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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
202148Deeper and deeperDeep Fallcompo3.063.312.183.712.642.923.14
202046Keep it aliveGRAVITY.compo3533.603.553.723.703.173.15
201945Start with nothingHeroes for Hire!jam3.163.163.162.752.802.333.33
201637One roomMEEPLE MAdNESSjam4393.332.953.763.763.712.653.1939
201326MinimalismMinimal Leapingscompo9142.833.162.223.662.052.062.152.4275
201224EvolutionPrimordial Pooljam1482.972.782.313.162.692.311.532.4863

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Comments by ben657

LD24 — Evolution

Primordial Pool by ben657 2012-08-28T07:55:00

Thanks for the kind words! We were getting a bit frustrated with little bugs by the end, so a lot of the things we wanted didn't get put in, and a few big things were missed, as mentioned, but definitely going to polish it up after votings done :)

Panspermia by Carl Graves 2012-08-28T07:36:00

Loved it! got somewhat stuck on the level where they're in ice blocks... but still an excellent game!

You ARE the RAIN by alvivar 2012-08-28T07:53:00

Challenging, creepy and fun... just awesome :D (although my mouse may be broken from all that mashing D:)

Carcinogen Corp. by Mashmed 2012-08-28T07:18:00

Looks very nice, but upon starting in the browser, I walked into a house and got a slick error straight away

Hunt'em! by Zamando 2012-08-28T16:25:00

One of the best looking games i've played!

Evolution Strategy (Web) by Kickerua 2012-08-28T07:47:00

Very nice looking game, and love the squishy sounds, but there doesnt seem to be much user interaction apart from choosing upgrades?

Oculus Battalion by Maxium 2012-08-28T10:33:00

Love it!

Robo[R]Evolution by NateNaterson 2012-08-28T09:07:00

Excellent game! Very fun to play, although I think turrets are a little too rare, only had two on the first round with heavy soldiers, got owned D:

Caveman's Quest for Food by jfroco 2012-08-28T10:28:00

Love the idea, just a little repetitive... might be the music, but still, very good!

City of Stillness by Sebby 2012-08-28T10:40:00

I think I like the idea, and the turn-based (I think) style is pretty nice, but maybe just put a few more lights, or turn up the brightness, no idea where I was going and found the first rooms entrance by pure chance!

Genes Chase by Mago 2012-08-29T19:27:00

Nice idea, although as a frog, i could just jump infinitely and fly :p

Combine And Conquer by Lucas Tiridath 2012-08-28T10:36:00

Any game with a flying turtle lizard is great in my books!

evolution game by revilossor 2012-08-28T08:04:00

Loved it!

LD26 — Minimalism

Minimal Leapings by ben657 2013-04-29T16:42:00

Pfft, my best is 310 so far ;)

Minimal Leapings by ben657 2013-04-30T07:07:00

Well it's a badly drawn potato, but yeah, that's the one ^

Potato Lotion Dilemma! by shotiris 2013-04-29T08:47:00

One of the strangest things I have ever seen... kinda cool though... O.o

Loki by francoisvn 2013-04-30T06:43:00

Ran great on windows 8-64bit,good work!

Run for your life! by papa_troll 2013-05-05T17:30:00

Nice game, bit simple, some dubious things flying at you... but it works well anyway :)

Blink, a minimalist perception by dray 2013-05-05T17:29:00

Awesome game! Potato!

LD37 — One room

Last Pig Standing by HotByteDog 2016-12-14T12:52:00

Not an easy game, but a good bit of fun trying to mash your keys as quick as possible!

Cockroach Reaction by dominisz 2016-12-16T13:23:00

Really good bit of fun, so satisfying getting a reaction over the whole room

Tree House Quest by AngrySquirrels 2016-12-14T12:58:00

You've made a charming, tiny little pokemon game in 3 days... incredible!

LD45 — Start with nothing

Heroes for Hire! by ben657 2019-10-08T08:58:19Z

Aaah damn. That's what I get for assuming my rebuild was good, can't actually enter the dungeon. Bug fix will be incoming soon!

Heroes for Hire! by ben657 2019-10-08T10:40:31Z

Having lots of issues with the web build, so I've uploaded a windows one for now whilst I work it out!

Seedling by mechanicallife 2019-10-08T08:43:28Z

Good fun, took me a while to figure out I needed to get to the markers though. Maybe they should be an arrow more on the screen?

Good for relaxing session in between the other more frantic games!

Nothing by Spiced Pigeon 2019-10-08T08:54:14Z

Incredibly unique idea, and awesome that you managed to get the networking done over the jam! Not sure about some of the connections other people (and myself) were making, but I guess validation and checkig wasn't the first thing on your minds whilst making this :wink:

Glitch Of Hell by Draigius 2019-10-08T08:26:28Z

The graphics are lovely and clean, but I found it just way too slow to restart. I think it falls squarely into the "one more try" puzzle/reaction game style, where you really need a good quick restart so players don't get bored of seeing the same reset animation 100 times before they've reached level 10.

Blank by MoebiusMeow 2019-10-08T08:32:46Z

Relaxing and pretty satisfying to play! A lot better once I worked out that big pieces take longer to fall so it's better off making lots of small cuts to fill the void.

LD46 — Keep it alive

Timmy Telekinesis by Lintfordpickle 2020-04-23T12:09:00Z

I really like it! With more maps and maybe upgrades for your vehicle/power, could be really good fun.

The Keep! It's Alive! by minibobbo 2020-04-30T12:08:14Z

Love it. Gorgeous graphics and sound design!

Mayday by awerar 2020-04-21T11:00:45Z

Like others have mentioned, looks really nice, could see it working well with an upgrade system or something similar.

The Cat's Journey by magnusfurcifer 2020-04-20T10:34:11Z

Really cool idea, bit of graphics polish and some extra interactables and it'll be really fun.

GRAVITY. by ben657 2020-04-20T10:58:33Z

That's a good catch, I completely forgot to actually handle oxygen running out!

GRAVITY. by ben657 2020-04-23T14:13:12Z

@schizoinside thanks for the feedback and playing for so long! It's actually intentional that you can't achieve a perfect orbit. You've got to be constantly be adjusting due to other planets and asteroids.

A good tip though, focus on the _opposite_ side of your orbit, it's a lot easier to control that by slowing down or speeding up than the peak of the orbit close to you!

GRAVITY. by ben657 2020-04-23T19:46:05Z

@edalbung thanks for playing! Gotten a lot of comments about the physics, it's actually really simple. Just copied in the main equation from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation and tweaked the value of G so it worked with much smaller numbers! (ish, the planets are still a couple million kg of mass)

Sound design I honestly just completely forgot until I started playing other people's games and realised mine had none :scream:

GRAVITY. by ben657 2020-04-24T08:22:55Z

@shunaky thanks for playing! I'm loving all the KSP comparisons. Many hours playing that is the only reason I can actually control the orbits properly I think!

@kfischer-okarin the slow motion idea is really cool actually, might have to add that if I carry on after the jam ends. I do have plans for upgrades for the thrusters and such, even possibly an orbit auto-correct but I have no idea how I'd balance that honestly.

GRAVITY. by ben657 2020-04-24T11:42:57Z

@thejonu thanks for playing! That's a good catch about floating off into space actually, normally oxygen running out would end the run but since it's bugged that won't be the case :worried:

Vote Jack! by kfischer-okarin 2020-04-24T08:28:13Z

Really enjoyed it, although I think for me it was a little slow, was starting to get bored by the time many assassins started appearing.

Breaking Point by R3L0ad1 2020-04-20T11:07:58Z

Good fun, although would be nice if the bike was a bit more responsive. I think the difficulty should be in the amount of cars and their movement. Not how slow the bike is.

Cactus Care by west 2020-04-20T10:50:13Z

Absolutely ridiculous. I love it. Genuinely tense from that camera shake...

Keep THEM Alive by ItzJoJo 2020-04-21T18:39:44Z

Cool idea, would love to see it evolve into a roguelike sort of thing with the cute allies having abilities to protect you etc.

ORB by blaster391 2020-04-21T18:28:44Z

Difficult to manage all the picking up and dropping of turrets and the orb, but I like it. Cool take on a tower defence!

Active Earth Rush by Odd1In 2020-04-23T12:06:02Z

Fun little game, but as others have mentioned a minimap or pointer towards the obejctive would be really helpful. Felt like I spent most of the time looking for the cube, not actually enjoying the shooting and dodging.

Polar by MrSchlag2 2020-04-24T11:41:34Z

Really fun, I realise it's the point, but I think the bear felt a little _too_ slow.

Crystal Scavenger by I-H 2020-04-24T11:32:24Z

Cool idea, but as the other comment mentions, some upgrades to help with progression would be useful!

GOLKIA by Szieberth Adam 2020-04-20T10:25:29Z

About the only thing I was going to say was it would be nice to be able to zoom. But you've thought of that aready, love it!

The Shopkeeper by Azathothep 2020-04-30T12:14:43Z

Gorgeous, but like others have said It's kind of difficult to figure out what's actually happening when you sell things. Some more feedback on whether a choice was good or not would go a long way.

HEART LORDS by Spooky 2020-04-21T12:19:35Z

I love the graphics, incredibly good looking. But it's real slow, enemies take 20 or so hits to die and the movement without dashing everywhere takes forever.

Guardian Reaper by Raphiell 2020-04-23T12:42:30Z

Love it, the sprites are real cute!

IcyNoid by XCVZXC 2020-04-21T11:03:47Z

Really well executed, nice and smooth to play!

Save us by Curtis Pelissier 2020-04-23T12:18:30Z

Got a lot better once I realised I could pause and stop getting overwhelmed by disasters! But really good fun, with some more visual effects it could be a great pandemic-style game.

Space Mercenary by Lorwon 2020-04-23T12:00:10Z

Little touch to figure out how the whole food/health system works, but fun once I did. Would be interesting to see some ship upgrade mechanics!

Rocket Defence by TheScopelessOne 2020-04-20T10:56:40Z

Veeeeeery difficult, I think the screenshake could be reduced and the size of the rocket's hitboxes increased. Fun idea though!

Hospital Ride by The1 2020-04-20T11:03:20Z

Absolutely love it. Hotline Miami vibes from the style, and it's immensely satisfying to get a good run to the end! Would love to see it with a timer and highscores to try and speed run!

KungFu Grandpa by YiNian 2020-04-21T12:24:10Z

I love the sprites, looks really nice. Not personally a big fan of the gameplay though. It feels like there should be something to do during the combat, maybe abilities or something to help deal damage or heal?

Savior by Ekin 2020-04-24T12:05:14Z

Really good fun! Had a few parts where I got stuck on the ground and it's very difficult to get back into the air properly but aside from that I love it.

Heartventure by Crawl 2020-04-21T11:14:16Z

Really cool concept. Would like the o2/stress meters closer to the action so I can watch the animations a bit easier though.

Boids of Prey by Shawn Moore 2020-04-24T12:24:55Z

I really enjoyed it, something about the combination of simple but well-made gameplay and the cute graphics just had me grinning the whole time :grin:

Volty's Quest by Casey Macneil 2020-04-24T12:17:12Z

Incredible art and music! Really like the concept too, although I did manage to break it by dying half way through a transition in an elevator :grin:

Another Night by DataGreed 2020-04-24T09:03:12Z

I really enjoyed that, felt very moody and actually had me getting nervous the further out from the fire I got!

An ocean's life by Shootboots 2020-04-20T10:31:28Z

Cool attempt, definitely needs more feedback though. Can't tell if the space bar is actually doing anything!

Blocks 'n Trees by NectherLouie 2020-04-24T12:13:38Z

I like it, i'm not normally one for puzzle-style games but this kept me hooked for a while! Although it does feel _really_ bad when you end up with just heavy blocks and only two or three trees to use them on.

Hanging by a Copper Wire by Pepijn 2020-04-23T12:22:02Z

Interesting little exploration game, I think my main comments would be on the controls. It would be nice to be able to grab ladders after jumping, and if monsters hitting you wouldn't turn your character around.

Escaping Fire by Shunaky 2020-04-23T20:02:12Z

Impressive amount of survival crafting game for only 3 days, there's issues but really well done so far!

The jumping red cube by Vrglab 2020-04-20T10:37:02Z

Getting some flashbacks to playing Impossible Game in school! Definitely needs to speed up slower though, any more than a few seconds and you're going way too fast to react to anything with how small the camera viewport is.

The Bob and the Rob by Yonman 2020-04-20T10:41:26Z

Felt like a bit of a fever dream whilst playing, but good job getting a playable game done in time!

Starship & Hull by Mastoast 2020-04-21T12:18:42Z

Really want to like it, but the controls and camera flipping around when switching surfaces makes it jarring to play.

Arboreas by MysteriousBaboon 2020-04-21T18:33:09Z

Interesting idea, although (maybe I was playing it wrong) it did just devolve into a lot of chopping trees down due to how fast the infection spreads. I couldn't apply much strategy to it :P

Save the Dragon by Physi3 2020-04-24T12:29:10Z

Really smooth! Love the pixel art. Could definitely have done with some music and sounds though (not that i'm one to talk, I forgot them for my entry).

Resurrection plan by NIKond 2020-04-20T10:45:12Z

Really cool idea for a puzzle game. Would love to see it spruced up as a mobile game.

Rouge Connection by Edalbung 2020-04-23T12:25:52Z

Really enjoy the style, although some variation in gameplay is definitely needed. Some verticality too would really improve it I think!

Bunnyguard by Dionyss 2020-04-23T12:28:17Z

I really liked it, guessing there were some outside time constraints but the concept is good and with some extra mechanics it could be good fun!

Fleurist by TheJonu 2020-04-24T09:10:07Z

As everyone has said, gorgeous art! The gameplay is a bit repetitive though, would be cool to see some sort of fluctuation in the prices maybe? So you have to plan ahead a bit what you're going to grow and when you're going to sell it.

DON`T DIE STAY ALIVE! by PenguinBob 2020-04-23T12:14:33Z

Good fun, as others have mentioned the hitboxes on spears could be a bit more forgiving though.

Jelly Rescue by DeadWormy 2020-04-24T12:21:12Z

Ended up stuck in a loop of dying somehow, but good fun up until then. A suggestion for the throwing would be to lock the angle once the user has clicked, I missed a few shots by having the wrong angle at the end of the animation.

Captured by OtisDev 2020-04-20T10:53:27Z

Nicely done for the time frame, the enemies definitely need less bloom on the second level though ;)

Catastrophe: Wildfire Firefighters by Kaappis 2020-04-23T12:38:21Z

Looks incredible. amazing pixel art! I think some more feedback on what is going on and the speed of the game would go a long way to making it more enjoyable!

You Can't Die! by Nirose 2020-04-20T11:12:15Z

Seems like it could be good fun. I would definitely swap the left/right controls though, I spent most of the time fighting against that rather than the aliens!

LD48 — Deeper and deeper

Etherial Horizon by ZevsEHG 2021-04-26T11:37:24Z

Bit difficult to use the orange rocks, as others have said. Cool idea though, could see a walking-sim kind of game like this doing really well with some moody atmosphere!

A Fairway Down! by Haydads 2021-04-26T11:47:39Z

Spent the entire time frustrated that the ball wouldn't roll a tiny bit further. 10/10 just like real golf.

Falling Rock by David Horning 2021-04-26T11:40:19Z

Excellent little game, first time I hit a bird and realised they were obstacles on my best attempt was infuriating... but that's on me :D