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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Po | Cm | Te | Jo | Fo | Ef | Co | |
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| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Primed | compo | 402 | 3.55 | 3.41 | 3.11 | 3.39 | 3.96 | 3.78 | 4.06 | 3.55 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | Victor Spumante And The Raindrops of Burgundy | compo | 155 | 3.54 | 3.61 | 3.55 | 3.48 | 2.71 | 3.46 | 4.17 | 3.50 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Summit | compo | 238 | 2.92 | 2.25 | 3.58 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 3.17 | 1.63 | 3.90 | 2.38 | 17 | ||||||
| 2011 | 21 | Escape | Dream Path | compo | 73 | 3.47 | 3.11 | 3.53 | 3.16 | 3.79 | 3.50 | 1.33 | 2.89 | 2 | |||||||
| 2009 | 16 | Exploration | Tree | compo | 28 | 3.30 | 3.27 | 3.50 | 3.39 | 3.52 | 2.62 | 2.43 | 3.19 | 32 | |||||||
| 2009 | 15 | Caverns | Collapse | compo | 27 | 3.52 | 3.44 | 3.98 | 3.18 | 3.02 | 2.49 | 1.83 | 2.70 | 30 | |||||||
| 2007 | 10 | Chain Reaction | Ms Green’s lovely day | compo | 9 | 3.87 | 3.87 | 3.70 | 4.39 | 3.23 | 3.09 | 3.55 | 3.35 | 3.00 | 3.63 | 2.88 | 3.52 | ||||
| 2005 | 6 | Light & Darkness | Title Unknown | compo |
Nice, complete game. Played through and had fun.
- The boxes falling on yourself were a bit annoying, maybe 4/5 of my deaths caused by spawning a box and getting squashed accidentally (the collison hitboxes seemed somehow too large, since I was getting crushed when I thought I still had pixels to spare).
- The levels were pretty samey, could maybe have used one or two more mechanics in the game to keep up that many levels.
I escaped, but got caught. And it then just resetted to beginning. Is that it? Anyway, it's an ok game though not very innovative, the ending was a bit abrupt. Controls could use some work, like pdyxs, I had trouble overshooting things.
I think this has serious potentional for a proper version, you should continue developing it. It was a bit confusing at first, because the interface is so spartan. The levels also lacked much options for strategy, you just built the road and then clicked healing points until you got through. But with more interesting levels and some further development into the gameplay rules, this could turn out to be a gem.
Great atmosphere. A bit short.
Yeah, the controls could've been more obvious. It's vague on purpose, that you have to find out what to do yourself but the biggest mistake I made in hindsight is that holding down your mouse button on the dots don't give you any feeback. That would've probably made it more obvious. But what can you do, it's too late now. :)
The soundtrack was made by mixing all kinds of weird sounds in Audacity, slowing them down and using some random filters. The idle soundtrack has at least rain, nails scratching on things, breathing, some kind of a faint chorus type of track and heart beat mixed together. The moving sound has some more brighter bells and such. That's about it.
Pretty game. Not much to do in the game though.
Suprisingly fun. From the presentation I was expecting something half baked, but it was fun for a while. Controls are pretty good, easy to hit enemies. Could remove first ~10 levels, it stars a bit too slow. Or maybe make the difficulty grow faster. I played until level 20 and it didn't seem to end anywhere, so I quit. Health bars would be clearer if they were on top of zombies. Could use more enemy types.
Fun concept, the execution needs a bit of a polish. Was quite yanky to play.
Good looking game, a bit hard to get a grip on but fun.
Solid shooter, atmospheric music!
Liked it a lot, full of atmosphere.
Bazillion points for going with TIC80 (which I had never heard before now) and another mazillion points for very cool sprites.
Getting huge cyperpunk flashbacks from '90s. Must soothe my brain with some chill ambient music now before it overloads.
I really liked this! Took a while to get a hang of the mechanics, but once you figure it out, it's pretty fun. A really solid game.
Oh, now we're going oooolddd schooool. I sense a master sensei behind this. Tough as nails, as any Robotron should be. Good work. :)
Nice look to it. A bit too easy to get huge life span maybe, was hoping for maybe some more mechanics into it. Good work!
Pretty solid fun, thank you!
Really beautiful, maybe a bit slow for my personal taste but great work altogether. Definitely stands out in the compo (in a very good way).
Basic simple fun, fun look to it. Needs a bit more depth maybe. Good work!
This is a really solid entry with a much more unique idea than most of the entries here. Beautiful pixel graphics too. The only critique I have is that the controls are a bit fiddly and I had a hard time executing the moves I wanted to do. Great work!
Great all around solid game with a nice bit of polish on top.
Fun art style and all in all fitting to the theme. The platforming controls were a bit fiddly, but I managed. Good work!
Nice concept and cool look. Maybe needs a bit of more work on the mechanics side to be truly fun to play beyond the first few goes. Good work!
I believe you've got a solid beginning here, the meta level aspects were fun in the beginning and all idle stuff. The fighting bits were way too long for this version though. Great work overall, you should definitely develop this further!
I can't unfortunately play it as I have no Excel, but I want to give you a million zillion points for making a game in Excel! :)
Liked the atmosphere, great concept too. As others said, some collisions were quite annoying, but it's not that a big deal in a jam game. Good work.
Definitely liked the game and bazillion super bonus points for the fact that it's a real GameBoy game.
Great looking game. It also unfortunately made clear that my brain + finger coordination is useless. I hope I don't end up working for the grim reaper.
Solid simple game with a nice look to it, good work!
The narrator idea was really cool, you should take it further. Cool feel to it, good work.
Solid puzzler with lot's of levels and mechanics on top of cute art and music, what's not to like. Great work.
Fun tower defence, good simple concept. Maybe some polish on the controls (was a bit confusing what I could click and so on) and balancing would take it to awesome territory. Good work!
Fun simulator, would've needed maybe some goals beyond just making a fortune. Or maybe I just missed. Cool old school Mac look!
Good look! I wish there was a bit more depth to the gameplay, or may I just didn't get it.
It's interesting, but as I defeated it on the first try and it took me mayba minute it kinda felt veryy shallow for me. Could be more interesting with multiple bosses which all would require a different tactic/sacrife style to defeat so you would have to learn and iterate. Pixel art is beautiful, very well made altogether.
Really great looking water and all in all, cool idea about the stars!
Fun little game, cool idea for a defence game. Maybe got a bit tedious dragging them in and out after the counter reached higher and higher, but I had fun, good work!
Solid job, nice looking game and smooth gameplay. Got 313.
That was a pleasant surprise. High production values all around. Minigames were quite funny, but started to get a bit old in the long run. But I had fun, excellent entry!
Some usability issues aside, definitely one of my favourites so far. Fun pretty pixels graphics too.
Very beautiful art style! The gameplay needs a bit more feedback for the player, it's kind of to know when you hit something and when something hits you.
Fun game with great atmosphere, the animation when plugging in is very cool.
Beautiful pixel art.
Fun bit of space whack-a-mole. Good looking sprites and psychedelic backgrounds.
Well implemented basic form of the game. Obviously needs a bit more time but great work regardless, keep at it. :)
It's very beautiful and the soundtrack is great too. Unfortunately I think the mechanics don't work yet, as it's pretty trivial to get through to the end by just ignoring pretty much everything. It would be a much stronger game if I would be required by the mechanics to make those interesting decisions and try to really manage the balancing act of fuel vs. route vs. everything else. Overall great work though in such a short time!
Really enjoyed that, thank you.
@paul59 I think it should reward you if you spend few minutes longer on it. :) Though it might melt your brain too, so consider carefully how to proceed.
@exewin @otresnjak Just my brain's natural juices. @crosenlund79 Sorry! Try a different browser? @fat-cat You can check my timeline from my Twitter devlog, pretty hectic. And yeah, the camera stuck is unfortunate, noticed it too late. Adds to the charm I say! :)
@pl4typus Thank you, I'm glad to read you had so much fun. :) @antti-haavikko Thank you for playing! Everybody has a different sense of humour and I'm sorry that this didn't connect with you. I'll try to improve for the next one. :)
I had one job. And I failed to do it. I don't know why they gave me the job anyway, I have the attention span of a mongoose. And the department of testing could automate this job if they wanted. What is wrong with those guys anyway? These buttons do nothing. I'm going to be sending some stern feedback to the department heads. Or maybe I shouldn't, pays the bills I guess.
I was just minding my business and decided to go grocery shopping with my shotgun, when the zombie apocalypse hits! Just my usual luck. And when my start my car, I discover my god damn piece of junk automobile eats all the gas in a few seconds! There must be something wrong with it. And the radio doesn't work either. Goddamnit. The I turned into a zombie. Makes living with these things much easier I suppose. What a day!
I though I'd just chill in my steamy sauna love dungeon in peace, but these water bucket raider kobolds are relentless. The battle took its toll on me, so I think I must just be satisfied chilling out in the dark. These kobolds are handy with the water bucket though, so washing up shall be easy.
A brutal story of a man who has to resort to extreme measures in an ultra capitalistc world. A world where the wage of an average working man doesn't even pay for lunch. Justice system has long ago been forgotten and it's every man for themselves. Eye for an eye. Bullet to the face for stealing lunch. Nihilistic tale of our near future with a underlined message for the young generation. I give it A+++-+-+*** and 353264 stars out of 73. And a golden parrot sticker. And maybe a packet of bubble gum.
I don't know why I was given this responsibility, it's too much to take. But take it I shall! I felt a little sluggish in my movement, probably because it was morning, but otherwise it seemed like a task I could manage. The fire department could use a little Olympic spirit though.
Really great idea, nice to see something collaborative once in a while here.
That monster sure is hungry. I fear it might develop a tummy ache so I think I should stop feeding it. But the birds just keep coming! And they are delicious! What a predicament!
Lovely little game, full of joy.
This got me in a happy mood. Though I wish my fishies could just swim around forever, I don't need no game over. :)
One of the best I've played in this jam, really fine idea. Simple and fun.
This parenting stuff is really hard work! I think I need to hire a babysitter. Preferrably someone equipped with a machine gun so they can take care of the pesky raiders while I relax and read a nice book.
Oh my. No Meat for me. Baby can have it all. Oh my.
I really enjoyed this, thought it was quite confusing at first. A bit of interface polish and it's perfect!
Fun little thing, lots of promise. It was hard to estimate how much income you get from things, so it's very hard to make informed calls about what would be a good purchase.
So I guess I am a seagull today! And they're filming me too, well good as I look pretty cool if I say so myself. Well there, there's a fantastic shiny object there and it's mine, all mine (and my cousins')! I'll show them my awesome flying skills!
BLAAAM.
What the hell was that! Out of nowhere. The filming crew must be on 'shrooms or something. Never saw it coming. At least they have a good taste in music.
Let's try again. I can manage this. I'm doing it! I'm the best! The red meanie is easily fooled, he's pretty stupid! Just following me like an idiot! HAHA, I've got your number!
BLAAAMAMAMOOO.
WHAT? A second meanie! Come on! This is turning out to be a really bad day.
Surprisingly intense trying to not mess up the hacking. Great polish and feel to the game, thanks!
The pixel friend was lovely. Unfortunately the beautiful friendship had a tragic end to it. I cannot write any longer. I must now mourn and thing back of all the good times we had.
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified when starting a new Ludum Dare game. And the I see the look in your eyes!
It's a beauty!
The poor patient never had a chance. The problems just kept coming and coming, and I could not keep up. My fingers are just not steady enough for a job as a surgeon, so I have to rethink my career choises. I think I'll be a gardener. Altough this medical job has a very lovely little background tune, so that's something to consider too. Hard choices are in horizon.
Was surprised how fun this actually was! A lot of enemy types and levels too, you got a lot done, good work!
Was a fun little clicker while it lasted, would've played for much longer if there was content. :) Good work. :)
This was a nice twist on the dried old defence genre, really liked the idea. Surprisingly solid game altogether. Great work, solid base to build on if you want to take this further!
I first lost on the second day and didn't know what was going on but on the second try it became clearer. Kind of needs some motivation to keep going on, as I felt that nothing happened after spending many days on the second try and kind of gave up then. Maybe some story bits or some kind of progress indicator. Like "we need to keep the alien alive for 30 days to finish our study" or whatever. Maybe also some random events as the options per day felt very samey day to day. But overall, cool entry and solid execution!
The fungus must grow! I am space pilot X23 and I am tasked with keeping the delicate fungus alive. I don't know why, but it doesn't matter, it's pretty good job to just shoot up the planet full of holes as jobs go. Just watch for the lava. Also, don't fly too close to the center of gravity as that will make my viewpoint go all haywire. But I can manage this. Those green types are really annoying though. What do they want? Don't they understand the fungus is all we want! It's like they want to protect the planet from it. Oh well, I can just kill them all. HAHA. Ok. It is another day. I've been smelling the fungus fumes so long now I suspect it might be affecting my cognitive functions. I question why I must destroy the planet now. Or do I. Not too much I think. Because the fungus must survive. Fungus. Fungus. FUNGUS!
Really slick presentation! And now my brain hurts. I see patterns emerging from the universe. I'm starting to question my existence.
I feel like I'm in a 90's cyberpunk dream. What a trip!
Definitely an idea worth exploring more if you're interested! Currently it's a bit off balanced, since you often run into unsolveable situations and there isn't much strategy in what you're going to do next. Needs more "interesting choises". But a really solid implementation all around.
Beautiful art! Needs a bit of an upgrade to the gameplay mechanics though, now there was nothing to do really (just smash all the keys all the time).
The alien dies a little suddenly, I didn't even know I was doing badly. :) This was a really lovely little game all in all, thank you!
I am just one fun loving robot with a 12mhz central processor unit. Why was I given this responsibility. It's too much to take! Especially as there is something really fiddly with my controller unit today. It seems I cant do a simple task of pushing this cart where I want to. I bet this is why all the other plants are gone too, not very smart of you humanoids now is it, letting us manage your precious plants. Must remember to go to the lubricant station later to oil my wheels. This plant better be worth the trouble!
Great idea for a one button game, would fit well on a mobile too. Controlled well and nothing to complain overal. Stomach II was quite intence, but got through!
Poor little servers, I never knew how hard you had to work! I'll stop using the internet from now on.
I liked the sound of it, but I'm completely useless at it. Can catch at most a few pieces before I'm killed so can't really play properly. Good work regardless, the soundtrack is cool. :)
Great atmosphere! Controls a little too "sensitive" for my taste, swinging the torch correctly at the bats has a really tight time window and opening the chests, the button doesn't seem to do anything a lot of time. Or it's probably just me failing. I give it 2356 stars out of 5, would go spelunking again!
Very fascinating little mood piece. I was a bit confused how the tree growing works, I first expected it to be like Prune but it was a different mechanic and I never quite figured out what exactly makes the tree go, but it didn't really matter either. Just lovely watching the tree grow. The squirrel should've jumped on my tree though, what a tease! :)
Lovely art and atmosphere, good work. :)
A nice little story, thank you for the experience.
I can't get past level 2, seems like I'm missing something vital. Regradless, looks great and good job!
I embarked upon the quest that was laid upon me, but it seems I'm an utterly hopeless adventurer. The dragon never had a chance. As a penance I shall now meditate on my failures for three thousand days and nights and also play [5000g] as a tribute to the local dragon conservation society.
This was a nice and complete experience. The battle gameplay itself was a little frustrating and repetitive, but regardless I enjoyed the game while it lasted. That music makes the game and brought a huge smile on my face, thank you! :)
Inverse tower defence seems like an idea worth exploring. A bit rough around the edges, but I had fun with it while it lasted. :)
I went into battle with bloodlust in my eyes. All ready to take down the enemy of the spark. But alas, my blade let me down by turning a corrupted highborn into just a plain old highborn. I will return my blade to the smith and sue him for false advertising.
A bit of a bummer to read that the art isn't made by the team even though there are so many of you, but anyway checkpoints are desperately needed and the controls were really unforgiving. Lovely little thing all in all though, no doubt about it!
It was just like any other sunny day, until I met In A Game Wherein. Now I have been stuck in a timeloop for 34 years and I do not see a way out. Fortunately I have as my company two highly interesting games that continue to fascinate me, but I would like to see my family now please. I hope this message reaches you. Help.
The artifact is MINE. You shall never have it. I have so far killed three billion of your agents and I will go on. Nothing will stop me. Not even the heat death of the universe.
Ok, today I'm the last living human. Great. And my only light source is the bonfire. That seems a bit tragic. What am I supposed to do here but go extinct. Oh well, lets give it a shot anyway. There's a peculiar tune playin in my ears too. But it feels nice, so it's no bother. I feel very nimble and this body seems to respond to my commands easily and naturally. But oh, monsters are coming for my fire! What now. I bounce a round for some time until I figure out I can pick up branches to throw at things. But not rocks. I would prefer to throw a rock at the monsters face. But anyway. Throwing branches. Nothing seems to happen much. The monsters seem to just chase me so the bonfire is safe I guess, so much for protecting it. Suddenly I also realize I can see regardless of the bonfire. I thought it was my only light source. So let's explore. I find nothing much. At some points the trees run out. So I go further, I'd rather leave the monsters behind and explore anyway. There's nothing here is there now. Well. That was a stupid move. I guess I'll lay down here and wither away. Such fun was had, but I think it's my time to go. It was a good life, but since I am the last living human, what point is there for me to go on anyway. Dear monsters, you can have it all. Goodbye cruel world.
Simple, cute and fun, solid execution. Nothing much to add.
Solid tower defence. Fun little twist in using chess moves for the towers. Fun was had, thank you. :)
Charming! Rat race of life, once I figured how it worked I immediately wanted to quit and go relax on the beach. :)
Poor little boy, having to suffer from my incompetence. I will report myself to the authorities for negligence. But the local maintainance people must take some share the blame. Leaving a manhole open like that, that's just not acceptable.
That was enjoyable. Matching the color was quite hard, but managed to grow the plant and save the station on first try. In fact I think I deserve a medal. I got one in another space station game. I'll give your game three thousand stars and rate this game as mega extreme plus. Also, the plant was cute.
Seeing my dear followers jumping around in bonfires reminded me of my time with the Spanish Inquisition. I was a cardinal in Barcelona in 1578. Oh, those were the times. You brought back happy memories, thank you!
I wonder into the dark with only the light of my candle to guide me. Unfortunately it's very windy dungeon, so I must protect the flame with my right hand or I may perish, violently. Suddenly I hear a terrible noise! Or maybe it's just the rats. I start to regret coming here. I don't even remember what I am doing here in the first place! Oh woe is me. Maybe if I wave my right hand around a lot, a spell might fly out! No. No, it's no use. That was a fool's hope. I keep it close to to flame, protecting it. But the darkness overwhelms me, I grow tired. I fall asleep on the floor and hear lovely string music. It is as written. I lived a full life.
Nothing wrong with a little asteroids style space shooter, great entry for a first time jam! :)
Great concept, enjoyed building my Rasberry army for a while. Has good potential for a full release!
Oh, my mother. Always getting into trouble. So what is it this time. A caravan?!? You're kidding me mother, how on earth did it happen this time?! Oh well, let's get this done with. Bunch of monsters. Easy to take care of with my floating sword of doom. Another room, done! What then. Wizard! I give you my stuff I guess, take that. Wait what, a THOUSAND DOLLARS?!? Are you kidding me? I am only worth $250 and now I do not now what to do. Every way is blocked and the wizard is just mocking me. I cannot escape anywhere. Am I doomed forever?! What about my mother?! I don't think she needs food, but wood rot might be a problem in the long run. Oh well, I think I'll take a nap and think about this problem another day.
As others say, autofire would've been good. It ramps up quite slowly too, but I had fun. Good work, thank you for the experience!
I was just enjoying a nice day in the sun, but suddenly I got swamped by bees! NOT THE BEES! Plenty of fun was had, but turns out I hit a ladybug and boy that bug was the real angry one. Game Over for me I guess!
Took me a while to figure out I could climb the red hanging veins(?). Really pretty. I like the idea very much too, but wished maybe a bit more direction in what I was doing. Great work!
Oh my, how on earth did I, a beautiful horsie, end up in the coal mine. Be as it may, I must get out. This is not the way I want to spend my day. I long for the outdoors.
Fortunately the friendly miners are clearly apple connoisseurs as myself so I at least will not go hungry. Somehow my feet feel a little wobbly (must be the bad air in the mines) and I find that the walls around me are somehow undefined, it is like I cannot really figure out when I collide with anything anymore! Is this really a mine, or is this purgatory! It must be the latter as there are traps everywhere! And I cannot get out! Even death doesn't allow me to escape! Oh no, what wrongs have I done in my lifetime to end up like this. I have been wronged. I was a good horsie while on the surface. Woe is me.
It's a bit hard to predict where the ball will bounce and didn't get very far at all but I somehow found this to bring me much joy regardless. Just somehow very honest in execution with a very neat idea. Brought a huge smile on my face, this game is what these jams are about. Thank you!
I was looking forward to helping my champion reach back to his glory years, but alas, technical difficulties prevented me from accomplishing my goal. (linky no worky)
The dino genepool is not going to be very viable with that strategy! :) Good work!
A calm and meditative experience, thank you.
I was pretty confused at first, but once I realized it's an idle game it all made sense. I liked it, just needs a little more content. Fun was had. :)
Dear diary, after three hundred days of wandering through the windlerness I woke up on an island and saw my fire stolen! These pesky cavemen were relentless, every time I slayed a group, and I was given no choise but to do that, a new batch spawned out of nowhere! Hideous creatures only bent on one thing, taking my fire, my only lifeline. I cannot begin to imagine what it is that makes them behave this way, but I can feel my end is drawing near. If you will not hear of me again, know what tragedy fell upon me. Signed, Dr. Roger Johanson III
I'm not sure I understood anything, but my frankenplant says hello. It told me to tell you it's enjoying it's newly given life and will sure live life to its full.
I got a medal! Yes! :)