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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | chaotikza's comment | |
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| Oct 12 18:10:58 | Stray | ♥ 0 | I think this is a the first text-adventure I've ever played while reviewing LD jam entries - well done for trying something different! The basic find and exchange items mechanic that forms the staple of the genre is strangely compelling, making your entry fairly fun, even though very few of the exchanges actually made sense to me. For example: an eel? Why?! Your game would've been much better if the world exhibited more internal logical consistency and gave some more motivation for doing things... why am I escaping? Why is the man in the warehouse destitute? What is he going to do with the trap? Who was the merchant and why did he like books so much? So many questions - none of them answered... Also, the theme was start with nothing: I find pants in the first scene... I was convinced I should equip them somehow before I go anywhere, but turns out I must've had some already because my only option was to give them away... 🤣 | |
| Oct 12 18:17:08 | 6m 10s | ...and to Nothingness Return | ♥ 2 | Hey, wanted to try this - looks very good from a thematic point of view, but unfortunately the game crashes on start for me on Windows. See the stacktrace below: cmd_fQVsWFhB08.png |
| Oct 12 19:06:27 | 49m 19s | Evolution of Civilization | ♥ 0 | Now I have trees, carpal tunnel syndrome and 16 more games to review... 😭 I agree with commenters that said we need an indication of progress - it takes extremely long and clicking is not an inherently fun mechanic. Some juice like sound or sparkles would also have made the process a bit more enjoyable - even just a recommendation for good auto-clicker would've gone a long way to improving the experience for those of us who don't play the genre. Looks interesting but did not finish, already a half-hour spent, need to move on... |
| Oct 12 20:10:31 | 1h 04m | Monolith | ♥ 2 | I went through about 4 or 5 puzzles (it was time to awake), then when I restarted I accidentally clicked New Game instead of continue... 😭 Very pretty and sounds great! I don't really like the real-time deflect things with your sword gameplay for a puzzle game - plus the tutorial telling me to attack and the attack animation made it feel like this wanted to be a fighting game rather than a puzzle game? I have no idea how this game ties into the theme? Forgot to say, the restart to resume seems like an interesting and innovative idea for a mechanic, it's just not terribly clear to the player what's going one - looks like a crash. |
| Oct 12 20:30:14 | 19m 43s | World Not Found | ♥ 0 | A very good effort! I was stuck on the power wires for the longest time... a hint that I should select the next colour would've been nice. Felt a bit sad at the end that I couldn't actually build a world, but enjoyed the experience of figuring that out. Some sound and music could really have elevated the mood in this game to the next level (it was quite good even without any). |
| Oct 12 21:24:03 | 53m 49s | Song of Creation | ♥ 1 | I love this - this is a piece of art! Well done on graphics, audio and gameplay! I think making achievements get a bit more in your face would move this more towards being a game, for an example of I what mean: you just sung a murderer into being, hey you can try to get the murder achievement by singing a victim into being... and then once he's done murder you can bring justice by getting rid of the murderer with your Zeus powers. |
| Oct 12 21:44:06 | 20m 03s | To The Depths | ♥ 1 | Liked it overall. I thought there's a lot of potential here - the balancing is just not very jam-friendly. I was very annoyed when I died for the first time after saving up for $400 worth of upgrades - not doing that again... for an arcade game like this permadeath should probably be an option the player chooses, especially with such a long grind for upgrades. Good attempt! Keep up the good work. |
| Oct 12 22:04:00 | 19m 54s | P.O.S.E.V.Y - [CROPS] | ♥ 0 | Seems completely broken to me... no ammo, no seeds, no idea how to get either... |
| Oct 13 19:43:49 | 21h 39m | Antexander The Great | ♥ 1 | "We're the ants... sent by king ANTony! We're coming to help... King Graham!" Sorry! King's Quest V reference... Antexander - great name! Really enjoyed the game, although it was a bit tricky - I almost gave up after my first two failed attempts. The somewhat indirect control was interesting. Having the camera move ahead in the direction you're going might've been nice as you can't really disengange in time unless you very carefully move, stop, wait for the camera and then move again. The music was very nice! |
| Oct 13 20:12:11 | 28m 22s | Virus Jones | ♥ 1 | Managed a score of 750 on my 5th or 6th try. Is it based on missile command? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokIGklnBGY That game seems to have had many ideas for dealing with the excessive that you have discarded, for example only having one base that can fire, so effectively only one life... That combined with using one quarter of the vertical space on the screen for the units you're defending and fast moving enemies makes for requiring very quick reaction times! Still, this may have some potential - it's very nicely polished! Good entry. Don't see much of a connection to the theme unfortunately... |
| Oct 14 18:08:09 | 21h 55m | Scrappy MC Spaceface VS the terrible tentacoolos | ♥ 2 | Very cool little shooter! Enjoyable and with a nice twist on the genre. I kept trying to click the scrap at first (in spite of reading the instructions - maybe I'm tired) - anyway, figured it out eventually... 😅 |
| Oct 14 19:10:33 | 1h 02m | Spew | ♥ 1 | Loved it! This is so great - the sound along with people curling up into a foetal position really sells it! I'm feeling a little bit nauseous after playing it - so good! 😂 |
| Oct 14 20:37:27 | 1h 26m | Ball of Duty: Special Drops | ♥ 2 | Excellent use of the theme! Perfectly executed! There is really nothing to criticize... 💕 |
| Oct 14 22:01:25 | 1h 23m | Love Letter | ♥ 0 | Very nicely put together! Too hard for me though - I raged out at level 6... The killer tiles could definitely be a bit more forgiving, surely the edges shouldn't be deadly? The music annoyed me at first, but then it grew on me... 🍃 |
