tulipekoni 2020-10-04 23:21
So aestheticly pleasing concept! This takes the theme an demolishes it. Great entry, good job!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD47 → The Loop Collection
By geegaz
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 137 | 3.75 | 37 | |
| Fun | 96 | 3.81 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 156 | 3.65 | 37 | |
| Theme | 77 | 4.11 | 37 | |
| Graphics | 78 | 4.04 | 38 | |
| Audio | 383 | 2.81 | 26 | |
| Humor | 2 | |||
| Mood | 221 | 3.37 | 33 |
So aestheticly pleasing concept! This takes the theme an demolishes it. Great entry, good job!
Nice take on the theme! And of course, very beautiful visually overall. The only drawback for me was that some of the sound effects were a bit jarring and didn't match the visual aesthetic of the game (the boat crash sound comes to mind)
@tadeas-paule yep, I understand perfectly (and was expecting comments on it tbh) - I was really short on SFX at the end... ^^' Glad you took the time to play though !
@geegaz I just came across this tool in another LD entry's comments, apparently you can easily create various SFX with it. Wish I knew of it sooner! https://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html (or google sfxr if you don't want to open links)
Yep, that's what I used (Compo rules, every asset is made during the jam), I just ran out of time to make more :) It's pretty great, but mostly for retro sounds.
Wow! The game is very nice and original! 10/10 design! but a little empty without background music.
I got a lot of fun in this game!
Really impressive you managed to make not one, but 3 games! Realy like the art and the audio design escpecially on the Jungle level.
Very cool and simple idea! 3 games for the price of 1! I enjoyed playing these and they were kinda addictive. It took me a bit of learning to understand the second and third game. Wasnt sure how to move the boat and then realized it was supposed to be a fan! Nice job overall!
Awesome work ! Three very cool idea well done, with a pretty cool base (yellow goal, circle controller and flat design for the world) but each very unique in their style ! I love the art style by the way and the color fit well ! And I love how the game is playable without needed to click too (except to launch the game)
Fun fun! I liked the twist that the target added to the Pong minigame, and fanning the boat to create wind was a surprisingly intuitive control system. Maybe track the highscores of each game separately, and display the sum somewhere to encourage people to shore up their weaker scores?
Heya @geegaz , I come from a mainly action perspective so take this how you will. It's quite good if anything, but I have a few qualms I'd like to express. Let's go through the positives:
1) Simple, minimalistic(?) art that is prominent from the start to the finish. Very well done on that regard, and deserves celebration!
2) As a collage of games, I think you did well in compiling them ie. designing good short games that work as a whole package. Herein, the saying goes "the sum is worth more than its parts"! Other games that come to mind are Rhythm Heaven which also works like a compilation of games.
Very noice!
Some other qualms I have:
1) For the third game, I think it suffers from having a 3-D aspect (ie you can go behind some rocks), as it is a game that demands precision of avoiding rocks, if we don't exactly know which rocks are to be avoided and which are "somewhat-safe-to-touch", it can be a bit confusing as a whole.
2) Understandably, we were working for a short time but the lack of a music - especially in a game going for a arcade-ish/casual-ish approach can very drastically detract from the experience. Nevertheless, the game works well enough with its *very good* sound effects.
Though in this situation, I think the cons outweight the pros.
I think it's a good game, but it might not have been my kind of game. Doesn't change the fact that I always loved your art though.
Wow! That's what, like three jam games at once? Very cool collection of games, each one if fun to play. I enjoyed playing every three of them. Nicely done!
I super love the minimalistic aesthetic and the very creative use of the theme. Gameplay was simple and really fun, plus I love how you put 3 game in a collection. Overall a fantastic entry! Great job!
The boat game was very neat mechanics wise, it was fun to shake the mouse and move the fan! I also liked how each game had a visually distinct color palette. If the game continued on and each mini game got progressively more creative / wild in terms of mechanics while still maintaining the same control scheme that would have been amazing.
Also, I think the second game could be improved a bit with some lighting or something to help you better perceive how close the platforms are to hitting your spaceship.
This game is beautiful! I love the UI design and every scene is just like poster.
I love the concept of three mini games around the theme, some are quite classic but well done, my favorite is the boat's game. Your game is not that innovative but it works perfectly and is very fun !
I Like how you came up with three ideas. Each of them is so unique yet uses the circle intuitively. Love the aesthetics! Here are my thoughts on all three.
The first game feels the most polished to me. The bouncing physics is spot on and the way the bar grows and shrinks feels amazing! I would suggest to make the yellow pick-up item bigger or let it gravitate towards the ball so its easier to obtain.
The second one is very fun. The way the spaceship moves is so smooth! The only problem is the depth system is a bit off. Initially, the dark areas look like square floors, but eventually, the illusion broke and I realized they were trapezoid walls. You have to take note that the corners further away are at a different scale than the ones closer. The last one was something I have never seen before and is my favorite among the three modes. I didn't really understand in the beginning what to do. I initially thought the fan was a shuttlecock from badminton whoops. There is a bit of depth problems with the rocks going over the boat but nothing that makes the game bad. the wave and wind effects was a nice touch. The radar effect was also ingenious!
But regardless of all the bad stuff I mentioned, it is very well made! All the flaws are very tiny and dont break the game so no worries. Each game was highly addictive! The way the menu also incorporates the circle idea is fantastic! overall great game! or games!
Woow I loved this one.
Very straightforward, clear and well executed. The art is simple, the rules are simple and fun.
Here are some things that could have been even better in my opinion: On the first game, the size of the targets felt really small. On the second game, I had some lag issues (maybe due to particle effects not going well with Godot engine? The third game had a super fun idea but felt a bit slow.
Thanks a lot for this game I had fun and really loved the aesthetic 💕
Such a great concept! using the circle to create three distinct minigames is really clever! My favourite was the first, puts such a unique spin on pong, very addictive! Great job!
Awesome game, I can't believe you put three games in one, and I'm a big fan of the fact the menu is also stuck in a loop. Great submission
Really good idea and great execution!
Fun in a loop! The Pong -idea is too widely used in game jams in general. The other concepts work better, though!
The game (played on Linux, but saw it on Windows as well) felt a little laggy, especially when picking up the yellow points. The second one is similar to super hexagon, except slower. I liked that one, especially when the obstacles got more difficult around 100 points.
The boat was the hardest, but I loved all of them. Definitely a challenge, and fun to play. Could use some music, but otherwise it felt very polished and finished.
one of the best games very great art style with very satisfying control your game is just amazing :yellow_heart:
Very smooth control, polished and nice UI! Nice works. ^_^
A very simple concept executed very well. The artstyle is great (Although you can see pixels on that beacon for the dot in the boat game). I love the idea of a collection of minigames rather than one game.
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767505473?t=6h12m30s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
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Hello again! I remember you from Keep Me Breathing earlier this year, and this is another great entry (especially for the compo)! The design is very clever, but I was a bit lost in the third minigame (the sailboat). It took me long to figure out how to create gusts of wind.
Neat set of games. It's interesting to see how many things can be done with the same basic mechanic of moving something around in a circle. The first one had really nice sound on the bounces, but the rest were a bit to quiet, and sounds seemed to clip when they did play. The visual component was really polished though.