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YearLDThemeGameDivisionCategoryScore
🥇 2023 54 Limited Space PUNCH compo Fun 4.64

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202558CollectorGEEcompo543.703.403.524.254.293.733.783.86
202557DepthsSecret of The Deep Forestcompo224.053.943.943.803.663.413.503.75
202456Tiny CreaturesGO BLOcompo444.034.153.784.303.723.693.913.68
202455SummoningHTONcompo2483.192.783.003.503.442.942.203.97
202354Limited SpacePUNCHcompo54.404.644.574.233.783.424.143.92
202353DeliveryLo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Carcompo1133.783.893.654.153.653.943.633.71
202352HarvestIn The Ryecompo2203.272.973.273.503.453.312.953.43
202250Delay the inevitableYour Regimecompo1603.703.623.874.173.473.103.143.44
202149UnstableLudens Fortunacompo114.224.124.084.063.602.383.69
202046Keep it aliveQUBOR The Cubic Robotcompo1173.904.113.613.343.773.813.75
201842Running out of spaceForce Majeurecompo3293.433.153.214.113.473.152.97

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Comments by deniskazantsev

LD42 — Running out of space

Cunctan's Square by Ajayajayaj 2018-08-20T08:21:55Z

Reminds me a little my game. Nice entry!

Leiden's Quest by Hiinds 2018-08-14T09:23:41Z

I can't figure out what to press right after title screen when dice rolled. I tried all keys on my keyboard but without result. Please let me know what controls are, I really want to try your game.

Leiden's Quest by Hiinds 2018-08-14T16:13:29Z

Very minimalistic dungeon crawler, definitely like it. Looks pretty solid, but not enough game progression. I'm also didn't had time for it :(

Wells cleaner by Sublustris 2018-08-13T09:42:33Z

At first I was confused why jump is on the down key. But when I realized... I adore fart humor. Nice character and effects sprites. Music is good as well. Fart explosions feels really dynamic. Difficulty it too hard and progression is a little weak but I know that two days are really a test. Good job!

Its Time To Stop Running by tinykidtoo 2018-08-20T08:03:20Z

Interesting concept (defending spaceship as only crew member). I like shooting, nice feeling of double barrel shotgun.

Passengers Tetris by Gao Ming 2018-08-13T09:56:07Z

Wow, really impressive. Polished like a hell for two days. Core mechanic is so natural. Also why you don't made WebGL build?

Salvation* by Riccardo Sioni 2018-08-21T10:57:30Z

Is this Third Impact?

Where Stars Belong by NORRIMO 2018-08-21T11:08:08Z

Amazing art style! Found the secret place.

Lava Rider by Linky439 2018-08-16T13:56:49Z

Wow, awesome entry! I love the joking story, few music tracks (incredible for 2 days). And it reminds me very lot Battletoads levels from NES. 👍

ENOCH'S SALT by KRP 2018-08-20T20:44:06Z

Wow, it was something. What a thrill.

Lighthouse by n.feofentov 2018-08-17T10:05:39Z

Interesting concept and wonderful music. Удачи!

Smoke: it's ok to feel by Lumpy 2018-08-17T09:10:47Z

Wow such a perfect game. Amazing storytelling, incredible art and sound. I'm wondered how you made it just in three days. One of my favorite certainly.

Leave by SimonTheCase 2018-08-13T10:48:08Z

Disable itch.io fullscreen button because it works not like Unity fullscreen and made me confused.

No Escape by JSD 2018-08-16T13:49:49Z

Reminds me a lot old Punisher on NES. Nice dynamic game. 4150 is my best result :)

Count your Steps (or you will run out of space) by Akros 2018-08-13T11:42:30Z

Always wanted to play simple puzzle but from first person perspective. Nice idea!

CrazyBoxers by Oscar Eduardo Gonzalez Anaya 2018-08-13T09:14:01Z

Boxers are really crazy. I thought hit indications could be more obvious. Also bitten bodies could not collide with fighters. Goal could make the game more holistic.

By the way, congrats with first Unity game! This LD was for me Unity debut too.

The Killer Blue Tiles by Alisiena 2018-08-13T09:28:33Z

Congrats with the first game! If you made this with Unity, it better to make WebGL build. It will help to avoid different display resolution problems at least.

Eject Tape by star-sought 2018-08-13T09:07:37Z

The game has really pleasant aesthetics (art and sound)

Force Majeure by deniskazantsev 2018-08-13T09:30:01Z

@samoatesgames Thanks for the idea. At least I must experiment it in post compo version (if it'll be ever made).

Force Majeure by deniskazantsev 2018-08-14T09:05:32Z

@tulipekoni thanks you man. It was my first attempt to draw a pixel art, glad to hear compliments here. As for audio I know that it sucks but because of it I don't participate in Audio category ;)

Force Majeure by deniskazantsev 2018-08-17T08:51:50Z

@freezedice @antonsem Thanks for great reviews! I really wanted more content for the game (various monsters, npcs, objects and environment tiles) but did not had a time. Maybe in post compo I'll add all I wanted.

LD46 — Keep it alive

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF MORTIMER J.W. by xk_the_name 2020-04-20T19:28:28Z

Great game! Very strong piece of art.

A house without a fire by jimmothysanchez 2020-04-21T22:56:14Z

Liked narrator voice and creepy floating head)

The Seeker by GeorgeBroussard 2020-04-22T11:06:43Z

Very solid game. Liked that rain drops surprisingly became game mechanic.

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-20T19:27:15Z

@xk-the-name That is amazing. Glad that you finished game and saw the ending :) Thanks!

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-21T22:13:36Z

@njm-games nice idea, but not sure that it wouldn't be annoying :smiley:

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T08:49:05Z

@blackquiltro @reid-willis @otterdisgrace Thanks guys! I really happy that robot became nice character.

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T08:51:35Z

@adam-konig Thanks for review! I really was inspired here by Bennett Foddy games a lot. As for effects and particles, I have good experience with it but hadn'y enough time to implement them as I wanted and besides that I think it could be distracting details. You have great game too!

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T08:54:10Z

@demogorgon @ryfi Sad a little that you didn't complete game and didn't heard ending poem, but thanks for review!

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T08:56:43Z

@madalaski @bbkate98 @rngames @ghast-neoh I can't describe how I was happy to read your comments. Thanks for playing!

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T08:59:29Z

@multiplexor Thanks for beating the game! Technique of one finger/leg is totally valid) As for restart, there is undocumented ability to force restart by pressing [R], sorry for hiding it.

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-22T09:01:37Z

@guipuyol Thanks a lot! I'm really happy that game touched you. I hope we'll see each other on one of future LD!

QUBOR The Cubic Robot by deniskazantsev 2020-04-25T13:24:12Z

@minibobbo Thanks for playing! Actually reaction to difficulty still surprises me: a lot of people saying that the game is too easy but a lot of people also saying that the game is unbeatable :)

As for restart, actually game has ability to force restart by pressing [R], but unfortunately I didn't mentioned it inside game, only in description.

Eradication by SpacialSeasoning 2020-04-21T23:12:18Z

Liked a lot of items and great humor.

Pollinate by Adam Konig 2020-04-21T23:33:48Z

Very unusual to see working tutorial on LD) Nice original mechanic and pretty good visuals.

a funeral. by otterdisgrace 2020-04-21T23:18:53Z

Congrats with your first Unity date. Hope not last because I can see great potential here.

Heat of the Moment by Uraffululz 2020-04-21T22:37:35Z

I was scared to loose this kitty but finished the game without loosing. Very touching!

Keep the Base Alive by Sebby Webby 2020-04-21T22:48:56Z

Very impressive result for first LD. The possible good ending could add some positive feedback to player. And to be honest music is pretty harsh :)

Terraforming Mars by AronMS 2020-04-21T22:33:33Z

Liked that game has a gameplay loop and glad that you finished it.

LD49 — Unstable

STORM HARVEST by xk_the_name 2021-10-05T10:03:27Z

Satisfying control mechanic, great amount of different missions that hard to imagine for such short period. One of my favorite this LD.

★KICK GUM★ by vlandemart 2021-10-18T21:38:24Z

I'm all out of ass. Dash is the best.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-04T10:46:18Z

@3mpty Thank you a lot! It was tough to came up with rules and implement all tarot cards into the game (and then polish visuals and bugs) but such feedback pays for all efforts :)

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-04T14:09:09Z

@zarkonnen Thanks! Very glad that you liked the game.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T10:12:05Z

@ludokultur Thanks Fabian! It's great to get feedback from the experienced card game designer.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T10:12:19Z

@moritz14 Thank you!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T11:34:32Z

@dormbrand Thanks for your feedback! Actually the game is pretty easy once you discover few tricks. I wanted to add projection of stability move before using card but did not have time for that and many other things. My highscore is 29331 but to reach that you need to use bug with the last move :) Average score on finishing the game is about 20-25k.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T11:35:31Z

@edoardo-talamini Thanks for playing and completing the game! I'm happy to know that someone can beat it :)

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T11:36:08Z

Thanks @heho!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-05T11:38:07Z

@octahedronsoftware Thanks for not giving up and finishing the game! PS: I like octahedrons (have the mobile account with such name and using octahedron in avatar a lot)!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-06T10:18:06Z

@blobby101 Thanks for your playing! Thanks for comparing with 2048 – some unconscious vibes from there really was on my mind. You are welcome to complete the game, it's actually not so difficult :D

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-06T10:19:41Z

@octahedronsoftware Such a glorious ending. I like when cards are combined into harmonious sequences. Death should belong to Devil 😈

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-06T10:20:05Z

Thank you @amolker!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-18T09:39:05Z

@m1nus Thanks for playing!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-18T09:42:07Z

@ubershmekel Thanks for your extended feedback! I noticed that not many players finds that you can keep unstable status until end of round. That's mean that you can spend all cards into one unstable side and after that use last card to stabilize situation. But of course sometimes unfortunate hand appears when it almost impossible to keep playing if you not saved some card.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-19T19:12:53Z

@dennis-magnusson Thanks Dennis! I wanted to implement some kind of prediction for player not to count stability movement but haven't enough time. Actually you can play it in physical form already – the game uses standard tarot cards deck :)

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-20T08:12:43Z

@future-labs-unlimited Thanks a lot! I definitely kept Solitaire in mind (worked on the classic one in the past). I'm sure, once you find out some rules it much easier to complete my game. Bad for me that I didn't explain it well.

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-20T08:14:14Z

@jeinzi Haha, thanks! If only mobile success was so simple, without spending thousands of dollars for audience... BTW Arcana Level 18 is pretty high and you almost finished the game :)

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-20T08:18:15Z

@ideaspersecond Great thanks to you for the screenshot! It also very interesting how you finished the game with 2 cards left :D I didn't know that there is such bug (let pretend that everything fine). And I really wanted to create some surprising situation with major arcana. Thanks a lot for you feedback!

Ludens Fortuna by deniskazantsev 2021-10-22T06:53:12Z

@m1nus wow, thanks! This is a little unexpected for me 😅

Don't Melt by OwlyCode 2021-10-18T09:52:41Z

Why I can't rate your "Humor" category? I find it game over very hilarious. Good game!

the end by Dennis Magnusson 2021-10-19T19:22:24Z

I really enjoyed your game! Beautiful aesthetics of meta-world stability with simple mechanic of balancing board. Nice music as well!

Unstable Dimension by Katanoueki 2021-10-09T09:06:33Z

Really enjoyed the game, very juicy gameplay.

LD50 — Delay the inevitable

H U N T E D by xk_the_name 2022-04-06T12:54:46Z

Best game so far. I hope it will get the attention it deserve. Great minimalistic dark and gloomy visuals, polished gameplay and balance, interesting texts.

Don't protest me! by KuKuRammus 2022-04-18T14:24:47Z

Nice to see the game similar to my own :) Congrats you on the great entry! 5/5

Grounded! by ajpl 2022-04-15T09:56:40Z

I really liked the game! Nice handcrafted art and music sounds great. Especially fading out at some areas.

Binner Lady by PoshDan 2022-04-12T18:31:38Z

Liked the music and game physics, it's mostly fun to drive.

The Great Horde by LCStark 2022-04-15T10:18:23Z

I really liked your turn-based mechanics and especially strategic battles. Music and art is fine. I could only wanted to progress faster with more enemies.

Your Regime by deniskazantsev 2022-04-06T13:00:12Z

@bohmann Thanks for review! To be elected more, you need to change Constitution (second folder). It was broken a little but I've fixed that issue, see changelog.

@daniel-klautsch Thanks, you're right, the game was designed to fail first tries until player will find vital decisions. I'll definitely check your game later!

Your Regime by deniskazantsev 2022-04-11T09:28:12Z

@xk-the-name Thanks mate!

Your Regime by deniskazantsev 2022-04-13T07:57:56Z

@orukinawa @nikl @itskdog Thanks guys! It is a pleasure to know that you player and liked the game!

Caravan to Empire by Hadryel 2022-04-15T10:23:43Z

I really liked your vision for classic snake game. It's very interesting combining with strategic game. Even music is not so bad to volume down it by default)

Extremely Exteme Sports by kuviman 2022-04-07T20:28:32Z

so much fun

Gladiwaitor by Lone_Wolf 2022-04-12T18:23:36Z

I liked your combat system, it has a lot of potential with greater animations. Dialogue system is interesting too. Nice concept!

Chaos Vault by Zykra 2022-04-15T10:01:07Z

It's really mind bending) I liked the music. It's really nice to see when people trying to do something innovative.

Suppress The Press by Frostbiiten 2022-04-13T08:21:49Z

Nice fun game! I really liked colors and animations.

LD52 — Harvest

HARVEST 2300 by xk_the_name 2023-01-11T17:39:19Z

What a great game! I liked the tension created by gameplay and story, and art style is really neat.

just do your job by kiv 2023-01-09T14:14:00Z

What a great game! Core gameplay is so satisfying and cut-scenes keeping me engaged through whole game. I'm so happy that you made this game :)

Shoo! by Lex 2023-01-12T09:21:15Z

It was really engaging, I especially liked pixelated graphics and sound effects. Overall looking very polished and balanced.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-09T12:06:06Z

@jakobthequizguy Yes man, I'm glad that you played that and congrats you with the first comment in this discussion. And thanks for sharing with your choice.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-09T12:08:20Z

@arowx I don't think it's a bug. You just need go back to your home.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-09T14:10:59Z

@kiv Thanks my friend! This is indeed a kind of homage to Flash era.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-10T22:00:21Z

@kepsert @dzugaru @alexascher @andidebob @keenao Wow, such a great thanks for kind responses. I'm really happy that you finished the game and got message (in a broad sense). Still I'm not sure that people will accept this game and a lot of them will reject it. BTW I putted small warning about content on title screen in last update.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-12T12:10:58Z

@xk-the-name Thanks a lot! I liked your game too! @lex I tried to keep it spoiler free but I think it's not fair because it could harm someone. So I've added small warning on game title screen :)

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-12T12:16:06Z

@rincs Thanks for the honest review, I really appreciate it. I tried to use shock mostly as part of body horror genre and of course I knew, that some people will find it too disgusting, it should be so for controversial content.

In The Rye by deniskazantsev 2023-01-12T12:44:29Z

@rincs I always wondering why violence is more acceptable than just adult themes... Thanks for your feedback again.

Tactile Harvest by JakobTheQuizGuy 2023-01-16T09:13:46Z

Surprisingly great game! The art is really awesome as well as music, Hands character is so clever idea. Game progression is stressful a little bit with unescapable failure but hey, it was only 48 hours. One of the best compo entries at this LD.

Fruit Picker by Harmadillo 2023-01-16T09:06:57Z

I liked variety of levels and clever hints. Really good entry, nice job!

Harvest Festival 64 by Warrrkus 2023-01-12T21:33:37Z

Nice ending trick! You can also enjoy my game too because it have some similarities :)

Starchy Defender by FoggyDude 2023-01-16T09:00:31Z

I don't know why but this management is really engaging. Bitting is really fun and sounds are solid. Overall is very finished game!

Harvest As Usual by LeoAtopos 2023-01-11T18:01:27Z

Wow, I really liked stakes you putted in the game, for me it first yet game that trying to be really original and deep, you got my fav. You also possibly can enjoy my game too I guess, it has some unexpected twist too.

LD53 — Delivery

DARKLINE by xk_the_name 2023-05-04T17:18:42Z

I loved how deeply game impregnated with classic psychological horror. The gameplay by itself is also very well balanced.

Royal Capital Dark Store by kiv 2023-05-01T09:57:39Z

What a great submission! Zelda style navigation, brilliant humour, overall quest logic is such a neat. I got "aha-moment" dozen of times. Loved it!

Pollygone by Papaver 2023-05-11T11:10:12Z

Such a nice combination of sokoban and snake games. The only thing I could desire is smaller levels. Nice game, I like when people trying to be innovative, you got my 5s!

RUCHKI by katamary 2023-05-22T07:38:40Z

My congrats with this prestige place!

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-01T09:58:53Z

@draconic-rabbit thanks man!

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-08T12:24:59Z

@thaprofesional thank you for such a bold review!

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-10T19:46:13Z

@tempestcognitor thank you for honest review! I agree, not giving enough agency for player to choose which pizza to deliver. But yeah, you're right, the optimized reailities of such hot business!

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-11T10:14:40Z

@cheesepencil in the bottom-right corner you have current amount of pizzas on hands. Visiting pizzeria gives you pizza for active orders only, so you can't get pizzas in advance.

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-12T17:38:24Z

Thanks @cureja, the game has major UX problem with buying a car in the end – but you can use direction keys to navigate to car item and buy with a space.

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-17T08:48:44Z

@bernhard I think you are best performer in the game right now. Congrats!

Lo-Fi Pizza Delivery Guy During Armageddon Trying To Earn $10000 To Buy A Car by deniskazantsev 2023-05-17T08:49:56Z

@noskro actually the difficulty changes with time, As you can see @alpacalypse mentioned, that it even balanced to have right difficulty right before the moment player gets enough money to complete a game. Thanks for your reviews!

Pazza by DaBigDuck 2023-05-15T07:28:19Z

Got 149. Loved the dub!

Shitzza Ballistica by Archaeognathus 2023-05-11T12:29:25Z

Even I can't access your game because I'm on macOS, screenshot and game title are enough for me to give you 5s. There should be more crazy games like that on game jams, not general normie games!

LD54 — Limited Space

LIGHTDANCER by xk_the_name 2023-10-03T10:07:16Z

The game have pretty unique scary feeling and makes you really feel the Darkness

YOU KING HAVE FUN by kiv 2023-10-03T11:06:53Z

2023-10-03 14.03.52.jpg This was fun and shows how easy we can shift our mind in the role of king. Killing people, grabbing all resources and f-king everyone. Even the plague is not a danger for him. But sooner or later even kings dying..

Hangover Hole by DiscoFish 2023-10-03T09:53:50Z

This is my favourite game of LD54. This game made it happen: Gravy Face universe expanded with even more characters. I like the salty feeling the game ends you up with. Intro cutscene is much technological art style I ever seen in game engines – Construct provides something that unity and godot can't. I'm happy that this game was released.

Σίσυφος CATCH! by Rezistor 2023-10-03T09:48:56Z

Such a phylosophical thing about making games. It's true sissyphus trying to make a game....

LD55 — Summoning

Exorcist Pianist by Aviv Levy 2024-04-22T21:26:58Z

We should combine our games into one :D

LD56 — Tiny Creatures

GO BLO by deniskazantsev 2024-10-08T21:18:02Z

@quasilyte thank you so much for such rich feedback. Good news: I'm already experimenting with post LD version. I also put link to itch page (actually link exists at More information dropdown on itch but it so hard to find). Also if you can share Twitch channel that was playing the game I would really appreciate it :pray:

LD57 — Depths

Secret of The Deep Forest by deniskazantsev 2025-04-08T07:59:59Z

@grid96 nodes are generated with Poisson-Disc algorithm. Level 10 is final custom level and you need to beat all enemies there. Nevertheless you can continue the game after :)

Secret of The Deep Forest by deniskazantsev 2025-04-09T08:14:22Z

@nicekot thank you for feedback! Escaping first level with not whole team is by design to teach player the mechanic :) Not time for tutorials!

As for overall balancing, it's really not perfect as didn't had enough time to playtest during developing. I will definitely address this in post LD version.

LD58 — Collector

Human Coin Chicken Flower by kiv 2025-10-06T12:39:45Z

Such a great game! Got the idea somewhere from 3rd session (need to manage resources versus King). Also love the deep metaphor of confrontation of government and religion where ordinary people just consumable material.

Autumn Apples by Cambryx 2025-10-15T09:44:27Z

All 5s! I love how progression is felt with growing number and more and more satisfying animations. Overall level polishing and consistency is so high for LD game!

Crane World by PilotTK 2025-10-13T07:27:26Z

Nice style and funny gameplay. Liked the descriptions of collected items. But getting angry when claw is losing item, like in real life!

The A?! game by mr_mesmer 2025-10-13T17:35:43Z

All 5s, great game!