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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201738A Small WorldMall Worldjam3.333.662.663.003.663.663.334.00
201637One roomSpace Palsjam394.113.563.613.833.783.613.563.5037
201534Two Button Controls / GrowingSwine Diningjam14
201533You are the MonsterCruelty Freejam873.873.873.453.814.133.513.503.6673
201532An Unconventional WeaponSir Sprout and the Semi-Aquatic Rodent Menacejam1413.713.833.563.753.363.073.5088
201430Connected WorldsDark World: The Quickeningjam1593.563.523.003.243.341.943.0458

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Comments by dydx

LD30 — Connected Worlds

Color trip by stasss 2014-09-02T00:47:00

The last level had me cursing but I finally beat it :D

Hello Worlds by dustyroom 2014-09-02T05:26:00

Really fun game!

Superdimensional by PixelMind 2014-08-26T05:36:00

I loved it, amazing work

This Little Piggy... by InfectionTeam 2014-08-27T04:24:00

That was unbelievable. Loved it!

Dark World: The Quickening by dydx 2014-08-26T05:47:00

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

We made the last 2 levels in hurry and didn't give ourselves enough time to improve the frustrating parts. -- We'll definitely spend more time in that area during the next Ludum Dare.

NOODLE FEELING by Magdev 2014-08-27T07:38:00

I never knew I wanted to be a noodle before, until now

yooneetay by sara 2014-08-27T04:09:00

I got on the hat! You have to jump from the tower of boxes, ignore that last trampoline.

Trappy Tomb by jimmypaulin 2014-08-27T00:28:00

Great game and the messages are hilarious.

Trappy Tomb by jimmypaulin 2014-08-27T04:03:00

Woohoo I beat it!

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

RELIC by CptDustmite 2015-04-22T21:18:00

That was great, I really enjoyed it.

Dino Bros by josefnpat 2015-04-22T19:41:00

Great writing and animation!

Miroir du Mort by graebor 2015-04-22T22:58:00

Awesome job! I beat the whole game, it's so much fun.

MV by Incredible Ape 2015-04-21T19:26:00

Fun and challenging. The levels are well designed but I wish there were more of them!

JOHN CENA'S WRESTLEQUEST 2015 by Kortuga 2015-04-21T02:49:00

I can't say I loved the gameplay, but that ending was incredible. Props for that. Nice use of the theme too!

Ice Story ( koori monogatari 氷物語 ) by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2015-04-23T03:16:00

I have a lot of trouble hitting Z+X at the same time. Besides that, this game is perfect! Very impressive.

Catcall Simulator 2015 by qapn 2015-04-23T03:43:00

Honking the horn kind of made me feel sick... which seems to have been the intention. Very well done.

Quiver of Claws by Bensonance 2015-04-22T22:14:00

This game is so much fun! It's really satisfying to freeze time and line up my shots so I can hit multiple targets at once.

Type Fighter by LandoSystems 2015-04-21T06:11:00

Fun game! I love the spell counter mechanic. Nice characters too.

A Windy Climb by sockfolder 2015-04-21T06:22:00

Pretty fun platformer. Wish there was some kind of checkpoint system.

Star Driller Ultra by Omiya Games 2015-04-23T15:06:00

Sweet graphics, cool music, fun gameplay! This game rocks!

respire by zillix 2015-04-21T03:41:00

Great atmosphere and really neat game mechanics. I enjoyed it a lot, nice work!

The Follower by Stending 2015-04-23T00:37:00

Nice atmosphere. Very charming.

Hitchhiker's Tales by Tangible Games 2015-04-23T18:16:00

It took a couple playthroughs for me to appreciate all the details that went into this game. Nice work!

Funky Knight by Fluffy Tigers in the Sky 2015-04-21T19:18:00

One of the most entertaining games I've played so far. Well done!

Your Opinion, Adventurer? by Ossi 2015-04-22T19:44:00

Good concept and the item descriptions are great.

Sam On Tape by fluidvolt 2015-04-22T21:38:00

AWESOME music and feel. I live in a walk-up too :(

New Grafflebog Colony by monika 2015-04-22T21:52:00

This game is so cool. I'm really impressed you were able to make all of this work.

New Grafflebog Colony by monika 2015-04-22T22:00:00

I want to plant more seeds but I can't bring myself to kill any plants to make space. Even if they are ugly and untie your shoelaces.

Skip-It Showdown by ALobker 2015-04-23T17:31:00

Clever idea and the skip-it controls well.

Burrito Socorrista‏ by Gipzo 2015-04-22T20:54:00

Nice effects and environments. I wish the special zombies started showing up earlier in the game.

Focus Locus by revx 2015-04-21T18:51:00

Neat game. I'm a fan of the live action cutscenes. I got stuck at the ijkl part though, I had some trouble figuring out how to effectlvely use the 2nd lens.

Where Is Your Gun Now, Mr. Chekhov? by Mike Mezhenin 2015-04-23T02:17:00

Very entertaining :)

Material Exchange by ianb96 2015-04-22T21:23:00

Really cool game! Just wish there were more puzzles.

Hippie Run by winmac32 2015-04-22T21:02:00

Funny voices and cool music.

Stoned Scarecrow by gillenew 2015-04-22T22:31:00

Really nice characters & animation. I like the upgrade options, but I wish the XP progression was faster.

The Neverending Fountain of Puke by Hjalte500 2015-04-23T01:10:00

Pretty gross. Nice job! Great graphics.

Dagobert by Jellyhard 2015-04-23T16:48:00

Cool puzzles, great art. Like others, I got a little frustrated with the aiming, but I beat the game anyway. The blue slug thing was my favorite, I wish we could have seen more of it. Nice job!

Crystalline by TheMeorch 2015-04-23T15:25:00

Great story, atmosphere, and puzzles. The ending was really cool. Nice job.

Powerman by Bandersnatch 2015-04-21T04:01:00

I laughed pretty hard after the final boss battle with Dr. Useless. Great humor in this game.

Pro tip for everyone: defeat Speedy Person first!

Def(Comic)Con by novadream 2015-04-22T19:08:00

Nice job, I like all the inventory items & spell effects. Hope you keep working on the game!

Sticks and Stones by samreid 2015-04-22T01:21:00

Really clever game. I'm on a phone right now so I appreciate the touch controls too. But I can't seem to be able to move on level 4

Color Nightmare by Arche-san 2015-04-22T17:01:00

Nice characters and gameplay.

Super SALT Helmet by DarkwindMedia 2015-04-22T21:32:00

Super cute, fun, and the polish is very impressive. Awesome job.

SNIFF by dyfer 2015-04-21T04:53:00

Great design, fun & interesting gameplay.

I found that you can go super fast by holding 2 movement keys (W+A or W+D). You can clear really big gaps this way... I got myself stuck in an area I wasn't supposed to have access to.

For M'lady by KcY 2015-04-22T20:35:00

Nice memes! The gameplay is actually pretty interesting. Fun, but can be very difficult.

Soul Linked by johanw123 2015-04-21T05:48:00

I was pretty confused for a bit on the first level, but the game played smoothly after I figured out the mechanics. Nice art and level design!

Celebrity Fart by lucien 2015-04-23T17:27:00

I actually laughed pretty hard. Thanks for reminding me how immature I am.

Dead Pixel by lebrokholic 2015-04-22T18:50:00

Hey do you have permission to use that music?

Thug Life by ChaosRound 2015-04-21T05:02:00

I never thought I'd see a videogame based on weed jesus. Hilarious!

Unconventional Stick Swinging Simulator by japtar 2015-04-22T19:34:00

Funny! I enjoyed it.

Taggit! by jfraser 2015-04-21T03:32:00

Man, the police chase you down even before you start tagging. They're just haters man.

Nice game :) I like the art, it's simple and clean.

Photo Fight! by garrisondarkwind 2015-04-21T04:29:00

Amazing graphics, environments, controls, gameplay, humor, everything! How do you do something like this in 72 hours...?

ScarKrow by Carduus 2015-04-23T17:28:00

I'm on a touchpad so I struggled a lot. But I pushed myself to beat the game because it's so awesome!

Minotaur by Wan 2015-04-23T17:49:00

One of the coolest games in LD32. If I had one suggestion, it would be to remove the back-track feature, I triggered it on accident a few times. Besides that I think this game is perfect!

Minotaur by Wan 2015-04-25T18:25:00

I found a bug, if you go to the bottom of the screen (where there aren't any more blocks) and hit spacebar, the game throws an exception and freezes up.

http://monosnap.com/image/6Pkxjajj8TqtjIyYdLxBltHrvjMv84.png

LD33 — You are the Monster

Primer by alvivar 2015-08-26T05:03:00

Really nice platformer. Cool style and controls.

I got stuck in the wall here though: http://i.imgur.com/ra8iOYm.png

Eat Sheep by ehtd 2015-08-27T01:52:00

Cool concept and really fun puzzles! The difficulty curve was very good. Wish there were more levels.

Pinball Rampage by thenmal 2015-08-27T01:59:00

This is great! I've never seen a pinball game in LD before.
The lighting was a bit too dark... but it made the explosions pretty satisfying. Great job!

(You are the) monster gaiden by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2015-08-26T04:29:00

The animations are sooo good. Would've loved to see more gameplay in there but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Takodemon by Split82 2015-08-26T02:48:00

This is so creative and beautiful...and difficult! Love it!

Galaxy Hop by AntonyBaasan 2015-08-26T01:16:00

Fun graphics and music! I didn't have a friend to play against, but it seems like it would be a good time. I remember playing a game like this with checkers pieces when I was younger.

Obamapology: Term 2 by El Cabaro 2015-08-27T03:15:00

This looks fun, any chance of a web or mac build?

Don't get caught in focus by local minimum 2015-09-15T00:21:00

This game is awesome. The concept is really funny and original. I love the newspaper clippings / website articles!

Clinical Trial by JayProg 2015-08-26T03:42:00

This is pretty great. The humor and weirdness is right up my alley. Couple suggestions though:

1. Is it possible to put a mouse cursor lock on the web version? It makes it really difficult to click on stuff..

2. I'd make the first watermelon-squishing section a lot shorter, I spent a long time in there (mostly because of issue #1) so I thought that was going to be the entire game... but I'm glad I didn't stop there!

Entropy by sprawl 2015-08-27T02:56:00

Really nice visual style and FX. The puzzles were really difficult for me, but it was satisfying when I finally beat the game.

P.S. the hud text has very low opacity on the web build... not sure if it's better on the windows build. I wasn't really able to read those notes at the bottom.

Delicious Cortex by deepnight 2015-08-26T01:57:00

Just awesome. I got stuck in Purgatory, but I appreciate the difficulty curve :)

Hero Mate by Lancelot Gao 2015-08-26T03:14:00

This is great! Cute, clean graphics and fun puzzles. I loved the final level :)

Flying Purple by pkenney 2015-08-27T01:09:00

It controlled really nicely and eating the enemies was fun. Only thing is I would have liked to have a penalty for hitting the ground -- the game was slightly too easy for me.

Osuldorb by danidre14 2015-08-27T01:17:00

Ha I love the note about making the intro during submission hour. We've all been there!

The platforming was fun once I got the hang of it... would have appreciated a checkpoint system though. Pretty good for 17 hours!

You Are What You Eat by Marjie62 2015-08-26T05:12:00

I love the audio responses. "Disgusting! Gross!"

Soup by JoshDBB 2015-08-26T03:01:00

Awesome style and the controls felt awesome. Had a lot of fun.

A Duel with the Devil by Resonious 2015-08-27T01:45:00

I thought it was way too simple at the start, but the gameplay got really interesting and fun at the end.

And then I took a look at the source code... wow. You programmed everything from scratch using straight SDL and a single main.cpp file. So sick!

Cruelty Free by dydx 2015-08-26T00:59:00

Thanks for the feedback! The item animation has been fixed.

We did record sound fx and vocals! Unfortunately I ran out of time and wasn't able to put them in the game in time. They will be in the post-jam version, coming soon!

Cruelty Free by dydx 2015-08-26T02:33:00

@Loutrattitude thanks for the heads up, we just added ZQSD and arrow key support. Although there aren't mobs in this game...

Cruelty Free by dydx 2015-08-26T02:58:00

@danidre14 Thanks! Did you try any of the other graphics settings?

A Quest of Flowers by Lord Draficus 2015-09-15T00:28:00

The mechanics could use some more work, but I really like the mood and character design.

You are the munchster! by Fanatrick 2015-08-28T01:44:00

Looks really impressive. Any chance of a mac or web build?

Grave by uheartbeast 2015-08-26T01:23:00

Great moment when the big guy comes around at level 4. Somehow I missed him in the screenshot above, so it was huge shock for me. Really fun, though I have no idea how I can get past that guy...

Spiritbound by LoHii 2015-09-15T00:37:00

Really great concept, I love seeing innovative mechanics like this.

If I had to give criticism, I would have preferred an input scheme with a free mouse cursor, rather than the mouse being tied to the ghost.

Trump Presents America® by uvwar 2015-08-26T04:37:00

Not sure if my keyboard inputs affected anything but I felt like a monster nonetheless. A+

Nightcrawler by Hjalte500 2015-08-26T03:45:00

This looks really interesting. Any chance you could provide a Mac port?

Nightcrawler by Hjalte500 2015-08-27T00:41:00

Hey thanks for putting a mac build up for me.. but it doesn't work :( It says:
The application "Nightcrawler.app" can't be opened.

DRUMSTER by SoulGame 2015-08-27T01:02:00

Really well executed! The drumming felt nice and the difficulty curve was perfect for anyone already familiar with guitar hero. Great length too - short and sweet.

DragonScriber by Twinters 2015-09-15T00:03:00

That was great! Really enjoyed the complexity of the knights' names in the later waves.

Petit Monstre by LeoM 2015-08-27T13:57:00

Hey, fellow UE4 developer! I'd be willing to build a mac version for you. Email me at christopherjkim@gmail.com

Petit Monstre by LeoM 2015-08-28T00:25:00

A great concept, executed nicely. Really cute art and sound.

I'd only suggest adding some way to turn down the graphics quality... it seems the gpu requirements are too high for many people.
I think that would be allowed under the "porting" rules, so you don't have to wait til the post-compo version.

Combover Monster Campaign Manager by andyman404 2015-08-26T04:49:00

Echoing a previous comment: "Feels surprisingly deep for what I thought would just be a comedy effort."

Tentacle Blockade by mahalis 2015-08-27T03:08:00

This is a fantastic entry. I love the concept, the ship descriptions, and the hilarious monster reminds me of Mr. Game & Watch's final smash in Super Smash Bros. Really great job.

Escape the Doom by m3games 2015-08-27T01:30:00

This was really difficult at first but I played through a couple times and got the hang of it. Interesting ending!

Mild Mannered Richard by DarkwindMedia 2015-08-26T05:41:00

The movement is so creative and executed perfectly. And the character/context is hilarious. Love it!

Monster Hunt by JK5000 2015-09-15T00:15:00

Agreed with the other commenters, you can tell there is a lot of ambition and potential here. I really like the concept of the game.

Mr. Legs by alex bergin 2015-08-28T01:31:00

Nice concept, really cute character. Very cool to see a game made with three.js and coffeescript :)

Hungry Friend by KerSplotchPolice 2015-08-27T03:41:00

Fun game! Like another commenter said, the super high jump is weird at first but it works. The hunger/morality mechanic is cool too.

I just love the animations... like how the dinosaur's eye smears during the bite animation. Reminds me of classic cartoons.

Excellent job and congrats on your first LD!

MonsterParty by 022pedro 2015-08-26T01:07:00

Really liked the character artwork and concept! Finding the right monster felt very very tricky though.

I'm Just a Squid by kalthose 2015-08-28T00:56:00

I got 55! The gameplay is super simple but I enjoyed the frenetic pace of it near the end.

WICKED SK8 by goet 2015-08-28T01:08:00

I laughed out loud at the vocals -- "Amazing as heck!"

Like others have said, the movement is pretty difficult, but I liked the style and the idea.

30 Seconds To Be The Monster by MartinFernandez 2015-08-26T04:54:00

Nice job on your first LD. My high score is 93 :)

Over your dead body by andreymust19 2015-08-29T00:58:00

Nice concept and level design. The WASD/mouse movement was a little off-putting at first but I got used to it.

p.s. I uploaded a win32 build of my game!

Sales of a Deathman by superfluous 2015-08-28T01:51:00

I like your take on the theme. Very funny, nicely done.

Clumsea by Loutrattitude 2015-08-27T00:54:00

Hey, I came here to let you know I added ZQSD support to my game.

Also, the Mac build of your game doesn't seem to work :(
Lemme know if you get it working!

All work and no play by wijnen 2015-08-28T03:06:00

I'm not too familiar with Python but I'm trying to get this to work. Any idea how to fix this issue:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./monster.py", line 329, in <module>
webgame.Game(main, cmd = {'quit': webgame.quit})
File "/Users/chris/Downloads/monster/webgame.py", line 369, in Game
server = websockets.RPChttpd(config['port'], Connection, tls = config['tls'], httpdirs = fhs.read_data('html', opened = False, multiple = True, dir = True))
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'RPChttpd'

I'm on mac and I'm using Python 3.4.3.

Hunger by jphelps 2015-08-26T05:26:00

Congrats on your first jam! The game plays smoothly and I like the random smiley faces as a contrast to the falling body parts.

I'd recommend renaming your links -- The swf can be played on any platform, it just has to be opened with a web browser.

LD37 — One room

The One Roomed House by keckles 2016-12-17T07:07:00

I had a lot of trouble manipulating the items, I couldn't beat it :/ Also, the text is pretty hard to see against the background

One Is Not Like The Others by OneManArmy 2016-12-17T07:16:00

I got to level 22! Fun and cute little game.

Pest Control by DoubtfulGames 2016-12-17T04:45:00

Pretty fun, I figured out that switching between weapons for different size enemies made it a lot more interesting :)

The Recursive Dollhouse by Omiya Games 2016-12-17T08:16:00

What an awesome game. It has a really cool game mechanic + the right kind of puzzles that explore everything you can do with it.

Space Pals by dydx 2016-12-15T10:54:00

@Sundr0 I just put up the win/linux builds!

@oddityoverseer Thanks for the feedback, I changed the narration to say "click" instead of "press", and I made the wheel a little slower.

Daedalight by Sundr0 2016-12-17T06:57:00

Super cool game, I loved the messages on the walls. But I think I accidentally got stuck outside the level somehow:
http://i.imgur.com/3Jeiakf.png

LD38 — A Small World

Mall World by dydx 2017-04-28T03:41:45Z

@TimTipGames, try talking to the old man to see what he has to say.

Mall World by dydx 2017-05-02T14:44:52Z

@RobotSoulsGames It's our 6th game, but the first we've done in this genre and this engine. See http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/dydx/ for our previous entries. Screenshots and description are coming soon!