Slightly annoying traffic by JOrbits 2017-12-05T06:34:40Z
Many games are fun to play and win, and this is no exception.
Its also a lot of fun to lose though!
This game is gorgeous, by the way.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Caleb
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | marble maze hero | jam | 4.00 | 4.16 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 3.83 | 3.33 | 3.50 | ||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Bone Digger | jam | 4.00 | 4.25 | 3.75 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.25 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | not quite home | jam | 3.50 | 2.90 | 2.95 | 3.45 | 4.20 | 4.05 | 2.25 | 4.65 | |
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | 👥 | Life in the Fast Vein | jam | 245 | 3.74 | 3.72 | 3.25 | 3.43 | 3.71 | 3.57 | 3.57 | 3.48 |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | no-kill | jam | 239 | 3.73 | 3.17 | 3.56 | 4.02 | 4.56 | 3.79 | 3.78 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | tappy towers | unfinished | |||||||||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | GrowboRally | jam | 537 | 3.48 | 3.41 | 3.51 | 3.18 | 2.97 | 3.00 | 2.83 | 2.98 |
Many games are fun to play and win, and this is no exception.
Its also a lot of fun to lose though!
This game is gorgeous, by the way.
Beautiful game! Reminds me of a childhood favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dav39GAfHM
Did you get a real-life pirate to do voice acting?
With more polish, a concept like this can become a good little mobile app. Very simple and intuitive with a clear play session length is a great combination for a mobile game!
I'd suggest a mute button though :)
Good entry! Hitting the nests could use a bit more feedback -- at first I didn't think I was doing anything until it suddenly popped.
Thew core idea of using lives to upgrade is great, but the limited number of lives made it difficult to explore all of the weapons. Perhaps a marathon mode, starting with 100 lives, would allow players to experiment more. Newer players could give themselves a buff using their lives while experienced players might want to be conservative to make it to the end.
Fun and responsive Shooter. Level transitions are a little seizure-inducing, but the experience is sharp!
I found myself wanting to go back to the coin arena while platforming -- not because the platforming was bad but because I wanted to hear more of that sweet voice acting.
The core gameplay of this game is good! I didn't find my attention too divided (using the HUD to monitor HP and cooldowns) but when I did look back at the action it was quite a cluster. Having the characters spaced out or switching to a top-down perspective would help with that.
Its a shame that the spell tooltips weren't in-game, but once I learned the 5 abilities it was easy to remember what they do!
Cute concept, but I think the missing QoL features pushed me away. It was not clear how the exchange rate worked (bigger number means cheaper in this game) and my backspace key kept moving me to a previous webpage. I wound up leaving my buy/sell amounts at a static amount and just mashing the button.
On-Screen keyboard would be a great help -- can't wait to play the director's cut!
Cute game! By the end of it my veins were empty but my heart was full -- of love for my dog! Shame I couldn't actually buy the surgery though, but I guess I can bury the poor pooch in a pile of money instead.
@chromableedstudios Thank you for the feedback! I think that you may have played our first upload -- there was an issue with rendering the water for the lake. We haven't moved any elements around but maybe things are a bit more immersive now! It'd be great if you gave it another shot :).
This is a very cute and simple experience. The sharp jumps remind me of Myst and the audio takes me back to Runescape for some reason. I wish that there was a "theraputic" rating category -- you'd get 5 stars!
I used to use an old Windows app called "Microsoft Bob". It basically had different desktops with links to apps/folders contained in a collection of cute and interactable themes. This feels like it could be one of those themes in a modern MSBob!
@meansquarederror Thank you for playing the game and for your review!
@weine Thank you for playing! I appreciate your review :). I'm happy with how the game board looks while playing.
@lakrits We had a few ideas for what to do with the holes in the board, but we had to settle for what worked in the time given. One of our ideas was to have a cave system that monsters would move around in before crawling back to the surface, but your idea sounds better. We wanted the holes to be a punishment, and if the monster "escape" to attack the town that would be a great metaphor.
And yeah, the arrows feel very underpowered :P.
Nice idea, cute robots. I didn't find myself worrying about the balancing aspect at all though. Hard to tell if it was safe to steal anything, but then again that's the risk when you go against the law. Thank you for putting the HTML5 logo in the thumbnail.
Cute game. I appreciate the first level or two introducing the player. There's a lot of levels, which is fine, but I found them getting same-y. Either way, keep up the good work.