Cerulean by localcoder 2011-09-10T21:42:00
The combat was unique, and I liked it after I figured it out.
Unfortunately, the entire game was rather repetitive.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Dig Dog | compo | 672 | 3.13 | 2.93 | 2.45 | 4.06 | 3.06 | 3.31 | 2.93 | 2.71 | |||
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | The Core Process | compo | 685 | 2.94 | 2.88 | 2.65 | 2.94 | 2.82 | 2.94 | 24 | ||||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Two Buttons Fight to Survive | compo | 14 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | Team S.T.E.A.L.T.H. | compo | 354 | 3.25 | 3.13 | 3.33 | 2.69 | 2.60 | 22 | |||||
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | I Must Return | compo | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | An Icy Night In Snowman's Land | compo | 631 | 3.13 | 3.29 | 2.54 | 3.38 | 2.54 | 3.18 | 3.06 | 37 | |||
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | When Worlds Collide | compo | 438 | 3.32 | 3.35 | 3.83 | 3.32 | 2.82 | 2.75 | 3.16 | 36 | |||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | What Lies Beneath The Surface | compo | 980 | 2.73 | 2.55 | 2.45 | 3.68 | 2.45 | 2.48 | 3.06 | 37 | |||
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | Extinguished | jam | 367 | 2.86 | 2.62 | 2.62 | 2.30 | 2.65 | 3.00 | 39 | ||||
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | Jetpack Jacob in The Quest for Time | compo | 800 | 2.81 | 2.92 | 2.63 | 2.88 | 2.46 | 1.95 | 2.38 | 2.56 | 46 | ||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Meat Meets Potatoes | compo | 1027 | 2.70 | 2.74 | 2.15 | 3.37 | 2.33 | 2.61 | 2.71 | 2.60 | 46 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | You are the Villain | Mr Wizard VS The World | compo | 531 | 2.70 | 2.27 | 2.55 | 2.76 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 2.25 | 2.45 | 47 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Game Time Evolution | compo | 650 | 2.38 | 2.46 | 2.11 | 2.17 | 2.11 | 2.20 | 2.63 | 2.40 | 88 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Tiny Adventures In SPACE | compo | 828 | 2.21 | 1.95 | 1.60 | 2.40 | 1.75 | 1.92 | 2.71 | 2.04 | 100 | ||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | EpiCat | compo | 622 | 1.97 | 2.06 | 1.24 | 1.65 | 1.86 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.57 | 2.48 | 84 | |
| 2011 | 21 | Escape | Prisoner | compo | 384 | 2.42 | 1.92 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 2.00 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 3.38 | 25 |
The combat was unique, and I liked it after I figured it out.
Unfortunately, the entire game was rather repetitive.
I loved the ending. Great game overall!
Great ideas first of all. Very nice concept.
It's way too easy to upgrade everything completely (I did it after the first mission), and then there isn't much else to do.
This game has great potential.
You can zoom WAY out and WAY in!
Great job. You definitely captured the spirit of WarioWare.
IthinkIkilledmyspacebarontheboss!
Nice idea, very good interpretation of escape!
Great game, and unique idea!
Great game! The music gets a little annoying after awhile, but the gameplay is amazing.
I really didn't like the camera jumping around to point out orange bears, but besides that this is a nice game overall.
Good game. The amount of ammo you start with seems a little low, or maybe that's because I ran around shooting everything the first time. ;)
Nice graphical effects.
Good game. It doesn't have much to do with the theme, but it's a fun little platformer. The level design was ok, maybe it could've had a bit more exploration.
I ended up winning with a score of 870.
@kavs: I had the same problem.
If this gets fixed then I think this game has real potential.
The movement on stairs could have been smoother, and the spinning plates were rather evil. Great job on the rest of it!
Wow, fun game. I hope you make more levels eventually!
Mark: I feel the same way. The big empty 'field' was strange too.
Fun game! Who knew running from the cops could be so fun?
It would be nice if the game (including the player) moved a little faster. This would help keep it from getting boring after awhile.
Nice job on the achievements!
Absolutely amazing game! It actually took me a few tries to figure out I could hold escape to alter the height of my jump. :p
Great graphics and sound too.
The dialog boxes got really annoying.
Other than that, this was a good, if short, game.
It's possible to decrease your stats to negative levels. I had a little fun with that (negative damage, negative health, etc)
The gravity is buggy and often flung me out of the level. Good job finishing though!
The aiming was very picky, and didn't seem to work at all with the mouse. Not a bad attempt though.
Nice idea, and well done. But why are oranges boring? No (real) word rhymes with orange, so it shouldn't be boring! :)
It stops working after about a minute and a half. Also, enemies and their bullets sometimes randomly disappear. Good job finishing something though!
I think I get what you meant with the symbols, but I couldn't get anything to happen.
Nice ending. I wish it was longer.
I actually thought that the UFO's were easy to avoid, and that the planes were a little harder.
The menu at the end didn't seem to quite work; I could select items but not 'choose' them.
All in all, amazing game!
The graphics were quite nice, and I liked the music too. It could use a couple more power ups/something, but overall its a very good game. Congrats on your first-time entry!
Sanguine: Yeah, it was originally meant to be a puzzle game, but sorta moved toward the story as I went on. I still have some bits of story that I might throw in eventually.
Jedi: Thanks. I was thinking about adding (alive) soldiers, but I was running out of time. I might add it though.
Great game, but the screen size was rather annoying. I really like the atmosphere and the way the light worked.
Nice sound effects, it really lets you know exactly what you're doing at the time. =)
The movement could definitely be better. Even monsters had trouble moving occasionally.
The basic idea is okay, and the sound effects are funny. :)
Amazing game in all respects! I like the drilling just a little bit more than the escaping. The asteroids are hard to avoid when they come at you from the sides.
Interesting game, but you should let the player use WASD as well as the arrow keys because the mouse is used also.
Nice game! The only thing I don't really like is that in the narrow corridors, it can be too easy to get hit by a bullet.
Nice, but it could have been longer. Hitting spikes takes MUCH too long though.
Very fun game! I like how the lava flows.
Fun but hard. Nice job!
Way too much "just keep walking to the right". Overall, a good experience.
Not much to the game, but what is there is nice.
Great work!
It was hard to tell if I was moving or not in empty water. All in all, this is a very decent game.
This is actually quite fun! :)
It was hard to control, but very fun.
The first note says "still alive". Was this an accidental Portal reference or was it intentional?
It is very repetitive. Other than that, I quite like it.
This has the potential to be a good game. Keep up the good work. :)
Nothing was explained, and there's really nothing to do.
My only complaint is that it just closes if you die. Great job on this! :D
Not bad. The friction could have been a little greater though, to keep from sliding all over the place.
Very nice, but the map was very cluttered with all the colors of tiles. It was often hard to find the zombies because of this.
The gravity felt *really* heavy. Overall, good job.
You monster :p ;)
I got both endings
Clever naming of characters :)
I love the double jump ;)
Nice idea to do a GBA game! And good job on the game itself!
Great idea, great game!
I love the idea. Great game. :)
Quite fun :)
Amazing art and sound, fun to play, you nailed it! :D
I LOVE the music. Great work! :)
Fun little game. Very well balanced.
The controls need work. Pretty good otherwise.
Nice mechanic, and great art!
Amazing game! A little hard, but I expected that.
VERY hard and VERY fun! Great job!
That's pretty cool. It's a little hard to figure out at first though.
Pretty hard! I like the idea though, well done!
Great graphics, but amino acids are often stuck inside walls where I can't reach them. Good work though!
Great game! It reminds me of Settlers of Catan, which is a good thing. :D
Amazing game!
Very nice game, great graphics and music!
Very nice! I liked the ending! ;)
Whoa, sudden comments!
Thank you all for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hume: Yes, poptart. ;)
tompudding: Their planet is a peaceful one. Plus, this is the first time any of them have gone into space.
Everyone who mentioned the ending: Did you see that coming? ;)
Thanks for all the comments! Yes, it is an easy game. I plan to increase the rate at which obstacles appear. Maybe new kinds of obstacles too!
aquasheep: Thank you. :) I actually like the idea of boosting.
Shigor: Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorta continuing work on this, so I'll see what I can do.
robbiehunt: I didn't link it /that/ many times. ;) Thanks for the feedback!
philhassey: I'll see what I can do about pickups. Thank you!
vigrid, Benjamin: I love the colliding with star idea! That'll definitely be in a future version!
Very arcade-y. I love it!
Very nice idea! And I got beds! :D
Nice graphics. The music is good too. :)
Haha, I love it! :D SPAAAAACE!
I love your reference. :D And to think I didn't believe they existed. ;)
A fun, polished platformer. Good work. :)
It seems like a solid start. I'd like to see it in a finished state!
Absolute Genius!
Kinda easy, not much to it, but fun. :)
Very nice! My only complaint is that the jump sound sometimes gets in the way of the song. :D
I wish I had an android so I could play... Maybe next time! :)
Shrink ray: A staple of every (mad) scientist. :)
Very nicely done, though perhaps a little too slow-paced.
Very fun, nice graphics!
Hard to control, but very fun! An annoyance was that bots sometimes got stuck, but other than that it's a great game. :)
Nice game, but a bit simplistic (as you mentioned). What's here is fun though! :)
The first 3 levels were basically "click all the eggs". I didn't really need that much tutorial I guess. The rest is nice, especially the graphics.
Very smooth, feels great to play, fun. :)
Very nice sandbox game. It took me a bit to familiarize myself with the controls, but then it was pretty fun. :)
Took me a bit of time to get it, but once I did it was fun.
The controls are decent enough, but jumping without being able to adjust mid-air makes this rather hard. The music is nice, but I didn't really like the graphics too much.
Good game. :)
Very nice! It took me a couple tries to realize that I was supposed to NOT choose the organism shown on the barrier. Once I figured that out, it was great. :)
Very fun game, even with no win condition.
It took me awhile to realize that the red things were hurting me. As has been said, sound would have gone a long way, but this is still a fun little diversion.
Nice idea, but if you rush in immediately it's not so hard. ;)
Fun little arcadey game.
The turning speed is much too slow, and on several occasions, the whole game froze for a few seconds before continuing. (If it helps, immediately after it freezes new music starts playing) The music is pretty nice.
Some fog or other effect would have helped with the horror aspect. All in all, not bad.
Not bad, it definitely needs some audio to capture the feel of Osmos though. And I ended up stuck against a wall. :/
Despite that, this game is good. :)
Very nice, especially for your first time. :)
I felt the difficulty didn't scale quickly enough, but that wasn't enough to keep me from enjoying it. :)
The physics felt odd at times, but were well done. Unfortunately it's not much of a game at this point. Keep working on it. I'd like to see how it turns out! :)
The jumping controls were a bit touchy, but it was fun.
Very fun, action-packed game! :)
I thought the first puzzles were too easy, and the difficulty didn't increase soon enough. This is really fun though. :)
This is similar to what I was trying to do, before I ran out of time. Other than the controls, this is good.
It seemed like the audio was a little low-quality, with clicks and other sounds invading the sounds and music. Or maybe that was intentional. The on-planet levels were very easy, and much easier than the space levels.
The game is polished, and quite fun to play, however. :)
One of the most fun and most difficult games I've played this Ludum Dare. Great work!
A decent arcade-type survival game. Sound effects/music would have added a lot. Not bad. :)
Yes, the jumping is somewhat broken, but I'm 99.99% sure I've fixed it in the post-compo version, if you want a better playing experience.
The theme is forced. I admit it. If I had time and skills I would have made the graphics slowly improve over the levels.
Thanks for playing :)
gbellgames: Well, I /might/ have another update on the way... ;)
Thank you for your kind words. :) I really enjoy improving this game, and am glad you like it.
codesavage: Thank you. :) I was planning on having levels slowly look better better and better, but that would require two things: more time, and better art skills. ;)
I'm trying to add something like that in soon.
Zelen3d: It is possible; I've had several people test and beat it. Hint: You /need/ to use the Posi.
Cake&Code: The unresponsiveness was a bug. The jump arc is...odd, I agree. Fortunately it doesn't seem to get in the way of most people.
Very good marudziik! :D You win "you are the first one to complete this challenge!"
It got a little tedious after some time, but it's a nice idea.
I had a lot of fun turning the mutation up to 50. ;)
What am I playing as? :p
Fun game, very polished. A little short and easy, but this is great work.
Very nice, relaxing game! The music was especially good. :)
I don't think I 'got' it, but it was interesting, and looked nice.
Fun game, very polished! :)
I finally got around to playing this. :p
Nice work! The original version gets quite hard!
Quite hard but quite fun!
Nice graphics, too bad you couldn't finish the idea. It seems like it could be fun.
With some work, this could be a great game! I love the idea. :)
Nice music and visuals!
Dragons! The controls were odd, as others have said. This shows some promise though! :)
Very nice, and slightly difficult!
Fun idea, but a bit confusing at first.
Haha, that was fun. Grabbing them by the feet launches them so high!
Awesome game!
Why do you think all dragons are evil? They're awesome! Nice game though.
I love the art style. :)
Haha, I love the idea! My only annoyance is that (On linux at least) the mouse failed to lock to the game. Still, it was fun. :)
kewry, Nutter: Do you have a filter running? Is there any newer flash version? I've uploaded versions that might fix it, but you two are the only ones encountering this. :(
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
I've uploaded post-compo versions, which include a visual reminder of which keys spawns which creatures, as well as the mana cost for each. The windows build is also fixed for real now (post-compo version)!
Very nice idea, good execution of the idea. :)
Amazing graphics and music! :)
I almost cried. Nice game!
Pretty nice game!
Nice minimalist game, and I like the powerup system! It's unique! the only problem is that movin into blocks was often glitchy. Not being able to move diagonally was annoying at first, but I got used to it.
Amazing art style and music! The conversations were hard to figure out, but it was fun.
Very nice, but I do agree that a practice shot would be helpful! Great take on the theme too!
Nice idea, but a bit confusing. Seems interesting enough that I'd like to see an improved version.
And why no 64 bit .exe?
Very relaxing! I had fun messing around with it.
Pretty minimalistic. The graphics are nice.
Quite fun and devious! Simple mechanics but great level design! :) The transition effect was also cool.
Very nice graphics and sound, and it's fun!
I liked the music, but not the sound effects so much. Cool idea though!
'Bloody' brilliant! ;) Very fragile body though. Still, fun!
Very, VERY polished! Easy contender for best Jam game! :)
My only complaint is that the difficulty doesn't scale (haha, pun) up fast enough.
Very fun, amazing idea! :)
Very minimalist, yet still fun! Things can get crazy very quickly!
Great idea, great execution! :)
Difficult! I really like the "zen" feel. :)
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
*HaxePunk highfive*
Thanks dreamlogician! The reason for the collision with the sides of platforms is because it would be odd (and a lot easier) if you couldn't be pushed off the screen but instead moved through blocks.
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Nolojen: Making the sound effects was quite fun!
pvwradtke: :D
kunzbe: Thank you, that's what I was going for! :)
Thanks for the tip karsyf. It doesn't bother me, but I'll try it out!
PsenFilip: I have a check to make sure each jump is possible. After awhile, you sometimes need to jump at the last possible second. Or it might be a bug. I'll take a look.
Well, Puzzlem00n, you told me that quite a bit after this game was finished. Besides, I'm already in my room.
Fun but difficult!
I don't really understand what's going on, but I like the physics.
Very nice game, and great use of powerups!
It needs a punishment for missing robots. I was able to collect a tenth of the robots and still gain time. Nice idea though!
Interesting graphics. :p
I really liked the idea for this!
Nice storytelling, and I really like the mechanic! It reminds me of "A Company of Myself". :)
Any chance we'll see a larger game come out of this?
I really like the dessert theme! The art was all pretty great, and the game is fun overall. :)
Nice idea and powerups, but it was much too easy. I could immediately run to the leader, mash with my sword, get the bow, run to the leader, and keep killing him with only a few arrows.
Still, quite fun!
Great mechanic and use of the theme. :)
Great mechanic and great music!
I loved the theme. :) The music was great too, but the font was a bit hard to read. (Yes, I understand why it was chosen ;) )
Oops, I meant to change the name when I uploaded. :p As for running the game, I forgot about what was necessary. I'll change those things and re-upload.
The 10 seconds applies to the time the jetpack can be used for and the time it takes to recharge. I didn't have enough time (irony) to make the win condition include having a time less than 10 seconds.
Thanks for playing! :)
Whoops, fixed now. Thanks poohshoes. :)
I tried to make this game almost a stealth game. Assessing the situation carefully before acting is important. That's why the robots are so deadly, but I agree that it's definitely too difficult.
Thanks for the kind words sP0CkEr2. :)
Shooting the enemies but not killing them alerts them to your presence.
sans_seraph: Thanks for the response! :) I'm actually in the middle (well, not quite that far) of remaking this game to be a sequel, with a lot more levels and enemy types, as well as a level editor!
Not bad. :) The graphics were pretty interesting, and the physics feel much better now.
It's a pretty cool idea! :)
One chance indeed! I thought you might have done something like that when the difficulty suddenly increased a lot. ;)
Nice job!
Haha, amazing. :)
Nice, simple idea!
Very simple, but perhaps too simple. An interesting idea though.
I love the idea! Sound/music and an indication of how much life is left would make it absolutely amazing!
The controls were strange and took time to get used to, but I like the idea.
I like the mechanic of throwing then retrieving the weapon.
I love the art! Great job on this.
Very fun game, and great use of the theme! :)
I loved how movement made my aim wobble across the whole screen. :p Great work.
It's a fun idea, but it's way too easy to get stuck in walls. Pathfinding or even "hold-mouse-button-to-move" instead of "click-to-move" would be a great improvement.
I like the art, but couldn't help noticing how strange the physics felt. Maybe it was just me.
The gravity is strong! The game was surprisingly short, but the story seemed interesting.
Great art style. :)
It looks like an Atari 2600 game, good consistency with the design! It's simple, but fun to play.
I was only able to play the Adroid version, so I'll rate that. The controls are simple and work well, but the game is a little short. The upgrades are a nice addition. On Android the buttons were quite small on my phone, and hard to accurately hit. Fun though. :)
I agree with other comments: a list of available commands would really help. I originally tried "look" instead of "look around", which did nothing. Still, it's a great idea and is pretty fun!
Fun to play, and the effects like the tracks on the ground look cool! :)
I like the style, but it plays very slow. An interesting idea though.
It's pretty basic. Maybe add some way to move left and right and avoid obstacles? Still pretty fun.
Interesting idea. The ship was very hard to control though.
I like the idea, but it was very hard to control. The islands are interesting.
Interesting idea, and pretty fun. Some decent puzzles. :)
It took me a few minutes to understand what I could do, but I enjoyed the experience. :)
An interesting idea, but a little too repetative.
I like the idea, but it took a long time for more than three items to appear for me.
I really like the idea, but it's not too enjoyable to play with only yourself and the bot. :)
The graphics and style look cool. I'm interested in what this will become.
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
It gets difficult quick!
"Your James Over"
Nice game, but a little difficult to control.
Thank you all for the feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying the game. :)
In response to rjhunter, there's no need to pick up snowballs; that level is possible.
Quite a fun and unique game!
Very fun and arcadey! The particles were good too. :)
Haha, nice idea. :) A little too slow though.
Very nice game! Quite unique too.
Fun idea, but the physics need work.
Interesting, but I felt that things weren't well explained. I didn't immediately realize that I first had to "unlock" the elements and then charge objects which looked different from the lock.
Nice idea, and pretty fun to play! :)
I am invincible! Nice idea.
Nice idea, but some sort of tutorial or explanation would have been really helpful.
Nice idea and well-executed mechanics!
A fun game. The sound effects were... interesting. :p
Interesting take on the theme. :)
The collision is, uh, "interesting" as well.
Quite challenging, as the holes are the same size as the shape. Fun though! :)
It took some time to figure out how to play, but it was a kinda cool idea. :)
A cool idea, but the randomness can make it difficult to succeed on a particular run.
Cool idea, well-made game! I'm looking forward to more levels and mechanics. :)
Nice game, but slightly difficult. :)
deepknight: Yeah, every LD I say, "I'll definitely add hit effects *this* time, just after I've done everything else." And then I run out of time. :p
Honestly, it's a pretty good take on the theme.
Pretty fun, but collision was pretty buggy. Nice job, though!
Cool idea! The exploitability makes it pretty fun. :)
This is great! Movement feels good, and the explosions are pretty satisfying. The only thing I can think of that this game needs is some sort of combo system to reward accuracy or consecutive explosions or something. Very fun! :)
This is a unique blend of mechanics! It's a little hard to understand at first, though. Well done on this entry!
Cool idea, but the movement speed and default controls make it very difficult to play. I like the idea of managing a whole submarine by oneself, though!
Interesting experience. I like the voice acting. :)
Very nice! It's a little difficult, and the version I played had the above-mentioned bug of not being able to restart after losing. I really like the minimalist art, and the particles make a nice effect.
Well done!
A fun entry! I'm glad the dwarves can stand on the other's head. :)
I wasn't expecting a maze, but it works well! I like the fish graphics.
Cool game! It felt pretty slow, though. I liked the music.
A little repetitive, but not bad. Well done!
Nicely done! It's short, but I I'd love to see an expanded version of this with more enemies. Maybe the pickaxes you find give you different combat moves?
Well done!
The art and audio are great! Well done on this entry!
Very cool entry! I love the use of parallax, and the music really set the mood. Well done! :)
Nice game! The mood/atmosphere is cool.
A nice, classic arcade experience. Well done!
Wow, I love the art and audio! Bouncing the tongue around is super fun. :)
Great game!
Nice entry! Movement felt rather buggy, but it was fun!
This was pretty fun! I liked the variety in scenarios and mechanics.