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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCmCo
202455SummoningHell Collector - The Summoningjam3.002.502.004.003.002.502.003.50
202352HarvestSpice Must Flowjam3.003.003.504.003.004.00
202148Deeper and deeper👥CyberpunKart 2048jam3.503.502.003.005.003.504.00
201944Your life is currency👥Bankin' Baconjam804.013.933.343.974.604.104.02
201738A Small World👥Pigs Mayhem In Spacejam3.003.332.663.664.661.002.503.50
201122AloneLeave me Alone!!!compo3802.623.042.282.351.681.001.421.612.9317
201121EscapeVampire Runnercompo2902.752.942.382.002.501.292.183.224
201120It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This!Codename: Takencompo2322.331.872.602.732.732.001.802.705
201019DiscoveryDiscover The Namecompo1042.942.752.882.253.252.401.503.3816
201018Enemies as WeaponsGrapplingHookusjam
201017IslandsFloating Islandscompo823.002.842.963.763.201.691.423.1114

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Comments by arielsan

LD19 — Discovery

Universal Conquest by Endurion 2010-12-29T00:53:00

I played almost 30 mins and I get killed with 1 bullet :(

Really great game, I want to play it again...

Unexpected Outcome by ippa 2010-12-29T01:12:00

I liked how you made the pixelated level, however it was hard to move through it, in some point I thought I was stuck but there was another way.
The ending reminds me some movie I will not tell because I hate spoilers.

Q-Bers by recursor 2010-12-30T16:45:00

Edward _____ Hands :P

Nice puzzle game, had fun playing it.

Epic Treasure Hunter by sirGustav 2010-12-21T12:09:00

Liked it, is a fun game. Monkeys are a bit tough, have to throw a lot of stones to kill one, I preferred to continue without killing them.

Epic Treasure Hunter by sirGustav 2010-12-21T12:11:00

Also, a mini map would be great to know where the f@$%! I am :P

Mystery of Yrevoc Sid by the31 2010-12-21T12:45:00

Why the hell I cant play the applet on linux?? I was about to say "great you have applets, Java ftw!!", but now I will have to eat my own words :(
Also, I was about to try the jam version, to be a more polished version instead, but cant because there is no downloadable jar for that one.
Even tough, like the camera, movement style and graphics. I have played a lot the linux version and I found no enemies :( and no nothing...
Well, tell me if you fix and update the jam version to work on linux, so I can try it and change my rating.

Mystery of Yrevoc Sid by the31 2010-12-22T00:40:00

Nice, tried it again, really like the action and the way you open a path shooting the walls.

You should ask in javagaming.org about the focus problem, I also have some java applications (using webstart instead of applet) without keyboard focus problems, that could help too.

Changed my rate now that I played the game well. However, I cant rate the audio.

good luck.

Disc Over Y by voxel 2010-12-23T23:36:00

Same problem here :(

The Day I Died by Cooshinator 2010-12-21T12:22:00

Spikes are not clear enough, so no information telling you are going to die is clear either. Music is a bit repetitive.
It is really hard to control, too sensitive, besides I don't see the theme relation.
'The day I died' is like a fusion of super meat boy with vvvvv :P

Discover The Name by arielsan 2010-12-20T04:40:00

Yes, I had no time to balance it right. However, I believe it has great potential to be a fun game.

Thanks for your comment.

Discover The Name by arielsan 2010-12-21T00:55:00

added that start momentum for the jam version :D!!

Discover The Name by arielsan 2010-12-22T00:23:00

you have to discover the safe way... try the jam version, it is more balanced than the compo version.

You must discover yourself. by Tyranus 2010-12-28T21:35:00

clever and enjoyable game, sadly too short

plixel by asfdfdfd 2010-12-31T14:20:00

Great work, I felt it a bit slow when moving through the labyrinth but I like the game in general. Music was a bit annoying after hearing it for a while.

...You Are A Duck! by KoryWazHere 2010-12-21T03:11:00

The movement felt like driving a car :P, the game looks like a basic unity game and I don't see the theme relation.

The Genetic Playground by Kyliroth 2010-12-21T03:30:00

It was funny to see all the creatures being created, but I felt like following no objective. Indeed, it seems more like a toy than a game itself.

You should make a way to skip dialogs, I had to restart the game and have to hear again everithing :(

10 Minute Galaxy by machinas 2010-12-21T13:00:00

Really liked it, took me some time to discover that I could buy fuel and other stuff at main planet. Great work.

Discoveries by whitetigle 2010-12-21T13:18:00

I like the content but I felt like I was not playing nothing, more like watching a movie or reading a book.

I will not rate it to avoid influence the rating because I didn't understood the game or something.

Discover the elements: Quest for Air by jrrt 2010-12-21T12:34:00

Tried on chrome os, on linux, it worked, however I don't hear any sounds, so I don't know if I catch a crest or don't.
I like the graphics and the idea a bit but the movement felt slow, it is not clear when the world "ends", and you have to refresh the browser if you want to play again.
Above all, like you have used js but there are a lot of problems yet (sounds not working, slow, etc), that is bad for the game.

Furbinator by Rockdtben 2010-12-28T21:11:00

Population grows too fast and sometimes I didn't discovered if they were male or female, like scan was not working :(. Also, it moves slow, and I needed a way to restart the game without having to close it and open it again.

The game sucks a bit right now xD but I really like the game concept.

Scarab Amazing by bernardfrancois 2010-12-24T01:06:00

I liked it, how you have to discover the prices, the graphics, the audio, etc.

Scanno Domini by Tom Francis 2010-12-31T22:56:00

Cant see clearly the enemies, colors are to soft, but I really like your game.

Quick by Moops 2010-12-28T21:00:00

game didn't worked here, I think I have latest xna installed, however tried the installer but failed :(

Lizard Wizard by stevejohnson 2010-12-28T21:49:00

I like it, it is an fun an educational game :D (educational while you are not with multiple wiki articles on the same level)

DISCovery by bmcgames 2010-12-31T15:11:00

This game is very well known. However, I like how you made it.

COMPLICATED VIEW by xra 2010-12-31T13:55:00

I like the idea, couldn't play it well on linux :(, I will try on windows later so I can rate you.

Very Lonely In A Spaceship by tusongtupa 2010-12-21T13:27:00

Didn't found how to play either :(

Land of the Fishies by EricTheCoolDude 2010-12-23T13:14:00

Excellent music! nice graphics too. Hate to fail a question and start from the beginning :(

The Amazing Discovery of a Blob Named Harold by thewinterdrake 2010-12-24T00:41:00

like the graphics but too short gameplay

Mother Robot by increpare 2010-12-21T16:30:00

Great game!! love the music and art style.

Grand Mystic Quest of Discovery by hulahulahest 2010-12-28T21:30:00

Really liked it. Nice graphics, same as others: it would be nice to have music and sounds.

Run by Cosine 2010-12-22T01:26:00

You could fix the sound problem and upload again the game, I believe that is valid for ludum dare rules.

Run by Cosine 2010-12-22T01:28:00

Sorry, I couldn't play it, if you fix the sounds stuff, tell me and I will try it again and rate it.

The Detectorizer by danblack 2010-12-21T03:22:00

I liked it, it was simple but I enjoyed it, nice sounds too. Graphics remembers me some old games.

Forever Cave by Redbone 2010-12-22T01:35:00

I am immune to explosions but not to snakes? :P
I like the sounds and the random level generator. However, it was a bit repetitive.

stars by superflat 2010-12-24T00:52:00

Like the experience of playing the game, but I felt there was no objective....
Nice graphics and music.

1958 BNL by ExciteMike 2010-12-21T16:45:00

I love the music :D
Game mechanics are interesting, a bit frustrating some times, but great game indeed.
Nice timelapse!!

LD20 — It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This!

Multiplayer Zombie Garden Adventure by goffmog 2011-05-05T14:12:00

Couldn't play it, server is down :(

I will try it later.

Multiplayer Zombie Garden Adventure by goffmog 2011-05-10T13:21:00

Server down again :(

Codename: Taken by arielsan 2011-05-04T17:57:00

yeah, that is part of the stuff I couldn't make in time :S

thanks both for playing it

Codename: Taken by arielsan 2011-05-07T15:15:00

@elbrowroom:
I like the idea of communicate commands to the robot in some way.

@TellusE:
Glad you liked it, sadly my entry is quite incomplete so it cannot compete with the other Ludum Dare entries.

@everyone
Right now, I keep working on the game by my own, I liked so much the theme and my game concept that I will try to complete it a bit more and see what happens, more information on the Web link.

Looking forward to play your games.

Codename: Taken by arielsan 2011-05-07T15:46:00

sorry, I put elbrowroom and was elbowroom :S (cant modify my previous comment)

Kobold Goes Alone by NMcCoy 2011-05-05T13:54:00

After playing a bit, it becomes repetitive. Also, enemies kill each other so sometimes I only jumped and dashed an they did all the job.

You always are alone so the "GO ALONE" is some kind of redundant and it feels like you put it only to match the theme.

Above all, I love your games, mainly the music and sounds which are awesome.

Good luck.

My little selling shop on Earth by allinlabs 2011-05-10T14:36:00

Looks like the story is almost not related with the game:S. You start with a ship talking about selling stuff to humans but then it is a platform game where you have to do typical platform games stuff. Game type is soooooooooooooooo used, I am not saying I don't like it but I can't think about good score at Innovation at all :(

Also, can't understand how the game is relate with the theme.

However, I liked the game, it was easy to control and has great looking graphics, sad it doesn't have any sounds nor music.

Nice game and good luck with the compo.

Appy 1000mg by deepnight 2011-05-03T14:33:00

I really love it, found the enhanced device :D, but couldn't find the alternative ending :(

What happened with sounds and music?

Really really great work!! everyone should be appy after playing it.

The Dimension by HighQuality 2011-05-10T13:32:00

I liked how you changed the game between dimensions and the dialogs between the player and the other characters. However I didn't understand the importance of the torch but also I didn't finish the game so I can't judge that.

Good luck with the compo.

Red by elbowroom 2011-05-10T13:19:00

I didn't take the carrot and I won anyways :S

It is an interesting gameplay.

Good luck with the compo

It is Dangerous to Go Alone in the Dark by fueelin 2011-05-10T14:01:00

Instructions are a bit long for what the game is.

I feel you used the theme right and I enjoyed playing the game.

Nice game, good luck with the compo.

Entity by LeafThief 2011-05-05T14:27:00

I agree with the others about the objective of the game is a bit hard to understand, I was playing and didn't know what I was doing until I played three or four times.

However, you made a great work in overall, both graphics and audio nicely done, also all your posts and time lapse.

Good luck.

Grave Robbers by adamatomic 2011-05-14T16:23:00

Simple but great game. A bit uncontrollable after a while.

ZombieRunner...Ware by TellusE 2011-05-07T15:58:00

Game becomes quite repetitive but thanks that is fixed a bit by the different weapons mechanics. Tried only some weapons, Crying baby was the best one. I really like how game mechanics changes between using one or another weapon.

Dialogs were great too, it gives the player the feeling he is interacting with the game. Also, they made me laugh a lot.

Excellent music and great sounds.

Great work and good luck.

LD21 — Escape

You can't escape the colors! by sirGustav 2011-08-28T21:11:00

really funny but some times it started to run really slow :S

Vampire Runner by arielsan 2011-08-22T16:58:00

Yeah, it is a bit incomplete in that, the first idea was to make the "vampire" to run away from the sun but then I never added the sun light following you so it doesn't transmit the idea of escaping.

Happy the game resulted to be fun though.

Vampire Runner by arielsan 2011-08-28T20:34:00

Tried webstart too? (play on pc link)

A Crap Game by GreaseMonkey 2011-08-26T02:54:00

Nice game, I had fun playing it.

Grappling-Hook Jones by Robbert 2011-08-28T19:48:00

About the game, it was a bit funny bit there was no challenge at all, I kept jump pressed and always escaped from the big rock, also nothing new happened.

About the distribution, the game didn't worked by running run.bat nor jones.jar but after copying native files to the same folder where jones.jar is, it worked. Also, why didn't you released a linux version if you were using java and lwjgl? I tell you that because I use mainly ubuntu and have to restart to windows to test your game to discover it could be played on linux if you put the natives for lwjgl there.

Good luck.

Abstraball by Frib 2011-08-28T21:49:00

Sadly I couldn't play it, it fails for some reason and xna installer says I have it already installed so I dunno what could be happening.

Cyperspace... by code_glitch 2011-08-28T21:15:00

Happened the same as summaky and others, Access violation and stuff.

Sorry.

Lost In the Shadows by JoeCool 2011-08-25T01:15:00

I found the exit!!! good game, I like the dwarf dialogs while you are playing. Not sure how balanced it is but don't like so much each movement thought an empty block consumes so much of my health and hours.

Good luck with the game.

The Trap by gufftan 2011-08-23T20:42:00

I like the graphics and the idea but the game was a bit boring to me. However, you used the theme well.

Maze Escape by glcoder 2011-08-28T20:38:00

Simple but great game.

Followed by Pvaiun 2011-08-28T20:26:00

Couldn't play it on win 7, tried running the game with win xp compatibility but failed too.

The Cell by kevglass 2011-08-26T02:16:00

Great work with the game, nice graphics. Sadly I couldn't hear any sounds on Linux :(

I love the timelapse :P

Hell Fortress Escape by hulahulahest 2011-08-23T20:52:00

Really love the graphics, it would be great to have audio too.

There is no feedback the talisman hits the enemies.

Some times it double jumps when I touch only once.

It was a bit hard, mainly because checkpoints are far away from each other, that sucked a bit.

Good work and good luck with the game.

Escape from Monster City by KevinWorkman 2011-08-26T02:33:00

Great work with the game, played on linux and didn't hear any sounds. The game is funny, however, is there any way to escape from the from the monsters city?

Still Dreaming by bach 2011-08-28T19:37:00

Great game, I love the atmosphere of the game, the aesthetics and sounds effects.

LD22 — Alone

Dread Maze by demonpants 2011-12-21T12:20:00

I really like how simple is to play the game, but on the other hand being so simple goes a bit against fun sometimes.

Well, it seems you cant start writing a comment while you are still playing, I got killed by a skeleton I think xD

I fought the first boss and I won :D

The Invention of Colour by bach 2011-12-21T11:41:00

Great work bach, as kalle_h said, you are an artist.

Lonely miner by kalle_h 2011-12-21T11:58:00

It is fun (and useful sometimes) to let the dynamites throw you away when they explode, but strange since I thought I was going to lose hp or even die with the explosion.

Nice work kalle_h!

LD38 — A Small World

Tiny Worlds in Flasks by FiSilva 2017-04-27T00:30:07Z

Lovely

LD44 — Your life is currency

Apocarmalypse by CocaPasteque 2019-05-01T18:38:02Z

It looks really cool, I had a hard time clicking and picking more followers but it was fun to play. Good work!

PigsyBanksy by Joel Davis 2019-05-05T13:24:59Z

Great concept, nicely done!

This is your life now by reuno 2019-04-30T14:21:08Z

The game wasn't so fun to play in terms of controls and stuff to do but I really loved how well the theme was interpreted and (spoilers!) the decisions you have to make during life. Kudos! Awesome game!

Space Rescue by LogFlames 2019-04-30T20:05:10Z

I don't completely like the controls, I mean, if I can't rotate the camera (or didn't understand how) then don't limit my speed in other directions, and also if I can run without limits, why not running all the time? Even though I found those control issues, the game is good and looks nice.

SERVUS BONUS by gurkenlabs 2019-05-01T21:59:12Z

Good graphics and sounds, it was a bit hard, couldn't beat third level. I didn't understand the E key to interact, it was always the same result for the enemies, they say something and then I have to attack them. I expected using the slaves to cover me in some way in order to fight higher level enemies but they just die and I lose :(

SERVUS BONUS by gurkenlabs 2019-05-03T01:23:57Z

Mmmm, the truth is I didn't remember about the jump mechanics xD, I completed more levels now.

Black Market Crackdown by Silas Reinagel 2019-05-01T22:12:21Z

It looks really good and has good audio but I wasn't able to hit the enemies, the pace was a bit slow and it was like nothing was happening. Not sure if you had to slow down everything in order to make upgrades worth the investment but the first impression wasn't the best for an action game (I suppose). I played with a gamepad and with the keyboard just in case it was the controller the reason I couldn't hit the enemies but failed with both.

Bankin' Bacon by arielsan 2019-05-06T02:39:47Z

Thank you so much for all the great feedback :) we are really happy you like our game.

Time Sucker by Nexusviper 2019-04-30T18:08:01Z

I Liked the concept of using time as currency but didn't understand the relationship between the character and the items nor the motivation to protect them. However, it was nice to play it.

The Grim Tower by Drunk Wizard 2019-04-30T18:20:17Z

I like the concept of being a Necromancer and sacrifice my blood in order to summon my army. I played multiple times :)

The only thing I don't like so much is not being able predict the battle in a proper way so I can't make a good strategy. I just know the defense value and I suppose I can handle it but then new enemies appear and they attack me from the distance and are really hard to overcome without more units so I already lose.

Another thing, I can't do anything once I lose my army, I understand once I have spells I can do things but before that the only strategy is buy as much as possible just in case because if you lose by 1 unit, you are lost even with 100 blood.

I like the idea of positioning my army in the field in order to overcome the enemy but counldn't take so much advantage, not sure if because I didn't master it yet or because the game is not balanced to that point yet.

Just a Dungeon by Link 2019-05-01T18:50:12Z

I liked the pixel art retro look, it was like playing those games from my childhood xD. It was nice to play it.

Demon Pact by shadow30 2019-04-30T23:24:49Z

Loved the art style!!

D.R.I.E.D. by JasonD 2019-05-03T01:35:54Z

Looks like a small game in terms of mechanics but has good content and good theme match. Graphics and music are great. Great work.

Blood for Blood by tapehead 2019-04-30T17:32:16Z

I like the music & sfx though and I believe it is well polished but it is a bit hard to understand or I am a very very bad player (I read the instructions before playing).

Our Mechanical Life by qlqrcoisa 2019-05-01T18:43:47Z

Didn't understand the game, I just played until a point where I didn't want to jump anymore because it was really hard to pick stuff and then I lost but didn't know why either. Music & sfx are good.

Our Dear Friend by Wildebeest 2019-05-03T01:47:47Z

It was enjoyable, even though I didn't followed the story, it was fun to use the hook and fire and get back the arrows.

LD52 — Harvest

Spice Must Flow by arielsan 2023-01-12T13:50:36Z

You are correct, I reduced the spice in each location at the last moment just to make the player have to find another spot but forgot to make them smaller to keep the density or even make it more dense so it is not fun to harvest.

@publicidadeba yes, I worked on the Kingdom Rush series :), you can see more about me [at my site](https://arielcoppes.dev/projects/) if you want.

Thanks everyone for playing it.

(we sell) P.E.O.P.L.E. by nullval 2023-01-12T14:25:58Z

Nice game, super simple concept but super theme related, I felt a bit wrong harvesting people xD, but it was awesome concept.

LD55 — Summoning

Hell Collector - The Summoning by arielsan 2024-04-17T01:23:42Z

Thanks, can't excuse the time but I had no time to do more stuff like helping the player xD, even right now if players want to share the combination they used it is not so easy.