avi 2026-10-20 00:00 ♥ 1
What a clever game!! Man the ships starting moving too fast for me. I intially thought that some flags were foreign countries and were hence hostile.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD60 → Lensmaker
By jahuth
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | LD60 | Ever | |
| Overall | 21 | |||||
| Fun | 21 | |||||
| Innovation | 21 | |||||
| Theme | 20 | |||||
| Graphics | 21 | |||||
| Humor | 18 | |||||
| Mood | 21 | |||||
What a clever game!! Man the ships starting moving too fast for me. I intially thought that some flags were foreign countries and were hence hostile.
This is excellent! I really liked getting better telescopes and having to adjust the focus! It's a very unique take on a concept we all use and don't realize. A great way to gamify something!
Really cool and unique idea. Was actually quite fun focusing the lens. I could only ever show the info about identifying the ships even the other modes...
A really fun little game with such a unique mechanic! Loved it!
Good use of shader, feels like using a camera.
Very niche mechanic that could inspire many other games.
Great entry !
The focus mechanic and shader was very cool to play around with. I like that some of the flag designs were similar to each other (especially if you're not in full focus), it adds to the difficulty. Very nice take on the theme!
This is a fun entry for sure lol, kinda need to make some wild guess without the advanced telescope and ships are approaching still, like I am not sure how to tell these flags withouth getting the num 4-5 telescope haha. But once I got those gear its a lot more clear and fun. I got some but with stars are also showing flag tutorial but over all this is fun to play. Nice Job! Snipaste_2026-10-21_23-56-11.png
Very cool idea, very unique. It does get hard to focus on some things, so I just say its enemy and shot it down. I think some basics sound effects of success or failure could really help in this game! Overall pretty cool game!
Clever idea, would be nice minigame in some pirate/sailing game. Here's my 5c: + No hiccups, + Very realistic, even with lens aberration + Good amount of content for a jam game
- Right at the beginning it was not clear which flag is hostile/friendly
It looks cool, but I would make the autofocus faster.
I had to implement raytracing for my previous two entries and the source code is available if you're interested, and for my previous entry I remember having to do something with the lensmaker's equation. That's why it's an interesting game for me.
I think the ship scenario feels the most complete. I think an endless mode for it where you keep searching for ships and if you fail to recognize hostile ship before it comes close would be fun!
I feel lik it would be just great if there was audio. Something like botanicula for the last level? But overall interesting concept and realisation! How you made telescope filters visually was certainly interesting. I liked it!
Focus effects are made pretty precisely, spent many time just to explore and enjoy how it visualized :D For me as for person with degree in optics it was fun, really good execution Maybe you should add more feedback to controls and make movement a bit more smooth - it will upgrade overall game feeling
This game is very cool but I feel it didnt manage to capture the full potential of the idea. Yet, as it is, still a fun entry. Congratulations.
