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Chess The Second by aslan 2023-01-14T18:12:09Z ♥ 1

Biggest problem here was the piece colors, it was hard to tell us apart. Late in my game the pieces stopped capturing my knight, so I went on a killing spree before finally being checked. Once they captured me for some reason I kept getting eggplants forever, the game didn't end when all my pieces were dead and the opponent wouldn't recapture my territory.

Really ambitious to do any kind of puzzle for LD. It was hilarious and fun and worth it. Thanks!

Scrapped by Random-storykeeper 2023-01-14T17:50:51Z ♥ 1

I really wish I could have fullscreened this game to prevent misclicks outside the play area. Robots bouncing each other around led to many, many unavoidable deaths both for them and for me. I felt that the chaotic nature of the playfield took away from the fun of dodging around and ringing them out in the center. I probably got some upgrades because there's a sound cue that I didn't see any reason for, but I don't know what they were or whether they helped.

Life is Fleeting: New Harvest by Sarah Alexa 2023-01-14T17:42:16Z ♥ 0

I really like where this is going. You're really down on your art but it gets the job done: Aside from some contrast issues with tools, I can tell at a glance what is tillable soil, what is tilled soil, what's watered tilled soil, who I can romance, when I can harvest, and so on. That's half the battle.

Useability concerns really got me here. Days are *super short*! I always felt rushed, no matter what was going on. It was hard to tell at a glance what present went to which person, and the cheaper person was further away. It was awkward to select later presents because the slots aren't numbered, and scroll wheel is off limits for non-fullscreened web embeds. I also hit that bug where a crop square bugs out in each of the top two rows.

You really went for the theme and I appreciate that. This is also a game style I'm not used to seeing in LD, *and I wish I could have played more of these!* Really well done.

Space Gardens by SocksNGames 2023-01-11T12:23:46Z ♥ 1

The embeds don't work for me in either place.

On itch: ``` Unable to parse Build/Space Gardens.framework.js.br! This can happen if build compression was enabled but web server hosting the content was misconfigured to not serve the file with HTTP Response Header "Content-Encoding: br" present. Check browser Console and Devtools Network tab to debug. ```

Here on LD: ``` Uh oh!

If you're seeing this error, it means I can't find your index.html file.

This usually means you created your .zip file by zipping the entire folder, and index.html is somewhere like MyGame/index.html. If you recreate your .zip with index.html file in the root, this error should go away.

See the embedding guide for more details. ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/ 404 Not Found ```

Basket Catch by Stefan Laimer 2023-01-10T13:10:34Z ♥ 1

This was surprisingly fun. The only thing I was really fighting was a little drag jank - with drag code you always want to save your delta x/y to the object at mousedown and add it back each frame, otherwise you get this little "pop" every time you pick up an object. It really made fine-tuning placement harder than it had to be. Otherwise, the theme, graphics, music, everything really hit the mark!

Harvest Merge by LoparPanda 2023-01-09T13:59:06Z ♥ 0

I got the following error trying to run the embedded web version: ~~~ Error The following features required to run Godot projects on the Web are missing: Cross Origin Isolation - Check web server configuration (send correct headers) SharedArrayBuffer - Check web server configuration (send correct headers) ~~~

Hard Hat Harvest by Grif_in 2023-01-09T13:35:41Z ♥ 0

Barely plays in a browser. Three refineries and a small hat factory in it's lagged enough that I can't place blobbies.

Hustle Harvest by plexsoup 2023-01-09T13:13:07Z ♥ 1

Didn't understand Andy's function there, nothing seemed to accept Labor as an input. Clever game, not sure how it fits with the theme.

Happy Tree Harvest by sakura_magika 2023-01-09T12:46:52Z ♥ 2

Itch gives me a 404. Is the game not set to public?

Nesting by HypernoodleJon 2023-01-09T05:42:37Z ♥ 2

I couldn't quite get to 55! Really fun game. The weight mechanic was a surprising moment of ludonarrative harmony, I wound up going back and forth with the twigs like a bird on my second playthrough and hit a respectable 53. The only thing I felt I was missing was a way to reset the screen so that I could work on a perfect score - but that's not really possible the way the game is setup since twigs carry over between screens. I don't know what the solution is but there's room for a really good post-compo game here.

Crop Circle by Rulrite 2023-01-09T05:26:04Z ♥ 1

I am always amazed when I see a complete game in the compo. I mean: title screen, game, end-of-game flow. This was right on target on the theme, the controls are innovative, and corn collecting all has some satisfying juice to it. Graphics are impressive, sound does the job. Really impressive, I liked it.

Yamsylvania by 0xWAVY 2023-01-09T05:21:36Z ♥ 1

You can see a great game shining through here, just needs those control issues to be cleaned up. This one deserves a post-compo edition! :)

A Small Village by MostLikely 2023-01-09T05:17:49Z ♥ 1

Really standout visuals! The gameplay didn't fully come together - thieves are far too common, meaning you have to scramble to get fish in between thieves, and I could never quite manage it - but the theme does come through. Good work!

Blocky Battleships by FrederoxDev 2023-01-09T05:13:05Z ♥ 1

Didn't see the key to rotate pieces, couldn't figure it out. Had a pretty bad drop my second round, all guns and only one structure piece! Didn't really feel the theme come through on this one but there's an awful lot going on here for a 48-hour game. Nice work!

Inter-dimensional Asteroid Harvester by Deepfreeze 2023-01-09T05:01:13Z ♥ 1

I too am extremely tired! The html5 version seems to bog down furiously making CORS requests to https://files.jam.host/embed/$316043/9073/html5game/prefs.ini - The Ludum Dare internal embed seems pretty experimental at this stage and I skipped it because it won't allow LocalStorage which I need. Have you tried using itch.io? I'm having a really smooth experience there.

I'll try and circle back with a review as soon as I can get it running.

Cake Sweeper by johnnysix 2023-01-08T23:27:47Z ♥ 1

Very hard, both because the cat responds quickly and because the isometric view is hard to control with arrow keys. The graphics are very nice and colorful, and it's probably the best song I've heard so far. Completely misses the theme unfortunately.

Maize - Harvest Edition LD52 by Itzemii 2023-01-08T23:20:07Z ♥ 1

The tractor itself refuses to obey controls for me, sometimes cruising around a circle without any inputs, sometimes teleporting, sometimes frozen in place. I think more feedback on what's going on in the tractor's "mind" might help.

foodie farmer by CheeseHead games 2023-01-08T23:12:22Z ♥ 2

The crossbow was very satisfying to shoot and the sfx felt really good. Picked easy mode before I understood the goal, and wound up locked into far too much game time. I feel like it would have been a better solution to put more crops onscreen instead.

Toast Up! by gwinnell 2017-07-31T07:10:45Z ♥ 2

This was extremely well-put-together, fits the theme perfectly, and was really fun to play 👌. There was a bit of a learning curve at the start, where the gold is trying to chase you but you can easily fall off the screen and the coins will never reach you. BUT, once I figured out how momentum boosts work in the game I started timing my jumps to collect them and that small extra complexity felt really engaging. I'd love to play a post-compo extended version if you wind up making one.

Non Euclidean Room by NuSan 2016-12-15T02:03:00

I never expected to play *two* non-euclidean games in one LD! In hindsight, non-euclidean space would have been a great theme. I can't seem to get enough of bent space and portal engines.

Controls felt a little strange and unresposive - pressing and immediately releasing forward takes you forward an entire step, for instance. It was also difficult to tell when I was done - when the targets are activated, "2/8" means that you hit the target "named" 2, not that you're a quarter of the way done.

This game hit the theme on the nose, and aside from that one control strangeness, was executed extremely effectively. The post shader was a really cool touch. Nice work!

Alone with Zombies by sleepyfox 2016-12-15T01:46:00

I like it! The parallax was nice, graphics were effective, and controls felt good. I managed to get up to level 11. The spontaneous bullets need more contrast on some of the background, maybe a one-pixel shadow or outline to improve its readability.

This game was an excellent fit for the theme, and a lot of fun to play. Good work!

One Room Left by nycolas 2016-12-13T03:13:00

...why would you distribute in a rar? :/

The Tortile Chamber by Nanolotl 2016-12-12T05:00:00

Pros:
* 4D Space
* Amazingly stylish aggressive dithering
* Very clear objectives with no explanation, partly due to all our prior exposure to Antechamber

Cons:
* After playing, everything not blue looked orange
* Short
* Some guessing involved
* Mouselook feels just a tiny bit slow
* Sometimes the hit detection on clicks felt a bit off, maybe a little mroe forgiveness on aim would help.

Another Time or Place by 7heSAMA 2016-12-12T04:36:00

This game ALMOST got there. I see where it's going, you flip down pictures to clear the air and brighten the room. I even just pushed one of the tables out of the room. I feel better already!

The pixel art and visibility-based lighting are fantastic. I want to see a post-compo version of this some day.

52-Card Pickup 2000 by KJB of IBwWG 2016-12-11T22:38:00

Didn't like the inverted mouse either. Props for getting a 3d game done in time though!

Hard Decisions by vortex 2015-12-13T23:58:00

That was a strange experience. The game only had one resolution available for fullscreen, and when I started it up, the button hitboxes were located as if the view was centered. Problem is, the actual graphics were at the top of my screen. Worse yet, when you finish the interview, there's only a green button to restart. I had to tab out and quit it while it was backgrounded.

The game itself is vaguely reminiscent of Papers Please and Please Don't Touch Anything. I like that, and I like that the questions here aren't easy. Some bugs to iron out, but keep up the good work.

The Viking Life by Joeslayer97 2013-01-05T21:55:00

I didn't like how the fortresses just gain people over time - it rapidly makes the game impossible to win.

Let them live by MaTX 2013-01-01T23:14:00

This is really impressive. Really impressive. The atmosphere is intense. It's a vastly different approach to the theme than anything else I've seen. It's not just intensely meta, it's a feat of social engineering.

And then there's the fact that I left the game open on the second run, and it's still open as I write this. There's some lingering sentiment, perhaps, between wanting to keep the music playing, and hoping there's some way you can at least get a new group of people and keep them alive. People are not simple. Their motivations are not simple, and they are not, except in very limited ways, easy to predict. Yet you just got everyone here to miss three little pixel guys they just met. I think that's important in games - emotional connection. I don't get that from a lot of modern games, so thank you.

Video Games Cause Mass Shootings by hydancer 2013-01-01T22:55:00

There's still a showstopper in there - level3.png won't load, and it crashes the game off. The graphics, while being simple, turn out to be very expressive, and this attacks the theme really effectively. I had to read through the comments to figure out the simple fact that the second level has increased gun recoil. Maybe a powerup would help cue the user to what's going on. Didn't finish the game due to the showstopper on failing level 3. Please fix this!

Leave My Dungeon Alone ! by Kalumis 2013-01-01T21:48:00

The graphics, for starters, are spectacular. The first attack was impossible to decipher (there are no crosshairs for it). The second attack, the crosshairs appear way below the mouse, which makes sense except that if you aim the crosshairs over the enemies you want to hit, the bottle explodes before it hits them. The third and fourth attack work beautifully. Music and sound effects would have added a whole lot to this. But, all that said, i'm really glad I ran across this.

THE PRINCESS IS MINE by emveyh 2012-12-27T01:59:00

One of my minions got hit with the knockback effect, which pushed him *through* the princess, and he got stuck on the opposite side. After that I could select him but not move him. Controls are tight, just needs one or two bugfixes to round out this delightful and hilarious game.

Curse You! by caasi 2012-12-24T04:15:00

Love it! It's simple, works really well, and hits the theme square-on.

Miniman vs Dr. Malificius by master4523 2012-12-24T04:12:00

Controlled allright, the concept could work... game was extremely short and easy, but the time spent on the AI really did make you start to dislike the hero. Nice work overall.

Tinysoft 2 by wurstknifte 2012-12-24T04:08:00

Very slow and buggy... I went through a door and wound up stuck outside the next map.

Nature's Villain by bach 2012-12-24T04:02:00

The strict time limit and frequent choke points discourage strategy, favoring an all-out suicidal rush instead. It takes many tries to get through the later levels, making it even more likely the AI will stall. About the stalling: You know you're allowed to fix game-freezing bugs after the deadline, right?

GLORPLAX III by Pacifist Games 2012-12-19T20:28:00

Sometimes the movement was unreliable; this was masked by the latency. For instance, the first long drop onto spikes, sometimes I would hold left the entire time and hit the spikes, sometimes I would hold left the entire time and make it. I'd recommend as a developer, playing in a 1-msec latency mode to iron out any bugs related to (or masked by) the latency calculations.

Other than that, I really appreciate the innovation of the drone latency - I just felt that it wasn't very *fun*. Maybe if the latency started out small (since you're close to point of origin) and increased with depth, that would have improved things.

Rest in Pixels by joaorequiao 2012-12-19T20:17:00

The big problem is the glitchy beams. Basically, you need to work on tightening up game physics: Allow people to move left or right while falling, and have acceleration due to gravity, not just a fixed downward velocity. What will emerge from that is that people will move themselves out of the beams, and they won't glitch back upwards like they do now.

Otherwise, the game concept was humorous and on-target, the graphics were consistent and lovable, and the music provided a lot of atmosphere.

Dr. Vile in The Greater Good by GreenPixelDev 2012-12-19T07:28:00

Darn it... it's so hard... but so good!

Word Works by cooper6581 2012-12-18T21:01:00

This entry was aggrivating because of its vastly inconsistent quality.

The web version pops up dialogues, which isn't really a good for that platform.

Game doesn't accept keyboard input, which is understandable considering the skill element of clicking/touching the letters

The music was really good. The graphics were fine.

Nothing in this entry addressed the theme. It's like you had this idea before you went in, and couldn't think of a way to make the theme fit. On top of that, it really fell flat as a web port. It was clearly intended for iOS.

Aside from that, it really could use a dedicated end-of-round screen to tally up your score and orient the player for the next round.

MEMEX by Cake&Code 2012-12-18T04:14:00

The graphics are gorgeous. I love the extremely linear, iconic feel, and how it's carried through all the assets. Still not crazy about the music, and didn't feel like I was really the villain. Hardness just about right where you want for LD (which is to say, casual/easy.) Really dug the story though.

Double Tap by Sam Driver 2012-12-17T08:31:00

Wow! This is above and beyond the call of LD. Well done.

The Mute King by vids 2012-12-17T07:02:00

I can't seem to get teleport working reliably, and sometimes the canvas doesn't accept my mouse input (maybe if something else on the page is selected... not sure yet) but definitely one to go back and mess around with to find more spells.

..cause without more spells, that queen is NOT getting her flower X)

Copyright Criminal by BNeutral 2012-12-17T06:09:00

Found a rather fast, open network, and still couldn't complete the game. Too much random and not enough skill.

Lil Assassin by RylandAlmanza 2012-12-17T06:05:00

Took me a second to figure out that the source pretty much IS the entry, since it's a canvas app. You'll get rated a lot more if you post a web-friendly link.

That said, I downloaded the "source" version and opened up index.html in chrome, and it the app didn't pop up, so you've still got a showstopping bug somewhere.

RPS Battle by LogiQ121 2012-12-17T05:58:00

The game's missing! Please add links to your entry :/

City Sucker by Rose 2012-12-17T05:57:00

Really hurts from not having a game over screen.

Decommissioner by Crowbeak 2012-12-17T05:46:00

YES PLEASE.

Let's Make a Bomb! by Xymostech 2012-12-17T05:23:00

Haha, +1 goat

NONEX by feiss 2012-12-17T05:00:00

I agree with Zillix, this has a lot of potential as a mobile game. The graphics are really crisp, and the game just lends itself to touch. Overall, a really strong entry!

Event Horizon by SelectricSimian 2012-12-17T04:51:00

Very hard to master, very visually appealing. Hard to believe it was a 48-hour.

Caluminator by therayman94 2012-12-17T04:46:00

Clubbing seals straightaway was a good touch. Then kicking puppies. Definitely fits the theme, and the game has some nice enemy ambushes too. I think more time needs to be put into solidifying basic mechanics - the attacks feel slow, and to fight seals I just held the button down. The puppies seemed impossible to kill, didn't really feel like testing that. A valiant effort for 48h.

Minions by ripter 2012-12-17T04:39:00

Cannot rate. The provided OS/X app is a "classic" app, and so basically no mac purchased in the last eight to ten years can run it.

Flight of the Abductor by enfyrneaux 2012-12-17T04:37:00

I like the sound effects, especially the giggle when you abduct a goat. Fits the secondary theme better than the first. I'm sad that I couldn't test it on an android, the mouse controls on a desktop don't seem to work nearly as well.

Shadow Of The Bosses by superjoebob 2012-12-17T04:30:00

I'd love to see a post-LD update to this, with more boss pieces and logic tiles. I really spent a lot of time on this one fine-tuning bosses, fighting bosses, and jumping all over where I'm not supposed to be (you can jump around on/in bosses!). The design decisions actually wind up being surprisingly deep. This is not just a throwaway game.

Minion's Defense by Scott McBee 2012-12-17T03:49:00

Didn't really get the theme from this.

Battleship Texas by Yngar 2012-12-17T03:41:00

Texas flies into a Texassract, and then Texasslates into a Texasphere! The graphics are bad, I have no idea if this fits the theme, but I had fun!

Storm the Castle by vanZeben 2012-12-17T03:33:00

The first level I died in (like 5 levels in) reset me to like 250 points, which was neither the amount I entered the level with, nor enough to complete the level. Sad times.

Villain OS 8 by tommycreo 2012-12-17T03:26:00

This is a really innovative, funny, quirky game! Exactly what I love about Ludum Dare!

Sleeping Dragon by ethankennerly 2012-12-17T03:21:00

Cute little game. Took very little time to pick up and figure out, and in no time I was roasting all my peasants with fire breath.

Crazy Old Cat Lady by Indivicivet 2011-12-25T13:31:00

I'm actually kind of appalled that almost a week has gone by and SDL.dll is still not included in this submission. Please fix this so I can play and rate the game.

Blackout by phill99 2011-12-25T06:58:00

Cannot play or rate - "This program has stopped working." I suspect it does not come with XNA drivers/dll's.

Limbus Kitten by scgrn 2011-12-25T06:48:00

Cannot play or rate - missing libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
Please include all libraries necessary to run the game next time.

Pat's Adventure by Geopixel 2011-12-22T17:23:00

VERY short... but, at the same time charming. Some of the best graphics in LD. Also, it has kittens!

OMFG FFS will you LEAVE me ALONE by yerahmeel 2011-12-19T21:39:00

The win screen looks suspiciously like the lose screen...

Below by OddOneOut 2011-12-19T17:03:00

"LD2202.exe has stopped working." on startup.
Reading back on the description I see now that you have some dependencies not included in the download. This is why I hate XNA.

The End by kebabskal 2011-12-19T16:58:00

Feels -highly- polished and -extremely- creative, but with 3 playable characters, not on topic at all.

The Deep by Cryptoporticus 2011-12-19T16:39:00

There was a lot of actual gameplay content in here - a Lights Out minigame, a cut-the-wires minigame, a lockpick minigame, and the exploration/enemy avoidance game. Unfortunately, none of them were very fun to me. What could have helped are a reset button on the lights-out game and some checkpoints.

Down A Well by bfod 2011-12-19T16:28:00

Ha! Very creative concept. I wish there was more to climb around. I also spent a lot of time at the top fiddling around and trying to see if I could get past the wooden bars. Alas, someone covered the well over before I could escape. Forever alone ;_;

Alone With a Phone by waynebeam 2011-12-19T15:30:00

I would have played longer if it had more room in the follower bar. I just couldn't click that fast! :)

WEIRDLY ALONE. by xilefian 2011-12-19T06:37:00

I liked the adventure-game plus inventory management angle you're going for, I just chafed with the controls. I also really wanted him to run faster - his run speed is barely tolerable, his walk speed is not. Gotta give props for rocking the GBC green though.

Paper Dream by Claw 2011-12-19T06:20:00

I loved the game, spent quite a while tinkering. I didn't even realized you could drag objects till I read the readme [and found that doing so is -extremely hard-], but by then I was already enamored with the idea of flying the paper guy around.

Alone in the Gloom by hulahulahest 2011-12-19T06:01:00

Ha! I loved the ending.

Arzea by arkeus 2011-12-19T05:59:00

I really spent some time playing this one. The graphics were highly polished. I felt that it didn't really drive the "Alone" point home, but the fun-factor is way up there.