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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Joe Zabriskie's comment | |
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| Apr 25 00:47:37 | Iocus Navis | ♥ 1 | Nice work! First impression just from the music playing set the mood well, overall kudos on the sound design. I also appreciated the death screen to tie in the replay in a way that makes sense. I was excited to see that enemies could shoot objects and each other. It made the gameplay area feel very dynamic. There's a lot of potential in the gameplay that can be unlocked with just a touch of polish. The gameboard needs a bit more room to itself, the UI often covers up elements that the player needs to see. I'd love any way to see where hints at where objects are going to move and shoot so I can try to plan my moves. I have to confess that I wasn't sure what was increasing my score and if I was trying to get somewhere or trying to stay in place and survive; I wasn't sure if there was an "end" to the game, or if I was shooting for a high score. Great job overall! Great work with making a game with solid mechanics and compelling atmosphere! | |
| Apr 25 01:11:12 | 23m 35s | Modern Fairway 4: Spec-Ops in the Rough | ♥ 2 | Great idea, truly two incompatible genres lol. Title, premise and splash definitely got me interested. I had trouble with the aiming sensitivity, and general UI usage acutally. The core gameplay would have been great if not for the crazy high sensitivity. I like the idea of getting your driver out (sniper), or putter(pistol), super funny. I think this idea might be better served with a different aiming style. Here you spend so much time scoping in on the ground, rather than lining up a shot looking towards the goal. Don't know how you'd accomplish that, just a thought. Maybe make the ball huge? Easier to find/shoot Overall super impressed you managed to get this all tied together. Guns felt good, player movement was solid. Great Job! |
| Apr 25 01:21:05 | 9m 53s | Tennis Defense | ♥ 0 | Great premise, and pretty darn well executed! You got a chuckle out of me when I hit the uprights and got a little *ding*. I would have benefited greatly from a quick tutorial on how aiming works, but it is fairly intuitive. In fact I got the point pretty quickly about how this 3d pong like was controlled. I liked the perspective, makes you feel more like you're getting mobbed. My main complaint is that some of the edge spawning zombies sure were hard to hit. A couple plays found me only dying to those lone dudes. I'm also not convinced that being able to aim vertically is necessary for this game. I could be wrong, but I think horizontal aiming might suffice and be easier for someone just jumping in. Awesome job overall! I can't imaging tackling a 3d environment like you did. GJ! Also thanks for the html link |
| Apr 25 04:02:19 | 2h 41m | Boxing Surgery Simulator 2000 | ♥ 2 | Nice work! Game looks and feels really good. Super crunchy. Still don't know if I can help my boxer fight. Didn't seem to make a difference a lot of the time. Super fun and easy to get into! |
| Apr 25 04:15:44 | 13m 25s | Deck of the Dead | ♥ 1 | Nice work dude! Solid entry. I think I hit a bug though. I beat wave one then half way thorough wave two the zombies stopped spawning. I was relieved because it was getting pretty close. I like the split thinking you have to do, keeping an eye on your position while still calmly solving puzzles. Nice work on the sound effects/music. Also the UI felt very slick and responsive to use. Honestly I can't think of what more this game needs, seemed pretty complete. Good work! |
| Apr 25 04:28:54 | 13m 10s | The Mad Bulleteer | ♥ 0 | Wowwww, this is super solid! This is a great example of how to make a complete game. Nothing feels like it was left undone. I like the difficulty progression, felt fair all the way through. Like the enemy design, easily recognizable. I like the leaderboard and UI design. Overall a great achievement! |
| Apr 25 04:35:06 | 6m 12s | A Tale of Two Kings | ♥ 0 | Love the art style! Good sound work too. Most of what I like about your game came from those two elements. If they matched up a little better I think it would make a big difference, e.g. instead of the hammering sound, play a crisp click sound when the new objects make contact and snap in to place. Anything to make them more cohesive. Can't say I really enjoyed the RPS game play too much, but this was solid and complete! Nice work! |
| Apr 25 04:54:26 | 19m 20s | Friends of Rose | ♥ 1 | Nice job getting this game together! I know these are just some default Unity assets, but you still did a good job putting them together. I only tried a couple of levels but the controls seemed pretty good. I'd prioritize a UI in the future so I can tell how many lives I've got. The level where I could sort of break through the wall felt extremely monotonous. I knew I wouldn't die, but I know it was still going to take a chunk of time, not the most exciting level design. Eleanor Rigby was a much better showing of level design. In the future be brave with your programmer art. Keep pixel counts low and backgrounds. Good work! |
| Apr 25 05:16:44 | 22m 18s | Clunky Ball | ♥ 0 | Nice work! Pretty solid work there. I was most impressed with the level design. Each one played with a different idea, you have a good variety of levels. I'd be careful with #9 #stacked, I was worried about falling on that one since I didn't want to go through the monotony of all the same drops again. Over all great work. And I have to commend the sound effects, "Ohhh Nooooo" will haunt my dreams. Audio = 5 Controls on keyboard worked, but I could tell the gamepad would have been better. Wish I could reverse. |
| Apr 26 01:35:28 | 20h 18m | Lost Without You | ♥ 3 | I was immediately struck by the atmosphere. The simple polished effects and the sort of haunting soundtrack got me involved immediately. Really set the mood of being lost. Game play was super fun! The feeling of seeing the other color around a corner was a fun surprise. I feel like the first thing I would add would be more to the environment, maybe objects that can help you find each other. Might enable you to make some harder levels, give players more to interact with in the level. Thanks for the great entry! |
| Apr 26 05:29:16 | 3h 53m | 2Musikewl 4Skewl | ♥ 0 | Nice work! Finally was able to make it outside lol. Nice work on the graphics/animation and music. I mostly had trouble with the game systems. The moving to the beat worked well, but I coudln't figure out when/where I was supposed to move to avoid the janitor. Some sort of explanation of the mechanics in more detail would add a lot to this game. Good concept and execution! |
| Apr 27 00:38:55 | 19h 09m | Diorama | ♥ 2 | Nice work! Nice execution on that idea. I don't think I could have expected the mechanics to work so well and the level design to be so solid. I liked the difficulty ramp, the twists on old levels worked well to keep me surprised. Nice work on sounds and music too. Can't think of much to add here, y'all did real gud |
| Apr 27 02:46:21 | 2h 07m | Stand Clear, Doors Closing | ♥ 1 | I see a good solid foundation right here. Might want to lock the mouse to the screen, mine was tracking into my second monitor. Obviously there's more you want to add, but my suggestions beyond the obvious are to add door indicators for the map so I can plan my route better, give a bit more warning on what rooms are safe, and maybe add some other indicator as to where to go. Nice work putting this together! |