Light in the Dark by Gecko64 2022-10-04T10:05:31Z
Thanks ill check out your game :)
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | Signal | U.P.L.I.N.K | jam | 595 | 3.33 | 3.40 | 2.93 | 3.81 | 3.12 | 3.08 | 3.78 | 3.26 | |
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | Schrödinger's Cat: The Game | jam | 1085 | 2.76 | 2.57 | 2.44 | 2.68 | 2.68 | 2.73 | 2.55 | 2.63 | |
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | Light in the Dark | jam | 2.50 | 2.50 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 4.00 | 3.25 | 2.25 | 4.00 |
Thanks ill check out your game :)
Very interesting game and very well made visuals!
Nice idea, love the music, the gameplays solid, Good Job!
Despite the language barrier, it was a very solid and fun game to play!
Good Idea, but could use more consistent aesthetics and maybe some QoL features, but overall good game!
@balimaarthebassfish Sorry for the late reply! I meant by a more consistent aesthetic being with the somewhat detailed background to the very simple coloured main character, and also the more jarring hard outlines on everything and with the text in the top without a font matching the theme. I'm sorry about mentioning QoL as when I first played it the play in browser caused it to zoom in and lose the ability to see the text, that was one of my main gripes when I first played, playing again I realised I missed out on seeing this. Good game otherwise, great mood and humour :)
@junagames Thank you for the criticism, being the second game I've ever made! and I tried to follow the theme with the limited space being the space of the 'box' (being the level) from the Schrodinger's cat experiment.
@balimaarthebassfish I'm sorry for the inconvenience I didn't realise that it wasn't working for so long, I have removed it as of now, and thanks for the criticism.
Very fun and good looking game, reminds me of my friend's cat!
I love the game and all the characters, its a beautiful atmosphere, some of the click events can be kinda janky but that's fine. PS: the dog is my favourite!
Very nice little game, enjoyed it a lot :). Gameplay could be smoother but otherwise the style I love!
Very cool gameplay, enjoyed the strategies but the ai should be able to delete stuff aswell for more funky gameplay. Other than that great game!!
Fun game to play, only issue i faced was the constant looping all the way back through the maze sometimes through the massive winding maze. Still a very good game! Good job :)
Love the art style and using the different bots to do different things while moving around adding another dimension to it all. Good job :)
I really like the frame time trial and realised way too late on the turbo gamblinator that i could just go frame by frame and pick when to click not just go back to before clicking. Pretty fun short game!
Really enjoyed the concept of the game as a whole! Had fun playing good job :)
I really appreciate the graphics, sound, and the whole atmosphere in general. The gameplay was a little confusing but all in all a solid game.
Honestly I had no clue what I was doing but I made some cool sounding things. Took a lot of fiddling, but a nice little audio sandbox to play with frequencies. Good job in the Compo :)
Saw your post about overall and decided to give your game a shot. Had a lot of fun! I loved the artstyle and felt like I was playing some arcade game. With the talking system it was fun meeting different characters especially rocky! Overall, a really fun game, good job :)
Very very fun, I loved the shooting, pixel art. This game was full of soul in the little things aswell, like the out of signal timer. I would suggest maybe having that timer being a little longer, and maybe the ability to shoot up and down. Other than that I had a lot of fun with your game really good job!
Impressive atmosphere created with the simple yet effective artstyle. Only problem which could just be me, I was very lost in the radio part at the start. Otherwise very good job :)
I love clicking on the squares randomly hoping i get it correct and then feeling like a genius when i do! The games atmosphere is great and the terminal feels SO satisfying to use and sounds super nice. A good game!
Super fun game! I enjoyed the art and the puzzle elements of matching someones order! Very very good job :)
P.S and thats me on the leaderboard!
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I loved the game and its execution! Its artstyle was great, One gripe I have is the range to pull the men sometimes depletes to fast and they escape your field. Other than that Good Job :)
Really enjoyed the amount of levels, and main puzzle element of the game, getting through all 10 levels. The style was really cool and the take on the theme was great. I would suggest maybe the ability to see the previous line placed when failing a level. Other than that Good job!!
I really enjoyed the gameplay, and the overall artstyle of an old 80s game. Had a lot of fun going through the levels and facing different enemies! Good job on the game :)
I love this game so much, this is a 5 star for me and my favourite game all jam! The story, art, music (from someone learning to make their own), and basically everything was perfect, thank you for making this. Good job!!!!
Dude this is the best ld jam game ive played all jam so far this is incredible. If a little bit of elbow grease was put into polishing the game and giving it a little more longevity in game time, id pay for this on steam! Good job :)
Fun simple game, good job!
Basically grim fandango 2, I LOVED this game, super super crazy good job :)
I like the idea of the game with the sine wave and shrinking and expanding, but I just couldn't get past how slow the game could feel at times. Other than that it was fun good job!
Great game, had a lot of fun completing the game with all the different game interactions between buildings. Good job! :)
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Super super fun game going back and forward to deliver, and I love space games in general. One problem I'd have to say is that game doesn't feel like I can do much else to do like upgrades or more of a reason to keep going. Other than that a very fun game! Good job :)
Felt like I was in the heart of London, I loved the aesthetic a lot and the tricks were quite fun along with the rules. One issue I had is that I would be driving fast just to drive into a dead end that was pretty hard to get out of sometimes. Other than that, had a good time playing good job :)
Really enjoyed the gameplay of solving little puzzles to pass a check, some things were a little finnicky but really good overall. The art and general design was great :)
I like the potential of the this idea, having been in a couple MMORPG raids myself this is pretty accurate. With the jumping to attract the other 'players' haha. Good job!
I enjoyed the idea of the game with the queueing and all that. There are a couple short comings with various bugs and the ui but its good what you've achieved in 3 days. Good job :)
I enjoy the inclusion of the wordle code cracking and the general fun of moving through the galaxy, the movement is a little janky but still alright.
I absolutely love this game, so simple yet so fun! I also love the art style. One suggestion would be to balance the timing of the sending and deleting, and maybe something like where the packets first spawn could extend their timer, just spit balling. Other than that very very Good job :)
I absolutely love the art of this game and the style, the game was also very fun to try and figure out what to do. Good job!
Loved the puzzles! Also loved everything else with the art, audio, etc! Reminded me a lot of my own game, Good job on the game you've created!!!
Pretty cool stuff, finding so many little things and little story beats. Only gripe is how hard it can be to find the signal in certain quadrants. Other than that good job!
I enjoyed playing this and a nice gameplay loop with the fuel and travelling to planets. Good Job :)
Very fun concept and puzzle system. I love having to combine the colours in a challenging wave type of game. Overall a fun puzzle game, good job!
I really enjoyed the constantly changing controls and having to stay on my feet. I would suggest if you were to continue creating more levels get onto maybe making moving aspects to the levels to add more difficulty. The game was great good job :)
Really enjoyed the art and the bit of the game I think I figured out. One big issue is that I really had no idea what I was doing for most of it, otherwise good job :)
@itero-proto Sorry about that, I didn't have the time to map it to HTML5 for the LD jam
@thecoconutdream Thank you!
@max-corke I do remember the splitter bug but I wont lie i had to push that out of the way to finish the game in the end :) I did check your game out and yes certain element were really similar!
@catanus Thank you!
@fedor-perfilov Thank you!
@draki Sorry about the controls it was a balancing scheme trying to figure out how to do controls the correct way, but thank you none the less
@furyohfury Thats a good idea, Thats one thing i wish i did
@hexstart Haha im sorry about the f and r i can understand how you could miss click and completely reset the whole level! Hope you still hat a good time :)
@mantou Thank you so much!
@indiepanda Yeah Ill try my best if i can find time but yes its a good idea
@sariiger Thanks it was fun to build the game aswell
@nullval Thank you for the funniest game award from you and yes I do understand the unexplained top of antenna problem
@alisher-fazilov Thanks for the kind words, and I do notice a pattern with nullvals comment on the top of antenna problem
@zhangzhimu Thanks!
@miclefirst Thank you for almost finishing my game, if u wanted to try the last level again dont worry it saves ur progress!
@kartoffel-licht Thanks for the detailed comment and I do agree, and yes I have found out the bug is quite common now and sorry about that.
@krawa Thanks for that!
@zoeek Thanks that I could make you laugh! But yeah I have noticed a very common pattern of this one bug
@sledzik Thanks, I definitely could've added more failsafes for that stuff because its clearly a common enough problem.
@jamesgames1000 Thank you so much for playing to the end! Im happy you had fun finding ways to break the game, always my favourite part in games.
@gkthegkpchannel Thank you and yes the feature not a bug of a memory leak...
@apt-prose7 Thank you!
@poliado Thank you!
@cazik21 @indiepanda @itero-proto
There is now a web version on the itch.io page linked above!
If you would still prefer mac it should be coming soon!
@wallted My bad about the R haha during testing it was just me alone so it didn't cross my mind someone would be able to do that. Thanks for the kind words!
@venomousmouse Thanks!
@majomirez That is a great idea, a grid backround would add an extra edge to some of the harder parts. Thanks!
@ouisky I 100% could've added something to know about the movement that was my bad, glad you enjoyed the game!
@risminator Thank you for the kind words on the game and for completing the whole 8 levels!
@anaastaska Thanks for the kind words, but most of the character art was created by my good friend, none the less thanks so much!
@andriybyelikov Thanks!!
@brolga Thanks, I think humour is the best thing in games!
@coda-highland Thanks for the kind words, next time 100% I will get my partner to join up. Yes the game could have very much had a system to zoom out or pan for the larger levels along with a faster signal possibly. Thanks again!
@eloc Thanks, this is the first game I made my music for and so was my friend's art!
@ao-85 thanks for the kind words!
The grounds for a really fun game are all here but just lacking in a little bit with some of the visuals and some bugs with enemies. But none the less doing this all within 72 is an utter gargantuan task and I applaud you guys on finishing what you've put out. Good job :)
Loved it! The style, gameplay, and sound design all added to a drab atmosphere. I also loved the warioware style gameplay and when I was finished wished I could have some sort of endless mode. Good job!!!
Absolutely loved it, the artstyle, the game idea, everything. One of the best games I've played in this jam. Very good job :)
This game is fire surprised this didnt take you 1000 years to complete
Super fun game to play. I loved almost everything about it with the combination of the music and highpass lowpasses along with the artstyle alone of the cute aliens and ever cooler FBD agent. Very good job a great game! :)
Very much loved the art of the game, the gameplay was pretty darn fun to play given the waves and the roguelikey gameplay. I would say that it is a little too common I feel to get the earth bunnies and my hand would constantly be filled with those and no other choice but to play them to refresh my hand without wasting a redraw. Otherwise that I loved the game :)
I enjoyed the games style quite a lot. I also enjoyed the movement of the car and all of that. A couple things I would suggest is that you don't have to quit the game after a fail, second I could not decipher the radio most of the time with the filters. Other than that I had a good time, good job!!!!
Very cool concept, I loved the art and the puzzles. Only issue I would begin to only focusing on the image instead of the noise. Otherwise good job!
Fun little game, and a nice challenge
Had a lot of fun with this game! I liked the slenderman kinda gameplay, along with the art was really fun. I wish there was maybe some more interactivity maybe like a main menu. Other than that this game was really really fun and I played until the end, Good job :)
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Fun idea, maybe I'm just not smart enough but I still did have fun. A couple things were a little finicky like the level logic with ending the level. I'd also say the art is lacking a long with lack of audio. Other than that I had a good time!
@mibi88 Oh sorry for not clarifying! I just meant more the fact that sometimes I didn't know if the level was done or not and that was because I didn't at first understand the 'ok' button. Like a classic puzzle game would probably tell you when your done. Thanks for being active to understand problems with your game, good job :)
Through being dyslexic I still enjoyed the writing of this cute little game, If there was audio it would be like a cherry on top. Overall Good job :)
I love this game so much, I love how it really feels like using a super rudimentary control scheme for in this case a small little robot. Little flashes of the reflection of the stoner alien we were playing as. Really cool game, good job :)
I really like the artstyle of this whole game, it drew me in into this strange world. I really enjoy the movement but only to a point though. Idk if i wasnt using it correctly but it was very difficult to move around in some situations. Other than that I loved playing your game!
I enjoyed the graphics and the 2d/3d world, but the compass was hard to initially figure out. Good job :)
I loved reading the 'signals' of the opponents, the art, audio and the gameplay. Had a really fun time, good job :)
I love the atmosphere of being in the submarine, with the audio and the psx kinda art. I like the fnaf kind of gameplay. One issue I would be attacked by a leviathan at the very start maybe 1 or 2 but after that would just disappear until I'd reach the surface. Overall I really liked the game but its just unfortunate I didn't keep getting attacked.
Very cool stuff, I love the idea of revealing the story piece by piece! Good job :)
Fun game to play just lacking a couple things. First I'd say I didn't find really much could kill zombies but the chairs when I would wanna use the other pieces of furniture. The jokes were funny and the physics were good, good job!
I loved this game so much! From the artstyle to the gameplay of it. It was all really great. Sometimes I could get overwhelmed by the signals landing at the same time from mine and the enemies but didnt really take away from the game. Good job this is up there with my favourites this ld jam!
The game was lowkey confusing to figure out at the start, but the second I cracked the code everything became super super easy. The game was fun to play and had a good time. Good job!
Got to a highscore of 407 and couldn't crack the 471 but still had a fun time playing and trying to squeeze out a score. The idea was really fun and enjoyed the idea of the frog deciding everything haha. Really cool game!
PS. liked the impractical jokers thumbs up
@steveofstevesgames My bad i thought it looked like the thumbs up from the show
Heres what I though you were referring to:
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Looking back on it I must have seen something that wasn't there
Had fun playing and solving the various puzzly elements trying to get all green. I loved the art but my only gripe is the fact that it gets a little repetitive. Otherwise good stuff :)
Enjoyed the game, Id like to see maybe a in game tutorial that explains it a little more. Other than that good job :)
I loved the combination of mechanics especially trying to match the amplitude of the wave throughout the levels, and the slow but solid incrementation of difficulty. Good game I enjoyed playing :)
I enjoyed the atmosphere of being on the planet! The camera following the car could be improved a little and maybe the direction of what I'm actually meant to be doing. Other than that good job!
A very cool idea for a game, I loved the graphics and gameplay! The only thing I could complain about is the lack of explanation at the start but other than that good job :)
I tried my best but the controls were quite hard to get past, the movement of the mouse was quite stuttery and awkward same with the knobs on the computer barely worked when moving. Still there is an outline of a great game here, and with a bit of a touch up it could be great. Good job!!!
PS. Loved the chair spin
Very fun game and great use of the theme! Love the art Good job :3
Pretty fun, I enjoyed moving and trying to avoid the deadspots for the signal. Idk if this is just me but I'd 100% appreciate more direction in the game to know what im meant to do. This is not to mention the art style is great I love the ascii command prompt style and a very good attempt for your first ludum dare. :)
Great game to play! I loved the graphics, the audio was a little abrasive but none the less still a solid rogue like :)
Fun idea, just wish there was a little more structure to the gameplay, but I love the brutalism style and pixelised view. A nice game for being made in 48 hours :)
Fun game to decide many different peoples fate, and loved the art and atmosphere. Good job!
I really enjoyed this one, i got quite far a couple of times (Bomb units were 100% the best). A very solid compo with quite a lot of depth for 2 days. A couple things I'd add but I do get you only have 48 hours, I would definitely find a way to speed up the movement of the cubes and gameplay in the earlier and later levels. Good job!
PS. I did find a bug were you could pick up the cube and start and ram the cube and drag wherever you'd want it.