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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | breadstick's comment | |
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| Apr 8 07:18:16 | Into The Depths | ♥ 1 | A fun little building puzzle! It does take time to figure out what you're supposed to be doing, but once it finally clicked, it's an interesting logistics puzzle. A nice amount of content! | |
| Apr 8 07:33:09 | 14m 53s | Ludum Dare 57 Depth Of A Phrase | ♥ 1 | A nice little wordsearch-esque puzzle! It's a bit difficult without hints, but with the inclusion of the hints, they're generally not too bad to find. The info at the top with the letter counts was super helpful, too. Nicely done! |
| Apr 8 21:16:18 | 13h 43m | Used To Be | ♥ 4 | What an awesome little slice of moody storytelling! It reminded me of a hybrid between Control, some Escher-like drawings, and a moody puzzle game. The art direction is immaculate given the jam time constraints. The post-processing might be a little heavy (my laptop was sweatingggg just to play this game) but it also looks great. The rotation got a little bit glitchy, but I was able to avoid clipping out of maps on rotation if I just jumped before pressing the rotate key. Awesome work! |
| Apr 8 21:21:20 | 5m 02s | Profundo | ♥ 0 | A nice little start of a game--reminds me of the sort of game that would go great in an arcade cabinet. My one and only gripe is that things moved a little too slowly early on--speeding everything up and making the game go on for longer might've made things even more enjoyable. Nicely done! |
| Apr 8 21:26:58 | 5m 38s | Dream-Scape | ♥ 2 | I'm encountered a weird bug with the web build where, after bouncing on the little bounce pad in the second area, and then jumping to the high platform, my game is kicked back to the beginning as though it were restarted. It's done this three times now :( |
| Apr 8 23:38:28 | 2h 11m | Fish Photography | ♥ 1 | A nice little callback to the flash game era! My one and only complaint is that this man needs to upgrade his camera equipment... talk about a slow photo warmup :( (fastfish was a monster to catch, but satisfying when I finally cornered him) |
| Apr 8 23:41:32 | 3m 04s | Hooking Back | ♥ 0 | The page at the link doesn't seem to have the game embedded :( |
| Apr 8 23:54:20 | 12m 48s | Sinking of you | ♥ 1 | A cute little puzzle game as Mr. Fantastic prepares for date night! Very polished visually with a lot of effort expended in presentation--you don't often see voice acting in jam games! Some of the puzzle mechanics are clever, but I do wish they'd been harder to solve. I'd also say that, while the dialogue was endearing, by the tenth consecutive "whoopsies dropped it again" I was hoping for a 'skip' button so that I could get back to the puzzle solving. |
| Apr 10 02:50:26 | 26h 56m | DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS | ♥ 1 | Wow, the level of polish across the board in this game is really, really impressive! It's nice to see a game that is narrow in scope, but developed to such a nice level of quality within the confines of that scope. The gameplay might be simplistic, but all of the elements here (art, animations, sound design, and even game *feel*) are really impressively rendered--and perhaps most importantly, it's fun to delve deeper and deeper in the cave! Very impressive work! |
| Apr 10 03:32:26 | 42m 00s | Noesis | ♥ 2 | This game does a great job of cultivating an uncomfortable vibe--the art and sound all work well together. The gameplay itself is a bit unforgiving--the maze launches you back to the start at the slightest walltouch, and every time your sanity runs out, you're thrown all the way back to the beginning (needing to advance through the dialog cut-scene again). I know death/failure needs to have some sort of penalty, but a slightly more forgiving system might reduce player friction! Either way, nicely done as a cool, moody piece of work |
| Apr 10 04:23:10 | 50m 44s | Deep Blue | ♥ 1 | What an excellent piece of storytelling! It's a joy to see a game (really, more a narrative experience) where all of the pieces fit together so nicely. The art, sound, and story all really complement the mood; the separate little mechanics (the morse, the chess) have great thematic interplay; and the narrative contributes to a sense of pathos that really makes this game stand out from the others I've played in this jam. I've played plenty of games this jam made by entire teams of people that feel substantially less 'complete'--this one is all the more impressive being a one-man effort. I expect to see this game finish very high in the rankings! |
| Apr 10 04:34:41 | 11m 31s | rumination | ♥ 0 | Whoa, this was impactful! Sometimes I find myself categorizing games as being something separate from art--more like a toy, as though it were meant to provide nothing more than idle diversion or amusement. Every now and again, I'm reminded that games can also be an excellent medium for emotional expression--as artistically rich as any capital-A "Art" can be. There's deep pathos in here; as you sink and read the ruminations, the whole package--sound, the animation, the art--all proves a very effective means to convey both mood and mindset. I might not have a lot of personal connection to the thoughts expressed by the sinking character, but I was still very stirred by this short experience--the empathetic bridge formed by this game was strong enough to trigger some deep introspection in myself. |
| Apr 10 06:16:17 | 1h 41m | Mariana's Secret | ♥ 2 | A really great visual style! The pixel art is gorgeous for the enemies and environment both; as others have said, adding in some sound would really elevate the experience, but it's a fun little exploration game as it is! I wasn't sure how to defeat the demon in the deep (my gun didn't seem to do anything) so it just sorta chased me around for a while. Hope to one day be able to make some kalamari out of him |
| Apr 10 06:25:21 | 9m 04s | Into the depths | ♥ 3 | An excellent little horror game with an awesome visual style! The battery charge on the light running out is an effective mechanic for driving up the fear factor--and the attacks from the enemy are satisfyingly spooky little jump scares. Overall, the feelings of exploring dark caves chased by something frightening reminded me of the Forest (in a good way). Nicely done! |
| Apr 10 06:30:37 | 5m 16s | Into The Mousehole | ♥ 2 | Wow, this feels like an arcade cabinet game (in a good way). Really well done on all fronts: the visuals are nice, the controls feel smooth, the music and sound complement the retro feel--the whole package has all of its elements nicely aligned to the same sharp vision. Really great game here! |
| Apr 10 06:38:00 | 7m 23s | Fifty Floors of Flavor | ♥ 1 | I actually really liked the effect of the audio clip continuing when you made your selection... it made something simple (just WASD movement and looking) feel like it was driving dialogue, which is not an easy effect to implement. Nicely done! |
| Apr 10 06:44:36 | 6m 36s | Escape From GR0K Tower | ♥ 1 | A nice little platformer game where you're racing against the clock! The particle effects and music give the game a sense of momentum and urgency; the art is nice as well. Overall, a fun little game! |
| Apr 10 06:58:27 | 13m 51s | harvest the valley :) | ♥ 1 | grandpa rises again :') |
| Apr 11 05:33:54 | 22h 35m | Depthshift | ♥ 2 | Wow, this game was a breath of fresh air! I haven't seen any other games that took the theme in this same direction. While it's true, it hurts your eyes after a time (it feels like I've lost my glasses, haha) it's still remarkable that you were able to build a game around such an unconventional mechanic--I've never seen any games quite like this one! The music is great, the art direction is excellent (building to a really specific, interesting vibe)--overall, a great little puzzly platformer with a memorable core mechanic! |
| Apr 11 05:46:27 | 12m 33s | Treasurefall | ♥ 1 | A really solid base you've built here! The core mechanics remind me a bit of Spellrogue or Dicey Dungeons, both of which are excellent games. The shop is an unexpected and nice touch, with the atypical dice giving this its own unique flavor above and beyond what those other mentioned games have available. It succeeds at drawing me in and makes me want to try again to finally get a broken set of dice. Really great work with UI and animations--especially considering how brief these jams are! |
| Apr 11 05:59:50 | 13m 23s | Dark Depths | ♥ 2 | What an awesome little atmospheric horror game! Big Subnautica vibes mixed with something eldritch and horror-adjacent (not that Subnautica wasn't occasionally those things, too). The sonar animation was great, the environment was suitably spooky and felt large. Really really impressive effort--especially given how brief the jam period was! |