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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCmCo
201635ShapeshiftThe Formlessjam1483.723.613.523.743.302.953.6435
201534Two Button Controls / GrowingTower to the Starscompo1173.773.703.534.163.773.4158
201533You are the MonsterClick Here to Become the Monstercompo9641.691.612.221.852.4336
201532An Unconventional WeaponBat out of Helljam3623.403.302.932.143.233.4653
201431Entire Game on One Screen$2000-$3fffjam703.903.534.594.033.763.083.6366
201430Connected WorldsProtoplanetary Diskcompo3393.423.144.063.653.143.412.243.4162
200916ExplorationZelnickcompo383.133.003.253.812.442.082.331.4023

Performance over time

overall score (left axis) percentile (right axis)

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Comments by ianh

LD19 — Discovery

10 Minute Galaxy by machinas 2010-12-20T03:30:00

This is quite fun! Reminds me a bit of the game Strange Adventures in Infinite Space.

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

Whale Princess Rescue Expedition by zinfandel 2014-04-28T06:10:00

Strangely satisfying.

You're Pulleying My Leg by Draknek 2014-04-28T01:22:00

I can't believe this is written in puzzlescript!

LD30 — Connected Worlds

Zoo Hypothesis by NikSG 2014-08-25T04:07:00

I finally figured it out! Neat idea... it'd be cool if there were more combinations.

Tower Towards Heaven by sockfolder 2014-08-25T04:15:00

This is really impressive! It's pretty hard to tell what everything does. Tooltips would be super helpful.

3 by ENDESGA 2014-08-25T04:34:00

Really satisfying mechanics! The stomping is spot-on.

fyuse by cy4n 2014-08-25T04:53:00

LOVE this mechanic. The accumulation feels satisfying in a Katamari-Damacy-ish way. I feel like there's tons of possibility here... your camera could zoom out as you take on stronger and stronger enemies. You could have different types of enemies which influence your growth. I'd definitely buy a more fleshed-out version of this.

Interplanetary by mactinite 2014-08-25T05:22:00

Amazing music!

Interplanetary Plumber by muumeroinen 2014-08-26T09:08:00

Really fun mechanic!

HopSlide by managore 2014-08-25T06:54:00

I got 4 and now I'm stuck. Brilliant game!

interball by foolmoron 2014-08-25T05:44:00

Cool idea! The ball bounced a little too fast for me to control it very well, I think.

Astroz by sputnik 2014-08-25T07:45:00

Neat shadow effects.

Ignis by Fanatrick 2014-08-25T03:55:00

This game is hard! I like the graphical style.

Planetary Conformity by Healthire 2014-08-25T05:19:00

Great idea and execution! I like the clean graphical style and the smooth difficulty curve of the tutorial.

Scrunch by mcc 2014-09-11T03:14:00

Whatever is happening with the audio is genius

United Nanolytics Knowledge Vault by chas 2014-08-29T05:39:00

Really great game! I got 531,683 points at 1m12.7s… beat that :)

United Nanolytics Knowledge Vault by chas 2014-08-29T05:39:00

That should say "1m12.7..."

rip unicode

United Nanolytics Knowledge Vault by chas 2014-08-29T06:38:00

1,054,443 in 1m26s! So close to 100%!

LD31 — Entire Game on One Screen

Subpixel by Paul Sinnett 2014-12-09T02:26:00

Hey neat, a Scratch entry!

The Murderdome by RyanNielson 2014-12-09T04:14:00

Nice. It reminds me a bit of Nuclear Throne.

$2000-$3fff by ianh 2014-12-09T02:52:00

Thanks stvr! You can control the targeting reticle using a joystick in port 1.

Silo by Azlen 2014-12-09T01:31:00

You could put some text on the web page to explain the game -- I didn't understand it the first time I played. This would work really well as a mobile game!

Entire Screen of One Game by Tom 7 2014-12-09T02:02:00

I did it, I won!

StarFighter by MegaMasterX 2014-12-09T01:40:00

All those hours playing Cookie Clicker finally payed off!

StarFighter by MegaMasterX 2014-12-09T01:40:00

All those hours playing Cookie Clicker finally paid off!

Serpedelic by deltagardner 2014-12-20T11:26:00

Whatever you're doing with the audio is really neat!

SPACEBOOK by thatwhichis 2014-12-10T06:21:00

Now I wish this were a real social network!

Spacey Trail by Jacksendary 2014-12-09T02:32:00

Really fun game! I wish it would "scan area" automatically... got kinda old pressing that button over and over...

Bounds of Space by Thought Reactor 2014-12-09T00:44:00

Love the lighting effects! Splitting the game into "levels" might give more of a feeling of progress. The gameplay is really smooth but the game starts to feel same-y after a bit.

Squared by Artguy 2014-12-09T04:03:00

I like the graphical style!

birdsong by managore 2014-12-09T01:10:00

This game captures the metroidvania feeling really well despite such a minimal set of items... nice job!

Kram Keep by Knighty 2014-12-09T00:50:00

Those unscaled pixels <3

Alien Harvesting Simulator by kmasiulis 2014-12-18T09:48:00

I always like tower defense games where you can build walls! It's weird how the towers all shoot in the exact same way. The tower that slows creeps doesn't make as much sense when there's no AOE.

Wizard Bounce by jay43k 2014-12-16T00:49:00

I don't understand what makes you fall off, but once you get the timing down this is pretty fun.

Ball Room by BroCade 2014-12-16T01:44:00

Tricky controls! I accidentally finished the game before I got all the stars :(

Space Iron by Caspila 2014-12-09T04:07:00

The high score list was a nice touch.

Lone by BlueTheLemon 2014-12-10T10:13:00

It's hard to get around without running into anything. Maybe that's the point!

MeteorStrike by D.B.O.NStudios 2014-12-09T01:21:00

Wish I had more ammo!

Take out the Trash in Space by Ult 2014-12-15T18:37:00

Fun game, but I wish there were something more to the mechanics, like a way to combo or something. As it is, there's no real strategy -- you just match with the closest available tile.

Wanda by mahalis 2014-12-09T06:30:00

It's fun to click as fast as you can and watch the fish tank bounce around.

The Harrowing by K.Chplr 2014-12-09T09:35:00

Nice bullet patterns! I'm not sure what the standard hitbox size for these games is, but it feels too big to me here…

CUBE Clicker by Polyganz 2014-12-13T08:32:00

I really like the graphical style here! This kind of game has been done to death, but I enjoyed it anyway.

Orion by feiss 2014-12-10T06:34:00

What a rush!

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

Blastcode by frosty 2015-04-22T04:25:00

Reminds me of programming in Logo!

Beta Bot by Josh Riley 2015-04-29T21:56:00

The two-resource system kind of reminds me of 868-HACK. I felt like I often couldn't attack due to a lack of resources or the proper ability (e.g. all the enemies are below but I can't shoot down, and I don't want to spend the resources on a "KILL"). Really compelling gameplay overall, though -- I agree it would make a great phone game!

Bat out of Hell by ianh 2015-04-21T01:32:00

Oops, thanks for pointing that out, anokta. I removed the right-click debug action so it doesn't confuse people.

Bat out of Hell by ianh 2015-08-22T04:25:00

~testing~

Bat out of Hell by ianh 2015-08-22T09:12:00

Please stop making games.

When Planets Collide by EncryptedCow 2015-04-27T00:47:00

Really cool idea! I felt like I didn't have much control over the planet, and the minimap was difficult to figure out (you start "right on top of yourself" so you can't really see the dot at the beginning). With a little more work this could be a great game, though.

ForgeCraft by Stals 2015-04-25T20:44:00

This game is hard to stop playing!

Overward by vulpineblazeyt 2015-04-25T20:11:00

Neat idea. It's kind of hard to understand what's going on, or what all the numbers mean.

Hug Arena by Benjamin 2015-04-25T01:56:00

I like how you can use the converted mobs as shields. I was killed by a robot who didn't understand my love :(

Prism Break by gatinmnsok 2015-04-27T09:45:00

Really clever idea for a game!

Guardian Shield by longshorts 2015-04-27T00:31:00

The mechanic of running into enemies and collecting things is quite satisfying. I wish it went longer before becoming completely impossible to survive, or that there were some way to survive even when the screen is full of asteroids.

A Knife Made Of Whispers by managore 2015-04-21T01:28:00

Really clever game! Very hard though T_T

I dont want to hear it by ekun 2015-04-21T01:13:00

Hey it's ekun, the master of ludum dare rhythm games :D

I have one small comment -- I wish there was some way to distinguish when something is on an offbeat. It can be hard to read the notes when there's syncopation. Other than that, this is an amazing game! The synchronization between audio, visuals and controls is perfect.

Flail Rider by jushii 2015-04-25T20:59:00

I wish the car were less fragile when you're not boosting. Otherwise this was a lot of fun!

Maze of Friendship by frondeus 2015-05-01T09:32:00

I like the graphical style of this game. The mechanics are a bit inscrutable, but once you figure it out it's pretty fun.

Lalyvilley by From Smiling 2015-04-27T09:41:00

You've got a really nice graphical style here... I keep dying to the dogs though :(

RGB Attack! by Timo 2015-04-27T00:40:00

I thought the stressful audio worked pretty well -- it definitely made me want to avoid the enemies! I wish it were easier to tell what color you needed to kill the enemies... the dark theme sets a nice mood, but it makes it hard to tell what's going on.

Magnets & Lasers by Dustician 2015-04-27T07:37:00

Simple but tricky! Nice work.

Ninja Swapper by Plustech 2015-04-25T01:50:00

Fun game! I like the wall-sliding mechanics, and the swapping feels really good. Wish there was a death animation though

Quality Television by crazya 2015-04-25T20:31:00

Amazing game! The story and mechanics fit together perfectly, and the levels were fun without being excessively hard. The way the bgm changes when a TV is active is just perfect. Great design, great audio, everything about this game is great!

LazCat by Sundr0 2015-04-29T22:09:00

Nice! The game is a little easy, but definitely entertaining.

F.U.M.S (Fucked Up Missile System) by ElectroYak 2015-04-21T01:07:00

Nice work... it's amazing how much fun you can get out of such a simple gameplay mechanic!

Flight by Norgg 2015-04-27T10:12:00

Short and sweet!

Copycat by Terry 2015-04-21T01:42:00

I love the art style, but I can't give you stars for graphics :(

LD33 — You are the Monster

Primary objective by Aurel Bílý 2015-08-24T05:42:00

I also got stuck on the hoverbike part. I'm really into the style of this game though!

Primary objective by Aurel Bílý 2015-08-24T06:21:00

I finally figured out the hoverbike part!

(Idle?) Monster by KayZ 2015-08-24T04:51:00

Clever take on the theme, and a fun game too!

Klonos by Azlen 2015-08-25T09:22:00

Nice graphical style!

Lick & Spoil by nodoxi 2015-08-24T06:16:00

It's really fun to move around like this! It would be nice to have some way to win the game, though.

Daniel X Moore Presents: Dungeon of Sadness [LEGENDS] by Daniel X. Moore 2015-08-24T05:11:00

Haha this is awesome. Great writing.

Monsters Reversed by kcaze 2015-08-24T04:42:00

Really simple and fresh puzzle mechanic! This didn't work in Safari for whatever reason, but I was able to play in Chrome.

pyinpyang by undefinist 2015-08-24T05:25:00

This is a really clever mechanic! More variety (different kinds of enemies/powerups/levels/etc) would add a lot to the replay value.

Lying in Wait by whalebot 2015-08-24T05:51:00

I like the design of the monster!

Loch Ness by filiph 2015-08-24T06:29:00

Neat! I wish there were a "allow time to pass" option. I ended up just moving my hatchlings back and forth instead.

Damage Control by peterkirk 2015-08-24T06:12:00

This is fun. I like how fast the people run when you roar at them multiple times.

Soul Ownership by lowercaserho 2015-08-24T04:37:00

Very well-written! The door code part was a bit tedious, but otherwise this was quite fun.

Digiman by chongyukwai 2015-08-24T04:25:00

This game has a really innovative graphical style!

LD34 — Two Button Controls / Growing

Growing Sakura by ripatti 2015-12-21T10:36:00

Really elegant puzzle mechanic. I'd love to have this on my phone!

Streamline by francoisvn 2015-12-14T11:44:00

Clever puzzle mechanics! I had fun all the way through.

Enliven by Patacorow 2015-12-15T09:19:00

Absolutely beautiful graphics. I'm blown away! The camera is a little fidgety: if you move and then stop it jerks back and forth.

Concrete Jungle by Miltage 2015-12-14T11:28:00

What a brilliant idea! All the elements of the game combined really well, from the gameplay mechanics to the music. I wasn't expecting an ending, so I was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. I agree that the timelapse effect is a bit too flickery, though.

Tama Battle! by midgard 2015-12-29T00:20:00

Nice job making a fun multiplayer game!

UPSQUID by 01010111 2015-12-15T06:10:00

The graphics are top-notch, though I think I may have seen this style somewhere before? ;) Really fun game overall!

Puff Enuff? by bitslap 2015-12-21T10:45:00

This game's got a real oldschool feel to it. Some cool graphical effects in there for sure! I do wish you could see a *little* more of your surroundings though.

trosor by Ditto 2015-12-21T10:29:00

Great overall mood. The jumping was pretty tricky! The fact that shooting makes you move back a bit makes it possible to jump repeatedly up a single wall, which helped in some situations.

Tower to the Stars by ianh 2015-12-14T08:21:00

Whaaat? What browser are you using?

Tower to the Stars by ianh 2015-12-14T08:25:00

OK, sorry about the crash: I hadn't tested on Firefox. Should be good now!

CMDR LR by timtipgames 2015-12-15T10:43:00

I love the control scheme. It seemed "flipped" at first (press right to turn left?) but I got used to it quickly!

Food by oab 2015-12-15T04:46:00

Nice animations!

Arc by ChuiGum 2015-12-21T11:29:00

Addictive game! My high score (so far!) is 15. I don't think it's too hard at all; it's really fun when you start getting in the zone and making decisions quickly. Three small bits of feedback... feel free to ignore them if you want, the game is really fun as is! First, the Power Downs make "exploring" less fun, since you don't know whether something's a Power Up or a Power Down until you touch it. It would be nice if Power Downs looked different, like a spiky ball or something. Or maybe you could try leaving them out? Second, the collision detection feels pretty strict. Making it more lenient could make close calls more exciting. Third, I wish you could restart the game immediately after dying (like Super Hexagon :).

Anyway, super fun game: I think it would work great on a mobile device!

Get Huge by Lancey 2015-12-15T03:48:00

Definitely the funniest game of LD34 so far!

Szczypce by Ret44 2015-12-15T03:39:00

The link is a 404 for me.

Simultaneism by Bogden 2015-12-15T08:07:00

So hard. T_T

Reap by managore 2015-12-21T10:21:00

I love the graphical style and the overall mood. The treasure location didn't look *exactly* like the map, so I got confused for a bit, but I did finish eventually. Great game!

BOOST by Tuism 2015-12-16T10:01:00

How long does it take to get to the end? I felt like I was doing pretty well, but I ran into the wall one too many times. Cool use of the two-button theme!

Grow Over by nonetheless 2015-12-14T08:01:00

It's really fast! The hitboxes are kind of finicky, but it definitely has that "just one more play" feeling.

Garden Grow by justinooncx 2015-12-15T07:18:00

The controls were really solid and the powerups kept things interesting. Cool game!

Infinite Tower by Eduardo 2015-12-14T08:07:00

Really solid two-button game! I love the low-fi graphical style. One small annoyance: after you shoot an enemy, it can still kill you until it has disappeared.

Laser Command by Docjekyll 2015-12-14T08:12:00

I really like that thing you're doing with the music! I found myself shooting to the beat. Maybe an opportunity for a musical combo system? :)

Idol Hands by superjoebob 2015-12-15T04:59:00

The artwork, music, and dialog are all on point. Amazing game!

Ourobos by SinclairStrange 2015-12-21T08:53:00

How did you make all this in 72 hours? What kind of preparation did you do? :o

Gary The Robot by lukethecoder64 2015-12-14T23:36:00

A fun mechanic with some interesting levels!

QATERPILLAR by Pilly 2015-12-14T07:55:00

Cute :)

Gjallarhorn by NoWandStudios 2015-12-15T01:55:00

This is one of the most fun games I've played so far! The controls work really well.

Sickle & Sword by MSiddeek 2015-12-15T11:58:00

The simple building mechanics were surprisingly addictive! Great game.

Neo Oxygene by Jwatt 2015-12-15T09:13:00

I liked the graphical style and the music. It was frustrating to run out of the brown resource: it doesn't seem like there's any way to recover once that happens. Great work though!

Accretion Disc by tgrehawi 2015-12-14T11:50:00

Stylish! I got 1:36.78 :)

Circulus by Membrane 2015-12-14T07:43:00

Nice use of the two-button theme!

Switchies by SwitchTeam 2015-12-16T09:20:00

The music is really good!

Abyssal Zone by Leddev 2015-12-15T05:02:00

I got the following error:

dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/SDL2_image.framework/Versions/A/SDL2_image
Referenced from: /Users/ianh/Desktop/Abyssal Zone.app/Contents/MacOS/Abyssal Zone
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

Abyssal Zone by Leddev 2015-12-15T05:07:00

It works after downloading and installing these frameworks into /Library/Frameworks/:
https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php
https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/
https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/

Abyssal Zone by Leddev 2015-12-15T05:20:00

This game was worth the effort it took to get working. Amazing graphical style and clever puzzles!

Novascape by refreshgames 2015-12-15T04:40:00

This is an impressive achievement! The controls are kinda frustrating at first, but I ended up having fun anyway.

Choo Choo by Madball 2015-12-14T23:18:00

Neat use of the theme!

LD35 — Shapeshift

Shape Collector by Jogy34 2016-05-04T08:53:00

Nice game, playing against the computer was fun!

Rayshifting by ponk 2016-04-21T12:24:00

This is surprisingly fun for how simple it is! Nice work.

The Formless by ianh 2016-04-19T01:40:00

BTW, there seem to be some issues in Firefox. I'll look into it more when I'm less tired.

The Formless by ianh 2016-04-20T03:38:00

OK, things should be working better in Firefox now, thanks for the bug reports!

If you're confused about what to do (the game really doesn't do a great job explaining it…), here are two tips to get you started:

1. Your first goal is to place a gateway under a white transportation beam. It will make more units for you.

2. Next, build a few pillars to increase the unit limit (shown at the top of the screen). Once you've built some, the gateway should start producing stuff.

After that it's up to you!

Turbo Transform by Robber 2016-04-19T15:58:00

Stylish execution of a great idea!

ShmupShifter by TerraCottaFrog 2016-04-19T16:03:00

I love the style and use of the theme! Cool stuff.

glitchfixer by Evgenii Petrov 2016-04-20T16:32:00

Cool concept! The torus layout might be easier to understand if you replicated the game field.

I am Ned and I am a Hippo by Jun & Pate 2016-04-23T07:46:00

final score:
manilla folders (x8)
pine cone (x18)
grit (x107)
loose nails (x4)
bread roll
pidgeon pelt (x2)
~*confidence*~
drum sticks (x3)
hippo pen key

Push Putty by joezeng 2016-04-20T17:01:00

This is a great puzzle mechanic! Nice use of the theme.

Square Off - 1v1 Multiplayer by TeamScripta 2016-04-21T06:15:00

Impressive! It's always cool to see multiplayer stuff in LD.

A Game by steveklabnik 2016-04-19T19:15:00

Porting is explicitly allowed by the rules!