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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Xanjos's comment |
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| Dec 9 13:25:00 | One Act | Timer might be a little too fast but this was pretty fun to play and I liked the subtle humour. You should add some more stuff like maybe finding hidden sequences to create potentially humourous ab-lib moments (like going freestyle in Parappa but in theatre). Good take on the theme (The stage being the screen and all that) and a really nice followup to the previous game in your series. | |
| Dec 9 14:06:00 | 41m 00s | PixelSim | Like others have said, the pacing of the game is pretty slow but it does have some potential. The only gripe I have is that everything seems very static (No indication of when the next payday is due, no npcs interacting etc.). Overall, not bad for your first LD. |
| Dec 9 18:04:00 | 3h 58m | TURN it UP | No idea on what the lose condition is(or if there ever was one) but this is one of those games where once you fully understand the mechanics, it becomes more interesting and fun to play. Pretty addictive entry and a great take on the theme. |
| Dec 9 18:13:00 | 9m 00s | Snow Need To Rush | The game does indeed make you a bit dizzy but it's a very solid entry and really addictive to play plus I love how you've implemented the multi-part nature of the snowman to humourous effect. |
| Dec 9 18:56:00 | 43m 00s | Deadly Dungeon | A bit hard but I liked the retro aspect a lot and the concept does fit the theme. The top screen should definitely be a lot bigger though. |
| Dec 9 19:13:00 | 17m 00s | Don't Stop | Platforms could be a little faster but it's still a very addictive game and great job in trying to restrict everything to one screen. |
| Dec 9 23:26:00 | 4h 13m | Ludum Fortress | Nothing particular that stands out but it's a pretty solid entry (although the pace is a bit slow at first until you get to wave 4). My suggestion would be to add keyboard shortcuts (preferably the number keys) to buy upgrades as it was a bit awkward to move my mouse pointer down to buy them. |
| Dec 10 01:12:00 | 1h 46m | Ghoul Rush | Really nice and well polished entry. Had a lot of fun playing this and I like how each of your zombies' movements are independent from each other (which makes for some pretty interesting brain eating strategies). |
| Dec 10 01:34:00 | 22m 00s | To Continue | Took me a while to work out how to play this but once I did, it suddenly became ridiculously addictive. Really interesting concept and a good take on the theme. |
| Dec 10 01:56:00 | 22m 00s | Modern Dwarfare | Nice variation on the tower defense genre. I really liked how more of the map is eventually revealed as you progress (which fits into the jam theme). I do wish the hammer had some more uses other than whacking enemies (like being able to repair structures or make construction go faster) though. |
| Dec 10 02:27:00 | 31m 00s | OMNI | Surprisingly difficult but a very interesting concept and possibly the best take on the theme I have seen so far (in a literal sense). The graphics and audio fit very well and the game overall seems very polished. |
| Dec 10 02:42:00 | 15m 00s | Moonlit Crawlers | Could do with some sound but this is a pretty good entry. The controls (especially the jumping) do need some tweaking though. |
| Dec 10 15:21:00 | 12h 39m | Shifting Dungeon | The whole concept of rooms shifting over time was brilliantly done and suited the theme very well. Also that swishing sound the sword makes is awesome :D |
| Dec 10 15:56:00 | 35m 00s | To Fight The Sea | Shooting mechanics may need some working on but the graphics and audio were really well made and the game overall is pretty solid. Also this works quite well with the arcade stick plugged into my pc. |
| Dec 10 16:55:00 | 59m 00s | Convey | Jumping needs some adjustment (the jump height is too small) and the music is a bit too loud but I liked the concept and it fits the theme. |
| Dec 10 17:22:00 | 27m 00s | Sugarbound | Instructions panel should really be in a different colour as it was pretty much unreadable but this was a really fun entry to play. |
| Dec 10 17:48:00 | 26m 00s | Attack of the Questionable Snowmen | The bullets definitely needs some more power because it's pretty hard to actually knock the hats off the snowmen and the lack of sound sort of ruins it but it's a very solid entry. |
| Dec 11 00:09:00 | 6h 21m | Boxes | Mechanics need some fine tuning but the concept itself has a lot of potential. |
| Dec 11 00:26:00 | 17m 00s | 15 Stage Rage | Holy crap this was indeed infuriatingly hard but it was well put together and fitted the theme pretty good (I actually did manage to find the two warp points by accident though). |
| Dec 11 00:45:00 | 19m 00s | Oust Santa! | Pretty fun game. Matched the theme quite well. |
| Dec 11 01:38:00 | 53m 00s | Penguins Can't Fly | Really fun entry. I like how the iceberg sinks the more objects are on it and the aliens appearing was a bit of a nice surprise. |
| Dec 11 01:49:00 | 11m 00s | Surveillance Screen | Really interesting concept and great interpretation of the theme. |
| Dec 11 01:57:00 | 8m 00s | Alien Invasion | The only gripe I have is that it doesn't seem to fit the theme in some way but I do like the lighting effects and the general gameplay mechanics seem pretty solid. Not bad for your first entry I say. |
| Dec 12 01:46:00 | 23h 49m | An Icy Night In Snowman's Land | Managed to complete all the levels. This was very fun to play and the puzzles were well designed. |
| Dec 12 02:00:00 | 14m 00s | Laundry Day | Well this was weirdly fun but the implementation is well done (especially the random stuff you can find in the lint traps) and you do have the theme nailed down really well. |
| Dec 12 02:17:00 | 17m 00s | Velvet Warrior | Controls were a bit weird but the concept was pretty good and I liked how you've included a link to a youtube video about these velvet worms (The More You Know). |
| Dec 12 16:46:00 | 14h 29m | Cosplay PhotoBooth Simulator Turbo 2000 | Controls could be a bit more responsive but I really like the concept (seeing as I have friends are also cosplay photographers :P). |
| Dec 12 17:25:00 | 39m 00s | Santa's Reindeers | Sound probably needs to be a bit louder but the game itself has a lot of potential. Also, congratulations on surviving your first LD :D |
| Dec 12 23:49:00 | 6h 24m | Broken | Pretty fun entry. I really like how the screen changes colour when you collect the pixels. |
| Dec 13 00:25:00 | 36m 00s | Banana TV | Took some time to work out how to maximise my score effectively but great concept and nice interpretation of the theme. |
| Dec 13 02:16:00 | 1h 51m | Block Brigade | Pretty simple but still a solid game. Also nice particle effects. |
| Dec 13 18:28:00 | 16h 12m | Ab Intra | Absolutely loved the art style and the audio fits in very well with the mood. |
| Dec 13 18:39:00 | 11m 00s | Zombie Fortress | Could really do with some sound and more clearer instructions (as I was thrust straight into the game without any idea what to actually do at first) but the concept itself does have some potential (it just needs some more polish). |
| Dec 13 18:47:00 | 8m 00s | Polo | It's a shame you wasn't able to work on this further because if you did, it'll probably be a lot more ridiculously addictive than it is right now :p. Absolutely loved the simple to learn yet hard to master gameplay. |
| Dec 13 19:11:00 | 24m 00s | PartyGround | Pretty fun entry. Really enjoyed the roguelike style gameplay. |
| Dec 13 19:46:00 | 35m 00s | Houston, We've Got a Problem | I liked the drag and drop mechanics and it was pretty fun working out which combination of modules would produce the most scientific data. |
| Dec 14 20:18:00 | 24h 32m | Mine Shaft Monsters | Pretty interesting concept although gameplay seems a bit stationary at times since the player doesn't move. |
| Dec 14 20:26:00 | 8m 00s | Snowman, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE | Interesting interpretation of the theme. |
| Dec 14 21:14:00 | 48m 00s | DotKeeper | Simple but brilliantly executed idea (and much harder than you think). I really like how as soon as drag another dot, the one you previously stopped starts moving again. |
| Dec 14 21:30:00 | 16m 00s | Randomaze | Pretty interesting concept and nice interpretation of the theme. I liked the rather humourous dialogue although the maze generation definitely needs some refining (as there were instances of coins spawning on top of walls). |
| Dec 14 21:37:00 | 7m 00s | Gingerman And The Christmas Tree | Short but sweet. Very solid entry and good level design. Shame there's no sound though (Also the gingerman deaths are pretty funny). |
| Dec 14 22:03:00 | 26m 00s | Frankenstein Fight! | Pretty interesting concept with nice graphics and audio and an entry I would definitely love to see a refined post-jam version of in the future. I should also note that the game seems to be unplayable in Firefox (I had to test it in Chrome). |
| Dec 15 00:12:00 | 2h 09m | Thieves' Honor | Really interesting concept and I really liked the blink mechanic a lot (although there were times I kept mistaking left click to be shoot XD). |
| Dec 15 01:32:00 | 1h 20m | Last Call | Fun and interesting concept. I really like how there's so much to explore in something that only took approximately 72 hours to make. |
| Dec 15 01:46:00 | 14m 00s | Isiphudi | Pretty fun top down arena shooter. I liked the variety of enemies a lot (the blue and red enemies were ridiculously aggressive) and I really liked how powerups would spawn in the arena and would disappear after some time (making you decide whether you want to get it now or save your money for a potentially better one later). |
| Dec 15 01:58:00 | 12m 00s | Get to OE-314 | It's a shame you didn't get to finish this on time but some of the ideas you had planned seemed pretty interesting. |
| Dec 15 02:08:00 | 10m 00s | Egg Empire | Interesting concept and quite a nice time-killer as well. |
| Dec 15 15:10:00 | 13h 02m | Clockwise | Fun concept and nice interpretation of the theme. Puzzles were really well designed (That one with the single boulder is ridiculously hard or maybe my timing is really bad XD). |
| Dec 15 15:47:00 | 37m 00s | Gadget Panic starring Godzilla | This was strangely fun and addictive. It's pretty funny when you put so many weapons on your robot and then watch as it flounders about. |
| Dec 16 01:02:00 | 9h 15m | NO AMMO NO ARMOUR NO SIGNAL | Fun and interesting concept. I really liked how you have to increase your phone signal first before you can call for upgrades. |
| Dec 16 01:47:00 | 45m 00s | Pit Lords | Definitely not for impatient people but it does fit the theme somewhat. Like others have said, it seems a bit unbalanced. Also not sure if it's a bug or not but is the attack speed meant to decrease when you upgrade the agility attribute? |
| Dec 16 19:12:00 | 17h 25m | CERT(Fixed) | Pretty hard game. Also that CRT effect looked very cool. |
| Dec 16 20:45:00 | 1h 33m | The Murderdome | Pretty fun and fast paced. There probably needs to be some stuff like powerups though. |
| Dec 16 20:50:00 | 5m 00s | Super Flummi | Damn that ball is hard to control but I do like how the levels are procedurally generated. |
| Dec 16 23:24:00 | 2h 34m | The Lonely Realm of Tom Thaum, the Space Wizard | Pretty fun game once you get used to the controls. My only problem is that the text on the left hand side is very ineligible at the start of the game. |
| Dec 16 23:28:00 | 4m 00s | Grave Screen Of Death | Pretty simple but still addictive. I liked the cartoony graphics a lot. |
| Dec 16 23:48:00 | 20m 00s | No More Boxes | Pretty fun and addictive multiplayer game. I really liked the variety between each character class. Gamepad support seems to be incomplete though (on the Windows version I had to manually set the jump and attack buttons myself). |
| Dec 17 00:03:00 | 15m 00s | Communications Control | It's a shame this is woefully short because it got me wanting more after the first mission. Definitely an entry that deserves to be worked on even further (heck if this comes out on Steam I'll buy it since I enjoyed Papers Please). |
| Dec 17 00:24:00 | 21m 00s | Hard Winter | Good concept but I think the maze view should be a bit bigger (It was pretty difficult to see). |
| Dec 17 00:40:00 | 16m 00s | Super Action Man | Pretty interesting (if somewhat loose) interpretation of the theme. I liked the variety between each level and the dialogue was actually pretty funny (and wonderfully corny at the same time). |
| Dec 17 01:42:00 | 1h 02m | Cell #327 | A bit short but I liked how the art style and audio contributes a lot to the mood plus I really like how there are multiple endings for replayability. |
| Dec 17 01:54:00 | 12m 00s | Walk to the door | Very clever and original take on the theme. I really liked the whole dragging windows gameplay and the puzzles were well designed. |
| Dec 17 02:03:00 | 9m 00s | The Rose Processor | Surprisingly very hard but I like the concept a lot and it definitely has that just one more try feel to it. |
| Dec 17 02:10:00 | 7m 00s | Coin Toss Simulator 2015 | Very loose interpretation of the theme (and I mean very loose) but the concept is good. Also destroying things with just a coin is actually pretty funny. |
| Dec 17 15:07:00 | 12h 57m | Clickity Click | So much clicking! Still a pretty good timewaster though. |
| Dec 17 15:23:00 | 16m 00s | Snowmän! Factory | That voiceover though. Really good concept and well designed puzzles (I still can't solve level 4 XD). |
| Dec 17 15:31:00 | 8m 00s | That Dangerous Bridge | Look deceptively simple but then comes the absurd amount of deathtraps preventing you from getting back safely across. Pretty addictive, nice animations and I love how the background music fits the whole impending doom mood. |
| Dec 17 15:41:00 | 10m 00s | Coloring | There's no audio so I can't actually give you a rating for that but this is insanely addictive. Fun twist on the the Threes/2048 format and like others have said, you should definitely port this to mobile platforms. |
| Dec 17 16:09:00 | 28m 00s | Orion | Holy crap, everything about this entry is just amazing from the detail of the cockpit to the sound and really fun to play as well. You should definitely port this to VR devices like the Oculus Rift as that would be even more amazing (Also you're right in that Chrome is recommended as I tried it first in Firefox and it crashed as soon as it started). |
| Dec 17 16:23:00 | 14m 00s | Planet Crasher | Pretty fun concept. I liked how the bomb trajectory works and I do like the humour of swatting away a giant asteroid with just a baseball bat. |
| Dec 17 17:21:00 | 58m 00s | Kuch Bhi ! | Interesting concept and I liked how you put unlockables in the game. |
| Dec 17 17:32:00 | 11m 00s | Popao | Well that was one really strange entry. It was actually pretty funny playing as a pile of snot. Mind you, the concept was good and the level design was nice. |
| Dec 17 17:43:00 | 11m 00s | Sheep enchanter | Interesting concept but pretty difficult. Also, those wolves are ridiculously relentless. |
| Dec 17 17:58:00 | 15m 00s | P.Rick Airious | Looks pretty simple but I really like how well polished this entry is plus I love how each stage gets progressively harder. |
| Dec 18 00:45:00 | 6h 47m | Space Inquisitor | Pretty short but still very polished. I liked the whole deduction gameplay plus I get to learn stuff about planets at the same time :D. |
| Dec 18 02:13:00 | 1h 28m | Colony Planner | I want to give this a try but the web page says that no application appears to be running :/ |
| Dec 18 02:24:00 | 11m 00s | Dream Heist | Pretty interesting concept but really hard. I do like you're playing 4 different levels at the same time though. |
| Dec 18 14:34:00 | 12h 10m | Santa's Seasonal Slayfest | Well that was pretty grim. I liked the whole 2d sprites on a 3d plane approach and the gameplay itself was really addictive. |
| Dec 18 14:45:00 | 11m 00s | Wizard Bounce | Much harder than you think but it definitely has that just one more try feel to it. Fits the theme very well and I liked the mechanics a lot (although I still have no idea what the special move button actually does). |
| Dec 18 14:56:00 | 11m 00s | Chroma Maze | Pretty fun and interesting concept and I love how the mazes are randomly generated. I think it might be too easy for people to just "guess" their way out so I would probably suggest adding stuff like maybe enemies or traps (which you can't see without revealing the maze of course) to make things a bit harder. |
| Dec 18 15:31:00 | 35m 00s | Inventory | Pretty fun and interesting concept and I liked the rather dark humour. Also that last level. Right in the feels man. Right in the feels... |
| Dec 18 15:42:00 | 11m 00s | Pipe Quest | Pretty difficult but still it's a very fun entry (although the jump height is ridiculously low unless it's like that on purpose) plus I really enjoyed the soundtrack. |
| Dec 18 15:52:00 | 10m 00s | Untraveled | Pretty novel concept and a great take on the theme. A bit short but you should definitely expand on this. |
| Dec 18 16:10:00 | 18m 00s | BIRDS! | Shock mode was actually pretty addictive. I had a lot of fun stopping birds from getting shocked (although it was pretty funny seeing them become roast meat) plus the graphics and audio contributed a lot to the mood. Also the web version seems to crash on my pc (both Firefox and Chrome) and I ended up having to play on the desktop version. |
| Dec 18 16:23:00 | 13m 00s | Hockey Slash | Lucky I've got a controller (technically an arcade stick) to play this with but unfortunately no one else available to play with me but still, this was pretty addictive plus I liked the concept a lot (Although I'm not sure why there's no keyboard/mouse support as not everyone has gamepads for PC). Shame there's no sound though. |
| Dec 18 21:34:00 | 5h 11m | snow | This was a rather nice and relaxing puzzler plus I liked the soundtrack (Also you can't go wrong with a fox wearing a top hat). |
| Dec 18 21:48:00 | 14m 00s | a TV Show or a One Screen Game | Really great take on the theme with some rather clever puzzles plus I actually love how the levels are defined by eras of time. |
| Dec 18 21:59:00 | 11m 00s | A Chainsaw Across my Heart | Pretty interesting story |
| Dec 18 22:13:00 | 14m 00s | Super Resizer | Really clever take on the theme and well executed. |
| Dec 18 22:23:00 | 10m 00s | Existential | Pretty good concept and I like how the levels are procedurally generated although it's a bit annoying when an enemy box lands on top of you and you can't shake it off. |
| Dec 18 22:43:00 | 20m 00s | Bunnies! | Pretty fun and relaxing sandbox game plus it was funny after finding out what the snowman option actually does. |
| Dec 18 22:58:00 | 15m 00s | Timmys Winter Nightmare | Game is a bit hard but I like the concept a lot (I enjoyed rolling up snowballs to make snowman). Also I love it how in the day, the music is all happy and christmassy but when night falls, everything becomes all grim and menacing. |
| Dec 18 23:26:00 | 28m 00s | Arena | Pretty addictive entry. I liked the art style and the music matches the mood very well. It's a shame the block button wasn't working as you intended it to. |
| Dec 18 23:35:00 | 9m 00s | Avoid Rage | Simple but well polished and insanely addictive plus that background music is just completely awesome. |
| Dec 18 23:46:00 | 11m 00s | Sweep Stacks | Pretty fun twist on the match tiles puzzle genre and great take on the theme. I actually found standard mode to be more harder than challenge. |
| Dec 18 23:59:00 | 13m 00s | INtire | Well that was a rather surreal entry. Good take on the theme and it was pretty fun running loops around the tire Sonic style. |
| Dec 19 00:06:00 | 7m 00s | Metal Killer Bee vs. The Gangstas | Good take on the theme and I love the gameplay concept (That bee is insanely fast -maybe a bit too fast-). |
| Dec 19 00:13:00 | 7m 00s | murder of Zafu | It's a shame this was woefully short as I was actually expecting more (although it actually took me about 5 tries to win) but I like the concept a lot and I loved the squiggly art style. |
| Dec 19 01:50:00 | 1h 37m | Mobius Dungeon | Shame there's no sound but I absolutely loved the gameplay concept. You can totally see where the Zelda inspirations come from. |
| Dec 19 21:18:00 | 19h 28m | Rigmarole | Not much in terms of gameplay but I absolutely loved the pop-up storybook style you've got plus the music was very nice and relaxing. You should try and flesh this out into a more complete game as you've already got an interesting concept to start with. |
| Dec 19 21:26:00 | 8m 00s | The Harvest Sparrows | Pretty good concept plus I liked the music a lot. |
| Dec 21 21:50:00 | 48h 24m | neven | Looks simple but is actually a lot harder than it sounds since you have to plan your moves ahead of time in order to get a better score but once you get the hang of it, it's a pretty fun game (My highest score was 110 :D). |
| Dec 21 22:06:00 | 16m 00s | BBQ DAD | Was a bit hard at first (I am so horrible at cooking steak XD) but then once I got the hang of it, it became more progressively fun (Managed to get a high score of 258) plus the voice acting was hilarious. |
| Dec 23 20:56:00 | 46h 50m | 0000 : Press Z | I liked the art style and I loved how whenever you complete a level or die, you're transported to another random level (although I did find a bug where I ended up spawning inside a place I couldn't get out of). |
| Dec 25 16:12:00 | 43h 16m | The Tower | I really like how each block of text is like a place on a game board to give that sense of exploration and adventure. |
| Dec 25 16:19:00 | 7m 00s | Frosty Ninja | This was actually pretty addictive and fun to play. Also did I ever mention that you have a very beautiful singing voice? :D |
| Dec 25 16:25:00 | 6m 00s | Contact Cowboy | Trying to test out multiplayer games by yourself is always annoying but I do like the idea a lot and I really like the art style and audio. |
| Dec 25 16:32:00 | 7m 00s | 7 Days of War | Pretty simple looking game but I absolutely loved how the bleak art style and audio invokes a very sombre mood. |
| Dec 25 16:42:00 | 10m 00s | SIRTET | Pretty fun and addictive twist on a very familiar game and well implemented as well. |
| Dec 29 17:34:00 | 96h 52m | SCREEN_BOMBER | Pretty interesting concept of using tetris blocks in a game that's well basically, not exactly tetris. Very solid platformer plus I really like the art (especially the lighting effects) and the music. |
| Dec 29 19:24:00 | 1h 50m | RIZUMUDEKATTO | Was a bit hard at first and I genuinely thought that the timing could be buggy until I found out I had to time my strikes just as the current beat finishes. Pretty fun game in the end though plus I really liked the music (especially how the tempo picks up during the boss fight). |
| Dec 30 01:26:00 | 6h 02m | SnowCard | Pretty interesting little match game. I really liked the Christmassy mood you've put into it (especially the music). |
| Dec 30 01:31:00 | 5m 00s | Random Name Attack | Apart from rather obvious shortcomings like the very sluggish controls, the concept itself is actually pretty interesting. Overall, not bad for your first entry. |
| Dec 30 01:45:00 | 14m 00s | Fido, Fiona & Fidel | Pretty interesting concept of playing something that you can't actually see and can only rely on the sometimes unreliable information of others. Quite hard though. |
| Dec 30 01:51:00 | 6m 00s | Disco Kitty Nightmare | Pretty fun and addictive game plus I'm really digging the disco music (sometimes I like to move backwards and pretend the kitty is moonwalking :D). |