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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | The floor is lava! | compo | 465 | 3.48 | 3.73 | 3.58 | 3.85 | 2.83 | 2.91 | 3.07 | 3.19 |
What a really fun concept! I've never played anything like it, and yet it didn't take me long to get the hang of it. The BGM was low key great, and the little announcements had a great quality to them. All in all a fun game :)
Very interesting, especially for 280 characters!
The camera movement caught me off guard a few times, but I enjoyed the puzzle platformer type mechanics. I thought "Z" was 2, so it took me a minute to figure out how to get the game started, but I enjoyed it after that :)
Love the soudtrack! For some reason it was really hard for me to see which buildings were damaged to repair them. I kept loosing even though it wasn't clear what building collapsed.
The soundscape was great. I only found two oils before my stick burned out. :( Totally nothing bad happened after my torch ran out of oil. Nothing bad at all >.< Probably should have tried in fullscreen, but the mouselook on the WebGL kept getting stuck.
It was probably due to an issue with my own controller, but I couldn't get the game to start even pressing X and A, I did see the little widget moving around when I bumped the control stick though.
Very similar feedback to everyone else. Fun soundtrack, animations, art, story line, and playgrounds. The camera kept pulling me away from the object I was trying to interact with though. Great submission, very polished considering the timeframe!
I really enjoyed the gameplay, music, and arwork. The shutdown, not quite as much :P I appreciate the warning to save my work, but I didn't expect that.
If I could give you a 6/5 for humor I would!
Great job drawing the evolution of the dark god. That was my favorite bit. The sounds fit the graphics, and the controls were intuitive. I think I grew my god too quick, and ran into a scarcity problem at the end, but it was a fun play.
The words coming in from the left of the screen were really hard. I didn't know how to start some of the words until after the dino was right at the egg. Other than that I really enjoyed it.
Fun game mechanics. How to use the flash/attack aren't very clear, and I felt like I kept dying without understanding why. Pixel art, animations, and lighting were great!
I was wondering if anyone was going to bring in IT. Solid 5/5 on theme ;)
Very challenging, but easy to understand.
I was really enjoying it, but after making some progression I suddenly couldn't flee two fights in a row. Also I died eating pizza my first play through? Overall enjoyed it.
If I have one criticism, it's that the battle system being where it at kept my attention away from the great artwork!
I love the whole concept. Fun idea to play around with for sure!
I made it 18 seconds! Then I realized I needed to go feed my starter BRB.
Took me a minute to figure out what I was supposed to do, but I am now typing this comment at about 240 characters per second.
I really enjoyed the humor, the audio, and the graphics. The battles did get a little repetitive after a few fights, but overall a great submission.
Try as I may, I couldn't get the controls to work consistently. Great graphics and animation. Cool ambience.
I love that this was an NES game, and the pixel art was great! Fantastic submission :)
Controls were a little strange to figure out (including how to quit), but the artwork and BGM were really great!
Totally thought I had hit the jackpot when I got my rocket to orbit a gravity well, then a big ball of fire came and proved me wrong!
Fun concept and great mechanics. It took me the better part of the first play through before I realized I could wall jump. I did have some issues picking up some of the objects up higher for some reason, but all in all I would play again :)
I never did like escort missions >.< Solid mechanics. As frustrating as the slow turns are, they definitely make things more deliberate and thought out.
Having something to show player health would have been really helpful. I wasn't even sure if I was taking damage until I was flashing red. Fun little flower defense game.
Compo rules, game has to be done from scratch in 48 hours, demo was uploaded to newgrounds 4/7? Am I missing something?
Great that you included art and music. I think some context about what you're doing, story, motivation, clear objective, might help keep people engaged.
Simple, nice style/art, easy to pick up. I really appreciate the way you gave the little announcement as to where the enemies were coming from.
Some of the background/foreground camera movement threw me off a little, but the more I got a hang of the controls the more fun it was. Thanks!
Made it through level 1. Did not survive level two. I was unable to keep it alive :( Simple, but engaging. Good job with the on screen descriptions of what is happening. Very clear directions and purpose.
I really like this. The mechanics take just a moment to figure out and it gives enough control to be able to feel like you're really pulling off some crazy stunts.
A little more clarity on what the objective is (and how to quit) would have helped a lot. Very interesting!
@mrfluffysheep I'm afraid it's just looping 4 blocks of notes. It was my first time trying to compose anything like this. Definitely learned a lot.
@theseusinabottle Thank you for the feedback! There's so much more I wanted to do with it, given the time and skill. I totally agree about bounce sound variation. I might just put some more time into it after this is all over and put it out there on itch.
@papabirb I recorded my 4 year old saying "woohoo" a few times, layered them, added reverb, and a pitch adjustment, so... yeah, you're spot on. My appologies for the volume, I was trying to match it to the rest of my system sounds, but a simple volume control menu probably would have gone a long way.
I really liked the pixel art, and the sound effects. Charge up shots always make me happy for some reason as well. Nice feature add. Took me a while to find the "fire" button and when I did windows kept asking me if I wanted to turn on sticky keys every 8 shots. Found the instructions the second time under "info", maybe on screen instructions would help?
Really interesting concept. Simple but straight forward.
I agree with most of the other feedback. Great concept, tuned maybe a little too hard, but great job!
I agree with most of the other feedback. Great concept, tuned maybe a little too hard, but great job!
I agree with most of the other feedback. Great concept, tuned maybe a little too hard, but great job!