{"author_link":"\/author\/ruthiepee\/","author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","comments":[{"author_name":"crare","author_uid":"55121","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:23am","epoch":1440400680,"text":"Great looking game. Fun to play, I would like to see more upgrade options. Works with theme."},{"author_name":"lubos","author_uid":"23619","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:33am","epoch":1440408480,"text":"I can't help it, I always get hooked on clicker games!"},{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1440444180,"text":"I loved the premise and the take on the theme, but I just hate cookie clickers, sorry :\/"},{"author_name":"charliecarlo","author_uid":"15812","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1440444420,"text":"$5 for a textbook. This game definitely gets a 5 for humor."},{"author_name":"razavidn","author_uid":"54947","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:33pm","epoch":1440444480,"text":"Mmmm clicker games. Love 'em to death. Unfortunately, these puppies rise and fall on the ability to keep unlocking new things, and once you start getting employees, the game kind of breaks. Awesome entry, just needs some super expensive things that aren't upgrades! (Maybe super-powered employees qua different color dinos?)"},{"author_name":"Clurect","author_uid":"11597","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1440444600,"text":"Wow this was really fun and simple! :) I really like the graphics"},{"author_name":"Demy","author_uid":"44801","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1440444600,"text":"hehe, fun clicker. Cool game!"},{"author_name":"Jawesome","author_uid":"45317","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1440444720,"text":"I loved every bit of it!!!"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1440444720,"text":"Cool clicker game with funny story and nice graphics and sound. I didn't find any further upgrades or any hint for a goal to reach."},{"author_name":"JackDegree","author_uid":"38813","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1440444720,"text":"Hilarious! ANd cool art\/music!\r\rJust a heads up: employees seem to be making 10 bucks a second, not 1 as indicated on the status screen?"},{"author_name":"uvwar","author_uid":"40468","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1440444960,"text":"Hm, yes, the Icthyosaur are very reminiscent of De la Beche's drawings, a nice touch."},{"author_name":"MrSylar59","author_uid":"38521","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1440445080,"text":"Nice art, I like those kind of games, it's quite fun to play"},{"author_name":"BuffaloPhil","author_uid":"8563","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1440445200,"text":"That was great"},{"author_name":"MaesK","author_uid":"30782","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1440445560,"text":"Nice clicker game! Reeeally funny, the spam in general but specially the animation of the employees. Awesome :D"},{"author_name":"frokes","author_uid":"44142","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1440447840,"text":"Sorry this is not my kind of game. Nice music and the graphics are good but it gets boring pretty fast. Would be nice if you would know your goal..."},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1440451680,"text":"That was fun and funny. Great graphics. :-)"},{"author_name":"boardtobits","author_uid":"57679","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1440455280,"text":"Great look and actually gave a purpose to inane clicking. Nice work... you monster."},{"author_name":"omaha","author_uid":"5229","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:31am","epoch":1440473160,"text":"Nice! I loved the premise, and I particularly loved the animation of the employees.\r\rWas there something I could click to go back and show my dad how wrong he was?"},{"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"36556","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:50am","epoch":1440503100,"text":"@JackDegree: oof, that's my mistake-- forgot a zero. Thanks for pointing it out.\r\r@omaha: No, there's no ending. \r\r@razavidn: Great suggestions. If I expand upon the game, I'd introduce floors of the office building, then buildings, then office parks, and so on for upgrading your $$$ exponentially.\r\rEveryone else: BACK TO WORK!"},{"author_name":"mrcdk","author_uid":"25271","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 11:35pm","epoch":1440545400,"text":"RIP my mouse :( Brb, need to spam more!"},{"author_name":"WolvesbaneTeam","author_uid":"58039","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1440592260,"text":"Pretty sweet deal - some arbitrary goal would have been nice, just because I know you would've had a really funny scene where the hero one-ups his dad or something. I've been thinking about doing a clicker for some time, maybe you've finally convinced me to do so, Dear Friend! All I need is some start-up capital - please wire it to the following banc account number by expres cheque now!"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:18am","epoch":1440652380,"text":"I clicked so much that employees were $0 so I got 2k, and then I noticed my money freaking out! I kept wishing there were commas in the numbers because I felt dumb looking at big numbers and not knowing which one was bigger :P Anyway, the art is really really good, and you managed to make another really funny game!\r\rAwesome job!!"},{"author_name":"highlyinteractive","author_uid":"14065","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 10:03am","epoch":1440669480,"text":"Great fun, although after my second billion I started to get a little bored"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1440707940,"text":"Hello dear friend, this scamming-simulator is great! everything feels just right. The graphics are great, they remind me about the game "to build a better mousetrap". Every detail (email templates, employee curriculum, etc) is a big plus. \rThousand separators or other kind of number representation (such as 200K, 2M, etc) would make the game so much enjoyable towards the end. Other than that, congratz on this awesome entry."},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1440879840,"text":"Haha. At first, I thought "Spam-sending clicker game, funny" and was not planning to go very far... but then I thought "well ok, maybe just let me make enough to hire one employee" aaaand then the compulsion-loop snagged me. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"OnionBlaze","author_uid":"4653","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 8:36am","epoch":1440923460,"text":"Lol, funny game! :D"},{"author_name":"dukope","author_uid":"11080","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 6:39am","epoch":1441002840,"text":"Nice! My only wish was for comma-separators in the numbers. And an ending."},{"author_name":"valid4life","author_uid":"31730","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 4:46am","epoch":1441082460,"text":"Lots of fun! I actually had quite a few employees and had 4048 EPC!"},{"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"38974","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 10:04am","epoch":1441101540,"text":"Very funny story. The gameplay needs some additional balancing, but it already makes quite fun :) Graphics and audio is great, I also love the different e-mail texts :D\rIs it possible to have 3 bosses like in the screenshot? I had all employers but hadn't see an option to get a new boss. Maybe I simply overlooked it or its an older sceenshot. Anyway nice game!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 11:30am","epoch":1441193100,"text":"Addictive! And I felt evil the whole time I was doing it. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"Drauthius","author_uid":"52478","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1441221060,"text":"You know what they say, the first $50 is the hardest. Nice game! Must have been either really enjoyable or really frustrating to write all that bad engrish. :D"},{"author_name":"6DownStudios","author_uid":"39552","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 5:11am","epoch":1441343160,"text":"Great take on the theme, very funny! Art style and music really matches the hilarity of the premise, kudos!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 13, 2015 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1442146380,"text":"Funny idea! I included it in part 28 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/UzsNzPlW29s"}],"images":["ld33\/36556-bf300f470c0e7a3de28314bad5b7c0d6.jpg","ld33\/36556-44032d2ad757fa125a749177e13d40fd.jpg","ld33\/36556-2fb1471588df206b133cb87b99f0e687.jpg","ld33\/36556-26f82a79b8ea7dab785625dc55cda45e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ruthieswebsite.com\/hellodearfriend\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/ruthieswebsite.com\/hellodearfriend\/hellodearfriend.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9621","g_author":"36556","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"9655","g_title":"Hello Dear Friend","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99","g_commentcount":"33","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\/\/479518\/36556-shot0-1440378114.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/36556-shot1-1440377441.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/36556-shot2-1440377441.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/36556-shot3-1440377441.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Have you ever dreamed of being an email scammer? L@@K no further-- Hello Dear Friend simulates sending emails, hiring employees, upgrading your computer systems, and getting rich quick!\r\n\r\n$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$\r\n\r\nCode: HaxeFlixel\r\nIDE: Sublime Text 2\r\nGraphics: Adobe Illustrator\r\nSound: Milkytracker\r\nFonts: Roboto Medium & Roboto Slab Bold\r\n\r\nShout out to RVA Game Jams for hosting this weekend.\r\nSpecial thanks to Will (@x01010111 ) and Momin (@foolmoron) for their helpful code tips.","title":"Hello Dear Friend"}