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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | unSTABLER | jam | 199 | 3.95 | 4.02 | 3.68 | 4.22 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 4.50 | 3.84 |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | Journeys to the Spire | jam | 1312 | 3.12 | 2.58 | 3.41 | 3.53 | 3.05 | 2.62 | 3.07 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Just the Two of Us | jam | 2.45 | 2.12 | 2.63 | 2.68 | 3.41 | 3.13 | 2.27 | 3.18 |
It was kind of fun. I liked the elegance of it. The jarring death sequence detracted from the game though. Since the mood that you were going for doesn't seem to be hectic, perhaps it could be more forgiving or ease you in better.
The variety of enemy movement is great. It's also cute how the hit numbers fall out of your enemies like blood. Fun little game!
It was unnecessary for each stage to take 2 passes. Especially since the game starts you at the very beginning. It just lessens the impact.
It's a great game and quite addictive. It would be greatly improved if block attachment wasn't as clunky.
I like the way it looks. The background is simple but it does the trick for me. I also like how unlike in other ball and paddle, the addition of extra balls is all about juggling, not about power ups. Overall, the design feels clean and focused.
I have so many questions. Will my HOT WIFE'S hunger ever be sated? Will I be able to put on some music? Who is the guy in the red car? Hell in the truest sense of the word.
It's really cool that you made this in a custom game engine. I'm also learning OpenGL for the first time, so it's interesting for me to see games made in it. I also like the core gameplay idea of having to switch between your lantern and your gun, but the execution itself is poor. There are these brief moments of input lag that you get after reloading or switching weapons, which may have been unintentional. It could have used an indicator that told you when you could shoot again. The start could have also been more clear. The instructions don't match the actual controls and there's no mention of the light mechanic. Because of the small room and the angle of the camera, the circle of light isn't really visible. I was stuck for 3 minutes trying to understand why I couldn't get through the door.
@gelgavish heh, thanks for the words of encouragement. But yeah, totally get the deadline thing.
@lunareffect & @toccio94 thanks you and everyone else for the detailed feedback! I will for sure pass on the well wishes to my friend.
I think @shubart and @criggles hit the nail right on the head. If I were to start the jam over, I would focus a bit less on adding more stuff to the game and focus more on giving feedback to the player through animations and sound. It would have helped to have an indicator for when your tribe member has an increased birth rate. There being no gameplay instructions was definitely a conscious choice though.
The orientation could also have benefitted from the camera being larger just as @samuel-hollywood-summers said. The next thing I would have added is the ability to talk to your hominid brethren, who could give you directions towards the spire. But since this was never implemented, we should have compensated with the camera instead.
@enad96 What you encountered were apes. While morally repugnant, consuming them seems to have been an effective survival strategy!
@diego-teran I love it that this is the first comment. Thank you, @primalshadow, and @tamail for compliments on the art. @twilight-world I hope that despite the confusion you still got something unique out of it.
@thewustache <3
I grew strangely attached to the quality control of eggnog.
The interesting mechanic of platforming with a boulder was hampered by the clunky and unpredictable controls. Perhaps it was intended for effect, but the end result was that it made the game unfun.
The slimes were somewhat unnecessary, but I suppose their purpose was to mislead the player into thinking they can kill the statues? Though it doesn't matter much, the health UI was unintuitive, because in video game language yellow means that you are at half health for that bar, but I suppose that was also done to subvert video game logic? :smile: There's also a sequence break in the game (for dev purposes I assume), you don't actually need to get a torch, because you already start out with one.
My favourite moment in the game was right before then end, where I took the left looping path and reached the activation plate. I thought, "Huh, where am I gonna get a statue for this from." And then when I try to walk back, a statue is blocking my path. So overall I liked it. Mood and music were cool and the art and was refreshingly unique.
A really cute experience. My favourite bit is the soundscape at the moment the helmet cracks. The lighting glitching through walls ruined the immersion a bit, but there wasn't much you probably could have done about that. I actually liked how grounded it was quite a bit. If instead of Earth it were some alien planet in the sky, the supernatural element wouldn't have had quite as strong as an impact. The surface of the object you're on could have been smoother for the same reason. The game didn't really hit the theme, but I see how it could. If you are developing this further, the mood would benefit from having a little more humanity in the scene. Something small and routine, like a coffee cup.
Really cool. I liked how it constantly held you on the edge of your seat. Walking the tight rope between happy and surreal and scary. It felt like something was wrong, but like the guy on the console, I'm also unsure what it was.
Wow it's so pretty!
The movement felt great. I want to know what happens if you fill your spaceship with little dudes, but I didn't find the last one :(.
Fun. The game accomplished relatively a lot with relatively little. I love the little touches, like how weak the knife feels in its movements or the little tippy taps of the character. That said I had a lot of trouble understanding what I was supposed to do at the start of the game when you first encounter the black thing in the kitchen. It was hard to understand whether it was being damaged by the knife, since there was no audio indicator and the visual indicator was hidden by the flashes of blackness. It was all uphill from there though.
Interesting mechanic, although the scope might have been too large for this jam. The game was held back greatly by clunkiness, frustration, and overall confusion.
I really liked the mechanic, but the execution wasn't there on the level design front. Good luck on future games.
The game could have more to it, if the side pieces were pickable. Maybe the blocks should have been slightly uneven? The sounds were satisfying.
I'm a sucker for simple arena shooters with elegant designs. The presentation was nice. Made me want for more.
Great mechanics, but I don't think they can be utitilized to their fullest in such a small-scale game. I especially liked how dying worked in conjuction with level destruction.
I really liked the presentation even though I was shit at the game itself. Perfect mood. Audio got repetitive fast however.
Could have used a scaling chart, so that the price of stocks would be less predictable. Also, the fluctuations were way too big.
What a cute game! And polished as well. It was a bit hard for me to play, but perhaps I'm bad. Sometimes the word you needed would only come by once. Other times it went by too fast and was too small to be really clickable.
I had a lot of fun playing this game, the jump mechanic especially was quite satisfying (although strange). The visuals felt satisfying over-all. I like the main sprite. However, there was quite a lot of visual cacophany between different models, sprites, textures, and colours. It still felt striking stylistically.
I definitely have played something similar before. The aesthetics were fun though.
Unique mechanic and nice presentation. QoL improvements would make this a great game.
I'd really like if there was more to it.
The game had great atmosphere thanks to level design and sound. This made the exploration and the puzzles rather enjoyable. If it weren't for the graphical glitches, I feel like I could've been truly immersed in this experience.
Cute and amazing art. Together with the music it resulted in quite an immersive atmosphere. The methodical gameplay was interesting, but I'm unsure how long I could have stood it before getting frustrated (the death-animation took quite long). Getting past the first glizzy was confusing as well. The little details of the animations were what made it for me.