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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Jack Maxwell's comment | |
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| Dec 5 03:32:44 | All Followers Lost | ♥ 2 | Fun and funny. Gameplay is somewhat boring/repetative after some time. Audio is awesome and hilarious. Good game! | |
| Dec 5 14:46:18 | 11h 13m | Chaparrito's Adventure | ♥ 0 | Fun little game. It was a little bit too easy but I still enjoyed it a lot. |
| Dec 5 15:02:52 | 16m 34s | Turbo Laser Arcade | ♥ 0 | Very fun game, enjoyed it a lot. I really like the arcade style. A thing about balance though: The $250 turret is by far the best. It shoots fast and is cheap. I ONLY bought it. |
| Dec 6 00:19:35 | 9h 16m | Broken Forklift | ♥ 0 | Meh. Gameplay was ok I guess, I enjoyed balancing all the boxes alot. |
| Dec 6 00:31:46 | 12m 11s | Guardians and Gems | ♥ 0 | Nothing worked! The enemies didn't kill me and I couldn't pick up gems ;( |
| Dec 6 00:50:12 | 18m 26s | Not candy crush | ♥ 1 | Wow! This is an absolutely amazing game! The puzzle is super fun and difficult. I got stuck on the second level haha But it was really fun |
| Dec 6 00:59:03 | 8m 51s | Pride Before a Call | ♥ 0 | I couldn't get the game to load. But It looks really good based on screenshots! |
| Dec 6 01:06:43 | 7m 40s | Radiation | ♥ 0 | Graphics are brutal, the background is hard to look at and the text is hard to read, I understand you are going for a specific style but the font is questionable and the color makes it worse. Cool concept and interesting gameplay. Computer would always take such a long turn. |
| Dec 6 01:11:07 | 4m 24s | Health Choice | ♥ 1 | Very interesting concept. This reminds me of playing stat heavy RPG where you need to create a build and trade off health for damage or vice versa. Very innovative, but graphics are really simple and need to be expanded on and should have been expanded on even tho its a compo. |
| Dec 6 01:12:24 | 1m 17s | Hit the blocks | ♥ 1 | Really cool that you made it in VR. Very basic gameplay though |
| Dec 6 01:18:35 | 6m 11s | Green Chefs and Pancakes | ♥ 1 | Very funny! Like others have stated I cant see the theme in here and also graphics are kind of lackluster |
| Dec 6 01:20:48 | 2m 13s | Crosstalk | ♥ 1 | Very interesting, I don't really find that the theme is quite prevelant. It is defiaetly a 4 in innovation |
| Dec 6 01:23:47 | 2m 59s | Fuurbal | ♥ 1 | Very cool that you made this in eclipse! Its a very cute little game. |
| Dec 6 01:26:47 | 3m 00s | Peregrine | ♥ 2 | Very nice looking graphics, I love the risk reward mechanics |
| Dec 6 01:31:05 | 4m 18s | No Name Ninja Game | ♥ 1 | Yeah its hard, the spin mechanic for me was just a use it and hope I hit someone. Also HOLY CRAP that death sound is horrible!!! Hurts my ears every time, music is nice though |
| Dec 6 01:33:58 | 2m 53s | Virus Detected | ♥ 3 | The font is pretty basic, gameplay is fun and the idea is really cool, this could be an awesome little game with some more polish and maybe add abilities of some sort to shake up the gameplay. Overall, pretty good. :) |
| Dec 6 01:36:45 | 2m 47s | Marty the Hatted | ♥ 0 | Interesting style. I have been seeing a lot of 'shoot the spawning enemies' games but this one takes it a few steps further with more mechanics like the different weapons and trade |
| Dec 6 01:39:01 | 2m 16s | Escape the fans | ♥ 1 | I like the bodyguard a lot :) fun game but its not very innovative. Good submission! |
| Dec 6 01:40:25 | 1m 24s | Cholesterol | ♥ 0 | Very funny! Great Idea! |
| Dec 6 01:42:34 | 2m 09s | Identity | ♥ 1 | Wow, just wow! With a little more work this will be a fantastic game! Text font is a little boring but the particles are breath-taking |
| Dec 6 01:56:45 | 14m 11s | Gelatin Eater | ♥ 1 | Very glad that the theme didn't make you create an unfun mechanic. The idea of the more gelatin you eat the higher you jump but you could fall off, connects to the theme and is a risk reward mechanic. FANTASTIC game design |
| Dec 6 02:01:54 | 5m 09s | Anxiety | ♥ 1 | Wow this is my first LD too! Platforms were a little hard to see. Very innovative though, well, I'm just glad its not another shoot the enemies that are spawning game haha. I like the endless runner concept. I was going for a endless capability in my game aswell. |
| Dec 6 02:14:22 | 12m 28s | Runaway Magic | ♥ 1 | Text and UI is rather simple, I suspect that you were rushed and had to make something quick haha. Its a very fun game and an intresting concept. Great submission! |
| Dec 6 02:21:52 | 7m 30s | Slithering Secrets | ♥ 1 | The theme is very well integrated into the game, the mood is awesome, the sounds are amazing (The breathing is too loud/constant, maybe have him more silent but start breathing more when enemies are near, the end screen sound is kind of loud but maybe that's just me and the snake sound was loud and hurt my ears. The mood was amazing. The controls were very clunky. I really do like the speed run possibility but I think this idea could be expanded on to make speed running more rewarding or exciting. |
| Dec 6 02:28:18 | 6m 26s | Critter Clutter | ♥ 2 | Awww not WEB GL :( Looks amazing though! Good work |
| Dec 6 02:38:05 | 9m 47s | Chaos Dart | ♥ 1 | Fun gameplay, the theme is definitely a core element of gameplay and I agree that it needs a stamina bar. Very good entry! |
| Dec 6 02:44:39 | 6m 34s | Working Death | ♥ 1 | I agree with that is said before. The attracting to people is a little much although it is a core mechanic, I suggest using large circles to represent their pull radius, this will make the game a bit more like a stealth game but with risk and reward. Should the player wait for the people to go away or should the player try to run through the ring of detection. Overall a very solid entry. |
| Dec 6 02:52:01 | 7m 22s | Horny Bunny | ♥ 6 | Hilarious! Platforming was difficult at times (I was hitting my head on the very edge of a platform. |
| Dec 6 03:09:15 | 17m 14s | The more hair you have... | ♥ 1 | Great game, did find one thing. At the end when it says "The more assholes you have, the worst it is" worst is improper grammar and should be worse. Overall an interesting idea |
| Dec 6 03:23:46 | 14m 31s | Radioactive Cavemen | ♥ 1 | Really fun little game! I made a base that welcomed both cavepeople AND mutants. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing haha but it was fun. One problem I had was that I could pan even when the pan tool wasn't selected. This made building difficult. Great game! |
| Dec 6 21:26:14 | 18h 02m | BeerFight! | ♥ 1 | Interesting idea, controls are a bit hard at first. Good work! |
| Dec 6 21:29:30 | 3m 16s | Slightly annoying traffic | ♥ 1 | Looks good but It glitched out, I was playing for a few seconds and then the game just paused and the music continued I refreshed the page but now it wont load. |
| Dec 6 21:35:44 | 6m 14s | School Bus Simulator 2017 | ♥ 1 | Audio is too loud, UI and Text was kind of simple/boring. A "I'm Stuck" button is kind of alarming. I didn't really notice the bus handling becoming worse, I felt that the bus had its brakes removed by the kids attached to its side. Overall is a interesting funny game but the gameplay isn't that fun. |
| Dec 6 21:38:34 | 2m 50s | Up Down | ♥ 1 | Connects to the theme, but the graphics are boring and the gameplay is basic. I see the connection to flappy bird like games but I feel that you should have spent some more time on the graphics. As a fellow solo LD'er and this as my first LD as well, I know it is difficult to manage time so I suggest doing more Jams or game making competetions to get better at it. |
| Dec 6 21:42:10 | 3m 36s | Smack`Em! | ♥ 1 | Theme connection is great and this is a very creative take on it, I also really enjoyed the graphic style. I felt the controls were unresponsive though. Sometimes I thought I clicked on the mole but I must have missed the hit box. Anyways I think a more forgiving hitbox that maybe even extends farther than the actual hole would fix this feeling. Overall its a fun little game that is very unique. Good work! |
| Dec 6 21:47:29 | 5m 19s | Super Trader 64 | ♥ 3 | Very awesome style It really reminded me of fun times playing N64 games, I love the art and the game idea, of trading stuff, is really creative. Awesome work! |
| Dec 6 21:49:21 | 1m 52s | Carnage [ Board Game ] | ♥ 1 | A really awesome and innovative idea! It was lots of fun with my brothers! |
| Dec 6 21:54:22 | 5m 01s | Cheese Stealing Mice | ♥ 1 | The theme isn't quite there. since the player doesn't really control how much mice they have it doesn't quite work because it isn't the more YOU HAVE, the worse it gets. Although it gets really hectic and its a fun little idea. The paw moved kind of slow and an acceleration might have been a better idea. Controls worked very well. |
| Dec 6 21:57:44 | 3m 22s | Problematic Ownage | ♥ 1 | Doesn't really make much sense that I get angry when my FPS is above 60, I love FPS above 60. This was an interesting game I think some better fonts would have made the game better and maybe a decluttering of the UI as its often that stuff is overlapped and cannot be read. Also as manbeardgames ran into, I also received a NEW CPU message but was maxed out on CPU. |
| Dec 6 22:01:04 | 3m 20s | Give Me a Pound My Friend | ♥ 1 | The theme connects very well although it is rather basic, because many other games also took the approach of the more ____ you collect the more enemies spawn. But the controls, mainly for driving, were clean. The beggers don't quite fit your graphical style. Nice font but it is kind of hard to read. |
| Dec 6 22:03:17 | 2m 13s | Bob the conqueror | ♥ 1 | The font is not the best and I think if you picked a better font it would have made the game look nicer, the graphics were strange but not bad. overall its a very interesting game that has a lot of complexity but is also easyish to learn, thanks to the tutorial. Also gameplay is good. Nice work! |
| Dec 6 22:06:29 | 3m 12s | The Legend of the Bikini Armor | ♥ 1 | I really like the risk reward mechanic with the armour. Enemy fighting platformer isn't the most innovative BUT the character design definitely is, and the *graphics* were very nice, haha |
| Dec 6 22:09:16 | 2m 47s | Household Helper | ♥ 1 | Very interesting and creative game, the theme connects very well and I love the art style. |
| Dec 6 22:12:01 | 2m 45s | Aquariumus - Too Many Fishes ! | ♥ 3 | Really cool game! Theme connects well. I'm not too fond of the art style but the gameplay is really good. I like the complexity you were able to put into it, as a 1 man team I was unable to put too much complexity in my game. I think the game is a little daunting to beginners though with all the spells and buttons and stuff, but it is a management game so.. GOOD WORK! |
| Dec 6 22:13:39 | 1m 38s | SpeedLock | ♥ 1 | I don't really see the connection to the theme. It is fairly innovative and I really like that the car has no speed limit, it made me want to see how fast I could get the car going. Nice work! Graphics and UI design need some desperate attention! |
| Dec 6 22:17:01 | 3m 22s | Asteroids Attack | ♥ 1 | I love the graphics style and the games roots in asteroids and I'm very glad to see you picked an appropriate font for your style! Good Work! |
| Dec 6 22:19:58 | 2m 57s | Evil Money | ♥ 2 | Fun game, I really enjoyed the stealth and robbing mechanics, definitely different from other games. It definitely needs music |
| Dec 6 22:21:42 | 1m 44s | Overrun | ♥ 1 | Really fun game, but the text font is boring and is sometimes cut off. Other than that I really enjoyed it. GOOD WORK! |
| Dec 6 22:25:00 | 3m 18s | Quest for Harmony (Audio is required) | ♥ 0 | It wouldn't run. My OS: Windows Computer is a Mac with really good specs. I was trying to play the WEB version and I heard some sounds but no visual and nothing happened. :( |
| Dec 6 22:29:06 | 4m 06s | Malabar | ♥ 1 | Interesting simple little game, some more time on graphics would make it better! Good work under time constraints though! |
| Dec 6 22:34:48 | 5m 42s | No Coins Allowed | ♥ 1 | I enjoyed the game, the art style is really cool and different and the gameplay is pretty good. Nice work! |
| Dec 6 22:36:07 | 1m 19s | Leaf Me Alone | ♥ 0 | Really cool idea that connects really well to the theme. The UI needs some work but overall its pretty good! |
| Dec 6 22:39:58 | 3m 51s | The Challenge | ♥ 1 | I really like how you used the theme. I love your idea of increasing difficulty by changing the level rather than just adding enemies like so many other games did, (Mine too, sort of). Of course art/graphics needs a lot of work and the controls could be better, but the gameplay and concept is fantastic. |
| Dec 6 22:41:23 | 1m 25s | Hell Venture Tycoon | ♥ 1 | Couldn't play, I tried clicking on HTML 5 (web) but I got this Screenshot (10).png Maybe try uploading on itch.io |
| Dec 6 22:47:47 | 6m 24s | Cat Saviour: The Rain Is Coming | ♥ 0 | Beginning cut scene took a bit too long. Graphics need some work, the jump felt weird. I love the sound effects. The puzzle gameplay is really intresting but the cats take too long to walk around to where I want and it is hard to figure out what I need to do. I couldn't get past the second level. Also the slowing down of the character is really annoying, I know you were trying to relate to the theme but slowing the character is not the right way, I suggest doing something that makes the gameplay experience more hectic/fastpace/harder not something that makes it slower and boring. Overall a good entry! |
| Dec 6 22:52:11 | 4m 24s | Money Dungeon | ♥ 2 | Its a fun little game but it is not that innovative. I think some more mechanics would make it better! |
| Dec 6 22:55:30 | 3m 19s | The Invasion of Robots | ♥ 1 | Theme doesn't quite work here, since I am not getting more to make it worse, I am killing enemies to make it worse. Gameplay and graphics is rather basic, (I've seen ALOT of shoot the spawning enemies and collect a thing to make more enemies - games). BUT considering that you made the engine too, IN TWO DAYS! That is very impressive, so goodwork |
| Dec 6 22:58:43 | 3m 13s | Ricochette | ♥ 1 | Simple but fun. I really like the take on the theme its very innovative. Good work |
| Dec 6 23:02:05 | 3m 22s | Space Miner Niner | ♥ 0 | Game crashed when I destroyed an asteroid :(. |
| Dec 6 23:05:10 | 3m 05s | Gold Mania | ♥ 1 | Fun little game, very glad the font isn't Arial haha. I like the risk reward mechanics with the gold but I think upgrades would have made it more fun. |
| Dec 6 23:06:02 | 52s | Wormhead | ♥ 1 | The graphics are amazing and the gameplay is fun. Good work! |
| Dec 6 23:07:25 | 1m 23s | Diving for Ludum | ♥ 0 | Graphics style is really cool, and I like the UI. Gameplay is fun too. Good work! |
| Dec 6 23:08:55 | 1m 30s | L.A.V.A. series L.A.M.P. edition VS THE WORLD | ♥ 4 | Really awesome game, I love the little character portraits and all the abilities and such. Really great work! |
| Dec 6 23:10:39 | 1m 44s | Panty thief | ♥ 0 | Yeah ^^ Same problem, from the screenshots I think you could've really benefited from some better graphics |
| Dec 7 13:38:47 | 14h 28m | Back To Shelter | ♥ 2 | The game had lots of trouble running on WEB GL. Not quite sure how the theme connects to it, but it has fantastic atmosphere, the lighting is especially good! |
| Dec 7 22:23:30 | 8h 44m | Kittie Reaper: A Depressed Cat Tale | ♥ 1 | ITCH.IO version wouldn't load. :( |
| Dec 7 23:28:46 | 1h 05m | Chuckles, the Word Juggler | ♥ 1 | really fun game! I love getting tested on my fast typing skills right after LD! haha. I got a score of 57. It got so hectic after the words went from KEN to OAKLAND and I had to use keys from all over the keyboard. The graphics and especially the UI looks very clean and I really respect good looking UI, so kudos for that! While I was playing I got a lot of words like "RAY" "TYPE" and other things similar to that and it made me smile as I thought of a dev trying to cram some more words into the game before the deadline and just looking at their code. Good submission and great first published game! |
| Dec 8 13:22:47 | 13h 54m | M - (name is too short) | ♥ 1 | The graphics are really cool, I love the the puzzle ish gameplay! Good work! Also I fixed up the shop button in my game Tiny Empires, so it is now playable. |
| Dec 8 17:03:32 | 3h 40m | Happy Bankrupt | ♥ 2 | Seems kind of strange that it took you a full day after seeing the comments to upload a build... Not saying anything but that is what people who take extra time do. Game looks great. |
| Dec 8 21:23:26 | 4h 19m | Six | ♥ 1 | Its a fun game, and the graphics are not bad, the idea has been done before, google did it the other day. But It was made in 3 days and it was fun to play so good work! |
| Dec 9 21:43:16 | 24h 19m | Grave Robber | ♥ 0 | Gameplay is nothing new, killing enemies and the more ____ you pick up the more enemies. It connects to the theme in a very interesting manor, the graphical style is not my favourite. Pretty good for Compo tho. |
| Dec 9 21:47:23 | 4m 07s | Adventures of Sir Eek O'Nommie And The Invisible Hand Of The Market | ♥ 1 | Charming little game, music is good, graphics are not very good but it is a compo so. Overall, not bad. Music is my favourite part and the idea is pretty interesting/funny |
| Dec 9 22:07:17 | 19m 54s | Not You, the wizard | ♥ 0 | Cant run the game, rating based off pictures. The font is terrible and the graphics are bad. |
| Dec 10 21:59:44 | 23h 52m | Floppy Fish | ♥ 0 | There is no link... |
| Dec 10 22:00:29 | 45s | Project FAT(For the awesome taste) | ♥ 0 | No link... |
| Dec 10 22:02:48 | 2m 19s | Tycoon of the HighSeas | ♥ 1 | Really boring. Not my cup of tea. It needs some actual gameplay. Graphics are great. |
| Dec 11 21:59:16 | 23h 56m | Santas Unwanted Helper: Reindeer Revolution | ♥ 1 | Cool idea but I think slowing the player because of the theme is a bad idea. It makes the game less fun, I think a better choice would be to add something to the gameplay which makes it more difficult rather than punishing the player for playing the game. |
| Dec 11 22:02:51 | 3m 35s | crowglary | ♥ 1 | Its a strange game that doesn't really have a point, but It looks cool. How did you get all those grass things to react to player without destroying the cpu? |
| Dec 11 22:48:13 | 45m 22s | Endless, Nameless | ♥ 2 | Really cool concept! It is really intresting and the terribles keep the game intresting, needs much better art though. After 4 terribles though I got a terrible called "FHT Gamer" or something close to that I didn't really see. But I couldn't move my character anymore and I couldn't ESC out of the game. Not sure if the ESC was a bug or you just don't have ESC to quit out as a feature but I had to WND-D. Strange bug but the game was cool. Maybe to make the game even better change up the actual level itself aswell, like move platforms etc. |
| Dec 12 01:19:32 | 2h 31m | Rush Hour! | ♥ 2 | Umm I saw that you updated the game. You fixed bugs but you also said music added arrow pointing to checkpoint These are features, not bug fixes that improve the game. The COMPO has ended, you are not allowed to add features to the game. You need to supply a version that is the same game as your entry but with bug fixes only. You can also add the updated version but for voting, in order to not cheat, you have to have the updated version separate and make that clear. @Zachary-shah Also congrats on doing game dev so young, your last game you said you made when you were 12. This is my first LD and I'm 17 although ive been doing game dev since I was around 12 aswell It was not very serious. |
| Dec 12 01:53:57 | 34m 25s | To the glory of the great North Korea | ♥ 1 | Just a quick note before I begin my review, you cannot make any balance changes or add any features after the deadline, you are only allowed to fix bugs. WEBGL Version does not work. I got into the game and it crashed when I placed 1 defence, then I went into an infinite loading screen when I refreshed the page I Then tried a windows version and I got this Screenshot (32).png I am using Windows 10 with latest hardware. I based my review off of screenshots, If you can fix these problems, mention me and I will re do my review. |
| Dec 13 00:41:19 | 22h 47m | Super Mailman | ♥ 1 | Wow! This was an amazing and very innovative take on the theme, both categories, innovation and theme, were a 5/5. Even though the medals were obscuring my view I also was happy to get them haha. Puzzle mechanics were simple but man did I enjoy the medals. Great work! @x-budsterized-x I think I beat you... Screenshot (33).png |
| Dec 15 21:18:23 | 68h 37m | The weighty island | ♥ 0 | Noooo! Why why why!!!??!!!! The theme is the more you have the worse it gets. But why punish the player! Collect resources, but the more resources the more enemies or something. Why punish the player for playing the game! Slowing down movement feels horrible!!! Its unclear which direction the player is facing, this can make the already really bad controls worse. Graphics.exe is not available. Honestly though, please pick some better colors. I can see you are a programmer not an artist but do you have eyes!!!! When walking into something the player jitters. Invisible walls are horrible game design, just throw down some rocks that show the invisible wall. Overall the game is pretty bare bones, there isn't much here that makes it different than other survival games and I don't recommend working more on this. Instead keep doing jams and keep coming up with ideas. Sorry for shitting on your game, I'm not trying to be mean I want to help you learn. :) |
| Dec 28 23:26:37 | 314h 08m | Wonder Land | ♥ 0 | Cool idea, I don't quite understand how it is at all difficult as you can just walk forward and complete the levels. Often I would get more than the required amount of things and the game wouldn't end (WEB). There are various graphic issues where there is a grass tile underneath the surface or things like that. On the first level (Moon level) If you walk to the left you can just infinitly jump up the wall (not sure if that's a feature) and then reach the top of a wall, this is probably not intended but it would be cool if you had a little secret up here. Screenshot (35).png |
