Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Bokonon
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | Excuse Me... Are You Summoning Crokel? | jam | 40 | 4.27 | 4.31 | 3.92 | 3.88 | 4.15 | 4.06 | 3.05 | 4.04 | |
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | 👥 | Parcelmecium | jam | 83 | 4.17 | 3.97 | 4.33 | 3.90 | 4.24 | 4.01 | 2.89 | 4.01 | |
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Lower Lower | jam | 89 | 4.17 | 4.02 | 4.30 | 4.48 | 3.96 | 3.63 | 4.35 | ||
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | That Dream Again | jam | 84 | 4.16 | 4.02 | 3.87 | 3.88 | 4.27 | 4.20 | 3.00 | 4.31 |
Bokonon leaves an average of 19.7 feedback comments each event.
This was a super interesting game, I liked trying to poke at the little ecosystem I was creating to find it's underlying rules. Really relaxing, puzzling, and interesting gameplay loop. I really liked this entry!
Really tight little gameplay loop. I found myself saying "just one more run" several times.
I did run into an issue where one of the maggot enemies somehow wound up in the elevator and I was unable to shoot/kill it or enter the elevator so I was essentially soft-locked.
The visuals are really cohesive and this is nice, polished experience
I really liked this mechanic and it was super rewarding to get right. Part of me wishes the bow behaved a bit more like a bow and had a "draw time" mechanic or something because as is firing with a fixed delay felt odd at first and took some getting used to. Regardless, I had a lot of fun with this game.
I really liked the artstyle, this game is dripping with a really cool ~vibe~. The mechanics are well polished and feel great to play!
I really appreciated the cool upgrades like the mask that undoes the blur effect and the flashlight. This was a really neat game and while the core mechanic of swimming isn't all that engaging, the world you built and upgrades to find kept me interested until the end. Really cool game!
I really found this to be a cool sokoban-esque exploration game and with so few moving parts you really managed to make the game world feel "alive." The ocelot mechanic and day/night cycle were really cool, I enjoyed exploring this game world!
The controls were very good and the game feels nice to play.
My slight complaints are that it is difficult to be sure which block you are going to break (an indicator would really help) and some jumps that I think are the "correct" way to solve the puzzle(jumps that are made while in a 1 block niche) rely on coyote time as mechanic instead of just a convenience feature.
But all in all, I liked this game!
This was a nice experience. I really like the ~vibe~ that was put together here.
Amazing presentation. The gameplay was superfluid once getting used to the novel control scheme. Really cool game!
The sword mechanic feels really great and is super fun to play around with. The sound effects are phenomenal.
As others have mentioned, it is super easy to softlock yourself by getting your sword stuck in an unreachable place. This happened to me in the spider fight, as well as somewhere else early on. Also, it was an interesting choice to allow the player to walk off the level just to die?
Regardless, this game was super fun and really rewarding. Awesome enemy design!
Really cool game! I really liked the main mechanic and how it fused a dynamic movement element with what felt like a puzzle game.
I am genuinely flabbergasted in the amount of art, music, mechanics, and polish you added to this game in 48 hours. this [lays like a feature complete mobile game. insanity!! well done!
I really appreciated the net mechanic and learning to use it effectively was very satisfying. The controls are fluid and the fish ai is really compelling! I really enjoyed this entry!
This game was super unsettling in an amazing way. Really, really cool
This was a really clever idea and a fun auto-battler! I wish there were slightly more things the player could besides bumping dice, but as is, it kept me engaged and the upgrades were really fun. I would love to see a longer version of this game. Really cool entry!
The central mechanic is really polished and feels satisfying. the art is really well done as well.
This is a really clever concept and it was executed really well. The shifting ground is beautiful and really adds an interesting wrinkle to the gameplay. A lot of great ideas here!
It took me over twenty minutes but this was a really cool mechanic. It remined me a lot of Getting Over It. I really appreciate how satisfying you made the "stabbing" feel
Lots of polish here! Movement feels fluid and juicy
You really created some very clever puzzles with this mechanic. Really satisfying to wrap your head around 2-3 layers at once. Super well designed and well executed. I loved this.
This was a really fun entry. The main mechanic was very satisfying and new wrinkles were introduced at a good pace which kept the level design fresh and interesting.
So much polish and juice went into this, it's pretty remarkable. The opening cutscenes were fantastic and the game ~feels~ great to play. The sfx & music are also super satisfying
My only criticism is that the "level end" felt a little strange where you could pass through the bubble only to get sucked in when you land within a certain radius.
Really loved this entry though, nice work, all!
This was a really neat setup for a game. The gold system really added an interesting level of complexity. The sound design is really really well done. I really enjoyed my time with this entry
The art and music are so well done!
It took me a moment to realize what the actual gameplay was, as the objects floating down the river were not immediately apparent. But with that being said, this was a really nice and relaxing experience!
This was a really neat mechanic and super clever. you managed to make stabbing very stressful! The art is really cute as well, and the sound track is great.
I wish the minigame expanded a bit to become more of a puzzle rather than a speed test (maybe something like curved blades and two openings in each column so that you had to create a path (other than a straight line))
I really enjoyed this mechanic though!
This is a neat gameplay loop! I think the idea of building the platformer level as you playing is a novel concept and it was cool to see your exploration of that idea.
A couple of points of feedback: I think it would have maybe "felt" better, if when the player was leaving a clone of themselves, the camera lingered longer and gave some type of audio/visual feedback. Speaking of audio/visual feedback, I think adding some to the jump would go a long way in improving the "game feel"
All things considered though, this was a neat game and a great idea!
Wow! I found myself playing this for far longer than I thought I was going to. You nailed the ~vibe~ for this and the upgrade progression was great! I am not usually a fan of clicker/idle games, but this triggered a response deep in my lizard brain and I played for quite a long time
I really dig the vibes here! It was challenging at first but once I got into the rhythm everything clicked; I wish there were some more visual and especially audio feedback to actually hitting a note because it took me until i got a "combo" to be sure I was actually doing things correctly. But, I really dug it overall
This was a genuinely interesting concept! The game is very well done and the game is legitimately funny. I will say the intro and the ending were my favorite parts! A very interesting "simon says"/"memory game"-like!
This was a really cute game. It took me a moment to realize, not only was it a puzzle, but I also had to be quick with moving my bee! I was expecting a hare & hounds-like and I was not disappointed!
I love this art style and the gameplay is great! this is very polished!
i thought these puzzles were very clever. I made it to level 4 and the lasers broke my brain! I think the puzzles were well done and I enjoyed thinking laterally between rooms
The rewind mechanic is very interesting and the puzzles are neat!
This is incredibly polished and feels great to play! I love the upgrade system and the complexity of choice the debuff element introduced. I wish there was a way to keep track of all the upgrades since I ended up taking so many! The sound design was particularly impressive, as well. Really just a joy to play!
I really love the atmosphere! The level design also felt pretty clever because it allowed me to sequence break things if I wanted to get risky! My only feedback is that I wish I could have restarted whenever, there were times I knew I really messed up and wanted to restart but had to wait until the threshold was reached
LD53 — Delivery (23)
Special Delivery by Ismael Rodriguez 2023-05-07T04:15:18Z ♥ 1
I really enjoyed this game. It's a super chill one(well 3) button experience and a ton of polish and love went into the level design and mechanics. I really enjoyed the slow ramp up of new mechanics.
Overall, a really cool game!
Forklift-em-up by BadPiggy 2023-05-07T04:05:18Z ♥ 2
This was a really fun concept, and you made it quite fun to play.
The player controller felt great to move around and the main loop of picking up the boxes to use as smash attack ammo was satisfying! The game looks really good too.
Good job!
shape shipper by torcado 2023-05-07T04:01:10Z ♥ 1
I loved this idea; it was simultaneously relaxing and stressful to make these shapes. Things really clicked when I realized you could hold multiple items at a time. I really enjoyed this experience, and it felt great to play!
Superfetch Dog by benjamin 2023-05-07T03:54:02Z ♥ 0
I really enjoyed this entry. Fantastic ramp up in difficulty and I really enjoyed the alternating pattern of upgrades/difficulty enhancements.
This was a really nice polished little experience.
Buccaneer Mail co. by ChanceA 2023-05-06T16:43:22Z ♥ 2
The pixel art is amazing! the jump of the PC feels really nice!
Delivery Boy by waptaincaffles 2023-05-06T16:38:03Z ♥ 2
Awesome art, love the Philip J. Fry inspired player character! Lots of polish in the game; the cell phone menu is super juicy and it looks amazing
Delivery! NYC by Obe Dot 2023-05-06T00:43:12Z ♥ 1
i keep getting hit by the derailed d train!
The Pigeon Post Principle by cassowary 2023-05-06T00:38:13Z ♥ 2
Awesome progression of introducing new and interesting wrinkles on the core set of puzzle mechanics. Feels very elegant!
Pack It Up by thomaspixelart 2023-05-06T00:24:12Z ♥ 5
Tons of polish on this one! feels really great to play, and easy to get lost in the gameplay loop. Really nice experience all around!
Maily Melo by Blix 2023-05-05T16:48:35Z ♥ 5
Beautiful entry. So much character and whimsy!
Paddy's Portage by Spacespytv 2023-05-04T01:52:28Z ♥ 1
Clearly a lot of polish went into this game. All the controls feel great, and our pigeon friend feels great to control. Plenty of juice to go around. The main mechanic is fairly interesting. There's definitely more for you to explore with it, gameplay-wise! Cool game!
Rhino Express by Mahjoub 2023-05-04T01:16:12Z ♥ 1
Great game. Great art, lots of polish and and I loved the subtle ramp up of new mechanics. I feel like the game really shines in levels 16/17 where everything comes together. I'd love you to keep iterating on these puzzles and explore the whole puzzle space because this was a joy to play!
Dear friend by hmrpf 2023-05-03T03:16:27Z ♥ 2
Amazing art style, maybe my favorite so far. It was interesting how the music and aesthetic were so comforting while juxtaposed to the frantic difficult gameplay. Tried very hard to beat but couldn't quite deliver the letter!
Air Delivery by pianoman373 2023-05-03T03:01:23Z ♥ 2
Wow! what an incredible Pico 8 cart. I loved my journey to the airship, and enjoyed the progession as I explored the small world you created. I wish I could spend more time above the surface!
Delivery Drift by Cambryx 2023-05-03T02:51:14Z ♥ 3
Incredible amount of polish, all the little details you were able to add, like screeching tires, the tire marks, the speed cameras all really came together to elevate the whole experience
GobEx by WeirdBitGames 2023-05-03T02:43:34Z ♥ 3
I really love the art style, and the main Gob character is super cute! The physics were fun to play around with too!
Chain Mail by AdamCYounis 2023-05-03T02:39:48Z ♥ 2
Wow! this art is so well done. I loved all the details that were put into the character designs and mission texts. Really created a palpable vibe!
Mt. Deliverest by QwillaK 2023-05-03T02:38:52Z ♥ 5
Really interesting mechanic and great art!
Hellfire Pizza by AploveStudio 2023-05-02T14:27:41Z ♥ 1
Neat art style! You managed to create a really great vibe with the gameplay, dialogue, and quest system
Postominoes by Rawb 2023-05-02T14:22:30Z ♥ 1
Very nice game! very relaxing to organize the truck and make deliveries! I really enjoyed zoning out and playing this. The art is nice and everything comes together for a solid experience!
Rail Blazer by alanxoc3 2023-05-02T14:17:45Z ♥ 3
This was a really fun concept and I really enjoy planning routes and going on delivery runs! Like others have mentioned, the slow down when building feels like the game itself is lagging and it wasn't immediately clear that his was meant to represent different terrain types.
The art is great too!
Overall, awesome job!
Infernal Express by BonzoChuff 2023-05-02T13:31:23Z ♥ 1
Awesome art style! I wish steering were a tad more responsive, but this feels good to play!
Rover Herd by JHax 2023-05-02T13:28:19Z ♥ 1
This is a really cute game! The way the different animal behave is interesting and creates a unique puzzle mechanic!