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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Tom Stephenson's comment | |
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| Apr 21 01:32:28 | Wayward | ♥ 6 | A really interesting concept and nice experience that allows for multiple playthroughs. The controls are simple, yet intuitive. Seeing a map of my path at the end was a nice touch which made me play a again; to my surprise the experience was completely different to the first playthrough! | |
| Apr 21 15:40:44 | 14h 08m | Don't Go Grandpa | ♥ 2 | I really like the visuals and the effects each virus type has on the player! The map felt a little too overcrowded at times which made me just run through enemies instead of around them. Overall a fun game, good job! |
| Apr 21 17:14:30 | 1h 33m | Stay Alive | ♥ 2 | A fun game! The post pro / glowing effects really added personality to the game and helped bring it to life. The gameplay was solid and intuitive. The ability to make enemy turrets shoot each other was a nice touch, well done! |
| Apr 21 17:26:42 | 12m 12s | Medic! | ♥ 3 | I really enjoyed playing Medic! It's an interesting idea and was executed well, the graphics were cute. My only issue is with the random bullets - I found myself waiting a long time for the last soldier to get shot each wave. Overall a really good game, well done! |
| Apr 21 17:39:19 | 12m 37s | How to Air | ♥ 1 | One of my favourite art styles so far! I was slightly confused with what to do initially, but that's part of the fun with point and click games! Great job and a fun game! |
| Apr 21 19:09:42 | 1h 30m | Carnivorous Bananas | ♥ 1 | Absolutely love the concept for this, such a fun idea! The rate bananas spawn felt really good and fair, giving the game a nice sense of pace whilst keeping the challenge at a nice level. The levels felt thought out and polished. You made a really good game, well done! |
| Apr 21 19:54:07 | 44m 25s | Oaks & Pines | ♥ 4 | It's a really relaxing game, although it did feel a little too easy! The graphics look great and overall it's well polished. With a few balance tweaks this would be very addictive, good job! |
| Apr 21 20:39:51 | 45m 44s | The Dogsanity Abusive Experience | ♥ 1 | I really like the art style and how the game is designed for multiple playthroughs! I found it really challenging to keep everything in balance but it felt fair which kept it enjoyable! Now to try get the 'good ending'. Great job!! |
| Apr 21 21:52:21 | 1h 12m | My Friend Phil | ♥ 1 | The spritework and overall visuals are nice. I love the fish, such a fun concept! Wall jumping felt a bit clunky and unresponsive, but I really like the fish health and throwing mechanics. Great work! |
| Apr 21 22:14:36 | 22m 15s | Dino spin | ♥ 3 | Great visuals and a very fun core game loop! The game is difficult (but not too difficult) and the controls feel solid / fair! It's a really simple and effective game that makes me want more. Well done! |
| Apr 21 23:10:57 | 56m 21s | Blackbird | ♥ 2 | Really nice visuals and a great parallax effect! It's a really nice concept and the controls feel good. Great job, well done! |
| Apr 22 08:40:24 | 9h 29m | Fleur Defense | ♥ 5 | The animations and overall visual style for this game is great! Even the menus have had the same level of detail as the rest of the game! It plays really well and is an overall fun and cute concept which I like a lot! A great submission, well done! |
| Apr 22 11:38:28 | 2h 58m | Save Your Wife! | ♥ 2 | I found the controls a little difficult to begin but I quickly got used to them! It's a fun and the graphics are really nice. The throw your wife mechanic is both amusing and fun! I really like the game, good job! |
| Apr 22 13:44:44 | 2h 06m | The Blind Hummingbird | ♥ 1 | Great game with a nice atmosphere! It felt so tense when I didn't have many moves left, then just as I found the last bug it moved and I ran out of turns (This was a great experience and fun gameplay moment)! Great job, I'd love to see more ! |
| Apr 22 13:52:57 | 8m 13s | Keep the Love Alive | ♥ 1 | The graphics and animations for this were so nice, I really liked it! The jump felt very responsive and it was very easy to distinguish which platforms could be jumped onto from underneath! I didn't have someone to play with so I had to play with AI - The AI felt really good although it didn't want to spend enough time with me! The game captures the difficulties in balancing a healthy relationship with other responsibilities well. Relatable and fun, great job! |
| Apr 22 14:06:30 | 13m 33s | Ubergine | ♥ 4 | The graphics for this are great but my favourite part has to be the faces on the ubergine! Such a fun and silly concept that works as such a fun game! Controlling the two characters was challenging to begin but that's all part of the experience and fun! One of my favourite game ideas so far! Well done! |
| Apr 22 16:54:25 | 2h 47m | Shapes | ♥ 1 | I found this really challenging, but I think that's part of what makes the game so good! There's a good sense of mood and pace. The timer for throwing and collecting the ball kept me so tense throughout - I love it when games can cause an emotional response! The movement felt nice and although challenging, I felt the game was fair with its timings. A great, challenging game. Good Job! |
| Apr 22 19:32:33 | 2h 38m | Last Light | ♥ 2 | I really liked the light mechanic in this! The fact hiding your light prevents you from jumping was a really nice feature, and the health bar for hiding light made it really tense in moments where I wanted to keep it hidden but couldn't! Good job, I really like! |
| Apr 22 21:13:14 | 1h 40m | Runaway | ♥ 1 | I really like the cover mechanic in this game and graphics do their job well! It's a fun game that feels well polished. I especially like how the camera will move depending on which direction the player is facing, the transition is nice. Overall a nice and fun game, well done! |
| Apr 22 21:17:12 | 3m 58s | The Given Path | ♥ 2 | I struggled with the card game, but I really liked the movement system! It's a fun game and I enjoyed the experience! Good job! |
| Apr 23 13:17:46 | 16h 00m | Leafy Hero | ♥ 3 | Nice game! The graphics are really cute! The audio was nice and I like the animations! A really nice game overall, well done ! :) |
| Apr 24 12:29:40 | 23h 11m | How They Survived | ♥ 3 | This was really fun! The music worked well for the game and the controls were a really good fit! Really intuitive design and an overall fun concept. It took my a while to learn how to properly fling enemies, but once I got the hang of it, it was really satisfying! Great job! |
| Apr 24 16:32:45 | 4h 03m | Todd and Bobb's Excellent Adventure | ♥ 2 | The graphics for this are nice and cute, I like them a lot! I also really liked how the tutorial was presented. It clearly showed what each element was and there wasn't a big wall of text! The overall game concept is great - there's this exciting back and forth between needing to get fuel for your torch and not leaving your companion behind. At one point I realised my companion was quite far away and battling towards him before my torch ran out was so stressful (which is a good thing - I love it when games create tension/anxiety through their mechanics). I failed, but that moment was fun! My only complaint is with the control system. Maybe I just needed some more practice but it didn't feel intuitive to control. Some games like ResidentEvil use a slightly awkward control scheme (such as stopping the player from moving whilst shooting) to create tension and put more pressure on the player during combat. I think the control scheme for your game caused more frustration for me than tension and would have benefited from a more conventional control scheme, especially as there is already enough tension during combat whilst trying to defend your companion. (That's just my option of course!) Overall you made a great game, especially with the time given! I'd love to see more, well done! |
| Apr 27 15:16:56 | 70h 44m | Drop the egg Jeff | ♥ 1 | I enjoyed how frustratingly difficult this game was, the challenge kept me wanting to try again! The controls felt nice and I like the fact you added controller support too. Great job with all that! The graphics looked good too, I feel like I'd pull the same expression of Jeff if I was him (points for humour with that). There were a couple of bugs I found, such as being able to slide through the wall on the left of the player but small issues like that are to be expected in a jam! overall a really good game that I enjoyed, well done ! :) |
| Apr 27 15:30:24 | 13m 28s | For Ducks' Sake | ♥ 3 | I was originally sold on the name, but the game is great too! The animations are nice and the way the little chicks flock feels great. I'm not a huge fan of the death sound for the gnomes, but I absolutely love the 'HeHeHEE' they make when they steal the chicks. Many games would have take the easy option and just had the chicks disappear or die, so I like the fact you went to the effort to make the gnomes pick them up and run off with them. I think it added an extra element to the gameplay. As soon as I heard that hehehe I'd panic and desperately try find my chick - Great job! I'd love to see some extra weapons. I think the rate at which the gnomes spawn later on overwhelmed me too much, but if I managed to get better weapons I'd have kept up fine. Minor issues aside this is a fantastic game, well done! |
| Apr 27 16:12:01 | 41m 37s | Bottom Up | ♥ 1 | Such a great atmosphere! I genuinely felt intimidated by the giant octopus! Procedural animation is hard, so this was really well done! I love how the camera swayed with the ocean and over aesthetic was consistent and nice. The overall concept was great however I wish there were a few more ways I could repair the ship to avoid repetition; however for the time given this is fantastic and certainly a great step towards some awesome procedural animation! You did great, keep it up! |
| Apr 27 16:35:08 | 23m 07s | Ice Ice Baby | ♥ 1 | Really nice set of mechanics. The levels progress nicely with a satisfying ramp in difficulty and new content. One issue I found is that it thinks I'm stood under a shadow when I'm stood next to a platform with a shadow underneath, maybe make your trigger zones slightly smaller? (I exploited it a few times). The graphics are cute and over all it's a very nice game! Great job, I'd love to have more levels to play! |
| Apr 27 16:41:57 | 6m 49s | Mr. Cheesy | ♥ 2 | A nice concept that fits the theme! It felt polished and the visuals are consistent and nice, however I did feel a bit motion sick towards the end (I get that from time to time with some pixel games so that's nothing on you). I like the cheese pickups and the game had some good music. I'd like to see an updated version with more trap variety, such as knives maybe? But for the time given you made a brilliant game that felt very well polished. I'd love to see a mobile version ! |
| Apr 28 10:55:31 | 18h 13m | Perish alive | ♥ 3 | I originally found this game through your design breakdown post which an interesting read, thank you for sharing. This game felt really well polished and your management numbers felt spot on! It was more challenging than I expected, but that made me replay it a few times to try beat it (which is great!). The visuals are really nice, with some great animations. The coloured smokey particle clouds really added to the atmosphere and I really liked the animations for the jellyfish. A restart button at the end would have been nice, I had to refresh my browser when I lost! But that's only a minor issue. This is a fantastic entry, well done! |
| Apr 28 11:12:14 | 16m 43s | Save the torch! | ♥ 1 | This is a really nice entry! I like the visuals a lot and the gameplay feels solid. Quite a few games have been based around protecting a flame however I think your torch mechanic was far more interesting. I like how it's used as a weapon, but how use also makes it go out. Collecting the little flames left behind after killing an enemy was a nice addition to this mechanic and I like the fact you get burnt by those flames if you're not carrying the torch. Overall a fun game and a great submission. Nice job, well done! |
| May 4 16:55:43 | 149h 43m | Stoke The Flame | ♥ 1 | A nice concept and some great sprites! The hopping drops of water were cute and it was very obvious what their purpose was (a good design decision)! I think the game would have benefited from some more spawn locations for trees as I struggled to find any to begin. When I eventually found a tree I kept going to the same location, which removed the panicked feeling I had at the start of the game. With a few balance tweaks like a faster burnout time for the fire and more tree spawnpoints this could be really addictive! I'd love to see you take the game further and add new content, great job! |
| May 11 14:57:46 | 166h 02m | THE SECRET FLAME | ♥ 2 | This has to be one of the most polished games I've played so far! The visuals look great, with a gorgeous pixel art environment and nice illustrations for each character. The controls were on point, feeling intuitive and easy to use. The puzzles were a nice addition and felt both planned out and a good fit for the game world. There was a nice sense of pacing and I felt invested throughout. It would have been nice to have the option to show all text right away when talking to an NPC, but clicking ended the conversation instead. I don't understand how the other adventurer got across the bridge before you considering it was missing, but apart from these 2 minor issues the game was a fantastic experience and an amazing entry. I'd love to see an extended post-jam version of the game! Well done, you all made something great! |
| May 12 11:50:27 | 20h 52m | Mount Ookie | ♥ 2 | What a great game! The pixel art is amazing and gameplay felt polished throughout. I particularly like how you added pointers to wasps that were off screen, it was a nice touch that made the game feel great! The audio was a good fit and the eating sound made me laugh (It's a good fit, it just tickled me). The game fit the theme well and there was a nice balance between collecting wasps to feed ookie and using them to break obstacles. I really can't fault the game. It's a fantastic entry, well done! :D |