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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
202149UnstableBrainxiouscompo2403.523.023.913.943.773.003.38
202148Deeper and deeperAleph Qoph / Duatjam9293.502.913.753.943.703.512.184.15
202047Stuck in a loopRoll your Doughcompo5003.042.693.523.583.183.073.06
201945Start with nothingDeep Station Finejam9333.012.682.942.552.513.503.04
201739Running out of PowerBattery Leak!jam3.663.003.334.003.001.332.33
201637One roomThe Library of Babelcompo10
201534Two Button Controls / GrowingThe Complex Tarthusjam4663.373.053.113.423.373.4737
201532An Unconventional WeaponIrmgard Reichtscompo4773.253.152.953.203.602.803.703.2532

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Comments by ancient-pixel

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

Irmgard Reichts by Ancient_Pixel 2015-04-20T01:26:00

Sry, about that, its download only.

Irmgard Reichts by Ancient_Pixel 2015-04-27T12:36:00

Thx for the Feedback, in hindsight i could have fleshed out the game more, but then i wouldnt made it to the compo. And i think thats what ludum dare is about; how far do you get with 48h and what can you learn from the feedback :)
@johnnwfs: Yes, the dog loves eating pigeons
@plams: i will look into that.

Mag Gunner by Phil Strahl 2015-04-20T19:30:00

Nice one, unfortunately a little buggy but much fun to play!

Pebble's Bakery by simon.parzer 2015-04-27T13:58:00

Great!

Bad and Breakfast by Krisjet 2015-04-20T01:20:00

The artstyle is great, and i love the idea of shooting myself in the air with toasts! Great!

The Landscape Processor by Simon 2015-04-20T19:00:00

Warm and cosy! But i had to think a little bit to see the theme.

LD34 — Two Button Controls / Growing

Concrete Jungle by Miltage 2015-12-18T02:33:00

The feeling of the timelaps is spot on :)

CyberMayan by dx0ne 2015-12-18T12:42:00

A bit short, very short^^ but nice shader work!

Resonance by Starspell 2015-12-18T03:19:00

This was a fun pzzle game. I only had some problems with the controls because the tiles often seemed to overrotate(180), then i had to place it, delete it and place it again in the right direction(it then could jump to 90).

Pulen Boxing Championship by unpronounceable 2015-12-18T12:28:00

Oh that was fun, the start was very, probably too, slow but after the upgrade screen it was fine. The game is a bit easy though. I think if you get slower as you loose stamina it would be more difficult to dodge the enemy. If you decide to continue this game, a split screen for local multiplayerr would be much fun :)

Elevator Game by jnharton 2015-12-18T12:30:00

I unfortnately can´t start the game, because i am missing 3 dlls (love, lua and SDL)

Drunkle by Andy Gainey 2015-12-17T17:19:00

Nice one, i especially like it that you dont instantly loose if you run against a wall but there are holes so it gets more difficult.

The Complex Tarthus by Ancient_Pixel 2015-12-16T12:04:00

I´ve adressed the slow attack issue and made it quicker, but now its a bit more difficult to usw the throw, i will get it balanced eventually :) I also added 2 more enemies. I will release an updated version soon!

The Complex Tarthus by Ancient_Pixel 2015-12-17T17:15:00

@Andy Gainey: What is the resolution of your monitor and windows version? I´am afraid its a problem with the surface size on which the bars get drawn :/
Yes, the levels are randomly generated and if you are interested in the bigger and better version of the game visit me on twitter, there will be a new download soon :)

The Complex Tarthus by Ancient_Pixel 2015-12-18T03:02:00

Thx for your feedback, i´ve now added the download link to the updated version. I´ll keep on working on this and flishing it out more.

@Starspell, where did you get the "out of memory" error?

From the Deep by scorched 2015-12-18T02:36:00

I have no problems with the controls, it felt fine for me, but the sound of growing is really jarring.

Cube Wars by Chubb1337 2015-12-14T22:10:00

I really like the power ups and the graphics look vivid. It´s a bit diffcult to move and shoot at the same time bc its the same direction, but the theme is there and nicely done!

Alien Number Attack by miwuc 2015-12-28T15:26:00

Great Idea, at first i thought it would be to easy but when it hid the binary code it got challenging, the enemy graphics should be more than a number though. Maybe a body that surrounds the number. Otherwise really good!

Sky 1513 by vedmich 2015-12-18T13:01:00

The theme is well implemented in this one and the graphics are great, but i got really annoyed of not knowing why sometimes a colour got or got not into a place at my perimeter, its really difficult to figure out if it hits the field nearest or furthest to you, maybe you can fix this with shading the ones that are further away because i destroyed islands i thought would be right on spot and this ruined my otherwise, calming and meditative experiance. Loosing to the game instead my skill doesnt feel right. I hope you continue developing this, it has great potential!

Laser Jump FTW by Crashmore Studios 2015-12-18T12:37:00

Using your gun as a jetpack? Check. Feeling Badass zapping dudes? Check. Nice atmosphere and sound? Check. Overall: Nice One!

LD37 — One room

The Elevator by iossif 2016-12-13T01:10:00

Well, this was fun, im glad you went with the story and arts idea :) the only bug i noticed ist that you can sometimes give and take the same items over and over again.

The Library of Babel by Ancient_Pixel 2016-12-28T13:33:00

@Naca
There are only unique books in this library and its somehow finite, because if you wander to the "end" of the library, the last room, the last floor and the last bookshelf the numbers overflow and you get from say: 1024 to -1024. In reality you get to visit about 18 Trillion rooms for 18 Trillion floors.

LD45 — Start with nothing

tile.flip() by Move127 2019-10-28T07:16:38Z

I agree with @marcus-otterstrom , when i figured it out, there would be many situations like this and then it got frustrated, because i thought i understand the game, but the game wont acknoledge that. Other than that it is simple, beautiful and cool.

Soundmarine by Dustyroom 2019-10-13T18:22:10Z

Whoof the graphics :D It was beautiful and felt very good, but dont leave the screen.

MØN : Master Of Nothing by saintheiser 2019-10-09T20:06:16Z

I couldnt get far, but i liked it. You got the theme right and the only thing that was real bad for me, is that i almost always activated nothing when i was above it and got eaten immediately.

Nobody's Journey by Phyro 2019-10-15T18:25:30Z

I am not sure if i understood the game, but i liked it. On the second playthtough i tried to be clever and never ever click on an enemy. I could hold out for quite some time until i lost that way - as well as not using my cards and only picking one of the two top cards. A little bit of a clearer tutorialisation would be nice, other than then the game looks, feels and sounds coherent!

EEPROM by bentglasstube 2019-10-16T14:58:07Z

I liked that one, it reminded me of the human ressource machine but less abstract -> more fun! it was a bit slow though and i would have liked to just alter my list instead of clearing it completely when restarting a level.

Deep Station Fine by ancient-pixel 2019-10-10T06:15:23Z

@palemek Thank you for the kind words. Haha! There was no N in that sentence.

Deep Station Fine by ancient-pixel 2019-10-10T06:15:58Z

@nocity Oh I know what you mean, if you know what I mean!

Deep Station Fine by ancient-pixel 2019-10-10T06:16:52Z

@ladypossum My mom didnt want to play it because of the swearing, but thx mom! :)

Deep Station Fine by ancient-pixel 2019-10-11T06:57:13Z

@diptoman Thank you! I am already working on a second mission and a Dabbo minigame. So with a little bit of luck, this game will be my next main project! Be sure to follow it on itch.io to get updates :)

Deep Station Fine by ancient-pixel 2019-10-11T06:59:49Z

@dane-tesla Thx alot! You know, back in the old days, we wouldnt have something to write on and for playing we used sticks and stones. But sometimes someone of us got urt that way, so we sat around the settlements campfire and told each others stories. Boy could we tell stories...

Nothing to Say by celia14 2019-10-09T19:15:39Z

i like it when I play something and get stuck keep playing it, this was fun, sweet and charming!

Revenge of the Waffles by ristoretto 2019-10-09T19:41:32Z

Short, whacky and fun, the theme was met like every shooter would meet it. You start with nothing. I hate the theme^^

You Gotta Be Kitten Me by Silas Reinagel 2019-10-15T18:35:50Z

Cat kills roombas: ok, car kills Panzerturret: oooookay. I loved the music btw

Wicked Wanderings by Trifectuh 2019-10-10T06:37:56Z

It is cute, unfortunately the html versions does not yet have the changes in controls it seems. So it was pretty tedious to mix smth together.

Leaping Louie by mccarlp 2019-10-10T06:28:00Z

The talking was cute and the volcano exploding with the game started remark was hilarious! I couldnt understand what to do in the first tries until i got that you have to build the "bridges"

ground zero by whycardboard 2019-10-13T18:11:52Z

Looks and sounds amazing, bit short but really atmospheric.

JUST A GHOST LOOKING FOR ITS BODY by smileyface 2019-10-11T20:33:19Z

I like the idea very much, but i hated the time limit and the hitboxes of the ghost. The Arrow Keys in an isometric perspective werent the best for controlability either. However I think this could get refined into a pretty neat and unique puzzle game!

The Blue Girl by gamebuilder 2019-10-23T06:32:08Z

That are some nice doors you have there :) This was good, the game never lost me, i saw the hatch, it was locked, i knew what to do. This was a smooth experiance and the music was fitting!

King of Nothing by notapixelstudio 2019-10-11T21:32:13Z

Cool idea, but i struggled a lot with the rythms ( i played the html 5 version)

The beginning of the end by Thomas_Bringer 2019-10-15T23:55:49Z

AS many have said the controls are an issue, other than that it is a nice game. I would recommend if you go up or down, you go up right if you last pressed right and up left if you last pressed left. If there is something in the way you flip the direction.

Genesis 1 (God Simulator Procedually Generated) by Ausstein 2019-10-09T20:23:09Z

Ahaha that was fun, i would like to upload some own textures to make it more replayable.

Post mortem - last 30 sec life's memories by PabloTitan 2019-10-09T19:55:22Z

Nicely done, it was exactly as i expected it from the description, you nailed the mood.

0-Skies : A Minute's Adventure by Karanveer 2019-10-11T21:51:58Z

It was fun to try and fly the plane with as few parts as possible, but the camera and collision in the tracks corners need some work, keep it up!

Nothing left for Jim! by GreenDinoGames 2019-10-11T21:42:09Z

That was stupid fun, I would have like to run back and try to get as much points as i put down before, then it would feel more complete :)

Hold at Zero by krakadushka 2019-10-09T18:52:58Z

Very nice graphics, confusing controle. This needs some tutorialisation, enabling or complicating the controls step by step to be a fun game. Right now it is overwhelming.

The Glowing Adventure by Clickbait 2019-10-10T06:48:13Z

Cute and simle, but the character movement felt abit too floaty for me. The visual design is good though!

HONK by Tricky_Fat_Cat 2019-10-13T18:28:50Z

THe shooting sounds and feels very nice, i would have like a kick button :)

Bob Bobinson's Revange by Yonman 2019-10-11T21:59:17Z

This was so stupid. I love it. Especially the way he says "attack" and how the sword hovers just in front of your character, bit short though :)

Venus Ascending by MisterKeefe 2019-10-09T20:15:27Z

It s a fun idea, but i found only keeping one mouth and using only that and its word was an imba solution. Maybe that could get mixed up or otherwise balanced to keep the game entertaining.

Hellion: The Legend of Jeff by Mad Brokli 2019-10-11T20:24:08Z

I would immediately play it again if it would be rebalanced and the random generation would work better. Imho dont let the enemies spawn indefinetly on land where you arent or kill them after sometime, so that they spawn somewhere else again. And wait a little bit until you spawn Angels. Currently you can get overrun if you are one a nice and big island, but have a real slow and boring run if you spawn on little islands. Spawning on small island s and connecting them is super fun, so i would balance it towards being rewarding to have small connected islands. Overall that was fun and i played multiple runs just because... :)

DEVOURER by 4quet 2019-10-09T20:31:45Z

IT is OK for you first LD game :) i didnt see the theme very much, but it is a cool little game!

Return to Nothing by SageWare 2019-10-11T20:59:35Z

Love the idea, but it wasnt clear what youre supposed to do so after a while you just start throwing people into the lava and randomly destroying planets. really enjoyed the different species of aliens and the planet designs. :)

Start Of A Galactic Empire by Ruby Interactive games 2019-10-10T06:13:14Z

the game fails to load for me, but you have a nice website background. Can I rate you for that?^^

Oh nevermind, after a refreh it loaded.whaaat? Am I an empire?

MetaSpace by Jahwffrey 2019-10-09T19:52:21Z

Fking great! XD I didnt get anywhere, but it was fun. Thats a good answer, BUT ITS WRONG!

Play & Quit by Aden 2019-10-10T06:21:53Z

As many here have said before, the movement feels great. Which is important if i am not wanting to fall over. I never feeled like the game betrayed me if I did. great job!

Cell by SirRed 2019-10-10T06:43:43Z

If you keep on it, this could be smth great - I liked the character art and the idea of starting with a shadow and getting upgrades on the way. Maybe it could be a little less linear. As i said, with some polish and more intriguing level design this could be smth great!

SlimeySlime by WhatNameGames 2019-10-09T18:44:04Z

Well, that was kinda really short.

LD47 — Stuck in a loop

Woofice Chair! by JorgeGameDev 2020-10-26T21:36:36Z

Wow! first up: the visuals are stunning, even with the itch io site, custom cursor, background etc.. I mashed my spacebar so hard, that was fun! I only found out after a long time, that I could move with the arrow keys, after so much loot laying around it wouldnt get picked up by me spinning XD

Closed Circuit by Criobite 2020-10-26T21:48:44Z

It oozes style and you did really good work with the stances of the arms, when aiming. However it got repetitive really fast. Maybe you would need to ramp up the amount of enemies faster (they seemed to slowly getting more) and I wished it would be more tactical like one magazin per room and you have to dodge the enemies bulletes, either by rolling or by seeking cover behind the pillars. The music was great, it looks really good, i just wish it would provide a little bit more :)

Stuck In Paris by CocaPasteque 2020-10-07T21:19:49Z

woah, i got dizzy before i understood that i have to pull out of the circle XD

Endless Hallways by Pheonise 2020-10-27T09:11:30Z

As apparently pretty much anyone I got stuck on the ramps too, it would be nice to know how, if at all it continues :) PS: usually i hate chromatic abboration, bc it makes me feel like I would need glasses, but in this gray world it works out somehow

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-06T17:42:42Z

@henrik-ganard Thanks, i ran out of playtesters that didnt already know or have seen how to roll, so tutorialisiing this was an complete oversight. Ive added that in the description :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-06T17:45:07Z

@p0l4r Thanks for the feedback, i bounced between fixing the font, using a different one or making everything uppercase, but i ended up doing nothing due to time. As for tutorialisation ive added something in the description, this also was an oversight that i couldnt let playtest thoroughly :(

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-06T18:27:27Z

@holtzzy223 @blobo Thx :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-06T18:33:29Z

@infinitestatemachine Ive added a disclaimer in the description, bc i didnt tutorialize that part of the game, thanks for playing :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-06T19:01:59Z

@noahw haha, thx :D yeah as stated above, i ran out of playtesters and didnt even think about tutorializing it, i hope it doesnt catch some people on the wrong foot

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-07T15:36:22Z

@a4x8e6 thats wasn´t a glitch, that was your company sending you some work to at from home^^ Thanks for playing! :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-07T21:14:31Z

@twobitjen Thank you! :D

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-07T21:30:38Z

@wegpast Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to offer promotions to the player; eg from rolling to packaging and eventually getting to be the CEo, but ultimately having to do one and only thing each day and feeling stuck in your job. Due to time it is only the rolling departement now^^

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-07T22:42:52Z

@vlandemart Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. If i improve on the jam version ill definitly use a different font and be playful with sound/atmosperics, although I also and want to preserve the silence before the alarm. I really enjoyed seeing you playing and reacting to it, thanks again :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-08T16:13:42Z

@guaranteedtrainwreck thanks for the feedback :) the in particular has a "fatigue feature" that randomizes where to click it, like just patting your hand all over it. For an update Ill definitaly work over the hitboxes and rollingspeed/area :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-11T06:39:14Z

@thecakeconsortium Thank you! Especially good to hear from "The Cake Consortium" ^^

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-16T07:07:43Z

@ruthiepee Haha, thx for the feedback and going through the troubles of rolling all the bagels on a touchpad :D I tested it on a phone and there it wasnt that bad, but the surfaces are quite different for sure.

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-16T07:09:25Z

@peace-of-cake-games Oh too bad^^ You have to pick up the clock and throw it away or let if fall again (from height) to wake up :)

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-26T21:28:58Z

@hoichael Thx :) thats no bug, its the escalation of the game^^ The bagel factory demands you working from home before working at the factory and there is a secret to be found with the arm ;) Ill definitely check out your game!

Roll your Dough by ancient-pixel 2020-10-26T21:31:05Z

@moski Thx for the feedback and the kind words, i see you got quite far into the game :)

Aouf Run by shubart 2020-10-07T20:30:02Z

Nice touch with the different environments, Track 3 was a really thight race!

Dear John by givit-game-studios 2020-10-06T18:50:13Z

I loved the idea about it being that one room and how the details change a bit. It seems like it just needs a little polishing to be pretty perfect. Eg sometimes it was hard to hit the are for the desk, or i could open the jewelry box without a key. The mood is great, its always a good sign if you dont notice how good the music is, because its just part of the whole thing, instead of being one thing that came out great.

Loop Frogs by GaryS 2020-10-08T10:25:41Z

Wow, really good! I like your pixelart style, the concept is great. I just had one problem in the level, where you have to move right over three burners. I setup the loop with green, but when i mounted green i kept dying. only after letting the loop play out once it worked. Maybe its just a little unclear what was recorded and what wasnt. I thought dying would reset the loop. Everything else seemed flawless :D

Ouroboros: The Cursed Hero by LERPish 2020-10-07T20:03:23Z

The intro was great, the gameplay idk, it seemed jumping and holding some intput lets you jitter around in the air and i couldnt see if i would hit or hurt enmies because nothing had weight to it, or collision? I think i made some combos. This game needs some more work, but it go places!

Stasis Break by 3mpty 2020-10-07T19:45:54Z

What a neat idea! Unfortunately once i died, i couldnt stop dying, but bullethells are not my kind of genre^^ Maybe if you would give the enemies another color, it reads better. The music and graphics were great!

Day in the Life of an Ordinary Turtle by NoahRo 2020-10-26T22:01:52Z

Ive managed to make the bosss head explode, but I couldnt find a way to open the locker. Also the next day, everything was "normal" again. Idk what kind of hell that is, but it is a fun one. The art and music art great! And: Huxley is a fighter.

Catch the Loops by drnoir 2020-10-08T10:02:52Z

The graphics and the mood were nice, but I too couldnt catch any bugs. I hoverered over them, i clicked, i didnt know what to do :( floating around, the green mist, the poster was all nice although :)

Roundabout Rowdy by Andreas Roschal 2020-10-07T21:13:28Z

That was perfect! I cracked up when the limp showed up. I dont have any critizism about your game expect maybe: please more!

Rock 'N Load by KeyurRana 2020-10-06T17:52:42Z

At first i was a little put off by the graphics and the control. I didnt like how the camera moved when aiming and the chromatic aboration stuff with the simple pixelart didnt work for me. But ooh boy, as soon as the shooting started *chefs-kiss*!

Eat your cereals by Harksa 2020-10-06T19:28:39Z

My mouth watered, at the part with the gummyworms :)

Dash Or DIE! by Ethan Losten 2020-10-06T18:28:52Z

The character art looks beautiful! And the music was very fitting, it all had a good atmosphere. I wanted to dash more then die, but well, thats stamina i guess^^

Just in Time by Pietrek 2020-10-08T09:57:32Z

The graphics were kinda cute, probably the music helps. The first stages were so easy that i didnt get the mechanic or why i should press the buttons. But then it got hard and it hurt so much if i am 1mm away fromthe button and the time rewinds XD

Leftfoot Louie by TwoBitMatt 2020-10-07T20:06:49Z

Idk what happened, but i couldnt really drive, it was like constantly bumping into something invisible and then stopping :(

WhileLoops by Ausstein 2020-10-08T09:26:30Z

Nice idea, although a bit random obv^^ The sound effects cracked me up XD

SPACE ORBIT by Guldfisk 2020-10-06T18:02:21Z

i loved the atmosphere and zooming though the gravity wells felt relly nice. The only thing i didnt like was the steering, i expected to just turn and burn to change the direction i am going, not only turning like on train tracks. Keep it up!

The katorga escape by Advarsky 2020-10-07T20:19:04Z

The art looks great, but i couldnt find a way to make the train move again, or switch my inventory items. I thought maybe i need to pick coal somewhere for the train.

Thousand Year Dragon by TechnoGoth 2020-10-06T18:59:15Z

the music and color set the mood nicely, i would need much to be finished, but its a relly nice idea worth persuing, keep it up! I can imagine, climbing the walls of the old mansion to the roof, fight off some ravens that are guarding an ancient cup that belonged to the family or smth like that^^

Imperial Eggnog Incorporated by Blue Pin Studio 2020-10-06T19:25:02Z

Haha, that was quite humorous! I think my game is the production side, and yours the quality control in the other room. Its good to see more people doing something in that direction. Bye for now, i have to play some golf!

Vitruvian Escape! by Holtzzy223 2020-10-06T17:57:27Z

I really digged the music :) and the game is really hard

Skicret Agent by SachaWitto 2020-10-07T20:14:09Z

Brilliant take in the theme and i stuck around and tried hard to make it through. That felt really good. More than one level would be good obbiously^^

Frying Donut by fachscahfttf 2020-10-07T19:40:20Z

As you said: "another game themed after a torus shaped wheat product" :9 and a a good one at that, i loved the sound effects and the menu!

Sisyphus Beetle Takes His Daughter to Work by pee-thief 2020-10-26T21:52:49Z

Fantastic! the end was hilarious XD the title says it all, and the game delivers

Dungeon Master by ukra174 2020-10-06T18:35:45Z

Wow, that felt good, when this red mass of enemies washed in from one corner of the screen, with all lifebars rotating in all directions to the music. That said, the game could be even better with just some minor adjustements, like where the bullets come from and a greater field of view. Currently you are shooting blind at enemies outside the screen but i want to look them in the eyes, when they die!

Space Marine 2020 by ytrewq 2020-10-07T20:35:23Z

It ran pretty well in chrome for me, but it didnt capture the mouse, so i could only turn so far until i had to counterrotate and so on XD Idk if its a bug, but i could jump/jet pretty far. It would need some polishing, but the bouncing bullets like its dodgeball deluxe were fun!

Contract Killer by jeff0029 2020-10-06T19:15:28Z

nice visuals but somehow i had a hard time hitting anyone, and when i did we were standing still and just shoot until one died XD

CycleCycle by colejparker 2020-10-07T20:22:15Z

Nice concept, it would help though if the camera would be angled upwards a bit to see more where you are going.

Trials of the Twisted Timber Land by Enad96 2020-10-08T09:37:28Z

The music and graphocs fitted well and it all felt very sombre and lost :) When I got the firebroom, i didnt get it, bc i searched for something to burn and attacks were weaker then with the sword. Maybe you should add a spider net right next to the torch, to make it clear what it does and the player can try it out freely.

Vortex by UmutGurdal 2020-10-06T18:10:00Z

Are ya finding a way out son? XD

Its nice and dreamy, but the jumping felt a bit off, albeit it being under water?

Around by Feesh 2020-10-06T18:19:19Z

The controls felt a bit weird to begin with, then i understood, that the keys get buffered, and then i had to relearn it again, because the enemies need more precise inputs then just running around XD nice artstyle and nice leveldesign! Also I was a bit confused when i ran into the exit at first, because it feels and sounds like you did something wrong.

Around by Feesh 2020-10-06T19:13:52Z

@feesh well i found myself quickly tapping where i wanted to go, so you maybe could get away with just allowing one button input, releasing and then accepting the next input. It could be a bit tap heavy, maybe its quite rythmic that way

BoreOut! by HOOLOP 2020-10-08T09:50:05Z

That was fun and satisfying, but for some reason I could only walk backwards. Is "walking forward" also prohibited in this office?^^

Nothing To Hide by Pseudonclide 2020-10-06T19:08:37Z

that was fun XD exactly the right kind of wonky. It would be nice to add some controls to rotate the objects. But all my stacking efforts went to hell when everyting exploded at some point, idk if i didnt let go off smth or what happened XD

Loop of Life by Marin840 2020-10-24T15:38:21Z

I really liked the voxel-esque characters and that you eat pizza? all day. On my first day i crawled outside the door and tried to find something. anything. but the outside world is bleak. The minigames are all nice ideas, but there is unfortunately no feedback or animation. That was super strange when I was at work, where the animation plays while the color already changed or it didnt. Maybe you need some blinks to indicate pressing and changing the colors. With the toddler game aswell, it needs some in between feedback step to show what you are doing. Eg floating the block in place or some particles The hopping movement and character growth was super cute and good, aswell as the dialogues.

Sleepy Hamster by Karl Erik Saks 2020-10-06T18:06:45Z

Nice atmosphere and the artstyle added to the dreamy feeling!

Hamster's Nightmare by infinitestatemachine 2020-10-06T18:22:37Z

That was nice XD its a bit hard to control with kb and mouse, but it was exactly what a hamster could dream of^^

LD48 — Deeper and deeper

Manic Miner by ryannielson 2021-05-01T21:42:24Z

tbh, my best run when i was holding down Down^^ - that said, the graphics were nice and clean, always happy about a pico 8 game

Deeper Space by NaraJeamfry 2021-04-28T00:01:26Z

Same as the others I couldnt really get things to work, but it was intriguing. I hope you keep at it and polish the game up :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T14:17:27Z

@judah-doupe Yep, I wanted to do more, but afterall, a jam has to end^^

@viktor-dedek Thanks for helping the oasis to grow :)

@yuri-yakovlev Thank you for playing! You can only find back to the oasis, if you mark the way with "putting words" into the sand. If you pick up a symbol, you can use it anywhere to leave a marking stone. The stange warping is from the skewed sprites as this is not a true 3d game and engine :)

@tudypie Yeah, thank you! This game is multiplayer and the other shadows are other players. Unfortunately i didnt have enough time to implement a true ending or purpose^^

@drskort Thank you very much!

@minotalen Thank youo for the kind words! I would have like a proximity based system to hug and exchange words - maybe sometimes Ill work on it some more :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T18:22:26Z

@thevinter thank you for playing! Yes it was, and Ive learnt a lot :smiley:

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T19:12:04Z

@junamai well, guessing your posting time, it was me :smile:

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T19:20:36Z

@wizard-sino Thank you :smiley:

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T23:19:17Z

@wheybags thanks for playing, sorry to hear about your issues. Do you use any special monitor setup? 4k/double/triple monitors?

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-27T23:36:43Z

@wheybags thx for the info, maybe I can patch something in :smile: 4k is certainly the issue - as for pulling the view down, it could be a gamepad issue (if one is plugged in) or something else browser related. I only tested quickly in firefox and opera but developed with chrome.

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-28T10:17:02Z

@vknauss Oh no, which browser and pad do you use, if I may ask? If anything fails, yoou can use the arrow keys to look around^^

@humphreysmedia Thank you, yes, I got used to it too and had "developer blindness" - now I am working on a quick fix (especially bc its worse on 4k displays :grimacing: )

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-28T11:14:47Z

Hotfix

I dont have other monitors to test with, but I believe I found a solution for the mouse sensitivity in 4k or different monitor setups @wheybags if you are able too test it, I would be very grateful :)

Also I labeled the menu buttons to be less confusing and am monitoring a problem, where a tree seed planted in the grass wouldnt spawn a tree sometimes. Which must be related to synching issues between players... i dont fully know yet

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-28T18:25:13Z

@togis Thank you for playing it, once again I am sorry that you couldnt enjoy the graphics - the name is the game :grimacing: Next time should at least double the resolution :sweat_smile: btw the text in the tree was some usual javascript shenanigans bc alpha = 0 apparently isnt always 0^^

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-28T20:05:09Z

@vknauss thx for the info :)

@threeli Thank you very much :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-28T21:52:55Z

@caramelcode Thank you and thx for the effort going thorugh my uncommented code XD yep, getting lost is what you can do but actually I should have done more, than just give the players waystones to place - like autoorientating them to face to the oasis, or let the sand show the direction with its lines - smth like that :smiley:

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-29T15:09:03Z

@arguablyarugula Thank you for the kind words :smiley: You have to bring the correct word to the oasis (the one that is floating in the air over the water), to gain a seed - but I am glad you found your way of playing it and stayed a while, much appreciated :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-29T21:31:07Z

@dane-tesla Thank you for your contribution to the oasis, good to hear you could enjoy it even without any other players :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-30T10:28:40Z

@simex thank you for commenting, what is your display(s) setup and resolution if I may ask?

@otresnjak thx :) I am working on the mouse issue, could you please tell me what your desplay setup and resolution is?

If all breaks you can look around with the arrow keys :grimacing:

@wintergatn :sweat_smile: the footsteps are an instrument. You are right and I am thinking about updating the game with some more items to find and varied terrain generations the further out you go. Thanks for playing and your feedback :)

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-30T17:24:27Z

@otresnjak well, I see a pattern here^^ thx, Ill see how I can solve this - i thought Ive implemented smth that can work with any resoultion, but the problem must be buried somewhere there

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-04-30T21:32:36Z

@leekanarchism Thank you very much :) the idea was, that if more players are online, they can learn from each other, but I am working on an update, with a little more things to incentivise (and give the player feedback) what there is to do and with some more interesting stuff to find and flesh out the story.

Aleph Qoph / Duat by ancient-pixel 2021-05-17T12:43:26Z

@juan-matias @kostya @vodzik thank you for playing :D

Bad Night by vknauss 2021-04-27T23:47:35Z

It may be black humour, but I liked your take on the theme - the reverse mouse is weird, but the rest was nice :D

Holey Hell by managore 2021-04-27T13:51:57Z

Very nice, simple, but not stupid :) The jumping felt really good, and having the guys running in the health bar was very cute :D

Nuclear blaze by deepnight 2021-04-27T23:05:07Z

Wow, the mood is great, even without the music/sfx! The lighting, the particle effects and your spritework do miracles here!

LOATIN by Leo Nadeau 2021-04-27T22:47:09Z

I played solo and I dont know if I played it right, because it kinda was too easy? I dodged and it felt like it didnt matter if I killed a Monster with my connection thingy or if I just kept moving. The visuals and music were great though and Ill try it again with a friend tomorrow :)

One-Butt Alien Corridor by PeachTreeOath 2021-05-01T02:15:10Z

What a neat idea! I liked, that I there wasnt one clear winning strategy with the firing cones and the simple icons worked surprisingly well. The small wobbling machine guns grew on me :smile:

NO SIGNAL by olaron 2021-04-27T23:56:04Z

I tried to get up to regain some a signal, but i may have strayed tooo far :(

great visuals, great audio - I felt a little like walking through my submission, but staring at the floor XD

depthscraper by lexi 2021-04-27T12:44:31Z

Nice and simple mechanics/graphics/game. Very mobile-y. It would be a great toilet game (in the nicest kind of way) :wink:

Deepest Sword by Strega 2021-04-27T16:31:55Z

*Rogue Lite meets Getting over it* :kissing: :ok_hand: Do I need to say more?

Down the Mines and Ghosts by UnidayStudio 2021-04-29T12:32:29Z

Oho! A blender game, thats a rare sight :smiley: Very simple but elegant design and gameplay!

Rooted by Webox 2021-05-01T02:29:36Z

Nice and chill, the roots stopping, when ending in the water didnt bother me so much, but I blocked myself the exit when growing past it. When I tried to branch there and move down in the exit, it wouldnt work. Good work though!

DnD - Descending and Descending by Juan Matias 2021-05-01T21:51:00Z

I waited for the horror pic to jumpscare me :sweat_smile:

Drilbert by wheybags 2021-04-27T13:01:07Z

Me like the Drilbert! Good to see a löve game, the music is great, graphics too, but I would have had more fun, if it wasnt thaat stressful. The difficulty feels a bit high, not being the developer :)

Deepest Dungeon by Andreadbx 2021-04-29T12:41:10Z

The graphics are great, when I killed 3 enemies at once and the blood absolutely fills the room, was great, but as your graphics are that good, the flaws really show. Like the slow attacks, or attacks through walls. Also I would have given the enemy attacks another color. It would be really cool, if you´d stick with the project and polish it up :)

The Spectrum Soup by SplitPainter 2021-05-17T13:12:32Z

As a friend of an autistic person it was spot on and surely would halp anyone that is more removed from this topic to understand and learn <3

The Forgotten Halls by vfqd 2021-04-27T17:18:32Z

Oh the rain! You caught me letting the game run in the menu while browsing twitter... :blush: The game gave me Diablo 2 crossed with [Underhand](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.cornell.gdiac.underhand&hl=de&gl=US) vibes. I think that would be a game you could enjoy!

Caribbean Invaders by Firesplash Entertainment 2021-04-27T16:28:16Z

Arr, its hard to aim - feels like Ive got just one eye. Steering the ship feels a bit weird, bc i would like to move in one way and shoot in another. I know, the cannon is mounted fix on the ship, but when I move down and then up to point the cannon in the direction of the enemies I float upstream way hight than I would want. The graphics are fine and the audio is good! Tilting the cannon and dialing in the shots in between dodging worked , overall, quite well though :smiley:

Magic Frontier by Firebelley 2021-04-27T16:57:39Z

I expected strategy and got a puzzle game, but oh boy what a puzzle game it is! Its very satisfying to find out how to place what bulding in which order. great Game! :crossed_swords:

Bunny Bunny Dig Dig by ZakAmana 2021-04-27T14:05:28Z

Wow! This was a perfect 5 throughout :) The music reminded me of [this NSFW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kafFtaTdWc4) The graphics and animations are top notch, and I could myself hammering on the keyboard, just because it fit so well :)

Immersion of the obelisk god by GreenRadiation 2021-04-28T00:17:11Z

Same here, fireballs were shooting at me from offscreen and there were no other baddies left. :( The music and sprites were good though :)

Sheltered Deep by ThorPalsson 2021-05-01T22:25:35Z

And they danced happily ever after!

My only gripe would be the slow crawl of the credits, but I guess its the slomo view out of my jar.

Outerstellar by MadHumster 2021-04-27T13:29:13Z

The darkness of space and music took me in, but I think you could have left out the button prompts and just do the on and off loading of the survivors automatically - also the refuelling. Once I read about spriraling, it was way more fun, maybe you could force the player to go in circles around the objects, like orbits :)

Going Down in Fishstory by Jonas Tyroller 2021-04-29T12:58:06Z

I love it, when the title is a good pun - and even better the rest of the game lived up to it :smile: Hilarious voice acting and story, lovely watercolor graphics and the sense of tension when the game zooms in in the scary sections plus the face expressions. I dont have any negatives to say :)

This is our new home:

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Deep Dive Drive 2000 by Dane Tesla 2021-04-29T15:06:27Z

Mmh, that was some nice artstyle - I´d rather buy a car than having an assignment - idk if the uncle would have approved. I especially liked how you did your menu (especially) the credits :)

To Return To One's Root by C3ll256 2021-04-28T15:14:05Z

Nicely done, the experience was lovely :) only the audio crackled a lot for me (especially on the main screen)

birb by Glaas 2021-05-03T12:09:51Z

Lovely music and graphics - the style of pixelart reminded me of Sword and Sorcery :) When I bouhght the random upgrades, it unfortunately didnt tell me what I got - (still dancing to the music) - I hope you stick a little with the game to polish it up, its a great entry!

Dwammings by Eden Shazar 2021-04-28T22:08:09Z

Great art and quite whimsical music! It took a bit of time to get behind the mechanics and I was glad, that unlike lemmings the roles could be used infinitely :)

Oceanwork by Warrrkus 2021-04-27T23:31:33Z

Mmmh, like a blast from the past :) The progress is very slow, but I am sitting in the glasshouse throwing with stones. The graphics and premise are great and that fish scared me XD

DEEP GOLF by Rendy 2021-04-27T13:46:35Z

*boss music intensifies* thats where the game really opened up for me. i would have liked to continue going deeper, especially the level transitions were super smooth.

The Tourist by Frostfall 2021-04-27T23:43:17Z

Unfortunately it ran really bad on my machine, but the atmosphere was nice - and I could glitch through the bamboo at the end^^

Surface Level by javi7 2021-04-27T13:13:33Z

But I want the the small talk!

Very catchy music, a bit hard to read the text sometimes, but overall very readable. How´s the weather?

The Search for Catlantis by TheEarthAbides 2021-04-29T12:25:20Z

I am a simple man, I see cats - I clicks. You have a real good variety of enemies and I like how its not just scrolling right, but down, this is very different from usual bullethells and works great!

Stranded on planet zod by Pixelipy 2021-04-27T23:21:35Z

The mood, the floatiness was very nice, but controlwise I would have liked to look/shoot one way but move the other. That got some time to get used too. Also do the red barrels just not explode? The music and artstyle were nice though :)

Stranded on planet zod by Pixelipy 2021-04-28T00:10:33Z

@pixelipy intriguing, I will give it another try then :)

LD49 — Unstable

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-04T10:38:10Z

@aplegatt @aquachain Thank you :)

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-04T14:49:02Z

@jupiter-hadley whoop whoop! Thank you :) much appreciated

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-05T12:53:04Z

@saltysa Thank you, glad you liked it. Not being able to/needing to focus on everything at once was a hard decision bc you need fail/win states that kind of make sense but don't feel totally unfair. And letting go to prevent chaos is very much a IRL task that is hard to do/manage^^

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-08T05:56:35Z

@maus-games Thanks, yes, I am still thinking around, if I could have done anything to get to that point quicker, but I didnt want to start with a full brain^^

@nico-villanueva Thank you :)

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-08T13:17:04Z

@cyangmou thank you :)

Brainxious by ancient-pixel 2021-10-23T12:01:32Z

@dennis-magnusson Thank you, I agree :)

@zimny11 Thanks very much! And thanks for the music suggestion it was a nice listen :D

Alteration by ColinBellino 2021-10-07T21:21:37Z

Really simple but nice mechanic and polished LD submission! A little bit sokoban-ish somehow and the mechanic is very well integrated in the game world - eg setting grass on fire, when walking over it

★KICK GUM★ by vlandemart 2021-10-04T23:14:54Z

The movements of the other players/scientists? was pretty good! It felt like being in multiplayer and the others are very rude XD

Shinobi Rivals by Tom Robson 2021-10-07T21:29:03Z

nice to see a multiplayer entry - as I like to play through the entries with a friend, which is just more fun. I like games were it can immideatly go wrong and the music was super :)

Cyberduk by abvadabra 2021-10-04T23:26:16Z

Nice music! I feared the platforming would be bad, bc of the bounciness, but its really good and precise. Every jump felt very intuitive. I really cant say, that I have seen that yet in any other game, but I dont play many platformers.^^

Un-Ren-Table by WegPast 2021-10-07T22:00:28Z

well ... I am glad the rooms can be used event when they are tilted all over the place XD nice entry, very charming :)

Stable Inc. by Fedora 2021-10-07T21:53:48Z

whoop whoop screenshake! nice and straightforward :)

Alchemeow by Robert Li 2021-10-04T23:18:54Z

@bauke-regnerus same - the art looks great and I love me some cat puns!

Deathrail by Hotowlgirls 2021-10-07T21:36:33Z

Very nice music, as it has been said - the controls are a handful. 5 buttons for such a simple game might be a bit overkill XD but it was very enjoyable and actually challenging :)

The Door of Illusions by 2CCs 2021-10-07T21:46:01Z

Very nice dream logic and the music was great :)