{"author_link":"\/author\/candlesan\/","author_name":"candlesan","author_uid":"42159","comments":[{"author_name":"StarchyPancakes","author_uid":"51062","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:11am","epoch":1450065960,"text":"Loved it, really impressed with how nicely the beats come together"},{"author_name":"Todnut","author_uid":"26167","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:13am","epoch":1450066080,"text":"Wow awesome music game! I watched your stream some and it's awesome to see how it all came out. The art has a lot of charm. The bouncing mechanic is more interesting to play than I thought it would be. And of course my best level was the zombie one! lol!"},{"author_name":"jcmonkey","author_uid":"57798","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:17am","epoch":1450066320,"text":"good fun, this made me laugh while playing, and had pretty good mood."},{"author_name":"graceavery","author_uid":"49147","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:18am","epoch":1450066380,"text":"Great work! I found the game very fun and was also impressed with how well the musical aspect worked. \r<br\/>Super unique! :)"},{"author_name":"scottrick","author_uid":"28822","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:20am","epoch":1450066500,"text":"Awesome job!  Specially like the penguin level!"},{"author_name":"martincohen","author_uid":"55211","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1450066740,"text":"Masterpiece!"},{"author_name":"wilthord","author_uid":"40266","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:31am","epoch":1450067160,"text":"Great game, I loved it."},{"author_name":"mrjorts","author_uid":"56525","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:55am","epoch":1450068600,"text":"I really like this. It's fun, has a good level of challenge, and sounds nice too. I think it would be nice if the 3 zones you can stand in were marked off in some way, so you had a visual reference for how many spaces you need to move to catch the notes."},{"author_name":"ptkfs","author_uid":"63792","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:16am","epoch":1450073460,"text":"Great music, lots of fun."},{"author_name":"oal","author_uid":"11141","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:22am","epoch":1450084620,"text":"Very creative. I was afraid the notes would be repetitive after a while, but it works really well. It's a good idea to change instruments from level to level, and they all fit their environment quite well!"},{"author_name":"Gins","author_uid":"33074","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:27am","epoch":1450088520,"text":"Wow that was really fun! I love the idea of making this classic game into a rhythm game. Also I guess now I know where the protagonist of my game went after it ended^^"},{"author_name":"freddyw9","author_uid":"51146","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1450130940,"text":"Really well done."},{"author_name":"bering","author_uid":"31782","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1450145040,"text":"Nice music, nice art, simple yet challenging enough gameplay. It's a nice game you got there!"},{"author_name":"Archonthewizard","author_uid":"52352","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:10am","epoch":1450152300,"text":"This turned out even better that it looked on your stream. The difficulty curve was perfect - I felt like I was improving very quickly.  Even tho the levels were getting harder, my score kept going up.  Awesome idea!"},{"author_name":"Ingon","author_uid":"5130","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:57am","epoch":1450158720,"text":"Cool little game, I really liked the sounds!"},{"author_name":"kabel","author_uid":"53077","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 1:00am","epoch":1450227300,"text":"It nice to listen to, and easy gameplay wise."},{"author_name":"candlesan","author_uid":"42159","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:16am","epoch":1450235460,"text":"Hi everybody - by request I uploaded a post-jam version that adds a hotkey &quot;H&quot; which makes the game easier for kids.\r<br\/>Post-Jam update:\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/ZookeeperDJ\/index.html"},{"author_name":"flyingbear","author_uid":"16232","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 3:37am","epoch":1450236720,"text":"Got all 5 gold trophies, BOYEEEE! I love how each level has a distinct feel both visually and aurally. The last level is my favorite of course! ;)"},{"author_name":"salmonmoose","author_uid":"11416","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:52am","epoch":1450252020,"text":"This is really cool, particularly when it dawns on you what is happening, I enjoy the call \/ response in the music with the panda."},{"author_name":"thecatspajamas","author_uid":"66266","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:54am","epoch":1450255740,"text":"Fun idea on a rhythm game."},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:39am","epoch":1450262040,"text":"Gameplay and audio is very solid. Nice !"},{"author_name":"Anshul Goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1450296240,"text":"This game is amazing. I love how everything is so perfectly timed."},{"author_name":"commodoreKid","author_uid":"39580","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:25pm","epoch":1450297200,"text":"I could get gold in first and silver in others on the first run and felt pretty proud :P I think the mechanic is really challenging and fun but graphics could be much better. I liked how music worked, though I cannot say I liked the type of music you used. Still great job, keep it up!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:10am","epoch":1450339500,"text":"The music worked great, nice re-invention of the classic  &quot;Pancake&quot;."},{"author_name":"bwatanabe","author_uid":"44194","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:48am","epoch":1450341780,"text":"Really enjoyed your game, and loved how the music was directly integrated into the gameplay."},{"author_name":"richardboegli","author_uid":"60190","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:57am","epoch":1450342320,"text":"Sound effects worked really well."},{"author_name":"YinYin","author_uid":"64352","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:57am","epoch":1450345920,"text":"Exceptionally good interactive music that doesn't break if you miss something. Very nice. Only the bananas were a bit dim."},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1450367460,"text":"Looks can be deceiving... That was actually a very well-made rhythm game! I'm pretty damn impressed!"},{"author_name":"UncleChris","author_uid":"45712","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:55pm","epoch":1450371000,"text":"LOVED it - such a unique game, difficulty ramped up too fast for me (poor elephant nearly got nothing! :D), but was fun till VERY frustrating. :)  The concept was quite well done, and the music\/beats fit so well together."},{"author_name":"x92rwzb","author_uid":"49792","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1450373460,"text":"Unique entry. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 9:48am","epoch":1450431780,"text":"Very nice game! Lots of fun and cool tunes. The sounds on the monkey level were kinda low-volume compared to the rest :)"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1450457160,"text":"You rock, isn't the original idea, but the game-generated-music made it very fun!\r<br\/>Penguin is my favourite level :-)"},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:32am","epoch":1451266020,"text":"i like &quot;Puppy Love&quot; level in Earthworm Jim ! I love it :)"},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 1:33am","epoch":1451266080,"text":"it's like &quot;Puppy Love&quot; level in Earthworm Jim ! I love it :)"},{"author_name":"anv","author_uid":"55892","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1451852040,"text":"Amazing use of sounds\/music. Very well executed. Visuals are a bit Spartan though."},{"author_name":"rockybdubs","author_uid":"64651","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1451949540,"text":"LOVE!"},{"author_name":"TaoPhoenix","author_uid":"13269","time":"Feb 9, 2016 @ 12:00pm","epoch":1455018900,"text":"Very pleasant!\r<br\/>There were old skool handheld Nintendo games before they got into hi-tech that mechanics a lot like this, except the ones I remember used falling items and not a curve bounce. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>And it's nice because I am a casual LD gamer, so I liked not getting crushed on level 1! And I'm terrible at most speeds of DDR type games so I could mostly pass this one at least the silver trophy within a few tries though I had to work a bit at the last one. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>And really clever music note placing, that had to take work!"}],"images":["ld34\/42159-4fff1dc8aebf4e1529a8ad168cde9812.jpg","ld34\/42159-66d49b16953c182e4df80449c625284e.jpg","ld34\/42159-75d01bd361c6ecb973c785793f31aaa8.jpg","ld34\/42159-5cfbf1ce6f505ece0a9f30f2c62896c3.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/ZookeeperDJ\/index.html","text":"Latest Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/LD34\/index.html","text":"Original Web Submission"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/LD34\/ZookeeperDJ.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/candlesan","text":"Twitch (watch me LD35)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/LD34\/LD34.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7036","g_author":"42159","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7068","g_title":"Z4KM4STER - Zookeeper DJ","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"26","g_commentcount":"37","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\/42159-shot0-1450060382.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/42159-shot1-1450060382.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/42159-shot2-1450060382.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/42159-shot3-1450060382.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Post-Jam update:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.wyattcheng.com\/games\/ZookeeperDJ\/index.html\r\n\r\nTheme: 2-Button Controls\r\n\r\nHelp Z4KM4STER the Zookeeper DJ feed all the animals while breaking some tasty tunes.\r\n\r\nGOLD Trophy - 100% on a level\r\nSILVER Trophy - Completed level with less than 100%\r\n\r\nDevelopment Blog for this game here:\r\nhttp:\/\/wyattcheng.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/zookeeper-dj-dec-game-jam-ludum-dare-34.html\r\n\r\nDeveloped in Unity 5.3 with LMMS and Photoshop Elements\r\n\r\nDevelopment Jam was streamed at http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/candlesan\r\nYou can follow me on twitter @candlesan\r\n\r\nPost-Jam changes:\r\n-> Added Trophy explanations and trophy hookup\r\n-> Display % complete of each level\r\n-> Added \"5-year old mode\" which is enabled by hitting cheat key \"H\"","title":"Z4KM4STER - Zookeeper DJ"}