{"author_link":"\/author\/bogden\/","author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","comments":[{"author_name":"yumaikas","author_uid":"62747","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:23am","epoch":1450073880,"text":"Definitely try this game. #nospoilers"},{"author_name":"mukult","author_uid":"65633","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:24am","epoch":1450073940,"text":"Nice game...  don't know how it fits the theme exactly... so with growing screens...you play more games ? \r<br\/>\r<br\/>But still!! It was fun to play but gets way too intense by 3rd game! :)"},{"author_name":"gironC","author_uid":"59738","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:24am","epoch":1450073940,"text":"Too easy.... oh wait...."},{"author_name":"Steven Miller","author_uid":"57518","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:24am","epoch":1450077540,"text":"Great game!  I loved how it started with two button controls and then switched to growing, my favorite incorporation of both themes so far."},{"author_name":"fede0d","author_uid":"52065","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:41am","epoch":1450078560,"text":"Great game! Its very difficult but also addicting. I liked the music also."},{"author_name":"Tensoplast01","author_uid":"58271","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:47am","epoch":1450078920,"text":"SOOOO Nice, I love your concept!"},{"author_name":"blohod","author_uid":"61724","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:27am","epoch":1450081320,"text":"very good, although naming you game so close to the theme is not a great idea\/"},{"author_name":"Docjekyll","author_uid":"41650","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:42am","epoch":1450082220,"text":"Love it. I had a similar idea during brainstorming, and the way you executed it was so much cleaner than what I was thinking.\r<br\/>Good idea. Great execution."},{"author_name":"DivineOmega","author_uid":"62107","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:44am","epoch":1450082340,"text":"Clever one! I really wasn't expecting the escalation to multiple games. :)"},{"author_name":"doitle","author_uid":"3578","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:21am","epoch":1450084560,"text":"Awesome execution on this one. It's literally the themes. Syncing it to the music gives it a really polished feeling and ramps up the hype. You could probably put this on a flash portal and people would enjoy it."},{"author_name":"Thembi","author_uid":"30981","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:47am","epoch":1450086120,"text":"Goes from boring to almost impossible very quickly."},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:51am","epoch":1450086360,"text":"Thanks for the compliment doitle! Thanks to your suggestion I learned that kongregate lets you upload iframes as games! Who knew?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/Bogden\/two-buttons"},{"author_name":"nonetheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1450124160,"text":"Dude, you went over the edge with wsad....\r<br\/>Very solid entry, I like the idea, graphics and sounds.And you just want to play one more time :)"},{"author_name":"sp3ctrum","author_uid":"58920","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1450126560,"text":"Really fun ! I like so much how the difficulty is scaling"},{"author_name":"mattrified","author_uid":"34540","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:54am","epoch":1450154940,"text":"I really liked the layered music.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(SPOILERS!)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very cool concept and fun play on the theme.  I will say I sorta wish there was a health system.  It was annoying to die at phase 3 before I understood it and then had to replay through phases 1 and 2.  Minor thing.  Nice job!"},{"author_name":"ianh","author_uid":"1496","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:07am","epoch":1450166520,"text":"So hard. T_T"},{"author_name":"Boberro","author_uid":"14299","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:56am","epoch":1450176660,"text":"You lied to me! You sneaky bastard :D"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:27pm","epoch":1450200120,"text":"I feel like I'm playing Starcraft: I go to build the second base, and my first one is destroyed :D\r<br\/>Very hard for me, but overall the concept is pretty good!"},{"author_name":"SSJMetroid","author_uid":"3925","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:02pm","epoch":1450216620,"text":"It's so simple but effective.  You lied to me about the two button thing though :|"},{"author_name":"Bogden","author_uid":"31759","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1450217460,"text":"@SSJMetroid, It's not a lie! The name of the game changes as you play :D"},{"author_name":"Drury","author_uid":"62808","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:58am","epoch":1450227180,"text":"I want to see someone get a ridiculous score on this and upload his run to youtube."},{"author_name":"alvarop","author_uid":"31332","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:48am","epoch":1450240980,"text":"I don't want to give a review that will spoil the game, but I really like how you start playing by thinking that you chose one theme, but in reality, it's the other.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Or is it both?\r<br\/>HUH."},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:06am","epoch":1450252860,"text":"Good implementation of the concept. I like how I wasn't expecting the multi-tasking at first. The UI could be a bit more intuitive, but who has time for A\/B testing for a jam? ;)"},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:14am","epoch":1450318140,"text":"Hard!!!Hard!!"},{"author_name":"careless","author_uid":"32413","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:40am","epoch":1450319700,"text":"haha I thought I could multi-task until WASD appeared!"},{"author_name":"walaber","author_uid":"31888","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:28am","epoch":1450329780,"text":"loved the twist, this is one of the reasons I like Ludum Dare- games that seem to be 1 thing and then surprise you as you play them. nice work!"},{"author_name":"qwetro","author_uid":"59778","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:01am","epoch":1450331760,"text":"It looks so simple at first sight, I'm glad that I didn't close the game before ****, lol."},{"author_name":"Decentsauce","author_uid":"61899","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1450470360,"text":"Well done! Had fun playing this. :) Furthest I got was 48 http:\/\/puu.sh\/m0ux6\/8031b89cc9.png (It becomes so hard with 4 screens xD)"},{"author_name":"Trasevol_Dog","author_uid":"51405","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1450471140,"text":"Multitasking video games is hard D:\r<br\/>Had a fun time, although it really does get too hard when you get to the fourth screen. Nice concept anyways. Me likes."},{"author_name":"ssodelta","author_uid":"66145","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1450473780,"text":"Cool with the adding of both themes!  Nice done ! http:\/\/puu.sh\/m0ykc\/bf222e788c.png"},{"author_name":"Zeriver","author_uid":"51756","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1450474980,"text":"Cool multitasking game, really hard (especially when math parts comes in). Simplistic but very polished, i mean nice animation, great choice of colors and music. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>My score http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xuoneNW.png"},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1450478460,"text":"Great game! I've seen a similar idea done before but it was still very well made, and awesome take on the theme :)"},{"author_name":"thedashdude","author_uid":"41894","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1450478520,"text":"The growing controls was a really nice touch, but everything after the fourth screen was to much for me."},{"author_name":"Troma","author_uid":"63170","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:20am","epoch":1450484100,"text":"Too easy! Liked the concept!"},{"author_name":"jeroenwimmers","author_uid":"63759","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:11am","epoch":1450487160,"text":"creative, but too hard for my brain &gt;.&lt;"},{"author_name":"FrederickK","author_uid":"11311","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:13am","epoch":1450494480,"text":"Great idea and made it right!"},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:28am","epoch":1450498980,"text":"Cool! Multitasking at it's best"},{"author_name":"_HopFrog","author_uid":"64957","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:35am","epoch":1450499400,"text":"This sure gets hectic really quickly haha. It was a lot of fun, totally recommended!"},{"author_name":"Rfdshir","author_uid":"62241","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:47am","epoch":1450500120,"text":"The best gameplay, i think. Very clever take on the themes!\r<br\/>Was not able to win the fourth game ^_^"},{"author_name":"ElliotFiske","author_uid":"15847","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 7:22am","epoch":1450509420,"text":"Super fun game! great controls, fun concept.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Gets super hard by the 4th game."},{"author_name":"MoreRPG Team","author_uid":"50610","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1450529220,"text":"Fuck my brain..."},{"author_name":"Jwatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1450545300,"text":"Hah, I appreciate the surprise factor. I'm not sure if stuff was syncing with the music or not, would've made the multitasking easier."},{"author_name":"matiasbontempo","author_uid":"60542","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1450563300,"text":"I really liked the twist. I was not waitting for that."},{"author_name":"akirassasin","author_uid":"38616","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:32am","epoch":1450571220,"text":"You should add simple instructions when a new game appears, other than that, it's a very challenging addictive game :P"},{"author_name":"WizByte_Games","author_uid":"56690","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 1:06am","epoch":1450573260,"text":"Wow that gets hard fast :)"},{"author_name":"roaringcatgames","author_uid":"58120","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1450586460,"text":"5\/5\/5\/5\/5\/5\/5  This is great. Infuriating but great. Super polished, fun, challenging game. One of the best entries. Feels complete, and ready to go. A+++++ would smash keyboard again."},{"author_name":"Bumblepie","author_uid":"61939","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:58am","epoch":1450587180,"text":"A really great entry, similar to multitask. The difficulty grows really quickly, and it is a lot of fun to try and beat your high score. It does a great job of making you feel like you're improving, and each time you die, you really want to do better, and focus on the minigame you failed, making you die on another one! A really fun game, great work.\r<br\/>My Highscore was 89, although that was slightly because it bugged out when I was at 60 something and let me start from 70 despite not reaching it already.\r<br\/>https:\/\/gyazo.com\/343d3c8d2c42ddd9b6ffd4c4667c2109"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 6:22am","epoch":1450592220,"text":"Er... Did someone have a brain to loan ? One is not enough to properly test this game...\r<br\/>Clever gameplay, but very hard for normal persons (I mean, those who have only to brain lobes).\r<br\/>Good job !"},{"author_name":"Blobo","author_uid":"52667","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1450645980,"text":"Wow. ok, this got hard fast. so much multitasking. so little time. you have to monitor the falling cubes, monitor the green ball, monitor the blue line, monitor the WASD portion, do basic arithmatic. MAN! amazing work."},{"author_name":"mike.cullingham","author_uid":"49890","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:40am","epoch":1450672500,"text":"Ha.  Nice twist.  But it gets seriously hard fast.  I didn't get to find out if there was a fourth game."},{"author_name":"inbetweengames","author_uid":"56968","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 6:52am","epoch":1450680420,"text":"Oh wow. Really innovative. Great mindfuck game."},{"author_name":"lurils","author_uid":"16303","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 12:37am","epoch":1450744320,"text":"very fun and challenging game, great use of the themes"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 1:04am","epoch":1450745940,"text":"Really clever idea (I see you definitely covered your bases with BOTH themes), wish there was a way to skip ahead the easier sections."},{"author_name":"KayZ","author_uid":"17933","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1450785600,"text":"Wow, great take on the theme. Didn't expect that. Need to play this game more often to improve on all those skills required to beat this beast!"},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1450790640,"text":"Brilliant!"},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1450824000,"text":"Well I have to admit, I played alone and couldn't handle it then I asked for help and I figure out that was still hard!! At the end was left two people with broken brains haha. Good entry, very innovating."},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1451665920,"text":"Well done! I made it above Zeriver - keeping the leaderboard alphabetical I guess ;)\r<br\/>http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/m4g4qjR.png 60\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Did you get the idea from Multitask?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I love how you have the player flailing to use different buttons - numbers, WASD, Space, and arrows. Really challenging but really fun! Definitely a thing you could get better at with a lot of practice and patience. An in-game scoreboard would be fantastic - I'm sure it would get more people really into it. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, I love the track you made for the game!"}],"images":["ld34\/31759-1e25d3b26c2dad872d44255c5791bddc.jpg","ld34\/31759-b01db7d162c27546cac4ba18ebc4b4a3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bogden-ld34.herokuapp.com\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/bogden-ld34.herokuapp.com\/","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/bogden-ld34.herokuapp.com\/","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/bogden-ld34.herokuapp.com\/","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/rmwxiong\/ld34","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6601","g_author":"31759","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6583","g_title":"Simultaneism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"68","g_commentcount":"57","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\/31759-shot0-1450058830.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/31759-shot1-1450058830.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A simple little game with two buttons where you dodge falling blocks.\r\n\r\n...and a twist?\r\n\r\n(Please play with sound before rating.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n=====HIGH SCORES======\r\n\r\nPost a screenshot (or video?!) in the comments and I'll add your score to the list!\r\n\r\n1. 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