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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Pulni's comment | |
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| Jan 9 00:02:23 | Acornville Escape Room | ♥ 2 | Nice game! Pretty cool puzzles, especially given the time constraints! The one before the corn maze was the trickiest for me. I've never done a puzzle game. I don't feel that I'll come up with enough nice puzzles in time, but this inspires me to give it a shot sometime. At the very least, it would be a fun experience for me! Thanks! :) | |
| Jan 9 00:52:07 | 49m 44s | A Small Village | ♥ 2 | Ooh, looks very nice! The difficulty seemed close to impossible initially, but after a few attempts I managed to get to 100 hours and that felt nice! :) It does seem a little luck based. In not so few games it just feel like I had bad luck and there was nothing I could've done better, because I died on the stage when I only have 1-2 people. Another thing - as I was trying to "optimize" my people usage, I thought I can put someone to chop that tree that's between the forest and the lake, with the idea that I can easily keep some people there to quickly switch between those tasks when necessary. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work. Now my new idea is to put people slightly below the lake, with hopes that they'll both fish and deal some damage to some baddies! I like that the game gives such things to experiment with. If you're planning to do more with it, I'd say one thing to focus on might be to add more such options for using a single person as 2 things, or giving positions where they can easily switch between tasks. (Disclaimer: I haven't played many games in the genre though.) Anyway, good job and have a nice day! :) |
| Jan 9 02:29:24 | 1h 37m | Dr Frank's Dream | ♥ 1 | As a programmer, I relate to Dr Frank to an oddly high degree! 😅 It's a cool idea! I managed to get the doctor to the beach! 😛 I laughed at the texts a few times, buuut having to read them all the time seems not perfect (perhaps because it's 4 AM 😅). I'm thinking, maybe you could highlight the important keywords? Or alternatively, give the player some corpses and they can utilize all their organs over multiple requests. This way the player will get to know your corpses, and they wouldn't need to reread text, plus there might be some decisions about what to use when, if they know they can use it later for something that's a better fit. 🤷 Anyway, good job! |
| Jan 9 22:04:51 | 19h 35m | Apples & Oranges | ♥ 2 | Fun little game! I almost got all of the fruits, had just 2 more, but then they caught me. 😄 I like how the enemies move - there's a pattern to it and you can get them stuck, at least a little bit! And like Slanty said, some predictability might help, because now it feels a little too random. In any case - good job! 🙂 |
| Jan 10 21:48:11 | 23h 43m | H.I.V.E - Highly Involuntary Vain Effort | ♥ 2 | Awesome game! I like the cross breeding and analyzing the plants and fields! It's a pretty cool idea to play with these. The best game that I've tried on this game jam for now. 🙂 The main thing that I think can be improved is the UX. I'd like to be able to harvest and replant with a single button, without opening a menu. Or I'd like it to be more like an idle game, where I can say "hey, this field harvests and replants automatically", and then I can play with the cool stuff, and not have to constantly go click on things to make more moneyz. |
| Jan 10 23:25:43 | 1h 37m | Deadlicious | ♥ 1 | Plays so smoothly!! The general mood is quite nice, and exchanging slaps with humans as a zombie is just so satisfying! 😄 One thing I did not quite like is how starvation works and how useless it feels to reset it when eating a human. Not much to play with, and not very satisfying. Perhaps if it also increased the time it takes for the bar to deplete, it would've been better! (And that should also be visible to the player, because now that I think of it, it might work like that right now and I wouldn't notice it.) In any case, good job! 🙂 P.S. Here's my best score deadlicious.jpg |
| Jan 11 23:25:14 | 23h 59m | Fox Puppies Want Food For The Winter | ♥ 1 | The graphics are amazing!!! And I like the music as well, even though it does get a little repetitive. The scarecrows look great too, but am thinking that fluffy bunnies or something else might've added more to the experience - something to make the forest feel more alive and even more enjoyable to just observe! The scarecrows are somewhat in contrast to other things that are chill and relaxing and cute and calm, and I'm not sure there's anything gained from that. Great jog, guys! 🙂 |
| Jan 12 01:00:19 | 1h 35m | Forresto | ♥ 3 | 5-10 minutes? Those are rookie numbers! I stayed for 30+, but the game crashed 🙁 probably would've lasted until 40 at least. Here's the last screenshot I got: EvilBirds.jpg Great job making your first public game! It plays very smooth (other than the rash 😁 ), and generally looks, plays and feels nice! 🙂 |
| Jan 15 08:12:07 | 79h 11m | Haunted Harvest 3 | ♥ 1 | Nice game! I agree with the others - nice visuals, sounds and atmosphere, but it's pretty much impossible to progress as the scarecrow gets quick on the second / third night, and even before that it seems a bit too fast / unavoidable. 😄 It would probably be nice to have some mechanics to distract it / slow it down. Otherwise it's a cool concept! 🙂 |
| Jan 15 10:01:31 | 1h 49m | Goblindentured Harvester | ♥ 0 | Nice game! 🙂 A little too easy, but hey, who has time to balance, right? 😄 I agree with what the others said - didn't quite understand what the upgrades do, and there wasn't enough time to actually play with them. Different kinds of obstacles would've been nicer, but as you said, there just wasn't enough time to put everything you had planned, which is understandable. 🙂 And that brings me to the thing I actually wanted to mention. This is the first game jam where I'm doing some planning (as in, writing down the plan and estimating the tasks, not just having a vague idea in my head). And I have to say, I feel it was quite helpful to keep things organized, and to understand what would be a reasonable scope. Am definitely planning to do it again next time! Here's a screenshot of my "amazing" plan. 😄 Perhaps it would be useful to you or someone else reading the comments! 🤷 https://stuff.pulni.com/files/ebhz-plan.png |
| Jan 15 11:00:59 | 59m 28s | Happy Tree Harvest | ♥ 1 | Well done! It's really nice to see a game with some meaning and actions having consequences. It's one of the few games (and not just game jam ones), that made me feel "I knew this was a bad idea (chopping down almost all the trees), but I did it anyway... and now I'm frogged, because of my own stupid / greedy actions!" 👏 Being able to "skip to next minigame" would've been nice to speed things up when one doesn't want to collect too much, but other than that - very ncie! |
| Jan 15 13:26:41 | 2h 25m | Warden of the Woods | ♥ 3 | Oh wow! The visuals and music are amazing! And there's also story, various maps, crafting, fighting, enemies... it's like a complete game, really! It's definitely the most complete one I've played in this (and perhaps any) game jam! Nicely done! |
| Jan 15 17:48:03 | 4h 21m | The little reaper who could(n't)! | ♥ 0 | Reaper and ghosts are indeed super cute! 😍 As for surviving as long as we can... I think I can do it indefinitely with the shield 😅 ReaperGame.jpg Good job, and better luck with the time management next time! 🙂 |
| Jan 15 18:02:02 | 13m 59s | Initial Harvester | ♥ 1 | Nice visuals, appropriate sounds, simple and enjoyable gameplay! I appreciate game with short "runs" and clear goals, so this one was pretty nice! Good job! Perhaps what would've made it even better is multiple levels (layouts) and multiple vehicles with different stats. 🤔 And of course - global leaderboards! 😄 And now that I mention it, I'm thinking that I should perhaps set up such a system, in case I decide to add it to my game next game jam. 🤔 It's something I've wanted, but never had time to do on the game jam itself. 🤔 |
| Jan 15 18:35:24 | 33m 22s | Carrot Party | ♥ 1 | Very nice game - looks great and the gameplay is interesting! I would've loved to play some 15 more levels of it! 🙂 Things that could be improved in my opinion: - The retry button that I pressed 5 times by mistake as I wanted to leave the shop... it really shouldn't be that easy to restart a level 😄 But also, I kinda did it by instinct, so I'd say the leave shop button should be made more "attractive" - Obviously I'd love to have more cards, levels and gameplay elements!!! It could be quite an awesome puzzle! |
| Jan 20 23:41:18 | 125h 05m | Big Broccoli | ♥ 1 | Ooh, pretty fun game! 🙂 I like the visuals and the upgrade options, and the difficulty and pace are quite good! Sounds would've made it even better, but hey! 😛 Good job! |
