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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Somnium's comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19 05:46:00 | Sound Shift | An original concept, and very enjoyable to play! <br/> <br/>If you are considering making a post-compo version, I would suggest that you enhance the "win detection" logic, so it does not matter in which order the soundballs are placed :-) Also, it could be useful to be able to listen to a "partially constructed" chord. <br/> <br/>You could even add labels to the soundballs and target chord (and maybe even give the name of a "wrong" chord as feedback), thereby making it into a simple edutainment game :-D | |
| Apr 19 06:25:00 | 39m 00s | Dance Dance Pathogen | A very innovative concept, and the game is fun as well :-) I liked the music. <br/> <br/>The game is hard too, especially once you have to use the rotation mechanics as well. I usually did not live long after losing my first antigens :-) |
| Apr 19 06:42:00 | 17m 00s | rain contact | A very fascinating experience! I loved the "seeing the contours with falling rain" mechanic, and the rain animations felt very natural. <br/> <br/>A single suggestion would be to use another button for the "lightning". Not all browsers "consume" the shift-event, and so hitting shift repeatedly can trigger the "Ease of Access" popup on Windows (tearing the player right out of the experience). |
| Apr 19 06:53:00 | 11m 00s | Shape-Shifto: The Reckoning | I loved the graphics and sound. The basic elements are in place, I can't wait to see what you'll do with them :) |
| Apr 19 07:44:00 | 51m 00s | Corners | The text, music and gameplay combine into a nice atmospheric experience. |
| Apr 19 08:02:00 | 18m 00s | Werehunter | Excellent game! <br/> <br/>I enjoyed the mechanics of having to guess your opponent from their description, even if it was not obvious for some of the animals, which animal would be the best to defeat it. <br/> <br/>The music and graphics did an great job in creating an excellent mood. <br/> <br/>One of the best games I have played so far! |
| Apr 19 08:15:00 | 13m 00s | Paranormal Investigator | Nice idea, I loved the concept! <br/> <br/>The object descriptions was a nice touch. |
| Apr 19 08:45:00 | 30m 00s | Keysmith's in a hurry! | Charming game, with an interesting take on the theme! Fun too. <br/> <br/>A different sound effect for when the part is not completed due to lack of materials, could improve the "feedback" of the interface even more <br/> <br/>The variations in the generated job requests was a nice touch, and the music really fit the mood :) |
| Apr 19 09:08:00 | 23m 00s | Scientist clicker | When I try to start the game, I get an error that the file "libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll" is missing on my computer. |
| Apr 19 09:30:00 | 22m 00s | Mimic | Interesting game, although very hard :) It has a nice variety of different powers. <br/> <br/>The soundtrack is excellent! I remember spending precious time listening to it, when you posted it on the main page during the LD ;) A pity you removed all the "extra" songs from the soundtrack :) |
| Apr 19 09:39:00 | 9m 00s | TRUMP: Political Shapeshifter | I always enjoy a nice satirical game :) Nide work, and a unique take on the theme! |
| Apr 19 10:12:00 | 33m 00s | SUBJECT 26 | A very enjoyable game! <br/> <br/>The various texts and clues during the game, combined with the excellent graphics, created a great mood, and the puzzles were interesting, without being frustrating. <br/> <br/>This is definitely one of my favorite games so far! |
| Apr 22 16:16:00 | 78h 04m | StealthShifter | Very nice puzzle game! <br/> <br/>A single suggestion, would be to use the wasd-keys for movement - the udlr was a bit counter-intuitive for me, as I constantly triggered shapeshift while attempting to move down/south, or reversed left/right (due to the l/r key's relative positioning on the keyboard. Muscle memory is hard to defeat :-) <br/> <br/>I liked how there were enough different mechanics, enemies and commands, to make the puzzles both varied and interesting. <br/> <br/>I especially liked the levels where you had to take advantage of the terrain as well, to make the enemies "forget" you again. |
| Apr 22 18:35:00 | 2h 19m | I Have Brig Plans | Amazing puzzle game! <br/> <br/>The rule variations complement each other perfectly, the learning progression is excellent, and the graphics, sound and "intro sequences" combine to give the game a great atmosphere. <br/> <br/>I also love the take on the theme, shaping both the playing field, and for the shapeshifter, even the rules of the puzzles themselves. <br/> <br/>The last puzzle level was nicely challenging, and really brought all the previous mechanics together. |
| Apr 22 18:47:00 | 12m 00s | Shapeshift Inc | Nice puzzle game :) <br/> <br/>I think that combining a pattern matching game with "battle" mechanics is an interesting idea. <br/> <br/>If you are going to develop the game further, a suggestion for an additional mechanic, could be to shift the tiles above the removed tiles downwards, tetris-style (and then add the new random tiles at the top). This would allow for more "strategy" in aligning the rest of the colors to your advantage :) |
| Apr 23 05:20:00 | 10h 33m | Oh What a Night | Great game! <br/> <br/>The art is excellent, and the story was funny. I loved the humor and all the nice small touches - for instance, how the game icon itself makes perfect sense once you reach the ending twist, how the cheese moves around by jumping, and even the small description when entering the "jumbled" room. <br/> <br/>I liked the exploration element. It had the classical "if it is mentioned, then it will become important later" adventure game feel, so you always have an idea of where to go next, once you have explored the map. |
| Apr 23 05:36:00 | 16m 00s | OmniDrone | Fun game! <br/> <br/>The shapeshifting between plane and tank feels useful, and I liked the mechanic of using the metal from the wreckage to build up your own army. <br/> <br/>One small issue is, that your army has a tendency to kill itself, as it stacks up at the exact same location. <br/> <br/>Nice entry! |
| Apr 23 05:44:00 | 8m 00s | Wrestling the RPG | An interesting game. The text was well written, with a nice variety of different paths. Adding additional decisions could make the game even more interesting. |
| Apr 23 06:58:00 | 1h 14m | Morphing Maze | I like text adventure games, so it was nice to see one as a LD game. <br/> <br/>The game could be improved by adding some of the "standard" parser conveniences, for instance allowing the user to type the first letter in the command (instead of the entire command), adding all visible exits to the "what" command, and executing the "what" command automatically when entering a room. <br/> <br/>I enjoyed seeing the different mazes the algorithm produces. A trick to make the maze seem less generic could be to have a few "unique" room-descriptions, assigned randomly to rooms (in effect creating "landmarks" in the maze). This could also be combined with "shape-dependant" generic descriptions, i.e. assigning "a corridor turning sharply" description to a room with a North and East/West exit, for instance (these descriptions could then be assigned after the level generation). <br/> <br/>The energy mechanic added a nice sense of urgency to the maze exploration - perhaps the player should be warned, when he is about to starve to death. |
| Apr 23 07:05:00 | 7m 00s | Spacedentists great fall | Funny game, and a very interesting take on the theme! :) <br/> <br/>It is also surprisingly hard, I have not been able to come anywhere near the 21737 record ;) |
| Apr 23 07:13:00 | 8m 00s | Out of confort | Charming art style, and fun to play! <br/> <br/>The table is littered with dead fish, I think they wish I was better at this game ;) |
| Apr 23 07:29:00 | 16m 00s | Deershifter | Interesting concept, with nice graphics and sound :) <br/> <br/>Pretty fun concept too, I can honestly say, that this is the first time I have played a game as a shapeshifted laser-beam-blasting deer on a mission of revenge ;) |
| Apr 23 07:38:00 | 9m 00s | The Protean Organism | Very interesting platform puzzle game. It has a nice combination of mechanics, which you use to create interesting puzzles, and the developer art is quite charming :) <br/> <br/>As other have said, restarting should be from the level you reached, not the very beginning :) |
| Apr 23 07:48:00 | 10m 00s | Flames and Shifting | Nice, another LibGDX game :) <br/> <br/>I loved the graphics and effects, although the game was a bit too dark sometimes :) <br/> <br/>The audio and graphics combined to create an excellent mood. |
| Apr 23 08:02:00 | 14m 00s | ChickenMan | Cool, another LibGDX game :) <br/> <br/>It is an interesting puzzle platformer, with a nice variety of elements. <br/> <br/>The physics feels a bit strange sometimes, especially jumping, but the game is fun, and the sound and graphics work nicely together to create a nice mood. |
| Apr 23 08:13:00 | 11m 00s | The Seasons Processor | An interesting entry. It was interesting to play around with different configurations, to see how it impacted the colors. Literal shapeshifting :) <br/> <br/>It would probably be preferable to be able to change the values from inside the interface though :) |
| Apr 23 08:41:00 | 28m 00s | Postmortem Hero | Great game! I really enjoyed the concept, as well as the execution! <br/> <br/>I especially enjoyed the humor elements, and small nice touches, like the big fearsome Griffon "Meowing" after being defeated. <br/> <br/>The concept of choosing the right hero, was a nice take on standard RPG Maker team mechanics. |
| Apr 24 05:44:00 | 21h 03m | Particle Mess | I like the concept! :) <br/> <br/>It was pretty fun, messing around with the different components, while trying to make an optimal layout. <br/> <br/>Some simple sounds might make the mechanics feel even more satisfying :) |
| Apr 24 05:58:00 | 14m 00s | Changelings | A fun take on the classical Lemmings! The pixel art is really nice. <br/> <br/>As has been mentioned by others, a "mass bomb" button (or just a level reset) would be a nice convenience addition :) |
| Apr 24 08:07:00 | 2h 09m | (Web) Pyramid Escape | Nice intro, and I love the art style! The different properties of the shapes was interesting. <br/> <br/>I could not get the downloaded version to work (the shapeshifting buttons did not respond), but the web-version worked fine. |
| Apr 24 09:03:00 | 56m 00s | Tile Snake | Excellent game! <br/> <br/>Very innovative idea, using the classic Snake-mechanics in a block puzzle game. It made for great puzzles, especially in the later levels, where more puzzle elements were introduced. Especially the directional walls and the "tile eliminator" gave interesting twists to the solutions. <br/> <br/>Having the optional objectives for extra challenge was a nice touch as well. <br/> <br/>I also enjoyed the combination of sound, music and graphics. |
| Apr 24 09:28:00 | 25m 00s | THIS IS AMAZING | Very enjoyable and fun puzzle game. <br/> <br/>While the early levels were a bit too easy, I liked the progression from easy to hard. <br/> <br/>Sometimes I managed to drag the points outside the playing field by accident - perhaps there should be a check preventing this. |