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Hunter Loftis

Category Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionCategoryScore
🥉 2017 38 A Small World Space Snake compo Graphics 4.63

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201738A Small WorldSpace Snakecompo523.964.043.163.764.631.002.853.73
201431Entire Game on One ScreenLudum Starcompo10412.652.752.532.352.6026

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Comments by Hunter Loftis

LD31 — Entire Game on One Screen

Paws of Fury by ehtd 2014-12-08T06:31:00

cute and simple

Dungeon of Jest by Ithildin 2014-12-08T03:38:00

Nice level design! Some parts reminded me of Ninja Turtles for the NES.

Ludum Star by hunterloftis 2014-12-08T02:40:00

I've noticed some networking bugs I didn't see while developing it alone ;)

Screen Saver by Vtor 2014-12-08T06:37:00

Love the dynamic audio!

Dino Dash: Rex's Run by Mechatodzilla 2014-12-08T03:39:00

Brilliantly clever!

Panic Course by Thommy 2014-12-08T06:58:00

Very cool, tried a few times! Wish the module didn't rotate independently; placing new attachments can be difficult.

Desserts Killed Your Daddy by Two Scoop Games 2014-12-09T02:42:00

Awesome work guys! Fun to play, love the little dude. Those meatballs (?) are viscious!

Train your Jedi ! by jarry 2014-12-08T06:34:00

Du du du duuuuu du...

LD38 — A Small World

U-Turn by benjamin 2017-05-13T22:53:53Z

I love this concept - it's simple (you learn how to play almost immediately) but also deep (I played several times to improve my score) and tense (with the timer). The layering of different environmental components is executed really well. The music and sounds fit the theme. I eventually figured out that I could double-jump but I wasn't sure if I had any other abilities. It would have been nice to be able to use space instead of the up arrow to jump.

Smalltrek by impbox 2017-05-21T02:43:56Z

Wow. Just, wow.

Shrinking Planet by Brackeys 2017-04-24T02:06:58Z

Lovely atmosphere, very playful. Nice!

Lead the Ants by matita 2017-05-15T16:20:20Z

Very cool, the interactions are simple but the mechanics have some depth to them. I especially liked the subtle touches like independent ant behavior (if one is stranded between two scent circles it will sometimes wander off) and variable speed between terrain types. The timer is nice for pressure and I'm impressed you managed to build multiple levels in such a short period.

My first request for your next version would be a choice of how to get the ants back to their nest from the food - right now you basically want a straight line, but it'd be neat if there were obstacles that got in the way, enemies that patrolled certain areas, or if the terrain was intricate enough that a straight line wasn't always the answer. To really explode the scope, you could have different types of ants - say, fighter ants that defend the line from other insects, but you only have a limited supply. It'd also be interesting to be able to traverse in a different way when you're scouting than when you're creating a path - for example, imagine something frogger-like across a little stream. You couldn't use that as your path back to the nest, but it could give you a shortcut to the food. A final thought (I'm still playing it, just beat level 3) - what if there were multiple food locations in a single level, none of which supplied enough food for your mission? That way you'd have something to do (continue scouting) even after you'd set up your first scent trail.

Great work, I'm impressed that it's just instantly playable.

Small Worlds by Damien Remars 2017-05-13T22:57:58Z

I enjoyed the atmosphere of this game. Is it a game? I hopped around from planets but didn't see any way to lose or win. Regardless, it was an enjoyable experience.

Space Snake by Hunter Loftis 2017-04-24T01:46:16Z

Thanks both! I only had about half of the compo period to hack on this, so I had to cut anything I wasn't sure could fit. We're on the same page re: death animation and audio, check out the final list in the upper right of my "design document:"

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Space Snake by Hunter Loftis 2017-05-13T22:28:42Z

Thanks so much everyone for all the constructive feedback, themes emerged which I'll use when fine-tuning the next version - very kind and very useful info from everyone.

LD52 — Harvest

Hedgehog Tree by Alexascher 2023-01-10T20:14:50Z

Lovely art, sound, music, scope. No instructions needed. I was hooked & played through to the end. Great job!