robotsoulsgames 2017-04-26 22:35
I like the graphics, but it's just too dang hard, and I'm not really a puzzle person, so I never finished.
The puzzles seem pretty well thought out, though.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD38 → The Mother of All Games
By sorceress
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 29 | 4.14 | 30 | |
| Fun | 94 | 3.82 | 30 | |
| Innovation | 247 | 3.39 | 30 | |
| Theme | 278 | 3.64 | 30 | |
| Graphics | 237 | 3.89 | 30 | |
| Audio | 127 | 3.71 | 30 | |
| Humor | 221 | 3.08 | 27 | |
| Mood | 64 | 4.03 | 28 |
I like the graphics, but it's just too dang hard, and I'm not really a puzzle person, so I never finished.
The puzzles seem pretty well thought out, though.
Woah dude! What made you make 10 games? Just why? :D
I like the music and the simplicity. Allthough I don't quite get the overworld - there seems to be nothing but a cat to be found. I really dig the puzzles in the first few (songs?). I didn't like the asteroids very much and the last level of snake just broke me. So that's pretty much how far I got.
Nice entry, the only thing I'd wish for would be a restart level button. Especially in the second stage of the keys puzzle I had to restart from the overworld a couple of times because there was no place to kill myself for a quick restart.
cheers~
Yeah, snake was the hardest. Took almost half an hour to finish that level alone. Some games are pretty easy. Others have a varying degree of difficulty. I like how almost every game has a puzzle aspect.
I was debating if I should give overall five stars or not. But just thinking of a sheer amount of work put into these games, I thought it deserves it. Great work!
An interesting collection and tribute to simplistic and effective mechanics of classic games. The ability to play any game at any time and finish them all in a non-linear order was an enjoyable surprise and a good design decision, because otherwise your game may become too tiresome for some players.
The lack of a restart button was unpleasant for me as I basically had to complete the same levels over and over again to reach the one where I had failed during the previous attempt. Hope you'll add it in a postjam version.
It was a lot of fun to discover all the different games you implemented!
I read your post mortem and I don't agree that the levels are too easy now. That game with the shooting guys (it was the first one I played, don't know if they are randomized) seemed impossible to beat after the first level. Maybe I missed something important but I couldn't figure out a way to shoot at them without being hit.
The mini-golf game was by far my favorite!
I also liked the mood you set on the planet surface a lot. Music choice :thumbsup:
Overall, well done :)
Hi ;)
Very cool games although some are quite difficult to master. Nice simple graphics and cool background music.
Fitting entry for a OneHourGameJam veteran!
Congrats for actually making 10 (more like 11) games in a week-end. All of them turned out to be polished enough to be enjoyable by themselves. They all have a cohesive art-style, and the overworld bind them together in an interesting way. While I was a bit confused at first like @elzach, after understanding the ocarina & playing a couple games I ended up considering the overworld as just a hub gathering all the companions I got from my adventures. The animals AIs were a nice touch!
Here's the game order I got:
* Sokoban - Nooo I'm bad at this! It eventually turned out less frustrating than expected. I looked for a restart button at some point, pressed Escape, got the lesson, then started killing myself when I needed to ;) * Key rooms - I never played that kind of game, but it was intuitive & level 3 was interesting. * Frogger - Easy & fun, maybe the best art. I would have loved if it lasted a bit longer! * Snake - Level 3 was a bit too long, I think it might scare away a few players. Thankfully I didn't get it as the first game! The immediate feedback when rotating confused me a bit - this plus the music of a different tempo made it a bit hard to follow the rhythm. After 3 attempts I removed my headphones to finish that one :P * "Helicopter rescue" - Nice find! Thanks for the permissive hitbox. The gameplay I'm used to doesn't clamp the speed, making it more challenging but also more fun I think. * Shooter: At first I thought I just had to avoid the enemies until I could touch them. Then I remembered the Space key was a thing. Great idea! I wondered whether it was based on a classic I didn't know. At first the fact that the controls weren't twin-stick felt a bit frustrating, but I quickly got the hang of it. The level design was good, making me want to come back for more. Level 3 in particular is complete mayhem, loved it!
*(part 2)*
* Asteroids: It played well, but it felt like a little something was missing. And sure, the original game had a little difference in that asteroids "looped back" into the level from the other side: I realized this clever detail really made a huge difference in terms of difficulty, maybe in terms of immersion too (not sure why but having asteroids loop makes things feel more like "space"...?). * "Ice sliding": I know that kind of game in & out (used the mechanic for LD35), and passed through it like an expert. * Mini-Golf: Totally unexpected! Plus the game turned out to be well implemented (in particular letting the player "climb on walls" prevented gameplay issues, clever). * Platformer: I was hyped for a Tetris given the game icon, like a final message saying "Yes, I made 9 games plus Tetris". Classic platforming, but it worked well.
Apart maybe from the Snake & Helicopter mini-games, all of them have been IMO implemented perfectly and were comfortable to play. All of them but the Shooter were 100% intuitive to pick up.
If the mini-games were less balanced, making them randomly appear would be a bold move! But here unless you start with Snake I think it works well. Oh and the music/sounds were great, I never grew bored despite needing a good 15/20mn to finish the game.
Definitely a delightfuly Ludum Dare entry. I enjoyed most of the little games, but my favorite part is the overworld with all the details!
- Really nice puzzle game . I enjoyed completing it
Hi. :) This took me back to the days when I had those old handhelds that had 30 or so mini games in them and I loved that.
Some great things: - Monkey birds are so adorable. - I love the music. For some reason, I'm getting Aztec-esque vibes from the puzzle track. - The puzzles are pretty well designed. They were easy enough for me to pick up without a tutorial, even when I'm not familiar with the game they are based off of (if so). - I love the cat. - I love how the cat gets scared when you summon another puzzle piece. - The puzzles are consistent in their design, but different enough that you can tell them apart from each other.
Some issues and such: - In the snake game, perhaps the player should not start moving until they press the arrow keys. I also agree that the immediate feedback of the game is confusing and - In the platformer with the keys, I'm not really a fan of the player bouncing when they land on a platform. Not to mention the jump sound effect seems to go overboard as I am walking through a passage that is exactly one block high. - There was an option to Continue on the menu, but the game doesn't seem to save. I completed 8 of the 10 mini games before quitting. - An option to restart within a level would have been helpful. - It appears that you can summon a different puzzle in the same spot once you beat the previous one. Essentially, I could summon a bunch of puzzles within a short distance of each other and not have to move. This is really a minor nitpick, but I would have liked to have the different puzzle games spaced out around the world so that there is a reason to actually move around the world instead of staying in one spot. But I suppose it does make it more convenient to start playing the next game with your current mechanic. Imo it just defeats the purpose of the theme.
Other than that, this is certainly one of the more polished games I've played in this LD. The art, audio and variety of gameplay stand out for me here. Awesome work!
This was challenging. I love small challenging games, but for LD reviews there is no so much time to play a lot, I should try next weekend again. Snake controls a bit frustrating, especially on level 3. I hope you'll add a restart button for a certain level, not the whole minigame.
The Mother of All Games - this is true. Also, nice cat :slight_smile:
Whoa! 10 games in 72 hours! Nice!
Lovely planet, nice birds and cat. Took me a while until I understand I have to use the ocarina to get the games... Perhaps easier to just spread them out on tha planet.
The helicopter game was quite hard but I finished it. The snake pacman level was so hard I stopped at that one. I've finished all the others so it's really fine.
40 minutes
1 cat
9 monky birds
0 snakes
The amount of content is staggering. Levels mostly made sense (except snake, which is insane). I liked the top down keys puzzle because it required thinking. It was a bit annoying that you could move in small steps even though the important resolution was whole squares. It led to accidental opening of some doors which required restart (was there a restart button? I didn't find one, so had to do levels 1&2 over again a few times I think) The guns puzzle was the right mix of twitch and thought.
On the overworld everything is pretty, and the cat is amusing.
Anyway, one of the more impressive entries I've seen this LD!
Ugh! The last snake level... :persevere: I don't know how long it took me to beat it...
Nice minigame collection! I couldn't get some of the references, but overall I enjoyed it.
The background of the minigames was quite cool! Characters and the hub world were... "less good", in comparison. :slight_frown: Unfortunately, that created an expectation of the game could had been if you had more time for enhance all assets...
The songs also quite good, and the hub world theme seemed fitting!
Wow. This game is amazing, especially for a solo effort! Great job!
An amazing amount of content put in from such little time! Though that damn snake lvl 3, the speed was just off of what I was expecting and any lapse in concentration and I'd turn early and lose..
You must have been very busy that weekend, there's a ton of stuff to do! Pretty challenging collection of games which only adds to the fun, and nice graphics & music too! Great job getting it all done in time, I would never be able to do all that solo XD
Wow...simple as the game mechanics may be, creating the levels, tweaking them and tying them all together with the overworld screen surely sounds like a massive amount of work, did you get any sleep at all during the jam? ;)
The level of polish in all areas is no short of impressive either. At times I felt the reaction times on the snake minigame were a bit oversensitive, but other than that and some minor issues (in minigames with no way to die a restart button would have been nice, for instance), you've nailed it. I managed to get all the monky birds plus the cat :smiley:. Sound effects were nice, especially on the overworld, and the music was subtle enough so it didn't get to feel particularly repetitive even if I spent quite a while playing.
This is an incredible entry, congratulations!
I'm shocked at how much is completed for this game. The minigames were all challenging to a good point, but I thought there should have been a restart option for each level... especially the top down key puzzle because I kept opening the wrong doors by walking next to them. Having to start all over again was a little frustrating. All these games packed into one entry is very impressive though! Nicely done.
Really impressive game. Love the art, love the music, love the overall tone (love the reaction the cat has to the ocarina portals). Really enjoyed the range of gameplay you put in this, everything felt far more polished than I would have expected from a game with this many different mechanics. Everything, except level 3 of snake, that is. That just killed me over and over and I wanted to punch my computer. OTHER than my rage issues, this was a lot of fun.
Those mini games were a blast. I love the polished look of everything and I too some notes so I'd remember to try and use them in my game next dare. Many of the other review you have already touched upon some of the issues so I won't repeat them here. I will say that I had fun playing your game and its something I could see myself play again well after the dare is over.
fantastic game! or 10 games, I should say. All nice and clear graphics, gameplay and music! Great stuff. I think snake was hardest, but still was fun. The road crossing game looks amazing :D
The transitions and general mood of the game is really good. I don't know how you had time to add animation to Sara cat when she's scared in addition to implementing 10 (!) games. If I had a hat I'd take it off. Good work!
I am really impressed by the number of games you managed to make in such a short time! I guess doing 1500000000000 1HGJs did actually help ;-)
Let's see what I remember of the individual games. Most were working perfectly, some had some small bugs. A key to restart a level would have really helped me in the game where you had to collect the keys in the top-down view. In this game, I also accidentally hit the wrong doors unintentionally a few times, which meant I had to restart from level 1. I think the same turn based movement as in the Sokoban clone would have solved that problem.
The third level in the snake game was a bit too long for me. I cannot quite say why, but I had some problems with the movement in this game, sometimes turning too early, sometimes too late. I remember the controls on my old Nokia Snake to work a bit tighter. Sorry, I cannot really say why that is. In the third level then, it was excruciating to finish almost the whole level but then crash into a wall shortly before finishing.
The top-down bullet hell was a bit hard to play even once I figured out the right order in which to kill the enemies. It sometimes needed some very fast move-turn-shoot-move sequences, that I failed to do repeatedly. Maybe a tiny bit lower firing rate for the enemies would have been better.
The platformer worked well, just the movement felt a bit detached from the input, but in the end I had no problem with it (also, when jumping into a one tile high opening, the jump sound was played repeatedly and rapidly).
The rest of the games worked perfectly for me, I think. Especially Sokoban and the one where you can only move in a straight line and always move as far as possible were great. Nice puzzles, not too hard to solve, but not too easy either.
There's a small graphical glitch when sprites move or the screen shakes. In that case, there was sometimes a small, one pixel high line below the sprite or tile. I've seen that problem in many games, including many of my own. The solution was usually to floor() the tile and sprite positions and camera translations. This way texels line up with pixels again.
A few words about the graphics: The sprites look gorgeous! Especially Monky Bird and Sara Cat are super cute and the animations are beautiful! The overworld's design did not fit the graphics style of the minigames perfectly (bigger pixels, polar coordinates), but the difference was small enough to only notice when you really want to nitpick ;-)
The music was not annoying, even after listening to it for about an hour, which is an achievement in itself.
Also, despite my small annotations, I am *really* impressed. Each of your minigames is better and has more polish than 90% of LD games, and you made 10, not 1. Very good job!
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