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Eric Smith

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202148Deeper and deeper👥To the Corejam8253.563.403.114.173.413.233.253.38
201944Your life is currency👥Lifeforms In Spacejam3423.633.503.123.063.733.712.833.51
201843Sacrifices must be made👥Fire Sweptjam4873.453.063.583.233.583.481.002.50
201842Running out of spaceForkin' It Upcompo1483.723.613.583.683.923.403.013.18

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Comments by Eric Smith

LD42 — Running out of space

Rainforest by SimoGecko 2018-08-16T22:33:00Z

:star::star::star::star::star: Well done. I really liked the atmosphere and the theme. Although I found it a bit hard to click the boxes, it was all otherwise great! :clap:

Forky by Nolic0321 2018-08-14T17:07:41Z

Cool little game. Once I got the shipping truck full, it took off with me still on it and I fell into oblivion and could not continue playing the game.

Dear Leader's Diet Plan by Historymaker118 2018-08-16T18:26:37Z

hahah loved it! I was constantly stabbing the space bar and rarely rotating the room and was able to lead the beloved leader back to his benevolent self. Good job! :clap:

Roops by Lipsch 2018-08-17T05:42:02Z

Well done! Very addicting. Gets really hard! :star::star::star::star::star: :clap:

Dirty Duty by grahhhhhhhhh 2018-08-16T22:49:44Z

Well done! Reminds me so much of my dogs when they were pups.

Data Runner (LD42-Jammer Edition) by acronaut 2018-08-17T05:02:17Z

Wow... trippy. I had no idea you could do this kinda stuff in Blender. Amazing. :star::star::star::star::star: :clap:

Bunny Bazooka by MZA 2018-08-15T17:34:27Z

First time I ran it, nothing was happening. Nothing was spawning. Refreshed and then I had things coming at me. Very unique idea. Good job.

Bus Stop Blast by NotSpaghettiGames 2018-08-15T04:53:43Z

haha very cool little game. I like the destructible environment. It took my a bit to figure out that I needed to take them to the school but I prevailed. Good job! :clap: Check out mine.

Camp Snuggle by Scott Steffes 2018-08-20T00:47:58Z

:star::star::star::star::star:

Forkin' It Up by Eric Smith 2018-08-14T17:25:32Z

Thanks @nolic0321! I've been improving some of those quirks. I rearranged the warehouse to make it easier to get around.

Forkin' It Up by Eric Smith 2018-08-16T06:06:53Z

It already has it. The + and - keys.

Forkin' It Up by Eric Smith 2018-08-17T04:50:10Z

You have to clear out the warehouse by matching and shipping.

Forkin' It Up by Eric Smith 2018-08-19T01:08:35Z

Oh wow nice job dude!

Forkin' It Up by Eric Smith 2018-09-03T03:20:07Z

@acronaut Thanks for the great review! I like most of your ideas and some of those ideas I have thought of. Like matching pallet types for instance. I've already started to take it to the next level but Im going to wait until the voting period ends to see where Im going with it.

Moxie by Pohko 2018-08-17T05:22:57Z

I liked it. A bit frustrating at first but then it got a bit easier... but not much. GJ!

Flood Of Pirates by Stefan Jovanovic 2018-08-14T16:57:15Z

Neat little game! It was hard to tell if I was doing any damage. It was more of like running around hacking wildly. The most I made was round 3.

Dogs on the Bed by Sharky3188 2018-08-16T06:09:49Z

I didn't actually play it, I watched YourBr0ther play it on twitch. I really liked it. Very unique idea and fit the theme really well. And I love doggos. :) Well done :clap:

Laser Racer by Kappinski 2018-08-16T06:14:38Z

Very nice. I love the atmosphere. Reminded me a lot of Tron. Good premise in a game. Pretty frustrating getting to those last blocks and sliding off. I'm ashamed to admit it... but I rage quit. lol Well done! :clap:

LD43 — Sacrifices must be made

Rogues Like Beer by NickZangus 2018-12-08T20:25:54Z

Loved every second of it! Nicely done! :clap:

Slime Laboratory by Jimbly 2018-12-15T01:28:01Z

I was highly satiated by this game! I played for quite a while. I think you have something here! Although I could not figure out how to earn GP and my bottles were full on the bottom and only had one slime left. I couldn't figure out where to go next. But still well done! :clap: EDIT: I figured it out. :)

Pyrrhic Victory by Kroute 2018-12-04T22:16:09Z

Music was great, art was fantastic. Great game! Took me a while off the bat to figure out what to do. Having no credit to upgrade or activate was a real pisser. :) Well done! :clap:

Absalom And The Golden Mullet by DBONGames 2018-12-08T05:42:43Z

Very nice little game. Pretty unique idea. I loved the music, very subtle and casual. The bloom was a bit too high and it was giving me a headache on top of the darkness. On the second level when you go into hack mode and then click the yellow node, you get a message saying "Not a power source" and if at that time you leave hack mode, that message remains. It was then I wasted 5 minutes wondering why everything I hovered over was saying not a power source. :) Good job! :clap:

Wildfire: Forest Containment by candlesan 2018-12-04T23:16:16Z

@eric-smith

Wildfire: Forest Containment by candlesan 2018-12-04T23:57:05Z

@pandan I was broadcasting my development all weekend on Twitch so I'm not sure if it was a coincidence but cool none the less.

Wildfire: Forest Containment by candlesan 2018-12-05T02:00:55Z

@candlesan You know whats even more scary is that I was calling it Wild Fire in the beginning.

An Fhicheall Mhór (Grand Chess) by Artur Hawkwing 2018-12-05T04:47:32Z

Can we please get a HTML5 build? People are too lazy to download and install. Namely me. :)

Of Gods And Rain by Zinkler 2018-12-12T00:13:02Z

Wow this was definitely a fun little game! Well done. I would like to see this one mature. :clap:

Omitl by Rkuhl 2018-12-11T02:41:57Z

Interesting concept. I love ancient civilization history stuff! I think it twould have been better to just have skeletons spawn in in waves. Nice job! :clap:

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-03T23:56:17Z

@adrien-dittrick It's ready!

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-04T06:14:43Z

@kambing Thanks for the review! I wanted it to be real-time and not turn based. The axe men remove foliage to create fire breaks (dead zones), the hose guys dowse fire and prevent it from spreading, the engine provides water to the hose guys. The heli does the same as the hose guys but in a large radius and with more effectiveness. The police cars were added to do the whole evacuation thing but I thought that managing that PLUS trying to battle fires was too hard to play. So I changed it to a fire chief unit that gives the units effectiveness bonus for being in range. Had I more time I would have added a description or tooltip for each unit to describe its job.

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-04T20:28:16Z

@kszaku Thanks for the feedback! If your units are in a fire tile, they run the risk of getting trapped and destroyed.

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-04T21:51:10Z

@kroute Thanks for the feedback! The small dot on each unit indicates their current task. White=Idle, Green=Moving, Blue=Working.

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-05T18:24:35Z

@antt5053 Thanks! It was fun having you there. Just rated your game. :v:

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-11T23:25:53Z

@rytannic Hmm... that's a weird one. Glad you liked the game!

Fire Swept by Eric Smith 2018-12-12T23:27:20Z

Thanks for the review @bificommander! Yea I know there are still some balancing issues. The game is however only 6 days old. :) The logic that determines when A fire should break out needs to be refactored a bit. And I'm not sure how to keep the logic and still not have you go into the hole right off the bat. One method could be through scenarios and challenges I'm thinking. I too feel that the hose radius is too small and plan on widening it. Fire is of course, unpredictable and it will jump from time to time. As for waiting for a fire to burn out, yea I know, and it was suggested having a time scale control to zoom through that. Or if you have some response companies you can have them put them out to earn extra cash. Wrongful death claims now only occur when a civilian dies in a fire and there IS a chief nearby.

Trench by VIBROMATIC 2018-12-04T19:31:22Z

Very cool game! I really like the premise and WWI is a not to all the time remembered war as compared to WWII. The only thing I immediately noticed were the tanks. Tanks in WWI didnt come about until the later years and they were gigantic heaps of metal that moved very slowly. Oh well. Still fun. :clap:

Altar by Elnu 2018-12-06T03:38:45Z

Fun little game here! I managed to kill all the spiders. Once I figured out that you just had to grab mushrooms, I was thinking "not enough mushrooms!' Then I figured out that they are actually in abundance. Finding the alters was really tough. Maybe a mini-map would help? It wasn't until the end I figured out that I could carry multiple spiders and once and I had no idea if certain spiders only fit in certain alters? Anyway, well done! :clap:

Altar by Elnu 2018-12-06T03:51:20Z

@mertios I did not see a win screen. I was wondering about that. I killed all the spiders, filled all the alters and nothing happened so I just quit out.

God's Thirst by Vlad Ilisan 2018-12-12T00:05:09Z

Nice little game. Had a hard time picking them up when directly over them for some reason. Otherwise, pretty solid! :clap:

Gorth by Gamers Blood Entertainment 2018-12-04T20:06:28Z

Very nice first entry.

Follow the Leader by CraftLord 2018-12-04T21:46:25Z

Moving was kind of sluggish. Maybe it was the collider was too wide? Regardless, good game!

PeonCraft - Sacrificed by Kornel Meszaros 2018-12-04T01:55:58Z

Nice. I'm also a fan of the Synty Studios POLYGON character/environment packs! I own 4 of them.

PeonCraft - Sacrificed by Kornel Meszaros 2018-12-11T00:35:14Z

Really fun premise. After a bit playing it I was able to figure out what to do. I thought I was supposed to go to the green circle, (still don't know of I was supposed to) but then I realized that it's actually the player gods clicking stuff? I loved that! I really felt like I was on the playing field. Also, to avoid your ragdolls from breaking apart when you die, which is really annoying, either lower the force applied to it, uncheck Enable Preprocessing and/or enable projection on the Joints using either ConfigurableJoint.projectionMode or CharacterJoint.enableProjection all on the ragdolls joints. (https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/RagdollStability.html)

Deadly Sales by BananaMellow 2018-12-04T19:19:41Z

Pretty fun! I couldn't tell if I was supposed to move over to the xbox or the ps4 but then I couldnt move so I guessed that they were just stationary. After I shot everybody, they quit coming out. Didn't know what to do from there. The music was great but too dominant. Maybe down the volume on it's audiosource to like 0.3? great entry. :clap:

LD44 — Your life is currency

Almost free by Listonos 2019-05-02T17:08:09Z

Easy game to play, hard game to master! The WSAD and X to attack was awkward. Overall good job you guys! :clap:

SubMoney by hbocao 2019-04-30T17:25:50Z

Hey there. Really loved the premise of the game. Although I've never been good at games like this, I still had fun! :clap_tone1:

Play and rate mine! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeforms-in-space

Curiosity by cakemonitor 2019-05-02T17:15:45Z

Good game overall. I like how you have to get killed in order to progress. I couldnt figure out what the yellow blocks were or what to do with them. I later found out they were cheese but I still didnt know what to do with them. More obvious indicators of where it does etc would be helpful. Nice job! :clap:

Dead Frog Tell No Tales by pixelstuff 2019-04-30T17:51:39Z

Wow what a great game! The art style was really good and the music it sufficiently casual. When you fail the Menu button doesnt seem to work. Nice job! :clap:

Plaz play and rate mine. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeforms-in-space

Library of Madness by ectucker1 2019-05-06T03:58:36Z

The controls were hard to get used to at first but wow the art and music are amazing! I was thankful for the little hints to tell me what keys to press. Good job you guys! :clap::clap::clap:

Life Merchant by Webox 2019-05-06T04:06:22Z

neat little puzzle adventure!

Necroxeon by Lyrcaxis 2019-04-30T17:42:29Z

Very impressive! I really liked the music. The fire stream would not hit the enemies most of the time and I couldnt figure out how to keep my life from draining even though I was raising dead. Good job you guys!

Plz play and rate mine. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeforms-in-space

S.A.S.S. by mcovert 2019-05-02T17:29:04Z

great little game! Reminded me of the old Atari days and Starfox! The mouse control was really sensitive. Perhaps adding some delta time or lerp would work well. Nice job guys! :clap:

Life is Money by Mykola 2019-04-30T17:33:14Z

Took me a bit to figure out how the game worked but then when I got fat and stuff was dropping like crazy, it was a rush! Nicely done!

Play and rate mine plz. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeforms-in-space

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-02T07:08:45Z

@mcovert You can only have 3 fleets at the moment. The strategy is to not lose them or merge them. Another strategy for a weak fleet would fly though a nebula on the way to a planet. At the moment the enemy is on a timed turn cycle per turn. And no, they dont do anything currently. I didnt have time to do it for the jam but I will be doing it post jam.

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-05T00:09:16Z

@lyrcaxis Lifeforms are the currency...

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-05T02:22:19Z

@lyrcaxis I thought this theme was terrible. I wont deny it. It wasnt really a theme, it was an IDEA from a theme. Like to me the theme should have been Life or Currency or even Life is Currency. But YOUR life is currency? :x: But in all fairness, YOUR LIFEFORMS ARE CURRENCY! :)

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-07T03:15:38Z

@cheesepencil You only get three fleets. That is the strategy of the game.

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-07T19:55:49Z

@paul59 Honestly, I don't know. That's up to you. In reality, I just do it for fun and could care less about winning. And I want others to have fun too. So if adding more hours post jam to make it fun, then what the hell. What ISN'T fun is having angry trolls lashing out in forums. :) And I'm just here for the fun.

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-15T04:53:55Z

@jimbly In the beginning, the game was a lot harder. I dumbed it down for the benefit of the jam so that people could get through the whole game.

Lifeforms In Space by Eric Smith 2019-05-19T14:29:12Z

@peterfonts It looks like you conquered all the planets but they are not colonized. There will be a blue atmosphere around the planet when you place 100 lifeforms on them. Only when they are all colonized will you win the game.

The Colosseum by Benjamin123 2019-05-11T04:55:37Z

All the links were broken for me.

MoneyBag by Lexyvil 2019-05-09T23:16:33Z

Nice little game there! Very challenging and fast enough to keep you enthused. :clap:

[Don't] Insert Coin by Danilo Freire 2019-04-30T18:00:46Z

Great little game here! The graphics were good and the music sufficiently gamey. :) The controls were a bit hard to work and had a tough time pushing coins away but over all the idea is very cool. I like how you worked in the theme with spending your life being a coin shover. :clap:

Dragon's Den by LittleW00D 2019-05-04T05:02:14Z

Neat game. I like the gold piles in the center. You should make the gems look like bags of gold like they are carrying away bags of gold. I never figured out what the princess was all about. :clap:

if(life) by sundhar 2019-05-06T03:51:47Z

Neat little game. It would have been nice to put some more work into the tutorial. I was just about to quit thinking I broke it until I figured out to scroll the tutorial. I had no idea what to do with the eyeballs or even how to pick them up. so all the keys and that information would have been helpful. I killed the boss but the rapid clicking is a mouse killer. I would have preferred to just hold down the mouse button to shoot. :v:

Welcome by agurcan 2019-05-02T17:20:02Z

Purdy durn fun! The constant fear of peril from the moving spike wall was exciting. Some jumps were very hard to make and a bit frustrating but sufficiently platformer. Good job! :clap:

Lifo, The Forest Necro by kkyloves 2019-05-04T04:55:05Z

Very neat little game. Very cool concept and great idea of saving the trees. Is it an endless runner because it never ended and you just couldn't shoot fast enough to get through trees eventually. :clap:

LD48 — Deeper and deeper

What's Under Base 69? by Phobos001 2021-04-26T16:42:02Z

Nicely done! As short as it was, I really had fun. Very cleverly conceived. :clap:

Marbellion by acronaut 2021-04-29T14:24:07Z

Neat little marble game. It took my a while to get used to the gravitational control and running jumps were really hard for me. But I did manage to collect all the noms! Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=0h53m18s

Drilbert by wheybags 2021-04-29T23:37:46Z

This game for me was very difficult. And I hated to love it! It is very challenging and kept haunting me and calling me to come back and play it. In fact I think I will later today. :) Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=4h34m48s

Dream Catcher by Mykola 2021-04-29T14:54:35Z

What a great little game! The physics were really fun if not a bit hard to control sometimes. Which makes this game because if not, it would have too easy. The music and sounds were great and the voice overs had me giggling. Yes and on the art, when using large images and scaling them down causes dithering on the edges which can be fixed by using Mipmaps on the import. But the graphics were well done! Thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=2h32m32s

Dream Catcher by Mykola 2021-04-29T20:20:01Z

Absolutley! Feel free to use the link where you want.

To the Core by Eric Smith 2021-04-26T16:26:00Z

Nor should you forget that face. That's the face of a hero!

To the Core by Eric Smith 2021-04-27T20:45:36Z

@akronsus Its amazing that you got back up in under 2 minutes.

To the Core by Eric Smith 2021-04-27T21:10:11Z

@akronsus Very good strategy! Thanks for sharing.

To the Core by Eric Smith 2021-04-27T22:00:09Z

@akronsus I used your strategy! Screenshot 2021-04-27 155940.jpg

To the Core by Eric Smith 2021-04-28T01:50:06Z

@angrysandwich Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Aqua Mine by kypello 2021-04-29T14:29:41Z

Very cool and fun game! I liked how you had different densities of the rocks making some harder to drill than others. The most I made was 209k. I loved the art style and the modeling. Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=1h18m8s

Bubbly by Kaish 2021-04-29T23:45:23Z

The art and music were fantastic! Cute game. The enemies were a bit hard and kept sneaking up on me. The orbs timing out and disappearing was kind of frustrating because it's your only source of attack and should never be without. Without orbs you're helpless and will inevitably die as the enemies are relentless in their pursuit. Over all well done guys and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=5h8m18s

Rogue Elevator by Danga 2021-04-27T15:38:11Z

Pretty great little game. The mouse was a bit too sensitive so I had a hard time aiming. :clap:

Dig the Onion by Vivien Fargette 2021-04-29T14:38:54Z

Cute little game. I'm kind of dumb when it comes to card games but I managed to damage myself enough to get tons of onion juice in my eyes to the point where I couldn't see anything. Fun concept and great gameplay. Thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=1h49m26s

Mine Flower by Denzil Gomes 2021-04-27T15:42:34Z

Great graphics! I got frustrated with the obscure control scheme. Overall good job! :clap:

Sheppard by PeaNud 2021-04-29T14:45:23Z

The graphics were very cool. Falling in the pit made me feel like I was going "deeper" which was good. Good job on this and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=2h8m57s

Bus Crawl by Valid 2021-04-26T05:20:52Z

I really like the concept of this little game! I'm not sure what this game had to do with the theme though. Just because your intro said "deeper and deeper" doesn't make it so. :) :clap:

Catlantis by fabula_rasa 2021-04-29T14:35:18Z

I loved this game! The graphics were great, the music and sounds were great and the game play was great! I really enjoyed finding and rescuing my beloved Kiki! Well done! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=1h27m16s

Deep Survivors Guilt by Krebzor 2021-04-29T14:21:05Z

Art is great. I love how the planets had their own gravitational pull. I was surprised by Anna at the end. lol Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=0h34m41s

Hellevator by baconn00 2021-04-29T14:59:26Z

Amazing concept! I could have played for hours but unfortunately there were other games in the queue. I had some difficulty drawing with my mouse and the pentagram was the hardest. I kept getting ambushed with no warning from demon hands on the bottom right. Not all the time though. Great work and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=2h46m9s

Blackout by Frasse 2021-04-29T15:09:29Z

This game was downright amazing! I really loved every minute of it. It remined me a lot of the old Tandy/Radio Shack games by Sierra like Kings Quest and Space Quest which brought back quite a few good memories. You guys did an amazing job in all areas! Thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=2h59m3s

Deep Mind by JRevel 2021-04-29T23:54:30Z

I really liked this game. Although I suck at card games, I was having a lot of fun with this one. The music was very good and enthralling. Funny that I kept getting fired so soon. Story of my life! :D Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: :bird: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=5h25m21s

PANEMUAN by etrealjunior 2021-04-29T23:34:07Z

Took me a bit to figure out what to do and without the authors hints while I was playing, I would have rage quit! Nice use of doodle art! Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=4h19m11s

FruitLies by Jake B. 2021-04-27T15:32:33Z

I couldn't get passed the bouncer. He would say "Wow! You really are a regular." then I could not find anywhere to click to progress.

ROBOTIC A.M. by Zalos 2021-04-30T00:06:34Z

Very cool game. I especially liked the warp tunnel effect you came up with. It got pretty hectic the more you progressed deeper and deeper into space and the rocks relentlessly keep coming and taking out all of my stuff! Argh! Well done and thanks for sharing! :clap: :bird: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=5h52m3s

Graphite Journey by pnkvrt 2021-04-29T14:49:15Z

I really loved how you used your own hand drawn art in the game. I really can't say I felt anything like I was going deeper and deeper though. Just changing levels. Well done guys and thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=2h22m40s

Ocean Diver by Soul Grinder 2021-04-26T16:57:51Z

Great game! I really could feel the anxiety of getting deeper with my limited oxygen. I had Dive Suit 4 and when you go back to the store it always says its Dive Suit 1 instead of what it really is. Good job! :clap:

Rabbit Rappel by MatterLinx 2021-04-30T00:14:08Z

I really really really liked this game! I especially liked the feel of the rifle and the kickback. The grappling was excellent fun but I really had a hard time repelling past the spikes. I don't know why. My brain just couldn't process it well! lol. But I eventually did it and beat the game and that's all that counts. Well done guys and thanks for sharing! :clap: :bird: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=6h10m15s

Deep In the Ocean by angrySandwich 2021-04-26T16:46:31Z

Not bad at all. Music was a bit tedious. Took a couple hits before I realized that black fish is bad. :clap:

Deep Sewers by Turtle Games 2021-04-29T15:15:01Z

I was having fun with this game until I broke it by warping from level 1 to level -30. Oops! Other than that the graphics were cool and the gameplay was good! Thanks for sharing! :clap: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003785681?t=3h28m15s