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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
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| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | Escape from Lluna | compo | 572 | 2.80 | 2.72 | 1.65 | 2.54 | 2.80 | 3.26 | 2.33 | 2.92 | |
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | Unpredictable Processes | compo | 495 | 2.90 | 2.74 | 2.40 | 3.44 | 3.16 | 2.98 | 2.23 | 2.94 |
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This is my favorite game I've played so far! Took me well over an hour to finally finish the game. The esthetics took me back in time to when computers where slow and graphics was mostly about imagination.
Decent game but to hard. There really should be an indicator for the wind. As it is now you have to use trial and error to figure out the levels. It's hard to see with this camera perspective. Perhaps you should have just put the camera top down and set to orthographic or made the levels a bit more forgiving.
I was going to try this but game doesn't start in Windows Sandbox and no WebGL version available. :shrug:
Quite fun but a bit short!
I wish that the different sides was better separated. Was confusing to see the cards at the bottom switch places.
Decent game but too easy. If all roles just use attack you win.
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Great game! Took me a few tries to finally beat it. Maybe a bit too punishing if you don't do exactly the right path but tweaking gameplay and levels take time. I understand that.
Strange game! I tried everything I could think of to wake up. Is it even possible?
Nice art! I tried to reach the end a few times but grim reaper got me evert time. Is it even possible to beat the game?
Kind of hard to get into. Only saw the same level over and over. Did I do something wrong?
Wow, great game! Love the 90s computer music, visuals and fun twist on the classic game. As other have said the computer is too hard to beat. Would love to see a difficulty setting. Honestly I had more fun admiring AI vs AI play while listening to the music than actually playing myself.
Got stuck on the second level because I couldn't find the crystal. Wish the timer was longer for each level so you didn't have to start over so often.
Fun and good levels. Really like how you built levels to learn new concepts. Last level was challenging but fair.
Nice tutorial levels. It's a bit unclear how the player moves when it hits an obstacle in an open space.
The first round I walk of the island by mistake since I thought I was going to control the volcano. :smirk: Picking up people was fun. Hearing them say "Oh no" since they knew what was going to happen. :laughing:
Okay concept. Mechanic feels a bit too unpolished. There is just something off with the controls that I can't put my finger on. I like how often there where checkpoints. ;)
neon-tower.png Fun game! The bounce is so... unstable. Sometimes the piece just land and stay but just when you think you are safe the damn piece bounce off in the wrong direction.
Really liked this game. It somehow managed to be both smooth, soft, tranquil and laid back but still feeling really stressfull too! Great balance. Music was A+!
Interesting prototype that could be something with a bit of polish. The controls are frustrating since they are inverted. Perhaps make the terrain move more responsive and with the mouse would make it feel better.
Okay game that could be great if you continue to work on it. Wish there was a setting for a font that was easier to read.
Fun and fast game. My high score is 12. If I where more careful I could probably get a higher score. There must be a bug or something since a few times deaths was without falling or stepping on a bomb.
Sonic the penguin! :smile_cat: Is there a way to jump up on the higher platforms? Only managed to get two eggs safe on my seconds run. I had more eggs on my first run but miss understood and thought the goal was the other side, not the same side as you start from, my bad.
Nice game. When I died the first time I though how am I going to beat this but then I read the text. Once you just let go and grow stronger there is plenty of time time get to level 17 in time.
My wrist hurt from all the clicking! :smirk:
I grew frustrated with the game on the first level. It feels like a game that either should have precise (gamepad) controls or be turned based more like a puzzle. Clicking didn't really work that well for me. If you keep working on it I got potential.
Nice game with some frustrating limitations. Took me a while to figure out that you actually have to type "run" before a command, that is not how my terminals work. Also wish you could just open more tabs like windows terminal.
I must be bad at the game since I could get past the first screen. The bumber kicked me down. Got 12750 from hitting it over and over.
It's so hard to get started! Wish you had a second to get some momentum.
I tried the patched version. Unfortunately the game crashes after loading to 100%.
Pretty fun and really followed the theme. Got a bit frustrated with the diagonal jumping upwards. Quite short but I understand that is it's hard to do everything in 48 hours. Finished with 11 deaths.
Wow, so many enemies and I'm supposed to sneak passed them?! I tried run and gun and failed over and over. I didn't really understand when and how the enemies saw you. Sometimes I could just run right passed them other times they saw me right away.
@hotaloca yeah the lights are a bit so strong. I switched light mode from gamma to linear a bit to late in the process because I thought that was the problem with publishing to WebGL. Didn't have time to adjust the light afterwards.
@alice-02 thanks for the kind words. Yes, the controls needs some tweaking. The main problem is my IsGrounded() check which looks up the players Y velocity. The shape of the player model doesn't help either. return playerRigidbody.velocity.y < 0.05f && playerRigidbody.velocity.y > -0.05f ? true : false;
@bflatinteractive thanks! I spent a bit to much polish on the shaders at the expense of a nice background and other polish. Had planed to have some "corruption" showing up from time to time that had to be cut. Music is quite basic but while learning Bosca Ceoil I tweaked different effects and distortion just fit the over all theme!
@jackaljk you are right about the controls. I've reworked them and will update the build on Itch.IO once the play and rate period is over.
@ixchow Yes, the controls are awkward. The initial code was bad and I've reworked it to be more responsive and also fixed so that the ground doesn't feel so sticky. I will upload a new build after play and rate period is over. My initial plan was to have multiple types of platforms but I realized that I wouldn't have time for that so I cut it from my design in the planing phase. I like your ideas and might incorporate them if I continue working after the compo.
@apples-mmmmmmmm Thanks for the links! I will definitely check them out and try and make my platforming better. I've changed some things already and that have made a huge difference: switched from capsule collider to box collider, added better code to see if the player is grounded, change the color of player character when it's grounded and can jump. My goal was to make interesting and "gotcha" levels of increasing difficulty. Too late I realized that I had played so much that I could breeze through most of it.
@freeworld Yeah, the materials are sharders made in Unity Shadergraph using the universal renderer. Download the unity package and see how they are made. Spent too much time on them but it was so fun!
@jimbly Thanks for playing to the very end! I had a blast playtesting, maybe too much, so I knew the levels too well. I actually made level 8 easier close to submission time since my kids couldn't finish that level to my amusement. :smirk: In hindsight I should have made the levels even easier and fixed jumping to be better. I have worked on it afterwards and it feels so much better now. I will upload a new version after the play and rate period is over.
@vivoubos Thanks and you are right! :laughing:
@datadazer Thanks for the kind words. I spent alot of time on the shaders to make the basic shapes feel like they where special.
Post compo
During the play and rate period I received some important feedback. An improved version that solves some of the issues found in the compo version have been released on itch.io.
Version 1.1 change log * Better detection if player is grounded. * Visuals indicate if player can jump. * Player can no longer partly land on an edge. * Player is a bit faster and feels more nimble. * Level is less bright and shiny. * End of level animation improved. * Game can be started with controller. * Corruption spreads on failure.
Fairly interesting but grew more frustrating for each fail/reconnection. I with the game would auto scroll down to the end. Took me a while to even understand that I had to drag the viewport down after each click.
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Fun little game! I like how it felt like a complete game with story, menus, graphics, lighting, music and an ending. The levels where varied and not too hard. Great balance.
Fun game but I couldn't get a match going with another play. If you play alone it's quite a chill game. :smile:
Interesting game. I got sloppy at the end and only had 88% accuracy.
Nice job! Could become a great game with some more polish and some fancy graphics.
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Interesting game that could be used to train your mind.
Interesting game but I wish there was more instructions on how the game works.
Crazy game that fits the theme well.
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Really nice game and I love the music! Also, got Pico-8, yay!
@david-york At one point I actually had the ground looking like synthwave scrolling lines/squares! I wanted the ground to look a bit more realistic but I'm not an artist.
Great idea @extar, thanks! I didn't like the theme and really struggled to get something done. I felt like I was forced to make a game where you had to fail. Maybe I leaned a bit TOO hard on the theme. I wrote about my progress in a post that you can find in my feed: https://ldjam.com/users/denatus/feed
@jovialknoll I guess I nailed the theme then since death was inevitable! :smirk:
@diego-escalante Thank you! I've not seen anybody made it past 45 seconds yet. :grin: What I've learned from other game jams is that people don't play your game for that long so I made it sweet and short. But this one was perhaps a little too short!
@frogman Thanks for the kind words. Controls are listed on the itch page :smirk:
Nice game but quite hard without a "radar".
Damn them crabs!
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You got a nice concept going. Perhaps make the cards a bit more easy to read without having to read all the text. Maybe add a sheild icon and show the number in it, etc.