{"author_link":"\/author\/farmergnome\/","author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","comments":[{"author_name":"dan.jeffrey","author_uid":"17915","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:42am","epoch":1355715420,"text":"Wow! Amazing job!"},{"author_name":"Datw","author_uid":"11318","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:17am","epoch":1355717520,"text":"Awesome, but a bit too hard. (But still awesome)"},{"author_name":"EatenAlive3","author_uid":"15753","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:35am","epoch":1355718600,"text":"Wow! Awesome! I honestly had no idea what was going on sometimes, but awesome :D"},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:39am","epoch":1355718840,"text":"Whoa. This has plenty of content for a compo entry. And it wasn't for nothing, this is great fun to play."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:56am","epoch":1355719860,"text":"Cheers guys, it maybe a bit hard, I am not sure if I will continue this post - competition at this stage, shall see I guess. \r\r@Jiggawatt - yea there is tons to do, though I had an easier time than my previous entry (Soul Jar) Which had a lot of bugs related to the platforming\/physics. I used box2d this time through which allowed me to focus on mechanics rather than shit breaking."},{"author_name":"Jigxor","author_uid":"3289","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:09am","epoch":1355720640,"text":"This is awesome! Really fun to play and beautiful graphics too. Great job!"},{"author_name":"angelk","author_uid":"12262","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:30am","epoch":1355725500,"text":"This was great, gave me the feeling of rampaging through GTA1\/2, but with a much needed increase in speed. I loved the cars piling up, and I also loved running through traffic. The character selection and special skills were a nice touch; great job."},{"author_name":"Ashkin","author_uid":"1722","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:10am","epoch":1355731500,"text":"Awesome game, amazing what you've done is such a small amount of time. It's fun, it has a good aesthetic- the music is a little repetitive though."},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:14am","epoch":1355731740,"text":"Best entry I've played so far -- it was really hard to put it down! I don't really have any complaints. Definitely gonna check out the rest of your work. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:32am","epoch":1355743620,"text":"Very well done, I enjoyed it a lot."},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:51am","epoch":1355744760,"text":"This is awesome! Love the music, love the variety of weapons, it's super fun. Is your progress supposed to save? It didn't seem to, but I only closed the program because it seemed to crash (I was unable to select a 'fetish' after unlocking them all) - aside from that little bug this is great! :D"},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1355745420,"text":"@Tifu The game doesn't save data after quit, I kind of ran out of time on that one, might add it if enough people request it...."},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1355755440,"text":"Excellent work! I love that game =)\rVisuals are impressing my mind!"},{"author_name":"HardScore","author_uid":"19205","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1355755500,"text":"Amazing graphics and gameplay!"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1355755620,"text":"Visions of Smash TV. I had no idea what was going one but I assumed it was cool. Nice visual and sound style."},{"author_name":"Tobias Wehrum","author_uid":"2587","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1355757960,"text":"First impression: Half a second into the game, I get run over by a truck, haha. Strangely, I quite enjoyed that experience. Starting again.\r\rI really like the polish you put into the game. It doesn't really look like a prototype! And the character selection doesn't just work, it also looks awesome to boot and sets the mood quite well. Oh, and the controls are so tight, I love it. (And you have different second skills and multiple weapons? If you discovered a time machine, I'd like to use it too please.)"},{"author_name":"tommycreo","author_uid":"14490","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1355760480,"text":"Really awesome game, and graphics are sooo cool. Reminded me of my favorite GTA 2."},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1355773800,"text":"As usual you are amazing :)"},{"author_name":"Nik","author_uid":"8717","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1355783040,"text":"I found the whole concept really enjoyable, nice work."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:53am","epoch":1355820480,"text":"Cheers guys, does anyone actually want a post LD version?"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:22am","epoch":1355822220,"text":"OK so this is brutally awesome on every level. The fact that this is a 48 hour game is ASTOUNDING. Everything about this is stellar. Seriously. One of the best I've ever seen and I've been doing this for a while. It's tightly woven together. The aesthetic is very even throughout. The random generation and palette changes are refreshing. The gameplay is fun and you have a reason to keep going ... to unlock new fetishes. It IS a bit like Retro City Rampage, which is the only 'drawback' but really... how can that be a drawback? It's hilarious, fun to play, awesomely addicting, and a feast for the eyes. PERFECTION!"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:26am","epoch":1355822460,"text":"OH AND I FORGOT TO ADD... the random collision of traffic is the funniest thing I've seen in forever. The randomness creates great moments that you just can't recreate with a script. The beauty of how the randomness flows together with the visual style is what makes this so memorable. OK I'll stop slobbering all over this and go play something else for a bit. :)"},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 9:59am","epoch":1355824440,"text":"This was really fun!\rGreat graphics and such varied gameplay. Very well done!"},{"author_name":"Slushy","author_uid":"18898","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1355835960,"text":"good shit Paul"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1355839440,"text":"This game is great! I really love the graphics, but it could be a bit more clear in what's going on."},{"author_name":"BenW","author_uid":"128","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:27pm","epoch":1355840520,"text":"Really great game it took me a while to get a good feel for it and I'm still not sure which weapon pickups are which but it makes me want to play more."},{"author_name":"dx0ne","author_uid":"11733","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:48pm","epoch":1355841780,"text":"Hard in a good way. So much polish. Definitely one to get back to from time to time."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1355842380,"text":"Cheers guys, I had a bit of time this arvo to start work on the post competition version, I will upload it tonight my time - expect full new set of music\/sound - online high score boards, new tweaks and much needed fixes. I am taking feature requests if anyone has anything they would like to see?"},{"author_name":"tompudding","author_uid":"12467","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1355842620,"text":"Absolutely stunning for 2 days work, such an impressive aesthetic, and a fun game to boot! My favourite game so far."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1355856420,"text":"A beautiful and well implemented idea. :) Great work!"},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1355858040,"text":"Soul Jar was the most memorable game from the last LD for me, (not sure if it was the best or not, but definitely most memorable. I still think about the aesthetics and mood of that game often when I'm making my own stuff), but this game is WAY BETTER. This is an incredible game even if there was a several month development cycle. The feel of the controls, the graphics, sounds, customizability, progression...Everything is incredible. You're my Hero."},{"author_name":"rubna","author_uid":"14711","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1355859600,"text":"Dude, you are one great game dev!"},{"author_name":"Ardale","author_uid":"17898","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1355861820,"text":"Oh man this is GREAT!! Congrats"},{"author_name":"7heSAMA","author_uid":"6811","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1355870280,"text":"The death and destruction that occurs when cars are involved is... very amusing."},{"author_name":"Mava","author_uid":"17949","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1355871660,"text":"Lots of polish, challenging yet addictive gameplay well done!"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1355871840,"text":"Outstanding! The difficulty could be frustrating - like I don't know how to survive once I got the attention of the police and worse - but it didn't matter because the pace of the game is quick and its fun even when you're dying."},{"author_name":"fhoenig","author_uid":"14466","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:25am","epoch":1355876400,"text":"I don't have windows, but this seems cool."},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:39am","epoch":1355895240,"text":"Amazing is what it is. Well done, I loved it. One of the best entries I've seen so far."},{"author_name":"jfroco","author_uid":"2085","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:41am","epoch":1355898960,"text":"A little confusing at moments, but no doubt this is an incredible entry. Superb."},{"author_name":"Robotic","author_uid":"8502","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:58am","epoch":1355907180,"text":"Not always very clear, but impressive content, and I love the smooth aesthetic"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1355943300,"text":"so fun! A very crisp well-made game"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1355943780,"text":"One of the best games I've played so far. Feels very complete, was a little hard but the overall style and gameplay made it a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1355948820,"text":"really interesting idea here, i like the graphics and audio but, for the gameplay, i think more differences between the playable characters should have been necessary, nice job overall D:"},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1355949180,"text":"Pretty neat! Good graphics, sound, it is fun and polished. It's impressive you made it in 72 hours!"},{"author_name":"Beerman","author_uid":"5206","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1355959020,"text":"That was great. Sometimes a little hard to tell which one is your character but I really enjoyed running around the little pixel city murdering people :D\rWould definitely like to see a post compo version."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:39am","epoch":1355967240,"text":"Cheers guys. @soy_yuma It was made in 48 hours, its a solo entry, not a Jam. @pereubu I was kind of time limited with the content - I am only one man."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 1:46am","epoch":1355967660,"text":"as for the post competition version, I will post it up at www.farmergnome.com hopefully today sometime."},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1356016380,"text":"The game looks really cool, and the controls are very smooth. The randomness does add some really memorable scene, such as when cars starts to collide with each other, or run over you mercilessly.\r\rOn the other hand, I found it a bit repetitive. Does anything changes when you go to the "next stage", other than the number of targets increasing? \r\rAlso it seemed to me that the only consistent way to succeed on a level was by surgically killing the targets with your punches, and ignore other weapons - it would be nice if the game was a bit more forgiving, so that we could cause more mayhem :-D\r\rAnyway, great game!\r\rPS: you can hit people through walls. Bug?"},{"author_name":"paste0x78","author_uid":"1171","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1356022380,"text":"This is awesome. Nice work, I love the style. \r\rSide Note:\rHas anybody had any success running this under wine on Mac? I get audio but just a white screen."},{"author_name":"CappaGames","author_uid":"12184","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:52am","epoch":1356050820,"text":"I really liked this, but that flashing is painful to look at. I wanted to play more, but the pain was too much. Besides that, its really good."},{"author_name":"Eniko","author_uid":"15439","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:10am","epoch":1356080700,"text":"Really nicely polished, good looking\/sounding, fun and feature complete. My only gripe is that once the police are on you it's very hard to get rid of them (I waited for ages in a house and they didn't stop chasing me) and they kill you near instantly so going on a rampage isn't really a viable option for clearing a level."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1356120240,"text":"Check the latest build on my site\/Post Comp build above @CappaGames, I turned the flashy seizure effects way back. @Eniko I did a bit of a balance pass on the post build also, making the characters considerably quicker, so you can more easily rampage as a viable tactic now, I also increased the alert range of melee attacks, making cops come quicker than the comp build."},{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1356134040,"text":"Very, very good stuff. Lemme break this down.\r\rBad:\r-It's sometimes hard to tell what's going on or why the police did or did not come attack you.\r-The collision is a bit weird.\r-Car accidents are NOT that often, nor do drivers speed right in to accidents or people on a regular basis. :D\rGood:\r-Great graphics.\r-Great concept taken to the fullest. Feels very complete.\r-Some nice A.I. work!\r\rOh, and P.S., I've seen a small bug where the faces of some people get replaced by a white rectangle for a few seconds. Reminds me of Slender Man."},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:05am","epoch":1356152400,"text":"GTA rampage mode! With a ton of characters, power ups, unlocks... in 48 hours or less. I'm not worthy."},{"author_name":"allinlabs","author_uid":"2908","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 7:43am","epoch":1356161880,"text":"Incredibly complete and polished entry. Extremely fast paced action rampage game. This is something strange to say but the colors you choose for some levels are just perfect (http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4DsDbhfCoHU\/UNS_B0BA-qI\/AAAAAAAAALE\/L57W8q7wdaA\/s1600\/MF5.png). Very minimal graphics and yet it's full of life, so much happening on screen. 5 stars in visual and audio for me.\rI liked the main menu too.\r\rWeirdo question time : does the characters you can choose to play with are indie developers\/games ? :D (Edmund McMillen, Johann Sebastian Joust, Danny Baranowsky, ... ?)"},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 9:11am","epoch":1356167160,"text":"@allinlabs The characters are just jumbled up real life serial killer names, except Edmund McMan, hes from my rather dark TIGSource competition game called Edmund, it is on my website."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 9:12am","epoch":1356167220,"text":"Believe it or not, the colors for the game are entirely procedural for the terrains\/cars also, all the objects aside from characters are greyscale, I just used color tinting."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 1:36pm","epoch":1356183060,"text":"Wow ... I can say no more."},{"author_name":"ddionisio","author_uid":"17724","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1356207660,"text":"This game is pretty damn fun! Highly polished for a 48 hours game. This is something I'd go back and play. Only issue I had is there's a chance you spawn on the streets and get run over in a second."},{"author_name":"krutech","author_uid":"17672","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 2:31am","epoch":1356229560,"text":"Another name to remember.\rAwesome graphics\rawesome gameplay\rjust wow"},{"author_name":"SamoojaMies","author_uid":"11043","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 8:33am","epoch":1356251280,"text":"Danny ftw. This will get high rankings :). Nicely challenging game. Great graphics. Cute pixels. Was hard to see what is happening behind the houses. Oh and Danny ftw."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 10:42am","epoch":1356259020,"text":"Very hard but very impressive!"},{"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"14366","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1356386220,"text":"amazing work here. loved the size, feel, music, ui, and mood. Found it hard to use guns. made it to where i had to get 21 ppl before i stopped. NEEDS a marker on your character when you first load a level. it's hard to find yourself! (at first) that's the only time you would need it. otherwise, nice nice nice. loved the cars. CRASH"},{"author_name":"Pacifist Games","author_uid":"10510","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 11:23pm","epoch":1356650280,"text":"I made it to the point where you have to kill 15 of your target. I felt like the movement was a bit too slow for my liking. I ended up playing as the fast woman, and using the running perk. I didn't quite understand what would cause the police to come after you. I had good results avoiding them by simply running far away before killing again. I was disappointed to find out that the police came after you when you pushed your target into the road to be run over."},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 4:24am","epoch":1356668340,"text":"The post comp version has the movement speed increased Pacifist Games - police will agro based on people being alerted or killed on various levels, people being run over alert the cops though much less than firing a gun at someone."},{"author_name":"Cyboot","author_uid":"10242","time":"Dec 29, 2012 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1356822420,"text":"Nice Game, a little confusing at first but really funny after you got the Idea."},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1356902760,"text":"Very good entry, couldn't stop playing it"},{"author_name":"TwilightFlandre","author_uid":"14448","time":"Jan 3, 2013 @ 4:21am","epoch":1357186560,"text":"The concept behind the game was fantastic and I enjoyed the different characters and fetishes but I felt a lack of "danger". Just to see if I could I ignored the hitlist and just murdered as many people as I could and even then there was still very little threat to me. The cops weapons should definitely take you out in only a couple hits. But still for 48 hours this game is great it has an ample amount of content and is satisfying to play through."},{"author_name":"RawBits","author_uid":"5167","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1357481760,"text":"This is very nice but it isn't let you enjoy the gameplay. Maybe it's only balancing.\r\r*I played only the compo version!\rAlso guns are shooting through people if they are close. Sometimes they crib you into a corner and there is no way out.\r\rAnyway it's a really cool project for a 48h jam. Good job!"},{"author_name":"farmergnome","author_uid":"10234","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 6:27am","epoch":1357539720,"text":"Hey Rawbits, most of the balancing stuff was sorted for the post competition build, also characters work a different way in the post version to allow for highscores \/ progress and such, cheers."},{"author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","time":"Jan 9, 2013 @ 9:50pm","epoch":1357767900,"text":"Me and a friend just played a couple games of this, damn this is pretty addictive, specially the post compo version! Great fucking job man! :D"}],"images":["ld25\/10234-b5cee2286ba069221ea042f11647958b.jpg","ld25\/10234-441a502e4cd9297664480117d36fd854.jpg","ld25\/10234-a0d537e93a75746d07caa6bf23a21492.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rambros.s3.amazonaws.com\/HappyLittle-MurderFriends.exe","text":"Windows (exe)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.farmergnome.com\/2012\/12\/new-site-post-ld48-builds.html","text":"Post-Competition (exe) Build(Leaderboards, Bug fixes, new music, etc)"},{"url":"http:\/\/rambros.s3.amazonaws.com\/shmfsource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27412","g_author":"10234","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27442","g_title":"Happy Little Murder Friends","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"3","g_commentcount":"71","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\/\/201083\/10234-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/10234-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/10234-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My second LD48 entry...\r\nHAPPY LITTLE MURDER FRIENDS\r\n\r\n\r\nRampage through a list of towns with different ways to play, do you play the psycho gunman that unloads on crowds in the open? Or a bruiser who beats his victims to a pulp melee weapons in the alleys? An explosive expert who sets up the perfect explosion then ducks away? \r\n\r\nChoose between 5 serial killers, each with there own perks and an array of weapons and fetishes to help your rampage. Get revenge.... Have fun. In that order.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCONTROLS - [WASD to move, Left Mouse button to fire, Right Mouse button to use fetish] \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGOAL - Target kill highlighted victims in each town, reach the kill quota to unlock the next town. Avoid murdering people who aren't your target as it will alert police.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTIPS- Shoot \/ Punch Dumpsters for a high chance of weapon drops.\r\n\r\nPick the right fetish for the right character, some combinations are better than others.\r\n\r\nAvoid shooting if you have to, it alerts the crowd much quicker than melee attacks.\r\n\r\nIf you are wanted, you can hide in a house and eventually the law will give up.\r\n\r\nLeave your targets inside houses until last, they make for easy pickings as there is only one path of escape.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>","title":"Happy Little Murder Friends"}