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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Michael Feldman's comment | |
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| Dec 4 16:00:25 | Scissor Lift | ♥ 1 | Nice job. The game is well organized, and a very interesting concept. The sound of the lift going up and down was very cool how it varied based on the height. The cover graphic is simple and elegant. Gameplay was about thirty odd minutes for me, which is very solid. Keep it Up! | |
| Dec 4 16:29:05 | 28m 40s | Solaris | ♥ 1 | Great graphics. I love the luminous quality to the stars. This game has both exploitative qualities in searching for stars, as well as action features when dodging the red stars. I gotta say, my highest score doesn't quite compare to yours, but I had a lot of fun playing. Definitely put me in a relaxed mood (at least until one of those red stars came along). Nicely done. |
| Dec 4 16:40:46 | 11m 41s | Webshop Live CMS | ♥ 0 | What he said ^. Concept of luring in customers with cat pics is very funny. The GUI design is great. When I hit the refresh button hoping to restart, I was delighted to see it worked the way I expected. Drag and drop is smooth, etc. Nice job. |
| Dec 4 17:19:09 | 38m 23s | Smack`Em! | ♥ 1 | Hey it's a simple concept and very well executed for the platform of choice. Ran perfectly fine in my browser. Definitely provides a good challenge. Well done! |
| Dec 4 17:36:31 | 17m 22s | Do You Mind If My Buddy Joins the Band? | ♥ 1 | Even if this is your first LD, it is clear that you have some experience doing game dev. The pixel art is awesome. I love how the different guitarists have different skins, different guitars, "jams," and "nailed it riffs" as you mention. The variety is very interesting, and like I said the art style is very clean. The animations are awesome. There's no doubt those lil' guitarists are jamming. The music is just as interesting as the pixel art. Knowing that you composed the guitar parts adds to the effect even more. I wanted to try to go all the way from A to Z, but from your above comment it appears you can only have eight members join. Very interesting idea, highly inspired and very creative. Cheers! |
| Dec 4 18:27:28 | 50m 57s | Temples of Purgatory | ♥ 1 | I was tempted to do a let's play tutorial because there are some hidden secrets to beating this. That's all I'll say about that. Now about the game itself. The mechanics are basically trivial compared to the graphical features. You used a "new-school" engine to replicate an "old-school" raytracer effect. I'm not sure if you built this "meta-engine" for this game only or if you've used it in the past but I love it. Enough fanboi over the engine tech. The graphics are a beaut. The color palette is perfect for the setting, and really helps distinguish different areas. The pixel art is spooky, as it should be. It's very easy to get lost in this world, and I think in that sense, it's a very successful game. Lastly is the audio. The subtle entrance of music at certain cues is perfectly timed and well fitting for the mysterious air. One of the coolest features of the audio, aside from the various location soundtracks, is the effects observed near the diamond tower in the center. For the player who has not yet come across the green key, this place wraps itself in many layers of mystery. Honestly I put in about 40 minutes to this game. Some of the time was frustrating, but hey, would definitely recommend to someone looking for a challenging adventure game with a retro vibe. Great job! |
| Dec 4 18:45:02 | 17m 34s | Potentially Psychoactive Pufferfish | ♥ 0 | Very interesting concepts. Will have to learn more about these pufferfish. There are definitely some nicely put together models here. The pufferfish are actually quite cute along with the hyper balls. The main character is creepy as hell, like he's some kind of fish person that is simultaneously getting poisoned, and is tripping his face off. Nice work with the physics and herd behavior of the hyper balls. Good job. |
| Dec 4 23:29:41 | 4h 44m | Walk in the Park | ♥ 1 | This is more than a dog-walking sim. It's a skateboarding-dog-walking sim. And I love the cover art. Very clean and attractive palette, with some nice LP models. That leash has quite a bit of lee-way. The levels are challenging, and the theme is fitting. There are some humorous notes in there as well especially with the different quirks the dogs carry. Nice job. |
| Dec 4 23:45:53 | 16m 12s | Friends.OS | ♥ 1 | I love it. Could definitely see this ranking in the top 10s. The graphics are quirky, and hilarious. You know there's going to be laughs with a game like Friends.OS. I also love the subtle theme that our main character is actually in some sort of satanic pact. The selfie cam is like a mirror into another dimension revealing the devils numbers on the wall. I actually thought that was very cool technically speaking. Well done. |
| Dec 5 00:10:32 | 24m 39s | Usagi Story | ♥ 1 | This game is easy to play in browser, and easy to understand. Both convient and accessible. I like the sprite sheets for our bunny protagonist. The ending made me laugh I don't know why but when the crow says caw, it make me geek. I think it's how they come out of the darkness in a veil of mystery. Anyway a very good game with simple and solid mechanics. The built in instructions are all it takes. The rest is intuitive. I know I'm rambling here, but I think you really have a little gem here. Good job! |
| Dec 5 14:48:24 | 14h 37m | Soup's On! | ♥ 1 | I enjoyed this game thoroughly. I like the unique approach and interesting theme. Thinking about those spices got my mouth watering lol. But it was a very innovative concept. Timing the three flavors to the customers liking. Quite realistic how they fade over time. Overall the game was structured and organized nicely. Clean UIs, intuitive flow, and thorough tutorial. Nice game! |
| Dec 5 15:40:38 | 52m 14s | Laws Of Attraction | ♥ 1 | Took me 45 minutes to beat the game. I think it's impressive that you can make a game in < 48 hours, that takes the user almost an hour to beat. Some of those levels were grueling especially towards the end. I actually didn't realize until halfway through that you no longer attract the orange particles when you are drained of energy. It clicked when I thought "I'm one of them now" pretending I was a spy among the orange particles was fun. Great job! |
| Dec 5 21:21:04 | 5h 40m | Get Wasted! | ♥ 1 | Very funny. The progression of getting drunk is really great how it starts really subtle, but by the end there is no hiding it. I think when I noticed the meter get blurry is when I geeked. Thanks for making this. Not sure you how you did this graphically, but the post-process / drunk effect is very nice. Great job. |
| Dec 5 21:59:49 | 38m 45s | Color Bound | ♥ 1 | Nice job. There's a lot going on, but the graphics are crisp. Web player works great. Nice job! |
| Dec 5 22:23:56 | 24m 07s | The more you have, the worse it is | ♥ 0 | This is very funny. Alcohol is a perfect fit for the theme. Good job with implementing a 3D game in a browser friendly format. I love it when I can play a game in browser. Cheers! |
| Dec 6 23:44:47 | 25h 20m | Infection | ♥ 1 | I think this is a neat top down zombie shooter. It's conveniently packed for browser and the controls are pretty simple (at least for a gamer). I like how far you were able to go with the art considering the time constraints. The camera work is a very nice as well. Good job. |
| Dec 7 00:06:48 | 22m 01s | Triage Towers | ♥ 0 | Wow. This is a very well done well organized simulation game. The tutorials are nice, the UI makes sense and is easy to use. It's very intricate. There are details all over the place from graphical details in the rooms to technical details about the patients. Really impressed, especially given the 48 hour time limit. Awesome game! |
| Dec 7 00:29:11 | 22m 23s | Factory Panic | ♥ 1 | This is really well put together. The perspective on the conveyer belts to the green refresh bar on the upgrade machine show you paid good attention to detail. It's a fun little pattern matching industrial sim. game. I enjoyed it, and definitely felt the challenge of having too many ores |
| Dec 7 01:21:36 | 52m 25s | The Harsh Life of Terry the Homeless Dude | ♥ 1 | Nice name for the game. I made a game called homeless hero earlier this year. You can check it out here http://www.homelesshero.byethost18.com/?i=1 You go on about the pixel art and the audio, but really I think the pixel art is very good. It's got this lo-fi style about it, with a trashy street slant. I gotta be honest and say I didn't get too deep into the gameplay, but from what I did experience, there's a lot of life to it. Good job. |
| Dec 11 21:17:47 | 115h 56m | Vault Loot | ♥ 0 | For a non-programmer, this is a very nice, well-built game. Heck, even if you were a programmer, this is a very nice little game. Conceptually it suits the theme beautifully. You can imagine a thief stuffing one too many gold bars in his jacket and getting busted. Collision detection seemed pretty solid. But I'd say for sure the most interesting / beautiful facet is the art. The simple pixel style with clean sprite sheets are a really nice feature to see here. Good job. |
| Dec 11 21:26:05 | 8m 18s | Guardian Angel | ♥ 0 | Nice little game indeed. Very good motivational story. I attempted a story at the intro of my LD39 "The Wiz" but did it through vague imagery and people had no idea what was going on and lacked motivation. With yours the motivation is clear, and hey programmer art is par for the course here in LD. I'd say great job. Keep up the good work. |