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> deploy helper bot by Chartle 2022-10-21T21:42:22Z ♥ 3

Super awesome game. I love your interpretation of the theme, and I had so much fun exploring and scrambling to get as far as I could within the 10 second lifespan. I think the game was a perfect difficulty and length; I felt super satisfied when I beat it.

The art is so good. I love 2D handdrawn art that emulates a 3D look, and this game has a fabulous execution of that. The color palette chosen is beautiful and very spacey/atmospheric.

The music is PHENOMENAL. I love how it builds up throughout the game. The music does an incredible job of setting the mood and it honestly makes the game 2x more fun and immersive. Please release the music as a standalone track!

The sound effects are also great and feel very cohesive. Also, you added sounds to your UI buttons!! That's an AWESOME level of polish that I don't think I've ever seen in a LD game before!

The one thing I didn't love about this game was the controls. The way the level is laid out, a lot of diagonal movement is required. When playing with a keyboard, this requires pressing two keys simultaneously; I found this to be an unfun level of cognitive overhead to keep track of, as compared to most games in this genre where the primary directions of movement are up/down/left/right. Maybe it works better when playing with a gamepad? I wonder if the control scheme would work better if the directions the keys correspond to were rotated 45 degrees, as if the keyboard was on an angle, so you only have to press one button to move in a diagonal direction.

Another detail I'd like to mention is that I love how your corpses stay in the level persistently. It was very cool and intense to watch them build up throughout the game.

This is one of my favorite games that I've played all LD51. Thank you for making it :)

Love is Legal: Speed Dating For Criminals by Krasimir Balchev 2022-10-21T21:17:16Z ♥ 1

This is a super cute game. The art and music are so charming, and I love the humor in the writing. Fabulous mood.

The diegetic tutorial is super cool. I've noticed a lot of LD games that do something like this have way too much lore relative to the amount of tutorial in the text, so it becomes difficult to figure out how to actually play the game. But your tutorial was 90% tutorial and had just a splash of lore to keep it interesting. And then garbage man comes back throughout the game with his cute little notes, it's so fun I love it.

I love games with multiple endings and I'm delighted by how many yours seems to have! Not only different endings for going on dates with different characters, but also different endings for being scorned by different characters!

I wasn't able to make it to a date ending after five attempts, but I'm determined to get there eventually and I'm going to come back to it later...

Spaceship Parking Simulator by fuzzybut 2022-10-07T05:35:52Z ♥ 1

I LOVE games that have proper zero-g physics, with no automatic deceleration of velocity or rotation. This game does it quite well, and it's a super fun challenge trying to maneuver the ship around. I like that you really have to commit to maneuvers, since it takes several seconds to rotate the ship 180 degrees. There's very little room for screwups which makes it extra satisfying when you *don't* screw up.

As others have mentioned I wish the valid landing conditions were more forgiving, or at least more clear. Even after playing the game for 10 minutes I don't have a good sense of how slow I need to be or how close to pointing straight up I need to be. I think the gameplay would be *significantly* improved with A) a speedometer that shows how fast you're going and has the "safe landing" speed range clearly marked, and B) some landing gear on the ship, so you can better gauge your landing angle (Also because landing directly on the engine bell is a little silly :P)

When I do fail, I wish it felt more dramatic. It's a spaceship crash! I would have liked some explosion visual & sound effects.

I wasn't a fan of the way the ship instantly snaps to planets on a landing. It made all my hard work bringing the ship down gently feel less valid. I think tweening into the position over a half-second or so would really improve the feel of gameplay.

OK this last point is the nittiest of nitpicks, but I wish the ship hitbox was more accurate to its visuals. As I got more comfortable with the controls, I started attempting various epic risky maneuvers where the nose of the ship passes very close to a planet. Unfortunately, this always resulted in a game over, because while I'm a good pilot and the ship didn't actually collide with anything, its hitbox did.

One last thing I want to mention -- the art is really lovely and charming! I'm very curious, were the red stars/galaxies in the background merely an artistic choice or do they imply that this game takes place in the far cosmic future, when the only stars left are red dwarfs and distant light sources in the sky are redshifted due to the ever-accelerating expansion of the universe?

Really nice little game, thanks for making it :)

P.S. I escaped the universe

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Counterspell by witchpixels 2022-10-06T05:04:04Z ♥ 2

I enjoyed this a lot!

- The mechanics are very interesting. Lots of cool emergent strategies. The fact that you only get one attack every ten seconds made each one feel more powerful and satisfying. It was especially rewarding to bait a large number of enemies into a small area just in time for an ice or fire spell. - The diegetic spell drawings are so cool, and do a lot to enhance the feeling of buildup before a spell - The music is nice and atmospheric - The graphics are simple but quite pleasant - I am intrigued by the story and setting, and I wish there was more of it! In particular, I would've loved a sentence or two on the ending screen describing the socerex's fate after the events of the game. - I found the camera positioning a little awkward. Most of the screen space was taken up by where I had already been to, rather than where I was going. - "Counterspell" is an excellent pun

Very solid entry. Thank you for a fun few minutes :)

(Also, looks like we both made a game about a witch! How delightful!)

Distracted Driver by organicpencil 2022-10-06T03:51:24Z ♥ 1

VICTORY: Your ambiguous destination has been reached!

What a delightful, absurd clusterfuck this game is. I was grinning the whole time. The text messages were hilarious and added a lot to the atmosphere. I just wish I had a little more time to read them!

Could you explain the "2019 US national average" thing? Why does it always go up at a constant rate? Assuming this game takes place in 2022, how is the 2019 national average changing?

I really love this entry, excellent work :)

Murder on the Horizon by Ayxs 2022-10-06T01:45:34Z ♥ 1

Am I reading your credits correctly that the sprite art is original, but the environment art was not made by you during this jam? If so, you are supposed to opt-out of ratings in the graphics category.

It Hides in the Dark by HoneyHop 2022-10-06T01:11:42Z ♥ 1

Outstanding mood. The environment art, and especially the lighting, are incredibly spooky. And holy shit the monster!!

Like others I found the game confusing, and I couldn't figure out how to solve the puzzle. I also had severe performance problems: I have a very powerful system, but I was only getting 20-30FPS on this game, and that really negatively impacted the experience for me. The obtuseness of the gameplay combined with the headache-inducing low framerate made me decide not to finish *It Hides in the Dark*, which is a shame, because I really want to see the ending.

Cursing Recursion by Flaterectomy 2022-10-06T00:34:42Z ♥ 1

Fantastic entry. I love the slow realization of what's going on, the creeping science fiction horror atmosphere, and the intensity of trying to communicate as quickly as possible. And I felt tremendous relief when I finally broke the loop!

The writing really is brilliant. I think this is an excellent example of video games as a storytelling medium. You put me right in the middle of the story, got me invested in it, and made me part of it, with just a few words and buttons. Major kudos.

The emoji counter at the end is an excellent touch 😄

Venge Of Mari by DileriumL 2022-10-06T00:18:31Z ♥ 1

I have similar feelings to @rtdmfn, who expressed them quite eloquently. This game takes an ongoing real-world war, where people are currently fighting and dying, and makes that setting lighthearted and casual and gamey. It comes off to me as very disrespectful. I actually had to stop playing after a few minutes because I felt physically ill.

I think that real-world atrocities should be avoided in game jams. There simply isn't enough time to handle the subject matter well.

Excuse the massive non-sequitur, but I also want to mention that since you did not create all the art for your game, you are [supposed](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/rules) to opt-out of ratings in the "Graphics" category.

Ten Secs To Pack! by SpacelionJoe 2022-10-05T22:41:37Z ♥ 4

Very cool game! I'm always a fan of physics-based gameplay so I really enjoyed this. The gameplay felt very polished; I easily figured out how to play, and I never struggled with the interface. There were so many unique and interesting items to pack, many of which made me feel tingly and uncomfortable (in a good way!). When I broke that severed arm in half, I screamed "oh my god!" out loud :O

The art was all gorgeous. I'm particularly fond of the three-eyed teleporting black cat.

Despite how fun the moment-to-moment gameplay is, I felt lost with the lack of overall progression. I was just doing the same thing over and over again forever with no noticeable changes. I wish there was a counter of how many boxes I'd packed that day, and some kind of ending to the game if I pack enough boxes and my shift ends.

The gameplay screen is very immersive and diegetic except for two things: the ten second timer doesn't actually work, and the boxes appear out of thin air. IMO, a functional timer and a little chute for new boxes to fall out of would have taken the gameplay to the next level of polish.

While I was playing the game, I felt very tense, and I was constantly trying to go as fast as possible. I played this way for one reason: the employee handbook at the beginning of the game told me there would be severe consequences if I fell behind on my work, and implied that I had an overbearing boss who would step in to punish me if I took too long. However, after reading your comments here, I see that this is not how you want the game to be played: you want players to take it slow and relaxed, experiment with the sandbox, and take the time to read all your cool item descriptions. Unfortunately the game's intro explicitly discourages this playstyle. IMO the employee handbook ought to be rephrased. Instead of threatening the player if they take too long, it should tell the player that they're free to do whatever they want. (Perhaps the protagonist is the CEO's kid so they don't need to worry about being fired :))

Overall this was a charming and extremely evocative game. I loved the atmosphere and the freaky backstory that was constantly being hinted at. Y'all did a great job and I had an awesome time playing.

A few technical notes, btw:

- It was very annoying to not be able to change the size of the game window. I like to play games in fullscreen, but I had to play this one in about one-ninth screen. - Just as a heads up, you're not supposed to ship the file that says `DebugInformation_DoNotShip` xD

Are We There Yet? by CameronPenner 2022-10-05T21:56:43Z ♥ 2

A thrilling game that got my heart pounding! I think the difficulty curve was just right; I *barely* made it to the end of the game intact.

The dialogue and the music were quite well done, and really sold the atmosphere of growing frustration, annoyance, and losing control of the situation. I love the detail that the backseat child is the protagonist's *step*-son, as well as his rant about the mother. It adds some really nice flavor to the relationship between the two characters :)

The first-person interface was quite immersive and well done. I really like that the hand actually moves and does the tasks. Moving the mouse to the edge of the screen to turn around was also cool and it felt nice and natural.

I found the game very confusing at first (in a bad way). There was so much going on and I didn't really understand what I was supposed to be doing. It took until my third or fourth attempt to actually figure out how to play. I think this problem would be solved, and the game made more enjoyable overall, by adding some more juice to the direction arrows: they could pulse in size to indicate that the player needs to do something about them, and there could be a visual effect when the mouse is moving in the correct direction.

I admit to being a little disappointed by the ending. I was hoping for some more voice acting. But the art was quite nice at least :)

Overall I had a great time with your game. Thank you for making it ❤

Untitled Oxygen Game by miraculousMelon 2022-04-21T19:59:42Z ♥ 0

Cool game!

The opening sequence is fucking awesome, I love the camera shakes and the audio and everything. The game itself is really fun and interesting. I love the unusual controls.

Unfortunately there seems to be a bug where scrapping/patching by holding space doesn't work after the first few times. This bug prevented me from progressing very far. Also, you seem to have accidentally published a debug build; the development console is visible in the lower left. (And it's full of NullReferenceExceptions, lol)

I hope you continue to work on this! If there's a post-jam version I would be very interested in playing it :)

On Death's Door by Travh98 2022-04-21T19:50:22Z ♥ 0

I love this! Once I figured out that stealing life force makes you move faster, it became a fun & intense struggle to navigate the environment. The art is so lovely and charming -- I particularly adore the moody lighting, and the bloom VFX on the Avatars of Death. The concept/story is hilarious and awesome, I really like what you did with the theme.

A few points of criticism:

- I wish there was a hotkey to restart the game quickly, like with a hotkey or a menu item. When I was first figuring out how to play, I would often know that my doom was inevitable, but I had to wait 5-6 seconds before I could try again. Somewhat annoying. - I prefer to use arrow keys for movement, I wish those also worked in addition to WASD - The ending felt underwhelming. I was hoping for some funny hijinks with the protagonist and her husband.

Overall a very good entry. I had a great time with *On Death's Door*. Thanks for jamming!

Aunt Mavis (There's always one) by AlbionBrown 2022-04-21T19:35:58Z ♥ 0

Fun little game! An interesting pathfinding optimization problem. Novel interpretation of the theme.

The sound effect for "stop Aunt Mavis from drinking" made me laugh out loud, love it.

It would have been cool if the other party guests moved around, thus requiring more on-the-fly problem solving.

I found the hitboxes a little unforgiving. I would recommend making them smaller than the visuals, and also making them a little "squishy" so the player doesn't get stuck on the edges.

Overall solid entry! My highscore was 19:34 :)

Click to Continue by Daniel Foutz 2022-04-05T17:16:29Z ♥ 5

Holy guacamole, that was phenomenal. Brilliant use of games as an artistic medium. So thoughtful and so fucking funny. And such a delightfully meta take on the theme.

(SPOILERS) My favorite moment was "Oh dear, I'm afraid you've relapsed." Perfect delivery.

This is by far my favorite Ludum Dare game I've ever played. I'll see you on the LD50 podium, you deserve the win. Thank you so much for making *Click to Continue*.

P.S. this game made me lose [the game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget_the_game)

Mama by Charred Axolotl 2022-04-05T16:42:57Z ♥ 2

This is such a wonderful, adorable game! The music is enchanting, and the art & implicit story are so compelling. The sound effects are also great. I'm immediately drawn in and eager to help my dragon mama.

I love how new mechanics keep being introduced and the difficulty keeps increasing. The pacing is \*chef's kiss* absolutely perfect. Every time I thought that the game had reached its maximum level of complexity, something novel happened. Seriously, how did you get the pacing and balance so good? How much time during the jam did you spend playtesting?

Like another commenter said, I really like the use of the mama's eyes to indicate how close she is to death. It's such an immersive and dramatic way of communicating that information.

Another small detail I really appreciate is the font used for the timer in the top left. A lot of Ludum Dare games don't take the time to make sure their font meshes with their art and mood, but the detailed, flowy numbers in your timer are just exquisite!

I want to reiterate how great I think the music is. It absolutely nails the "magical forest" vibe, while also capturing the protagonist's helpless desperation. The music adds so much.

Really sincerely excellent work. Congratulations on your first game jam!

Don't Grow Up! by adangtran 2022-04-05T16:10:06Z ♥ 2

Super cool game! I love all the different abilities, and the various emergent strategies. It's very rad that you use RNG to generate your levels; there's so much replayability!

I quite enjoyed the writing in this game. The voicelines for all the different enemies are a great touch, and all the different endings are interesting & unique.

Great interpretation of the theme as well.

Brace for Impact by Bob Verhoef 2022-04-05T15:48:18Z ♥ 2

This is fantastic! The art is so fun and charming and it immediately sets the mood. The concept is ridiculous and hilarious. I love the absurdity of picking up random items, and people, and YEETING it all over the edge as we plummet towards the ground.

The game was really hard, it took me six attempts or so before I got a success.

The fact that the newspaper at the end of the game reflects not just whether you landed the ship, but also what cargo & passengers you managed to save, is an excellent touch. This detail inspired me to play the game several more times after I first succeeded.

It's outrageously funny that cows and sheep just start landing on the crashing ship.

It would've been nice to have some more visual feedback with regards to how the ship is doing. I don't really have time to watch the numbers while I'm playing, so it's hard to gauge how effective my actions are. I would like to see the speed of the scrolling background, and the rain, to get slower as the ship gets slower.

I'd like to reiterate just how much I love the art. It's such a fantastic, distinctive style. I don't think I've seen a Ludum Dare game before with hand-drawn art in monochrome, but you nailed the crap out of that style. Have you made other games with art like this?

The Lost Daughter by Lpax 2022-04-05T15:16:51Z ♥ 1

I adore the writing, world and characters! The town is so lovely and peaceful, I really enjoyed exploring it. My absolute favorite thing is that you can talk to the cat 🥰

I don't really understand how RPG games work, so I've only been able to get as far as the second fight before dying. But I really want to know how the story ends... I'll come back to this later and try to finish it.

Btw, is there a way to make the game window larger, or at least fullscreen? It launches in a very tiny window, and I have to squint to see it.

Slip or Trip by erikengineengineer 2022-04-05T13:33:51Z ♥ 2

The art, and animation, is gorgeous! It's just a shame that I can't really admire it. If I take my eyes off the slip meter for even a a millisecond, I slip and lose.

So cool that there are multiple characters. You didn't have to do it, but you did; I appreciate the commitment.

The music is great.

Overall a solid, cohesive, enjoyable game. Nice work!

Pissboy! by luquio 2022-04-05T12:41:09Z ♥ 1

Piss

Pixel Entropy by CrispyPin 2022-04-05T12:21:47Z ♥ 1

Fun little sandbox of interacting systems! I had a great time playing around with the world and trying to keep things in balance.

The graphics are quite pleasant. I adore the animations when a new tree grows. The kelp swaying looks great too. It's also super cool how every single pixel casts a shadow.

I think *Pixel Entropy* would go from "neat" to "very fun" with a solid balance pass. Right now, it's damn near impossible to keep the birch tree alive, but the fish live forever without any help or interaction. I wish there was more to worry about, but that my individual worries were easier to deal with, you know?

By the way, what are the purple pixels? They seem to spread along the underside of the ledge and occasionally drop into the water. They're not any of the placeable pixels, nor are they any of the creatures. So what the heck are they?

Life of the Only Rational Scientist by uik 2022-04-05T11:54:16Z ♥ 2

Phenomenal job setting the mood and tone. It's rare to see a Ludum Dare game tackle such a serious, existential theme. You drew me into this world and story with the beautiful pixel art -- I particularly love how many little animations there are! -- the moody, tense music, and the excellent writing. The choices felt real and meaningful, even though they were just yes or no. I think this is because each choice/scenario was so different and unique from the others, with very different potential consequences.

A few of the in-game consequences felt weird and unfair. Why does it help AI take over the world if I refuse to work on a sex robot?

Overall a really cool and thoughtful experience. I'd like to reiterate how good the art is. (SPOILERS AHEAD) I keep thinking back to that killer android from the ending, absolutely chilling. Great work with this one 😄

Dino Defense by 3BT 2022-04-05T11:08:42Z ♥ 0

Fun and very charming game! It took me a couple tries to get it, but once I learned how it worked I had a blast. This game is deeper than it first appears, there is quite a lot of strategy to managing your defense. I love how crazy and chaotic it gets in the late game. I really like games where I have to run around performing tasks and simultaneously think carefully about the overall strategy of what I'm doing. *Dino Defense* scratches that itch wonderfully.

I agree with the others that the controls are somewhat unintuitive and difficult to get used to. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this specifically, but my primary gripe is the inability to move diagonally. If I could make one change to this game, it would be to add diagonal movement. I also found myself getting annoyed by the small camera size. I think the game would be better if you could see the whole play area simultaneously, with a fixed camera.

The visual art, music and sound are all lovely. Great interpretation of the theme as well. I've really enjoyed my time with *Dino Defense*; thank you for making this game!

An Fhicheall Mhór (Grand Chess) by Artur Hawkwing 2018-12-10T03:24:31Z ♥ 1

This seems like a neat game, but I kept dying for apparently no reason. I wasn't anywhere near an enemy piece and I couldn't figure out why I was dying. Also, there's no button to restart on the game over screen, so I had to close and restart the game each time.

Rogues Like Beer by NickZangus 2018-12-08T08:21:30Z ♥ 1

Extremely well done. This is the first game I've rated five scores in any category this jam.

I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't an ending cutscene, but oh well. Time constraints :P

Gatopia by krunoslav 2018-12-08T07:56:04Z ♥ 1

Nice game. I adore the art for the cats. I found the controls really annoying, though. I think the game would benefit a lot from a controller closer to first person standard.

Also, is the building infinite? After a few failed attempts, I decided to just climb the stairs, hoping for an ending. But it just kept on going, and going, and going...

SpaceCrafter by shrekshao 2018-12-08T07:41:21Z ♥ 0

This is such a cool game. I love the graphics; spaceships look great and the low-poly terrain is super cool too. I wish the skybox was higher resolution, but oh well.

Unfortunately I had an issue with building that prevented me from finishing the game. Selecting parts with the mouse is super unreliable for me. It takes 10+ clicks to actually pick up a part in order to move it. I have all these cool ideas for ships to build but it's just too frustrating to try to build them :(

Also, I must commend the music. Super groovy and fits the aesthetic of the game well.

Story Simulator by Bela Bohlender 2018-12-06T21:44:16Z ♥ 1

That was bizarre. Completely unlike anything I've ever played before. But in a good way.

Nice work!

GameJam Sacrifices by playball 2018-12-06T21:24:10Z ♥ 0

I had a lot of fun with your game! I love the art and the audio.

A boat trip to remember by jandourek 2018-12-06T21:10:19Z ♥ 1

Nice game. A lot of my feedback is the same as has already been said, so I'll avoid repeating it. I just wish I could make the game fullscreen; it's so tiny on my 4k monitor!

Building a Signal by HawkSandwich 2018-12-06T07:50:40Z ♥ 1

This game is awesome. Very clever and fun gameplay. And what a soul-crushing ending!

I love the soundscape you created, very well done with that. The background track with weather sounds and guitar plucking is so atmospheric and creates a wonderful sense of tension. The sound effects for clicking stuff together and for bombs are also great; it's a satisfying game to listen to.

A few nitpicks: one, I wish there had been more bombs. The game was easier than I would have liked. Two, I wish there was a desktop version so I could play in full screen!

You should be very proud of your entry :)

Sacrifical Flight by zgragselus 2018-12-06T07:39:44Z ♥ 1

Nice job. The game looks great; I love the balloon model, the water shader, the fire effect in the hot balloon, and the post processing.

However, it's difficult to see how you're doing. The water is moving REALLY fast towards the island which creates the impression that you're moving away from the island. I found this confusing. It was also hard to gauge how far from the island I was, because there's no way to know how big it is. Placing trees or some other props on it that have a guessable size would have helped with this.

give-way-for-sails by Raptosaur 2018-09-03T17:40:00Z ♥ 1

The game is pretty fun, but I have two big complaints:

1. The sailboats will just randomly change into pirate ships and back, there's no way to tell when it's going to happen. Incredibly frustrating to be JUST about to get a pirate ship and then have it change back into a sailboat.

2. Restarting the game is annoying as hell: I HAVE to use the mouse, I have to press TWO buttons, and the buttons are not in the same place. Ideally in a game like this you can just press spacebar to restart.

Small Pack by Daem 2018-08-16T03:10:26Z ♥ 0

As others have said, the art and animation in this game is stunning. It looks great, good job.

I think the character falls too fast. It makes the arrow falling mechanic really, really difficult to use, and it leaves no time to correct your mistake if you're falling off a platform.

Also, I'm really not sure how this ties into the theme...

Floating Island by Echo Team 2018-08-16T01:10:01Z ♥ 0

The graphics in this one are really awesome! I love the water, its foam, waves, the sun reflections, and how it gets murkier the deeper the water is. I also quite like the simple colors/shapes used in the island. And holy christ those are detailed textures; on my 4k monitor, I couldn't get the camera close enough to the terrain to notice individual pixels! Also: nice easter egg for the banner of the store :)

The water rising the more you build is cool. When lots of the island was underwater, I liked panning my camera through it. Felt like exploring a sunken city :D

The randomized generation of the island is really cool, would you mind writing a bit about how you did that?

The gameplay itself was hard to understand. How close must factories be to silos? How close must stores be to silos? Is distance measured in three dimensions or two? Can factories feed directly into stores? How many factories can one store support? How many factories can one silo support? There's no way to find these answers without either rigorous experimentation or looking at the code :/ even a .txt file with these details, included in the download, would have helped a lot.

I really think you have the beginnings of a cool, addictive game, but I just need to know what's going on!

DE/VOID by randomphantom 2018-08-16T00:28:11Z ♥ 3

Lovely game! Very creative - and fun - game mechanics and take on the theme. The graphics are really slick, especially the dissolve transitions, and I love how almost every level has something unique about it.

However, my enjoyment of the game was somewhat ruined the the lack of ability to restart. If you trap yourself in a position where you can't win, you can't just click a button or tap a key to restart, you have to kill yourself. And when you die, it's a solid second or two before the level actually restarts. These breaks in the action really add up. If they weren't there, I would have finished the game for sure, but by level 11 I was so frustrated by them that I had to quit :/

Slay The Slime - Too Much Loot by Virtu 2018-08-15T22:52:31Z ♥ 1

I love the aesthetics, game looks really good. The menus with button feedback and fading in and out feel really polished.

The gameplay itself is very interesting! Never seen anything like it before. I had fun with it.

I wish I could restart the game faster after dying, though - having to wait for several menu transitions is kind of annoying.

A very well done first Ludum Dare!

Save the Blocks from Space Erosion, I guess... by LordMichaelmort 2018-08-15T22:37:18Z ♥ 0

I get a 404 when trying to download the game.

GRAVITY by Stellary 2018-08-15T22:34:28Z ♥ 0

I thought the "-" before the population number was a negative sign and I was like "how can a population be negative" lol

Pursuit of Freedom by Lino 2018-08-15T22:28:46Z ♥ 0

Cool game. I too like the cutscenes.

It's hard as balls though, and super frustrating. The locked camera angle makes it needlessly difficult.

I also think it could have used some sound effects.

Crumble by anstabo 2018-08-15T22:24:38Z ♥ 2

Neat little game!

As many others have said, the visuals are great. I particularly like the explosion effects.

I feel like the controls are kind of awkward and un-responsive. If I want to change directions it's very slow to respond to my input.

Good choice of music, I just wish it didn't restart when you restart the level. You can use the [DontDestroyOnLoad()](https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.DontDestroyOnLoad.html) function for this.

Well done. This game has a lot of polish and it's very impressive for 3 days.

Spacetanic by BenW 2018-08-15T22:11:26Z ♥ 0

The visuals were really cool on this one. Gameplay was kinda awkward though, and I feel it suffered a lot from the lack of sound.

Unlit by mjgood 2018-08-15T22:03:06Z ♥ 1

Despite the huge number of issues with the game, the aesthetic is really cool. If you are going to continue developing this, I'd encourage you to further pursue that white-black look. Make the shadows darker, maybe, and play around with some ambient occlusion.

Space Box Rescue by udo 2018-08-15T21:22:57Z ♥ 1

Holy crap, this game is excellent. The best I've played so far. Where to start?

The puzzles themselves are so good. Great level design and great core game mechanics. The mechanic introduced at level 5 or so is genius and makes the gameplay so interesting.

I was thinking that it would be cool if you could push two boxes in a row, and there would be a special kind of box that could *not* be pushed this way. Would have opened up some interesting level design possibilities, where you have to line up many boxes in a row in order to efficiently push them all at once.

The music is really good, kind of dreamy and spacey. I just wish it didn't restart when you restart or complete the level. Speaking of restarting the level: THANK YOU for including the hotkey to restart. Much appreciated.

I also love the visuals, particularly the bloom. And the smooth way the character moves from one square to the next is 👌. Nice work there.

The leaderboards are a GREAT touch, thanks for including those!

One complaint I have is that I wish the "you can't go there" sound only played once if I hold the key down. It gets pretty annoying :P

Some technical questions: what's the "engine"? I see you used a lot of OS libraries, but is this something you've been working on for a while or did you throw it all together for LD? Additionally, the game appeared to run in a fairly low resolution. Is there a way to force it to run at my native screen size?

All in all this game is so FUN!!! You should be SUPER proud of what you've created. And in 48 hours, holy cow. I just wish it was longer 😄 I really sincerely hope you keep working on this post-jam and polish it up, I would buy/play the shit out of an expanded game. Maybe it could even have larger levels where the camera pans to follow the character?

Thank you for making Box Rescue!!

Penguin Pressure by icecoldsombrero 2018-08-15T05:15:22Z ♥ 0

I too could not run the game. I'm not familiar with Godot, but if it's like Unity and Unreal, built games involve both an executable and some data files. The download only contained an executable, is it possible @icecoldsombrero forgot the data files?

Kessler Syndrome by SlimothyJ 2018-08-15T05:02:13Z ♥ 1

I love this game! Unique and interesting gameplay, nice visuals, groovy music. Also: very clever take on the theme. Running out of *outer* space. I had a blast playing, the best I was able to do was 45 launched satellites on Cadet. Love the easter egg at 42 😄

A few points of criticism:

In real life, objects orbiting at the same height will have the same orbital period. Heavier objects - such as moons - are not slower. The moon in this game kind of completely blocks off an entire region of orbit; there's no point to putting a satellite there. It has the same effect on gameplay that a smaller screen would. A moon with proper velocity would have been more interesting gameplay-wise, I think. Particularly if different planets had different moons, and some had multiple moons at different heights.

Additionally, I think the cooldown timer on launching was a bit too long. Especially in the early stages when space is very empty, it was annoying to have to wait to launch.

Overall this is an excellent entry. Incredible that you did it all in 48 hours! Very well done, you should be proud :)

PS: after playing the windows version I tried the web version to see what issues you were having, but the game worked normally for me. I don't know what the problems were, but I have a lot of experience beating Unity's webplayer into submission and I'd love to help you out. If you're interested please send me an email :) - jimmycushnie@gmail.com

Running Out of Space LDJ42 by Ismael Rodriguez 2018-08-15T04:22:46Z ♥ 1

Wow, this game is awesome! Satisfying movement, great music, SFX and art/animation, and innovative, enjoyable gameplay.

Things did get awkward when I was carrying a box and wanted to set it down. The only option is to throw it, which is not very precise. Perhaps an option to set the box down where the robot is standing, teleporting him on top of it, would have made the gameplay a little less frustrating.

I really enjoyed playing your game. It's incredible that you managed to do it all yourself in less than 2 days. Just needs a better title :)

Air Pressure by zgragselus 2017-12-07T02:37:23Z ♥ 0

Neat little game. As others have said, the visuals are fantastic. I also find the gameplay pretty fun, it's cool trying to find efficient routes. I wish there was a little more feedback on how you're doing, though. The first few games I played, before I understood how the game worked, I didn't know I was failing until I'd failed.

I found using the mouse pretty awkward. I expected a click and drag interface, as in I'd click on a point of the earth and drag it to the center and then I'd be looking down at it. Instead it had that messy panning system.

The more hair you have... by Naca 2017-12-07T02:28:11Z ♥ 1

(spoiler alert)

This is a great example of games as art. It was very interesting feeling my own emotions change over the course of a game: from "really? A game where removing body hair is the goal? Tasteless, stupid and offensive" to "hahaha stupid assholes you can't judge me ya jerks" to finally "what a wholesome positive message." Additionally, sound and graphics are both very pleasing. Creates a very nice atmosphere.

Good work.

Evil Money by interpol 2017-12-07T02:18:02Z ♥ 1

I love this game! I love stealth games and this is a great example. Sneaking around is so much fun, figuring out the optimal path around the guards and cameras. The music is really nice and the newspaper headlines are funny. I wish there were a few more sound effects, like when guards are chasing you.

Very good work. I'll be sending and recommending Evil Money to all my friends :)

Cat Chaser by mystal 2017-12-07T00:36:56Z ♥ 0

Seconded what @parker8283 said. I want to play your game but I'm not going to compile it!

Tax Evasion Hero by ebim 2017-12-07T00:34:28Z ♥ 3

I like this game. Unique and funny premise, and excellent graphics. I grinned to myself each time I destroyed something incredibly valuable.

The movement is a bit sluggish, I wish it was more responsive. Overall a very nice experience and I'm glad I played it.

Manifold Complex by Thorneto 2017-12-07T00:23:41Z ♥ 3

This is an awesome game! I really love the movement mechanics, especially how there isn't ever a down - it's all zero-g and the level is designed with that in mind. Combat is very fun but I feel it isn't challenging enough. Graphics, music and SFX are all on point, 5 stars for mood.

Excellent work guys :)

Space Dominator by hadesfury 2017-12-07T00:09:23Z ♥ 1

This game really shows the benefits of having a dedicated game designer. Everything is exceptionally well balanced and the game is very fun to play because of it. It also looks and sounds great. Fantastic work guys :)

Being Plundered by bradur 2017-12-06T21:25:35Z ♥ 2

I had a lot of fun with this game. It reminds me of [Asteroid Scavenger](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/asteroid-scavenger) by @blueman which was one of my favourites from LD39. Others have praised most of the things I like about Being Plundered so I won't repeat their words.

I found that the best strategy is to rush out, mine an asteroid, and rush back to the station without ever interacting with the pirates at all. You can easily move faster than the pirates or their bullets so it's easiest to just never fight them :) plus you save money on repairing your ship. Early in the game I found it fun to fight the pirates (I've never seen this type of combat in a game before but I really like it) but in my pursuit of $100k it was just better to avoid them.

I don't like that weird shaky effect on the background while mining, it's disorienting. I also wish that you could keep playing after reaching $100k. I was looking forward to mining every single asteroid in the whole map.

Solid game, I'm really glad I played it :)

Jingle Jewels by bazld 2017-12-06T20:47:15Z ♥ 2

This game was pretty awkward to play. My primary source of frustration is that the enemies DO NOT STOP COMING. I crossed the bridge, then there were enemies, then I started shooting the enemies, then they kept coming for 5 goddamn minutes. There was no break in the constant stream of them. After those 5 minutes I got bored and just sprinted past them (you can move way faster than the enemies can) and explored the map. Let me say that all the art in this game, and the environment especially, is awesome. I really liked exploring, just running ahead of all the baddies and checking out all the rooms.

Some other gripes: - the enemy hitboxes are *far* smaller than the enemies themselves. I would constantly watch my crossbow bolts pass through them. - there's no reason to use the torch, the crossbow is just so much better. - when you take your finger off the key for walking it's still a good 0.5 seconds before the character stops walking. This can be fixed in edit -> project settings -> input and increasing the gravity on "Horizontal" and "Vertical" - the ragdolls of the little green men are way bigger than the little green men

I expected and wanted stealth from this game, but there was only fighting. I'll say it again though: the art is great. Very pretty dungeon, very spooky enemies, and it's all stylistically consistent.

Oversize Load by quadtree 2017-12-06T20:25:04Z ♥ 0

I like this game quite a bit. It's a simple concept but it's very well done. The difficulty curve is just about perfect for me. The music is very pleasing.

My only gripe is that there isn't any way to lose, you can move on to the next level without carrying a single item. But it's a very fun game to play, and my favourite of LD40 of those I've played so far. Nice work :)

Her Final Words by Eliana 2017-08-07T02:52:22Z ♥ 1

I really enjoyed this. I've never played an interactive written story so this was a new experience for me.

The writing was great, suspense kept me locked to my screen. The timing of the appearance of transitions and of the sound effects was spot on and heightened the mood of a story that already had a great one.

Whether or not it was intentional, I like that it would take several minutes of clicking to redo the choice at the end. It makes the choice more final and real.

Was the story perhaps inspired by Worm? Do you intend to do more with the world of this game?

The power of blood by Arknostik 2017-08-07T02:39:57Z ♥ 1

I really like this game. The combination of sound, gibs, and instantaneity of the enemy disappearing makes eating people really satisfying in this game. The abilities are all interesting and nicely varied, although I wish the cooldowns were individually balanced. The dash ability is 10x more powerful than the lightning strike ability, so why do they have the same cooldown time?

All in all I enjoyed my time playing Power of Blood. Solid work.

Hypersquare by klekky 2017-08-07T02:03:56Z ♥ 1

To be honest, I don't really like it. I spent 30 minutes getting past level 1 and then gave up shortly into level 2. This is going to be a fairly negative review and I hate giving those but here we go anyway.

A platformer that forgoes traditional jumping is not something you see often. I commend you for innovating in that regard. However, I didn't find the jump replacement mechanic fun at all for a couple of reasons:

* it leaves no room for error. Many times, I'd blast off to somewhere I couldn't see at the beginning of the blast and the end of the blast would be on some spikes, and there isn't time to correct the trajectory. The only way to avoid this is to play the level again and again until you've memorized it. I don't find the trial and error of this process fun at all.

* there's no room for minute adjustments. All motions are huge motions and complete commitments to a trajectory. (this is kind of a repeat of the first point)

* combat with so much recoil isn't fun. It's already really challenging to keep track of several enemies at once that are all shooting at you; the fact that 95% of angles to shoot at result in death or falling all the way back to the beginning of the level pushes combat from challenging enough to be fun to challenging enough to be a pain.

I also think that there is too little friction between the player character and the platforms. Soooo many times I would FINALLY land on a platform I was trying to get to, prematurely celebrate, and then bounce/slide off. But by far my biggest issue with the game is that it *requires* trial and error.

Of course, all of these opinions are subjective. I don't play many platformers and I don't play many super hard games; yours is both of these things, so I'm definitely not the intended audience.

Power Plant Simulator. by BroRawr 2017-08-07T00:47:03Z ♥ 1

When I try to extract the windows version using 7zip, I get this error: "Can not open file 'E:\Users\Jimmy\Downloads\Power Plant Simulator.rar' as archive"

Bounty by Gurvan 2017-08-04T04:53:26Z ♥ 2

I had quite a bit of fun playing this game, spent about half an hour getting through the first five seas before I was done. I don't think I've seen a game before where you shoot out of the side as opposed to the front, it made for unique and interesting gameplay. It was also very fun to explore the seas. Procedural generation really made the game better here; although the elements of the seas were simple, not knowing how they would fit together made it exciting.

I didn't like the Crew Respect (or whatever it's called, I forget) mechanic. It felt tacked on and unnecessary (yeah, yeah, you need it for the theme. I still don't like it.) Every time I got into a firefight, the Respect meter would shoot down to zero after only a few shots, and I feel like combat would be a lot more fun if I could last longer in it. Speaking of which, health doesn't matter in this game; during combat, respect drains WAY faster than health does, so you can never die from lack of health (at least in my experience. I may be playing the game wrong). The fact that respect drains constantly means that I can't happily explore the seas at my own pace (my pace is slow) because I'm constantly worrying about doing something to keep my respect up. In short, I feel the game would be vastly improved by removing the respect mechanic.

It was very unclear what most of the upgrades did. Short descriptions for each of them would let me make much better purchasing decisions.

> I am french

You english is very good for learning it as a second language. Je souhaite je parle francais bon a toi parle anglais!

> i am 14 years old

Good on you for making games now. I just turned 17 and only started a month ago, and I strongly regret not doing it earlier.

> this is my first jam and my first finished game ever

wow- although this game is good when judged impartially, it is phenomenal for a first finished game, and one made in 48 hours no less! Good work :)

Artifact Dive by AdroitConceptions 2017-08-02T21:39:10Z ♥ 0

It's very jarring how the enemies start charging you. I wish there was some sort of visual cue right before they did that, like flashing or shaking.

BATTERYMAN RECHARGES THE WORLD! by XAVIER_INDIE_GAMEDEV 2017-08-02T00:02:13Z ♥ 4

Wow. Incredible game. The talent of the people who created it really shows.

The music is fantastic. When I started up the game I just sat there on the main menu listening to the theme and watching the city roll by. The art is all awesome, it's a very pleasing game to look at. The gameplay is fun and engaging, I love running around and avoiding the phone people. I also love all the little touches of humor, like Battery Man's feet just dragging behind him as he moves and the exploding phones. My only complaint is that it could be a little more difficult, I was able to beat it in 5 minutes on my first try.

Altogether a really polished product that is stunningly high quality for 72 hours. As someone who just started making games I aspire to be like you.

ThunderFox by Pietro Ferrantelli 2017-08-01T22:45:22Z ♥ 0

Ditto, ping me as well please

Industria by rb2750 2017-08-01T22:23:18Z ♥ 1

Addictive and very challenging game. Wonderfully filled with tension and panic from start to finish.

Because the game is so fast-paced, the slow clicking interface really creates a barrier to success. It would be nice if you could hover over a tile and then hit a key on the keyboard to assign a building to it. Ditto with the citizens; the game would be a lot easier to play if they were just listed along the bottom of the screen at all times and you could hover over them and hit a key to assign a job. This would also let the player easily see when a new citizen has arrived.

Overall I really enjoyed the game. Great work, especially for using a new engine. I hope you go on to develop this concept further, it is legitimately really fun.

Party Island by StevyGee 2017-08-01T21:52:44Z ♥ 3

This game shows that there is elegance in simplicity: with only three inputs, you managed to create compelling and engaging gameplay. I had a lot of fun on my playthrough.

The music is groovy AF, what software did you use to make it? I'd love for you to add a download for it. However sometimes I would run into a bug where there would be two non-synchronized versions of the night music running, which was annoying because a single version of the night music is so awesome. Using the web version by the way.

I feel that the blurry and pixelated art of the game works poorly. I'd have preferred stylized MS paint graphics.

As @JesperSB said, the game would greatly benefit from multiple difficulty modes. I finished day 30 with 2572 guests, 500% of the stated goal. Simply adding a slider at the beginning for the effectiveness of solar panels would do wonders for the difficulty and replayability of the game.

I had severe input lag, where I would press a key and it wouldn't take effect for a good two or three seconds. It would happen instantly as soon as I moved the mouse though.

It made me sad that as my building grew it obstructed the view of my batteries and solar panels, and then after 50 hotels I could no longer see the new ones. For me personally, a lot of the joy of this game came from watching my hotel grow over time, so it was a major bummer when that stopped happening around day 20. Late-game would be a lot more satisfying with some clever rearranging of the graphics.

Overall I'm glad I played this game, it made me feel happy. Excellent work.

Asteroid Scavenger by Blueman 2017-08-01T21:23:14Z ♥ 1

This is a very good game and I enjoyed playing it a lot. Thanks for sharing. It's quite fun to explore just a little further each time you head out. The tutorial section was also very well done; most ludum dare games I've played (including my own, shamefully) just thrust the player into the game and expect them to know what to do, but when I got to the game part of Asteroid Scavenger I already knew all I needed to know. Thank you for taking the time to add it.

The graphics, while simple, are very nice to look at. The sound design and music are excellent. Great job with all three of those things.

However, there is one major flaw that, at least for me personally, makes the game far less enjoyable than it could be: I dislike the timer. It feels arbitrary and it breaks my immersion from being a for-hire space miner. It also prevented me from ever fully upgrading my ship, which was disappointing. I don't care about getting a high score, I just want to casually explore space, going at my own pace, slowly exploring outwards and mining everything in the solar system while upgrading to a better and better ship all the time. A less arbitrary time pressure that would allow me to keep playing the game would be to have power be constantly draining at a certain rate, so your maximum time away from the space station would be limited by your maximum power but you'd have no maximum time to play the game.

Additionally, as a space nerd, there are two small changes to the ship physics I'd make to increase the realism. Firstly, I'd remove the space resistance of the ship, and make it so the only way to slow down would be to turn around and apply thrust. When I apply thrust with my spaceship and then it drifts a little bit and then it slows down and stops moving, it feels a lot less like a spaceship and a lot more like a submarine. Secondly, I'd make rotation come from thrusters that apply torque to the spaceship as a physical object rather than just rotating it. This would allow you to turn much faster and again would help with the feeling of controlling a spaceship. It would probably need an "automatically stabilize rotation" button though. Whether these changes are for the better is entirely subjective though and probably something not many people besides me would want.

Overall it's a very satisfying game to play and I'm vey impressed that it was made in 48 hours. I sincerely hope you develop it more post-jam.

Clickity by Ellis Spice 2017-08-01T20:41:08Z ♥ 1

I played with this for a couple minutes but I couldn't figure out what was going on or why things were happening. It would be enormously helpful if you'd include some basic instructions. I hope I can learn to play the game though, I can sense that there's a lot of depth to it...

Tiny Warlock by bwalter 2017-08-01T20:33:51Z ♥ 2

I agree with the other comments that dislike the screen shaking. I can see what you were trying to do with it, but I don't think it was executed successfully. I'm not sure what would improve it, but the shaking doesn't make me feel tense or excited, it just acts as a barrier to me understanding what's happening, which isn't fun.

I'd like to comment on the funness of the game itself but I couldn't get past the shaking and gave up after a couple of minutes.

It would also be nice if there was a fullscreen mode. The game being 20cm wide on my screen doesn't help with comprehending what's going on.

This is exclusively negative feedback and I know that sucks to receive. I'm sorry to deliver it but it's my honest opinion of the game. I hope you make a version with fullscreen and no shaking, because based on other comments the game is actually really fun and I'd like to play it. I just can't enjoy it in its current state.

Solar Power Rush by TheMonax 2017-08-01T18:16:02Z ♥ 3

This game is awesome! I love it and I will be sharing it with all my friends. The difficulty balance is, in my opinion, perfect; the game is accessible enough that you can jump in and play, but challenging enough that it takes real focus and effort to succeed in it. Every time I died in the game I felt compelled to retry and do better. Managing power and health made me panic a lot, which is something I love to feel in games. I also really like how the music reacts to what's going on in the game, it's a very nice touch.

Overall it's a very solid, very fun game that feels great to play. As someone new to programming and game development I'm starstruck that you were able to create it in 48 hours.

I tried to think of something to improve but I'm at a loss. The game is just so awesome :D