Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → DecaDare
By Erik Bria, caladrius, Polite Stories, Henzoli, lelita, Sotaroni, Callum Craig, Rubiia, Odakine, Kitkii, EddieJennings, Cheepster and Buuber
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 125 | 4.00 | 59 | |
| Fun | 78 | 4.09 | 59 | |
| Innovation | 454 | 3.47 | 59 | |
| Theme | 233 | 4.03 | 59 | |
| Graphics | 288 | 4.05 | 59 | |
| Audio | 125 | 3.95 | 59 | |
| Humor | 40 | 4.22 | 59 | |
| Mood | 216 | 3.86 | 56 |
Oh heck yes! I loved every minigame (though I struggled with the dance one. I don't know what was up with that.) The characters are adorable, the games are fun, the music is tight, and loved every second. I had a great time playing, and recorded myself so you can get even more feedback! Wonderful game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHPeC4TUw6k
@100th-coin Thanks so much for the feedback, it was great seeing somebody actually play it on video, had a great time watching it! You're actually the second person to have trouble with the bard minigame so I think we'll publish a change to the instructions when we put out the important bugfixes. It's basically supposed to be simon says (or more accurately Clefairy Says), so you watch them dance before repeating the actions, but I think the "out-dance" wording makes that unclear.
Thank you again! Glad you enjoyed it!
Really great game jam, the animation at the beginning and music really set the mood of a quick fun game show which was well delivered by the quick easy to play mini games.
That was great ! the artstyle and the pacing of the game where amazing. had a bug (or is it not one ?) where I replayed the same 2 games countless time in endless mode (dance and seagull)
would love to play a updated version whith more games in it !!!
@ch33sybacon Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@clockmaker Thanks very much for the feedback there. There is a chance you're a statistical anomaly and you just happened to generate those two games constantly, but I'll be sure to investigate what's happening there. The system at the moment picks a random game from the full set, but ensures it'll never play the same game twice. I may have to think about setting a "queue" of sorts where it won't play the same game for another 3 or so ticks
Wario Ware vibes right here. Really smart implementation of the theme and the minigames were fun to play! Though I did not really know what to do with the dancing mini game. I always was stonecold in my performance. great entry!
I remember a magazine ages ago that had a "charisma" rating for every game. I give this game a 5/5 on charisma: absurdist fun that was really well played.
Hah, that was great, loved the use of the theme and overall it was really funny. It was more fun the more I played it as well, although I gotta say I struggled with some of them like the tentacle one, as I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong. But I guess I'd figure it out with more playthroughs. Awesome stuff
Oh my god! What a stellar entry! A huge amount of work went into this - and it shows! The music and animations were jaw-droppingly good - and every scene was filled with energy and charm. I can't believe there are 2d and 3d games mixed together here - this must have been a true feat of programming. Some of the games were a little rough on my carpal tunnel - but overall, they were enjoyable, hilarious, and inspired. I did NOT expect an operation soda stream reference in a jam game - had me laughing out loud! Also, the character designs are absolutely charming - I love Grog and know he will look so fetching in those glasses (monocle?) Even the menu screen was an incredibly polished and drool-educing feast of sights and sounds. Good job team! You have outdone yourselves!
Finally got the opportunity to play this one and I'm so glad I did. Crazy what an experienced team can accomplish in only 72h. It kinda reminds me of a PSP game called XTreme Party. Very polished and a hilarious entry, great job!
This is without a doubt my favourite entry so far. Hilarious and fun in equal measure. I've always loved WarioWare, and the only thing this is missing is loads more mini-games haha.
Genuinely impressed that you managed to create this in 3 days. The Music is perfect and the artstyle is expertly crafted. Great stuff guys!
love the gameplay
The art is very charming and the game is ambitious for a LD but I think you pulled it off pretty well, good job.
Haha fun game! Good idea to have a lot of minigames instead of one big game. Nicely done :D
this is amazing! I love the humour and it has a nice style too. great work!
gotta love a warioware style game. This was really well done. Great job!
This was great! I played the normal mode a few times to make sure I'd gotten to see all the various minigames. My best run was 8. The amount of content your team made it astonishing, but I gotta say my favorite bit was how the main menu just moved the camera around to various parts of the room, really slick.
Only critique I have is that audio was a bit harsh at times. I think all the sounds were good, just different mixing levels might have helped. Mostly the TV static noise was quite loud. Nice job all around!
This game is sick! I love all the minigames. You did an incredible job with all the games and the artwork.
Haha really had fun with this! Enjoyed all the little game, the absurd presentation was great! If I had a critique I'd prefer it if it didn't repeat a game in a session if I beat it (had one round where I did the punching game four times!) because I wanted to see all your games! Other than that great job, congrats!
What a fun ride, I thought all the concepts were pretty darn funny. Even though you all (probably) divided and conquered on a lot of the minigames, it still shared a cohesion of sorts. I guess that's the benefit of going a pretty silly route, non-cohesiveness can feel intended.
The only game I couldn't figure out was the grandma one. And skimming @100th-coin 's video, perhaps he didn't either, so I could use some pointers :)
My favorite game was getting the pastry back. It wasn't terribly hard, but I enjoyed the camera movement and well, the satisfaction of getting my food back!
As I've said before, fielding such a large team is seriously impressive. And the fact that lots of the same people are sticking around is another testament to that. Well done on such an ambitious game.
Haha, this was a fantastic little jaunt! The minigames were funny and I really really hated that seagull for stealing my pasty >:( Great visual / audio design too, great job all around!
@house-trap-jay thanks so much, that genuinely means a lot to hear considering your game is my favourite of this jam as well!
@peachtreeoath Surprised to see people having trouble with the grandma one since it actually gives more progression feedback than The Beast or the seagull haha; the idea is to give her CPR, so you just press space as soon as you land. The heartbeat monitor shows you how much closer to life she is!
Thank you so much for all the wonderful feedback everybody, our team is finding it extremely heartwarming and we truly feel like this is our best jam project yet
After playing through again you're right, I do see the progression now. I think it was a couple factors for me: 1. I was mostly looking at 3 things, the hamster, the grandma's face, and the score. None of those were really changing, and that also meant I wasn't looking at the monitor gradually changing 2. After seeing no feedback when timing spacebar, I thought maybe you need to LAND on the heartbeat. So I would keep switching between the 2 hoping to see changes on the grandma's face to no avail.
Hope that breakdown gives some insight!
That's very detailed feedback, thanks @peachtreeoath! I think if we take this further we should add a third sprite of her opening her eyes briefly when you land then
Solid game! You made great use of your team size :P Each of the minigames looked great, one or two were a little unclear on what I was supposed to do, but each only lasts ten seconds so on to the next one! I think I had the same issue with the grandma one at first, the monitor didn't seem to change much as far as I could see but maybe I wasn't looking correctly. The second time I just spammed space and it seemed to work so eh :p Well done!
Fun. Tight sound design and it made me smile so.. I'd say a good game.
This game is adorable! I liked all of the art and the settings, it has a huge WarioWare vibe. All of the minigames were fun, a little too much mashing for me, but the variety was great. I wish minigames didn't repeat so much, I got a few repeats right at the beginning and I thought there were way fewer minigames than there were. Overall fantastic job!
What a game, all the minigames are great! Like many others have said I think not repeating games too much would be better, though I did enjoy stumbling upon a new one during my third replay. The art and sound design is just excellent, also funny enough that I had to see the fail screen of every possible minigame (also cracked up on the MGR reference, I could hear "It has to be this way" in my head already :D). Also great work coordinating such a large team, it ain't easy! Also really appreciate crediting/having a QA team, you can definitely see that effort in the final product!
Very good game, the presentation is excellent and I liked each game. Interesting to also see the fail state of each mini-games because some of them are hilarious. Excellent job everyone!
This is an incredible entry, really fun and just the right amount of confusion then understanding for short-lived mini-games. Made me lol a few times. In particular loved the graphic style mixing 3d and 2d in a glorious smorgasbord. Nice work!
Good work! Really nice mini games that are fun to play! Love the audio! Love the gags and humour of this :D Especially the operation soda steal :D Thank you for making this!
She deathed.
Really nice collection of mini games, like the sound as well as how the games are all self contained.
I loved this one a lot! It really emulated the deranged feel of Warioware games (in a good way). The graphics were really good for something thrown together within a game jam too! Nice work!
Funky little Warioware style game, would've been great to see more mini games as I encountered the refund and pasty ones fairly often. I also had no idea what the correct pair of glasses were. Loving the art style and audio. Great job!
That's stupid in a good way. :D
And woah, you made a whole 3d menu? A lot of mini-games? Some top-notch-stupid-but-fun-and-coherent-art? An efficient music? Some smooth transition between the different games and menus? A glitch-less game (at least everything worked fine on my computer)? Some good jokes and puns? Everything with a flawless control scheme? Coordinate a team of THIRTEEN PEOPLE????
You guys are a wonderful team, don't change anything.
Wow...Amazing! Love all these mini games, great job!
wow, a very fantastic experience. It reminded me of Miniclip flash games Which we used to play. knowing game controls by experimenting is the unique thing for me. Great Job!
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I love everything! super dynamic gameplay.
Very good job guys!
This must be one of the most original concept I have ever seen. At first I was confused at most of the mini games (first round finished with 2), but the second round I understood what I need to do and scored 9! Even though some of the mini games started to repeat. Anyway great fun! I am deathed!
Fun minigames. Great job.
Very well polished and a lot of content, especially for the short development time frame. Style, music, controls - everything went really well together. Definitely one of the best games I've played so far. Great job, people!
It's just too good xD 5/5
Awesome, very fun and interesting mini games, beautiful artworks, smooth and polished presentation, great vibe and music, UI and transition effect are very cool too!
Great stuff! absolutely loved the art (and mixing of styles) and overall presentation (the music was really fun as well). Also a lot of funny moments! Replayed it multiple times to try to catch all the the minigames. Definitely one of my favorites games from this jam(^:
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Cool game. The game looks good and plays well. Nice work.
Hi! I made a youtube shorts series where I rated Ludum Dare games and this happened to be one of them. Here is the link so you can see my feedback. This was one of my favorites that I did for the series. https://youtube.com/shorts/AWh7Uc__eMU?feature=share