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Timestamp	Since previous	Game	Gins's comment
Dec 8 03:11:00		Subpixel	Pretty cool idea! The different pitches for each color are very helpful to memorize the sequence, so you can/have to use two things: melody AND a graphical pattern at the same time. Really fun, good luck for the rest of the LD! This could have potential as a mobile app btw.
Dec 8 03:24:00	13m 00s	Glitch Adventure	Very cool idea! Unfortunately there's not much feedback on the actions you do, and it seems like collected orbs respawn, while I am not sure what I'm supposed to do in the top of the forest level in order to use the orbs (I think I got 4 of them, but nothing happens). Would be happy to give the game another whirl if this is answered :)
Dec 8 03:33:00	9m 00s	Train your Jedi !	That was quite exciting. Starts out slow but soon I didn't know which way to face. Being a Jedi is harder than I thought. UNLESS you just sit in a corner, out of the bots' reach ;) But I tried a lot of times before I cheated like this. Cool game!
Dec 8 03:41:00	8m 00s	BLAZE	Pretty cool, nice sound design :D <br/>I like the idea, not an easy game at all. I wish the torches would give you a bit more light, as I can barely see the difference between having and not having one.
Dec 8 03:47:00	6m 00s	Mutable	Pretty neat. With the transforming maze it's not easy to get to the center, but I finally made it :D Is it intended that it's hard to tell walls from floor?
Dec 8 03:51:00	4m 00s	ZOMBIE HUNTER	Sorry I have no idea what's going on in this game ;_;
Dec 8 04:01:00	10m 00s	Star Grabber	Pretty cool. The first half of the puzzles were quite on the easy side but now I'm stumped at Star#15. Hmmmm.
Dec 8 04:08:00	7m 00s	Sky Organ	Now that is a kind of game I haven't played before haha. <br/>It's quite difficult with all those keys but so funny still :D
Dec 8 18:12:00	14h 04m	Zombies 'N Spies	Interesting concept. Too bad it has no sound, that would have improved it a lot! Also I would have preferred screen related movement controls instead of tank controls.
Dec 8 18:23:00	11m 00s	The Lonely Realm of Tom Thaum, the Space Wizard	That was pretty cool! Unfortunately I wasn't able to build the tower all the way up, but it was cool while it lasted :)
Dec 8 21:56:00	3h 33m	A Link Between Screens	I had an idea similar to yours once, but I didn't know how to properly use the movable map portions for fun gameplay. Your game shows how to do it. Hats off, I'll keep my eyes open for that promised full version!
Dec 8 22:12:00	16m 00s	One	Very philosophical game, I got to the part when I got the score and then I quit. That music is really amazing for the mood.
Dec 8 22:18:00	6m 00s	HackTheSpaceCafe	Very confusing. I didn't really know what I was supposed to do and clicking on things often didn't seem like it affected anything :o
Dec 8 22:33:00	15m 00s	GraviFlip	That was fun :) <br/>There doesn't seem to be much substance to it, but for a quick time waster and high score hunt it's really cool. I loved trying for the combos, getting high ones felt really satisfying ^^
Dec 8 22:37:00	4m 00s	Swarm	Cool short game, I liked the idea of the hero getting smaller with each hit, so you'd have an easier time evading the more often you lose. That makes it an extra challenge to beat the game without getting hit :) <br/> <br/>Sound effects really satisfying too!
Dec 8 22:40:00	3m 00s	ARENA++	Cool idea, I wonder, does the enemy fire do anything? <br/>Besides that I like the thought you put into the theme and the execution is well done.
Dec 8 22:50:00	10m 00s	How To Win a Jam	Haha, so that's how you do it. A bit barebones, would have been more fun with powerups of some sorts, but still, it was fun as it is too. It felt SOOO satisfying to get lots of kills with one dynamite, so if that's what you were going for, well done!
Dec 8 22:58:00	8m 00s	Door 37	Pretty neat idea! It was totally confusing at first but over time I figured it out and eventually made it to the ending screen. Good use of the theme!
Dec 9 07:36:00	8h 38m	Node Alpha	Nice little puzzle game. Unfortunately I got stuck in a level (don't know its number) because there was no block with a laser :( <br/> <br/>Also it's very annoying that the mouse isn't trapped in the window. I wonder if you can still fix this. <br/> <br/>The graphics are very nice, especially in the final version.
Dec 9 07:47:00	11m 00s	Kenny's Adventures	That was pretty cool :) <br/>The game told me I found only 3 gems out of 4 but where is the fourth? :o <br/> <br/>I liked the telekinesis ability. Really good job on making good puzzles with it, maybe you expand on this in the future :)
Dec 9 07:55:00	8m 00s	Pixel Adventure	Cool game, it really does have that ball machine aesthetic. The space bar flight bug makes the game easy, but also a lot less frustrating :D
Dec 9 08:30:00	35m 00s	Frosty Ninja	Not sure if I should rate you five stars in Humor or in Audio with that song :) I'll go with both! <br/> <br/>Really fun, but a bit hard to control. It seems sometimes you jump really high for some reason.
Dec 9 09:16:00	46m 00s	MicroMayhem	Very rough, but I like the graphics. Good job on those! <br/>The force-grab sure has potential. Felt good to kill elves with it. <br/> <br/>Didn't quite get the connection with the theme though. I know there's a screen in the game, but this game takes place on a desk, not on the screen.
Dec 9 09:21:00	5m 00s	Speismonster	Cool ship building mechanic :D But I didn't quite understand it. The default ship is really hard to control, but I think there's lots of potential for this if you find time to refine the editor to make it more clear what you're doing and add more parts and such :D
Dec 9 09:28:00	7m 00s	Screen Cutter	Oh this is a really cool idea, but the execution is a bit on the easy side. Most of the time you just need to cut out two parts of the screen, and you can also "cheat" (at least it feels like cheating) just cut and paste the same chunk over and over again to reach everywhere. <br/> <br/>But I think it's a really cool interpretation of the theme, maybe it would be a good idea to go a bit more "meta" with the game (having to go outside of the screen and such), if you continue working on it ;)
Dec 9 09:36:00	8m 00s	Forever Falling	Cool game, controls a bit slow, but that makes it even more satisfying to pull off complex gravity stunts :) <br/> <br/>If only the game wouldn't reset you to the very first level if you die, and I also do not approve of the time limit, especially in the "Flippy Bird" level it seems that I have no chance to get through in time. <br/> <br/>I like that you don't really control the cube's movement directly but indirectly through the rotation. Good choice for this kind of game!
Dec 9 11:56:00	2h 20m	Mobius Dungeon	Amazing. Really cool concept of items preserved over screens, and very helpful tutorials that didn't feel like hand holding but like teaching. Never too much information at once, and still room left to explore on your own and acquire the knowledge from yourself. Good job!
Dec 9 15:48:00	3h 52m	RGB Shooter	Aw that was so hard! :D <br/>Cool idea, it's not only an entire game on one screen, it's three games at the same time! Cool interpretation of the theme.
Dec 9 15:52:00	4m 00s	Go Out Screen	Now that was a fresh experience :) <br/>I'd love to see this expanded into a bigger game with more challenging levels!
Dec 9 16:02:00	10m 00s	Midnight Delivery	Amazing fun puzzle game. Good choice of music and the graphics are just lovely.
Dec 9 16:10:00	8m 00s	Xmas Pinch	Nice little puzzle game. Reminds me of FEZ but in all the directions! Cool music, too. Felt very Christmas-y.
Dec 9 16:19:00	9m 00s	Get Bigger!	I love the attention to detail in this. It looks really good and is fun to play, but I just couldn't clear the entire area :(
Dec 9 16:28:00	9m 00s	Sweet Honey Bear	Very unique game, but not much to do it seems. I guess you had planned for powerups and healing but didn't get around to do it? Still intriguing concept, maybe you'll work more on this, post-LD :)
Dec 9 16:38:00	10m 00s	Pocket Contra Force	Very amazing graphics and the music is very fitting. Also the game just FEELS so smooth to play, that's pretty good. <br/> <br/>Only downside though is that the game ended up being repetitive and boring once I figured out that the optimal strategy is to just fire at the boss from the beginning of the level :( <br/>With the level design slightly adapted, or maybe the range of your shots limited, that could easily be fixed, I think.
Dec 9 16:50:00	12m 00s	Flailing Arm Ninja vs Pirates!	Looks pretty cool. I tried to beat that first boss at wave 10 but I just couldn't do it. Perhaps life bars wouldn't be a bad idea to give the player an idea of how much damage the attacks do. Speaking of which, I just ended up mashing M the whole time since out of all the attacks I remembered from the title screen that's the one that seems to have taken out the enemies the fastest. <br/> <br/>There's potential in this though, will you continue working on it?
Dec 9 20:13:00	3h 23m	Path of Thorns	Oh pretty cool but I got stuck in the 7th room, because I pushed a boulder from the previous room into it and that blocked the path and restarting didn't do anything. <br/> <br/>The graphics are really charming, kudos for them :)
Dec 9 20:32:00	19m 00s	Release the Yeti	Haha that was fun :)
Dec 9 20:37:00	5m 00s	Snake Rider	Nice idea and well executed. But I died because of the physics implementation bouncing me randomly off the corner of the snake :( But that might be intended, as it might be too easy otherwise.
Dec 9 20:45:00	8m 00s	Recall	Really sweet game. What I miss are satisfying sound effects for doing the right thing, you know, to add a certain "rhythm" to it when you play and feel good about yourself :)
Dec 9 20:56:00	11m 00s	Rigmarole	That looks so gorgeous! I wish you'd have had time to pull of your full idea. I'd love to play a full game in this style.
Dec 9 21:38:00	42m 00s	SumoBall!	Wow I played this for such a long time that I almost forgot to rate and comment :D <br/> <br/>Brilliant idea and perfectly executed with some small bugs that you seem to have fixed already anyway. Good luck going for the throne this LD :)
Dec 9 21:42:00	4m 00s	The Paper Dance	Now this is one of the prettiest games I've seen this LD. <br/>Experience games aren't really my cup of tea, but for what it was, I enjoyed it :) <br/>The music fits really well.
Dec 10 10:35:00	12h 53m	Crowdsourced	Very interesting idea! Would be cool if you'd add more stuff in the future and flesh it out a bit more. This would work great on phones, too.
Dec 10 10:40:00	5m 00s	FatCat	That's quite addicting and suspenseful :) <br/>Suggestion for the future: have the environment affect your stealth.
Dec 10 10:45:00	5m 00s	Pong Invaders	Love the idea behind this! Good job! With a bit of extra time and polish this could become pretty great!
Dec 10 11:26:00	41m 00s	Spiral Dungeon	Pretty creepy. I like how the sound gets louder when those enemies come to you. The spiraling is also a cool mechanic, good interpretation of the theme!
Dec 10 11:29:00	3m 00s	Vindwoo	Nice 2-player asteroids game. Unfortunately didn't have a Player 2 available :( Great graphics!
Dec 10 11:38:00	9m 00s	CERT(Fixed)	Yey! I finally beat it :D I totally love that CRT effect! <br/>Challenging level design, I would have wished for some more abilities or obstacles other than just spikes, but for what it is, it's really well done and that I played it over and over until I finally got to the end speaks for itself.
Dec 10 12:02:00	24m 00s	#CorporateCrimewave	This is a really amazing puzzle game. One of the best games overall that I've played this LD. My only complaint would be related to the theme, since it's not the entire game on one screen, just the levels are all on one screen.
Dec 10 12:08:00	6m 00s	Jungle Night	Really polished little game, very fun to play and with room for future expansion. Power-ups or loot drops would be cool.
Dec 10 12:26:00	18m 00s	THE AXE GAMES	Haha pretty fun interpretation of the theme, and the graphics are amazing. My only complaint is that the obstacles take far too long to disappear, so I often misjudged the right moment to move between lanes.
Dec 10 12:49:00	23m 00s	Bubblemellow	That level 6 is the hardest haha. <br/>Feels nice to control and it's quite relaxing. I attribute that to the music.
Dec 10 13:08:00	19m 00s	Talking Heads	Haha that was funny and a bit of a head scratcher :)
Dec 10 13:14:00	6m 00s	Kuch Bhi !	Interesting idea. Nice graphics on the extra environment :)
Dec 10 13:21:00	7m 00s	The Aardvark and the Manatee	So beautiful and artsy. I like the idea of having it be 2 different mechanics for day and night but both are in the same screen. A bit repetitive though after a few cycles.
Dec 10 15:33:00	2h 12m	Entomophobia	Amazing! Intense! Died at the boss, but will try again later. This game is a blast to play. A gamepad option is the only thing this still needs to be complete!
Dec 10 15:47:00	14m 00s	Ring Ring Ring	Wow very scary game! That first time a monster ran at me DDD: <br/>Don't like the mouse-relative controls, would prefer screen relative, but that's a design choice you probably took for a reason and other people might prefer it like this. Future versions might have an option for it :)
Dec 10 20:24:00	4h 37m	No More Boxes	Wow pretty neat! 6 different characters and all based entirely on their interaction with boxes. Love it! I wish I'd have someone to play it with me, but I see the potential in it so I'm going to rate it quite highly even after my 2-handed 1-vs-1 fight haha.
Dec 10 21:47:00	1h 23m	Snowma'am	You say in your blog post that it's not fun and a failure but I think it's not a failure, and the fun is hiding in it as well. It has some flaws that hurt the experience (like the really slow speed) but the underlying idea is good and at worst it's just an unfinished game. <br/> <br/>I'm sure with a clear head and some extra time it could have been closer to your vision :)
Dec 11 09:01:00	11h 14m	Fireman vs Fire vs Snowman	People may complain that your game is on three screens, but those three screens are all on one screen, so theme accomplished. <br/> <br/>Interesting idea and very simple to pick up and play! Like the graphics and the sound a lot.
Dec 11 09:46:00	45m 00s	Alice:nightmare	Very interesting mechanic. Graphics are really great, love that effect you used. Game overall is a bit confusing. Does anything happen after you collected enough keys?
Dec 11 14:28:00	4h 42m	Atomic Space Vikings	Wow that was really impressive, and I'm not really a fan of strategy games but this was really well made! Congratulations on this!
Dec 11 21:43:00	7h 15m	Screen Ego Aegis	Haha that is brilliant. Awesome screen-in-screen effect.
Dec 12 19:29:00	21h 46m	Mascarpone	Nice tower defense game. The colors are a nice touch, but they really make the game a bit complicated if you don't expect them.
Dec 12 19:51:00	22m 00s	0000 : Press Z	That was pretty intense! I wanted to try really hard to finish it, but then I got teleported into a wall (the "stairs" in that one level where the key and the door are each on one set of stairs) and got stuck :( <br/> <br/>But it was fun while it lasted!
Dec 12 21:56:00	2h 05m	One Act	Brilliant! This game is as good as the good critiques in the newspapers :) So funny, too. I loved it when the review told me how the game works by breaking the 4th wall. Good luck with the ratings!
Dec 12 22:10:00	14m 00s	GameJam Tychoon	Interesting game, but it's also very confusing. I guess you need to play a couple times to get it right (just like the real Ludum Dare haha)
Dec 16 19:24:00	93h 14m	SnowCard	Neat little time waster, it does get a bit repetitive though. Would be nice if there was a new part of the song each time you get a sequence right, and of course the hints outside the window could use more variety instead of just "find the very obvious balls and then the matching colors", but I like the idea behind this, it could turn into something really fun for kids :)
Dec 16 19:31:00	7m 00s	Jamception	This is what programming must look like for non-programmers :D <br/>I had lots of fun with this, I wish it was so easy in reality ^-^
Dec 16 19:33:00	2m 00s	One New Message From Sam	Hmm, I can't play the game because it tells me "bad file length" after it loaded (web version).
Dec 16 19:40:00	7m 00s	ATTACK ON RADMARS	Ooo that was pretty cool. Nice gravity gimmick. I loved the graphics and the detail in the effects, too. Great entry!
Dec 16 19:52:00	12m 00s	Moving Melody	I couldn't make it past that jump after that row of musical notes, no matter what I tried. A sound effect would be nice for when you collect musical notes. Unfortunately I don't know if there's more to come after that jump, but if you tell me how to do that jump, I'll try again.
Dec 16 20:07:00	15m 00s	Office Gaming Inception	Amazing, it's incredible how hard a simple game can be with gimped controls and at the same time having to deal with all the other stuff thrown at you :) <br/> <br/>For those who find this game too easy: play it while you're at work! :D
Dec 16 20:18:00	11m 00s	A Carrot Game	Pretty cool entry. I liked this mix of farming simulator and shoot'em up :) <br/>It gets really intense so the upgrades are very welcome.
Dec 16 20:23:00	5m 00s	Mini Minotaur	Creepy puzzle game! It's a bit on the easy side, but it's really creepy when you bump into the minotaur. The sound effect of the minotaur is a bit annoying though, and gets very loud when it comes close :(
Dec 16 20:36:00	13m 00s	Greeny GRUB	Fun time waster, I like how controlling the speed like this makes it an entirely different challenge to all the other "collect the stuff and dodge the other stuff" type of games. Also that there are more than 2 colors where the others can hide underneath differentiates it from other such games.
Dec 16 20:40:00	4m 00s	I Am Technician	Cool music, but very high learning curve :(
Dec 16 20:44:00	4m 00s	PIXELTRON	Cool interpretation of the theme, but I don't really understand the game :(
Dec 16 21:18:00	34m 00s	To Fight The Sea	Very cool graphics, and the music adds to the under-the-sea mood. The controls are a bit awkward and I'd wish for better audio-visual feedback when I hit enemies, but for the short amount of time, well done. There's potential in expanding this!
Dec 17 09:02:00	11h 44m	Scan Lines	That was a ride! Really cool use of the theme, and I finally beat it! Only thing that bugs me is the weird physics where the character acceleration and deceleration don't match up at all, which makes it very hard to time your jumps. That may come down to preference though, and the rest of the game was still brilliant.
Dec 18 10:15:00	25h 13m	AZOR	The graphics and sound are really well done, especially those splash screens, but on the gameplay side I find it lacking, as it feels to me like a very simple expansion of the Game Maker platformer tutorial. Also it pretty much ignores the theme outright. <br/> <br/>Kudos for making a really moody game though, the story you're trying to tell comes across quite well with all those images in the beginning and the music, and from playing the game I get a feeling that was your priority anyway, so for 72 hours it's a solid effort.
Dec 19 21:47:00	35h 32m	☃	Pretty fun, addictive to play. <br/>It's a cool idea how being stronger also makes you an easier target, and it's fun to see other people's noses on the way :)
Dec 28 10:32:00	204h 45m	Call Center Sim	Pretty interesting idea, but what is the benefit of "Ask Boss" if it deducts a point anyway but doesn't tell you the right answer? <br/> <br/>Still I think that the idea has potential to turn into a game with Papers, Please-ish complexity :)
Dec 28 10:41:00	9m 00s	Remote Control	Pretty cool idea, but it's easy to win the game by just switching to the snowman channel right at the start after jumping, so you don't have to get the key and unlock the door ^-^
Dec 28 10:53:00	12m 00s	CoinSlot	Pretty amazing idea, the entire game is indeed on one screen if you count the global machine, that's something I haven't seen yet in this LD. Well done!
Dec 28 12:32:00	1h 39m	-CHAMBER-	That was cool, but the difficulty is quite high :) would be cool if the blocks fell slower in the beginning so you can get used to it. <br/>I can see a lot of potential in this, giving the character additional powers to manipulate blocks or protection etc.
Dec 28 12:40:00	8m 00s	Play Area	That was quite innovative. Some brain teasers in there, and really good job on the tutorials.
Dec 29 23:11:00	34h 31m	Snowbert	A cool little point and click adventure game, quite charming :) Just feels good to finish, the main character is so likable.
Dec 29 23:17:00	6m 00s	Force Feedback	When I was a little kid and got the N64 rumble pack, I was worried that this would be the effect on it so I was afraid of using it and my parents had to convince me that it's not going to be like this. (I blame the over-the-top commercials on this one.)
Dec 29 23:30:00	13m 00s	Ragtown	That was really cool! I couldn't pass all the years but if I get time I'll try it again. It was really exciting to fear for my life while having to make these hard decisions. <br/>I wonder if you can expand this into a larger commercial game similar in scope to Papers, Please.
Dec 29 23:38:00	8m 00s	Super Start World	How could you find time to create an AAA game in 2 days when Ubisoft requires several years and thousands of people for the same job? I could spend the next couple of weeks on this.