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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | gurkenlabs's comment | |
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| May 1 08:32:53 | The World At Your Feet | ♥ 1 | Pretty solid entry :) The controls were not clear at the start but other than that I had a lot of fun playing the game π | |
| May 2 08:35:12 | 24h 02m | World of My Own | ♥ 1 | Hi there, congrats to this entry! The music was fitting, other sounds were somewhat disturbing. The level transitions seemed somewhat buggy sometimes, making me run around the screen edges like a madman. The gameplay is simplistic and fun, could have used more variety though. |
| May 2 08:40:12 | 5m 00s | The Last Colony | ♥ 1 | The mood of the game was quite nice, but I had to concentrate so hard on the controls I couldn't actually get enjoyment out of this. The basic idea is quite nice and the game world teases you for more. The space-y soundtrack was nice (reminded me of mass effect somewhat). |
| May 2 08:51:18 | 11m 06s | LD38 - Big Dreams | ♥ 2 | I liked the idea very much. The different weapons made the game fun to play and different enemy types required you to actually switch tactics every now and then. The dreamy, childish soundtrack fit perfectly! Sound effects, however, were a little off. |
| May 2 08:57:44 | 6m 26s | Global Disaster | ♥ 0 | Very solid game with addictive gameplay and nice music. |
| May 2 09:03:05 | 5m 21s | Sillyzilla Rampage | ♥ 1 | The silly, goofy mood of this game was its most entertaining feature to me. The gameplay was fun, but with the limbs moving this slowly, missing jets could get a little frustrating. |
| May 2 09:08:31 | 5m 26s | King Of The Seals | ♥ 2 | What is this I can't even. Hilarious! |
| May 2 09:38:37 | 30m 06s | A Growing Adventure | ♥ 1 | This was the entry I've spent most time with until now :) It feels totally complete and the premise is very clever. Later on, grinding gets more and more important which I don't think is a good mechanic. But still, absolutely solid game! |
| May 2 09:48:50 | 10m 13s | Bless You ! | ♥ 1 | I liked your entry. It has a fresh setting and gameplay and definitely some quirkiness :) However, it wasn't a very challenging game and the dragging sound effect annoyed me a lot. |
| May 2 09:57:43 | 8m 53s | High Society Poking Enthusiasts | ♥ 1 | Hey there! What an interesting game you created there :D It was very short and the gameplay was more than simplistic, but the atmosphere was interesting and your world a strange and worthwile place to explore. |
| May 2 10:10:39 | 12m 56s | FREEDUMB! | ♥ 1 | This is a really well executed piece of satire. It doesn't really have compelling gameplay and to be honest I had no idea how to spot the right countries at the beginning. But nevertheless, the idea is fresh and interesting. Also, I had the same issue as above when I nuked myself. :D |
| May 2 10:27:08 | 16m 29s | Colonial Kart World | ♥ 1 | This game concept is a neat idea and I'd love to see it expanded in the future. What I didn't enjoy that much was the bouncyness of the ships, I was flying through mid-air the whole time which is not exactly a thing I'd expect from a ship ;) Congratulations on this fun little arena game! |
| May 2 10:41:37 | 14m 29s | Come on, barbarian! | ♥ 3 | Brilliant take on the theme! This is extremely challenging (and wobbly. My god it's wobbly.π) I really liked that you even had some story to this. Also, the dead puppets being pulled up out of the scene is a great detail that contributes to this being an extremely well executed jam entry! However, your instructions say 'D': raise left leg, where 'S' raises left leg instead and 'D' is for walking right. |
| May 2 10:58:02 | 16m 25s | Lottery: you judge them I judge you | ♥ 1 | Very interesting idea. Didn't expect the games here to get this philosophical :) I don't think that it fits the theme well, but it has other strengths. In the end, however, I had no idea what the ratings meant so the whole premise of being judged fell apart a little. |
| May 2 13:13:26 | 2h 15m | Pilgrim | ♥ 2 | Had a lot of fun with the arcade elements of the game. Some gameplay mechanics (like the yellow stuff on the ground) were not immidiately clear to me. Also I found myself searching for some ingame menu (settings or help) and by pressing "ESC" I just closed the entire game, which was a bit frustrating. The mood was very good and your game fits the theme very well. π |
| May 3 10:27:48 | 21h 14m | Lab 493 | ♥ 1 | Congrats to this cute little game. The music and sfx are nice and "playing a microscope" is an interesting premise. It wasn't really challenging, however, to find all germs. |
| May 3 10:39:05 | 11m 17s | Edge of the Abyss | ♥ 1 | Very complex and challenging game! I would have wished for some kind of ingame indicator on the effects of units and buildings, but overall your game is a lot of fun. |
| May 3 10:41:09 | 2m 04s | The Shrinkifier | ♥ 0 | I found it hard to figure out what you're supposed to do, but the concept is very unique and interesting. |
| May 3 11:00:53 | 19m 44s | Gaia | ♥ 1 | Great art and fitting sounds, this met the theme quite well! The gameplay was quite challenging and got a little too hard because of the clouds passing so fast, but still an awesome job! |
| May 3 11:21:21 | 20m 28s | What Remains. | ♥ 2 | First of all, I'm a huge Fallout shelter fan. :D I think your take on the "small world" theme is very well-chosen and the gameplay is quite engaging, even over longer periods of time. Having to manage all the people simultaneously and providing food and water can get quite challenging, which I liked. Some more variety in building possibilities would have been nice and I think music would have made the whole experience so much more worthwile. But still: great job! |
| May 3 11:31:48 | 10m 27s | Naziverse | ♥ 0 | I really had a hard time moving forward as the damn nazis were shooting so fast. Just crouching and waiting for bullets to pass didn't really seem like a fair challenge. But your art is nice and the game world interesting! |
| May 3 11:52:13 | 20m 25s | Glass Houses | ♥ 1 | The mood of your game was really intense, art and audio well-crafted. The "plot-twist" revealed itself to me really early in the game and from that point, it became a bit tedious to do all that slow walking to get to the end. All in all, solid game! |
| May 3 11:58:20 | 6m 07s | NO STEP ON HYOOMINS | ♥ 1 | The premise of the game is quite crazy :D It has very unique gameplay and it can be very satisfying to reach good scores. Could have used more variety (levels, special hyoomins), though. |
| May 3 12:16:08 | 17m 48s | PogoPogo | ♥ 2 | Awesome Idea! More games need a crowdsurfing mechanic :) I had a lot of people respawning in the left bottom so I couldn't finish, but your game is very enjoyable! |
| May 3 12:24:48 | 8m 40s | Sky Roads | ♥ 1 | A really relaxing and beautiful game with not much to criticize :) In the web version, the alpha channel of the sprites was displayed black, but that could have been an issue with my browser. Good job! |
| May 3 12:31:30 | 6m 42s | Gravitational Gravityness | ♥ 0 | Awesome name :'D This is an interesting sandbox that could be great in a worms-like game (as you mentioned). Unfortunately, it didn't really deliver any engaging gameplay. |
| May 3 12:33:54 | 2m 24s | Stunt Pilot | ♥ 0 | none of the actual game (except UI) was rendered for me when playing the web version in firefox on ubuntu. I'll have to give it another shot with my windows pc :) |
| May 3 12:38:49 | 4m 55s | SMALL WORLD of LOVER | ♥ 0 | What a thoughtful interpretation of the theme! Very simple mechanics, yet I still managed to not win. |
| May 3 12:47:55 | 9m 06s | Attack of the Planetary-Vampires | ♥ 1 | **+**I hate when planetary vampires invade my planet. **+**Graphics and Sound are well done, the fog of war looks neat! **-**When losing, the "game over" screen is reloaded (along with the "game over, man!"-sound) for each remaining planetary vampire that hits you. (Web version in firefox) **-**Also, I found my projectiles to become too small too fast so I couldn't really estimate my distance shots well. Great job! |
| May 3 14:13:01 | 1h 25m | Of Course I Remember You! | ♥ 2 | What a gem! Hilarious sounds and situations, MS-Paint art, world's greatest defeat-screen and really unique gameplay. What could you want more? |
| May 3 20:29:42 | 6h 16m | littleBLASTplanet | ♥ 1 | I really liked this interpretation of the theme combined with very basic arcade gameplay. What I didn't like was that the collision system often was not really fair to me. I died a lot without having touched an enemy. Overall, nice game! |
| May 3 20:41:41 | 11m 59s | Planet Desumaton | ♥ 3 | This game really is a fun one to play! The unique mechanics and cute art style are very appealing. For me, it took a little too long to beat Planet Desumaton as you basically did the same thing over and over. I would have wished for another type of interaction with the asteroids (maybe some circular impulse that pushes away all close asteroids or something like that.) |
| May 3 20:50:40 | 8m 59s | a-small-world | ♥ 0 | This is a crazy idea and I like it a lot. I managed to continuously hit the woman with the fish with the right timing without skipping to the next screen, which made the game even better :) |
| May 3 21:14:15 | 23m 35s | Terrartisan | ♥ 1 | This is a very calm game and I liked that you included an endless and a quest mode. The music came out quite good. Some instructions on how to actually play the game would have been nice at the beginning. |
| May 3 21:38:47 | 24m 32s | Macdyver | ♥ 3 | Even if I sometimes walked straight to the edge of the scene without coming across parts, I managed to complete the game. It was a good experience and it was very satisfying to reach the bubble right in time before the current set in. Your music was nice, the bubble theme was joyful and peaceful and the water theme calm and vast. Sweet pixel art! |
| May 3 21:47:31 | 8m 44s | Sucker Munch | ♥ 1 | I can only agree to the others around here: Great graphics, nice music and fluent gameplay made this a very fun game to play. Nothing to criticize here! |
| May 4 11:39:22 | 13h 51m | β¬οΈ | ♥ 2 | Great little game with neat music and an interesting idea. |
| May 4 11:52:52 | 13m 30s | A Small World Cup | ♥ 1 | The physics were absolutely entertaining and I had a lot of fun with your game. The dragging controls work quite well for this kind of game. |
| May 4 12:40:09 | 47m 17s | 6-Sided Sojourn | ♥ 1 | This was a great interpretation of the theme! Nice music and graphics, but the difficulty was a little low. |
| May 8 11:18:06 | 94h 37m | Hopper | ♥ 2 | Really nice compo entry with quite a few levels. The graphics are very solid and the sound effects match the overall mood. It would be nice if the game could be started in a larger resolution or even fullscreen. Also the controls "Z" and "X" are a bit out of place for QWERTZ keyboard layouts. Overall: **Great job on the game, we've had a lot of fun playing it.** You can check out our playthough of the game over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU2O59nTe_s&t=4s |
| May 11 15:02:14 | 75h 44m | Blocknauts! | ♥ 1 | After initial problems with the controls (inverted look when flying, gravity turning you around), this turned out to be a worthwile experience with nice graphics. The lack of animation felt a little stiff, but once you get the hang of jetpack controls, you donβt even bother anymore. Some feedback on the current progress (UI elements) would have been a great addition and in the end we had no idea if the game was actually finished or not. (The rocket wasnβt obviously missing any more parts, but the game just went on). Check out our review of the game over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iWSzicsia8 |
| May 14 10:59:27 | 67h 57m | Murder Mitosis | ♥ 5 | Very polished game that would be great on consoles. You definitely get the best experience out of this with real players, as the AI gets stuck rather fast. Controls are tight, graphics are crisp and the gameplay is simple, yet hard to perfect. π You can check out our playthough of the game over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTCEiFkkoI |
| May 14 11:30:05 | 30m 38s | Little Sky Farm | ♥ 1 | I really liked the atmosphere of your game. Having to estimate how long the processes take is a clever mechanic. However, I mistakenly put my last wheat seed in the millstone so I couldn't produce any more wheat (and therefore, bread.) So I ended up mining and planting trees until I had hundreds of units each, but the selling process got enormously tedious (as you can't sell multiple units at once or leave spacebar pressed for selling) so I gave up because I didn't want to press spacebar 700 times. The day/night cycle added a nice touch to the game, but the HUD also being darkened out by night might not have been a perfect choice. All in all: very soothing, calm game with an interesting premise! |
| May 14 12:06:14 | 36m 09s | The Nedludd Club | ♥ 1 | A very dense atmosphere and well-written dialogues made the hunt for the murderer an engaging experience. You have to combine all the hints cleverly and nothing is as it seems first. You could improve on the graphics, but this was still a very solid game with quite some playtime. |
| May 14 12:18:41 | 12m 27s | The Adventure of Malvin | ♥ 1 | Awesome art and matching sound effects. The music was cool but maybe not exactly matching the theme of the game. I had one major issue: The game was way too fast on my machine, making it almost impossible to get the (double-) jump timings correctly which was a shame because after a lot of tries I had to give up. It seems like you might have some kind of game loop issue, because in the gifs, the game seems to be appropriately fast. |
| May 14 13:20:48 | 1h 02m | Neuroso | ♥ 1 | I liked the narrative a lot, the story is interesting and the different levels were visually and musically appealing. The ending is misterious and thoughtful. As one other user pointed out, the punctuation and grammar of the dialogues could be improved and I found the Anti-Aliased text to be a little hard to read, but generally this is a great game! |
| May 14 13:29:07 | 8m 19s | Until the End | ♥ 1 | A great take on the dull life in prison. Not really a fun game (mechanically), but a unique experience indeed! |
| May 14 13:39:56 | 10m 49s | A World of Death! | ♥ 0 | Hilarious sound design and a very innovative umbrella mechanic really had me hooked :) Maybe killing the gnomes after they're on the boat would have been easier if the umbrella attack triggered on mouse press instead of release. Also, I found the lack of fullscreen mode annoying as any clicks outside the game window took away focus from the game. The text at the beginning of each level vanished so fast I was almost never able to read it and the music sometimes wildly played two instances at once, resulting in chaos :D |
| May 14 14:06:31 | 26m 35s | Leucos | ♥ 1 | An awesome entry with stunning visuals and fun audio. I found the knockback from shooting too intense, especially when having picked up a speed powerup. Also, as mentioned above, jumping and shooting gets you dead nearly every time. I didn't quite get the point of being able to move around since my most successful tactic consisted of just standing right in the middle of the map. |
| May 16 12:08:39 | 46h 02m | Dung Beetle | ♥ 3 | A very enjoyable game with nice graphics. The difficulty is adequate, but the randomness of the last level became rather frustrating for me. There's still a lot of potential in your game, good luck with the further development! |
| May 16 12:18:58 | 10m 19s | Let's Be Happy in Our Small World | ♥ 3 | Once more, justice has been brought to the world. Vases and Cats are avenged. Very nice game with lovely art and polished mechanics. In my opinion, the text screens were displayed a little too long, but overall, the game was really fun. |
| May 16 12:33:20 | 14m 22s | Little Italy | ♥ 2 | Your game fascinatingly reminded me of the times I roamed through Mafia 1 with clarinet Jazz on the radio -> points for nostalgia there. :) Maybe the crate model is a little too dark, there were times when it spawned in a shadowy area and I completely overlooked it. The navigation arrow might have been a little misplaced on top of the car roof; when driving up or down slopes, it was barely visible. Driving felt responsive (though I would have wished for a drift mechanic due to the objectives always being in tight turns) and graphics are nice (except some overlapping textures). All in all, not much to criticize here, good job! |
| May 16 13:02:13 | 28m 53s | The Clearing | ♥ 0 | Congrats on finishing this for the compo! The basic idea is fun and the graphics are nice. However, here's some aspects that need improvement in my opinion: -The controls felt rather clunky. -The camera placement is not always optimal (the player becomes invisible a lot of times, maybe trees etc. in line of sight should be transparent so the character doesn't go missing. -The environment is not very appealing and rather monotonous. -The monkeys had problems with pathfinding once they noticed me walking back in the camp. They ran into me and each other and it took a while for them to get out of camp again. -Gathering wood just didn't work a lot of times. I hit the trees with my axe but nothing happened. |
| May 16 13:10:37 | 8m 24s | Quest Island | ♥ 1 | The world generation yielded some neat results, but I didn't find the game visually attractive. The tile contrast was so high, it hurt my eyes when moving. Also, I found the NPCs but wandered around for ages not finding the treasures. A Minimap sure would help prevent this. The music fit the game very well. |
| May 16 13:20:15 | 9m 38s | Anger Birb: World | ♥ 1 | A fun little game that keeps you trying over and over to get a better score. (Still failed.) I'd love to see this idea expanded a little further! |
| May 16 13:28:27 | 8m 12s | Rickshaw World | ♥ 1 | The melancholy is strong in this game :) The dialogues were interesting, but to me the game was lacking compelling gameplay. Graphics are nice and you definitely stayed true to the theme! |
| May 16 13:36:25 | 7m 58s | Harry Inks Shrinks | ♥ 1 | Congrats on your efforts :) The basic idea of your game is promising, too bad you couldn't finish! Instructions of some sort (in game) would have been appreciated and the ingame text color is not very well-chosen (not enough contrast to the background). As others mentioned, you might have considered just letting that music out π |
| May 16 13:43:26 | 7m 01s | Bubble Boy | ♥ 1 | A fun game that doesn't really make anything wrong. The music is nice and the level design clever. There were some strange physical laws in this world (being able to jump from vertical surfaces felt strange, for example). |
| May 16 13:53:56 | 10m 30s | Balanced Upon A Turtle | ♥ 1 | A very polished game, the graphics and audio are pleasant and the gameplay is compelling. You chose a very unconventional mechanic and it works really well for the game. I didn't get past level three, maybe in part due to the god being a little too slow to react to sliding sheep. Great job, though! |
| May 16 13:58:46 | 4m 50s | A tiny explorer in a tiny world | ♥ 1 | Artistically, this is a really solid entry. It does lack some gameplay but the monologues and the disco mode can still entertain you for a few minutes :) |
| May 16 14:04:44 | 5m 58s | Draw a Small World | ♥ 1 | This makes more fun than it originally looks like :D Nice idea and some NEAT GRAPHICS! Could be a fun experience for local multiplayer. |
| May 16 14:09:41 | 4m 57s | Planet Heist | ♥ 1 | I loved the amount of polish put into your game (with splashscreen and ingame key instructions). The graphics and sound are great and the turn-based approach to a stealth game is very unique. A really nice entry! |
| May 16 14:35:21 | 25m 40s | The Seesaw Redemption | ♥ 1 | This is a solid entry and the physics are fun (even if at some point, part of my hamster ball was somehow glued to the wheel so I needed to restart.) Your art is enjoyable and fits the game perfectly. |
| May 17 19:43:37 | 29h 08m | LD38: A Space Odyssey | ♥ 1 | First of all, congrats on finishing in time! The gameplay is very unique and challenging and the art is just right. (Nice soundtrack!) Maybe the tooltips were a little too sparse at the beginning and I didn't know what buildings to build where. But after getting the hang of the game, it turned out to be great fun! I think the game's learning curve is a bit too steep, which might scare off some people too early. Hope you get all the needed votes ;) |
| May 20 11:10:12 | 63h 26m | Super Collapse Guy | ♥ 1 | The game's mechanic is innovative and works really well. Also, your art was enjoyable and the puzzles were clever. Great job! |