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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		loveapplegames's comment
Dec 8 23:56:59		Heavy Hearts	♥ 1	Graphics are very charming, but the gameplay could be improved. It mostly involves spamming the space bar, as the enemies are quite easy to avoid, and it doesn't seem to get harder. I suggest having a limit on the frequency of flaps (as in Joust), and adding more enemies each level.
Dec 10 19:45:22	43h 48m	Diving for Ludum	♥ 0	Simple concept, but with surprising depth as regards strategy. Graphics are charming too. I have some simple suggestions. I don't like the controls much, I would have preferred a normal cursor key control. Also the fully loaded diver is a bit too slow, you want to be able to drop cargo or have a higher speed when fully loaded.
Dec 10 21:02:42	1h 17m	Litter Burg	♥ 2	Good game, nicely presented, looks polished. It didn't have me on edge like some other strategy games though, because you don't lose so easily even when your strategy sucks.
Dec 10 21:35:05	32m 23s	Pumpkin Quest	♥ 1	This game is very complete with different enemy types and all, though I think it is a bit too slow. Killing the caterpillars is a bit tedious. Speed up player movement and spade hitting. I found the best strategy is to plant one seed at a time, even though this takes patience. Reward growing multiple pumpkins at a time.
Dec 10 21:44:29	9m 24s	Yottaman	♥ 1	This is the kind of thing I would like to see done with the theme! Implementation can be improved though. The action seemed random. Apparently I cannot die from enemy bullets. I didn't have any idea how I damaged the world without even firing. Enemies were a bit floaty too.
Dec 10 22:30:03	45m 34s	Home Decoration.	♥ 1	Effective storytelling with cute graphics, but I think it needs more content and/or more of a challenge to it.
Dec 16 20:47:06	142h 17m	Collateral Damage	♥ 2	Looks polished and plays smoothly! Might benefit from zooming out a bit, as a lot of things are happening off-screen. The game concept (not hitting your own planets) fits the theme well, but I'm not so sure if it's successful as a game concept here. In fact I would have liked to see a version of this game where you just have to fend off enemies and not be afraid to shoot your own planets. Not very original but possibly a lot of fun!
Dec 16 21:05:43	18m 37s	Cat Saviour: The Rain Is Coming	♥ 2	You got some clever and original puzzles there, with the moving cats triggering switches and moving through small spaces. The game feels polished, with considerable attention to detail. Would like to see more puzzles!
Dec 16 21:16:26	10m 43s	Spitty Space Faces	♥ 1	A fun game, but it has some flaws. Why use mouse button to shoot in a keyboard game? I found it rather inconvenient. Another thing, a success strategy is spamming the fire button as fast as possible. It would be better to have a fixed firing speed when holding the fire button. I would like to play the game again with these issues fixed!
Dec 22 09:47:41	132h 31m	All You Can Eat	♥ 1	Simple but fun! I like the graphics. In the later levels it's impossible to catch most of the food, so I reverted to staying on the top near one of the cooks. It would be better to balance the game so that you can actually catch food through skill in the later levels.
Dec 22 09:55:24	7m 43s	Sack Back	♥ 1	Cute looking game! Having additional rules like a match-3 style rule would make the game more interesting. Right now the game is just about avoiding fruit.
Dec 22 10:08:32	13m 08s	Too Many Powerups!	♥ 0	You game looks pretty complete, with various enemy types. The only thing I miss are explosions. I also found the game hard and frustrating. I think it would be much more fun with some tweaks, like fewer enemy hit points and faster shooting speed.
Dec 22 10:25:09	16m 37s	Coming Home from the Market	♥ 0	Not very original, but the puzzles are good fun! The storyline actually adds to the game.
Dec 23 11:44:41	25h 19m	The Curse of Mangara	♥ 1	Nice looking and atmospheric game. The presentation and storyline worked for me. The gameplay is very basic though. I would have liked to see more variety and challenge and maybe a puzzle element. There are plenty of "avoid the enemies" puzzle games to draw inspiration from.
Dec 23 12:05:02	20m 21s	Beer O' Clock	♥ 1	Great fighting game! Graphics look good. I like the drunken effect, but the music going off-key is just a little too much. There is a slight delay between pressing space and doing a punch, which feels frustrating and unresponsive. Also I think the game would be more satisfying if you could punch faster.
Dec 23 12:19:49	14m 47s	Cat Orphanage	♥ 1	A fun game with interesting mechanics. Would be quite suitable as a touch screen game. It would be even more fun if you tweaked it some more. First of all, it's not possible to see if cats are hungry, so I figured the best strategy is to let them feed themselves using the bowls. However it is almost impossible to get food to the bowls without it getting eaten by a random cat, so the best strategy is to place the bowls very close to the food source. I found objects, in particular the scoop, frustrating to pick up. The hitbox is a bit too small. Also, it is not possible to pick up an object when there's a cat over it, and if you place the scoop handle off screen you can no longer pick it up.
Dec 23 12:54:56	35m 07s	Treasure Thrower	♥ 0	Congratulations on your original game concept! First I thought, what a strange concept. But when I started playing it, it turned out to be quite an interesting and original. I found the boss very hard to kill though. Music sounds great, did you really make it during the jam?
Dec 23 17:22:50	4h 27m	Cargotastrophe	♥ 0	Looks like a complete and polished game. What I missed is a challenge though. As it is, the best strategy is to pick up everything and make short trips. It would be better if there was a necessity for making longer trips, so that some real strategy comes into play.
Dec 23 17:35:29	12m 39s	Apocalypse2D	♥ 0	A pretty full-fledged platform shooter! Pity you didn't get round to doing more content. I understand the graphics are placeholders, but I'd say that spending a little more effort on graphics would add a lot to the game. I do like the explosions.
Dec 23 18:00:23	24m 54s	Save your diamond factory	♥ 0	Great game! What I find very appealing is the exponential growth. Eventually it turns into a spamming the mouse button game. After four plays I got a score of 813,652,151. After that the game really slows down with so many bullets and ships.
Dec 23 18:15:28	15m 05s	Captain Alexia	♥ 0	Wow, great game! Presentation is the best I've seen yet. Love the art style. One minor gripe is that the game is way too easy. I stopped playing after 250,000,000 points.
Dec 27 18:36:09	96h 20m	Sheep without Shepherd	♥ 0	This game caught my interest, because our game is also a shepherding game. Great stuff, you did a good job on the shepherding and flocking mechanics to make the game interesting. Once the foxes are in, gameplay becomes rather random, as the sheep run away from the foxes. Maybe it's good if the dog also scares away foxes. The nightfall shadow effect is nice. Why not make the shadows appear more slowly, so they indicate how much time is left?
Dec 27 19:31:13	55m 04s	Some Seriously Screwed Sheep	♥ 1	A fun game, perhaps took too long to complete. Not clear to me what the purpose of the ark was, overall a very nice effort!