Thank You Hobo by Chris Zamanillo 2011-05-03T05:25:00
cool little game... i really liked this idea
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Category | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥉 | 2011 | 22 | Alone | Live another day | compo | Mood | 4.33 |
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | Wacky Pachyderm | jam | 461 | 3.72 | 3.84 | 3.31 | 4.25 | 3.22 | 3.57 | 3.88 | 3.54 | |||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | I Drop | jam | 3.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | ||||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Come Meet My Friend Who Lives in the Attic | jam | 2171 | 3.02 | 2.74 | 2.80 | 3.21 | 3.09 | 3.27 | 2.64 | 3.48 | |||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | Krakatoa | jam | 709 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.05 | 3.30 | 2.91 | 3.30 | 2.75 | 2.86 | |||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | Hasempfeffer | jam | 485 | 3.52 | 3.42 | 3.32 | 3.42 | 3.34 | 3.52 | 3.42 | 3.32 | |||
| 2016 | 37 | One room | Ukhu Pacha | compo | 232 | 3.45 | 3.33 | 2.73 | 3.27 | 3.56 | 3.18 | 3.69 | 69 | |||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Petal Hill | compo | 481 | 3.23 | 2.87 | 3.47 | 4.33 | 3.17 | 3.23 | 2.43 | 3.26 | 60 | ||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Simplicity | jam | 337 | 2.95 | 2.70 | 2.59 | 3.85 | 1.87 | 1.20 | 1.91 | 3.57 | 98 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | You are the Villain | Snap | compo | 288 | 3.13 | 2.07 | 3.17 | 4.14 | 3.45 | 3.43 | 1.57 | 3.81 | 100 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Interplanetary Rescue | compo | 439 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 3.13 | 2.75 | 3.25 | 3.06 | 1.91 | 2.64 | 24 | ||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Live another day | compo | 186 | 3.00 | 2.24 | 3.31 | 4.12 | 2.82 | 3.60 | 1.13 | 4.33 | 2.50 | 49 | |
| 2011 | 20 | It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This! | Brass Monkey | compo | 273 | 1.97 | 2.16 | 1.90 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 2.52 | 2.90 | 2.11 | 1 |
cool little game... i really liked this idea
hehe.... cheers,
yes - unfortunately i ran out of time and didn't quite get to polish the original concept as much as i wanted.
hahaha... well spotted, i actually tried out some really dodgy trumpet-synth sounds ...but it just didn't work
yeah, someone posted about using CC/royalty free images(?), and there was a bit of a discussion, with no definitive answers... i decided it was OK, and i don't see it as cheating.
@little angle:
yeah, the thing is I spent a lot of time constructing a story, a fantasy, a world in my head (which obviously involved monkeys in an a la Planet of the Apes type scenario) that I hoped a game would emerge from that... but it didn't really take on a complete form.
nice work!... lol, yeah - i love the contrasting music tracks too.
VERY cool! nice graphics, nice idea!
nice music and excellent graphics
veeeeeeeerrrrrrry nice! very polished and pro!
awesome graphics and great atmos!
haha... yummy candy.
lol... this is awesome... especially with the song.
Yeah, it is a game... maybe I need to explain...
You goal is to mouse-over positive words, mouse-over negative words and the screen becomes more and more red, and your gun arm shakes more and more, and the gun hammer gets pulled.
There are two endings - you either survive or you don't.
I can't get up the damn stairs!!!!!!
...lol nice work
very nice graphics. yeah, slippery controls are a bit tricky. a nice little game.
creepy
haha... I like silly games - and this was silly :)
lol! trippy! i like it! very nice visual style.
nice idea that could be developed and built upon; graphics are alright but some more polish would be good. some audio would be good too.
hahahahaha... !!
Nice graphic style. Nice little idea which needs to be expanded upon.
lol... the panic is hilarious
what a pleasant relaxing game. nice audio. well done!
nice little game with cute graphics
ahhhhhh. nice.
nice little platform game. nice artwork.
surreal. melike.
Very clever... nice flavour/style... and enjoyed the twist on the theme.
great job!
quite a cool concept! i like the minimalist style. quite tricky though - but fun.
Cheers for the feedback...
Good use of side thrust (Z, X) makes it easier to collect them.
yeah, cheers... the bullets where fine, and somehow I managed to slip a bug into the game at the last minute :( grr... never-mind.
Thanks for the feedback!
@De10ter
The key concept of this game is the multiple interacting gravity fields - this was the very, and very literal interpretation of the theme "tiny world".
Of course, as happens, the original idea for the game gets a little creatively mashed-up along the way. Originally I had the refugees standing ON the surface of the little planets, but this made the gameplay too difficult.
It was also originally meant to be a little more "puzzle-like"; generally slower animation and movement, perhaps plotting a course arc through the drifting planets; but as it came together, it seemed to suit more of an arcade style.
It seems I often have the difficulty of my games a little too high by most standards - but I don't really like easy games. Simple games perhaps, yes, but not easy in terms of challenge. And so, I'd much rather it be too hard than too easy.
I feel there is a lot of scope to tweak parameters here, so I'm happy with the general mechanics and ideas behind it.
Cheers,
* this was the very _first_, and very literal interpretation
Nice implementation of this idea... really like the graphics too! Yeah, one life is perhaps a little harsh.
...a charming little game.
Great Job! I enjoyed this... I always like games that attempt to do something novel like this. Great atmos too.
good stuff!... dizzy.
Solid effort for graphics and sound, but game-play needs some more work as it's too easy... eg speed up approaching spacecraft over time.
Well done.
Completely pointless and violent... love it! :)
creepy...
"Nyum nyum nyum nyum nyum" lol
Nice work!
Looks great, awesome style, found it a bit tricky to control.
Violence, and real-time recursive trees... nice.
I actually had a bit of fun whizzing about frantically as a virus :)
Simply - bot much to do - but quite fun, and nice particle fx.
great work!... the detail of the text descriptions really makes an impact.
wasn't exactly sure what i was doing, but nice original idea. (the 'beep', though nicely atmospheric, could be toned down a little)
hahaha!... awesome! :) nice all around - and i WON! :)
solid work.
hahaha!... that was fun! Great transition into the game!
haha... nice tunes.
Cute... yet violent.
nice and sort of gauntlet-y.
hahaha... fun!
Would have liked more responsiveness - but brilliant work! Great fun, great graphics and great style... I WON :)
Was fun hissing fire all over everyone.
Classic-style platformer - very nice!
hahaha... that WAS fun.
Very nice sprites! - game-play got a bit repetitive.
Well put together little game - reminds me of spy hunter. good work!
Good work! Nice graphics.
Interesting idea, well done!
Simple little idea that has some promise if developed further.
Cool!... Wow, once the cops are onto you, you're history!
Interesting.
charming presentation. nice style.
nice idea! clean graphics. found the boss quite difficult and gave up in the end.
lol! I liked being a bastard :) I also liked the Options Screen.
All-around superb! Great job!
cooooooool! tricky game though.
Excellent! - great job!
I didn't quite get the game - which is a pity - because the graphics, music and mood are excellent!
lol!.... the best!
I KNEW a moustache had to feature in this LD (my first post is a crude villainous sketch with the word 'moustache' underlined beside it)
Nicely put together - but got stuck, and couldn't pickup screwdriver even after page refresh.
Really cute graphics and nice concept! Considering the scale of the map, it took a long time to dig.
aahhhh.... nice. Adorable graphics and serene music.
Foamy physics is fun!
This is a very cool "hacking mechanic".
Nice little game, but quite tricky. I like the artwork.
Nice style of shoot-em-up, well done on a solid effort!
haha!... that was fun :)
Nice idea!
Nice. Good graphic-style. Yeah, just need some more content.
Nice retro LCD action.
Cool!... I liked being a dragon, once I got used to the controls... fun!
Original and interesting. Nice graphics.
Nice game, and nice concept. Bullet reload/regeneration was a little slow and made it difficult. Nice pics too.
Nice effort... lol love the tunes!
Nice idea!
haha!... fast furious and fun! great work!
...nice little game! well done :)
Very nice concept and well executed - nice graphics and tunes - well done!
haha... very cool little game! like it!
surreal! ... alas, i spent the rest of my days in prison.
Great graphics! I really like the idea too - unfortunately, I had a lot of trouble with the click-and-drag... seemed difficult to simply drop a trap where I wanted to.
haha... fun little game. nice sound fx.
Excellent graphics and audio! Nicely executed, with satisfactory invader mechanics, and works well enough; but extra work on this idea could make it pure gold!
Original idea, and nice style. Would like to see more!
looks nice! and nice mood... although i found the game a little difficult to grasp.
Nice game! I liked to tunes too. Yeah, controls are inventive, but a little strange; I found myself only using "W".
Excellent work! Great graphics, sounds, & innovative concept.
Nice idea. Well done!... adding some more elements would be good.
I lot of clever ideas here, and a nice looking result. Well done!
...brilliant!
Good idea, takes a little while to herd them out the corral though. Perhaps a smaller corral, or some small additional random movement for the reindeer.
Very cool but quite hard! A lot of fun to be had here!
beautiful mood and audio!... enjoying the tuning process.
Really creepy... would like to see more.
Live it... I think(?) Yes, needs more hints :/ I couldn't quite figure it out - almost... but... no, not quite.
I'm not quite sure how to play... but I love the artwork!
lol... that is evil and fun!
God... lol... how depressing!
nicely done!
What... I... lol... cool concept.
great intro, beautiful art and nice sound... the little text messages were very cool. great little game!
nice graphics and mood!
Haha... cute. nice gameplay and graphics - though quite short.
...intriguing!... nice mood and idea.
nice! great graphics and cool gameplay backed with cool jazz. smashing buildings is cool too.
Clever idea and good AI.
Good job! Original and evil... needs to be expanded upon.
....awwwwwwwwwwww ;(
Well done!
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Very cool! I like this - fun and satisfying to play.
Innovative, but needs development.
Quite an interesting concept, and well presented. Nice style with the thought bubbles and icons. (Although I was getting 'NaN' values for empty resources and some HTML format codes appearing).
Quite a fascinating idea, enjoyed the experience on level 1. Simple (but functional) graphics, and audio - absolutely exceptional! 1st class LOL!
Great effort, especially for a first timer entry!
Very nice point-and-click shooter, very well executed, and nice graphics. Well done!
Yep, that is creepy! Nice work!
Slick and smooth. Great job!
hard!
Interesting idea.
Nicely done!
Did the duel have any controls? Nice graphics, and customizing bandit is fun.
Really nice idea, well done!
Yes! Killed the President and saved the goat! Well done - this was fun!
Game seemed pretty simple and a bit slow - would have liked more chaos quicker. Very nice art and style.
Haha... Awesome tunes and sepia!
Nice clean visuals, but the game-play is a little confusing.
Well, I maxed out with super-duper bombs! Nice work! Pity there doesn't seem to be any game mechanics yet.
Good first attempt! Would be keen to see some actual game-play added and the concept fleshed out.
Well done! Nice idea, I like the concept.
Superb job! Great graphics, tunes, and good fun!
HAHA!
Nice clean graphics.
Nice graphics and music.
haha... the simple game mechanics itself could be expanded upon, and use some enhancements, but brilliant graphic style! i enjoyed it.
I couldn't figure out what to do when i got to the bank?...
Nice little game, great presentation and graphics, could do with some enemies(?) and some level design enhancements.
Cool! Very much retro fun!
Excellent! Nicely done - really enjoyed the graphics and style. There seemed to be a bug(?) with the tiles on the first level (they all had small black lines around the outside).
Good job! Nice puzzle game, good graphics - would like to "see" the drag-drop perhaps?
Not a bad game, would be better with a bit more work/expansion.
Wasn't sure what I was doing... but loved the graphics and the chaos... it needs an additional bit of "Jeff Minter" inspiration then it would rock!
amusing little story, very nice graphics.
Very cool... but tricky and slow to control the hat.
Cool little idea, but game-play needs to be more challenging.
Nicely polished result.
Haha. A little bit of fun...
Interesting and innovative idea.
LOLOL!
Victory! :) I WON!...
Very nice graphics and visual style. Nice idea. Would have liked something to gauge when the security guard was thinking of turning around.
I quite enjoyed this, just needs to be more challenging.
Awesome textures!
not much to do, but, looks quite delicious!
Nice little game idea. Gorgeous graphics!
Well, that was a trip-out!
Novel concept! I like it!
Nice idea... but I couldn't quite get to grips with it unfortunately. :/
Beautiful mood.
Difficult!... but very cool, nice atmosphere and graphics.
Looks and plays well.
Found the game-play enjoyable low level (mechanics), but also a little frustrating high level (goals). Really enjoyed the sound and graphics!
Very nice mood and graphics! Nice fx, and creepy backward audio... my dude kinda "tripped out" a few times when collecting objects(?) but really enjoyed the experience.
Cute game! Well done!
wtflol
Love the mood - the grungy graphics and sounds. Something unbalanced and disturbing about it all - lol great stuff!
Great graphics and audio - the game didn't seem to end though? Excellent, experimental, innovative... I love to see games like this.
Only seemed to want to run in super low res (smaller than the screenshots) and it seemed all I could do was poke? It was fun enough lol - but I wanted more!
This IS evil! But well done! Nice graphics, nice audio, simple game but well put together.
Very polished... Great job!
Fun little game... lol more levels please!
Interesting idea... great graphics and sound!
lol!... excellent idea! well done!
I like the monochromatic style of icons. Has potential. Perhaps the map should be partially hidden? (fog-of-war)
Innovative idea, and gorgeous graphics! Nicely Done!
Some nice pics - more sound would be good.
Short but sweet!
Perfectly done! Excellent!
Nice style, couldn't quite figure it out though :/
Nice concept, well done, I enjoyed it. Good AI. I liked the graphics too (but would have preferred a different style of Minion).
Nice sprites and tunes.
I found the controls difficult and frustrating, but nice graphics and awesome mood!
Difficult to play, macabre concept! Good work!
Beautiful graphics, great mood, good concept - the game-play itself needs some polish... but, pretty fantastic effort anyway
LOL!
I won! :) Nice bit of fun.
Very cool! Nicely done... I tried using the mouse to play latter on, but realised that you can mouse click the arrow traps as fast as you like (bug?).
lol... that was cool! great job!
Extraordinarily innovative! Brilliant! Well Done!... I couldn't even solve the first puzzle though :/ had no idea what my goal was.
Fun! Quite a nice slick graphic style too.
lol!... Good graphics, style and presentation. Interesting idea.
Quite cool, I suggest some tweaking to speed up the play and improve the AI.
Very nice art work and style. Fairly simple game, but LCD games are like that. Good stuff!
lol... awesome! ...i think the music has melted my brain.
I WIN! :)
Superb job! Cute graphics and audio, and great fun to play!
Interesting idea, but challenging controls.
creepy.
well done on a nice little military sim :) I WON! :)
Destructive fun!
The game itself is pretty simply - awesome graphics and awesome music!
Looks nice enough, with good models, but wasn't exactly sure what was required of the player.
Nice style, had a bit of difficulty with the controls.
I WIN! :)
Nice work on a cute platformer. Simple graphics - I quite liked the waddling main character. Interesting music too, it seemed to fit nicely.
Nice little game - good graphics - needs some more work though.
art and sound - great style!... was a bit confused by game goals(?) but interestingly different.
Cute graphics!... keep at it!
Very nice! Great graphics-style and awesome dialogue. Had fun.
Brilliant! Love this!
lol epic... nice little distraction... fun.
lol! - nice graphics style.
This is very cool!... nice pixel graphics and simple concept, fun to play... but really... I DO deserve a graphic. :/
yey!... completed the game :)
There is something very cool in this concept though! Very nice graphics too!
That was quite cool for a scrolling shooter - just needs some more substance to the tactical game-play.
haha!... good ol' fashion anti-microsoft fun!
Well done. Nice concept - good graphics, fx and audio. I liked the bigger ants appearing.
"Classic" game-style, very well implemented. Was happy that it began to ramp up in difficulty without taking too long. Well done!
Cute graphics and tunes. Well done!
Very cool! Nice RPG feel.
Very cool asteroids-ish style - fluent and fun! Just need more to do.
Nice game concept - excellent retro-style audio and graphics.
Nice graphic style. Good idea.
I really like the light saber mechanic!
Nice idea, cute graphics... I like being a dog. :)
Interesting theme on slot machine.
nice idea, but tricky gameplay... nice graphics and awesomely creepy looking monster!
Brilliant!
Nice environment, graphics and models. lol - the music almost made me lose my sanity. wasn't exactly sure what i was doing either - but very nicely done.
Nice idea.
Nice clean style.
Couldn't quite figure out the resources bit, but really like the idea.
Excellent! Well done!... Superb graphics and sprites.
Nice. Simple. Destructive! :)
Great job! Excellent graphic style!
nice!... very cute game, good design and graphics.
hahaha!... freakin' awesome!
Great mood and style - graphics and sound work exceptionally well.
I want to do something... it looks like fun... but I'm confused.
lol... cool, although I had a bit of trouble grasping the controls.
Nice...
My brain hurts.
There's something in that...
Wow. Excellent job! Great atmosphere and tension.
Nice graphics!
Wow - very nice. Tricky puzzles too.
Nice and minimal, good job!
wooOOOooo vertigo WTF cool effect
Awesome! Nice job!
Simple. And very nice.
Challenging. I can't seem to win.
Unique. Minimalist. Superb.
Great! Perfectly simple concept and really nice style!
Nice work... simple and surreal. Enjoyed the style.
Clever little idea, nicely done.
Nice experiment. I like.
Brilliant! Really enjoyed this... got to level 10 and had to bail.
Brilliant! All round superb entry - crisp, clean, minimalist graphics and simple (yet challenging and fun) gameplay.
Surreal. Fun. Creepy. Atmospheric.
Brilliant! Simple and fun, but need Score or Timer(?)
A fascinating journey... thanks for sharing.
nice atmosphere but needs improved controls.
nice original idea... needs further development...
Really nice work! (falling through blocks can be a little frustrating) The music and text give a great atmosphere.
Haha! Excellent, inventive entry!
Nice style with graphics and audio, a little difficult to play. Original idea.
That was... so cool... thumbs up for mood. Beautiful.
Excellent job! A nice, simple, fun platformer.
nice original idea, and like the simple graphics and mellow game tune.
Gorgeous.
Looks nice.
Garishly good!
Nice Frogger Mondrian crossover!
Very very nice! Unique - and challenging - physics and controls.
Great artwork.
I deserve a treat! :) Great concept!
Nice! Well done.
Cool idea, makes for interesting puzzles.
Hypnotic and beautiful. Well done!
Original concept, well implemented. Tricky gameplay. Great work!
Nice. Found it difficult to control though.
Brilliant! Superb! 5 star entry.
looks nice... but alas i was confused.
lol... nice!
Nice.
Moody. Creepy. Minimalist.
Cheers for the positive feedback!
Excuses - pressed for time by life. Health crisis. Emergency Operation. Illeostomy. Renal Failure. Diagnosis: Aggressive Crohn's disease. Home from hospital Friday night.
Wanted desperately to submit something... but left it too late so it's become a Jam entry.
Cheers. Fixed Source link.
i like the black, white and yellow scheme.
Very polished, well done! Gameplay needs some tweaking.
Superb mood and feel, a nicely minimal adventure.
Ridiculous fun! :)
I've been hypnotized.
Brilliant! Really enjoyed this!
Intriguing... nice mood.
Diggin' the art and the audio!
lol!.. this is brilliant! well done!...
Nice!... Beautiful mood, easy to grasp concept. Technically: would have liked faster frame-rate, and seemed to be some z-order rendering issues. I look forward to and encourage further development. Cheers.
Enjoyed this! :) Nice concept! Yeah the tune is repetitive but it's got a nice retro arcade feel.
This is awesome! Just good clean fun with nice arcade feel. Probably my favourite game so far :)
cool!!
haha cute! felt like I was just running in circles though.
Nice job! Wow, that control scheme was freaking out my brain :)
Loved the style!
Nice take on the competition themes! I like the graphic style and tunes.
Interesting.
Looks intriguing!... but I'm afraid I'm not sure what I'm doing!? :/
Awesome graphics! Some sound would be nice. Cool idea, but found it pretty difficult. Wow - it even runs great wide screen, triple monitors :)
HAHAAA bizarre but fun! :)
It's good that someone had the balls to make this :)
Creepy monster, not a bad little typing-reaction game.
Nice simple style. Controls are interesting, kinda got the hang of them.
Just needs some more polish.
Simple & fun!
Nice mood and easy to understand game-play.
Nicely done! It does indeed feel like a classic platformer, I'm afraid I didn't get too far though - I might have to come back and give it another shot :) I like the visuals.
The music worked great, nice re-invention of the classic "Pancake".
Nice mood... but yeah, found it quite difficult to click the pollen.
hahha!... simple, but very nice style.
Really cute graphic style, and there's a great idea here to be fleshed out more.
Interesting idea.
Nicely done, but found it quite difficult.
nicely done, but as a gamer i was a bit overwhelmed.
hardcore! :) good luck with developing it further
Great visuals - elegant and smooth.
Couldn't quite figure out the first room?
hahha! that's a crack up! :) brilliant audio too!
Clever idea fpr a puzzle game! Nice work!
Smoother & Increased animation speed for the player would be good. Nice mood.
Nice nihilistic noir :)
hahha! Cute, nice job. I like using the rope to jump about the planets.
Cool!, I enjoyed that. Nice challenging little game idea. A sound track would add some polish.
Nice simple idea, but kinda hurts the brain :)
Nifty little idea! I like it...
Good fun- wonderful artwork, music and style. Nice interpretation of theme too.
Cute! Nice happy game :)
lol didn't quite finish the essay, f**king funny!! great work.
Good wholesome 1-bit fun! Smooooooth...
Nice visuals. Difficult game!
haha!... nicely done!
Nice graphics, a bit tricky to control.
Audio, Visuals, Mood - superb! Simple but fun game-play.
hehe... I WON! :) Being an RPG nerd myself, nice theme, and well executed.
Interesting idea, needs to be fleshed out more.
Nice clean crisp graphics and style. It would be nice if it were easier to tell the score of each type of box without having to remember them.
Cute game! Nice tunes, nice game-play. Would be good to see it developed a bit further.
Nice effort. Found the controls a little difficult.
Nice... a bit like old school "Hack".
Wooooaaahhhh! Nice work! Amazing concept. You should develop this more.
Nice mood and graphics.
An interesting experiment.
Interesting idea... tricky game-play.
Brilliant! Probably my favourite so far!
hehe nice little puzzle game, well done! nice clean graphic style too.
hahahhaaaa!.... fun!
Simple little game, some simple graphics or icons would have made it easier to play.
Great idea, well done! It's a bit difficult allowing the virtual screen to go off screen though.
Re:Hit Boxes:
Yeah, it's just classic coordinate checking (no fancy box 2d here) but with a little bit of lee-way, so, for example you can slightly overlap walls.
Re:Theme.
Yeah, OK, it's a loose interpretation of the theme. But that's OK - a theme is supposed to be a springboard not a straitjacket.
"One room" was way at the bottom of my theme preferences, and the last thing I wanted to do was make a game in a literal single room like hundreds of other entries.
Thanks for the reviews and critiques so far.
Cheers,
Such a simple and beautifully elegant little game. Well done! I'd like to see another mechanic (not sure what?) to give the game some more depth.
Very well presented, quite a challenging little game too. Good work!
Unique and inventive!
Got stuck on objects a few times, and wasn't quite sure how to escape. Nice mood though.
Looks nice enough, but wasn't quite sure how to play, my tools kept disappearing when I tried to craft them.
Fun, soothing - and gorgeous graphics!
Beautiful gorgeous retro fun!
Nice mood, even using those simple graphics. Just needs some more game-play elements. Well done for completing something in 48 hours!
I escaped!-- awesome little mini LucasArts adventure. Nice graphics, sound and mood. Good work! (Yeah had some issues with a backlog of text from holding spacebar.)
Nicely done. Looks good and sounds good. I'd like the player to start a little faster/more powerful. It's quite a hard game.
Cool! Awesome fun!
Competent little game, although I had an enemy spawn on my head for instant death.
Cute little game, very nice art.
Lovely style and atmosphere - wasn't quite sure what I was doing though. Great work!
cute!
hhhahha!... "exposure" ....
Brilliant! Love the idea, took a little while to get the hang of the controls. Quite hard - but it seemed to suit the style of game. Damn... played a 10 minute game, got close, but died... might have to try again later.
Nice and colourful and fun!
The connection to the theme is pretty loose and simple... it's really just about lots and lots of bunnies; and the more bunnies, the quicker they eat the grass.
Thanks all, the graphic consistency has been improved in the post-compo' version.
Haha I like the art style, animation and the sound. Fun!
Thunderbirds! hahhaaa.... difficult, but hilarious! :)
Nice job! *hic*
Haha!... that was fun :) Nicely done.
Awesome! C64 is the best!...
Nice idea, well executed. Slick! Well done!
Cool! Nice little idea for a game, I enjoyed this. Neat graphics, nice ambient sound.
Old skool awesomeness!
Nice little puzzle game... brilliant presentation! Funny stuff :)
Really great idea! Nice graphic style. Found it quite difficult.
Really nice style, nice sprite, quick and responsive controls, fun! Some inspiration from HERO (an old classic)?
Very cute! Silky smooth and gorgeous graphics.
lol funny...
Nice presentation and nice mellow music. Wasn't exactly sure what I was doing. Controls could be tweaked (turning).
Excellent! Sometimes a little tricky to control the skeletons, but top class entry! Fun puzzles with a good challenge rating.
Found it a bit tricky to play. Nice original concept though. Nice graphic style too - intro very cool (reminded me of oldskool Amiga game "Powermonger" I think)
Interesting idea... well done!
Cute! Nice graphics, I like the simple game style.
hahhaaa! Space cool! Intro is the best! ...Fun - nice work.
Cute little game, well presented.
Yay I won! :) Some sound/music would be great. Really like the graphics style.
Nice simple sleek design. Managed to progress a little but didn't fully understand the game.
Clever idea, but found it a little confusing and a very difficult game!
Really interesting idea, nice presentation and mood, and great graphics for the cards.
Tutorial helped a lot, tricky little game. Nice idea.
Very nice graphic style. Great concept for the theme too! Well done!
ha awesome sprites! :)
haha good fun! I like the theme, nice original idea.
Excellent! Really enjoyed the experience. Great design. Was hoping for something more at the end - not sure what - perhaps a simple arcade element? Great entry, very original.
haha fun to throw goats! that's got some goatee potential. nice presentation and graphics.
Nice and smooth and pixely...
@random-storykeeper thanks :) - not sure about the lag issue. I like to make my games challenging, but this one is pretty hard. As you spotted, there are a couple of safe areas which help (bottom right room and central balcony).
I might need to raise the health, just a little, but you *can* survive encounters with zombies. It's just that if you're not careful they will kill you pretty damn fast.
The game is quite tricky already so I didn't want people to fiddle about finding the stairs, so I decided to just make a big central chunk of the house the stairs.
I tried to make the intro text a little cryptic and flavourful - "uninjured means you are more delicious" - so, the more health you have the more points you get for the sacrifice.
There is also a suspense element, in that if you rush you will probably die - if you try to calm yourself, relax and wait for an opportunity you'll do better.
Thanks for the detailed feedback :) cheers
@finn-truman Thanks for the feedback
The game is a proof of concept and needs some tweekining, but I made some difficult choices in the short time available.
All I can do is report from my gameplay testing on some respects: it *is* beneficial, sometimes, to look elsewhere in the level, but really it should be beneficial more often. So tweaking here would be good.
I thought about the lamp idea, bit didn't like it. The game is supposed to be claustrophobic, and a little disorienting. The psychic eye is on a timer, so you can spam it a little, but not fully spam it. The psychic eye has a nice psychedelic touch, and has several parameters that can be tweaked; area of effect etc.
You don't *have* to walk through a zombie (watch my gameplay video) - but I agree, in that the zombie routes/movements need to be tweaked to allow more opportunity.
I think it is realised, just could be realised a bit better. My primary goal is to make something unique and something atmospheric. Of course, gameplay is very important, but the bones are there. The fact that the key is random is also why it is a "repeating" game, again, could tweak it so that key appears in an easy place on 1st martyr then appears in trickier and tricker places as you progress.
Thanks for bug report - will have to look into that.
Cheers,
@hare-software thanks for feedback,
I think zombie movement/routes can be tweaked, the idea is for the house to be quite claustrophobic.
And no team, just me - the sort of games I make should really be in the compo and not the jam. But I like to use royalty free assets sometimes to speed things up - you can't do that at all in the compo.
Cheers,
@notapixelstudio Thanks for the feedback. Ha! The key is a very simple arcade sound (from bfxr) -OK, agree, a little annoying, but wanted something simple and arcade-like to say "yes! you got the key!".
This game is getting interesting feedback. You ask, why? It makes perfect sense to me, but it's left a little up to the gamers imagination. The thing in the attic takes psychic control of you and assits you with the psychiic eye, some previous adventurer defeated the creature and locked it in the attic. It also needs to feed on your energy - the concept fits fine with the theme I think.
The "pay off" (reward) is simply the nice sound and visual effects of being devoured by the monster.
My approach to LD may be different to many. I want my game to be unique more than anything else - that means that sometimes, for some people, it doesn't "work"...
But I am glad you enjoyed it. Cheers :)
@ristoretto Thanks for your feedback. And you're spot on! - thanks for seeing the comparison with retro single screen games, especially Popeye. This was the style of game I was going for. And yes, definitely some room for those tweaks. cheers,
Really nice presentation! - clean and slick. Found the game a little confusing, but started to get the hang of it.
Nice clean graphics. I didn't have an immediate idea of how my abilities work.
Cool. Nice graphics style with a bit of a retro feel.
Awww... he looks so sad. Wasn't quite sure what to do. Superb graphics!
Great atmosphere, cool character graphics too - responsive controls. Well done!
Hoorah I won! :) Nice idea, cute little platformer with nice graphics.
Really nice mood, and I enjoyed this style of game. Good stuff!
Fun game, nice presentation - quite difficult.
Hahhaaha! Funny, very comic - loved the music and the visuals. Well done on a unique spin on the theme!
Nice and chill.
ha! cute... I like hurling myself towards the hotdogs and eating them! YUM..
awww... got to play with a doggie on my super ultra wide screen :) needs more work to turn it into a game, but it *was* relaxing, thanks.
Trippy creatues! Cool textures! Intresting little FPS style.
Interesting idea, I really like it. Found it adictive and challenging. Nice simple style. Well done!
Hahaha! That was fun - nice concept. Cute graphics. Well done!
This is really cool! - well done! I think you should change the jump noise (or make it more subtle), it doesn't fit into the style of the game. All the rest of the graphics and audio work well together.
Great! Nice simple and responsive gameplay. Excellent graphics, great sound and music. Well done!
Nice idea, nice graphics, game concept is interesting but needs a little more work - found it a little confusing too.
Haha -- stoopid chicken! that was fun :), a bit Lemmingsesque. Solid little game, well done!
Atmospheric. I like to visual style. I didn't get too far, I didn't like having to watch the intro again when I died (was too slow, needs a "skip").
Well executed, nice clean presentation. Found it pretty easy, but it ramped up after a while.
Nice idea - found it quite hard!
Smooth and clean graphics and animation (although would have liked a zombie death animation). Nice idea on theme.
Really nice, very polshied - even worked and looked great on a 32:9 display! :) Well done!
Really intruiging game. Unique idea. Needs to be expanded upon somehow. Well done.
Thanks for feedback so far,
@yaroslav-kravtsov @hayart Thanks, a lot of time was spent on player control/balancing which was key theme-related mechanic. Tried to start with nice simple levels so only the last few are really challenging.
@dob Unfortunately, yes, some antivirus gets upset. You need to "allow" it to download/run.
@hiisileiri There are only 10 levels, and first 7 levels aren't too hard. That only leaves 3 tricky levels. I thought this was a good balance for a simple game with 10 levels.
@nehvis can you suggest an alternative keyboard input rather than Z and X?
Ok, I been gaming for 40 years didn't think using Z and X was such a big deal - will have to change that.
@sherwood Thanks :) yes, I did think the same thing regarding levels, but ran out of time to implement something. I decided 5 lives would be enough, as there are only 10 levels. But OK I'm starting to think that maybe it should be a purely level based game.
But I'm glad you found it challenging (not frustrating), that really is the tricky part.
Thanks for more feedback guys,
@teegan Yes, this occured to me, I wanted to make it "level based" and ran out of time, so simply dished out 5 lives. I might do a quick and dirty bug fix and just boost the lives - maybe 10 or even 15 or even 20?
@abregado ....respect :) cool, thanks.
@zapturk @kiwi663 Thanks or your feedback, glad you enjoyed it! :)
@justcamh 'No worries' (from a fellow Aussie). Yes, your criticisms as regards graphics (cohesion) is perfectly valid. I prioritize gameplay and mechanics over graphics and sound. Sound/music I can generally do pretty quick. Graphics, I usually grab CC/free assets, do minor processing, and use them for "placeholder", and come back to them if I have time. Of course, time is a luxury so sometimes that doesn't happen.
(Ha, and no, sorry for misunderstanding, my video wasn't a "speedrun" - just a [test] run...)
Enjoyed your channel, thanks again for playing. Cheers.
@holbinski @chillertyp @wizard @animawish Thanks for playing! :)
@erikkire Thanks - I enjoyed making a little circus/blues chip tune.
@xiyou @ommadawn Thanks for playing, yes I agree - level 9 is the hardest.
lol woah trip out of a game. giddy up. unique take.. good job! challenging too.
Cute idea and very well executed. Good job!
Nice elegant little game, looks neat and clean, good graphics and music. Unique concept. A bit more feedback would be nice (eg player damage). Nice work!
Actually found it a bit tricky, but great mood and gorgous graphics!
Very nice style and atmosphere. Good work!
Haha so cool! Really solid game, great work!
Haha fun little mini games that keep you on your toes and then panic! Good stuff! Enjoyed it.
Cute. Love the graphics!
I really enjoyed that, which is a key game test :) Great painterly graphics, a gentle shanty, some storms, adventures... well done!
Nice simple elegant game.
Cute idea for a game, nice simple graphics. Just need to expand on it, I would have been happy if the surface itself moved, wobbled or tilted a bit.
haha yep - that's a difficult game... whack!
Simple, but very enjoyable game. Sleek smooth graphics. Nice work!
Cute. Smooth graphics and gameplay. Well done!
Really liked the mood.
beautiful!
Nice idea, the city was impressive. Found the game incredibly difficult though.
As an "artistic experience" I really enjoyed this! Yes, more a narrative than a game, but very evocative.