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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
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| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Shifty Seamus | compo | 259 | 3.45 | 3.64 | 3.41 | 3.68 | 2.38 | 2.21 | 2.92 | 3.12 | 47 | ||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Marvin's Journey | compo | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Awesome Smasher Extreme / Beautiful Princess Hopping Adventure | compo | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | Zzzecret Agent | compo | 529 | 3.08 | 3.08 | 3.38 | 3.76 | 2.31 | 2.67 | 2.20 | 46 | |||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Jetpack Survival | compo | 1074 | 2.65 | 2.90 | 2.13 | 3.17 | 2.33 | 1.40 | 2.54 | 2.38 | 51 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Only Walls | compo | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Never Dance Alone Darryl | compo | 530 | 2.26 | 2.11 | 2.53 | 2.32 | 2.42 | 1.82 | 2.41 | 1.54 | 2.11 | 57 |
Really well done game, the core mechanic was solid and original, and every time I lost I knew it was my own fault. The graphics and sound really made the rabbits, cat, and lettuce seem believable. And the mechanic where the rabbits who are alone get scared and run away was an interesting take on the theme.
Strong beginning, kind of short, but what is there was good, and the story was decent. I'm interested to see where this goes if you decide to continue working on it.
Hilarious theme song! Although I can't help but wonder if it's even possible to catch that cat, I right on top of it three separate times. Although I guess that's how real claw machines work too, so it's realistic at least :P
Fun game, but a bit too difficult for my ability! Good job!
Very unique art style, excellent level of polish and the run-from-your-shadow mechanic works pretty well with the theme. Although I found even the easy mode too difficult for me, it's possible I lack the strategic foresight to win. Overall, very well done!
Pretty fun game, quite difficult. Nice work!
"Innovation" is not some critical aspect to a fun game, especially when you know the fundamentals this well. A tried-and-true concept done very solidly, and I'd love to see you flesh this out into full fledged game.
Well, the movement controls were not my cup of tea. But the writing in this game was exquisite; I HAD to keep on playing just to read all the notes. It fit the theme perfectly, as well as being one of relatively few games that made me truly care about the characters. Nice work!
The gameplay was solid, the graphics were appropriate, and the story... was unique and clever. Excellent work!
The graphics in general, and the stars especially, looked really good! Like some of the other comments have said, I found the bullets a bit too slow, but overall a pretty decent game.
The rain on the invisible ground was a very innovative and neat idea! The actual gameplay was fairly difficult; Especially in the few rainless areas. Overall, Nice job!
Pretty tough game. Good job!
Very clever idea with the server syncing. The two music tracks were hilarious! Well done!
This was actually quite fun. "I wandered around the desert for a bit, then I smashed open a cactus with a rock and drank the cactus water, then I got hungry so I ate a snake." Every part of that sentence is pure awesome. I'd love to see you what you end up doing with this.
Very surreal, and interesting atmosphere. I enjoyed the ending, and your commitment to the theme. Nice work!
Fun game, and a neat idea. The wall-jumping felt a little unnatural, but it was fun for as far as I got.
Fun game and original concept. Well done :)
Got both endings! Nice use of the theme, and solid gameplay. Well done, sir.
If this were an arcade game, you sir, would have a pocketful of my quarters. Simple, solid, and downright delightful to play. This is the holy grail all game developers aim for, and you have done it. Bravo! And by all means, keep up the good work.
Very natural-feeling game. The player movement was almost hypnotic, and moving everything around without any real purpose (that I could tell) felt very appropriate. Eventually I accidentally put the Whale in the "Right place" and then tried a few of the others, but had much less luck with them. Overall though, very interesting game.
Love the idea of desperately trying to find another lantern as yours starts to dim and the dark scary things close in on you. Very tense!
Other comments had some fair points, an ability to restart would have made it easier to try again, and it'd be good to know to jump on the ball, not run into it. That being said, I find the one-life-only choice to have been appropriate for this game. Personally I found myself playing through the entire thing many times to get "one more try" on one tricky jump, and the only having one life made it more significant and satisfying to finally succeed. It may not have been an ideal choice for this competition (I never did get to any of the "control multiple cube" levels) but it certainly makes this game a lot more substantial. This is one of the two only LD22 games that I can see myself replaying after rating it. Bravo!
Congratulations on sticking with it and submitting your game! I found this one pretty hard to figure out, although I experimentally guessed the controls after awhile. I am sure you've learned a lot this time, and I look forward to playing your submission for the next one.
I was really and truly enjoying this game, it was shaping out to be a really excellent first-person adventure. However, the drone part (perfectly fun, mind, especially their talking) went far too long and was far too difficult. I suspect if throwing one drone into others caused them all to break, it would have been more manage-able, and you did imply there were other ways to defeat them, but I was unable to find any. So perhaps my lack of originality is to blame, but having to restart the countdown every time, and the sheer difficulty prevented me from finishing. My apologies if there was more afterward, and I'd have loved to play it, but as far as I got it was very well done!
The race-against-yourself, fits the theme very well, and was a good way to keep track of how much better you were doing than the previous lap. It turns out I'm really bad at this game, but that's no one's fault but mine. Nicely done!
The level design was superb! Challenging without being frustrating. I found the birds to be more hilarious than annoying, though I can't explain why. Overall, great game, and I'd love to see it expanded into a longer game. :)
@Urfoex - Good point, I have updated the main text to include more detailed instructions. Thanks.
@Saxon Douglass - Glad you like it!
Interesting idea, but I'd have liked to see it used in a larger variety of ways. Still, good job on what is there.
Cool idea and definitely takes the Minimalism theme to an extreme. One thing that might be helpful is to let the player know if the movement is top down or FPS-style. For example, when I hit a wall, do I hold left to turn around then hold up to walk forward for awhile, or do I hold left instead of up to walk left instead for awhile?
Very challenging take on an established mechanic. Minimalistic, but challenging. But perhaps too challenging.
Very retro, and very solid. The ship-improvements at the expense of score multipliers is a cool addition too. Nice work!
Fun and interesting game. Challenging, but not frustratingly so. Although the speed-tiles are more of a hazard than a help :P Got up to but not past level 8.
Cool and simple game. The jumping in this game was better than most platformers on this site, making that precision jumping part much less frustrating than it would be otherwise. Well don on that. Checkpoints would be nice though, but it's short enough that they weren't too sorely missed.
This is incredible! Amazing aesthetic, and overall brilliant feel.
I got to the end! The controls are pretty sticky, but pretty awesome for a 1 hour effort.
Could use a bit of instruction at the start, but overall a whole lot of fun packed into a very simple mechanic. The "previous markers" were a brilliant, and crucial, feature.
I really liked the music! Knowing which way the cube was facing wasn't a problem for me, but the left/right controls being inverted threw me off. Also, I have no idea what I was supposed to do. But I hope it was push the other shapes off the platform. Because I did a lot of that, and it was fun. The momentum for overpowering the other shapes feels very right.
Holy Cow! This is fun idea, explored well (the green tracks, bouncing, momentum) and polished to a brilliant shine! Climbing that hill at the end honestly felt like climbing a real rocky hill (struggle, slip, try again). I can honestly say, if you were to add a few more levels to this, and put it up for sale, I would buy it! Put it on Steam, I'd buy it for a few friends too.
I was kind of hoping the prize-at-the-end was being able to fully see that behind-the-game image (since the game teases us with it at a few spots) but perhaps that's an idea for the retail-version ;)
This is hat-eating bizarre, and I love it! My top score 64,850! Longest combo: 20! Take that insanity! :)
Very cute graphics, and surprisingly fun game play. Well done!
Very innovative idea, and interesting take on the theme. The ability-picking would be more exciting if there was some sort of "point multiplier" or similar bonus for picking fewer abilities. And if every level could be beaten with only one ability (though with difficulty) to really show off your idea. Very well done though for the time we had :)
I do enjoy a good maze. Those spinning blades are quite nerve-wracking, I confess I did not get past the 3rd level. But very much enjoyed as much as I did play.
Just an FYI. You would get FAR more people to play your game if you hosted it on a service that could be freely used (without having to register) Few people will take the effort to create a throw-away account on some third-party site just to be able to download your game.
Mediafire and Dropbox are the most popular choices on here, I've seen some hosted on Gamejolt as well. There are many choices that make it easier for people to play and rate your game.
You may want to look into some other hosting options before voting ends.
Really cool idea! And the destructible planets are a nice treat :)
Probably the most minimalist game I've played so far, yet still manager to be fun and interesting. The sort of game where you keep saying "just one more time" until it's midnight :P Although it's a bit too easy to "skip" the score screen if you're mashing SPACE.
Very original, and the city feels quite "alive". Though it could benefit from some more varied interactions.
The atmosphere of this game is so good, especially the shock after the first explosion reveals where you are.
However, the collision detection make the game a lot more frustrating and trial-and-error prone than it should be. Most of the time I had an easier time finding my way when I didn't use the pulse or explosion, and just walked around my old dead bodies. Even after having beaten it a few times I'm still not sure what specifically kills you (Red things? Everything? Hitting things at high speed?).
After the first time I tried doing it faster, and then without dying a few times to see if the ending changed, but I guess it doesn't. Which is appropriate. Also, given that I tried for a solid half-hour on this game (longer than any other) suggests you're definitely doing something very right.
I played the whole game before reading the don't-collect-anything note, and kept thinking "Didn't I get them all, did I miss one?" But then playing it again, properly, was far more challenging and the item-placement made far more sense. Some pregame instruction to that effect would have been good. Also the platforming controls could be tightened up a bit. But overall, a clever take on the theme, forcing a lot of people to fight their collectors instincts, which was really neat.
There is something very cheerful about this game. As far as I can tell you don't "win" you just smile :)
Mathematical!
@Everyone - Thanks a lot! I'm glad you liked it!
@Trench - Thank you for your comments! I am aware of that floating-bullet glitch but sadly I did not have time to fix it. At least it doesn't actually threaten you so it's not game-breaking. Also, I did experiment with having the tanks aim at the player, however that quickly became much too difficult to dodge, if not impossible, since you can only dodge up and down. The aimless firing seems dangerous enough :P
@hamster_mk_4 : Thanks for playing! Any of the "Use Jetpack" buttons also work to restart the game. However there is a 2-second period after losing where they won't work, to prevent accidentally skipping your chance to view your time and rank. After 2 seconds just press whichever button you were using the Jetpack with.
@tankete : Thanks for the comment :) I wanted to at least add a Jetpack engine and tank-explosion sound but ran out of time :( The ranks are based off of your play-style rather than how well you played. There's info about earning the ranks in the description. I would have added more ranks for long-time survivors, but didn't have time to determine what was an 'impressive' enough amount of time. It seems most people tend to get in and around 2 minutes, so maybe 3 or 4 would be good, but I didn't know that until the commenters started telling me.
Nice parody of the theme in the intro :P Also quite fun, though took me a few tries to figure out you have to hold the attack button.
Excellent sound mood and visuals, well stylized and unique. However for a platforming game (even a minimalist one) the 'camera' is a bit too up-close. Also the Wall-Jump is a bit buggy and inconsistent, every time I think I've gotten the hang of it, it stops working. Still looks and sounds nice though :)
Wow! I liked how the mysteries were generally complex enough to take some serious thought, yet straight-forward enough that you had a fair shot at getting them on your first try.
I didn't figure out the reasoning in the sumo wrestler one though, just randomly picked the right guy. The rest were all very satisfying to solve though.
I love the sheer absurdity of it all! The gameplay and story shared the same breathlessly joyous excitement, making them mesh perfectly together and compliment each other.
A full-length game of this sort would give birth to a new genre and I would raucously applaud it.
Interesting game. Definitley had a very strong point to make, though as a non-European I had to do a bit of research to understand it.
Overall a respectable first foray into the world of 3D games :)
Cool game idea, very nice looking graphics. However I found it a bit bothersome that neither ESC nor ALT+F4 would close the game after I won (I didn't see the "P" comment at first). Also, it seems you can build a tent and win without the box of supplies.
Overall pretty good though.
Pretty fun game. I liked the different types of guns, and the music too. And the difficulty curve was very good, a nice easy first level to learn on, and then the challenge starts ramping up nice and quickly.
The aiming at the little guys was a bit tricky though, since it seems to shoot the bullets just slightly to the left of the mouse pointer.
Nice game :)
Quite a lot of fun I must say. The first time I inadvertently burst through a wall like the Kool-Aid guy I nearly fell over laughing. That was a hilarious feature. The voice-over was a nice touch too.
Occasionally when two different colored bombs spawned really close together it would try to disarm both, and blow one up, other than that quite fair, and solid.
Lovely game!
Simple yet compelling, nice balance. I liked the old-school children's game feel to some of the puzzles.
I did find the flying keys to be more challenging than you had probably intended though. even when I'd hone in on one key and track it's movements, there seemed to be some randomness in their bounce trajectory, plus they were small enough that it required incredibly fast fingers. But I did make it all the way to the end, and I'm glad I did.
Honestly, if you wanted to do so, I can see this turning into a very decent kid's game for tablets/smartphones, if you made the story and difficulty a bit more kid-friendly.
This is far more solid than I was expecting, and the 10-second goal was exactly the right amount of difficulty. I eventually got to 1 crate every 8.3 seconds.
The amount of available building space felt like a limitation toward the end, a 'sell/destroy' function may have helped, or a larger play area, for further expansion.
Fun game though, I'll be replaying this one a few times :)
That was delightful! The action was hilariously over-the-top in the most exciting of ways! And the hopping around destructible terrain, and the desperate shooting felt oh so right.
It got a bit weird toward the end though, it feels like when the ground beneath you is all blown up, you should fall and die, I ended up loop-falling quite a bit before finding more land.
Overall tons of fun, and I will definitely be replaying this later.
Fun game! The simplicity of the core mechanics made it pretty intuitive and smooth to play, and re-play. The 'pre-plan your route' idea was a nice way of balancing the short time limit and I liked the 'dizzy' effect when you touch the bombs.
The random level generation could use a little more work though, I had at least one level that didn't have an Exit (maybe it was behind something?) and two levels where I started with a brown-bomb right on top of me.
Overall, good job!
Score: 4320 :D
I don't think I am very good at this game, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The best motivation to stay alive is to keep the music going, and to keep seeing the funny random mission texts :P
The difficulty was certainly high, but after I got used to it I don't think it was unreasonable.
Beat it with my 29th probe!
I honestly loved this game, very interesting take on the theme, amazing audio and visuals working together to make an amazing atmosphere! And the sense of bittersweet joy when a probe makes it's final stop right as it touches the switch. Rock solid implementation too, and plenty of interesting mechanics.
My only complaint, is that it's over :(
A few more levels, puzzles, etc. and I'd gladly buy a full version of this game.
Very interesting idea, although the controls were certainly confusing. Only after reading the comments did I try clicking the background of the game first to make Q and E start working. Although after that it was much more playable.
Very innovative concept :)
Very interesting idea, and appropriate visuals. However, it seemed the difference between "too fast" and "as fast as you need to go to win" was pretty small, I had trouble being too fast or too late. Then again, that did make it more challenging, and the flames weakening did give fair warning.
Nice work!
Nice and simple, yet nearly impossible to master. I kept telling myself "one more time, just a bit further". Although after you get to a high speed and you die, it feels so slow when you restart and I always jump too soon!
Cute game :)
I kept replaying, and replaying. There had to be a way...
I really don't know what else there is to say, other than how it was so very... Affective.
The music didn't loop quite-right, and the brief cut-out broke immersion a bit, but the story covered for it well.
Good work, and I very much look forward to your future entries!
When I first started playing I thought "hmmm... feels... familiar", after the first 10 seconds, "Could it really... could it be..." and then I got my first invincibility power-up, I nearly screamed "3D PACMAN!!"
Lovely idea, and well executed.
That was bizarre, nonsensical, and mind-bending. Exactly what I needed right now! :P
Cool game, reminded me a lot of Portal, but with fewer portals. But with the humor and puzzles, etc.
the jumping as a bit tough to control, but I eventually got the hang of it.
Nicely done, sir.
I did it!! Honestly, I was a bit weirded out by this game at first. But the world is actually pretty full and interesting once you take a look around, and although the humor is a bit eccentric, it certainly made me chuckle.
Interesting game.
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Also, The effects when you first see a Tarachnel nearly gave me a heart attack.
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11,000 points! The only having 10 seconds of air maximum makes it constantly tense and scary. Although I tend to die more often from getting shot. The Jellyfish losing legs when you hit them is a cool way to show damage without "health bars".
This is a really cool puzzle game concept! Once I got a hang of the core concepts, and started solving the puzzles I was feeling super smart! ... then I got to level 10 :P
Haha, but seriously that one had me stumped for a good 10 minutes. I did end up beating all 11 though.
Pretty fun game. Slightly retro, yet also modern. I like that you can map the keys at the start, since comfortably reaching all 5 keys without looking is pretty crucial to staying alive.
Good job, and good luck!
I dodged 10 Oni and Destroyed 13 Blocks! Took me a few tries to learn which form to use on each trial, and to judge the height of the Oni, but one I got the hang of it, I really enjoyed it.
Good graphics music, and animations too. Everything fit together really nicely :)
A running timer in-game to see how long you've lasted so far, would be really cool. Although then I might never be able to stop playing :P
I like how you made a platformer, where the only two buttons were "shapeshift" yet you could use them to jump, glide, duck, fit through gaps, and all the platform games necessities, just by intuitively using the physics. Very clever thinking.
Fairly tricky to get the hang of, mind you, but I managed to save 2 of those little guys.
Haha, nice! Quite a varied flushed out set of mechanics, had a lot more going on than I expected. I liked how each new mechanic took a bit of thinking to figure out, and then became super useful!
A few sound effects would have been a great addition, especially for the ending :P Good work!
A bit unfinished, sure. But was still challenging enough to be interesting and fun! The jump was a bit "floaty" though. But I kept playing until the end, and had to retry each level at least a couple times, so you must've done something right :)
Best I could do was 71, but I took the other comments' advice and played like there was a timer. I liked the interesting tricks the game throws at you as you progress to keep ramping up the challenge and keep things fresh!
Nice work :)
Super fun for only 6 hours work! I liked how the larger you got the bigger of a target you became, so it had a naturally scaling difficulty curve based on how well you were doing. I managed to get up to size 250, before a huge shape totally enveloped me and took me down to 0.
I did feel the slowdown trade-off for large size was a bit too exaggerated. By the time I was 150 I was barely moving at all. Oh, and the parallax looked great :D
Wow! This is like a full-fledged game. Played it all the way through. I loved how you sort of jump around between different levels as you unlock new transformations, to get past a part you thought was impossible before. Lots of levels, a hub world, and a even cool little ending cut-scene too. Bravo!
I was surprised and pleased with this one. Minimalist, and yet everything it needed to be. So glad I played through to the end :)
Really cute graphics and animations plus impressive visual effects! Fairly solid game play too. Decent length and level variety, and a surprisingly varied boss battle. You used your 48 hours well :D
I did find one glitch: Bree's health bar didn't seem to visually update during the Radiance fight. So I did not know how close to dying I was. Still managed to win though :)
Neat game. I like the idea of typing what you want to turn into, lot's of opportunity for expansion there. It was a bit short, but 48 hours is never as long as we think.
Overall good submission for a first game. Keep working at it, and I look forward to seeing your future games.
The sound effects for this game made me so happy. I was grinning ear-to-ear the whole time! :P
Really good job for a first Ludum Dare. One tip: The health bar might have been better placed at the bottom of the screen, to not block the view. Great job, and I'm looking forward to seeing your next entry! :D
I lasted: 941 s. The combination of the tense music, creepy visuals and the shrinking view had me desperately and breathlessly rushing around and freaking out much like the main character would be as the end got nearer. So very well done on the immersion factor!
I'll be coming back to this one for sure. I'm a big fan of mazes in general, and this one is a great big beauty :D
Haha, fun and funny :)
I liked how the combination of the time limit and the close-but-not-that-close disguise options made it feel like being invited to Halloween party last-minute and quickly tossing together a costume from things around the house :P
Cool game! I liked how the 3 forms of the ship worked together, once I figured them out. The speedy one, the agile battle-ready one, and the shielded digging one. I got up to 5 points one time.
Unfortunately I never did find any aliens or players to battle. So I feel like I missed out a bit on the combat. But I'll probably come back to this one later and maybe have better luck. I did find a lot of planets and diamonds :)
@sanojian - Thanks! The ghosts were actually a last-minute addition, but I am glad I was able to get them in :)
@theOnlyGoodDrcz - Glad you liked it! And yeah, I also wish I had more time left over to make more levels.
@Everyone
Thanks a lot guys! I had no idea the ghosts would be so popular :D
@BitDare & @Arvydas
Yeah, I rewrote the collision detection code 3 times and never quite perfected it.
The springs/spikes only bounce/kill you when you fall directly onto them, not when you walk across them, or land on the very edge. Might not have been right choice, but I wanted to prevent cheap brushed-your-toe-against-the-spikes deaths.
Cool game. Plays solid and responsively, and the puzzles are reasonably challenging without getting unfairly difficult.
I really loved the unique visuals, they added a ton of personality and uniqueness to the game, at first, but after about 5 minutes I had to stop.
Good job!
Cute game! I really liked the graphics for the normal mode and run mode guy, though I ended up playing in jump mode mostly.
Good job!
Wooo! Such a simple base concept, and yet the competitive strategies got quite deep! Much respect to whoever my worthy opponent was (Does it just always name your opponent "Jared" or was that really you?), and much more to your team for putting this together!
I'm hoping people keep joining over the next few days to play with :D
Haha, I beat the boss, do some exploring, start falling off a cliff thinking I'm gonna die and then, "You beat the game"! :P
I liked how the different weapons affected your speed and jump height as well as your attacking, that was a nice touch of detail! My favorite was the hammer though :)
Damn! No matter how classy my baggy raincoat and tailored pants were I couldn't impress the Lord Presidents!
Really interesting take on the theme, the whole idea of clothing defining you, and a high school was the perfect setting for that. Plus, the descriptive language was really detailed, and often hilarious.