Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Dark Prince Zen
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | Stuck In A Loop | jam | 1441 | 2.95 | 2.50 | 2.79 | 3.55 | 3.27 | 3.06 | 2.90 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | Bolted Explorer | jam | 1173 | 2.71 | 2.39 | 2.01 | 1.83 | 2.57 | 2.43 | 1.86 | 2.66 |
Makes me wish we had gone with this idea at the start. So much fun and those audio clips made me laugh pretty hard. I would genuinely recommended this to anyone who hasn't played this yet to play and enjoy.
Nice little game. Only real gripe I had with it were the controls. Found myself often looking at the keyboard to remember the controls. Otherwise, nice job. :)
I think this has to be one of the most well rounded games I've tried today. Good progression. Love the mechanics. Art style was pleasing and unique. Amazing work.
I like the vibrant art style and pops of colour. I'm not overly into these kind of games but this is a good base game to build on. One suggestion though would be to replace the dialogue sound with something softer. It was a little bit screechy. Regardless awesome work.
This has to be one of the most polished games. One of my top favourites so far. Incredible work.
I have to agree it was a little bit confusing what was going on but who cares when lord and saviour Kim comes along. Nice work
SUPER...HOT...SUPER...HOT...SUPER THICC! Well done on replicating the functionality and adding your own twist to fit the theme. The movement felt a bit odd but otherwise I enjoyed it. Nice job :)
I really like the concept of this. AI was a little confused at times but great building block for development. Hope to see more work on it in future. Awesome work
Simple and fun game. Enjoyed playing this a few times.
This was well made but I'm going to be a little bit knit picky. The music to me felt too slow for the pace of the game. I really loved the visuals but the visual feedback let it down a bit as it was hard to know when we could hit the sharks or even if the cool patches were working. I was also a bit confused as to how to beat the whale at the end. But in saying all that, I did enjoy the music, narrative and art style. Your team should be proud!
@mutskun Thank you for the comment. We had a much grander scope to begin with where we were wanted to add more story elements linked to claustrophobia ("Running out of space") and anxiety but in the end we changed it to a survival where the room gets filled with more and more enemies just to get a game out of it hence it being a bit underwhelming as far as the theme goes.
@incinious Thanks incinious. Was a lot to achieve but we enjoyed the experience. We are looking to continue developing this and balance out the mechanics.
@tuism Thanks for the constructive feedback. I think our direction got a bit out of sorts when we decided to change it up. There are ammo pickups but the wraiths didn't drop them enough for our liking. The darker elements were based off our original idea to incorporate the flashlight. The glowing lights were visuals but we never got to implement them properly. But being a jam and all we didn't really have the time to look at things as we were rushing to have something ready.
In the long run of things though this Ludum Dare has been a major learning experience for us. This is only my second and third for Zelif. We really welcome and appreciate the feedback as it does confirm we need to manage our time and how large our scope is for these events and even every day development so we can actually focus on those core mechanics.
@scottyseus Thanks for playing! Hopefully we get the time to continue development on it and work on making better mechanics and story for it. Keen to see how it evolves :)
@timothy-spit Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the mood and scenery too. :D
@thought-reactor @batlordz Thank you for playing. Feedback is appreciated.
@bungalow Thanks for the comment Bungalow.
@draperdanman @netguy204 @nidup Thanks for playing and the constructive feedback guys. It is rewarding to know there are some likes. :)
Awesome game. Love the audio and art. Such a simple mechanic but addictive to play. Fits the theme perfectly as well. Good work.
Found this enjoyable. Felt the pace could have been a little quicker but really liked the style and feeling set by the intro. Well done.
Very clever game. Most out of the box thinking and unique game so far for me. Everything gels together nicely with the art and music and creates amazing ambiance. The mechanics were unique and creepy in a cool way. My only one gripe, I don't know if it was supposed to be a hissing noise but it just sounded like slurping which took me out of the zone a little bit. But by far one of the more creative games. Amazing work.
I like the switching of the drives to change the landscape. Nicely constructed.
This was well made just I am no good at these type of game :P My only criticism is that the UI could be a little hard to track at times because there was so much going on. Good job.
Like the mashing of the two theme variants. Liked all the old school ads and space warping. Good time killer. Nice job :)
Graphics and sounds stand out. Controls are a little clunky. Awesome job
Love the art style and effects. On point. But as many have stated the controls are a bit clunky and I feel the speed of the darkness chasing you was a bit quick to start off with. Would also like to have seen more usage of the wall ride. Keep up the good work though. I hope to see more development on this in future :D
Simple and fun. Good stuff.
Such a simple and enjoyable game. Keep up the good work.
Great concept and amazing art style. Could do with some audio to tie it all together and should probably make the special abilities use the number keys rather than the function keys as not all keyboard function key sets work the same. Had a ton of fun playing. Got intense towards the end. Great work. :)
Had a little but of trouble selecting the crew and stations but apart from that I like the idea. Brings back good memories of FTL. Nice stuff.
Great first attempt. Hitting was a bit difficult and I can also confirm there was a hiding spot but regardless the path finding of the enemy was well done. Well done.
A lot of content which I liked and I liked the references and music. But there were a lot of bugs I struggled with which hindered my play of it. Interacting with items wouldn't always work, the camera in the Dark Souls like level kept freaking out and I had no idea what to do with the farmer/warrior level what so ever. But in saying that I am majorly impressed by the size of the game and the graphics. Also Gabe was a nice touch. Well done.
It's a cool little game but I think some more variety with the enemies and pickups would have made it stand out a bit more. Well done though. Nicely polished game.
Great concept. Love the voice acting. Had a little of bit of trouble with the dead zone on picking up objects which made me wish for more time but other than that I thought this was a solid build. Awesome job.
A surprise packet of a game if you ask me. The infinite stairs threw me at first, thinking it was going to be a troll game but once I went to the window it grew on me from there. Few little visual things and quick cuts to the next scene got me a few times but apart from that a very solid game with lots of content. Very fitting to the theme and great little narrative. Nice job.
Really enjoyed this. There was one time I fell through the world and I think it is at the point where the shader wraps the world back around because it nearly happened again. But has been one of the best ones for the theme so far and the fit of of all the graphics and audio set a really deep mood. Awesome job.
Really like the combat system and could make for an awesome game out in the market. Well done.
Saw the animation style and thought Adventure Time meets, well...dudes? Out of the rodeo style games this is the best one. Humour is great and gameplay is solid. Like that it was not just a throw and catch mechanic. Awesome job.
Enjoyed the concept but was a bit confused at the way the arrows worked a bit in the 3rd area. Also maybe a different colour text would be easier on the eyes. Liked the simple geometry and music. Well done.
I like the concept and it fits the theme nicely with the mood and audio. But even with finding the other story arc, I found it a bit too monotonous at some points. I know people like these types of games but just not for me. Well done though. Runs nicely.
@rokevicius Yeah unfortunately we found that out too late!
@bot12313 We were getting a bit loopy by crunch time and started chucking in our friends goofy drawings.
Also @martin-delemotte, @indiequest and previously mentioned, thanks for playing and for the feedback!
@gamedev-and-architecture Thanks for playing!
@ulisses @nardandas @cwazywierdo @xsoodx Updated the description a bit so hopefully that helps others and prevents some of the confusion.
@thomas-volpato 1 and 3 we knew were issues but were running out of time which also led to point 4 with cutbacks on content. Thanks for the feed back!
@jagsyfox @barvaz and previously mentioned, thank you all for playing and the feedback!
@dhavavamba Another victim of the time constraint. Wanted to put a blurb on the start screen but we had to cut back a fair bit and simply didn't have the time. The idea is to get through the monotony of the day to day loop by trying out different interactions to get through the day or to simply end it. We had a lot more planned but it just wasn't to be. Thank you for the comment and if you have any questions or feedback, fire away! Love to know what else we can improve on and manage for our next attempt.
@teto We did have a bit of an issue with the interactions which seemed to keep creeping back in. Clearly still made its way to the publish haha. There was an interaction to get a closer view of the cord board but if the interactions were sometimes not working, that may have been your problem unfortunately.
There probably were about three different art styles actually. We got our friends and family to draw whatever they wanted and we put it up as art on the walls. I made all of the interior objects via Maya and @zelif used MagicaVoxel for all the walls and cutaways. I am not very versed in 3D animation so we opted for a 2D character.
Thank you so much for the feedback and glad you liked elements of our game. We were extremely happy with how much we were able to do with just the two of us. So it has meant a lot to get all these responses and learn how we can manage things a bit better next time as well as improve.
@cerins @sophiablabla Looking at potentially starting to do some bug fixes based on the feedback when we get some time, especially since those have been the most common criticisms.
@garywiss @thunderkerrigan and previously mentioned, thanks for the feedback.
@anthonykovaleff @deav @donamougou @valkija @milmalissa @clemonades @mikew @eugenik Thanks everyone for the feedback and for playing!
@erikiene Thanks for the feedback and for playing! Definitely gives us a lot to think about when refining some of these mechanics.
@wiseclock I like that people are able to understand what we were aiming for. It is also great to see so many different interpretations and outlooks on the concept as well. Thanks for playing!
Saw a few screen shots of this during the jam and it turned out amazing. I did have a little problem with feedback on the wires if I cheesed it, but people really should enjoy the full experience. There were just a few times I tried cutting wires and there was no response what so ever. Overall I really had fun with this and enjoyed the progress of it. Amazing work.
Amazing work. From the subtleties of the death counter at the altar or the little tip of the hat, to the world changing as you die or skeletons that are left from your previous runs. The use of your deaths as a mechanic was a welcome one and audio set the mood nicely. Fantastic job!
Like the Aliens reference and the Ned Flanders vibe. I may have shot the moon deliberately before the prompt came up to defend said moon but it was all in good fun. Loved the dialog and and mechanics. Awesome work.
Kept me going for a long time. Plenty of content to get through. Awesome work!
This was quite awesome. Played a few musical loop ones now and I think this one is my favourite. Kept going just to hear the full track and was a nice touch adding the loop clip at the end. Awesome stuff.
Quite a polished and fun game. Enjoyed the dungeon crawler aspect and the upgrade system. If I am to have one criticism it would be to maybe have a bit more of a different colour for the bullets compared to background but apart from that, amazing job.
Mechanics are nice. The use of the time and 6 workers gave it a nice challenge. Good Stuff.
I like the art style and audio but the controls felt a little odd. The dash didn't feel natural for me. I think locking the general movement when you dash might give a better feel as well. That's my take anyway. Otherwise nice work.
Was a bit difficult to get to hang of the lassoing so maybe a slower build up would have been nice to ease the player in. Overall nice job.
Such a bizarre concept and not really an art style I enjoy but probably one of the best puzzle vs skill, theme fitting games I have played so far. Awesome job
I have seen a few of these types of games so far but as has been said already this one was made nicely. Really clean usage of the reset ability. Awesome job.
I really enjoyed this and liked that time was also used as health. My only gripes were I got stun locked on two snakes in the pit and couldn't jump out, and the control scheme. Particularly the jump button being Z. But overall this is a very polished game and I like the variety in the levels. Fantastic work!
I too went flying into the depths of space but to never return. Liked the Katamari Damacy vibes. Bit of polish on the controls, normalising the audio and stylising it, you could end up with a hit. Nice job. Big bug, good bug.
Audio was nice but found it a bit loud. Overall liked it and the variety of puzzles. Well done.
Probably my favourite LD game this far. Best tutorial setup as well. Can't really fault this game. Gave me Thomas Was Alone vibes. Fantastic job!
Really liked the cylindrical effect and general monkeying around. Did get a little bit lost on what to do but overall enjoyed it. Good job.
Liked the atmosphere and music. Visuals were nice and gave a great feel. Enjoyed the rewind on the failure. The gameplay was little frustrating at times. Often found myself hitting the wrong person even though I saw them do it. But regardless solid effort and a lot done in 3 days. Well done.
Absolutely enjoyed this. Very polished game but do agree that there is a lot of text to get through, though I did enjoy the dialogue. The fact you two put out so much content is incredible. Amazing job. Can't wait to see this out in the wild!
@teto Haha that is the dream! Can tell a lot of passion went into this so if you do release it, best of luck! I'll be ready to grab a copy!
Considering it was my first go, I was pretty happy to get 12th haha. Very different take on the theme and was fairly enjoyable. The leaderboard aspect is what really makes this one extra fun for me. Audio and visuals were great though if I am to have one gripe it was getting stuck in the corners for a while even while sprinting. Amazing work.
The ah...white liquid substance hitbox was a little annoying but overall had a fun time. I was okay with being Rick Rolled for so long to get to that power button too. Awesome work!
One of the best so far. Really nice mechanics which kept it fun to play and user friendly. Well done
Cool little game. Liked that you had to put people into their appropriate devices to be freed quicker. I think I found a bug though where I accidentally put a second person in a device and I blinked and next moment I had -160 coins. Otherwise awesome job!
Looked nice but needs instructions or more user friendly visuals to show how to do things. Thought I figured it out at one stage and then a new mechanic would just confuse me more. I like the concept of it and can see what you were going for though. Nice job.
Was something different to what I have seen so far so well done. Suggestion would be to normalise your sound and music as it was extremely loud compared to every other game I have played so far. Other than that only other issue I had was the game cursor not being locked to the mouse cursor. Enjoyed the gameplay and had a bit of a chuckle at the Roger like aliens. Awesome job!
I enjoyed the simple game mechanics. One or two hit boxes got me when a friend was overlapping with a knife but overall enjoyed it. Liked the food friend voice overs as well. Made me want to save them even more! Awesome job!
Really cool concept. We would have liked to get to a similar stage with ours but crunch time started beating us. Loved the voice over and tension of having to keep resetting the timer. Well done.
As others have said the aiming was a bit frustrating at times particularly because there is an offset between where you are aiming and where the gun is actually shooting. The difficulty did ramp up a little bit I think because of the train speed in particular but I did enjoy it. Liked the audio with the environment which really set the mood and fit the theme really well. Awesome work.
Really like the atmosphere and environment. Mood and theme are awesome. Hard to distinguish what I could use/read a lot of the time and felt the timer before the loop restarted might have been a tad short but otherwise it was a really cool experience. Awesome work.
Really like the art style and the 2D on 3D. Nicely done
Had a few frame rate issues due to the amount of objects being rendered but always like these types of games. The audio was a bit repetitive and I think it would have been nice to see an end goal but I had fun with it. I liked seeing the objects inside of the device as you consumed everything. Nice touch. Well done on your first jam!
Fits the theme nicely. Liked the art style and narrative concept. Nice work.
Like the art style of this world and I like the nice little animations including the macarena for winning. One thing that stood out for me was the feedback of the audio and visuals (aka the platform shaking for the fall or the zombie growling in close range). Amazing work.
Nice little scrolling platformer. One suggestion I would make is to allow the player to be able to fall through the platforms on a key press combination. But well done!
Found the clipping of items a little frustrating at times but a run through where the couch got stock to the roof added to the charm for me. Nice work.
Getting into the next orb was a little bit frustrating but overall really liked the feel and audio. Solid effort.
Amazing art style and most unique gameplay I've seen so far. Incredible work. If I am to absolutely nitpick as well I agree that the font was a little hard to read, and I did also have a few instances where the cart was aligned with the riders but still fell through. Otherwise incredible work.
Like the vibe of it. Only thing I would have liked was some feedback from hitting the enemies, was hard to tell if I was making a dent at first. But overall enjoyed it. Well done.
Nicely done. Got through but I do agree with one of the comments that an indicator would be nice. But really awesome job.