Deepest Sword by Strega 2021-05-15T01:04:42Z ♥ 0
A perfect LD entry! The game is original, very beautiful, great (but challenging) gameplay, excellent audio... I have nothing to complaint about or to suggest to improve it!
Congratulations on this outstanding job, that deserves a place in the LD jam podium!
LD56 — Tiny Creatures (23)
Reverse Pacman by euske 2024-10-19T12:16:18Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is a brilliant concept, I love it! The idea is very fun to play, and it's not so easy to feed the pacman before the ghost get him!
This is a very good entry, congrats!
Like A Moth To A Podiatrist by Verbante 2024-10-14T18:48:42Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is outstanding! The concept is brilliant and the execution is great! I love the graphics and audio, and I had a lot of fun completing the game.
Regarding feedback, I only one suggestion, that may be more a "personal preference": often my moths dies because I tried to turn of the light by clicking again with the left mouse button, instead of using the right one.
I think several players (including me) want to naturally press the same button again to turn a light on/off (like a light switch in real life!). So maybe it would feel better with only the left mouse button used? (I know it'll be better for me, don't know about other players).
Overall an excellent and unique game, congrats!
Jar Life by zep 2024-10-14T18:41:40Z ♥ 0
Woaw, this is an excellent game! One of the best I've tried so far, congrats! I really love the concept, and it fits the theme well. The graphics are gorgeous, and the level design a very well done. The first levels are easy, but then it becomes very challenging!
This game deserves to be expanded with more levels, it'll be an instant hit on steam! :)
Aaaa!! by tolja 2024-10-14T18:10:55Z ♥ 2
Nice little game, I love the graphics style!
I know this is unfinished, but in case you didn't notice, when the monster does eat all the green creature, there is no "game over" screen, the game keep playing but nothing happens.
Regarding gameplay, I had a lot of fun try to save them all, it took me several tries! I love how you can grab the creatures, even it can become dangerous as the red monster could eat many of them at once if they touch you while you are holding a lot of creatures!
I hope you keep working on it, it's a cute game with a lot of charm.
Kokins by ladybenko 2024-10-14T18:04:50Z ♥ 2
Nice take on the Tamagotchi genre, with very cute graphics!
I love the minigame idea to increase / decrease the impact of each action. As mentioned by others commenters, more minigame would be great, but in its current state the minigame is quite challenging to keep player interested.
Congrats on this good entry, I hope you keep working on it!
Tiny Mushy Froggies by BitLuderRb7804Fr 2024-10-14T17:56:56Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this game is hard! The idea is interesting, and I love the graphics. The car traffic is nicely done too, the "traffic jam" / rush hour is nicely done.
I think that the "long jump" time windows is maybe a bit too short, or rather, it comes to soon. Wouldn't the game be less punishing if the power meter would increase slightly slower?
An interesting entry with a original (and punishing :p) take on an arcade classic, congrats!
Tiny Adventure by Becher 2024-10-14T17:45:34Z ♥ 1
Wow, a very good idea, and I love the graphic artstyle! Even without being able to read text, the whole game works so well!
I really hope you keep working on it, by adding more content and by adding some sounds maybe?
Also, maybe this is a bad idea, but wouldn't be better if the area outside of the windows was less visible? Not totally dark, but maybe slightly darker? It would emphasize the "tiny windows onto a big world" idea IMHO.
A very unique entry, congrats!
Jelly Gang by Split82 2024-10-13T23:35:11Z ♥ 2
Woaw, a nice physics-based platformer with a clever twist, I love it! I managed to clear all the levels. The last one did pose me some challenge, as, when I managed to get the gang to the end, I realized I left one critter behind. So i had to backtrack quite a lot to retrieve it, it was a fun experience.
The game is very interesting, please keep working on it by adding more levels. Also, I think you should add some sound effects to enhance the whole experience (the music is great btw).
A very great entry fitting the theme well, congrats!
Mini Beasts by cassowary 2024-10-13T23:17:52Z ♥ 1
Woaw, what an excellent and polished game! I was hooked and spent about 1 hour minutes completing all 16 levels! (the last one got me thinking for much longer that I'd like to admit :p)
The game is great, the various beasts make for loads of variety, the level design is top notch with a smooth learning curves. I'm very impressed that you managed to make such a polished and content-rich game during the compo, congrats!
My only complaint would be about the music. It's good and set a fitting mood, but it's way to loud compared to sound effects, and can be distracting. It's made a bit to fast / upbeat rythm too, I think a slower tune would allow a for a "calmer" mood, but I'm nitpicking here, as it's an outstanding track on its own.
This feels like a commercial and complete games. Add more levels, and you're ready to release it for the world! (and honestly, with the 16 levels currently in the game, it's offering quite a long play time already).
Butterjar by Zz1p 2024-10-13T22:28:43Z ♥ 1
Excellent game, congrats!
It took me much more than 10 minutes to complete the 13 levels, lol! (around 25-30 minutes I'd say). This is a very clever idea and well executed. The graphics and audio are excellent, and the puzzle are great. I like how you introduce new mechanics (fire, new butterfly, etc.), it keeps the game fresh. Some levels were quite challenging, while some other were easy, it's nice that the difficulty progression isn't linear, it let you "breathe" a little to have easier levels between hard levels
You should keep working on the game and make new levels, it could became a commercial full game (either PC or mobile, or both!).
Mouse Mouse by AploveStudio 2024-10-13T22:04:43Z ♥ 0
Interesting game, with a mouse only control! The graphics and audio are great, the level design is good (easy at first, then became quite challenging). It's sometimes quite frustrating, but once you get use to it, it fells good to run trough the level at lightspeed!
Great entry congrats!
GO BLO by deniskazantsev 2024-10-13T21:54:24Z ♥ 1
Woaw, I love this game! The movement feels great, and the core idea is fun and fits the theme very well!
Please keep working on this game post-compo and add more level, you have a very good concept already! Besides more levels, maybe you could add some music too? And a way to end current levels if players loose too many creatures making them unable to complete the current level maybe?
Very good entry overall, congrats!
Petri Plate Potpourri by Wendel Scardua 2024-10-13T21:29:54Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is a great NES games, congratulations!
I love the audio, it's excellent and set a very good mood! I also love how the game is a great fit for the theme, observing tiny creatures under a microscope. Somehow, I get "Dr. Mario" feeling when playing this game :).
The gameplay is very fun, once you get the hang of it, times becomes on enemy, and it's hard to "race" clearing the plates without making mistakes. My best score is 11 plates after several tries.
As a fellow homebrew developer, thanks for keeping the NES alive! And congrats for this great entry :)
Anthill by Tesseract 2024-10-13T21:13:53Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is an interesting entry! I love the minimalistic UI + insane gameplay depth combo! It took me some times to get a hold of the game, but reading help (and comments here :p) did help. The game fits very well the theme, both graphically and gameplay wise with the ant colony development.
I hope you keep working on it, for example by adding an interactive tutorial at the beginning of the game :).
Great work.
David vs Goliath: What the government doesn't want you to know by CaptainDreamcast 2024-10-13T19:58:31Z ♥ 1
Woaw, a dreamcast entry, very impressive!
The game is very fun too, I love it! The story is top notch, I love the art and voice over, and overall humor. The game itself is short but fun to play, I like that you have two weapons and thus can try various strategies!
My best score after several attempts was 32:50 seconds (spear is your friend), but I saw on the previous comments that it can be lower, so I'll keep trying.
Anyway, congrats on this great entry, and for keeping the Dreamcast alive!
Adelie - When We Were Young by Meep 2024-10-13T19:45:41Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this a very good and polished arcade game!
I love the graphics and music, and the gameplay is very fun! I like the risk/reward mechanic, with the extra fish being harder to deliver in the zone, but earning you more points! I also love how they turn into hazards when not delivered.
The game starts easy but quickly become very challenging, but after each game over, I just wanted to start another attempts as the game feels fair: If I loose, it's because I made a mistake, not because the game cheats or whatever.
Congrats for this great entry!
Bunny Wrangler by thomz12 2024-10-07T20:29:25Z ♥ 2
I love this game!
The game mecanic is very good, although I should try this on mobile because it's very hard to draw circles with a mouse! The graphics and audio are top notch, the game feels very polished with various levels, leaderboard, and a lot of "juice" everywhere.
I also love that you can catch several rabbits at once! This is a very risky move, but very rewarding when you manage to pull it off! This is an excellent idea, congrats!
This is a very solid entry without any real flaw IMHO. But if you are looking for suggestions, here is some minor stuffs: - I think the difficulty gap is a bit too hard between each level: easy is very easy (and it's good for beginners) while medium is already quite challenging, and i could finish hard even after several tries (those bunnies are jumping too fast!) maybe adding 5 difficulty levels instead of 3 would allow for a more progressive ramp up? - Maybe you could display the score during gameplay too? When I was attempting several times the easy level to try to get on the leaderboard, it was a bit frustrating to play "blind" and I didn't know how much I scored during each new attempts before the end.
I hope you release this on mobile, they would love it!
Vox Regis by Sheepolution 2024-10-07T19:24:42Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is an amazing and unique game!
My best run was 9 speeches: VoxRegis_highscoreB.png
I really love the concept, and the execution is flawless! It's very interesting to try to let the faction grows so we don't give too much speeches, but then there is tension that one of them will reach 30 members before our speech! Graphics and sound are top notch, I especially love the title screen with the parallax (and the ingame too). Fits the theme very well too.
A awesome entry, congrats!
N.B. It was nice to hear those latin sentences, especially the "Ludum Dare" one! Is that the official way to say "Ludum Dare" ;)?
Fifty Six LilyPads by dhim 2024-10-07T18:55:55Z ♥ 0
Woaw, very interesting game, I love it!
For now, I only played against the AI, but I'll try it with real people too. I love the theme, the mechanics is interesting, and I was quickly hooked to the game trying to get the highest score. Along the way, I think I maybe found a bug: once I scored 57, the end screen told me that my score was "NaN" (not a number):
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It happened twice, on the first try I didn't watch the score closely but it was at 50 while I still had 3 or 4 moves to make. On the second try I did watch it closely and it was 57. I didn't happen to me on my first tries, when my score was lower (around 40 something).
Kudos for this great entry!
Carrot Patch by Historymaker118 2024-10-07T18:39:24Z ♥ 2
Woaw, I love this game! It has a 80's arcade feel, and the overall game is fun to play and very polished!
My highest score is 205: Patch_high_score_crop.png
The game is very addictive and great in its current state, but if you're looking for suggestions: - Maybe you could add some music tune during gameplay (the game starting jingle is nice, something along these lines. - The tractors wheels would look cooler if animated - Maybe it would make the game interesting if the grey carrots also gave you points? For example like 2 points? That way, you could try to collect them too, at the risk of being reversed and thus more likely to die. I don't know, maybe this is a silly suggestion, as the game currently works very well (it's brutal with 3 tractors! :))
Congrats for this excellent entry!
Keep It Up Kitty by richjbaron 2024-10-07T18:24:18Z ♥ 1
Woaw, a nice a very polished entry, congrats! I'm impressed you managed to make a full mobile-ready game in 48h!
The gameplay is nice, but a bit too challenging for me when played with a mouse. Maybe, as someone else also suggested, you could try to lower the gravity, so the game would require you to shoot balloons less often, allowing you to focus / think more when to shoot. Right now the best strategy seems to be spamming balloons just to be kept afloat :)
The audio and graphics are wonderful, the game has a nice relaxing/casual mood.
Congrats on this great entry! You should release it on mobile stores, players will love it!
Fly on the wall by jacobwinters 2024-10-07T18:17:07Z ♥ 1
Woaw, this is very unique and original idea, I love it! I think it's the first time I'm "not playing" while playing, and it's quite challenging :).
Really great entry, top notch for the originality and theme aspects (and humor too!).
If you're looking for suggestions: - Maybe you should make a 1st level with less bricks so it's shorter, in order to "hook" players into the game. Right now the level is quite long, and thus the game is challenging. It could be better with a first level displaying for example half of the bricks you have now. And then you can offer more levels after that. - The game definitively needs a catchy music (or a 80's arcade music) :)
Great work on this entry, I hope you keep working on it!
Peculiar Pickings by Dis0rder 2024-10-06T23:22:40Z ♥ 1
Hi! I was eager to try your game as I noticed it on the feed during the compo. So yours is the first one I'm trying and I'm not dissapointed, you did a great job!
The mood is outstanding, it's very unsettling, but somehow we still want to keep playing more. The graphics are very good, and the audio is wonderful to set the tone. I really loved the uniqueness of the concept (very innovative), and it's a good implementation of the theme IMHO.
I had fun trying the various interactions in the game / playground. Is there a goal or state to reach? I think I got more than 500 deaths *(those damn spiders)* and I fed the head loads of time, but I didn't seem to trigger anything special. It's not a issue, as it's a fun & unique experience, but I was wondering if I missed something or not.
Regarding suggestions, here are a couple of things I noticed: - The drowned creatures generates a "green smoke", is there anything more to do with it? - The hammer is a great idea, but it's a bit hard to use, especially when you are defending your creatures against a spider invasion. In this case, I want to use it repeatedly, but it seems that there is a "cooldown" time and it doesn't trigger every time I click. Or maybe I need to be close enough to a spider for the hammer to strike? (in that case, maybe you could increase the spider detection area so it's easier to get them, as they move fast) - I was sometimes able to pick several creatures at the same time, by repeatedly clicking on them instead of picking them one by one. I don't know if it's intended, but I do enjoy it! (it's funny to have a hand full of creatures to do an action instead of just one).
Overall, it's a very good entry, and I hope you keep working on it!