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Feedback comments for LD41

Timestamp	Since previous	Game		Swen's comment
Apr 23 11:30:58		Dodge The Bullet	♥ 1	Neat game. Love how easy but challenging the concept is at the same time.
Apr 23 11:38:11	7m 13s	Run from the hangman (Renegade)	♥ 0	I love how the little arms hang when u guess wrong 😛
Apr 23 11:58:41	20m 30s	SNAK3	♥ 1	Amazing combination of genres, enjoyed it!
Apr 23 12:44:55	46m 14s	DeathBall	♥ 1	Man, hitting those enemies with the ball and watching them fall apart is so satisfying! I had some difficulties hitting the ball at first, but I probably have to practice a bit more. I got a few jump shots in there though ;). Environment and models look amazing and it is really cool that you were able to make this with not a lot of coding experience, great job!
Apr 23 16:09:25	3h 24m	Binary Blocks	♥ 2	I love how you gamified Binary Search Trees, this could be used in classes on the subject of 'data structures and algorithms'! ## I liked - Showing off a mechanic in the start menu. - The relaxing music. - The calm background which is mildly interesting but not distracting; the focus lays on the game itself. - How rewarding the game feels. It can feel really good and satisfying when you grab a star or finish a level. - The short and effective tutorial. - How simple, challenging and fun the gameplay is! ## (Debatable) improvements and bug Maybe some subtle horizontal lines indicating the height (in blocks) of each star would be nice. In one level I pushed the 'reset' button while it was executing and got a floating block. 653804cb2bd61dadf36bbb279a7d6629.gif But it was a bit of a monkey test case and I will probably not happen to most players. But besides these 2 things, which didn't really bother me at all, I really can't name anything I didn't like. Your game is really nicely polished and worked out really well. It is amazing that you were able to do this in 48 hours! # Loved it!
Apr 23 16:29:22	19m 57s	Don't text and fly	♥ 1	Impressed a my match by telling here I am into game dev. Just as thing went well I got hit by a meteor. The controls were a bit hard to grasp at first, but after a bit of practising I was able to handle them. So times I would look to long at the phone and would get hit as result, so it sends the message of "don't text and drive" very well 😛. It would be could to see some sort of "Meteor inbound!" warning message or a radar showing meteors around. Sometimes I got hit in the back and couldn't react. I loved exploring the paths with Tammy and finally got me a date! Cool concept, played it multiple times!
Apr 23 16:48:16	18m 54s	Agent Patissier	♥ 1	Really liked the game. It is amazing what you've accomplished in 48 hours! There are multiple rooms, different enemies, different foods + recipes to explore. And on top of that you've made this amazing artwork! Amazing job! PS: Also liked the puns :)
Apr 23 17:03:31	15m 15s	Realm Guard	♥ 1	Nice combination of genres. The tower defense genre already implies strategy, but with the card system on top I really how to make choice between what I am going to do next. The game hang when an attacker breached my defenses, guess I don't have 10 lives after all ;). It is amazing how many different turrets you got in there (in 48 hours)! Keep up the good work!
Apr 23 17:10:49	7m 18s	Cramzon Mine	♥ 1	Had a good laugh when I started up the game, I actually refreshed it so I could see it again. Digging through the pit and throwing stuff out to find the things I needed was really fun and satisfying. It's like throwing your own garbage out. Great job. "Cramzon is perfection~!"
Apr 23 17:20:12	9m 23s	Flatformer	♥ 1	Enjoyed it. The red beam attack was really satisfying!
Apr 23 17:48:09	27m 57s	The Call of Cthulhu - Puzzle Edition	♥ 1	It was really short, but I really liked the tile-based puzzle/ story telling combination. And what I could play looked polished!
Apr 23 18:00:20	12m 11s	Dancemazing	♥ 1	Amazing, had a good laugh. - - - DANCE OFF - - -
Apr 23 20:31:21	2h 31m	Vector Rabbits Slayer	♥ 1	Amazing graphics.
Apr 23 20:33:41	2m 20s	Hana Tower Defense 3D Board Game	♥ 1	I cannot extract the .rar (using 7zip, windows)
Apr 23 21:03:55	30m 14s	Dyeswap	♥ 1	Fun and challenging core mechanics. Great game, good job!
Apr 24 21:41:00	24h 37m	Deadication	♥ 0	Oh no my humans!
Apr 26 20:51:56	47h 10m	Honest Dan's Trout	♥ 1	Hey Dan, I watched some bits of the stream while you were jamming for Ludum Dare 41. At the beginning you were unsure about how it was going to turn out, but you kept going and working on it. And I must say it turned out to be amazing! ### The things I loved I really liked the multitasking aspect of the game, having to keep an eye on the ball and the tetris blocks! After a few runs I could keep the ball alive while still focussing on the playfield. It felt rewarding mastering this skill! Not many LD games make me replay them several times, but yours did! I even tried different play styles (focussing on making rows one time and destroying blocks the other time). It turned out to be more rewarding to make rows instead of breaking blocks (which the score table already indicates), but hey I had to try. Getting to compare your score to other via the leaderboard was really fun and encouraged me to get a better score. The game was not only fun and challenging to play but I also really loved the art. Everything looks clean and fits in the theme. Furthermore, it is also really easy on the eyes! ### The things I would have liked (if I had to name some ...) It may be just me, but when I was playing the game for the first time I didn't notice the time at all; all of the sudden I died. A warning sound or the background music speeding up at 30 seconds would have given me a great rush to try and stay in the game! Next to this there could have been some extra buttons in the UI, like a 'play again' in the game over screen or 'leaderboard' button in the main menu. But who cares in a 72 hour game jam. I am also quite sure I lost 2 lives in 1 go once, the ball seemed to bounce on the bottom of my paddle somehow. Wasn't able to reproduce this though, so it probably won't have happend that much. ### End note Loved it. These 2 arcade genres together make for a really fun and challenging game. Graphics are clean and fit together. The game overall gives a really polished impression. Great job man! Keep up the great work, InsertCoffeePls
Apr 27 19:29:45	22h 37m	Murder in the Refuge of Retired Monsters	♥ 1	Watched this game on HonestDanGames stream, really enjoyed the murder mystery around it. The only things that were a bit of a hassle were the traps. But all in all it is an amazing game! Also had really good laughs! Great job!
Apr 29 11:38:40	40h 08m	aVOID	♥ 0	Cool visuals, music and sound effects. Also liked the challenging gameplay, although a lot of times I died I thought it wasn't my fault as a player: - I got dead end after dead end - One time I thought I was really a head of the void and all of the sudden it catched up in less than 1 second and I died. I did however like how short the games were, made me want to start over each time to improve my last score. The game all in all also felt very polished. Good job!