sam-horner 2026-04-20 16:05
Fun game, loved the writing and art work. It took me a second to figure out what the lights meant, but once I did, it was great fun!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD59 → Glarble's Journey to Home-Ownership
By and laura-swift
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.80 | 12 | ||
| Fun | 3.40 | 12 | ||
| Innovation | 3.50 | 12 | ||
| Theme | 4.34 | 12 | ||
| Graphics | 4.20 | 12 | ||
| Humor | 4.20 | 12 | ||
| Mood | 3.90 | 12 |
Fun game, loved the writing and art work. It took me a second to figure out what the lights meant, but once I did, it was great fun!
Really nice and polished game, I love the transitions between the different screens. The dialogues and planet destroying animations were also great, and the signal mechanic was nicely integrated. Although I was a bit unsure on how to figure out which planets had cows on. Nice work!
Really nicely polished game. I love all the interactions you get on clicking on everything around the scene. I didn't quiet understand the cow mechanic, maybe that part could be a bit more clear. Some fun humour and overall a really nice vibe. Great job.
Please make a web build. I see a very interesting idea, great art, I would be happy to play in the browser. Thank you.
This is absolutely hilarious! It’s such a fun and humorous concept. The interactive effects are really cool, too!
This is so cute I love the alien desk :heart_eyes: The art in general is very cool (pictures, planets, cow) I like the little story too it was funny.
I glarble, you glarble, we all glarble
Really appreciate you giving me the opportunity to play this [on stream.](https://www.youtube.com/live/EVIN76_gvMg?si=GpSIw2GPoS6bbPoa&t=8659)
*Full commentary in the VOD.* The tldr: There is a lot of character in this game. The aesthetics are cute and colorful, the dialogue is charming, and the gameplay is fairly simple to understand.
I was confused as to what the lights were communicating to me. In most cases I chose to harvest a planet that provided the most green lights. From what was mentioned in the chat during my playthrough, that assumption was incorrect. Still did not fully understand what I was looking for otherwise. If there is more to the pattern of the lights, there should absolutely be some kind of resource to teach me that. I do not fault jam games for not including tutorials, but something to explain any of it, even in the page description is better than none. I do think it speaks more to the design of this system and what visual language you are using to telegraph that.
Also, I earned enough credits to afford the house model on the desk, but there was nothing to do to redeem those credits and make that transaction happen. I feel cheated. All I want is for Glarble to be happy. 😭