{"author_link":"\/users\/eoshadows","author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":1186296,"comments":[{"id":783128,"author_name":"jSmile","author_uid":"jsmile","epoch":1649125412,"text":"Ngl all of the sound effects startled me when they played. Also, the controls felt unresponsive. The art is super cute though. Love it, and keep making games!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":783484,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649126887,"text":"@jsmile Hello, and thanks for the feedback!  I'm glad you liked my game.  Do you think turning down the volume of he sound effects would make them less startling?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":783511,"author_name":"jSmile","author_uid":"jsmile","epoch":1649127031,"text":"Yes that probably would help, and some music would make the game \"pop\". (Not sure if that's right word)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785217,"author_name":"silkmeloni","author_uid":"silkmeloni","epoch":1649139017,"text":"Yeah, I like your theme,I want to sleep!\nNice anim and graphics, making the game juicy","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785260,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649139540,"text":"@silkmeloni Thanks!  I'm glad you liked the game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":785392,"author_name":"fjlucas","author_uid":"fjlucas","epoch":1649141043,"text":"Good game!! We implemented a game based on the same use of the theme. Please have a look! And good work!!\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/dont-wake-me-up","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785410,"author_name":"Georgii Gerasimov","author_uid":"georgii-gerasimov","epoch":1649141196,"text":"I like this game, but sometimes particles spawn in me and hit, that was strange) Music fantastic match the game idea!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785430,"author_name":"Nash","author_uid":"nash","epoch":1649141437,"text":"A simple but solid and good-looking game! The theme is great and I like the overall mood.\n\nSome minor comments; the movement felt slightly too slow at times. There are spots on the map (especially when the way moves diagonally) where it can be almost impossible to stay alive.\n\nOverall, a nitfy little game with some cute graphics. I'm sure you could do a lot with this theme if you kept developing it after the jam!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785444,"author_name":"yarpoplar","author_uid":"yarpoplar","epoch":1649141526,"text":"Cute art but damn, those sound effects and music will haunt me for the all day long!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785589,"author_name":"phats604","author_uid":"phats604","epoch":1649143226,"text":"controls were not responding on my play through . interesting idea though :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785643,"author_name":"Kulu","author_uid":"kulu","epoch":1649143762,"text":"Nice game! Liked the procedural levels, always keeping each run fresh. One thing that was quite inconvenient was the texts appearing again when starting a new run, maybe it could play on the first run and be allowed to skip for consecutive ones?\n\nOverall, very cool concept with some very nice art!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":785701,"author_name":"OlenIkimid","author_uid":"olenikimid","epoch":1649144237,"text":"I like the concept. Aesthetically it's pleasant and interacting with the non-dream world keeps you on your toes!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":786163,"author_name":"Izokia","author_uid":"izokia","epoch":1649147748,"text":"Hey a great jam submission! Art really stuck out as the strong point of the submission. Really well done there. The audio seems a little out of place and generally just a bit too loud. Hit the theme really well and a pretty unique take on the theme. I think the only true downside was the gameplay loop, I just couldnt hold interest for a long period of time.  ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":792885,"author_name":"Feesh","author_uid":"feesh","epoch":1649181553,"text":"Well done! As always your art is fantastic! Gameplay was definitely unique and interesting and the implementation of the theme worked really well. The onlything that I had a bit of trouble with was the gameplay didn't fell completely under control. I felt like I often times got hit by random projectiles which may have been nearly impossible to avoid. Overall great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":805812,"author_name":"BougieBirdie","author_uid":"bougiebirdie","epoch":1649279389,"text":"This game is gorgeous, it's quite cute, and I can't decide if the soundtrack makes me feel relaxed or anxious (I swear that's a good thing)\n\nSometimes the player is too slow to dodge enemies, which is somewhat frustrating, but overall it was an enjoyable experience","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":806655,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649285480,"text":"@bougiebirdie Thanks for the feedback!  I'm glad you liked my game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":806861,"author_name":"Okamit","author_uid":"okamit","epoch":1649287254,"text":"This game speaks to me on a personal level! ;)\nReally cute, the art is supercute and works very well!\nFun gameplay, I think the procedural generation blocked my path with a unmovable cloud on first round though (if I'm not missing something)\n\nAll in all, nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":813385,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649379605,"text":"@Okamit Thanks for the feedback!  I'm really glad you liked it.  No, you aren't missing something.  I kinda just chickened out of spending time trying to write code to prevent that, so I just hoped it wouldn't occur too often for people.  It would definitely be a good post jam update, for sure.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":813407,"author_name":"Okamit","author_uid":"okamit","epoch":1649380024,"text":"@eoshadows understandable, the short time you have during a jam leads to many shortcuts hahah. I hope you make a postjam version, would be fun to play!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":818373,"author_name":"eeaann9044","author_uid":"eeaann9044","epoch":1649499864,"text":"Love the art style and sound. Only comment would be to make the controls more responsive, but overall its great!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819582,"author_name":"Aniki_ta","author_uid":"aniki-ta","epoch":1649523333,"text":"The best survival game so far","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819824,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649527391,"text":"@aniki-ta @eeaann9044 Thanks for playing and for the feedback, I'm glad you liked it!  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Keep up the good work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":828078,"author_name":"Kate_Black","author_uid":"kate-black","epoch":1649844893,"text":"its nice)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":829394,"author_name":"SamirEmpty","author_uid":"samirempty","epoch":1649934223,"text":"\nInteresting idea and implementation. It was fun to play it, the music created a good atmosphere, very nice artstyle","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":829398,"author_name":"fatPenguin","author_uid":"fatpenguin","epoch":1649934663,"text":"Very cute game and I really like your interpretation of the theme. The graphics, sounds and the atmosphere overall fit very well together and create a dreamy mood :)\n\nSometimes I was surprised by bullets spawning a little bit too close to my character which sometimes felt a bit unfair when they hit me out of the blue but besides that I really enjoyed playing the game! Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":829529,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1649947696,"text":"@albertoz @arend-hintze @silverlybee @crygos @kate-black @samirempty @fatpenguin Thanks for playing, I'm glad you liked it!  And thanks for the feedback as well!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835546,"author_name":"JOZGames","author_uid":"jozgames","epoch":1650496430,"text":"Genial \ud83d\ude00\n\nAdorei a forma como tem que controlar ao mesmo tempo que clica para evitar acordar. Gr\u00e1ficos bonitos apesar de minimalista e jogabilidade bem concisa. Parab\u00e9ns \ud83d\udc4f \n\nAlias, protagonista parece um espermatozoide \ud83e\udd23","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835553,"author_name":"Papaver","author_uid":"papaver","epoch":1650496946,"text":"I really like the idea of the game, very relatable, haha. \nThe graphics are very cute. \n\nMaybe I missed something, but I didn't get when the alarm would go off or how to delay it. I found the character movement a bit slow, and the field of vision a bit small. I played several times, and really wanted to skip the introductions on the re-runs. :wink: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835773,"author_name":"sakura_magika","author_uid":"sakura-magika","epoch":1650515873,"text":"combining arrow button dodging with mouse point and clicking, is an interesting idea, but it is pretty stressful to split attention and split control mechanics. innovative, but quite \"fun\". \n\ngood job with the art, theme, and metaphor with gameplay!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":836781,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1650566947,"text":"@jozgames (Lo siento de antemano, usando un traductor aqu\u00ed) jaja, \u00a1s\u00e9 que sab\u00eda que el jugador se ve\u00eda as\u00ed! XD. Me di cuenta mientras jugaba. El fondo tampoco ayuda mucho. Esperaba que nadie se diera cuenta, pero bueno, xD. Sin embargo, gracias por jugar, \u00a1me alegro de que te haya gustado!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":837103,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1650577996,"text":"@papaver Thanks for the feedback, I\u2019m glad you liked playing my game!  The clock goes off at random intervals, and yeaaah funny thing is I usually add a skip feature for intros, not sure why I didn\u2019t think to this time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":837105,"author_name":"EOShadows","author_uid":"eoshadows","epoch":1650578111,"text":"@sakura-magika Thanks for playing and for the feedback!  Glad you liked it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":837455,"author_name":"TechnoNugget","author_uid":"technonugget","epoch":1651006108,"text":"Dude WHAT a great concept for this theme! Awesome job man :)\n\nMaybe seems a bit unfair when the bullets spawn on top of you, but other than that, great execution","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/cc\/cc7483301e05720e532d407d9f0cc665bc0ca6cc72f053bf6382566011a560d3.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/eoshadows.itch.io\/delaying-the-waking-world","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"82607","g_author":"1186296","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"387472","g_title":"Delaying the Waking World","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"447","g_commentcount":"37","g_site2_node_id":"284175","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"284175","n_urlkey":"387472","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/delaying-the-waking-world","n_slug":"delaying-the-waking-world","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"186296","n_created":"1648850312","n_modified":"1778480752","n_version":"895437","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":6,"author":186296,"body":"![icon.png](\/\/\/raw\/8b7\/d2\/z\/4c287.png)\nWe all want that extra minute of sleep.\n\nIn this simple bullet hell game, you must stay asleep as long as you can by staying alive in your dreams, running away from the ever approaching wall and dodging never ending bombardments of bullets.   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