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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | m | compo | 139 | 3.69 | 3.30 | 3.57 | 4.25 | 3.55 | 3.07 | 2.25 | 3.38 | 71 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Sprout | compo | 16 | 3.98 | 3.78 | 3.98 | 3.73 | 4.40 | 3.48 | 2.59 | 3.60 | 68 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Zephyr | compo | 43 | 3.84 | 3.51 | 3.43 | 3.52 | 4.31 | 3.87 | 2.50 | 4.02 | 71 | ||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Spawn | compo | 94 | 3.31 | 2.59 | 3.14 | 2.79 | 3.86 | 3.41 | 1.50 | 2.62 | 3.00 | 56 |
Great concept and really nice art. It took me a while to get the hang of it. Maybe it could start out with a few really easy levels and slowly ramp up to more and more animals with different temperaments.
Nice work
I like this mechanic. Really fun.
I felt it could use more immediate feedback (audio & visual) when you get "seen". On the second level I guess I got hit once or twice, but I didn't really notice until I saw that my score was negative at the end of the level.
Sorry I can't play, I don't have a Windows machine here.
I cried blood out of my eyes. Does that mean I lost?
Funny. The music added a lot to the weird tone of the game. I wish there was more.
Great work! It felt a little too easy and repetitive as others have said, but the concept and graphics are great. Very unique.
Doesn't seem to work for me (SWF version). Or is just because no one is online?
The movement feels nice though, and I like the graphics.
Doesn't work on my Mac. I hear the audio but just see a blank white screen.
Neat concept. It can be hard to tell where you are sometimes because the glows on the shapes are the same as the glow on the player character. Maybe this is intentional to increase difficulty (?). I think having graphics that tie in better to the story of cellular life would really improve things. Nice work!
Sorry I can't play, I don't have a Windows machine here.
It gets a bit repetitive, but I like the concept of flying around and exploring the different planets. I just wish they were more different—that there was more to explore.
Yes, I agree with all of that. I wanted the sea to be more sparsely populated to make it feel more lonely, but I was worried it would be too boring—especially considering most people would only play for a couple minutes at most.
If I continue to work on this I'd like to add more variety in the the creatures and in the background graphics. I think it would be a lot more fun to explore if there were different areas and things you could discover.
I should have done more user testing with the collision detection. For me it is challenging, but not frustrating. But I played the games many many times while developing, so I should have accounted for the fact that new players would be far less experienced...
Thanks for playing!
Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate it.
I agree about the lack of ending. I really like the _idea_ of having it open ended like that, but the current implementation is definitely missing something. I think maybe having more variety in the creatures and the backgrounds might help you to feel like you are least making progress, even if there is still no ending.
Thanks caranha, I really like your idea #3. I think that would give more of a feeling of purpose to what you are doing.
I'm not sure you'd like to look at a screensaver version for very long. I started feeling seasick at the end of day 2 of development from staring at the swirling motion for so long. :)
Thanks for playing, and thanks for your comments!
Brutally difficult.
Fantastic!
I like this a lot. The helpers mechanic is a really great idea. I like the conflict that they introduce (they can help you, but they can also hurt you by blocking you in). It is a little too harsh to have to start over though.
Maybe you could choose to kill/abandon them if they get you stuck. You'd lose their special ability, but you could continue on with the game...
Great work!
Screenshots look great. I’m on a Mac though. Is there a web version?
I had a really hard time finding anything. I dug around for 4 minutes, and was about to give up before I found my first object. Maybe you could make it so it's easier to find the first couple of items.
Sorry, I can't play since I only have a Mac. Your screenshot looks interesting though.
This looks really interesting. Unfortunately I can't play it since I'm on a Mac.
Cool! Simple gameplay, but I really like the perspective, and the feeling of the control is really nice. Great work.
I really like the destructive terrain idea. The graphics are simple but still nice looking. The game is a little too easy since you can just sit and wait until there are hardly any enemies and then kill them all. Maybe it would work better as a multiplayer game. Nice work!
Nice concept. I didn't realize I could move the shooter to the other sides at first. Also, it's sometimes hard to tell where the pixels will end up when they push the other pixels. I think if you added a slight delay after the pixels move into place before they disappear, it might help players visualize what's happening better.
I like this a lot. Beautiful art and music. It took me a few tries to figure out what I was supposed to be doing, but I finally got the hang of it. Great work. Really impressive.
Sorry I can't play, I'm a Mac. (So many Windows-only games this time..)
Sorry I can't play, I'm Mac-only.
Neat concept. I love the opening animation too. The gameplay is smooth and the audio really adds a nice feel to the interaction.
I wish there was more of a reward at the end though.
I really like this. I wish there were keyboard controls for dropping the orbs. It's a pain to jump back and forth between mouse and keyboard.
It's a really interesting concept and could be very fun if you developed it further.
Nice work. I like the art style and gameplay concept. I found the controls a bit tricky. Most of the time I was moving too fast to be able to really aim or dodge very well. Some more glowy, particle-y effects would fit nicely.
Sorry, I can't play since I only have a Mac.
Screenshots look great. I can't play because I don't have a Windows machine. Sorry.
You'll get more ratings if you can figure out a way to package your game so it's easier to run.
So hard! I finally made it past the first arrow after many tries. Then the second arrow shot me and I gave up.
Beautiful graphics, nice sound design, and smooth controls. It's a shame there's not more to the gameplay. Could easily be one of my favorites if there was a bit more to do.
It's fun to fly around, but I wish there was more to do.
Nice work guys. I got 3 berries and then got caught on the last one. Arg!
Looks neat. I'm sorry I can't play it (I only have a Mac).
I like the idea, but it didn't seem to work for me. My world didn't save, and every other world I visited was just the same default grey.
It would also be helpful to have a bit of instruction at the beginning. I couldn't figure out what I supposed to do at first and had to come back to this page and read your post again.
Hard mode is hard? Easy mode is hard! Ha ha.
Nice work. The mechanics remind me a bit of Super Meat Boy (which I also thought was too hard).
This is really cool. Great idea! It would be neat to see a whole series of mini games based on different illusions, with different types of gameplay. Nice work.
Love this. Really great work. I have no criticisms except that I thought it was a little too easy.
Hmm, I couldn't really figure this out. Sorry.
Wow, your gameplay video looks amazing! I wish I could play, but I'm Mac only. :(
This is great! The opening sequence is my favorite part. Nice work.
I really like the idea of changing state to use different abilities. I think you could have taken that idea further with some more challenging puzzles/rooms.
The art style is really nice too.
I found the text a little hard to read because of the font.
Great work!
Nice game. As others have said, it gets a little repetitive, since the viruses only move straight down and don't shoot back. Could be really fun though with some slight improvements.
Really strange and lovely game.
Windows only :(
Sorry, I can't play since I only have a Mac.
Neat idea, and really great graphics.
It's really challenging.
The white flash makes it really hard to see what's happening. Maybe that's intentional, but I'd prefer if just the ant was flashing to indicate he was getting shocked.
Also, It's not always clear where you can go and where you can't. You can walk under the resistors and the chip, but I got shocked when I tried to go under the transistor.
Great work!
Nice work. Very polished. I found the controls to be a little awkward when mousing left handed. Would have liked the option to use arrow keys instead of WASD.
I really like the concept of passing the music from person to person. It got really hard to find the last couple of people. Impressive that this is all HTML. Great work!
Windows only :(
Sorry I can't play it, I only have a Mac.
Your screenshot looks cool. Unfortunately I can't play since I'm on a Mac.
I like it a lot.
Really cute characters. The first couple of evolutions take too long, I'd speed that part up. It would also be nice if the evolutions were reflected visually in the slime character somehow. Nice work!
Very nice. Challenging puzzles and very polished presentation. I got really frustrated on the wooly mammoth level because I kept pressing the wrong key. This is a problem I have with all isometric controls (the directions don't match the directions of the arrow keys), not specifically a problem with your game.
Really great game. Love the graphics and the sound. It was really hard. I didn't make it very far.
I like the idea of attaching body parts from your enemies.
The game is way too hard for me though.
This looks really cool. Unfortunately I don't have a Windows machine.
Your screenshots look great. I really like that red robot monster.
Unfortunately I can't play since I don't have a Windows machine.
Funny concept. I couldn't really figure out what I was supposed to be doing, though. Also not sure how this fits the theme. Audio would be a good addition.
The mouse controls are way too twitchy for me. Any slight movement makes the camera swing around where I can't tell what I'm looking at. I could never score any points before being killed.
The art looks really nice though. Impressive work for just 48 hours!
Your screenshots look amazing! I really wish there were a Mac version of this.
This is great! You're right, there's not much too the gameplay, but I really like the cartoon style and it's one of the few games I can actually rate in the Humor category. Nice work.
I like your moon. You should try again next time.
The graphics look great, and it's a nice change of pace from some of these other brutally difficult and fast-paced games.
I wish there was more to it.
Adorable. Love the graphics and sound effects. I wish there was a more challenging 'game' aspect to it though.
Your screenshots look great. I wish there was a Mac version so I could try it out.
Nice work. The graphics look really good. Really impressive that you made this in JS. I find the game feel to be a bit off (jumping speed is weird). And the collision detection is really really sensitive.
You should be proud of this.
Neat variation on the original. I think you should have done more to make it a game rather than just a simulation though. Something where you only have a certain number of cells to place in order to try to 'defeat' enemy cellular arrangements.
The artwork for this looks incredible. I wish there was a Mac version, I don't have a Windows machine. :(
Sorry, I couldn't get this to work (web version). It just showed a white rectangle and then crashed my browser.
I'd be really interested in playing this. Any chance of a Mac or Web version?
Really challenging. It gets really hard to tell which circle is my character once there gets to be a few organisms on the screen. I couldn't really figure out what the Skill/Gene/Mutation settings did.
I only made it to level 2.
Neat idea though. I think this could be really fun with a little more polish and balance.
Great work.
This looks really funny. I wish there was a Mac or web version I could try.
Very nicely done as always. I didn't finish. I found it too frustrating to get knocked back so far (to my previous evolution) every time I got hit.
Looks nice. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing though. A tutorial level would be really helpful.
Looks nice. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing though. A tutorial level would be really helpful.
Very impressive game for 48 hours of work! I like the graphics a lot. The game play got a little boring after a while. Also not quite sure how this fits the theme.
This is really fun. I like how the camera is continually zooming out as you grow. The sound effects make me laugh.
Um, wow. This is amazing. The graphics and music are really beautiful. I can't believe it's an HTML game. I wish the character evolution was paced out over a longer period. I hit the level max right away. I was also expecting that I'd be able to eat some of the larger fish once I got bigger.
Very impressive!
I like the retro effect.
I found it hard to tell what upgrades were happening to my character. Instead of the text in the corners, it would be cool to see the character evolving visually.
Nice work.
Wow! Fantastic graphics and mood. I jumped every time one of those things hit me.
I didn't get very far. I couldn't really figure out what to do other than click everything.
I like the graphics.
Love the cross-stitch graphics. Great idea. The gameplay is a little too easy. And it really needs sound. Nice work!
Nice work. I wish there was more advantage to getting big. Right now it seems like the obvious choice is to stay small.
This turned out to be pretty fun once I got into it. My high score was 1188. Nice job!
This is fantastic! It does get a little boring without any objective, but the graphics and audio are great. The movement is nice and smooth as well. Nice work.
This is really great. Challenging, fun, and humorous. Nice art style too. There's more to it than there appears to be at first. The additions of the new types of characters in later levels is really good too. I only wish there was some way to encourage the guys to move to different floors. Sometimes it slows down quite a bit just waiting for the infected ones to move to a new floor.
Overall great work!
I think this has a lot of potential. I like your sound effects!
I didn't understand how the new pieces get made. At certain points I didn't have any of the pieces I needed. Is that something I have control over.
Nice work!
The artwork is really nice. I don't understand what I'm supposed to do though. Is the cave the end of the game? Did I win?
At first I found it REALLY confusing when the arrow said "CLICK". I kept clicking it with my mouse and couldn't figure out how to click it.
This is a great idea. Really neat concept. I had a hard time figuring out how to mix the colors properly. It almost seemed random, but maybe I'm just not that good with color theory.
I would have liked to see the level design focused more around color mixing puzzles rather than dodging bullets.
It would be really cool to see you develop this mechanic further.
The game doesn't appear to be on GameJolt anymore.
Really impressive for 48 hours work. I love the art.
Apparently I am doomed to lose all hope in a deep dark sanctuary.
I like this a lot. It's a neat concept and the level design gets really good after you get into it.
I was really confused at first because of the letter Q. I thought I was supposed to press Q. I think if you used something besides the key cap as the target item it would be a lot less confusing. But maybe that was intentional...
This looks really neat from the video. I don't have a Kinect, so I can't play it.
I like the drawing of the character too. Nice work.
This is really lovely. I almost gave up on it in the first scene because I didn't see where it was going. I'm glad I stuck with it. It's really difficult to tell a story like this honestly without resorting to Hollywood cliches. I think you did a wonderful job.
My only beef is that the mechanic itself (moving around clicking stuff) gets tedious, especially if there's something you can't find.
Funny.
I had fun playing it for a few minutes.
I think a taller screen would help. Then you would have more time to move and aim. As it is now it's almost too late to do anything by the time the enemies appear on screen.
I thought the dog was a mongoose (because of the snakes)...
I saw your video for this. I'd really like to try it. Any chance of making a Web version?
Neat idea, I like it. I liked the audio and the little bios at the end of each level. I found it really difficult to read any of the event text since I was focusing on the thing falling on the left. The tutorial texts also went by a little fast. It took me a couple of plays through to understand what they were trying to tell me.
Nice work on this!
Very impressive. The graphics and sound are very polished. I love the art style. The sword control mechanic is interesting at first, but I felt it got a little tedious since it take so many hits to kill the enemies.
Overall, it's great though. Great job!
Nice. I think this could be a really good game with a little more polish. Kind of reminds me of Robo Sockets.
It took me a few tries to figure this one out.
It's a really interesting concept.
I think if you improved the UI it could help make it easier to understand how the game works.
Really nice work. The design looks really good.
Sound wasn't working for me in Safari, then I read your note to use Chrome and it worked.
Arrow keys for isometric movement has always felt 'wrong' to me, but that's not really specific to your game.
Really impressive. Great job!
Neat idea! The controls are really difficult, and don't feel quite right to me, but the game has a lot of potential.
Good job!
It's nice and relaxing. I liked all the different mechanics. I wish that they would build on each other though, instead of just being completely different every level.
Took me a few tries to figure out what I supposed to be doing, but then it was actually quite fun. It's harder to find that odd bit than it seems like it would be. I really liked the voice acting too. One of the few games that I can actually score in the Humor category.
Nice work!
Sorry, I couldn't figure this one out. Are there no enemies because no one else is online right now, or am I doing something wrong?
I love this so much. Takes a while to get going, but it gets soooo good. 5 stars.
Great job!
Pretty good! I like that the direction changes with each level. Keeps it interesting.
I think the controls would be better with a little inertia/momentum.
Overall I liked it. Nice work.
So, the "Web" version is still only available for Windows?
I couldn't really figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I think if I'm supposed to be focusing on the Navigation thing, maybe it should be bigger.
I really like the fire animation though.
Cool game. The control scheme took some getting used to, but I think that's what makes interesting. Nice work!
This is a really cool concept. I find it incredibly difficult to get anything besides Hydrogen though. The jumpy control has something to do with that.
I also think it would be helpful to have some kind of a HUD to guide you. Like showing what particles are required to build the next element, or if you have a few particles contained show what you need to grab to make something. I had a hard time remembering which particles were which, and don't really know the periodic table well enough to get much beyond Helium.
This has the potential to be a really cool educational game though of you can work out some of those issues.
Beautifully simple. I like this a lot.
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be growing my plants until they exploded or not. I also wasn't sure if the sun drops were hurting me or helping me. Those two animations are ambiguous about whether they are good or bad things.
Overall I loved it.
This didn't work for me in Safari (Mac). Chrome worked.
The color changes are a nice subtle touch.
I can't figure this out. How do I get out of the room?
Your screenshot looks really cool. Any chance of a web or Mac version?
This doesn't seem to work for me. Or maybe I just don't know what to do. I can move around, but clicking on things doesn't do anything.