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I like the multitasking mechanic.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":628126,"author_name":"James Gillespie","author_uid":"james-gillespie","epoch":1619454948,"text":"Definitely one of the more out there entries I have played, works well and I like the idea of balancing the two tasks as equally as possible.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":628135,"author_name":"Paul Merkamp","author_uid":"paul-merkamp","epoch":1619455002,"text":"Data science has never been this fun!\n\nPlay time ended up being just right for the game - a nice little game, however, as someone who cannot tell the difference between a truck and a pupper, the game was a little hard.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":628145,"author_name":"Kitsomo","author_uid":"kitsomo","epoch":1619455070,"text":"The multitasking needed here is crazy! I m not really good at tetris but I found the game enjoyable and funny, great work\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":628420,"author_name":"ETdoFresh","author_uid":"etdofresh","epoch":1619456444,"text":"You talked to the data scientist in me! Thanks for the game! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":640223,"author_name":"xlambein","author_uid":"xlambein","epoch":1619513261,"text":"Thanks for the nice comments everyone!  Didn't expect a game that's basically a rip-off of a classic combined with an activity that we all begrudgingly do sometimes when browsing to get this positive feedback :D\n\n@etdofresh Thanks! :-) I worked as a data scientist for two years myself, quit recently to go back into dev.  This game is a tribute to my old team :D","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":640721,"author_name":"Squerf","author_uid":"squerf","epoch":1619515332,"text":"This was genuinely harrowing :D Love it, good work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":684133,"author_name":"mahalis","author_uid":"mahalis","epoch":1619881885,"text":"One of the silliest (and therefore best) takes on the theme I\u2019ve seen yet. The multitasking is a lot of fun\u2014you sort of have to let one side or the other become an unconscious process. It starts out maybe a little too easy, but it does ramp up eventually. I think this game gave me a real understanding for machine learning. Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":684149,"author_name":"Glimmer","author_uid":"glimmer","epoch":1619882031,"text":"the game is fun. I know about the Chihuahua and Muffin Problem but the truck pupper problem is new to me. :smirk: :dog:  :truck: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":684198,"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"oadt","epoch":1619882887,"text":"Oh yeah, this game is exaclty what we did at university back then :smile: Love the idea and well exectuted!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":684947,"author_name":"Pikatchum","author_uid":"pikatchum","epoch":1619895373,"text":"It was a really fun game! I like the concept of doing two things at the same time, it works really well with the captcha thing and the tetris like! Would totally replay it ahah","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":686671,"author_name":"pxlshk","author_uid":"pxlshk","epoch":1619939197,"text":"Interesting seeing a combination of tetris and captcha ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":686967,"author_name":"Jordgubben","author_uid":"jordgubben","epoch":1619952100,"text":"I know from a verified source (i.e. I have attended a singe lecture ton the subject through meetup.com) that this is how all Machine learning actually works","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":688399,"author_name":"BiOniKMonSTeR","author_uid":"bionikmonster","epoch":1619983080,"text":"Ahaha that's a pretty funny combination, it's fun to play both games at the same time :D. Not a common game, I appreciate that! \n\nCongrats for the entry.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":688403,"author_name":"IcarusDev","author_uid":"icarusdev","epoch":1619983130,"text":"I would give 8\/10 for the innovation of implementing captcha in a game, but the pupper deserves a 14\/10. Heckin good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":688487,"author_name":"Solah","author_uid":"solah","epoch":1619985069,"text":"Really fun to gamify captchas validation, and that makes this good old tetris prettyu hard, well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689185,"author_name":"LeviDSmith","author_uid":"levidsmith","epoch":1620008495,"text":"I really enjoyed this game.  At first I just started clicking the puppies and trucks, then realized that I was supposed to be playing tetris at the same time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689257,"author_name":"BoxedMeatRevolution","author_uid":"boxedmeatrevolution","epoch":1620010914,"text":"Very unique idea! I thought the captcha with trucks or puppers was a pretty funny idea. The tetris game felt a bit janky, but it was fun to multitask. I got up to 98.611 accuracy, 90 data, and ??? layers (the you win screen hides the number of layers). Very innovative game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":697637,"author_name":"Tezza48","author_uid":"tezza48","epoch":1620470004,"text":"Is there an alternative control scheme? I don't have arrow keys :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":697838,"author_name":"Sotsnut","author_uid":"sotsnut","epoch":1620486267,"text":"Puppers! :D I'm the worst at tetris, so naturally I got fired pretty quickly. But it was fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":700556,"author_name":"xlambein","author_uid":"xlambein","epoch":1620756915,"text":"Thanks for the kind comments everyone! \ud83d\ude0a Very happy you're finding my game funny and\/or enjoyable :D\n\n@tezza48 Hey!  Unfortunately, I finished pretty late and didn't have time to add different controls, I'm sorry!  Thanks for checking it out tho!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/f9\/f9c228421ebd53ed7c734be72d9f52a0b2ffea54407328d38b1135f262d3b2c7.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/xlambein\/ldjam48","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/xlambein.itch.io\/truck-or-pupper","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"77646","g_author":"1007419","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"374279","g_title":"Truck or Pupper","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"379","g_commentcount":"22","g_site2_node_id":"249653","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"249653","n_urlkey":"374279","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/truck-or-pupper","n_slug":"truck-or-pupper","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"7419","n_created":"1619386768","n_modified":"1776463819","n_version":"741798","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":7419,"body":"Welcome to Truck or Pupper!\n\nThanks for joining the company!  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