Wilhelm's Escape by glovecat 2013-12-19T02:11:00
Really fun point and click game. I tried fiddling with all the stuff I could find and died so many times. He also refused to eat the coin, noting that he isn't a piggy bank. That was amusing.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Gravedrinker
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Stoopid Robats | jam | 44 | 4.00 | 3.87 | 2.97 | 4.10 | 4.63 | 4.00 | 3.35 | 3.72 | 32 | ||
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | Thrust Issues | compo | 109 | 3.64 | 3.61 | 3.81 | 4.05 | 3.68 | 1.55 | 2.99 | 2.97 | 60 |
Gravedrinker leaves an average of 20.5 feedback comments each event.
Really fun point and click game. I tried fiddling with all the stuff I could find and died so many times. He also refused to eat the coin, noting that he isn't a piggy bank. That was amusing.
Nice idea and sprites.
This is pretty cool! The enemies are fun and actually have decent variety. I liked the flying ones especially, really cute. The look is charming and it definitely scores bonus points for exploding penguins. I mean... exploding penguins, come on! How can you not like that?
If you want to add to the game, some more weapon pick ups would be fun. One tip about the background: Blurring it in photoshop or another editing software would take away the harsh edges and make it look further away.
Good job with the game, I like it!
Interesting idea and concept. Depending on what island he's off to he definitely needs a gun. Or a lollipop maybe?
Can get really tricky! The audio and graphics are great and it's really fun to play. Theme was used well I'd say.
A nice entry that uses the theme very much literally: You get only one pixel. The idea is cool and it seems people already tried to make pictures with it. I like it.
How many chocolates can I get? Turns out: One. Therefor, this went well with the theme. Full stars for theme and humor for sure.
Very fun and a cool idea. I liked gameplay a lot. As someone else said having more gameplay elements would be cool. There is a lot of stuff you can do with the concepts. The sound and humor was also enjoyable.
There was indeed no way out for me! The aesthetic is nice and the sounds were too. Having the "thoughts" rushing across the screen and the heartbeat sound stressed me out quite a bit. I got eaten every time. It maybe could have been a bit clearer what you can or should do to get a better ending because in the heat of the moment I didn't manage to think of anything else once I found out the window is barred. Also it would have been cool if you could have been able to shoot yourself at any time with your last bullet.
Fun and interesting once you get it. (I was stumped at first :P)
This would work great on mobile devices and I can see people playing this for way longer than they anticipated.
Very nice, but very touch. Slow and methodical is the way to go no, not like me trying to run past the monsters. They will get you sooner or later that way.
Good job and idea, I'll try and play it again for sure.
What a nice idea. I love rhythm games and this feels very nice when you pull it off. The challenge also ramps up well.
Nice idea with the rhythm game combat. If the hits had a bit more impact that would make it feel better I think. Nice job.
I think this might be the best professional potato peeler simulator on the market right now. Good job.
For some reason I can't get past the title screen. Pressing space doesn't continue but makes a little "moop" noise. I'm liking the screenshots though.
Love the premise. It would be cool to see the other things you had in mind implemented. The traveling through space could be a bit shorter.
Hilarious idea, I like it! It maybe could have used a +X$ or -X$ notification when you gain or lose money. Well, in the end I lost all my money to Gaben's glory. Very realistic.
Very nice. The graphics are cool and the music and sound effects fit very well. The attached cable/tube on the space man was a nice touch. And the star field looks fantastic. Good work!
Really cool game and a nice twist on the memory concept.
Pretty cool idea. The graphics are nice and the lighting creates a fitting mood. I liked the enemies too, they were cute and relentless. Sometimes the walls can block your view, so walls becoming transparent might be a feature you could look into should you continue this. (And I think you should, it's fun!)
The look is pretty cool. Yes, it was very short. :P It is not very clear what you are supposed to do. I needed a few tries until I found it out. The atmosphere is nice and the ending was interesting. Another thing is that clicking new game always caused me to already fire my first bullet. I'm interested to see this idea continue, it has potential I think.
Aha, I found it! You asked in the chat yesterday if the screenshot was making the game look interesting. It did, and I went looking for it.
The artstyle is cool and everything looks exactly like you would expect it to in a western town. The characters I liked especially. The text progression seemed a little iffy, switching back and forth and sometimes misplacing the yes/no symbols. Even though I aimed at bottles and bandits properly it was also really hard to hit things for no apparent reason. If this is intended, adding a little "missed" or something like that would surely help.
The dialogue fit well and the theme was followed nicely.
This is a really cool idea. The music and sound effects fit nicely and make for a good atmosphere. The concept is fun and innovative. It's hard to find valid questions though. One improvement that could be made is adding more variations to existing replies and making it so the game recognizes more combinations. That way you feel like you're getting somewhere even if you don't manage to win.
Basically make it a bit more straight forward so you don't need to explain as much first, and you got a great game!
Absolutely awesome. I love the graphic style together with the music and the sounds. Stuff like this is why the artstyle seems way past "retro-style" to me. Back then it was often still about trying to make it as realistic as possible, yet not having the options. Now, games like these profit immensely from the style because it leaves room for the imagination, which is probably my favorite part about games like this.
LD35 — Shapeshift (10)
Shape Rave by MintArcade 2016-05-09T21:36:00
Very nice. Love the music. The graphics remind me of the N64. (Not from the fidelity, but the style. Nicely done).
Blink by samlo 2016-04-20T17:07:00
Really cool look and gamefeel, well done!
Project G.R.I.L.L. by vctr_seleucos 2016-04-20T16:08:00
Very very cool. The retro look and music is fantastic and gameplay very enjoyable. If I would change something in the future, I would make the levels have more variety more quickly. Introduce something sufficiently different looking on floor 2 already, to avoid giving the impression that's going to be the same kind of floor over and over and to help the feeling of progression. It's great that you get a different character with a different ability to play when you die.
One bug I encountered was gamemaker throwing an error when selecting the left form after pressing space:
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object objControl:
Unable to find any instance for object index '3' name 'objPlayer'
at gml_Object_objControl_Step_0
Anyway, keep it up guys and I'd love to see this as a more realized game down the line.
Inner Maze by Uson Chen 2016-04-20T15:41:00
Very cool, I like the music and atmosphere a lot. The music could use a better loop but other than that it's great. Well done.
HappyNest by Black Horn Studios 2016-04-20T14:21:00
Awesome! Great graphics and feel to the whole thing, the music too. Very well done, and great to see a metal themed game, and pulling it off so well too.
The Blueprint by WitchBoys 2016-04-20T10:49:00
Cool idea and really nice style. I think maybe the background could use something other than just the flat blueprint color, though having it be the kind of blueprint paper look might be too busy.
I love the look and feel of this.
Forest Mage by Lewwwer 2016-04-20T10:46:00
Really cool, I like the graphics a lot. :)
The Adventures of Box Boy by airdinghy 2016-04-20T10:45:00
Nice concept and execution, I really like the slow motion when selecting things, it helps a lot. The walking sound was a bit grating, but the rest was pretty good. Especially when you get pushed back.
Polymorph by shane1090 2016-04-20T10:41:00
Great idea and ominous atmosphere. Also quite tricky. Nicely done!
AAA Wars by alexlemming 2016-04-19T08:50:00
I really like the idea and the concept behind this. The graphics are cool as well. There are some things that could make it better I think, in case you want to flesh it out more later:
The graphics could use some more contrast.
The delay on the controls is irritating and makes it feel very imprecise
A crosshair would be ncie
I think making the shooting faster would make it feel more enjoyable :)
I love the "small scale style" and the depth in the environment. Great job!