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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | jimmypaulin's comment |
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| Dec 15 22:32:00 | Last Minute Christmas Chopping | Compelling. The controls felt very tight and nicely tuned with a real pop to them. Very readable graphics and the sound adds a sense of gravitas to proceedings. Jolly and complete, thanks! | |
| Dec 16 20:04:00 | 21h 32m | Handle with care | Enjoyed this a lot! I think your use of the theme is really excellent, keys are so often seen as throwaway in games, this make it something extremely precious! Very much enjoyed the graphics and animation. I found it hard though, and quite often jumped on landing when I didn't want to - probably just me ;) Thanks! |
| Dec 16 20:10:00 | 6m 00s | Oscar's World [You Only Get One Childhood] | Beautiful artwork and backgrounds, love the theme setting text and moodiness. Quite sombre and reflective! As others have mentioned the controls are rather unforgiving - but as a fellow WASD+mouse developer I sympathise! Love the music too |
| Dec 16 20:15:00 | 5m 00s | BlocknBalls | This was actually strangely compelling and I really felt the need to beat those evil greens! but.... it was way too hard for me ;) I felt my stamina ebbing but got really excited when I made it to the first checkpoint - this might not be so tough I though, but WHAM not a checkpoint, back to the start I goes :/ Liked the puzzle aspect very much though ;) |
| Dec 16 20:19:00 | 4m 00s | Drug Sweeper | Enjoyed the smooth controls and the puzzle like elements, lovely graphics too (e.g the way pickups get sucked to you is nice touch). Of course sound would have made a difference but the upgrade system was a lot to achieve in the time, enjoyed this |
| Dec 16 20:27:00 | 8m 00s | Take one thing with you. | Haha this was brilliant! I kept getting "Total worth: NaN" - you simply must have left that in as a joke to other programmers right ;) The fog-of-war type lighting was really nice, the controls felt great though I'd have liked the camera to lead rather than lag the avatar as it was easy to run into trouble. Sound would have added to this, but it had a lovely feel |
| Dec 16 20:33:00 | 6m 00s | You Only Have One Pair of Underwear! | Brilliant! Funniest game I've yet played, really enjoyed this. I loved all the little touches like how you run past hundreds of ladies' toilets - typical haha! The music was great and the graphics were really clean and clear, excellent work thank you - oh, and congrats on your graduation! |
| Dec 16 20:44:00 | 11m 00s | One Button Racer | Really enjoyed this one! The music was amazing and the gameplay was really smooth and almost puzzle-like. Would you believe I actually have a one-button racing game for iPad? It's called Spline Racer if you are interested :D Vroom! |
| Dec 16 20:49:00 | 5m 00s | un-Equipped | Really great fun, sublime graphics and animations, those slimes were cute! Very challenging but the fact you have to go and retrieve your ammo from the vicinity of what you are shooting at really adds to the drama. A little more variety might have been good in terms of your actions - great work! |
| Dec 16 20:57:00 | 8m 00s | The TORPEDO | Very slick, very accomplished. That is an extremely solid implementation in the timescale. The water effects and caustics were really lovely and the colour palette soothing. The sounds were fitting and the UI felt ... solid .... It was rather difficult though - perhaps for the first level showing how far the torpedo would get at a given speed i.e. visually plot the route, just to train the eye? Thanks |
| Dec 16 21:05:00 | 8m 00s | PUSH | Superb work! Absolutely love the art work, and the game feels so solid with crisp controls and wonderful sounds and music to tie it all together. Really nice puzzling - a great achievement in the time available. Liked the touch re selecting menu items in-engine. Would have preferred no anti-aliasing on the upscale to preserve crispness |
| Dec 16 21:21:00 | 16m 00s | Better Half | Really good feel about this game, love the novel mechanic and the artwork, the extra modes round out the experience nicely, thanks :D |
| Dec 17 20:10:00 | 22h 49m | Old MacDonald vs Zombies | Superb entry! The custom piano roll really makes this, along with the fab pixel art and animation. The difficult ramp was just right and it was satisfying trying to line up multiple kills. Really polished and fun to play, thanks! |
| Dec 17 20:37:00 | 27m 00s | No Way Out | Wow that was seriously intense! And since I found the way out, actually incredibly poingant. I don't think I've found such an emotional game on LD yet, thank you! The audio is key, but the red herrings really set up the dread feeling too - more to do would have been nice but given the time this is excellent |
| Dec 17 20:47:00 | 10m 00s | The Zombie Skull Seeking Bullet | High five fellow Zombie LD'er! Love your interpretation of the theme, makes for a seriously challenging game. I really liked your environmental detail, the stacks of tyres, the motel... The Zombie schtick is there in full effect. Love the zombie art as well. It was beyond my skill level though - really wanted to explore more but kept shooting myself, doh ;) thanks! |
| Dec 17 20:54:00 | 7m 00s | YourOneAndOnly | Really enjoyed this game! I was dreading there being an odd person left over at the end who would be forever alone ;) Fitting music, really nice particles and I liked the fact you could set your own pace. A little slow at the start I think I would have preferred the characters to walk a little faster. I think an antagonist would have spoiled it |
| Dec 19 23:52:00 | 50h 58m | You only get one digit! | Fits the theme well and kudos for the edumacational experience. It might benefit from a bit more "juicing" to make you feel more rewarded over and above the "you got it right/wrong" message |
| Dec 20 00:01:00 | 9m 00s | YOGO PATH | The music is great, the silhouette really effective, the characters cute. I'm not sure it works quite right on OSX as the explosions leave a large black rectangle. Controls work well though - how does your procedural alto work? Does it vary from stage number to stage number or is always the same? Are all paths complete able? How do you guarantee? Interesting! |
| Dec 20 00:09:00 | 8m 00s | Rude Bear Resurrection | Really loving the networked aspect of this, unique in LD and very welcome - if only more games could leverage a server backend etc the possibilities are really great! The graphics were good, I admit I couldn't' really follow the story but he controls felt pretty good -the wall jumping worked well. I tried to get up those platforms that raise and lower like steps for quite a while but failed to progress further - something I was doing caused them to drop? Sounds effects would have been awesome. I didn't see the death messages of any other players - these are for your amusement?! |
| Dec 20 00:13:00 | 4m 00s | SpaceDock | Like the particles, and also like the realistic physics! gets very challenging very quickly (instantly!) but eh sound effects are quite rewarding. I think it was too hard for me |
| Dec 20 00:19:00 | 6m 00s | Asteroids:Omega | smooth animation, like the glow very much. I shot myself and that was pretty amusing too! some sounds would have been cool - afxr is pretty good tool…. or some music. It was calming and contemplative, well done for finishing |
| Dec 20 00:35:00 | 16m 00s | CUOP DO SACI | This was hilarious! I really wanted to "get the knack" but let sadly eluded. what's the technique?! The santa hat makes it, really funny game. I would have liked some sound, though perhaps just hearing some poor dude repeatedly face plant would become too disturbing!! the pipe? hahaha! |
| Dec 20 00:38:00 | 3m 00s | The Misfight | Really enjoyed this! Slick product, really superb graphically and the sounds was fantastic - perfect bar room brawl music and it really had atmosphere. I wish I could have enjoyed the sprites a bit more - i was too busy looking at the target text to really take them in. Perhaps some kind of "action slo mo replay" of your final bottle to the chops would have clinched the deal? |
| Dec 20 20:32:00 | 19h 54m | Public Mischief Performance | Love the characterisation with the judges and their pithy comments, the faces are superb. It wasn't particularly intuitive though to me - and I did "read the manual" despite being told off for not doing so ;) Very amusing entry thank you |
| Dec 20 20:40:00 | 8m 00s | The dragon journey | Excellent mood, fabulous crisp and moody graphics - the silhouettes really work well and contrast with that flame. The difficulty was good, perhaps I could have handled it being a bit harder towards the end as I completed it first time. Some music would have been awesome as well, but a really nice entry - the intro set the scene really well too |
| Dec 20 20:49:00 | 9m 00s | The Trials of Chad | Cheerful, engaging, great difficulty ramp and clear interface. This is an accomplished entry with legs (metaphorically speaking - some actual legs or something on the avatar wouldn't have gone amiss imho ;) Great sound and music too |
| Dec 21 12:41:00 | 15h 52m | Protogun | Finally got to my PC and ... it was WORTH THE WAIT! This is a brilliant game, one of the best this LD. The complete package, feels really solidly built and put together with clear exposition and a nice premise. But .. IT IS FUN! It really was satisfying getting that killer shot (especially on Level 8 - that was hard!) and the quick restart times add to the dynamic feel. The graphics, of course, are outstanding. Great work! Perhaps some online scores could take this forward? You could take this a long way I think, nice one ;) |
| Dec 21 13:00:00 | 19m 00s | The Selene Project | Wow, that felt like such a deep and profound experience - I really had to stop and think about some of the answers and I would be deeply intrigued buy some stats of what others put (perhaps you dump stats if you select "privacy is more important than security" hehe ;) I have to say - I got exactly the ending I was hoping from from my choice of answers and that was really rewarding in itself! I feel uplifted from this! Hugely atmospheric, wonderful presentation and a huge amount of thoughtfulness in this entry. I suppose I'd have liked to have seen some fireworks for the ending to make more use of the 3d chamber you have so carefully crafted, but the two phase approach works really nicely. Contemplative! |
| Dec 21 13:21:00 | 21m 00s | Wilhelm's Escape | Seriously, this is one accomplished entry! Spent an awful long time getting a great many screams from poor Wil, but I am too dumb to save him. The mood with that rain and wind is superlative, incredible animations and a lot of humour in there - reminded me of a cross between Monkey Island and Saw ;) Excellent work! |
| Dec 21 15:00:00 | 1h 39m | Christmas Cookie Craze | Very polished and accomplished entry! The graphics were superb and I loved the cartoon at the start - and Santa's crazed expression (hell - who would be a bit crazed after delivering 3 billion presents). I think it could have benefitted from a little more variety - perhaps different objects on different floors? Really nice presentation |
| Dec 21 19:53:00 | 4h 53m | Death In One Stroke | This was excellent! The FEEL was spot on, the pace, the difficulty .. the juicy particles and lovely clear graphics all conspired to make a compelling experience … 22 was my best, playing on a trackpad ;) |
| Dec 21 20:00:00 | 7m 00s | Lumen | Deep, dark, mysterious, creepy, beautiful .... fishy? In a good way :D Thoroughly enjoyed this, absolutely bang on feel and really nice controls - you have the physics balanced to a tee and the lighting effects are just excellent, thank you! |
| Dec 21 20:08:00 | 8m 00s | Going Around | Amazing amount of content for the time available, very cohesive world and great characterisation - impressive tech as well ;) |
| Dec 21 20:47:00 | 39m 00s | TITAN SOULS | WOW, quite simply this is an incredible, professional quality experience. The colour palette alone is superb, the smooth and detail animations, the music is scintillating. Congratulations! |
| Dec 21 20:57:00 | 10m 00s | The Visitor | Love love love! This is so full of charm, the way the character inches his/her way along with that poor abused limb… The dialogue was fantastic and very witty. The colour palette changes really broke proceedings up nicely. Controls tuned expertly well, a very accomplished game |
| Dec 21 21:04:00 | 7m 00s | Cable | This was so funny! I absolutely loved the inter-level vignettes, the characterisation was hilarious. The platforming controls were a little difficult to get to grubs with but it really made me laugh, thank you! |
| Dec 21 21:12:00 | 8m 00s | Elves' Eve | This was a really atmospheric and enjoyable game! I think I scored -17000 which I was pretty pleased with as it was exciting to pretty much trash someones house - an ostentatious kind of owner methinks! They really shouldn't go to bed with that fire blazing, the elf would do them a favour by making a bit of a racket ;) |
| Dec 21 21:17:00 | 5m 00s | Tsuba | Fantastic atmosphere, amazing graphics and really compelling concept! Excellent difficulty curve and deeply satisfying play … the sounds simply makes it. Would have liked some kind of "progress ladder" to motivate me to carry on for the "big boss" |
| Dec 22 10:49:00 | 13h 32m | Seed | Upbeat and lively, a really nice idea and the first cellular automata I've come across this LD! I think I found an attractor state because it kept running for over a minute without significantly changing state. Lovely music and graphics, it is juicy but I'm not sure I really understood what made the best start position, being unable to execute the CA in my head ... Have you found any garden of eden states?!! ;) |
| Dec 22 10:56:00 | 7m 00s | Uno Terra | Huge amount of content for the time available, excellent crisp presentation and nice tutorial - the complete experience! Was a bit difficult to ascertain the longer term goals but I think I did ok ;) |
| Dec 22 14:51:00 | 3h 55m | Te y De | Graphics crisp and effective, liked getting the hang of the throw and immediate jump mechanic though it was a very challenging game and that red dude was n.a.s.t.y. ;) |
| Dec 22 14:56:00 | 5m 00s | Fountain | Moody and atmospheric, cracking graphics and real charm. Actually quite haunting, especially with that soundtrack and the gradually draining colours. I found it a little difficult to empathise with the player character, but perhaps the mysterious aspect was the point... |
| Dec 22 15:02:00 | 6m 00s | CROSSBORE | Absolutely love the animations and enemies, they are superb! Your title fonts are lovely too, and the controls feel really good. Some more sounds would have brought the world to life a bit more I think, also putting a black border around your white text would have helped it stand out imho… It was pretty darn hard though as others have mentioned ;) |
| Dec 22 15:14:00 | 12m 00s | Bomb has been defused | that was intense! I really liked how you had to work it out as you went along. Some particle effects on success would have been cool but the detonation was really great - enjoyed this one! |
| Dec 22 16:41:00 | 1h 27m | Azimuth Zero | 4X games fascinate me, this is a really nice implementation with some nice interlocking systems (game, and planetary). I read the text quite closely but still struggled to make huge headway though. Perhaps a more effective tutorial would be to get the player to perform the first few actions to order? |
| Dec 22 17:02:00 | 21m 00s | Jump Chip | Superb entry thank you! Damn hard but worth persevering to experience the great level design. Great aesthetics and the characterisation rounds out a very polished entry. What's not to love! Thanks for AXEL too - came in very handy for my entry ;) |
| Dec 22 20:04:00 | 3h 02m | The Last Egg | The graphics sell this so very well, I love the squiggly foliage - like a dream made straight into a game (with added nightmarish tentacles). Excellent difficulty ramp rounds out the experience |
| Dec 22 20:06:00 | 2m 00s | ESCAPE FROM PRISON! | I was really excited to play this but sadly I just get a black screen with the words item in your pocket and go to mess hall :( Safari 6.1 on Mac |
| Dec 22 20:22:00 | 16m 00s | Magnet Chan | Whisical, upbeat, pretty, meditative .. I really enjoyed this game! It could have been too difficult to be enjoyable but actually it was pitched just right, and the character is soooo cute! Over too soon :( |
| Dec 22 20:30:00 | 8m 00s | Mumps: Fear of Contagion | Moody and creepy, I loved how the story unravelled gradually and built the tension - just a shame about those controls because I got stuck at one point and couldn't work out how to proceed. Great effort! |
| Dec 22 20:35:00 | 5m 00s | One Shot | Wow I really enjoyed this! Really innovative and the presentation was amazing. Totally compelling and the achievements really kept me clicking away! I guess it lacks that metagame feeling of progression, but really it is just so much fun trying to find all the interactions it didn't matter. Great work! |
| Dec 22 20:59:00 | 24m 00s | Dinosaur Ranger Interview: Burrito Challenge SUPREME | This was absolutely hilarious! I loved all the questions, the quirky interview and the new phrases with which you have furnished us for curling one down ;) very amusing entry thank you |
| Dec 22 21:06:00 | 7m 00s | The Initiate's Spell | I had fire, that is one dangerous spell! Absoltely love the graphics though - I thought I was pushing things with 8x8 sprites in my game and you show how much life you can get out of 4x4 - outstanding! I was hoping for a bit more feeling of progress when I finally managed to burn that green dude out but he just disappeared. So then I tried to burn him to, hey ho ;) Thanks enjoyed this very much! |
| Dec 22 21:23:00 | 17m 00s | You only jump once | This is brilliant! Like a cross between angry birds and super meat boy. I just love how the body parts hilariously launch after you've been shredded, I really enjoyed playing this but some levels were a bit too tricky for me. The humour you added with text really lifted the experience as well - congrats! |
| Dec 22 21:31:00 | 8m 00s | Mega Gungineer Chronicles 3: Final Gun! | That gun!! I loved seeing how it would grow, I did become a total badass but I think there is a balance issue because it because a bit too easy after not so long - I filled the screen with fiery lead (?) which was cool at first but I felt I needed more challenge to keep me really hooked. Love the 3d models and the effects really bring it to life. More sounds too would have lifted this, but it's really accomplished and polished. Is it procedural? Does the environment wrap? |
| Dec 22 21:37:00 | 6m 00s | Night Fall | Actually quite intrigued by this - a difficult maze and I got a bit lost but the concept is not one I've seen before. The colour palette is appealing and I wanted to know where I was going … perhaps giving some more sign posting would have helped me on my way to …. ? I'd happily play more if this was more complete |
| Dec 23 18:31:00 | 20h 54m | One Jump | I liked this game! I thought the physics of the player were really good, and there were a good variety of tricky platforming tropes on display - falling and moving platforms, sticking to walls, switch plates etc etc. The difficult curve could have been a little smoother but given the time available this is pretty complete and really had that "just one more try" thing. Music would have added a lot, and perhaps some particles? |
| Dec 23 18:54:00 | 23m 00s | Tropic Warrior | Graphics are superb! Really detailed and lovely animations - excellent colours and really engrossing work. At first I started by picking each enemy off with surgical precision (which was a bit difficult because some of my clicks didn't seem to register) but eventually I just picked up that crate (there's someone inside crumbling?!) and walked to the top. I stood and unleashed into the awesome boss and emerged victorious! Fun, thanks! PS. Miniguns FTW! Fancy trying my minigun game?! |
| Dec 23 19:03:00 | 9m 00s | Javel-ein | Absolutely superb! Feels so crisp and juicy to play. Really appropriate sounds and the artwork is to die for. The collectables added another dimension and it really felt good to throw that javelin and score multiple hits. Interesting AI patterns from the beasties, all in all a pretty much flawless entry... oh go on then, music please ;) |
| Dec 23 19:10:00 | 7m 00s | One Twisted Button | This is great haha! Totally evil swapping you between mouse and keyboard like that but once I got the flow of it it played really nicely. I love the "escape on a train" setting, excitement! The sounds were really fitting as well and the artwork top notch. I would have like a faster restart between rounds as it was a bit tedious spamming the keyboard to try to get it to reset. Online high scores please! |
| Dec 23 19:12:00 | 2m 00s | Stillness of the Beast | "Not a valid WIN32 executable" :(( |
| Dec 23 19:22:00 | 10m 00s | Match Girl | Yes! And Yes again! This is right up there with the best this LD. A truly accomplished and enjoyable game. The different mechanics layering on each other a building smoothly with that compelling instinct to play one more round. Really nice how it automatically gets easier each time you restart as you get another look and the level as well. I really enjoyed this, well done! |
| Dec 23 19:28:00 | 6m 00s | Alien Plant | This was really fun! I particularly loved that gaping maw and how the people you cack-handedly launch into orbit splat like lemmings when they touch back down - hilarious! I wonder if it would have worked better with a key to press to shoot straight down with? Great entry! (ps I answered your post on my game - please have another try it's not broken honest;) |
| Dec 23 19:35:00 | 7m 00s | A Precious Arrow | Great entry! I really wanted to save that arrow, it was temptin to use it tho |
| Dec 24 12:11:00 | 16h 36m | 0RBITALIS | I loved this game! Setting up a crazy trajectory that turned out to be stable was really rewarding. This brings to life just how hardcore NASA/ESA etc are when sending probes to distant planets - by literally playing this game to work out how to transition using the right amount of fuel etc (Orbitalis V2?!) The serene mood and peaceful sound effects work well. I liked the stability of the integration as well - was standard first order Euler enough btw? Great entry! |
| Dec 24 12:22:00 | 11m 00s | Revenge of the Last Guardian of Destruction | Love the fast-paced feel and slick visuals - the toon shader type effect is really nice and it all feels really well put together. I wasn't sure quite what the objective was because I could "win" by just right clicking as soon as I started up - kind of felt I was missing the point of helicoptor carnage by doing so thoug ;) Love the minigun (high five fellow minigun weidling game!) and the music ....... hmmmm! ;) very funny and fun entry |
| Dec 24 12:33:00 | 11m 00s | One Man Armies | Superb entry congratulations! I loved the parallax effect you get / 2.5d. The way your troops flock after you is really nicely implemented. The setup and story is first rate as well with loads of humour. I appreciated the "big faces" pixel art versions of the characters as well. You've put a huge amount of love into this and it gleams. Flocking boids I say! |
| Dec 24 13:20:00 | 47m 00s | Nature's Howl | Absolutely beautiful experience congratulations! I loved the pace of this game - the gentle difficulty ramp, the golrious visuals and the idyllic sounds. The wolves were scary with that horrible noise when they died! I really like how you did the tips in the disappearing writing, that was a very nice touch. All in all a really interesting and memorable entry. The flocking behaviours were also great fun to watch and interact with. I love flocking behaviours and emergence, top marks |
| Dec 24 13:24:00 | 4m 00s | The Amporius Project | This really has legs, enjoyed playing it thank you! As other have mentioned, just when things were getting going they concluded - I would love to have played perhaps 10 levels? Some sound effects would also have been great. |
| Dec 24 13:28:00 | 4m 00s | You have only one... | Graphics to die for (sorry). Really quirky and amusing, love the environments as well. I wasn't really sure what I had to do though and I encountered a couple of different showstopping tech problems - first the frame rate died and second something about gridX 0 . Chrome on Windows XP 32bit. Very polished and love the music |
| Dec 24 13:33:00 | 5m 00s | Singularity | This has potential, nice colourful sprites, cool music, thoughtful enemy attack patterns too. I feel you wanted to reach to make a complete game with many levels and waves .. for me fewer levels and more polish would have been more fun - some particles on death etc would have added a lot to this, as well as some scrolling background effect (or perhaps we are defending an area?) |
| Dec 24 13:39:00 | 6m 00s | Robot Rescue | Liked the platforming controls feel, liked the concept behind scanning other robots to collect their accessories ... some goal would have tied it together so I knew what I was supposed to be doing a bit more. Not bad! |
| Dec 24 13:44:00 | 5m 00s | Minigolf Exam | This was quite fiendish and I enjoyed beating it! The puzzles were nicely thought out with a good difficulty curve. Perhaps my PC is a bit anceient but it seemed to run around 15fps which was actually quite uncomfortable to watch after a while. If it was smoother this would be a total win, good work! |
| Dec 24 13:48:00 | 4m 00s | No double jump :( | Nice little platformer with plenty of variety and thoughtful puzzles! I was very glad of those checkpoints, how kind of you! Good sounds too. The character physics were a little unusual, but worked in the context of the game. Thank you! |
| Dec 24 13:54:00 | 6m 00s | Abe: Candlehunter! | Dark and moody, a quirky concept nicely delivered, the title screen art in particular is superb but the whole experience was created with care. It was damn hard though! It was tricky to p[lan the best route around the maps, more trial and error for me. Lots of potential I think |
| Dec 24 14:00:00 | 6m 00s | Patch | I really liked the graphics style and the effects between game modes were engaging. However the game lacked ... feel .. for me. Some sounds would have helped make it more rewarding - nothing much needed! Mapping the actions to mousewheel and RMB would also be cool. I could imagine clicking away at this to try to get the best score etc if there was just a bit more feedback... Pick your favourite Tetris and go, whoop! |
| Dec 24 14:03:00 | 3m 00s | One Bullet | I get "not a valid WIN32 application" :( Probably my cranky old XP 32 bit box gasping its last. Which is a shame, because your game looks really inviting. How about a screenshot review? They look dark and inviting, and I can see some nice pixel work in there. Would like to see this ending! |
| Dec 24 14:12:00 | 9m 00s | Volcano Explorer | Brilliant experience! Really fun entry, tightly put together and uber compelling. Love the graphical effects and the subtle way the avatar is lit from below (nice pecs!) Pretty unforgiving but rewarding nonetheless. I just wished for a hssssssss when you inevitably meet your fiery demise, hey ho! |
| Dec 24 14:21:00 | 9m 00s | Happiness | Absolutely amazing! I enjoyed this so much, thank you! One of the strongest narrative games this LD so far - the way the entire experience was orchestrated by the voiceover was just brilliant. It really was creepy in a GlaDOS kind of way, but with a much drier humour - your accent added to the effect if you don't mind my so saying! The way the environment responded to you in surprising ways kept it feeling really fresh. I suppose I'd have liked a final encounter to finish it off akin to the dark area, but really I'm nitpicking - great work! |
| Dec 24 14:29:00 | 8m 00s | Last Call | That is worth hunting the download, what a creepy/hilarious game! I love your voiceovers and the blade-runner-esque setting with the trashy cyberpunk technology that barely works ... It was too hard for me though, and the interval between attempts a bit too long which made it slightly tedious. Otherwise, ggreat piece of work! |
| Dec 24 14:38:00 | 9m 00s | Babelita | Absolutey incredible! The care, love and attention that oozes from Babelita just blew me away. I love the artwork and teh animations are so juicy. Great variety of platforming tropes without anything becoming repetitive or outstaying its welcome. The fez-like transitions between levels lent a really cohesive feel and the controls were bang on. You even have the easter egg of high scores, and I'm proud to say that JAM's 3:08 was at the top :) The clocks etc embedded in the tiles were another example of the care and thought here - recommend without hesitation |
| Dec 24 14:48:00 | 10m 00s | blomster | Really haunting and immersive game, the audio just draws you in! It works kind of subliminally - very creepy, what exactly were those things you were harvesting? Sadly too difficult for me to work out the puzzle as I kept coming back to that one "you are lost" place :/ The presentation was excellent |
| Dec 24 14:52:00 | 4m 00s | Choice | Short but sweet, wonderful graphics and one creepy zombie.. I longed for sound but perhaps it was best as a silent movie as it was so very brutal and disturbing! Would be interested to see where you were planning to take this next / what the wider world was all about |
| Dec 24 14:56:00 | 4m 00s | EggNogForAll | For the duration that the gameplay experience lasted, I really enjoyed it! I liked the parallax backgrounds and the crisp graphics. Was it a postmodern comment on the futility of wasting hours of one's life in <insert crafting game of choice here>? Good fun ta ;) |
| Dec 24 15:01:00 | 5m 00s | KOSMOTROT | The song totally makes this haha! I love the comedy character with that podgy space suit farting his way around goodness knows where. The colours are even hilarious, a great effort! I would have liked a bit more fanfare for beating those levels though ;) |
| Dec 24 15:04:00 | 3m 00s | One Minute Left | Could actually be quite fun if it was a bit more varied / challenging but it was too easy to beat. Nice and smooth though and your text was pretty funny. Nice that it had the count down though I didn't feel any massive ramp in tension... a few more particles etc would have lifted it. It was a nice effect when the planet was hit |
| Dec 25 21:22:00 | 30h 18m | Tara | I liked the enemy attack waves and the parallax effect was really good. I'm a badass space seagull of doom! |
| Dec 25 21:42:00 | 20m 00s | Sixteen in One | This is a really talented concept, brilliantly executed and great fun to play! You have crammed so many platforming tropes in here, they really build nicely. I loved the braid reference and the penultimate level's twist (won't spoil!). Nice music and I never felt I was being punished unfairly. Great work! |
| Dec 27 17:33:00 | 43h 51m | Space to Proceed | Like the scene setting and characterisation very much, this compensated for the lack of graphics nicely. The sounds were appropriate. I would have preferred it if the rotation was faster - perhaps with acceleration so you can still have fine aiming along with faster panning? |
| Dec 27 17:41:00 | 8m 00s | The Last Planet | This was great fun! I absolutely loved the intro text, that was really funny .... this game comprises the last two LD's I took part in- Tiny World and You Are The Villain, coincidence? Lovely sounds and graphics, and funky music - compelling! |
| Dec 27 17:49:00 | 8m 00s | Oneitis | A unique and quite creepy experience, I feel like I should cleanse myself somehow!! On the game side, it was difficult to know how I was progressing / what I was supposed to do / what (if any) effect my actions were having ... until the inevitable unfriending that was! Innovative but difficult to fathom |
| Dec 27 17:55:00 | 6m 00s | You only get one arrow | I really liked the skulls and the puzzle aspects were nicely put together. I liked the lock/key mechanic from that arrow - and the fact that that literally is a "1" arrow ;) Sounds really would have lifted the experience for me, but the controls and physics felt responsive and crisp |
| Dec 27 18:08:00 | 13m 00s | Doki Doggie | Really great pixel art, love the dog! Those dudes are creepy as well, I enjoyed smashing them up with the bowling ball :D The music was really fitting as well, and the parallax clouds were a great effect. I think I would have liked more variety in the terrain... |
| Dec 27 18:16:00 | 8m 00s | Monster Interceptor | That was a really nicely put together experience, I was gutted when I failed and couldn't try again haha! The music really added to it as well. Decent graphics and clear instructions (though it took me a while to realise I could do -ve values for the cannon and even longer to realise I could tune the cannon in-flight). Alas, I have let humanity down once more! |
| Dec 27 18:23:00 | 7m 00s | Mad Mandy | This was hilarious! I see what you did with the theme ;) I really enjoyed the intro movie, and the whole concept of unleashing hell as a result of some spoiled tantrum was really amusing. Sadly I kept spawning outside the building with no way in.. I was gratified to find the one action I was still capable of performing however ;) Thanks for the lolz |
| Dec 27 18:32:00 | 9m 00s | Monoskill | Excellent selection of skills, how you got all this in in the time I don't know - it is very impressive! Good sounds, interesting creatures / attacks etc and nice crisp graphics. This was a good one! |
| Dec 28 12:56:00 | 18h 24m | Luminess | Great controls, really well thought out and they embed you in the action nicely. I loved the vignettes between levels, really added character to the experience. Nice particle effects and fitting sounds round out the experience - decent level design too! |
| Dec 28 13:05:00 | 9m 00s | Invalid Identity | I really enjoyed this game, thank you! The ray-casting lighting was rally effective at making me feel lost - it was hard though, perhaps allowing the walls to fade out slowly like an after-image once highlighted just a little bit? The controls are really good and the combat was satisfying with good sounds and effects. I also really appreciated your amusing comments on success/death - the whole concept of destroying corrupt CEOs from the timeline was great fun :) I'd like to have seen more variety in the graphics with proper sprites etc.. the core experience is tight and has legs |
| Dec 28 13:11:00 | 6m 00s | In a maze with one | I liked the random maze generation and the three skills. The pixel art was pretty nice too and the controls felt quite good (though perhaps a little acceleration on the player would liven things up). A couple of things that would have really helped me would be a countdown on the number of uses for each skill, and an arrow/compass pointing at the exit as I had no idea where to go - and since you get a different maze each time it seems a bit random if you can solve it or not. |
| Dec 28 13:21:00 | 10m 00s | Unibrow | Great concept, nice execution! Felt guided along by the signposts and was excited to see where things went… That spike pit on L6 is impossible though?!! |
| Dec 28 13:27:00 | 6m 00s | Moments of Paranoia | Amazing tension and mood, really excellent sound and animations … but I failed to "play it" in any meaningful way. I was presented with a ticking clock and the people just stood there. I tried clicking the mouse, heard a bang, and saw credits :/ If the intro dialogue was skippable that would be teh awesome, really impressive detail and setting and mood |
| Dec 28 13:46:00 | 19m 00s | Food Survival | Incredible visuals, very amusing characters … what the hell was actually going on there?!!! I really couldn't empathise with the player character though - I wanted those poor starved hoards to get the chips/fries! Fun entry with superb sounds and simplistic gameplay |
| Dec 28 14:12:00 | 26m 00s | Fujo | Pixel art dripping from the screen in gorgous pixelly jellyfish gobbets, clear text but not-so-clear direction... and I longed for sounds to bring this promising adventure more fully to life. |
| Dec 28 21:38:00 | 7h 26m | Ricochere | Loved this game! lovely graphics and concept |
| Dec 29 09:45:00 | 12h 07m | Cool Fighter | Love the pixel artwork and the concept of a fighting game in 48h is brilliant - thanks for putting this out there, refreshing! |
| Dec 29 09:50:00 | 5m 00s | Button"Space" | No matter how hard I tried, I could not make it off the first platform! Seriously, this is a tough way to start a game … Love the artwork, disappointed not to be able to experience more of the content! |
| Dec 29 09:56:00 | 6m 00s | One Night at the Space Opera | Superb production values. Love the triangular graphical style - really stands out from the crowd. The characters are brilliant as well and I love the way the different voices all sing in harmony (sort of) - rather difficult game but I enjoyed it and the story aspect really adds to the mood |
| Dec 30 17:15:00 | 31h 19m | YOGOO | Loved the comments in the header type read me snippet, nice graphical effects, good level of challenge … you made this in 2 hours? Great work!! |
| Dec 30 17:20:00 | 5m 00s | a Pantless Man with a Clueless Plan | Absolutely love this experience! Really accomplished pixel art, amusing text and great sounds - great work! I suppose more "to do" would have been nice |
| Dec 31 14:36:00 | 21h 16m | Bursts | Nice movement and effects, felt good to play but very difficult! The music is really fitting too and the mazes are cool. Ability to set mouse sensitivity would have been great |
| Dec 31 14:48:00 | 12m 00s | Find Santa | Really creepy, love the pixel art - when I first encountered a naughty imp it really made me jump! However, I didn't feel like I was progressing in any meaningful way, so I don't know if I won or not really... |
| Dec 31 14:52:00 | 4m 00s | You Only Get Juan | Nice concept, pretty confusing at first but part of the fun was figuring out what was going on! I think a little more variety in the sound effects would have helped as it started to sound a little repetitive. Original. |
| Dec 31 14:59:00 | 7m 00s | Braid 2 | Hahaha absolutely love this! Played Braid and this is a truly fitting sequel. And that song .... fantastic work! Sadly, too hard for me with cheap bunny drops nailing me out. After 20+ attempts I gave up :/ |
| Dec 31 15:03:00 | 4m 00s | Noir | An original feeling game, love the characterisation and the details you've filled it with. The black and white imagery really helps set the scene as well - enjoyed it! |
| Dec 31 15:17:00 | 14m 00s | Caverns of the Curse of Greed | So much content for 48h! I love all the tools, it was really exciting and rewarding seeing what each one did. That glorious fling on L5 ... Nicely thought out levels and decent graphics and controls. I would have preferred stronger gravity as it felt a little too floaty to me, and of course sound would have been awesome, but this is an excellent entry |
| Dec 31 15:37:00 | 20m 00s | A Ronin Heart | Superb graphics and feel to this - the sounds are so atmospheric and really add punch to the swordplay. I like the double jump as well, it fells very well tuned. I didn't like the loading times - they were painful. I'd rather have been permitted a few tries at the same level rather than generating a new one every time. |
| Dec 31 15:44:00 | 7m 00s | Minute Dreams | This is a seriously slick and accomplished piece of work and I absolutely do not believe you've never made a game prior to this ;) The controls are so well tuned, the aesthetics integrate so well and the style is distinctive. I really like how the avatar rolls and jostles etc, it feels great. Very hard though - your introduction to wall jumping on Cyan L2 was brutal! Great work (music great too) |
| Jan 1 17:38:00 | 25h 54m | Tough | Enjoyed this game! The mystery of trying to work out what to do was fun to try to solve. I twigged that suicide was the only option and noticed the unusual way the hud is embedded in the world but didn't put 2 and 2 together. Good presentation, would have loved sound ;) |
| Jan 1 18:00:00 | 22m 00s | Reaccion 28 | Good difficulty curve, enjoyable puzzling! Like the presentation and the concept. Hit a bug whereby the ball would lounch every time I hit restart though which broke it |
| Jan 1 19:22:00 | 1h 22m | Our Story | Really moody and engaging - the text led me through brilliantly and really imparted emotion into proceedings - I was a bit gutted about the ending! One of my favourites this LD |
| Jan 1 19:28:00 | 6m 00s | Can you hear me? | Love the idea, the sounds were superbly immersive, but it was too hard - felt very lost and not obviously able to locate to sounds / when I did nothing happened that helped me feel I was on the right track. Love the concept though! |
| Jan 1 19:32:00 | 4m 00s | Granny Loosetooth and the Toothfairies | Like the irreverent setup very much, and the pathfinding etc. The graphics were cute and the munching sounds were great :) Good fun, but pretty hard…. |
| Jan 1 19:40:00 | 8m 00s | Monochrome | Wow, that packed some real emotional punch! Thank you for that pause in my day - moving and haunting, this is a great "game" |
| Jan 2 10:46:00 | 15h 06m | --- | Refreshing to see some grown-up humour and it is well executed. Was a bit unprepared for the level of grown-up-ness - your reliable journalist missed that bit out |
| Jan 2 16:14:00 | 5h 28m | Ursa Miner | Very technically accomplished and an interesting concept. I liked the feeling of flying through the unusual space and exploring around, though it didn't run particularly well on my ageing rig... |
| Jan 2 16:27:00 | 13m 00s | To That Sect | Amazing achievement, I saw some writing about your research a while ago with a Christmas based puzzler platformer iirc - although the resulting game here is straightforward, the fact that it was "composed" (?) by a creative algorithm is fantastic, it must have been a very satisfying process for you! Maximum innovation and I think Ludum Dare will appreciate seeing more from ANGELINA in the future... |
| Jan 2 17:02:00 | 35m 00s | Thrust Issues | Loved this game! Loved the artwork and how the spaceship's eyes followed the movement around. Really smooth play as well. I perhaps would have preferred a single key for L/R thrust with some other contrivance to ensure you can only operate one at a time. Would love to hear the sound to accompany this gem |
| Jan 6 19:19:00 | 98h 17m | The One Fork Restaurant | Love the jolly graphics and animations. The tutorial screen is excellent and the controls were very easy to pick up. There is a well-judged difficulty ramp and a pleasing dash of strategy to be had! I suppose I would like to see a little more variety in the foodstuffs / customers (like a really fat guy or something?) but this is a really great entry |
| Jan 6 19:25:00 | 6m 00s | One Rogue | Excellent artwork and really nice feel to the movement - though it could be a little faster to walk? Excellent sounds and a good variety of enemies, environment objects and backgrounds - I think if I was spoonfed some kind of story this would also be nice |