{"author_link":"\/users\/al-bueche","author_name":"Al Bueche","author_uid":"1147956","comments":[{"author_name":"David Markham","author_uid":"1142174","time":"2019-04-30T02:52:16Z","epoch":1556592736,"modified":1556592736,"text":"Very creative concept, I like it! I'm not sure how it fits the \"Your life is currency\" theme, but still an interesting game. One nitpick, the pointer was a little tough to see.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"microwerx","author_uid":"1010389","time":"2019-05-03T06:50:29Z","epoch":1556866229,"modified":1556866229,"text":"This was fun herding cats around with a laser pointer to solve maze puzzles. I think it is easy to learn, sometimes hard to control as the cats have free reign, so sometimes they slip away from their intended spots. Great effort in 48 hours.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Copper_Aardvark_Games","author_uid":"1142976","time":"2019-05-04T19:16:29Z","epoch":1556997389,"modified":1556997389,"text":"Really fun gameplay and nice graphics. The vibe sorta reminded me of crowd city or swarm. Which are both very addictive game concepts. Good work!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bradur","author_uid":"1000214","time":"2019-05-04T19:22:23Z","epoch":1556997743,"modified":1556997743,"text":"I loved how the cats chased the mice haha that was awesome. Unique game, shame it wasn't related to theme very much. The cats were very lifelike as I had tremendous trouble keeping them where I wanted them!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Blondhie","author_uid":"1108994","time":"2019-05-04T23:01:10Z","epoch":1557010870,"modified":1557010870,"text":"The pointer was really hard to see, I liked the concept. \n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1000355","time":"2019-05-04T23:15:25Z","epoch":1557011725,"modified":1557011725,"text":"That was entertaining, if a little frustrating at times. Some of the buttons are so close together its hard to not attract the cats on the other buttons. \nThe laser pointer was a bit hard to see, also it seems to shine through the walls.  \nIs the fourth level supposed to be broken?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"cppchriscpp","author_uid":"1010334","time":"2019-05-05T00:04:45Z","epoch":1557014685,"modified":1557014685,"text":"This is a really clever mechanic! It wasn't hugely related to the theme, but eh, that's only one category. It did get very frustrating at times having the cats randomly projectile themselves off the targets (though, very like herding cats!) A little bit of sound might've made a big difference, but it wasn't a huge detractor. Overall this was still fun.\n\nCool little game! ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MiltonNH25","author_uid":"1010147","time":"2019-05-05T02:56:02Z","epoch":1557024962,"modified":1557024962,"text":"Good job with the game. It was entertaining to play and I liked the fact you slowly amassed a small army of cats by the end. It was a bit difficult actually trying to get the cats do what you wanted since it was hard to have a only a single cat chase the laser and the fact they would chase the mice. Overall, very nice. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"heyycap","author_uid":"1080037","time":"2019-05-05T03:48:21Z","epoch":1557028101,"modified":1557028101,"text":"Nice work! Fun concept, strangely addicting. I was determined to get the cats to sit still, but they do what they want. They actually look like mice to me.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Skoggy","author_uid":"1001087","time":"2019-05-05T07:39:18Z","epoch":1557041958,"modified":1557041958,"text":"This was a great idea. It was pretty hard to control with the mice destroying everything. Don't really see how it fits the theme?\nGood job!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Faulkin","author_uid":"1039748","time":"2019-05-05T15:58:16Z","epoch":1557071896,"modified":1557071896,"text":"Great idea, but I found it frustrating trying to split up the cats once they were bunched together. Maybe you could have an option to switch to a water pistol that acts as a repellent to help scatter them?","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Al Bueche","author_uid":"1147956","time":"2019-05-05T16:01:04Z","epoch":1557072064,"modified":1557072064,"text":"@Faulkin LOL, A water pistol would be awesome. Thanks for the idea!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"dflinders","author_uid":"1147771","time":"2019-05-05T16:21:48Z","epoch":1557073308,"modified":1557073308,"text":"Good idea, but I found controlling the cats a bit a bit clunky and I couldn't get them to do what I wanted! nice job though, it has potential. ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"davidsheadgames","author_uid":"1085047","time":"2019-05-06T03:23:42Z","epoch":1557113022,"modified":1557113022,"text":"Very fun concept. Frustrating as all hell to coordinate them, which I think is its charm. 6 buttons feels like a good max amount of button, because any more is just impossible. A \"reset level\" switch would have been nice too because I accidentally broke the level and couldn't progress :'(\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jEHDyTw.png\n\n\nDefinitely fits with the title of the game, though.","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/152569-1501a083306dfbc40a3bd40c4a8e6fad.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/stillaliv.itch.io\/herding-cats","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Zekzek\/HerdingCats","text":"Source code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"52236","g_author":"1147956","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"254772","g_title":"Herding Cats","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"152569","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.646161"},"nds":{"n_key":"152569","n_urlkey":"254772","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/herding-cats","n_slug":"herding-cats","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"147956","n_created":"1556497722","n_modified":"1556860826","n_version":"470285","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":152569,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":147956,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2019-04-29T01:42:48Z","created":"2019-04-29T00:28:42Z","modified":"2019-05-03T05:20:26Z","version":470285,"slug":"herding-cats","name":"Herding Cats","body":"Armed with a lazer pointer, try to get cats to assist in solving puzzles.\n\nNotes:\n\n* No music. 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