Keeper of the Flame by nickavv 2020-04-21T21:34:47Z
Great game! Love the retro feel, love the music, love the concept. Very polished with some great level designs.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Elbapotsnugg
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | Signal | 👥 | Air Traffic Chaos!! | jam | 844 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 2.61 | 2.88 | 2.43 | 2.86 | 2.47 | |
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Dig It! | jam | 1486 | 3.17 | 3.39 | 2.71 | 3.95 | 2.63 | 2.86 | 2.11 | 2.78 |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | The Brave Little Hamster | compo | 381 | 3.29 | 3.25 | 2.93 | 3.47 | 3.56 | 3.29 | 3.59 | 3.50 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Keeper of the Flame | compo | 1008 | 2.77 | 2.50 | 2.37 | 3.47 | 3.08 | 1.60 | 3.06 |
Great game! Love the retro feel, love the music, love the concept. Very polished with some great level designs.
Love the concept and the music! I'm so bad with puzzle games, but even if I don't hit the objective, its still fun to see the flowers overtake the entire screen
Great concept - the physics on the food added a neat extra touch of difficulty. The food buying seemed a little weird and buggy in my play through. Adding in some time based rot and nutrient decay could be a fun way to ramp up the difficulty. Just a thought. Fun game overall!
Amazing game. This one is a winner! Getting that old school lemmings vibe with a fresh puzzle mechanic. Bravo!
Love the music and the artwork! The controls seem to stick a little bit when moving in a direction. Enjoyed how the island gets progressively move vibrant!
I like it. The game gets as hectic as that job must be. I think the pawn could use a little more clarity to when it needs to be moved. Damn Alaska keeps flying under my radar.
Very nice concept. Love the retro feel. Made it to level 9
Love the music and the ambiance. The artwork and the storybook theme really tie it all together.
Amazing entry. Very humorous (voice acting had me cracking up every time). Flight is smooth and physics felt good. Great fun!
Very polished - love the design and the humor. Particularly liked the SFX and the transitions when the new wave of bandits spawn in. Great job!
@madbookstudios Thanks so much! This was my first time doing pixel art (or really any art in a serious fashion), so I'm ecstatic that you enjoyed it
@itsonrandom Thanks so much! Appreciate the feedback! Great note on the sfx. Unfortunately a casualty of timing. This was my first solo jam and I really learned how quick 48 hours really is
@douwe-ravers The enemies only spawn at night. They move pretty slowly and are very dark, so they might blend into the background a little bit. Some enemies fly above your head as well!
@chocolat-endive Thanks so much, appreciate that feedback! Definitely agree!
@peto184 Thank you so much. Appreciate all the feedback! All good points. Player feedback (SFX or other) is an area I won't take lightly next jam
@1257th-or-nothing Thanks so much for the feedback! Both great points. The background gave me a lot of trouble. Pixel art is something I'll have to practice before the next jam.
Very nice game overall! Music is great and fits the theme of the game well. I ran into a few bugs (i think), where after digging up one grave, a few other graves magically open as well.
Love the concept - very relevant! Maybe add some sort of despawn to the dead bodies as they start to fill the screen as the game goes on.
Very nice! I think the movement could stand to be slowed down a touch & maybe increase the contrast between the target boats and the other boats.
Super clever idea! I think we've all been there and you captured the anxiety of the moment. Some of the UI elements got scaled strangely on the web versions and are cut off the page. Great job!
Love it! Good music and sounds, great intro, like the art style. Very polished. Overall great entry!~
Very interesting concept! The keyboard input wasn't working the first few tries, but it worked after restarting the game
Wow great concept, execution and polish! Loving the style and it fits the theme super well! I got a bug on the first level where I went off the rails. Reloading fixed it though. Great game!
Great concept and love the style! Like others have mentioned, the colliders tend to break and you're able to fly over the fences. On level 1 my cow flew off the edge of the screen.
Great adventure game and uses the theme well! Love the art style and story.
@rex64 Thank you! That was my main inspiration for this game. The hamster is powered by naps, but thought the best way to express it was with a battery lol
@hijomo Oh no, sorry to hear that! I had some other people run into the same issue. Were you playing on the standalone or the web player?
Would love to see what you had planned with this little guy! Like the art on the hamster and the wheel.
Super fun! Definitely a winner! Love the style and like rollercoaster tycoon, much more fun to send the passengers flying!
@marat @3dflow @mira @mariszin @eugenik Thank you all for the kind feedback! Glad you enjoyed it!
@nick-howard @arthur-mairs A mobile game is a really great idea. Maybe this is something we can do post-jam. Thank you for that feedback on the UI - it always ends up being a bit of a problem. Something for me to focus on for the next jam!
@astalavistich Sorry for the audio bugs. I think this is a bug with the WegGL player - I'll have to do some research on how to fix it as an update. Appreciate the feedback!
@haardy @doot Thank you both for the feedback! The turning speed was a bit of a design problem we went back and forth on for a while - ultimately it got shipped due to the time. The speed and boosts (which we thought felt pretty cool) made the steering very difficult to work with. Some ideas we had included adding a radar (time casualty), or just a warning indicator. We elected to go with it as is and treat it more of like a reverse to games like toss the turtle.
Great suggestion on the looping trick! We toyed with the idea but ultimately cut it due to time with how it interacted with the camera. I agree this would be a much more satisfying bounding method - something we possibly should have gone with from the get-go
@vanleiden That is a fantastic idea! I'll have to play with that on a post-jam version. Thank you for the feedback!
404 as well :(
Don't see any way to play the game :(
Live the vibe & aesthetic - and very strong use of the theme! Messed up the first puzzle because i couldn't see where i was aiming - a reticle would help a lot. Great job overall!
I think there is something here for sure - I don't think I'm a good enough to make anything sound good, but it was super fun to play around with. Had a blast though.
@khaotom o no, that wasn't supposed to happen D: Looks like we had a bug but was able to fix it. Appreciate the feedback!
@gamesplusjames Valid point. We put in a memo on the desk to give an overview of the instructions, but alas ran out of time before we could point the player to read them. Such is that game jam life i suppose =\ Appreciate the feedback!
Love the art style! The ambiance feels great. I see the vision on the signal tie in, but wasn't getting it too much in game. I'ma keep my eye on this one - I can definitely see this one taking off and being a big hit. Great job!
Not seeing the game :(
Great concept and very snappy gameplay. Took me a bit to get the controls (unfortunately don't have a controller). I'm not really getting the tie-in to the theme, but great game nonetheless
Takes me back to the classic clicker games of flash days. Love the artwork. I wasn't getting a ton of the theme, but fantastic game nonetheless
I'ma be real - i need some more tutorial or something. I ran around for a bit trying to figure out what I was supposed to be doing. I liked the art style and the ambiance
Like other said, cant play :(
Still 404 :(
Fun game, took a playthrough to understand the core loop. The frogs move a bit too fast, and could be useful to have the vehicle selection loop when you reach one end or the other. But overall great job!
What a cute game and great little platformer. Loved the incorporation of the theme through sounds. Fantastic entry
This was great. The sound effects had me rolling. Love the concept. Maybe could use a direction hint functionality - I walked around on wave 6 and couldn't get any signal on the bar no matter what direction i was walking
What a fantastic concept and game. Great job!
404 :(
Cant get the game to launch :(