Mustered by arron-fowler 2023-01-11T03:51:06Z ♥ 0
Could be improved with a better camera, but altogether very well done. I enjoyed this. Left a comment with a photo on your Itch page as well, as that's what led me here.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → GeraldFIngBurke
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | Signal | The Union | jam | 190 | 3.90 | 3.26 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 3.25 | 2.75 | 3.73 | ||
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | The Ballad of Eric Hernandez, Cattle Rancher | jam | 795 | 2.60 | 2.80 | 2.57 | 2.61 | 2.71 | 3.16 | 3.93 | 3.02 | ||
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | 12 Hours | jam | 1385 | 2.45 | 1.74 | 2.60 | 3.62 | 3.00 | 1.44 | 2.16 | 2.91 | ||
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | You Are Going To Die Today | jam | 725 | 3.56 | 3.36 | 3.39 | 3.80 | 3.37 | 3.16 | 3.40 | 3.40 | ||
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | TCGD AntiVirus '98 | jam | 313 | 3.65 | 3.56 | 3.25 | 3.44 | 3.50 | 3.49 | 3.35 | 3.46 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | Cyclevania | jam | 649 | 3.40 | 3.37 | 3.28 | 3.77 | 3.32 | 3.05 | 2.90 | 3.41 | |
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | TOO MANY CATS! | jam | 999 | 2.93 | 2.81 | 2.64 | 3.12 | 2.55 | 2.69 | 3.26 | 2.67 | |
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | Midnight Manor | jam | 829 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 2.16 | 3.50 | 3.05 | 2.67 | 2.11 | 2.89 |
GeraldFIngBurke leaves an average of 14.2 feedback comments each event.
Could be improved with a better camera, but altogether very well done. I enjoyed this. Left a comment with a photo on your Itch page as well, as that's what led me here.
I had to face Dr. Shelley's Wrath and, ngl, I ain't scared.
Neat game! I love the concept of the grim reaper flying around in a soul-powered rocked. Feels like a parable. If I could make one suggestion, it would be to make the enemies a little bit more consistent. Felt like I kinda had to wander around to get them to spawn.
Got the harvest queen my second go 'round. Died on the first because I was trying to suck shield dudes and it took me way too long to realize I couldn't. I do have to say the camera felt a little too far out, but otherwise it looked and played great. Solid entry!
Everything about this is incredibly well done. It has a very high level of polish. The story and writing are great. I'm sure there's a way to win, but I wasn't able to do it in my time with the game. Honestly the sense of doom felt thematic. Fantastic art, well paced, great sound. This is a fantastic entry. The fact that it's your first is all the more impressive.
The art reminds me of a 90s era RTS in a very positive way. Beyond that, though, I kinda felt like a hat on a hat. I wasn't sure if I was actually helping or hindering by carrying the little tank boys around. I may have missed the point, though.
This looks really great. It's very well done. Short, simple, and to the point. Great job!
I'm a huge fan of idle clickers, so I found a lot to enjoy here. On point with the theme and everything looked and sounded great. The 6k yield upgrade seemed superfluous, but I'm a completionist, so I had to get it. Great game!
Almost got it on my first go round, but the rng gods said otherwise. Got it on the second though! A very hectic game, and a very interesting concept. I played it on PC, but it looks like it was designed with mobile in mind. There's definitely not enough web based mobile games out there, so big time kudos for that.
Took me a minute to understand what I was supposed to be doing, but after I got the hang of it, it ended up being pretty fun. It's a clever little platformer and fits the theme pretty well. The scythe attack was weird, but it's a jam and that kind of stuff happens.
My first round, I didn't realize I was controlling both characters and could not, for the life of me, figure out what I was doing. The second go-round went a lot better. A very simple and fun idea.
11 was my best. Very simple, but there's nothing wrong with that. The first time around, it took me a second to figure out what I was doing, but it was pretty smooth after that. Solid entry.
Looks great, a lot of fun. Could definitely use some more variety, but what's there is well executed.
The art is incredible. Very good, simple concept. I have two thoughts/suggestions. Not every door could be interacted with. This is fine, but a little bit of feedback would help, like a sound that indicates the door is locked. The other is that one of the buildings in the top right of the map didn't do the roof cutaway like the others. Other than that, this is a great entry. The visual feedback for the impending storm was great. If anything, it could afford to ramp up maybe a little more towards the end. Awesome submission!
@mortith No clue how you managed! This game was tough! I couldn't manage to get more than three scythes, though that was probably more a failing of strategy on my part. I couldn't make it through, but I did play it for a good hour, so that's definitely worth something.
I'm way too scatterbrained to multitask like this. But that's me. The game itself is really tight, fun, and a very neat concept.
28 days. This is the longest time I've spent on a single game in this jam. I would complain about how grindy it gets, but honestly if that was actually a problem, I would have stopped playing. The difficulty curve is great and the action ramps up as you get your upgrades. This is an incredibly well done entry. This is the kind of platformer I like to play outside of the context of jams and it's just absolutely solid in that regard. Well done!
I really enjoyed the tactical gameplay. This is incredibly well put together and polished. I'm impressed with the depth you were able to get out of such a simple concept.
My only two complaints were the fact that the crops took a little too long to grow and when you had a bunch of crops to sell, you were barraged with the coin sound hundreds of times in a row. Other than that, solid entry. Good job.
An organ harvesting game idea ended up on my cutting room floor this jam. I'm glad it did, because this is an absolutely perfect interpretation of the idea. Very funny, a lot of heart(no pun intended). I absolutely loved this. I think this is the first "perfect" game I've played so far. And a compo entry no less. This definitely deserves to place.
The first track was a little long, just given how often it repeats, but honestly it was a nice ramp into the more complex second round. Very good rhythm game, once you get into the rhythm.
Very well put together. Clever concept. My brain is too smooth to handle the multitasking, but that's more on me than the game. My only complaint was having to fire up Chrome, but there have been worse tragedies in human history.
Very well done in terms of retellings. The writing is very good. The Oedipus myth is a really great fit for the theme. I also appreciate that you came up with a believable alternate ending for those of us that knew to avoid the man in the cart.
First, I want to compliment the layout of your game page. You genuinely don't see a lot of that.
The game itself, I suck at it.
The play is tight and everything looks and sounds good. I just couldn't get very far. Still, great game and well executed.
Extremely well done. The myth of Sisyphus is a perfect fit for the theme. I enjoyed how you managed to capture the look and sound of a particular era of games. Honestly wouldn't be surprised to see exactly this running on an NES.
Excellent story. I ended up chasing every ending and finding every branch. I love when a game does that for me.
As someone that still hasn't filed my taxes this year (US, so it's getting close!) I can relate hard to this. Great game, super clever concept.
If I had one suggestion, it would be to make the grab a toggle. The g is just a little bit of a stretch to hold while using the movement keys. Other than that, it was a clever concept. It kinda reminds me of my first LD game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/midnight-manor
Really great interpretation of the them. Very well made for the 48 hour time window. Honestly it was really solid and polished in general. The art and sounds worked great together. The boss fights were really well designed as well. Number three beat the crap out of me more times than I would like to admit.
Unfortunately, I really didn't get it.
Absolutely hilarious! Loved the sound effects!
I got it on the first one, but I played again to see what would happen if I didn't. I'm very familiar with that scenario.
Very simple and I love the art style. I disagree with @tulio As someone that grew up with guardians like that, trying to stay out of trouble genuinely feels like delaying the inevitable.
This got me hard. I'm turning 30 this year and having the hardest time being happy where I am in life.
I reached inevitable mutually assured destruction! Not sure how to feel about that...
It wasn't immediately clear that it was turn based, but I may not have been paying enough attention at the start. Otherwise, it was a really great interpretation. The time ticking down and forcing you to be less thoughtful and make more reckless moves as time went on was a really great touch.
I really had a lot of fun with this one. Great concept and great execution. Got spun around a couple times and had a hard time getting back on track, but this was really awesome.
Absolutely hilarious
Incredibly clever concept. I absolutely loved the eating animation as well. Great sense of humor and very well polished. I'm amazed you did this for the compo! Great job!
Definitely dug the Portal vibes. The random mutations were a nice touch as well, but I had a hard time finding a use for a couple of them, like crouch.
The voice over was great, but there were a few places where if you moved too fast or died too fast, it would cut off or step on itself in a slightly awkward way.
Great game though. I played through to the end.
This was incredibly well done, particularly from a technical standpoint. The humor and writing was absolutely on point. Awesome!
Very interesting take here. I think it has some interesting things to say. I'm really interested in how you integrated the news feeds. Are you accessing an API somewhere, or are you pulling the RSS feeds that way?
This one was absolutely hilarious. A wonderful take on the theme and a genuinely enjoyable, difficult game. Kudos!
Very well done. The theme didn't really come across for me, but it really didn't have to. I had a lot of fun with this one. It took a couple of tries but I finally got the 'Scary' score.
I love this kind of game. I managed to fill all of the building slots and get the max population, which was my personal win condition.
The gameplay is deceptively difficult. I've certainly never played a dodging type game like this. I also really appreciate the literal take on 'loop' for the competition. I've ran into fewer than I thought I would.
Thank you for stopping me! I'm not sure how many loops I would have done if you hadn't. I kept looking for ways to break the loop! Very good premise. I also loved the character animations. I even found outrunning the bus to be funny in its own way. I don't know if this is intentional or not, but the newspaper date stays the same. At first I thought this was a game about the daily grind, but I almost feel like it's someone trapped in limbo, reliving the drudgery of their life over and over again. The pills and the alcohol give me that impression. The only thing that doesn't fit is that you get progressively more money as you go.
Altogether a very good experience. I enjoyed it.
I managed to smash this game with a high score of... 1. It's very well put together and a super interesting concept, but it was just a little bit tough for me. I absolutely loved everything from the art to the music, to the incredibly clever premise. Fantastic game, I just happen to suck at it.
I had a lot of fun with this one. The puzzles were great. I ended up getting a few extra keys because I got really into trying to solve the puzzles. I wasn't able to solve the rune one using the clues, so I got it with trial and error. The design of the maze was great too. There were a few visible break points where it was obvious I was looping around, but there were more than a few times where I saw that gazelle symbol and thought "How did I manage to do that?"
This is perfect for me. If they decide to let me pick the jam winners this time (still waiting on a response to my email) you'll absolutely be my top pick. The only gripe I could possibly have is that my cursor didn't lock, but literally everything else was perfect.
I had a hard time with the hiding. It didn't really seem to work if I was within the search radius of the aliens. So it felt more like a stop and wait til you don't hear the noise kind of thing. Altogether it was an interesting game. It was well put together and I love the touch of him hanging his head as he passes his friend's ghost.
Very well written. Loved the jokes and the references. The art was fantastic as well, and I never got tired of the background music, which is impressive for a game that takes a little bit longer to play through. Loved this!
Absolutely wonderful. Incredibly atmospheric. It was a great little meditation. It took me a few revolutions to find the charging station again, but it was overall a very wonderful experience.
Excellent work! I absolutely loved the textures. I also love the beholder hovering over the map. Very well designed!
Really great art, wish there was some more game, but this was really cool.
I have mixed feelings about idle games in general, but this one was well executed and I saw it through to the end. I don't really see this as an interpretation of the theme, but I dug it nonetheless.
I ran until I got bored and then a little further. I don't really get the point of this one, but some of the sprites are super clean and the music is good. Also, it seems to miss the mark a bit. This time last year, the theme was 'Running out of Power' and this would have fit that perfectly, but the theme wasn't that and it really missed the mark.
Really like the meta-humor in this one. It's very clean, well put together. If I had one suggestion, it would be some kind of affordance to let you know how many lives you had. It's pretty easy to figure out after the first time or two. I got as high as 187, just 13 away, but I had already played too long and I really can't take the time to finish, as much as I would have liked to see the end. I'm just not quite good enough to get there.
Really great game, really enjoyed it. Just a little tough for me.
It won't unrar for me.
Just another person jumping on to tell you how great your game was!
This was hilarious. Difficult at first, but that's fine by me. Loved the concept.
I like the idea here, but I had a hard time following some of the action.
That was really awesome. It took me a minute to realize that the way to refill water was to match water tiles. Very clever.
I've been playing game with an egg timer to make sure I didn't spend too much time on any one thing. I turned it off for this. Really glad I did. Great game, fun story.
This idea was thrown out when we were brainstorming. I'm really glad we didn't do it, because I can't really see how we would have competed with this. You guys nailed it!
The art and design are hilarious, but it does feel a little flat. However, you made a fighting game that works with a reasonable level of complexity within a few days, so hats off to you. It worked!
Maybe these games just aren't my bag, but I wasn't able to get too far.
If I had one glaring issue, it was that I couldn't find a way to return to the main menu, so in order to try out all the characters I had to reopen the page in the browser. That said, well done. Very well put together game. I'll have to go back and check out the game this one is based on.
This was really fun and I loathe rhythm games. I had about fifty percent accuracy. The music was really cool too.
Aside from not really seeing the theme here, I did enjoy this one. It was a little vanilla, but it's a whole lot to do in two days. Bravo.
Everything looks and sounds really good, but this just feels like a well polished breakout clone.
I'm going to be honest and say that I sucked at Flappy Bird. I also suck at this. But I do think what you did with it was clever and the game itself was technically executed very well. I want to say that I don't like the seemingly random level of responsiveness when typing, but I don't know if that's the game or just me. I like what you did, though, and it is good, just not my cup of tea.
I was really impressed with this. The seeming randomness of the spotlights was a little bit frustrating. But you've struck an incredible balance, forcing players to weigh their security against their mobility. Very clever.
Interesting concept. I think you really nailed the theme. I certainly enjoyed it.
The best thing about this one were the sound effects, they were hilarious. It made the game feel really fun. My biggest problem was that the jumping felt a bit weird, like you shot up very quickly then sort of floated back down. It was partly because of this that I went through the ceiling in one section and ended up falling out of the map. Other than that, I would suggest making sure all your UI elements fit into the resolution you're building to. It's a bit of a pain to do, but well worth it. In unity, just make sure your game screen is displaying your target resolution during testing. The only reason I bring this up is because of the overlap of the buttons between levels. Altogether, though, good job guys. It was fun.
Reminds me of the old Flash sniper games. The handling was a little wonky and the perspective switch from scoped and free view was too much for me to switch back and forth between them.
This is one of my favorites this Jam. Hands down. Incredibly well put together and very original Loved the game. I only ran into one bug. Right before I would have won the first time around, I had the game freeze on me and the attachment sound effect looped rapidly. I waited for longer than I may have in another game just because I thought it might be part of it. That's the only negative thing I can say here. Great work!
Whoa! I was a little bit surprised when I kicked this on. This was super ambitious, yet you've managed to put together a cohesive experience in spite of the gravity of what you were trying to put together. Very well done. My only complaint is that the controls got a bit wonky a few times and one time it prevented me from finishing. Aside from that, awesome for a jam game slapped together over a weekend.
Edit: I just read the bit where you mentioned you were a team of six. Less impressive, but slightly so. Still a great effort.
I found myself playing this for way longer than I thought I would. Deceptively challenging and surprisingly fun.
Took me a minute to figure out what was going on. An interesting concept.
That was incredible. Playing this game was truly a joy. A stunning experience that got deeper and deeper as I went along. This is everything that I'm looking for in games writing smashed together into a beautiful tapestry. The overall length is the only indication I could find that this was done in only a weekend. I cannot praise this game anymore. Fantastic.
Wow. This game was truly gorgeous. The art was breathtaking, and the writing was fantastic. If I had one thing, it would be the the truck handled a little weird, but it was a very small problem in an incredible game. I wanted to be fair and judge you on the build you put up before the deadline, but now I'm going back and playing the full one just for the sake of doing it. Thank you for the experience.
What I liked:
-The sounds were cool -The gameplay loop was simple and fun -The art and characters were nicely done
What I didn't like:
-The attack animation seemed to separate the striking arm from the rest of the character -Having to hold the directional button to attack, as the character doesn't face in the direction I leave him facing.
Altogether the game was fun and hit the target. I enjoyed it! Thanks!
The game was really well written and hilarious. If I had anything to complain about, it was that the platforming segments were a bit tedious. It wasn't always clear what route you needed to take and it was sometimes frustrating making your way up certain obstacles. Aside from that though, superbly fun and terribly clever. Thank you for making this.
I'm going to start this by saying thank you for building this in WebGL. I've run into a good many Unity projects on here that would have worked great in WebGl but I had to download/unzip/unrar.
The Game:
Dark and super creepy. It kinda reminded me of the old Sierra-style adventure games, in vibe and art if not mechanics. Really nice and atmospheric. The actual gameplay was serviceable, but given the time and resources I'm sure you could do something really awesome with this.
I certainly had fun with it. A very good job to do in such a short amount of time. I enjoyed the art and the music. The level design was really good (It's easy to see bad level design in RPG Maker Games) The writing was on-point and I really think the little touches you add here and there brought the entire project to the next level. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't care at all to see a full endeavor by you guys, you seem to know your stuff.
I tweeted you! Ha! But, no, that was a really clever mechanic. I had a lot of fun with what could have been a super-simple typing game. I enjoyed the theme and the art, though I will say that I didn't get running out of power from it, but I really didn't need to. Besides the theme, everything else was pretty much 5/5, clever, fun. I enjoyed the sound and the art a great deal. Awesome job!
I don't know if this was intentional, but the hours start at around 2100 and count up. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with that. I got three of the endings, but I wasn't sure how to survive or whatever I had to do for any of the others. If there is a time limit, it would be nice to be a little bit more clear on what it is and how it works. Aside from that, the music and sounds were cool and I liked the art.
That was pretty intense, when you hear the chirping of the enemy orbs. That combined with the simple bass track and I have to say the music nailed the atmosphere perfect. It wasn't immediately clear how to keep the lighthouse powered, but it didn't take much to put two and two together. Thank you for the cross-hair by the way, a few fps games I've played in this competition have missed that. My only complaint is that the game is almost long to the point of tedium as the mechanics don't really shake up over the course of the game, but that's a small thing compared to the rest of it. Great job!
I'm a bit rusty with the platformers, so I had a tough go of it, but those sound effects were hilarious. Very fun, very challenging. If the burgers were meant to do something, I couldn't figure out what it was. If they were just for decoration, that's a nice red herring to throw in. Honestly I would play again for the "Ouch!" alone.
The music was fun. It would have been nice to have a little bit of affordance at the start to familiarize the player with the controls, but they were simple once I looked them up from the menu. The art was great. The only thing I really missed was some real feedback when hitting and being hit.
I definitely enjoyed the art. It was a little unclear which villagers were the ones to avoid at first, but you get the hang of it. Felt satisfying to turn into a bat. It took a few lives for me to get into the groove of feeding on the peasants. There were a few times where they didn't spawn or spawned just a bit out of my reach.
This was brilliant to play. It's amazing what can be done in three short days! The only thing that got me was the GameMaker watermark in the corner, but that really can't be helped and doesn't detract from an awesome game. The only improvement I would make it allowing the player to hold down the key to move, I wore my finger out mashing those arrow keys. Great job!
This was awesome. Short and with a nice little punch at the ending. The only place I dinged you was on theme, but overall, in terms of the jam, you're a 5/5 in my book.
Nice. Really liked the turrets. Game started real easy because I thought I could just have the turrets do the work for me, but I was wrong. The only problems I really had was that aiming felt a bit unresponsive. A targeting reticle would have been perfect. Just a simple UI image with a script to set its transform by wherever you store the info for where you're aiming.
LD59 — Signal (16)
Klat Shat by Xahon 2026-04-28T01:39:05Z ♥ 2
Very nice! Puzzles are tough, so this being your first one is very impressive.
Robo-Miners by Wizard 2026-04-28T01:35:36Z ♥ 1
Definitely had a hard time keeping control of the ship. This kinda reminds me of Rings of Saturn. Great concept!
THE HORSE WE MADE by cesta 2026-04-27T15:49:59Z ♥ 2
This is some high concept stuff! Particularly enjoyed the 'drink' scene. That could just be something inside of me, though.
GHz: WEE by Entink 2026-04-27T15:41:26Z ♥ 1
The mechanic used here ws genius. I really enjoyed this. I did get locked on the second level because a baddie was basically permanently on top of the spawn point. Really great entry!
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Searching for Signal by BalimaarTheBassFish 2026-04-27T15:35:09Z ♥ 3
Awesome work! Absolutely loved the hand-painted art style. The atmosphere reminded me a bit of Oddworld. The soundtrack was also phenomenal. Stellar entry!
Dorm Manager by zj798164639 2026-04-27T15:29:49Z ♥ 0
Great entry! The fire dude kicked my ass a bit, but I got it in the end!Screenshot 2026-04-27 112906.png
Null Signal by OnlinE_Play 2026-04-27T15:22:15Z ♥ 1
That was brutal. I didn't get very far. I like the concept, but maybe the signal degradation could go a bit slower? It might just be me, I'm terrible at platformers.
Lonely Crossway by polyvishap 2026-04-27T15:19:13Z ♥ 1
The atmosphere was very scary! Very polished for the time that you invested in it. Great entry!
Numbus Crossing by Mavvy 2026-04-27T15:14:46Z ♥ 1
Phenomenal entry! Loved the music, super cute art. I did hit an issue where a bird rear ended another and it caused a fail state, but that's a small problem.
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The Terraformer by Cloverfall 2026-04-21T17:12:29Z ♥ 1
I absolutely loved the voice in this. Game is absolutely adorable. Love the little robot dude just out here doing its best.
DRAW！！！ by Alpharius_003 2026-04-21T17:11:16Z ♥ 0
These animations are great!
Signals and Points by squimmy 2026-04-21T17:08:45Z ♥ 1
This was incredibly well done and polished. A 'nice-to-have' would have been a way to set up switch automation. Honestly, you might want to take this one beyond the jam. It scratches a very specific itch.
Crawler Of Doom by nightchild 2026-04-21T16:40:41Z ♥ 1
This was an interesting take on the genre. I had a hard time with some of the controls. Didn't seem to be able to turn most of the time. Doing a multiplayer game like this for a three day jam is still very impressive.
СtРaНge SiГнAL by vlaflya 2026-04-21T00:22:25Z ♥ 1
I absolutely love this. Also, I'm a native English speaker and the translation worked perfectly well. It's a beautiful, weird little piece of art.
Love Caps by Wouter52 2026-04-20T23:55:36Z ♥ 3
This was absolutely adorable. Loved the fact that you got the point across without hitting the player over the head with it. Screenshot 2026-04-20 195418.png
Lost Focus by Helslo 2026-04-20T14:22:17Z ♥ 2
Great work for a first jam! It was a little bit on the tough side for me, but that could just be me. The mechanic was interesting and the way the puzzles built up worked out. If I could change one thing it would probably be to show the player looking down, even when they're grounded. Took me a minute to realize I could shoot down, which ended up being a game changer. Awesome work!