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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Sparky's comment |
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| Aug 22 20:28:00 | Omnicide | Wow, nine hours? That's pretty impressive. This is pretty polished visually for a Ludum Dare game, especially one done in such a small parcel of the weekend. I haven't made it very far into the game, I always seem to die when they start using weapons. I suspect I'm not very good at flinging the little guys into each other, and it would be more fun if I understood how to play better. | |
| Aug 22 20:44:00 | 16m 00s | Collateral | I just started to play people's entries- it looks to be a good crop so far! I'm impressed by how densely this is designed, and how each area works in multiple ways. It's also pretty complete feeling. it seems like you did a good job of choosing an appropriate scope and pacing yourself (I wish I'd had the sense to do similarly!) I really enjoyed the game, and played through until I got stuck here (spoilers) http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/907/ss20100822204245.png |
| Aug 22 21:49:00 | 1h 05m | Mind Control Monster Mash | Congratulations for finishing! Unfortunately I'm not able to play this to its fullest, because it runs quite slowly on my computer. This is a fairly slow machine, hopefully the game will run better for most. |
| Aug 22 22:45:00 | 56m 00s | Attract | This is a really appealing idea. I like how simple it is. <br/> <br/>It does seem to run a bit slowly on the computer I'm playing on, but it's playable if I use a very small window. One other thing I noticed is that it's sometimes hard to tell exactly when the player is struck by a projectile. Some sort of impact effect would help to make it clearer. |
| Aug 22 22:59:00 | 14m 00s | HAckBotz | This feels pretty well put together given the time constraint. <br/> <br/>I think the main piece of feedback I'd give is that I found the hacking to be a bit twitchy- sometimes it worked when I thought it hadn't, and other times it didn't work when I thought it should have. <br/> <br/>Congratulations on finishing! |
| Aug 23 02:07:00 | 3h 08m | AfterDark | This is quite polished, I'm impressed. I wish I'd played it on a faster computer :). |
| Aug 23 02:19:00 | 12m 00s | Kanbran | Neat idea. This is pretty fun. I think it's probably a bit counterintuitive that steering them into the ground doesn't work unless the initial jump was timed right. I wonder if that could be remedied by making it clearer that they're countering our motion? This feels pretty polished given the time constraints. Nice work. |
| Aug 23 15:12:00 | 12h 53m | Robots <3 Monster | This is pretty well made. You were smart to choose a game with relatively few moving parts. It really benefitted the level of polish of the final product. Good job. |
| Aug 23 15:40:00 | 28m 00s | HOME | Hey, congratulations on finishing. This is pretty polished visually. The camera scrolls very smoothly, what function did you use? Is the camera velocity proportional to the distance from the ship? <br/> <br/>I have a couple of pieces of (hopefully constructive) feedback. <br/> <br/>First, I think the difficulty is pretty dependent on randomness as opposed to skill; asteroids and ships are often so fast that it's all but impossible to dodge them. <br/> <br/>Also it would be nice if it were clearer when our ship is taking damage. For a while I flew around holding an asteroid in front of me, thinking that it was protecting me from damage, when in fact it wasn't! <br/> <br/>Good job, though, this is an impressive offering. I also think you did a good job of picking an appropriate scope. One of these days I'm going to learn that lesson myself :). <br/>Best wishes! |
| Aug 23 16:02:00 | 22m 00s | Sonic Boom | This is fun, I like it. The idea's good, and once I got the hang of it it was very enjoyable. It took me a little while to get the hang of using such slow bullets. I settled on spewing bullets around loosely rather than targeting one enemy until it's been destroyed. <br/> <br/>I like the Blue-green bullets- are you using a vector field for those? I've been wanting to play with similar effects, it's nice to see that :D. <br/> <br/>I seriously think this idea has potential- I'd love to see a really polished version with really slick tuning and a reduced learning curve. I think something like that would do really well on Flash portals... <br/> <br/>Cheers! |
| Aug 23 16:14:00 | 12m 00s | 'Rover', Swarm and Gun Turrets | This is a good idea, but to be honest it feels like the execution is holding it back. <br/> <br/>I second Pokuto's comment- it would be good to have more feedback when a swarm is damaging a turret. I couldn't tell, do they damage turrets when moving over them on their own, or only when the mouse button is held? <br/> <br/>As I mentioned before, I think the idea's really good. I think this idea would work really well if the tuning were different- what if it were a faster game with smaller entities, tuned so it's more about dodging? <br/> <br/>I hope I don't sound too negative, I really do like the concept, I just think it needs a bit more love. <br/> <br/>Congratulations on finishing! And props for using Java. |
| Aug 23 16:51:00 | 37m 00s | Doors and some other stuff | Ha, this is hard. Hmm. <br/>... <br/>Yay, I did it! This is pretty satisfying, good job and thanks for making it. |
| Aug 24 13:13:00 | 20h 22m | Attack of the Jartos | I agree, I find the hopping guys too hard to click on. <br/> <br/>This is pretty nice other than that. I'd love to see a post-compo version with more forgiving click detection. |
| Aug 24 13:57:00 | 44m 00s | Constatine Sucks | I like this quite a bit. <br/> <br/>It was ambitious of you to make a platformer in 48 hours! The collision is a bit glitchy and movement is a bit awkward, but it works. That's pretty impressive. <br/> <br/>I think the level design is the best part of the game. You really managed to do a lot with a small number of elements. <br/> <br/>I'd love to see a more polished version of this. I don't necessarily think that adding more enemies would be a good idea, I like the simplicity of it. <br/> <br/>Oh, by the way, it would be nice if picking up a second soul would automatically place it in a free slot if one is available. Right now it overwrites whatever's in the selected slot. A second minor note is that the up key seems to be unresponsive while I am pressing right. This caused me a lot of trouble when using the green powerup, as the second jump often wouldn't fire. <br/> <br/>I quite liked this, thanks for making it :). |
| Aug 24 14:08:00 | 11m 00s | Psi Keepers | This is pretty visually polished. I particularly like the lighting effect. <br/> <br/>Oh, and I like the way there's a special effect when we get a game over, that's a nice touch. <br/> <br/>I wonder if I missed something on the strategy front- I messed around a bit, but I never could get any multiple kills or chain reactions or anything. It seems that each controlled bomber can only take out exactly one target. Am I missing something? |
| Aug 24 14:31:00 | 23m 00s | Double Bounce | I think this fits the theme pretty well, actually. I like the core game here, and it's quite pleasing esthetically. I think the one thing it needs is a proper campaign mode with really nicely designed, thought provoking levels. <br/> <br/>I like the sound, by the way. I'm really impressed that you managed to get in an editor and online support- wow. |
| Aug 24 14:57:00 | 26m 00s | Fire, Fire, Where You Are | I think this is a great idea, and a really creative use of the theme. To be honest, while I think the basic idea is totally sound, I think the game would benefit from having a bit more depth. I liked some of the later levels where I had to prioritize and make more decisions about where to put controlled burns. Those were the most fun parts of the game for me. <br/> <br/>I wonder if it might be fun to allow controlled burns to get out of hand sometimes- perhaps they get too hot if we keep the mouse in one spot for too long? :D <br/> <br/>It could add a bit of a risk / reward mechanic. Holding the mouse down would make areas darker, and thus more fireproof, but it would also require a bit of caution. <br/> <br/>Anyway congratulations for finishing. Nice idea. I'd love to see more firefighting games, this mechanic seems like it's got a lot of potential. |
| Aug 24 15:25:00 | 28m 00s | Fratricide | This is pretty visually slick for a Ludum Dare game! It's pretty fun too. <br/> <br/>I think I'd like it a bit more if the ships felt more distinct. Some of the smaller ones (the little one with blue stripes and one of the jetlike ships) both have very similar weapons. <br/> <br/>Good job, though! Congratulations on finishing. |
| Aug 24 16:27:00 | 1h 02m | 48 Hours Later | Congratulations on finishing. This is pretty impressive given the time constraints. I like the way the gibs permanently become part of the ground. That was a neat touch. Oh, I also like the way the protagonist has a wheel on it- I've been wanting to make a character like that for a while, so it's neat to see. I think the large enemies seem a bit rough around the edges- when they pop, the gibs take up so much less space than the enemy that it feels awkward. Maybe it would be good to make them a tad smaller, or make them drop more bits? <br/> <br/>Nice job, thanks for making this. I got to wave three, by the way. |
| Aug 24 16:44:00 | 17m 00s | AVOIDAL | This is pretty solid. You were smart to pick a game with limited scope, by the way- it seems like you were able to make a much more polished game as a result. <br/> <br/>I like the way the mines feel, by the way- what sort of behavior are they using? I will hazard a guess and say they move straight toward the robot at a velocity which increases with distance (and I'm guessing there's no acceleration?). <br/> <br/>I like the "ouch" effects, by the way. Oh, and the tension of approaching a mine as it's getting ready to explode is fun. <br/> <br/>Nice job, thanks for making this. <br/> <br/>I was idly wondering, do you think it would work to have the robot swing in a fun swishy way instead of popping between angles as we move left and right? I could see little floppy legs being an awesome touch too :D. <br/> <br/>Oh, and if you ever want feedback or help testing, I'd be happy to help. I'll be around the #ludumdare channel. |
| Aug 25 20:47:00 | 28h 03m | HypnoFruit (TD) | This is a good idea. I like the combination of growing trees and placing turrets. I agree that an expanded post-competition version would be worthwhile. |
| Aug 25 20:55:00 | 8m 00s | Smores Attack | Congratulations on finishing! <br/> <br/>Unfortunately I can't seem to get the character to throw enemies consistently. It worked at first, but then after a few seconds the 'r' and 't' keys stopped responding. <br/> <br/>I am glad you entered and had a good time, though! I hope to see you during the next Ludum Dare. |
| Aug 25 21:06:00 | 11m 00s | Anthill | This is pretty ambitious! I'm impressed that you got all this done over the weekend. <br/> <br/>Like other people here, I think my main grievance is that the ant's velocity is completely zeroed on colliding with walls (rather than only the perpendicular component being zeroed). <br/> <br/>I also tried to get turrets to shoot each other, but it didn't seem to work. Are they invulnerable to each other's projectiles? <br/> <br/>Anyway, congratulations on finishing! This was quite an undertaking. |
| Sep 4 19:19:00 | 238h 13m | Dastardly Shapes | This is a pretty decent idea. Personally, I didn't care for the slidey player movement- I would have preferred tighter control. This is a sound idea, and a pretty direct take on the theme (I disagree with those who have said that it doesn't fit). |
| Sep 4 19:33:00 | 14m 00s | Out of ammo | This is a good idea. There's a lot of tension involved in waiting for the enemies to fire. I think a more polished version of this could be really awesome. <br/> <br/>Oh, by the way- if you do another version, you might want to fine tune the player movement a little. I found it a bit twitchy, which made it hard to position myself precisely. That's a pretty minor grievance, though. Good job, and congratulations on finishing! |
| Sep 4 20:26:00 | 53m 00s | Money Thief | Wow, I'm totally impressed by how much you got done within the time limit. This is pretty fun, too. In terms of feedback, the main thing I'd recommend improving is the level design. I think it could be denser and more full of interesting situations. <br/> <br/>All in all, though, this is a really great Ludum Dare entry! Nice job. |