{"author_link":"\/author\/johndb\/","author_name":"johndb","author_uid":"18441","comments":[{"author_name":"PAMVllo","author_uid":"15628","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 4:20am","epoch":1355631300,"text":"Nice Game idea! is really funny"},{"author_name":"dasBente","author_uid":"13808","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1355659680,"text":"I really like this idea :D"},{"author_name":"RyanArcher","author_uid":"15898","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1355668800,"text":"Very fun game :)"},{"author_name":"scriptblocks","author_uid":"5426","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1355677560,"text":"I like it!"},{"author_name":"Nsmurf","author_uid":"14050","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 11:31pm","epoch":1355700360,"text":"Nice idea! Could use some better (original?) art. Or would that be against the rules? Anyways, great idea, but the implementation could be better."},{"author_name":"apophenia","author_uid":"12068","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:03am","epoch":1355727480,"text":"Cute!"},{"author_name":"Nolan C","author_uid":"7036","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:16am","epoch":1355803860,"text":"Should have known someone was going to do this. It was actually very well done though, nice work."},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1355856720,"text":"fun music! Love how scared the goomba looks, nice job :)"},{"author_name":"Rabbits...","author_uid":"11321","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:52am","epoch":1355892420,"text":"Fun little game, my goomba owned for a while, then was struck down by a misc. jumping man..."},{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 4:53am","epoch":1355892480,"text":"It's interesting trying to time the approach right to kill them without being jumped on. Only problem is that they still kill you from the side if they're falling. They should only kill if they hit the top of you!"},{"author_name":"dek","author_uid":"11517","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1355919780,"text":"Neat idea, fun gameplay :)"},{"author_name":"Hume","author_uid":"11218","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1356011820,"text":"Awesome. Now level me up to a Koopa!\r\rI sort of expected to hear the Mario death music when I figured out I could actually knock off the jumping men"},{"author_name":"jackspinoza","author_uid":"19353","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:43am","epoch":1356050280,"text":"pretty funky I must admit. Really liked your take on the theme. I was a bit susceptible to death though,"},{"author_name":"Andrey Pradun","author_uid":"18710","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:13am","epoch":1356059280,"text":"Great job for first entry"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 4:44am","epoch":1356064740,"text":"elegant, simple, and fun, with a nice interpretation of the theme... very nice job man"},{"author_name":"cdata","author_uid":"18004","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 4:55am","epoch":1356065400,"text":"Man, it is tough being a goomba. I love the simple inversion of this classic game idea. It would be nice if the movements of the "good guys" were a little less predictable, but it was still challenging regardless."},{"author_name":"johndb","author_uid":"18441","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1356092760,"text":"Thanks to everyone for the great feedback! This is the first time I've brought a game to even this level of completion, and released it for "the world" to see. It has been an awesome experience, and I am sure that I will be in for another ludum dare in the future...\r\r@cdata: In my original concept, the life of a goomba was even worse - he sat on a platform three bricks wide waiting for five minutes for the one jumping man to come along. This, I think, works better."},{"author_name":"Edocentrique","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1356191640,"text":"Cool game !"},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:34pm","epoch":1356193740,"text":"There's a lot of empty space. . . I think a happy cloud would improve the graphics immensely, and balance the feeling of inevitable doom."},{"author_name":"saguaro","author_uid":"14557","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1356198060,"text":"I like games that explore the problems of being a minion. This little guy works hard at a life-threatening occupation, and for what? I guarantee you he doesn't get 401k matching. His benefits are crap, and they probably don't even have a decent severance package either. There's no Goombah union."},{"author_name":"Eniko","author_uid":"15439","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1356201480,"text":"Very good for the time invested. It's kinda funny being a goomba. Also, at some points the game has a very nice flow of back tracking then charging to kill the plumbers, but it's also dangerous because of squishing danger, so quite fun."},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1356209880,"text":"Great first entry. Keep it up!"},{"author_name":"wally2069","author_uid":"5461","time":"Dec 31, 2012 @ 5:11am","epoch":1356930360,"text":"Neat little flash game that has some decent polish."},{"author_name":"OU GDA","author_uid":"19139","time":"Jan 5, 2013 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1357410120,"text":"Fun arcadey game. the speed difference between the jumping men and the goomba bothered me though. It made dodging to the right nearly impossible, decreasing the number of strategies the player can use. For an interesting variant, you could have levels with an increasing number of jumping men that you have to take out, but the almost inverted running style is fun as well."}],"images":["ld25\/18441-5c0c85330065fd6561e04079d7a554c5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/67404285\/index.html","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/67404285\/LD25.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28535","g_author":"18441","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28565","g_title":"Goombah!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"387","g_commentcount":"24","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\/18441-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my first ever Ludum Dare entry, submitting on Saturday evening because I only had about 10 hours to work on a game this weekend. I set my target firmly in the \"achievable\" range, and am pretty happy with this result. \r\n\r\nUsed Flashpunk, Gimp, and bfxr.\r\n\r\nEdit 12\/16: Added background music generated using GreaseMonkey's awesome Autotracker-Bu. Adjusted sound volumes because Ow, My Ears.<\/p>","title":"Goombah!"}