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Year	LD	Theme			Game	Division	Rank	Ov	Fu	In	Th	Gr	Au	Hu	Mo	Co
2014	29	Beneath the Surface			Dr. Beat	compo	1079	2.59	2.50	2.84	2.26	2.51	3.34	2.33	2.35	67

Heaving of the Depths by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2014-05-05T19:57:00

Great sense of adventure in this game, felt like a seafarer.

Assume the bit after the toadfish was the end as it just went to a blue screen - I wanted more (a good thing right)!

I like the battle scenes, some lovely artwork there.

Six Clouds Above by Eniimal 2014-05-04T13:42:00

This looks really cool! Can't play because I'm on linux though :(

The Marvellous Sushimaker by TheMarvellousTeam 2014-05-03T15:44:00

Nice GFX: both art and special effects! I like the water.

Also the controls are really unique, an interestin sea faring experience.

Full Immersion by end3r 2014-05-03T15:39:00

Impressed that you made it work for mobiles too!

Quite hard and unforgiving when you do a reset as the mines come at you immediately, but those are minor tweaks for what is a solid foundation of a game.

Space flappy shrimp bubble ninja blob 2048 X-Alpha Turbo Edition by elpaulo 2014-05-03T15:36:00

Bit hard to play with my touch pad and arrow keys, maybe include wasd option as well for people using laptops.

But I did have fun! Was nice and frantic.

Sharks VS Jets Fingeance by NathanTurner 2014-05-03T15:32:00

A nice game mechanic.

It's fun to jump out of the water, like echo the dolphin but without the environmental message.

Maybe a bigger world would have been more fun, it felt very cramped, but I liked that the number of sharks in the school were your lives.

the adventure of a pregnant woman by gwa 2014-05-03T15:26:00

Hey I have the same problems with floors with my game using phaser. I used the Arcade physics, frustrating, I think I read it is something to do with needing to select a smaller gravity, but anyway I thought the game was fun and funny.

Pug vs. Nemo by Andrey 2014-05-03T15:22:00

Pretty fun game mechanics. I like the tennis match, sort of like the Link/Ganon battles in Ocarina of time.

Would have been nice to make the breathing bubbles look more different from the ones that you need to pick up.

Well done!

Soulitude by bitserum 2014-05-02T19:20:00

+ Pixels were lovely, reminded me of Another World (red head protagonist I guess, good for standing out in the world)

+ I'm usually sick of the "two worlds" thing in videogames, normally because the dark world is always dull and dreary, but I think the magical wilderness/modern city combo is nice as I wanted to explore both.

- Would like it to be clearer what to do and there could be more gameplay.

Anyway, well done :)

PORTHOLE by Ragzouken 2014-05-01T22:19:00

The experience was very scary, especially at the end.

The gameplay was good, I mean there was no objective other than go deeper into the next world bit, but I kind of like the not-everything-is-trying-to-kill-you vibe.

One thing I would say is the compass being outside the world distracts the player from the visual feast in the port hole, as I was looking at it more than the creatures. Perhaps some sort of audio compass, or in-world path could be more immersive.

Played it on Linux, so can confirm that worked! Although it seemed to freeze when I hit the screenshot button, but that may be because I'm on Arch Linux.

The God Beneath by iSamurai 2014-05-01T12:37:00

Hey this looks cool and I want to play but I'm on Linux :(

Tsunami Cruiser by bvanschooten 2014-05-01T12:33:00

Love love love love.

Played it both on web and android.

Controls

- On web the mouse and keyboard controls work well
- But the touch controls are a lot more fun! Really well done, I like the simplicity of being able to only move left/right but using the waves to take advantage of height.

Graphics

- Really good use of colour and shape. The bubbles are a really simple and beautiful way to separate the water/air.

Gameplay

- Like a battleship level for geometry wars!
- The enemy patterns are really fun, I like the guys who bob up and down from the surface, makes you battle on both fields.
- I think the simplification of torpedos/missiles into one is a good thing.

Well done you!

Wormhunter by Thorig 2014-05-01T09:22:00

Excellent use of colour and a nice art style in general.

Plus the sandstorm is a really nice touch that is done well.

Hot Diggity by DragonXVI 2014-04-29T20:56:00

Ho ho, this looks good. Wish I could play but I'm on Linux :(.

The Ice Pond by Vytheros 2014-04-29T20:48:00

Would it be possible for a linux version?

Five little Submarines by ziege 2014-04-28T23:14:00

I like the teenager submarine's hair do. Centre partings are timeless.

Water Hazard by Hemuuuli 2014-04-28T22:58:00

Works on Linux (arch linux 54 bit)!

Amazing. You guys have really recreated the beauty of a PS1 survival horror.

So much atmosphere. I love the awkward camera angles. Next time you can add door opening animations (jk).

Plus voice acting.

A really good entry, highly polished and stylized.

Ps. THE LOCK IS BUSTJED.

Infinite Dig Dug by jotson 2014-04-28T21:49:00

Fun fonts and tasteful graphics.

P.s. thanks for the game mechanics website, helped make my game (then I went and added some bugs on top).

Mermaid Scientist Massacre by pancakecity 2014-04-28T21:47:00

I especially like the intro graphics and tunes and then diving at the unethical scientists.

Bunker 29 by Rose 2014-04-28T18:55:00

Eek a tight balance. PRetty intense stuff.

Lounge Lord by pereubu 2014-04-28T18:02:00

Ooo a music game! Looks cool, wish I could play but I'm on Linux.

Arctic Antics by Miltage 2014-04-28T17:35:00

Beautiful graphics: the fin shadows under the ice and the reflection of the skater are some of the highlights.

Fun too, nice skating controls. Got 15 pages back!

BSoD by CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD 2014-04-28T16:51:00

Darkly humorous.

Good difficulty level increase and fun gameplay.

Beat the democracy into those heathens.

Falling by StrykerKKD 2014-04-28T16:45:00

Completed. Easter eggs, it all made sense ;) !

Hollow Planet by Akz- 2014-04-28T11:25:00

Woooo! That was F.U.N.

Great game mechanics. I completed it. Took me a while to figure out what I had to do on the third level. But was a lot of fun when I got it, made the whole thing more daredevilish. Great platform puzzler.

Ben is the Surf Ace by lessmilk 2014-04-28T10:51:00

Great animation with the wavy surfer dude arms.

What's Beneath? by Lerc 2014-04-28T10:43:00

Such cool graphics!

Don't know how you hooked the drawings up to the collision detection but it worked perfectly for me.

Cool particle effects as well.

Not sure if there was an objective in the game, but I found the sleeping dragon and dodged the licking tongues - which were both fun to do.

Drillin by DMajor 2014-04-28T10:34:00

On Linux the hit detection seems to be out, big drill kills me in seconds :(.

Cool soundtrack though.

Hellhole by bzizizi 2014-04-28T10:26:00

Love the little imp enemy dudes and the magic power/cooldown game mechanic.

HYPERHYDROSIS by Craig Smye 2014-04-28T10:21:00

Nice combo dive move. And he has some sass whilst walking.

Worm Simulator 2014: Ultimate Home Wrecker Edition by MarsBar 2014-04-28T10:13:00

Gargh! This game looks so good! Like Dune! Can't play it because I'm on linux though :(.

Larry The Fish by ztgz 2014-04-28T10:10:00

I scored 36!

I like the fact you eat bread. Fish love bread.

Someone needs to sort out whoever is polluting the ocean though.

The Day After by caryoscelus 2014-04-28T10:06:00

It's a long game!

I got the bed ending.

Great music. Made it seem quite surreal.

The player should definitely break up with Christy though, that girl is t.r.o.u.b.l.e.

Vinnie the Virus by vanZeben 2014-04-28T09:41:00

That was fun :-)

I like the idea of being cute and murder of a human at the cellular level.

I like to imagine we were inside the colon, is that disgusting?

Ben Eath The Surf Ace by mess110 2014-04-28T09:37:00

What is this maaaadness?

Stuck on waiting 15 seconds!!!

Then loaded again.

Then I fell for it.

Great title BTW.

The Alien Miner by MAT4DOR 2014-04-28T09:20:00

Eek dude, looks good, I want to play, but trying to play on linux 64 bit.

Got this error when I ran 'java -jar AlienMiner.jar'

com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.ResourceLoadException: Error loading sound from /jump.wav
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.<init>(Sound.java:42)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.init(Sound.java:22)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game.init(Game.java:110)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game.access$0(Game.java:106)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game$1.run(Game.java:100)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException: line with format PCM_SIGNED 44100.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported.
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectDL.implOpen(DirectAudioDevice.java:513)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.implOpen(DirectAudioDevice.java:1304)
at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractDataLine.open(AbstractDataLine.java:121)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.open(DirectAudioDevice.java:1085)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.open(DirectAudioDevice.java:1175)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.<init>(Sound.java:40)
... 5 more

Not your Average Mining Emulator by Ace 2014-04-28T09:11:00

I'm on Linux using the 64 bit version and getting a 3D playing card with a pineapple on it?

I AM CONFUSED.

Please Come Back by PapyPilgrim 2014-04-28T09:07:00

Like that advert! But terrifying in a much more surreal way.

Eskimo Run by locknic 2014-04-28T08:32:00

Pppppppepsi consultant!

Dddddouble theme!

Ttttwo levels in one?

Very cool. Would sponsor.

Mine Story by donan 2014-04-28T08:27:00

I like the title story bit, along with the music.

Jazzy.

Glassie by rincewind_cz 2014-04-28T08:23:00

The scariest time I've had being a ball.

Great use of lighting, helps add to the craziness when you are rotating manically as rocks fall down.

Cool soundtrack too, suits the mood.

Search Beneath the Surface by halfmage 2014-04-28T08:13:00

Scary trying not to drown!

Managed to complete it, was cool exploring the bottom of the lake.

P.S. Arrow key for swimming up didn't work, but WASD did.

Behind The Smile Face by Aomeas 2014-04-28T08:05:00

This is a brilliant interpretation of the theme and a lovely game too.

I think this is how conversation systems should be in RPGs, where you get to become more and more irritated by the person you are talking to.

Really well done, a great little song in the background and some funny dialogue. Played it for 10 minutes.

Upstream by Viza 2014-04-28T07:52:00

This got dastardly difficult after the first few happy levels :). Very fun puzzler.

GuppyShark by tanjent 2014-04-28T07:47:00

What's a guppy going to do with all those beach balls. Or does it have a sinister motive to strip the beach goers of their beach balls and stop them having fun. Are the sharks the good guys here?

Maybe I read into it too much :)

Minor Incidents by dartsdev 2014-04-28T07:41:00

That music made the it intense. Then I died. :(

Very dramatic mood.

Head First! by plugz 2014-04-28T07:31:00

Didn't know what I was doing, but I had fun.

The Sadness of Rocky Barbato by PaperBlurt 2014-04-28T07:23:00

I digged the narrative and the poetry. What a lovely character too.

Great SMS scene.

You've got a "hear" instead of a "here" in there, but that is me just being a smelly spelly.

A boy and his Hellworm by orangepascal 2014-04-28T06:55:00

Very cool attack patterns, with the hell worm bursting up.

I liked combo jumping on the hatchlings.

I too had artifacts on the left of the screen, but didn't stop me having fun.

Nith the Surface by Cognizant Game Studios 2014-04-28T06:49:00

Lol, would be good to have a message saying you're at the end of the game when you get to the gate. Thought I had been killed by a burning ring of hot magma.

I like the feather in the players hat, and the fact that (I think) you can only attack to the right, made the battle with the first bunch of bats fun!

Played on Linux.

Captain John's Buried Treasures by martijn 2014-04-28T06:41:00

On Linux so can't play. But I like the character art! :)

Skull Mountain by 8BitPimp 2014-04-27T22:11:00

Cooooool weather FX.

Lightning spawn is a splendid idea.

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