoln is an awesome name though!"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1367528940,"text":"This played really well. Very original and very well polished."},{"author_name":"stqn","author_uid":"2181","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1367529360,"text":"Pretty fun, but I stopped at level 6 which was a bit hard. I might come back to this one later ;). Too bad the scrolling is so jerky."},{"author_name":"Kiwiboi","author_uid":"20891","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1367583720,"text":"Great game, even though it looks generic the controls make it pretty unique, well done guys! :)"},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:34pm","epoch":1367584140,"text":"Hahaha so frustrating! XD"},{"author_name":"goerp","author_uid":"14225","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1367610240,"text":"Haha, funny. I played it with CAPSLOCK on just to be sure.\r<br\/>Why it had to be lincoln, I have no idea, but it makes it all the better.\r<br\/>It had the old skool vibe to it, including the bleeps (also from me) and the difficulty. \r<br\/>Good one."},{"author_name":"netmute","author_uid":"11213","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:04pm","epoch":1367611140,"text":"Phew, took me a while to realize I have to type. I almost already failed at the menu screen :D\r<br\/>Very fun game, gets devilishly hard in the later levels ;)"},{"author_name":"Rafael Sales","author_uid":"22086","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1367615460,"text":"Awesome game! Typing mechanics are really funny and hard to master. Congratz!"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 2:09am","epoch":1367719440,"text":"Quite a unique experience. :)"},{"author_name":"mildmojo","author_uid":"6748","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 8:06am","epoch":1367913660,"text":"I love offbeat typing games. Never realized how hard it is to type the word JUMP. That index finger has to hit 3 keys!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I feel like I just barely beat the game. The JUMPSLIDE was really satisfying. You did a great job at teaching new mechanics and then leveraging them in complex and difficult patterns."},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 12:19pm","epoch":1368447240,"text":"Really good fun. Stuck on level 6 though. It got brutal!"},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 5:33am","epoch":1368682080,"text":"There was no way a game with this title couldn't be hilarious. I gave up at Level 10 - the timing was insane, and I'm pretty fast with my fingers. XD"},{"author_name":"dremelofdeath","author_uid":"17159","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 8:15am","epoch":1368691800,"text":"really neat concept you got here, but man level 10 is freaking hard, eventually just gave up there"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 2:43am","epoch":1368758280,"text":"Very well done, I mean it was bloody hard but a great idea.  Good work"},{"author_name":"Brassawiking","author_uid":"13137","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1368987120,"text":"I wiped out at level 10 =\\ Awesome game and concept! Really liked this one. I said What Da Faq?! out loud when you started doing slides midair."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 4:32pm","epoch":1369067220,"text":"Fun! Challenging my typing skillz."},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 11:53pm","epoch":1369093680,"text":"Very unique idea. Definitely would have been way too simple without the typing mechanic. I liked it."}],"images":["ld26\/17841-558a18f2fd0a549ad06c14104abfc8d7.jpg","ld26\/17841-de005fabecbb8809e5257d187a9b27a4.jpg","ld26\/17841-d4d0f29f26e7a4ab634c6e7243a108b6.jpg","ld26\/17841-c941820b32bc3fbf8d6d342075b42614.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/18hzCDd","text":"Old Version Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.zoneofcontrol.de\/LD26Post\/","text":"New Version Web (HTML5)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26868","g_author":"17841","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"26898","g_title":"Funky Lincoln Saves the Day","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"75","g_commentcount":"47","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\/17841-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/17841-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/17841-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/17841-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Evil hackers from the planet 2600 have attacked earths computers and disabled all main input methods. Only armed with the letters A-Z, Funky Lincoln needs to type fast to survive and restore human control on earth!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFunky Lincoln is a jump and run game with minimalistic controls. Instead of pressing SPACE or SHIFT to perform actions, the players need to type out the actions to perform then. The game features 15 levels that range from easy to lunatic, can you beat them all?\r\n\r\nHint: Remember to type NEXTLEVEL after finishing a level.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFunky Lincoln was created by Daniel Czeppel & Patrick Ulmer for the Ludum Dare 26 Jam in 72hours.\r\nThe game was written in Java using the libgdx framework. Thanks alot to the kind folks in the libgdx chat without whom we would never have been able to get the webstart working!<\/p>","title":"Funky Lincoln Saves the Day"}