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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		MCjammydodger's comment
May 2 15:51:43		Colorfly	♥ 1	As others have been saying, the music is great! The game play was simple and relaxing, but in my opinion I think the side scrolling parts could have been left out and instead focus on the part with the worlds. Having to build all the trees in a world may have made more sense to me, at the moment there doesn't seem to be any point in doing so besides the score at the end (which I got 23/30, not sure if that's good or not). Overall this game's audio is great, and the visuals are nice too but the game play itself wasn't very engaging.
May 3 10:43:42	18h 51m	Lab 493	♥ 1	A nice little game. Fun graphics and audio and it is a good take on the theme. The game is easy to understand and play, but is very basic and doesn't offer much replay-ability. I think maybe a countdown timer rather than a count up timer would make the game feel more fun, so instead of seeing how fast you can find the germs you have to find them within a certain amount of time. Overall a fun little game.
May 3 11:04:01	20m 19s	Planet Landlord	♥ 1	Fun game! I managed to get $6290, but many citizens were lost in the process. At first a felt the game was too easy, I felt the ships were coming in too slowly. And then the speed increased and my world became a disaster zone! The visuals and audio were basic but did the job, I also liked the hovering sign with the name of the world. This game could definitely be developed into something more complex with more ship types, temporary power ups such as being able to slow down time, or maybe be able to purchase permanent upgrades with the money earned. Good job!
May 5 09:17:15	46h 13m	Planetoid Escape	♥ 1	Very simple and short game. For visuals I think having a more space like skybox would have made more sense to me, even if it was just black. Also some colour on the character and rocket would have been nice. Good job on making the rigidbodies be affected by the planets gravity.
May 5 09:31:08	13m 53s	Bazooka Freaks	♥ 1	Good game. I had fun just playing against myself! I like the way the core affects the gravity of the projectiles. The music and sound effects fit in well to this game. Next thing to do would be to make some AI opponents to fight against. Very fun indeed.
May 6 10:45:54	25h 14m	Rocket Roller Space Polo	♥ 0	A very fun game! I didn't understand how to score at first, but I figured it out eventually. Maybe some simple instructions on the menu would help. This game would be great in multiplayer and could expanded with new maps etc. Great idea!
May 6 11:04:56	19m 02s	Until the End	♥ 2	This game fits the theme well, but it doesn't rate very high for me on the fun factor, since I'm not into these kind of games in general, but it does fit the mood you're going for with this game. I didn't know where things were at first, but quickly found everything so I don't think the addition of a map is necessary, unless you expand this game to make a larger prison. The ability to talk the other people would have been a nice addition, and being able to interact with more things in general would maybe make this game more enjoyable. When I needed to eat, I made my way to the kitchen but then it transported me to my prison cell, I guess it was because it was night and time for locking up. Once I rested I was walking to the kitchen when I died of starvation. An option to run would have helped out. Controls were nicely done. Good entry!
May 6 11:23:06	18m 10s	The Robot's Trial	♥ 2	Fun game. I liked unlocking the different modules as I progressed. The animations and visuals fit together well. I did noticed what I think is a bug where I jumped on to the platform with all those cubes and then I appeared under the map, hovering. I couldn't do anything so I quit and restarted the game. Apart from that it was very fun. The various modules were great and if you expanded it with more levels, it could become a very good game.
May 6 11:38:50	15m 44s	Run Cola Run	♥ 3	That was a fun game. I manged to get 4 achievements and finished the game. The puzzles were fun and some were challenging. The visuals and music were good too. Overall great game!
May 6 14:06:52	2h 28m	Save the Banana !	♥ 1	Interesting idea, having to save a banana... The controls are nice with a mouse. I managed to get 194 score. Is that good? It also appears the game could go on forever unless the banana gets bruised too much, maybe having a certain score/time limit to aim for to win. Very basic and simple visuals. Good job for only 10 hours of development time.
May 6 14:42:20	35m 28s	Small Atomic World War	♥ 1	I had a lot of fun playing this game. I like that there is a final level I have to reach, although I only managed to get to level 52. I thought the controls were a bit hard but I got used to them in the end. I didn't like the way the particles bounced in the air, and since it's a top down view, it makes it hard to tell if they are grounded. As my atom grew, I noticed the rays were passing over the other atoms. Since all the other atoms I came across were smaller I had no way of dealing damage to them but they could hit me. I think keeping everything grounded and having the rays fire from the same height would greatly improve this game. Apart from that it was very fun. Well done!
May 6 14:49:06	6m 46s	The Small Black	♥ 2	Interesting idea which could make for a great game if it's expanded upon and made less luck based. Because this game is heavily focused on randomness, I felt that staying intact by the end of it wasn't very satisfying as it's mostly to do with luck rather than skill. All I had to do was spend 6 minutes fixing the most damaged component and hope that luck was on my side. If you added more strategy into the game it could be very fun. Good entry though!
May 7 11:30:58	20h 41m	Antagonistic : Hamburger Hill	♥ 1	This was a fun game was I understood what to do. I felt the controls and camera were fine. I only managed to obtain 44% of the food, but only because of my incompetence (I spent most of my eggs on workers rather than warriors so I got overwhelmed). Having a compass or landmarks would help, because at the moment just saying the enemies are coming from the east isn't helpful when I don't know which way is east. Good job on the visuals, I also liked the way the hamburger shrunk as the beetles attacked it. Good job!
May 7 11:54:30	23m 32s	D4RK and the Small Worlds	♥ 1	I really enjoyed this game, especially the final boss battle! I managed to defeat it in the end, but it was rather challenging and I like battles where you have to learn when to attack and when to dodge etc. I did try to use my Xbox controller to see if it made it any easier, but dash is the back button which was very awkward so I went back to using keyboard. This was a very fun game overall. SPOILER WARNING: I am never trusting Pluto again!
May 9 10:44:03	46h 49m	tiny'Pocalypse	♥ 1	Fun game which was quite challenging. Having different objectives like collect all pages, destroy all portals etc made the game more interesting. I liked the visuals, but the enemies could have had an attack animation to indicate if one was about to deal damage to me. I think the speed of the characters run could have been faster as it didn't seem to increase the players speed much. Good job!
May 9 11:00:53	16m 50s	Starstruck Ducky	♥ 1	This was an interesting game with good dialogue. I managed to meet the celebrity in the end but I still failed, was there a specific I had to do with them that I missed? I would have preferred it if you could skip to a specific day, instead of having to spend it chit-chatting with the lower ducks. The game also seems luck oriented, with outcomes of discussions being randomly decided, not sure if it is but that was the impression I got. This was a well made game with nice visuals and audio, but I think there could have been more options to progress the game. Good entry though!
May 9 14:45:15	3h 44m	Little Big Square	♥ 0	A fun puzzle game. I made it to the puzzle where the three balls had to end up into the holes on the left hand side, I couldn't line up the shots properly. Something that could be improved upon though is when the player is around the same size as the shrink/expand box it is hard to actually sit in the right spot to get the command to pop up, but apart from that it was a great game. Also, I wasn't expecting so many levels and all the different mechanics for a Ludum Dare game. Good job!
May 11 13:54:25	47h 09m	Enlightenment	♥ 0	Nice game with a great zooming mechanic. An improvement would be to add different types of enemies and making them a bit harder because it felt very easy strolling past them. If they did take my energy level down there was usually a book nearby for met to fill up again so it wasn't much of a punishment. It was a good simple game.
May 11 14:06:04	11m 39s	The Space Explorer	♥ 1	Unfortunately I can't run this game on my laptop without a very low frame rate and severe input lag, even clicking buttons on the menu was hard because of the lag. So because of this I won't rate the game play, but the graphics look very nice. I was also surprised to see a Blender game on here.
May 11 14:34:21	28m 17s	The Deific's Guide to Creating, Exploiting, and Destroying Pocket Worlds	♥ 1	The game took me a while to understand even with the tutorials, which I think could have been presented a bit better with less on the screen at once and waiting for the player to perform specific tasks before showing the next part of the tutorial. It was an interesting game which could have been more fun if the play area wasn't so big. It took me too long to find specific elements and it took too long to produce others, I got 10 minutes in and had only produced earth, air and sand. If it was quicker to get new elements it may have made it more fun. I do like the concept however and with a few tweaks it could be very fun. Good job.
May 11 14:54:13	19m 52s	CircuitWorld	♥ 0	Good game with interesting puzzles. What did make it hard was it seemed I had to connect things in a certain order which I don't know if that was intended or whether it's a bug. If it is intended though it needs to be made clearer because I was confused why some bulbs weren't lighting up. It may of course be that I'm an idiot and wired them up wrong. Overall a good short game!
May 11 15:16:52	22m 39s	Skylets	♥ 2	When I first played this game I couldn't get past the first level because I thought I had to return to the ship to take off. I then actually read the instructions on this page and had a lot of fun getting through all the levels. I managed to obtain 85 resources. I noticed I kept getting caught on the edges of rocks etc, which was rather frustrating, but other than that the game play was great! I also liked the visuals and sounds too. Good job!
May 11 16:01:46	44m 54s	Planetary Escape	♥ 1	Unique idea for a game. I enjoyed it. Some improvements: - Have better controls. Using the up key to shoot but then using up and shift to boost seems strange. - Have a quicker tutorial, it wasn't fun waiting for the text to slowly fade in. - Make the police ships not be able to fly through planets. - Some nice explosion effects when ships are destroyed. I did like the way you had to use the planets gravity but I feel it would be better if it naturally changed your trajectory rather than having to press space to make gravity work. Overall an original game to play.
May 12 12:45:21	20h 43m	World Fighter	♥ 1	This was a fun game. I enjoyed the visuals and liked the shattering effects of the enemies when they were killed. It's really easy to pick up and play with no explanations on how to play needed. I think having a boss enemy at the end of the level would have been fun, it could just be a stronger version of the standard enemy. Good take on the theme. Good game!
May 12 15:42:30	2h 57m	Small Obstacles	♥ 1	I enjoyed the game. It was short but the few levels in it were fun. I think the graphics could be changed slightly to make them clearer. This would make a great game if more levels and obstacles were to be added. Good job!
May 13 13:27:16	21h 44m	Pie Planet : Octopus flavour	♥ 1	I really enjoyed playing this game! It was hard to manage everything at once but that's what made it fun. The only issue I have is that I had periods of time where I was waiting ages for a certain resource to land before I could build anything else so I couldn't really do anything at these times. Overall it is a great game with decent graphics and audio. Good job!
May 17 10:58:18	93h 31m	This Is Not Enough Planet!	♥ 1	This game was very fun! I found the controls very nice on a gamepad and it was clear what I had to do from the start. I enjoyed the sound and visuals and I loved the leaderboard feature, although I didn't place high at all. This game has a lot of replay-ability and is very well made. Good job!
May 17 11:06:40	8m 22s	Something Something	♥ 0	I like the look of this game, shame important game play elements weren't implemented in time, it could have been rather fun. I also liked the map editor feature.
May 17 11:33:11	26m 31s	Planetary Assault Self Defense!	♥ 0	I had a lot of fun playing this one. I couldn't get past the first wave using the laser or the machine gun, but when I used the canon I managed to get to wave 21 without losing any health and then I made it to rank 35 before I quit because it was too easy to just spin and hold down the spacebar. The canons were too powerful I think to offer much challenge, or harder enemies should spawn in at later levels. With more levels and more upgrade variety this would be a great game. Good job!
May 17 11:44:46	11m 35s	A Small World (how original)	♥ 0	Nice little game. It was fairly easy, but I think if you added some sort of upgrade system where you could purchase spells then it would make it more enjoyable. The spells refreshed too fast so they could be spammed with not much penalty. Graphics could be improved, especially the lightning and enemies. Apart from a few balancing issues the game was fun, well done!