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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | ScrapMetal's comment | |
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| Oct 8 01:56:20 | Rift Critters | ♥ 0 | "I wasn't in it for the history. I was in it for the money." 😉 😜 The art is fantastic! I love the look. I was a tad confused on the dimensions... (sometimes when I hit 2, 3, or 4, it didn't seem to respond)... so i wasn't clear what to do. But you guys might have the BEST cover image of all the entries. Really stands out. | |
| Oct 8 19:58:54 | 18h 02m | Pot Life | ♥ 1 | Nothing like watching a cute little creature hatch from an egg and then... BURN IT. 🔥 😳 👀 This is SUPER cute and so adorably charming. I loved just watching them walk around in the magnifying glass, and the little footstep sounds are just perfect. 👌 Even the little touches of the tiniest critters moving around and seeing the plants move to indicate one of them is there. So many great little details. There is something oddly satisfying about using the magnifying glass to burn. (Even if the sound effect was a tad loud imo 😛). I think if you fleshed this out further... maybe have multiple categories of things for the player to choose how they want to interact? Some positive and some destructive? I can see a lot of progression or upgrades. Or being able to check some meaningful stats... then give them items they need, such as water etc. There is a lot of potential here. But making it more 'sim'-like might be fun. The critter design is SO cute. I actually had a lot of guilt burning that many bugs over time. LOL But wow, this is one of my fav entries so far!! It's so good! |
| Oct 8 20:57:15 | 58m 21s | Tinygotchi Creatures | ♥ 3 | WOW!! Looks INCREDIBLE!!! 😱 😍 The mix of 3D (the detail in that model too... damn 🔥 ) with 2D pixel art absolutely blew me away. Gave it such a nice tactile nature too. Felt very immersive. (To the point I was legit annoyed at whoever kept tossing me more Tamagotchi's. 😆 ) But... I also completely suck at this apparently. Even when I thought I was catching on (re-reading the cutest manual ever about... 5x)... then trying again and feeling like I was getting better, it would end and I got a whopping high score of 000 every time. 😭 🤣 Even when I felt like I was doing pretty good, and keeping most of them above 1 heart, somehow it would end. Does it end with a timer? or when one of them reaches no hearts? I'm guessing hearts, but that part was unclear to me. I also must have missed a step, because even when I reached 3 hearts, I still ended up with 000 at the end. 😮 LOL. I'll definitely be coming back to this one. Even if I suck. haha. Such a killer entry. Nice work!! ❤️ |
| Oct 8 21:23:46 | 26m 31s | Walk the Planck | ♥ 3 | HOW TF did you pull this off?? My gosh. 💥 😳 😱 👀 The vibe is SO good and it's just OOZING POLISH. The voiceover work really makes it. As well as the super charming polished art. I was laughing the whole time... until... I was crying and cussing at my screen. Then I rage quit so hard I may have broken my keyboard. I ctrl-alt-deleted so hard. 😬 🤣 10/10 Would play again when I fix my keyboard and feel like being punished. |
| Oct 8 21:53:07 | 29m 21s | Sewer Tales | ♥ 2 | This was INCREDIBLE!!! 😱 The look and feel of it I absolutely LOVED. 😍 Very satisfying to gather a huge group of rat followers. The amount you guys were able to cram in a 72 hour jam is astounding. "How many enemy types should we make for this? 50? Yeah, that sounds good". And then you pulled it off. 😳 😝 The ninja turtle cameo was the best. 🙌 😄 I did feel a bit like Splinter walking around with my apprentices. lol. Like others mentioned, maybe having some win condition of some kind?... instead of just dying would be good? But honestly, I enjoyed just exploring around. Is the level endless? I was trying to figure out how you did that part... it's seamless however you did it. It feels so cool. One of my fav entries so far. ❤️ Really nice work. |
| Oct 9 19:35:51 | 21h 42m | Ludum Dare 56 | ♥ 2 | This game taught me I should never be a kindergarten teacher. I love the vibe and concept! 😄 Even if it's hard AF. 😳 😰 I just can never keep these dang kids alive. After a while, I just started playing with the snake because I love that animation so much. I loved this unique take on the theme!! |
| Oct 10 14:50:24 | 19h 14m | Shrimpy | ♥ 3 | The art, music and sound all come together in a way that is SO relaxing and such a fun vibe! ☺️ I really love the art and animations!! So cute. 😍 I really think you just need a little more danger (tension), and some type of things to collect on the way up? (I kept trying to eat the little sushis :) ) If the spiky walls hurt or killed you... (which was a player expectation I think)... I would maybe tune the left/right speed down just a tad... I loved the responsiveness, but felt just a hair twitchy imo. I had a hard time controlling. But that is super polishy. Such a great entry! |
| Oct 10 15:47:20 | 56m 56s | Billions must bite | ♥ 2 | I LOVE this idea! And drawing from real world inspiration is so awesome. (Even if annoying af). 😬 😆 The art and sound is ADORABLE. 😍 ❤️ The wall splats are super satisfying. 😝 I think gameplay-wise my main note might be?... simplify? It felt very slow to get into the gameplay (before mosquitos appear), and I almost wish I just hit space or E to wake up and try to smack as many mosquitos as I could so I could get back to sleep. But the longer you stay awake, the more annoyed you get, and (maybe harder to hit?) Like maybe your 'fly-swatter' cursor is a bit more wavy and inaccurate the more tired you are? (My main instinct was to just click the mouse to smack them). The mini-game was cool... but sort of took me out of it a bit, and because the slider didn't stop when you hit or missed, was hard to tell when I was successful. The score could maybe be simplified a bit too. 😛 I felt a bit like this when it appeared: math_meme_small.jpg Maybe I'm not good at maths. lol 😬 🤣 Great work though! |
| Oct 11 12:19:59 | 20h 32m | Please Find Them | ♥ 4 | WOW!! This is so great!!! The art is top notch and super polished. Looks amazing. 😍 I was super immersed in each house. I'm amazed you had this much variety and so many houses in this amount of time. 😱 Some of the hints got very complicated as you got further in and my brain got tired. LOL I loved the feel of going through the doors, and the nice transition between rooms was a nice little detail. The design and animation of the little creatures was my fav!! Really great entry. |
| Oct 11 12:38:27 | 18m 28s | Espionausage: Wiener Takes All | ♥ 1 | I think some extra UI feedback might be good. I love me some blackjack or poker based games, and this seemed like it would be a funny take on that.. I loved the vibe and characters. 😆 :) I was very confused at first. And it was unclear when the dealer won or what happened at the end of each hand. Some UI feedback would help there I think. If you just wait too long, the game crashes too. I had to try again after reading the directions... but I still was a bit confused on how to cheat etc. I loved this concept though!! |
| Oct 15 15:18:34 | 98h 40m | Mini Monster Market | ♥ 1 | Great game!! Loved the concept. You guys created a LOT of creatures for a jam too. 👀 😄 The music and art came together for a fun vibe. (Because of the intensity, I wouldn't have minded the move speed just a touch faster...so I could store more in boxes). But I loved running my little creature shop! 😊 |
| Oct 15 15:27:17 | 8m 43s | Tiny Takeout | ♥ 1 | This looks awesome!!! 😍 I loved how interactive and 'sandbox-y'/sim everything is. It did make it VERY hard to fulfill even one order though, but I liked how clunky and noob employee I felt. Added to the humor. lol. 🤣 I would maybe make the timer on the customers more forgiving? So you can manage to get a few orders maybe? Even when I had a cup of coffee made, I didn't know where to stand to give it the customer. But the shop looks so cool and I love the mood. |
| Oct 17 09:17:33 | 41h 50m | Miku's Minion Madness | ♥ 2 | Nice! You went for the 'tiniest' creatures! 🕵 lol. Took me a sec to figure out how to play, but it's intuitive enough, I caught on pretty quick! I love the sound effects!! |
| Oct 17 10:18:37 | 1h 01m | Critter Conflict | ♥ 3 | The huge bosses look awesome!! 😮 I also suck at the game. 😝 |
| Oct 17 10:22:00 | 3m 23s | A Little Garden Prank | ♥ 1 | I wish I could play this one. Been on my list from the start... but for some reason UE games give me an error on my PC... 😢 |
| Oct 17 10:33:06 | 11m 06s | Snail away | ♥ 1 | WOW! This is AWESOME!! In so many ways... the art style... music... super satisfying mechanics... My fav might be the stretchiness when you launch off a mushroom. Feels so fun. Being able to stick to all kinds of surfaces and defy gravity in that form is also a nice take on what you would normally expect. The way the snail conforms to the surfaces is FANTASTIC. 😄 😍 This is one of my top entries I think. |
| Oct 17 10:54:40 | 21m 34s | Hamster Shelter | ♥ 0 | Wow, this was really cool! The art is incredible. And the hamster movement is mesmerizing. Super addictive. Having to destroy a tile after upgrading felt painful... I kept wishing I could just move tiles around sometimes. But I think that might break some of the fun of this. The hamster info UI was 👌 SO helpful to have the controls and info super handy right there. It really made the experience that much more enjoyable. |
| Oct 17 11:03:36 | 8m 56s | Fairy Haven: The Search for Home | ♥ 2 | Wow. Epic battle of the squirrels!! I knew I shouldn't have messed with them. 😬 😆 This brought me back to some old text adventures! So great!! |
| Oct 17 12:29:24 | 1h 25m | Would You Still Love Me? | ♥ 1 | The mood is so great!! And that music... 💗 It's a subtle thing, but I actually really liked how much character your dialogue boxes had. It added so much to the experience! Nice work! (on a separate side note, just checked out your YouTube channel... you have some great vids on there!) |
| Oct 17 12:40:34 | 11m 10s | TINY PACK | ♥ 3 | The art and gameplay... OMG. 😮 It's astounding what you accomplished in 48 hrs. Damn. Really cool entry. I now have a lot of guilt losing so many of those cute little critters... 😭 😂 |
| Oct 17 12:47:25 | 6m 51s | Blobbies | ♥ 0 | Such a great vibe!! And so much polish!!! My gosh. It's so good. Really nice progression of difficulty too. Outstanding. |
| Oct 17 14:58:57 | 2h 11m | Blob, To the Top! | ♥ 2 | This was SO great!!! 😄 I loved the way the blobs changed as they stuck to each other. And tossing them around the level was a blast. I do wish the charge up was a tad faster. (my fps wasn't great on my old PC either, so maybe that was a factor?)... But this had such a nice 'toy' factor. So many amazing details too... and the level transitions were really nice. 👌 The amount of levels and polish you were able to cram in. Wow. This is such a top entry. |
| Oct 17 15:16:39 | 17m 42s | Jelly Gang | ♥ 1 | OMG. 😱 This was FANTASTIC. I loved absolutely everything about this. Such a unique take on the controls too. It's so well designed. From the art to the sound to level design... wow. Such a nice simple graphic style. But they feel so cushy and bouncy. It's so much fun moving a big cluster around. It's weird when you come across a game that was a similar idea to what you had at one point, but then does it SO SO WELL. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. 😂 😭 🤣 SO WELL DONE. 💓 🙌 11/10 |
| Oct 21 14:59:50 | 95h 43m | Carrot Patch | ♥ 1 | Grey carrots are bad mmmm k? I couldn't tell if the purple gave me a boost, but I like to think they did. 😄 The rabbit explosion was really well done and the sounds were SPOT ON!!! So good!! I loved this entry overall. 🥕 🐰 |
| Oct 21 15:24:16 | 24m 26s | RPigG | ♥ 1 | This was a super cool concept!! And really cute art style and vibe all around. 😍 😊 It did take me a sec to get the controls and gameplay. (Even after reading the tutorial a few times). I pressed everything but spacebar at first. 😝 And blew all my stars as I was just clicking the arrows. 🤣 But after I figured out the movement, it all clicked. Really unique concept. I really got into it and got MUCH further my second play through. 😂 I can't believe how many levels and enemies you got in here. 😮 Once you get into later levels, the trade off between just taking a hit and using stars becomes really important and a lot higher stakes. I really like the progression and having some easier levels at first to get the concept. I did feel like all my treasure chests were bogus near the end tho. Which made me feel like I wasted some stars toggling to it. Those would be really useful then. (Even though I like the risk). I also wasn't sure what the broken hearts or broken shields did? I'm guessing they busted a heart container or shield? But it didn't give me any UI feedback. If those worked, it would've been crazy hard. LOL. This was super awesome!! I loved it! Really nice work. (I also started learning Construct before Unity and have a deep fondness for that engine and greater appreciation for games made in it :). |
| Oct 21 15:36:14 | 11m 58s | Adelie - When We Were Young | ♥ 2 | @rickylee @itsboats @kuviman How TF did you guys do that?? Omg. That's impressive. I got 210. Eat that. 🤣 |
| Oct 22 12:38:56 | 21h 02m | Summony Flute | ♥ 1 | This was a really cool premise and gameplay loop. As others have mentioned, maybe having a smaller enemy to encounter first would ramp players into the combat part? My first group was massive and intimidating. (And honestly felt like a mini-boss), and I had barely summoned a bird. I love the idea of playing the instrument with gestures and summoning creatures that way, but I had some bug where it was trying to draw off screen at times, and didn't recognize my shapes then. (I also think drawing the shapes with a mouse was difficult, touch controls would be easier). And I think that part hindered my experience a bit. But this is such a cool entry! And very unique. |
| Oct 22 12:51:27 | 12m 31s | Candyween | ♥ 1 | SO ADORABLE!!! 🙀 😍 Moving the little kittens around is so cute. Love the moody witch girl too... all of this has such a great vibe. I had a hard time finding the candies at first. Maybe that's part of it, but they are really hard to see, so made it difficult to know what I was trying to do before reading the full tutorial. It was also a bit unclear how to use my kitty powers to help against the dogs too. But overall, I loved this! The art and animations are so well done. Nice job!! 😺 |
| Oct 22 12:59:09 | 7m 42s | Sounds Familiar | ♥ 2 | Cute little game! That piano track was amazing! |
| Oct 22 13:55:57 | 56m 48s | Defenders of the Crystal Skull | ♥ 2 | This was great!! Art, sound and vibe are so killer. 👌 Possible quality of life tweaks? (that might make the experience even more fun/enjoyable?)... 1) Keep the skeleton type selected in the UI. So the player can just keep clicking to place that type of unit. Would make it fun and easier to just place a bunch of grunts etc. (It's a minor thing, but having to click back on the right side constantly made placing units get really tedious). 2) Maybe some upgrade/progression to unlocking new units? So you start with just base grunt, then after killing so many enemies, or leveling up, you unlock ranger etc. 3) I kept wanting to zoom in sometimes :) I did love being able to place units anywhere tho. Reminded me a bit of a super old game bungie did (myth?). Loved it! 😄 |
| Oct 22 14:43:34 | 47m 37s | Build The Sun | ♥ 1 | OMG. This is incredible. 😍 😊 I actually had to stop myself from playing because I needed to do other stuff, and I could literally play this for hours. It's so fun and satisfying. Such an engaging loop, and the music and art and everything make for a very chill relaxing experience. I loved the little jump into the slots animation. It's so dang cute. 😄 The upgrade style reminded me of Kingdoms and I absolutely LOVE that game. There is something so gratifying and tactile about it. This game takes that fun interaction and makes a very new and unique experience out of it. There is so much I loved about this I could go on and on... I wanted to keep exploring and building out my colony all day. I only had one bug that kind of hindered things for a bit, and that's when I lit my second fire, my fire scout guy stopped working.. .he didn't light up the path any more which made it difficult to explore. But then that fixed as soon as I upgraded that fire. I am absolutely blown away by this entry. I really want to play a full game of this now. 😆 🔥 I wouldn't be surprised if you guys are one of the top overall entries. Definitely deserve it. 🙌 |
