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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
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| 2025 | 58 | Collector | ๐ฅ | BIN CHICKEN | jam | 387 | 3.52 | 3.76 | 3.58 | 4.18 | 3.82 | 3.52 | 3.50 | 3.52 | |
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | ๐ฅ | Diva Descent | jam | 234 | 3.80 | 3.98 | 3.03 | 4.03 | 4.18 | 3.93 | 3.00 | 3.47 | |
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | ๐ฅ | Insecticide Express | jam | 495 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 2.58 | 3.63 | 3.73 | 3.65 | 2.21 | 3.06 | |
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | ๐ฅ | Combine and Conquer | jam | 3.38 | 3.13 | 3.38 | 3.13 | 3.25 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 2.75 | ||
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | ๐ฅ | TOOT TOOT | jam | 406 | 3.68 | 3.60 | 3.79 | 2.88 | 3.86 | 3.76 | 3.65 | ||
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | ๐ฅ | ESCAPE VELOCITY | jam | 313 | 3.83 | 3.80 | 3.67 | 3.98 | 4.04 | 3.80 | 2.91 | 3.83 | |
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | ๐ฅ | Fight of the Bumblebee | jam | 266 | 3.90 | 3.81 | 3.72 | 3.81 | 4.25 | 3.48 | 3.48 | 3.81 | |
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | ๐ฅ | HELLEVATORS | jam | 1198 | 3.35 | 3.13 | 3.93 | 3.08 | 3.40 | 3.34 | 3.15 | 2.83 | |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | ๐ฅ | City Loop | jam | 64 | 4.20 | 4.09 | 3.84 | 4.48 | 3.55 | 3.57 | 2.66 | 3.44 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | ๐ฅ | Snip Snap | jam | 109 | 4.14 | 4.34 | 4.07 | 4.30 | 4.18 | 3.64 | 3.88 | 3.58 | |
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | ๐ฅ | UNPROTECTED HEX | jam | 119 | 3.98 | 4.17 | 3.69 | 3.93 | 3.52 | 2.47 | 2.97 | ||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | ๐ฅ | Bread | jam | 734 | 3.26 | 3.03 | 3.21 | 3.16 | 3.32 | 3.00 | 3.55 | 3.44 | |
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | ๐ฅ | SATANIC PANIC | jam | 232 | 3.76 | 3.68 | 3.57 | 4.19 | 3.82 | 3.37 | 3.13 | 3.46 |
Earlybard leaves an average of 8.9 feedback comments each event.
What a great game! The art, music and vibes are 10/10. I fumbled through trial-and-erroring the first few recipes until I realised there was a menu... But I don't think that's a bad thing!
Great fun and loved the mood. Good work!
Wow, so much level design must have gone into this. Amazing game for a weekend jam - I had a blast!
So much fun! 125 years! Love the score-chasing aspect of a very chill game. Great work.
I love the top-down "3D" and naturally the legs. I found it hard to direct the ball... But I think I'm just bad. Great game!
Really cool! Great idea, story, art, music, you name it. I just wish there was more so you could have expanded on the gameplay!
So cute and so relaxing! The musical notes from different objects were a great touch. I was hoping for some gameplay challenge but it was a wholesome experience as is.
What incredible execution. I could explore this space for hours and will definitely check back in in a couple of weeks. Thank you!
Rank A! Absolutely inspired game, where do I sign up for the sequel?
Such a cool game but too hard for me! I went into the options looking for a no-fail mode...
I'll check back in later because I really want to see how this wraps up :)
Felt great to pick up and play. The shading is really nice and I am a big fan of the Earth being pushed back by the rockets!
Amazing humour and nostalgia. 5/5 easily my favourite entry <3
Really cool take on the theme, simple but rewarding gameplay to keep everything in balance. Nice work!
Excellent use of the theme. I had a lot of fun playing, and the amount of effort that clearly went into this is astronomical! I had a bit of brain meltdown with the controls but I got the hang of things.
This game is OOZING with style. I love it. The hectic gameplay suits well and you've obviously poured a lot of effort into it.
I didn't know what I was doing for a couple of attempts, but I got the hang of it eventually and I don't think that's a bad thing.
Fun, hard game. Cool art style!
I had some trouble with the controls, UI labels would have helped - or maybe a short path indicator? I spent a fair chunk of time on the first level experimenting until I had it down but I enjoyed doing it ^^.
Fantastic game. Great work executing a simple concept so well!
One of the best concepts I've seen from this jam, super unique. Great work!
Fully agreed with @Firebelley - the ground controls had me worried but the grappling completely changes the game. Feels fantastic once you get going!
Love the concept, great to just go with the flow without struggling to complete an objective. Great work!
Fantastic idea. I love the simple concept that nails the theme. Great work!
Lovely game! The soundtrack was great and your use of the theme is superb.
This music is BANGING!
Only thing I'd change is the movement physics, they're pretty sluggish and floaty!
Overall great game and great use of the theme :)
Feels really polished, very impressive! I would have liked some modifiers that change things up even more, and I had some glitches post-dying where I'd retain state of slipping/falling. Overall great work.
Love the game - 10/10 animations and voice acting, also greatly appreciate the in-game tutorial.
With some more complex operations this'd get really addictive. Great job!
Incredible job for a jam game - having this many well designed levels in time is commendable and it fits the theme perfectly!
Beautiful entry. I would have liked less downtime between each round, and also struggled with diagonal inputs. Great job!
Amazing entry, had a lot of fun playing it.
I particularly love the 2-bit style, the palette swapping, soundtrack, and level design. Really impressive!
Main issue I had was a lack of feedback when hitting enemies. It felt like my weapons were wet noodles!
Otherwise, a great entry with absolutely 10/10 art. Good job!
Amazing entry, I had a lot of fun playing! Luckily I had no problems pressing all 5 keys.
The filter on the visuals and the BGM are both really nice and fit the mood.
Round 2: Two hands!!
Very impressive entry with a huge amount of polish. The art of screen shake is strong within you!
- BGM is funky and appropriate. - Different enemy types are interesting. - Having to spam click to shoot can get tiring, I would have preferred being able to hold-to-shoot. - Maybe explore allowing the player to keep their current weapon and not have to make a sacrifice. As long as eventually their starting weapon isn't good enough!
My favourite game so far. Kudos.
Great concept to build up a sea of corpses that help beating the level! I would love to see levels that require some deaths from the start and then grade you based on # of deaths.
The movement could do with some tweaking, it is a bit slow and clunky in its current iteration.
Good job!
Great game and a good use of the theme! The moment you kill your first enemy is mind blowing.
Really clever use of the theme. As @mike-mihe said, designing levels that are still beatable would have been painful!
The graphics are also really nice. Good work!
Very nice use of the theme, sharing life as your one resource for attacking is neat!
I think it could do with some feedback when an enemy is hit by an attack. Especially with the melee weapon I didn't know if I was doing any damage.
And as @slashee-the-cow said, having to run an installer is a big put-off. I nearly didn't play your game at all!
Awesome work! The mood was particularly on point, along with Moloch's model.
Only criticism is I would have liked some instant feedback after each choice on the impact it made to the world rather than moving on straight away.
Control scheme was a bit overwhelming but swapping between the three guys was a blast ;). Good job!
Love the music. Keeping track of citizens + resources/upgrades keeps things interesting. Great work!
I like the concept of always having to sacrifice something! Reminds me of the hard choices in FTL.
- I was confused at first about what I was meant to be doing - some tutorial messages would have been handy. - I would have liked more clarity regarding what each choice meant so I could make an informed decision. - The font was hard to read. - The music was great!
Cool game that nails the theme! Some comments:
- There is often downtime. I was wishing I could actively build followers rather than just waiting. - It's hard to find where your followers are, especially if they're behind something. - I like the lava swamping the level as the game goes on. This could be accelerated greatly with mechanics introduced to combat it. - Music and SFX! Anything is better than nothing.
LD58 — Collector (11)
Human Collector by The1 2025-10-07T11:11:58Z ♥ 1
Great entry! Especially like the music :) I was a bit confused about what the power-ups did initially.
Star Collector by boddiul 2025-10-07T11:09:13Z ♥ 0
Beautiful game, amazing that you turned this around in 3 hours. I like jumping to intercept stars and wish there was more reward for it!
Bone Collector by Antti Haavikko 2025-10-07T11:04:11Z ♥ 0
Amazing concept with the dice and love your style! With some gameplay polish this concept could go far :)
Wizard of toilets by BadPiggy 2025-10-07T10:36:25Z ♥ 1
The game feel, the music!! This is so good and so unique. Amazing submission. I would play the heck out of an expanded version of this.
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Planet Extraction by Aviv Levy 2025-10-07T10:25:47Z ♥ 1
Amazing art and game feel. Could have used some more upgrades as I went to keep me engaged on the way to the HQ. Awesome foundation though!
Plant Pack by filgreen3 2025-10-07T06:56:00Z ♥ 1
Amazing mood, vibes, visuals. Nice!!
Call Hector by Pikario 2025-10-07T06:50:08Z ♥ 4
Incredible concept and execution. Collecting each piece and plugging in the final answer was a joy.
RunicForce by quasilyte 2025-10-07T06:28:32Z ♥ 1
Building different units from ingredients is so unique, nice work, love it!
Idle Badger by lectvs 2025-10-07T06:24:20Z ♥ 1
So much fun! Got excited when it "broke" for the first time and I got a second computer. I'd love to see this concept expanded on more.
Ashveil by FunBanan 2025-10-07T06:11:06Z ♥ 2
Incredibly unique take on Minesweeper - love it! Very satisfying uncovering the map and powering up.
As I got the hang of it I wanted the movement and actions to be faster/snappier so that I could blaze through the level :)
GHARK - Soul Collector by yaz_protzz 2025-10-07T06:03:36Z ♥ 0
Love the mood and the art style - insanely high quality!
As others have mentioned some small QoL fixes would be great additions: - Clicking vs. pushing hotkey discrepancies - Bottoms of cards being cut off - Highlight what actions are enabled/allowed at any given time