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| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | Tower Stack | jam | 985 | 3.09 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 3.29 | 3.57 | 2.57 | 3.27 |
I think you had the same issue I had. I had a small bug (when you put in a joypad it crashes, so no one could play it, I have fixed now, but missed out so far on feedback). Your link does not work for some reason, please fix it as would love to play it.
This is really special, please develop this out further. I really like the attention to detail on the graphics like the tree animation in the background. The mix of puzzles and story is really nice as well. This is a sad game though, I feel like crying after just 4 mins in, very personal.
Looks really fun, wish I could play it, sad face :((
This reminds me of a game I played when I was a kid by Capcom called LED STORM. Your game has the same frantic action feel with the nice retro graphics. I feel a bullet every 10 seconds is too punishing. But totally understand as we only had 72 hours to build this. My sense if it you reduce the number of enemies and speed up the scrolling for the road / background, it will sort the difficulty balance out. But if you develop this further, I sense you will either refill every 5 seconds or refill a round of bullets. Either way really like this and has a lot of potential. Well Done.
Really like this, it is my favorite so far. The music / mood with the lighting / graphics and the tight integration into the 10 second theme is great.
Really love the isometric approach and simple fun puzzle system. Going to keep playing :)
Nice simple game, really like the music. Heads up it is giving me a weird warning on PC download, don't know why.
Really like the environment you have created with the lighting and the sense of how you stated wanting to be Resident Evil underwater. Probably need to soften the control sensitivity slightly, but understand given we all had only 72 hours. Keep it up :)
Very unique strategy game, also like the use of the music that makes it feel like a western. My flaming trains make me worried I am not very good at this :)
Like the concept, but needed to get a sense of my ammo, maybe need a GUI and some sign posting. But like the idea very much, please expand it....:)
Very unique game, love the simplicity, gave my keyboard skills a work out :)
Love the theme, the graphics and music give a great mood. The concept is also very good. I want to be good, but wow is this difficult, maybe I am getting old. But again love the idea very very original.
Love the main character, very cute, the music is very additive also.
Really like the art direction, music and motion. Very nice particle effects as well. I think it needs more sign posting to help the player understand what is expected of them. I sense if I play the final version it will have that. But really like this and will download the full version to play it. Best of luck
Really like the concept and love how the music gradually builds, naturally makes me want to play again. Was very difficult though for me, might be that I am not that good at rythnm. But very good effort...
Best game I have played in the jam so far. Love the dying sound, the flashing lights and the feel. Want to keep playing. very cool, well done.
Looks really great, not sure why I can't get it to boot up. Will try again later.
Wow great piece of type teaching software, going to show my kid. So fun, though I clearly need to type faster faster.
Love the mood you created and the motion of the diver. But it is very hard.
Really like the way you have done something very different and the use of the sound effects to prompt the user.
Hi LePoulet (@lepoulet) / Faust_Mi (@faust-mi) & Igor Morgun (@igor-morgun),
I have fixed the issue, thank you so much for pointing it out (new version attached above). Your current version will also work if you unplug your joypad controller when you boot it up.
If you have chance, please take a look and feedback.
Now I am going to download peoples game and give me a play :)
Thanks, Chris
Hi rjmarzec, Thanks for the feedback. The reach here issue is I just ran out of time, so will fix for a full release. Noted on the balance, I think I will look to speed up the spawning of the blocks and also add a setting for that speed amount. So definitely will address, thanks so much for the feedback, this is all about learning :)
Hi stmatn (@stmatn), Thanks for the feedback. Definitely going to look at different game modes when I turn it into a full game. Your right a puzzle mode around number of bricks placed or tracking progress would be really cool. Thanks for the well wishes, will defo fix the bug on how high you can place a brick. Also yes, my first time on a game jam, been really fun :)
Hi Guntainment (@guntainment), Yep, agree I sense I will need to do at least 10-20 levels and build up the difficulty more slowly with lower difficulty, had to rush the initial five levels given the 72 hours available.
Hi Vary (@vary), Here's hoping it turns out like that, would love people to play it that way.
Hi Skleembof (@skleembof), Had not thought of adding a wall at the side, but I think you are right, I will do that..
Hi natpat (@natpat), Yep, I just used the standard settings for the physics, but I will definitely look at the balancing on this. Also maybe add a toggle on a setting to let players muck around with it, so maybe also get low gravity as well, that could be fun.
Hi Everyone, a lot of messages here and all really well received, so a big thank you to all of you for the different feedbacks. Let me answer each of them:
@kregap - Thanks for the comments on the vibe :). Yes defo going to look at how I do better balance on the levels and look at introducing more chaos gradually.
@yoni - Really sorry to hear, I can't replicate that, if you have anymore details then please share and I look further into it.
@sheldonzs - Love the walls idea, I am coding it into the game right now and will include in some / all game modes. Agree it would give a different feel to the game.
@sigo - Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the game.
@niterich - This is really great feedback for sure, really appreciate it. Will check out that game you mentioned, also looking at how to do the physics fixes on the placing the blocks. The advice on the balancing and hardness is totally on. I am looking at this now and will also try to get the game out to communities to look at the game balancing / hardness. It is so easy to get too close to the game difficulty. For the installer, let me check, I think I need to do different types of ways to installer, like installer, exe and maybe a HTML build in future jams.
@itooh - Thanks for the sandbox comments, I sense as I build this, I need to have a traditional game campaign mode, but also more of a sandbox mode to allow different ways to play.
@ron-jones-the-artist - Thank you so much for sharing on Twitch, I have never had anyone include something I built, so thank you. I will re-share on Twitter soon. Thanks for the feedback, watching you play, helps me understand what works and what doesn't.
@gwenckatz - Thanks agree this was more to try my first game jam. From the positive reaction, I will definitely build out, but agree, it will need more strategy / thinking to scale out.
Looking forward to seeing the results for everyone, this is a great progress and will defo be back in April for the Ludum Dare Jam. I will definitely develop out this to a full but small game to release on Steam and hopefully other platforms. Please keep a look out and I will get a Steam up by Mid December latest using the same game title.
Thanks, Chris
Like the concept and love the CTR TV look and feel. I was having some issues with the control sensitivity, it was freezing on me. Could just be me. But really enjoyed it when I was able to get the character moved. Especially like the dye animation.