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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
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| 2026 | 59 | Signal | π₯ | The Sound Store | jam | 29 | 4.26 | 3.94 | 4.03 | 4.69 | 4.74 | 4.11 | 3.50 | 4.11 | |
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | Crabs in a Bucket | compo | 147 | 3.46 | 3.46 | 3.30 | 3.54 | 3.44 | 3.05 | 2.91 | 2.95 | ||
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | π₯ | Don't Get Summoned! | jam | 94 | 4.12 | 4.02 | 4.19 | 3.80 | 4.29 | 3.60 | 4.29 | 4.11 | |
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | OVERLOADED! | compo | 51 | 3.99 | 3.63 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 4.40 | 3.54 | 2.88 | 3.72 |
busisen leaves an average of 20.8 feedback comments each event.
echoing (get it?) what others have said here, the atmosphere is outstanding. honestly would love to see you develop it further, I think the combat could feel a bit better and expanded upon? impressed you managed to create it solo just over the weekend regardless. super nice submission!
really well executed, nicely balanced - like others have said it gets intense especially towards the end but in a perfect way. the art is a great match - amazing entry, bookmarked it for later as well!
am I participating in the extinction of innocent sea animals?? π but man this is so well done, love the unique artstyle (and sound effects lol), fitting theme, crazy amount of levels for a weekend project. really enjoyed this one, intuitive and the pipe puzzles were weirdly satisfying to solve. nice submission!
thanks for adding me to the list on gh! love this take on the theme, and the artstyle fits really nicely. I would have probably removed/marked items that have been found already like someone else mentioned above, but it really a minor thing. solid submission, nice job!
this is such a fun and polished game, holy. sound design is cozy, new elements are introduced gradually, and it's just overall really really fun. would definitely love to see this being developed further. super innovative! amazing submission, honestly one of the best I've played
best title of any entry this jam
"and a mobile game I played over 10 years ago." haha these are the best inspirations
actually loved this, the "mm" sound effects are etched into my brain now. the gameplay loop is very addicting and surprisingly balanced (although my first runs ended quite quickly lol), which is tough to achieve in such a short dev period. the ui and font choice could use some work, and I wish you could hover over passives/trinkets after you open them from the chest to see their effects. you could definitely polish this up a little and release it as a full game, the juice and base idea is incredible - spent most on this than any other game so far. nice job!
met you at the stream yesterday, had a lot of fun with this one, and love that you made it available on mobile as well - works insane well on a touch device! super impressive!
this was actually so good. really nice usage of light and sound design. great submission!
amazing looking game, almost looks like a AAA game, and all made in 72h is crazy, especially making it in your own engine. super impressive, great submission!
super fun entry! very polished and love the animations, great submission! looks awesome on itch
I want to try it, but there are no links!
what a nice entry! love your take on the theme, audio was spot on and felt like walking around at a museum. sadly for me (macbook), the eyes of the cat were instantly visible against the rest of the white painting for like 7 of the 10 paintings. I also found that it's possible to spam click the cat to get extra points after you've found it. overall though, definitely one of the best vibes of the games I've reviewed and easily gets a 5/5 in mood.
very impressive to get all of this done in 12 hours!! actually really fun once I got the hang of it. like others have mentioned, what you can do could maybe be communicated a little better? regardless, super solid entry, nice job!
This is the type of game that makes me realize that I will never win with my own game. I am beyond impressed that you managed to do ALL of this in 48h, by yourself, that's absolutely nuts. I saw on itch that you have been wanting to make a game like this for a while, so I'll mainly go over problems/issues I faced during my playthrough because the overall idea, polish and feel is incredible. I can't express how good this submission is. Easily my favourite so far. I played through all levels.
During the first few levels I didn't realise I could use my mage to shoot, and the difficulty felt challenging but reasonable. After I realized though, I never had to think about my plays. How investing works isn't really communicated in any way, so I didn't know what it did at the start, but man, it's is absolutely op. All levels were super easy when I just spent (almost) all of my money on investing each shop. Just collecting all the gold from the investments when you've bought a lot of it took like a minute each round, was getting 20k+ at the boss. Investing definitely needs nerfing, but I also felt like the mana attacks were also quite strong. Maybe they just felt this way because the levels were so easy with all the money I saved up.
Regardless, super impressive. Definitely 5/5
I love the presentation and overall feel (much thanks to the graphics and audio, and John), and it was surprisingly engaging once it got started - also appreciate you putting the palette in the description, got it bookmarked now :) great submission!
the music in this game is unreal, every piece is an absolute bop, I've never been so impressed by music in a game jam game before, can't get over it, never heard of mixcraft before but this game on its own made me try it out lol
I had some similar issues as @benskca though, specifically regarding permadeath and the inventory slots in the web build of the game + font was pretty hard to read. I was also stuck in the hub for a few minutes before realizing I could just continue going right. I really dig the project as a whole, super impressive to get this done within 48h π
echoing what others are saying about the game flow feeling a little slow. but I absolutely love the graphics and mood/atmosphere, you nailed those. from the images alone it looks steam ready. nice submission!
took a min to understand the controls, but I like the strategic pathing aspect of it. controls could be streamlined a little like @daandruff mentioned, but overall I enjoyed it. nice submission!
love the take on the theme lmao. I like the graphics and audio, and the game runs super smoothly. really good first entry, great job!
poor guy is just destined to die. bro needs to work on his repair skills
got a solid 268. nice entry! I like the problem of figuring out the best pathing to solve the problems showing up. graphics are 10/10
super impressive job for a 48h jam. I thought about inscryption and balatro before reading that they were inspirations haha, makes sense. beyond impressed. like @rinevard said, it's a bit luck heavy, but it's such a minor thing in the context of the game itself and what you managed to create. love the graphics and mood - you should enable those ratings!
this is actually incredible, my favourite submission so far. super impressive tech. very intuitive after the short tutorial. the only thing I would add is to communicate that space pauses time - took me a min to figure that out by myself in the level where that's first required. but other than that, super cool idea, great execution, solid submission. great job!
it's actually insane how much you managed to do in such a short amount of time. love the art and the overall vibe. had similar issues like @psychomonster but nothing super serious. great entry!
this is WAY deeper of a game than meets the eye. thought it would just be a basic layer sorting thing but damn. don't want to spoil it for anyone but I can say I really enjoyed it. great submission!
love this interpretation of the theme. the illustrations are actually amazing. took me a minute to figure out the core gameplay, mostly my own fault. crazy that you did the music all by yourself too. 10/10 captions. great entry!
meditative experience, super chill. did you make the music? it's great. nothing seems to happen when reaching 0 hp though. regardless, nice entry!
unbeatable atmosphere and mood. super cool art project - love the music as well. enjoyed checking out your photography work as well!
hey, nice submission! the sound effects caught me off guard at the start hahah but I really like em. like you mentioned, it's easy to get pinned by the enemies - maybe disabling colliders during jumps or something could be a simple fix. background also spawns a little bit too late when moving downwards I think. didn't find myself needing to jump very much. solid submission regardless, I like the animations!
had to check it out because the game title made me laugh. thought I'd be at a disadvantage because I'm using a trackpad, but figured out how to cheese it: you can hold down the shoot key and it fires rapidly - doing this you can move the mouse around quickly and stay alive forever pretty much. got to 355 then they stopped spawning. they also mainly appeared in the bottom right after 150 or so, which made it easier. regardless, awesome job on a first submission!!
great submission! played it for a while with my roommate - the skill ceiling is surprisingly high. and agree with @thisyc - love the music!
this is so good! love a lot about this, esp. the past life system - makes it a little easier over time without making it easy whatsoever. great submission!
What a lovely little game. Sound fits the art and gameplay perfectly, was a nice whole package. The only thing for me was that it scales in difficulty a bit too slowly. Would've loved for it to get even more intense as time went on. Really nice entry!
As someone who loved Age of War growing up, this was such a treat. I really enjoyed this, although I was a bit confused by the ransom mechanic at first. Really solid entry!
What a lovely little game. We actually explored a similar idea before settling on the one we did. You nailed the execution and the artstyle fit it well. Would've loved to see the introduction of some more mechanics, but understand the limitation of the jam. Would be interesting to see you develop this further! Great entry!
Visually stunning, even the thumbnail alone got me hyped to play. Love the style blend with 2d and 3d. I'm really puzzled how you two managed to build all of these systems and graphics in such a short amount of time. Really impressed with this submission, great job :)
Really nice artstyle, fits the theme perfectly. Had to restart a few times for choosing the wrong thing, but got there in the end. All in all, really nice entry, even though I rarely play games like these. Nice job!
This game has one of the best premises of all the games I've played so far hahaha. I really like the 3d environment, it reminds me a lot of old pc games. It was a bit tough to get into the rhythm sometimes, but completed it after an embarrassing amount of tries. A solid entry, great job!
had a really good time with this game, always have a sweet spot for demolition type games, and this didn't disappoint. it's a fun take on the theme, and I kinda dig the simple artstyle. great submission :)
saw your comment on our game and had to check this out after seeing the amazing artstyle. I'm seriously impressed by the art you managed to create in such a short amount of time. I have to admit, it took me a while to understand how all aspects of the game function. I really would have loved a little more visual feedback on my actions and maybe a short tutorial on how everything works, especially with the book. I totally understand that it's a big ask especially considering the short time limit. All in all, I'm very impressed, and I think you guys did a great job!
I think you have a great basis for a game mood-wise. It really draws you in. Gameplay-wise it was a bit lacking and felt like a five step fetch quest. Would have loved if you could explore the environment a bit more and perhaps add an enemy of some sort. Regardless, very nice entry - great job!
This submission has so much soul. It's so mechanically simple but it fit really well with the mood. I genuinely love the story and wanted to see how it ended. Great submission, I'd love to see this developed further, I think it has something special.
Took me a while to understand the mechanics, but once I did I kinda loved it. Missed some transparency on the monstera leaves, but other than that I love the 3d art. The only thing I'm missing is a light tutorial to start off. Regardless, great submission :)
I LOVE the setting, character, atmosphere and mood. One of my favs, congrats on finishing the jam π
Like others have mentioned, it left me a little confused at the beginning, but once getting the hang of it, turned out to be really nice. I appreciate it being a more calculation-heavy jam entry. Nice job!
I really like this entry, and for one appreciate the fast movement speed hahah. When I first started it kinda surprised me, but it was perfect for the amount of movement that was required for the game. Love the atmosphere and mood - solid submission π
Easily the best title in the entire jam I've seen so far. Love the concept, nice submission!
I'm amazed of the polish in this game. Definitely the best game feel I've seen in this LD. Love the art and smoothness of the gameplay. Solid submission!
I'm flabbergasted you managed to create a full game on your phone lol - that's awesome, so please take my stars
I kinda love it, really think you have a good ground for a full jam game concept. Eiher way, pspsppsppsp
Honestly love it. Especially the soundscape, I really love the acapella summoning sound effect you created. Lovely art, one of my fav submissions so far.
So glad you made a chess related game. Chess was also something we wanted to do for our game, but decided against it in the end. I love the idea of summoning chess pieces in this setting, and the art + sound design creates a really nice mood. Really enjoyed this, nice submission!
Proud 11th finisher in humor π I really like the summoning concept and the need to balance out different categories. One thing I don't know if I'm the only person to experience is that a lot of the right part of screen is cut off in fullscreen mode, so it was a bit difficult to see how the bars were filling up besides just judging based on their colour. Regardless, I really like the entry, nice job :)
Seriously impressive for a gamejam game. Huge props to the entire team. The take on the theme, collecting gachapons as summons is such fun idea. It did take me a while to understand the mechanics fully, but once I did I really enjoyed it. Easily one of my favourites.
I'm actually surprised I haven't seen this kind of towerdefense game before, where you essentially define how good your own towers are. Even after reading the rules and signing the rule-reading contract, it took me a little while to understand how important the meat parts are lol. I also like that failing a level doesn't reset anything, but rather just gives you another try immediately. Nice submission :)
As insane and janky as this game is, it's honestly my favourite submission so far. It's so silly and exactly my humor lol, this game has so much soul. the homeless summon is super op, basically one shots all the dudes at the end. Anyways, I love this submission.
I'm seriously impressed by the amount of polish that's gone into this project. The characters have character (wow), the dialogue is fun and I like the unique theme interpretation. The only thing I had trouble with was that it felt a bit overwhelming at first, being presented with everything and not knowing where to start. But that's also part of the entire game concept, so rather a personal thing than anything else. Regardless, great submission :)
What a great concept and take on the jam theme, I hope you develop this idea further because I think it has potential for a smaller full-story game with branching paths. Two issues I found were that when spelling the name, I had to move away from a letter to be able to write it two times in a row, and sometimes the text bubbles are a bit too big. But other than that, awesome submission, nice job!
Extremely difficult, at least to begin with. Like the last commenter said, I also really like that there's a movement based attack. Perhaps decreasing the difficulty curve without upgrades? Getting one shot by the first enemy I came across felt a bit unforgiving. I love the art and vibe of the game though, nice submission :)
I love Tenticlor and its (their?) speaking pattern. For a mere mortal like me, 1000 seems totally impossible to achieve, but that's part of appeasing an eldritch god. Does anything happen when you achieve it? Otherwise, pretty fun arcade game with what's essentially an endless mode hahah. Also love how the player's essentially dancing to the music π
I love the uniqueness of the spawn mechanic, using gestures to spawn different gladiators. Cute graphics, love the music that starts playing when the crowd gets hyped up. Great overall design, and a very nice submission. As other have mentioned, a tutorial skip button and improving recall hitboxes would make it perfect. Very very intense too hahah
Cute game with a fun puzzle element. I love the art and animations, the song is also a BOP. Have had it stuck in my head for 15 minutes now.
Really great/cute little game. I don't have much to add other than what @tom-oak said: the first horizontal tree is a bit high. I also found the tires by checkpoint 8 to be unproportionally difficult (skill issue?).
I'm guessing and hoping you'll score very high on the jam :) Good luck!
Had an urge to come back and see if my favourite followee had participated in the new game jam, and they had (no way)! Afaik currently I'm the world record holder with a time of 13:39 which is no big deal. It was a fun experience honestly. Was a bit confusing at first how the controls worked, but once I figured out you could hold space to stick yourself to the packages, it became much easier. Sometimes, the packages are let go, however. Not sure why that happens.
Nonetheless, love the bouncy physics and cute graphics :3 Also very realistic message when you fail! I've heard that a lot irl and in the game!
I think you have a great base for a good game. It seems you know what can be improved so I don't have much to add other than that I really think that with polish it could be really fun :) Nice entry nonetheless!
This was a lovely game. At the start it didn't feel like my strategic choices did much if anything to affect the outcome of the game but when I started my archer strat I was unstoppable and became champion. Really fun entry, nice job!
At first I didn't know what to do and thought it would be a low effort entry, but wow I was really pleasantly surprised. Couldn't stop playing when I got into it, loved the concept and gameplay. One thing that I think I would've liked personally is if the upgrade screen was like a pause screen, where you could take your time and not feeling stressed out. But I understand that it's not because of the jam theme. Anyways, great entry!
I love the idea. Really nice execution too. Was pretty stressful to keep up with the hunger demands while simultaneously expanding your farm haha. One thing that happened to me, which most likely is a bug is that I managed to feed the monster RIGHT before the time was up, the timer was reset to 10 seconds, but I was presented with the game over-screen anyways. Probably some rare timing issue with an easy fix! Regardless, cool entry.
I agree with most people here; great concept, nice art and everything packaged together beautifully. Really solid entry!
Wow, I was totally taken by this game/story. The minigames added to the experience a lot, and put me in the right headspace for the experience. Really cool, awesome submission.
Every time the camera changed the character was completely out of view for me which made the game pretty unplayable. I think the main idea is pretty fun though.
Something about this game hooked me more than any of the other entries I played. Absolutely love the art style, and the concept is really nice. First game was a bit hard, but once I got a sorcerer it became hard to lose instead. Once I had two of them I was unstoppable. I feel like that unit was a bit overpowered and trivialized the whole game. And there were a few visual bugs that didn't really affect the gameplay very much. But I genuinely think this idea is worth expanding upon, I would actually play a fully fledged game in this style. I think you have something very special, and it interested me a lot. Great entry!
I liked the game, and think you did a nice job. I like the music and graphics too, was a nice vibe altogether. The introductory levels were good too. But I can't figure out how to get past level 6? I feel like the concepts taught didn't translate to that level? In previous levels you were able to build subways below roads, but in this level you couldn't for some reason. Maybe I completely misunderstood something, but I genuinely can't get past level 6 lol.
Also, to me, while the game is genuinely good and interesting, I just feel like the theme "Every 10 Seconds" is somewhat of an afterthought. Didn't affect the gameplay whatsoever in my opinion. But again, the game itself I really liked.
Had a real aha-moment when I figured out how to get past the first hurdle of getting the key to the first lock, which was cool! I haven't managed to finish it, but I really like the concept and think you absolutely nailed the theme of this jam. It's very hard though, maybe could've been made easier somehow. Nonetheless, really cool entry, definitely one of my favourites.
Loved it lol, the humour was great. I like that you added a custom voice line if you try "the thing" before reaching the end.
I like the concept, but it took me a while to understand what was going on. I feel like you have a good idea that you can continue working on to create something really good! Nice submission :)
The art and vibe of this game is honestly among the best I've seen in this jam. A bit sad that it was so short, but like others have said, you've got a really solid foundation for a great game! Also, right now the "Every 10 Seconds" theme, while you follow it and I was pleasantly surprised when the characters changed the first time, there's no rush to do anything because if you accidentally miss a button you can just wait 15 seconds and try again. On the other hand, that was also pretty nice, all of the other games are soo stressfull haha. Was nice to just chill for a bit in this world you created.
Nice job finishing and releasing your first project btw :) I have a hard time finishing projects too, but actually also finished my first game this jam too, so yay to us hehe :)
Had the game music playing in the background while writing this, and it's lovely!
Wow, it's actually incredible you managed to pull all of this together in 48h. Really impressed, looks good and was fun, but most importantly Cobor is pretty cute π³
I think you have a great concept here, but like @triangle-point pointed out, sometimes the jump/double jump mechanic is not working it seems like? I managed to pull it off once. Maybe I missed something vital to understand how it worked and in that case I'm sorry.
"If you keep running left you'll get back to the menu... whatever that means" this was one of the funniest lines I've seen in any game haha, and a nice "easter egg" for people like me who like to explore maps in their entirety. Apart from that it was also genuinely a great game altogether. Nice atmospheric music, lovely controls and a coherent graphical style. Seriously impressed, one of my favourite jam games I've played! Great job!
If I found this as a kid I would no-life it lol. Absolutely love the art! Easiest 5/5 on the art. Simple game, but it worked for me :) Great job!
I think it says a lot when you have art that great and still it's not the most impressive thing about the game. Was really fun too. Genuinely enjoyed it and I'm super impressed you managed to pull all of this together in 48 hours.
I think the idea is really fun, but the controls leave a lot to be desired. They made it harder to enjoy the experience of the game itself. Nonetheless, great job on finishing a game this quickly!
Love the concept, nice job submitting this in such a short timespan. I'm impressed! Played this for a while with my roommate and we loved it haha
Had pretty fun playing through all the small minigames :) Would love to see if you could possibly expand them into more games in the future? Nice job :)
I dig the idea. Didn't really understand what I was meant to do at first but once I did it was enjoyable. Nice job, and I hope you develop it further in the future :)
I think you have an interesting concept to work with here actually :) But like the other commenters said, it's not really a game (as you also stated in the description). I hope you continue work on this and that it becomes more of a demo instead of its current state. Nonetheless, nice job in such a short time :)
I love the level of polish on this. The pixel art is nice and it really feels like a solid, well developed game. Compo boys unite!!!
I really liked the outside the box type game you made lol. Cute graphics and simple yet fun gameplay. Probably something I would spend hours on if I found this as a flash game on one of those early game websites. Nice job :)
Love your take on the theme. Was fun to see how all the upgrades worked in tandem - magic bullet was my favourite lol. Really liked the disintegration effect on the zombies when they died. Nice grass system as well! Good job man :)
This was a fun game, it was hilarious reading through all the baby descriptions and deciding based on those. Genuinely impressed you managed to pull this all together in 72 hours. I managed to get my ass beat every time I played, which was a bit frustrating, but that was probably mostly my fault lol.
Wow, my first impression was how much I liked the pixel art and butter smooth movement. I think you managed to find a nice take on the theme and built around it very well. Do you have a background in art/deisgn? You really nailed the colour palette. Nice job :)
Honestly love this entry. A fun concept that's also easy to learn and intuitively understand, that I feel like I'm getting better at every time I play. I genuinely think you nailed the theme. I also appreciate that you explicitly introduced the fly boost feature in level two, otherwise I would've probably not used it until later. Btw, love the buzzing sound. Really solid!
Nice game, I like the concept of exploring and learning the map more and more every loop you play through the game!
this was in the "most neglected" list, that's a crime against humanity. love farting! :) very very hard game though!
This is really epic, very satisfying to get big clears. But some colours are hard to tell the difference between. Nice work! :)
LD59 — Signal (3)
Beacon of Hope by Mascoll 2026-04-21T17:42:33Z ♥ 3
the art style + sound design is so cool, love all the attention to detail
Cheeky Cherry Choo Choo by Phlip45 2026-04-21T17:37:07Z ♥ 1
played this while watching the buriedthings stream, loved the sfx
On Ivy Boulevard by python-b5 2026-04-21T16:35:26Z ♥ 3
you guys really nailed the vibe with the art, music, sfx