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Apr 5 19:56:37 Over the Rainbow Bridge ♥ 1 There's not much of a gameplay but it's really cute and touching!
Apr 5 20:04:54 8m 17s Planet Saver ♥ 1 I like the concept and how you walk around the planet, though it could use a little in-game tutorial and more mechanics
Apr 5 20:12:09 7m 15s Don't Touch It! ♥ 1 Amazing premise, simple and fun game with surprisingly good graphics, well done!
Apr 5 20:23:51 11m 42s Wait For It ! ♥ 1 Every minigame is fun, the concept is cool and the its art style gives the game a lot of character, well done!
Apr 5 20:32:08 8m 17s JUGGERNAUT ♥ 1 Damn making something with the tools you used is something of a feat in and of itself, the game is interesting too with that speed mechanic. Nice!
Apr 5 20:40:50 8m 42s Jumpalot ♥ 1 This is great, it feels polished and is fun to play! I was thinking of making something similar, good thing I didn't because it would not have been so good haha!
Apr 5 20:52:12 11m 22s I was Reincarnated as a Middle Aged Dad Protecting his Son's Sand Castle ♥ 3 Love the idea and how silly it looks, couldn't quite understand the controls or how to place more protecting tiles. A better interactive in game explanation would have really helped. Also that's quite the title haha!
Apr 5 20:57:26 5m 14s Run Run Granny! ♥ 1 This is a great concept and a fun implementation! I'm quite impressed with how you laid out the UI too. Also love the humour and sounds!
Apr 5 21:13:34 16m 08s Frame Buster ♥ 1 I love the concept and how well it fits the theme! What's inevitable is that the fps will drop to an unplayable value and that's the game, genius! It's really fun too, damn chickens!
Apr 6 19:22:09 22h 08m Block or Bust ♥ 2 The gameplay loop is solid, the particle effects are really cool if a bit confusing. The music is good but seems somewhat unrelated to the game. You implemented the theme very well, good job!
Apr 6 19:50:25 28m 16s A duck on ice ♥ 1 The mechanic of the game is really good, I wish it lasted longer!
Apr 6 20:06:31 16m 06s Timeflight Alpha ♥ 1 This is really fun and I'm not a fan of this kind of game! I really love how you bounce around stuff and the weapon upgrades. It feels polished, well thought out and fits the theme perfectly. I think the icons of the collectable items should have been bigger, but otherwise great job!
Apr 6 20:17:07 10m 36s You Are A Bomb ♥ 1 It's a nice little idea, the game is simple and fun to play and I love the arcade look, nice job!
Apr 6 20:28:10 11m 03s X-1 - A Game About a Robot Shutting Down ♥ 0 I like the idea and it looks and feels super polished for a compo game, nice!
Apr 6 20:39:45 11m 35s Farming until bankruptcy ♥ 1 This would get sooo addicting for me, I love how it plays out, but I press buttons really quickly and when the turns run out I get a popup that I immediately close because I'm still in the loop of pressing buttons fast. So I have no idea what the popup says and then it looks like the game restarts? Too bad because it's good otherwise.
Apr 6 20:51:48 12m 03s Losing Your Sheet ♥ 1 I lost my sheet trying to understand the game. But messing with the sheet feels really good and polished. Love the particle effects, the pixel art and the humour. Nice job!
Apr 6 21:05:32 13m 44s Model-5C ♥ 1 It looks really great and I like the concept. I really wanted to see how you made the pulsating floor but it looks like you forgot to push the code to github?
Apr 7 19:53:53 22h 48m By The Fire ♥ 1 It's really cute and looks good and polished, i wish cutting the trees was a little faster tho. Good job!
Apr 7 20:33:52 39m 59s Gate Keeper ♥ 1 Really fun and engaging, the combination of tetris and tower defense really works! The art looks good and the theme implementation is on point, good job!
Apr 7 20:43:53 10m 01s Earth's Last Stand ♥ 0 Fun, fast, simple, great style and theme implementation!
Apr 7 21:08:17 24m 24s MAGICAL JUGGLER EXTRAORDINAIRE ♥ 1 The first and last spell are quite frustrating but the game is fun nonetheless. It looks great too and fits the theme perfectly, good job!
Apr 8 19:04:13 21h 55m Definitely not Titanic ♥ 3 I like the concept and that there is no action button, it makes the game feel fast and the catchy music helps too. Graphically I think it could be improved, especially the models, the lighting and the particle effects. The theme implementation is on point and the cutscenes set the tone really well, nice job!
Apr 8 19:12:44 8m 31s Choboro ♥ 2 This well designed, polished, cute and an interesting pinball spin-off. Has the potential to be improved upon and expanded a lot, nice job!
Apr 8 19:41:16 28m 32s Darko ♥ 2 The aesthetic is superb, bravo! The concept is good and I especially love that you pay the merchant with your HP and that you may die from overspending. The game is really fun and frustrating at the same time. The frustration is mainly due to having to start over after death, I couldn't get to the end. Come on, even dark souls has check points. Unless their absence is part of the theme implementation? Delaying giving up and trying over and over? That would be deep. But you know how you could have integrated checkpoints in a wonderful manner? As an HP-paid card at the merchant. That would have been sooo cool. Anyway I loved this game, well done!
Apr 8 20:09:18 28m 02s Listening to Rama ♥ 3 The concept fits the theme perfectly, is well executed and looks really good. The pieces feel really heavy and that's good, although maybe a little too much. I like that you don't show where exactly to put back the pieces, so that one has to pay attention and it becomes harder the more frequently they fall down. If you plan to expand on this, on might want to let the player buy some temporary effect that shows where the pieces should go back to. I love that you give the player one more reason to delay as much as possible with the audio files that one gets to listen to. Nice job!
Apr 8 20:38:15 28m 57s Not Af-RAID ♥ 0 This is quite the idea, i like the setting and it fits the theme really well. I'm not much of a card games fun but I liked it nonetheless, nice job!
Apr 8 20:49:05 10m 50s B-Game ♥ 1 Ok so the music is really good but there are some sounds that are quite too loud. The art looks good but the game feels a little zoomed in too much, can't see enough of my surroundings to know where to go. I couldn't survive the second level twice because I didn't know which direction to go. The concept is cool tho!
Apr 8 21:01:39 12m 34s Snowmageddon ♥ 1 I don't quite know what I'm doing or I'm supposed to do in the game, but I especially loved pressing E. Yes I'm a monster. The concept is good and the game looks nice, I only wish the gameplay was clearer. Nice one!
Apr 9 09:23:27 12h 21m BLACKSUN ♥ 1 Really addicting and fun! Took me a bit to understand how to play, precisely why the villagers weren't doing anything and what to do with totems on the left. Then I got it all and loved it! Graphically it's really good, although some of the icons were too small for me (on the web version, next time add a button to play fullscreen). Some sound effects and music would make the experience even better. Nice job!
Apr 9 09:52:33 29m 06s Impending Doom ♥ 1 It looks great, it's fun to play and addicting, well done! If you invest in the right order you can obliterate the asteroid in no time, but it takes a couple of playthroughs to understand. I wish there were more asteroids and that you would slowly get overwhelmed instead of winning, which would fit the theme even better. Nice job!
Apr 9 10:28:46 36m 13s KEEP THE POWER ♥ 1 The concept is really good and fun and a great intepretation of the theme. The game suffers somewhat from the lack of polish and from having only the journalist and the cop that you need to manage. It's really funny to see how the dictator morphs after the big decisions, nice job!
Apr 9 13:59:18 3h 30m Putyn Invaders ♥ 1 The theme integration is somewhat weak in this game and like others have said hitting the enemy ships is a little too tricky. Graphically it's stunning for a compo game, but I don't find the 3D perspective ideal. Loved the weapon upgrade, wish there was more! Lord Putyn was hilarious, you could have made his ship even more prominent. Nice entry!
Apr 9 14:18:24 19m 06s Knighthood ♥ 1 The concept is good, it fits the theme well and the game doesn't look bad. A laser wielding knight who's about to die is a really cool idea. Like others have said the feedback could be improved dramatically, especially for the laser and when getting hit. You might wanna look into game juice. But the weakest point is the audio, the music is too repetitive and some effecs are way too loud. But still nice job overall!
Apr 9 14:47:38 29m 14s Tree Protector ♥ 1 The game is fun, the idea behind it is cool and implements the theme very well. Graphically it's really cute and looks good, although a bit too shiny. I like the throwing mechanic a lot, but aiming feels way harder than necessary. The only shots I could reliably land were vertical and close. Horizontal shots seemed impossible for some reason. I love that the acorns bounce and you need to collect them before throwing them. Also, moving around feels a little too slow and vertical movement looks slower than horizontal. I don't know if it's because of the perspective or what. Remember to to normalize the vector you use for moving things around and multiply it to the speed. Good job!
Apr 9 15:09:25 21m 47s FUSE ♥ 1 It's really simple, feels polished and looks very good, especially the particle effect. The music adds a nice touch too. It gets old really fast but it's ok for a jam. Could definitely be expanded with more mechanics and candle types. The theme integration isn't bad although it would have been better without a time limit. Nice job overall!
Apr 9 15:26:05 16m 40s Into The Light ♥ 1 This is really really good, bravo! It's very fun and fits the theme perfectly. Graphically it's impressive and I love the music, so catchy! I also love how you present the ui on that smartphone, I'm a great fan of that kind of ui. Amazing job!
Apr 9 16:25:04 58m 59s Immune System "Engineer" - Can you Delay the Inevitable Skin Breach? ♥ 1 This is so good, the concept is great, the game is fun and fits the theme perfectly. I love how you created music with the sounds the cells make when they appear! The only criticism I have is that connected dots and cells sometiemes are not distinct enough from unconnected ones, especially while being in a hurry. Regardless this is an amazing entry, bravo!
Apr 9 16:38:03 12m 59s Trash Panic! ♥ 0 I find it super hard to control with keyboard buttons, I get all confused. I guess if you could open by clicking it could be easier but I'm not sure at all. Regardless I really love the concept, it's really fun, humorous and polished! Props to you fellow voice sound effects artist :P
Apr 9 16:49:04 11m 01s Life of a Mosquito ♥ 1 This is surprisingly good! Theme is on point and the game is fun. The reactions of people getting bitten are really funny :P The bite sound is a little too loud and music a bit repetitive but it's ok. Good job!
Apr 9 18:11:15 1h 22m Meteor Power ♥ 1 I like the game, the concept is really good and fits the theme well. However I found the game very unintuitive at first, It took me 3 playthoughs to realize how exactly you connect the lines. Likely because I'm stupid, I guess the way you can move without tapping icons confused me a lot. It looks really good zoomed in but soon you need to see more around you and when zoomed out the icons are too small and it doesn't look as good. Anyway you did a good job overall, cheers!
Apr 9 18:39:07 27m 52s Debt Train (card construction game) ♥ 1 This is really addicting and fun, it's probably a bit too easy to gain cash as you always have plenty of stations. The minimalistic style works great and the music fits well even if it gets a bit repetive. Nice job!
Apr 9 18:57:16 18m 09s Dilate the time! ♥ 1 Really neat idea, I love relativity so I particuarly appreciate the concept! Would have loved even more if the time dilation was more intrinsic to the game mechanics and if length contraction had a role too. Anyway the game is fun as it is and the audio component is amazing, although the controls feel a bit too tight. Nice job!
Apr 9 19:52:50 55m 34s Imagine Him Happy ♥ 1 Damn I'm such a sucker for this kind of game. It feels very polished, I like all the small details like the hands and getting squished. I haven't completed it yet so I don't know how well designed it is but until the furthest I got (beginning of the snow part) it's really good. The lack of audio is painfully manifest, can't imagine Sisyphus happy in such silence, but I love the game nonetheless. Bravo!
Apr 9 20:13:25 20m 35s Between My Shadows ♥ 1 The concept is cool and the atmosphere is great. The cloud like effect you made for the memories is amazing. The reject weapon when fired causes the game to freeze for a fraction of a second, you might wanna look into it. It's not really scary but I don't think you went for that, what with the upgrades and weapons and all of that. I love horror so you get bonus points, nice job!
Apr 9 20:26:08 12m 43s Slime Rise ♥ 1 Love the concept and the implementation, the game is fun and graphically stunning. You even made a cool water effect. There might be a bug that prevents people from building a house placed next to another. Also why would i build a lot of houses like you do in the gif rather than go up as quickly as possible? I like this anyway, good job!
Apr 9 20:45:22 19m 14s Venting Machine ♥ 1 hi.jpg This is my highscore! No arrows pressed at all, merely mashed spacebar like a never mashed before. Is that intended? Loved the game, takes me back to playing yeti sports as a child! Nice job.
Apr 10 09:11:50 12h 26m Mighty Crossroad ♥ 1 The idea is really cool and fits the theme well. It's kinda hard to tell how the cars are oriented, so someties you place a road that isn't traveled by the car because it was going in the opposite direction. The perspective seems a bit off too. The game is promising and could be improved a lot, nice job!
Apr 10 09:30:33 18m 43s Piggy Pileup ♥ 1 Nice mixing of genres, would work great as a multiplier and/or a mobile game. It's cute and fits the theme well, nice job!
Apr 10 09:53:12 22m 39s Tidal Wave ♥ 1 This is really interesting, a nice tower defense genre spin-off. I like the risk-reward of growing your city and that the boulders try to find a weakspot in your defence. I'm a fan of minimalism but everything grey like this doesn't work too well. Also, the lack of audio is really sad. This was fun, nice job!
Apr 10 10:06:23 13m 11s Trash Simulator 3000 ♥ 1 The idea is actually really good but the game feels way too clunky and unpolished. I think if the whole thing gets more silly and if you don't have to realistically stop and position yourself carefully to collect the trash it would be really fun. Also the top down perspective you went for leaves something to be desired. Anyway I appreciate the effort and the intuition, nice job!
Apr 10 10:46:54 40m 31s Lethal Dice 50 ♥ 1 Saw this played in a twitch stream, I like the core mechanic and it's fun to play. It seems to be based on luck a little bit much, maybe you could work on some more strategic elements. What's there is fun as it though, nice job!
Apr 10 11:09:00 22m 06s teleBOTation ♥ 0 Did you think this game up for the teleportation theme? :P Delaying the inevitable is not what it could bem but you've put together quite interesting mechanics, loved it. Moving around feels somewhat unpolished and finicky but the game looks good. Nice job!
Apr 10 11:56:23 47m 23s The Last Tower ♥ 1 Fun and addicting, it's nice to see all those mage types and how they interact with each other. Merging units is somewhat unintuitive and the first time it happens without the player knowing it would. The firing effects leave something to be desidered and the missing audio takes a bit away from the experience but nice job regardless!
Apr 10 12:36:32 40m 09s You shall not pass ♥ 1 You've definitely made the most of the mechanic you came up with! And that's a lot of levels you were able to create in just a day. On the down side it's quite annoying listening to the same dialogue over and over again and there's no delaying the inevitable at all in this game :P nice job anyway!
Apr 10 13:01:00 24m 28s NAP GUARDIAN ♥ 1 The game is fun, polished and looks really good! The hard mode is quite challenging, thanks for adding that. As fun as it is, the theme isn't really well integrated here. But no matter, good job!
Apr 10 14:46:21 1h 45m The world is breaking ♥ 0 I really like the concept, the game is fun and looks good, but there are some usability issues. First I think that collecting materials should happen automatically rather than by pressing a key. Second laying bridges and turning them to sand should be mapped to the same button. And third it's not clear at all how to turn sand into grass and the ui makes it look like the resources for sand and grass somehow exclude each other because you never see them together. The audio could be improved too. But don't get me wrong I like the game, nice job!
Apr 10 15:05:21 19m 00s Did I Just Poop Myself by the Produce Section ♥ 1 This is really funny, it looks and sounds really silly and I love it! I don't particularly like the undertale like minigames and the theme integration is a bit weak buy i enjoyed this anyway, good job!
Apr 10 15:30:20 24m 59s Crisis Chef: 28 Plates Later ♥ 2 Fun, polished and mixes genres well! Shooting feels kind of weird with the bullets coming from the hand and would benefit from more visual feedback. Nice job!
Apr 10 16:03:28 33m 08s Eye Fly ♥ 1 Unbelievably challenging, often frustrating and fun! Love the minimalism and the character looks and feels very polished. The difficulty curve is so steep that the level in which you introduce the X key to free fall is as hard as it gets except probably the last level. Also the controls seem a little unfairly hard. Truly something for the hardcore players, nice job!
Apr 10 19:48:30 3h 45m Owl Knight ♥ 1 I like the concept and the visual style, they both remind me of Rayman with the freeing of prisoners in cages and the chase. There are a few issues that I would like to point out to you guys, first the character running animation looks a bit jerky, like he's vibrating back and fort while running. The jump feels too floaty and slow, I think you wanted to go for a fast game but something as important as jumping actually slows you down here. Dashing is really good on the other hand. Fighting enemies seems pointless and a waste of the distance I put between me and the chasing monster. There's no bonus to beat them and no malus to avoid them, which is also really easy. Also, the over abundance of hearts means that I don't even need to worry about them hitting me. It's too bad because the enemies looks too cool to be skimmed so rapidly. Finally, there are too many torches. Basically the only reason I was dying when I realized I could just speedrun was messing up the jumps/dashes between the narrow platforms/pillars. I hope you find this feedback useful, I liked the game and would love to see its full potential. Good job!
Apr 10 21:21:12 1h 32m Fuse Lit! ♥ 1 Really novel puzzle game that fits the theme perfectly. The aesthetic style has character too. The fuse extension mechanic is is unintuitive at first and somewhat awkward when you finally understand it because you tend to "trip" on the line extending it without intending to. The level you depict in this page is by far the hardest, because you need to figure out that you have to stop the fuse and only then extend it. I think an easier level presenting this technique should preceed it. Regardless this is fun and really interesting, nice job!
Apr 11 19:21:04 21h 59m Door Man ♥ 1 Great tutorial, that's rare in jam games but absolutely appreciated! The game is fun and well made, I don't quite get how it fits the theme but I like it, nice job!
Apr 11 20:35:48 1h 14m We All Die ♥ 1 Really fun and well made! It's really sad to lose one of the lasers, they're like a family. Also as soon as you do you lose too much fire rate to keep up. If you come up with interesting upgrades and figure out a control scheme that works on mobile this might be a hit, nice job!
Apr 13 20:13:51 47h 38m Hotel Lazarus ♥ 1 Lovely concept and addicting gameplay! I think you made it a little too easy, I could have gone on forever. There doesn't seem to be any malus to letting monsters wait, that's something that would have added to the craze. Nice job!
Apr 15 18:50:25 46h 36m Your Regime ♥ 1 I really love the concept and minimalism of the execution! Definitely a game that entices you to put time in it. I found it really hard to get voters support, after the first term it falls quickly and couldn't figure out the best combo of actions to keep it up. Partly because time flows too quickly for me even on the slowest setting, I could barely keep track of the support. I really like that you actively need to take polls to find out your support level, despite it taking some of the already limited time. Nice job!
Apr 16 16:45:13 21h 54m Try to Die of Old Age ♥ 1 Ok so the game looks horrible and doesn't bring new ideas to the table BUT the cutscenes look great, the audio and dialogues are awesome and it's fun for those players that like a challenge. Bonus points for dissing safari, explaining the controls in a dialogue and implementing checkpoints, nice job!
Apr 16 17:11:43 26m 30s Re-Re-Robot ♥ 1 The idea is really cool and the level design is remarkable and well thought out! The game feels a little clunky and finicky however, which make it a bit frustrating, especially when combined with the confusion on the distinction between the R and spacebar keys. I always had to stop and think which I wanted of the two and I wish any key would let me start rather than spacebar. I liked thi entry, nice job!
Apr 16 21:07:18 3h 55m DashFight ♥ 0 Unbelievably frustrating, can't tell if I'm bad or that's the intended experience. Once they gank up on you it's all lost. I really like the concept though and the graphical style is cool, I wish you could parry the attacks or that breaking the stun was easier or clearer.
Apr 16 21:14:48 7m 30s Lumi and the Cloud Shepherd ♥ 1 The concept is nice and the game is really cute, I wish there were more mechanics and that the difficulty would ramp up over time, as it is it feels like I could go on forever as long as I shake the clouds far from the old guy.
Apr 17 19:18:46 22h 03m Lords of the Deck: 50 cards to WAR ♥ 0 This is fun and engaging, I love that you can play it with common poker cards! I've managed to win by 36 on my first try so I guess you erred on the side of easy but then again I had a (lucky? I played spades as soon as possible so I had a big hand) streak of very close or equal cards on both colors. I really like the special actions, wish there were more and that some had simultaneously a big bonus and a big malus. Great job!
Apr 17 19:47:27 28m 41s One Fuse ♥ 1 The concept is really cool, I wish it was playable alone too.
Apr 17 20:10:39 23m 12s Pass The Torch ♥ 1 You already had great feedback, I can't add much. Great atmosphere and music, wonderful visual style, but little fun. I think the children move too slowly, you need them to survive in later stages but you can't get to later stages if you wait for them. That's what happened in my playthroughs at least. The concept is really cool but definitely needs more mechanics and balancing. Nice job!
Apr 17 20:45:05 34m 26s Lumber Tracks ♥ 1 The concept is cool and the game is fun! Recovering the axe is somewhat finicky and the berries that make you go faster were not enough to catch up the train for me. With some more balancing and mechanics this could be great, nice job!
Apr 17 21:25:06 40m 01s Grandma ♥ 1 You've put together some interesting mechanics! I think they would work better on a more frantic and silly game. The theme is only there in the story which is quite weak, but the game looks really good. It's moody and the music fits that well. Nice job!
Apr 18 08:39:13 11h 14m NOT YET ♥ 1 Really fun and well made, unbelieavable you could draw all of that, program it and make a catchy music on top! Only drawback is that the theme integration is weak, but no matter, great job!
Apr 18 08:56:57 17m 44s The Third Age ♥ 1 Nice idea and polished execution! Had a hard time to figure out what some of the stat meant and how to deal with them. Also, the shop is too expensive so you can buy very little stuff. Looks great for a compo game and the music fits well, nice job!
Apr 18 18:35:11 9h 38m Mrs Applebee's garden ♥ 1 So cute and such a sad ending! Great modeling and visual style, nice job!
Apr 18 19:43:24 1h 08m Belecint ♥ 1 Never seen anything quite like this, perfect use of the theme! Nice use of sounds that almost make an interactive music. If you polish this up and add some game juice it could be very good, nice job!
Apr 18 20:01:22 17m 58s Captain Starforce ♥ 1 Great aesthetic, well polished, fun and nice music! Too bad the theme is integrated only via the increasing difficulty, but not matter, great job!
Apr 18 21:00:50 59m 28s Censor ♥ 1 Damn the book of acceptable words sounds so much like the politically correct nonsense that's plaguing the west. Nice entry, it's very interesting to see AI generated stuff!
Apr 20 19:22:00 46h 21m Only You Can Try In Vain To Prevent Forest Fires On An Active Volcano ♥ 1 This is such a great concept! If you can make it more fun and add game juice this could be a hit. Maybe it would work even better in 2D? Nice job!
Apr 20 19:46:33 24m 33s Holding On ♥ 1 Bittersweet, can definitely relate. Feels really polished and well made. Purely from a gamplay perspective it's a little weird that you can go on despite it becoming impossibly difficult. Also the possibility to just let go at any time doesn't convince me. I think it would be really cool if you had to unlock it by playing well. Good entry, nice job!
Apr 20 20:28:41 42m 08s DLAY's Buffet ♥ 1 Nice concept and nice worplay on the god's name! The gameplay is fun and solid, tho it's missing much game juice, including a satisfying death animation. I wonder why you've decided to use a hole in the first half rather than a non-hostile version of the god, he looks really cool so he deserved more screen time. Nice game anyway, good job!
Apr 21 19:39:40 23h 10m CRASHLANDING ♥ 0 The concept is cool and the game is fun once you figure out how to actually reach the water. It's promising, with more mechanics and more/better feedback on how distant you are from crashing and from the sea it could be really good, nice job!