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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		BoClow's comment
Oct 4 05:57:45		Garden Panic	♥ 2	Lovely little farming game! I had trouble to figure things out at the beginning, but once I figured how the game worked, it was really fun to play! I liked the color palette and little rainbow worms were my favorite! Farming and putting things to wheelbarrow and sending it to store goods was super fun game mechanic and I had great fun doing just that :) (also music was fun and fit the color palette :D) I had some troubles with the wheelbarrow, when it got stuck in my house and would not leave (I had to restart the game) Also one time the bird attack would not go away but no new birds would appear, so I was able to farm in peace forever. I ended up not actually buying that many upgrades while still finishing the game. I was bit scared if the wheelbarrow would get stuck in the house again and I would need to start from beginning. I also did not fin I could do that much to the birds. I was able to shoo them away but they managed to poop on the roof anyway, and I found that to be bit frustrating. Overall I liked the game and if you have plans to do some sort of post jam version, I would love to try it again!
Oct 4 06:23:54	26m 09s	ENDOOR	♥ 4	ENDOOR.png Fun game of minigames! My favorite ones were the one with wires and cleaning the water tank. Funniest was hitting the lamp with the broom XD. The ending text showing what killed you was nice touch. I am bit slow reader and English is not my native language, but your minigame info was clear enough that I did not have trouble figuring out what to do, even with strict time limit. Difficulty seemed to ramp up quite a lot at some point and I just could not keep up (witch was the idea I assume). The green timer was also bit too much same color as rest of the world, so sometimes I had to really look for if I missed a fixing place (I am a bit color blind so that might not be an issue for others) I had some tiny issues with the ladders. Your horizontal speed is so great (witch is good when you want to go fast to next fixing point) that aligning myself with the ladders was sometimes just tiny bit tricky. (Also I want to mention that I did not use jump at any point.) Overall I liked it. It was fun to play and graphics were nice and moody. :D
Oct 4 06:57:44	33m 50s	Flip and Swap	♥ 4	Cool little game! Character was cute and all platforms were visually clear. I also liked how easy it was to see when color is about to change so timing jumps were really easy. Music was nice and upbeat. As others have said, jump is a bit floaty. I found myself jumping way over most hazards. I also had some problems to figure out how and why the balls and spiky balls changed with the colors. Maybe I misunderstood, but could those be color coded as well? Biggest issue for me was that there are no checkpoints and levels can be quite large. I stopped playing in a level (I am sorry, I do not remember number) where you climb up, with same platforms on each side, only different colors. It was quite long way from spawn point and I ran there multiple times... and kept dying on the climb part: flipandswap.png Overall it was a fun little experience. I pointed out I was jumping way over most obstacles, and I kind of liked how fast I was able to go. Especially some horizontal sections where I could just run and adapt to changing environment were really fun and in those I did not mind not having a checkpoint :) You made a good game, I hope I was not too harsh <3
Oct 4 08:19:25	1h 21m	Tower of Time 2	♥ 1	Really great atmosphere! Art is clear and pretty and music is hauntingly good. I also liked the particle effect, made me feel like I was in some sort of toxic vortex XD Controls were nice and idea simple and clear! Minor annoyance was the fact that you kept loosing time while walking towards the walls. I am not the greatest with platformers and especially in tighter spaces I felt like I was loosing time but not moving anywhere. Nice game overall! If you plan working for post jam game I would love to try it :D
Oct 4 08:40:49	21m 24s	Opening Knight	♥ 4	What a cool game! I had fun playing it and I liked how simple and elegant the basic game loop feels. Difficulty curve ranked up smoothly and I felt all the time in control. Knockback on the enemies was great, as I was able to clear some room for myself, and at the same time, it hindered me from killing the goblins too quickly. Art was great and opening cutscene war brilliant! I kind of was hoping that if I get enough points I could have saved the princess... (or maybe that was option if I would have played better?) I honestly have nothing bad to say XD Maybe if I really think, the door seemed to appear multiple times on the same spot, but that it a really minor visual kink and did not stop me from enjoying the game :D
Oct 4 09:14:08	33m 19s	Room Again	♥ 3	Wow. Great game and great concept! I like how you played with the simple mechanic that at least to me seems something that might have been a bug in another game... but not here :D When I managed to get to the last step first time, I was like "oh no, I can not do this all again in 10 seconds" But you made it to be done in manageable steps. I had great time with this game, maybe best one so far I have played. Art is great and music and atmosphere is great as well. Well done game!
Oct 4 09:22:10	8m 02s	Spaceship Parking Simulator	♥ 1	Cool little space flying game! Nebulas were beautiful and useful. I managed to land on one planet, but I am usually not very good at these type of games. I found myself wanting planets to have some sort of gravity so when I boost just little too much, I would not just fly away XD
Oct 4 11:16:57	1h 54m	10-Second Mechanism	♥ 2	Beautiful art. Found it fun to play and managed to finish the whole game! :D You had simple and clear systems and used those well in the game. I wish you could have seen more... maybe a trail of light or something, or parts where you would light up more area, like you light up some lamps. Overall it was a pleasant playthrough and a well made small game!
Oct 5 05:51:09	18h 34m	Cult Of the Сelestial Knight	♥ 4	COTCK.png Cool art and nice and simple gameplay! I first thought that the dagger attack gameplay was weird and unintuitive but after couple rounds I found myself liking it a lot. I don't know what your plans are but it would be nice to see further levels and maybe some improvements on the dagger fight system :D Overall nice short game!
Oct 5 06:04:57	13m 48s	Modern Post	♥ 1	What a nice little game! Art was pretty and clear. Gameplay was simple and well self-explanatory. I found it very hard to make all the moves in time. I found myself hoping that most or at least some blocks would be already on the right spots. When ever I saw 3 blocks in a wrong place, I already knew I would not make it in time. Maybe sort of difficulty curve would be nice? Drag and drop could be also improved a bit, since I was in a hurry, I would often think I dropped the block on the right square, when in fact this did not happen XD Overall nice concept and something that would be a cool simple time killer game if tweaked a little :D
Oct 5 06:29:03	24m 06s	Forkin Around	♥ 3	I had some flashbacks working in a warehouse XD forkingaround.png Visuals are top tier and the basic gameplay mechanics are easy to learn and fun to execute! I loved that you could pack extra boxes on the palette beforehand so when the order comes, you have something there already! Upgrade shop was also nice. I was bit skeptical about the speed boost before buying, but it worked actually very nicely! My only real problem with the game was the turning. So I have driven something like this for 7+ years and they turn on the spot XD So I had hard time getting use to having to move forward or backward just to turn. On the other had, it was fun to ram against the walls and not having to fear of breaking anything :) Overall fun game and I had great time playing it! This feels like a game I could turn back to and play again(this could be really fun as a multiplayer even XD). If you have plans for post jam version please tell me, I am interested :D
Oct 5 06:48:17	19m 14s	A Ghostly Survival	♥ 2	Really nice smooth movement! Also the graphics were clear and cute. It was enjoyable to play! It would be nice to have a indicator for when the world is about to change. There could also be some visual and sound indicators of if you hit the ghost or the box. (Death animations for the ghost would be cool too) Game closed on me both times I reached around 100 points and when I had about 20 health left. Overall fun little shooting game and I had a blast playing it! :D
Oct 5 07:33:35	45m 18s	Purfect Thyming	♥ 1	Lovely art style! It took me a good while to figure out where to do what and I thought for a long time I was too zoomed in and did not see everything. Especially I had for some reason hard time to realize that you had to move your mouse to stir (that might have been just my smooth brain XD) But once I figured it out it was a cool little game to play. I liked that you could just listen to the music to figure out when the cat would appear and go away and that made the experience more enjoyable. It was also fun that you had to use different methods to gather different ingrediencies. It would be fun to have some sort of collecting and stirring sounds :) Overall pretty little potion making game :D
Oct 5 08:14:01	40m 26s	Boood night	♥ 1	Fun game! Graphics were pretty and the atmosphere was surprisingly very relaxing :D It was also nice that you did not penalize staying in the closet so I had time to read the task and figure out where everything is :) I had some tiny problems interacting with the closet where it would not let me go inside and so make the mom get me one time, but other than that, nice little game!
Oct 5 08:26:05	12m 04s	Before the Tide	♥ 1	Cool idea an pretty graphics! It is a neat experience and the water slowly eating away the drawings is really cool! I tried using a drawing tablet but for me it did not work. That is a minor issue. Drawing with mouse was fun also :D
Oct 5 10:25:36	1h 59m	Sonar	♥ 5	Fun submarine game! I thin the visuals were really great and sonar system was really good. Especially after some upgrades the material searching was really fun. Also sound design was top tier and really nailed the dark underwater feel. One this that felt bit weird was the torpedo shooting. I did not see clear indication of when I was able to shoot. I also thought first I would shoot where I point the cursor, as that was how the ship was moving. I also maybe bugged the upgrade system, as it would not let me upgrade anymore even when I had resources. Overall great moody jam game!
Oct 5 14:04:34	3h 38m	Speed Dating for Misfits	♥ 1	I could not get the attention of the ghost :'( otherwise a great speed dating game! It works really well and is fun to play! I also tried to get the attention of the bug but had no luck. Everyone else fell for me XD Great game, cute graphics and chill music :D
Oct 6 07:13:21	17h 08m	Low On Power	♥ 5	Cool game! I struggled at the beginning multiple times as I was not used to the controls and had to check them multiple times from your page. When I figured this out it was pretty cool to jump and dash forward. I did not feel much change when gaining batteries when my battery storage was full. Sound effects were nice and they gave a cool robotic feel to it all. Overall good jam game!
Oct 6 07:25:24	12m 03s	Ruins of Resurrection	♥ 2	Cool game idea! I had trouble to understand how the checkpoints worked first, since there was nothin to indicate I could interact with the one further on I just went past it multiple times XD. Timing was tight.. from 3 to 4 it was super tight, to the point that I was not sure if I made it the time I actually made it. Graphics were pretty and clear and character control was good. It is a good jam game! :D
Oct 6 07:35:46	10m 22s	Frosten	♥ 2	Cool concept! I enjoy these type of games where you basically make your own path to the level. Despite the music I had some trouble to determine where the ice block would freeze. I don't know if it was the bit floaty jump or I just didn't get into the rhythm.
Oct 6 08:02:40	26m 54s	Groceries Please!	♥ 3	Wow, what a great game! I had so much fun playing this. I love that you start basically with an empty shot so I could arrange things just the way I wanted. The customers were super realistic in their behavior (if you want them even more real, they could even move items in the shop around and/or ask where specific item is, when it is right next to them XD). The way you told a story was also super charming. I first thought I had a thief coming to my shop first, but then my heart melted when it was my kid needing a help with their homework! I did not bring my parents (yet) to UK but I got my citizenship and was able to help my kid :) I like how you balanced between super funny and super serious as this game would have easily become extra depressing story, but it was not! Great graphics and sound effects helped a lot to lighten the mood :D This was probably my best game experience in ludum dare this time around. Thank you for that! grozeriesplease.png
Oct 6 16:28:52	8h 26m	Jump in the line	♥ 1	What a pretty and relaxing game! I had great fun playing it and so did my kids. Our best score: jumintheline.png We found a bug where you accelerate all the time and basically fly forever XD I could not make it again, but restarting a game got rid of it. I wish you would start bit more zoomed out, or maybe it could zoom as you speed up? Also some sort of indication in the environment of how fast you are moving would be nice (on those rare moments when you don't see any blocks) Overall we had fun playing! Great game!
Oct 7 06:22:14	13h 53m	SHOTGUN DISCO QUEEN	♥ 1	Nice game! Graphics were fantastic and set the mood very well! It was also very clear what enemies were hostile and what were not (witch was really great at the boss). Also the tactical element that the shield enemies added was nice, as I could use the hostile phase in my advantage! Music was great and fit the game perfectly. Also the end boss was superb! Kept dying for dumb mistakes but beat him at the end! Yay! One minor thing was that I felt like you did a cute main character sprite but I could not get a good view of her since the shotgun was rotating on her face XD Great ludum dare entry!
Oct 7 06:33:28	11m 14s	10 Seconds Till Death	♥ 2	Cool shooter idea! I especially enjoyed the fact that everyone (enemies and the player) followed the same logic. I would be at 0 HP but I had still time and could just grab next health item. Cool idea that came to my mind that you could even have items that postponed the timer, letting you live longer with 0 HP. I found the difficulty curve to be a bit steep but I am not used to playing FPS so that might be also it XD Really cool idea and solid execution!
Oct 8 10:47:28	28h 14m	For Greater Good	♥ 1	I must say that the theme of the game is a bit too dark for my taste and especially the screaming voice of the ghost felt too overwhelming compared to other sounds. However, gameplay was pretty smooth and the basic loop was interesting and fun to execute. Also the graphics were well made and it was really clear to see what is what. I think it is a solid game jam entry! Well done!
Oct 8 11:04:28	17m 00s	Survive Another 10 Seconds	♥ 2	Nice and solid gameplay! It was enjoyable to play. My favorite part were the sounds that felt just right. Every enemy had its own easily recognizable sprite and nice and unique style of attacking. It was not overwhelming and for me the difficulty curve seemed just right. I think you got lot of things here just right! Great job! Only problem I had with the original was the fact that the game stopped for every 10 seconds. I played your post-jam version and loved it even more! Well done!
Oct 8 13:59:33	2h 55m	[WebGL/HTML5] Music Demon	♥ 3	Unique way to do this type of game. I liked a lot the later parts where it felt more puzzle like :D Chomping sound was pleasant to hear and art was nice and clear! :D Puzzling was fun to execute! The puzzle where you go long way up and then have to push a box was bit irritating, as when I first got to the box, I basically doomed myself by eating a man at the wrong time. I think this game would benefit for not being restricted by time, as you actually had a button to press to shrink back to small. Overall very solid game! Liked it :D
Oct 9 10:13:56	20h 14m	DEEP DIVE	♥ 2	Pretty graphics! Gameplay was smooth and I liked the storytelling between the levels! Tutorial was well woven into the game and everything was very clear and easy to understand. Difficulty curve was also well balanced. The movement felt bit slow and while I was happy that if you did not break all barriers in 10 seconds they stayed broken I felt like it took a bit away from the remembering the order part. These were minor thing, I really enjoyed the game! Well done!
Oct 11 07:32:19	45h 18m	locked in	♥ 0	Art is amazing! Love the style and storytelling. You are also talking about important stuff through game witch is always cool. Unfortunately as others have said, bugs make it bit hard to play. I managed to play it to the end eventually! I liked the point you had timer go down only when you move, so I was not in a hurry while I was standing still, but There was very little time to move trough the screen. I believe that with minor tweaks to the gameplay this would be a lot smoother experience!