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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 37 | One room | I'M IN A BIT OF A PICKLE | compo | 308 | 3.28 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 2.78 | 3.56 | 3.88 | 3.35 | ||||
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Tile Invaders | compo | 393 | 3.35 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 2.91 | 3.24 | 3.16 | 2.05 | 2.97 | 55 | ||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Bathyscaphe11 | compo | 35 | 4.02 | 4.05 | 3.04 | 2.84 | 3.86 | 3.85 | 2.88 | 3.92 | 73 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Snow Globe Kerfuffle | compo | 112 | 3.58 | 3.20 | 3.78 | 4.16 | 3.55 | 3.46 | 2.75 | 3.16 | 80 | ||
| 2011 | 21 | Escape | Dystopian Future Underground City | compo | 158 | 3.15 | 2.77 | 2.38 | 3.38 | 4.08 | 4.00 | 2.27 | 1.40 |
A fun mini-sized roguelike. The character movement and randomly spawning monsters brought almost puzzle-like qualities to the gameplay where you try to figure out the best path to proceed through the crowds.
The game is in a kind of a rough shape now but shows promise. With just a few small tweaks it could turn out to be a lot of fun!
A pretty elegant and neat concept. I had to squint hard to see the differences in texturing with the blocks that fall at different times though but it was a nice game regardless.
Wow, great metroidvania vibes in this game. A huge level, lots of different monsters and solid gameplay. Some core mechanics like player controls could be smoother though. Maybe it felt a little unresponsive in some way and dodging enemy attacks often was harder than "it should be" when compared to other platformers. But a great game regardless. I had a lot of fun collecting the monsters and exploring the surroundings was a cool experience in itself.
I'd definitely be tempted to play through this but after a couple of unforgiving game overs I had to ragequit, at least for now :)
Hahah, I loved the voices and the presentation. The first game I've rated this time around that made me laugh out loud. :)
Unfortunately the biggest challenge in the game was to wait around long enough to get to buy new things and seemingly there wasn't much strategy involved in the choices. The premise, however, was pretty solid and I think that with adjusting some gameplay mechanics this could turn out to be a pretty fun little game!
A pretty simplistic game but the story of the game progressed quickly enough so that I didn't get bored.
Pretty nice platforming and puzzles. I would've played this all the way through but the "permadeath" bummed me out. Good game, nevertheless.
Surprisingly fun despite some of its shortcomings (primarily that the player's goal is very unclear). Great use of the twin stick shooter formula.
A pretty cool concept. One minor annoyance was that the blocky pixel font can be difficult to read at a glance or from the corner of your eye: a more readable font would've made the game a little smoother to play.
A cool idea and a solid execution too.
I really liked the visuals here. Some of the puzzles could have used more hints but overall I could definitely play more of this!
A great, ambitious game. Very moody and mysterious and I enjoyed the adventure even though it was a little short. It was a pretty solid experience for me since I didn't encounter any major bugs.
I'm not sure how familiar you are with physics engines but you could probably achieve more stable collisions by using bunches of simple primitives as collision shapes (box, cylinder, sphere or whatever else Bullet supports) instead of using the render meshes as the collisions. I mean, if you're not already doing so. If not, you should definitely look into it. I'm not familiar with Bullet physics engine specifically so I don't know the details of how to set it up though but the same principles usually apply in all the major physics engines.
It was enjoyable but it got a little tedious. With this amount of variation, having shorter levels (and therefore faster progression) would probably improve the game.
Levels that would have been more bite sized would have definitely improved the game. More instant gratification! :)
Nice variety of upgrades and great audio. I think some of the core mechanics, like attacking, could have been better but it was pretty enjoyable regardless.
Awesome! Great theme and the gameplay works too. Although racking up massive scores got a little easy when there was a single block of ground left: you could very easily always block it from leaving the screen. :)
Pretty cool! I played it all the way through. After figuring things out in the beginning, the challenge was a bit lacking though.
The intro cinematic cracked me up and I liked the idea but I found the gameplay mechanic of collecting germs to be a little grindy.
The concept has a lot of promise. With a little more accessibility and gameplay polish it could be a pretty nice game. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the game, it just required maybe a little more patience than most players probably have.
So adorable. The simplicity really works in the game's favor here.
Yeah, I'll have to concur with the remarks about accessibility of the game.
A fun game! I only wish the player arsenal would be bigger but it was still very entertaining to try and hold back the enemy waves.
Wow. I really enjoyed the puzzle mechanics here and there were a LOT of them and they were combined to a great effect! The little animations and the audio definitely helped to seal the deal too.
A straightforward with a cute presentation. Very different from what is usually seen in LD!
Great puzzle mechanics! I enjoyed the game a lot. The lack of development time doesn't really show in the game either since the minimal aesthetics suit the game well.
I liked the forcepoint puzzle mechanics but the somewhat sluggish controls diminished the fun a little bit. A good well rounded package nevertheless.
Cute, disturbing and funny. A very solid lil' game!
Wow, huge props for making a multiplayer game that's easy to access for the end user too! :)
The gameplay was challenging to get into (eg. "how do I play this game well?") and I'm not sure if I managed to grasp it after a few rounds.
A little more intuitive interface would have served this game well! Other than that, I like the idea and there's plenty of potential for further development too.
A solid little game. The presentation is good although it was difficult to tell the 1s and 5s apart at a glance.
Super simple but it made me smile. I love how the music stops abruptly when you hit an obstacle.
The switching mechanics were really quite good. The potential is definitely there but, for me, the biggest issue was the camera: I had to constantly jump on platforms outside the view and this combined with the instakill falling, the game was just a little too frustrating to get really into. But still, the gameplay mechanics definitely have promise!
A pretty solid game! I think the tunnel section was more fun and it could have come earlier and accelerated more quickly. As it is, the threshold to try and beat my high score is kinda highh since it takes a while for the game to take off. But other than that, I had fun and the visuals and audio worked well!
Took a while to get hang of controlling the ship, but after that, it was a lot of fun! I'd love to see the idea expanded to include levels in the form of other planets/moons too :)
It's a decent lil' game with a pretty nice presentation. The somewhat imprecise or sluggish controls sapped some of the fun though.
A pretty interesting take on the tower defence genre. I'd love to see the game in a more complete state since it feels there's plenty of potential in the idea! Figuring out a good tactic was interesting but it got a little shallow after a while. Nevertheless, it was fun while it lasted.
Yeah. Enemy rotation was one of the things that sort of fell off my table when I was in hurry. :)
Hey, thanks for the comments! For the shadow trick I'll have to give credit for Teleglitch. ;)
Nicely executed: the game looks good and plays well. The game could definitely be more challenging though.
Pretty enjoyable and I made it to the end. The puzzles could have been harder but for a small bite-sized adventure game, this one was pretty good. Some audio would have definitely enhanced the mood though.
The mechanics seem promising and the potential for good brain teasers is definitely here. Currently it's a little hard to get into the game though since there's so little feedback for the player with movement and falling pieces and such.
Clearly unfinished but I love the groove!
This game was quite fun! I was actually compelled to play through the whole game which isn't all that common with LD games. :)
Although the controls were a little bit floaty, they felt precise enough for a hardcore platformer like this. However, once I discovered that you can keep re-freezing enemies while you keep on standing on them, the game got a little too easy.
Yeah, a more gentle learning curve would have been beneficial. You could hold off for a while before even showing the player all the information there is. Like for example, reveal the variables (and the related help text) for the variables only once you would need that etc. :)
I have to say that the first minute of the game was kinda intimidating since I didn't know the controls or my goal in the game... But after I got over the very beginning, it was a smooth ride.
The weapon was definitely the high point of the game as it was very intuitive to use. I also found that I was just flailing it around for fun too - not just to kill enemies. I think that's a good indicator of a great video game weapon :)
A great idea and nicely executed. The environments in particular were impressive!
The biggest enhancement to the game would have been some spooky music to fill in some of the quiet moments but other than that, the game accomplishes very well what it set out to do!
It's a cool little game and the core mechanic is really solid but I think some more variety, both in enemies and player powerups, would give this game much more longevity and bring some more interesting challenges into the mix. It's a nice game though, all you need now is some spice! :)
I guess it's kinda the shtick of the game but the game was extremely confusing when you're thrown into the middle of it all. A tutorial stage (and/or text prints that would tell what a weapon does when it's picked up) might have been helpful.
It's got a nice amount of content though and the basics do work well: it's just difficult to get hooked on the game since it takes effort to get a good grasp of how it works. :)
The foundation is there but I think the game would definitely benefit from a good measure of spice, variety and bug fixes.
The gameplay and presentation is very solid although this could benefit greatly from a little bit more balancing to get the challenge level just right. The weapons were very strongly biased towards using the special attacks and the randomness in a level's challenge seemed to vary quite wildly. The camera view also felt a little claustrophobic.
Nevertheless, it's a fun little timewaster that I'd gladly play again if the rough edges would be smoothed out somewhat.
A solidly executed game with great graphics and good gameplay mechanics! However, the level design felt a little random to me. I think it's mostly that the levels seemed to lack in structure and player guidance, resulting in a somewhat sandbox-ish feel which didn't really match with the level objective IMO. If the objective would have been about resource collection, or some other more open ended task, the levels could have worked better.
The game quit and I got the following error after pressing N in the main menu (the tutorial worked just fine):
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.util.List.sort(Ljava/util/Comparator;)V
at net.kalinovcic.ld32.GameStage.render(GameStage.java:300)
at net.kalinovcic.ld32.StageManager.render(StageManager.java:18)
at net.kalinovcic.ld32.LD32.main(LD32.java:105)
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
I've got java 1.7.0_45
Just as a heads up: this game requires Java runtime. It might be a good idea to mention it on the description. :)
Aw, got executed brutally by the tank. :(
It's a neat idea and the presentation is very stylish. The gameplay had great promise but it was a little fiddly in practice though: converting people felt a little bit too difficult and random at times so it felt that you didn't have many options - just press convert when someone's in your close range and use the other abilities once they become available.
The effect from smashing the cubes was so rewarding! The biggest annoyance in the game IMO was that the ship was blocking the view but other than that, the game was good, simple fun. :)
It's a cool idea but the game itself felt a little half-cooked. Just as an example, there was little reason for the player to move around the map: generally the best tactic seemed to be to camp in the lower level and just spam spoons which wasn't much fun. If there would be, for example, collectible fork or even knife powerups or something, you would have to move around the level more and make choices (confronting the player with difficult choices is of essence in game design!) between going after a victim or trying to fetch a powerup.
Keep working on more games, you're off to a good start!
I can see this as being fun but, like you said, it's still seriously half-baked as a game. :)
The game put up a good challenge, backed with graphics and audio that suited the game very well. The platforming was kinda frustrating though since the controls seemed to lack this good balance between laser-sharp precision and relaxed, forgiving collisions that are essential for a good platformer.
A very moody game and I like the visuals (the LOS effect in particular) and the audio really enhances the mood! :)
While I have to admit it's cool as a concept, the core mechanic of closing the eyes doesn't really add to the overall fun of the game IMO. When the best tactic is memorizing the level and then wandering around blindly, the experience is more frustrating than it is rewarding.
While the gameplay felt solid and instantly familiar, the mechanics themselves were kind of opaque so I was just picking different attacks and specials randomly without an idea on what could be a good move right now. A little more info on what each move would do would have really added a layer of strategy and fun here.
The style or the subject matter are not really my thing so I won't comment on them too much. :)
Well, it's a start and the graphics are decent.
I was confused at first since the arrow keys didn't work for me. Luckily the xbox360's stick moved the character around but I don't think the controls worked quite as they were designed to since the movement was very erratic.
I had a second cyborg walking around on my game (windows standalone). Seemed like a bug since it was constantly blocking me from shooting. :/
The music and sfx were top notch and it's always a nice surprise to see LD games with animated characters!
I'm kinda torn on this one since I usually appreciate quick and precise character controls on sidescrollers but having those would hardly fit the idea of this game, so I'll cut you some slack there :)
Other than that, it's a very funny game with pretty decent graphics and sound. Good job!
The graphics (the movement and the models and the satisfying little explosions!) and the audio is top notch but man, I can't wrap my head around the controls. I have to first look on the road, then on the GUI and then on the keyboard to press the right key and the process just wears me out so quickly.
Maybe with enough practice it would get better but the gameplay initially is so cumbersome it's not gonna be easy. :(
The theme and setting of the game are excellent and quite topical too! ;)
Better feedback from the actions were something I wished for while playing. As it is, the game mostly felt like a series of random dice rolls where my actual choice of action didn't seem to matter that much, as long as I did something.
Nevertheless, the writing was very entertaining and I'd like to see how this game would play if the obvious issues were to be fixed. There's definitely potential here! :)
Man, it's hard to keep alive for more than 10 seconds in the game. It seems like the amount of skulls in the beginning keeps on accumulating after every restart and the somewhat unresponsive shooting controls don't help here. The graphics and presentation are good but I feel like the gameplay issues at the moment are sucking away the fun I could have with the game :(
Well, the game had its share of bugs and the feedback on what was going on was rather weak. I'd suggest trying a more simple game idea next time. :)
It's a great idea but I don't this this game is really for me, although it could be mostly because I'm not a native English speaker so counting out the syllables can be a chore.
Nevertheless, the presentation of the game is very well put together with a suitably space-y soundtrack :)
At its core, the idea was great and the game was solidly built but there was still something missing to make it more fun and challenging.
A pretty well rounded package. The writing is good and the gameplay itself is a neat take on interactive fiction.
It took me a while to get the hang of the controls but after that the game was loads of fun! It's hilarious too.
I'd appreciate it though if the game would be comprised of stages of increasing difficulty (with the first one being stupidly easy) since as a stupid player, I crave the feeling of immediate satisfaction and reward. :D
Nevertheless, this is the most addictive game on this Ludum Dare that I've tried this far!
It's a pretty basic game but the graphics and audio are good. It could've been fun but the sluggy controls make the game somewhat cumbersome to play.
Thanks for the feedback!
The problem with bullets passing through things happens (at least on my computer) with the HTML5 version. It's probably due to the fact that I don't use continuous collisions with them (d'oh!) so a sub-60fps framerate can make the bug more pronounced. Of course this bug should apply to the standalone as well if it runs slowly.
And I definitely feel for you on the shape rotation... The one thing above everything else that I would fix with the game at the moment is the rotation code. It's buggy and unwieldy to use. :)
What a weird little game. Obviously unfinished but at least the writing was quite entertaining. :)
Thanks! Yeah, the WebGL version didn't get a lot of testing and even if it works, it will be uglier and slower than the standalone version. :)
Cheers! :) For the art I just did some quick and dirty modeling with subdivision surfaces for the smooth results. I also used a color palette, lighting and material properties that are low in contrast so that everything looks smooth and low contrast.