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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Erkberg's comment | |
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| Apr 26 17:38:16 | Descentris | ♥ 1 | Wow, this is amazing! A truly original concept that fits the theme perfectly. It gets pretty stressful and hard at the purple stage, but in a good way. That's the farthest I got so far, is there an actual ending? And if so, have you managed to beat it yourself? :D Audio, visuals and polish are all on a really high level, it just feels great! I could very well see this developed into a full release. It would sit quite well in your catalogue alongside Fine Sweeper :) Some rogue-like or -lite elements and maybe a storyline would probably also suit the game quite well if developed further. Overall, I really enjoyed it and see myself coming back to it, highest marks from me all around! | |
| Apr 26 19:24:49 | 1h 46m | Abyss of Heart | ♥ 1 | Looks pretty nice and has solid mechanics, but I found the attack a bit frustrating as it often didn't trigger (maybe a bug?). Some music or just atmospheric sound would've greatly enhanced the mood. Overall though, a really solid entry for your first LD, good job! |
| Apr 26 19:40:40 | 15m 51s | Eat Prey Live | ♥ 1 | A nice, relaxing experience with simple but effective visuals and audio. That water effect really is quite mesmerizing and I just continued playing on and on, until I too got spawn-killed and released from my temporary trance induced by this game :) |
| Apr 26 19:59:20 | 18m 40s | Celestial Corruption | ♥ 2 | Pretty good shmup you made there! I especially love the fantastic pixelart and animation and the difficulty which feels pretty good (a bit on the easy side maybe, but I like that). A few touches that would've improved the game would be audio, even just some background atmo would go a long way, as well as a parallaxing background (I was quite confused at first as this is such a standard in shmups ^^). And as stated above, I also wished for the game to pause during texts appearing. Also, I was just holding down space all the time, might as well just set it to auto-fire. :) Overall though, this is a really enjoyable game, good job! |
| Apr 26 20:37:57 | 38m 37s | Secret Floors | ♥ 2 | What a refreshing little game! The writing is great and made me smile, and the riddles are pretty clever! Also enjoyed the visuals, the music loop is a bit short though. And as stated above, the response time is a bit long sometimes, just a tiny animated typing indicator could maybe already help with this. It's definitely nice to play a jam game and wish it was longer. Doesn't happen too often, but is totally the case here. Great job overall! |
| Apr 27 19:52:27 | 23h 14m | Lunar Laundry | ♥ 1 | 98%, damn you, you filthy / shiny one sock I missed! That was on my second try, on the first one I got all covered in dirt... The game plays quite well, but there are a few issues that can probably be fixed easily. First, the player collider seems a bit big, I got hit by dirt when I was sure I dodged it. Maybe make two colliders, a smaller one for the dirt, and the currently used one for the laundry, so it is a bit forgiving. Eventually the cause of this first problem is connected to the second one, and that has to do with rotation and the movement axes. When the tube twists and turns, the movement to the left and right seems to get adjusted to the rotation of the tube, which is really confusing. It seems like the player is moved on a global axis when it should be moved locally. Apart from that though, it was really fun and just the right amount of challenging to navigate through. The art is also great and quite polished (love the title screen!). Some audio, even just a little bubbly atmo and some collision sounds, would've elevated the mood a lot, but it's already really good in this current state. I especially love the opening sequence of diving into the machine. So, overall, a really enjoyable game already, with some nice space for further improvements. Well done! And thanks again for your input and feedback for my game! <3 |
| Apr 27 20:27:16 | 34m 49s | Dimensions | ♥ 2 | Cuteness is certainly over 9000! Art and audio are just adorable! The gameplay works quite well too, was wishing for a bit more content. At least one more level that actually has more than two dimensions (and thus a bit more of a puzzly character) would've been great. Really enjoyed this short romp nonetheless, good job! |
| Apr 28 14:56:58 | 18h 29m | Far Side of the Mirror | ♥ 1 | A really fulfilling experience! Art and audio are excellent, as usual from the two of you. And the story took me on a journey. I loved it, great entry! (oh and how awesome are Lenny and Leo? best characters in a jam game ever ^^) |
| Apr 28 15:12:24 | 15m 26s | Down Whale | ♥ 5 | Absolutely stunning art in this game, especially on the title and death screen, but ingame looks great too! The gameplay loop works pretty well and the controls are responsive enough, it just felt good. Really enjoyed this overall, though I must say I get a bad feeling when drilling into such a majestic creature, even if they're already dead... |
| Apr 28 15:32:35 | 20m 11s | Minet | ♥ 4 | Really fun little mining experience! Art and audio are quite cute and awesome and I love the fact that the player character is a grandma :) The movement feels really good, especially the flying up and "elevatoring" down (which I only figured out by accident). It got a bit grindy quite fast but that next upgrade was always in sight, and well, the grind is an appeal in games like this. Overall, I really enjoyed this, great job! |
| Apr 28 18:44:08 | 3h 11m | Mining Robot | ♥ 3 | It's quite the relaxing little mining game, but also feels a bit like work :) The art is nice and the chosen music great. The controls feel a bit sluggish, but good enough. At one point though, I somehow broke the jump, I just couldn't jump anymore... Oh and I often didn't buy the thing I wanted but the one next to it, that a was a bit frustrating. Overall though, I had a good time rolling my trusty cart into that deep mine and playing around with the physics was really fun! |
| Apr 29 13:28:14 | 18h 44m | The Squeaky Affair | ♥ 2 | Really awesome game all around! Love the visuals and audio and the gameplay is perfect to keep going and fits the theme like a... pin on a board, I guess :). I especially liked the level with the pin in the lightbulb, that was such a nice change to the formula. Greatly enjoyed playing through this, well done! |
| Apr 29 13:51:21 | 23m 07s | SeaQuest DVD: the Quest for SeaQuest DSV | ♥ 2 | The keyboard controls somehow also didn't work for me, but I could play with the gamepad, although I could not turn and the cannon was always pointed down. But it worked quite well actually, made it to the (quite abrupt) ending. Controlling the game like this made it more into a game of dodging, but I enjoyed that. The mood of the game is a very nice calm one, the very good art and music support that feeling. Gameplay is quite varied, with different enemy movement patterns and the seaweed collect level. So while this isn't the most exciting game out there, I enjoyed it for it's laid-back character. Well done! |
| Apr 29 14:34:19 | 42m 58s | Depravity | ♥ 2 | A really dark and depressing game. The gameplay is very repetitive, but I guess that's the point. The music enhances the mood greatly. Visuals are good and fitting too. The camera sometimes went a little crazy at the edge of scenes. I was expecting for the game to end when the depravity bar is full, but we just gotta live a little longer like this, I guess... Overall, a great mood piece, well done! |
| Apr 29 15:02:05 | 27m 46s | ASTEROID SHOWER | ♥ 1 | Really nice minimalistic game! I dig the art style and audio a lot, it's so little and yet it works so well. It's also quite fun to play, albeit a bit frustrating too. I felt like there were situations where I couldn't possibly have dodged, but maybe that's just my low skill level. I also found myself keeping space pressed all the time and just let it go quickly to dodge, it just felt like I could get farther with this approach, so I'd suggest thinking about inverting the controls maybe. |
| Apr 29 15:18:16 | 16m 11s | Monster in the Deep | ♥ 2 | Really neat little stealth game! The art and animations are very nice, as is the audio accompaniment. Together with the instantly changing camera angles this creates a really dense mood. But those angles are also a little frustrating, as it is easy to get lost and also the change in movement directions can be irritating. I have to add that I haven't played those old Resident Evil games and am thus not used to this. But it might be worth experimenting with short transitions between the angles and see how it feels. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this eerie game (and came in second on the highscores!), good job overall! |
| Apr 29 15:36:40 | 18m 24s | Run, Glim, Run! | ♥ 2 | Really cool endless runner! I enjoyed the visuals and music a lot, they are both awesome! The gameplay works quite well too, but there are a few issues. It is a bit down to luck if you survive when falling off a platform, as you cannot see or react to whats below. And there are a lot of pits and stalagmites :) I'd suggest experimenting a bit with the field of view, maybe seeing more would already mitigate this. Also, some kind of reaction when falling down could help, maybe add a double jump and allow one jump while falling down? Enjoyed this a lot nonetheless, it got really quite frantic later on. Good job overall! |
| Apr 29 15:52:33 | 15m 53s | Deadlift | ♥ 1 | Wow, that was quite something! The visuals are incredible and the mood dense as anything. The voice-overs are really atmospheric too, but a little too quiet, and some subtitles for them would've been the icing on the cake. The gameplay is fast and frantic, I like it! Some enemies are indeed impossible to see, maybe they could have some small emitting lightsource attached to them. Died to the boss, but had a blast until then! I wish I could've started again right from the boss and finish the game, but was not too inclined to play through everything else again. Overall, a really impressive and polished experience, well done! |
| Apr 29 16:10:37 | 18m 04s | Asteroid Ascend | ♥ 1 | Well, this seems like a nice game, and it has a really peaceful mood due to the nice visuals and music. But unfortunately I couldn't get very far due to the game crashing (once when I pressed X to return, once when I collected the first ore). Apart from that: It seems like the 50 ores you need to collect are just all of the ores? That seems a bit much and might lead to a softlock when teleporting back to much... I'm curious to see where the game goes after the first stage, please let me know when it is more stable and I'll give it another shot :) |
| Apr 29 16:34:52 | 24m 15s | Happy submarine | ♥ 2 | Well, expectations subverted, I guess :) You created a really dense atmosphere here, great job on that! The change in visuals and audio is really creeping up. I would've loved to see a more satisfying ending, but it's okay as it is. I'd suggest making the upgrades get bought when clicking on the icon in addition to just the price, that really confused me at first. Also, some little texturing or effect for the water would've been great to inforce the feeling of movement. And continued shooting while holding the button down would've been nice. The flashlight mechanic is pretty awesome though, it made the mining process quite nerve-wrecking! Really enjoyed this overall, great eerie game! |