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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCmCo
201223Tiny WorldRudolph the JUMPING SPIDERcompo2393.303.253.903.002.853.583.133.1240
201121EscapeEscape of the AMAZING TRIANGLEcompo1253.253.193.442.382.443.271.802.132
201120It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This!Dragon Islandcompo1872.622.382.462.673.433.382.113.08
201019DiscoveryCaves of Darknesscompo283.603.602.873.673.533.672.503.446
201018Enemies as WeaponsHOMEcompo483.182.882.823.473.532.751.714.009
201017IslandsMauritiuscompo723.092.772.333.143.683.852.632.1310

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Comments by zdanielz

LD18 — Enemies as Weapons

Grandfather glasses by skalle 2010-08-23T00:47:00

Very nice game!
Liked the style and humor - couldn't really finish it, catching that bunny is hard, and jumping over the spikes is impossible.
Nice work!

Out of ammo by samel 2010-08-24T13:22:00

Fun game! clever game mechanics, highly addicting and challenging. Cool!
Wish there were some better graphics and audio though...

Psi Keepers by XMunkki 2010-08-27T04:53:00

Loved it, fun and simple gameplay! got 100 points.. :-)

Atop Mt. Brawlalot by eli 2010-08-31T02:17:00

Fun game! I love how the enemies swarm right at you, and I love the sound effects!
good job!
Controls are indeed a bit iffy, but it's fun nonetheless...

Change of Hearts by Blackduck 2010-08-24T07:41:00

that was kind of odd gameplay. Nice graphic style, though!

HOME by zdanielz 2010-08-22T14:57:00

Thanks! I'll try to fix as many bugs as I can before voting starts..

HOME by zdanielz 2010-08-23T11:29:00

Things are fast because it is fun! :-) Maybe I should have tweaked it a bit more... I agree about the arrow, it was on my to do list, but I had no time..
And yes, I made the music my self, of course!

Thanks for playing!

HOME by zdanielz 2010-08-24T02:11:00

Thanks for the comments!

Sparky: The camera velocity is indeed proportional to the distance from the ship, I think it does give nice and smooth results. You can of course look at the code, it's in the GameWorld class... About your feedback, I agree with all of it, but in 48h you have to get your priorities right... :-)

KilledByAPixel: I agree, I should have thought of it myself... Maybe for HOME v2.0 :-)

Thanks again!

HOME by zdanielz 2010-09-03T08:02:00

woah! I didn't even notice it can be maximized! It's cool - but indeed, makes it much easier. :-)

Thanks!

HOME by zdanielz 2010-09-05T05:07:00

Thanks for the comments!

I have vague ideas of taking this game as a base for a complex game, but it'll take some time...

I Fixed the music not looping bug - now you can enjoy the music looping all the way HOME! :-)

Fail-Deadly by invicticide 2010-08-24T13:16:00

Very cool game, clever use of the theme, and also fun to play! Wish the graphics were a bit better though... very impressive for such a short contest, and cool gameplay.

Man And Robot by quoj 2010-08-23T01:12:00

Nice work, very hard to play and get what is going on...

Basketball girl by JDruid 2010-08-27T05:02:00

that was fun! awesome music.

Death Wheel by Acheron 2010-08-25T00:47:00

Nice idea, simple but effective graphics!
Gameplay was kind of choppy and erratic here, making it quite hard to win...

Prot by eugeneius 2010-08-23T00:38:00

Nice game! I wish the enemies were, well, enemies, and hurt you in some way. They game is just very very easy that way.
Great style!

Flinger by Switchbreak 2010-08-26T04:40:00

cool game! nice and sleek. controls were kind of weird, it was hard to tell which direction you are facing..

Tactics Lasso! by Kayamon 2010-08-23T13:28:00

Error compiling shader... would be happy if you fix it, looks awesome!

Fib by Sophie Houlden 2010-08-25T09:50:00

Wow, that is just awesome.
Great idea, great use of the theme, impressive implementation.
Everything, but the music, is awesome. :)

Bouncing Bellyfloppers by Entar 2010-08-25T00:59:00

That was fun!
Nice game, nice use of the theme, nice graphics and annoying music. :-) Liked it very much.

got 5648 points, wave #21 or something :-)

LD19 — Discovery

Impatient Archaeologist by Hellfang 2010-12-21T08:13:00

Nice! gameplay was a bit repetitive, but nicely done!
Feedback given for your actions in the game would help - what happens when we collect bones? meet dinosaurs? something?

Jungle by someone 2010-12-21T10:47:00

wish this was a full game, looks promising! love the style.

Lost Races' Abandoned Artifact Recovery by eli 2010-12-20T09:24:00

Great work man! I LOVE the audio, so weird, in a wonderful way! Well made, although I wish gameplay was a bit more concise... GO GO!

Caves of Darkness by zdanielz 2010-12-22T18:01:00

Thanks for the comments - as for the MAJOR problem, I'll try to fix it soon. :-) Thanks!

Caves of Darkness by zdanielz 2010-12-24T21:01:00

I probably forgot to mention - the caves of darkness takes place in er... the year 1342 AD, nothing interesting happened then, so it fits well with the game. :)
Now seriously - I think you can play the game rather quickly if you use your flares wisely, and also - you have unlimited life, so dying now and then should be alright!
Anyhow, thanks for the comments!

Caves of Darkness by zdanielz 2011-01-10T12:15:00

Thanks! :-)

Disco? Very! by Tom 7 2011-01-06T22:18:00

fun fun fun!

The Complex by Mr_Raa 2010-12-20T20:35:00

Couldn't get it running, windows 7 x64.

PRIOR by krangGAMES 2010-12-20T20:32:00

WOW. just wow. Played it through, really really nice, great atmosphere and detail.

PRIOR by krangGAMES 2010-12-20T20:34:00

Just noticed I only saw one ending, well, I might give it another go, but it is rather time consuming... :)

Here Be Monsters! by ethankennerly 2010-12-21T10:50:00

fun game!

Code Monkey Trials by Rolith 2010-12-21T15:28:00

Fun!

Mother Robot by increpare 2010-12-20T20:57:00

Very nice!

Ominous by gsw 2010-12-20T20:42:00

finished level 3, then nothingness...

Explosive Transcendental Circulatory System by NiallM 2010-12-20T20:38:00

woah. not sure what was that - but it was kinda cool. not much of a game though, more like interactive art. :)

LD20 — It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This!

Dragon Island by zdanielz 2011-05-05T12:29:00

Thanks everyone for the comments!
I agree the game play needs plenty of work - it is a bit buggy and unstable... I still haven't got that part right in my games.

Glad you liked it in any case! :)

LD21 — Escape

The Escape by ippa 2011-08-27T18:28:00

nice!

Escape of the AMAZING TRIANGLE by zdanielz 2011-08-25T20:33:00

Thanks everyone for the comments! You all have great ideas - I think I might actually make into a complete game at some point! :-)
@kavs: I agree - it's not much of an escape game... but it's a game! :) There's no way to undo a node, but it is a good idea...
@Rudy: I was totally planning to add more enemies and death things, no time... :(

Thanks again!

Escape of the AMAZING TRIANGLE by zdanielz 2011-08-29T22:21:00

Thanks @Andrew! I definitely have some ideas in that direction - hope to make something out of it.
@James Paige - I agree with you that the interface is rather confusing, I would have made it better if I had more time (I didn't realize that until after the competition). And yes, I wanted more levels (and more enemies!), but again, time.

Thanks!

Escape of the AMAZING TRIANGLE by zdanielz 2011-09-01T11:34:00

Thanks everyone for the comments! @DrPetter - you can, actually, create another path after you started (And stopped) following the path, but each time you do, it costs an extra node - so not all levels can be done part by part... Thanks!

Abandoned by Tommislav 2011-08-27T12:55:00

Nice and peculiar game! Loved the artwork, controls were a bit odd - but I managed to escape! Yay!

Under a Watchful Eye by Acheron 2011-08-25T16:55:00

Nice! couldn't win, even with the spoiler... :-)

Runner! .. and his problems.. 1.1 by Folis 2011-08-27T13:04:00

Nice graphics, all in all - gameplay was a bit too simple... but fun.

26 Prisoners by Devenger 2011-08-25T15:26:00

Fun game! sound was annoying, and graphics very simple, but the mechanism was great and pretty challenging! way to go!

Astar by intmain 2011-08-27T13:13:00

Nice game! plenty of levels, and nice game play elements!

Blockhead Can't Escape by Bleck 2011-08-25T16:45:00

Cute! pretty short though :)

City Runner by DGoodayle 2011-08-25T20:52:00

Fun game! mechanics were a bit repetitive after a few levels, but fun all in all and stylish! way to go.

.: The Escapist :. by Jorjon 2011-08-27T13:15:00

funny :)

Antagonist by Jonathan Whiting 2011-08-25T20:43:00

Fun fame, harder than it looks! music was a tad annoying, but I found the use of the theme good and the level design nice!

Smash Shove Solve by wally2069 2011-08-25T15:19:00

Fun game, all in all! I must say it was pretty damn hard and very tricky, but the theme was kinda off. Great job!

Routine by nitram_cero 2011-08-28T15:01:00

What a peculiar game! nice!

LD23 — Tiny World

Tiny Hack/ by Ace 2012-04-24T19:32:00

Nice - Gameplay was a bit tedious, but I liked the overall setting. there was not too much TINY WORLD in it though... good job! :)

WTF World by Misfit 2012-04-26T17:25:00

That was a lot of fun, and quite hard! great game mechanics and cute music, way to go man!

Microbial by LukeRissacher 2012-04-28T18:00:00

That was great - fun game play, clever mechanics and pleasant graphics and audio! so many levels as well! awesome.

QBik by Misaka42 2012-04-26T17:14:00

It looked very cute, and the graphics are great - but it kept on crashing. :( couldn't finish...

A Drop of Water by canary40 2012-04-28T19:01:00

Good use of the theme! but not much gameplay.. :(

Lord Deadrock's Adventures by abstroke 2012-04-24T16:30:00

Very nice graphics - somewhat akward gameplay, but cool!

Light the Lighthouse by GranaDa 2012-04-27T13:17:00

Download link is broken :(

T-Pod by Spiridios 2012-04-28T18:37:00

Cool! it was quite hard on one hand, and quite simple on the other hand.. :) I loved the music!

Aquarium Adventure by eli 2012-04-25T19:13:00

Good work man! Very good with the theme, and the atmosphere really works - maybe because you named the shark, it gives a sort of detective feel to the game. Controls are quite iffy, though, and gameplay is quite limited, but way to go!

Rudolph the JUMPING SPIDER by zdanielz 2012-04-24T16:16:00

Thanks! Try again - it's hard but you can catch the little fella :)

Rudolph the JUMPING SPIDER by zdanielz 2012-04-26T06:23:00

Thanks for all the comments! @eli - it's the same level just randomly generated each time. @Arkazon - the fly flying away is not really a bug, the rationale was that if you are not quick enough to catch it, you die :( but I agree, it's kind of frustrating sometimes. @robocozzens - though I think the code is portable to OSX, I have no idea how to compile stuff there (but it's about time I learn).
Thanks again everyone!

Rudolph the JUMPING SPIDER by zdanielz 2012-04-27T07:23:00

Thanks again for the comments everybody! :) Unfortunately, I can't make an OS X version since the version of ClanLib I used is not compatible with it... :( As for a web version, this would be quite hard as this is in C++. Sorry :( I am assuming this would run well on a virtual windows machine if you have it.

Rudolph the JUMPING SPIDER by zdanielz 2012-04-28T18:34:00

@Spiridios - Thanks! I thought about adding momentum, but I think it may have made the game a bit easier than it should be :). About changing the perspective - that was my original intent (see my only post about the making process), but I decided not to do it after all (though it would have been easy to do..)

Colours in the Void by Benn 2012-05-03T16:14:00

That was very nice! great gameplay (though VERY hard), excellent audio and slick graphics. It didn't really feel TINY WORLD to me though... anyway, Thumbs up!

ANT SURF HERO: THE SURFENING by JigxorAndy 2012-04-26T07:04:00

That was great and fun! good controls and great graphics/audio. It was quite easy, as you can't really die... but fun nontheless. :)

Magniverse by Erifdex 2012-04-25T19:25:00

Kind of weird controls, and I must say I did not get the game play - was not sure what I was supposed to do, or what was the goal.. :( Nice look, and audio was quite good - reminds me of one my older LD games (HOME).

Propolis by sampyxis 2012-04-25T19:21:00

Very nice! Controls were a bit hard to handle, and it seems that enemies didn't cause much damage... but the graphics and audio are great, and it's quite a big game for such a short time! nice!

Bottled Worlds by Patacorow 2012-04-29T20:40:00

Very nice! the sounds were a bit annoying, but the music was cool. gameplay was fun, though a bit weird and buggy.
What did you make this with? it has a very nice smooth feeling.

Casal Navity by Nanofus 2012-04-26T17:20:00

I couldn't play because of some encoding issues - it's look for a file named räg.png, but because of Hebrew encoding on my computer it turns out to be something else - can you compile in unicode, or something? or name the files with simple ASCII characters? Thanks!

shiprage by AirRider3 2012-04-26T15:32:00

The feel was good, but I really couldn't get what was going on, even after reading the extra instructions, it was all ver confusing! I liked the music though, and everything is quite smooth!

Pixels World by Zerod 2012-04-28T18:59:00

didn't work - Windows 7 on Chrome. :(