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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | BinarySpark's comment | |
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| Jul 31 11:39:46 | Power - a puzzle game | ♥ 3 | A nice little puzzle game. There were a few levels in there that had me properly confused for a while, only to then have that little "aha" moment that makes puzzle games so satisfying. So nicely done. Side note: I don't feel like this reflects the jam's theme. Sure, you mentioned it's about power cells, but the game doesn't actually _do_ anything with the idea of losing power. It could be interesting to try and wrap it in a gameplay mechanic. Overall, I like it. | |
| Jul 31 12:33:36 | 53m 50s | Power Hog | ♥ 1 | It's a bit quirky, but not bad. It took me a while to figure out that I was supposed to be holding Space, rather than mashing it. It seems to be a little bit glitchy, too; there are some issues with tables apparently being occupied while no one is sitting there, sitting on top of other people ( https://i.imgur.com/AQaX0s9.png ) and not making use of tables at all ( https://i.imgur.com/2iXzJ8g.png ). Good effort for a weekend's work though! 😄 I like what you did with the theme, I just think the game could have been a bit more fleshed out. |
| Jul 31 19:10:59 | 6h 37m | Lucis | ♥ 1 | Looks pretty nice. Charming lighting effects. It seems to be quite difficult (or I'm doing something wrong), and I'm not sure what the function is of shooting at the other bulbs. |
| Jul 31 19:27:50 | 16m 51s | Televised Intelligence Manager (TIM) | ♥ 0 | I'm very impressed. It looks nice, I really like the narration, and I think you had a number of interesting mechanics going on. The style kinda reminded me of The Turing Test, in a good way. There were a couple of rather awkward camera angles. Particularly during the air duct section, I felt disoriented and didn't know where I was going. But overall, really good work. |
| Jul 31 22:40:47 | 3h 12m | Station Zeta | ♥ 1 | I like it. There are some interesting mechanics going on; I like the fact that you can retrieve shots, which makes you think about where to place them. It's dark and moody, and the pixel art is nice. It can be quite difficult to see what's going on and where I should be going. I'm pretty sure I got stuck at some point, after getting the weapon upgrade, because I just didn't know where to go. Edit: Finished it now. The ending animation is a nice touch! |
| Aug 1 11:51:26 | 13h 10m | HE BEAT HER. | ♥ 1 | Very impressive. Nice art, music and sound effects, and an interesting interpretation of the theme! I couldn't find a solution but very nice work overall. |
| Aug 1 12:03:15 | 11m 49s | Current | ♥ 1 | Nice work! It looks decent and it's a nice puzzle game. My only gripe would be that it's very hard to get into for someone who doesn't know what the logic gate symbols mean. Not a problem for me, but someone else might bump into that. |
| Aug 1 12:16:44 | 13m 29s | In Battery We Trust | ♥ 0 | Not bad! I like the vibe it gives, it's dark and creepy. Some sound effects on the flashlight toggle, and perhaps for the enemies, would have been a nice touch. Very pretty art, and I like the ominous background music. |
| Aug 1 12:23:24 | 6m 40s | Boaty McBoatface | ♥ 1 | This has quite a lot of mechanical complexity, surprisingly so for a 48 hour effort. I'm a fan of the art, got a bit of a weak spot for pixely stuff. You may want to improve the UI a bit. It looks unpolished; things like font sizes are a bit off. Nice job overall! |
| Aug 1 13:09:08 | 45m 44s | Downpour | ♥ 2 | Very atmospheric, I like the visuals and the lighting effects. It's sometimes not entirely clear if something is part of the background or not. |
| Aug 1 13:24:16 | 15m 08s | Scale of Life | ♥ 4 | Very very nice! I love the user feedback, it feels nice and rhythmical. It looks great too, and the music fits nicely. This is impressive work! |
| Aug 1 17:33:52 | 4h 09m | The Hackerman | ♥ 3 | Interesting. It has some dry satirical humor, which I quite like. The sound effects helped in making things more interesting; the Avast notification had me chuckling. Some points of improvement: I personally think that the popups appear too frequently, and the keyboard mashing sequence is flawed in that once you find one or two keys that are safe, you can just spam those. Or even hold the key down, that works too! Overall, well done. |
| Aug 1 17:49:57 | 16m 05s | RulesQuest | ♥ 1 | Hmmm, this is a bit of a strange one imo. For the most part I didn't really know what I was doing; some explanation or tutorial popups would be nice. For example, I didn't figure out that you could pick up these powerup items and bring them back to the castle. But once I got into it a bit more, I could see a charming little RPG. The sound effects are nice, and it's programmed well. I just think you could maybe put some more time in balancing some things. I've seen other comments mention that at some point you can just stand still near the summoning circles and instantly kill anything that comes close. Overall, I think it's nice, definitely has potential, just needs a little bit of polish. |
| Aug 1 20:55:04 | 3h 05m | Chimster Gigafactory | ♥ 2 | This is awesome! I absolutely love the TV show, it really makes the game. It's mechanically quite simple, but a good timekiller. I think y'all did a phenomenal job and you should be proud. |
| Aug 1 21:11:03 | 15m 59s | Deep Space Nine Volts | ♥ 2 | It took me a little while to figure out what was going on - I wasn't aware of the charging stations in first room - but once I figured that out, I started to enjoy this! This was very nice. A simple game, mechanically, but pretty well executed and quite fun. There's never a dull moment, you always have to walk around and carry batteries. The art and tileset strongly reminds me of Space Station 13. Dunno if that is intentional, but that was kinda the look and feel I got from it. That's a good thing, btw. The music is nice, but it seems like the loop isn't that long so it kinda loses its charm after a few minutes. One thing I noticed: you walk faster diagonally. You probably add the two movement vectors together and forgot to normalize. All in all, I'm impressed. Nice work! |
| Aug 2 12:55:07 | 15h 44m | Last Hope | ♥ 1 | Very strong atmosphere, I like the emissive textures and the music helps set the vibe. It was quite difficult, I had some trouble figuring out what was where, and I occasionally felt a bit lost. |
| Aug 2 13:01:54 | 6m 47s | Game of Life | ♥ 1 | This was pretty nice, quite simple with mechanics but nice to play. I think that the UI could really do with a little bit of polish, such as button textures. The variety of things to do is nice, and I like that new buttons appear every now and then. I'll be honest, the music was getting on my nerves after a while. And it appears that you can click a button to override your current action, even if it isn't finished yet. But overall, nice work. |
| Aug 2 13:48:35 | 46m 41s | Power Plant Simulator. | ♥ 2 | Cool game! I quite like the art, it's simple and charming. The music is nice and adds to the slightly rushed mood of the game. I wasn't entirely sure what was going on at first, particularly I was confused that the leftmost generator was supposed to go up rather than down. Overall, very nice and thematic time killer 😄 |
| Aug 2 15:32:21 | 1h 43m | Night Driver | ♥ 2 | I like the atmosphere. It's not often that you see a game with wireframe-style visuals, and this one pulls it off quite nicely. Good art, nice music. The style and heavy use of pink kinda reminds me of Hotline Miami. Nice work! |
| Aug 2 15:53:58 | 21m 37s | Not Politically Correct | ♥ 1 | Alright, this was pretty interesting. It's quite complex, it took me a while to figure out how to even start out the right way. I like the pixel art, and I think the game achieves what it sets out to do, which is not being politically correct. 😄 The birbs are a nice touch. Overall, good work. |