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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
201842Running out of spaceRunning out of Shelljam
201841Combine 2 Incompatible Genres👥Text Card Action Gamejam2.873.312.623.182.431.503.932.91
201740The more you have, the worse it isDodgeBombcompo5682.912.782.732.952.452.712.312.65
201739Running out of PowerKeep Your Coal, Dudecompo6222.602.652.253.102.202.502.202.15
201738A Small WorldA Sassy Platformercompo5012.652.532.532.582.582.963.392.50

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Comments by DragonZlay

LD38 — A Small World

The Burrow by Stending 2017-05-15T21:27:37Z

Good Music, Nice Mood, Interesting play on the Theme, Great graphics and very innovative, but the controls were quite horrid (but only for the worm.) It was good overall, but I would have like to see turning with left and right and going forward with the worm and gravity with the bird.

Small Town Mines by M2tias 2017-05-06T18:09:51Z

This game was really fun! I really like how much exploration you can fit into such a small world. The animation of the helicopter was hilarious! There was only two things that I disliked about this game.

1. I didn't realize until really late in the game that I could walk up to the fire. It didn't seem accessible, but I do see an attempt on your part to make it more visible with the sloped hill.

2. I really disliked how the people came out and questioned you anyway, even when my suspicion was at -74/100.

Juggling between smelting the ores, mining, eating and fishing was quite fun. All in all, you did a good job.

P.S. I got 69 Gold. Not intentional, I Swear!

Small Town Mines by M2tias 2017-05-06T18:09:52Z

I accidentally posted the above comment twice, and there is no way to delete comments so instead I just edited this one to say this. Smart, amirite?

ATLANTIS by OccultOne 2017-05-11T23:52:23Z

The Good: While the graphics were good and the game fit the theme nicely, the audio, mood and storyline were by far the best parts. It is apparent that a lot of thought was put into the story. It was certainly one of the best (If not the best!) games I played for Ludum Dare.

The Bad: The only noteworthy issue that I had with the game is that the interact button was messed up. When I hovered over it, it displayed the wrong thing. For example, when I was interacting with one of the towers, it said something along the lines of "Pay 1 mana to activate ancient defenses." This was not only the wrong text, but it costs more than that to activate ancient defenses. It was a minor bug, which didn't take much away from the gameplay, but still a bit annoying.

The ~~Ugly~~ Suggestions: I would have liked to see more cards than simply the Tremors and Good Fortune cards. It made the gameplay a bit blander than it could have been.

I see this scoring very high and possibly getting in the top 100 LD38 games. The only thing it may score low on is Humor, which I would have recommended you to opt out of. I say this because some people may score you low on humor, and then take the average of all of the scores and put it into overall, possibly bringing your score down.

ATLANTIS by OccultOne 2017-12-04T02:03:48Z

@darylsteak Not sure if you know this, but this was last Ludum Dare's Entry, I'm guessing that's why you're here.

Slice of Life by tweedle 2017-05-14T03:20:45Z

Very Good Game! It certainly had a unique style to it. The graphics and audio were amazing, I had a lot of fun playing it, it was no doubt funny and had the right mood. The theme was pretty loose (although I shouldn't be speaking TBH,) and it was not the most innovative game, but still very good overall. I would have liked a bit of a difficulty curve, but I still died a few times.

Rocket Roller Space Polo by pkenney 2017-05-04T12:26:47Z

This was by far the most innovative and fun game I have played on LD so far!

One Push Man by harusame 2017-05-02T00:59:01Z

This has good graphics, music and fits the theme well, but I found that if you push an enemy against a wall with a weapon, it makes UNGODLY SOUNDS

Tabletop Arena by tyranosaw 2017-05-11T21:29:53Z

I really liked this game and loved how the mage and jrpg-ish swordsman felt like their own boss. I found the mage really hard until I figured out the dash & stab technique. I feel like the swordsman was bit too fast at swinging it's sword, causing it to be really hard to beat. The music and graphics were really good, and I loved the semi-easter egg of the newspaper.

planetary billiards by the.jahn 2017-05-06T18:57:58Z

Very Innovative and Amazing Graphics, but no audio and no humor. It was also saddening not to have a "Win" screen. ;(

Ok Game Overall, fits theme really well.

Super Smash Globes by 100th_Coin 2017-05-14T03:45:15Z

Graphics were good, as well as the audio, but it seemed to be lacking in the fun department. Sorry to say it. The final boss was hilarious though. But one thing that was no good was that after he placed the bombs, they never went away, so he died on the next round, as well as them shrouding the view of the endgame. Otherwise, it was an okay game, and it certainly was an amazing theme entry if nothing else.

Tinyverse by zener 2017-04-24T01:16:33Z

The gameplay is solid, music is good, graphics are pretty good (compared to mine, at least)

But there is one problem...

After a certain amount of people saved (10 or so), it stops tracking how many people you have saved and puts a blank spot. I rescued 30 give or take, and I really wanted to see the exact number, but alas...

P.S. This reminds me a lot of Rick and Morty...

Tinyverse by zener 2017-04-24T01:16:36Z

The gameplay is solid, music is good, graphics are pretty good (compared to mine, at least)

But there is one problem...

After a certain amount of people saved (10 or so), it stops tracking how many people you have saved and puts a blank spot. I rescued 30 give or take, and I really wanted to see the exact number, but alas...

P.S. This reminds me a lot of Rick and Morty...

A Sassy Platformer by DragonZlay 2017-05-02T00:40:57Z

Sorry, It's Fixed Now!

A Sassy Platformer by DragonZlay 2017-05-14T00:17:58Z

Wow. How did that happen? Yesterday I had about 5 votes in each category... now i have about 17 each! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed my game, and I wish you the best of luck on yours!

It's a Small World by NedMakesGames 2017-05-12T00:40:46Z

I love the music and sound effects. I also love how much inspiration you took from the Mario Series. If you didn't mean to take inspiration from that series, well, that's quite a few coincidences. Some examples are the characters sprite, the backwards crouch jump and the double jump technique. I wish that you could have more than one life though.

Love it!

RNG by junjunlowpoly 2017-05-02T01:06:22Z

This was good at being bad. *Clap Clap Clap*

To Valhalla by gcoope 2017-05-14T04:00:43Z

As with others, I felt the boat controls were a bit wonky. I did think however, that this was a game with amazing graphics, audio and quite fun for how short of a game it was. The theme was also fit in a very innovative way, so props for that.

Place Them All by Yami no tenshi 8 2017-05-12T00:58:51Z

Very good game! It took me several tries but I manage to get all 8 tribes to survive (although i'm not sure why I spent so much time trying to save the devil, one would assume that would be the wrong thing to do) very minimalistic, but also good audio and graphics.

Every Man's Sky by blaster391 2017-05-14T02:38:53Z

Pro-Categories: Innovation, Theme, Humor

Con-Categories; Graphics, Mood, Fun

Overall I would say that while it was cool to experience, as well as a bit fun to make my own solar system, it wasn't much of a game. The concept was nice, however, and I enjoyed seeing other people's planets. Kudos to you for making it multiplayer, which must have been hard.

Insufficient Data by lord-bobyness 2017-05-12T00:26:01Z

The ending was amazing. The meta of "shutting down" was amazing. It was really cool and was honestly really meaningful.

Extra Brownie Points for Opting out of Humor. The only complaint I have is how high pitched the computer respond sound was.

Gold N' Steam by juan 2017-05-11T21:03:13Z

I loved the whole concept! It reminded me a lot of a DS game from my childhood with a very similar concept, so extra nostalgia points for you! The graphics were spot-on and I had plenty of fun playing it, but I did run into one measly little problem... I pressed switched an arrow in the middle of my train and everything was ruined. http://i65.tinypic.com/241v47k.png

Loved it!

LD39 — Running out of Power

Click The Power by hungare 2017-08-04T20:32:13Z

The music was nice, the graphics were okay, but most importantly the game was actually fun. I've seen a lot of super-polished games this ludum dare that were perfect in every way-except in actually being fun. A nice but short game.

FIZZLE by djfariel 2017-08-04T04:51:42Z

This was amazing. Best Game Jam Game I have seen.

Windup by kleinzach 2017-08-04T04:07:05Z

Everything about this was great EXCEPT for the camera controls, which were AWFUL. Otherwise, you did very well!

Pain That Binds Us by Jungle 2017-08-03T02:38:29Z

Wow. This is great.

Tank Battle ! by lavwa 2017-08-03T01:03:44Z

I think this game was amazing for a Ludum Dare game! It was good in all categories except for humor or mood (for obvious reasons) I would recommend opting out in those categories, also I think that it was too easy.

Run'n Score by MatKubik 2017-08-04T21:37:50Z

This was nice, with a nice musical track BUT also with a horrible musical track. The main menu music was horrible and it would have been better to be silent or reuse the music from the game. Otherwise the game was nice! (Hope I didn't hurt your feelings too much)

Run, Robot, Run: The search for power by SnipZ 2017-07-31T19:14:09Z

Personally, I think the game wasn't very fun because it was extremely repetitive and provided no real challenge. However, you did closely follow the theme and had a good music track.

Keep Your Coal, Dude by DragonZlay 2017-08-09T19:59:52Z

Thanks for all the reviews! Also, did anyone manage to finish the full game? Just wondering.

Fuse Cell by christina-antoinette-neofotistou 2017-08-03T02:53:18Z

Very good game! The pixel art looked amazing, the soundtrack was great and it was a super innovative game. I hope that you take this concept and make a full-length game out of it, I'm sure many people would love to play it!

SAP by Mikronaut 2017-08-04T20:49:35Z

It's nice but there was one bug where if you go in and out of a room the music will play again and again until there is more than 10 tracks playing, which is DEAFENING. Otherwise, good game!

BAT-BATTERY by cenullum 2017-08-04T19:55:47Z

Nice, but i feel like when you let go of a battery you should move faster horizontally, too.

Power Rancher by SeanW 2017-07-31T19:39:52Z

It had great music and graphics, was funny at times, and had a fitting mood, but it wasn't very fun, innovative and it didn't really fit the theme, only the background info did. Also, two of the complaints I have is that the person only faces one direction, and the dirt patches had MUCH bigger collision boxes than sprites.

Forgetting Things by player2point0 2017-07-31T19:27:46Z

This was amazing! Although the graphics weren't something to brag about, the music was great (even if it was just a loop); the game was funny, it was a creative twist on the theme, very innovative and overall fun. The only problem I had with the game was how sometimes you jump lower than other times. Overall a great game!

Space Rescue. My first Jam game by Joskineide 2017-08-04T20:40:29Z

Nice job!

Power! by Martyxgames 2017-08-04T21:51:44Z

A short, simple and fun game with a nice soundtrack. Couldn't quite figure out how the multiplier worked though/

LD40 — The more you have, the worse it is

ARCADE OVERFLOW by Remco 2017-12-20T20:37:23Z

Inspired by superhot? hmmm...

Nice game

Guns Vs. Potatoes by Repro 2017-12-27T21:54:25Z

This game didn't really take any skill, and that draws a lot away from it. However, the graphics and art style were beautiful!

Cat'astrophe by fabsy 2017-12-27T21:06:27Z

This was really good! I found myself very quickly overwhelmed because they breed at the speed of light.

Tail by conk 2017-12-17T17:19:49Z

I love how the game allows you to "cheat" by breaking through walls, but punishes you by spawning a ton of little things. This was great. Best LD entry I have seen so far. Also, what was up with the red countdown clock on the top left?

P.S. Opt-out of Humor next time, for you own sake, as some people will count the 1 star in humor against your overall.

IN-FAMOUS by Cameron Taylor 2017-12-28T01:27:39Z

This was the most innovative use of the theme I have seen. Congratulations!

Loot Box Simulator by Chronodrax 2017-12-27T22:34:18Z

Not really sure what this has to do with the theme, but quite a good entry overall.

Overweight by Jack D. Taylor 2017-12-27T21:13:01Z

It's okay. That's about it. Nice graphics at least.

Critter Sitter by dvdfu 2017-12-27T22:53:52Z

Very nice and cute! I love how ghosts are scared by tombstones and drop apples, what's up with that?

Procedural City Maze by artmajcher 2017-12-27T21:47:19Z

I kept teleporting off the path, killing me instantly. Quite aggravating to be honest.

Mushroom Délicieux by TRASEVOL_DOG 2017-12-27T22:20:32Z

I love when I found huge patches of food and the screen was just flipping out. Also, I appreciated the french :).

DodgeBomb by DragonZlay 2017-12-28T12:52:22Z

Thanks to Everyone who rated my game!!

Disk Overdrive by Bendev_Games 2017-12-27T20:59:25Z

Quite Simple, but very fun for what it's worth!

Diet Jump by Matsudasu 2017-12-28T01:53:10Z

So my BMI goes up by 8 every time I eat an apple? Good to know, I'm gonna only eat cake from now on.

Prepesterous! by icecoldsombrero 2017-12-17T03:24:09Z

Nice job, but next time opt-out of humor for your own sake.

Apocowlypse by Vogt 2017-12-27T23:15:11Z

This was actually really good, and more people should have played this, but with all the work put into this you missed the most important thing in ludum dare: rating other people's games.

Yuri The Greedy Spaceman by PUARSLIBURF 2017-12-27T21:34:44Z

Nice! I get how the theme was supposed to tie in, but I couldn't really feel it.

INFINITORY by electr1ca 2017-12-27T21:41:31Z

I like this game a lot. Very innovative! The item system reminds me a lot of the game 'risk of rain' in a way. If you have played that game you probably know what I mean.

I wonder if I had a younger sister by fangzhangmnm 2017-12-17T16:50:48Z

Music = N/A | Graphics = Great | Fun = Great | Storyline = pants

Hatformer by Stevie Bushman 2017-12-28T02:02:31Z

MMM yes tf3 looks great

Good As Gold by ProdigalSon 2017-12-27T22:02:30Z

This was a very innovative use of the theme.

Shifting Dreamscape by Cruise Elroy 2017-12-27T23:31:44Z

Bruh nightmare mode was scary af

Althea and the Magical Fruit by Nights87 2017-12-28T01:19:26Z

The graphics were not necessarily bad on their own, but there were so many conflicting art styles and blurring sprites that it really made the game as a whole look bad. Where this game is the best is probably mood.

Late to the Airport by saturn007 2017-12-27T22:42:07Z

Did you make the music yourself?

Forgotten Cubes by kariamoss 2017-12-05T21:05:37Z

I would say that this game does not fit theme all that well, considering the last level has less cubes than the 2nd and is WAYY Harder. The game was a bit buggy but the mood was nice at least.

Dont fill the box by Kolonka 2017-12-28T01:42:37Z

You were wrong! I did not give up, I just physically could not keep up with the balls at 100%.

LD42 — Running out of space

A Bunny's Tale by undefinist 2018-08-12T20:02:56Z

Love the take on the theme!

LD41 — Combine 2 Incompatible Genres

Love In The Gaming Club by D-Studios 2018-05-06T03:00:17Z

A.K.A Doki Doki Steamed Hams: The platformer

Kleptomaniac by MrGago 2018-05-05T23:35:41Z

the fact that getting caught isn't an instant game over is on point