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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		joh's comment
Apr 21 05:38:37		No crime will happen here!	♥ 3	I really like the concept! it's something I've been trying to do and still want to do, lots of potential in puzzle-y detective games! One of the challenge of such game is it can often be a bit complex to make and complex to grasp as a player. I unfortunately, couldn't find the killer, I wasn't sure if mechanics were missing or I was missing something, but I saw nothing too obvious. (yet, we wouldnt want it to be too obvious) Still what was there was rather neet and I'd certainly welcome more!
Apr 21 06:04:33	25m 56s	Pet Slime	♥ 0	A fairly simple game, but a working one, well done too! Presentation was surprisingly great for something that seemed so simple. The balancing of the actions too, although I did feel like it was too easy. Does the game get harder? it might be against the die spirit, but I think pressure of imminent doom would make it even better. Still, liked what I played!
Apr 21 07:04:25	59m 52s	Fleur Defense	♥ 6	Ok, this is amazing! from graphics, to music, to gameplay, all there working in beautiful balance. Game works well, I'll admit I wasn't too sure what the plant coloring meant, because wattering and color did not collerate perfectly, and watering alone wasn't enough to bloom plant (was it only time?), but the grand lines were clear enough, make plants defend the master plant. Things got progressively harder such that it did not overstay its welcome and yet, I can say I played a lot longer than I expected! Only thing I think could be improved is plant variety, but with the polish on everything; who can complain?! Plants and actions... plant vs zombie, dark soil, now this... Might be a secret winner formula!! Well done!
Apr 22 04:14:55	21h 10m	Shieldbearer	♥ 1	Simple game, but rather nice, surprisingly hard too! does it get increasingly hard? after a bunch of wave, my character was turning like crazy! I like the whole scene though, it felt iconic enough and the small animation sold it well!
Apr 22 04:33:34	18m 39s	Substitute DJ	♥ 2	This is great! Very impressive! From great graphics to cool beat and compelling, yet simple gameplay. I liked what I played and thought how the different tracks mixed together was very cool! Plus, it was fun! great take on the theme, very nice job overall!
Apr 22 04:51:12	17m 38s	Hikikomori Simulator	♥ 1	This is great, have to admit, had to give it a chance from the mere concept of a hikikomori simulator. (btw, your post about it had no link to here). Anyway, it was surpringly nice! simple, yet quality graphics. simple yet quality sound and simple yet quality gameplay. I appreciate game that while "simple" just have an overall feel of quality, that is to say; deliver on their premise or concept. I think the game is hard, maybe that's the point, but I rather liked that. sometimes game is too easy and you get bored somewhere, here you die quick and have the opportunity to think... "I can do better than this!" (I couldn't) I did reach day 3 on my first try (beginner's luck?!) Anyways great job! *Seeing your post I went up to 4 days
Apr 22 05:58:35	1h 07m	Like&Subscribe	♥ 5	This is super cool! Great potential! already spooky, 100% relatable. Quality stuff! the twitch chat is a perfect replication of the real thing. and yes i saw that guy is gay 😅 Art is amazing only problem is its too short! sold me on a concept then took it away!!! (I legitmately restarted multiple times thinking there had to be a way out) Oh and for the outline around commentable stuff Having twitch chat hint towards it (and react of course!) would be great! Ahh look at me getting lost in the potential here! You say there's more to come? I'll be back. Its off to a great start!
Apr 22 06:17:43	19m 08s	Keep Hope Alive	♥ 1	This is really well done, nice sound graphics and gameplay! I did face a bug where the number went negative and I couldn't clear the level. I restarted over and got to the ending. not that many levels, but what is there is good. Good game!
Apr 23 03:20:56	21h 03m	Food Chuck	♥ 1	This was pretty crazy! An interesting concept! I thought it looked great, played nicely. I do think it was a bit overkill in number of people and how they blew up if you hit them with the wrong thing. Did the game auto/smoothly restart? I feel like I started over without an actual "fail state", just everyone dying and I'm back to level 1. On one hand its a pretty cool way to go about it (no death screen, straight to replay) but I feel at least a prompt letting you know. (maybe I missed it) Now I'm thinking I might have died more than I think! It was a bit hectic! Good game!
Apr 23 04:00:55	39m 59s	Don't Kill Death (Or Die Trying)	♥ 1	This is amazing played a lot! very fun, beautiful and polished! Tried a lot of different orders, not sure if there's a best one, it felt rather well balanced. Sound is hype game is full of "That good stuff" (that make games feel alive) from particles, screen shake, blood trail, good noise and just the overall overload of things happening! Just very fun & addictive! Was there some magical mercy life? Had way too many "close" (read 0 hp) calls to the soul hole! If not I'm amazing, if not, you got amazing design skills! Overall this was amazing, you've got a winner in your hands good job!
Apr 23 04:16:40	15m 45s	Raid Healer Simulator	♥ 1	Damn That was my original idea! Changed to something else, but its nice to see some else take a stab at it! Bonus mark for theme! (clearly the best theme interpretation!) Chat too real, Spells familliar and make sense. Have to say it is a bit too hard though and its unfortunate the descriptions were not in game. What was there was highly polished (nice hud & chat), I did feel visual feedback was lacking a bit and it was hard to see/feel the effect of our spells when we have to manage so many people at once. Nonetheless, I liked what I played and id certainly like to see more!
Apr 23 04:31:22	14m 42s	Save the Fish	♥ 1	This Is great, I had no idea what I was getting into, but what is was was amazing. Simple simon say, yet so full of life and personality! loved the fish, it failed to make me feel bad but it did make me laugh! I learned I'm surprisingly bad at following instructions or remembering them. Though I think I faced a bug because one time when I got in the groove I failed by pressing what (I think) was the right button. but the fish said I was supposed to do nothing! (which makes no sense because it wasn't the lastest round and I clearly never had to do "nothing" before; thats a memorable act in itself) Still, game was so fun and silly I couldn't tell, if it was my bad, the game bugging or the fish trolling. Great game loved it!
Apr 23 05:10:41	39m 19s	HEAL ME PLZ	♥ 5	Amazing game! Had the same idea initially! Glad I didn't go for it because you have outdone my vision (and we all know visions are never perfectly reached) and its a clearly well made and fun game. The concept was great, added some quick paced action to what is usually more methodical (healer job).Kicking people was a nice way to have low key control of the other; yet still know we are the healer and our job is to keep the party alive. Progression was nicely paced, I was even caught off guard by the boss battle. It felt like an endless game, yet having a small narrative and progression fits nicely a jam game! funny story btw. Had the same bug pointed out by @rob1221dev , but that didn't really change my mind (+ im pretty sure it happened on boss death). Don't wanna spoil my rating, but I think this was pretty damn perfect! You got a winner!
Apr 23 05:26:27	15m 46s	Crazy Plant Lady	♥ 2	This is beautiful and very chill. quite a peaceful game It was a bit hard at first because things aren't explained well, but once I got things it was much better! I do have to say point and click wasn't very responsive and a lot of conflict happened between overlapping objects. As such I could never reach the screen to (allegedly) learn about the plants. Also a garbage for dead plant would be nice. Great job!
Apr 23 05:39:04	12m 37s	Space Jelly Factory	♥ 2	Great game, a fun twist on match 3 game!The alien & machines make things spicier, but honnestly game could be standalone based on simply attract repulse! The game was rather polished had a tutorial, worked fine and had cool (fitting) beat! Seriously well done! Tres bon jeu!
Apr 23 05:52:21	13m 17s	Kingdom Trainee	♥ 3	This is nice, Looks very good and has a nice concept. The game has a bit too much RNG though, it is clear we sometimes don`t have the cards necessary! biased (or controlled) Random would improve things a lot; especially at the start. Still good!
Apr 23 06:20:07	27m 46s	Volley Gosh	♥ 2	This is adorable! Love the look, the polish the sound, the overall quality! this was a great idea and unique take (I`m biased) and I was very impressed! I will say I had some difficulty with the hitting the ball, i think its a perspective thing. I have also made a keep ball in air game, can't say it holds a candle to your amazing display, but its a different take. That's all I`ll say on that but it was nice to find a fellow volley game! So yeah, great game good job guys!
Apr 23 06:38:05	17m 58s	Doomsday Feelings	♥ 0	It was a beautiful game with good polish and a nice narrative! Adorable stuff! Its a bit too bad it was short but it was good. I liked the caring moment in breaks but as @natasza pointed out, when you die and are revived with full everything it offset the neatness of the moment. (to be fair the alternative would be much worse, so hard to complain). Still it was a rather enjoyable game, good going!
Apr 23 07:31:52	53m 47s	Noble	♥ 3	You know, this is weird to say, but I think this might be the best take I've seen. So literal, yet so on point and somehow rather unexplored. hadn't seen it so far. At first it seemed rather silly and simple to just match people, then the tree gets large and you start neglecting some branches and they die off and suddenly you have a few aging branches left and it hits you: Oh my! I might actually fail! Super cool! I wonder if the game gets harder or I hadn't noticed, at some point my people were dying young left and right (which led me to my doom). My end was pure sadness with a widowed lady having lost her two kids young (didn't even make it to maturity!) husband dead! all relative dead! All I could do was watch, she sure lived long though! Due to this awful (yet fantastic) end, I do want to suggest remarrying! don't let people be stuck with one person for life! (nobles certainly didnt!) Could add bastards with higher death rate (for everyone involved) and while I don't condone, incest! Desperate time calls for desperate measures (throw in worse health in progeny for accuracy!). Might technically already be the case with how we match people though. In my head cannon people started dying you due to assasinations (it was probably disease/health) anyways perhaps some political news and background for some more involved gameplay! (X declare war on Y -> increased death rate, Uprising against Z -> purge of a line, etc) Got carried away with suggestion, but this was great and full of potential! Good job and wish you much success!
Apr 24 02:24:20	18h 52m	Advise the King	♥ 1	Very good submission! very polished, fun to play, works well. I liked the game and was impressed overall by it! I'm surprised i'm having a hard time elaborate, but I think it's just a good game. I faced a bug that made me loose the mouse (it disappeared, it happened twice) but I persevered because I was that interested. It was cool to learn it was procedurally generated (after the fact) I was impressed by the levels and thought it was all hand made. Progression was nice but I'll admit, as long as you have infinte time to think, it's rather hard to fail. I know people hate timers but I think it could do much for the challenge. I agree, with the feedback above, but as far as a jam entry goes, what you had was more than necessary. know that it has much potential though! As an aside, Couldn't help but notice you're a fellow GM user, would love to discuss how you went about things some time. if you're interested. With that said, amazing job, great game!
Apr 24 02:55:51	31m 31s	Body and Soul	♥ 1	Hey, great game! i thought it was very polished, had good sound, graphic, challenge and gameplay! Bunch of life in the whole game, and destroying everything was very satisfying! For feedback, i thought the exp and "level up" were confusing, For a long time I thought the "xp" balls were attacks and I was confused. (downside of the limited pallete) and the choose up menu appeared after what seemed like a death/hurt animation, so I thought I was dying! Finally I wish the attacked stacked! 😆 with my offensive focus I only picked offensive upgrades (exceot speed) So it kept on being a new way of attack that wasn't necessarily an upgrade. In my last wave, I happened to pick 3 shots, and I feel it was a pretty bad one (or maybe enemies had gotten strong) and I nearly died! Personal story aside, it's a strong entry! Good job
Apr 24 03:14:01	18m 10s	tyle	♥ 1	a pleasing game. It was a bit hard at the start, but once I got used to the tempo I managed to do good. I dont think the tempo was perfect, or at least it didn't feel like it. essentially once you got a streak the game played differently (tempo) but when you lose it its hard to get back. Still, a rather nice experience. Good going!