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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Erkberg's comment | |
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| Oct 5 15:55:45 | BLOOP | ♥ 1 | Great game, as usual from you! I especially liked the beginning, the ending, and how you put some storytelling in there. The visuals and effects are awesome! The mechanics work really well too, not too easy, not too hard. I only got one minor criticism: You might want to consider not using Z as a default input key, since it's a pain to use Z and X together on a QWERTZ layout keyboard (AZERTY even more, I guess). Thankfully it's configurable in the Unity launcher, but not everyone may know about this. | |
| Oct 5 20:16:39 | 4h 20m | Anomaly 47 | ♥ 1 | Great game, especially the atmosphere is quite outstanding! Love the visual style and the ambient audio. The story-snippets create quite the nice mystery. The movement felt a bit awkward at times, when getting stuck at obstacles, but that's just a minor annoyance. Really enjoyed this overall! |
| Oct 6 14:56:05 | 18h 39m | Hide and Seek | ♥ 3 | Probably the biggest scare I ever got from a jam game, when "it" came to get me... (maybe I should've turned my headphone-volume down a bit ^^) The visuals in this game are very beautiful. The audio cues create a really, really dense mood. Unfortunately I wasn't able to decipher the piano sequence. It seemed like one up, two up, two down, but I think I tried every combination, to no avail... Maybe you could link the solution somewhere for people who want to finish the game but can't figure this one out. Due to this circumstance the hiding mechanic actually got a bit annoying, I feel like "it" could take a bit longer to visit again... The looping mechanic however is very well implemented, the first loop came as a real surprise! Really enjoyed this overall and I'd totally play it again if you could help me out with that piano. |
| Oct 6 15:44:33 | 48m 28s | HOLD A TO DRIFT | ♥ 2 | Very cool game! I really like the visuals and escpecially the music, great job on that! Some sound effects would've been nice though (but nothing too overwhelming to not detract too much from the music and relaxed mood) I played for quite a while and it was super chill. Unfortunately I suck at racing games and so each time I tried to drift I ended up beside the road :D (even though the controls feel pretty good) Still, enjoyed this quite a bit, good job! |
| Oct 6 16:19:57 | 35m 24s | Jack's Inferno | ♥ 3 | A really nice game! The visuals (and their variety between the levels) and audio are pretty damn good, and the movement and gameplay in general feels very smooth. I played it until the end and enjoyed the frantic boss fights the most. I also really like the fact that you regain scarecrow-health by actually scaring crows :) Some critical feedback: I would've really liked to see at least one more enemy type in there, just two types don't really justify the length of nine levels, it felt a bit samey after a while apart from the bosses (but hey, you can just blame it on the theme ^^). Also, I would've loved to see another attack type for the player (i.e. right mouse button for a ranged or whirlwind attack with cooldown). As it is now, you could've just set the player to auto-attack and be done with it, as that's what I did pretty much all the time (except for relaxing my finger a bit, keeping that button pressed constantly is a bit straining) Despite these minor criticisms I really enjoyed playing your game, good job overall! |
| Oct 6 17:05:59 | 46m 02s | Escape The Space Vortex | ♥ 1 | A very mesmerizing experience! (I actually feel a bit dizzy now after playing around 10 runs, can't imagine how you must've felt during development ^^) The main mechanic works quite well and seems decently balanced. But as mentioned before, it somehow felt wrong to jump backwards, and I believe I couldn't have made it work anyway since everything happens so fast. My highscore was 26 and I feel like the game could be just a tiny bit more forgiving when jumping over. Btw: Is it possible to actually escape? :) I really like the simple but effective visuals, especially the sympathetic character. Some music and sounds would've been awesome and could've transformed this game into even more of a trip. Overall, a very nice first entry for you, hope to see you around again next time! :) |
| Oct 6 18:17:17 | 1h 11m | Murphy's Escape | ♥ 3 | A nice little platformer! The changing level structure is definitely the highlight here, and how it forces you to try different routes. Some music and sounds would've been great! Also, I think you should mention that it's also possible to play the game using the arrow keys, as people with qwerty or qwertz layout keyboards will struggle a lot with the controls you describe (see comment above ^^) I enjoyed playing this and escaping the loop, good job overall! |
| Oct 6 19:06:13 | 48m 56s | Permafrost Pirouette | ♥ 1 | That was the most fun I had with a game in quite some time! It's just so frantic and awesome and original, I really love this game :) The music and sounds (as well as the camera) totally support that feeling, the narration is quite hilarious, only the visuals could maybe use a bit of work, but they totally get the job done. I unfortunately couldn't beat the 15k points stage, which probably is the last one? But I had such a good time until then (and it's amazing how fast 20 min can go by). Started playing with keyboard but then switched to mouse because aiming at foes feels so much better, BUT I think the ultimate best input device for this one would be the gamepad. I encourage you to develop this further (especially multiplayer could be amazing) because I think I've never played something quite like it before and you could've hit an unoccupied niche here. High(est) marks all around from me, great job! |
| Oct 7 15:20:14 | 20h 14m | Cyclic | ♥ 1 | A wonderful, kinda magical little experience. Really enjoyed the music and the minimalistic art. The different movement styles are a nice touch, I especially enjoyed being a frog :) |
| Oct 7 15:39:30 | 19m 16s | Foreached | ♥ 1 | A good foundation for a potentially interesting platformer. Yes, it's quite unfinished, but you could work from here. The mood is pretty good already. The movement feels alright, but a little slow. Speaking of which: The platforms are way too slow, half of the game is just waiting for a platform. Make 'em three or four times faster and the game would probably play very differently. Still, I played to the teleporter twice and enjoyed it somewhat. Is there already an ending to the game? When I respawned, there was only one enemy, so I guess there's some randomness within the level generation maybe? |
| Oct 8 15:20:56 | 23h 41m | Have A Nice Day | ♥ 3 | I actually didn't really enjoy playing this, but I guess that's the point :D A very repetitive loop that probably represents a regular office job quite well. The lack of vision on one day really made me expect a cheap jump scare, but you didn't do it, which I really appreaciate :) The visuals match the atmosphere pretty well, being nicely sterile. Unfortunately the performance is quite bad on my middle-class PC. Overall, a good execution of your idea, but I think a little more difference between the days or a slightly shorter loop would've been nice. |
| Oct 8 15:37:58 | 17m 02s | Raccoon in a Loop | ♥ 3 | Pretty fun game! I made it out of the loop at last and had a good time until then. I was just a bit confused by the controls, sometimes they seemed to be direct and sometimes indirect by rotating the room. The direct ones feel better, but the rotating is more chaotic, which is also good :) |
| Oct 8 15:47:48 | 9m 50s | Maintain | ♥ 1 | It looks pretty cute and is a nice idea, but the robots do bug out pretty quickly with no way to fix them. Maybe just a little reset-button on each robot would do the trick? You could also just double down on this and let everything escalate into total madness, could be fun too :) |
| Oct 8 16:09:53 | 22m 05s | Temporarium | ♥ 1 | Pretty interesting game with great visuals! But it is a bit hard to control, often I wasn't really sure if I'm currently controlling something or not, some feedback for player inputs would go a long way towards making the gameplay experience more satisfying. Apart from that I really enjoyed it, good job overall! |
| Oct 8 17:22:22 | 1h 12m | LA FAILLE | ♥ 1 | Wow, that was quite the experience! Super trippy and really well made. Love the aesthetic and getting lost in there. It totally reminded me of the Berlin-based indie game festival Amaze, you might wanna check it out and maybe submit this one for next year :) |
| Oct 21 20:07:03 | 314h 44m | Make Mush-Room for Me | ♥ 1 | Pretty fun game! I especially like the mechanic of moving the playfield with your bullets, I think this could easily be extended to create a bigger game (multiplayer could be really fun with this mechanic). Good job! |
| Oct 21 20:16:33 | 9m 30s | Another Left Turn | ♥ 1 | Really fun little shooter! Visuals and audio are pretty damn good. I agree with the other comments that a bit more hit feedback would be great. I found the game to be a little on the hard side, it would've been great to have the option to restart from the room where I died. Overall, I enjoyed this quite a bit, good job! |
| Oct 22 17:14:00 | 20h 57m | Looping Gazelle | ♥ 0 | Very nice visuals and audio, creates a pretty dense mood! At first I thought damn, that's one big maze, but the looping aspect made it quite manageable. The simple puzzles really add to the experience. Enjoyed this quite a bit, good job! |
| Oct 22 17:27:23 | 13m 23s | Five Keys: Break The Loop - (for LD47) | ♥ 1 | Pretty good interpretation of the theme! I enjoyed jumping my way through these levels a couple of times, although the horizontal movement had a bit of drag at the start which made the first few jumps more difficult, but I got used to it. Would've loved to be able to actually go back through the portal instead of just forward, but as it is it feels more loopy :) Good job overall! |