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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | micahcowan's comment |
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| Aug 25 02:30:00 | LD30 God Game | Pretty cool! Kind of tough to stick with playing a game that unfolds in real time, though, especially if there's not all that much to do in the first place. <br/> <br/>Maybe you could add a link to a "Plus" version that lets you skip ahead in time if you want to play with the morning/evening transitions and stuff? | |
| Aug 25 02:34:00 | 4m 00s | Black Box Bandit | Fun! Had a hard time, probably because at first I thought you had to avoid blue AND red. D'oh! <br/> <br/>Love the randomized sound effects. |
| Aug 25 02:42:00 | 8m 00s | Circular Logic | Such a simple concept, but it makes it much more challenging and fun. Loved it! |
| Aug 25 02:57:00 | 15m 00s | ColouredWorlds | I had some difficulty running it on Mac OS X: it got an error while trying to load the level files. I don't think it was finding it via the relative path: you might make it easier by finding the path containing ColouredWorlds.love and setting it as the current working directory. <br/> <br/>I worked around it by dropping the "love" app directly in the same directory, and then running in the terminal: <br/> <br/> $ love.app/Contents/MacOS/love ColouredWorlds.love |
| Aug 25 04:30:00 | 1h 33m | Connected Worlds | I love tether mechanics, too. Worked well here. <br/> <br/>I think it'd be nice to be able to see the tether points, though I suppose with a game this simple it's the only way to keep a challenge. <br/> <br/>The collision detect on the heart is poor, had to move around a lot until it registered I was there. |
| Aug 25 04:39:00 | 9m 00s | devoid | Good fun! Sure got tired of clicking, though. ;) |
| Aug 25 04:44:00 | 5m 00s | Elevator | Aw, too short! Great game, though. |
| Aug 25 04:57:00 | 13m 00s | Frog, Raccoon, Mosquito | Fun game, good use of the theme. |
| Aug 25 05:01:00 | 4m 00s | Galaxy Saviour | Can't seem to point myself at 'em before they've blown me to smithereens in short order. Though that's probably me. |
| Aug 25 05:26:00 | 25m 00s | Infected Dimesions | Some sort of timer to indicate that you're in the process of reloading would be nice. <br/> <br/>God mode is fun. :) |
| Aug 25 05:56:00 | 30m 00s | Yocast | Fun, and definitely thematic. Died of expended line a lot. Don't seem to have quite got the trick of launching to the next planet, either, seems like I don't quite overcome line momentum a lot of the time. |
| Aug 25 16:32:00 | 10h 36m | SWARM | Like missile command, without having to wait for the missiles (and only one city to save). |
| Aug 25 16:41:00 | 9m 00s | The Connection | Gorgeous and fun. Like the intro. Nice way to make me exercise two different parts of my brain at the same time. |
| Aug 25 16:50:00 | 9m 00s | Drop of Light | Fun! Challenging. Gonna take me some time to get good at it. :) |
| Aug 25 16:58:00 | 8m 00s | Bolt | Good fun, and challenging. I feel like I might get farther if I just sat for a few minutes and reasoned about it for a while. Good game! |
| Aug 25 17:20:00 | 22m 00s | Behind the Data | Very nicely done. The glyph names being similar to Hebrew or some other Semitic language makes it seem like you're looking at the "Spoken Word underlying creation", and the graphics evokes the idea that we're just running in the Matrix. <br/> <br/>Surprisingly addictive for what it is. And no losing condition (that I know of?) so, relaxing. |
| Aug 25 17:29:00 | 9m 00s | Helps the bunny! | Challenging, unique, and fun. Nice job! <br/> <br/>Gridlines might help (slightly). And more worlds of course. ;) |
| Aug 25 21:03:00 | 3h 34m | In My Garden | Nice, simple game, having the video on adds ambience. It would work better if there wasn't the load beeping that starts partway through, though... <br/> <br/>Played better than many "Choose Your Own Adventure Games" of my youth did. The font adds a lot to the feel of it, though the opening quotes seem to display low, like it was written for a language other than English (I'm using Firefox on Mac OS, if that matters). <br/> <br/>A few misspelled words, like "led" was "let", and "younger than" was "younger then". Also, one moment I'm watching TV, the next I'm apparently in an insane asylum. Seems like more of a segue would've been nice. :) <br/> <br/>Enjoyed it. Thanks! |
| Aug 26 00:06:00 | 3h 03m | World B | Note: sometimes the tree's still there after I've chopped it down, so I can chop it a second time. <br/> <br/>Felt like I was playing NetHack (except I'm not constantly dying) |
| Aug 26 00:24:00 | 18m 00s | The Purgatory | Clearly inspired by one of my all-time favorite games, Abe's Oddysee. :) <br/> <br/>Saved 8 souls. Wasn't clear that's the end of the game, just sort of stopped there. Would be nice if it said "8 out of N", too, so I can know if I missed any. |
| Aug 26 01:05:00 | 41m 00s | A Hyperlink Between Worlds | I stuck with it. Good game, sound effects were awesome (what is that, ukelele?). Accidentally walking offscreen and erasing the yellow line is really, really frustrating though! <br/> <br/>Somehow felt like maybe I hadn't beat the game when I think I had (went back to original user, who asked for privacy ha). Could use a closing screen or something. <br/> <br/>Great game! Loved it. |
| Aug 26 08:59:00 | 7h 54m | kunektd | Doesn't seem to run for me, not in Firefox nor in Chrome (running in Mac OS). I get a button to click on, then "this is a bit of test text" with a large grey square, and nothing seems to happen after that. :( |
| Aug 26 09:14:00 | 15m 00s | Hermes | Fun game. It does ramp up quickly, though, to the point where it seems near impossible. Especially since the shields seem to cut out sometimes even when I have minerals left? |
| Aug 26 09:50:00 | 36m 00s | Planets][Empire | Post your source, it's required! This is 48-hour compo. Minified isn't readable, I'm guessing it doesn't count. <br/> <br/>Game is fun enough. Is there an end, or you just keep trying to expand? |
| Aug 26 10:01:00 | 11m 00s | QR: Quilted Realms | Fun enough, but I couldn't do very much. Never figured out how to mine rocks, is there no tool for that? There were things that looked like pickaxes, but these were tracked as regular axes for chopping trees. Anyway, it's a nice go! |
| Aug 26 10:22:00 | 21m 00s | Travel Escape | Good idea, great music, fun. But over way too quickly, and there's basically zero challenge to it as it currently stands. You can't really gain much gold (I got as high as 70), as you have to keep moving if you want to avoid hitting a "zero" town, so you can really only stay somewhere a few times total if you want to make maximum profit. <br/> <br/>Very nice for a first LD (this was my first too). |
| Aug 26 10:36:00 | 14m 00s | Taxi Space | Job well done! All the more impressive for not using any libraries, all one file. |
| Aug 26 16:30:00 | 5h 54m | Connect-the-worlds | Addictive. I read the instructions, but somehow the "can't do same colors" thing threw me for a while anyway. <br/> <br/>The timer's too fast. Aaaaaaugh! :D |
| Aug 26 16:42:00 | 12m 00s | Adamantium Cyborg | Very nice game! Got to the boss, but didn't beat it. <br/> <br/>A three, or even two-bar health system would make it a little less frustrating. ;) |
| Aug 26 17:02:00 | 20m 00s | W4 | Firefox doesn't seem to run. Get the title screen, hit space and get the "W" sound, but no graphics change or music. Nothing further happens. Chrome worked of course. <br/> <br/>Really, really nicely done. Impressive for 48-hours. Level 5 was particularly challenging for me. |
| Aug 26 20:32:00 | 3h 30m | Twinkle | Really great. Simple, fun gameplay, soothing music, appropriate sound effects, challenging math puzzle. Awesome! |
| Aug 26 20:44:00 | 12m 00s | Switch | Wow, I think this is my favorite game so far. The music really enhances the experience, too. |
| Aug 26 20:53:00 | 9m 00s | Bumper Planets | Nice job! <br/> <br/>It's a bit too hard, to me. Hard to tell which planet is being aimed at if there are more than one in the path of the missle. Also, as someone else noted, it's a bit hard to keep up with the planets on a trackpad, maybe they could slow just a bit. <br/> <br/>It might be easier to tell where the missiles were headed if they moved in a straight line - that is, if they targeted where the planet is going to be after a certain distance, rather than where it is now (in real life it'd be done this way, as it saves on fuel ;) )... but I suppose that requires a bit of math. |
| Aug 26 21:00:00 | 7m 00s | Bacon Installer | Mmmm. Bacon. |
| Aug 26 21:20:00 | 20m 00s | Cat planet | Very nice! No way I'm playing to level 60 though. <br/> <br/>I don't actually understand how the levels work. I got a score of > 140 in the typing game (finally just let them fall), but my level wasn't nearly that high (was plenty high enough to satisfy the security cat though). In the walking game, seemed like my level increased even on games where I really sucked. <br/> <br/>Nice little piano ditty. Mine has piano music I played, too. :) |
| Aug 26 21:51:00 | 31m 00s | Iter Bellum Deus | Very nice! |
| Aug 26 22:00:00 | 9m 00s | Guardian of Galaxy | Hah, nice. I love the look of panic on the planets' faces. :D <br/> <br/>At least once (level 2 I think?), the two remaining planets were no longer connected together (this made them easier to save, definitely. |
| Aug 27 19:57:00 | 21h 57m | Planetary Intergalactic Super Supply Line: Other Terran Species | Very awesome for 72-hours! Fun, and it has a basic AI! <br/> <br/>I like the way the camera sort of swoops onto the action (delayed pan), as opposed to just shrinking directly to it. |
| Aug 28 05:47:00 | 9h 50m | Switchboard Connection | Fun and challenging! And I love your interpretation of the theme, very original. <br/> <br/>At some point it would let me pick up pegs, but not connect them anymore. Not sure what happened. I lost obviously. |
| Aug 28 07:19:00 | 1h 32m | The Great Space Ambassador | The art is good, and I love the kinky deal-sealing. |
| Aug 28 07:45:00 | 26m 00s | Back and forth | The music's fantastic! :) |
| Aug 28 08:00:00 | 15m 00s | Wraith Hunter | I love the cowboy getup, I love the switch-crystals, I love the wraith-deaths, I love the goal-statues. <br/> <br/>I think this tied with Bacon Installer for my favorite game so far. :) |
| Aug 28 08:06:00 | 6m 00s | The SwitchBoard | It's confusing that the same person apparently wants to make calls to multiple people... at the same time! |
| Aug 28 08:34:00 | 28m 00s | Chipset-0 | I love absolutely everything about this. Great graphics and animation, the little guy reminds me of tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone. The puzzles are good and challenging without being frustrating. <br/> <br/>And the final status makes you want to immediately replay it. :) |
| Aug 28 08:47:00 | 13m 00s | Orange | Simply fantastic. |
| Aug 28 08:55:00 | 8m 00s | What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Gets my blood pumping. It's friggin' hard! Really, really solid entry. |
| Aug 28 09:10:00 | 15m 00s | Close Your Eyes | Very nice! Fiendishly difficult. |
| Aug 28 16:49:00 | 7h 39m | Mansion on the Hill | Absolutely amazing! |
| Aug 29 07:53:00 | 15h 04m | The World Within | I appreciate that you made it that the robots couldn't shoot bullets you couldn't dodge, considering how much vertical real estate the player character takes up. :) <br/> <br/>The graphics are fantastic! And the segue from "real" music to "imaginary" music, with the same melody but different timbres, is really awesome. |
| Aug 30 07:16:00 | 23h 23m | Oval Opposites | Love it! So simple/basic, but fun, novel, addictive. :) <br/> <br/>It's amazing what a diff good bg music makes, too. |
| Sep 3 17:37:00 | 106h 21m | Connectiverse | I don't think I figured out quite how to play it: I'd connect the worlds and hit "Generate Path", but it didn't seem like anything would happen after that point, and my energy would keep dropping (running Firefox). <br/> <br/>Music is very nice. Took me a while to discover I could also click and drag to rotate the view. |
| Sep 3 18:01:00 | 24m 00s | Intergalactic Express | Excellent entry. Challenging and fun! |
| Sep 4 02:45:00 | 8h 44m | Potatoes To Mars | Chrome works fine, but Firefox had the following errors: <br/>screen.init is not a function <br/>screen.update is not a function <br/> <br/>If these are optional functions of a canvas, perhaps protecting them with a try block would get things further? |
| Sep 4 03:06:00 | 21m 00s | How to Adventure | Very nice. Sometimes it's hard to get an angle that both provides a good view, and still makes sense with the controls. |
| Sep 4 15:22:00 | 12h 16m | IRIDESCENCE | Very nicely done. Simple and minimalist, but fun, complete, and polished. |
| Sep 4 15:57:00 | 35m 00s | Crossed SIgnals | The camera makes the controls hard. Maybe the controls should be independent of the camera? <br/> <br/>I couldn't figure out how to play world 3, guess I suck. :( <br/> <br/>I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the music. Yes, I know you just churned it out hastily by dubbing your own voice over itself a coupla times, but it's catchy, and the acapella nature of it just makes it that much cooler. <br/> <br/>Thanks for making it! |
| Sep 5 15:48:00 | 23h 51m | Warp | Works in Chrome (or at least, gets to the game). In Firefox, debug console says "Reference Error: earth not defined" when I click on the Start button (nothing happens). |
| Sep 5 16:33:00 | 45m 00s | Ergo Syskevis | Hey, look at that, I won! :D <br/> <br/>Congratulations on a successful first LD. Solid offering, and a funny idea. :) |
| Sep 5 17:07:00 | 34m 00s | Monochrome | Yay, I won! :D ...Game was pretty hard, especially that jump in level 2. <br/> <br/>Really solid job. No external libraries or anything, only 48 hours... impressive! |
| Sep 5 17:19:00 | 12m 00s | Rope a Planet | Hey, you finished your game! And it works! <br/>Fun to play, but obviously way too short. :) |
| Sep 6 05:13:00 | 11h 54m | PitBall | Solid offering. Everything seems to work the way it should. Took me a bit to realize I could "double-jump" with the up arrow. Nice entry! <br/> <br/>Not sure it really has much to do with the theme, though... at least, any more than Super Mario does. |
| Sep 6 17:23:00 | 12h 10m | Bidimensional Landscaping | Really cool idea! Nice interpretation of the theme. |
| Sep 6 17:34:00 | 11m 00s | World Jumper | I really enjoyed this game. Very simple in every way, but devilishly challenging. <br/> <br/>It did take me a bit to figure out that by Left Control you meant the left control key; I thought it meant the control that takes you left (i.e., the left arrow key). D'oh! |
| Sep 6 17:46:00 | 12m 00s | Reverse Polarity | Very cool idea, and everything seems to be working right. Got hard really fast. |
| Sep 8 15:57:00 | 46h 11m | unnona | Pretty cool game! ...I too had issues with the mouse control. |
| Sep 8 16:36:00 | 39m 00s | Fluid Perspectives | What a fantastic entry! Loved the challenge of the last few levels. |
| Sep 10 07:06:00 | 38h 30m | A Dance of Fire And Ice | Very cool! The original is just way too damn hard without some introduction. The revised version obviously fixes that, but it seems like maybe the full-on level in it runs a little faster? At any rate it doesn't seem to read my keypresses as consistently on that level as either the earlier (slower) levels, or the full-on level from the original. <br/> <br/>Music's nice, glad you gave it a little more to do during the intro sequence in the revised version. Fun game! |
| Sep 10 17:18:00 | 10h 12m | Bipolar World | Wow. I can't believe you did this in 72 hours. A fantastic job! <br/> <br/>It's an awesome depiction of what it's like to live with bipolar. Particularly, of constant, often severe "mood swings". It's obviously too simplistic, but I don't see how anyone could do much better with a 10-minutes-of-play game. <br/> <br/>Love the graphics, love the mood, love the gameplay, love the stark openness. Thanks for making this! |
| Sep 12 04:14:00 | 34h 56m | Pulley Planet | Ran fine for me on Firefox, at least on a MacBook Pro. <br/> <br/>Game's terrifically fun, and a fantastic idea. Great graphics, good sound, great take on the theme... <br/> <br/>It was a bit easy, though - I never really struggled at any point. |
| Sep 15 06:29:00 | 74h 15m | Spy On Me | Feels a bit like Scotland Yard. :) <br/>Probably couldn't play it well without those hints. |