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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | mharring's comment | |
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| Oct 8 00:41:25 | OH GOD! | ♥ 1 | Neat concept! The collection of mini-games keeps it interesting, although as others have mentioned the platform controls were a little challenging. I fell quite a few times, and there were several cases where I only made the jump because my chin grabbed the edge. I really liked the music, helped set he mood. Great job! | |
| Oct 8 00:53:17 | 11m 52s | Afloat | ♥ 0 | The objective wasn't completely clear, but once I figured it out it the game was fun. Using the placement of certain blocks to determine produce other block types was a great idea - nicely done! |
| Oct 8 01:07:54 | 14m 37s | World Collector | ♥ 1 | I can't believe this was made in a weekend! The amount of polish is quite incredible. Very fun, graphically stunning, use of the theme was excellent, and the music was awesome. I would love to see this turned into a full-sized game! Well done! |
| Oct 8 01:18:27 | 10m 33s | Raiders of the Lost Bark | ♥ 1 | Can't go wrong with Corgis! I enjoyed this one. The camera movement was a little jarring though. Graphics were well done - nice work! |
| Oct 8 01:32:13 | 13m 46s | Runed Memory | ♥ 2 | Great use of the theme! The different spells were fun to play around with. It didn't seem like there was a way to lose though? Even so, well done! |
| Oct 9 00:53:51 | 23h 21m | Celia's Lightmare | ♥ 3 | Very impressive visuals! And the vibe was very spooky, which the sound sells well. I jumped the first time I turned around to see a fiend right behind me. Nice work! |
| Oct 9 01:01:32 | 7m 41s | PXL IT | ♥ 0 | Great implementation of the theme! Simple yet effective. I wish you didn't have to restart from the beginning when you lost though - it became a little frustrating after a while to start over. |
| Oct 9 01:12:51 | 11m 19s | The Nothings | ♥ 1 | Cute game! The story was a nice touch. Very unique interpretation of the theme. The Saddenings shot a little too often, making it difficult to actually aim... I just spammed the attack and ran from side to side to hit them. The world had a nice feel to it though - well done! |
| Oct 9 01:18:23 | 5m 32s | Shadow Walker | ♥ 1 | This game has a good amount of difficulty. I kind of like the fact that you have to die a bunch just to see the next part of the level - makes you just rush into the darkness blind. Having frequent torches to save progress was a great idea. For an unfinished game, this feels great. A full version has a lot of potential! Well done! |
| Oct 9 01:23:43 | 5m 20s | Bonker Droids | ♥ 2 | Love this game! I could see this idea turning into a great full-sized game. As others mentioned, the turning was a little too fast, and the gun was a little too overpowered compared to the rest of the weapons. |
| Oct 9 01:39:01 | 15m 18s | Fall of RS-17 Icarus - an Akaban Tale | ♥ 1 | Great atmosphere, very spooky - attributed mostly to the sounds but also to the "recordings" you find. I accidentally managed to fall out of the end of the first room. As others have mentioned, the movement speed is a little too slow. Good work! |
| Oct 9 01:46:57 | 7m 56s | Monolith | ♥ 2 | I wish I could play more, but I got stuck after the first puzzle as well (unable to do anything). The visuals and music are great though! |
| Oct 9 01:53:56 | 6m 59s | Wirm | ♥ 1 | Neat concept! Progressively gaining abilities is a nice use of the theme. The platforming felt a little clunky, partially due to too little gravity and not being able to jump through platforms vertically. Some of the UI was hard to read as well (i.e. yellow text on a light brown background). Great sense of humor though - well done! |
| Oct 9 02:01:49 | 7m 53s | Get A Job, Baby! | ♥ 1 | Nicely done! I like how the game restarts as you playing as a sibling - very flavorful. I learned, as in life, that gambling was NOT the answer. |
| Oct 11 00:33:14 | 46h 31m | Stranded | ♥ 0 | Great little exploration game! It was somewhat soothing to walk around the island and pick things up and I liked how the music changed at night, although the day / night cycle seemed a little fast. It might just be my competitiveness, but I would have enjoyed a bit of urgency. Well done though! |
| Oct 11 00:45:45 | 12m 31s | Zen Fish | ♥ 2 | This game is very relaxing. Starts off a little slow, but ramps up pretty well. Nicely done! |
| Oct 11 00:56:04 | 10m 19s | Castaways | ♥ 2 | Great game! The music fits the visuals well and watching the villagers row their life rafts over was amusing. I noticed two things that made it difficult: 1) If a villager was standing near the building, I couldn't click the building's buttons, and 2) you can't take a villager in need off of a task, which led to one of mine starving. Besides that though this was very enjoyable, well done! |
| Oct 11 01:05:24 | 9m 20s | Hell Coliseum | ♥ 1 | We had a similar idea for our game ;) The character models were great - good job on the animations. It was a little difficult to aim; perhaps if you could aim with your mouse instead of the keyboard it would have been easier. Also, if you click attack quickly it interrupts your attacks which prevents you from actually doing damage. Besides that, there's a lot of potential here. Keep it up! |
| Oct 11 01:24:07 | 18m 43s | Running | ♥ 0 | I like the idea of this game - I think it could easily expand into a larger game with a competitive high-score beating mode. Just a friendly word of advice, you may want to adjust your goals a bit. Making a multiplayer game in a weekend, even as a veteran, is very difficult. I would suggest making a simple game and polishing it as much as you can, then try going a little further the next time. You did the most important part though; you made a game and had fun doing it! Keep it up! |
| Oct 11 01:33:45 | 9m 38s | ZERO: UNDIVIDED HEROES | ♥ 1 | Sound effects and music were great, and the gameplay was fun! As others already pointed out, the camera movement was jarring. Having the camera follow the mouse was a good idea, but I would suggest slowly interpolating between positions to make it less drastic. Nice work! |
| Oct 11 01:48:18 | 14m 33s | Words With Foes: Quest for the Lexinomicon | ♥ 3 | Top notch visuals, gameplay, audio - great execution. This doesn't look like a game built in a weekend! Well done! |
| Oct 11 18:54:46 | 17h 06m | RUST vs THE HIVE | ♥ 2 | Great atmosphere, visuals and sound. Like others, I found the controls a little clumsy. I also got lost at one point, took a while to figure out where I was supposed to go, so maybe a little direction would be helpful (even as simple as an arrow pointing in the general direction). Game was fun though, nice work! |
| Oct 11 18:59:35 | 4m 49s | Baby steps | ♥ 2 | Neat game! The visuals are great. It was enjoyable but short - perhaps you could have extended the map for more length, with one or two more interactive components. The head bobbing while you walked was both odd and amusing! |
| Oct 11 19:08:12 | 8m 37s | Start with Muffin | ♥ 1 | Simple yet fun little puzzle game. The sound when the muffin runs out of the oven is great! Nice work! |
| Oct 11 19:21:03 | 12m 51s | HEARTSCAPE | ♥ 1 | Great puzzle game! Very polished and visually appealing. I would have loved to play longer! Also, some sound effects for each card would have been great (although, understandably, time may not have allowed). Well done! |
| Oct 11 19:31:33 | 10m 30s | 2D PLATFORMER EXE | ♥ 1 | Great use of the theme! It was neat slowly filling the game in. The music reminded me of Super Smash Bros. My only comment is that it wasn't always clear which direction the new level was added - perhaps some arrow or other indicator would have helped, or even if each new level had a different colored platform to distinguish it from where you've already been. That said, good work! |
| Oct 11 19:41:31 | 9m 58s | Soulless | ♥ 1 | Fun game! The controls are a little difficult to master - for instance, there is a little too much accel / deccel which can cause you to slide into spikes sometimes. There was also a little too much screen shake in my opinion. The levels were really well designed - I especially liked the vertical block at slid along the spikes to move you up like an elevator. Well done! |
| Oct 11 19:47:19 | 5m 48s | You Broke the Game | ♥ 1 | Great well-rounded, polished platformer. It had a good amount of challenge. The pixel art and animations are top-notch. The bird poop was a funny mechanic - nicely done! |
| Oct 11 20:02:41 | 15m 22s | Ultra Quest | ♥ 1 | Nicely done! The visuals were great and the mechanics were easy to figure out. I found pressing F to be a little clunky when you got the sword, and I think you move too quickly for how zoomed in the camera is, but besides that this was fun! Good job! |
| Oct 11 20:13:11 | 10m 30s | Pandorama | ♥ 1 | Great implementation of the theme! The visuals are excellent and atmosphere is very stylized. I found the screen-shaking to be a little too strong. I also felt as though the bullets traveled a little too slowly, making it difficult to hit the enemy (although easier for you to dodge). Well done! |
| Oct 11 20:22:14 | 9m 03s | The Howler | ♥ 0 | I'm not sure what I just experienced, but it was... interesting. The rippling effect was a little too strong, and there didn't seem to be a way to lose (which is not inherently a bad thing), but it certainly makes you sit for a minute and think about it. Neat entry! |
| Oct 11 21:23:18 | 1h 01m | A Field of Flowers | ♥ 1 | Simple yet very relaxing. I only wish the other flowers did something. I just hoped every time I planted a seed I would get a sunflower. A nice experience overall, well done! |
| Oct 12 01:58:15 | 4h 34m | Nothing | ♥ 0 | Great use of the theme! Felt very polished. Not being able to move right for a good portion of the game was harder than I would have expected. The pixel art and animation was well done and reminded me of an old NES game. Well done! |
| Oct 12 02:28:34 | 30m 19s | Planet Z33 | ♥ 1 | Nice work! Visually impressive. The clock at the top really had my heart pounding when night was about to fall. I died my first night after my base was destroyed, but after that I think I hit a bug because no more enemies would spawn (I could stay outside all night without anything happening). The atmosphere was great - you really felt alone and creeped out. The light didn't change at night which felt a little odd. It was also a little cumbersome to hold the run key down all the time - since there's no reason not to run, why not always run? Great game though, could definitely see this growing into a larger project. Well done! |
| Oct 13 15:39:54 | 37h 11m | The Legend of the Empty One | ♥ 1 | I really like the idea behind the inventory system. Placing abilities in different shaped blocks makes it a small puzzle within the game. I found it very challenging though - died multiple times on the second level, and each time I had to start all over. Perhaps when you die you should restart on the current level? Lots of great ideas here that you could expand upon! |
| Oct 13 15:49:41 | 9m 47s | Boltzmann | ♥ 2 | A very soothing game! The music is great, really sets the mood. Even though there isn't a ton to do, it's enjoyable. I think you could really expand this into something big. The visuals were great, although I did get some slowdowns when exploding a large sun. |
| Oct 13 15:56:25 | 6m 44s | Jump'n'Venture | ♥ 0 | Neat game! Fit the theme well. I found the wall jumping difficult, but the game overall was fun. Good work! |
| Oct 14 01:51:39 | 9h 55m | P L A G U E T I M E | ♥ 0 | Great visuals! Felt very Terraria-esque. The weapon swinging mechanic felt a little odd though, and as others have mentioned there were issues picking items up if they spawned where you were standing. The music fit well and the day / night cycle was a nice touch. Nice work! |
| Oct 14 02:08:16 | 16m 37s | Unlock Everything | ♥ 0 | Well done! This felt very much like Megaman, in the best way. I found the controls a little difficult to use personally (I would have preferred to use "space" for jump), and the final boss was pretty difficult (you didn't have much time to react to the attacks). Regardless, I enjoyed this one. Great job! |
| Oct 14 02:17:37 | 9m 21s | Spooky: The one who lost everything | ♥ 2 | Very well done! You did a great job designing the puzzles to slowly introduce new mechanics. The art style and music helped set the mood nicely. I really enjoyed this one. |
| Oct 14 02:24:43 | 7m 06s | VELOCE | ♥ 1 | Nice! I really like the style, feels very retro. The gameplay is really simple yet engaging. My only complaint is that you only have one hit before restarting - it would be nice to have one "shield" that would absorb one hit and recharge, to be a little more forgiving on a single mistake every so often. That said though, great job! |
| Oct 14 12:56:55 | 10h 32m | Slave: Unchained | ♥ 2 | The dash combo mechanic is great! Makes you want to really line them up before making any moves. |
| Oct 14 13:12:28 | 15m 33s | Necrofenser Hero | ♥ 3 | This was very fun, I really liked the premise. It would have benefited from a short tutorial because it wasn't obvious at first that you had to gain your army from the farm animals. I also found that the difficulty curved up very quickly. That said though, well done! |
| Oct 14 13:19:19 | 6m 51s | Sand&Sea | ♥ 2 | Great idea for a game! I wish the brush size for picking up sand / dropping it was a little larger, but I can understand keeping it small for more of a challenge. It also wasn't entirely clear where the sand shapes would be placed - I'd suggest a semi-transparent outline of the shape to show where it will go. This could make a great mobile game if you wanted to pursue it further! |
| Oct 14 13:25:28 | 6m 09s | Nothing is my car ! | ♥ 1 | Great use of the theme! There were a few times when the car parts would spawn in an impossible location due to other obstacles, and a few times there I couldn't move without colliding with something. |
| Oct 14 13:37:23 | 11m 55s | Hellion: The Legend of Jeff | ♥ 1 | Neat game! Visuals were great, reminded me of the good ol' flash games. The cost of buildings was a little high, and I would have liked to have a variation on your attack (maybe a dash n slash attack?). I also found my thumb getting tired from spamming the space bar so much, which is also a testament to how much I enjoyed playing this one. Well done! |
| Oct 14 14:01:43 | 24m 20s | Out of the Box | ♥ 1 | I liked the humor in this one. Adding abilities by jumping to the box was a great idea. The platforming felt good and there were a solid amount of upgrades. I think some more frames in the animations would have gone a long way, but I can understand how time doesn't always allow. Good job! |
| Oct 14 18:20:41 | 4h 18m | Egg Farm | ♥ 1 | This game is great. You did a great job of making exploration pay off without being frustrating and confusing - well done! One minor comment is that the acceleration on the movement made jumping a little inaccurate. |
| Oct 14 18:27:34 | 6m 53s | Nothing to grab onto | ♥ 2 | I really enjoy this game and the concept is really solid. You could easily take this further and make it more challenging with gravity physics. I only wish there were more levels ;) Well done! |
| Oct 15 01:32:41 | 7h 05m | ØJE | ♥ 2 | Excellent game! Being able to end the game at any time is an interesting dynamic and almost makes you want to try everything first. There were some other games with similar approach to the theme, but this was definitely one of the best. The platforming felt smooth and responsive, and the visuals were outstanding. The sound also set the mysterious mood very well - great job! |
| Oct 15 01:41:04 | 8m 23s | Memories of Eleph | ♥ 1 | Mood, visuals, and music were all top notch! I enjoyed it, although I found it pretty difficult and unforgiving. If you made a mistake and hit any monster, it seemed like you had to start all over again because you wouldn't have a chance to catch up. I like the little memories you snuck in there about his life though - good work! |
| Oct 15 01:43:27 | 2m 23s | Amor Fati | ♥ 1 | Feel good is a great way to describe it! Simple yet elegant. The music set the mood nicely. Good stuff! |
| Oct 15 01:53:54 | 10m 27s | Ludum Dare Simulator | ♥ 0 | Neat, relatable take on the theme! Nicely done! |
| Oct 16 00:55:08 | 23h 01m | Snow Country For Cold Men | ♥ 1 | Simple but effective! Reminded me of SkiFree a bit. I only wish you could keep track of how many skiers you hit... nicely done! |
| Oct 16 01:11:43 | 16m 35s | Mindmaze | ♥ 3 | Wow, this one was great! The mood was on point, and you had me so intrigued that I just had to finish it. It would have been nice to have another mechanic added as you go, but the main mechanic was very effective. Great job! |
| Oct 17 00:53:45 | 23h 42m | Unstable Dungeon | ♥ 1 | Neat concept, but I was a little confused on how to use the items you collect. I also wish you could attack in more directions beside left and right. I like the art style though, good job! |
| Oct 17 01:07:23 | 13m 38s | Nothing but naked | ♥ 1 | Nicely done! Being able to switch between characters adds another level of puzzle solving. My only comment is that you move pretty slow relative to everyone else, which makes it really hard to avoid someone once they start moving toward you. I really enjoyed this one though, great job! |
| Oct 17 01:14:12 | 6m 49s | Better than nothing | ♥ 1 | Nice! I like how you avoid the monsters instead of attack them, and that unlocking more monsters leads to more points. The animations were very lifelike, great job! Like others, I noticed some lag after each round, and I'm also not sure if I was supposed to start with the dash move since it was an upgrade for later. |
| Oct 17 01:20:23 | 6m 11s | 7 Days | ♥ 2 | Simple yet elegant! Well done! The mechanic was very easy to use, but unfortunately I experienced a lot of slow downs when getting close to the sun. The levels were pretty quick to beat too, so I actually didn't notice that the branches aged and fell off until after I had already beaten the last level. It would have been a nice challenge had the levels taken a little longer to beat. That said, nice work! |
| Oct 17 01:28:50 | 8m 27s | Put the Haunt in this House | ♥ 1 | Neat concept! The little intro cut-scene added some nice backstory, and being able to walk through the house to see your progress was a nice touch. Good job! |
| Oct 17 01:57:46 | 28m 56s | Candy Bravery | ♥ 2 | Visually very impressive! I like the idea behind this game. I also got stuck after the first house though - wasn't able to find another that I could get candy from. As others have mentioned, it would be helpful to know what the courage requirement is for each house so you don't have to walk up to each one only to be scared away. That said, great job! |
| Oct 17 22:10:02 | 20h 12m | Bob the Brawler | ♥ 1 | Great game! The visuals and sounds are well done and the premise is pretty funny. The attack animation could have been a little more exaggerated to really show the punch, but it does the job. It took me a little while to figure out that you could break the walls and place them again, which added some more strategy. I like how it fit in a small window, sort of Game Boy-esque. Good work! |
| Oct 17 22:20:22 | 10m 20s | Nothing On Frontlines | ♥ 1 | This is a really fun concept! I played this one a few times to see how far I could get. I think there is a lot of potential here. It felt as though the enemies were coming too quickly in the beginning to really set up any sort of defenses, and the towers died a little too quickly. I was constantly trying to rebuild them which became a little frustrating. A little balancing on this though and I can see this being really great! Nice job! |
| Oct 17 22:28:34 | 8m 12s | Soundmarine | ♥ 0 | Outstanding visuals and music! The art style fits perfectly. Perhaps adding a scoring system would have made it more game-like? Regardless, very impressive. Well done! |
| Oct 17 22:37:42 | 9m 08s | You Gotta Be Kitten Me | ♥ 2 | Very amusing! You managed to put a lot of content in such a short amount of time. Well done! The controls were a little clunky, and the music panning left to right so quickly bothered me a bit on headphones but was fine on speakers. Gameplay was fun though - good job! |
| Oct 19 15:07:22 | 40h 29m | The Island | ♥ 0 | Nice job! Fits the theme really well. I found the walking bob up and down a little distracting, and I had trouble chopping down trees (felt like the hitboxes were moving?). As others mentioned, it would be good to get some sort of feedback when an item can be picked up. This is a nice start of a survival game though, keep it up! |
| Oct 19 15:12:47 | 5m 25s | Ghost Vacuumer | ♥ 0 | Great visuals! I wish there was a little more to the scenery and perhaps an end goal? I also think some visual to go with the vacuum would help indicate that it's actually working. This has a lot of potential though, good job! |
| Oct 19 15:20:03 | 7m 16s | NOTHING GETS OUTSIDE | ♥ 1 | Great idea for a game! I found the controls a little finicky (sometimes I would click an object but it wouldn't possess it). As others have said, it would be fun to have alternate options for completing a level. Visuals were well done, nice job! |
| Oct 20 13:29:32 | 22h 09m | Start with NOThInG | ♥ 2 | Great puzzle game! The visuals and sound are well done. It wasn't entirely clear that you could place TH on the radioactive circles, so perhaps a little direction would have helped, although it was fun to figure out. Well done! |
| Oct 20 13:40:47 | 11m 15s | Memoirs Found in a | ♥ 1 | Neat storytelling! Like others, I think the circle of vision was too small. The text was hard to read because it vanished too quickly (I know you could just check the log but perhaps a "Click to dismiss" would have been better) and there were a few typos. The visual style was great and fit the mood very well. Great job! |
| Oct 20 14:14:33 | 33m 46s | The Only Way is Down | ♥ 1 | Neat game! Unfortunately I ran into a situation where I couldn't continue. I had used all my dynamite to get down there, and then I couldn't retrace my steps to get out. Perhaps a jetpack of some sort to move back up would have solved the issue, or having unlimited dynamite (which would have been really fun to just blast your way through the caves). It also would have helped to have some sound effects for the enemies - having sounds elsewhere and not for them made it really stand out that they were missing. That said though, this was a fun entry and I can see a lot of potential here. Well done! |
| Oct 21 02:10:24 | 11h 55m | Mr.Grind | ♥ 1 | Simple yet addictive! I found myself clicking for way longer than I would have expected. As others have mentioned there isn't really a use for jumping. The sound effects were very effective. Well done! |
| Oct 21 02:15:44 | 5m 20s | gaarden | ♥ 1 | Very calming experience. The sound effects set the mood well. It would have been neat to have some color find its way into the art, but overall well done! |
| Oct 21 02:25:08 | 9m 24s | Unwritten | ♥ 1 | This is one of the most innovative ideas I've seen this jam. The swapping text mechanic is really unique and fun, the visual style is great, and the puzzles are designed very well. As others have mentioned, throw some sound and you've really got a great one here! Very well done! |
| Oct 23 01:29:58 | 47h 04m | How to Make a Sandwhich | ♥ 0 | Great visuals! I love the take on the theme. I unfortunately reached a point where I had collected everything but couldn't make a knife, therefore I couldn't finish making the sandwich. What you managed to complete was very enjoyable, well done! |
| Oct 27 14:05:33 | 108h 35m | Never Ending Entropy | ♥ 1 | Great entry! The visuals were great, as were the sound effects (which is a shame that you unlock them so late in the game). There were a few orbs spread around the map that looked as if running into them would do something but it didn't. They may have just been there for light, but it wasn't clear which ones did something and which didn't. The orbs that helped direct and tell the story were a nice touch. I made it all the way to the boss, but died and had to start all over, which was very punishing. Regardless, great job! |
| Oct 27 19:48:16 | 5h 42m | Faze | ♥ 3 | I really like the mechanics of this one. Wasn't particularly challenging, but was fun to run to the edges of the map to come back on the other side and I appreciated the arrow showing you which direction to go in. The atmosphere was very well done with beautiful graphics and sound. I experienced increasing lag on the WebGL version as I progressed but that's not too surprising given how detailed the 3D visuals are in a browser. Great job! |