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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | Old Tech | 🤖 | 👥 | Operator! | jam | |||||||||
| 2026 | 59 | Signal | 👥 | Look, I Made A Thing | jam | 98 | 4.04 | 3.89 | 3.48 | 3.96 | 3.87 | 3.72 | 4.19 | 4.02 | |
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | 👥 | Submeowrine | jam | 150 | 3.92 | 3.82 | 3.66 | 4.20 | 3.92 | 3.98 | 3.32 | 3.98 |
duckmaniac leaves an average of 10.5 feedback comments each event.
That's a cool idea! I didn't immediately realize that you can set the direction of the miners. Also idle games usually have a click mechanic that keeps your hands busy while you wait for an upgrade, this is severely lacking here. For example click to speed up miners by 1 second with a 2 second cooldown or something like that. Overall good job!
This game is addictive! I liked the character controller, plays well! Visually you can improve the game by borrowing a palette from someone else, and you can add a theme to the game so the character is no longer faceless. Like a game about your fallen airpods flying down, or something like that :) My record is 5.27
Nice game, especially liked the music! I had a bug a few times that the background shakes a lot after restarting the game. Otherwise it's fun to play!
This game is addictive! My rating is 1443 :) Drive music, I wish the gameplay was synchronized with it, but it's not a task to jam as if) Also lacks a restart button - because if at first did not hit, you want to replay again. Thank you!
The graphics are just fire! The character controller is responsive, the only annoying thing was the attack cooldown of the pickaxe. Also did not immediately realize that weapons can be changed, and I was always killed when I was carrying boxes, because I could not attack. Otherwise the game is a bomb!
Love the idea, cute graphics! For some reason my saves don't work, and also for a very long time I couldn't understand that gray areas are safe zones, and I didn't understand why I was losing all the time. Thank you!
I liked the procedural generation of the world and the upgrades system. The game was a little bit of a letdown on my laptop (~10 fps), also would have liked a slightly longer play session - right now you lose too quickly due to hunger. Good job!
Funny character, very nice music! Progression seemed slow, couldn't pump to dive to silver or gold coins in 10 minutes. Also would like more coins to be sucked in initially and there was a sound for each coin without cooldown. That way you'd sweep the coast near quickly and you'd have to dive deeper. Overall the game is great!
Loved the concept, cool art and nice music! As a playtester did not understand at first that you can hold the mouse instead of just clicking and for a long time did not understand why I can not break the stones to the end, also was not clear at first what texture what resource, lacked an icon in the order of what to mine. Also did not immediately realize that you need to click on the dropped resources and did not understand why there is nothing in the backpack - it would be nice to have an auto-collection of dropped resources. Overall cool!
Nice character controller, animations, enjoyed playing! After the moment where you have to break the crystal dash down I came across a spike in difficulty for myself and couldn't go any further, wanted to play more :)
Loved the style and graphics of your game! As a playtester ran into a few problems: 1) The body kept running if you switched without stopping. 2) It was very unobvious that the ladder down appeared after activating the last platform. 3) It was unusual to control the camera with the arrows, it would be more familiar with the mouse. All in all I liked the game, thanks!
The game's comments about losing are hilarious and give a little goal of collecting them all, ahah :) Liked the gameplay, love the action, maybe would have liked auto-attack on rocks as I got tired of clicking, but that's subjective
Oh, fun game! I also thought at first that you have to dodge particles and that you can shoot with a gun :) Would be a cool addition to the mechanics by the way!
I'm impressed that you managed to make such a beautiful and quite large game in this time! I liked the surrealism and the choice. I caught a bug when I tried to sit down on the Ctrl - the game crashes in the browser. Thanks for the game :)
Loved the graphics! Collecting the first coin was interesting, but then the metal detector kept scaling into the red zone after and it was unclear where to go next
Just thought of writing that it would be cool to apply your mechanics in a horror game, and then a monster falls on me, the screemer turned out just right :) Very interesting interpretation of the theme actually, the only thing that was missing was perhaps small localized islands of light where it was completely dark in the corridor. Glad to play!
I liked your idea of pumping the ship and the variability of pumping and room placement. However, I had to work hard to understand the game :) Maybe my notes from the playtest will be useful to you: 1) At first I didn't understand the controls, I tried to press everything, but because the ship has a large inertia the response was not noticeable. There is not enough tutorial (text hints etc.) 2) I could not guess for a long time that you can change the scale and therefore did not realize that the rooms are upgraded, there are lacks feedback from the game on the actions of the player 3) A minor detail, but when there is a gamemover want the ability to reload by button. Overall good!
LD59 — Signal (3)
Pulse-8 by Jacky San 2026-04-22T20:34:52Z ♥ 1
The game feels really polished, and the visuals are nice! It did get a bit difficult once the infinite signals ended haha :)
PINGRIMAGE_ by Prismapunch 2026-04-22T20:24:09Z ♥ 1
The art style and sound effects are really nice, and overall the game feels great to play!
One thing that could be improved is the UI, the text is too small and hard to read (tries full hd and 4k displays). Also, restarting after every three attempts felt frustrating and broke the flow state the game had pulled me into.
Overall, a solid and enjoyable game, thanks :)
Freakquency by akaPythius 2026-04-22T20:11:17Z ♥ 2
The controls feel smooth and responsive, and I enjoyed the level progression and character art, it’s clear a lot of care went into the design.
A few small things could improve the experience: gray platforms and spikes blend into the background and are a bit hard to see (I was a bit confused at first when the level restarted). Increasing contrast could help with clarity. The music loop also feels a bit short, adding some variation or length might make it less repetitive.
Overall, a fun little game, congrats with you first jam! :)