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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		Apace's comment
Dec 3 08:33:54		Ludum Dare: The Game	♥ 1	> Too lil features. Quite a few bugs. Needs more polish. Hey there! First game I'm playing this LD. I really like the game idea, fits the theme perfectly. The dialogue was very funny in places, which is always nice! Usually I try to leave at least one idea of how to improve the game, but I really can't think of anything. Both execution and design are very solid in my opinion. Overall, I really like the charm of what you created here. Nice job.
Dec 3 08:52:35	18m 41s	Duplicube	♥ 1	Fun, polished game! The movement felt predictable and controllable, which is always great for a game which requires platforming precision. The little audio that the game had was nice and supported the game's overall aesthetic. I have to agree with @acoto87 though that the font was difficult to read, and maybe also not very fitting for the game's minimalistic appearance. I would have loved to see some more experimentation with the basic premise of the game though. Your levels seem to ramp up quite heavily on the platforming side, while I would have loved to see some more puzzle elements. But, I understand that level design and puzzle mechanics are hard to come by in 48 hours. ;) Nice entry.
Dec 3 09:04:50	12m 15s	Santa's List	♥ 2	Wow. Just wow. The mood in this game is really good. The monotonic color palette and the announcer's voice in the background, combined with the "dystopian" music and the sound effects. Really great. Also, I loved that the elves' health was not only displayed as a number, but also in the way they look. Great addition! I haven't quite figured out what the best strategy is, but after I found out that elves respawn when they die, the game suddenly got a lot "easier"! Before that, I thought I was gonna fail. I think killing elves should somehow affect you negatively instead of just being part of the score in the end. Maybe have them drop / raise the other elves' productivity semi-randomly because they get scared of you? Anyway, really nice entry. Just in time for christmas as well.
Dec 3 09:38:15	33m 25s	Overpopulation	♥ 1	Hello you two! I really liked the idea and how it fits the theme so well. I guess I'm just a big fan of dystopian games in general. ;) The human model turned out really well I think, and the posters on the back wall give the environment a nice touch. I feel like you could have improved the user experience a little. For example, I thought it was confusing that the font size in the report changed depending on the amount of content - made it just a little bit harder to parse every time. Also, being able to view the guidelines while a new person was walking in would have been nice. Especially at the beginning when you didn't have the rules memorized yet, that would have proven very useful.
Dec 3 10:03:44	25m 29s	Battle of the Occultists	♥ 1	Wow, the mechanics are awesome! The twist on the usual card game, that you need to craft your minions, is an awesome idea and incredibly fun. One thing the game needed was a more overall introduction to the game. While you introduced AP and sacrificing minions, I had no clue how the card draw worked in this game. Took me a while to figure it out (I might be dumb...) but after that I had a blast! Thanks for creating this, it was really fun. You should consider creating a more elaborate version of this. :)
Dec 3 10:16:48	13m 04s	M-ss-ng Ch-r-cters	♥ 1	Hey there. Awesome work! I was lucky enough to make it to 10/10 on the first try, otherwise I would have had to play again. I really enjoy the visual polish here. Some sounds would make this a great overall experience. One small suggestion: when the entered word is incorrect, show the player what the real word was. It is frustrating to know you're never going to find out what that one word was you couldn't guess. I agree with you that the idea is a bit small and therefore you think this "isn't exactly the most fun". But I think you managed to execute this idea quite well. The problem here is that the game can't really be easily expanded upon. But I can imagine this fitting well into a bigger collection of minigames with some metagame around it, something like "You don't know Jack". I really enjoyed playing this though, nice entry. :) Edit: re-reading my comment made me realize that it seems like I didn't want to play again. I did, and I played again. Sorry if that came across weird.
Dec 3 10:37:18	20m 30s	Curse of the eastern god	♥ 1	This is a really nice game. I enjoyed the story a bit too much, made me play the end sequence more than I originally wanted to. The graphics and music and sounds are all so nice and come together for a great experience. I can only recommend playing this.
Dec 3 12:06:57	1h 29m	Airtime	♥ 1	675! While I don't think the game fit the theme as well as some others I played, I really enjoyed this. Nice puzzle mechanics and the level design was quite good. I agree with you that I would love some more levels added to this! Also, some music would have been nice, but I can't complain given the great game you made with only 28 hours of time. Hats off!
Dec 3 12:15:18	8m 21s	On a Cultist hill	♥ 1	Hi! Really nice game here. I love the graphics you created, and the audio is quite supportive. Also, I think you introduced new mechanics along the way really well. Good job on those mini-tutorials inbetween! The game is a nice, cohesive whole. Well done!
Dec 3 12:22:05	6m 47s	Volcano Fling	♥ 1	Really fun minigame! Not much to say here. The gameplay is really nice for the first few minutes, for more than that it's a little too simplistic. But I enjoyed it, good job.
Dec 4 21:44:46	33h 22m	Archibald's Snobbish Journey	♥ 1	18 objects! Really nice game. :) I enjoyed the cute graphics (especially the trees in the background!) and the gameplay was nice and fun as well. Great entry!
Dec 4 21:58:22	13m 36s	Breeze Wanderer	♥ 1	Hi Luca! Nice game. I really enjoy the puzzle concepts you introduced. However, I feel like this is not really a puzzle game. To me, it seems a bit more like a reaction-based game, with fast and precise mouse movements required. Anyway, as you said in previous comments, a zoomed-out version where the screen does not pan would have definitely been better. I'm quite sad that you didn't have the time to do that, because I would have loved to see a version where it's not as difficult to click the fans when the screen is scrolling! But, apart from that, I think the game is really promising and the minimalistic look is quite pleasing and supports the game's feel well. :)
Dec 4 22:07:13	8m 51s	The War of the Four Races	♥ 1	Hi! I like the game! Even if it's quite simple - the core concept is nice. I'd love to see some more features in this. Sometimes I felt like I had very little control over what was going on, and maybe other powers, like pushing some guys around, or being able to freeze some creatures for a short while, would be really awesome! I agree with the other comment that looking back and forth between GUI and gameplay was difficult at times, but it wasn't too bad.
Dec 4 22:15:58	8m 45s	Volcano Rush!	♥ 0	This is just too difficult! I couldn't for the life of me get past the third stream of lava. (Don't worry, I am probably just bad.) Anyway, I like the game. The gameplay is smooth and feels good (apart from my obvious problems with the lava streams), the music fits the theme and the death sound is awesome. Great entry. :)
Dec 5 09:24:49	11h 08m	Kingdom Decisions	♥ 2	I liked the gameplay a lot! Took me a while to figure out how everything works (like at the beginning I didn't understand that I was missing resources to do stuff and just thought the game was buggy :P), but after that it was a lot of fun! I went with the Lifequality route and managed to win in my first run. :) I think some music and sounds as well as a short tutorial would do wonders to make this game appeal to more people. But overall, the game was great for the limited time you had to create it!
Dec 5 09:42:22	17m 33s	Craftsman	♥ 0	Nice game! Very unique concept and idea and great execution. Love it!
Dec 5 11:13:04	1h 30m	Birds in Space	♥ 1	The controls feel reeeeaally good, very nice job on those! I wish to see a more elaborate game based on that system. But even in this short jam version, it's already quite nice!
Dec 5 11:19:21	6m 17s	Mermaid VS Unicorns	♥ 1	It was... interesting? I don't know, I think the gameplay of flying upwards and shooting things could work quite well! However, how you did it was a bit confusing. For one, in a game like this I think the player needs to see more. So maybe you could have moved the camera out a bit, because it was very difficult to know where you're headed - especially when you're in the air and there's no things around you to tell how fast you're going. I'm also not a huge fan of the shooting mechanics - why do I shoot so many things in random directions instead of just one bullet where I'm clicking? Anyway, the core concept is nice, but I felt the execution was a bit lacking. Still a nice entry though.
Dec 5 19:45:12	8h 25m	Offshoot	♥ 1	Oh, this was fun! The sounds and music were pretty sweet. The different weapon combinations possible really made me play again and again. With some more visual polish this could be really great!
Dec 5 22:35:11	2h 49m	Alain's Sacrifice	♥ 1	Nice! Can't say anything that hasn't been said already. I don't know why, but I am a fan of the animations. I liked it!
Dec 5 22:44:20	9m 09s	Be The Bridge	♥ 1	Sweet idea! It was really interesting and fun to play. :) I agree with the comment two comments above me though. The "space to drop" feature is simply not necessary and just an extra button to press. They are never (except for in the first gap, maybe) in the right place and you always have to move them. So just dragging them from the core would have been nice!