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Dark Roast Studios

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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
201842Running out of spaceBob's Budget Bomb Disposalcompo5403.092.972.943.553.022.372.512.72
201841Combine 2 Incompatible GenresSpin To Win!compo2.662.112.663.503.221.502.50

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Comments by Dark Roast Studios

LD42 — Running out of space

Reverse by Goutye 2018-08-13T15:39:17Z

OK this game is very clever, I really like it :) great work! The background chanting sounds are pretty random but otherwise I cant fault it. Enjoyed solving the co-op puzzles. Nice job!

Memory Manager by kimau 2018-08-13T16:00:03Z

I really like the concept of this game and the graphics are pretty cool :) shame it wasnt finished but we all knwo how it goes!

Brand new shop by Mathiouza 2018-08-13T14:54:41Z

Nicely done, but the white graphics made it a bit hard to see. Liked the sounds and the theme :D good job!

RC Adventures by teekeks 2018-08-13T12:24:41Z

grappling hook thing is fun :) nice little platformer if a bit buggy

Running from ⭐⭐Space⭐⭐ by sobakaduka 2018-08-22T08:06:14Z

nice idea, the grappling hook is fun. Reloadingon the ground was a bit of drag but I'm probably just not good at it. Good job!

The Crappy Shipper by elenesski 2018-08-13T08:50:34Z

dont know about crappy shipper, I think you should fire who ever is dropping those packages in to the port :P Solid game and good use of the theme, good job.

Where the Cloud Lives by Tattomoosa 2018-08-16T07:34:29Z

ok that was a compelling game, played it for longer then I expected, I think because the popups give a nice unfolding story while the server upgrading gives you somthing to do while you "wait" for the next popup. I thought it worked really well :) great job, well done! Sound and graphics were also nice.

Running Away by crastinator 2018-08-22T08:18:12Z

OK that was fun, the space bit was a nice addition to what seemed like a simple run 'n jump. Good job!

ForestDefence by lunarDust 2018-08-22T08:10:54Z

nice idea, but it's possible to end up in just one square thats seperate from everything else so you cant catch anyone. I like that people try to run away :)

Running out of Memory Space by RilleP 2018-08-13T11:04:34Z

nice, i really like the idea. Got stuck before i noticed how you undo moves in one of your images :D clever stuff!

AdSpace by YourLocalSavior 2018-08-16T07:56:58Z

nice idea for the theme, needs some polish and maybe move the reload key to be more convenient

Bitter Litter by Jole 2018-08-13T12:19:45Z

nice, chilled out space game :) good job!

Flathates by llamaq 2018-08-22T08:47:54Z

nice idea, and I really liked the little sprite animations in the blocks :D very nice touch. The music was fine but didnt seem to fit the game so well (maybe just my opinion). Would have been nice to have some more audio feedback as well, like maybe a thud sound when the blocks land etc. Being able to make the blocks fall faster when you had them in the right place would be nice as well.

This idea is intersting enough that you should consider a post LD version :)

CRUSHED - Rage Inducing Platformer by Ajay.2002 2018-08-13T11:30:38Z

graphics and sound work to create a lovely atmosphere, and yeah it gets hard! maybe could use a checkpoint system? Really good job though!

Void Knight vs PEST by Memel06 2018-08-13T09:39:50Z

nice solid game, art style is nice and the controls are smooth. The music creates a nice atmosphere

Arc by machrom 2018-08-13T12:41:01Z

Nice idea and I like the ambition of letting the player design their own ship, needs more events for sure, but a really good start!

Noninterferance by Dumivid 2018-08-15T12:18:21Z

Intersting game idea, it gets crazy when there are lots of keys to push etc. Need more hands lol

Sidestep by Talia 2018-08-13T10:40:00Z

nice game, fits the theme well and gets quite hard as it goes along. Don't know if I imagined it but stuff seemed to sync with the music. If not then that would be awesome for a post-compo version :D

Get off my shelf! by OnePlusOne 2018-08-13T10:35:50Z

nice, simple game but very well delivered with a high levelof polish and great use of the theme, good job!

DOS: Deletion (of) Old Stuff by Call_me_Nutty 2018-08-17T06:49:23Z

Pretty intersing and original game, would have benefitted from a more gradual incress in dificulty in the early levels I thnk. Though I'm just bad that these sorts of games :P

Grocery Runner by roberth332 2018-08-15T07:47:40Z

solid fiorst time entry, good job! Needed to work more with the theme but congrats on on completing your first LD :D

Reductor (LD42 Comp Entry) by ConorOD 2018-08-13T13:12:05Z

Really nice entry, solid use of the theme idea and q fun game to play. Really satisfying weapon upgrades, good selection of enemies that behave differently and killing the long centipedes feels very rewarding. As others have said, it needs more variety in the sound effects, but that's a minor thing. Good job!

Quibble Quarrel by TJ101010 2018-08-22T08:35:39Z

game runs nicely and is quite fun :) solid entry. Maybe add a bit more variety would improve it, but good job in a short time!

Chef Frank's Franks by GhostGoatsGames 2018-08-16T07:03:13Z

nice job! really nicely delivered game and fun to play once you figgure it out :)

MASTER OF POWER (vs jealous villagers) by randdir 2018-08-15T07:38:59Z

welcome to LD :D solid first time entry, liked the music especially. Game could really do with a crosshair though

Floor killer by Bentekiller 2018-08-15T08:58:10Z

not too sure what I was suposed to do, also the red tiles didn't seem to do anything? nice mood and good looking graphics though :)

Junk dealer running out of space by Rs11s21n 2018-08-15T07:33:28Z

game play is slow and it needs better instructions, but the sound and art are amazing :D really love the atomosphere of this game!

Spider tank by Blight Radiance 2018-08-16T07:42:16Z

nice use of the theme, played well and the graphics were also nice. Sometimes it was a little too random, but its hard to nail that sort of thing down in 48h! :)

Bookbinding by caeonosphere 2018-08-14T07:21:28Z

That was fun, now my brain hurts :P really original and intersting game, spent longer than I planned playing it! Good job

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T10:05:13Z

thanks for the feedback @wavertron

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T10:56:23Z

thanks for the feedback @asleepforthree

@thechubbypanda yeah your not the first to note it can get frustraiting, thanks for the feedback

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T12:59:23Z

thanks for the feedback @lastleaf @rillep

@rob-white yeah I nearly changed to a button for picking stuff up, but by that point I didnt really have time to make the changes. Thanks for the feedback!

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T13:17:43Z

thanks for playing @danielefisher

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T14:24:09Z

thanks @htmichael yeah backing tracks/music are skills I have yet to master. Would have been better with one for sure, maybe next time :)

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T14:27:12Z

@sixbeeps you and me both :P Thanks for the feedback!

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-13T20:57:18Z

thanks for playing the game and leaving feedback @esmouc :)

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-14T12:51:33Z

thanks for the feedback @caeonosphere :)

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-15T08:48:35Z

@bill-wheatley @draperdanman thanks for playing and leaving feedback :)

@randdir yeah sound is always a weakness for me, need to work on that! Thanks for the feedback

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-15T14:25:50Z

@maartene thanks for the feedback, I'll be focusing on better sound next timme, and yeah big explosions can go on the post-compo update list :)

@nathanhoad thanks for playing and leaving feedback :)

@trocentraisin d'oh your right, thanks for pointing that out!

Bob's Budget Bomb Disposal by Dark Roast Studios 2018-08-25T17:31:20Z

@cristihkj thanks for playing :) @occultone @candlesan Yeah I think I may knock the difficulty down a bit if I do an update, thanks for playing and for the feedback!

backSpace-X by omercanbalandi 2018-08-13T12:57:16Z

The game seemed to hava some slow downs and then slowed to a halt :-( nice sound track and sounds in general

The Cave In by Jay Elbourne 2018-08-14T07:42:06Z

Despite simple graphics I really got a sense of clostrophobia from this game, greate for the theme! Fun quick game, nice job

Book Crook! by Ossi 2018-08-14T07:30:45Z

you have the basis of a cool idea, some of the titles are very funny. I think it needs a couple more mechanics, like maybe a chance to fail stealing a book or somthing, maybe a timer I dont know. Nice music :)

Dying Planet by JK studio 2018-08-13T14:45:06Z

Got an error message

There should be 'DyingPlanet_Data' folder next to the executable

So I renamed to build_Data to DyingPlanet_Data then it will run. Unfortunalty I got as far as trying to build a furnace but couldnt work out how to place it.

PLUNDER by Wieczny 2018-08-13T13:30:56Z

.7z :-( probably worth changing to regular zip file. Nice original idea would be cool to combine it with crafting or somthing, to make you ball of plunderers stronger etc. Good stuff!

Space Ninja by BlueBlu 2018-08-15T07:23:21Z

Nice idea but way too dark, but the music abd sounds made it quite atmospheric though.

Defragmentare: Bring Order to Chaos by monkeydom 2018-08-13T12:46:28Z

nice idea, but I think it needa tutorial. Wasn't sure what I was trying to do exactly

ZombieEnclosure by bovandenberg 2018-08-17T07:23:49Z

game worked well, kinda hard to follow the instructions though :P Personally I dislike installers, this may put of others from voting as well

Get Off My Boat, You! by Eric Kulbiej 2018-08-13T13:42:10Z

interesting idea, wont work in full screen FYI since the mouse goes for some reason.

U Kill U Fall by Ronchiko 2018-08-13T14:37:30Z

Cant run it, UnityPlayer.dll is missing :-(

Don't stop running! by GRsni 2018-08-13T11:21:52Z

:-(

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

Internal Error (0x20474343), pid=13168, tid=0x0000000000002f74

JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_172-b11) (build 1.8.0_172-b11) Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.172-b11 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops) Problematic frame: C [KERNELBASE.dll+0x3a388]

Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows

Civilisation Afloat by Starven 2018-08-16T07:11:01Z

Nice idea for using the theme, as others have said, some sound effects to help with feedback would be beneficial, but congrats on delivering a game in 48h!

welcome to Ludum Dare :D

Into the Light by Naemis 2018-08-15T12:12:10Z

this game has a really good mood to it, the art feels minimalistic but really effective and I love the background music, could do with some in game souds though maybe. Good job

Escape from space by Dodeca 2018-08-13T11:18:32Z

that music :D really makes it. I think the idea needs some work, but its a solid delivery with no bugs I noticed, and yeah that music.

Delusional Thoughts by aCuriosity 2018-08-16T07:50:47Z

lol, its like some bizzaro snake game. Audio is awesome and very funny, good job!

Crushing Depths by Ben ONeal 2018-08-17T07:17:02Z

pretty cool :) I liked how some parts seemd to shoot out from the sides more. SOme nice sounds and a few more variations in hopw the "walls" bhave and this would be very intersting indeed

LD41 — Combine 2 Incompatible Genres

QuickDraw TCG by CMLSC 2018-04-25T06:36:50Z

nice job, starts off a bit too easy but soon gets hard. Good job combining the two genres but I _always_ needed more double jump lol. Well done!

Diner Dive by pebkac 2018-04-25T07:33:48Z

nice combo, I guess the food here is as fresh as it gets. I did find it a bit tricky when catching fish, If I grabbed the wrong kind by mistake then i didn't see anyway to let it go other than coming to the surface to ditch it in the trash can?

Run from the hangman (Renegade) by jshaffer94247 2018-04-25T06:47:03Z

it feels like you should weight the chances of a letter showing up based on if it is in the chosen word, would cut down a bit on waiting for the right letter to turn up and focus more on the jumping etc to collect it. Anyway, good job its not easy to learn new tools during the compo lol :)

Cun & Gun by Evan Polekoff 2018-04-27T08:20:04Z

yeah I also got a worms vibe from it :) nice game well done!

Dungeonball by Gurbx 2018-04-27T08:10:45Z

Nice idea, very well executed. The ball had a nice solid impact feeling to it, though it did feel a bit like playing golf with a cannon ball lol. Nice job, enjoyed it lots!

Gone Fishin by fenwick 2018-04-27T08:02:15Z

nice arcade feel to it, boat moved perhaps a little too fast, often missed fish because of it. Solid audio and nice graphics, good job.

Colossal Cat Adventure: Maze of the Elder Gods: Lazer Turret's Revenge Part 2... by Arch 2018-04-25T06:27:13Z

nice job! there is a reason why these two genres should not be combined lol, perfect use of the theme :D jump, left, stoop, sop, stop *sigh*, right .....

True Love Adventure by neowhoru 2018-04-27T07:51:11Z

nice idea, nice art, but the hit boxes seem too big and it really needs a map or something.

Oregon Trail: Hot Pursuit by merrak 2018-04-25T06:17:00Z

nice job, really like the old skool graphics and feel of the game. I wasn't sure how hunting worked but everything else seemed to work well. Very inventive :)

Think Before Escape by acoto87 2018-04-26T20:32:07Z

OK, thats a cool game :D only meant to spend a little time rating it but ended up playing for much longer, well done!

Run Away the Simulation by CapitanRetraso 2018-04-27T07:44:49Z

original idea, but damn my hand hurts now

Racing Defender by nicksmaddog 2018-04-27T07:56:50Z

nice idea, but really need to stop the car driving outside of the map bounds. The mechanics work well to give you a good incentive to go fast

Nightmare Clicker by Merotar 2018-04-25T07:00:33Z

my poor mouse! nice job, it had a good atmosphere to it though it tool a while realize I could click on the damage increase buttons etc as well. Could have done with some visual feedback to show when they were ready to use, like the grey/black outline of the card buttons.

Spin To Win! by Dark Roast Studios 2018-04-27T19:55:27Z

Thanks for all the feedback so far, seems like I should do a write up of that shader :)

Aliens, Minigolf and a Spaceship by HAUO 2018-04-25T06:07:32Z

nice idea, game works well but its very hard lol