{"author_link":"\/users\/knason","author_name":"knason","author_uid":"1085936","comments":[{"author_name":"Lepton","author_uid":1201004,"time":"2020-04-20T17:12:16Z","epoch":1587402736,"modified":1587402736,"text":"Nice little retro game. Theres not much you can do, but the things you can do, work. Thats important.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Begocio","author_uid":1041203,"time":"2020-04-20T17:13:13Z","epoch":1587402793,"modified":1587402793,"text":"Omg, this game is so hard!\nReally liked the idea. Nice game","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"technosander","author_uid":1181238,"time":"2020-04-20T17:14:39Z","epoch":1587402879,"modified":1587402879,"text":"Easy to play and understand. Good idea. But I think there's not a lot to do, you just need to walk around an stand on the cables. Still like it though!!;)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Corporation","author_uid":"1179395","time":"2020-04-20T17:19:34Z","epoch":1587403174,"modified":1587403174,"text":"thats some real interpretation of stay alive) the game is hard, just like life is","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AdamWatters","author_uid":1181381,"time":"2020-04-20T18:46:17Z","epoch":1587408377,"modified":1587408377,"text":"While there isn't a huge amount to do, I do still like the retro feel of your game. Overall a pretty good game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"WongKongPhooey","author_uid":"1076102","time":"2020-04-20T20:04:09Z","epoch":1587413049,"modified":1587413049,"text":"Fun little arcade game! A nice way to make light of the current pandemic. Plus points for Pico-8 of course!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"greizgh","author_uid":1198519,"time":"2020-04-21T17:37:37Z","epoch":1587490657,"modified":1587490658,"text":"Nice little game, made it to the end of year with 200$ left.\nDid not found it too challenging, it could benefit from some increased difficulty over time. different cutter pattern maybe? Like eating 2 tiles of cable?","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ObscenelyTrue","author_uid":"1000427","time":"2020-04-21T20:38:28Z","epoch":1587501508,"modified":1587501508,"text":"Nice arcade game with this good retro feeling.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Adam Clayden","author_uid":"1140340","time":"2020-04-22T15:55:28Z","epoch":1587570928,"modified":1587570928,"text":"Nice game! Always cool to play something made in Pico-8. It feels like a classic arcade game, similar to Donkey Kong and is quite charming. It's missing some collision elements though, but I imagine if I had to go down each chain before going up another, the game would be a lot more difficult.\n\nOverall it was good!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"vilcans","author_uid":"1002187","time":"2020-04-27T20:00:23Z","epoch":1588017623,"modified":1588017623,"text":"What a cute little game! I survived the whole year after a while. \u2764 the graphics and fun to see a Pico 8 game.\n\nThe game could need some sounds when a cable is broken, when you repair it and when a building gets or loses electricity. It would keep the motivation up.\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"LeviDSmith","author_uid":"1000425","time":"2020-04-27T23:04:39Z","epoch":1588028679,"modified":1588028679,"text":"Neat concept for a game.  Those rats are so destructive.  I made it to August then I ran out of money.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"meelo","author_uid":"1186937","time":"2020-04-28T02:32:29Z","epoch":1588041149,"modified":1588041149,"text":"I made $290, woo-hoo! I think a greater variety of challenge would benefit this game - either new types of dangers for the cables that require a different solution than standing on them, or something that constrains where the player is (even something as simple as \"oh this particular rat is super dangerous; don't touch it\"). I quite like the graphical style here - it looks reasonably polished and has lots of nice touches, like the brief displays of cost or the little money signs next to the homes.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"oda","author_uid":"1097197","time":"2020-04-28T20:48:34Z","epoch":1588106914,"modified":1588106938,"text":"Yay, I finished the year with $190!\n\nNice little Pico-8 game, some cheap sound effects would have been great to give it more life, but great work, that was fun playing it!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"darthone","author_uid":"1003253","time":"2020-04-30T06:32:16Z","epoch":1588228336,"modified":1588228336,"text":"Made it to the end of the year with 160$. Like others have said I think some simple sound effects would have really made the game pop","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"btnpresser","author_uid":1189208,"time":"2020-05-02T16:06:28Z","epoch":1588435588,"modified":1588435588,"text":"Super simple, but I found this game adorable nonetheless.\nI liked you theming it not only with the theme itself, but some humor about current events :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kodran","author_uid":"1080692","time":"2020-05-02T23:36:21Z","epoch":1588462581,"modified":1588462581,"text":"Pretty fun and cute! I found I kept trying to tease off the wire early so I'd have to re-do the whole thing which was bruutal. Had a lot of fun, good job! :)","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Westmave","author_uid":1184559,"time":"2020-05-04T17:57:00Z","epoch":1588615020,"modified":1588615020,"text":"I like the idea and your interpretation of the Theme, especially in the Situation the world is in right now. Sound would have been nice.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Evan Minto","author_uid":"1020346","time":"2020-05-06T04:57:05Z","epoch":1588741025,"modified":1588741025,"text":"Simple whack-a-mole concept, but fun for a round or two. The simple visuals work pretty well and I figured everything out almost immediately.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"bulle","author_uid":1184410,"time":"2020-05-06T08:51:21Z","epoch":1588755081,"modified":1588755081,"text":"Nice arcade game :)! - Ended up with 445$ - like a lot that it has the arcade feeling where you look for small changes to know where to go next.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"8BitCharlie","author_uid":"1183850","time":"2020-05-07T12:58:54Z","epoch":1588856334,"modified":1588856334,"text":"I really enjoyed playing it. Good entry!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SynysterCola","author_uid":"1138968","time":"2020-05-08T01:49:33Z","epoch":1588902573,"modified":1588902573,"text":"Wow I had a lot to keep an eye on, but this was fun! Simple, yet challenging!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"goffmog","author_uid":"1002017","time":"2020-05-08T16:10:06Z","epoch":1588954206,"modified":1588954206,"text":"Really smart use of the theme and I loved the fact that there was some strategy involved in which breaks you should fix first based on your income stream. Nailed the authentic 8-bit presentation too.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Jajo","author_uid":"1009960","time":"2020-05-12T11:57:47Z","epoch":1589284667,"modified":1589284667,"text":"That was aggressively old-school. 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Everyone is working from home and it is your job to make it possible. Fix the broken cables and make sure you're not running out of money. It's a story about survival! ;-)\n\n# [Play the game in the browser](https:\/\/nilstastic.gitlab.io\/ld46\/)\n\n### Let me know if you managed to keep everything running the whole year or when you got bankrupt, hope you enjoy it :-)\n\n## Instructions\n1. Use arrows to move\n2. Stand on the broken cables to fix them\n3. 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Everyone is working from home and it is your job to make it possible. Fix the broken cables and make sure you're not running out of money. It's a story about survival! ;-)\n\n# [Play the game in the browser](https:\/\/nilstastic.gitlab.io\/ld46\/)\n\n### Let me know if you managed to keep everything running the whole year or when you got bankrupt, hope you enjoy it :-)\n\n## Instructions\n1. Use arrows to move\n2. Stand on the broken cables to fix them\n3. Keep IT running the whole year\n![ld46_5.gif](\/\/\/raw\/0bf\/41\/z\/2bc2f.gif)\n\n\n\n","title":"Work from home - rat battle!"}