{"author_name":"cap","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"February 8, 2009 2:59 pm","epoch":1234123140,"text":"charming, though yeah, the loose condition is a bit weird; I can imagine this game could turn into something very cool with some more work. though, even as it is, it’s lovely.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 8, 2009 3:58 pm","epoch":1234126680,"text":"Yay! I’m not sure quite what’s going on, or what I’m supposed to do — but it’s strangely fun, still. And quite cool.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 8, 2009 7:50 pm","epoch":1234140600,"text":"well — seemed fun to mess around with. not sure what was ‘killing’ me or what not. seemed I could hang out and eat the red and yellow circles and as long as I didn’t leave the tree I was ok. sometimes though, I would suddenly ‘die’ and fall out of the tree.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"cap","time":"February 8, 2009 8:41 pm","epoch":1234143660,"text":"In one of his lectures Jonathan Blow talks about conveyance, or how well the game experience for the player matches up with the game idea in the developer’s head. It’s funny to read that some of you (in company with both my lady friend and roommate) have questions about what’s going on. It’s all so clear in my head!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 9, 2009 5:31 am","epoch":1234175460,"text":"well what I see going on is I’m a cryptid eating birds in a growing tree, dodging bullets from cryptozoologists who want me dead, at the expense of many birds it seems.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 9, 2009 8:27 am","epoch":1234186020,"text":"*It felt like there were more bullets when I got higher.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 9, 2009 9:07 pm","epoch":1234231620,"text":"Love the tree growing.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"February 10, 2009 2:53 pm","epoch":1234295580,"text":"so – after reading everyone’s comments I went back and played this again. I had a LOT more fun now that I knew what to avoid and how not to die instantly. I enjoyed climbing around on the growing tree to get far away from the little black bullets. I like how you can jump on the top of trees. I like how if you get shot you drop down like a lead weight to the ground. \":)\"","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1234122420,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"74057","p_author":"cap","p_authorkey":"501792","p_urlkey":"109889","p_title":"The Bird-eating Macaque, Final","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD13","p_time":"1234122420","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"8","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"501792","us_name":"cap","us_username":"cap","event_start":"1228435200","event_key":"92","event_name":"LD13"},"text":"

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The Crab-eating Macaque is pedestrian, but the Bird-eating Macaque, he’s top shelf in the respectable cryptozoologist’s trophy cabinet. Naysayers on the Wikipedia say that Crab-eating Macaques also prey on vertebrates (including bird chicks and nesting female birds), implying that sightings of Bird-eating Macaques are simple misidentifications. But the respectable cryptozoologists know better; best stay nimble, well-fed, and out of their way.<\/p>\n

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I’m done, yay! I’d say this is more toy than game. When it came to writing a score display and a proper win mechanic I ran out of time and steam. That said, there is a lose mechanic; you can recover by pressing R to restart everything. I also fear that if the game runs too long without a restart it may slow to a crawl or crash. But I’m done, in something like 47 hours, so hurrah!<\/p>\n

Now to check out the rest of the entries. Many thanks to our host for giving me a goal I could actually hit and many thanks to the rest of you for providing an inspiring bit of competition.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: final<\/a><\/p>","time":"February 8th, 2009 2:47 pm","title":"The Bird-eating Macaque, Final"}