{"author_link":"\/users\/archimagus","author_name":"Archimagus","author_uid":"1000982","comments":[{"author_name":"AfroAnt","author_uid":"1003671","time":"2017-12-05T04:43:15Z","epoch":1512448995,"modified":1512448995,"text":"I settled in for a what I thought was going to be a nice, relaxing game, but then the critters kept coming! I was hood-winked, I tells ya!\n\n;) Nice job. Keep up the good work!","likes":6,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ZombieFredrik","author_uid":"1053775","time":"2017-12-05T07:55:57Z","epoch":1512460557,"modified":1512460557,"text":"Tamagotchi on speed. Kept tripping me up to have to change back to the \"tool\" for every critter-click. But it's a design decision I guess. Well done!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Thorneto","author_uid":"1032889","time":"2017-12-05T07:57:07Z","epoch":1512460627,"modified":1512460627,"text":"This was really well put together overall great job. The music transitions made all the difference, it made me look forward to going further.","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SiCzech","author_uid":"1064375","time":"2017-12-05T07:58:00Z","epoch":1512460680,"modified":1512460680,"text":"Not bad :) ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Escape","author_uid":"1037094","time":"2017-12-05T08:07:21Z","epoch":1512461241,"modified":1512461241,"text":"Cute and fun game that starts out slow and ramps up quickly. Every now and then I felt like I had to either click directly on a monster to apply the selected option or click on them multiple times. That aside, this was a fun game with nice graphics, animations, sound and music. Great job! :)","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"","author_uid":"1000000","time":"2017-12-05T08:34:48Z","epoch":1512462888,"modified":1512462888,"text":"Very nice job on the game! Looks really smooth. It was really slow to get going tho :( Got much faster once there were 7 or so monsters, but it felt like it took a long time to get there.","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"krammetje","author_uid":"1007182","time":"2017-12-05T13:39:07Z","epoch":1512481147,"modified":1512481147,"text":"Great game.\nStarted out quite boring in my opinion, but after the 20k points, it started getting challenging and really fun.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Luther","author_uid":"1010512","time":"2017-12-05T15:03:06Z","epoch":1512486186,"modified":1512486186,"text":"This game definitely becomes harder the more you have! The artstyle is really nice and the sounds are very fitting. one little critique: the achievement sound is very loud.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Reality Blind","author_uid":"1058401","time":"2017-12-05T16:44:56Z","epoch":1512492296,"modified":1512492296,"text":"Nice concept :D","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"wdelvi","author_uid":"1026750","time":"2017-12-05T20:17:27Z","epoch":1512505047,"modified":1512505047,"text":"Aww very cute. I wish there was more to it. But solid entry :D ","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SimonTheCase","author_uid":"1040616","time":"2017-12-05T20:24:49Z","epoch":1512505489,"modified":1512505489,"text":"Started a bit slow, but really intense when it begun to ramp up! Great entry!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ArturasD","author_uid":"1011881","time":"2017-12-05T20:28:08Z","epoch":1512505688,"modified":1512505688,"text":"What a nice little gem! An indicator showing how many times you can fail to look after an alien would be nice, but everything else top notch! ","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"RubixAlchemist","author_uid":"1068862","time":"2017-12-05T20:33:12Z","epoch":1512505992,"modified":1512505992,"text":"The ramp up in music is great as you frantically try and take care of your kritters. Nice work!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gwolf86","author_uid":"1050766","time":"2017-12-05T20:36:37Z","epoch":1512506197,"modified":1512506197,"text":"Great work.  It's like a turbo charged Tamagotchi! I really like the art and the theme is brilliant.","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sun-Wukong","author_uid":"1003826","time":"2017-12-05T23:10:13Z","epoch":1512515413,"modified":1512515413,"text":"This looks pretty neat. And becomes really overwhelming the further you play it. \n\nFeels really solid, good job overall.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Pablo Abraham","author_uid":"1056722","time":"2017-12-06T19:08:00Z","epoch":1512587280,"modified":1512587293,"text":"Art was very cool, and you can see that you gave a good attention to the details of the game, congratulations.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Criggles","author_uid":"1052344","time":"2017-12-06T19:20:01Z","epoch":1512588001,"modified":1512588002,"text":"Hot dam that gets hectic real quick. Fun game! lovely art too. The music ramping up with a game was a real nice touch.\n\nNice to see a high-score system too.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Eraleis","author_uid":"1056809","time":"2017-12-06T19:23:21Z","epoch":1512588201,"modified":1512588201,"text":"Pretty fun game, but take a long time to get started !","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Lintfordpickle","author_uid":"1000148","time":"2017-12-06T19:33:12Z","epoch":1512588792,"modified":1512588792,"text":"Really enjoyed it, it took a little long to get started (during which time I was wondering if it would be worth the wait). it sure was though :) - the leaderboards were a good idea too ","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Togimaro","author_uid":"1000200","time":"2017-12-06T19:58:56Z","epoch":1512590336,"modified":1512590336,"text":"Fun! Maybe the beginning is too slow but very challenging at the end!  \nThe leaderboard is a great idea! I tried the game several times to have a good score x)  \n\nCongrats :D","likes":6,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"nekoballs","author_uid":"1002084","time":"2017-12-06T20:25:23Z","epoch":1512591923,"modified":1512591923,"text":"Fun game and cute monsters! A bit boring in the beginning but I really enjoyed it when it became more hectic.\n\nGreat take on the theme and nice to see a leaderbord!","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"drazil100","author_uid":"1012323","time":"2017-12-07T07:53:43Z","epoch":1512633223,"modified":1512633223,"text":"Was a good game. Started off a little too slow but it grew out of control eventually! Out group almost made a pet game xD","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Gruhh","author_uid":"1000485","time":"2017-12-07T13:02:15Z","epoch":1512651735,"modified":1512651735,"text":"An interesting mechanic and a strong concept. With more feedbacks the game could have more feeling, but it's interesting. Congratulations.\n\nUma mec\u00e2nica interessante e um conceito forte. Com mais feedbacks o jogo poderia ter mais feeling, mas est\u00e1 interessante. Parab\u00e9ns. :flag_br:","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"broccoli","author_uid":"1067576","time":"2017-12-07T20:52:47Z","epoch":1512679967,"modified":1512679967,"text":"Not a novel idea, but still a lot of fun. Definitely captures the idea well. I like that you made the aliens move around. The whole thing becomes chaotic and stressful after the 20K mark. Good job!","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pcmxms","author_uid":"1057854","time":"2017-12-07T20:58:51Z","epoch":1512680331,"modified":1512680331,"text":"Interesting concept. It's one of those game that one may spend one afternoon playing it without even notice. ","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GistNoesis","author_uid":"1043618","time":"2017-12-07T21:02:56Z","epoch":1512680576,"modified":1512680576,"text":"They are really cute. Well done. Reminded me of the tamagochis. The game is rather slow but ramps up. You should add interactions between the kritters.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tempii","author_uid":"1056262","time":"2017-12-07T21:04:52Z","epoch":1512680692,"modified":1512680692,"text":"Fun game, highscores and\/or achievements always get me. Healing would be more usable, if every monter had the same comor, when damaged, but I guess this is a deliberate decision.","likes":4,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"icxon","author_uid":"1000482","time":"2017-12-07T21:42:42Z","epoch":1512682962,"modified":1512682962,"text":"I think it should have some \"relief\" moments when number of creatures will decrease (e.g. zookeeper sells a bunch of them or they just become adult and move to another zoo section). Something like levels or just a non-linear difficulty. I like the game appearance and sound effects.\n\nHere is my playtest:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J6zy5JCkitU","likes":5,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jynspielt","author_uid":"1053107","time":"2017-12-09T09:58:33Z","epoch":1512813513,"modified":1512813513,"text":"Great audio work. Supporting the moode very well with the ramp of the music. Cute Graphics and bouncy animations and fun to play. ","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SerpentWorks Games","author_uid":"1055131","time":"2017-12-09T09:58:42Z","epoch":1512813522,"modified":1512813522,"text":"Handles the theme really well! It's a little slow to start but quickly becomes overwhelming. I didn't quite realize I could heal mobs until late, given that there was no indication, like their needs, to do so. The color change was a little lost on me at first. I do really like you have keybindings as well as usable UI buttons. \n\nCute game though a little more frustrating at the higher scores than fun, per say.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"tangiblegames","author_uid":"1002043","time":"2017-12-09T10:16:46Z","epoch":1512814606,"modified":1512814606,"text":"Hey) At first I thought the balance wasn't perfect, as the game starts slow, and then difficulty goes up waaay too fast. But then I understood that you were right, because here at LD people usually get to play each game once, and for this single session you made a good balance. Player will have plenty of time to understand how the game plays, and then - chaos!\nAlso, it pays to learn the keyboard controls from the start.\n\nNice entry.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Likirus","author_uid":"1014307","time":"2017-12-12T15:01:09Z","epoch":1513090869,"modified":1513090869,"text":"really nice and cute game, very relaxing at the beginning and appropriately difficult later. There could have been a \"smartcast\" option ( e.g. just hover the mouse over the kritter and press q instead of pressing q and then having to click ), which would have made things a little easier I feel.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"lexi","author_uid":"1008415","time":"2017-12-12T16:56:02Z","epoch":1513097762,"modified":1513097762,"text":"Great entry, fun to play. I agree with @likirus on the \"smartcast\" option, that would have been a great addition.\nI personally would have made the icons on the kritters a bit more visible by giving it a more contrasting colour or animation or something along the line.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"KabalaTrance","author_uid":"1014963","time":"2017-12-12T21:00:06Z","epoch":1513112406,"modified":1513112406,"text":"Very fun game!\nMaybe it should be harder at the beginning, but its not big deal.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hydro_Games","author_uid":"1050663","time":"2017-12-12T21:04:32Z","epoch":1513112672,"modified":1513112672,"text":"Incredible game! I absolutely love the game and the art style! The art is incredible and the gameplay is amazing!","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Yohoho Games 2","author_uid":"1064233","time":"2017-12-14T05:55:44Z","epoch":1513230944,"modified":1513230944,"text":"the concept is pretty good and semi cartoon style is also in the topic as I believe)","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jonasz999","author_uid":"1039868","time":"2017-12-18T18:46:03Z","epoch":1513622763,"modified":1513622763,"text":"Very nice entry!\n\nThe game fits the theme perfectly :slight_smile:\n\nI loved the fact, that you can throw these creatures outside the screen and they would come back every time! :smile:\n\nI was also impressed by the level of refinement of this project.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ohmi","author_uid":"1053574","time":"2017-12-18T20:44:32Z","epoch":1513629872,"modified":1513629872,"text":"Graphics and animations are really neat. Also the fact that they all mace different sounds, so adorable! As others already stated, the pacing of the game needs to be worked on. It just gets harder and harder.","likes":3,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tsukiouji","author_uid":"1051759","time":"2017-12-19T21:55:08Z","epoch":1513720508,"modified":1513720509,"text":"Sooo cute~ :3","likes":2,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CallumLTurner","author_uid":"1049428","time":"2017-12-19T22:50:08Z","epoch":1513723808,"modified":1513723808,"text":"\nGreat concept that suited the theme well. The art is great and the gameplay is fairly simple but soon became real hectic & fun.  Congrats!\n","likes":3,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld40\/50054-089641cfdd694d6152896196670de62e.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","text":"macOS"},{"url":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"50205","g_author":"1000982","g_event":"LD40","g_eventkey":"70","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"248680","g_title":"Kritter Keeper","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"290","g_commentcount":"40","g_site2_node_id":"50054","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"50054","n_urlkey":"248680","n_parent":"49883","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/kritter-keeper","n_slug":"kritter-keeper","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"982","n_created":"1509986637","n_modified":"1512582152","n_version":"202161","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":50054,"parent":49883,"superparent":9,"author":982,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2017-12-05T02:15:51Z","created":"2017-11-06T16:43:57Z","modified":"2017-12-06T17:42:32Z","version":202161,"slug":"kritter-keeper","name":"Kritter Keeper","body":"![kritter_keeper_4.png](\/\/\/raw\/6d3\/z\/c460.png)\nCongratulations!  You\u2019re the new Kritter Keeper of an alien zoo!  You\u2019re tasked with caring for the needs of the various alien Kritters that inhabit the Kritter exhibit.  Over time, more and more Kritters will be dropped into the exhibit and you\u2019ll have to take care of all of them.  As you meet the needs of the Kritters, you will gain points that increase your overall score.  Your supervisor, in his infinite wisdom, has decided that the higher your score, the faster he\u2019ll drop in new Kritters for you to take care of.  Every time you fail to meet a Kritter\u2019s need, they'll become sad and change colors!  If you fail to meet a Kritter\u2019s needs 3 times, they'll die!  If three Kritters die\u2026 you\u2019re fired!\n\nCan you become the top Kritter Keeper in the world?  Only time (and the **leaderboard**) will tell.\n\nThe game starts pretty slow, keep going if you think it's too easy.\n\nControls\n - Use Q or click on the 1st button to change your cursor to the Food icon. \n - Use W or click on the 2nd button to change your cursor to the Water icon. \n - Use E or click on the 3rd button to change your cursor to the Care icon. \n - Use R or click on the 4th button to change your cursor to the Heal icon. \n - Use T,  click your right mouse button, or click on the 5th button to change your cursor to the Grab icon. \n\nTo care for Kritters, watch them closely and a need bubble will appear on them.  Change your cursor to the matching icon and click on the Kritter to fulfill that need.  Kritters needs must be met quickly, so act fast!\nYou can also pick Kritters up with the Grab icon and move them around the exhibit to make them easier to manage.\nLastly, the Heal icon is special.  A Kritter won\u2019t ask to be healed, but at any time a Kritter is sad and has changed colors you can click them with the Heal icon to restore them by one level.  You cannot heal a Kritter beyond their initial health.\n\nGood luck Kritter Keeper!\n\n**Post Jam Update** - Lowered the volume of the achievement sound.\n\n** Update 2 ** - Pushed Leader Boards to the live Game Sparks service.  Required a re-upload of the game to target the new leaderboard location.  No Gameplay changes were made so this plays identical to the original upload with the exception of the above achievement sound volume change.\n","meta":{"author":[982,10036,4943,9937],"grade-06-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","link-01-tag":"42336","link-01-name":"Web","cover":"\/\/\/content\/6d3\/z\/c456.png","link-02":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","link-02-tag":"42337","link-03":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","link-03-tag":"42339","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-04":"https:\/\/archimagus.itch.io\/kritter-keeper","link-04-tag":"42341"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/kritter-keeper","parents":[1,5,9,49883],"love":0,"notes":40,"notes-timestamp":"2017-12-19T22:50:08Z","grade":{"grade-01":69,"grade-02":69,"grade-03":69,"grade-04":69,"grade-05":69,"grade-07":68,"grade-08":68},"magic":{"cool":56.313829183371,"feedback":23,"given":18.75,"grade":68.714285714286,"grade-01-average":3.716,"grade-01-result":290,"grade-02-average":3.425,"grade-02-result":469,"grade-03-average":3.112,"grade-03-result":621,"grade-04-average":4.313,"grade-04-result":24,"grade-05-average":3.619,"grade-05-result":489,"grade-07-average":3.182,"grade-07-result":446,"grade-08-average":3.424,"grade-08-result":464,"smart":-34.82528688449}},"text":"![kritter_keeper_4.png](\/\/\/raw\/6d3\/z\/c460.png)\nCongratulations!  You\u2019re the new Kritter Keeper of an alien zoo!  You\u2019re tasked with caring for the needs of the various alien Kritters that inhabit the Kritter exhibit.  Over time, more and more Kritters will be dropped into the exhibit and you\u2019ll have to take care of all of them.  As you meet the needs of the Kritters, you will gain points that increase your overall score.  Your supervisor, in his infinite wisdom, has decided that the higher your score, the faster he\u2019ll drop in new Kritters for you to take care of.  Every time you fail to meet a Kritter\u2019s need, they'll become sad and change colors!  If you fail to meet a Kritter\u2019s needs 3 times, they'll die!  If three Kritters die\u2026 you\u2019re fired!\n\nCan you become the top Kritter Keeper in the world?  Only time (and the **leaderboard**) will tell.\n\nThe game starts pretty slow, keep going if you think it's too easy.\n\nControls\n - Use Q or click on the 1st button to change your cursor to the Food icon. \n - Use W or click on the 2nd button to change your cursor to the Water icon. \n - Use E or click on the 3rd button to change your cursor to the Care icon. \n - Use R or click on the 4th button to change your cursor to the Heal icon. \n - Use T,  click your right mouse button, or click on the 5th button to change your cursor to the Grab icon. \n\nTo care for Kritters, watch them closely and a need bubble will appear on them.  Change your cursor to the matching icon and click on the Kritter to fulfill that need.  Kritters needs must be met quickly, so act fast!\nYou can also pick Kritters up with the Grab icon and move them around the exhibit to make them easier to manage.\nLastly, the Heal icon is special.  A Kritter won\u2019t ask to be healed, but at any time a Kritter is sad and has changed colors you can click them with the Heal icon to restore them by one level.  You cannot heal a Kritter beyond their initial health.\n\nGood luck Kritter Keeper!\n\n**Post Jam Update** - Lowered the volume of the achievement sound.\n\n** Update 2 ** - Pushed Leader Boards to the live Game Sparks service.  Required a re-upload of the game to target the new leaderboard location.  No Gameplay changes were made so this plays identical to the original upload with the exception of the above achievement sound volume change.\n","title":"Kritter Keeper"}