INSTIGATION by Steve Cochrane 2013-08-27T04:31:00
Jesus the game feel is amazing. My only possible qualm is that the art style and gameplay are too minimalist, but so far this has been the most fun to play yet.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Spaghetti and Meatball
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36 | Ancient Technology | National Egyptian Slave Racing League | jam | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Babality | jam | 427 | 3.41 | 3.38 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 3.58 | 3.15 | 3.58 | 3.16 | 53 | |
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | It's All OGRE Now! | jam | 74 | 3.93 | 4.18 | 3.18 | 4.08 | 3.87 | 3.36 | 3.67 | 3.54 | 100 | |
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Weapon Shortage | jam | 51 | 3.97 | 3.64 | 4.00 | 4.31 | 3.77 | 3.02 | 3.95 | 3.51 | 100 | |
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Mr. Bushido: Businessman Infinite | jam | 729 | 2.94 | 2.50 | 3.20 | 3.43 | 3.52 | 3.14 | 2.59 | 53 | ||
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Family Picnic | jam | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Birthday Wish | jam | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | Real Life Simulator | jam | 85 | 3.58 | 3.42 | 3.55 | 3.34 | 3.79 | 2.09 | 3.75 | 3.38 | 65 |
Jesus the game feel is amazing. My only possible qualm is that the art style and gameplay are too minimalist, but so far this has been the most fun to play yet.
Loved the idea of the game with the intro at the start, with lots more creative glitches this game would be pretty amazing, although I still liked it anyways :P
well done. The music at the start was awesome, and at times the game got pretty intense
REALLY innovative idea, but the gameplay gets pretty shallow after a few minutes. The art is really insane and cool, but it looks a bit compressed or something?
Overall, pretty damn cool game and it'd be neat if the idea was expanded on.
The concept is a bit too simple but the mood is actually really neat. The only thing with the graphics is the 2d models in a 3d world look a bit silly.
very creative, trying out new original ideas is always good, great work :)
Pretty fun little game, I liked the particle effects. Although my score stopped displaying after 99, I was on a roll :(
not bad, great intro and fun game play. Acid mode was pretty intense but maybe a little too hard due to the number of burritos
@Steve Cochrane Yeah I feel pretty scummy about just taking people's music, but the Jam is indeed much more lax about that kind of stuff, and I tried to hide the music a little so it's more of an easter egg than a crutch of the game. I would have totally made my own music if I had the full 72 hours to work.
Cool graphics, pretty hard but a fun game once you figure it out
Amazing graphics, and fun game play. but sometimes the crew got stuck on walls :( and maybe the camera could use to spin a little slower
The story and game feel are pretty dissatisfying since there was very little tension and not much in the way of mechanics. However, it goes without saying that the mood and sound were pretty great.
That was glorious. I am saving this game and will play it every time i'm in a bad mood, definitely my favorite of the compo so far
Very simple game, but the art and writing make it much more, great game and use of the theme!
Is rlly good. 10/10. (Except the music could exploit the time mechanic better).
haaa that was great, I was laughing the whole time. I feel dirty now :(
Fun game, the art is very basic but you were still able to make it look very nice, as well as the music helps compensate to make a good game feel, great work
This is one of the first games I actually had a lot of fun playing on here. Great concept and idea, but it feels like there is a lot that could have been done, but wasn't, if that makes sense.
well done, not really my kind of game but the physics was pretty cool :P
The graphics and music combined create a really cool game feel , but I get bored really easily when faced with a wall of text. I had fun clicking the most ridiculous answers and seeing the population plummet though.
It was a pretty interesting take on the theme, but the execution was lacking. It just felt like I was playing a bunch of hastily made levels with no real challenges or purpose. I kind of liked the night level though.
Really fun game play, there's a lot of good variety, and awesome voice work.
Very creative use of the theme, with fun and simple controls. It could use some sound effects, although not sure if there are some that I had accidentally muted
Not bad, it was pretty interesting, however I only crashed into the moon :( not sure how it relates to the theme very much. but good work
pretty cool and original idea. the mini games were nice, but it could more content so it would be less grinding :P great work!
Awh pretty all around above average game.
The game didn't particularly make much sense and the theme wasn't a big part of it. But great job making the game for the compo :)
Thanks for all the comments guys! We had a lot of fun making it, and we're glad you enjoy it! Unfortunately, the boxes are rather finicky, and I would've worked on them a little more if we had the time, but I'm proud of what I managed to churn out on my first ever game jam :D
Neat little game, though it really could've used some sounds.
Neat little game, I like the idea of converting the enemies to your side :P The aura could be a little bigger though, it makes it difficult to avoid getting shot while converting.
Fantastic game, I loved the customer support. I would love to see a bigger game with this in it XD
Nice little game, with a funny little story :P Mechanics seem a little hard to grasp though, it would've been nicer to have jump on the up arrow instead. Not bad though :D
Neat little game, the water effects and destructible terrain reminded me a lot of Worms. Nice work! :D
Not a bad game. I had a few issues with the game not recognizing my keystrokes, but it didn't hurt that much. Nicely done!
Really well done, I loved the audio and the art of the game. Felt a little sluggish, but I guess that's part of the hotline miami package :P
Sweet game! Really cool technology you have at work here, and I love that it's a multiplayer game you can essentially play on your own XD
Interesting little game, I certainly had some fun dodging the asteroids :P However, every time I met my demise, it was due to getting hit by a single asteroid immediately and crashing into every possible thing before I could even react XD
Interesting little game, though the character moves a little too slow for my liking. Nice job!
Funny little game :P I especially enjoyed the ball-pit in the second room. It was a little hard to tell what was going on, with the enemies not disappearing after death and such. Also, right clicking doesn't work so well in the web player :P
Not bad, but it feels rather hard to control. Could use some music in the background, and maybe some power ups to keep it interesting.
327 final score, neat little game! Definitely could've used some sound though. Nice one!
Interesting little game. I found it rather easy though, once you have the double-shot, you can just sit in the middle row and kill pretty much everything. Maybe make the enemies shoot stuff that you have to dodge?
Neat little game, but the characters move painfully slowly. The agility ability is good, but it doesn't really last long enough. Anyway, nicely done!
Sweet little game, a lot of fun :P It would've been nice if the aliens were a little easier to kill, but great nonetheless :D
This game was fantastic, I absolutely loved everything about it. I just wish I could play the last level a little more, the harmony between the two creatures sounded fantastic. This game really brought a smile to my face :D
Music is fantastic, but the game seems to run a little sluggishly, especially when pressing R to restart. The entire thing freezes for a bit while the music keeps going. Not bad! :D
Neat game, I loved the art and music. The ship controls were a little wonky, but a nice game overall :D
Weird little game, though interesting :P I love that you're able to pick up and toss the tables later on. The AI seems a little overpowered though, they kept grabbing the things I threw at them out of the air and throwing them back XD
Very cool little game, I love the little camera in the corner that lets you see your bullet in first person :P Nicely done!
Neat game, the graphics are actually pretty sweet :P Nicely done!
Nice little game, but could use some music. Rather difficult as well :P
Very neat, I've never seen a game done like this before :P It could use a few more instructions though, I didn't really know what I was doing for most of it.
Graphics are fantastic, but the game seems lacking. The constant slow motions effects make the controls feel sluggish, the ball seems to go off in random directions shortly after leaving the paddle, and collision is wonky at times, with the ball just going right through blocks as if they weren't there. Not bad though!
Really neat game, nicely done.
Nice little game, I loved that everything was fruit :P Would've been nice to see more of the bullet hell enemies though, it felt a little easy :P
Nice little game, I love the graphics. It would be nice if there was a shadow under your character though, it makes it a little hard to see where you're going to land :P
Neat little game! Could've used some music though.
Neat little game, though I couldn't figure out the logic behind some of the words being good or bad. How come "The Warrior Poet" likes 4chan and "icanhaz", while disliking adventure?
Music was hilarious, nicely done :P
I love the tower defence-style game play, though I find the difficulty ramps up pretty quickly :P Nice game!
Neat little game, there should've been bonus points for talking in all caps :P
Neat little game, I loved the mechanic!
Neat little game, I enjoyed the graphics and the mechanic :P I loved being able to do little flips out of the water :D
Funny little game, controls well, rather difficult XD
Not bad, but it took me a really long time to realise the WASD controls are relative to the direction you're facing. Thought they were really broken for a while XD I like the mechanics of the gun, though it would be nice to know how many babies I have left :P
Nice work, it's always good to see younger people getting into the game development gig :D
Neat little game, nicely done!
Deep and moving. I wasn't really expecting to get some feels while playing ludum dare games :P
Very cool little game, the art was fantastic. I loved the mix of attack and defence :D
This is sweet, I loved it! Tearing the guy apart while also having a fun timing game, great work :D
Music was a lot of fun, interesting game :P Definitely got pretty hard later on though.
Not bad, but it could've used some music to keep it interesting. Also, the bots get stuck on walls really easily, making it rather simple to kill them :P
Really cool idea, though the controls are hard to get around. I don't really have a good keyboard for this XD
Definitely an interesting little game. Pretty cool little mechanic, but it gets rather annoying after having only one guy and needing to use fear bombs XD
Fantastic little game, very nicely done :P Only thing it's sorely missing is a crosshair XD
Very nice little game, I love the mechanics. The story is really interesting as well, I love the self dialogue the character has. The ending even gave me a little hit of feels :P
HA! I love the twist on rock/paper/scissors, very fun little game :P Some audio would certainly add to it.
Seems like an interesting little game, though it lags like crazy while my character is alive. Still, liked what I saw :P
Really well done, and a surprisingly long game!
Neat little game, I love the mechanic. Some music would've added to it :P
Funny little game, nicely done!
Not bad, I like the art and the mechanic. When I tried to respawn, it respawned me underneath the ground, and I couldn't get out though XD Could use some music to keep it interesting.
Neat little idea, I like the graphics, though a little easy. Flying right down the center seems to win the first level :P
Neat little game, but the controls felt a little weird :P Nicely done!
Neat little game, definitely could've used some music though. Also, I was expecting to get a little bit of my bar refilled when I picked up bubbles in the big puffer fish mode, and was a little upset that it just wasted them :P
Very cool little game, I love the idea. I just wish there were more words! :P
This is sweet, I love the cool mechanics :D The web version's resolution is a little large though, I couldn't get it to fit on one page.
Neat start, but there isn't really a game here. Some instructions would've helped.
For a game that was about music, the audio quality didn't seem all that great. Neat little game though, interesting mechanic.
This game is really difficult, and I'm still not entirely sure what I was supposed to be doing. Also, I kept getting a glitch that prevented people from entering my buildings.
Very cool little game, I love that you have to hurt yourself to upgrade yourself. Very neat concept :P Sound could've used some variety though, it got a little annoying after a while.
Nice little game, though rather difficult :P I really liked the art style :D
Neat little graphics, game was rather simple though. The sound was a little piercing though, wasn't particularly enjoyable to listen to XD
Fun little game, I love the art :P Controls are a tad confusing though.
Neat little game, though the controls are pretty sluggish, and I found it a little difficult to move around the board without running into things. Nicely done!
Neat little game, though pretty easy :P It would've been nice to see some instructions as to what some of the foods did, I noticed that they had different effects on your size.
Not a bad game, though the lack of music made it a little dull. The money counter could've been a little faster as well, it felt like the enemy was placing units faster than I was :P
Neat idea, but seemed a little lacking in terms of gameplay. Was pretty much luck based the whole way through. Also, the score doesn't seem to work :P
Hilarious little game, nicely done!
Nice little game, though it felt a little sluggish. I love the graphics and the music :D
I love the art, and the character model is hilarious. Nice game! :D
Really nice little game, though it took me a second to find the prison. Maybe putting it to the right of the starting area would make it easier to find, as most gamers think of going right first :P
Interesting idea, but not really a "game" per se :P
Fantastic art, but the gameplay seemed a little lacking. All in all, not bad!
Nice little game, could've used some sound effects or music. Nice job for a day and a half!
Nicely done, a fun cute little game! I like the the language stuff. Would've been cool if there was some language puzzle solving, like figuring out what they're saying on your own, instead of through prompts :D
Fantastic, funniest ludum dare entry I have ever played XD
This is really really cool! It's too bad there isn't much game to it :P I love the graphics, really nice job!
Hilarious little game, I love the screams XD Nicely done
Controls are a little weird, it was hard to read the instruction panel so I didn't realise you needed to hold Right click to turn around :P
Very cool game, nicely done!
Fantastic game, 5/5 on all counts! Nicely done!
Very nice controls, though it would've been nice to have some music. Nicely done!
Fantastic game, love that you can use a gamepad, really nice art! Great job! :D
Nice game! Definitely would've been more interesting with a friend playing against me :P Good job!
Neat little game, though I'm having trouble hitting some of the civilians sometimes. I just walk through them without killing them :( Nice work with the multiplayer!
Not bad, but could've used some sound effects :P Also, my progress kept getting reset while I was playing! :( Anyway, good job!
Fantastic game, 5/5 across the board for me :P Only complaint I have is that the "Eat Again" button doesn't seem to work at the end :P
Hilarious little game, nicely done! XD
Sweet little game, played right to the end (summons op!). Nicely done!
This game was a whole lot of fun, I really like the whole castlevania feel :D Nice job!
Fantastic game, I loved the art style, and I'm truly upset that the horrible hunters did what they did :( Nicely done!
Not bad for your first Ludum Dare game. Everything seemed very blurry though, it was hard to make out what I was buying :P Nice work!
Not bad, congratulations on finishing your first Ludum Dare game! :D
Not bad, but it would've been cool if the keys were in time with the music :P
Hilarious little game, nicely done! 5/5 all around!
Fun little game, though it was a little too easy for my tastes :P Perhaps adding more hearts, but making death permanent would be a nice touch. I loved the music, nice work guys!
Fantastic game, nicely done! Best time I got was 9.62 seconds to spare :P
Interesting little puzzle game, fairly challenging. I had to take screenshots of the books, there was no way I could remember those patterns :P Nicely done!
Nice art, nice story, feels a lot like papers please. I'm really glad you didn't expect us to memorise Morse code XD Nicely done!
Neat little game, but the attack seemed to not be too useful. I managed to beat the game by jumping over everything :P Anyway, good job! :D
Interesting puzzle game. Mechanics are simple, introduced slowly, and you have to experience with how things interact. I just wish there was an undo button, instead of a start-from-scratch button :P Nicely done!
Interesting little game, though the controls seemed a bit floaty. Certainly not bad, nicely done! :D
A little interesting, it was neat to see what the buttons did. Seems like the far left one is a sort of clear-all deal? Not sure :P Would've been cooler if there was a goal, but certainly interesting
Fantastic game, I loved winding the cord around pulleys and stuff :D The only level I had issue with was the catapult, I didn't really understand what the curved piece was supposed to be doing :P Nice job!
Unique little game, interesting to have to control your characters with both hands :P I was able to beat the first level with one single rock remaining, and no spears XD Nicely done!
I've always loved boat games, and have wanted to make one for a while. Nicely done, I loved the different boats and such, and it was cool that you healed by taking other ships :P Just a couple notes: turning was painful, you really need to up the speed on that, and the sound effects were absurdly loud! I had to turn my volume down to 5% and I was still wincing every time I shot. The first time I fired the cannons it was like a jumpscare, I nearly fell out of me seat XD
Tough game, took me a little bit to figure out how things worked. Very neat though, love the art, you did a really good job of keeping the player on edge! :P Nicely done!
Interesting mechanics, and a lot harder than it looks at first glance. Everything is really smooth, nicely done!
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Interesting little game, I loved the graphics! The bloom on the light beams looked really nice, and it was an interesting challenge. Only thing of note, level 10 had some weird infinite-light issues, if two splitters are pointed at each other and you shine a light at them, you can remove the original light and they'll still be lit XD Anyway, good job! :D
I can't even begin to describe what I just played :P Very strange, very ridiculous, very funny :P The music was hilarious, the gun-wielding scientists were hilarious, it was just hilarity all around. Nicely done :P
Simple and interesting, good job on your first jam! Would've been nice to have a bit of ambient music, or some sound effects. Would've made your actions pop out. Nevertheless, nicely done! :D
Nicely done, I'm loving the art, music, and atmosphere of the game :D Finding the tools to and getting chiselled was neat, good job on the game!
Very cool innovative puzzle game, really nicely done! The music is fun, the gameplay is varied and interesting, good job guys :D
I love the art, the reflection mechanics were very interesting, good job! I was able to get to about 7500 before realising it wasn't getting harder :P The shields were an interesting challenge, nicely done!
Very neat, feels a lot like dominion. Wasn't able to win the first match, but got it the second time around :P Nicely done!