a nice place by netmute 2020-10-07T19:30:58Z
Maybe my favorite entry so far, congrats ! Graphics are neat, sound design ans is AWESOME ! I mean it. Awesome. I liked the mood and the fact that itās short is actually a good thing imo. Well done :)
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Dungeon Slide | jam | 268 | 3.93 | 3.87 | 4.13 | 3.67 | 3.58 | 3.63 | 3.32 | 3.75 | |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | š„ | Disco Loop | jam | 1060 | 3.33 | 3.10 | 3.29 | 3.41 | 3.66 | 2.64 | 3.02 | 3.01 |
Maybe my favorite entry so far, congrats ! Graphics are neat, sound design ans is AWESOME ! I mean it. Awesome. I liked the mood and the fact that itās short is actually a good thing imo. Well done :)
I think the idea is neat but I donāt necessarily see what the loop thing add to the gameplay. The puzzle idea was good enough by itself but I guess you tried to find a way to connect it with the theme ? As a puzzle game fan I would want to see more with that gameplay, and I think itās the most important, so congrats ! š
Nice game, congrats ! The music is cool, and the sound design in general is neat. It was hard to escape the level, but I succeeded. Good take on the theme.
Hi ! It looks great, but the game does not launch on my web browser (safari)... not sure if thatās just me ?
Cool game ! I like the graphics and especially the colors, even though it was sometimes hard to visualize. Good job :)
Super impressive to make a 3D game in this amount of time ! It looks very cool, but I have to say, Iām French and itās almost impossible to play with the WASD controls. Obviously we canāt have the time to implement different control options but a part from that itās very cool, congratulations !
Very interesting game idea ! Itās refreshing to have a game inspired by fighting games, ācause itās pretty rare on gamejams ! The game is difficult though, but I kinda suck at those games so that may be me haha I like the graphics too, looks like Ā«Ā MS paintĀ Ā» graphics and I like theses ;) Congratulations !
Obviously the art is gorgeous, but the sound design is nice too ! :) Congratulations. Itās a very chill and nice experience after playing loud and fast games all evening haha. Is Brother-main you mention a speed runner ? I heard this name when I was watching speed runs x)
@tori Oui je suis franƧais ;) Je regardais pas mal lāUltime dĆ©cathlon cāest de lĆ que je le connais. En tout cas super ton petit jeu; les graphismes sont magnifiques bravo :)
Cool game, congrats ! Making a 3D game for a gamejam is bold I think, nice job. I loved the animation when you die with the blood that comes down, James Bond style ;)
Cool game, congrats ! Making a 3D game for a gamejam is bold I think, nice job. I loved the animation when you die with the blood that comes down, James Bond style ;)
Wow weird bug sorry for the multiple comments haha Sorry I donāt know how to delete them -_-ā
Super polished game, congrats !! I love the art style, and the feedback is good. Great job š
Great idea to have put a mini comic as an introduction to the game ! Maybe it would have been cool to put it directly on the game as an intro ? I liked the game, and the way the giant face is pictured on the sky. The texture of the walls kinda made me a bit dizzy though, I believe itās due to the vertical lines maybe ? But overall it was cool, congrats !
Oh and the art style is cool ! Il like the hand drawn face, it works well !
Graphics are great ! Well done :) Congratulations !
Why didnāt you allow graphics ratings ? I was gonna give a 5 starts haha
Haha I gave you good ratings anyway donāt worry, but thatās a shame cause the graphics are seriously awesome ! ;)
Very solid game ! Graphics are very neat, music is amazing. The game is simple yet addictive and the overall experience is very polished. Great job ! Next time please add arrow keys for people who donāt have US keyboards. WASD is a pain for the poor French like le lol Congrats for the game !
Nice little game ! I did not managed to enter the door, is there a way ? I put some spikes like that on my game too haha, check it out if you want ;)
The graphics are great and I like the idea of being a shop keeper. Like you mentioned on your post, itās a bit confusing to understand what to do at first. Good job anyway :)
Thatās an hilarious take on the theme ! Are you French ? It reminded me of a very famous French movie called AstĆ©rix haha. Also, the French bureaucracy is nightmarish so I can relate ! Probably the funniest game I played for this jam so far. Congrats :)
Ćdit : oh yes it is definitely inspired by AstĆ©rix, I just read your description haha
Haha funny game, nice work ! I kinda feel bad for those animals though š I love the graphics, very simple but also very original I think ! Congrats :)
Nice game, great job ! I especially loved the character design of the hero and the ennemies ! The effect with the clock and the levels is neat too ! But the game was laggy, I donāt know if it was only me ? Congrats anyway :)
Nice game ! I like the idea, and think you can do lots of stuff with it. One of the best entry I played so far, congrats ! Maybe loosing the ingredients every time you get touched by monsters was a bit too much annoying, but overall itās really cool ! š
So this is how it feels to be a hamster, uh ? Cool. It was weirdly addictive haha. How did you managed to get this almost 3D lookish sprite of an hamster ? Did you use a real video or something ? I liked it anyway :)
@snowinn Oh I see, thatās a very cool technique ! Thanks for the explanation :)
Hi ! I think your can't be played on safari. The game never began for me at least. Did you try to post it on itch.io maybe ? Congrats for finishing the game anyway :)
Iāll check it out after work today ;)
I played the download version. Itās a nice start, the controls are good and the camera has a nice feeling ! I did not manage to finish level 2, not sure what I have to do, sorry :/ Keep up the good work and youāll become a really good dev ! :) If you want, you can play my game (itās a very difficult one though) ;)
I liked it, well done ! The music and graphics are very nice and polished. At first it was not clear to me if I had to avoid obstacles or hit them, because I did not understood clearly why I died, but the I finally get it. Maybe a little introductory text would have been cool to explain that, and a bit of story ? Anyway congrats ! š
Very simple but very cool game ! Itās relaxing after playing a lot of game with lots of sounds and stuff happening on screen ;) I like the glow effect. Is it made with shaders ? Congrats for this jam entry !
Nice game, very polished ! Itās quite hard after a certain time, but itās good ! :) The game also gives good feedback, well done.
Cool game ! I finished it with neutral end but also bad end haha The music is neat ! š Congratulations :)
Great job ! It works fine, and the music is very cool. I like the way the beats grow as you play ! Graphics are very minimalistic but it looks cool this way. I also made a game based on a rhythmic loop, interesting that we did it so differently haha ;) Congrats for your creation, one of my favorite at the moment !
I think itās a good idea that would be very interesting with more time to be developed. I liked the fact that there are different maps depending on the time (kinda reminded me ChronoTriggers). Maybe it need a bit more explanations ? At first I was not sure what to do, but I finished the game so thatās cool ! Congrats for the game !
Hey, nice game ! I think the idea is very good. The game becomes very difficult with the black blob character haha Good job !
Nice game ! I like the way it feels secret, kinda like the game Fez for example. You have this impression that thereās stuff to find and I like it ! When you push the bloc close to the level icon it does not restart at its first position so it is a bit hard to go up. Good job anyway !
Very cool game ! The music is nice, I even listen to it on the main screen because I wanted to hear it all haha Very arcade gameplay, the way I like it. Congrats !
Wow thatās very original ! The isometric view is a bold choice, it works fine. I loved the humor behind the game, and felt emphatic for this little robot friend haha. Itās very hard to make your way but I guess it goes with the theme of your game ;) Oh and the sound design is very cool, good job on that too !
Itās very nice ! Congrats ! I really loved the effect where the previous level becomes little and then another one is shown instead ! Very neat effect !
@skiwee yeah thatās very well done ! Itās the kind of effect you donāt normally do on gamejam since you have not a lot of time, so itās cool to have succeeded to implement it ! š
The art is really cool ! Reminded me of an old cartoon called Ā«Ā La lineaĀ Ā» š
Thanks for the feedback, thatās super nice ! Iāll try your game tomorrow as itās very late right now in France. I removed the Ā«Ā musicĀ Ā» because it was sooo annoying. I feel like itās better now even if thereās only the beat. Anyway, glad you liked it :).
Thank you for all your nice feedbacks guys ! š Overall I agree with pretty much everything : not having music is kinda stupid Iām sorry for that I ran out of time and did not have the time to learn how to make music with PICO-8 (itās a shame cause Iām an amateur music composer for years haha) The game is too difficult maybe, but mainly the timing is too frustrating. The reason is that you can hit the button just before the beat but dĆ©finitely not after, and with more time I wound have do that differently. Thanks for the nice comments about the graphics, I love them too ! The moving animation came out of a bug I loved it and kept it. Itās also a shame I did not have the time to put the other mechanics I programmed for the game like a hole where you push blocs to pass or the enemy does it for you etc. I just completely forgot to use the mechanic in a level or two š That was my very first game jam and also the first time I ever used PICO-8 so it slowed me down a lot even if I loved it.
Thank you @ashour !
@dragonzbw Thankw for the feedback. I agree with you. Right now the game is programmed so that you can move slightly before the beat but not that much after, and I think it is frustrating. Will definitely change that in a future version ;)
@iorena Thanks so much ! I also was surprised, ācause at first I thought maybe it would not be enough to feel like a rhythm game but it kind of does.
@snowinn Thanks :) I heard a lot about The fact that itās a bad idea to mix action/skill-based mechanics with puzzle stuff but weirdly I think it kind of work, but the game is too frustrating right now I think. Thatās good if you liked the Ā«Ā right on timeĀ Ā» feeling of the game, I designed the levels with that idea in mind haha. Almost all of them have been somehow timed this way ;) I havenāt played Crypt of the Necrodancer already (neither the Zelda one) but Iāll definitely do !! It looks cool haha
@codehacher123 Thank you ! I was afraid the thinking and reflexe combo would not work pretty well. Thatās nice if you liked it :)
@zacharieg I know, itās too bad... Maybe removing the music was a mistake ? I am thinking of putting it back, or maybe a slightly modified version, but I donāt know if thatās Ā«Ā cheatingĀ Ā» ? I donāt want to fool anyone obviously so Iām not sure what to do... itās my first gamejam ever, and the rules are not clear (at least to my comprehension). itās a bit frustrating to not improve the game, because of all your feedback haha
EDIT : ok you definitely canāt change anything in a game unless itās a bug that make the game stop working, so Iāll wait until the jam is over to make any changes ;)
@flying-dog-fish Thanks. Yes a bit too hard maybe, because of the tied beat I think...
@jesus-gonzalez Thanks ! I agree completely. The beat is too short and the game lacks of feedback I think (it makes it frustrating to fail a move close to the end of the level haha)
@runrajrun Thank you, nice to hear :) I agree itās too hard to time the move, I think a slightly wider window would be better !
@rhoff95 Thanks ! I agree itās too hard. I had tons of ideas for levels but did not have the time to implement them unfortunatly :( I also programmed other mechanics that were fully working and literally forgot to use them on actual levels š§ Thatās too bad I know lol Thanks for the feedback
@neithr Thanks ! Nice to have posted the congrats screen haha ! Well, congrats I guess :)
@tyler-miller thanks ! Super nice to hear :)
@jonah yep visual indication would have been great ! I planned to help the player after a certain number of death by showing what input to do at what moment, but I did not have the time to implement it unfortunately :(
@netmute thanks ! Haha yeah itās very difficult. Did you beat the game or is there a particular level that was just too difficult in your opinion ?
@thomas-volpato Thanks for the feedback :) I agree with you about the timing. I will change it when the ratings will be over. I think a wider window for the input will do the trick.
@etrealjunior Thanks a lot ! Thatās very nice of you :)
@walkingtall85 thanks for the comment. I know itās very hard, and the game does not help with its tied beat. Iāll polish it when Iāll be allowed ;)
@fallingflatstudios thanks ! Glad you liked it :) @ericbolseiro I know itās a shame I did not had the time to put music -_- But believe me the music I removed was CRAZY ANNOYING because thatās just a thing I did in literally 1 minute that was looping constantly it was HORRIBLE haha. @krapht I know youāre right. That was a decision I took at the very end as I did not have the time to do anything else unfortunatly... @joe-cowman I already have a neat idea to help players that need help, but did not have the time to implement it. Iāll probably add it in an update when the jam will be over ;) @peachtreeoath Nop, did not played it because I wait for a physical release of some kind (if possible on Switch haha). But I have heard of it, obviously and it seems great ! I heard that itās more a combat game, is that right ? Does it feature puzzles like line or does it feel different in the end of the day ? Iām thinking of making Disco Loop a real game one of those days but Iām not sure if itās too ressemblant to Nevrodancer ? I hadnāt put any of my music on the internet yet. I used to do it for myself without thinking of sharing it (I know itās kinda weird haha), but now that I make and share games I will probably put some music stuff on the internet too. You can follow me on Twitter if you want, I just created an account : @DotSquareGames @marcadia haha I think we like the same kind of stuffs ;) @marcusuke In the 4th level you have to push the creature so that it can change its direction and walk on the switch :) itās kinda tricky though, as it will only stand on the switch for 1 beat, and you got to be careful that it does not kill itself on the spikes before. Basically when you push a creature its direction changes to match yours.
@peachtreeoath Thatās cool if the games are not too close. I guess Iāll hear the comparison a lot haha, but thatās fine, I just donāt want to steal someone elseās idea or make a game that already Ā«Ā existsĀ Ā» ;) Anyway thanks for the answer !
@johnsensei Thanks for the feedback ! For the moment you can hit the beat a few frames before but not after, I donāt know why since I did not programmed it with this intention and itās definitely frustrating ! So I agree with you 100%, Iāll make an update when the jam will be done
@erlioniel Yep I think itās a bug ācause itās supposed to restart the level. I did not fix the bug just because I was not sure if it was considered cheating or not... I know itās annoying, it makes the difficulty of the game unfair, which is a problem obviously. Thanks for the feedback :)
Thanks @arad-hamidsamiee ! It was my first Pico-8 project but definitely not my last, I loved it !
Thank you @zjones ! Iām glad you liked it ! I agree with you there are a lot of ways to improve the concept, Iāll make a v.2.0 one of those days ;)
@bookerbluejay Thanks for playing :) I agree with you, Iāll correct the timing problem and make it more clear after the jam is over.
@netmute Thanks a lot ! I agree itās way too frustrating, and the timing is an issue I got to fix. Iāll do that in a future update after the jam is over. Thanks for the feedback :)
Neat game, congrats ! I love the graphics. Is the effect made with a shader ? Good job anyway :)
Very cool game ! I think i had a bug though. My character disappeared randomly when it was pushing me infinitely (5th level I think). The game mechanics is cool, congrats !
@zachary-barbanell yeah I retried it and it was definitely not a bug haha. Kinda hard to understand whatās going on sometimes but the game is deep so itās cool
I like it, very polished ! Is there a way to destroy the back ball ? Great job anyway :)
Ok I see, thanks for the answer ;)
nice game! The texts and instructions were maybe too small Apart from that, it's a solid entry, congrats! :)
I have to be honest the game is a bit too difficult for me x) I struggled a lot to kill ennemies but the graphics are very nice though (I have a thing for Pico8, always beautiful games) I loved the mood of it too! congratulations for your entry!
very cool game Iām a huge huge fan of interactive fiction and you rarely see one of those on LD, so itās refreshing! Very neat, very polished experience. Is it a twine game?
@pyrofoux cool! It reminded me a bit of a game called Out There that I really like, I donāt know if youāve played this one? A French game by Fibretigre
A pretty cool game. At first I thought it was very simple but then I ran into the boxes that change the gameplay and thought it was really neat. Congrats for the entry :)
pretty cool game, especially the polish (little screenshake is neat) maybe the game take too much time to become hard? for a couple of minutes I thought it was not possible to loose. congrats for your entry!
very cool game! I loved the 1 bit art style, and the dialogues were very nice. I really liked the efforts you put in terms of narration (like explaining the controls in the beginning of the game). Maybe the controls were a little bit too loose (not sure how to say it in english), but overall a solid entry. Congrats!
both simple, minimalistic and very cool game! I love that kind of games, it seems simple but it's the hardest thing to create such minimalistic yet interesting games, congrats on that! did you invent this gameplay or is this inspired by a game? if not, that's even more impressive. I also love Pico8 game so there's that too.
anyway congrats, very very cool entry!!
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hey, really cool game congrats! I liked the mood of it, and the graphics are simple but very elegant (in a minimalistic way). I have a love for Pico8 project, I have to say. The game was a bit confusing after you discover the orb but interesting. Good job!
I loved it! currently the only stealth game Iāve played on this LD so thatās refreshing! The only thing that was annoying is the same text that always pop over and over when you die (I suck at video game so a lot in my case haha), maybe it would be better if it was desactivated after your first try Apart from that it was super cool! huge congrats for this entry :)
edit : at first I had issues playing the game but I was on safari so I played it in chrome and it worked fine!
this game is amazing! I love the ambiance, it reminds me of Outer Wild (one of my very favorite games ever)! I have to admit I'm a very bad subnautica driver and had no idea what I was doing but it was cool. The fact that you don't see anything apart from your navigation tools is amazing as you have to imagine what's going on yourself. Anyway congrats, that's a very very cool game! Can't believe it's your first 3D game, good job :)
@themoonrise hi! I edited my comment because I tried the game on chrome and it worked fine! great game, congrats!
nice game, I really liked the ambiance and the graphics. I like the way it becomes darker and darker the more you go deep. I feel like you could have make a cool game even without the "pick coin" gameplay, just because the atmosphere is well done.
congrats for your entry!
basically the Dark Souls of websites. amazing game, full of personality and passion! I absolutely loved it! I even played your other games on your website (xith google trad haha) a little bit the over-the-top voice acting was cool, the dialogues are really well written, and the music is different than the usual stuff you hear in video games (it reminded me of old John Frusciante music, from when he was really into heroin)
anyway that's super cool congrats!
@lesinvisible don't get me wrong, I loved your voice acting haha, it's over the top but really really cool :) anyway great game! congrats again
my favorite entry so far! great idea to adapt Alice in wonderlands to a gameboy game. I loved it, it's very beautiful and it has a lot of personality. Great job. Only the music was a bit annoying, but its often the case with gameboy games right :) congrats!!!
nice game, I especially liked the smooth camera (little zooms are cool and feel good), the music and the controls (the controls are not too rigid, good game feel) maybe the art style is a bit too mixed up (it looks like pixel art, cartoonish, hand drawn mix together sometimes), but overall a cool entry! congrats on your game, especially the game feel (something most LD games don't really polish, usually by lack of time) :)
@wahyu-candra thanks so much! I'm glad you liked the idea of killing all those skeletons in a row haha
@asdehielo wow that's amazing to hear thanks! yeah I noticed this bug but I did not have the time to fix it unfortunately :( gosh I wish I had more time to make more levels, but I began the jam a day and a half late (I hated the theme and had no ideas so I abandoned the idea of doing something and played Octopath Traveller with my gf and then a day and a half after an idea appeared in my mind haha)
@gargantus thanks! I wish I had the time to make some harder levels for the end of the game though glad you liked it
@bionikmonster that's a very rewarding review, thanks a lot! Gamejam is sometimes exhausting even though it's real fun, and it feel really good to have such good feedback. :)
@zimny11 I'm glad you liked the mechanic! Thanks a lot for your review!
@pyrofoux thanks! Iām glad you liked the gameplay mechanics! I did not make the music ācause I ran out of time, itās an open source music I found online. I credited the creator on my itch page but I forgot to put it on the game itself. Yeah it kinda reminds me of Twin Peaks too now that you mentioned it haha
@bqq ah shit my girlfriend has the same bug, I have no idea why some people have it when others donāt :( sorry you lost your time
@craplex thanks! Glad you liked it :)
@bqq thanks, itās a shame that bug stopped you from playing the next levels though, since they become a bit harder and you have a bit more freedom too I may try to fix the glitch if I have the time after work, Iāll tell you if thatās the case
@battlecat thanks for the feedback! If you were blocked at the second level because you could not go down, thatās actually a bug. Youāre supposed to be able to move any direction any time. I have no idea why some people (like 5% maybe) have this bug and others donāt, it doesnāt make any sens :/ sorry for that
@nosfer yeah exactly what I think! Because itās a jam I ran out of time but I wan to add new gameplay mechanics (after the jam end, when Iāll have the time), like portals and stuff like that haha! Thanks for the ideas :)
@iovorobiev thanks is a lot! Iām glad you enjoyed the game :)
@filgru gosh thatās a shame. Iāll try to fix that bug if I have time. If I do, Iāll tell you ;) I wish the bug happened later in the game, cause it happens real early and the game is a bit more fun and interesting once you passed the Ā«tutorial levelsĀ Ā»
@sli thanks a lot! thatās really cool if you finished it, Iām glad :)
@prof-suarez thanks so much! If I had more time I think maybe adding more particles (when you hit a wall, when you kill an enemy, etc) could have been a good idea, but a jam is a jam right, so no regrets
@bamallama thanks, I actually agree with you that it could be cool to add not only levels but also some game mechanics (like portals and shit) I feel like Iāll make a post-jam version of this one if I have the time, it could be fun!
@slowfrog-again thanks for your feedback. I know what you mean, but to me it could be possible to make more out of the overall concept with new mechanics such as portals, enemies that stops you when you kill them instead of letting you slide continuously, etc. Because of the LD constraints, I mostly made small and simple levels to teach the basics to the players and it would require more mechanics (and maybe bigger maps) to make more out of it
regarding the fact that the ennemies guide you to the right trajectory, I kinda did It on purpose (though it's also a natural outcome of the mechanics of the game), kinda like the coins and sometimes ennemies guide you in old Mario games, if you know what I mean. But I agree that it makes the game a bit too easy and one-dimensional because of that unfortunately
But yeah the game could definitely use more deepness and difficulty! I'll try to add that on a post-jam version of it
@yamzho thanks a lot! I know, I always end up not having time enough to put lots of levels š„² Iām glad you liked it :)
@tomz-best thank you, also very happy to have reached 20 š
@g12345 thanks a lot! Itās done, I reached 20 š
thanks a lot @paulhocker Iām glad you liked the game :)
hi @etrealjunior unfortunately that's a bug :( a few people have it too, I am not sure why most people don't but some do I'm sorry you can't play the game because of that bug :( sorry you lost your time
@etrealjunior thanks! I actually may make a new polished version of the game later when Iāll have the time :)
I loved this game! It's like Crazy Taxy meats Subnautica x) No seriously it was very cool. Always love Pico8 games, and I liked your previous games too I'm a huge fan of spongebob too so I liked the easter eggs Congrats!
@extar you should try it someday, from my childhood memories it was a great great game (but it might be because I was a kid haha) again, congrats for your entry!
nice game! I loved the graphics and the music. The game feel nice to play, in the sense that it's chill and relaxing I though the "achievements" you can unlock was a nice touch, you rarely see that in LD games
congrats for your entry!
cool game, I loved the music! it game the game a lot of style points good job!
impressing to make 3D games on pico8! always wanted to try that someday it's pretty cool, even though I had trouble with the perspective congrats for your entry, it must be very hard to make a 3D game on pico8 in such an amount of time