itero-proto 2026-04-20 14:57
gameplay trailer https://youtu.be/KDLjrmC1Ziw
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD59 → THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE
By itero-proto
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 692 | 3.14 | 64 | |
| Fun | 656 | 2.98 | 64 | |
| Innovation | 649 | 2.98 | 63 | |
| Theme | 713 | 2.96 | 64 | |
| Graphics | 494 | 3.61 | 64 | |
| Audio | 378 | 3.38 | 64 | |
| Humor | 354 | 2.94 | 61 | |
| Mood | 683 | 3.11 | 64 |
gameplay trailer https://youtu.be/KDLjrmC1Ziw
I've converted them all to stone (?), then they followed me and I lured them into the portal (?). I'm a bit confused xD. But it was fun figuring it out, although I'm sure I missed something :D
@timo5034 There are several options for winning or losing 😉 Thanks for playing my game 😃
I liked the start menu a lot. I have not understood the X (for quitting I suppose) so I smash it multiple times, but except that, it's lovely. I think it takes a long time to transform enemy to stone and after exploding them, and the drop is very rare (maybe my luck). The enemy doesn't kill us when they dash in us? Except for that, and the graphics resolution being very different between sprites, i liked the game. Good job :thumbsup:
Really neat game! Got 4 endings (sad, mushrooms stolen, crazy, and good). Love how there are multiple win/lose conditions!
Interesting game — nice UI and a consistent art style.
@loki-drams NPCs turn into people like you randomly for 3 to 5 seconds in my opinion) They don't hurt you, but they get in the way (especially when there are a lot of them) Thanks for playing) 😊
@sariiger 😃 I am very glad that you liked my game) and thank you for your feedback. Good luck!
@anku thank you for feedback 🤗
A rather confusing gameplay experience, but I managed to complete the game with two endings.
wow. its me! nice visual style. image 29.png
Cool Artstyle and menu design. Would be cool to have different enemy designs or the player to have different weapons.
Cool visual style, really
@psevdonim Thank you for playing my game and leaving a comment 🤗
@nkvz Слой 2.png Yes, there are similarities 😃 Thanks for the feedback!
@nullmoxy Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you played my game 😊
@maksim-terskov Thanks for the comment. Good luck! 😉
A fun game with good graphics. The sounds could use some work — the laser sound is a bit annoying.
#### RU Сначала я ничего не понял. Потом я снова ничего не понял. Но затем я осознал, что ничего не понял. Это всё, что я понял.
Автору есть над чем поработать, но даже так игра уже весёлая, хоть и немного непонятная :) По визуалу, звукам и дизайну всё в игре хорошо, надо поработать над понятливостью :)
#### EN At first I didn't understand anything. Then I didn't understand anything again. But then I realized that I didn't understand anything. That's all I understood.
The author has some work to do, but even so, the game is already fun, even if it's a bit confusing :) The visuals, sounds, and design are all good in the game, but the game needs to work on its clarity :)
My favorite part was definitely the monster designs
@tryam yes, I later realized that it wasn't a very good sound for something that would be played frequently. Thank you for your feedback 😊
@pacelin it didn't take a couple of minutes and hundreds of mouse clicks to figure it out 😉 thanks for the comment 🤗
@stormdrill really? and I only spent about an hour working on them) I wish I could have added character animations. They would have been even more attractive (or cute and ugly)
Screenshot_5.png 👈 this is great! why don't I dream about this? 😁
I liked the graphics and the follow feature that triggers after damaging enemies. The sound effects could be improved, overall great game, enjoyed it.
@abiral Of course, it can always be done better. Thank you for playing my game 🤗👍
@itero-proto Looks like you’re pushing the limits in 2D, while I’m focusing on the 3D side of things. To be honest, I’ve started many projects before, but this is the first time I’m actually pushing through to release! Thanks for checking out my portfolio 😉 Honestly, I could never pull off 2D sprites like you do
a little confusing. some nice presentation going on. it felt a bit like i didn't have much control over the enemies taking the mushrooms
@theg you can influence their mushroom picking (beam), or you can not. they move in a random direction 😁
I love the art style! And the gameplay is fun. The font in the tutorial is a bit hard to read but I like its presentation and the game is not too difficult to understand so that's not a big issue. Great game! Very cool stuff.
@absolute-garbage thanks for playing and for the comment 😊🤗
Very interesting entry. The art and music is great. I especially like the characters and menu UI. I felt bad for the crying one when I converted it. I like the multiple endings. Makes it more repayable. I got the crazy ending first time but then went back and tried to avoid using the beam on them once they had been converted. The only issue I ran into was if there are a lot of converted creatures they can get you stuck in a corner. Great entry otherwise. Well done!
@roitchie this is the most difficult ending 😊 you have to make sure you don't get crushed 😄 it's difficult, but it's possible. Thank you for playing
Interesing idea, cool art, but it gets a bit to repetitive on default ending with killing all enemies one by one. I would rebalance the hp. But overall it was fun, beat the game, cool entry
@god1385 Yes, you can kill everyone, but then you won't be able to unlock the other endings. Thanks for feedback ☺️
Yeah, I killed everyone... They shouldn’t have touched my mushrooms.😈 1123123123.png
@krakadushka 😁 But there's a way not to kill anyone 😁
Визуал и звуки очень классные. Еще бы альтернативные способы управления и вообще огонь
Nice idea for the theme and zapping them was fun. I liked the graphics too, good work!
@joegreen на мышке не удобно? благодарю за отзыв 😊
@soul-grinder Thank you so much for playing my game 🤗
style is nice
good effort! i must say i really like the artstyle choices. The greyscale with just a gradient color added to it makes it pop and also focusses attention for the player.
@magus77 I'm very pleased that you like my art. Thank you and good luck with everything😉
Cool graphics !
@valentinwb Thank you ☺️ It's strange, but I didn't actually spend much time on the visuals 😳
I like the art style. the graphics and font are consistent with the overall theme. Nice job!
The game is quite fun. Nice soundtrack and effects add a lot to the funk. The palette choice yields a very interesting visual style. It feels like some animations would make a massive difference, but for a solo project it would really be hard to do push for more quality. Great job!
Nice idea and palette for the visuals! At first try I didn't get what I should do, so I was just shooting all the creatures till they explode haha. But still it was pretty fun!
I felt this game was very whimsical and had a big 2000s flash inspired flavor! the controls also reminded me of that time in gaming and I just a good, albeit short and sweet, time with it. Well done and thanks for the cool game! I got the good ending btw
Sidenote: The itch HTML5 version was broken on my end, I'm using Google Chrome
@conduit thanks for the feedback. I'll check my itch.io game now 😃
@neshtyak This is my favorite color combination 😊 thanks for comment
@shnappy Yes, I didn't have time to add animations unfortunately 😪
Interesting concept. Althought i would probably choose different controls to be more intuitive. And i like the style, with Full screen button! 😁
@sitronx thanks. I made a game for one-armed people 🤗
I loved this game so much! Especially graphics sounds and idea. Small beautiful and funny game!
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I love all cute and scary style of monsters. Cute sounds. I loved the looking of mysterious device. It looking like phone. There are a lot of beautifull ideas. I'm thrilled because it even has multiple endings. Beautifull work!
@dontgiveupboy thank you for the incredible positive comments! 🤗🤗🤗 I hope you've opened all the endings
Very nice visuals and good sounds. Overall fun game.
Pretty good game, but getting stuck on the gray enemies following you wasn't very fun :cry:
@venomousmouse @cptnero Thanks for playing my game. Good luck to you 😉😊
Cool idea of using a signal beam to make npcs more hostile, kind of like where animals become aggressive when a speaker plays a sound that humans cant here but they can. really like it. I feel that the signal beam could have had a cooldown, as it makes it fairly easy to cheese the npc's a bit, but other than that cool game. Also, really like the art style, cant wait to see where this game goes post jam.
@wizard I'm very pleased to see such feedback 🤗 after the game jam, there will probably be another game jam and a completely different game. But the visual style will be similar 😉From_The_Ground_promo.png
The concept is interesting overall—there’s already some lore and charismatic characters, but the controls felt quite unusual. Movement is generally much more intuitive with the keyboard, and user experience is important.
@pipetto Thanks for the comment! I made it for one-armed people 😊
Delightfully absurd and silly. Love the creativity in the style and goal of the game, and the multiple endings. Nice simple gameplay that works.
I'm quite confused! ^^() I don't really understand what's going on, and somehow I got the "stole all of my mushrooms" ending even though there were still clearly mushrooms on the screen. But it handled fluidly and it was an interesting experience. Graphics were pretty nice too!
My browser's audio was broken so I had to come back and try again, and the sound design is solid. Well done there!
@coda-highland well, there's a big mushroom in the game that can't be stolen) Thank you for checking out my game. And good luck 😉
I love the art style! The font in the tutorial is a bit hard to read but I like its presentation and the game is not too difficult to understand so that’s not a big issue. Very cool stuff.
@ao-85 thank you for the feedback 😉 your game will definitely be in the top
The controls took some getting used to, but the feedback from blowing up creatures with the beam feels SO GOOD. Sorry little dudes!
I like the idea of turning "npc" into enemies that chase you, but controls are weird. I would prefer for movement to be classic WSAD or Arrows. Most of the tries like 3-4 of them just lock me and I had to start over which did not felt great. The art is really well done and music is fun too!
This is a really cool little game, and the gremlins are such a fun concept! I did run into a small issue where one gremlin got stuck on the right edge of the screen and I couldn't seem to kill him. Despite that minor hitch, the overall experience was great and the polish is impressive. Truly high-quality work for a jam entry!
@tetrapteryx thank you for playing my game 🤗
@zimny11 I'm very glad that you liked it and that you didn't like it 😊😊😊
@nuclme Wow! I've never encountered such a bug! Thank you 😉