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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuThGrHuMoCo
201532An Unconventional WeaponButter luck next timejam10292.422.653.042.303.042.3245

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Comments by benbateman

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

Space Boy by Hyoga-3D 2015-04-22T10:09:00

This works really well and appeals to those who love games like geometry wars. Add a score system and this would be perfect :)

Attack on Castle Tubswicks by Jokerbomb 2015-04-24T10:10:00

This was fun - nice difficulty curve.

Garden State by cbear_wallis 2015-04-21T13:48:00

I found it incredibly relaxing. The visuals are really cute.

Feedback: Sometimes the speech bubbles get in the way, but the puns make up for that.

Daifugo by jadam009 2015-04-21T11:02:00

This was a great effort. Shame some enemies were cut out - the variety would have been nice - but the art style makes ups for it. I thought the player's animations were charming.

Attractor by LegacyCrono 2015-04-22T21:05:00

This was great fun to play and was a nice difficulty that it was challenging but not frustrating. Would love to see more.

Backfire by Marjie62 2015-04-22T09:58:00

Great concept and one of the few games that I've kept playing for a long time before moving to the next submission to rate. I'll be coming back to this for sure. Quality work in all areas.

Agent C00k13 by NoorStudios 2015-04-21T11:21:00

Just so you know, the windows download link is broken, it needs a capital A http://www.noorstudios.com/AgentC00k13/agentC00k13Win.zip

Game's great. Nice simple mechanics and Agent Cook13 is a funny looking character with a silly but adorable walk. Some of the collision needs to be smoothed out, but other than that, it's fun.

Gravity Gunner by Perjoka 2015-04-29T08:01:00

Great game. Surprisingly open level for such a tight deadline. Mechanics were lots of fun.

Dog Bulldozer by tmpxyz 2015-04-22T09:30:00

Cool idea and the graphics were really nice. Overall I enjoyed.

A couple of feedback points. I think the controlling of the player's rotation with a/d made movement a bit difficult. Also a small bug: I got hit out of bounds which meant the zombies couldn't get me.

Parasite by alpha_rats 2015-04-21T11:51:00

Nice idea and visuals. The cooldown felt a bit too fast, but maybe I just suck at games!

Stoned Scarecrow by gillenew 2015-04-21T11:45:00

Really good submission. The pixelart in particular is fantastic (it must have taken a while). I definitely feel like it's weirdness fits the theme, too.

Add some music and make the progression a bit more forgiving, and I think you're golden.

Quantum Fields by Mathieu Muller 2015-04-21T11:27:00

Nice, solid mechanics meant this was easy to pick up and fun to play. Genuinely was shitting myself with some of those LV4 asteroids. Good work.

Cave Berries by oinariman 2015-04-27T16:40:00

Love the 'get the berries' music.

The Spooky Ghost by DefectiveMelon 2015-04-21T21:48:00

Great concept and some well thought out levels.

Killin' It by shcromlet 2015-04-21T21:37:00

Cool concept. With some music on top, this could turn it to a fun little rhythm game.

Project Pigeon by LimeniusTeam 2015-04-21T11:36:00

This concept was a barrel of laughs. I had a lot of problems pecking the balls, but then again, you wouldn't want it to be too easy, right? The bombing scene made me grin.

Super SALT Helmet by DarkwindMedia 2015-04-21T21:53:00

Probably one of my favourite submissions so far. I love the characters, and the mechanics are simple but well executed. The AI worked really well and I'd love to try this with friends, as I'd think it'd only get better.

Hope you keep developing this. Also kudos for the pun 'Resalts'

In Your Arms by Ryumaru 2015-04-21T14:20:00

Sweet visuals! I'd love to see more. Those sprites must have taken ages to do?

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-21T10:45:00

@Ourson - Made in UE4 but not particularly complex. I think it's most likely some VSync issues or my dodgy camera code. I'd have to try another PC to find out. Anything else that you can tell me that might help is appreciated. Thanks for the feedback.

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-21T12:56:00

HTML5 seems to be buggy and it's beyond me, so if you're having trouble with lag or the platforms, download the windows build instead. Sorry about that; UE4 for you.

@Filoox Got my brother to record it ^_^

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-21T20:29:00

Cheers Mathieu! Yeah, they're meant to respawn 5 seconds later, but sometimes they don't, so I'm not sure what's going on there - I'll have to check that out.

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-22T20:44:00

Thanks tripleVisionGames :) I think with more time I could maybe take cues from Paper Mario to make the 2D/3D style work better.

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-24T08:02:00

@Scornz Can you give me a bit more info? Which floors? The grey floors are meant to be destructible so you need to move off them quickly. Similarly damaging them with the whip/spin attack will destroy them. Any other bugs?

Butter luck next time by benbateman 2015-04-29T07:51:00

@OadT Ha ha, nice score! Yeah, that results screen was hacked together at the last minute. I think I know what happened. Thanks for the feedback about air control, I dialled it down to be a challenge, but maybe a bit too far - I'll experiment.

A.R.C.K by morbidcamel 2015-04-25T10:13:00

FYI

The Web link gave me the following error: could not load memory initializer Release/ARCK.html.mem

The Windows link is currently 404-ing

Pigeon Sniper by nutcrack 2015-04-22T09:15:00

Love the sound effects - the people sounds properly disgruntled about it all. I'd love to see more levels.

Blockmancer by SByte 2015-04-21T13:22:00

I wasn't immediately clear on what to do, but once I got it, I loved it. Nice art style, soothing music, interesting levels. Definitely fits the theme of the jam.

Food Fight by ItsYourPalMike 2015-04-27T16:50:00

Can't download? Link sent me to http://game.itsyourpalmike.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

UrIn Trouble by Lovelace Lair 2015-04-23T14:43:00

Liked the particle effects and the game played very well. Maybe the addition of a jetpack gauge, or a quicker decent over time, might make it a bit more interesting/challenging. Great effort though, I enjoyed it :)

Destroy&Oppress by YaaZ 2015-04-23T14:15:00

Unfortunately I have the same issue as Demy, where it crashes a couple of seconds after launching on Windows. I can't see any logs. If you want me to try anything just give me a nudge on twitter: @benbateman

A Last Mole King's Lullaby by NoxiiStudio 2015-04-21T14:14:00

There was a very good and distinct tone to the game, and I liked how the story was unravelling. With a bit more polish this would be epic.

Photo Fight! by garrisondarkwind 2015-04-21T04:00:00

Great fun and has a lovely look to it.