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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | Nothing Wars | compo | 411 | 3.02 | 3.02 | 2.89 | 2.78 | 2.36 | 1.73 | 2.68 | ||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | A Key Sacrifice | compo | 118 | 3.69 | 3.46 | 4.04 | 4.09 | 3.04 | 2.59 | 2.41 | 2.75 |
The game was very interesting and a cool exploration game, and the music was nice. However, I felt like the theme was more of a hinderance, as it was annoying to have to feed the beast. All in all, however, it's a cool game with a uniquely interesting progression loop. Good job!
I love the graphics, it's very well polished. I think some good music/sound effects / static from the phone calls would really add to the immersion. Very well done!
Nice game. It does start to get repetitive as you get to the higher years. More choices as you get more villagers besides workers/guards, and maybe some other enemy attacks that require specific defenses would be better, and would encourage use of the immunity sacrifice to protect against a hard attack. Overall, pretty fun. I like the music.
Good Work! Love the art on the cards. Rather fun to play,
Music and effects were great. Good work - loved the developer commentary
Very fun! I played it with a friend for a bit and we sucked but it was cool. Love the graphics and sound effects! Well done.
A solid game, however the later levels all had the same strategy for me, by just choosing the chicken and removing either the tomatoes or the lemons. I like the idea of it and I think it was executed well. Nicely done!
Its fun, and the platformer controls are pretty well done. I also love the art, especially the banana. However, I can't figure out how to beat the cat? Also you can walk off the right side of the screen on that level.
Cool game, was an enjoyable experience playing through it. Thanks!
Really cool idea with the single player coop type thing. I like the art of all the characters. The gameplay, while fun at first, wasn't super varied and didn't get that challenging. However, the game is very polished and expertly put together. Nice work!
Well done! This is a great game which could be expanded with more levels definitely. I think, however, at the moment it's a little lacking on mechanics, so if you do expand it make sure to add some more gimmicks. Additionally, I feel like the theme of sacrifice wasn't incorporated into the gameplay at all which makes it seem a little generic. However, for what it is it is expertly created and I eagerly await what you create next.
Fun! I love the art and the music. The idea of switch was really cool and well executed. However, it feels like there wasn't a lot done with the music. For instance, switching the orientation in time with the music or speeding up/slowing down the tempo at times would have been cool to switch up gameplay. Overall, very enjoyable considering it's your first crack at a rhythm game.
This was hard lol. I love the art you made (especially the background) and the music. I feel like the spikes have a little too big of collision box which made some jumps irritating. Overall, well done! It felt good to beat it.
Nicely done! Fun to play. The only real problems I have are that there wasn't a lot of feedback for the sacrifices I was making (I was sacrificing 2 people each turn but the bar never went down), and that reproduction feels luck based. Overall though it's really well done and could easily be expanded into a fuller game.
I really like the collision sound - it's simple yet very satisfying. Controls are a pain but once you get used to them the game is really quite fun. Good job!
Was definitely an experience, I actually grew attached to the little guys. Nice work, would be amazing as a fully realized concept.
Fun game, would definitely like to see this expanded into a full game with more levels.
This is pretty cool, love what you did with the theme. I love the losing messages based on which bar you let go down. Really cute and well done in general.
I like the art, with some touching up it could be quite a nice style. Also the game is impossible with a trackpad lol.
Ditto for the fullscreen bug – I'm having trouble moving people to the totem. It would be cool if the sun moved around to get a feeling of the day moving on (just a simple rotation, perhaps the moon coming up and the sky changing color for nighttime)
Other than that, cool and fun little game!
It's fun, but the game is a little bit finicky. For instance, the spikes and blades seem to have bigger hitboxes than they should, and often times after I die the new spawn would immediately run into a spike as I was holding a key, which was a little annoying. Other than that, I feel the only thing missing is other levels. Good work!
Fun! I loved the graphics and blood effects, as well as the spirit's face. the gameplay was interesting at first but gets a little repetitive... some powerups/enemies would do wonders in that department. However, considering the limited time I love the product!
Grats on finishing! As for the game itself there are a lot of bugs (for instance falling off the screen). I also don't feel like I'm sacrificing anything as the villagers just respawn. Also it was hard keeping track of where the enemies would spawn. However, the core gameplay was actually fun and I think there is a good game here, it just needs a lot of polish and bug fixing. Good job nonetheless!
Fun! Cute graphics and nice music made this a joy to play through. The only thing I can really say is that I wish there were more levels (obviously) and that the controls are a little awkward at first (but I got used to them). Also, I agree that lining up the shot was kind of hard to do for some reason. Well Done!
I had fun playing through the first time, but I think there isn't much variation in strategies you can use, which can limit replay-ability. That being said, I think the game is very well done with nice graphics and effects and I liked the core gameplay loop. Well done!
I like how short and to the point the game is. I replayed it just to try different strategies. Both times, however, I ended up completing the tech tree, so I think an expanded one with more options would be cool. It would also be cool to move on to fight different tribes. Either way, the game itself is quite fun and enjoyable. Good work!
Nice work on this game! It's very polished with the animations, and the whole idea of it is amusing and awesome. The only real issue I have is that the actual game is a little bare-bones with only one song and missing certain features like audio feedback when you get/miss a beat, and no ability to remap to keys to a more comfortable. However, I feel like the graphics and effects really tie it all together. Nicely done!
Really fun, very much like slay the spire (which I love). i think if some of the bugs were ironed out and there was some harder enemies it could be one of the best games here.
@abeyance Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
@xesenix Yeah. It gets very hard once you lose the original 8 keys.
@matthew-roelle Thanks! I was definitely trying for a unique take on it, glad it went well!
@sky-coding Yeah, it definitely gets really hard and requires good planning about which keys go where. Glad you enjoyed!
@benbusby Thanks for the feedback! I would definitely like to expand with powerups, more variety of enemies/weapons, and an actual end goal. For health I could maybe tint enemies as you damage then? In any case, thanks for playing and glad you enjoyed!
@somewhatinfinite @anyonebacon Thanks, your feedback is really encouraging! I definitely agree about the enemies, more would be nice.
@slizzben Glad you enjoyed! It certainly kicks my ass, my highest score is around 35000.
@digitallimestone Thanks. Appreciate the kind words.
@hungryghost Thanks! I didn't have a ton of time for graphics so I thought the vector graphics would be easy enough way to replicate an arcady feel - glad it worked!
@timeshapers @mrnyarlathotep @kaish @doubleblackstudios Thanks for the feedback! It may be a bit too hard, could tone down the difficulty.
@philippkick @spixbird Hmm haven't thought about multiplayer, giving me an idea for a co-op version of this idea.
@timeshapers Yeah good point. I was mainly thinking though for an updated release with more content. Also that was my original idea but I felt what I ended up with more closely matches the sacrifice theme, as the very act of moving sacrifices your key's life (although I think both work just fine).
@crosenlund79 Any errors I can debug? Did you try playing the jar / standalone executable version?
@nick-rafalski Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
Really good game here. The only thing missing is more stuff to do once you've built your raft besides fishing. If there were more recurring things I could have played this for hours, that's how relaxing it is. As it stands though, the journey to build the big raft was very nice. I especially liked getting my first plant so I could have a renewable food source. Well done!
I agree that the camera was a bit dizzying. Other than that, what you have here is a good concept that could definitely be made in something great. Good work!
Good work! The only thing is that I'm not sure how this ties into the theme? Other than that it was fun to play with a nice central mechanic.
Good foundation here! This game would really benefit from randomly generated levels so the weapons are in different locations every time.
Good game! The dash felt super OP, by spamming it I got through almost all of the levels vs. the red cat. Other than that though it was fun.
Fun little game! I like the art style you chose. It would be cool if you got to ask people for hints rather than them giving the hints automatically. As in you could ask for shirt/pants/shoe color and have more player choice in the game. It may make it more interesting.
@musicblox Thanks for the feedback! I think I know what the spawning issue is and can probably push a fix for it.
@brandon-js-lea Thanks for the feedback. I always end up forgetting to put an instruction screen / helpful tips into my game, will make that a priority next time lol.
@clemonades Thanks! Advance Wars is my favorite series so I love TBS too, and while I don't think my shitty game lives up to those masterpieces, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Good game! I liked the map filling with water. I think you should have had upgrades to the clicking though, after the first couple of upgrades I just stopped clicking and waited because it was so useless.
Simple game, but well executed! Perfect for a jam.
Nice physics based game! I like all the different abilities and how you start from nothing each level. I think the turning controls are a little frustrating though, could tweak them to make them better. Good work!
Good concept! As it stands it's a little basic, but could definitely be fleshed out into a full game. I like the music!
Liked all the different traps you had. The gameplay, while fun, was very luck-based.
I like this game a lot! I think it would be cool if there were some enemies or something to make the levels more dynamic. Good work!
Good work! Fun game. I ran into a bug where I couldn't buy something if I had exactly that amount of money.
Nice start here, fun graphics and sounds! Needs some more gameplay variety though.
I like what you have here. I like the shooting minigame while answering questions. However it was lost on me what was happening as I was learning things. What did a bigger brain do, gameplay wise? Game got stuck so I didn't get to finish it.