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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		Keppu's comment
Dec 4 05:16:32		Creepy-Crawlies	♥ 0	Impressive game for sure. I was using a strategy where you first sacrifice all your bugs until you have used all the crowns for building up your infra. This is before the AI's gets to you. Then just rush to conquer some areas and repeat. The game fits the theme as you have to sacrifice your bugs for resources. Soundscape could be improved however. Click sound and bug sounds and neat, but conquering an area plays some windows message sounds or something which is a bit distracting. My ears were also missing some music. Some slight ambient would improve things nicely. For quick jam games I'd recommend using www.audiotool.com. Very fast to get some light music done. Bug sprites are well done, but background could use some enhancement. It's very repetitive and frankly quite boring. Some variety for the ground sprites would go a long way. Also the circular base areas could use a graphical enhancement. Maybe but the whole playing area under some theme? Have bugs compete for example inside some house and conquer spots like hidey-holes in the floor? Just some quick thoughts.. Overall a fun game for sure. AI is proficient and competitive. I enjoyed the challenge and had fun playing. Good job!
Dec 13 16:46:33	227h 30m	The Grassland Kings	♥ 1	I found this game to be too hard. Mechanics fits the theme very well as you make big sacrifice with each attack draining your vision. However it doesn't really make the game fun, but rather makes it unplayable. Instead of making vision loss permanent, could it be temporary after each hit? It could make the game more fun.
Dec 13 17:02:10	15m 37s	Not my Apples!	♥ 1	I like the pixel art. It's simple and functional. Game theme and mechanic is fun approach for the theme. I tried to hold on all my apples at first, but soon understood that I need to sacrifice some to keep more of them. I wish there were some sound effects though.
Dec 13 17:18:33	16m 23s	Cowboy Hell	♥ 1	The green lizard thing with frog hat really got me. 😄 Graphics are lacking, but voice acting lifts this game up nicely. Game is innovating and fits the theme on an unique way. It's really clever approach to have RPG mechanics but you have to decrease traits.
Dec 13 17:42:13	23m 40s	Save the little ones	♥ 1	Sort but solid platformer. Graphics are bland but clear. Audio feedback is nice, especially giving warning when stepping on those breaking platforms. The game is touching the theme somewhat lightly.
Dec 15 05:46:18	36h 04m	The best sacrifice	♥ 0	Nice looking game. I like the art style. Audio is pretty great too and same goes for the use of theme. However some few are hindering this game. I sometimes get killed and spawn at the start little bit underground so I can't move. Maybe I got hit by others, but not entirely sure about that. Could use more feedback. AI seems to drop a lot of stuff near the altar instead of properly sacrificing it. This leads to a lot of congestion. Camera bugs out sometimes when climbing to the altar and I can't see the character. The way up should be wider to relieve the congestion and maybe help with the camera problems. Placing sacrifice at the altar picks stuff up from the ground at the same time. Mildly annoying.
Dec 18 12:20:03	78h 33m	Rafture	♥ 1	Nice and traditional puzzle game. Nothing too innovative though what come to mechanics. Good touch with the theme, having to sacrifice some to save others. Big props for the undo button. That is a good addition. Controls work nicely with arrow keys or WASD keysm which I prefer myself. Graphics are functional but nothing too fancy. Same goes for the SFX. Overall it's a solid puzzle game
Dec 18 12:31:10	11m 07s	Mantis	♥ 1	Small game of keeping the mantis alive. Controls are somewhat awkward, but that's something that brings challenge to the game. Graphics are functional, but nothing great. Not much SFX going on, but I like the music. Sacrifice is only used thematically here, meaning you could replace male mantises with energy potion or something and the game would stay the same. Good effort thought as it is the hardest part of the LD Jam, to balance game mechanics with the theme. ++ For the score system.
Dec 18 12:40:39	9m 29s	Can't save them all!	♥ 0	Nice and relaxing small puzzle game. Music is nice medieval tone. I actually went and googled cgmusic, which you used to make the music. The program seems pretty interesting. Sound effects could be more relaxing as well. The game could use some graphical theme. From the music I can already imagine it having medieval theme. Red being rogue knights or robbers and player pieces wandering nomads or peasant trying to get to better lands. ++ for the options. That is rare thing to see in jam games(including my own games :D)
Dec 20 17:55:12	53h 14m	We Were 5	♥ 1	Pretty brutal for text adventure game. I really like the sounds as they add a lot to the experience. Theme is utilized well and sacrifices has to be made. I'm not quite sure if I made the correct sacrifices. That could take multiple plays. I ended up dying after the gates. Overall pretty solid entry.
Dec 20 18:02:21	7m 09s	AkimBear	♥ 0	Oh man nice game! I'm sucker for pixel art and this reminds me so much of Kingdom game. A bear juggling with dual miniguns? Who wouldn't love this shit? All those pesky squirrels and seagulls trying to steal my honey. Fuck them up! SFX's are pretty much gold and gameplay satisfying yet frustrating. Overall I'd say you go far with this one.
Dec 20 18:13:18	10m 57s	Death Wish	♥ 1	Artstyle is nice. Animation was smooth, but I seem to miss some punches that should connect. Over the metal music fits the game nicely. Reminds me of good ol' quake. Theme was somewhat missing, as I wasn't sacrificing much as a player. Overall a nice and solid game though.
Dec 21 06:11:23	11h 58m	Bokeh	♥ 1	Kind of beautiful game. Music is nice and fits the aesthetics. Gameplay is simple and you shoot projectiles and destroy the other player. I didn't have a friend in hand to test the multiplayer, which is a common problem when testing LD Jam games. Multiplayer games are risky because of this. Not much fun to play alone. Projectile system was interesting as I had to focus on tapping at the right time to get right type of projectile. After that the available projectiles changed. I can imagine this to be quite fun game when playing with friend.
Dec 21 06:18:11	6m 48s	aberth: simple text based choose your own adventure	♥ 0	Clever use of Google Docs. Writing and story are both good quality. That is one bad ass therapist for sure!
Dec 21 06:24:17	6m 06s	Ethical Smoothies Co.	♥ 1	The factory is running out of money so sacrifices has to be made. That means you my fruit shaped factory workers! Mmmm tasty.. Overall solid entry. Relaxing game with chill mood. Maybe the fruit workers sound little bit too annoying. Otherwise great game.
Dec 21 06:34:15	9m 58s	Alain's Sacrifice	♥ 1	Quite standard side scrolling game. I kept trying to jump over the enemies like in so many similar games. Hitboxes kind of prevent this and I got damaged almost every time. Enemies won't flip their sprite when moving right, which is little bit weird. You could just multiply by minus one (*-1) the sprites x-scale to achieve flip. SFX is ok quality. I also like to use mouth as it's fast and versatile. Music is, well.. There is music, which is better than no music at all. :D I found shooting the fireball satisfying. Theme is utilized somewhat loosely. The player loses one heart when moving to the next level, making things harder. Game is an okay entry, but needs some fixing and polishing. Keep it up!
Dec 21 06:45:21	11m 06s	Viking Snow Fight	♥ 3	Love this game! Simple and entertaining. Art specially is quite good. Music is superb. However it covers the SFX's, which is slightly disappointing. I keep on waiting more audio feedback when throwing and hitting. Maybe adjust the volume on those sounds a little? Gameplay-wise make it so that your own shield guys won't block your throws. UFO is pretty bad ass and the weapon they give? No-one should wield power like that!