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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Articulated9's comment | |
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| Apr 23 16:47:14 | Deep Soul(TurnbasedPlatform) | ♥ 0 | I agree that the use of a rewind feature would be good, perhaps with it some indication of where the bullets are headed? Solid iteration on the theme that could be built out into a good game! | |
| Apr 23 16:58:01 | 10m 47s | Demon's in the NFL | ♥ 1 | Well I played it almost the end without it crashing! I had a couple of ideas that would improve the game experience. It seems like the collision box for the player is a bit larger than the sprite. This is leading to a few frustrating deaths, especially on the coach's level. Also if you just put the collision box over the sprite's feet, it will give the player much finer control and also give a cool fake-3D effect to a range of 2D sprites. |
| Apr 23 17:06:14 | 8m 13s | Core Dunk | ♥ 1 | This was an utterly unique entry! Well-executed and well-documented. Interesting blend of programming game and turn-based strategy with a sporting theme to boot!. Really strong entry. This deserves to score highly! |
| Apr 24 06:21:45 | 13h 15m | Skeletons and Fireballs | ♥ 1 | Not bad for a 3-hour game! I must admit it took me a while to figure out what the heck I was suppposed to do. For the benefit of anyone else playing: the objective is to make the skeletons collide with the fireballs. You can only move in a rhythm game-like manner - that is, when the skeleton sprite disappears you move one space using the arrow keys. Once I figured that out it was a decent breeze through. Got quite far but didn't get all the way to the end. Fits well with the theme, and nice-looking considering the time constraints. Nice entry! |
| Apr 24 06:34:08 | 12m 23s | Brainless Boogie | ♥ 1 | Holy crap this game was difficult! This one really felt like the genres were incompatible - 5 stars for theme from me! Overall I'm impressed by the variety of music on offer and the solid rhythm mechanics, though I would've appreciated a shallower learning curve. Nice entry! |
| Apr 24 06:42:33 | 8m 25s | Blockland | ♥ 1 | I saw the initial graphics and didn't think much of this entry, but played five games in a row after downloading it because I was having fun, so that just shows what I know about first impressions! Fits the theme, nice music, didn't crash. Overall, solid entry. |
| Apr 24 06:46:53 | 4m 20s | unBLOCK the exit! | ♥ 0 | Excellent entry! The pixel art is superb (dat dithering), mechanics are original, robust and fun to play with, and it fits in well with the theme. I can see this game scoring really highly. Nice one! |
| Apr 24 06:50:43 | 3m 50s | Rigg Adventures | ♥ 0 | FYI, The itch.io link gave me an error: 11.png |
| Apr 24 06:59:46 | 9m 03s | Galaxtris | ♥ 4 | Wow, this was really good! Managed to pick up the mechanics within the first half-dozen deaths, after that it was straightforward! I say straightforward...I died again and again and again! But I went back again and again too, so it was clearly doing a lot right! Graphics were gorgeous, music and sfx fit the style well. The bullet hell and tetris themes definitely felt incompatible! (in a fun way! đ) FYI I did run into a bug - when the ship had a full tetris piece, if I held down the fire button and pressed the rotate button it skipped the ship to the very edge of the view. Tidy this up a bit and add a story mode and you've got a release here! Good entry! |
| Apr 24 07:11:46 | 12m 00s | HomicIDLE | ♥ 1 | I guess you could say he had no BODY to celebrate his birthday with! Eh? Because he- ah whatever. Fun little game with nice art, especially on the intro 'cutscene'. The voice acting was a nice touch. Overall quite light on 'game' but there were two genres and they did feel a bit incompatible - especially when I was groping for the shop button while trying hard not to die! Just an FYI I think I encountered a bug - I think the 'origin' point of the first sword upgrade is misaligned, as the pommel rested neatly in skelly's crotch region. Image111.png No bones about it though, overall a skullful game with enough challenge to rattle the bone box. Well presented and characterful. A decent entry! |
| Apr 24 07:27:18 | 15m 32s | Moah the Mower | ♥ 3 | Imagee1.png I ran out of space âšī¸ Relaxing little game, my dude. Like it. Nice music, nice simple graphics, simple and enjoyable mechanics. |
| Apr 24 07:34:16 | 6m 58s | It's Not Lupus! | ♥ 2 | This is a strong entry! Good graphics, nice variety in the quiz section and challenge in the arcade bit. Well-presented and in keeping with the theme. Overall I enjoyed it! đ |
| Apr 24 16:33:32 | 8h 59m | Dinner Hunter - Cook Or Die | ♥ 2 | Like the look of this one though I struggled with the controls in the web version! Is there a way to toggle the controls to WASD? |
| Apr 25 07:35:09 | 15h 01m | Good Boy vs The Bad Boys | ♥ 2 | I seem to have encountered a bug on the x86_64 windows version...apparently every time I start the game is lost and restarting doesn't fix it. Image1d.png |
| Apr 25 08:06:00 | 30m 51s | Wonky Farm Dance Party | ♥ 0 | What a quirky game! Liked the shaders used and the overall graphical style. Dialogue was funny too. I think I finished it? I got past the crow and jumped to the right, falling forever...seemed like a fitting end to a group of farmers and animals stricken with an incurable plague! Dance on, my weird friend, dance on. Enjoyable entry! |
| Apr 25 08:15:41 | 9m 41s | HappyBlock | ♥ 1 | I finished it! Great little self-contained package here. Central concept is fun and the levels get progressively more challenging culminating in a cute little boss battle at the end! I would have like to hear a little sound effect or two but overall it doesn't kill the game that they're not in there. BTW if in the future you do want to add some quick sfx there's an awesome tool called sfxr - just mash randomize a few times til you find something you like and jam it in there. Works a treat! Overall it felt really polished and enjoyable - good entry! đ |
| Apr 25 08:18:27 | 2m 46s | Space Pong Invaders | ♥ 0 | I like the idea of this but I struggled to play because I have a QWERTY keyboard âšī¸ If you add this in I will be happy to take another look! |
| Apr 25 08:26:53 | 8m 26s | ColorTagSurvive | ♥ 2 | This game was really atmospheric - whoever did the voiceover did a great job! Although there's not much gameplay here it's impressive what you managed to achieve in the time. Procedural generation, decent lighting, asynchronous networking? Massive props for putting that all in and still making the thing look good and play well. Easily in my top 3 games played so far! |
| Apr 25 16:22:00 | 7h 55m | Furlong Fracas | ♥ 1 | This was a well-implemented idea! Good animation, solid gameplay mechanic, and it successfully iterates on the theme and does so in a way that's easy to pick up and fun. Like it! đ |
| Apr 25 16:28:29 | 6m 29s | Get Baked! | ♥ 2 | Finished it - peppy was well and truly toasted đ I especially liked the voices and the music. Nice one! |
| Apr 25 16:34:24 | 5m 55s | gxf1 | ♥ 2 | I really enjoyed the idea, and would like to see it expanded on. Maybe add a branch to the story with a different outcome, or dialogue between the characters between matches? Either way I'd like to see a bigger, more fleshed out version of this - you have a talent for writing! |
| Apr 25 16:41:11 | 6m 47s | Puzzle Gun | ♥ 1 | My initial thoughts: - Ooh nice textures - This is pretty polished. Pew pew! - Hey I wonder why they call it puzzle g- OH CHRIST. The mechanics worked well together, I would've liked a couple of powerups to even the score a bit - maybe with different puzzles? Like a screen clearing bomb with a match 3 game or something. I think you're onto something here, idea-wise. Keep working at it! |
| Apr 25 16:48:04 | 6m 53s | Let's Circle Back Later | ♥ 0 | I think the idea here is good! I have a few tips for improvement if you keep working on it. - Separate animations for working and stopping. It was quite hard to figure out if I was having an impact on the workers until I'd already passed them. - Some kind of sound effects. Even some keyboard tapping noises when people are working would help a lot, I think! - An end goal to work towards, perhaps broken into stages? That could open up more opportunity for jokes about targets, stretch goals and SCRUM meetings, or whatever the lingo is these days đ Overall I think the idea has some promise, would enjoy seeing it again if you were to build on the central idea. Nice one! đ |
| Apr 25 16:56:45 | 8m 41s | PainBall | ♥ 2 | The graphics are great, sounds are fun. The gameplay is a nice idea and I'm surprised how good the AI is (even if it is blatantly biased against me! đĻ) Seriously this is great. Keep at it and you could have a release here! |
| Apr 25 17:06:05 | 9m 20s | Dream World | ♥ 1 | This was really well-presented. The graphics made me think of Knytt and Fez, so great job on that front! The platforming was tricky! The furthest I got was to two of the four ends. I agree that a life system might be useful. But that's just my impatient self talking đ I did come across a bug, however. After getting the top-right corner I jumped off the right side of the platform which caused the game to freeze. Maybe worth adding an invisible wall or some kind of instant death there to cover it? Anyway, nice title. Like it! đ |
| Apr 26 08:49:48 | 15h 43m | Carried Away | ♥ 2 | This is peak Ludum Dare. Utterly unique. THE best interpretation on the theme that I've seen so far. Now if you'll excuse me, I need an adult. |
| Apr 26 09:03:18 | 13m 30s | Stutter | ♥ 1 | I think this one has a lot of promise! Tighten up that level design, fix the translation issues and you've got a neat little game here! đ |
| Apr 26 09:06:47 | 3m 29s | Space Ball Toucher | ♥ 0 | I like the idea of a kind of real-time, competitive reversi game, but agree with @Egon that I'd like to see the idea fleshed out a bit. Powerups, different levels, something like that. I definitely think it's got promise though! đ |
| Apr 26 09:20:00 | 13m 13s | 63 Little Pieces | ♥ 1 | I think this is a decent entry! Plenty to like here, like the other commenters said I think building out the sound effects and music should be a priority. That could boost the atmosphere like nobody's business! Also just a stylistic choice, but it might be good if, if you three-star a level, it sends you straight to the next level instead of cutting you to the menu and making the player sit through two loading screens instead of one. Nice one! đ |
| Apr 26 18:29:30 | 9h 09m | Harvest Rune | ♥ 1 | This was a neat game, and there are a lot of working mechanics packed in here - really impressive from a technical point of view! I think I picked up a bug however - in the 'Play with Tutorial' section I could not get the tutorial text to scroll or disappear no matter what I did. Still! The graphics were good and the text was funny. The gameplay worked well and fit the theme neatly. Nice game! đ |
| Apr 26 18:36:46 | 7m 16s | Field of Skulls | ♥ 0 | Good job all - fits the theme and the mechanics work. Nice one! đ |
| Apr 26 19:03:07 | 26m 21s | The Heat Of Battle | ♥ 1 | This is definitely one of the best ones I played so far! Action! Romance! Revenge! It's got it all! Seriously, the level of polish on this is superb. I usually try and leave suggestions on these comments but in this case I've got nothing to add. Absolutely fantastic effort đ |
| Apr 26 20:09:41 | 1h 06m | Extreme Fishing: Shark Bait Edition | ♥ 1 | Hey! I got the following error while trying to start the game. Possibly a missing/misplaced file? Image1.png |
| Apr 26 20:16:03 | 6m 22s | Diner Dive | ♥ 1 | I like the concept and the mechanics are all working as intended! Fits the theme nicely too. I agree that if the game was introduced a bit more slowly, and the collision boxes were a bit more...forgiving...then it would improve the player experience a bit. Otherwise, I like it! Nice entry! đ |
| Apr 26 21:16:06 | 1h 00m | Fatty Boy Run | ♥ 2 | I thought this was a great entry! Good mix of genres that combined to form a fun little game, and the polish on display is really impressive given the time constraints and the working with 3D models. I think I did pick up one glitch, however. When I 'died' against the wall, occasionally the player's 3D model would just explode into an amorphous mass and careen all over the place until it disappeared off screen. I know nothing about 3D models so I just assumed it was a hidden Cthullu level I missed 𤡠đĻ Anyway, apart from that I thought the whole thing was really well executed. Nice one! đ |
| Apr 26 21:23:20 | 7m 14s | Slow Invasion | ♥ 1 | I enjoyed this one! The turn-based runner mechanic worked well and was well-implemented. It was fun to play and the theme was well handled. Good entry! đ |
| Apr 26 22:22:29 | 59m 09s | Hats on Clouds | ♥ 0 | Controlling the player was really difficult, and I couldn't even finish the first level, but the themes mash up well together and there's a lot of potential here I think! đ |
| Apr 26 22:28:15 | 5m 46s | STEW'M | ♥ 1 | This was a fun entry! Just a suggestion, maybe after a certain number of ingredients have been added to the stew pop it could chuck out a powerup of some kind? Nice one! đ |
| Apr 26 22:37:20 | 9m 05s | Whispers From the Soul | ♥ 1 | I thought it was decent! Surprising how much a single music track can add to the mood. A clearer indicator of when enemies are being summoned, or when the shrine changes ownership, would be awesome. Also it'd be nice if my dudes helped with the war effort - not all together obviously because they'd steamroll, but maybe a wave of a handful of dudes every x amount of time? Anyway, I'm just spitballing here. Overall I thought this was a decent effort and I had fun playing it! đ |
| Apr 26 23:18:27 | 41m 07s | Fail Fast Co. | ♥ 2 | I played this one for quite a while! I think there's a great concept here, and think that with some work on the UI and on balancing decks (perhaps by having the player create their own decks and by giving them specific objectives? i.e. earn $10000 by x date or something) this could be a gem! I really liked this entry - well done! đ |
| Apr 26 23:29:52 | 11m 25s | Stealth Trucking | ♥ 1 | Ha! this game is so silly. I love it! The music, the lighting, the tactical stealth trucking action...it's got everything I want in a Ludum Dare game. Great stuff! |
| Apr 26 23:44:17 | 14m 25s | Farmer's Delight: A Twin-Stalk Shooter | ♥ 1 | This was a fun entry! If you keep working on it I'd prioritise adding some music and sfx to the game ASAP as I think that could really add to the mood, which is already quite silly and fun. Otherwise I like the layout of the level, the shop, and the two themes mashed together. I enjoyed playing it! đ |
| Apr 27 00:02:44 | 18m 27s | Bird-View Burger Barn | ♥ 2 | I Like the idea and think you've got a great framework for a game here! If I could just add one suggestion it would be to have some kind of trash can to ditch unwanted orders. There was a time where I just missed delivering an order and the next customer had already arrived with a different one. It would've been handy to be able to ditch the order I was holding. Other than that though, I thought it was fast-paced and enjoyable, with nice graphics and good music. Good entry! đ |
| Apr 27 00:18:27 | 15m 43s | Diorama | ♥ 2 | This scored really highly for me - totally unique title that deserves to do well. Make sure you rate rate rate so it gets the praise it deserves! |
| Apr 27 00:24:32 | 6m 05s | Not Yeti | ♥ 0 | Nice graphics on this one! The two themes are definitely there and working together too, which is great. I feel like the game would benefit from a few more sound effects, perhaps a sprite or two to indicate a hit/kill. Good job! đ |
| Apr 27 01:10:43 | 46m 11s | Dinosaur Dating Simulator | ♥ 1 | This was a funny entry! I enjoyed the humour and the mechanics were solid (and delightfully weird!). Nice job! đ |
| Apr 27 01:16:44 | 6m 01s | Seagulls | ♥ 0 | The themes worked really well together, I think! Though I was cursing RNGsus every time a reload didn't show up in a deck... Nice job! đ |
| Apr 27 01:22:01 | 5m 17s | SCARE-CADE | ♥ 1 | I like it! The graphics are well done and fit neatly together, and as you mentioned there are a few bits of polish here and there to be added. You can add them now, just keep the download link to the original file and mark the updated one as 'updated' or 'latest' or something so people know which version to rate you on. Regardless, I had fun! Nice job! đ |
| Apr 27 01:28:27 | 6m 26s | Burger Flipper | ♥ 1 | Darth Tater defeated me, sadly! I still enjoyed what I saw. The mixture of turn-based and real-time definitely felt incompatible at times so 5/5 for theme! đ Seriously though, I had fun and think with some new sprites and a few sound effects here and there this game will get even better!! |
| Apr 27 01:45:30 | 17m 03s | Love is not bulletproof | ♥ 0 | Much like the van dating sim, I now have the sudden urge to sit down in the shower and think about the choices that led to this moment. So good job! The themes made for a fun combination and the individual elements were well-implemented. I dig it! đ |
| Apr 27 02:05:23 | 19m 53s | Crops in Space | ♥ 1 | I agree with the others in that there's a whole game's worth of material here if it was fleshed out. To give an example, Red Dwarf was basically about 4 shmucks stuck on a tin bucket millions of light years from Earth, and the compelling story came from the interaction between characters. If you decided to turn this into a full sized game you could have something like that! What I saw, I enjoyed, though. Nice art, music was good, and the gameplay was interesting and enjoyable. Nice one! đ |
| Apr 27 18:23:37 | 16h 18m | Might and Matchic | ♥ 1 | Nice idea and well-executed. Everything fits neatly together and makes this feel like a finished product. Well done. |
| Apr 27 18:38:31 | 14m 54s | Race Out of Hell | ♥ 2 | I won! Nice job on the platforming mechanics. The gameplay worked well and I didn't encounter any bugs. Well done! |
| Apr 27 21:15:15 | 2h 36m | Infernoculus | ♥ 0 | I had a blast playing this one! I'd be really surprised if it didn't score highly. Excellent work guys! đ |
| Apr 29 18:24:55 | 45h 09m | I'm Not a hero | ♥ 1 | Solid little game, if a little easy. Graphics and sound were on point! Overall a nice effort đ |
| May 8 13:52:35 | 211h 27m | ShmuRTS | ♥ 1 | I think this is a neat little entry! The core mechanic of pulling up a map and then having a stage generated depending on the length of the journey works really well imo. Add some more resource management mechanics, balance the gameplay and build out the RPG elements and you've got a decent game idea here! Seriously! |
