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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | LukeZaz's comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15 03:51:00 | Griffin Card | Very good game! Unique and interesting. A very pine game indeed. | |
| Dec 15 08:12:00 | 4h 21m | FLOW | Excellent audio and atmosphere, but it was too difficult to follow the sounds, and as such I ended up simply wandering aimlessly, only running in to one of the puzzle pieces by accident before I got tired of looking. |
| Dec 15 08:21:00 | 9m 00s | Hello Darkness | Good basic little game, however a bit tedious, as waiting for monsters was annoying, spikes were unpredictable, movement was slow and my mines didn't refill on death, making it impossible to finish some levels if I accidentally wasted too many. |
| Dec 15 09:43:00 | 1h 22m | Reap | Excellent game! Very creative use of two buttons. Quit my first playthrough as I had trouble with food and grew (get it?) tired of finding so little. Fortunately the second time around I found the world map almost immediately and was able to find the treasure. <br/> <br/>My only gripe is with the energy and food: food seemed to last a long time - if you built a farm early w/ enough food, you could make really really long expeditions as you could easily fill up - while energy seemed to run out far too quickly. |
| Dec 16 04:44:00 | 19h 01m | Synergy Shakedown | Good little game! Mashing buttons eventually grew tiring, but I enjoyed the start, and the intro was well-made. Didn't end up switching directions too much though - only ended up doing so accidentally, making it a bit confusing if I tried to start moving soon after I'd stopped. |
| Dec 17 02:21:00 | 21h 37m | BOOM BOAT | Collisions felt a bit strange at time, and I occasionally found myself crashing as soon as invulnerability wore off, which tended to be a problem as many times I was respawning in to a huge cluster of ships, but other than that this game was very well put together. I enjoyed seeing the explosions continue towards the edge of the screen and it was very rewarding to earn enough points to gain an extra life. Overall very enjoyable game! |
| Dec 17 02:37:00 | 16m 00s | Line/Dash | Lovely game! Incredibly creative gameplay and loads of fun to boot. Would love to see musical elements applied to the game; not sure if I'd be able to stop playing if they were added! |
| Dec 17 03:16:00 | 39m 00s | Eldritch Trance | Fun game! I enjoyed figuring out the combos, though there were a couple levels where the difficulty spiked unexpectedly (namely where the speed increased). The audio definitely set a fitting mood and I found winning each stage quite rewarding. |
| Dec 17 03:44:00 | 28m 00s | Vine | Became a bit confused as to where the blossoms were, but fortunately after a couple attempts noticed they were at spawn. Gets a bit hectic after speeding up enough, and the controls require a little getting used to, but altogether this is a nicely made game! |
| Dec 17 04:03:00 | 19m 00s | Meowtastic Present Panic | Had a bunch of fun trying to beat my high score - took a while, given that it took a bit to figure out that eating increased my available time, but eventually made it to 18. Very nice game! |
| Dec 17 04:16:00 | 13m 00s | Yggshroom | Nice little game. Main menu graphics looked really nice, and it was fun to try and beat my best time. |
| Dec 17 04:49:00 | 33m 00s | Grove Guardians | Didn't really pay any attention to energy as it lasted so long, but besides that the game was really nicely balanced. It was fun to find out good strategies for getting better percentages, and it remained fun each time. |
| Dec 17 05:01:00 | 12m 00s | CICP : the Center for Interplanetary Pest Control | Very good looking game! Loved the audio and visuals, and it was cool to see the coils get built as the game progressed. Eventually found an easy win in cycling through each coil as it fired, but it was still entertaining to see everything that was going on. |
| Dec 17 05:28:00 | 27m 00s | A Shot in the Dark | Very interesting and fun game! Loved the perspective you had when not aiming. Would've liked to be able to hold left mouse to keep moving, and might've preferred being able to shoot at a specific spot from the non-aiming view, but the game was still fantastic in almost all regards! |
| Dec 17 05:59:00 | 31m 00s | American Excess | Excellent game. Loved the voice over the intercom and while the controls took a bit to get used to I eventually got the grasp of things. |
| Dec 19 04:13:00 | 46h 14m | Bellows | Decently fun, but quite difficult. The animals moving down made them hard to dodge and I'd frequently get hit twice in a row and be unable to recover in time. Additionally, the controls were a bit difficult to use and as such made getting where I wanted to go problematic. <br/> <br/>On the plus side, the graphics & audio were enjoyable and fitting and the instructions were nice and clear. |
| Dec 19 04:31:00 | 18m 00s | Inferno Botanica | A little difficult, and I had a few problems with accidentally starting another branch after finishing one, but still a fun game overall! Good ambiance and graphics and it was great trying to beat the scores! |
| Dec 19 04:44:00 | 13m 00s | net_forget | Enjoyable experience, but very easy. Never once got stumped, and was able to finish most puzzles in a minute or less. |
| Dec 19 05:05:00 | 21m 00s | Immortal Growth | Controls were a little difficult to use, and I found levels 2 and 1 somewhat annoying as I had to wait for people to walk into range before I could do anything. Specifically with level one all the remaining followers bunched up such that I had to wait the entire time for them to return before I could do anything. |
| Dec 19 05:17:00 | 12m 00s | You can't see but you can feel | Interesting idea, but by even the second level I found it extremely hard to locate the music box. I couldn't tell if I was walking towards it or away from it and I often found myself walking towards it only to miss. |
| Dec 19 05:29:00 | 12m 00s | Rosebud (Growing) | Decent, but difficult. Found too many times I'd hit a branch because I got an impossibly small gap to try to fit through. Many of the sundrops or bees were simply grabbed by chance as I they flew by far too fast to react to. <br/> <br/>All in all, a good try, but too difficult to really be that fun. |
| Dec 19 05:40:00 | 11m 00s | Growy the Flowy | Surprisingly fun and nice to look at. Loved the animations and death sequence. |
| Dec 22 02:07:00 | 68h 27m | Sector5-0 | Controls made it very difficult to dodge fire, as I could never shoot enemies while moving unless they happened to be heading at me from where I was going. As a result, I just stood still whenever an enemy was around so I could easily take them down. <br/> <br/>The charge system was interesting, but was also the largest source of difficulty, as I didn't seem to lose shield too fast very often unless I didn't have the charge to defend myself. <br/> <br/>Overall, this was a nice game for a first jam and I enjoyed it. Great job! |
| Dec 22 02:23:00 | 16m 00s | ZORC | Interesting mechanic, but the puzzles were either too obvious or too hard to be enjoyable. As others have mentioned, this game could be quickly improved with more potential actions, as just moving around and hitting switches doesn't leave a lot to consider. |
| Dec 22 02:51:00 | 28m 00s | Radical Revolver Recoil Rampage | Very fun game with very good replayability. Got to 43 seconds on my best try. |
| Dec 22 03:25:00 | 34m 00s | SAUROPOD vs THEROPOD | Not incredibly fun, but still enjoyable to play, and the sound effects were funny. |
| Dec 22 03:51:00 | 26m 00s | Bridge Balance | Decent game, but the challenge fell off pretty quickly once I got the first few pieces down. Music also played over itself more and more with each loss. |
| Dec 22 04:04:00 | 13m 00s | Cube Wars | Good little game. Wasn't sure what the powerups did for a while, and the purple cubes blended in to one of the environments, making them very hard to spot. Other than that, the overall look of the game and way it functioned was very smooth. |
| Dec 24 03:29:00 | 47h 25m | Growing Sakura | Surprisingly fun game. Still can't believe you made 40 levels - excellent work! Only issue I had was that the controls were slightly annoying when trying to go down a path. |
| Dec 24 03:46:00 | 17m 00s | Sir Croc vs Plantzilla | Difficulty was downright unfair, but fortunately the nigh-instant respawn prevented it from being frustrating. In addition to making the collision more forgiving, I'd recommend slowing down the plant to the players speed or a little slower, as I've had it catch up to me and just barely hit me midair while I was moving full-blast. Lastly, the plant walls are very unexpected and almost always made me pause, causing me to lose as the plants speed outmatched mine so much. |
| Dec 24 04:04:00 | 18m 00s | Chompatron Saves The World | Nice game. Enjoyed the audio and graphics, but kept encountering a strange bug that prevented me from grabbing or hitting which ended my runs. Also was rather confused regarding the controls at the start - For a while I wasn't aware that I had to hit enemies a few times before I could eat them. I'd also prefer to be able to use W A S D since it is right next to Q / E. |
| Dec 24 04:17:00 | 13m 00s | Potatiana Jones | Very fun little game. Enjoyed every level. Only problem I had was that the boulder was introduced rather unexpectedly. Otherwise a very good game! |
| Dec 24 04:36:00 | 19m 00s | Carrot Stories | Couldn't find much to do, but fortunately eating carrots and staring at the scenery occupied my time quite well; the graphics were incredible, and the audio fit well with them. Amazing job. |
| Dec 24 04:56:00 | 20m 00s | Roguebots | Fun little game. Slightly confusing when I first encountered the secured door, but I was able to figure it out quickly enough. Wonderful graphics, I might add; great job! |
| Dec 24 05:05:00 | 9m 00s | Ian Archer | Loved the powerups on this. Was fun to see the variety of them available. Would've liked to be able to hit zombies once they were on the grass, as they were more difficult than the bats - even when they only had a single hitpoint. |
| Dec 24 05:20:00 | 15m 00s | Belly Smash | I can tell this would've been more fun had I someone to play with, but even with AI it was enjoyable. Good job! |
| Dec 24 05:43:00 | 23m 00s | Fluffy Horde | Very very fun game. Found it extremely hard to get very far, as either I used too many soldiers or the rabbit population got out of hand too quickly for me to respond, but I still loved playing this. <br/> <br/>Oh, and the short story was amazing. Phenomenal voice acting and dialogue. Seriously, well done! |
| Dec 27 02:20:00 | 68h 37m | BoltStorm | Excellent audio and graphics - especially impressive for a Ludum Dare submission. <br/> <br/>Regarding gameplay: <br/>Movement could've been more interesting (leaps, charging) as enemies simply moving in your direction made dodging a simple thing. <br/> <br/>It also felt unfair that enemies spawned below me given my perspective causing a slight sight disadvantage in that direction. Finally, I found out that by camping in any of the maps corners I could easily go on for as long as I want if I had enough Knights with me. <br/> <br/>Lastly, on audio, the shooting sound quickly became obnoxious enough to drown out all other audio entirely once my firerate and chain got long enough. Additionally, the single background track, although interesting and fitting at first, quickly became boring after playing long enough. |
| Dec 27 02:32:00 | 12m 00s | tuinvrouw | Very nice graphics and audio - they fit together well and made a very pleasant atmosphere. <br/> <br/>The gameplay was lacking however. I'm not sure if there was more to it that I missed, but it seemed farming the apples was all I could do, and after I'd figured out how, it quickly became boring. |
| Dec 27 02:53:00 | 21m 00s | Crooked Town | Excellently put together game. Everything fit together nicely - from the music to the gameplay. <br/> <br/>One thing I think could be improved is the driving. It was rather frustrating to get to a lot of places as my wheels were so small it made getting on to an incline a challenge in and of itself. <br/> <br/>Other than that, this was an amazing well-polished game. Great job! |
| Dec 27 03:11:00 | 18m 00s | Dizzy Dazzle | Was insanely difficult to begin with, as the different colored arrows threw me off fast. As I kept playing, it got easier, but having multiple different kinds of rotated arrows really hurt my scores. I want to note that this is without mashing keys to win, though I will admit I panicked a few times and might've done it a little then. <br/> <br/>Oh, and wonderful music. Was great to listen to! |
| Dec 27 03:27:00 | 16m 00s | Arc | Fun, but very challenging. Things moved extremely fast and for my first few tries I didn't hardly make it anywhere. There was also a bad imbalance in the amount of powerups vs, powerdowns and as such I often went to what I thought would help me only to lose my run to it. Fortunately, being able to restart as quickly as I was prevented losing from being irritating. <br/> <br/>The graphics were interesting however, and the music was excellent; very much enjoyed listening to it. <br/> <br/>Overall, great entry - would love to see it continued. |
| Dec 27 03:56:00 | 29m 00s | SAAAM | Amazing work on the modeling - the environment was very impressive given the time you had to make it. <br/> <br/>Didn't really like playing after doing it once though. Being stuck because of dialogue made a for a lot of boring waiting, though the endings were decently interesting. <br/> <br/>Also, extremely good job on the shark AI - was blown away. |
| Dec 27 04:02:00 | 6m 00s | Deep Growth | Interesting game, but really could've used more elements to it, as it was very very easy to figure out and finish. |
| Dec 27 04:15:00 | 13m 00s | Life: The Game | Very cool game. Purposefully lost a bunch of the time so I could see the endings. Well done! |
| Dec 27 04:23:00 | 8m 00s | PISTIL PISTOL: BOTANY BLAST II | Got pretty hard by the third area, but was able to get the hang of things. Very interesting take on the themes - excellent execution of both! Very fun game. |
| Dec 29 02:20:00 | 45h 57m | test | Great game! Kinda wonder about the difficulty for one player - fortunately I had friends and a stream to call upon. Really interesting idea! |
| Dec 29 02:22:00 | 2m 00s | F-L-O-I-D | Fun game. Did not expect the controls swap half-way through! <br/> <br/>Enjoyed the variation in levels, though I had difficulty on the final level as it seemed touching reds while carrying any mass at all was a death sentence for that attempt. Also noticed that some ejected mass seemed to disappear soon after using it, though I'm not sure if that was just me. |
| Dec 29 02:43:00 | 21m 00s | Crusader Climber Quest 64 | Very fun and interesting game. Felt like I was controlling a claymation character. <br/> <br/>It is hard however. Found the controls imprecise and had a lot of trouble dodging the damaging spikes while also making sure I didn't stop moving and didn't fall off in the process. |
| Dec 29 03:01:00 | 18m 00s | SlimeCraft | I unfortunately couldn't play with anyone, but still played against myself to get a feel for the game. Very interesting idea indeed; I think playing against an AI with mouse buttons would have made for a very fun game. I can also imagine how fun and hectic a multiplayer game would be, despite not being able to participate in one. |
| Dec 29 03:23:00 | 22m 00s | Crazy John's Mushroom Hunt | Controls were definitely wonky, but workable. I was able to pass each level without them getting in the way. <br/> <br/>Overall an interesting game. The growth mechanics were worked into the level quite nicely, and I enjoyed the idea of using spikes to fit into smaller spaces. |
| Dec 29 03:42:00 | 19m 00s | Life of the Party | Good game, great music choice! I had some difficulty with the controls, and would've preferred left/right & up/down versions as opposed to diagonal variants, but it was still fun to play each level. |
| Dec 29 04:13:00 | 31m 00s | Ultimate Panda | Incredibly fun. This is definitely one of my favorite games of this LD. Every kill is satisfying and your mistakes are always your fault, not the games fault. <br/> <br/>Was able to get up to 79 points, but I didn't really want to stop. I get the feeling I'm going to be playing this game more in the future. |
| Dec 31 02:03:00 | 45h 50m | Electric | Was fun and interesting once I got used to it, but it definitely needed some introduction to the mechanics in some fashion, be it a (much) slower start or a tutorial mode, as my first few attempts ended quite quickly given the fast start the game has. |
| Dec 31 02:37:00 | 34m 00s | Carp'e Diem! | Great game - enjoyed every level. Was a little easy, and some fish types (fire in particular) felt a little weak, but that's all I've really got; this game is very well made. |
| Dec 31 03:21:00 | 44m 00s | There's No Going Back | Unique concept! Levels weren't too easy or too hard, and the level editor was a fun extra! |
| Dec 31 04:21:00 | 1h 00m | Flove | Nice game! Barely managed to beat it. The suicide mushrooms were hard to spot, so I usually just had to deal with the aftermath of them as I couldn't see them in time. The tree upgrades also didn't really feel worth it, so I mostly just ended up using the flowers. |
| Dec 31 04:43:00 | 22m 00s | Killer Bee | Decent game, but it didn't really have much to it. It was nice to see the background change, but I never really tried that hard in the game as it felt like it was almost entirely luck-based. |
| Dec 31 05:01:00 | 18m 00s | Safe or Sorry | Surprisingly nerve-wracking game! Didn't really have too much incentive to keep spawning monsters though, as I could just wait till' they left the button room and camped there while watching the door to make sure I was safe. |
| Jan 2 01:52:00 | 44h 51m | Xtreme Crop Duster Simulator '82 | Fun little game, but the controls threw me off a bit, as I'd often end up pressing the opposite key as to what I wanted. Was also a little confusing as to how high above the crops was acceptable. |
| Jan 2 02:12:00 | 20m 00s | BUBBLEGUM UPPERCUT! | Found jumping a little confusing, as I thought I could double-jump but then found I couldn't. Controls were a little hard to work with, but I got used to them over time. Overall a pretty good game. |
| Jan 2 02:45:00 | 33m 00s | Let's Play Simulator 2016 | Great art and music, thought while fun at first, it got boring after a while. Got to ~400k subs before I got tired of playing. Great game overall though! |
| Jan 2 03:25:00 | 40m 00s | Growees | Very challenging game at the later levels. Became difficult to come up with a strategy, but still stayed fun. Wonderful graphics, too! |
| Jan 2 03:46:00 | 21m 00s | SUPER SCIENCE CORP | Very enjoyable game. Bit easy though; only had trouble with one tier three monster, and healthkits were very plentiful. |
| Jan 2 04:01:00 | 15m 00s | McBitey | Graphics were decent and it was cool that you pulled off both themes, but the gameplay just wasn't that interesting. More things to do and maybe some music would've helped a lot, but just trying to avoid large flies didn't really do it for me. |
| Jan 2 04:26:00 | 25m 00s | Sheldon | Initially fun, but as you beat levels the game becomes frustrating as losing means losing all your progress - this happens often, too, as the enemies damage by a LOT and hearts don't heal for as much meaning each mistake costs you far too much. <br/> <br/>On the upside, the first level is fun and the art and music were quite nice. |
| Jan 2 04:37:00 | 11m 00s | Octov | Was kinda weird to only have audio in fight scenes, and the gameplay didn't really grab me, but it was still a good submission. It had good art and the levels were interesting. <br/> <br/>Oh, and I found out you could skip fights via jumping. |
| Jan 2 05:08:00 | 31m 00s | The Temple of Horyuji | Might be biased, as I am a sucker for these types of games, but I found this to be incredibly fun. The graphics are amazing, and the animation is excellent. Would love to see this expanded upon. <br/> <br/>My only complaint lies with building, in that the game frequently thinks I'm trying to build something new when I just want to upgrade a preexisting building or chop a tree. |
| Jan 2 05:30:00 | 22m 00s | Homeworld | Controls could do with improvement, and the game was quite hard, what with the growth of the planet making movement occasionally difficult (and the strength of the basic enemies), but overall it was still fun! The powerups were nice, the music was fitting and enjoyable, and it was a good challenge to try and beat my high score. |
| Jan 4 01:52:00 | 44h 22m | When I Grow Up I Want to be | Interesting idea! It was annoying to die sometimes as in some parts of the level it was really easy to get ahead of the camera and so you'd have to wait for it to catch up to be able to see. <br/> <br/>Other things I found were that upon restarting the game I would maintain my checkpoint rather than starting back at the beginning. Also would've liked a timer or bar indicating how long I have left on the shoes. <br/> <br/>Overall though a very solid game! The graphics and audio were very nice and fitting and the game was entertaining! |
| Jan 4 02:08:00 | 16m 00s | Opcode-Powered Shuttle (working title) | Obviously needs more to do, but it was still interesting despite the lack of content. The controls worked well, though I felt that changing speed would be better if you simply selected a percentage of max instead of making it go slower/faster or go max speed or stop. <br/> <br/>In the end, while this didn't have much, I still liked it. You made what you could, and it was well done. |
| Jan 4 02:22:00 | 14m 00s | Raining Stars | Gems were difficult to work with, but once I stopped caring about getting them as much I was able to survive much more easily. Loved the music, too. There was nice variety and it was all very enjoyable. |
| Jan 4 02:45:00 | 23m 00s | Kawaiiju | Fun at first, but the bugs that appear the bigger you get eventually made it impossible to continue as I couldn't even see anything, let alone move to it as I'd get stuck on random things on my way, wouldn't collide with others and kept moving at the same slow speed no matter how big I got. <br/> <br/>On the other hand, the graphics were great and the animation that went with it was likewise good, and the audio set the mood nicely. |
| Jan 4 03:16:00 | 31m 00s | Puff Enuff? | Very fun game with a surprisingly large amount of content! Enjoyed each level and loved that the theme of the levels changed with each one - really helped keep things interesting. Only complaint I had was with trying to shoot enemies while chests were nearby, but thankfully that didn't happen too terribly often. Very well done! |
| Jan 4 03:26:00 | 10m 00s | Breathe | Very very well polished game! Loved the mood, music and art all around. Gameplay was good though it could be improved as there wasn't much to do. Took me a while to figure out I could charge up while still defending after releasing it, but once I did the games difficulty was very sound - it started off easy and once I neared the end it became a challenge without being frustrating. <br/> <br/>Overall a very nicely made game. Great job! |
| Jan 4 04:03:00 | 37m 00s | OSHIYA! PUSH! | Loved the graphics and audio - very well crafted. The game was nicely polished, and while I didn't understand the controls at first, it quickly came to me and the game was very fun. The only problem I had was with the UI in that I thought the top-right indicator for levels completed actually referred to doors, as I had not noticed the score counter in the top-left. |
| Jan 4 04:22:00 | 19m 00s | Harvest | Fun game. Felt limited by the controls, but otherwise this was very solid and well-polished. Especially loved the art style. |