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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoPoCmTeJoCo
201431Entire Game on One ScreenSpace Invaders Platformerjam
201429Beneath the SurfaceUnobtainiumcompo6723.072.962.862.463.432.852.263.0047
201223Tiny WorldThe Tiny World of Buzzcompo7352.472.222.162.882.841.551.502.2553
201122AloneAlonecompo5802.131.602.202.802.471.501.692.502.8250
201121EscapeEscape The Dungeoncompo4492.061.351.533.002.411.711.003.093
200914Advancing Wall of DoomEscape From Hellcompo852.852.771.923.153.692.692.002.922.422.44

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Comments by callidus

LD21 — Escape

Flee Buster by ChevyRay 2011-08-23T11:45:00

that is a frustratingly fun game, I love adapting the way you control each game mode and remembering its state. The rapid fire context switching keeps you on your toes. Good entry! The frog is a love/hate for me as well.

Cityscape by mattdev 2011-08-23T13:55:00

good submission, I enjoyed playing it. Zombies! Would have been nice to have had some sounds on the gun fire, zombie death, shop buying ect but I really liked the music.

Ceaseless by the31 2011-08-28T07:55:00

nice idea, confusing UI though. I good game that quite relaxing to play for a length of time. Good submission

Escape from Browser Stability by Lerc 2011-08-28T07:45:00

Interesting graphics, could do with something more to keep it interesting though.

Rainbow Jail by Benjamin 2011-08-25T08:09:00

top notch, a very compelling and fun game. Really well done and feels very polished. One of the best so far, I liked how hard it was, failing a lot was ok because of the check points, with out them it would be unplayable. High scores all round.

Poltergeist by Gib 2011-08-23T11:24:00

Dood this rocks! really nice entry. Nice mechanic, trying to run away from ghosts is quite scary. Good use of sounds and lighting to build a compellingly scary atmosphere. Although I like a good challenge but this game is perhaps a touch hard to start.

The Hooks, the Lava and Me by Suyo 2011-08-25T07:29:00

really good stuff, nice mechanic and well executed. Lots of fun.

Asylum Escape by Amadeus 2011-08-25T07:20:00

OK figured it out, very interesting mechanic and quite inventive. The graphics make my eyes burn though lol and you had no sound. Still it was an interesting idea, you scored high on innovation.

Prelude of the Chambered by Notch 2011-08-23T10:58:00

you have raised the bar, and I personally learned a lot from this entry. I find my self going back to play it again, sure sign of a winner.

Bubble Jump by onefineline 2011-08-25T07:22:00

yeah, gave you community vote, sorry no device to play it on.

Persephone by thonk 2011-08-28T08:23:00

nice work, enjoyed playing it

Who let the robots out? by wallacoloo 2011-08-23T19:42:00

nice idea and quite complex, good to have a tutorial but there didnt seem much to do after completing it.

Not Without my Zombie by BlackDogg 2011-08-25T07:11:00

really effective use of light, I liked the art style too. Not very original and I didn't get the "escape" aspect much. I did like the overall tone of the game, having popup instructions was a major plus! good entry.

DarkRun by dotslasch 2011-08-23T13:25:00

controls need some explaining in this, also art could do with a bit more effort. Congrats on completion.

Prison Planet Trench Escape by Doddler 2011-08-23T11:51:00

nice, well executed and presented.

Spiders v. Aliens by tangentstorm 2011-08-28T08:09:00

nice mechanic, seemed to work ok for me in chrome.

NO ESCAPE by jukimv1986 2011-08-23T14:13:00

OK nice tech but the game gets monotonous quite fast, also the sound is quite irritating after a while. Congrats on finishing!

Beyond the Fourth Wall by Gjarble 2011-08-23T11:07:00

nice, I liked the idea, not seen that before so full marks for innovation! graphics were rushed and no sound though ( at least for me? ). Good entry.

TREASURES by pythong 2011-08-25T06:44:00

Nice entry, fun game for a while but restarting from level one each time is a drag eventually. Needed check points. I like the audio

Escape The Dungeon by callidus 2011-08-23T07:09:00

Thanks for the feedback demonpants, yeah there was a lot of other stuff I wanted to put in. Locked doors, keys, monsters, items ect ect :-P none of it really got done in time. I will be working on this post LD as well though, I hoping to turn it into something more fun.

Escape The Dungeon by callidus 2011-08-26T10:59:00

thanks @NO_Named_Guy, criticism like this is the most valuable feedback I could get! Also thanks for confirming it works on FF, ill have to take a look at what's up with the download versions, many thanks.

LD22 — Alone

Lonesome Cowboy by jlnr 2012-01-07T14:24:00

heh Ruby, sorry no idea how to make this run, tried installing ruby on Ubuntu, but barfs up "./main.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError)
from ./main.rb:1"

Guess im trying to run it the wrong way but I dont have time to try and figgure it out, instructions would be handy.

Leave my Lettuce Alone :( by NeiloGD 2012-01-09T13:35:00

w00t, I liked that one! really cool idea and the graphics style was original too. Good game, can get quite hard though. Full points for community as you did the shadow keynote too
:-D

RGB by Benn 2012-01-09T17:29:00

Nice game, very minimalistic but still fun, I really like the audio. Could have done with some extra features for game play, like a limited use time slowdown or somthing :-) anbyway, cool stuff

In the Ruins of R'lyeh by jfroco 2012-01-07T14:45:00

nicley done, the graphics and music build up the mood well. Gameplay is fun as well

10,000 Space Leagues from Delta Station by Dan C 2012-01-09T17:19:00

good intro and audio, I to found the game hard but kept going back for "one more go" :-P good stuff

robot friends by dwrensha 2012-01-07T14:49:00

cant get this to work on linux (Ubuntu 11.10) wants libesd.so.0, please consider using the "ldd" command to list needed libs and package them with the binary.

KIitty by Wiering 2012-01-09T08:22:00

Its possible to walk outside the map and get stuck :-( Graphics are very nice. HTML5 ( Chrome ) version didn't let me jump but the flash version worked nicely . Good effort for completing but could have done with some more features for interest.

Hubris by krangGAMES 2011-12-22T09:35:00

Good Stuff, nice smooth platformer with nice use of the theme :-) didn't have time to play past the first few levels but got a good feeling from playing this. The audio is really good, though at least for me it didn't seem to have any actual game sfx, just backing music.

Fatward by joekinley 2012-01-07T15:35:00

Depressing game, good use ot the theme. I really liked the music and the dark plot though I needed your guid to get past the kitten. The overlay graphic makes my eyes bleed though!

A.L.O.N.E: Always Lonely on Newyear's Eve by qrunchmonkey 2012-01-09T19:37:00

woo a text adventure, I doth my hat to you, though it makes it hard to score I do love these things. Good show!

Alone with a flashlight by norgas 2012-01-07T14:35:00

very hard, nice to have some music and the graphics are good, the linux build is a little broken, you have to edit RUN_FIRST.sh and change "./LD22" to "./dontRunMe"

Alone in the Gloom by hulahulahest 2012-01-07T14:11:00

nice little game :-) good ending, really wanted some sounds though, music would have set the atmosphere just right

alone I art by Make A Game 2012-01-09T17:59:00

haha I liked that :-) nice game with a good simple mechanic done well, good stuff.

STAY ALONE OR DIE by keenblaze 2012-01-09T13:54:00

ambitious to make a multi-player game :-) though it didnt work well when there is no one online. Movement is nice and I like the bomb bounce an motion.

None Alone by galman 2012-01-07T15:15:00

nice game, good idea, graphics were a bit poor but everything else was good :-)

Va Unan by cobhc6 2012-01-09T14:23:00

Welcome to LD :-) congrats on finishing. The art was nice, music was good but got boring after a while. Game was also quite easy and had some technical problems ( I walked outside of the map once and it ran slow at times ) good effort though!

A Weekend Alone by Nolan C 2012-01-09T17:39:00

haha thats a good one, good soundtrack and at least for me it got a lot harder to balance everything the close I got to completion. Good stuff!

StarDrive by Thief 2012-01-09T13:24:00

Nice game, and welcome to LD. Gun sounds got repetitive and annoying fast but I liked the way guns can stack up on your ship. As others have said an indicator of your life would also have been handy. Good stuff!

Alone at Ludum Dare by Darien 2012-01-07T10:08:00

good show for coming back from defeat and submitting something, can be crushing when you know it wont work out.

Expecting a Call by devwil 2011-12-22T08:50:00

more of a toy than a game ( no win/loose ) however nice clean execution, I guess after your explanation It fits the theme too ( think it says more about me than your game that I missed the link before ) good effort!

Iron Santa (world battle) by Dmitri Z 2012-01-09T18:03:00

haha nice ending

Alone in Love by defiantburrito 2012-01-09T08:08:00

wow, nice entry, I liked this one a lot. Good use of the theme but as others have said some sound would have been a big bonus to this ( yeah I know sound is hard hehe ). Oh, and welcome to Ludum Dare :-D

Saint Lino by hipon 2012-01-09T07:47:00

nice, I like the graphics and sounds, both feel nicely polished. Game play was a bit basic ( or I was doing it wrong ) but overall a good entry

Faster, Goetterdaemmerung! Zombie! Zombie! by andrebeton 2012-01-07T14:58:00

ok, graphics and gameplay were poor tbh, but the music and text was very good :-D I liked it for that alone

But You Wake Alone by wgemigh 2012-01-09T19:46:00

nice idea and a good execution, it got a bit dull after a while but was fun uncovering the text at the start. Music was also very good

Alone by Oxydam 2012-01-09T17:46:00

Fun game, the natural sounds really worked well for it

Kitten's Missions by irl 2012-01-07T14:18:00

Sorry cant play this :-( installed pygame on ubuntu, it ran but then bombed out on bg3.png as others have reported

LD23 — Tiny World

Balance by hadesfury 2012-04-24T10:48:00

good looking game, though it got quite hard as more people popped up. Nice idea and sfx as well :-)

The Small World of Professor Strange by Will Edwards 2012-04-25T09:27:00

I really love the style of your art in this game, some really nice ways of presenting the narrative text. Didnt have time to play it for long but I will be returning to have another go when I have more time :-D

Spitoon by Sestren 2012-04-25T13:40:00

nice puzzle game, but I forgot the colours attached to each key quite a lot, some visual guide would be good. Also a way to restart levels if you mess it up ( couldnt find this if it was there )

Tiny Wor ds by BNeutral 2012-04-25T07:46:00

Nice idea, interesting and clever way to generate game content :-) the jumping got a bit repetitive though

Small Slime Adventure by VoidChronos 2012-04-24T10:33:00

cool, quite hard at times. Reminded me a bit of Osmose but without the cost to move. Good entry.

Flight of the Ladybug by robcozzens 2012-04-24T08:51:00

Solid entry with nice graphics and sound, but the game play is quite simple. Overall good though :-)

Tininess Defense by The-Force 2012-04-24T10:42:00

nice little game, the graphics were clean and the music was good, sfx were too loud though as you say. Good effort :-)

Fusion Time! by NeiloGD 2012-04-23T19:06:00

Haha never played particle physics before :-) cool idea and well executed, liked the music as well.

The Tiny Gryphalope by bytegrove 2012-04-25T10:47:00

Very very nice graphics and the music matched for a nice calm atmosphere floating down the tunnel. Could have done with some more game elements or variety to keep things interesting.

Mozi Life by Kimau 2012-04-23T12:03:00

Nice original idea :-) took a while to figure out how to do each part but I couldn't get the egg laying to happen :-/ clicking just made a black square show, mouse waggling didn't see to do much. Enjoyed the algae eating part best I think.

dLeIaFtEh by Cell 2012-04-23T19:16:00

interesting game, the audio and visual style were very appealing.

Audio Land by triplefox 2012-04-24T09:06:00

ok that was a very interesting entry, bit of a stretch to call it a game tbh, more ot a toy, but very cool all the same :-)

Dude Rescue by agnulf 2012-04-23T19:32:00

Heh that was quite difficult at the end, good entry, would go well on a phone.

The Last Square by caribou 2012-04-24T09:15:00

heh nice to see a multiplayer game, good effort fitting it to the theme

Nature Wisp by Killswitch 2012-04-25T08:05:00

things just seemed a bit to slow and tedious to really get into the game, nice idea though.

Pixel World by RevoluGame 2012-04-23T11:48:00

nice little platformer, though I couldn't figure out how to get the ship bits in the tree tops, a missed powerup maybe ? Nice monolog as well.

Mini-Worlds and Monocles by Zed 2012-04-24T10:25:00

The Bad: Very Basic art, very repetitive game play.
The Good: Everything else, the music and writing were awesome, really well done, and a bonus to boot. Bravo Sir, Bravo!

Space Bear by madflame991 2012-04-25T07:54:00

go space bear, go! your our only hope!

Poor Pluto's Revenge by DavidErosa 2012-04-24T10:58:00

Haha nice game, it was a bit easy but I really liked the mechanic of capturing asteroids. Using Pluto was a nice idea for the theme as well, good job on the end boss.

The Tiny World of Fiorella by strega 2012-04-25T10:00:00

Nice fun game, enjoyed playing it until the end :-)

eat, sleep, work by dray 2012-04-24T09:43:00

solid entry with nice concept and graphics. Would be good to have some audio and fill in the empty sides

I want to turn the heater on by Andrew 2012-04-25T06:53:00

Woa! Brainception :-D really surreal game and lots of fun if you like puzzle games, some music would have been nice but I know HTML5 audio is fail ( my game is HTML5 as well ). Really good entry.

Tiny Protector by robashton 2012-04-25T08:56:00

nice little defence game, runs well in chrome.

Breakdown on a Tiny World by WookooUK 2012-04-23T11:33:00

a nicely done first entry :-) the arc-firing is a cool idea and I like your crashed ship graphic.

My Tiny Town by hungyg 2012-04-25T07:14:00

nice little sim game :-) not much to it now but with some extra elements it could be very fun, you should consider working on a post compo version.

The Tiny World of Buzz by callidus 2012-04-22T20:45:00

Ah frogot to mention the controlls, its W,A,S,D to move :-)

The Tiny World of Buzz by callidus 2012-04-23T07:02:00

Bah! My Web hosting just went down the day after Ludum Dare :( Worst timing ever. Anyway if you go here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/971318/LD23/index.html the game should still work being served from dropbox, loading times are long though.

The Tiny World of Buzz by callidus 2012-04-24T06:12:00

Thanks for the comments everyone, please note that because of a hosting issue the game is at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/971318/LD23/index.htm NOT in the link in the post :-(

The Tiny World of Buzz by callidus 2012-04-24T06:41:00

OK finally found out how to edit your submission posts, link in the post now works! :-D

World of Destruction by PROWNE 2012-04-24T09:37:00

yeah, same here, nice lobby I guess but couldnt play your game :-(

Tiny Parallel Worlds by MadcoreTom 2012-04-25T07:23:00

nice retro feeling game, short but quite fun :-) good entry

Tiny Man by Dreauw 2012-04-24T08:16:00

Solid little platformer, the big/small shift is interesting though most of the time I'm just small and shooting anything close. Nice use of the theme

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

Tentacle Potato Defence by NeiloGD 2014-04-29T11:26:00

Sound effects are epic :-) paying for bullets made it interesting (and hard) to balance spending during the day and saving for the night. Good potato!

0x1D by bitnenfer 2014-04-29T15:53:00

very nice idea :-) really enjoyed the concept of this game, but the controls are quite clunky, refine the numbers and the control interface a bit and you would have a really fun game :-D

Dino Digger by Kimau 2014-04-29T11:36:00

Nice, defo would like to see this in 3D with a graphics tablet! Nice fine brush controls for when ones "Huge Hard Tool" proved to be just too much.... sorry but someone had to bite :-)

WOOD BIRD EGG DIG by voxel 2014-04-30T16:20:00

nice little puzzle game :-) I like the bird animation.

Pipe Wars by ovenchips 2014-04-30T16:26:00

nice little game, quite calming to play good effort :-)

Hughes by SnoringFrog 2014-05-05T08:42:00

pretty fun, but the collisions seemed a little odd sometimes

Mine Story by donan 2014-04-29T16:29:00

nice game, really enjoyed it, fun to play, didn't have any input lag problems, liked the ending :-D

Going Down by Jimanzium 2014-04-29T16:37:00

Fun game, a little hard.

It's An Invasion!!! by JaR_ 2014-04-29T16:43:00

nice arcade game, fun to play.

Underneath Your Skin by thinkster 2014-04-30T16:16:00

nice idea, nicely done, quite hard but it built a good sense of urgency

Under a rock sky by Cash 2014-04-29T16:46:00

fun little game, liked the music.

MINER ESCAPE!! by NickRock 2014-04-30T15:52:00

little bit simple and the hit boxes are a bit off, good job though

Alien Cyclope Miner on Mars by SK16 Games 2014-04-30T16:33:00

nice game though I confused it and had the gun and drill at once :-/ fun little mining game :-)

Moles Warriors by kukilin 2014-04-30T16:01:00

nice lil platformer, good variety of mechanics :-) fun to play.

Greys by ccglp 2014-04-29T11:44:00

interesting entry, nicely abstract but some stuff could use some work, really needed a hint mechanism for the stairs, good effort!

Gasping for Light by chagroo 2014-04-29T16:36:00

welcome to Ludum Dare, hope you had fun! this entry is a bit simple but the sound effects made a good mood.

Fish Goes Fishing by pvwradtke 2014-05-05T08:49:00

Nicely done, simple game but felt nice to play, good work.

Homesick by jmf 2014-05-05T08:58:00

funny game :-)

Hungry Dolphin by FrozenCow 2014-04-30T15:49:00

nice little game, would do well on a touch device as well :-) quite easy though.

Unobtainium by callidus 2014-04-27T19:46:00

Just to be completely clear, the music used in this entry was not created by me, it is royalty free music and credited accordingly.

Unobtainium by callidus 2014-04-28T08:04:00

Thanks for the comments :-)
ccglp, yeah F5 was a bit lazy, but I was running out of time :-P

rainbyte, humm I could add a mute