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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | DifferentName's comment |
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| Apr 18 16:59:00 | LightShifter | Impressive amount of hand designed 3d puzzles for a Compo game. They're pretty easy though. I wasn't sure it fit the theme, but I guess the shape shifting is that you're moving shapes around? | |
| Apr 18 17:20:00 | 21m 00s | Tile Snake | Great game! The puzzles were challenging and used interesting mechanics. I love how the tail size limits the areas you can go to, all the way down to having no tail at all, allowing you to turn around. I also like how the exit requirement creates an interesting twist where sometimes you need to get as many blocks as you can, and other times you need to get rid of blocks. <br/> <br/>Also, I was surprised I could spit blocks onto the holes when I didn't have a tail, which I see now may have been a bug. I didn't totally feel like it was game breaking though. I guess it allowed me to solve some puzzles in an easier way, but I still felt clever for getting through the level using that mechanic. |
| Apr 18 17:26:00 | 6m 00s | Shapes Attack | My Score: 43 <br/>Cool little game for your first Ludum Dare. Although it's simple it fit the theme well. I felt like you ramped up the difficulty at a good pace, allowing me to get my bearings with the controls at first, but slowly I get to the point that I can't keep up. <br/> <br/>And thanks for watching me make my game on twitch! |
| Apr 18 17:44:00 | 18m 00s | Dark Dungeons | I felt generally confused playing this game. You didn't mention WASD in the controls, so I started by just clicking between Torch, Legs, and Arms, seeing that nothing seemed to change. Then I tried WASD and managed to get down the hall and into another room. But I'm still not really sure if there were other buttons I should be using. While I think arms were used to push buttons, I don't quite understand how they work. And I have no idea how I died. <br/> <br/>More sound effects would probably do a lot to turn that around, though. If I can't see what's happening, it would be good to hear it so I have some idea of what's going on, and could add a lot to the creepiness factor of being in the dark. <br/> <br/>Also, I had a bug in full screen where I had to click above the buttons instead of directly on them. Maybe because of the different aspect ratio or something? Worked well when I restarted in Windowed mode though. |
| Apr 18 18:13:00 | 29m 00s | Changelings' Lair | Wow, there's a lot going on in this game. I like the art like the little crabs, and I like the ambition of what this game is going for. I feel like there's not a lot I could do though, aside from waiting for more gold to get mined so I could build another room. <br/> <br/>I think I would have liked the Guide to explain more of what I'm supposed to do instead of what everything is, but I think I got the hang of it after I realized which units were mine, and that it's inspired by Dungeon Keeper. <br/> <br/>Also, my game also has a Bear! Yay for Bears! |
| Apr 18 18:50:00 | 37m 00s | Neo Shifter | While the visuals might be a bit much for my eyes, I like how much you were able to do visually with such simple shapes. Everything pulses in ways that feels good to shoot at the enemies. I'd have liked to see more with the theme though. As far as I could tell there are just two bullet patterns? More attack patterns or some other effect of shape shifting could have given the game more variety. |
| Apr 18 19:07:00 | 17m 00s | Shape Shifters | Fun idea. I felt so confident in my first arrangement of shapes, only to see them topple off the truck immediately. My second attempt was much better, as I figured out a relatively stable set up for 3456 points! |
| Apr 18 19:14:00 | 7m 00s | Down The Well | I like how you have to match the rotation and the shape to get through the spaces, and how both are done at the same time in a simple intuitive way with the mouse. |
| Apr 18 19:28:00 | 14m 00s | Two Jobs | I love the idea and execution of this game! I love how the two games you're playing are both really easy on their own, but the challenge comes from having to do both at the same time, and that moment where an enemies attack is headed towards the same place as the ball and you have to shoot the enemy bullet to survive. Perfect game for a game jam! |
| Apr 18 19:32:00 | 4m 00s | Urgent Metamorphosis | Although the gameplay is simple, it gets very challenging as the target color changes faster. Although I prefer to see the theme have more influence on the gameplay, I like how much the theme shows in the mood of your game as we try to cure a werewolf. |
| Apr 18 19:57:00 | 25m 00s | Block Shift | I read the instructions, but didn't understand what it meant to match a block color until I succeeded at it. Once I understood I could pick up the dots by touching them with the matching block, and that the objective was to pick up the dot that matched the flashing block, I enjoyed the game more. It's pretty tricky figuring out how to get around the area using the crosshair colors. <br/> <br/>In the end, I lost by having green blink 3 times in a row. I wonder if it's a bug that getting the same color twice in a row makes it so the timer on that block doesn't reset. |
| Apr 18 20:15:00 | 18m 00s | SpaceShifter | Great fit with the theme! It's fun figuring out how to use different animals abilities to get around the world. I wish it had check points instead of sending me to the beginning of the game when I died. It felt like a harsh penalty having to start over from the beginning. Picking up a new ship piece would have been a great time for a check point. |
| Apr 18 20:33:00 | 18m 00s | Pixel Pets | I really liked changing my creature to do better in the caves, but I wish I could have seen more transformations and variety in their abilities. I couldn't really tell if there were differences between the foods, how the transformation was determined, or if the different forms had a difference aside from doing more damage. |
| Apr 20 16:01:00 | 43h 28m | SHOOTING GAME THING | I like the clear differences between the two ship modes, really giving a purpose to the shape shifting mechanic. It's really tough fighting the big guys that shoot a lot, because you need the Mech's extra bullets to destroy them, but he's too big to dodge. Transforming into the ship for a moment of dodging helps a bit, but it's challenging! Fun game! |
| Apr 20 16:30:00 | 29m 00s | Powervoid | This game is tough! I'm surprised how much of a challenge you were able to provide through such a seemingly simple mechanic. <br/> <br/>I think I may have encountered a bug with the tutorial messages, because it didn't tell me how to play the game until level 3 when it said "To recap" and finally told me the controls. |
| Apr 20 16:46:00 | 16m 00s | ShapeShifter | Cool idea, and a pretty good play on words with the theme. I felt so comfortable on round 7, like I really mastered it, and then totally fell apart on round 8. |
| Apr 20 16:57:00 | 11m 00s | FarKae City | Great beat em up game! I really love the graphics and audio! <br/> <br/>I would have liked the number of enemies per fight to start smaller and ramp up over time. The first fight felt really tough as I wasn't even sure I understood what I was supposed to do with the different color attacks (Although I assumed I needed to match the enemies color, the big guy just keeps changing color and I lost without even killing anyone, so I wasn't sure). But then after a few tries, I managed to beat the first wave, and all the remaining waves were identical. |
| Apr 20 17:04:00 | 7m 00s | Technovirus Attack! | Good visual effects and audio. |
| Apr 20 17:18:00 | 14m 00s | Polyshift | Fun game. I felt like in the last level, it didn't really matter how fast I could think, as there wasn't enough time to push the button to get to the shape I needed. It could work that fast if I had a way to pick my shape faster without pushing a button several times, or if it went just a bit slower by the later levels. But I was expecting to lose at some point, not to keep going for the highest skill rating I could get. |
| Apr 20 19:00:00 | 1h 42m | The Other Woman | Great idea, and very unique gameplay. I wanted to like it more, but unfortunately I couldn't get past level 2. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, or how many things I got wrong. Some kind of hint that I can go on to correct the mistake would be very useful. |
| Apr 20 19:25:00 | 25m 00s | Shifter | The controls feel really weird, having to push right or left to get a shape that points up. I wish you had time for a tutorial, cause it took me a while before I could get a single match. But after several attempts and finally learning what I was supposed to do to get a shape to match, I got a high score of 3. |
| Apr 21 16:09:00 | 20h 44m | Skeleghost | I think it would be cool if the ghost walls were a different color, so you could tell a little easier which walls the ghost can go through |
| Apr 21 16:32:00 | 23m 00s | Dungeon Tricker | I'm surprised you didn't include a graphics category, because I like the lighting and atmosphere of the dungeon. I like the Dungeon Keeper inspired game, which feels combined with tower defense. I didn't feel much need to move the walls though, which was the only sign of the shapeshifting theme in the game. <br/>During the tutorial, I was put off by having to click "Shut Up" to learn more about how to play. I don't want it to shut up, I want it to continue talking to me so I can learn the game. |
| Apr 21 16:54:00 | 22m 00s | Scrapmetalship | I love the graphics and music, so I was really hoping to enjoy this one. But here's what happened when I played. There weren't any instructions, so I restarted to read the "What should we do?" section. Unfortunately, this section doesn't say what to do, just explains what items are in the game. Items that unfortunately I never got to encounter outside of that screen. <br/> <br/>So starting the game, I tried WASD and Arrows, thinking maybe those would do something? I thought maybe I need to give my ship an engine, but there's none to be added. Then poking around the map, I was surprised to see something actually happened! The ship was moving because I clicked on the map! Then it took several minutes to fly towards the things I could see at the middle of the map. I managed to pick up a few items on the way, which were just 2 fuel and a piece of hull. Nothing actually useful. Then I got killed by the first enemy I saw. I'm disappointed that I didn't get to build a ship like you show in the screenshots, and I'm wondering if there's some basic part of playing the game that I completely missed since it was never explained. |
| Apr 21 17:30:00 | 36m 00s | Second Hand | Cool game, and looks great for such a short development time. I liked trying out the different parts. Sometimes when my robot broke apart I wasn't really sure why. I think I was getting hit by enemies but couldn't really tell that's what was causing my robot to fall apart. |
| Apr 21 17:44:00 | 14m 00s | Exhuman | The game shows some promise, but attacking feels weird as I have to hold the button down, and ultimately I never got to try many of the upgrades. The human is so incredibly weak that I just can't survive long enough to get a single upgrade. The only reason I was able to get an upgrade was because scrap stayed after death, so after several deaths I got a health upgrade, which seemed good at first, but I never healed enough to make the extra maximum health worth it. I lost the first upgrade on death before I could get a second, and the next upgrade I got was the very same health boost. I would have liked to try some of the different attacks, but the simple human you start with just isn't fun enough to keep playing as long as needed to get the scrap for upgrades. I imagine there's a fun game buried in there somewhere. |
| Apr 21 22:14:00 | 4h 30m | Ape-Evo | The game has potential, and is a good attempt for your first jam. I think it would benefit a lot from a Shapeshifting mechanic beyond pushing a button, like evolving when you pick up a heart. It's also weird that the platforms you start on seem to be too high to jump back up to them. |
| Apr 22 14:55:00 | 16h 41m | TowerShifter | Took a couple minutes for me to figure out what I was supposed to do, cause at the start I didn't even realize I was the bear. It was really tough, but a clever idea that used the theme well. I'd like to see more reverse tower defense games like this. |
| Apr 22 15:22:00 | 27m 00s | Backy | The game looks promising, but I think there might be bugs preventing me from getting anywhere. Sometimes I click enemies and absorb their color, but sometimes I click them and nothing happens. Sometimes I click them and I die. I can't tell anything different in the way I'm clicking that might have changed the outcome. <br/> <br/>The first time I played i turned green without any trouble, went through the green barrier to the left, then wandered around aimlessly through the maze, unsure of where to go. I found some blue and red guys, but encountered the issue I described above where they just wouldn't get absorbed. I eventually managed to absorb a couple red guys before dying. I've tried playing more, but I just can't get things to absorb after the first few green guys. Sometimes I die almost instantly, sometimes I seem immortal. |
| Apr 22 19:09:00 | 3h 47m | Cult Quest | I love the art, but there's not much of a game. There's way too much downtime between gates (just 3 gates and then wait), and it doesn't feel as good using a single button to cycle through the shapes as it would to use two or three buttons, or some other shapeshifting mechanic. |
| Apr 22 19:21:00 | 12m 00s | Extanation | I love the graphics, and I get running out of time to do a tutorial, but I have no idea why you wouldn't include information about how to play in the description. I guessed that maybe i could walk with WASD, pressed D and got shot dead and couldn't figure out how to restart (I know now that Esc lets you restart). <br/> <br/>Thanks to HolyBlackCat I was able to play for a bit, but I still die so easy that I don't think I understand how to play. I controlled a couple robots but don't understand how to use them. One that I mind controlled got close to me and then I seemed to lose control as it just kept shooting at me until the timer ran out and my shield dropped. |
| Apr 22 19:39:00 | 18m 00s | I Have Brig Plans | Really fun and clever puzzle game. I can totally see this as something I'd pay for on my iPhone. |
| Apr 22 21:37:00 | 1h 58m | polyAgonY | The windows version doesn't have an exe or anything to play it. |
| Apr 22 22:12:00 | 35m 00s | windowframe | Wow, this game is amazing. Best I've played yet. |
| Apr 29 15:31:00 | 161h 19m | The Maitre D | Great game. You get all of my 5's |
| May 9 22:41:00 | 247h 10m | Formation Charge! | Good start. I wonder what else you could do with the idea. |