{"author_link":"\/author\/rscar\/","author_name":"Rscar","author_uid":"26987","comments":[{"author_name":"Todnut","author_uid":"26167","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1450108860,"text":"Neat idea! The art and style are super cute. I'm not sure how many customers are in a day - they just kept coming."},{"author_name":"Dooskington","author_uid":"25167","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1450120380,"text":"Your windows download is broken. You have to package the .exe and the data folder together."},{"author_name":"mrjorts","author_uid":"56525","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1450120740,"text":"Neat little game. I hit a wall at some point and wasn't able to get any stars, but I wasn't sure exactly why I was failing. Feedback would make it a little less frustrating."},{"author_name":"gv1351","author_uid":"40092","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1450120860,"text":"Great idea for a game"},{"author_name":"Adolf Jong Un","author_uid":"53648","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1450120860,"text":"What a great game! the art is good, so is the music. i love the gamplay even tho i suck at it. good job!"},{"author_name":"davesoft","author_uid":"46316","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:26pm","epoch":1450120860,"text":"Awesome game, innovative use of 'top down driving' mechanics :D"},{"author_name":"MattThePie","author_uid":"42363","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:27pm","epoch":1450120920,"text":"Really original idea, I like it. Love your art style too! It did get repetitive pretty quickly though"},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1450121100,"text":"amazing idea :)\r<br\/>really hard when getting faster\r<br\/>music was really annoying after some time"},{"author_name":"bazkur98","author_uid":"63572","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1450121220,"text":"A great idea executed pretty well.  Haven't ever planned something like before.  Not sure I'd call it fun, but worthwhile for a few minutes anyway.  Graphics are done extremely well.  I think some tutorial would have been nice, the first couple time playing I just let the scissors run straight up ;)"},{"author_name":"laFunk","author_uid":"62641","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1450121880,"text":"Very very good in all aspects! &lt;3 the expressions on the customers; the music is beautiful and fits nicely. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"MrDave","author_uid":"49905","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1450122420,"text":"Loads of really nice graphical touches in this game. And I really love the mix of 2D and 3D. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The music fits in really well to bring this whole game together. Love it."},{"author_name":"Rscar","author_uid":"26987","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1450123200,"text":"@Dooskington Thank you! Windows standalone should now be functional"},{"author_name":"Piode","author_uid":"65622","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1450133760,"text":"A really interesting, weird game. It's relaxing and fun on the one hand, quite tricky and amusing on the other. I laughed when I got my first angry customer; their angry expression and sudden music stop was well done."},{"author_name":"TomenLuca","author_uid":"66261","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1450220220,"text":"The artstyle is amazingly well done. The gameplay gets repetitive rather quickly however."},{"author_name":"Max Amaden","author_uid":"62658","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:43am","epoch":1450262280,"text":"Nice game! Good job!"},{"author_name":"Drtizzle","author_uid":"32775","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1450296060,"text":"Nice little game! Reminded me of the frog-dissecting in the game Bully(Canis Canem Edit). It works well, the graphics are pretty decent, but the game gets a bit boring after a while.\r<br\/>Good job!"}],"images":["ld34\/26987-ffe83e409be20b3be7f534535d87e70d.jpg","ld34\/26987-60a07ad49a4ba615d15ee9d9f55c814e.jpg","ld34\/26987-ed48e9f8f0fdfc32815056a78670701d.jpg","ld34\/26987-c5dfecf0456cd2003be8d448ec819d79.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/reidscarboro.com\/bargainbonsai\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/reidscarboro\/LD34\/raw\/master\/BB.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/reidscarboro\/LD34\/raw\/master\/BB.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/reidscarboro\/LD34","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5626","g_author":"26987","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"5632","g_title":"Bargain Bonsai","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"144","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/511439\/26987-shot0-1450061365.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/26987-shot1-1450117446.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/26987-shot2-1450061365.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/26987-shot3-1450061365.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Bargain Bonsai!\r\n\r\nAs the Bargain Bonsai shop owner, it is your quest to have the BEST DAY EVER.\r\n\r\nHelp your customers prune their bonsai trees to perfection! Use the left\/right arrow keys to guide your clippers for tree trimming. Satisfy as many customers as possible. Your business day will end after 3 angry customers.\r\n\r\n4th LD compo entry, great time as always! This time I picked an idea that was a little more narrow in scope, and felt like my scheduling was much better this time around. I also tried to take the game art in a direction that's uncomfortable to me. Not happy with it yet, but there is improvement I believe. Overall happy with the way things turned out, the polygon math is working as expected (mostly, bugfixed a bug that I was not able to reproduce, best type), I feel like I was able to \"finish\" within reason, and enjoyed doing a style of game that was new to me. If I had more time, I would have liked to make a more cohesive \"end\" to the game, like some results screen, or anything other than a game restart...\r\n\r\nTalk to you all soon!\r\n\r\nTools:\r\nUnity (c#, Visual Studio)\r\nPhotoshop\r\nsfxr\r\nwww.fakemusicgenerator.com\r\nClipperLib (polygon math library)\r\n\r\n\r\nNote: I felt weird using the music that I didn't make myself, it was made using a generator (which the rules advised was allowed\/\"encouraged\"). From my research, this generator is legitimate. Info found here: http:\/\/www.jacoballred.com\/free-stuff\/fake-music-generator\/ If I actually am somehow violating any rules, someone please let me know so I can take necessary actions.","title":"Bargain Bonsai"}