Ithildin

Richard Dawkins' Magnificent Microcosm of Mechanically Mutational Evolution! by JMRante 2012-08-28T19:47:00

Great game! The trial and error nature of the game makes it, rather than frustrating, quite fun, actually. You end up memorizing which creatures you can start to take down, which are the best routes to gather upgrades while avoiding encounters and so on.

The graphics and music are nice, too. They add up to an entertaining, relaxing experience.

DNADream by Zener 2012-08-27T20:27:00

Nice game! it is simple yet addictive, and the DNA animation has turned out really good looking.

Just a minor issue...despite the difference in transparency, it is not obvious at first sight that you must click on the opaque nucleotides, some mouse over effect might have been the icing on the cake.

Congrats!

DNA Wars by nka 2012-08-27T21:01:00

Amazing game!

It takes a while to start figuring out the right cell to choose, but after that it becomes really fun. In addition, the level of polish is quite high.

How Mosquito Became Human by SaintHeiser 2012-08-27T19:54:00

Graphics and music were excellent, brilliant job :)

Gameplay was fun, too, despite the confusion with the bigger frogs at the beginning, and the need to carefully plan the jumps (in frog mode) to reach higher places.

UN-Natural Selection by Haddy22 2012-08-27T20:08:00

Not working in Opera, either (no surprise after reading the other comments and testing it on Chrome too, but it was the first browser I tried to play in).

Evo by nseward 2012-08-27T22:47:00

Interesting puzzle! The slick, minimalistic visual style also contributes to it, making it an entertaining game. Congrats!

It's evolution, baby by Ithildin 2012-08-27T20:31:00

Thank you all for telling!. I've been getting completely different execution results (from framerate differences to varying kinds of crashes) from one machine to the other. I'll see what I can do.

Note to self: Next time, don't rely on C++ projects if you can't test it on a large enough set of machines beforehand >_<!

It's evolution, baby by Ithildin 2012-08-27T20:44:00

Hmm...some of the crashes might be due to the lack of Visual C++ redistributable packages for x86 systems (I'm afraid the packages for both 2005 and 2008 are necessary, I remember having some trouble before).

They're available on Microsoft's web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29 (that's the link for VC++ 2008...the package for the 2005 release can be found there in a link, too)

It's evolution, baby by Ithildin 2012-08-27T21:51:00

@berkano, you're right, it was the Debug build.

Apparently, the Release one crashed upon entering the game if you ran the executable directly (which leads me to the typical, obscure uninitialized variables mystery), but it seems fine now.

This version corresponds to the Release build -sources are included as well, just in case:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8967322/evolution_baby_release_exe.zip

It's evolution, baby by Ithildin 2012-08-27T22:39:00

@FrozenCow Yeah, you're right.

I'm afraid that, since I wanted the simulation core first and foremost, I disregarded gameplay and user interaction until the very end (not to mention graphics).

The buttons there don't do much more than alter some of the world conditions: reset the food, which might make sense if you've got a set of starving herbivores (the delta wing-shaped creatures) or omnivores, slow the movement (and, since it applies to all creatures uniformly, it might as well do nothing), or double the reproduction rate and the population size (useful to add variability). And of course, there is the amazingly well drawn explosion button, which resets the state of the game.

In its current state the game is 95% simulation (and it can still be improved) and 5% gameplay ("oh, hey, I can make food drop from the skies!...my herbivores might survive like 2s longer!"). My initial goal was to have "level conditions" on the population, and a larger, more meaningful array of "powers".

But all things considered, I'm still somewhat happy with my little blob of moving dots XD

Octogeddon by flyingbear 2012-08-27T20:17:00

Great, great game! The concept is really simple, yet addicting and quite replayable: you're always waiting to see how the next evolution of the tentaclees will work.

Audio is great as well, the main track is really catchy :)
Congrats! :)

Strike of Rage ! by deepnight 2012-08-27T16:17:00

Brilliant! Amazing work :)

Slime World by Lancelot Gao 2012-08-27T19:39:00

Nice game! Graphics are really charming as well, a brilliant job!

Trinity Labs by Gareth Jenkins 2012-08-27T19:20:00

I liked the idea. It's reminded me to Triple Town, but with the ability to freely move the tokens.

Responsiveness, though, could be improved a bit. At times it was difficult to place the items in the board cells.

Evil Cat by Zener 2012-12-17T09:05:00

Nice work! The cat's cute and lethal (even the HUD is cute!), and its comments are hilarious, it kept me with a smile on my face as I wrecked havoc in the house.

A Chistmas Rebel by DDDBOMBER 2012-12-17T08:41:00

Well done! The game does a combo and fits the theme and the time of the year :)

Conquer all the castles!! by Ithildin 2012-12-19T09:53:00

Thank you all for the feedback, it is much appreciated and the criticism is really useful, I've learned some lessons for the next LD :D

Some (but not all, of course) of the most important problems you've mentioned can be blamed on time.

For example, the collision issues (this will haunt me for weeks). And, to be honest, I didn't think of changing the level layouts for some more sensible ones, to at least help mitigate the problems with units getting stuck.

Time's also the reason why the AI leaves a bit to be desired. I started with a simplistic approach to have something more or less functional that could be replaced easily later with pathfinding, more complex behaviours and so on, but in the end it made it to the released game.

And the low final difficulty some of you are complaining about is a combined result of the poor AI and the lack of balance time (plus not giving the player attack a cooldown to avoid clickfests).

And I agree that the control scheme can be improved. Maybe mapping attacks to a key, or spawning minions to a different mouse button could have helped. (And, thinking of different keyboard configurations, using arrows rather than WASD if there are no customizable controls).

Dig Dastardly by luke161 2012-12-18T13:08:00

Nice work! Art and music look quite polished, and gameplay is really fun :)

Tripe Traps by Lyonsbanner 2012-12-17T16:31:00

Simple, yet fun and humourous. Good work! :D

Atomic Creep Spawner!! by deepnight 2012-12-20T16:06:00

Brilliant in all aspects :)

Heroes are so Annoying! by Knighty 2012-12-18T20:12:00

Awesome!
One half a reversed version of Final Fantasy, one half Dungeon Keeper. It is fun, and fits the theme perfectly.

Also, I'm amazed at how polished the game looks. Great job!!

APATHY by pbdiode 2012-12-18T20:23:00

Nice job :)

The game is simple, yet addictive. Procedural level generation adds points for replayability(even though, as some have already said, it could use some more work to avoid some impossible jumps)

The theme choice is an interesting one as well (Sadly, I can relate to some of the negative sentences).

Chaos! by MadcoreTom 2012-12-19T10:34:00

Brilliant! :)

Neonisation by Hegemege 2013-05-01T17:17:00

Great job! The mechanics are interesting, they are well explained and it becomes increasingly challenging. Congrats! :D

Gods Will Be Watching by Deconstructeam 2013-05-02T08:03:00

Amazing, I'm at a loss of words. With just a scene an a couple of actions available per character you really get to immerse in the role of the sergeant, and feel the tension as days go by.

Congratulations!

I survived for 28 days on my first try...the stupid soldier left ¬¬.

F*** This Job by Casino Jack 2013-05-02T12:43:00

Very good and polished, from level progression to simple, yet effective graphics. Great job! :)

Love Connection by Jon Reid 2013-05-08T22:38:00

Great game, feally fitting and with lots of style. I got hooked until I finished it :)

Planes by phaze0 2013-05-02T08:42:00

Nice! I had one of those as a child, you've portrayed them very accurately =)

Ten Space by Thomas Bowker 2013-05-02T20:14:00

Really clever game, and it fits the theme perfectly. Great job!! :)

Kriok by someone 2013-05-02T21:50:00

Cool puzzles (even though a bit difficult, but that's a good thing =)), and very appropriate visual style.

Moonshine by TravisChen 2013-05-04T10:46:00

Lovely graphics, for a very fun entry. The narrator was an interesting addition, but I his voice sounded too low (even despite having the PC volume quite high). Congratulations!

... by Dir3kt 2013-05-05T21:23:00

Nice level design, good job! :)

Geneva Convection by TylerGlaiel 2013-05-08T16:10:00

Brilliant entry :)

I love the infographic-like visuals, and gameplay is really interesting (I'm struggling to avoid my volcano from exploding after the first or second cities, but I'm getting better =D). Not to mention music or humour. Great job!

Life of Colonies by Overv 2013-05-02T10:27:00

Nice idea. It is a bit difficult to track the interactions of your colony (even more taking into account neighbours), but that makes it more interesting to me. Great job!

Minimal Annihilation by Zener 2013-04-29T07:49:00

Brilliant! This is RTS at its purest: collect resources, build units, kill everything that moves....PROFIT!

Both sound and graphics are detailed and nice, and the black and white look adds to the mood.

This is contradictory with the theme but...are you planning to expand on it? Unit queues and the ability to cancel a building's construction would be a nice addition 0:-D

Unknown by runonthespot 2013-05-05T21:33:00

Nice idea! Gameplay is clever and requires some thinking and planning, I love that! :)

simpLify by SonnyBone 2013-04-30T16:01:00

So beautiful...

soundscape by Ragzouken 2013-04-29T16:43:00

Brilliant idea!

Moving at the same time that you move around with the mouse is a bit messy, though. Keys only worked best for me.

Despite this minor issue, congratulations for a great job! :)

XYZ by ataxkt 2013-04-30T16:04:00

Nice, relaxing puzzle game. Well done! :)

Block Hat by yetanother 2013-05-03T22:59:00

I managed to clear the hat :) Nice idea, and as several people have told you already, cute graphics. Good job!

Less is More? by atraxgames 2013-04-29T16:33:00

Great idea! :)

minsweeper by Attrition 2013-04-30T21:16:00

Nice game, I love the concept :D

Swatch by madlee 2013-05-01T18:31:00

The colour change mechanic was really original and it was nicely implemented, it's really promising! Great game =)

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-04-29T15:12:00

Thanks for the feedback, I'll have it in mind for the future :)

I had some people play test the game today (after submission) and most of them got lost in the beginning, which is unforgivable considering that once they've figured it out, they keep playing it for quite a while (meaning that the game is actually fun once you know what you've got to do).

This hints heavily at some more or less serious visual/sound feedback deficiencies that could have helped. As you say, animation could be a life saver.

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-04-29T23:30:00

Thank you all for the feedback and, specially, taking the time to keep trying despite the initial confusion.

@visibleatom I've followed your advice and added a "how-to" screenshot to show the rules.

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-04-30T06:02:00

By unwinnable do you mean that you don't have any movement available from the start? Nope... You always start with at least one (unless there is a strange bug that passed me by). Check the value of "movements left" at the bottom right to see. Then, during the game, if you end an action with no moves left you'll get some big text telling you to shuffle ("S" key... Normally it would cost you 5s but in this situation you can do that for free).

If you mean "move to the next level"... It would be extremely infrequent, but I suppose that you can be really unlucky with the randomization so that you end up out of time.

If you don't see any moves you can get a hint with the H key.

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-04-30T22:02:00

Ooops, sorry to hear that.

I've been fiddling with the CSS to center it horizontally and the new version's up. Could you try again, and make sure that the browser zoom is 100%, please?

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-05-02T12:52:00

Thanks! (Btw, some little bird showed me your game a couple of days ago; it was impressive, I managed to survive for a whole 20s) =D

As you say, I've realized that starting on larger levels, where there are many more blocks and therefore possibilities, could have helped two-fold with some of the issues most of you have spotted: making it easier, on one hand, or allowing for more strategic planning on the other (But in my opinion the latter depends on whether you want faster-paced gameplay, such as time attack modes, or if you can take the time to think carefully e.g, challenges, etc.)

Sociales Santillana by Ithildin 2013-05-11T16:22:00

Thanks! I'm currently working on an improved version, which will hopefully sort out the "first contact" woes.

The title comes from a textbook for the "Social Sciences" (Geography + History) subject I took at primary school. It was published by Ed. Santillana, which by the time I went to school used the painting from Frank Stella (or a variation) as the cover of their text books (there is a pic of one of them in the screenshots). So you could see it as a homage of sorts ^_^U

Misshapen by Aaants 2013-05-01T18:57:00

Nice job, it's a pity that you couldn't finish it, as the graphics and story were really promising.

I read your mini-postmortem, too, and it rang a bell...I made way too similar mistakes on my first LD as well. Congratulations anyway, keep at it! :D

Hiddensquares by Tozy 2013-04-30T00:05:00

Nice! Music and visuals give a very relaxing vibe :)

Gameplay is simple, yet engaging (and challenging! I'm still trying to beat the third level)

Brutaliz'Art LD26 by lotusgame 2013-05-04T10:29:00

The intro video was brilliant, so hilarious... XDDD

I loved the game as well, a really clever use of the theme :)

ERASERLAND by little_polygon 2013-05-08T16:33:00

The game is really polished, graphics are very cute, and I love the idea, but in my opinion the initial objective is a bit contradictory with each level's goals. Perhaps some text at the beginning of each level (just some tiny, subtle introductory text...the process of figuring out what to erase is quite fun on its own, it doesn't have to make it obvious) could help focusing a bit more.

Despite this small issue, congratulations on an amazing entry! =)

Labs Lab II by HeXoT 2013-05-01T16:40:00

Nice work. It was interesting to play with sound to discover how to move around the labyrinth :)

I Dream Of Circles by SpaceStudios 2013-04-30T15:39:00

Congratulations for finishing =)

As others have mentioned, you should work a bit more on controls and, specially, collisions. It's one thing to have a challenging platformer where you need to calculate jumps to the pixel, and another to see objects overlapping most of the time.

Wait for it... NOW! by visibleatom 2013-04-29T21:14:00

After a couple of reads I got the hang of the game and I've found it original, challenging and really entertaining, well done!

Just one minor issue: I'm currently playing it on a laptop at 1280x720 resolution and I've had to lower the zoom on THE Chrome so that I could see the whole game screen (earlier today I'd tested it on a higher resolution and it was OK).

Between the lines by martijn 2013-04-30T22:25:00

As some people have already said, this game is quite promising. I love how the paper-like graphics look. Great job!

True treasure of Kartoffelschloss by mortus 2013-05-02T21:38:00

Graphics were quite good, and I like that you have to choose at the end of each level, a smart design decision =)

The bow felt a bit unresponsive at times, though, as if there was some kind of cooldown. Still, congratulations on a nice job :)

I Dream of a Beam by ocmu 2013-05-02T00:02:00

Nice execution! I love shooters and rhythm games, and this one was a good example of both. It reminded me a bit of a couple of Bit.Trip games. Fantastic job :)

I didn't find any problem with the controls and I'm from Europe as well, but I guess that @psychomonster is using an AZERTY keyboard layout, so I can understand his/her point.

QbQbQb by rezoner 2013-05-08T21:45:00

Brilliant, it feels really polished in all fields. And the music was incredible,the best I've heard so far (I specially like how it becomes more intense as you progress).

Mind the Gap by shiprib 2013-04-30T08:41:00

This is brilliant! The concept is really clever, and the execution is well done. Music and graphics are polished, too, and they contribute to the theme a lot.

I may have found a bug, though: once you've lost, if you had used up the 5 lines and start a new game you can't draw anymore, so you have to reload the page.

Other than this, congratulations!

hru by gilmore606 2013-05-01T15:47:00

Great game! Fun, and it fits the theme nicely at all levels. Well done :D

IAO by Rafael Sales 2013-05-03T23:02:00

Brilliant idea! It certainly puts your reflexes to test :D

Minimalism Experience by koudelkate 2013-05-01T18:37:00

I can't play it, either. If you download the web link, uncompress and open the *.html on the browser, the webplayer shows a "Failed to download data file" error message" :S

Minimalism Experience by koudelkate 2013-05-01T18:41:00

Wait, I've managed to run it through the "sources" link.

I'm experimenting with it to see what each function do. Congrats for your first entry! :)

Meteoranger by Jhelle 2013-05-02T15:34:00

Great style and interesting ideas at play here =).

Firing accurately is a bit difficult, though, and since projectiles can cause collateral damage it ends up being easier just to collide against the enemies.

Steve Can't Zen by DaanVanYperen 2013-05-01T18:18:00

This is one of the funniest games I've found so far. Congratulations! :D

Radius minigolf by NicoSaraintaris 2013-05-01T17:02:00

Very original and fitting take on minigolf, I like it.

I had some trouble at first figuring out how to move despite the instructions, though. In the tutorial stage I also mistook the hole for the ball (since it's larger and placed much closer to the text, I imagine it's easier to see it as the interactive object rather than the ball).
Then for some reason I assumed that "near" involved starting to draw the radius from the ball itself -_-U

After a few minutes of trial and error I finally deducted the right way, and it instantly became funnier. Nice job!

Be The Wind by dstozek 2013-05-11T13:42:00

Beautiful :)

The Minimalist Fisherman by Hiku 2013-04-30T00:21:00

Nice :D

You Must Escape by GertJohnny 2013-05-08T22:05:00

I love the sonar-like mechanics, and how it gets rather scary as you begin escaping from monsters, too. Great work!

Ellipse Madness by shaircast 2013-05-01T18:03:00

Great game overall (cool music and brilliant idea), but I think it could have worked just as fine by slowing it just a bit. I never get sick playing (so I tried despite the warning), and at times I had to look away.

Also, some variety would have been the icing on the cake. At some point you don't need to care too much about careful clicking.

Tubulance by merteor 2013-05-02T16:03:00

Amazing =)

Hipster Annihilator 9000 by deige101 2013-04-30T14:05:00

The hipster lines are hilarious :DDD

The game is really cool, but I had a bit of trouble with the "Interaction" key, sometimes it would not respond.

Despite this, great job! :)

Hurdles by dreamlogician 2013-04-30T23:44:00

The concept is brilliant, really original. Congratulations!

Perhaps I just didn't get to play enough to see them, but are all the runners of the same type? If so, maybe adding some variety could add more flexibility without detracting from the core experience.

When All You Have Is A Hammer All Your Problem Start To Look Like Nails by The4thCircle 2013-04-30T21:27:00

Nice game, very fitting with the theme both in terms of gameplay and visuals. At times I had some problems with the controls, but you end up getting used to them.

Good job! :)

PRISMA by Dark Acre Jack 2013-05-01T17:44:00

Brilliant!

Budget Squad by deepnight 2013-04-29T21:41:00

This entry is really polished, as expected, and the game mechanics were interesting and fun. I wouldn't call it particularly minimalistic, but it's a nice entry anyway.

My first score: 34430 B-)

Dream Fishing by Sophie Houlden 2013-05-01T22:55:00

Brilliant entry. It creates such a relaxed, dreamy experience...Great job!! =)

T.O.M.B. by Knighty 2013-05-02T23:33:00

Wow...I'm amazed. I love the level of challenge behind each room's rules (I've reached the third one so far), not to mention the amazing visual polish. Brilliant entry, congrats! =)

Sriggy Moggful by orange08 2013-04-30T23:31:00

Beautiful and sad. The minimal gameplay-exploration mechanics are 100% fitting to the theme, and about sound effects and music I must say your game is probably among the top three I've seen so far. I loved it, well done!

Dock Zone by Farfin 2013-05-02T21:28:00

I liked graphics a lot, and the puzzles to place planks on each level were interesting. Nice job! =)

Please Ignore The Dancing Llama by Zed 2013-04-30T16:19:00

Great game! Gameplay is fast and fun, you don't need to have things much more complicated than this to enjoy a game.

Music was amazing, the gentlemen intro was really funny and llamas are always a plus. Congratulations! :D

Minimal Gravity by DavidErosa 2013-05-02T10:14:00

Nice game. Graphics look neat and funny :D

Compositions by Cyborg771 2013-04-29T08:43:00

Nice, and very fitting :)

I had some troubles at first determining how "small" the areas should be, but in the end you can always draw another line.

Great job!

Drug Hunt by kill0u 2013-05-08T21:22:00

So trippy... @[email protected]

Good job!!

The epicly short adventure by JaJ 2013-04-30T08:11:00

Beautiful-looking and quite fun (I love Metroidvanias, so I'm a bit biased), one of the best games I've seen on this edition. Great work! :D

# by Kitch 2013-05-01T15:39:00

I loved it. The layer concept was very imaginative, and the visuals and sound fit the theme perfectly. Nice! :)

Aranami by Frozen Fractal 2013-05-01T20:01:00

Nice idea, very fitting and relaxing =)

Natural by Oye Beto 2013-05-05T21:49:00

Great idea!

Leaf Me Alone by Claw 2013-05-05T19:00:00

This is one of the most polished games I've found so far. Graphics and music are beautiful, and so is gameplay (I'm still exploring after the first leave, though). Congratulations! =)

The Square - By Suese by Suese 2013-05-05T21:40:00

Nice game! The intro was really funny =)

Also, I enjoyed the art and music. About the gameplay, the attack could have been a bit more fluid, but it was fun nonetheless. Good job! :D

Minianimalism! by lorancou 2013-04-30T16:33:00

Great game. The concept and graphics are awesome! :D

Too bad about the blur bug, I also experienced it and had to reload.

The Road by GeorgeBroussard 2013-04-30T12:40:00

9 years...I may have died young, but it was cool B-)

Nice job! :D

Panzers by Canard Sauvage 2013-05-04T10:56:00

Brilliant! Loads of style, funny and very fun to play!

Puzzle Dash! by Fireblend 2013-08-26T13:40:00

Brilliant game!! I've tested it on my phone and it's been a bit hard to let it go, it's really addictive, and it looks quite polished.

My only complain is with the menu items. You have to try it two or three times before the respond. Also, at first I thought that having just one return button led to difficulty scaling out of proportion quickly, as you needed to scroll further to find more blocks, but on second thoughts it encourages strategic thinking and it makes for a more interesting challenge :D

Congratulations!!

10 seconds Are An Eternity by Larzan 2013-08-27T12:16:00

Cool concept! It would be nice to see it developed a bit further, the time scaling mechanic was really interesting.

Nice job :)

Ardor by permanente1600 2013-08-27T15:28:00

Impressive art! The game looks really polished, other than some minor problems at times clicking on the lights.

Brilliant game, good job! ;D

Universe Decade Tycoon by Evilion 2013-08-30T10:30:00

5 stars for innovation here. I like the colour themes on each world, they look really good. Great job! :)

TSHIF by rustybroomhandle 2013-08-26T10:44:00

As Terrabyte said, the robot could move a bit faster. Other than that, congrats! The game is really fun, it would be interesting to see it expanded.

Timespunkers by BNeutral 2013-09-02T00:09:00

Amazing art, I loved the colourful levels. Also, the teleporting mechanic was really fitting. Great entry! :)

Dungen Dogan's Cursed Crew by Deconstructeam 2013-09-05T18:53:00

Loved the idea! The first playthrough I got to sacrifice several minions until I realized that the more survivors the better ^_^U

Just one minor issue I found: at times I could run through the bottom-left wall in the second level, right next to the black amber. Despite this, the game looks very polished, as expected, and music is amazing.
¡Felicidades!

Robotica by recursor 2013-09-03T18:03:00

Cool idea! I like the variety of faces (oh, and music was nice as well) . From level 20 on I began having trouble recognizing robots, I suppose I should get some sleep today -_-U

Congratulations!

The Super Fair Trial Show by Gabriel 2013-09-04T17:43:00

Brilliant entry. The idea and the story cleverly fit the theme. Procedural generation makes it very replayable, and graphics are great.

Just to be picky, the WASD controls are a bit glitchy. Other than this, one of the best entries this edition.

And LOL at the "spectators" comments.

Castle Clocksworth by My Sweet Whomp 2013-08-30T11:05:00

Nice job!! The artwork and music are really polished, and I did like the puzzles, even though at times I had some problems with collisions (for example, in the second to last level, once you get the exit door open, depending on if you get to enter close to the arrow tiles, the player gets stuck playing the walk animation unable to move until time runs out)

One of the best entries I've found this edition. Congrats! :D

Duke Dashington by AdventureIslands 2013-08-28T22:47:00

I take off my hat to you, brilliant entry at all levels. The game is polished, fun, fits the theme and using dash as the core mechanic is a really interesting finding.

Hexlaser 2 : Ultios Insector by rxninja 2013-08-27T20:14:00

I've tried with an Xbox controller and it didn't seem to work. I got stuck on the menu :S

Amulet in Ten by mtrc 2013-08-26T23:09:00

Nice job! I was already enjoying the game by the second act, and then using both characters' abilities made it even better =)

Bloody Bob by Zener 2013-08-26T21:34:00

The game looks terrific now. Brilliant! :D
Also, the dialogues and cutscenes made my day, they were really funny ^_^

Congrats to the team!

Ten Second Sketch Racer by mollymus 2013-08-26T23:46:00

Nice, I love how it looks :)

10 Sec And Slash by NostraDamon 2013-08-28T22:02:00

Brilliant entry! Polished at all levels :)

SliP by Sakuyan 2013-08-27T11:51:00

Cute pixel-art graphics and music. The possession mechanic is cool as well, but the controls made it cumbersome at times.

Overall, nice job. Congrats!

Chicken Snatch by tigerj 2013-08-27T15:02:00

Great job! The game feels very polished, from the retro graphics to the responsive controls.

The abyss by dvdking 2013-08-26T10:51:00

Simple game, and at the same time fun and addicting. I like how the sound effects blend with music.

Great job! :D

Clockwork Cat by patrickgh3 2013-09-01T22:39:00

Awesome! :))

RUNTRIS by sgehlich 2013-08-31T01:11:00

I love the idea. The first retries were a bit frustrating, but you end up getting the hang of it, and then we have a great piece of hardcore fun.
Great job! :)

xhon by savethejets1 2013-08-31T20:21:00

Great game! It starts a bit slow and typical, but then you spawn heads down...and then...and then...! Clever use of the theme, combined with interesting mechanics and a very good level layout.

Awesome entry!! :D

sine by timtipgames 2013-08-26T15:32:00

Great job!. Despite the "impending doom" feeling that you get when transferring stars in fear of the sun's shock waves, the overall tone is very relaxing =)

Scraith by lambomang 2013-08-26T12:58:00

The sound and graphics contribute to a haunting mood. Nice!

Chronored by kidanger 2013-08-26T12:45:00

It's quite challenging (I'm having a trouble with the turrents' insane accuracy at the moment XD), but fun and addicting at the same time, just the way I like it. Nice job!

10s Paparazzi by Ithildin 2013-08-26T10:29:00

Thank you all :)

@BMacIntosh. I've actually realised that it's the whole game that fails to reset once you finish the fourth stage. Thanks for spotting it, it's one of those stupid bugs you introduce at the last minute trying to fix others (d'oh!).

10s Paparazzi by Ithildin 2013-08-26T12:16:00

Thank you all for your feedback!

I tried to add a bit more complexity to the creatures (other than the first one, which is intentionally easy to spot, one of them moves, one teleports away after some time, and one spawns at random places), but the final result is still insufficient.

I also had planned to add some powerups (for example, granting the ability to freeze ventolins in place, or move them around) to enable some more complex objectives, multi-layered scenes, secondary goals and more entities that could make the game more challenging (and a photo gallery of sorts, of course). But all these things couldn't make it to the compo, unfortunately :_S

10s Paparazzi by Ithildin 2013-08-28T23:10:00

Thank you all! =)

I agree that a lot can still be done to fix and improve, your feedback is really useful. Besides the obvious (short and easy), it seems that the photo gallery is quite a popular suggestion ;D

10s Paparazzi by Ithildin 2013-09-05T18:26:00

Hehe, it depends...

I took the name from a creature from Asturian mythology (http://www.asturias.es/portal/site/infoAsturias/menuitem.b4e3501f1a34607cb5dd591088414ea0/?vgnextoid=c67bacdbc0f90210VgnVCM100000dc14e40aRCRD), but for me the name was mostly a brand of inhalers before.

Oh, and now that I read that site, I've thought of how making the beings closer to that description would totally change the mood of the game. Interesting...

Clocked In by rylgh 2013-08-27T11:38:00

Cool game! Simple, addicting and stylish :)

Stay Alive by Jools64 2013-08-27T15:58:00

Awesome game, congrats! Tasks were simple enough, yet at times I found myself restarting 'cause I'd got distracted and died of thirst, or run out of time.

Deadly Sunrise by jayhC 2013-08-28T16:24:00

Great entry! The hide in the shadow mechanic is a clever plug of the theme, and the escape from the sun makes it quite challenging. Nice job!! =)

10 Seconds by kannas 2013-08-26T23:32:00

Nice mood, and great use of the theme =) . It takes a while to retry, though, which can be a bit frustrating.

Congrats!

Every 10 Seconds a Window Washer Falls to his Death by dom2d 2013-09-04T17:56:00

Amazing entry. Windows washers were so cute it hurt to lose any of them.

Really polished in all categories. Great job!!

Taen Saeck by Typedeaf 2013-08-28T22:36:00

The idea is quite interesting and in-game graphics are colourful and cute. Unfortunately, the pace is too slow. Fixing that detail could work wonders. Still, great job, congrats! :D

Get Out! by LordHellMaX 2013-08-30T10:49:00

You've managed to create quite a scary mood (even though the ghost I found was kind of cute, but even so it still freaked me out once. Besides, I was fearing that it would be a decoy and there was some really, really frightening creature lurking out of the dark anytime soon). I was also reminded of Amnesia.

Great job!!

ARGENTUM FORM by blackotus 2013-09-01T01:52:00

Clever use of the theme, impressive sound and the vibe the game transmits to tell the story is brilliant. Awesome job!

A minor bug: one of the items (the picture, I think) was left highlighted in red after clicking on them.

Slices of Life by epiplon 2013-08-28T01:28:00

Good work! The mood is excellent (we should always keep present that "You are not your job"), and the difficulty becomes a challenge (but not something impossible) soon enough, which is a plus for me.

I can type at a reasonable speed, even though I'm not a native English speaker. Still, I struggled through the last levels to complete them (which I did...yay!). I found it interesting how I had to "unlearn" typing punctuation marks to separate words to save on unnecessary key strokes.

Congratulations! :D

The Vengeful Baby-Men by Jarcas Studios 2013-09-01T02:00:00

Love the audio arranging idea. Congrats!

Routine decisions (in 10 seconds) by Yozz 2013-08-27T12:07:00

Great work! The idea was really clever, and "distractions" made me smile :D

10 10 Second Game Design Lessons by douglasv 2013-09-07T00:24:00

Great advice! You've managed to take lessons everyone of us developers should learn and turn it into a game. The theme connection seems a bit arbitrary to me, but it's still a very interesting entry :)

Hallucivian by Hypnohustla 2013-09-01T22:34:00

I love the psychedelic vibe the game gives, art and music are amazing. Gameplay also feels really polished, and it's challenging, but it doesn't seem impossible to beat. Brilliant work!!

Ten Down by Sebastian 2013-08-26T11:07:00

It takes some time to get used to W + cursor to move. Despite this, the game looks fantastic, and the vocal soundtrack made me chuckle quite a few times.

Great entry!

Great work!

Gone in 10 Seconds by panurge 2013-09-08T20:31:00

Nice entry, with cool touches of humour and interesting story. Also, I found the mechanics original. Great job!

Doctor Drown (Ph D) by paulmcgg 2013-09-07T02:03:00

I found the idea really original, and the music choice was great, too. It contributed a lot to create a "Dr Evil" evil mood.

Great job! (It's amazing how, no matter how many games you've rated, there are still lots of hidden gems around)

10 Seconds of Grey by Almax27 2013-09-03T20:36:00

Glory to Arstotzka! Oh wait...

Nice entry! I liked the random dialogue and the atmosphere (The music theme was awesome). Perhaps the dialogue feedback could be a bit more noticeable than the balance bar so you can better see the consequences of your choices.At the moment it feels a bit static, so it doesn't stand out.

Other than this minor detail, congrats!! =D

Choice Matters by donan 2013-09-01T14:00:00

Hilarious game :D

I managed to get two endings. Is there any other?

PROBE TEAM by Andrew Shouldice 2013-09-01T23:19:00

Wow...brilliant at all levels. Incredible game. A close candidate for my favourite game this Ludum Dare.

Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960's by devi ever 2013-09-01T22:45:00

Brilliant!! I'm all for new psychedelic Dino DLCs :D

Forever Alone by ShellfishGames 2013-08-26T10:15:00

Quite a disturbing game...I like it!

Gameplay is simple, yet it all blends with the story so it all clicks (9 women died for poor, poor Joe). I also enjoyed the dark humour a lot.

Dirty Rotten Seconds by siat 2013-08-28T22:55:00

Simple yet challenging (the smaller dots felt real small ^^U), fun and polished. Great job!

exposure by zillix 2013-08-29T12:46:00

Wonderful game. Fun, really polished and immersive. Congratulations, it's one of the best entries I've seen so far.

Save Them by Jason 2013-08-27T14:43:00

9 members n_nU

Doors toggling automatically was an interesting touch, it made the game more compelling. Nice job!

Chrono Blood Ninja by theholychicken 2013-09-05T18:33:00

Nice (from a gory point of view ;D) entry!

The compo version badly needs some restart hotkey or button. Other than that, controls are precise and gameplay is simple and fun. Well done! :)

ShuffleLand by rincewind_cz 2013-09-03T18:59:00

I love the music!

The idea is quite original and quite challenging (perhaps a preliminary level could help people get more in touch with the mechanics, but personally, I don't mind the difficulty)

Cool entry :D

Black & White & Time by NachoDA 2013-08-27T20:53:00

Brilliant entry! It has lots of detailed content and the idea is quite original (also, I found particularly amusing the fact that you could save the believer at the expense of the exploding car drivers). Congratulations! :D

PS: ...and wtf, is that Phil Fish??? ;P

10 Seconds Before the World Ends by Lustdante 2013-09-04T18:05:00

One of the best implementations of the them that I've seen so far. Great idea! :D

10 Seconds Before the World Ends by Lustdante 2013-09-04T18:05:00

One of the best implementations of the theme that I've seen so far. Great idea! :D

Fight The Urge by Keith Evans 2013-08-26T23:37:00

Clever use of the theme! :)

Seconds-Guess by plancien 2013-08-26T12:02:00

Great game, and very cleverly fitting to the theme :)

Exploratite Mitae by Lubial 2013-09-13T23:48:00

Amazing game, excellent in all categories!

(It surprises me that it took me so long to find it. Sometimes you think you've seen the top picks on a particular LD edition and it's far from truth...)

Great job, congratulations!

Scorpio 10 by javifugitivo 2013-08-26T14:02:00

Great game. Challenging, fun and polished :)

As additional comments, the music can become a bit repetitive after a while. Also, I once got a puzzle layout with all the blocks of the same colour at first (yay! flawless victory!!), but it hasn't happened again.

An amazing job, congratulations!

QuickHunt by MvdLaar 2013-08-27T12:22:00

Impressive graphics and great mood, congratulations!

EcoStar vs Aeronox by DreamTeam 2013-09-01T14:17:00

Beautiful art style.

The change of the seasons idea is promising (and, again, I must say that it looks great), but it felt a bit slow to me compared to other shmups, at least until bullets started pouring out from everywhere :D

It would be interesting to see this further developed, with some variety of scenarios and enemies.
Great job!

Withdrawal Syndrome by Supernaught 2013-08-27T13:37:00

The game won't run for me :_(
Any ideas on what could be the reason? (Win 7, x64)

'Dungeon Escape' by designatius 2013-08-26T22:23:00

Great job for a first entry!

The game looks really polished and it's quite fun, congratulations :D

Antarctic Glitch by Beavl 2013-08-27T20:12:00

Awesome combination of the 10 second theme with glitches (If I recall correctly, it was also in the final voting round for themes). Some visual feedback when shooting would be nice, I thought that I wasn't doing anything with some of Doc's different forms.

Great work!

LEGACY by DanHayesGamer 2013-08-27T16:13:00

Great art and music: they created a very relaxing, dreamy mood.

As for fun, the idea is interesting (a bit sad, so it has a melancholic vibe that I'm particularly fond of), and I really liked the legacy idea. I think it could have been a bit more complex, but I guess that time may have got in the way. Also, at times I wasn't completely sure if I'd left my offspring behind or not until the countdown was over.

A very good entry nonetheless. Congrats! =)

The Duellists by jay griffin 2013-08-26T11:01:00

I love the graphics, the level of polish is top notch. As for gameplay, it's simple, fun and a clever use of the theme. The overall attention to detail that it shows makes it stand out (cheating, the hats...brilliant!)

Amazing entry :D

Shelby On the Rocks by woofycakes 2013-09-05T21:51:00

Difficult indeed ^^U

Still, a great entry. Music is amazing and graphics are cute. I also like the possession mechanic (the clam -or maybe crab- at the beginning made me chuckle)

Awesome job!!

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Kulomin 2013-09-05T21:49:00

Amazing graphics and music. The main character(s) models are really detailed. I managed to find the cure on Easy difficulty (there were lots of people in Normal, and I'm impatient -_-U)

Brillian entry :D

Twitchy Thrones by rpmoura 2013-08-26T22:52:00

The title screen was really promising (and funny), and the gameplay didn't disappoint at all. Great entry!

DarkLight by darklightteam 2013-08-27T13:17:00

Good fun once that I discovered that I could use the J key. The stages are cleverly designed. Great job! =D

PS: Will you upload the version with scripts? I'm not getting any text

DarkLight by darklightteam 2013-09-01T22:48:00

@darklightteam Yeah, I've been "in the cave" for some time ^^U Good to see you taking part here, did you enjoy it?

Hungry Knight by wilbo_teamcherry 2013-08-31T20:59:00

Love the artistic aspects (visuals, music), they're nice and really polished. Frame rate issues detract a bit from the fun, though. If you manage to solve that the game will improve dramatically. Despite this, great job!! =D

Bob Won't Be Late by TeamBob 2013-08-28T00:27:00

The idea is cool and graphics made me want to explore the whole house, but as several have already said, the experience is crippled by the controls.

If you get to fix that, the game will really shine. Congrats anyway, and keep up with the work! :)

Antidote by Antidote 2013-09-04T17:52:00

Amazing artwork. The amount of content you guys managed to put into the game in just 3 days is insane, and it looks incredibly polished.
Also, the game is simple but very fun, and it fits the theme.

All in all, an awesome job. Congratulations!!

The Village of Lost Time by EpaceGames 2013-08-27T02:44:00

Very good job!

It took me a couple of minutes to figure out what to do, but once you get the hang of it, it's quite fun. Also, I enjoyed the story (and specially, its conclusion), and the visual style is terrific.

The only one by JaJ 2013-09-01T23:36:00

Amazing game. Story is touching and I love how it is told through the gameplay itself (brilliant use of the theme, by the way). At times I was starting to feel that backtracking started to become a bit excessive, but then you'd always find something new (or found yourself on the verge of finding). To top it all, retro graphics look great and the music is beautiful.

Wonderful entry, sir. Congratulations!

Mercurial by sorceress 2013-08-26T15:10:00

The game looks great, and promises a great fun, so I'm looking forward to playing it. Unfortunately, it's unplayable for me at the moment. The game lags terribly on my machine (a Win7-x64-based laptop), I have barely been able to reach the first coin :S

(Oh, I opened the source folder out of curiosity to take a look at the code and it was empty)

Mercurial by sorceress 2013-08-27T00:02:00

The fixed version works for me now,yay!

I'm happy to see that the wait was totally worth it. The combination of the 10s countdown with the three different gameplay mechanics works beautifully. And great polish, too. I love the retro art style.

One of the best entries I've played so far. Great job!

Mr Moore's Last Seconds by Tainted_Code 2013-08-27T14:07:00

Beautiful audio, and great graphics. A nice match for the story :)

Keep Flying by bushmango 2013-09-01T00:54:00

Best "music" ever :DD

I got a bit lost at first with all the options, but once you start the engine and chaos ensues it gets really fun.

Great work!!

Harvest in 10 Seconds by Atridas 2013-09-01T14:34:00

Cool concept (it reminded me a bit of Little Alchemy, plus a bit of resource management), and nice visuals and music.

Good job! :)

Feather & Son by Carduus 2013-09-01T13:46:00

Beautiful graphics and clever level design. Mood would have improved a lot with sounds and music. Despite this, it's an awesome job for your first entry. Congratulations!! :D

Hyper Furball by DDRKirby(ISQ) 2013-08-30T23:37:00

Great music and very detailed, cute graphics! :)

I've played several levels so far and my only complain is that it gets a bit repetitive (I love the levelups, they're one of the main reasons why it's compelling to keep playing). Also, the theme plug is loose at best. Despite this, the game clearly reflects how much work has been put in it.

Congratulations!!

The 10-Second Murder by Rose 2013-08-28T16:44:00

I enjoyed a lot the questioning mechanic, and the story was very interesting, with clearly defined characters. I managed to guess it right the first time, but I think it was mostly out of luck, as even though I had enough evidence, it wasn't that strong compared to the others' possible reasons.

Great job!!

Dango Rush by ghRibacki 2013-09-03T17:50:00

Nice entry. Music is great, and as a fan of The Binding of Isaac gameplay is cool as well. The time restriction makes it even tougher, which is not necessarily bad.

Now let's give it one more try... :D
(Good job!!)

Time To Cook, Comrade by KevinZuhn 2013-08-28T01:15:00

You'd almost earned 5 stars for humour with the entry notes, and the leader wisdom bits nailed them :D:D:D

The art style is awesome as well, and the mechanic is very fun. Keeping track of items entered at different times is a real challenge.

Congratulations! This is one of the best entries that I've found so far n_n

Time Flies Straight by mrspeaker 2013-09-04T18:32:00

Brilliant idea! If felt like an acid trip.

TenTen Rush by Dreauw 2013-09-08T00:13:00

Nice, well polished idea. Great job! :)

Sophie's World by SiENcE 2013-12-23T17:58:00

Cute little game, with sweet graphics and nice, melancholic music. I can imagine it working wonders for kids on a tablet.

Good job! :)

Gun Grabbers! by TobiasNL 2013-12-16T22:45:00

Great entry! Graphics are awesome, and gameplay is very fun, as well as fitting.

Brilliant job!

Singulus by HeyChinaski 2013-12-17T00:24:00

Great concept! Graphics look very polished, and the mechanic is very interesting, it fits the theme perfectly. Congrats! :)

Dream forever, live once by Volute 2013-12-16T14:32:00

Nice entry! I love the pixelated graphics :)

Gameplay is addicting, too. I love these kind of games.

Mother Love by Zener 2013-12-16T08:55:00

Very nice! The idea is interesting and very fitting to the theme. Cute sprites and sound (love the baby crying effects) top a great entry.

Congrats! :D

The Follower by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2013-12-18T11:23:00

Love the art and music. They're fantastic!
Gameplay has a lot of potential, and the references you mention are already tempting for me, so keep at it!. As for things to improve, I had some issues with the camera, and after unlocking the "Create" tool I wasn't too sure of what to do next, so I just sent my follower to dig around.

Amazing job, keep at it! The planned features sound great :)

I fancy going down to the park to attract ducks with my wholemeal bread trousers by garygreen 2013-12-19T17:02:00

Best title ever! :D

What The Sock by Spierek 2013-12-18T21:59:00

Brilliant idea! It manages to combine the theme with humour perfectly well. Graphics are also awesome. Overall, an amazing entry. Great job! :)

Just One More Turn (Please!) by Ithildin 2013-12-18T10:17:00

Hi all! First, thanks for the feedback! It's much appreciated.

I'm afraid most of you who've complained about the lack of challenge are right. If you take a look at the postmortem I'm totally not spamming about right now, I'm aware that there are sadly too few levels, and gameplay is a bit sparse.
For example, the enemies' attack areas are there because I'd planned for the possibility of enemy moves and counters, but in the end couldn't properly define when or how they would do it and I ran out of the time. I should have taken those cues out to decrease confusion. There are some more control/ui issues that I have in mind that could have improved the experience, but they'll have to remain on the wishlist for a hypothetic v2.0

I need to take a look at what seems to be a crash. There was at least one level with the second background, and upon completing it you would go back to the start screen. Also, the music is not looping, which probably means that I forgot to set one parameter's value. As it's not a particularly inspiring track I doubt that many of you will miss it ;D

Just One More Turn (Please!) by Ithildin 2013-12-18T15:25:00

Don't worry about sounding harsh, you don't. And, actually, I agree with you. As it is right now the game is basically a clickfest and you can "solve" the puzzles in a matter of seconds. Their lack of difficulty would make sense as part of a 100, 200+ levels game to teach the basics to the player, but it doesn't work so good with, well, 5.

I do believe that the combination of tactics plus the one-turn twist could work fine as part of a more complete design, though, but to be sure of that I'd have to actually finish implementing that core functionality first. It could be interesting to try it :)

The Last Planet by Xaychru 2013-12-21T00:33:00

Impressive! Graphics and audio are awesome, one of the best entries in the Compo categories for sure. Gameplay is fun, too, and the intro text made me laugh when I reached the end.

Amazing work!! :D

She: A Game About Life by Hyde Wyvern 2013-12-16T23:41:00

I loved this one! You've managed to deliver a very polished entry. Art style is brilliant (graphics in particular: lovely!), the music choice and the overall mood is top notch.

As for the theme, I have to admit that I'd been considering a similar option, but it wouldn't have turned out so well. The letter left me hurting a bit (it rings awfully close to home, even if it's not that dramatic).

Congratulations!!

BUTTERSLIDE by Mnemusyne 2013-12-16T14:42:00

Cute! :D

Fun mechanics and cleverly designed levels, I like the progression. Music is fine, too, but it tends to get a bit repetitive after a while.

Nice entry, congrats! :)

Loops of Fate by Symmeteer 2013-12-16T10:29:00

Interesting and clever mechanic! I had some trouble at the beginning to realise what I had to do, though, but after that the controls are really straightforward.

Nice! :)

The Last SPERM by MALHCat 2013-12-20T20:23:00

Great game! Visuals and sound are amazing, they're really polished. Controls are smooth, too, and I like the humorous way the game is linked to the theme (Sh*t, you've discovered our secret spikes!). Congratulations!

PS: "Art direction"? Jrodi, pls ;PP

Go Home by Blooperly 2013-12-17T23:05:00

Loved the idea and overall artistic style. It is a bit short, sadly: I wanted to play longer :_S

Creator Story Saga Tycoon by Bruno Massa 2013-12-19T11:56:00

Although the type of game is no my cup of tea...I can't stop!! >_<
Amazing level of polish, by the way, music is fantastic.

Congratulations!

Wilhelm's Escape by glovecat 2013-12-26T15:04:00

This is brilliant! I've lost count of all the different ways I've died now XD.

Congratulations! :)

YOGOK by Arkorim 2013-12-16T10:19:00

Comments are hilarious :DD

The mechanic is interesting, and the levels are well thought. Overall a great interpretation of the theme. Good work!

Hamlet by derdragon 2013-12-16T23:00:00

I loved every time the director came to CUT.

Brilliant entry. Very original and the art is amazing. My only point against it would be that, without the tips or previous knowledge, it's very easy to get lost. Nonetheless, congratulations for one of the best entries I've played so far :)

one-sec by rottenmage 2013-12-26T14:41:00

Great entry! Mechanics are simple, yet fun and addicting, nicely fitting the theme.
Visuals look quite polished, too, and I like how we can create the music somehow as we go. Congrats!! :D

Mama is Sick by JaymeeMak 2013-12-17T20:53:00

Wow...you've done a terrific job. Gameplay is brilliant: it serves the sad story (and the theme) amazingly well, and so does music. Congratulations!

Bombevo by harsanalif 2013-12-19T13:49:00

Nice variation on Match-3 mechanics, and a clever fit to the theme. And I love the graphics, too :)

On the "to improve" side, music is nice, but it can get repetitive quickly. And there's also the white-screen freezes sometimes.

Congrats!

Biofuel by Steven Colling 2013-12-20T21:28:00

You've done a great work combining Harvest Moon mechanics with the theme. Gameplay is really addictive and solid. Graphics are great, too, and music is nice as well (although, as some have said before, it can get a bit repetitive).

Wonderful job, congratulations! :D

Ultimate Wish by Carduus 2013-12-18T14:07:00

Great art and awesome concept! Targetting is hard at times, where you have to guess a bit where your mind will go to, but the main idea is there, and it works very well. Congrats!!

Ballkeeper by cappelnord 2013-12-18T22:24:00

Brilliant variation on a classic. Great job :)

Last Dive by Gabriel 2014-05-01T22:06:00

It took some time to finish, which speaks volumes about what you've accomplished. I really liked the jump mechanic, not to mention the mood. Brilliant entry!

Deep Blue Home by Jools64 2014-05-01T17:45:00

Wow...Amazing level of polish and content for just 48h.

Excellent work!

ScubaBear by _Rilem 2014-05-08T07:32:00

Brilliant entry! It reminds me of all those great old-school platformers <3

Congrats!

Sprites.CSV: Cute,Snuggly,Versatile by awppy 2014-05-01T15:10:00

I had some trouble running it until I found the Dependencies folder. D'oh! -_-U

The game idea is really original and it works wonderfully well. Also, retro-like graphics look great.

Congrats for an amazing entry! :D

Space Diggers by 7elephants 2014-04-30T14:16:00

Wow, this is a brilliant entry in all fields, definitely one of the best entries I've found so far.

You've got a very promising game if you keep expanding on it. Amazing work!

Hot Diggity by DragonXVI 2014-05-04T23:11:00

Amazing entry! I loved the drill customization part, the stress from running away from the devourer and how polished it looks (and sounds). Congratulations!

Damned Scouts! by Lama 2014-05-04T15:08:00

This, dear sirs, is the first game so far that I give all fives. Funny, fun and visually amazing (oh, and I loved the ending, it was hilarious XD)

Awesome!

SUNK by GeorgeBroussard 2014-05-02T02:26:00

Wow, you managed to capture the agonizing feeling of fighting to rise to the surface wonderfully. A brilliant interpretation of the theme, congratulations!

PS: 114s.

Ostrich Simulator 9001 by kivifreak 2014-05-02T10:16:00

This is incredibly addictive, hilariously funny and the music track is awesome!

Well done!

Ostrich Simulator 9001 by kivifreak 2014-05-02T14:03:00

One question: When you buy the second item (800$) your money falls down to -4000 O_o

Is this bug or feature?

It Came From The Sewer by Catman 2014-05-08T13:53:00

Nice! I love how the puzzle element from the pipes blends in with the resource management part of spawning the aliens. It's also ver fitting. Great work!

Get Beneath The Surface by rujo 2014-05-01T10:55:00

Simple, polished and fun. Well done! :)

Heaving of the Depths by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2014-05-01T11:05:00

I loved the art style and the overall concept. I can easily picture it expanded into a more ambitious game. Congrats! :)

PORTHOLE by Ragzouken 2014-05-01T22:56:00

This is so immersive you could feel as if you were an explorer in some surrealistic ocean. Claymotion animation looks terrific. And DAT ending! >_<!

Awesome entry, congratulations! :)

Tsunami Cruiser by bvanschooten 2014-05-01T12:09:00

I love how smooth gameplay is, as well as the looks. You've done a great work! :)

Radices by mariscal 2014-05-02T09:26:00

Great idea, original and totally fitting the theme. Well done!

Kitsuni by SecondDimension 2014-05-01T13:10:00

Lovely game, very polished and huge in content for just 3 days. Great job! <3

Temple of Ra by Split82 2014-05-05T13:22:00

Brilliant! I loved the clever level design and the atmosphere, great job! :)

Playbuck by Ithildin 2014-04-29T22:15:00

Thank you all for the feedback, I'm glad that you've enjoyed it! :)

@Algerator yeah, digging could be improved quite a bit. You need to keep the key pressed for a bit while bumping against the tile so that the "dig" action is registered, but that shouldn't be necessary :S

@stvr Ouch, you're right. It seems that there's an additional check missing from the goal condition test. D'oh!

Playbuck by Ithildin 2014-05-01T13:30:00

That's strange. I'm on chrome and win8, and have played it in on Opera, and Chrome/MAC, too with no problems.

Could it be that the app lost focus? Try to click on the window just to be sure. Other than that, if it happens ingame the only thing that comes to mind right now is that the rabbit's got stuck somewhere :S

Playbuck by Ithildin 2014-05-02T02:47:00

Hahaha, so true. How could I forget?!

Exo-Aquatic by deathray 2014-05-02T14:51:00

Great idea! The concept is nice (P.Zissou? Great reference :D), but it feels a bit slow for my taste.

Congrats!

Drillo - The Happy Driller by SkyWolf 2014-04-28T23:25:00

Nice graphics and music! Gameplay is nice, but the cooldown on the drill made it feel a bit slow.

Great job! :)

Tenkosei ROBO by radmars 2014-05-01T18:02:00

Fun and funny. I managed to beat the future you at the first try, yay :D(not sure if there's a different ending, guess I'll have to keep trying)

Great, great entry. Congrats!

Above and Beyond by Yozz 2014-04-28T23:08:00

The concept is quite original, if a bit hard to get.
Also, I liked the cheerful tone of the music.

Nice job!

Hostile Planet by rezoner 2014-05-04T23:46:00

Amazing music! The game mechanic is interesting too (that sandworm made me struggle for a good amount of retries >_<), and I love the retro graphics.

Congrats!! =)

Surface Tension by frankbsad 2014-05-01T15:37:00

Great job! A simple, fitting concept that works wonderfully, very polished.

Congrats!

Deep Descent by sirdorius 2014-05-01T12:38:00

Great approach to the theme, and beautiful graphics (I love the way the planet layers are drawn) :D

Well done!

Soulitude by bitserum 2014-05-04T14:08:00

Great atmosphere there. You nailed the switch mechanic, too, although I had a bit of trouble until I understood how things work. Well done!

Beneath the City by deepnight 2014-04-28T13:39:00

Really cool mechanic, and as expected, visuals and audio are awesome too.

Wonderful job!

Let's go to the Mole ! by kikaz 2014-05-01T22:43:00

I had some problems clicking to select the cards (and understanding what they did, but that was only at first), but then it doesn't take long to trap you, and then it becomes a very fun game. The level of polish is top notch, too.

Great job!

Sopora by Crabman 2014-04-29T22:37:00

Brilliant!

Barry the Avalanche Dog by Delicious Code 2014-04-29T21:56:00

Visuals and audio were impressive, really polished,but gameplay felt a bit slow. Still, this is a great entry, and I loved your take on the theme.

Congrats!

The Creature Beneath by Otrora Games 2014-04-29T22:05:00

Having to restart since the beginning detracted quite a bit from the fun once that you've figured out the puzzles. On the good side, I really loved the art with the soft blue palette. Nice job!

And the Moment Is Gone by Mike Mezhenin 2014-05-10T22:53:00

Great idea, and interesting execution!

I've toyed with the concept a couple of times in the past, but I haven't managed to come up with anything decent for a game yet. You've managed to nail a very nice game out of it, congrats! =)

Also, kudos for the nods to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's my favourite movie <3

Flipside by NathanBrower 2014-05-01T20:59:00

Great use of the theme. Loved it! :)

No Eyes Willy by blockbot 2014-05-01T15:49:00

Great entry! The game idea was very original :D

ARKEYNOID by mint 2014-05-02T09:49:00

Great idea! It's a pity that, depending on your keyboard layout, the game can become a bit confusing and hard to play.

ECHO THE DOGEFIN RESCUES FLIGHT MH371 by matt_j 2014-05-05T07:21:00

I thought this would just be a random use of the meme, but the mechanic is pretty fun on its own and I must admit that I have a soft spot for doge-based memes, so...
Such dlophin. Wow. Much fun ;)

WHAT IS IN THE SWAMP? (IT'S MONSTERS) by tacs 2014-04-28T23:32:00

I like how the audio creates a spooky mood. Well done!

The Westport Independent by Double Zero One Zero 2014-05-01T12:27:00

Brilliant entry, one of the best I've seen so far.

Comparisons with both Papers, Please and The Republia Times are inevitable, but this doesn't change the fact that you've done a wonderful job. Music contributes immensely to the atmosphere, you could almost picture yourself in a black & white film taking place in the late thirties.
Congratulations!

Just to nitpick a bit, I agree on some of the commenters saying dragging could be a bit easier. The first time I played I had some troubles with it -_-U

Hey, you!! by Crocanti de Pollo 2014-05-01T13:56:00

Very solid entry. Congrats! :)

I've realised that I'm not fit to be a detective >_<

Jelly Hugs by Snild 2014-05-04T14:15:00

The core mechanic is really cool, it would be nice to see it expanded into something bigger. Nice job!

Infection by InfectionTeam 2014-05-01T14:11:00

Wow, this almost seems like a finished game. I love the shooter-tower defense hybrid mechanics, not to mention graphics and music (it really enhances the frantic shooting)

Brilliant!

Basement by Halfbus 2014-05-04T21:56:00

This is a brilliant idea, amazingly polished for a jam entry (it reminded me a lot of BB, so thanks for that :D).

Only a couple of issues some of the other reviewers have already mentioned would give it the finishing touch that would basically make it ready for launch: it would be nice to be able to destroy rooms, or at least devote storage space. Also, in fullscreen it wasn't possible to fully browse the room list. So far I haven't stumbled with inspectors bothering me (well, they appeared a couple of times, but it seeed that they were doing nothing that I could respond to)

Despite this, it's one of the best entries I've played this LD. I'd really love to play a finished version. Congratulations!

Idilium by darklightteam 2014-08-26T17:15:00

Lovely graphics, the main character is really cute. Nice job! :)

Let's be friends! (But some will die) by RFMTeam 2014-08-26T15:08:00

I love the idea, sound and graphics (those little critters are awesome, they look and sound hilarious :D). I'm still trying to link both worlds, maintaining balance is quite challenging.

Great job! It's a pity that I can't vote this time :_S

Press Enter by Jezzamon 2014-12-09T19:48:00

Brilliant take on the theme, one of the best I've found so far.

The Adventures of Darsh in Offscreenland by mmoustafa 2014-12-09T19:09:00

Hilarious writing, this is one of the funniest entries I've played so far. Congratulations!!

Bluman by Luis Anton 2014-12-11T21:40:00

Great entry! Your game has a really cool retro vibe in gameplay, graphics and platforming, nice job!!

ScreenShots by ilikescifi 2014-12-08T15:21:00

Excellent job!

Fun, it fits the theme and feels really polished, you've nailed the three. Congratulations!

Constellations by Cat 2014-12-08T22:36:00

It took me a while before I realised what the difference was between both types of stars. Once I did, the game was a lot more fun.
Very cute entry overall, congratulations! :)

Dungeon of Jest by Ithildin 2014-12-08T03:01:00

Does it crash? What version of Windows have you got? :S
I've only tried it on my machine (Win8.1, 64b) and it worked fine, so I may need to go through the specifics of how to deploy Windows targets from Haxe.

Just to be sure, I've just re-uploaded the *.7z with the Windows binaries again. If anything, I've removed an old executable labelled as "NewProject" that had been bundled in addition to the final one (LD31.exe), so that's some space saved.

Dungeon of Jest by Ithildin 2014-12-08T12:12:00

Thanks!

That's the effect I wanted to achieve, but I admit that it would have helped a lot having at least twice as many levels.

Dungeon of Jest by Ithildin 2014-12-09T08:13:00

Thank you all for your comments!
I've taken notice of most of the feedback (particularly about the physics, amount of levels and visual style -well, to name it in some way n_nU) in case I give it a try and expand it (or for future games, of course!).

As for jumping on enemies and not killing them, that's a bug, I'm afraid. I'm bumped into that (pun intended) myself a couple of times :S

Dungeon of Jest by Ithildin 2014-12-09T08:14:00

Typo at the end: "I'm bumped" should be "I've bumped".

For the Homeland! by Verz 2014-12-11T21:59:00

Great concept and amazing graphics and sound (Maus meets "Papers, Please", maybe?). Brilliant job! :D

As for gameplay, it sure seems promising. Do you have plans to expand it?

TMO by aaronjbaptiste 2014-12-08T13:27:00

Great idea! As Ken said, it has potential for a sim.
Good work :D

Glow Drop by Gamepopper 2014-12-08T12:10:00

Great idea! It's simple, but it works perfectly. And I like the music track as well, it sticks in your mind (although it's short, so it potentially could become repetitive if you play for a long time).

Nice work!

Eggogatchi by sebasRez 2014-12-11T22:36:00

Cute and interesting take on the theme. I like how, as in Candy Box, suddenly the game "opens" in an unexpected way. It could be worth to develop it further. Nice job!

Slimey's Quest by LMT 2014-12-12T22:11:00

Wow...Indeed, the idea is similar to mine, but yours is better implemented and feels a lot more polished, too. I loved the pacing and the way items are introduced. Awesome job!

Squareon by okkolobr 2014-12-08T14:13:00

Love it! The concept is absurdly easy to grasp, and yet the game turns out to be harder, and way more addictive, than it seems at first sight.

Good work on the neon visuals, too. An awesome job overall, congratulations!

Platform 31 by Rodaja 2014-12-09T19:40:00

La ambientación y el nivel de pulido son 5/5, ¡felicidades!. A ver si mañana puedo probarlo en el curro con más gente, porque para un solo jugador no es que ofrezca demasiado reto ;P

¡Buen trabajo!

Block Dungeon by Lancelot Gao 2014-12-08T14:52:00

Great idea, and wonderful visuals. Awesome job!! :)

Souls by friken 2014-12-09T20:11:00

Top-notch graphics and nice music (for increased mood score, it would have worked wonders to make the music change as well following the different eras: chiptunes, etc). Gameplay was simple yet effective, although it felt a bit repetitive after a while.

Congrats! :D

The Last Panda by Shimone 2014-12-08T14:32:00

Visuals are amazing, and the take on the theme is very clever. Well done!

I have to agree with Tuism, though, in that the only option you've got is to stay right next to the chest and wait for the waves of ghosts to arrive and then wipe them out. That's a pity, as you lose the fun that could result from the changing platforms, which is a cool addition.

I think the effort you clearly put into the game deserves a bit more of work to polish the mechanics/pacing and make it truly awesome.

Runny Square by NeithR 2014-12-17T00:21:00

You can't get simpler and at the same time more addictive than this. Great! :D

Ricochet Heroes by spotco 2014-12-17T00:19:00

Brilliant idea, although a bit hard to link to the theme. The visuals and music are perfect, too, a wonderful tribute to FF games.

I could see this concept made into a bigger game. Great work!

Snamwons Revenge by yodamaster 2014-12-08T22:57:00

Awesome, and really fun, interpretation of the theme. Brilliant job! :)

1 Screen by 6DownStudios 2014-12-12T22:32:00

I wasn't able to run the game inside the Gamejolt frame (a wild white screen appeared instead), but it worked fine entering the *.swf URL directly :)

Music is awesome, and so is the idea, quite fitting to the theme. As it's generally the case with physics dependent gameplay, though, it felt a bit chaotic, even though it that can be part of the fun sometimes.

Proelium by brokenbeach 2014-12-08T15:34:00

Brilliant entry, it reminded me a bit of Super Crate Box in the graphics and overall feel, which is a (very) good thing.

Also, flamethrowers <3<3

Path of Thorns by CosyCave 2014-12-08T23:28:00

Great take on the theme, polished gameplay and beautiful art. Nice job!

Psychologist Simultor 2015 by Moee 2014-12-11T22:49:00

The concept was awesome :D
The experience, though, felt a bit bland after a while. Perhaps providing with a third thing to juggle at the same time as keeping track of the reassuring and playing could have added a bit more of depth.

Still, nice job!

a TV Show or a One Screen Game by Si1ver 2014-12-12T22:49:00

Brilliant take on the theme.

As for aesthetics, I think they're perfectly fine the way they are: even though some of us may fail to fully grasp or appreciate them, the exposure always has the ability to pike our interest enough to start looking to learn more. To me that's more valuable than trying to cater to everyone.

Nice job :D

Teeny Tiny Little Ball by FerraWare 2014-12-09T08:23:00

This was a very clever (and funny) use of the theme! The mechanics were simple, but used in a really interesting way. Great job! :)

Monsters by Rulrite 2014-12-08T16:14:00

Awesome. The controls for each hand are so far on my keyboard that it takes a while before my eye-hand coordination gets used to them. After that the game becomes really addictive, a true memory of the classic G&W devices.

Brilliant interpretation of the theme, congratulations! :)

Glitter Pixel Will Save The World by wooltech 2014-12-08T13:57:00

I love the game but constantly focusing on a single pixel can be a bit tiring for my eyes (I'm still recovering from the compo weekend, so that could be why)

Other than that detail the game is great: music and sound effects are really cute, and the metroidvania-like mechanics work perfectly. Congrats! :D

First of Many by Anikki 2014-12-08T12:46:00

I struggled a bit with stone until I read a comment here about exploring caches and ruins.
Despite this, the game works perfectly well on the city building/resource sim side, and I love the Dwarf Fortress-like vibe that I get from the minimalist graphics.

Nice job!

Microscope by johnbrynte 2014-12-08T12:22:00

Brilliant take on the theme that also ranks pretty high in the artistic department. Congrats!!

I managed to beat the game at the second attempt (on the first one I lost after unsuccessfully trying to find a lone, runaway microbe :S)

One Killer - One Window by Thalia 2014-12-09T19:00:00

Great concept, but I admit that I lost two or three people before catching the murderer -_-U

Life of a Geek by Tommyno222 2014-12-08T15:01:00

The setting and connection to the theme are brilliant, just like the graphics and sound effects (amazingly polished for a compo entry). It's just waiting for some objectives to complement the interaction with the environment to become a great game.

Keep up the good work, this looks awesome!

Memories of Seasons by ncannasse 2014-12-08T13:06:00

Lovely, beautifully made.
I enjoyed the way in which you reconstruct the story, which left me a bit melancholic at the end.

Brilliant work! :)

Orion by feiss 2014-12-08T16:32:00

Wow, this was brilliant immersion-wise. The moment when the countdown finishes felt truly epic.

The Rose Processor by Simon 2014-12-16T22:38:00

Brilliant idea. The game gets a bit challenging after a while as you change between levels while trying not to lose any red triangles, but that's part of the charm. Congrats!

Underground Hangovers by Deconstructeam 2015-04-25T11:23:00

Brilliant! It felt really solid as a whole, with cool mechanics and an amazing level of polish.

Ice Story ( koori monogatari 氷物語 ) by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2015-04-22T22:14:00

Lovely, colourful art and cute music, you did a great job with the homage to Taito classics. Gameplay is promising as well, but the sometimes frustrating way to kill an enemy mar it a bit.

Great entry! :)

Animal Jousting by SimianLogic 2015-04-30T21:39:00

The idea is brilliant, one of the best I've seen so far, and the visual style is fantastic as well.

My only gripe is a couple of bugs that I've experienced related to cards that get stuck somehow and can't be moved later. Also, the remaining players turns are way too fast, so at times you can lose track of the game sequencing.

Other than this, a really solid entry. (and funny! Have you considered adding some animal sound effects for a hypothetic post-compo version?)

Awesome job!!

Kids These Days by Ithildin 2015-04-24T21:47:00

Awesome way to conclude...I wouldn't have thought of that myself :D:D

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I've taken notice of most of the points to improve (some of which were quite obvious, I'm afraid n_nUU).

In addition to the doors not being clearly marked, I agree about the poor feedback of the "combat" mechanics, and it's something that I'd like to fix on a post-compo version if it ever happens and I manage to roll some nice animations and tweak the text effects.

1337 BEAT AGENT by ConflictiveLabs 2015-04-22T21:46:00

Brilliant entry if you're into rhythm games. It is a bit hard, but by retrying you definitely get better. Amazing take on the genre :):)

Get the Game! by xirion11 2015-04-25T00:17:00

Cute concept and graphics! The granny is adorable :D

Teburu Furippu Do by zwartraider 2015-04-20T19:28:00

Funny take on the theme, I like how the enemies and assets keep the pace with the music. Good work!

The Great Debate by MiniBobbo 2015-04-24T21:08:00

I loved the graphics and the specific way to use words to fit the theme. The absurd arguments resulting from choosing words were hilarious! :D

Some minor nitpicking: I haven't tried the post-compo version yet so it can have changed, but as there were almost no input on the outcome of each individual round, 10 felt a bit too long to determine the match results. If, for example, you score the first times and then start failing the underlying rule(s) could be forgotten.

Great job!! :D

Silence by Erkberg 2015-04-30T20:02:00

Nice take on the theme, sound as a weapon is a very interesting choice (and unconventional, of course ;D)

Good job!

Speechless by MonoS 2015-04-22T21:59:00

The concept is brilliant, very original. I'd like to see it further developed, but I agree with the other comments about the clearer feedback or controls, even though I can see how the feeling of uncertainty is really fitting to the main idea, if that's intentional.

Great entry!

ForgeCraft by Stals 2015-04-25T13:44:00

A very solid entry. Gameplay is a cool mix of puzzle / resource management, and graphics seem very polished as well, I love the pixel art style.

I got to the super awesome screen of victory :D

I'm Only a Ninja! by herniewise 2015-04-22T20:25:00

Cool graphics and nice use of the theme, good job!

SolarGun by Acrimiens 2015-04-22T22:26:00

Amazing concept and awesome soundtrack, it greatly contributes to the mood. I love the idea and it's easy to see it developed into a full, Portal-inspired puzzle game.

Brilliant! :D

Banana Nana by miau 2015-05-03T18:35:00

Brilliant! It feels and plays like a classic NES game, it's only missing sound and music.

Great job!!

Badass Inc by deepnight 2015-04-20T08:55:00

Top game, as always. Loved the combat parts in the middle of classic point and click gameplay.

Congrats!

Genemon by Pietro Ferrantelli 2015-04-24T21:43:00

Brilliant, brilliant entry. The polish level is amazing in both graphics and sound, and I love the genetic fusion mechanic.

Congratulations for your entry, it's one of the best I've played so far, and I can see a lot of potential to turn into a full fledged game (I don't know...for example, different arenas, lots of creatures and combinations are clear candidates).

Drums of the Dead by plams 2015-04-20T19:24:00

It is a bit hard, but once you start hitting some beats it feels very rewarding . Nice job!

Ultimate Booter by Druid 2015-04-22T20:37:00

I loved the retro vibe of the whole game, from the graphics to the music AND the difficulty, even if some part of it was caused by the controls, that felt a bit awkward.

Also, there's this minor bug that I found: playing on fullscreen at a widescreen resolution, the detection area for the floppies was offset, so you had to hover around the second floppy to select the first one, and so on.

Despite this, the entry is very solid. Great job!

Mass-X by hexagore 2015-04-20T19:45:00

Great overall execution, I especially enjoyed the music. The gameplay mechanics lend themselves to lots of different variations, you should totally create more levels! :)

Where Is Your Gun Now, Mr. Chekhov? by Mike Mezhenin 2015-04-29T12:57:00

Brilliant concept, implemented wonderfully. Graphics and music are really fitting, too, and I loved the dialogue texts. Amazing job!

The true Weapon by ccglp 2015-04-25T13:12:00

Nice, creepy mood, the nightmare vibe is well done. I also like the mechanics, they make up for interesting platforming puzzles. My only complaint was that having WASD for movement and then right below ZXCV to use the skills felt a bit uncomfortable.

Either way, congratulations (e deica outra)!! :D

Flappy Shrimp Ninja Blob VS Blue Water Saussage ! by elpaulo 2015-04-25T11:12:00

Great concept coupled with some good level design makes for some really fun puzzles. Graphics could use some more polish, but it has a lot of potential.

Does It Shoot? by Four Quarters 2015-04-24T22:07:00

Amazing graphics and music. The crafting part is really enjoyable, and makes for an excellent use of the theme. Giving the player some kind of agency on the action phase to make it skill dependent would be really cool.

Great job!!

Corrugated Fidelity by Os_Reboot 2015-04-28T22:48:00

A bit hard to get at first, but it can get addictive pretty soon once you've figured out how the UI works. Nice!

Florist vs Plant by Nkoo 2015-05-03T13:40:00

Visuals and audio were incredible. Gameplay was nice as well, but it would have been nice a bit more feedback on the actions. Still, considering the amount (and quality) of work you've put together in 3 days that's a minor detail.

Congratulations!!

Mag Gunner by Phil Strahl 2015-04-20T22:06:00

Loved the music and found the mechanics really promising.
There were a few bugs with the collisions against the walls, though.

Nice work either way! :)

The Power of the Flower by Jungle 2015-05-03T13:24:00

Flower power!
Great take on the theme and cool graphics and audio,congratulations! :)

Economic Hitman by sentendo 2015-04-20T22:28:00

Cool take on the theme, I was hoping to see some ideas revolving around economic agents' tactics as a weapon. I felt for the tiny little guys after I took down their companies :S

The coins could use some scaling, though. They're a bit tiny to click on.

Good work! :D

Megane Fever by Park 2015-04-29T12:42:00

Cool concept, and lovely art style, the anime high school theme is beautifully done. Great job!

The Rock the Paper and the Scissors by BIZM 2015-04-22T21:20:00

Brilliant! You did a great job in all fields, and the rock-paper-scissors fit nicely into the theme. Awesome job!

The Very Literal Fall Of Atlantis by Sergi Montaner 2015-04-21T21:55:00

It takes a while to get the grasp of it, but once you do that it becomes really fun and addicting. The visual style is also amazing, congrats to the team! :)

Color Nightmare by Arche-san 2015-05-03T13:31:00

Simple mechanics, but wonderfully paced and executed. Graphics were lovely and the music track was fitting as well.

Great entry, there are lots of potential here :D

Way of Life by monstersauce 2015-04-23T22:23:00

I liked a lot the visuals and the subtle use of the theme. I was already hooked when I got to the ending text, glad to read that you plan to finish it.

Seamus' Gun by 01101101 2015-04-22T20:00:00

Awesome entry. The audio, visuals and general polish are amazing, and the mechanic is simple but well executed and very effective. One of the best games I've tried so far.

You should definitely try to finish everything that you couldn't. Congrats!

Evil Cupido: Haters gonna hate by Pixel Heart 2015-04-30T09:12:00

Great idea, and awesome execution!

Zombinball by PanKamil 2015-04-25T10:59:00

Cool idea! It has potential to be expanded with more zombie types, new bumpers and other elements for the pinball table. Well done!

Space Enforcer by Suhvan4ik 2015-04-22T20:14:00

I liked the concept, it was a nice change :)

Bunny Plane Massacre by inappropriatebeeguin 2015-04-30T21:20:00

After playing GTA these days, the plane controls felt very familiar :D

Graphics were great and the sounds were effective. As much as I love bunnies, I have to say that I really enjoyed the game. Congrats!

The Towel Club by team_towel 2015-04-24T11:52:00

This...I have no words.

Awesome!

A conventional Day by ConventionalDay 2015-04-25T12:14:00

I liked to see the middle eastern setting, graphics and music were quite nice. Together with the title, I was expecting some kind of message coming around, and while I agree with it myself and the timing when it happens contributes to reinforce the shock effect if intentional, it felt a bit disconnected from the setting created from the start.

Despite this, you've done a very nice job, and the intent deserves some praise. Well done!!

Shape Blaster by phantomas 2015-04-21T09:01:00

I liked the idea once I grasped it. Graphics are simple but effective, getting a large chain reaction felt quite satisfying :)

Aliens! I need your D.N.A. by DNAteamld32 2015-04-25T00:44:00

Cool, original idea and very good graphic style. Congrats! :D

The crafting ammo part is interesting, but in my opinion the controls required for each section make it unnecessarily convoluted. Also, the intro and tutorial screens are a bit painful on the eye due to the colour contrast and text density.

Hipster Heroes by theflocks 2015-04-25T00:34:00

Nice graphics! The idea is interesting (although it's hard to aim at the mirrors and predict the exit angle, as others have pointed out) and coupled with the selfie stick (XD) it makes for an original take on the theme.

Good job! :D

Metal vs Hipsters by ladybenko 2015-04-20T19:49:00

Nice graphics and catchy tune, cool work!! :)

Hedge by Martins 2015-04-25T11:45:00

I really like the concept and presentation, but the arrow spins a bit too fast and stops too soon to be able to accurately predict and make it stop, so rather than skill it ends up becoming a matter of randomly hitting space and hope to be lucky.

Copycat by Terry 2015-04-20T22:14:00

Brilliant mechanics! The turn-based system allows for quite a bit of fun in terms of planning strategies to tackle the enemies.

Congrats! :D

Fear Syndicate Thesis by Deconstructeam 2015-08-29T10:09:00

Once you get past the bugs (I got stuck against the buildings twice at the beginning and had to restart) the game is a disturbing experience, which makes it a great match for the theme. Graphics and audio are top notch, as expected, so it is a pity that bugs got in the way. Will you attempt a post-jam version?

In any case, good job!

Minotaur and the Theseus by hgcummings 2015-08-26T23:27:00

Brilliant concept! I was cursing at Theseus after being caught stupidly the first two times when I accidentally discovered about the wall flipping. That was a master addition. Still, even if I evaded him he managed to escape...for now.

Great, great job :D

Synergistic Management Solutions by dkilford 2015-08-26T20:58:00

I really liked the humour, but it was a bit confusing to play.

Controls weren't apparent, and I didn't quite get why I was failing at times if I was actually performing the task. Could it be because of the counters, or was it related to the constant job assignment popups appearing to the left? I wasn't sure if that was a meta reference on the game setting or if it was related to the tasklist (sometimes it seemed it was, sometimes it didn't seem to).

Despite this, the game looks really cute with the iconic art, and corporate management mocking is a theme I'll never get tired of, so congrats!! :D

B(L)OB by Nikteddy92 2015-08-27T23:16:00

Good graphics, catchy tune and fun gameplay. Nice job!

Monstaaaaar! by ilikescifi 2015-08-27T23:29:00

Very nice! I really liked the concept or defining the path for the monster, plus the graphics and music and the humorous touches.

Great job! :)

(You are the) monster gaiden by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2015-08-27T19:07:00

As a proof of concept it certainly looks promising. Gameplay-wise...not so much, as you said yourself.

Still, you've done an awesome job. Good luck with it! :D

Even In Your Ludum Dare by madameberry 2015-08-26T20:35:00

I really liked the simplicity of the concept at first, but as the creature grows bigger it also becomes harder to control until it basically becomes a matter of leaving the game alone. If you manage to fix this or add some more challenges for the end-game you can have something interesting here. Music and graphics were also cute :D

Either way, congrats!

noodle ramen by rubna 2015-08-26T22:26:00

Excellent! Mechanics are original, the concept matches the theme, and the monster is soooo cute visually :D

Well done, this is an awesome job :)

Brood by SecondDimension 2015-08-29T14:15:00

Brilliant entry! Lots of quality work and attention to the detail put in here, you can tell.

Congratulations!

Takodemon by Split82 2015-08-24T20:25:00

Awesome entry, especially considering the insanely tight time constraints you had. The idea is quite original and the level of polish is really high. Congratulations!

The sleep of reason produces monsters by Ithildin 2015-09-06T21:37:00

Thank you all! I'm surprised and glad at the reactions about art and music. As for gameplay, I know that it does need some work to make it fun and to make the connection to the theme clearer. I was aiming for some kind of "The Chase" vibe, but between the bugs and the non-player characters feeling lifeless it was hard to see.

Separated by rxi 2015-08-29T18:26:00

Beautiful and melancholic atmosphere (that music!). You managed to capture and convey the feelings of loneliness and incomprehension from the others while at the same time trying to engage wih them brilliantly. There's not a lot to do, true, but I guess that was not the point of your entry.

Amazing entry.

The Monster Inside by Random Seed Games 2015-09-02T23:17:00

The atmosphere in this game is amazing, it totally matches the "noir" storyline. Speaking of which, I found it quite engaging, I was expecting some kind of a twist at the end to determine the connection to the theme, and I got it right and wrong at the same time n_nUU

Brilliant entry, congrats!

Everyday Misanthrope by Liz England 2015-08-25T12:20:00

Brilliant and hilarious, I loved the inventive ways in which to be a perfect piece of human rubbish (and the consequences).

I managed to ruin 67 people's lives, but got some tokens left at the end.

Awesome entry!

Monsters Rescue by palsina 2015-08-25T00:17:00

So cute! The creatures remind me of Adventure Time and some Studio Ghibli, they're really cool. Oh, and together with the scenery visuals, I love the way music also blends with the game, it all defines a great atmosphere.

Controls feel smooth, too, my main suggestion would be to give more feedback when those #%&aN$!· space tourists are going to screw the group. Oh, and some occassional animation glitches.

An impressive entry, I hope you both enjoyed making it, great job!

PS: I've had the debug console pop up with a NullRef. exception, but couldn't see what exactly caused it. I'll see if I can find something else in future runs.

PS2: Any possibility of releasing an android version? It looks like touch controls would definitely fit with the game as well 0:-D

Johnny Yeti's Pro Skiing by dopplerdefekt 2015-08-24T21:54:00

Cool entry!

Controls felt a bit off, probably because of the physics, but you managed to capture the feeling of speed wonderfully (the music had a lot to do wit this, sounds would have surely provided the icing on the cake). Great job!

Gojira-Chan no Densetsu by Rongefilet 2015-08-27T17:58:00

Well done! It looks and plays very nicely. Congrats!

Clinical Trial by JayProg 2015-09-01T23:05:00

This was psychedelic and creepy, I loved it!!

Flying Spaghetti Monster Idle Clicker by UltraRat 2015-08-26T09:42:00

Behold how the glorious FSM has descended upon us to give us the opportunity to mass-click on Their Noodly Appendages!

Hilarious take on the theme. Congrats!! :D

Lab Resist by darklightteam 2015-08-26T21:26:00

Great mood, graphics and audio are very polished!

The plot is interesting and a nice take on the theme, too, congratulations!! :D

A Series Of Totally Legit Events by Slashee the Cow 2015-08-27T18:08:00

Nice text adventure :)

I've played a couple of times. The first one felt a bit hard to follow because of the options I'd taken, at some point it gave me the impression that some kind of leap had happen. The second was way smoother, and I enjoyed it.

Good job!

V8000 AD by DanteDouglas 2015-08-29T09:52:00

Great mood! Music was really good, and I loved the colour palette. Gameplay was cool as well, awesome job!!

Mobs, Inc. by Pietro Ferrantelli 2015-08-31T12:39:00

Wow...Your entry for the previous jam was impressive, and this one is at least as good.

Mobs, Inc. by Pietro Ferrantelli 2015-08-31T12:40:00

Wow...Your entry for the previous jam was impressive, and this one is at least as good. I loved all of it, from the graphics and music to the game feel and progression.

Congratulations, my good sirs, for you get a perfect 5!

Antimon by ViKing Games 2015-08-24T21:35:00

Awesome take on the theme, and I really like the retro feeling :D
The combat aspect was interesting, but it felt a bit cumbersome at times. Despite this, this is a very nice entry, good job!

Intergalactic Love Machine by Slothmachine 2015-08-27T18:18:00

Great style! Music really fit the visuals, which were impressive, and the answers were hilarious. Amazing entry, congratulations! :D

Adula by conormn 2015-08-26T20:45:00

Really cool art style (and very polished audio design, too). The two-choice menus concept seemed to go in an interesting way, but the game was too short.

Good job!!

Passengers by nerial 2015-08-28T19:04:00

Brilliant idea, a great example to show how games can be used for something more than just fun. I applaud you!

Match by SojaBird 2015-08-29T09:48:00

Very clever and original use of the theme, I loved the concept even if I felt like an awful person afterwards :D

Great job!

Lady Bug by dickpoelen 2015-08-29T14:30:00

Brilliant entry! I loved the music, graphics were simple but very effective (I fell in love with the blood splotches, mostly because I got to see them a lot T_T), and gameplay felt very smooth, hard without feeling unfair.

One of the best compo entries I've seen so far, impressive job!

PokEscape: Magicrap's Stealthy Journey for Survival & Gyrodeuce by Tuism 2015-08-30T11:28:00

Really good concept, and solid implementation. I liked the simple, clean graphics, they added a nice touch.

Well done!

Blobs are stupid by thebmxeur 2015-08-26T22:29:00

Gamepad controls felt quite smooth and the core gameplay worked well, but the connection to the theme felt a bit forced. Still, nice job!! :)

Monday Night Monsters by spotco 2015-09-02T23:46:00

This should totally be developed into a full game.

Perfect scores from me. The game idea is quite original and you've managed to fit the theme very cleverly (the skeleton announcer at the beginning and between goals were an awesome touch). Polish in graphics and audio was incredible for the amount of time, and the mechanics feel smooth, engaging and most important, FUN. Perhaps having the ability to define behaviour presets that can be overridden at any time by a player command could enhance the pacing, but I really like the micromanagement part as the core, too) %0

EVILATOR by vividhelix 2015-08-24T23:05:00

Brilliant! This is one of the most original takes on the theme I've seen so far, and the music just gives the perfect touch of evil.

Awesome entry, great job!

Meet the Monsta by Schrodinger Games 2015-09-02T23:26:00

Insanely difficult, insane art style, insanely fun audio design...I loved it!

Part of the difficulty came from the need to be really close to hit some enemies (the hellicopter, for instance), and the strange controls for movement. Were you aiming for some rhythm-based mechanics as well?

Despite this, I really enjoyed the game and the amount of polish is very high, you've made an incredible entry. Well done!!

Player Rush by Hot Box Games 2015-09-11T11:01:00

Very solid entry, I haven't checked the post-jam version yet but I can easily imagine how you could expand the entry into a more solid project. Great job!

Grave by uheartbeast 2015-08-26T20:11:00

Awesome graphics and great controls. A brilliant entry for a compo, congrats!! :)

Ancient Storm: Legends of the League of Defence Heroes 2 by 3CGames 2015-08-30T10:56:00

Great concept! And the chat texts were very amusing, well done!

Eat Sheep & Die by Conk 2015-08-24T23:42:00

Very solid entry! I loved the tune and the graphics. Together with the mechanics, I can easily see this expanded into something larger and less open.

Congratulations!

Prince Charming! by kozun 2015-09-03T21:16:00

You really get to feel like a sadistic monster playing this, that poor frog!!

I'll look like a psychopath now, but I have to say that it was embarrassingly funny, and it felt quite polished. Great job!!

DRUMSTER by SoulGame 2015-08-27T19:35:00

Wow...the browser window is moving now @_@

You made an insane game, I love the progression in the styles and the way the difficulty ramps up. Of course, on a music game music is vital, and you nailed it, too.

One of the best entries I've seen so far, awesome job!

The Devil's Daughter by SinclairStrange 2015-08-25T12:40:00

Wow...Impressive visuals, really detailed.

Gameplay felt polished, too, but the controls felt a bit stiff on the Newsgrounds version and at times I had problems differentiating interactable items from the background (the best way to ensure what was what was to shoot at everything, so nothing too biggie)

Great job!

Hotel Shmotel by Matthew Rayfield 2015-08-24T22:46:00

Awesome!

That's a lot of content you put in here for a compo entry! I loved the exploration aspect, it reminded me of several old school dungeon crawlers (even if at times controls felt a bit stiff while turning)

I really liked it, well done!.

Lovers on a Park Bench by peterthehe 2015-08-24T21:29:00

I killed my ex...oops 0:-D

Nice atmosphere you've got there, and I really liked the concept, although the typing part felt slightly disconnected even if the words were actually related.

Great work!!

Dr.Particulus: monster within by goodbadokay 2015-08-27T18:13:00

Cool graphics! The random weapon generation was a cool idea, but the game felt a bit slow overall. The main music track set a nice mood, with sound effects to be applied to the powerups it would have been really cool.

Nice job!

Don't SPROUTCH me! by Arche-san 2015-08-26T12:20:00

Great idea! It's funny and sad at the same time to "sproutch" the little guys. I'm still on my way to the hospital!

Graphics and audio are cool as well, awesome job!

Look Into The Mirror by yuigoto 2015-08-30T11:04:00

Nice art style, the character animation felt smooth :). Controls felt alright, too, but there were some issues with the collisions that added some unfair difficulty to the already challenging platforming (I'm perfectly fine with the game being difficult, but for example, on the second level a collision from the bottom of a platform would slowly drag the player and move it on top of it).

Still, I really liked the concept of gathering memories. Good job!

The Old One by Chris Olsen 2015-08-30T11:16:00

Great mood! The concept, too, is solid and very well executed. It does feel slow, as expected from a massive rock/clay monster, so I can find no problem with that.

My only gripe is pretty minor, and it has to do with the use of roman digits used to build decimal numbers (I've seen you've changed that on the post-jam version).

Congrats, your entry was awesome! :)

Snake Strike by steve 2015-08-24T23:52:00

The snake animation and overall art style are incredible. Sound is subtle, but it works perfectly, too.

As for gameplay, the controls feel smooth and polished, so it is a pity that the game, due to the woes of development (we've all been here some time T_T), lacks a proper challenge because it certainly deserves one.

It would be really cool if you tried to make some good use of this post-jam, because it seriously was promising something amazing. Have you got any plans about it?

Congratulations!

Detached by khahem 2015-08-26T12:26:00

Cool concept, the mechanics are original and interesting :)

Investigator and the Case of the Red Herring by constancecchen 2015-08-29T18:11:00

Lovely entry, graphics and audio were really good, they create a great mood. Story was interesting with lots of charm, but in the end gathering clues felt just as a gimmick to advance the story forward (was the title/tavern name a pun on this?), and the player has no agency in how it unfolds in the end. Regardless, this is a very solid entry, congratulations!

Woodland Therapy by TEAM-TIGER 2015-08-25T12:28:00

Interesting mechanics with a twist. I loved the colourful graphics and I...I made a lot of friends :-O

Tales of the Underworld: Rebellion of the Souls by ladybenko 2015-08-24T21:45:00

Simple concept, well executed. Controls felt responsive, although the jump was a bit floaty (Still, that's always a lot better than having to fight against the controls in addition to the baddies in the game).

I really liked the retro graphics, and the music was a fitting complement. Congrats!!

No Country for Troll Men by aberdeenphoenix 2015-08-24T22:03:00

Nice take on the theme! Gameplay was simple yet effective and both mechanics and controls felt pretty smooth.

Great job!!

P.S: I died from sun exposure T_T

I HATE HALLOWEEN by Vaida 2015-08-24T22:30:00

Great mood! I loved the mask switching concept, and it would have been even cooler if projectiles had been different enough in terms of gameplay (or their effects more noticeable in case they were already differences, which I think is the case) to be used strategically . And nice touch on the boss battle, too!

Overall, a pretty solid entry, congratulations!

Sly Slime - Revenge On All Players by reckhou 2015-08-26T21:19:00

Cool use of the theme, and awesome atmosphere! I really liked the voxel graphics.

Well done!

The Supper by jrhee 2015-09-03T21:10:00

I loved the idea! I've seen quite a few whodunnit games on past LD editions, but this is the first I play where you reverse the role and the goal, it adds a very clever twist.

Graphics were very polished, too. Awesome entry!

I am Death and Fire by derr 2015-09-03T21:30:00

Controls and flamethrowing worked flawlessly and felt amazingly rewarding. As it is right now I was having plenty of fun by just soaring and burning everyone down, but I agree a bit with some of the other comments about a potential lack of more things to do in the long term (Considering the time restrictions and imagining the amount of work it took you guys to polish mechanics and aesthetics as much as you did perhaps that just wasn't feasible). Good news is...the game offers a lot of promise in terms of possible additions for a post-jam version if you're up to it.

Amazing job, congratulations!

Small People Problems by Brainfreezeman 2015-08-26T12:34:00

Great entry, the idea is original, very fitting to the theme and really polished. I love how the citizens feel really alive and panicking, they remind me a bit of Cyanide and Happiness :D

Awesome job!

Sim Jong Un by f2jason 2015-08-26T21:08:00

21 days, overthrown by my own generals :_(

Great implementation of the classic match-3 mechanics, and even if the concept could be controversial, I couldn't help but laugh, the parodic aspects are well handled. Nice touch with the events, and Cool job!

Dudes in Space by TheOlinone 2015-08-26T23:22:00

Awesome! I love games where you need to handle characters with different abilities to make your way through the levels, such as Monaco or Lost Vikings, and your entry manages to give that same vibe :)

The music also contributed to the tension of the setting, and graphics were simple but effective, although at the beginning I spent a while moving around figuring out who I could use for certain things until I realised that there were text hints.

And well, as I was playing wondering where the connection to the theme was, and then I reached the end... ouch.

I really liked this entry, congratulations!!

Kraken Babies by johnhattan 2015-08-30T22:49:00

Very nice puzzle game, I really liked the different movement pattern for each sibling. It would be cool to see it further developed as a full fledge game.

Good work!

PSYCHOSHARK by ManuelGF 2015-09-03T20:43:00

I discovered your game through the post-mortem (I have a soft spot for the dramatic chipmunk and panicked bold texts). The idea is neat, with a bit more work and better preparation you will probably nail it.

Controls, animations and so on need more work for sure, but I'm already aware about your problems managing time, family logistics (latin drama...arghghhh), etc. Use the experience to learn from it and keep trying to get better at that, most of us are still fighting those same beasts: scheduling, scoping and The Unexpected (True story: last year a heavy storm in Barcelona fried my router and my laptop's power source the night before LD30 because I was away fooling around and couldn't unplug them. Luckily I had a spare power source, but I unsuccessfully tried to keep calm and work using my phone's 3G or look for an open library on a Saturday in August -LOL-, until the anxiety about the stupid internet connection at home beat me up and I ended opting out of the compo)

The game is not bad at all for a first entry, though. Congratulations, and good work! :D

The Mammoth: A Cave Painting by inbetweengames 2015-08-29T09:44:00

So beautiful! The art style and audio were really fitting, and I loved the story as well.

Amazing entry, congrats! :)

Open the door and smile by Arnage 2015-08-29T17:24:00

I loved the art style, plus the game concept and the focus mechanic. Great job for a compo entry! :)

You Are The Monster - The Horrific Game Show by kowalski 2015-08-29T17:29:00

All the tv host musings were incredibly funny, top scores for humour! Also, great take on the theme. Congrats!

Kaiju Down Under by Hippomancer 2015-08-27T23:25:00

Luckily I live far from New Zealand, I wouldn't like to experience the attack of a massive kiwi :D

Really cool game, I digged the humour and the graphics. Congrats!

Monstre de Coiffure by Patacorow 2015-08-26T21:39:00

Brilliant in all areas, it feels like a complete game!

You Have Been Found Guilty by Tommyno222 2015-08-27T18:28:00

The setting and intro were amazing, they set the mood perfectly, and I really liked the graphics. Gameplay, though, lacked a bit of a challenge. At some point I just decided to ignore the guys and switch between jumping and running.

Monster Academy by feiss 2015-08-30T22:37:00

I LOVED it! :D
Great humour, polished minigames, and brilliant sound design.
Congrats!!

Milgram by Kortuga 2015-12-17T00:36:00

I already knew about the experiment, so I was kind of expecting most of what I saw in the game (!!!), but still, I LOVE the entry: you've taken a deep, interesting topic, applied a very fitting mechanic and created a very solid entry, with awesome voice acting. Congratulations!

Growing Sakura by ripatti 2015-12-21T23:59:00

Awesome idea, it's very challenging and execution has an overall relaxing vibe with the sakura setting.

Well done!

Molly's Dreaming by flyingbear 2015-12-17T00:57:00

This is very cute, graphics and music are lovely and the game itself feels fun and polished. Well done!

Double Kick Heroes by blackmagic 2015-12-22T00:49:00

Amazing art and sound design. My hand hurts a bit from all the button mashing, which is a good thing despite it sounds the opposite :D

Brilliant entry.

Don't Mess With Totems by winesays 2015-12-15T22:28:00

I love this one, the visuals are just beautiful, and the mechanics are great: simple, they really fit the theme and they're challenging. I also appreciated the humorous touches, congratulations for a solid entry! :D

The Star War by eerongal 2015-12-14T17:35:00

Sounds and graphics were hilarious :D Like others, it reminded me of agar.io or the first stage on Spore, but the not-star-wars theme made me chuckle.

Dead Man's Volley by DragonXVI 2015-12-15T21:06:00

Wow, this is one of the best entries I've seen so far (and it's a compo entry, that scores double on my book!). Everything from the visuals to audio to (of course) game mechanics looks incredibly polished.

Congratulations, I'm impressed! :D

And now back to defeat that stupid Shadowdancer! >_<

SAUROPOD vs THEROPOD by Tijn 2015-12-23T21:12:00

Nice concept well executed. I liked the dinosaur sounds :DD

Mobsferatu by CremaGames 2015-12-21T23:33:00

Perfect five. From art and music to game mechanics and level design, you've crafted one of the best games I've seen this entry. You should keep working on it and develop it onto a full game, the idea is already proven.

Impresionante es poco, ¡felicidades!

Slash Quest by Big Green Pillow ft Mgaia 2015-12-25T23:33:00

Brilliant entry! Art style is lovely, and sound is fitting, too. At first I thought that controlling movement the way it's implemented would be tricky, but it works perfectly fine.

Congrats, you've done a great job!

Conga Master by BubsyPoochies 2015-12-17T01:20:00

Perfect 5 here. You've nailed it in every category, and the game looks and feels awesome. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some more conga to dance.

¡Enhorabuena! :D

Grow Your Love by DDRKirby(ISQ) 2016-01-05T01:30:00

Lovely game, and I just had to find it almost at the end of the voting time! Congratulations, it almost got a perfect 5!!

Heinsenberg by ncannasse 2015-12-18T00:50:00

Awesome entry, even if the theme connection was a bit frail. The atmosphere gave me the chills, and the story kept me interested until the end. Puzzles were original, too. Great job!! :)

Get to the Points by recursor 2015-12-15T22:22:00

Great idea! When I saw the screenshots I thought the game might be hard to grasp but it's actually the opposite, easy to get and very fun to play. Good job!

DESEEDER by Zanzlanz 2015-12-21T23:47:00

Awesome game! It's really polished, fun and the mechanics really fit the theme. Nice done! :D

ＵＰＳＱＵＩＤ by 01010111 2015-12-23T17:33:00

Nice take on the theme and Downwell, you gave it a clever twist :)

Controls, audio and graphics are very polished as well, so here goes a perfect five for one of the best compo entries this LD34.

Amazing job!

ORB LORDS by TravisChen 2015-12-22T13:10:00

Brilliant concept! Polish level is also top-notch in both audio and art, and switch mechanic was a really original addition. I'm envious :D

Congratulations!!

Crazy Tornado City by Zener 2015-12-14T12:38:00

I love the moment you tear apart your first office building. It feels like victory n_n

Awesome job for just one day, you've managed to fit both themes with a cool concept. Congrats!! :D

Lands of TSR Lore by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2015-12-15T22:35:00

I really enjoyed the graphics, and the concept, even if it doesn't fit either of the themes.

However, gameplay-wise it was a bit lacking, so I'd say it would be premature to take it to Kickstarter in its current state. Keep working at it to improve it, as it does look promising.

99 Steps by George 2015-12-17T01:03:00

Brilliant game! Minimalistic graphics, sound and gameplay blend perfectly here, it's really addictive. If you keep working on it in the future (please, do!) it would be cool to add other tile types, as some people have already mentioned.

Congrats!! :D

Backwards and Bonkers! by CartoonJenn 2015-12-22T01:07:00

I love the trippy visual style, and gameplay feels solid. I actually expected it to be longer T_T

Cool entry!

Fun with magnets! by Ithildin 2015-12-15T22:05:00

Thank you all for your feedback! :D

@tuben999: Yeah, I'm afraid that's one of the glitches I noticed at the last minute, I'm currently thinking of fixing it. Maybe one option if I have the spirits to create more levels and elements is to revise that so that past a certain distance the charge just sticks to the front.

@Zener: Sometimes I too imagine the ball will bounce n_nU One of the ideas I had for other elements was a bumper (or even bouncy walls), but I'd probably need to be very careful about level design.

@blackname I'm actually thinking of a post-compo version with more levels (and some of the ideas that couldn't make it, such as switches, other magnetic fields and so on). Right now the only penalising prop is the wheel and it appears right at the end level, so it's a bit absurd.

Harvest by rxi 2015-12-15T23:33:00

I have LUA installed on my machine, which seems to be causing runtime errors when I try to launch the windows executable, any ideas? :S

This is the stderr.txt dump:
error: [string "init.lua"]:221: module 'config' not found:
no field package.preload['config']
no file 'd:\development\Lua\5.1\lua\config.luac'
no file 'config/init.lua'
no file '.\config.dll'
no file 'D:\games\ld34\ld34_rxi_win32\config.dll'
no file 'D:\games\ld34\ld34_rxi_win32\loadall.dll'

Snowman Builder Extreme by zenmumbler 2015-12-23T16:17:00

The idea is simple, effective and very fun. Controls feel polished, which helps a lot with the feeling.

Great entry!

Switcher by coywolf 2015-12-14T17:07:00

Very cool idea!

I'm still feeling really clumsy coordinating the ships and the intersections, but mastering that is where the fun is. Good job!

Shroomys quest for fuel by StMatn 2015-12-21T22:48:00

I really liked the flooding-like mechanics as you removed parts of the shroomy and the concept was pretty interesting. Nice job!

The Serpent's Shadow by NuSan 2015-12-15T21:39:00

I love the take on the Snake game and how it fits the theme. Well done!

Carrot Stories by JaviCepa 2015-12-16T00:17:00

I'm loving this one. The atmosphere is melancholic and beautiful, you did an impressive job with graphics and musics. I'm still struggling to reach day 7, but I'll make it. Congratulations!!!

Dog Gone Big! by HulkHandsome 2015-12-17T00:40:00

Very good game, mechanics are simple but work well, and it fits both themes in interesting ways. Good job!

Heart Murmurs by Ludipe 2015-12-15T23:28:00

Very nice idea, it is a clever take on the theme. The end result is impressive considering the context you developed the game in, congrats! :)

Sir Croc vs Plantzilla by Pixelfan Games 2015-12-15T23:03:00

Graphics and music are awesome, but the game was a bit too punishing from the start, with little to no time to get the pacing of the game in most restarts.

The Last of Egg by ShuddaHaddaLottaFun 2015-12-18T10:56:00

Loved it. The concept is hilariously absurd, and execution was awesome. I can totally see the next Goat Simulator or I am Bread here.

Unknown by Eshford 2015-12-22T00:41:00

Very solid entry, it feels polished and it looks and sounds awesome.

I beat it at easy but got completely owned as soon as I started hard T_T Still, congrats!!

treadmill by rogueNoodle 2015-12-27T19:48:00

Great idea and nice graphics and sound. Unfortunately after around 10 movements or so the game freezes (haven't played the lo-fi version, though) :S

Arc by ChuiGum 2015-12-17T01:15:00

This is madness!!

Insanely difficult and very fun concept. It doesn't really fit the theme, but the entry is awesome.

FUN BUNNY SQUID MASTER by internetpaulicy 2015-12-23T16:26:00

I really like your take on the theme and the blocky graphics.
Nice job!!

Tale Of Two Buttons by RevelBase 2015-12-15T22:41:00

The Webplayer build works fine, but the WebGL one is crashing on Chrome :S

Graphics and audio are lovely, but unfortunately the controls were a bit lacking, which made the game frustrating. Coordinating both sides is already a challenging task (and where a huge chunk of the fun resided), so there's no need to add further complications ;)

If you can improve that you can get a very nice game.

NGHGM by Stals 2015-12-15T23:15:00

The connection to the theme is a bit loose, but I love the game. From aesthetics to mechanics, it's a really solid entry, well done!

Twin Condition by jackrugile 2015-12-26T15:12:00

Great entry. I love the graphic style and colour choice, and audio contributes a lot to create a soothing mood. Gameplay is also really polished, and it fits the theme perfectly. Awesome job! :D

Cultivate by kmakai 2015-12-22T13:22:00

Very nice interpretation of the theme, you managed to fit an interesting story-based game into the restrictions. Awesome job!

Revenge of the Ducks by Ronin748 2015-12-14T22:06:00

Concept is hilarious :D

The game is fitting and I liked the visuals, but it was a bit hard to understand the feedback if you were hitting or being hit.

Shroom's by tuben999 2015-12-14T12:47:00

Awesome art style, I loved the death particle effect.

Gameplay was simple and functional, I liked the progressive unlock of game mechanics. As some people have already mentioned, there is a bug with the moving platforms not transferring the movement to the player, and I was frequently having the developer console show NullPointerReferences.

Good job! :)

Auto Racer by ethankennerly 2015-12-26T15:30:00

Interesting idea, well executed. The blinker hints was a nice addition, and controls worked flawlessly for me. Some more audio cues might have been a welcome addition, but it's understandable due to the time constraints. Good job!

ZZXXX the Gremlin by Thingo Studios 2016-01-05T01:14:00

Interesting gameplay, detailed story and really cool music. Gameplay-wise, though, perhaps the patterns for the locations of the keys could vary across executions. Some more feedback on the prompt could be useful, too.

Nice job! :)

Munchy Munchers by misteak 2015-12-14T17:30:00

Very solid entry! From the theme to the graphics and, of course, gameplay, you've managed to create a really good game. Congrats!

Simultaneism by Bogden 2015-12-22T13:29:00

Brilliant!

Super Lefty Garden Fighty by hexagore 2015-12-14T21:57:00

Fun and very polished, a great entry!

Reap by managore 2015-12-17T00:15:00

Loved the graphics and general polish of the whole game. I'm really curious about the world generation, so I might give a go to the source code :)

Congratulations, this is an awesome entry!

BOOST by Tuism 2015-12-14T17:04:00

I'm glad you managed to fix your issues with the Unity builds in the end, the game is really awesome!

Cool and challenging take on the theme, slick visual style and great sound, too. :D

Armageddungeon by Diel Mormac 2015-12-28T19:22:00

Art, sound and concept are awesome! Controls-wise, jumping over gaps was near impossible when the jump would hit the ceiling (basically, on the bottom). It wasn't too punishing as you'd reappear on the top of the screen instead of dying as in other games (this was a clever detail), but it didn't feel right. I'll be waiting for the post-compo version to see what you can do there, everything else is really solid. Good job!

Row Row Row Your Goat by A-Flat Miner Studios 2016-01-05T01:47:00

Brilliant, hilarious idea, awesome graphics and a lot of content for 3 days. Congrats!

Double Helix by BroCade 2015-12-21T21:44:00

Great entry! Gameplay and graphics are awesome :)

Grown with the Flow by Skywilly 2015-12-14T15:43:00

I like the movement of the polen particles (it works wonderfully with the music to create a melancholic vibe), but boy it's hard to click on them! :S

Lifenodes. by Remicy 2015-12-14T13:32:00

Lovely!

Nice art and very interesting take on the theme, it's cool to see where the different choices lead to.

Electric Dodgeball by ondrejbalas 2015-12-14T12:31:00

Awesome concept! Trying to coordinate both sides is really challenging and fun.

The background effect with the noise is also very cool when you see it in movement, with fitting colours for the balls and the middle area it might feel pretty trippy.

Well done!

GROW by KaiseanGames 2015-12-25T23:55:00

The idea has a lot of potential, I like the combination of resource/space management mechanics.

Making the feedback on the resources lacking to build something could be useful, but it was generally easy enough to see which one it was.

Walden: Thoreau It All Away by bearcabin 2015-12-14T13:01:00

I was attracted by the title. Visuals and sound effects are very nice.

Gameplay wise, I had little input on my actions except for the time passing (kudos for the day/night cycle, by the way :)) and the heart depleting/filling up. For example, I could go to work at 1 AM and it made no difference. I'm unsure if that was intentional as a metaphor of modern life or I just lost my patience too soon and there was more to it.

However, as I said before, I really appreciate the idea and aesthetics, well done!

Albert & Zoe by numero15 2015-12-23T16:30:00

I really like the idea, but it's a bit unclear to see if the attack was successful or not and the way the boss reacts. If you can improve a bit on the feedback side you can have a very interesting entry.

Digicross by 5you 2015-12-14T13:25:00

Ants ate my screen T_T

Very cool idea! It took me some time to grasp the controls, but when you do the game is really fun. And graphics are really nice as well.

I'm missing some sound effects when you reveal a tile, I'm sure it would feel pretty rewarding.

Great job! :)

Turnips-n-Pigs by Newan 2015-12-14T22:28:00

I'm getting warnings from Avira about a trojan when I try to download the game. Could it be a false positive?

Can't Jump by x92rwzb 2015-12-14T15:31:00

I appreciate the challenge, the concept is simple but clever, and it fits the theme well. However, there are some glitchy bumps due to the physics on moving platforms, which increase the already high difficulty.

By the way, on the web link it says the game has been removed by the author and can't be played. Will you reupload the game to Newgrounds?

FLOW by Romixal 2015-12-17T22:40:00

You've managed a very nice, relaxing mood :)

Germicide by scottthoo 2015-12-14T21:48:00

Great idea, and execution was very solid. Congrats!

Blobitronica by crucknuk 2015-12-27T15:37:00

Great entry! The music helps keeping a fast pace, graphics are minimal but clear (I really liked the zoom-out effect) and gameplay is simple but effective, polished and addicting! :D

Mon Démon et Moi by Spyboy 2015-12-22T22:19:00

Beautiful graphics and audio. The core idea is interesting, the mood supports it perfectly and it's well executed.

Amazing job, I think you did make a meaningful game.

Cockatiel Egg by FiSilva 2015-12-26T15:35:00

Great entry! Graphics and audio look cute and really polished, and gameplay is solid, too.

Memory Jump by dregamr 2015-12-27T19:28:00

The game idea is brilliant, the game looks nice and the music set a nice mood. Controls were a bit glitchy and the player got stuck a few times, if you fix that you'll have a great entry with lots of potential. Nice job!

Threads by sp3ctrum 2015-12-14T12:26:00

Love the minimalistic visuals. Combined with audio you could create a really nice, relaxing mood. Game mechanics are also interesting once you get the gist of it.

Very good job, congrats! :)

Alien Number Attack by miwuc 2015-12-14T22:32:00

Great concept! I like how new numbers are slowly introduced and the inclusion of arithmetic operations. Well done!

Attack Of The Radioactive Octopus From A Planet Near Mars by donvermo 2015-12-14T17:16:00

Great entry!! It fits both themes perfectly, and it's really fun to play, although I got a bit lost with the controls for a few seconds the first time I spawned a new tentacle.

Amazing job! :)

Grow by mitya1234 2015-12-14T22:51:00

The idea is pretty cool, and the atmosphere defined by the visuals and music is very nice, but at the beginning it is a bit unclear what to do, and some initial states are irresolvable (perhaps you're actually making sure of that and this was just me before I figured out how to place tris). Also, there are some memory issues, I got an "out of memory" WebGL error.

You still have time, so if you can solve those issues you can have a solid entry.

Play with Dog or Cat by okusho 2015-12-14T15:38:00

This is so cute! :D

I love the detail of the cat becoming jealous when you play with the dog. Congratulations on your first entry!

It's a Big World Afterall by JohnLivingston 2015-12-18T00:26:00

The atmosphere here has a surreal touch that I really like. Gameplay felt a bit bland, but the concept was also a very clever interpretation of the theme. Nice work!

Crane to Freedom by mhsco 2015-12-23T14:49:00

I don't generally like physics-based games, but yours was a welcome exception. The crane mechanics felt realistic in an annoying BUT fun way. Good job!

And now back for that ***** whale.

Knitted Fighter by Usanio 2015-12-15T23:44:00

Awesome graphics, and pretty cool concept.

Unfortunately the game looks pretty bugged at the moment. Most of the time I've just entered the game state to exit immediately with either a victory or defeat screen.

U.G.O by aamatniekss 2015-12-14T22:24:00

Very polished! I really like the graphics and the animations. Sync'ing the attack delays adds some challenge, too.

Great job!

Long Long: A snake lies in the Past by Tapehead 2015-12-26T00:18:00

This is brilliant! Gameplay was interesting and deceivingly difficult, which was fine to me except for having to repeat all the screens since the last checkpoint. On the one hand that makes some part of the challenge, but I can see how it can become frustrating, too.

Despite this, I've really liked how you managed to blend to seemingly unrelated games with amazingly polished art and sound and some nice humorous bits. Well done!

Planet Under Siege by Allas 2015-12-23T16:40:00

The game is really hard, but the idea is awesome, great take on the theme! :)

Feed your demon by MrYoglu 2015-12-16T00:06:00

Cool take on the theme I really like the game mechanic, the idea and aesthetics, especially the music. Mechanics are also very cool, but collisions were a bit clunky when I tried to attack.

..and the mooncats by aarkipel 2015-12-14T17:01:00

Brilliant take on the theme. The control scheme is unusual but it works beautifully. You nailed the game mechanics, it totally feels like an old school game. Graphics and sound also contribute a lot and they shape an eerie mood.

Congratulations!

Belly Smash by Drunkain 2015-12-15T23:40:00

Hehehe, I loved this :D
Graphics and sound were awesome, and I loved the humour. I was terrible at turning, though T_T

Great job, this has been one of the funniest entries I've seen so far :)

Valk Unit Lawyer by oz2mura 2015-12-21T23:24:00

Great take on the theme, with cool graphics and very suiting music. My only issues are the inability to skip the verdict scenes, and that sometimes it's a bit too subtle to get the hints.

Congratulations!

Decay Dynamics by NotoriousFlex 2015-12-17T01:12:00

The game is brilliant in pretty much all areas, one of the best I've seen so far. However, I see a small problem: you need to focus so much on the pieces UI to assemble the robots and not lose ground against your rival that you miss the actual action, so all the really cool visuals get ignored, and that's a bit of waste, sadly :S

Perhaps a slower pace and/or actually positioning them at the bottom of the screen could help give more relevance to the action.

MILK TEETH by Rufson 2015-12-15T22:14:00

I'm getting the creeps when I pull :S:S:S

Very interesting concept, well done!

Roll-Ball by mukult 2015-12-21T23:51:00

Cool concept, well executed!

Grow a Beard! by martin-denizet 2015-12-21T23:16:00

Nice micro-game based entry, it was funny and fun to play. Well done!

Dandelion by blackname 2015-12-15T21:26:00

Controls feel a bit awkward, and there seems to be some minor freezes when the game restarts, but the concept is nice and graphics are lovely. Well done!

Nepeta Cataria by TeamOliphants 2015-12-23T14:33:00

Cute graphics! :D

GURU by TomenLuca 2015-12-15T23:59:00

Perfect five here, I was smiling the whole time I played the games. The idea is brilliantly executed, quotes are hilarious and visuals were really cool, too.

Amazing job! :D

Snow World by Elisée and friends 2015-12-15T21:30:00

Wow, this is a great entry. Graphics are very polished, audio fits the game and combat gameplay, besides fitting the two-button theme, has a very classical JRPG feeling. Congrats!

MK-F417XX3 by GFM 2015-12-16T19:48:00

I liked the game and even if I played it alone controls worked perfectly fine. Nicely done!

Famous Bus Movie Game by BuffaloPhil 2015-12-14T17:24:00

Awesome idea! Graphics are very nice (but too strong for my tired eyes >_<), and mechanics are really fun.

One thing...when I crashed the Unity console opened and began tracing physics-related exceptions. It didn't prevent me from playing, though.

windowframe by managore 2016-04-19T13:58:00

I was already expecting something innovative, but wow...Brilliant concept perfectly executed and a lot of content (I've only reached the third vampire so far!). It is insane what you achieved in 48 hours, I'm so envious...

Amazing job!!

Shape Collector by Jogy34 2016-04-18T04:04:00

Very cool concept! Playing with the AI to see who manages to take more territory gets really interesting.

As improvements, I agree with other posts about showing that you can't use the same colour as the rival. I did realise, but it took me a few clicks -_-U

Zen and the Art of Transhumanism by Deconstructeam 2016-04-23T00:28:00

The game concept and setting are brilliant, innovative and a really clever take on the theme, as expected. Same goes for the visual style, amazingly detailed.

However, controls are a bit frustrating. You end up getting the gist of the main interactions on the lathe, and I actually expected that part to be challenging (After all, I still remember some pottery games with a toy lathe from when I was younger, and the end results were always a failure :_D), but some UI interactions felt slightly glitchy.

Despite this, you managed to deliver one of the best entries so far this LD. ¡Felicidades!

Crops of Carnage by fanatiko 2016-04-19T16:34:00

Extreme birth control :D

Very cool game! The concept is quite original and the end result is a fun little puzzle. Liked the graphics a lot, as well.

Great job!

Signed Distance Shift by netgrind 2016-04-18T03:49:00

Awesome! Visuals are great, and I love the take on the theme, the concept reminds me of a game we played when we were kids (and I've just learned it's called Hunt the Thimble).

Getting shifty by Ithildin 2016-04-19T02:16:00

Thank you all for your feedback! This time I tried to go with a simple concept, and I'd been wanting to make a shoot-em-up for ages.

@AlmightyTuna You spotted two of the three main references I was inspired by :D The third one was Waves.

@deepnight You're right about that. I barely, and by barely I mean "10 minutes before the 48h deadline", managed to hack a slight rise in difficulty once the player has been around for 180s, but didn't get to test that properly and it's still insufficient.

I'm currently working on a post-compo version and having a decent progression is one of my top priorities, otherwise it does become monotonous after a while.

Getting shifty by Ithildin 2016-04-20T01:34:00

Another wave of great and solid feedback, cool!

@algerator Thanks!! ^_^ I already have a list of pending UI improvements (increasing the multiplier or difficulty level, a visual health bar or, as you say, icons, and things like that), and any other feedback on top of that is reaally appreciated (especially from people who know what they're talking about ;DD)

@samlo @Garazbolg You're right about the "new wave" indication. In fact, on the first pass of the post-compo version, I added a small delay and fade in when a new wave is created, to give the player a bit more time to react and decide on if she wants to change shapes.
I think it already helps a lot, but I'd like to make it more obvious eventually. If you can test those newer versions and leave a note here or on Itch to see if it works I'll be really thankful! (And I'm on my way to playing both your games!)

@wg_phancock it's a really cool engine, isn't it?. From time to time I need to refresh my memory to remember some things that they do differently compared to other engines, but after that it's a blast. As for the projectiles, yup, I need to redo those assets and have sharper ones.

Getting shifty by Ithildin 2016-04-23T02:00:00

@Alphish yeah, I didn't have enough time to add different enemy behaviours and all the difficulty adjustments in the compo version are merely a couple of "if (playtime > 3m) {change this or that var}" put together in the last 10m before submission.

If by chance you've tried the post-compo version I've started to address that. It's still not final, I changed the system to some proper logic and tested it by adding a few more levels, but I think it's improved a bit if I may say so myself. The next build will probably focus on pace balancing and hopefully some new enemies and/or pickups.

As for map size...hmmm, that's an interesting one. I wanted to retain the fixed Petri dish-like structure, but at some point I entertained the idea of the circle being just the visible portion of a larger map, which would move around with the player. However, that could be problematic because the player ship might be hit by critters far away from its view, which is not completely fair.

Some easier possibilities, as you say, could be increasing the playable area (by changing the unit sizes or replacing the circle with a larger shape). Perhaps it might be worth a try.

Once again, thank you all for your feedback! :)

Cyan by rxi 2016-04-21T05:05:00

Very solid entry, as usual. I really liked the music in particular.

However, controls were a bit frustrating. I understand the reasoning for the choice on keys, (actually, for me ZXC would have been even more cumbersome even if I have a QWERTY layout), but juggling so frequently between jump and switch was causing some strain on my left hand's ring and little fingers.

This aside, congrats for an amazingly polished game :D

THIS IS AMAZING by JokerDen 2016-04-23T23:11:00

Very interesting game, there is a lot of potential as a puzzle on mobile devices.

The only minor issue (and that's subjective) is that it starts very easy until you've completed around one half of the levels.

Great job!

Colour Shift by voxel 2016-04-21T05:19:00

Graphics and sound were brilliant, among the best ones I've seen so far, but unfortunately it was a bit frustrating to control.

Double Army by abuzreq 2016-04-21T17:38:00

Great concept!! This is a very original and clever take on the theme. The setting also has some funny touches (I read your post on the blog roll :D), which helped with getting engaged to the game.

Execution is also well done with some minor issues. The actual area of detection wasn't clear, so I had to walk quite far away from units to be able to shape shift. As a suggestion (I didn't get to notice if this is actually implemented or not) I was expecting to score better by taking out enemy higher ups in order to rank faster. Otherwise it ends up being a bit cumbersome to go back and forth with small groups and units (also, there's a lot of empty space, making the action phase slower).

Probably balancing the numbers a bit could help a lot and you might not need to touch anything else. The good thing is you already have a very solid and promising idea. Great job!!

Booba Loomba by josemwarrior 2016-04-23T02:41:00

Very solid entry. I loved the level design and progression, the cute graphics, music and in short, the whole game. Congratulations!

...but now I've become a bit sick with all the rotations @_@

And well, the javascript alerts when you completed the level were a minor annoyance.

Rubik's Plane by markusfisch 2016-04-23T15:06:00

Amazing concept!! Deceivingly simple, but it turns out to be a very cool puzzle.

Shapeshipster by Inateno 2016-04-19T16:42:00

This is the best shoot-em-up I've played so far. Controls feel very polished, the psychedelic art style is incredibly trippy (I love it!!) and music is great as well.

Congratulations!

Shifty Shapes by dylanwolf 2016-04-18T18:14:00

Quite a solid entry overall, it adds a nice twist to familiar mechanics :)

I'm missing the ability to swipe/drag 'n' drop for shifting the shapes, clicking on the arrows might break immersion a bit if you play long enough.

Lonely Mountain - A shape shifting tv series by Jod 2016-04-23T13:56:00

Yay, second season!

Very good entry, I liked the take on the theme and the concept itself. Congrats!

Dawning by Ludipe 2016-04-23T02:50:00

The fire, the fire... T_T

Very interesting idea, and it's especially merit-worthy with so little development time. Great job!!

Abducktion by JohnnySix 2016-04-21T23:57:00

Wow... Music, graphics and gameplay are great, and the level is reasonably sized, too. For 48h you've done an amazing job. Congrats!!

I really liked how well the shape transitions fit together and how tight the controls felt. Every time I f*cked up and fell to my death I was totally positive that it had been my fault, not the game's.

Xenoshift by meek 2016-04-19T15:37:00

Graphics and sound are among the best I've seen so far this Ludum, brilliant job, it creates quite a tense mood. The game idea is also very interesting, but finding the alien felt a bit frustrating, perhaps I wasn't paying enough attention at the detector sounds.

Great job! :D

Infinity Access by Hyoga-3D 2016-04-23T02:04:00

It's a bit odd to play, but I like the concept. I'm all for dealing with social/political issues, especially with a touch of humour. Well done!

Altered Bunny by SteveSalmond 2016-04-20T15:04:00

Brilliant entry! Graphics and sound/music are tops, and gameplay was fun and felt polished as well. I really liked the levels rotating mechanic.

Awesome job! :)

Moveless Chess by Beavl 2016-04-25T19:37:00

Very clever twist on chess and good execution. I miss some feedback when you run out of AP, but other than that the entry is very solid. Good job!!

SHΔPE by TiRSO! 2016-04-23T01:29:00

Great idea. I liked the simple mechanics and the minimalistic visuals. I got the feeling that pacing took some time to build up, though.

After a first game with a miserable 2 or 3 points, I scored 139 on the second :)

NOUKE by sirtetris 2016-04-18T15:40:00

Very original concept and nice touches of humour. At first I had some problems to lure townspeople away, but it's easy to grasp after a while if you're paying attention. Great job!

Turbo Transform by Robber 2016-04-26T15:58:00

Very solid entry, I really liked the graphic style and some clever design touches. Great job! :)

Disquieting Excerpts from My Diary by ViliX64 2016-04-18T15:21:00

Very nice story, even despite the lack of sound, which is generally a large component in the mood aspect, you did create a very nice sense of atmosphere. As for the story, it kept me engaged all along. Puzzles at first seemed a bit odd, but then it all clicked and made perfect sense. Great job!

Sub Dragon by deepnight 2016-04-20T03:16:00

Top marks as usual. I dig the way the dragon links move together, it looks so natural. The core mechanics are very original and well executed (I had some problems manoeuvring with the gamepad, though, so I went back to mouse and keyboard), and graphics and music could almost pass for final assets on a full-fledged indie game.

Considering that we're talking about a compo game, that's impressive (it could easily rival with the bet entries on the jam, too).

I'm terrible at it, but I've had a lot of fun so far.

Brilliant job!

Perspective by Jeasonfire 2016-05-03T01:01:00

Great idea! As others have said, the connection to the theme is a bit thin, but you've put out a very interesting concept, the perspective switching can open the door to some pretty cool level ideas.

The Ooze by Danman9914 2016-04-20T01:05:00

Awesome entry! You made a great job with the puzzles on each level, and the sound effects were really creepy, they did a great job setting the mood.

Well done! :)

Prince Charmless by Pietro Ferrantelli 2016-04-23T00:37:00

Top marks here! I love everything about the game (except the pimples...ugghhh!). Great graphics, humour, sound, brilliant concept, execution...should I continue?

Awesome job, congrats!!

anthropomorphic suspect by dunin 2016-04-19T02:33:00

Great concept, and nice execution! The matching and detective mechanics fit together very well.

The Dark Room by Laralyn 2016-04-20T15:38:00

I fell back into the darkness :_S

Great entry. Besides cleverly fitting the theme, the plot is engaging and well written, and the subtle music and sound help a lot to define the eerie atmosphere.

Awesome job!

Shape Assault by thomz12 2016-04-20T15:20:00

Cool job! Controls were smooth and I really liked the visual style. I had problems telling when I was doing fine and when I was being hit, though. Probably making enemy bullets a different colour or shape could help.

Nice entry! :D

Paperchase by DragonXVI 2016-04-22T23:41:00

The airplane is really hard to control, but the game concept itself is great, it reminded me a bit of Kirby :D

Graphics and music are beautiful. It's amazing the level of polish you achieved in 48h. Great job!

Listen and Shift by Goutye 2016-04-20T01:23:00

Nice entry! You added some interesting twists in the rules to the base mechanics. It could be a helpful tool to teach spelling and listening skills to non-English speakers :DD
Good job!

Greenwood P.I. by JoshDBB 2016-04-20T15:13:00

I really liked this one, story was engaging and the graphic style made me laugh a couple of times. Good job!

BattleMath by tmpxyz 2016-04-23T02:56:00

There's a saying in Spanish about learning lessons with blood ("la letra con sangre entra"). Well, you've just applied that to Maths. Great entry! :D

The Incredible Vending Machine by Alphish 2016-04-23T14:56:00

Interesting idea.

As for execution (of course, I'm aware that 3 days or less can only go so far and you accomplished a lot on that time, this is more in case you keep on working on the post-jam version) some UI interactions feel slow, and this kind of game itself yields to some relaxed gameplay.

Of course, relaxed gameplay is perfectly fine, but if you need to spend half of the time you could be checking for new items switching screens one at a time it can eventually become annoying. Perhaps you could make the screens cycle or add some shortcuts for each one on the top bar. Also, have the thesaurus section work so that once you choose a synonym you retrieve the item automatically on the bar above.

SHAPE☆SHIFT by KaiClavier 2016-04-28T22:32:00

Clever twist on the theme and gameplay, and really cute graphics. As others have said, jumps and movement feel a bit floaty, and I got stuck on the fat wall, but the idea already demonstrates a huge potential. Well done!! :D

Absorber by FaeDine 2016-04-18T17:05:00

Cool concept, at first I thought it was similar to mine, but when you notice the focus on the absorption mechanic then it feels really different.

I really dig the parallax effect on the starfield and the shape transition (but it's a bit slow, sometimes it was a bit hard to find a vict...a shape and change before it escaped).

You accomplished a lot in just 6 hours, great job!

Project G.R.I.L.L. by vctr_seleucos 2016-04-20T17:34:00

Awesome presentation and execution! However, I felt some shapes were way better than others, the red in particular was guaranteed to take a hit if I got close enough to shoot. With a bit more balancing you can easily have a very fun game. Well done!

CYGLiDE by ocarson 2016-04-20T02:11:00

It's a bit hard to control (I can see how moving the cursor can feel closer to the real motion and that sounds really cool in principle, but most of the time I didn't have a clear insight on why a specific cursor move action made the wings flap and why seconds later I tried to do the same and I just glided), but on the plus side the animations of the robot when I got the moves right were mesmerizing.

The environment is beautiful, too. With some sound and improved controls I can easily picture myself just flying around, as the experience had very immersive moments.

Considering that it's a compo entry you did an amazing job. I hope you keep improving it! :)

ShiftHeroes by Remicy 2016-04-20T03:27:00

Nice concept and very cute graphics. It can be a bit repetitive, but progression helps by letting you discover new resource/creature types as you level up.

Good job!

Soothsayer Simulator 2016 by iceburg7 2016-04-23T22:49:00

Very original take on the theme. I like entries aiming to explore unexpected means for storytelling or mechanics.

Nicely done!

Future-Anthropology Facility by JohnGalt 2016-04-23T14:27:00

Great concept! (but I feel like a horrible person now! :D)

The Mind of Marlo by rodobodolfo 2016-04-20T16:51:00

Brilliant take on the theme, well-rounded and funny game. Great job!! :D

//SHIFT/haxe by juxipolo 2016-04-21T05:12:00

Awesome graphic style!
The concept was fitting the theme nicely, controls were tight (but switching with the keys was problematic on areas crowded with bullets) and the upgrades system was very interesting.

Tetroidvania by gelisam 2016-04-23T15:36:00

Argh, I got stuck!
http://pasteboard.co/p6dKzFY.png

I really, really liked the game. It had the right amount of frustration to keep going, and you managed to blend two (apparently) impossible genres into a brilliant concept.

Polymorphic Menagerie by Soron 2016-04-23T01:43:00

Interesting idea, it reminded me a bit of Starseed pilgrim for some reason.

I had to read throuh the instructions twice, to be honest. At first I wasn't too sure of what I was doing. Then it clicks and it becomes a very original game. Nice work!

ShapeMagnet by nihilaleph 2016-04-21T04:44:00

Wow, this was intense! The main concept is deceptively simple, but it hides a very challenging game. It also revealed a slightly sadistic part of me, as I began to focus more on forcing collisions than to retrieve the keys.

Graphics were also fitting, I loved the subtle glows and lights. Very solid entry overall, congrats! (Oh, and your concept is more innovative than my "mix all the shoot-em-ups!", kudos for that :D)

Potionshift by ekkiiiii 2016-04-25T16:54:00

I like the concept and graphics were well done. Was each colour linked to a specific transformation? I was expecting that and perhaps it is that way, but it was hard for me to notice, specially when there were combos.

Anyway, well done!

The Killer's Apprentice by PaulJs 2016-04-23T23:34:00

You nailed the mood, but gameplay on the other hand felt a bit pointless.

Perception by Romixal 2016-04-23T01:19:00

Brilliant! One of the most innovative games I've played!

Managing the perceptors was a very clever mechanic, as the more aware you were of your surroundings the "clumsier" you would get because of the size. That added some welcome challenge as well.

Congratulations, this could be interesting as a full game!

HappyNest by Black Horn Studios 2016-04-20T16:06:00

The setting and take on the theme are brilliant, and so are graphics and sound. Flawless work on all this!

As for gameplay, at first I thought it was a rhythm game similar to the Ouendan series, until I realised you just had to click. By the 4th or 5th wave it started to feel repetitive.

However, this offers a lot of potential to improve it, and everything else is already awesome. ¡Buen trabajo!

Swarm Blast by 01101101 2016-04-18T16:37:00

Awesome concept, very interesting take on the theme!!

I like the shape graphics and particle effects a lot, they're simple and effective. Well done!

Run Rainbow Run by djosef 2016-04-21T12:01:00

Nice, colourful entry! Controls are responsive and music fits perfectly. As an extra, the web version plays perfectly on my mobile :D

The Materialistic Shift by XAND 2016-04-18T16:57:00

Brilliant entry! The take on the theme is clever, gameplay is clear and challenging, and it feels very polished, I can very easily become a full game :)

Congrats!

Sky Panic by ladybenko 2016-04-18T15:05:00

I love the graphic style (the combination of styles between gameplay assets and the fonts works very nicely), and how you applied the switching mechanic.

Great job! (and hopefully you'll be feeling better now)

ShmupShifter by TerraCottaFrog 2016-04-19T15:22:00

Awesome! It all felt very polished, and I love the retro graphics. Great job!!

Blue Moon by Mark Smith 2016-04-20T16:09:00

Great entry! Navigation around the globe is smooth, and despite the hunters the experience is mostly relaxed, well done!

Henkan Pachinko by AnaGF 2016-04-23T01:35:00

Nice idea! Levels were well thought of, you need to add more!

Graphics are a bit trickier to rate, the background drawing and the materials alone are good, but the mix feels a bit odd.

Good entry, congrats!

Dovetail by jofra 2016-04-20T17:19:00

Presentation was awesome, but precision was too tight and it made the game a bit frustrating to play. Perhaps a more gradual difficulty could help getting used to it. Still, you've done a great job! :)

Dango Smash by goost 2016-04-19T15:48:00

Great concept, but it is a bit hard to aim without any visual indicator.

Eggplant’s Dynamic Chimerization by DAT.NOT.MY.GAME! 2016-04-20T17:51:00

Presentation was great, I already expected that from your update posts and you didn't disappoint. High marks on that, audio and mood :D

Gameplay, though, is still a bit lacking. The shapeshifting mechanic is good, but movement, specially when interacting with enemies, is a bit cumbersome. Also, the meme texts seem a bit forced and out of place most of the time.
Despite this, you did a great job, mechanics can always be polished. Nice!

Biological Warfare by Patomkin 2016-05-02T22:57:00

Very good mechanics, and the metaballs effect is really well made. Congrats!!

QUACKTRIS by ronniepedra 2016-04-19T02:47:00

Graphics and music are super cute <3. Gameplay is interesting and feels mostly polished (I had a couple of issues dropping blocks and landing further away), but I felt that progression was a bit slow.

Great job!

Sleeping Kitty! by DieBackStudios 2016-04-19T16:11:00

Visuals and sound are really, really cute. The game itself feels and plays very polished. A couple of things.

- Maybe I'm just really bad, but I've had problems remembering the key mappings on my mind when I'm focused on spotting the shape first. Perhaps adding a small reminder of the keys on the game screen at the bottom could help.
- Please, add a "quick restart" button at the end! :D

All in all, this is a very solid entry. Congrats!! :)

The Tortoise and the Hare and the Snake by Charzendat 2016-04-19T02:40:00

Great concept and execution, I really like how you really need to juggle between the three animals to survive, you get to feel a certain tension when you see an owl and are just about to hunt a mouse.

Nice job!

Neo Shifter by laFunk 2016-04-18T18:18:00

Visuals are impressive, but can get a bit exhausting to the eye after playing for a while (and mechanics work perfectly, so that's likely :D). At the beginning I had some problems to distinguish destruction particles from enemy bullets, but you end up learning.

Very nice game!

TRUMP: Political Shapeshifter by Brice 2016-04-20T02:24:00

Great entry! You used a clever take on the theme and the retro visuals are really well made (I found your game from your tutorial on adapting photos to pixel-art, thanks for that!). Oh, and nice music, too!

SUPER DEEP GAME BRO by Membrane 2016-04-18T03:27:00

Very cool and original concept, the simplicity hides a more than decent amount of depth. Well done! :)

Evolution by 3rdChance 2016-04-20T03:34:00

Great entry! I loved the graphics and specially how fluid the animations felt. Music was good as well, but eventually it became a bit repetitive.

I agree with people about the frog being the easiest, but the different skills of each shape are cool and blend in nicely with the game.

Desperate Times by yokcos700 2016-04-19T15:44:00

I love the graphic style and the take on the theme. As Cerno_b has said, though, the ship is a bit too slow.

Being able to customize controls is a welcome detail, btw :)

GeoShift by WASD 2016-04-19T02:05:00

I love the art style and the concept, a brilliant take on the theme. Congrats!!

Helium-4 by mountainstorm 2016-04-20T02:53:00

This has a lot of potential (it feels very rewarding when you start to see how the combinations interact with others), but as they've said, there is not much yet on the side of gameplay.

On another plus side, it feels really polished. Great job!

It got Paul! And now it's coming for US!!! by UnlikelyRogue 2016-04-22T22:17:00

Great homage to "The Thing!". I agree to some extent with the other posters about when to know if you're being seen or not, but other than that the game is brilliant. Music helps creating a tense atmosphere, and I really like the pixel art graphics.

So far I've only managed to eat 3 people before getting roasted, but I've had a more than decent amount of fun. You should really keep working on it! :)

TriTurn by Kifuga 2016-04-20T16:32:00

Nice entry and execution! The concept was simple, but very addictive :)

Blink by samlo 2016-04-20T01:44:00

Great game! Visuals feel very polished and clear, and so do the game controls, really responsive on a gamepad. You did an awesome job on the music side as well, it helps a lot with getting in the zone.

Like @snoodleking, I also had trouble figuring out the combos but I hadn't read the instructions, so shame on me in this case.

Awesome job!

Black Heart by luquio 2016-04-18T03:37:00

Nice music and visuals (but they're too strong, I can understand why people are talking about risk of seizures), and very cool idea!

As some have told you, since you can't reach all the other shapes in just one action (which puts you at risk of failing unfairly), perhaps it could be helpful to have specific buttons/keys mapped to each shape.

With that and toning down a bit the visual contrast you can have a very solid entry. Keep going! :D

The Frog Prince and the Iron Heart by celia14 2016-04-23T14:13:00

The key element here is the way the story is actually shaped (a clever second layer dealing with the theme) as you keep reading. I really liked this.

The game was interesting, but the choices were very reduced, but that's understandable given the time constraints and the fact that you punt a considerable amount of writing.

Good job!!

Shape Shifter by DieWithDustin 2016-04-20T02:45:00

Nice idea! :D To help players about the new controls that become available after a while you could add some visual (or sound, if you plan to add it) hint.
After reading the instructions I was tapping the arrow keys for a while with no effect until suddenly they start to react without any indication (to tell the truth you kind of guess when that happens, but it's hard to establish the connection).

Oh, and some advice for deploying
=>You don't need to add the *.pdb files to the build, they can grow huge and are useless to the players.
=>Same goes for the Unity project. In theory, the only folders you need to distribute to someone else are "Assets" and "ProjectSettings".

55 Days by V4lesti 2016-04-19T14:53:00

Very nice and polished game.

I'm not sure if it's possible to lose after those 55 days, (I admit I wasn't min-maxing very carefully, so I was expecting some failure condition eventually), but I found it a welcome detail. It makes for a more relaxed experience, fitting the aesthetics.

Great job!!

NeonDX by neondx 2016-04-18T15:01:00

Great concept! It gets a bit tricky after a while (but I didn't play in fullscreen, so I was experiencing the scrolling issues at the same time, which complicated things even more), but it has a lot of potential for getting hooked and in the zone while playing.

Awesome job!

Radiance by OverPoweredTeam 2016-04-20T02:30:00

The move mechanic is quite original, but it is hard to control it, it feels as if friction was too high. By making motion more fluid it could blend amazingly well with the graphics and music you've created, those two are great.

Nice job!

Space Shift by dj_pale 2016-04-19T15:51:00

Loved the idea, polish and execution was solid, too (...and the "shape shift" sound effect is super cool!). Great job!

Kiln by ohsqueezy 2016-12-19T18:58:00

That's a very interesting idea! Graphics are nice (even if the web background is a bit too strong for my eyes), and puzzle design and pacing are great.

Awesome job!

levelone by dietzribi 2016-12-16T02:39:00

I love your take on the theme! :D

This is one of the most original games I've played this compo so far. It's genuinely funny AND fun. Amazing job!

DISCOCUBE by BathPirate 2016-12-14T13:05:00

Brilliant idea and great execution :)

Rhythm Rink by shillingburg 2016-12-15T20:21:00

Simple idea, but cute and well executed. I think my laptop keyboard couldn't handle the three-key combo (laptop's fault), but I had no other problems otherwise.

Good job! :)

1 biT Strike by SamuelSousa 2016-12-13T01:30:00

Quite solid entry, even if the connection to the theme is a bit loose. Music fits very well, by the way.

As far as controls go I'm not a huge fan of having to keep the mouse button down at all times even to move, as it feels a bit sluggish (do you have a mobile port in mind by chance?), perhaps using the mouse motion to move and then mouse down to shoot would work better, but that's me.

Nice job!

BullyBully Classroom by My Sweet Whomp 2016-12-14T22:44:00

Brilliant entry, I really like what you did here with the story :)
Gameplay feels quite solid (even if sometimes the AI-controlled units seemed to behave oddly), and the art style is stunning. Nice choice for the music theme, too.

Great job!! :D

Hacker Café by sacredseedstudio 2016-12-14T20:54:00

I liked the concept, a bit "Reigns meets Mr Robot" :)

It was fun to play, although it became a bit repetitive eventually. I didn't get to see if there were connections between some of your actions besides the obvious pluses/minuses to the resources, that would be interesting.

And a small bug: on my first replay one of the notification panels glitched and remained on-screen until I started a new game.

Nice job!

One Room by PelagicGames 2016-12-18T01:18:00

I'm just seeing the background image, no players around :S

Room of Fear by Alexandr Lisnic 2016-12-13T19:39:00

Very nice art, it kind of reminds me of something :D :D

I had some problems aiming at the beginning, though, it felt a bit glitchy.

1 Room and 48 Hours by meg 2016-12-20T13:30:00

Great take on the theme and very solid execution. Congratulations! :D

PS: "???" still gets me most of the time, d'oh. Too focused on jamming! >_<

clapclap by Emile Danger 2017-01-01T07:03:00

Hilarious concept. The angry faces and hisses made my playthrough :D

Cat and Robot by Vadim Ivshin 2016-12-16T19:35:00

Nice! It is slightly similar to my entry, although yours is a better fit to the theme. Nice level design, and a good amount of polish for quite a solid entry. Congrats!! :D

SpaceBeaver by OWC 2016-12-16T01:17:00

It was a bit challenging to get the hang of the controls and the circular movement. Also, W/S made for a strange combination to toggle abilities, maybe the numeric keys might have worked better.

Despite this, the visuals are awesome, the concept is cool, too, and there's quite an impressive and polished amount of content for 72h, so congratulations!! :)

Decube by ato 2016-12-29T00:06:00

Nice idea and solid execution, with clean and simple visuals. I really like 2D shooters, and yours was well implemented. Great job!

Bob & Bernard Against the Nazis by arcadehero 2016-12-13T19:19:00

Brilliant art and sound/music. I really cared for the whale, so I was frustrated that I couldn't heal her back during the 5th to 6th break. I don't know if there was a bug or something, but I couldn't get to fill the watering can, and by the sixth enemy wave we couldn't hold on any longer :_(

As for gameplay, it was also very solid, but the waves lasted for quite a bit, which felt a bit slow and repetitive (specially as you had to keep walking back and forth). Perhaps you could improve the pacing by making more frequent, shorter waves and touching a bit the movement speed.

Apart from this, I've really enjoyed this entry, congrats!

Conștiență by Uliana Galich 2016-12-20T01:43:00

Wow, the ending was a shocker! Very nice atmosphere, music and graphics were lovely.

Nice job!

The Oval Office by Zener 2016-12-12T23:51:00

Yeahh, I survived (and so did the world)!

Nice and funny take on Reigns with awesome pixel art. Balancing the four areas here was reasonably easy and made sense.

Awesome job!

Smallest Dungeon by Reuno 2016-12-27T03:02:00

Best sound so far! The song was super catchy, it reminded me of The Dandy Warhols, and I was instantly sold :D
Visuals were super polished, and gameplay was solid as well, but felt a bit confusing due to the frantic speed: it was hard to tell what was happening.

Despite this, this was a brilliant entry. Awesome!!

Roach Escape by Ithildin 2016-12-13T01:45:00

Thanks all for your comments! Some of you have mentioned features I was already keeping on the backlog to add to a potential post-compo version, and your feedback in terms of user experience is invaluable.

For example, I need to make obvious the distinction between the edit and playback modes, and the walls definitely need to pop out more.

@neontropics Yes, Chu Chu Rocket was an obvious source of inspiration. When I came with the idea I was thinking of Lemmings, but I knew I had also played something like that years ago that I couldn't fully remember. A few hours into development I recalled Chu Chu Rocket, and the compo version is pretty much a simplistic, one-character-only take on their puzzle game mode. During development I tried to add a "fast forward" option to help me debug that would make it into the game if it worked. Unfortunately, it broke the collision logic and refactoring it to work the right way would have taken a lot of time, so I decided to remove it.

Roach Escape by Ithildin 2016-12-13T21:56:00

Thanks again!

@sacredseedstudio Yeah, I need to fix that and make the Edit and Playback modes clearer. In the meantime, I've uploaded a video showing how to beat the first level.

https://youtu.be/i7K4-X-WIJQ

Tangent by rxi 2016-12-13T22:32:00

Clever concept, wonderfully executed. Good take on the theme!

General Room by jeroenwimmers 2016-12-13T22:59:00

Brilliant game! It is awesome in all areas and super cute, but the audio in particular is one of the best I've found so far.

Fantastic job!

The Tea Room by jimmynoshoes 2016-12-14T13:13:00

Brilliant!!

The Chinese Room by Pierrec 2016-12-17T20:53:00

It is a bit challenging to understand what's going on at the beginning, but eventually it all clicked (and as the conversation with the other character I remembered one meaning of the title).

Very innovative concept with some cool graphics, I liked it a lot :D

Little Town by Somfunambulist 2016-12-17T18:15:00

Lovely and superpolished art style. It reminded me of the classic Harvest Moon games, but also of Animal Crossing. It would be nice to see this expanded a bit further, as it shows a lot of promise :)

Sonder by Ludipe 2016-12-13T01:20:00

I really like the concept that inspires the game (at risk of sounding pedantic, it reminds me a bit of Unamuno's "intrahistory", which I've always felt could have some interesting implications on games as opposed to the usual "chosen one" power fantasy tropes), and both the gameplay mechanic and story bits serve the purpose nicely.

I've had some minor issues selecting and placing characters (perhaps it would help to use the full icon + name box?), but the entry is pretty solid overall. Congrats!

Shadow Fencer Theatre by ShuddaHaddaLottaFun 2016-12-26T18:59:00

Brilliant visuals and audio, it totally feels like a shadow puppet theatre. Top marks here.
The fencing mechanic, though, felt a bit awkward to me, but I'm not generally a fan of physics-reliant combat.

Nice job!

Possessed Room by nodoxi 2016-12-12T12:49:00

Great take on the theme! I loved the graphics, they help a lot in creating a terrifying atmosphere.

Obelisk by Almax27 2016-12-18T03:40:00

Amazing art style. Gameplay was solid and the controls felt quite responsive. A bit more variation on enemies would have been nice, and like others I had some problems figuring out that the obelisk was actually representing your health (I only figured out just before dying).

These two things aside, the game is fun and polished. Congrats!! :)

The Classroom by palsina 2016-12-12T23:35:00

I've failed the dare myself. Twice. T_T

I'm generally hyper sensitive to first-person horror games and your game is no exception, even if by using voxels the effect should(I really like the classroom scene, by the way).

The audio effects combined with the storm and lightning effects, plus the darkness help a lot creating a terrifying atmosphere. I gasp every time I run out of batteries for the flashlight.

Great job!

12 Angry Tenants by Coauctor 2016-12-26T19:11:00

Great entry! Gameplay was fun, well implemented and can get addictive very easily, I was sad to reach the end.

Also, visuals and sound are clear and polished, so the whole game feels very solid. I could easily see this expanded into a larger game.

Awesome job!! :)

Fear and Freedom by Andrew Deem 2016-12-14T21:57:00

Nice twist at the end! :)

Broken Breakout? by timgarbos 2016-12-13T01:56:00

This is a brilliant idea! I really liked the level progression and how you introduce new block types or other game elements.

I've noticed a couple of bugs during my playthrough, but worked around them by resetting the levels: first, Level 4 started with the ball outside the game boundaries, I couldn't tell if it had spawned outside from the beginning or if it fell through the walls on the first frames. Then on level 7 I hit all the green blocks but still wouldn't progress to the next level and hitting the red block on the bottom wouldn't kill me either.

Puppertrator by NotExplosive 2016-12-15T01:26:00

The art style on this game was top notch, and the story was interesting and well written. Congrats!

Xenopunch by Pietro Ferrantelli 2016-12-16T19:26:00

Great entry as usual. Packed with content and highly polished both in terms of gameplay, sound and visuals. Congrats! :)

DMG CTRL by SidewalkSleeper 2016-12-13T20:16:00

The concept caught my attention immediately, and graphics and music played a huge part of it. I loved the detail put into the pixel art.

Gameplay showed a lot of promise, but eventually it became a bit repetitive. Maybe things such as having some tiny lego romans defending the empire or adding defense capabilities to some buildings could help improve it.

The setting and aesthetics are brilliant otherwise, so it would be great to see some more fleshed game mechanics. Still, congrats for an overall solid entry! :)

Detective Noword and the case of the floor tiles by dunin 2016-12-14T20:03:00

Nice entry! Music helps a lot setting the tone, even if it's slightly comedic, and graphics are detailed and clear.

As for gameplay, I had to click around for a while and then once you find the starting point (which was obvious, shame on me -_-U) it all becomes quite easy to follow.

Except for some typos here and there, the entry is pretty solid. Well done!

Empty by dustyroom 2016-12-15T12:53:00

I'm mind blown. Awesome concept, challenging gameplay and beautiful execution (I love the music in particular).

Top marks here! Congrats!! :)

Finding Home by abezuska 2016-12-17T00:40:00

Nice art and cute story, it felt like a visual fable, and I believe it could totally work as an interactive book for kids. Great job!

Walkie Talkie by managore 2016-12-13T20:35:00

Wow, I have no words...(all the characters went to the game to become a level)

I'm seriously impressed. After windowframe (well, and pretty much any of your entries) I was expecting to be surprised, but this is mind blowing.

Super Battle Cycle by PowerSpark 2016-12-31T17:55:00

Great concept! Controls feel a bit awkward at the beginning and there were some small glitches with the collisions, but the game is very solid, with good pacing and packed with content. Also, nice music!

Tenement Rush by rjhelms 2016-12-27T03:07:00

Great, if dark, take on the theme!

Relative controls can take a while to get used to, but eventually they click. I also tried absolute, which was a bit easier, but didn't really alter the experience much for me.

Nice job!

Budget Mortuary by comatomatoes 2016-12-15T12:40:00

Controls felt a bit clunky and glitchy on the web version, but I liked the concept. Nice job! :)

4/4 Room by Remicy 2016-12-15T01:16:00

Super cool game! At first I didn't realise about the cards and was playing normally (and enjoying it, I really like rogue likes), and then it became even better. Great idea!

The music track was catchy, although it eventually became a bit repetitive (but that's normal in jam games because of the time limit, so I'm okay with that).

Once of my favourite compo entries so far, congrats!

Cancelled Refuge by SinclairStrange 2016-12-13T22:40:00

Wow, the amount of content you've packed into the game (and the quality of it) is impressive for 72h (and even for games with way longer development times). I'm envious :D

Easily one of the best entries I've played so far. I love retro-style games, specially when they feel as polished.

Feng Shui Master by Hammers 2016-12-16T23:42:00

I'm a fan of Picross games (and Colour Cross, and Picross 3D, and...), so I was naturally attracted to your game and I have to say I'm not disapointed at all. Awesome take on the theme, I'd love to see this turned into a full game!

DISK by Kuality Games 2016-12-18T22:13:00

This is brilliant!! I love the idea, and what can I say about the execution?

It almost looks and feels like a finished game. It's good to see that you're still working on a post-compo version :)

Congratulations!

Porno Tales: part 1 (Warning: NSFW!!!) by Sublustris 2016-12-27T02:31:00

Fun concept, and relatively polished visuals. Difficulty is still a bit off (mostly the fact that when you're hit you're likely to keep taking damage, as there's no grace period to avoid the incoming wave), but I really like the game mechanics.

Nice job!

Tree House Quest by AngrySquirrels 2016-12-15T20:45:00

Great game! Fun, with a good, cute, well written story (except for a few typos here and there ;P) and highly polished. I'm impressed at how much content you've packed, not only in terms of assets, but in mechanics as well.

Amazing!

Banira Shio by etherealWhisper 2016-12-14T20:24:00

I love this game! Visuals and audio design are amazing, and I really love the gameplay.

Gameplay is simple but super challenging and I'm still terrible at it, but it feels polished and fair most of the time, so I find myself replaying it again and again.

Amazing entry, congrats!

[PPP] - Pictorial Packing Passion by AwesomeAlliterationAlliance 2016-12-22T01:36:00

Great stress management game :D

I loved the art style and the music was catchy as f*ck, it was easy to get hooked.

Amazing entry, congrats!!

Arm's Reach by adsilcott 2016-12-13T20:53:00

I love the idea, aesthetics and the execution, although it was a bit hard to control the tentacles and at the same time keep track of the state of the whole room.

Despite this, the game is a really clever take on the theme and very solid overall. Great job!

AREA 51 by Megalink 2016-12-15T19:51:00

Fun game! Mechanics were well executed, as well as the level design including well-thought of boss battles. Great job! :)

Just pick a number by BoltKey 2016-12-18T15:37:00

Game theory in the open, that's quite an interesting concept :)

As far as execution goes, graphics and audio were suitable, but the typing sound for the scrolling text was too strong and felt a bit grating (was it intentional?)

Well done!

Package Madness 2D by rplnt 2016-12-13T00:10:00

Very cool idea! You can learn your share of Geography with this :D

What's more important, gameplay felt quite responsive to me. Even with the physics collisions, which tend to be tricky to get right in a game, I never got stuck even once, or had problems delivering a parcel, unless it was by my own fault at placing packages too close to the IN belt (so I had to waste time moving them around) -_-U.

Giiver's Hop by MrTroy 2016-12-19T01:00:00

Great game! It already feels very solid and polished, even if I did experience some issues with the controls, like the rest. The characters were detailed and cute, and sound and music rate among the best I've found so far.

Congrats!

Booking Mama by Dege 2016-12-18T03:23:00

Super polished entry! I really like the concept, I can easily imagine it turned into a full-fledged game (for example, to give the earnings more meaning that to act like a score, such as getting new rooms or refurbishing the existing ones)

Nice job! :)

One Room Dungeon by Trasevol_Dog 2016-12-14T20:11:00

Great little game! You've got quite a cute and solid game here, which is no small feat given the constraints imposed by Pico-8 and the compo mode. Congrats!

The only problem I found was that the tiles at the bottom were partialy hidden by the room walls, which made them a bit hard to see.

QuestMatch.Com by Archonthewizard 2016-12-13T19:56:00

Very interesting blend with some funny bits (Pig-man-pig!). Balancing and managing your guildies worked well, and I really dig the combat phase.

Nice job!

Heavy Industries by TurboCorp 2016-12-15T19:33:00

Awesome entry! I really liked the graphics and colours, and you added a nice twist to Tetris :)

I managed to multitask and play both parts to get an idea of the mechanics, and I can see how the asymmetric gameplay probably works great here.

Congrats!

Inside by zzapp 2016-12-13T19:02:00

Nice game, and very fitting to the theme :)

I liked the gameplay concept, even if collisions weren't perfect. Graphics were nice, too, but as others have mentioned some colour or textures would have been useful. I appreciated that there were some combo animations, am I right? If so, that was a sweet detail.

Karate Basketball by SeaDads 2017-01-02T00:06:00

Back in the Middle Ages, when my brother and I played Nintendo World Cup on a crappy NES clone, our strategy consisted of tackling all rival players until they were lying down injured, so we would just be able to score at leisure with special overhead kicks.

Here we have a different sport, but I'm sooo happy to see the same spirit on this entry :_D

The game is quite solid as it is, with great graphics and sound, but just to give some feedback, it would be nice to be able to give some simple instructions to your teammate (or switch control).

I hope you keep working on this, it already shows a lot of promise and the concept is hilarious.

Congratulations!! :D

The Key by gironC 2016-12-13T02:05:00

I really like the game concept, and you've created a catchy, lovely tune. Nice job!

In terms of feedback, sometimes the context where you could use X or not wasn't clear, I couldn't tell if a button would not work because I was on the wrong perspective or if it was because I was missing some previous steps.

Bat Cave by schizoid2k 2016-12-13T19:28:00

Choice of keys was a bit strange, at least on Windows (luckily I read the notes first, so I started ), and I have had some problems with the inputs getting stuck once I switched the OS context.

Other than that, the game concept was simple but well executed. Nice job!

Total Eclipse of the Heart by FcValise 2016-12-13T20:57:00

I love the concept, music (:DDD) and art style, but controls are soo frustrating. The 4 screens make it super challenging to grasp the situation. Still, I really dig the idea, so good job!

High Ball-Oon by Dagorlad 2016-12-13T00:58:00

This is impressive, the core gameplay reminds me of a scene of Korn's Freak on a Leash videoclip.

Graphics and the game concept are perfect, and I really dig the sound effects (I'm a fan of the Wilhelm sound and the player piano).

To point a couple of issues, it seemed to have some performance issues (understandable given Unreal, the amount of assets and the 72h of development), sometimes the target locations are hard to reach (Once I had it spawn behind the stairs, WTF!), and I couldn't find a "cancel" button on the power ups menu if you didn't want to select anything.

I've loved this entry, you've nailed it!

Color Factory by erdiizgi 2016-12-13T13:11:00

Cool mechanics. With some polish I can easily imagine this game on a mobile.

At first I made a few mistakes because when I was handled the first quest I had assumed that you were meant to complete the task by using one single block and that you weren't limited to vertical or horizontal lines, so I was trying to form a large blob. Then I managed to make the first match and everything clicked.

Keep it up!

Roomba Rampage by PeachTreeOath 2016-12-27T02:52:00

This was super fun!

The roomba controls were solid, the upgrades progression enhanced replayability and I got hooked to the music track. Graphics also felt really polished, and the boxing fight was an absurd, hilarious touch.

Congrats! :)

Pixel Artist Simulator by aamatniekss 2016-12-13T13:22:00

Great piece of satire.

Tops for graphics and humour. I often found myself smiling even if the topic itself was nothing to laugh about :S

CrateBlaster by Bacontree 2016-12-12T13:05:00

I really liked the game idea. At the beginning I thought controls weren't responding, then I realised that it waits until the intersections.

Graphics are cool as well, although the scene felt a bit detached. Maybe repositoning the camera so it gets closer to the eye could help? The lighting, too, could use a bit of work so the game elements become clearer.

Good job!

What happened to Michael? by BubsyPoochies 2016-12-16T21:54:00

Very good entry! Graphics and sound design are quite polished, and they contribute to create an atmosphere that reminds me of 80s-90s TV show (not just the super-obvious one :D).

The mechanics twist is also very interesting, and it adds depth to the plot. It makes me think of Groundhog Day, but also visual novel-adventure hybrids, such as the 999/Zero Escape series.

As for potential improvements, I'm afraid I'm not adding anything new, really. The pacing suffers a bit from the lack of an option to skip already seen dialogue or irrelevant options, (If the reason why they're there is to serve as distraction so the actually useful options in one iteration won't feel some spoon-fed, perhaps a bit more variety on those texts could mitigate it a bit).

Besides these details, congrats!! :)

INFINIROOM by Patacorow 2017-01-02T00:40:00

Amazing entry. The concept was simple, but super effective, and implementation is solid. I can totally imagine this as a full release, and since the control is so simple it could even work on mobile platforms.

I've clocked at 36:96 so far, but I still feel like playing a bit more.

Great, great job! Congrats!! :D

Flipper by GFM 2016-12-14T20:43:00

I beat it! :D

I liked the clear and simple graphic style and the concept was interesting, too.

Gameplay-wise it felt mostly enjoyable except for a couple of issues: walking movement was a bit slow and there were some bugs due to the collision system (I got stuck inside the walls quite a few times, and once I think I actually fell through the floor while falling at a high speed).

Level design made good use of your available mechanics, specially the hook. The mechanic itself was quite fun to use, although a bit glitchy (I played it on a controller, btw).

Keep working on it, with a bit more polish it can easily become a solid game. Great job! :D

Monolith by ScreamRawr 2016-12-14T22:27:00

Nice take on the theme. The sprites were cute, didn't clash too much with the 3D environment and the level design and Metroidvania-style game mechanics were amazing except for the combat, which I found a bit annoying mostly because of it being limited to the XY plane.

The transition effect worked great, too. Awesome job!

Trump's First Day by jamioflan 2016-12-13T19:43:00

Windows link is broken :S

FACE MAN by Claw 2017-01-01T22:49:00

Amazing entry! I love how fluid the controls and animations feel, they are super solid.

Graphics are cool, mechanics are polished, and the setting is quirky and very original. Congrats!! :D

The Last Room by ncannasse 2017-01-01T06:49:00

Very clever take on the theme. I enjoyed playing it a lot, and the music was unnerving, contributing a lot to create a disturbing mood.

Great job!

The One Room Experiment by Siegfried Croes 2016-12-13T22:05:00

Awesome entry! I used a similar concept with a different perspective on LD-31, but graphics and jump controls were less polished than yours. You nailed the retro look here, congrats!

One Room - 30 minutes earlier by wowa_u 2016-12-17T18:30:00

I loved the art style and how it felt like a CYOA book, the story unfolding differently depending on your choices. I hope you keep working on it (a bit of sound, or even a rainstorm sound track could do wonders with the atmosphere, which was already good)

Great job!

In That Same Old Room by velvetlobster 2016-12-15T12:30:00

I love the art style, it helps a lot build an eerie kind of atmosphere. Gameplay is clearly inspired by The Binding of Isaac, which is a good thing :D, and it feels solid, even if movement feels a bit slow.

Quite a nice entry in general, good job!

The Mother of All Games by sorceress 2017-05-17T00:32:16Z

Wow...simple as the game mechanics may be, creating the levels, tweaking them and tying them all together with the overworld screen surely sounds like a massive amount of work, did you get any sleep at all during the jam? ;)

The level of polish in all areas is no short of impressive either. At times I felt the reaction times on the snake minigame were a bit oversensitive, but other than that and some minor issues (in minigames with no way to die a restart button would have been nice, for instance), you've nailed it. I managed to get all the monky birds plus the cat :smiley:. Sound effects were nice, especially on the overworld, and the music was subtle enough so it didn't get to feel particularly repetitive even if I spent quite a while playing.

This is an incredible entry, congratulations!

My world by Erkberg 2017-05-17T02:38:25Z

I liked what you tried to achieve here. The concept was slightly similar to the one I'd used for a [past Ludum Dare](http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=15664), although I couldn't properly convey the point.

Gameplay-wise I guess I'll be echoing others. Sometimes it was hard to control the avatar, inertia was strong and there was no way to stop the character.

I managed to get the "classical videogame" ending on my first playthrough. Halfway across my playthrough I reached a point where I realised that there could have been another way, but by then it was too late. Also, I may be mistaken but I got the impression that falling into the water didn't reset your progress, did it? The story kept going on.

Nice job with the mood, too!

Hexworld by Myko 2017-05-01T16:18:35Z

I played the single player version and I really liked the idea, but at the moment I think the main challenge in this mode is to try to beat your previous scores. If you intend to continue developing the game, some kind of conditions or goals would probably be an interesting way to pace the gameplay progression as well.

As for the multiplayer mode, I haven't had the opportunity to try it, but I already feel how it can be more challenging and fun against some friends. Getting it ready for a compo entry is no small feat, hats off for that! :)

Overall you've got a very solid entry, congratulations!

PS: Low poly hex tiles were lovely, too.

Intergalactic Gold Rush by Omiya Games 2017-05-02T02:12:13Z

Brilliant entry! I've only played the jam version so far and it already looks superpolished.

Graphics are beautiful, and the game mechanic is really fun. It balances the tension of having the world crumble at your feet and the urge to keep exploring very nicely.

I could very easily see this expanded further with some goals beyond surviving (which is already more than enough to keep you invested and replaying to improve your score).

Wonderful job, congrats!

Star Traveller by SecondDimension 2017-05-01T01:51:03Z

The game itself was short and simple, as you had mentioned on the intro screen, but graphics and music were adorable and beautiful. I felt tempted to leave it on the background to keep the music on :slight_smile:

A relaxed, pleasant experience overall. Nice job!

PS: Any chance of a post-compo with more planets? :innocent:

Abaddon by Geckoo1337 2017-05-06T01:18:43Z

Loved the game. While I can understand other people's complaints about the obvious inspiration (which IMHO should only affect the innovation score and to some extent the overall as well) I think that dissing the whole game because of this is a bit unfair to the work you've put on it.

The execution is very solid, and no surprise here, the shader effect in particular looks great. Gameplay is fun and I think the idea fits the theme. Congrats!

Tooth decay by Ithildin 2017-04-27T01:21:21Z

@pascalman Thanks! Sorry you experienced THAT moment, it is probably my main source of rage while playtesting the game, followed by "drop dead 5 blocks before reaching the end" :expressionless:

@jupiter-hadley Thank you, I've just checked it! :)

From the video I noticed a couple of things I need to improve in terms of input feedback and visuals, so it was quite helpful to watch.

Tooth decay by Ithildin 2017-05-02T14:33:33Z

Thank you all for your feedback! I hope to address most of the points you've all raised about the difficulty and the lack of strategy on the post-compo version. If you're curious you can check [my current Trello board](https://trello.com/b/NMux2RcF/ld38-tooth-decay)

@alisoncox Yeah, I had in mind to add some sort of payback for the aching guy, so that on higher difficulty levels, if you dug too greedily or too fast you'll raise a "pain bar" which results in a quake with tiles falling down to crush you. I still have that on the to-do list.

@for-science At the moment there's not such a connection. On the currently in progress post-compo version I've implemented additional stamina costs for drilling certain tiles, but I need to balance that a lot with the current logic and other planned features. All the changes I've done so far actually make the game harder unless I tweak the sugar drop frequency and depletion rates, so I expect to tackle all that soon.

@erkberg Enemies weren't on the feature list, but I wanted to add some more difficult or even unbreakable tiles :)

@2kah @KCreanor @benbennett Yeah, I know. I was running out of time to implement levels or other features, so to enhance replayability I made both the spawn distance between sugar drops and the depletion rate too tight, to make it more challenging and make the main goal to try to reach the end (spoiler: 1 millimeter :D). At the moment the game can be beaten, but it relies a lot on the RNG :sweat_smile:

@theslate I am actually considering to add points in addition to the depth, but I need to finish off the loop of drilling / acquiring resources and determine the scoring rules.

@impbox Yup, I need to make a pass on UX and visual feedback, that's one of my main headaches at the moment. The current displays for depth and remaining sugar were intended for development, waiting to be replaced with a better counter, but I ran out of time. And I'm afraid I have to say the same about the extra layer of game mechanics to the core one (crumbling disconnected tiles is one of my highest priorities, that would definitely make you more aware of where you're drilling).

@jojocanard It is quite similar, indeed. I got my main source of inspiration for gameplay from Mr Driller, did you know about it as well?

On the compo version I generally try to keep to the centre to minimise interruptions to move sideways to get sugar and keep drilling down.

For the future post-compo version, though, I've added variable costs and drill rates for drilling, and that together with a layer of resource management and another layer of player progression and gameplay upgrades should help with replayability and add a bit of strategy to the core mechanic so we don't just keep digging down and praying for the RNG to be generous when we're generating the level.

Fancy meeting you here by Local Minimum 2017-05-18T01:55:09Z

Brilliant idea! As a socially awkward person myself I could easily link the tension of succeeding at the minigames to the mental process of reading the other person, making lots of interpretations (most of them wrong) and then trying to come up with the right words. At the beginning this was even enhanced by a slight disorientation while getting used to the mini-game controls.

The speech sounds also reinforced the discomfort of having to engage in small talk with those people. I liked how all those elements play to strengthen the point of the game.

Great entry, congrats!!

SUPER METROARIO by puppetmaster 2017-05-18T15:31:39Z

Nice, unusual setting choice to fit the theme with a lot of content. Interaction was relatively responsive, even if the physics were a bit floaty. The music was great, but the graphics.

The main issue I had with the game is the fact that it kept breaking its conventions arbitrarily. I mean, exploration and discovery are key to a Metroidvania game. However, hiding paths behind generic tiles is not the best way to encourage that: it can make sense for secrets at times, as long as you provide some subtle hints to get the players thinking how to reach a seemingly inaccessible spot, but not so much for the main path. In some cases a tile would be breakable (or walkable), then the next one, looking exactly the same wouldn't, and there were no way to distinguish which case it was except for trial and error, which for a relatively large map can be frustrating.

With some improvements in terms of visual feedback and art style, plus some small tweaks to the physics this could be an awesome entry, and you sure did a lot in 72h, so congrats!!

Age of Utan by Yetikatt 2017-05-18T02:21:13Z

Nice concept, solidly executed. It was interesting to attach new blocks and see how the mini world would be affected. Music and graphics were cute and matched the setting.

The game itself felt quite relaxing, asteroids rarely posed a threat. However, there were times when blocks would just pass over (I didn't really need them at that time) and the pace would slow down a bit while waiting for new ones to become visible or even for an asteroid to shoot at.

Great job!

Giant Robots by Manax 2017-05-17T01:38:26Z

I really liked the "kids playing with cardboard" setting, and the upgrade system was a welcome addition.

Did you use Caustic for the sound effects? I've used it mostly for music in other games, but in this case I like how the shot and explosion effects turned out, way better than some of the samples we tend to generate with simpler tools -I admit I'm a bit guilty of this!.

You're already aware of it so I won't add much, but I'll second the other comments regarding more specific information about each type of robot or what the upgrades would do. It might add more depth to the combat.

Nice idea, with potential! :)

Space Hummus by dietzribi 2017-04-28T23:03:04Z

Cute little game! Graphics and sound were funny and set a happy-go-lucky mood.

The physics-based mechanics were a bit odd, but once you understand how it works it poses an interesting challenge (some people have mentioned about the levels being somewhat exploitable to beat, but I tried to play fair).

Nice job!

Inside Inc. by OWC 2017-05-15T00:30:19Z

Amazing entry! The concept and execution are great, and this shows a lot of promise towards some new features and expanded content.

I found a couple of issues with enemies getting stuck while chasing you (which can be exploited, as others have mentioned), and in one level you spawn right on top on one of the bigger ones. Hopefully those are relatively easy improvements.

Once I finished the main level I started exploring again for a while, searching for an exit towards the next level and more generally itching for more, specially with regards to what the bottom panels on the left and right could mean (some new shoot modes or stat increases, perhaps, to honour the metroidvania reference on the "genre"?).

Congrats for a very solid game, well done!! :smiley:

littleBLASTplanet by gamepopper 2017-05-17T14:46:38Z

Nice game here! I like the colour palette (I think others have mentioned Downwell, which was the first thing that came to my mind too when I saw the graphics, even if the game itself is not really similar in terms of gameplay), controls are tight and the mechanics are engaging. I've reached to the escape pod, but have the annoying habit of getting killed right before arriving there.

As for possible improvements, I had a bit of trouble determining when or why the planet would explode (I wasn't sure if the square guys could hurt it, or they were just chasing me), and in some cases enemies would spawn right next to the player, resulting in an insta-kill. Perhaps adding some anticipation could be useful, in case altering the spawn logic is difficult.

The automatically generated music sounded nice, too (at least, more fitting than other generators).

And kudos for using Haxeflixel! Great job! :smiley:

Terraform by ijzm 2017-05-17T15:56:39Z

Nice foundation! I can see the focus on world generation, how the different biomes fit together. As for gameplay, it had some pacing issues. If I'm not mistaken, building mines or wood would generate resources automatically but the rhythm with one or two of each was slow (at least I think I saw the numbers increasing). Also, the monsters didn't feel particularly challenging, and there weren't many things to do once you grasped the basics. Given the time constraints and the ambition of the idea I think this is to be expected.

Despite this, the execution was quite solid. I liked the graphics, and the music was lovely. With more definite goals or challenges I can see how this could become an interesting little survival game. Don't Starve and Rimworld came to my mind when I played, and I've enjoyed both games a lot, which is a good sign.

Congrats! Will you keep iterating on it in the future?

Gravity Wars by highlyinteractive 2017-05-18T01:17:37Z

Graphics and music (THE MUSIC!!! :clap: :clap:) were top notch, from the best I've seen so far.

As for gameplay, I started playing expecting a shooter similar to Geometry Wars or Waves, both of which I love, and had some problems figuring out what to do. Eventually I managed to get it right, but I still felt that there wasn't a real challenge. However, like @takusan I also agree that there's a great foundation here for a solid game. For example, I like the fact that you need to take care of dodging your own projectiles, that idea can probably be developed further.

Good job!

Reduction by megabrutal 2017-05-17T02:18:53Z

Cool concept. The shrinking levels were an interesting mechanic, and it fit the theme perfectly. Controls were a bit rough sometimes, I noticed that if you start moving diagonally and then release one of the two directional keys it will not change direction to vertical/horizontal.

Even if it was an incomplete entry it showed some potential. Will you keep working on it for a hypothetical post-compo build?

EVO by shide 2017-05-17T02:56:10Z

I loved the idea, I really like evolution simulators. Getting better feedback to my actions, to better explain how they would affect the world, would have been a nice improvement. As it is right now, it feels a bit like a random click fest, unfortunately, even if I was following the hints from time to time.

Improving this would do wonders for an otherwise solid entry. Nice game!

PogoPogo by obvious-san 2017-05-02T00:45:42Z

The concept was great in principle and I really liked the execution. Gameplay is simple, which I fear may work against the game's replayability but while you area actually playing you sort of get into the cheerful mood.

Graphics were cute and polished, and the rock tune was catchy, very fitting.

SnowGlobe Warrior by Ethan Allwood 2017-05-14T22:18:05Z

Visuals are amazing (I love the enemies' design in particular), and the zoom out when you finish the first stage and discover where you are feels great. Music is quite good as well, and with sound effects the mood would have been great.

However, as others have mentioned, I'm missing some more responsive actions and some clearer feedback about your attacks and some of your enemies', so you can properly time or determine the best action. If you could improve this you could nail a very solid entry overall :)

COSMOMOMOMOº by NueboMundo 2017-05-04T00:13:29Z

I've managed to beat a couple of levels, and have a good guess on what the main mechanic is, but it could probably be a bit better communicated. Once you've figured it out the game poses an interesting challenge, and the overall experience is mostly relaxed (even if you need to pay attention to the projectiles).

Graphics are cute and I think the music theme is quite fitting. Nice job!

Tinyverse by zener 2017-05-01T16:41:21Z

Great entry! Very solid in gameplay (although I tend to have problems with inertia in these kinds of physics-based games :sweat_smile:), graphics and music, and the R&M vibe is a nice touch.

At first I thought it would be a trip around planets, so finding the CPU or brain was a clever approach to the theme.

Well done!

PS: It plays great with a gamepad :grin:

Ark of the new world by jojocanard 2017-05-01T02:00:21Z

Cool idea, and it fits nicely with the theme, too. Well done!

As for graphics, although I did like the tiny pixel-art world, the mix of pixelart and non-pixel (texts, the curse roulettes) felt a bit off to me.

There shall be light by FuriousWitch 2017-05-19T01:38:50Z

Nice idea! In its current state it ends up being a bit repetitive once you get it (and you read the instructions to find the trees can be chopped, which I missed at the beginning :sweat_smile:). Basically, after a while no new enemies spawned, and the existing ones were cornered, so I didn't have much left to do.

I liked the torch placing mechanic, it has potential for additional features to give it more depth.

Well done!

The Whole truth about Nature Selection (16+) by pascalman 2017-05-02T00:52:44Z

The sounds and cute sperm faces are really funny, they sort of remind me of Worms a little bit :smile:

As for the game itself, I had a bit of trouble realising why I'd died sometimes. Shooting didn't feel particularly responsive either, and like Erkbert, I'm not sure about the red and blue pickups (genetic information, perhaps?).

On the plus side, I keep replaying it every now and then to see if I can reach the end.

Nice job!

Newbie God by nuria-fl 2017-05-17T01:54:58Z

Yay, I managed to get the three endings! :smiley:

Since there weren't too many options the puzzles were relatively straightforward, but well thought. I would have easily continued playing a bit longer with more content.

Graphics were nice as well, I especially liked the colour palette, it had a relaxing vibe.

Great job! :D

Little Mouse Planet by Frodewin 2017-05-17T15:48:14Z

Nice idea! The voice of the mouse was cute, and I liked the graphics. The first time you meet the cat is quite memorable.

As for feedback, like others I also kept trying to eat the cheese seeds until I found out they weren't immediately edible and you had to take care of them. Some other actions weren't clear enough (for example, I managed to fill the watering can by accident, after I'd been trying to interact with the well unsuccessfully), so I ended up starving on my first playthrough.

Good job! It is interesting to find games developed in Scratch :)

Microbe Mash by LeFayGames 2017-05-02T01:03:38Z

Loved the concept. At first I had to do a bit of trial and error until I figured out the rules (they were added below, but I didn't notice at the beginning, my bad), but soon afterwards it all clicked and the experience was pretty smooth. After beating the game I was left expecting more levels.

The music theme was catchy as well, I really liked it.

Good job!

RNG by junjunlowpoly 2017-05-16T01:00:22Z

Clever idea! I really like the concept of using game design itself as a game mechanic. Execution was mostly solid in terms of graphics, and sounds were functional, too, even if eventually they became a bit repetitive.

Gameplay-wise, the limited number of options made finding the optimal distribution of treasures / battles a great, interesting challenge, but at the same time I can see the risk of it becoming repetitive for players (I mean ourselves here :D) and, ironically, slightly dependent on the actual RNG (for example, in some cases it was relatively frequent to get the player temporarily stuck on a sleep at village -> start walk-> village -> walk again-> village again). I set as a personal goal to be able to put a boss battle, which I failed at because the game had become samey to the avatar before it could handle the boss :sob:.

Great job!

Retro Rabbit by wtoa 2017-05-18T02:45:25Z

Brilliant entry! The idea was simple, but execution was superb. The amount of content felt perfect to me (Adding even more content sounds like a good idea in theory, but it might tip the balance of all the current elements off, so I'm going to go with the "less is more" approach here), controls were responsive, and graphics and music were great. The only thing I'd add is, maybe, some high score tracking or leaderboards to keep players even more engaged. Even if they're not really necessary (I was hooked even without them anyway, just trying to improve at my latest result), would be the icing on the cake for an otherwise finished game.

Congratulations, you've nailed one of the best games I've played so far on this edition :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Murder Mitosis by _for_science 2017-05-16T17:19:27Z

I remember the game caught my attention on the feed soon after the jam was finished, then again after you rated my own entry, and I just had to wait until the last day to finally get to try it. Shame on me!

This is a really solid entry, with a simple but engaging crowd control core mechanic and polished graphics and sound. I've only played single, unfortunately, but it's easy to see how this could be more fun with friends.

Great job!

YOSILand (Your Small Inner Land) by tn7111 2017-05-17T15:34:20Z

I liked the concept and how it offers a relatively original view on the theme, as opposed to a more literal interpretation. The stick people drawings and feel-god music were a welcome addition and created some pleasant mood.

In terms of gameplay it reminded me of Reigns, but I must admit that I didn't really feel challenged when trying to keep all 6 areas balanced. Perhaps it's not the intention at all. If it is, maybe some tuning could help. Also, as others have mentioned, it felt more about personal decisions, but this could just be a matter of UX.

Congrats on your first game, hope you two enjoyed making it!

Monolith by samlo 2017-05-02T01:35:06Z

Brilliant entry! I got completely hooked (even if I'm still awful at it :sweat_smile:). Controls are polished, gameplay is fast-paced and challenging, and the combination of waiting to lock on or acquire several targets and moving around to avoid projectiles works amazingly well.

If I had to add something, my only point of nitpicking could be that the camera angle felt a bit odd to me, but at the same time I think that it is placed where it needs to, to highlight the monolith.

You guys nailed the visuals and I really liked the music as well.

Amazing job!

[BOXAVERSE] by Fran Segura 2017-05-16T17:52:53Z

Amazing entry! Lovely graphics and great sound design. Each scene looks so detailed, and puzzles were interesting to solve, I was left expecting more levels to keep playing. The setting and story are cute and very fitting to the theme, they remind me of a Simpsons' episode.

My only issue was with the characters' buttons. Since they basically look like the action buttons, from the instructions I was misled into believing it was them, instead of the character sprites, that should select the characters to perform an action. Maybe a more distinct appearance (I don't know...a different position or a smaller perhaps, or maybe using a different button background...?) to make clear that those buttons aren't really a part of the level flow except for the informative tooltips.

Despite this, the game itself was brilliant, one of the best I've rated so far. ¡Enhorabuena, muy currado! :D

Skylands by huminaboz 2017-05-06T03:32:52Z

Very polished and complete entry, it already feels like a seriously solid prototype towards a proper release (that I'd definitely like to play :smiley:)

Graphics and sound are amazing, I love the art style and the colours, and music is catchy.

As for gameplay, the puzzles seem well thought and the introduction of new seed types is nicely paced, but at first I had some problems understanding the core destroy/sow mechanic. Also, sometimes I found myself clicking further away from the adjacent tiles until I remembered that you can only move one tile each time.

One of the best entries I've played so far. Brilliant job!

Aquarium king election by boorik 2017-05-16T20:14:32Z

Awesome concept! I like the fact that your own playstyle determines the difficulty, but I wonder if it can be exploited by having each fish wait for enough time to ensure all previous fish have returned or at least left a clear path (I didn't try this myself, played fair and lost miserably :expressionless:). Having each type of fish move slightly differently was a nice touch as well, and the setting is hilarious :D

There are some improvements to be made with audio, but considering this is a compo game and the amount you may have put on the main mechanic and graphics the entry feels pretty solid overall.

Great job!

PS: Yay Haxe! :thumbsup:

Planetone by shillingburg 2017-05-08T02:36:14Z

Such a beautiful toy! I love how you've managed to fit the game to match the theme with the small planet and weather controls. Playing around with different plants to see how they sound and to try to come up with a nice melody feels great.

Brilliant entry!

Vacduum by DevVex 2017-05-18T00:45:33Z

Nice game! The idea is simple, but it is quite well executed and fun. You could actually feel the pressure of the cleaner behind you. I really liked the graphics as well, the dust specs were cute.

Good job!

Naziverse by furazin 2017-05-03T00:22:16Z

Nice graphics, and weird setting, I liked both of them :D

Gameplay was relatively straightforward, keep going forward, avoid and shoot. My only issue was that I got stuck on the first room because of a possible bug that caused you to start again on the other side. Because of that I couldn't see the text about the sphere the first two times I played. as others have said, it could use a bit more polish, but in such a limited time that is hard to achieve most of the time.

Good job!

Song of Fungus by DGSpitzer 2017-05-03T13:05:21Z

I've loved this one! :heart: The concept is a clever take on the theme, and all of the game's elements "click": The atmosphere, defined by the beautiful visuals (I personally love the nightly dark-purple + neon palette), and the sound effects and music, have a kind of dreamy, fairytale vibe that I like a lot. Besides, the game mechanic is well thought and solid, with some interesting puzzles, and a balanced sense of pacing in my opinion.

As for things to improve...well, just to nitpick anything, some minor small quality of life improvements, such as a restart button, could be nice.

One of the best entries I've rated so far. Congratulations! :D

Landshift by undefinist 2017-05-01T20:25:31Z

Nice mechanic! It has lots of potential and it can become addictive pretty easily. However, at the moment the generation of new tiles makes it quite hard to be able to make new matches.

The level of polish is also quite high, especially for a compo entry.

With a bit more work I could easily see it as a mobile or handheld game. Great job!

Whale Fall by theslate 2017-05-02T01:19:56Z

The physics parts could use some work. Falling down felt floaty, which makes sense given that we're playing underwater, so I won't complain much about that for obvious reasons except for the occasional bouts of frustration when I had to resume ascending again :sweat_smile:. Jumping felt harder than it should at times, specially when hitting a stack of dead whales coming down together. Whale spawning seemed to be glitchy at times.

Despite this, I liked the concept and felt intrigued about what was happening. Also, exploding whales? :D

Nice job!

This is Cutopia by Heinrix 2017-05-01T16:07:45Z

The game is soo worth of the name :heart_eyes:

I loved the art style, the bunmobile design was brilliant (does it have a name?), and the rabbit faces were adorable beyond measure (and I say this as a rabbit owner :D).

As for things to improve, gameplay felt a bit challenging because of the physics. Aiming accurately could get tricky at times. Despite this, it feels solid, so it might be a matter of tuning.

Of course, audio would have been nice, but with all the work needed to get things working in such a short time it is understandable.

Great job! :slight_smile:

FREEDUMB! by Brothers Arcade 2017-05-03T17:43:05Z

Great take on the theme!

Gameplay is a bit simple, all the challenged reduced to reading for a while until you've gathered enough clues and just hit the red button (in one playthrough I mixed Montreal's Notre-Dame with the cathedral in Paris, which resulted in freedom delivered to the wrong city :expressionless:), but I think it works well here.

Art and sound were really polished, and added to the satire. I loved the missile lauch animation in particular, it felt quite smooth.

Great job! :smiley:

Desktop Adventure by Gama Croma 2017-05-18T01:39:09Z

Nice game! I really liked the graphics, and the folder teleport mechanic, as others have said, is neat. Great job!

Last Job by ALeal_Dev 2017-08-02T15:10:04Z

Very solid entry, I loved the graphics and overall mood!

The take on the theme was quite straightforward, with simple but effective and fun mechanics. The losing sequence in particular was brilliant and being able to recover once it triggers felt just great! :grinning:

Congrats, you've done an awesome job!

PS: Marhuender... :rofl:

Thunderbolts and Lightning by Ithildin 2017-08-01T23:36:32Z

@igorsgames I'm afraid there's still no proper medkit, what you saw was probably the low health warning. Healing (a character skill...if I'd had the time to implement skills, that is) or a first aid cabinet were on the TO-DO list.

@julian-perez Thanks! Well, I decided to simplify a bit the house plan to limit the number of activities per room. And you're totally in point about finishing the game. I will definitely try to!

The idea would be that by balancing all the needs (by taking characters from place to place), and ensuring you won't run out of power (or, if you do, do so just before finishing the game, I guess) you'd be able to keep their health/mood in good state before the electricity is restored. That would be the win condition, but I like to think of the opposite situation, where one or all of the characters lose their minds and it is all back to prehistory again.

Orbits by tuism 2017-12-09T13:44:45Z

Great idea, and except for the buggy time acceleration it felt super solid. I'm still awful at it, though (I've only made it to 7 so far, and the amount of planet-planet collisions made it a lot more challenging), so I need to keep practising :sweat_smile:

Loved the cute faces on the star.

Great job!

Cool Hat Mr. Hat by bitslap 2017-12-06T19:18:35Z

The concept is absurdly simple, but it works terrific, I got completely hooked (it reminded me a bit of the Goomba stacks in Super Mario Odyssey). Also, great level of polish. It feels like an old-school game.

I loved the retro graphic style. The sounds were fitting, although the lack of music caused them to feel a bit grating at times. The B key didn't do anything on my laptop as noted on the instructions, but X and Space did, so it was okay.

I've only managed to score 11 after playing for quite a while >_< I. MUST. KEEP. COLLECTING. HATS.

Now seriously, this has been one of the best entries I've played so far. Congrats on the great job!!

The Montiest Haul by Mike Cullingham 2017-12-06T18:57:13Z

Great take on the theme, and cool character art, I loved the raccoon and treasure visuals :grinning:

I discovered the hauling skill on the second level :sweat_smile:. I'd beatean the first one by playing around with the collisions, and while it may not have been intentional, I enjoyed discovering later that there were more ways to solve the level.

The jump was a bit floaty for my taste, and as always with physics-based games, gameplay tends to become a bit chaotic and cumbersone. This actually works for the game, so good job on that!

More feedback on the score, or if there was a minimum amount of items to carry, would have been appreciated. And at the end of the third level the game just crashed about some sprite index.

Despite these things I really liked the game. As a physics puzzler it has a lot of potential. Congrats! :)

Cherry Creek by SecondDimension 2017-12-10T02:45:04Z

Great execution of a fitting mechanic! The music had a relaxing vibe and it led you as you kept rotating the tiles, and graphics were cute.

It almost looks like a finished game, congrats!!

Mountain Diver by Ithildin 2017-12-05T23:05:47Z

Thank you all!

Rather than challenging, I'm afraid that the acceleration-based horizontal motion could be considered broken, since it's causing lots of frustration everywhere (especially with keyboard controls, on a gamepad it's slightly smoother).

I've been making some tests and I'm planning to fallback to constant speed, but I first need to check if this could be considered as a game-breaking bug so it doesn't break the compo rules. If so, I'll upload a new build without inertia asap.

Otherwise, I hope to have this sorted out on a post-compo version -_-U

Mountain Diver by Ithildin 2017-12-08T15:57:03Z

Thanks for the feedback! :)

I really appreciate that people get the crystals <-> platforms mechanic, that ended up being the main point of the game, and while I'm aware that it could have been conveyed better, it's great to see that it didn't turn out so obtuse in the end.

@weeping-rupeee Having ice/snow platforms would have been a good excuse but I'm afraid I would be lying :sweat_smile:. I wanted to have some degree of inertia, but I didn't realise until playtesting that it was so annoying (I'd gotten used to it or was using the gamepad most of the time). The jump detection is probably more sensitive than it should, and that doesn't help either.

@moski Thank you, glad you like it! While I was aware of most of the issues with the controls, I hadn't realised about the problems of using the boost key together with A/D (totally my fault, I always used the arrows :flushed:), I'll have to fix that :S

@mike-cullingham That's a good idea! I wanted to have a smaller tutorial level (or at least communicate the objectives and actions better) so players could become used to the core mechanics, but had to stick with that in the end.

@shinyogre Yeah, I know. I would have liked to have at least different animations for gliding and jumping, but time hit hard. As for the climb back, I would have liked to show a full preview of the level at the beginning and additionally, detecting if the resulting level for the climbing stage was doable (so the game could either adapt it to make it so, or just trigger a defeat condition). To reduce frustration I added the boost functionality and the smaller crystals as a way to allow the player for a second chance, but it's not accounting for every possibility. I'll take a look at that crash, it sounds related to the issue with the bookmark dialog.

Cracks by YouBeStrong 2017-12-06T16:15:16Z

I got invested on the story with every click of the button, I was anticipating some kind of surprise at the end, and the cynic in me was expecting something more "mundane" (can't find a more appropriate work), so the hopeful and heart-felt revelation was a welcome twist. The art style was effective, and the music was charming.

Great job!

Holiday Parking Panic! by FormalCloud 2017-12-06T16:58:50Z

On my first try I had issues finding where was my car, this is asking for the "car unlock" lights and sound effects from modern cars :sweat_smile:

Now seriously, I've had a lot of fun playing. Controls work well, and while the bump detection was oversensitive at times the gameplay felt very solid overall. All the chaos with the other cars mimicked the Christmas shopping rush perfectly, which was a brilliant touch combined with the Xmas music.

This is a great entry, congrats!

Clicker Thingie by ludipe 2017-12-06T14:26:06Z

I could just copy and paste @seannoonan's comment here, because it matched my opinion almost to the letter.

I really liked how the game targets both its own genre (I've only played a few, mostly for work, and I think the main reason why I dislike the genre is because it exposes how vulnerable we can be to their compulsion-creating devices) and real-life resource overexploitation. As I kept unlocking options and buying stuff I started feeling increasingly worse, which is a very obvious (and strong) take on the theme.

There were some minor UI thingies that others have already mentioned, and some audio/music would have been nice to set the mood, but other than that you've got a very interesting entry here.

Great work!

Gather the Darkness by Jeremy Wolf 2017-12-05T23:43:00Z

I also had a crash after dying on the second level :S

Back to the game, I really like the concept and the lighting effects, linking them to the mechanics is a plus to me. The controls were easy to grasp and felt smooth, and while the sound effects could be improved, they did serve their purpose as a source of feedback.

Nice job!

Bum Bag Bangin' by DuzzOnDrums 2017-12-09T03:03:52Z

Loved the character and environment design. Crazy and full of details, and audio + music were a perfect match.

Controls worked great and the theme connection was implemented quite literally, which was a good detail, but the gameplay itself was pretty simple. However, as others have mentioned, surely this can probably be improved easily.

Congrats!

A Platformer for Ants by Elendow 2017-12-11T01:42:00Z

Amazing entry, one of the best I've seen so far!

The level design is great, and quite big for the amount of time, graphics are cute and the take on the theme is brilliant and original (although it is pretty late here and now my eyes hurt a bit from squinting). Gameplay felt solid at all times, I don't really have any complaints about it :)

Congrats, this was great!

Prinsen Gulden by King Kujito 2017-12-06T15:01:33Z

The music is nice, and I like the character design. Level generation was a great addition as well, but I had some isues with the controls, especially when trying to reach a platform immediately above the one I was standing on.

In a couple of games I also was unable to pick the gold, it seemed to be at a Z closer to the camera than the character was, so it just wasn't able to reach it.

I'm sure most of these issues can be fixed (haven't checked the post-compo yet, so maybe you've already addressed them) and there's a lot of work here for 48h and 1 person, so congratulations! :)

Curse of Greed by Sophie Houlden 2017-12-06T21:20:31Z

Great concept! I've just died from greed, got my HP super low -_-

Aside from a couple of things that have already been mentioned (wall jump controls, the camera at times) the game is awesome, one of the best I've played so far.

Congrats!

Boiler Room Defense by cerno-b 2017-12-09T01:40:53Z

Awesome! At first I hadn't linked my shoots to the increase of ice on the borders (I'd assumed it was a function of time) and still I was already hooked, that adds a very interesting risk factor, making the player think about if it's worth to shoot or not. My best score so far has been around 5K points.

The music is super catchy, and the graphics serve their purpose perfectly fine.

A great entry overall!

Sofra by dietzribi 2017-12-08T23:26:54Z

Amazing entry.

I've already found a similar mechanic in other games, but the setting made me really invested to try and rescue the bunnies (it reminded me of Shelter to some degree). Besides this, the level design was clever and controls felt very precise, so it all fit wonderfully together.

The music had a cute and melancholic vibe I really liked (and matched the game), and the art was great.

Brilliant job!

Ed: Just finished all the levels. OMG XD

Jazzy Beats by Moski 2017-12-06T02:25:01Z

I loved the presentation, the art style was brilliant. I really liked the game idea as well, even if the theme connection was a bit forced.

The combat system in the end came down to wait for the ultimate skill to refill to convert everyone in one go. However, it is super-easy to see how with some improvements to that and the enemies' behaviour this could evolve into a very interesting game.

Despite these comments, I do believe your entry has a lot of potential and I hope you keep improving it. Congrats!

Addtris+++ [Now with post Compo Update] by 5you 2017-12-06T02:08:51Z

I'm afraid I won't rate the audio because of the music (which sucks, because I love the song), but everything else is amazing. Graphics were top quality, and you added a great, theme-fitting twist to Tetris.

I think I noticed an occasional bug when placing the shapes where more blocks would be set than the ones on the shape, but other than that it all felt pretty solid.

Congratulations!

RE-SANTA by Thygrrr 2017-12-10T03:20:58Z

I was watching a movie or something a few days ago and I saw some knit-styled screen that I thought would be a great fit for a game. And voilà! Great coincidence!

I really liked the entry. It was funny (with some of the new year sentences being straight hilarious), fit the theme perfectly and the graphic style matched the game. The characters looked funny, too.

My only nit-pick would be that after a while it could end up being a bit repetitive. I'm not sure if introducing other kind of restrictions (shape, size,...??) could help this.

Anyway, congrats on an amazing entry!

Famous Knight by Lucas Ferrantelli 2017-12-16T19:48:17Z

There's a number of devs/teams I'm already expecting to submit consistently great entries and here's one of them :D

The take on the theme is hilarious and original, and the game feels immensely polished on every aspect (even some accessibility options, that's a very nice detail!) I still need to grind a bit more so I can reach the last level, but from what I've played I can already tell that this deserves a 5. Congratulations!

PS: The autographs! XDD

Slightly annoying traffic by JOrbits 2017-12-09T02:41:42Z

Simple concept, but brilliantly executed and with lots of potential.

I agree with other comments that it might eventually feel samey (if you manage to keep the pace at controlling the cars), but the core mechanic is effective by itself and it can probably be expanded easily. Also, the defeat sequence is awesome :D

Great entry, congrats!

Work, please! by josemwarrior 2017-12-09T01:44:19Z

That screenshot looked very promising. Any chance of a playable version, now or in the future?

Reaper Boy LD40 Edition by jessefreeman 2017-12-09T22:20:50Z

Super solid entry! I really liked the gameplay, but the retro visuals and music definitely stand out as well. I would have enjoyed more levels, with obstacles or other enemy types, but there's already a lot of content for a jam game.

I didn't get to grasp enough the connection to the theme, though. I think I died a couple of times because of collisions, but never got to run out of energy.

Anyway, this is a pretty minor thing. Congrats on a fantastic work!

Murder Milk by malero 2017-12-06T15:38:21Z

Great mix of cute and creepy art, I really liked it! Sounds also felt polished. As for controls, they were mostly responsive except for the jump, which as others have said, was a bit too floaty (the height was maybe too much but I didn't really see it as a problem).

It's a pity you couldn't manage to get an ending, you'd set some high expectations with the "come to mama" visions :D

Cool work!

Poser by PeachTreeOath 2017-12-14T15:46:41Z

Brilliant idea, and I love the way it was introduced. As others have said, it is clear to get feedback on your actions, and the first levels offer a smooth way of learning the game mechanics! Besides, each of them are different enough, offering a nice degree of variability.

Well done!

Mushroom Délicieux by TRASEVOL_DOG 2017-12-08T16:22:34Z

The game was amazing, but with the relative fast pace and the flashing graphics I ended up a bit sick :sweat_smile:

Because of those two factors, sometimes it was a bit tricky to tell mushrooms or potions from enemies and other elements, as you would be mostly moving around and everything was changing (at least visually) so fast. Despite this, I really liked the art, sounds and music were fitting and the gameplay itself was solid. Congratulations!

Problems? by Viza 2017-12-06T17:08:30Z

The idea is a brilliant take on the theme. I enjoyed the "time management meets tetris" mechanic a lot.

I didn't get to use the Delegate boxes (probably that's why I didn't get past 1000-thousand :sweat_smile:), and I think that at one point on my first game the player token got bugged and overlapped with one of the pieces.

Other than that, this is one of the most interesting entries I've played so far. Amazing work!

The Hoarder's Curse by FuriousWitch 2017-12-10T01:08:43Z

I like the idea and the graphics, well done!

In terms of improvements, it would be nice to give the player a bit more to do instead of roaming around and waiting for the amount of gold to be enough to get another tower. Also, some additional feedback about what's going on (the gold replenish rate, or time between days...stuff like that) could be useful. And last, while I managed to survive all the way up to day 10, in the end as soon as I placed the last tower I didn't have anything to do. It also felt a bit counterintuitive to have an insane swarm of thieves stealing from my chest, but the effective amount of gold was still increasing.

Despite all these things, this looks like a good starting point into something bigger. Congrats! :smiley:

Santa's Factory by SaraMartins 2017-12-26T12:04:01Z

Lovely graphics and cute music! Both feel very polished in general.

Focusing on the game, the concept is simple but it fits the theme well. In terms of gameplay, though, the submission version could use some work in terms of gameplay. Targetting the boxes to pick them was pretty tricky sometimes, which combined with the fast pace boxes would start appearing became a bit frustrating.

It shows lot of promise, though, and I've noticed there have been several updates, so good job!

Drift Punk by CremaGames 2017-12-11T23:21:49Z

I'm amazed. You've got one of the most solid entries I've seen on this edition. You've pretty much nailed everything, from gameplay (so addictive!) to the visual and aural feedback. The theme connection was smart, and the city had quite an organic layout and felt really lively for a jam game.

My two bits of feedback (nothing particularly big): First, I noticed that the destination arrow on an elevated road would sink into the road. Second, I got the impression that collisions against smallish items (a traffic cone, for instance) would feel disproportionately strong compared to cars or buildings.

Congratulations! ¡Felicidades, vaya juegazo!

WAVEFORM by pogo 2017-12-08T16:11:42Z

Amazing graphics! I missed some sound effects to match them and the music.

I love these shooter games and the controls on this one were really smooth, even if I had the impression that it moved faster depending on the direction.

With a bit of polish I'm sure it could almost feel like a finished game I'd be paying for. Congrats!

Deckest Dungeon by huminaboz 2017-12-09T15:26:26Z

Lovely graphics, from the best i've seen so far! The theme connection was there, but not too evident, and the gameplay felt solid, balanced and it was nicely paced.

Awesome job!

Lost Sakura by HellSquirrel 2017-12-06T18:04:26Z

13 kills :3

Nice game!. The graphics were beautiful, and the slashing sounds were very rewarding. At the beginning I got the impression that sometimes the letters weren't being highlighted although I could here the sound and notice a small motion, perhaps that part bugged occasionally.

Great entry!

Tic-Tac-Matrix by Antti Haavikko 2017-12-06T18:36:33Z

This entry shows some serious promise. The level of polish is amazing, more so for a compo entry, and the core mechanic sounds fun and very original in theory.

When I played, however, I got the impression that making matches in the end mostly came down to luck with the RNG giving you some good matrices. As you've already mentioned on the comments, perhaps some smart dealing would help this. Also, I'm afraid that the amount of arithmetics involved (especially when matrix multiplication an option) can be overwhelming and break the flow of the game, as most players will resort to pen and paper or a 3x3 matrix calculator to precompute the possible results (that only for their turn. If they also wanted to make a pass at anticipating the rival that would be insane)

In any case, I really dig what the game sets out to do. I'm sure that these things I've pointed can be improved (changing to 2x2 matrices, and reworking the objective, maybe? I'm not sure) somehow, so congratulations!! :grinning:

Tendril by NykolaR 2017-12-06T15:45:59Z

I had to re-read a couple of times to get the hang of it (my fault!), and once I got the hang of it I have to say that the mechanic was quite original, with some interesting potential for expanding. I also appreciated the relaxing vibe, the ambient music was a great touch.

I got the impression that sometimes the grow rate/destruction feedback took some time to show, which made me doubt if I'd actually failed at directing the tendrils.

Other than this everything else feels pretty solid. You've done a really nice work, well done!

Horny Bunny by Thomas FUentes 2017-12-08T15:40:32Z

I'm slightly traumatised after playing XDD

Now seriously, great entry! The graphics were amazing and the mechanics felt quite solid. The rabbit mating touch was an...interesting..take on the gameplay take to the theme.

Nice job!

Just Ask Her Out by ciderWrath 2017-12-10T01:48:34Z

Loved the ending and the take on the theme. I'd played around with a very similar concept during brainstorming but ditched it in the end (I became too anxious! :smiley:) and I thought it would be a topic explored more often. However, yours is the first I find.

Good work!

LUGO by Bonelazy 2017-12-06T22:31:41Z

It looks awesome and I'm eager to try it, but for some reason I cannot play. Both the current and the deadline versions get stuck as soon as I press "Start". I get the loading Windows cursor and that's it :(

I'm on a freshly updated Windows 10-64b, and I can run relatively modern games without issues. Any ideas?

Too Many Chooks by Schu 2017-12-15T00:15:44Z

So many chickens! The idea is simple, but it works amazingly well here and fits the theme perfectly. The chicken sounds were funny, even if at times they can become realistically annoying (My family used to keep hens and they can be sooo noisy).

Good job!

Extreme Whiski Slalom by bigbazwa 2017-12-10T16:13:15Z

Super-fun game! :D

It takes a while to get used to the steering mechanics (I kept mentally reversing steering directions to match the "forward"), but I managed to get to 5100 points before the yeti got me :sob:

Once you hit a collider you need to pay a lot of attention to plan the steering direction you want to go as soon as you recover, or it gets stuck relatively easily. I once managed to hit a tree that was just in front of another and I spent a while trying to get out of there, which detracted a bit from the fun. Maybe disabling the collisions against that obstacle could help.

Graphics were nice, and the sounds were funny. The music loop was catchy, but it got a bit repetitive in the end.

+1 to the insane drunken tricks suggestion! Congrats, I really liked this entry! :D

Quantum's Rick by cortexdeveloper 2017-12-06T20:29:08Z

Great homage to R&M. The theme connection couldn't be better chosen :D

I still have problems figuring out what to do, though :sweat_smile:. I'm not sure if it's just a matter of patience and quick reflexes or if there's something else I'm missing.

I'll eventually get there, but in the meantime congrats for a very solid entry!

ViKing of Norway by NamInUz 2017-12-10T13:37:45Z

I managed to build the ship just as my crew was about to starve, yay! :D

Nice game! I really enjoyed the interactions between the vikings. Graphics were nice, and I liked the flute, even if it became a bit repetitive in the end.

There were a few bugs with controls, and the henchmen would occasionally get stuck. At some point I thought two of them had fought between themselves to death, but it turned out that I'd left them around near a house. I could see the connection to the theme, and in this case there is potential to make it even stronger (emphasise the enemy consumption, or get the interactions between henchmen really impact the game the more you get).

Congrats!

Hungry Kraken by increpare 2017-12-14T18:12:23Z

Brilliant puzzle! I like how it favours experimentation to discover the mechanics, and how well tuned it is. Once I got the hang of it, it took me a bit to realise the skulls/clams were edible as well.

Grooblins! by ahintoflime 2017-12-08T17:19:55Z

Some more interaction amongst the grooblins would have been nice, but I kept smiling as the screen was filling up with increasingly weirder critters. The plot twist was hilarious :grinning:

Nice job!

Junk by jjjjason 2017-12-09T22:49:26Z

Great idea! It would be nice to get to get to see a snapshot of the whole board, or at least the room you played in at the end (and perhaps at the beginning?) to be aware of your contribution (be it good or bad :D)

Liked the dialogue bits as well.

In terms of improvements...well, first would be the lack of sound, and perhaps the opacity of the tetrominos' previews was a bit too high. As you would be getting close to the board it could be difficult to distinguish which block belonged to the shape and which to the preview.

In any case, I really enjoyed playing. Awesome job!

Rattendorf by NoAim91 2017-12-11T00:28:21Z

The amount and quality of content you've put together for a 72h game is impressive. The music and pixel art in particular were amazing.

Some have mentioned the confusing tooltips. Besides that, I also missed the ability to delete a building and maybe claim some resources back: I got bad luck with the generator and my map had no mountains, so the ore mines were useless (I didn't realise until after I'd placed one because of the tooltip bug).

Speaking of which, if the maps can be as random as it gets, then an alternate way of acquiring resources would be a welcome addition to make the game fairer. I'm aware that it probably would have been too much for the time, but pillaging back, trading or even just scavenging the dead rats' come to mind.

In spite of these things, congrats on a great entry overall!

10 inches or less by Almost Panda Studio 2017-12-10T02:59:37Z

Awesome game! The core mechanic is simple but can get challenging easily (and you did a great job tuning the different levels) and it is a great match to the jam theme. I felt bad about the drop when it exploded :sob:

Graphics are very polished, and the moving sound effect was fitting. As for the music, while good, it felt a bit repetitive at times (a bit brassy, perhaps?)

All in all a great entry, with lots of potential to keep expanding it. Congrats!

Student Simulator by Athoka 2017-12-05T21:38:29Z

Interesting take on the theme :)

I thought I'd managed to get the right balance between sleeping and becoming stressed through massive coffee consumption...and then I ****ed up only a couple of clicks away from delivering the project -_-UU

You have a good starting point here if you decide to expand it or dress it up with some graphics in the future (the time increasing as you drank coffee reminded me of a Futurama episode). Congrats!

Sugarplum Summit by Michael Clavell 2017-12-06T15:14:36Z

A shoot-em-up with that art style was bound to get my attention :D The graphics are super-cute, I love them! The plot twist at the end was also a very nice touch: as I was playing the level I kept me thinking about the plot connection, and then there it was :grinning:

Gameplay-wise, sometimes it was hard to determine if your hits were landing or not, the animation changes on the enemies were subtle. Also, it felt a bit slow to me. However, despite these two things, I really liked the entry.

Awesome job!

Panic Blocks by Darkfire92 2017-12-06T17:23:52Z

Great idea, with amazing graphics and a lot of polish overall. You already mentioned it, but with some retro sound and music you would have nailed it. I hope you can continue working on it, it has a lot of potencial.

Great job!

Mister President by Zinkler 2017-12-10T13:54:47Z

Great idea! I haven't seen many political sims this jam, and I think the theme could spawn a few.

I got hints of Democracy, Reigns or Papers, Please, which is a great thing, and there is potential on the entry. However, there were some issues with the UI and at some points I didn't get a clear feedback of what was going on. Admittedly, systems-based games tend to be too heavy to properly develop and balance on 48h.

For your first game this was quite a feat. Congratulations, hope you enjoyed making it!

Little Pleasures by Belea 2017-12-05T22:58:48Z

At first I thought I was doing something wrong, but as I progressed everything started to click and I must say that I really like the dark undertone of the game, the final messages being a fitting icing on the cake.

Very interesting take on the theme, congrats! :)

Bucketneers by And Garciaz 2017-12-08T17:13:29Z

Awesome take on the theme! At the beginning I tried to fill the cannon directly instead of going to the tank :sweat_smile:

I loved how polished it is, from the cute pixel-art graphics to the music and sound effects. It would be cool to have a "vs CPU" mode, this has a lot of potential (for example, I imagine different levels with some more crazy stuff going around).

Great entry, congrats!

Don't get drunk by tulipekoni 2017-12-10T00:49:56Z

I'm still at 26 tops, but... what a cool idea, and super fitting! The music is catchy, although it can become repetitive, and the visual effects to portray how drunk you are work perfectly well.

I even feel a little sick. Ultra realistic! :grinning:

Great job!

Outnumbered by thebillington 2017-12-10T17:15:32Z

For such short development time you already got a nice, functional prototype. I like the turret spawning little animation.

On my first run I couldn't see the turrets, though. I was only seeing the projectiles and was incorrectly assuming I'd have to shoot (with no success, obviously) or pick them up (you can imagine the result). It could have been simply that I had some zoom out applied to the tab, I didn't check that first time.

Good job! :)

Infernus: The Descent by Team Infernus 2017-12-06T14:05:10Z

Attempting a NSFW work was a bold move (Admittedly, there were a couple of WTF moments :sweat_smile:), but the art is good and it looks like you clearly put some effort on having the systems ready (story/map/combat modes, inventory, combat, etc). Unfortunately, it is harmed by the lack of animations or audio, but that's something you can keep working on after the jam.

Good work!

Matchy's Kooky Cookies by Michael Silverman 2017-12-10T02:13:07Z

Music and graphics were impossibly cute. The take on the theme was good, and gameplay felt solid. I noticed a minor exploit, though, which is that you can just limit the clicking area to right next to the cookie jars and you can pretty much beat the last round, no need to chase around the banditos. I think that could be sorted out easily by having different jars on different positions on the room. Also, an indicator of how many waves are left on the level might be a good addition.

Congrats on your first LD (especially having pulled such a good entry!). I hope you enjoyed participating!

PS: I got 12079 cookies and my mouse hand is a bit numb now :sweat_smile:

UF-Ohh by SammyB 2017-12-09T21:58:18Z

Cool idea, and as you said, it is a great match to the theme. Some levels are tricky even with the teleport (still stuck on the one where both ships are surrounded by guys), and the fact that they may come down to luck rather than just skill can be a bit frustrating at times.

However, I like the puzzle part. I'll keep trying to beat the game for a while. Congrats!

PS: Darn, you got my evil plan of bookmarking! ;) No seriously, thank you for your feedback!

Mortal Komba by kokirisandfriends 2017-12-05T21:11:55Z

Lovely graphics and great take on the theme! I was surprised (in a good way) the moment the second character appeared and caught me off-guard. That was clever! :)

Brilliant entry, congratulations!

CRAMMM: Totally Accurate Studying Simulator by tuism 2018-08-18T00:17:26Z

Wow, impressive amount of quality content for a compo game.

I love the vector graphic style, it looks cute, it's easy to read and IMO it really suits the game. Sound design and music also felt quite polished, although I agree with other commenters that music can become repetitive (but to be fair, since this happens to lots of jam games including my own, I believe that time constraints make it hard to come with some music that just fits exactly the length of the experience unless you can have someone on the team dedicated to that).

Some things about the gameplay:

* Regarding controls and brain-words interaction, I was a bit frustrated by the physics-based gameplay and the RNG. In some cases you would suddenly be flooded with a lot of long words and your attempts to carefully pick up the words and organise the brain went down the drain, so the best bet was to just discard a lot of concepts. There were also a couple of occasions where one long word would get stuck on one side, as "Puerto Rico" on the screenshot. It would rotate a bit, but there was no way to get rid of it. ld42_cramm_bug.PNG

* Besides this, I wasn't really sure about what was the condition that caused the "danger" trigger to be fired, in some cases the brain didn't really looked that packed.

* I appreciated that you had to give some thought to whether a word would actually be relevant or not, but Trumpology in particular is a bit hard as a non-American, mostly because of proper nouns that might not be particularly well known outside the US. The subject was hilarious, but I had to double check a couple words.

These things aside, the whole package feels really tight and the concept is really funny. Congrats!

Apparatus by JustinMullin 2018-08-26T13:30:43Z

I'm loving this so far! I've had to restart a couple of times because I got stuck, but it was early enough that I didn't mind at all. On the contrary, there was an "A-ha!" moment attached to every "Oh sh*t!", and validating those a-ha's on the next run felt awesome (not sure if I'll say the same if I need to do the same after half an hour or switch to table flipping mode, though :sweat_smile:).

Graphics are clear (Having both controls on different areas on the HUD looked a bit odd at first, but after trying the pull/push myself everything was clear), sound doesn't feel out of place and the controls work smoothly, no weird precision or collision issues at all.

I think you've done a great job at your Zachlike attempt (and it's really addicting, this combination of discovery, crafting and space management works great!).

Amazing entry, congrats!

Reasonable Claustrophobia by SkullPixel 2018-08-26T12:33:36Z

Wow, the level of polish is amazing, and gameplay echoes retro games with a nice twist that adds some depth, I really liked that you could actually use the decreasing space to defeat some enemies.

This could easily become a full game. Brilliant work!

Hachi Block by Omiya Games 2018-08-26T14:02:40Z

I liked how relaxing the placement rules compared to puyo puyo/tetris-style mechanics adds a different vibe to the game while still preserving the urgency to clear the board. Nice touch!

Aesthetics were quite smooth and polished, even if the music could become a bit repetitive at times.

These games can get you into the zone easily, and yours was no exception. Great work!

Stepping Stones by Ithildin 2018-08-15T01:13:42Z

Thank you all for your feedback! :smiley:

@gwinnell @wongkongphooey The first two levels were intended to act as a tutorial that taught players the basics of the game, but I ran out of time to polish that part and had to settle for the cheap last-minute addition of the 'it's a trap!' line. As a result it's true that they feel like a bland approach to level design, so thanks for staying for the rest of the game!

I would like to improve the graphics and nail that bit for a post-compo version.

Stepping Stones by Ithildin 2018-08-26T03:45:23Z

Hi again, thank you all for your feedback! Glad to read you've enjoyed it.

@RenD that's a great point, and you're right. At first I'd planned to add some animated tiles, but I left that for a later polish stage that didn't arrive. I've just submitted the first post-compo version with some visual improvements, one of them is that last tile state so it looks more dangerous to step on (still no animations, though).

@purrfexionator Yeah, that's possible, balancing is a challenge in itself.

@demn @silkworm-sweatshop Thanks! Yeah, I ran out of time for music. I tried to come up with something fitting, but went completely blank and time was running out, so I decided to drop it and add it to a post-compo version.

Full Stack Combat by RetroSpecter 2018-08-14T11:15:21Z

You've got the seeds for an interesting combat system here. It would be great to see it developed further (I'm thinking of things like character classes and synergies between cards and characters -maybe this is already there?, or how you coud weave some patterns while selecting battle elements for cool combos).

Getting extra cards when you defeat an enemy felt quite rewarding too. Were those cards random as well, or predetermined depending on the creep / stage?

Some clearer feedback would be nice to see when you're attacked or what effects your own attacks had on the enemies, and especially when you beat a stage: the button at the bottom right isn't obvious enough and cards were still falling down.

Oh, and nice catchy tune! (since it's the only track it can become repetitive, but I really liked the retro vibe)

Great job!

Windoge 96 by Barbaarian 2018-08-31T20:04:55Z

Much virus. Very windows. Wow.

Now seriously, even though I'm not generally a huge fan of meme-based games I have a soft spot for Doge, and your entry is really nice :smiley:

I liked how the art mimics the old Window systems and especially how well the minigames fit given the context.

¡Felicidades!

Get Comfortable by mcccclean 2018-08-23T22:25:35Z

Cute and funny concept! I really liked the different ways limbs and bodies could interact.

TrackBlasters by paulloz 2018-08-20T00:57:43Z

The graphics and sound are perfect (but I agree that a finish line would be nice ;D), loved them to bits. The core idea is hilarious and a brilliant usage of the theme, but I got a bit frustrated sometimes at the fall detection if you moved close to the edges of the world (although that added difficulty is kind of the point of the game, on the other hand).

Finishing the multiplayer mode and perhaps adding some special powers to give you some extra meat beyond trying to avoid the gaps would be nice additions to a really promising game.

Congrats!

The Not Very Golden Age of Piracy by nuclearfriend 2018-08-21T21:43:56Z

This was pretty much flawless and could easily be considered a final game.

My only complain, relatively minor, is the fact that babies are deselected when you issue an action, forcing you to click on them again even if the most likely next step is to have that baby do something else (for example, get ball -> take ball to cannon). The mechanic is solid again to work fine without that added friction: It might feel smoother to keep them selected by default, and if you want to switch to a different kid you could then do that afterwards.

With this said, now come the good things, which is pretty much everything: * The game concept feels really original, challenging and fits the theme perfectly. As for controls, they're quite intuitive. * Humor and mood also shine because of the absurd setting (pirate babies vs chicken :hearts::hearts::hearts:) amazingly coupled with the super polished visuals and sound. The narrator is a brilliant addition!

Congratulations! I think this is the first game on this edition I've given a full, perfect score so far!

PS: I've only managed to sink 4 ships T_T

A Blob's Life by pkenney 2018-08-20T22:51:49Z

The blob mechanic is brilliant! I love the way the blob moves and the snake-with-a-twist mechanics, with different rivals. I did have to read the instructions a second time to learn I could also eat enemies.

It was interesting that mushrooms had diminishing returns to increase size, forcing you to smother and play aggressively on a shrinking world with the pink guy lurking around. Speaking of which, in some cases as soon as it found me I couldn't do anything else but wait for the end and play again, which felt a bit frustrating.

Really solid entry, specially for a compo game. Great job!

Gravity Hook by GlacierEclipse 2018-09-02T16:26:13Z

Quite challenging in a good way :smiley: Controls work and feel smooth, and in general the level difficulty pacing has been fair so far, it is really satisfying to find yourself slowly improving over a level (Currently scratching my head over level 8).

A really cool concept with a more than decent amount of content for a compo game. Congrats!

Cybatron by Flaterectomy 2018-08-17T22:45:54Z

Amazing game! Super polished in all aspects, the core mechanic is simple and at the same time strong, and the progression is smoothly balanced. The game pretty much teaches you as you proceed through the levels with no other crutch than the titles.

I can easily imagine this game as a released product, congrats for a brilliant entry!.

Bomb Factory by Lucas Ferrantelli 2018-08-18T20:45:26Z

So addicting! I reached 10K once, now I'm stuck at 3K at best >_<

Great entry, fitting the theme really well and super polished for a compo submission. Mechanics are pretty clever mechanics: seemingly simple, but there's more to them, adding some more depth.

Awesome job, congrats!

Ice Interstice by aeveis 2018-08-27T12:59:51Z

Great entry!

I liked the mechanic a lot, it fit the theme and was deeper than it might appear at first sight. The puzzles were well thought and paced, and both graphics and sound/music were cute. I love the penguin <3

I didn't have issues restarting the level, was that updated?

Overall it feels really solid, and there are probably lots of ways to expand it should you keep working on it.

One of the best compo entries I've tried so far, congrats!

Get Off My Lawn by silkworm_sweatshop 2018-08-26T04:00:42Z

My lawn, my beautiful lawn :sob:

You've come up with a hilarious take on the theme with great music and solid graphics. I really liked the visual design of the different beans (starting by the grumpy player character, loved it!)

I managed to survive for 62 waves, although the second half was mostly a fight against time to keep a couple of patches. Those damn towel guys were the worst!

A great entry, congrats! :smiley:

PS: I had a similar idea for LD32, but with a fed up teacher in high school.

Tiny Kingdom Builder by RenD 2018-08-18T19:33:29Z

I love this entry! Pleasant aesthetics and a core gameplay that's simple yet extremely addictive and well executed. Feedback was clear, even if I did have to check the tutorial to see what were the exact conditions for the map "flush" after my first game, and everything in generall is really polished, with cute small details such as the clouds on the main screen.

While it has a strategic component and a timer, the overall experience is quite relaxed, I quickly got into the zone playing.

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You've done an amazing job, congrats!

Cat Lady Simulator by samh 2018-08-18T19:03:48Z

So many cats... *_*

I definitely felt I was running out of space with this game :sweat_smile: . Graphics were clear and cute, progression was well thought and everything in general was really polished. My only bit of feedback would be to increase slightly the detection area to drop the food on the bowls, sometimes it took some adjusting so it could be detected.

Great entry!

Pianobots by fonserbc 2018-08-14T14:18:49Z

This is really original! It takes a while to try all combinations (probably someone with a better ear can pick up the required key changes faster) and find one that sounds well, and I got hooked.

As expected, the rest of the sound design overall is really solid, with the audience reactions, and graphics are well done and functional. Congrats!

Mitosis by Zirrrus 2018-08-26T12:56:47Z

The idea fits the theme really well and graphics are nice. Gameplay is simple, but there are some strategic choices involved in picking the next division that add some depth.

The HUD got in the way on the last moves, and it seemed that there wasn't an end condition after filling the board. I got let expecting more levels (with more mutations, for example, or unexpected effects) or at least the ability to restart the game.

It has some promising elements. Keep up the good work!

Baggage Claim by mgoadric 2018-08-16T02:08:36Z

Great take on the theme! The 5 seconds limit can be a bit stressful and some of the sound effects may eventually become grating, but overall everything works together nicely. The first time you manage to take a suitcase to a matching passenger feels wonderfully!

Good job! :D

Edgy Fantasy Battle Deluxe by Shess 2018-08-18T18:43:44Z

I really liked how the terrain adds a strategic/puzzle layer to typical JRPG combat mechanics (having magic either remove or transform tiles can have some really cool implications) and also serves as the obvious tie to the theme. You have something very promising here!

Besides this, the art style is lovely, music brings you back to the super epic boss battles of the classics from the genre, and everything in general seems super polished.

And last but not least, the narrative is wacky and subverts some of JRPG's cliches with some welcome absurdity. Well done!

This is one of the best jam games I've played so far, congratulations!!

Beat These Games! by gamesplusjames 2018-08-14T02:12:23Z

This game could be describing my own pile of shame T_T

A very clever take on the theme, well done! (I laughed the first time I failed). You packed a lot of content here with a decently sized collection of micro games, although I got the impression that a couple of them were reskins of the same mechanic. Also, if you let the pile of games grow larger as I did it could end up feeling a bit repetitive.

Despite these minor issues, I really liked the game, it felt really solid. Congrats!!

Super Tetron by MagmaFortress 2018-08-16T12:00:24Z

Nice take on the theme (Tetris-related mechanics are a natural fit), with some good minimalistic execution. Puzzles are well thought and put your mind to work. The ability to flip the pieces besides rotating them adds another layer of depth.

This could be easily developed further into a full game, the core is already solid and really engaging.

Well done!

Zachary's Memory by namnam 2018-08-20T01:20:53Z

Beautiful and emotional entry... Music has a melancholic vibe that suits the tone and the narrative perfectly, with clear, detailed graphics.

I loved the "connected memories" mechanic in addition to the limited space, I found that the core idea was very original and powerful, not to mention that it fits the theme perfectly.

It would be interesting to see what each of us used for labels. I sucked at it, unfortunately, but it's pretty late now and I want to try it again tomorrow.

One of my favourite entries so far, congratulations!

PS: I spotted a few typos on the English version, that would be my only complain.

ROOSTER EXPRESS by Fran Segura 2018-08-20T22:39:16Z

I also got the chaotic vibes from Overcooked. If this is already stressful as a single player game, I can't imagine it being multiplayer XD

You've nailed the presentation, with polished graphics and some catchy sound and music. The take on the theme was clear, and I think it works great.

As for gameplay, I found it a bit rough in some aspects. The most frustrating bit to me was probably the inspect mode being somewhat dependent on the player position on the scene (?). I had to move around, drop the package and pick it again to see if it was reset and I could see the labels (or rotate it) properly.

Also, because of the physics it was hard sometimes to drop items, as they would fall or get stuck and you would have to keep picking it again (this happened a lot when burning round-ish items).

The package spawn rate felt a bit too much in terms of balancing, but since the "win" condition is -I guess- to keep the boss relatively happy before the timer runs out, it adds up to the overall tension of the level, which is a good thing.

I'm sure these things can be improved or fixed and everything else already works, so keep at it! You've got a really cool and promising game! Congrats!! :D

Blocks by Anubhav Kashyap 2018-08-17T17:16:07Z

Simple and effective take on the theme. It definitely needs some work on controls (specially the jump) and the collisions against the blocks, but for a 5-hour game you packed a lot of stuff and the key mechanics are clear. Well done!

Crystalmancer by Crowno 2018-08-20T00:32:47Z

I loved this game!. To me the connection to the theme is clear as soon as you start spamming projectiles, and I found it was a pretty clever usage. Gameplay is fun and solid, and the polish in both art and audio is enviable, I loved the retro aesthetics. The music in particular is so catchy it sticks around after you stop playing the game.

Still trying to beat it though, those spiders are soooo annoying.

Congrats, you've pulled out a brilliant entry! :D

Bag Man by GeorgeBroussard 2018-08-14T02:36:48Z

Nice take on the theme! Like others, I also had a few issues with the jump at first -felt too tight- but other than that it was quite solid overall, good job!

Out of curiosity...Does the generator ensure that there are no dead ends? For example, on my first run I ended up dying because I fell to the lower floor and couldn't find a way up to reach a new bag (I moved back and forth a bit, so perhaps I just didn't survive enough to find another bag below, or the air column).

Matrice by Cristi Mihai 2018-08-29T16:10:52Z

There are lots of things yet to polish for sure (theme fit, turning felt a bit stiff at times, the goal, etc), but you've got a really promising idea here, and the music is really catchy.

Time/scope management is probably the hardest challenge on a jam game, at least it still is for me, but you'll surely improve over time. In the meantime it will be a good motivation if you expand the game into what you had designed it to be originally.

Keep at it!

Engulfed by OmnipotentIndie 2018-08-31T20:31:58Z

Great take on the theme! I liked the visuals and gameplay worked well in general, although as others have mentioned I would have preferred that both the player and the enemy ships moved consistently. Moving in steps made it difficult sometimes to arrive to the fast ships.

The sound effects at first were a bit higher than expected, I had to minimize the game, reset it and lower it a bit on the OS.

A nice plus you have here is the potential. Having variety on how enemies behave is already there, so I'll go with some powerups too (from weapon types to stat buffs, or perhaps some way to reverse the space limitation a bit,...)

Well done!

Space Goats 2 by Tim Ruswick 2018-08-18T00:32:50Z

The intro sold me completely :laughing:, and the cute wacky graphics kept me smiling for the whole run. The music track was pretty cool, too, and it was really fitting as I was trying to escape from Jim and avoid the space vikings.

Gameplay was short and simple, but it worked well, no major bugs or glitches I can remember.

Very solid entry, nice job!

20000 Leaks Under the Sea by webthingee 2018-08-31T20:23:12Z

I'm loving it as much as it's frustrating me :sweat_smile:

You've made a super solid entry in all areas (except for the poor submarine, constantly breaking and all that :wink:). Graphics are nice, the colour palette gives me a pleasant feeling even as I'm running up and down to weld all those cracks. Same with the music, it is calming.

I've lost a couple of times so far, so let's see if third time's charm.

Great job!

the Sorter by Ryan Lambe 2018-08-29T16:35:05Z

The game fits the theme well, and the mechanics are pretty simple and easy to learn.

I agree with the other commenter that controls could be better explained for people who don't want to spend time to figure them out, motion isn't smooth and the balls' attachment to the player could use some polish.

If you polish those things you could have an interesting little game here. Keep at it! :D

The Subway: horror within by Bibilega 2018-08-18T20:58:57Z

I'm not saying anything new here, but wow, the visual quality is among the highest I've seen so far. The premise of the game is a funny take on the theme and it works great! Gameplay is simple but engaging, and coupled with the music it creates quite a tense mood as you wait for the next timer to let you gain some space while building up to the rage button to fill and add a gory, hilarious icing on the cake.

Awesome entry, congrats!

Demotrash by shimage2 2018-08-26T14:27:40Z

I managed to score an 11 chain in normal mode and it felt amazing. Then I switch to hell and didn't last so much on my third run.

Great entry! The concept is simple but works really well and fits the theme like a glove, and everything feels quite solid overall (bloating + exploding in particular was really well done). Nice job!

Catching Sushi! by kokirisandfriends 2018-08-23T22:23:17Z

Graphics are from the best I've seen this edition, those sushi pieces are so cute I will probably feel guilty the next time I order some for dinner. Together with the audio design the mood is fittingly cheerful :D

Even if the theme connection is a bit loose and I didn't worry about the score, the gameplay is quite smooth and relaxing. Good job!

CLAUSTRO by Blinkenlights 2018-08-18T01:14:09Z

Loved the eerie atmosphere on this one, with minimalistic graphics and sound working great together. A small detail I really liked (once that I understood it) was how the mouse direction was represented on the "cursor" key.

The mechanic adds a nice twists to other word games like crosswords or scrabble, and it was quite relaxing to play.

Awesome entry!

Downscaled by WongKongPhooey 2018-08-15T00:56:39Z

Great entry! The device downscale idea adds some flavour to the theme usage, and I liked that graphics updated accordingly as you progressed. Music and sound were fitting too.

Gameplay-wise, the main mechanic is simple and very effective, although I have to say that I neglected the rolling option at the beginning (and I justly regretted it as soon as I got to the results screen). Once I got the hang of it the game just clicked and I got hooked.

Congratulations, this feels really solid! :)

XORN: The Fallen God by ThibaultAr 2018-08-26T04:40:21Z

Really solid, you've paid attention to a lot of details for a jam game.

Some of them could be improved (aiming, for instance, is a bit tricky because of the character model making difficult to tell the angle despite the white arrow), but overall you've pulled a great entry. Sound and graphics fit well with each other, and I like the mechanics overall, even if I haven't been able to progress a lot yet.

Good work!

PLS Grandma STAPH by Necromic 2018-08-15T18:21:56Z

You've probably got on the wrong side of grandmas worldwide now you've discovered their secret plan.

Jokes aside, I really liked your game. It's funny, the inventory management mechanic is both addictive and tense as you try to optimise the space in your stomach to shove all that food down, and it feels really polished in terms of graphic and sound. The granny's ninja appearances are hilarious.

The only odd thing I've noticed is that dropping items on the grid doesn't always detect a cell even if in theory it should, which can be frustrating at times. Not sure if it could be because I'm playing on a relatively small window. For example, on the screencap the cursor (Windows didn't feel in the mood for capturing it, it seems) was roughly in the center of the bacon:

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Other than this, everything works really smooth. Congrats!

PS: 8.6kg :)

Cluttered Mind by HAUO 2018-08-18T23:54:30Z

It may not have super complex mechanics, but it doesn't really need to. I really enjoyed the experience, each change felt as rewarding as it was disturbing. Sound design in particular really struck a chord (no pun intended): it was subtle and the repetition added up to the unsettling mood.

Awesome job!

Above Lava by Muream 2018-08-29T15:54:13Z

Really cool idea, the concept is pretty clever and it fits the theme well! I think the graphics work mostly fine, although it would be nice to have an indicator of where the player is pointing at. The shoot + jump to push is often hard to get right because of it.

It's a really nice first entry, good job!

Grimder by CraigDuth 2018-08-31T20:45:48Z

Some of the texts are hilarious :laughing:

Nice take on Tind...the theme, and lovely art style. It can get repetitive eventually, though, but it feels super solid in terms of polish.

Great job!

Not enough [ SPACE ] by Van Long 2018-08-18T02:44:04Z

Unusual take on the theme, nice!

The concept is fine, but I got the impression that the countdown timer's accuracy was a bit off sometimes. Other than that, the mechanic is simple and oddly addicting. Congrats on your first web-based game! :D

Inventory Story by FredMaaktGames 2018-08-17T23:35:30Z

The idea is brilliant, and I really liked the graphics :smiley:

As for gameplay, I think relying so heavily in physics made the game awkward to play -at least on Windows. Sometimes I would try to drop an item and would be picked instead, or was trying to move it to the weapon rack only to see it fall.

In any case, there's quite a bunch of content here for a 3-day game. If you can polish this for a post-jam version the core mechanic is super promising. Good job, keep at it!

Popcorn Mayhem by Cary Stanley 2018-08-14T11:33:14Z

Great take on the theme! :smile:

In the end I sort of got used to the controls, but I frequently got the impression that they were as much of an obstacle as the popcorn blob itself. In a way it contributed to the tension (omfg, the last level with the stairs!), but they certainly could use some improvements.

I'm not sure if this was intended or emergent behaviour caused by the physics, but in some cases I felt I could use the popcorn to my own advantage. I was only able to get some glimpses of it before being crushed half a second later, but I think this might be a really cool feature ("Ride the wave!").

Nice job!

Claustrophobia by deformhead 2018-08-16T02:20:07Z

Nice take on the theme! It was short but very enjoyable (I really liked that you had to take enemy paths into account while caring for your own limited life), with great visuals. Some sound would have been the icing on the cake. Congrats!

Shrinkage by woubuc 2018-08-26T22:29:27Z

Interesting take on Tetris with nice, minimalistic graphics.

If you're aware of the rules the 1-line penalty is a good incentive to try to remove more lines in one move.

However, it also becomes unforgiving once you've made a mistake, so in tricky situations the fastest path to safety (remove gaps and other stuff as fast as possible) adds some extra stress on the player.

Introvert vs. Extrovert by rumor 2018-08-17T23:23:07Z

I really liked the take on the theme. I was expecting more games dealing with personal/social space, and so far I think this is the first. Music was also cheerful and put me in a good mood.

The core mechanic with the asymmetric gameplay is very interesting. On single player it was pretty easy, I didn't even need to use the dash or the barriers for either player type (at first I wasn't even aware of that). I couldn't play PVP but I can easily imagine it becoming pretty fun as both players try to chase/evade each other :)

The main issue I found was that I tried to play as P2 but couldn't unless I changed the keyboard layout to a different language. Apparently the semicolon was nowhere to be found on my original layout. Perhaps the arrow keys could have been a more standard choice.

As for graphics, they're clear, but overall I got the impression that the art style was a bit inconsistent, each element having a completely different style from the others.

Despite these things the gameplay is quite promising and you have the seeds for a really fun game. Nice job!

Uninstall by Deadeyejoe02 2018-08-16T02:50:24Z

Cute take on the theme, with nice art style and some great music. More micro games would probably have been nice, since it was a bit short, but in its current state the game already feels pretty solid. Good job!

Stack Overflow by firefly4 2018-08-31T07:42:27Z

Good entry! I liked how the pace increases steadily, making it more challenging. I noticed that the arrow-colour mappings change with each game, and then thought it could be interesting to do that inside the game at specific times to give a bit more variety.

Also, a pretty straightforward interpretation of the theme. Nice job overall! :D

Void Incoming by Purrfexionator 2018-08-31T22:17:06Z

Wow, great entry, I'm loving it so far! While the concept may not be super original and bar a couple of "arrgh" moments because of the collision detection, it's really well executed. I really like the visuals and the fitting sounds that accompany it, but the level design is the key here. Levels are challenging and require some timing to avoid those ***** cannon balls (although in terms of progression sometimes latter levels felt easier than the previous ones).

You've also packed a lot of content to keep us entertained for a while, congrats for an amazing work!