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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201532An Unconventional WeaponAn unconventional weaponcompo9832.632.222.082.403.462.302.002.9249
201429Beneath the SurfaceBeneath the surfacecompo4123.322.763.013.093.713.172.943.2565
201326MinimalismMINIMALISMcompo13481.551.331.783.201.322.891.7549
201223Tiny WorldTiny Galaxycompo2043.373.214.114.162.952.882.423.0032

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Comments by devince

LD23 — Tiny World

Block Bros by HeuGamer 2012-04-23T23:04:00

I like the ambiance you set.

Too Big For This World by Hallway 2012-04-23T22:14:00

good idea

World Gone Wrong by arhpositive 2012-04-23T22:27:00

Good base idea

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-23T23:44:00

Totorotonio: I've plenty of ideas to make it better :D

Thank you mailman105.

Hume if you had 44 points you were level 5, it is the second tier of the game which becomes a little bit harder ^^ In fact it is where it starts to become more arcade. I certainly will implement level selection in final game if I continue it.

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-23T23:45:00

And don't hesitate to post your high score!

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-24T12:05:00

In console: java -jar tinygalaxy-1.1.jar

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-24T13:57:00

If you installed a software like winrar it may have reassociated jar file with it. So you need to launch java -jar on file manually.

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-25T23:47:00

Because I wanted to train on this conversion with the development library I used: libgdx.
I didn't redo it, it uses GWT to convert it. But it pulled some restrictions I had to handled (about opengl 1 & 2 for example) and I was interested to know how to do it.
Html 5 will be much more deployed than web start or applet (for example for chrome market, facebook...) and it is important for me to find a good lib to make game for it.

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-27T07:56:00

I'm glad you liked it :D
You are right goal is not really clear, it's a scoring game so the goal is to score... ;p I didn't give much indication on how to play (bridge creation mechanism, kill mechanism...) on purpose because I like as a player to discover how things work, but it's kinds of an old school way of doing game ^^
It misses a good story too to be introduce into game which may give some goal indications.

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-04-27T13:30:00

I agree for the limited amount of bridges. My first idea was to have a pool of bridges, destroyed planets and bridges give dust to build new one. A new bonus kind would have give more bridge availables.
It could give a new gameplay like the snake game which could be fun :D I would see (and it may solve performance issue i have with Android version ;p)

For now I have no way to prevent blocking yourself and I don't know if it is usefull to do so. 2 ways: compute blocking path and prevent user to do it... Have a new key to destroy bridge, but i wanted to keep the gameplay simple and blocking yourself can be a strategy!

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-05-02T11:49:00

Thank you, you give me motivation to continue it :D
I will try to make the gameplay more obvious when game starts because I have a lot of people telling me they do not understand what to do...

Tiny Galaxy by devince 2012-05-10T22:34:00

Ha sorry for broken link... I deleted it by error... So now the only web version available is the full one on my web site.

Laser Coin Planets by mortehu 2012-04-27T11:47:00

Very good game, the reason: I wanted to finish it!

Ancestor's Sword by JaJ 2012-04-23T23:28:00

Very good but strange controls and behavior. Platform are (too) hard to find (I suppose it's on purpose). Very good music and graphics.

Minikin by tummyache 2012-04-23T22:59:00

Good little game, you did a really good job on the hydra. I found other fights too much repetitive

Prince of Leaves by evilseanbot 2012-04-26T00:13:00

Very good game! Nice graphism, music and gameplay, well done.

Fire Around by Naouak 2012-04-23T22:09:00

Good idea but really too difficult (speed and ennemy count).

LD26 — Minimalism

MINIMALISM by devince 2013-04-30T11:45:00

hmm No it's minimalist ^^

MINIMALISM by devince 2013-05-09T11:18:00

I've tried to do the most minimal game possible and it looks like I've approached it :D

MINIMALISM by devince 2013-05-09T11:51:00

Yes I thought about that after the submission but too laz... hmm... retouching its own code is not minimalist.

Too Small by triforcespark 2013-05-09T09:02:00

Realy nice game and level puzzles

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

I Contemplated the Sun of Limbo by Evilion 2014-04-28T16:40:00

Was a really nice experience

Hot Diggity by DragonXVI 2014-04-29T18:40:00

We may have a winner here

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-04-28T08:04:00

Thank you for all your comments!
- I won't change the size for now, it could change too many things ^^ You can unzoom in your browser the game supports it well.
- Bug fixed: A dead / arrested crew member wasn't reappearing after a retry
- The english is poor I know, did my best. I shouldn't have write the dialogs at end of jam too

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-04-29T08:24:00

Yes you can find a way to land the spaceship and survive ^^

There is a little bit of randomness though. If you know exactly what to do to "win" (the real win is to play the game ^^), you have 75% chance to have the win ending.
Life is unfair (You can sing it if you want).

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-04-29T08:27:00

More precision about this win 75% chance. It is not resolved at the end but this is one character which MUST be confronted and which may kill you...

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-04-29T09:32:00

Your ideas are good, didn't thought about making the ship a character or the captain's introspection. Planned a kind of text inventory on the captain but no time and no need. By the way the ship/computer character could be a great way to introduce the stowaway but it adds a complete new scenario line ^^ For my next game maybe, I keep that in mind.

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-04-30T19:16:00

You can click on the planet to get the number of remaining clicks. This if not really clear you can do that. You can too click on spaceship to have some background elements.
This clicks are free and does not move the game forward.

You are right the game fells in a die and retry gameplay after some plays, it's a bit wanted and assumed but I don't know what to think about that. To go further in it I would have assigned one color per dialog line, it would have make easier to fast play the same dialogs.

The important part for me is the adventure, the dialogs, the background, the strategy, the urgency emotion and the story telling, not the mini die and retry game... Have to think about that to progress I believe.

Beneath the surface by devince 2014-05-14T13:48:00

Thank you all for your positive feedback.
@mortus: You are right, doctor may win the fight if you decide to start a fight ^^ But it is not mandatory to do so. It's not the same for the pilot but I won't say more.

Temple of Ra by Split82 2014-04-28T16:06:00

The atmosphere is great

Beneath Europa by Intoxicatious 2014-04-29T12:39:00

Nicely done. Good idea with the gameplay.

May I help you? by flavio 2014-04-29T10:43:00

Nice idea

Thought Police by GrooveMan 2014-04-29T11:36:00

Got me to the end well done

Aviation Disaster Recovery Simulator by Flux 2014-04-29T10:13:00

It's really hard to select boats

Deep Calls To Deep by Romko Pidstryhach 2014-04-28T11:45:00

Congrats really good game! Spent a beautiful but dangerous time beneath the surface.

Beneath the Surface by bowatatoy 2014-04-29T10:02:00

Great storytelling

Yellow River Submarine by pawegio 2014-04-29T09:53:00

Gameplay is well balanced which is not easy well done.

They Beep by etherframegames 2014-04-29T12:59:00

Does Android dreams of electric coworker?

Save Us by philip_sinclair 2014-04-29T12:07:00

Good

The Dead Beneath by Myyyvothrr 2014-05-02T12:04:00

Really fun & neat. Just not enough challenge.

Beneath the Mushroom by Zer0XoL 2014-04-28T16:26:00

Innovative game well done

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-20T13:00:00

English translation finished, version will come soon!
For now Firefox cannot load sounds, I don't know why. Please use the dedicated version the time I found the issue, thanks.

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-20T13:53:00

English version done with firefox dedicated version too.

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-20T22:07:00

Fr33mind resolved the firefox sound issue in Belle, so there is no more dedicated version.

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-20T23:30:00

[SPOILER INSIDE] It is not always a bad choice. There are 2 routes to the end of scene 1? One involve patching the leak ;p

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-20T23:32:00

It missing a mini map to figure out where you are. Think about it after but no time!

An unconventional weapon by devince 2015-04-23T22:03:00

The game itself is an unconventional weapon: it will blow your mind.

Udom Nebdon by pLaw 2015-04-20T22:50:00

Great atmosphere. There is a little bug: if you die in light you keep it.

DiaBeatMe Patisserie by William Florencio 2015-04-23T21:41:00

Good game!

Soulstealer by SilentNight 2015-04-20T23:26:00

Really loved to finish this game. A good time with a platformer, this was a long time! Great art and level design.

Fish SLAP: Quest for the Princess Fish by Troll Games 2015-04-23T23:00:00

Immersive gameplay, my arm is like I've slapped with a fish all day.