{"author_link":"\/author\/alect\/","author_name":"alect","author_uid":"4792","comments":[{"author_name":"Almost","author_uid":"1168","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:58am","epoch":1355716380,"text":"Nyahaha"},{"author_name":"shatterhand","author_uid":"14551","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:19am","epoch":1355717640,"text":"Nice game! :)"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:24am","epoch":1355717940,"text":"Awesome idea! great use of the theme."},{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:41am","epoch":1355718960,"text":"Well polished game. Kind of easy. The time should tick down even before you start playing the level."},{"author_name":"SimianLogic","author_uid":"15570","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:03am","epoch":1355720280,"text":"Love the evil chuckle--the puzzles seem pretty easy, but it's really impressive to have so many done in a weekend. I wish I could press the spacebar to start the simulation, though."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:17am","epoch":1355721120,"text":"Well made indeed."},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:57am","epoch":1355723520,"text":"Love that laugh ha"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:16am","epoch":1355724660,"text":"Pretty spot on with the theme. Great puzzle game."},{"author_name":"amassingham","author_uid":"1282","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:20am","epoch":1355728500,"text":"I love that 'Nyahaha' Sound effect.  Brilliant.\r<br\/>Fun, cute, polished little game. I like it."},{"author_name":"MvT","author_uid":"12817","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:00am","epoch":1355734500,"text":"Great idea, i enjoyed play !"},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:10am","epoch":1355735100,"text":"Very fun; clever take on the theme. :)"},{"author_name":"Nanolotl","author_uid":"4470","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:02am","epoch":1355738220,"text":"Really intuitive track placement"},{"author_name":"Drabiter","author_uid":"8337","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1355745540,"text":"I like the screams. Good mechanism!"},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1355748540,"text":"harharhar, very nice gsme, this made me really feel like a bad guy ^^"},{"author_name":"zachstronaut","author_uid":"3883","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:46am","epoch":1355805660,"text":"Niiiice.  You went with paint-the-tracks instead of Pipe Dream style.  I really like it.  And you've got consistent sprites, audio, and LEVELS!  Excellent!  I'd actually play the crap out of this game.  You should keep it going."},{"author_name":"zachstronaut","author_uid":"3883","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:47am","epoch":1355805720,"text":"Missing goats though? heh"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 7:44am","epoch":1355816340,"text":"Very nice. One of the best I've seen so far. Good art, great use of theme (plays perfectly into pop culture and everyone gets it) and the mechanics are such that you can get a lot of levels out of them. I think you nailed it."},{"author_name":"Dioiminik","author_uid":"16076","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1355839560,"text":"I liked this Game a lot :D You should maybe just have a quick tooltip like thing to show what stuff is doing, because I pretty much discovered how everything works by accident... But that's fun too I guess ;)"},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1355843880,"text":"Interesting gameplay, not really on theme though."},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1355870400,"text":"The laugh sound is incredible. Really cool puzzle game, great work! Definitely the best application of the theme, too. Also, congrats on getting on Terry Cavanaugh's Site!"},{"author_name":"Toadpud","author_uid":"14440","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:31am","epoch":1355883960,"text":"Awesome. Just a little short."},{"author_name":"illugion","author_uid":"18655","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:19am","epoch":1355890440,"text":"&quot;Nyahaha&quot; that laugh is really funny XD"},{"author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 5:48am","epoch":1355895780,"text":"this is good! nice little puzzle game, well executed idea"},{"author_name":"bigbadwofl","author_uid":"8326","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:59am","epoch":1355903640,"text":"A nice little game with a fun concept. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Red Mike","author_uid":"14718","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:21am","epoch":1355912160,"text":"Hey there, rail-idea partner. o\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Neat little game. Mouse interaction felt a bit odd when laying tracks, but it works fine."},{"author_name":"allinlabs","author_uid":"2908","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:29am","epoch":1355912640,"text":"Amazingly good puzzle game !"},{"author_name":"har_g","author_uid":"18614","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:03pm","epoch":1355921880,"text":"Nyahaha :D"},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:04pm","epoch":1355921940,"text":"Nice idea, controls a bit harsh but pleasant !"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1355929680,"text":"This is a really fun game. The sound effects are great, and the graphics fit nicely. Well done!"},{"author_name":"JFlegle","author_uid":"17748","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1355941800,"text":"Very nice game"},{"author_name":"shaneshanekavanagh","author_uid":"19140","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:20pm","epoch":1355944500,"text":"Very good job, the game sucked me right in. Nice one!"},{"author_name":"JesterBLUE","author_uid":"11191","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1355949120,"text":"Loved the win \/ lose level noises.  Liked the variety of things to buy throughout the game.  Brilliant idea with the theme."},{"author_name":"GreenPixelDev","author_uid":"19538","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 5:07am","epoch":1355979720,"text":"Very nice puzzle game! The art style and theme fit well! Good job! :D"},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 7:55am","epoch":1355989800,"text":"I think I like this more than Trainyard."},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:04am","epoch":1355990340,"text":"Very nice.  Surprised at the depth.  Liked the challenge.  Great pacing.  Nice work."},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1356016080,"text":"Awesome job! I love the implementation of theme here. Great little puzzler. With some fancier graphics and sounds, I can totally see this selling on mobile devices."},{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1356021060,"text":"Reminds me of Trainyard. I do really like the arcadey aspect of having to place track while it's running."},{"author_name":"3dwoody","author_uid":"18006","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 6:13pm","epoch":1356026880,"text":"Good work. Great use of the theme."},{"author_name":"Nisshoku","author_uid":"19360","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1356032340,"text":"Great idea, nice puzzle game. :)"},{"author_name":"Milo","author_uid":"2934","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:22am","epoch":1356049020,"text":"Excellent job here. This is a really original and fun game - I was kind of sad when it ended."},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1356124680,"text":"Nihaha :)"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1356126180,"text":"Happy Death Train vs Damsels. Great job, esp. for in 48 hours."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1356197700,"text":"This is lovely :)"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1356198120,"text":"Well done.  I enjoyed it quite a bit.  Nothing major to complain about."},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:34am","epoch":1356240540,"text":"level design is very good. Reasonable difficulty curve."},{"author_name":"BlockBrains","author_uid":"17970","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1356281040,"text":"Good concept. Good work with levels."},{"author_name":"Mesene","author_uid":"6870","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1356289980,"text":"I felt villain, and that was good &gt;:]"},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1356305460,"text":"nice!"},{"author_name":"AdricZero","author_uid":"822","time":"Dec 24, 2012 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1356357120,"text":"Definitely a favorite of mine. Great concept, well executed."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 11:47am","epoch":1356522120,"text":"Impressive ! It's a really hard work to make a puzzle game in 48h. Very good work !"},{"author_name":"tomc","author_uid":"11754","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1356529440,"text":"Good mix of mechanics; fun gameplay!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 10:59am","epoch":1356692040,"text":"I WIN! :)\r<br\/>Superb job! Cute graphics and audio, and great fun to play!"},{"author_name":"Van Merwan","author_uid":"17310","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1356709080,"text":"I'm pressing space but there's no &quot;Choo Choo&quot;. :(\r<br\/>I like this game."},{"author_name":"mcc","author_uid":"4987","time":"Jan 5, 2013 @ 7:50am","epoch":1357371900,"text":"i had fun with this one. nice idea and puzzle design!"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Jan 7, 2013 @ 7:06am","epoch":1357542060,"text":"This game is really cool. Great idea! There's a lot of variation in the puzzles too. This is really good for 48 hours."}],"images":["ld25\/4792-cb3a3ae2c7601d82be68706711a5cce6.jpg","ld25\/4792-ceea6fad6d7cd4d24e06e283888e8413.jpg","ld25\/4792-461f0620d1c38b86569aec283ef929d6.jpg","ld25\/4792-fbe05baf42ce59140d78c66728fadeaa.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/10406773\/Dastardly.swf","text":"Swf"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/alect\/www\/portfolio\/dastardly.htm","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/alect\/www\/portfolio\/postcompodastard.htm","text":"Post Compo Version"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/10406773\/dastardly-source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28176","g_author":"4792","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28206","g_title":"Cruel Cruel Dastard","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"59","g_commentcount":"55","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\/4792-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4792-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4792-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/4792-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"CONTROLS: With the \"track\" item selected, hold down the mouse to lay new tracks or re-route existing tracks. You can re-route existing tracks without spending money. Just drag your mouse over the existing track in the path you want it to take. \r\n\r\nCruel Cruel Dastard is a game about using the fortunes of your railway empire to rid the earth of damsels. Play by re-routing the train tracks to use your trains for villainy. <\/p>","title":"Cruel Cruel Dastard"}