{"author_link":"\/author\/torcado194\/","author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","comments":[{"author_name":"Gread72","author_uid":"45863","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:11am","epoch":1450058760,"text":"Over all, you met the theme. Very entertaining"},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:29am","epoch":1450067040,"text":"Mini-games like this are always a treat in LD. Yours has great artwork, tho I found the games brutally hard. Just wanted it to leave my flippin' hands alone! :D Might be nice to play a more balanced post-compo version?"},{"author_name":"dos","author_uid":"52499","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:30am","epoch":1450067100,"text":"Interesting approach and fun minigames. Surprisingly challenging as well!"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:32am","epoch":1450067220,"text":"@hexagore yeah definitely! I had very little time to balance unfortunately, so yeah it's a litttllee too easy at the beginning and a taadd too hard after like the 5th game haha. (admittedly i haven't even beaten it myself. Who will be the first???)\rThanks for the comments!"},{"author_name":"paraboxx","author_uid":"64955","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:33am","epoch":1450067280,"text":"Some of the minigames are very hard. Cool game overall, though!"},{"author_name":"Modoc73","author_uid":"50179","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:45am","epoch":1450068000,"text":"Very nice. Love the art work, the use of different games on the one screen. Meets the theme very goodly. Great job."},{"author_name":"floppya","author_uid":"13978","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:05am","epoch":1450069200,"text":"Solid effort and a creative variation. NIce work with the graphics, too."},{"author_name":"nucleartide","author_uid":"12773","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:23am","epoch":1450070280,"text":"My hands! D: Very enjoyable and hilarious game."},{"author_name":"VascoF","author_uid":"3945","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 5:27am","epoch":1450070520,"text":"Awesome, I loved this one."},{"author_name":"hissssssssss","author_uid":"18086","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1450104360,"text":"There's something really delightful about this game--at least, as far as a game about dismemberment can be delightful. Really gives me some Warioware or Work Time Fun vibes, which is never a bad thing.\rI loved the variety of minigames you got working with two buttons, and how intuitive they were. The betting added a lot of tension without feeling unfair. Awesome job!"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1450107780,"text":"@hissssssssss wow, thanks so much! That's definitely what I was going for with this, I'm glad it showed!"},{"author_name":"Zarkith","author_uid":"34144","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1450116960,"text":"It's a shame we never get to know how much money we have outside of the betting game and shop.\r\rWould've been nice to have a high score to aim for, especially with how addicting this is to play."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450119240,"text":"@Zarkith That's a good point! The amount of money that drops represents how much you get per game, but it doesn't give your total, you're right. \rYou can make the 'Escape' purchase of $1000 your 'high score' goal then! And if you mean 'high score' as in, higher than other people, know at least that the creator of the game has yet to win ;)\rThanks for playing and commenting :D"},{"author_name":"nonetheless","author_uid":"36254","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1450123320,"text":"Love it! perfectly fitting sounds, challenging and varying gameplay, and ultimately annoying! Amazing job! :)"},{"author_name":"fluidvolt","author_uid":"26913","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1450123740,"text":"So difficult!! Very cool game. Love the two-button snake clone. Also, even though they're blocky pixel hands, the dismemberment is really gruesome and gets to me. It might be the suddenness, but I wince every time. Nice work."},{"author_name":"johntherobot","author_uid":"63970","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1450128480,"text":"Hahaha I laughed so hard playing this game. Brings back great memories of Warioware Twisted for GBA. Loved seeing screenshots of this before it was done and it didn't disappoint. Congrats."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1450131000,"text":"@nonetheless just how I like it ;)\r@fluidvolt haha then I did my job well! When i first programmed in the dismemberment (I did all the art and every bit of programming for it at once before testing) I couldn't stop laughing for like 10 mins haha. At that point i knew I had a good game on my 'hands' ;D\r@johntherobot ooh sweet! I'm glad you liked the WIP screenshots :D\rThanks everyone!"},{"author_name":"Tipyx","author_uid":"20954","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:58am","epoch":1450147980,"text":"Excellent idea, I think an music, like elevator music, will be adequate :D"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:32am","epoch":1450153620,"text":"Pretty cool, that hand chop animation was very well drawn :D\r\rMinigames were well thought out and I liked that the player got all the feedback he\/she needed to succeed in them. \r\rGood job, good luck:)"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:11am","epoch":1450166760,"text":"@Tipyx woah I had this exact same thought as i was making it! If i had more time I would've considered it!\r@esayitch thanks for the compliments!"},{"author_name":"Piode","author_uid":"65622","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:06pm","epoch":1450202460,"text":"Very fun and a good variety of mini games!"},{"author_name":"Riftpoint","author_uid":"56172","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:39pm","epoch":1450204440,"text":"The most fun game I have played in this ludum dare! good job"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450205640,"text":"Quite funny !"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1450209720,"text":"@Riftpoint thank you very much!"},{"author_name":"local306","author_uid":"55445","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1450283820,"text":"Great job! Loved the game show \/ wario smooth moves`esque gameplay. Scared the crap out of me the first time I made a mistake..."},{"author_name":"newbeings","author_uid":"65418","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1450294680,"text":"Haha I love this. The first time the game changed I was so surprised. Great work."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1450294860,"text":"Hilarious concept and solid execution! I always hope I come up with an idea like this for LD but I never actually do. :D\r\rDidn't think it's too hard though. Maybe I haven't played enough, but definitely much more than 5 rounds. Too sad my best attempt failed because I've pressed a button too fast in a snake game and it didn't register. I had around $600 max, bought $500 money upgrade for it and lost the next round."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1450295760,"text":"@mortus wow! thats amazing, i think the most i've gotten is like $400 haha. great job! Yeah I've noticed that one issue with the snake game, and i figured it was small enough to not care too much about, but it is annoying. \rThanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","author_uid":"11407","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1450300920,"text":"This game has it all! I was surprised that you had time to add the shop and everything - At first I expected the game to go on forever! Excellent work with everything - I hope you get great scores on this :)"},{"author_name":"Ludic","author_uid":"66366","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 12:08am","epoch":1450310580,"text":"Its a cool and evil game, man. Some mini games are to hard to get in a small time space"},{"author_name":"Andrew Deem","author_uid":"25356","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1450394460,"text":"Nice idea. I like all the mini-games associated with the them. Works really well here. Graphics are nice too. Good work!\r\rSo tired of playing snake...."},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:12am","epoch":1450415220,"text":"Hard! But hilarious. Long laughter here."},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1450490640,"text":"This was incredibly fun, and had quite a bit of depth to it! Well done!"},{"author_name":"wooltech","author_uid":"46350","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 2:23am","epoch":1450577880,"text":"Great stuff, though I lost..erm...escaped...far too often early on. Fun minigames."},{"author_name":"bob_fish","author_uid":"14144","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:48am","epoch":1450849380,"text":"had a huge amount of fun with this. Everything really fits together and its great. I would love a post-jam version with music and more games (only thing it lacks imo). Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"komjaur","author_uid":"25497","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 6:53am","epoch":1450853280,"text":"fak that game i needed to do math and it was very addicting.More please"},{"author_name":"Os_Reboot","author_uid":"45083","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 7:35am","epoch":1450855800,"text":"Incredible entry. Sounds fit well, audio is awesome. Aesthetic is perfect. Well done, congratulations!"},{"author_name":"Trasevol_Dog","author_uid":"51405","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 11:31am","epoch":1450869960,"text":"This is great!!! Love the win\/lose contrast!"},{"author_name":"publicidadeba","author_uid":"63879","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1450883160,"text":"Loved this approach. I see potential to funny questions."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1450886880,"text":"This is so hard, but I like it. The money betting feels so unfair, it's really hard getting any money. And some minigames are really tough when it doesn't display the information."},{"author_name":"JoseArias","author_uid":"55992","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1450887240,"text":"I will not bet anymore in my life. I have lost too many hands haha very fun!"},{"author_name":"jdoughty","author_uid":"62884","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1450888980,"text":"Very addicting!"},{"author_name":"Miltage","author_uid":"8745","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1450890420,"text":"This is very clever and tense. Like something you'd see in a Saw movie. "You're about to play a game...""},{"author_name":"Justin Mullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:40pm","epoch":1450892100,"text":"Wow these stakes are high. xD Loved it, especially the pure simplicity and tension of the betting game. Nicely done."},{"author_name":"bessdlan","author_uid":"31298","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1450902180,"text":"very interesting concept and really good use of theme ;)"},{"author_name":"thebrickanator","author_uid":"50329","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1450904040,"text":"hilarious and unique... I love how the game has enough variation to keep you interested and surprised by the next mini game :P"},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 11:39pm","epoch":1450913640,"text":"Hehe, very interesting and fun to play. It's got a lot of depth to it, more than I initially though."},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1451081700,"text":"Very cool and difficult game! I was having an issue with it lagging, even on the swf version, so I kept dying at time-sensitive games. Still good though :)"},{"author_name":"KaiseanGames","author_uid":"44370","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1451236020,"text":"This is gross. :p \r\rI jumped everytime my hands were sawed off.\r\rInteresting concept I must say."},{"author_name":"vortex","author_uid":"36386","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 10:37am","epoch":1451298720,"text":"Very nice game, but I am really bad at it... it took me way too long to figure out what I was supposed to be doing and by the time I did, the timer already ran out. You could add some difficulty setting, so that people who can't read quickly can win something too.\rAnother design flaw I found was the minigame where you had to press a specific button and it said fast, would lead me too pressing the first button quickly over and over again, and causing in my hands getting guilloutined!\rApart from that solid game, with lots of content!"},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 10:49am","epoch":1451299440,"text":"Fun, reminds me of the first time I played nintendo ds mini-games"},{"author_name":"Tangible Games","author_uid":"25746","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1451314500,"text":"It is a lot like these movies about some underground russian roulette games etc. A real thrill!"},{"author_name":"camlang","author_uid":"34675","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1451315820,"text":"This is hilarious. I enjoyed the hell out of it! Make it more friendly for casual players, add some tense music, refine the graphics and bam, you have an instant hit. One of my favourite so far."},{"author_name":"jackrugile","author_uid":"26377","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 6:08pm","epoch":1451325780,"text":"Brutal difficulty and a matching brutal punishment for messing up. I loved it!"},{"author_name":"Aurel B\u00edl\u00fd","author_uid":"1645","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1451325900,"text":"Nice! Somewhat brutal, but I enjoyed the game :)"},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 3:30am","epoch":1451359500,"text":"This is just awesome!!"},{"author_name":"Frenchie","author_uid":"43979","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 4:02am","epoch":1451361420,"text":"The fear I felt as I played the games that my hands would instantly be cut off was insurmountable! It definitely made me lose more from nervousness than if you just "lost normally" when you did something wrong.\r\rAwesome game and definitely one of the best this LD! But like others have said, could use some re-balancing (have you beat it yet @torcado194?!?!)"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 4:56am","epoch":1451364660,"text":"@vortex thanks for the feedback! yes i definitely agree the 'fast' should be reworded. I guess a good compromise for the difficulty complaint would be to greatly reduce the difficulty if you're seeing the game for the first time, then do it normally afterwards. If I make a post-compo version i'll definitely consider these changes!\r\r@Frenchie thanks so much! and no, I still have not beaten it actually haha. Actually i think its the only game of mine i haven't beaten. I think if i've spent more time playing it I would have beaten it but I've been busy with other things!\rThanks for the comments and ratings everyone! It makes me so happy"},{"author_name":"EwChap","author_uid":"50010","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 5:29am","epoch":1451366640,"text":"Fun game. Love the fail state."},{"author_name":"yuigoto","author_uid":"50909","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 1:30am","epoch":1451438700,"text":"Man, this is simple and quick, but so fun! :P It's perfect to play during work (ooops! shouldn't have said that :P).\r\rLove the graphic style, the use of the theme, the challenge, the build-up for each question's end.\r\rGood Job! :D"},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1451497860,"text":"You've been featured in today's Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out! - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMqbWKLhbQs"},{"author_name":"kmakai","author_uid":"28426","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1451498700,"text":"Awesome job! I think the only thing that would make this better is some suspenseful music in the background."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1451507520,"text":"@ButtonMasherBros I'm so honored!\r\r@kmakai oh yeah that'd be good!"},{"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"7170","time":"Dec 30, 2015 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1451508240,"text":"Really hard, but very fun ! Well done :)"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 3:41am","epoch":1451532960,"text":"haha pretty awesome! good entry!"},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1451739840,"text":"Had a lot of fun despite the dozen pairs of hands I'd lost."},{"author_name":"oparisy","author_uid":"50996","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1451740500,"text":"Gross, but addictive due to the variety of mini-games (and injustice of some!). Nice controls idea, not convoluted."},{"author_name":"Tapehead","author_uid":"64267","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1451743620,"text":"this is hard game but nevertheless it makes fun and is addictive! well done!"},{"author_name":"eemmbbeerr","author_uid":"26778","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1451746920,"text":"Did not expect it to entertain me for so long at first. A very, very pleasant (albeit bloody) surprise!"},{"author_name":"Instant Noodles","author_uid":"44379","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1451747760,"text":"Great game,\rVery hard, the money call is terrible ! I did not succeed to esccape.\rLook boring the 3 firsts minutes and then you addict ! ^^"},{"author_name":"drludos","author_uid":"29773","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 6:11pm","epoch":1451757960,"text":"Outstanding entry! Very simple but very entertaining \/ addictive game, I love it! It just lacks a background music IMHO, but the rest is perfect! The graphics are great, the difficulty is challenging but fair, and the gameplay is very fun! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1451775180,"text":"Haha funny, and very original. A nice arcade game!"},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 7:33am","epoch":1451978880,"text":"This would be great on oculus."}],"images":["ld34\/5839-d29605b3896cf04e3c84907108c0c25a.jpg","ld34\/5839-b4b98dad8ce386802c2256cb598ce554.jpg","ld34\/5839-75c9ece16ca61e1ce4e5d76778f3c5d7.jpg","ld34\/5839-38c0657303caa5b5b4af14abd39a0d6a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/torcado.com\/LD34\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/56147979\/LD34\/index.html","text":"Web (Dropbox)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/jey4a6rhby4mmkj\/LD34.swf","text":"Flash"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download\/yuut7yfg3f6h56i\/LD34.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cJ5xaXLGVV4","text":"Timelapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7377","g_author":"5839","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7409","g_title":"Button Betting","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"59","g_commentcount":"73","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\/5839-shot0-1450057980.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/5839-shot1-1450057980.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/5839-shot2-1450057980.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/5839-shot3-1450057980.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Oh no! You find yourself trapped, chained to a desk with TWO BUTTONS in front of you. Play through each of the challenges to get to the MONEY GAME, then bet your hands off trying to GET RICH and ESCAPE!\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\n--------------------------------\r\nCONTROLS:\r\n\r\nLeft button: any letter on the left side of the (US) keyboard\r\n\r\nRight button: any letter on the right side of the (US) keyboard\r\n\r\n--------------------------------\r\n\r\nI had a lot of fun with this one! I hope you think the game is just as fun :) Thanks for playing! and good luck to all the participants!\r\n\r\n---------------------\r\n\r\nUPDATE 1:\r\nHey there was a game breaking bug with the \"operator\" type game, where sometimes addition or multiplication questions would have a result of '0' or another impossible result, I have fixed that (12\/14\/2015 10:49 PST) If someone finds this against the rules (though it says this is valid in the rules page) let me know and i'll put the old version back up. Thanks! and sorry if that issue caused any dismemberment ;)","title":"Button Betting"}