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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Space Dwarf Alchemist Go! | compo | 188 | 3.77 | 3.68 | 3.28 | 3.70 | 4.25 | 3.91 | 3.63 | 3.66 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Satisfy'n: Keep the Love Alive | compo | 119 | 3.90 | 3.91 | 3.49 | 3.84 | 4.03 | 3.40 | 4.05 | 3.72 |
Cute! Nice story! From a gameplay perspective, it would have been nice to be able to "flick" them more powerfully to make them bobble longer. I expected this behaviour so I kept intuitively trying to click and hold or drag or swipe but realized it didn't do that.
Is this a good score? That was fun! flowers.PNG
Site is being weird. Did my comment with screenshot show up?
Incredible! Well done! I played the whole way through and had fun! birdgame.png
@aidanmarkham I posted your game ;) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/satisfyn-keep-the-love-alive/$207461
This was the most fun game I played on here yet! I just kept going!
Hey this was surprisingly fun and challenging! Honestly at first I could not figure out the controls, and unfortunately that meant it took forever for me to figure out how to select the "controls" option to view them. lol! After I got started and figured it out, I was like, "ok hold, up, I'm gonna solve this!" Great mechanics! Nice animations! Edit: I just noticed the controls listed in this page. I just scrolled past and launched the game. :)
Friggin hilarious! I was DYING of laughter!
"Dis pizza tastes like from old country." LOL
This is really cool and challenging! I think there's a bug though, because I definitely did not solve number 3, but it check marked it anyway.
Very well done! I love the art style and the little touches like voice acting! Nice job adding new elements to keep it always interesting and enticing to keep playing to see what is unlocked next.
The art style is headed in a unique cool direction. Needs more work, and I would make it harder or faster somehow. It's too easy to be fun as it is right now.
I don't think it was registering my clicks when it should. Or maybe I misunderstood how it works.
@fussenkuh ah, I gotcha, however it would only fire once and then I would have to click all over the screen to find some where that it would let me shoot again.
Seems like I couldn't actually throw the ball. It just gets set on floor. Was there something I didn't understand? I saw the controls.
It's an interesting challenge how you don't exactly control the dog reaching to eat stuff, just where it walks.
A classic typing game! Sweet! I would suggest a more colorful palette, and also I should point out that I was playing on "Easy" mode and like the 5th word I had to type was something like "inauguratible" or something long and weird like that, and it spawned like 2 inches from "IT" so I had no time to even process what I was seeing. (Hence why I can't remember exactly what the word was.)
Terrifying sound! I would make it so that there's a delay when you die, cause I can never see my high score because as I'm shooting I lose and then immediately restart before seeing anything.
It's got potential but I'm not crazy about the lack of control. You can go up, but if there's something in your way upward, there's nothing you can do to avoid it.
I lOVE the art! I couldn't figure out what to do after I explored everything.
I kept dropping the heart! THis cracks me up! well done!
Very solid entry! I greatly appreciate the controller compatibility! The physics of player movement was challenging in the right way while still very usable and understandable.
I get that the intent is to be something you come back to often, like a Tamagotchi right?
So meta! I love it! I played through twice and broke it! ;) agamewherin.PNG
Nice! I love the simplicity of control/play, and the dynamics of how losing a balloon makes you fall faster which is both a good and bad thing as far as helping you go faster but more dangerous.
I would recommend letting the player press a button to continue past text
Haha! This game me a real laugh! Very well done! I LOVE the "uhhh" sound when you press menu buttons!
Very unique game mechanic with the balloon movement trying to not get popped! I dig it! Your interface doesn't seem to scale correctly thought. Also I would recommend making the player automatically restart rather than go back to the menu. When it restarts, they are likely to keep trying over and over, but every time you show them the menu, you are inviting them to quit. Just a tip. ;)
@polypickle I'm glad you found them! I'm assuming that means you found your way to hell? And became a master? ;) (I realize it's ambiguous what the secrets could be, and the game doesn't explicitly tell you that you found them. I would have loved to have time to add a list of achievements/possible endings to try and find.
@kromeboy It could go on forever. You could try to get a billion dollars! lol, but that's not one of the 2 secret? I'll just say, once you find a way to try to escape living, and when you achieve "mastery" you will have found the two "endings"
@sacrface I'm so glad you found the secrets! Sorry about the car noise. For some reason ALL of the sounds ended up sounding worse in the build as opposed to in the Unity editor.
@slimabob That's really encouraging to hear! Thank you so much for the feedback!
@owl-skip THanks for the feedback. I agree. Sound was the most "after-thought" part of this for me, as this was the first time I ever attempted at making my own sounds. I would have liked less retro 8-bit sounding and more like you said, gels with the visual and gameplay style better.
@magnusfurcifer Oh you were so close! See what happens when you get 10 of them! ;) But thanks for the feedback and for playing!
@robinerd Thanks for the feedback! Yes that sound turned out awful! lol! It's not super intuitive, but once you have the car you can at-will toggle it on/of by pressing space when you are not in a building. For now the ultimate goal is the ninja dojo. Did you find it and unlock it's secret? ;)
@dani-desa Ooooh, you were pretty close to finding the other secret then! Getting out was an intentional bug, but you gotta go FURTHER out ;)
@ssstormy yeah I whipped the music together as fast as possible by just hitting record and mashing some keys randomly with no plan. haha
@ironygames I agree, a closure state or acknowledgement that you achieve an "ending" would be nice. Thanks for the feedback.
@vex , yep that's it!
@taran-unraveler I'm pleased that you enjoyed it, and I guess it's a good sign if you wished it had lasted longer.
@noucake I appreciate you taking the time to figure it out and give feedback!
@kunonooni YEs! I'm glad to hear you found all the game's (few) secrets! I would have loved to add lots more little easter eggs to find.
@horus your feedback means a lot! I'm glad you were so thrilled and shocked by the kid popping out! haha! I wish I had time to put in more milestones/eastereggs to discover, but alas, I ran out of time. Becoming a millionaire surely should have been one of them. You were completely justified in expecting something to happen there. Also, yes the car sound was WAY worse in the final build than how it sounded in editor for some reason.
@maindric , yep you got it!
@fat-cat there's not a way to "beat" the game, but if you maxed out your meters, bought a car, found the secret hidden within the Dojo, and tried to "escape" then you found everything.
@hcursino That's great to hear! Thank you so much for the kind feedback! Sounds like the only thing you didn't do was find your way to hell in the game! ;) (That's the second secret)
@hacktrout I cracked up reading your comment! :D Thanks for your feedback! I agree the car sound didn't turn out well.
@guille Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad it held your attention enough for you to end up figuring it out and giving it a shot! Thanks!
@eldar You indeed found the two secrets! I'm so glad you found it enjoyable! I agree the car noise turned out awful. Thanks so much for the kind feedback!
@pietro-ferrantelli thanks so much for the kind feedback! I'm happy you found it so humorous and that you found the secrets!
@marcusnystrand thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you like the run animation! :)
@hwaet I'm glad you appreciate those touches and some would take for granted. :) Thanks for the feedback!
@g-a-gamestudio I agree, that would have been an improvement. Or SOME way of indicating there was more for the player to do, and incentive to keep going.
@patsui that's a hilarious description! I dig it!
I like the retro look. Totally something I would play as a kid. The controls were really frustrating though. I would recommend making it smoother and easier to move around.
Dude this is sick! Some sounds and music would take this a long way, but what you have is on to something great!
THat was very difficult. I couldn't tell if the boost was even doing anything. THe graphics look good, but I would go for more visual feedback.
I like it! Has potential. I'll admit I read the title wrong. I thought it said, "Don't stay alive" and that really intrigued me, so I was a little disappointed that it wasn't about trying to die as quickly as possible. haha! But seriously, well done. I would recommend making it a little faster and feel a little snappier.
Pretty minimal, but unique idea! I could see this being a classic arcade game!
I can't seem to play most downloaded games. But I like the bit I was able to read through
I would figure out a different control scheme, cause that was very difficult and cumbersome to move around it. It wasn't clear what, if anything, I was supposed to do besides "wait" which isn't really a fun game loop.
¡Me gusta los gráficos y la tema! ¿Como los hiciste? Son voxeles? ¡Buen trabajo!
I love the art! It seems the controls don't work as they are described on the startup screen though. A and C dont do anything.
Very well done, and very fun! I beat it! Capture.PNG I even hopped on top of some of the bombs and rode them around while shooting at them! lol I would suggest fine-tuning the placement cause there were moments when it looks like there was enough room for a turret somewhere but it wouldn't let me place it.
Pretty chill. That's sweet you have a color blind mode that looks pretty dope as well! Minor "bug" though, you can kind just keep scrolling the mouse constantly and the game seems to be much easier.
Incredible! This is very well done, relatable, and deep! Two games in one! lol
Broken link. SUbscribing to thread to see when you upload it. :)
It would be great if the controls were shown in the game world rather than on a giant wall of text.
This is exactly the kind of game I would have been hooked on as a little kid! My recommendation would be to reward hitting large numbers of bugs at a time. Perhaps a chime sounds each time you kill a bug, and the more bugs at once the higher the pitch and intensity/fan-fare. Hitting 10 at once should look and FEEL like a great deal!
What a strange theme! ;)
HAHA! I loved the game end text! That's morbid and hilarious!!!!
This has SO much potential but as it is currently it's super frustrating to play. I gave up much too soon cause the way it restarts is super jarring, and the timing has to be PERFECT.
For some reason I flew off the screen right away and couldn't get back.
I did it! This is adorable! daryl.PNG
This held my attention pretty well! It was a fun little adventure to see what was going to happen. I figured out that I could just press S on someone without having to press Space first, and only had to place one bowl of soup. I was able to go in and out of the room repeatedly and continually send someone to the hybrid over and over. Maybe that was a bug. Was there a different ending besides being eaten after the manager appears?
Unique take on defending something! A different button for shooting would have been nice. My finger is tired! lol
HAHA! THe whole time I thought I was protecting the white ones and avoiding the grey ones.
Move over, Cuphead! lol, jk, but yeah this is SUPER challenging! I wouldn't make it any less difficult in terms of how the mechanics work, but I would recommend making the powerups have a bigger pickup radius. Well done!
And yes, let the spacebar or something else trigger restart so I don't have to get reaching for my mouse. :)
I like a good sit back and listen kinda of "game." This was nice! I would have loved to have you continue to talk about stuff for much longer.
ooh this is tricky! Very clever! I love all the other planes zooming by!
I dig the art and music. Well done! I am not too sure I understand what I am doing though. I keep losing just a second after I start and I can't tell why. My HP is full. Is there something I'm missing?
I beat it! That TNT explosion sound CRACKED ME UP! This might have made my rage greater though. It was like being in a dream trying to fight off a badguy. You ever have that?
The idea is cool, and the graphic style is interesting, however the controls and camera movement make it a pain to navigate. I would recommend making the movement be relative to the viewer, not to the world.
I like the idea, but I haven't got a clue what is going on, even after reading instructions. There is no in-game feedback to show me what any of my decisions or results are doing. With better in-game tutorial and feedback this has great potential to be really fun!
Well done! The look and feel as well as sound are very nice! Unfortunately, it seems you might be using the old input system, which makes downloaded Unity games virtually unplayable for me for some reason. The only games I've gotten to work when downloaded are done with the new input system. No idea why. (Or maybe this IS the new input system, and there's something terribly wrong with my PC?)
This has a lot of potential but currently there isn't enough visual/audio feedback to help guide the player towards what to do. Had I not noticed the playback buttons at the top I might have sat there for a while wondering why nothing was happening. I think what would be helpful is some sort of indication of what is happening when a character is in a certain room.
Some sfx for button press feedback would plus it up a little, and perhaps some reason to click or not click on each of the buttons on each planet. It currently feels maybe TOO open for me to just keep clicking. Has potential I think to be really fun! BTW, I appreciated your post saying no need to install anything! ;)
That was a little anti-climactic, but the mood was set really well and quite eerie. I would recommend doing work on anticipating how players will unintentionally (or intentionally) and invariably break your game. For instance, first thing I did before going to the first door was take a left and crank the handle. Then I went to the door and got the message indicating that something needed to be cranked first. I went back to the crank but couldn't interact with it. I thought I had broken the game and was unable to progress so I was about to quit, before realizing I simply had to interact with the door again. The generator thing was weird too, because it was already on, but got a message saying I needed to find a generator to turn on. The bot thing was hilarious though! "Oh no, who could be taking these fuses from these bots?" TWO SECONDS LATER "I guess I'll take this fuse from this bot."
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Well done getting a game done despite feeling like you wasted time at the start of the jam. I did too. I didn't have anything started until the following morning 11 hours after it started. I'm glad you and I didn't give up!
You found an interesting interplay of mechanics! I was sorta hoping it would be more of an exploration digging game not a tetris style game, but this is definitely a very unique take on that genre!
This was super fun, but it's too bad the Hull Repair doesn't work. It just takes your money but doesn't repair your hull. Also the weapon speed upgrades seem to do nothing as well.
This is the most fun compo game I've found so far! I love the mechanics and the 7 deadly sins theme! The "lust" one was especially clever. Well done!
This made me laugh out loud for my Sisyphean efforts! Nice idea!
This was very fun and well polished, but I was super sad to discover that it didn't matter how well I played because the final boss seemed to not take damage. I went from like 16 guys who were very upgraded, to losing.deepInferno.png
Nicely done! I loved that you could disguise as a cactus! This was a simple but very well polished game! I like the dialog system but some times the individual character sounds were quiet and paired in a way that it sounded way too quiet or unspoken. It's impressive though!
I couldn't play it. Are you using the new input system or the old one? I _think_ it's whenever someone uses the old input system it makes the horizontal axis always stuck fully to the left, making games unplayable. No idea why. Sad because this looks super cool and I love the theme/objective! Graphics are well done too! Great job doing this for the compo!
@fatsheep no, no controllers or anything. It's so bizarre.
This was infuriatingly difficult, but tremendously rewarding! The most time I've spent on a jam game so far I think! capture.PNG Well done making the environment work for each sword length in different ways!
This is incredibly fun! Well done! You've created what feels like a large game because the gameplay loop is so tight!
I clicked yours cause we both had similar premises to our games. Yours is a little more techy though. Not 100% clear what to do with each thing. I love the concept though!
I'm so glad you made it so the mouse click can be held down instead of rapidly clicking! The movement seemed sticky around edges. It was hard to climb back out.
I want to love this really badly. I'm afraid I didn't have as much fun as what this has potential for, just because the randomness seemed to only ever give me stuff with paths on the right but never left. It felt like a bug. I never made it anywhere.
@solah gasp!!! I'm going to try again!!! Thanks!
I got stuck here and can't figure out how to advance. No buttons are doing anything. capture.PNG
Very well done, and very fun! It would have been nice if there was something else you could order a unit to do, such as take cover, or skirmish or something. But great job overall!
Very well done and polished! The only thing I thought would make it feel better is something when you ground pound, and perhaps a functioning reason why to ground pound other than to bounce on the up blocks. Overall really good and fun!
Incredibly well done!
That was really good! I love the interesting mechanics and decisions you have to make because of the various dig speeds as well as inability to to back up. Nicely done!
Unless I missed something, it seems there wasn't much to do. I couldn't tell what each of the interactable were supposed to do. This has a lot of potential though! Were you going for a sorta "Overcooked" or "Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime" vibe?
I was about to quit playing because it seemed so broken, before I realized I was SUPPOSED to go down that pit with the warning sign. I thought I just had to get my ball/chain thing to touch the delivery and avoid falling into pits. lol! I would have liked the control to be more responsive. It feels sluggish. I like the look of it though!
This was a blast to play! Although once fast enough you never have to move because the objects are moving past you so fast the colliders never detect you.
This was oceLOT of fun (I didn't bother to look at the comments to see if I was the 100th person to make that joke) until I got stuck like this! Well done overall!ocelot.png
The graphics and sound are great! Well done! I feel like I'm missing something though because no matter how well I think I'm going, I can barely grab the first coin before losing. It's WAY too fast. This has great potential to be incredible fun, but, unless I was missing a key mechanic, it's unplayable. Judging by other comments who seem to have made progress, I'm guessing there's something really important that I don't know.
Incredibly well done! My only feedback would be to add more sound effects such as when you are traveling and clicking on things. Great job! I think I see the issue regarding URP as we discussed. It's my browser that doesn't work which is why it seemed to me like my game didn't work at first. Your game didn't run using the Brave browser, but does run on Edge.
This has potential. As it is currently it felt like there was so little rhyme or reason to it that there was no way to be smart and solve it other than "brute force" which meant that even when I solved it I didn't feel at all clever or skilled for having done so. I dig the color and art style though!
First game I've played this jam! This is hilariously infuriating! I love the mechanics and the feel. I could see this being the next Flappy Bird! lol! I'll be sure to rate as soon as we can!
Very well done! I loved the diversity of enemies! I would recommend using a different cursor since the aiming is based on your mouse position on screen. And some sort of pickups would have been nice to feel more rewarded and have a reason to keep going deeper. Nicely done overall!
@dr-v Thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@the-neon-shark I intentionally priced everything such that no matter what you buy you'll always have enough starting gold left to buy at least 1 Alchemist to then start getting an income. That's a fun idea though to have a "comically slow" income! Maybe you get fractions of a coin per second that you can't even spend on anything! haha
@wizkid I'm glad you appreciated my voice acting and theme! Thanks for playing!
@metadept @ben-taylor thanks for playing!
@ubershmekel thanks for the feedback! Yes the laser is in my opinion the worst part of the game. It's the only sound I used a synth generator for, as opposed to recording myself. It was supposed to be a placeholder. I never got around to it but ultimately I wanted the ships to shoot at you, destroying sections of your ship, but that would have made it less of an "idle game" I supposed. I would have loved to get around to making a dynamic camera so you still see the action when the ship is absurdly huge.
@ancooper glad you liked it! Thanks for playing!
@jafcraze Great to hear!! haha! Yes, it would be nice to have a count of things. Yeah I was conflicted about whether or not the modules should change price like the upgrades.
@fatebreak Glad to hear it! Thanks for playing!
@zykra Thanks for the feedback! My initial plan was to allow you to be the one to hit the launch button.
@mockthebear haha that's awesome, glad to hear it!
@saintchristopher777 Glad you love it! I'll have to check out those games!
@blockerz I'm glad to hear it was fun and that you appreciated my voice acting.
@therdre There is no limit except what your computer can handle! I spent no time with optimizing so theoretically you could play until your computer runs out of ram and crashes! lol
@silkworm-sweatshop thanks for the compliments and feedback!
@kromeboy yeah it would be nice to eventually unlock more expensive things to buy in addition to making old things more expensive.
@audiobusting haha yes!! You got to the kill screen, er, I mean, the win screen! You win! Thanks so much!
@threeli I'm glad you enjoyed it! I wish it wasn't quite so open-ended. I wasn't "planning" to, but I am considering it. I'd like to!
@traffle sadly I didn't get to finish my intentions for the ships. I wanted them to shoot at and destroy sections of your ship.
@laurent thanks! Yes, I think that's a great suggestion. I was on the fence but I think the prices should increase in some way.
@lepoulet thanks so much! I appreciate that! Your voice acting was great too! It adds a really nice touch!
@freamdev haha, so glad to hear that! I'm glad it's humorous! No end game I'm afraid, but I'm stoked that you had a good time playing!
@caladrius Thanks so much! I'm glad you appreciate my voice acting.
@szymski that's fair. :) I wanted more time to increase the stakes by having ships shoot at and destroy you, as well as goal milestones with an ultimate goal of going faster than light and breaking the universe. lol
@wolderado Thanks! I'm glad it was fun! Yes, I was going for a sort of clicker game feel.
@tim77 thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback! The "combat" was the only thing I had planned but couldn't implement in time. There are these Human ships (instead of aliens, eh?) that start to appear and fly near you. Your guns will shoot them down. I wanted to have the Humans shoot at your modules destroy them.
There was no end goal, but as one of my friends put it, "you win in your heart." ;)
@desertmawtobi Yes, agreed. It gets out of hand lol! Thanks so much for playing!
@healthire I'm pleased to know it was satisfying, albeit not challenging. Thanks for the feedback!
@solah Glad you liked it! I'm proud of you for getting the data costs to overflow 1 digit! haha!
@pkenney I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciated the voice acting! I'm sorry about the laser sounds, and confusion. I think maybe I need to stop using Bfxr for sounds cause those are always the sounds that bother people in my games. The people you were shooting were the humans. ;) Thanks so much for playing and offering feedback!
Well done getting the unspoken goal of traveling faster than light!!!
@zimny11 I'm so glad you love the name! haha! Great feedback. The prices definitely need to increase. Thanks!
@nonumbersgames I'm thrilled you enjoyed it while it lasted! Yes, in hindsight I totally agree I should have scaled up the purchase prices of the stuff on the left. I don't know why I intentionally did NOT scale those prices.
The particle effects are very well done! The game is a little too easy as you can currently just spam click to shoot while the enemy simply shoots one shot per second or so.
It's simple, but charming. It's hard to feel like there's a purpose or any "stakes" but it's got potential. I love the cute graphics! Well done!
I had a huge grin on my face as soon as the game started, and very quickly I was laughing out loud! Thank you for this delightful experience!
I'd recommend something to make the interaction more interesting. Instead of clicking, which is boring, maybe you throw a net or something so you have to time your clicks in advance of where the bug is moving or something.
Hilarious! That sneeze sound at the end was so appropriately gross! I think the only thing I would suggest could be improved is the music could be a little more dynamic to match the gameplay. Great interpretation of the theme!
The transition animations are very cool! Too bad so few levels, but that last one took me a few tries!
I love this idea and take on the theme! It's quite hilarious! It wasn't 100% obvious to me what to do though.
Well done. I really appreciate the in-game tutorials! Sound was a little loud, but kudos for including sound effects. This is a fairly robust game!
Is there a way to retry without having to close and reopen the program? I do love the attention to detail with tutorial hints, and that kick was hilarious!
@smt what a coincidence. Mine is also cookie-clicker inspired! @rushhourz this is pretty brilliant! Well done!
This was cool! Sound effects would have made it way more fun! I would also recommend not mapping non-directional actions to a traditionally directional key layout such as wasd. It keeps tricking me into thinking that melee is "forward" not "d" so whenever I'm facing left I try to press "a" to do melee.
Very cool! Love the look of it. Hitting a beam seems to happen sooner than you'd think. This takes some skill!
haha, wow! Breaking the nail is actually quite infuriating! lol! Well done!
Great interpretation of the theme! Very thorough instructions too! I would only change the graphics cause it's a little hard on the eyes, but well done!
This is very well made! I love the way the heat/fire works, but maybe it's a little fast to go out. Being able to hold a direction would be nice. Oh and the way the music changes to become eerie is a nice touch! Well done!
I like that it seems inspired by Joust, but it seems the enemies play by different rules than the player. It would be interesting to play this game where there is 1 character controller than both the player and the AI interface with so they are using the same mechanics, ie, rotate or not rotate, etc.
Interesting idea. It seems the buying system lets you spend ashes you don't have. Some SFX would really juice it up!
I managed to get 40! This was really fun! I tried repeatedly! Very simply but very elegant!
This would make for a great mobile game! Well done! I love a good spin on a classic game!
Great interpretation of the theme! I would have liked to hear some sound effects though, but the voice recording was a nice touch.
Was the goal to collect all leaves? The map was a really nice touch!
Not what I expected, but surprisingly fun! Could use a rhythm mechanic where you play specific bass lines and the better you click the correct buttons, the better the sound wave is at pushing those guitarists back.
It took after several tries on the last level before I realized you could press space to float/jump! lol! This could use more polish, but you are on to something here!