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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
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| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | [Unfinished] LD56 - Animal Warriors | extra | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | Summoning Master | jam | 873 | 3.31 | 3.42 | 3.12 | 3.81 | 3.00 | 3.17 | 2.27 | 2.96 | |
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | 👥 | Animal Teleporting | jam | 283 | 3.86 | 3.86 | 3.53 | 4.27 | 3.62 | 2.99 | 3.45 | ||
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | Space Express LTD | extra |
JamesW leaves an average of 30.0 feedback comments each event.
A well thought out puzzle with some twist on Sokoban. I enjoyed all levels. The first level was not a bit confusing but managed to figure out the box could be pushed. I just hope there were more levels and some levels had a little bit more complexity. Overall a great puzzle and well polished!
Great art and impressive SFXs! Gameplay is a bit unfluent but still fun. Overeall a good entry!
10 out of 5 here, a masterpiece. This is a super rare well-balanced strategy game in jams, and it's well polished. As a fan of strategy game, I enjoy and love this game sooo much! It's amazing! My favorite game in this jam!
Really impressive and enjoyable art, music also fits a lot. Normally I don't touch story-based games, but this one seems really unique, so I tried it. It turned out the game was full of full, so my investment was worthwhile. It somehow reminded me of Animal Crossing. One minor complaint would be I hope there is a map because the sea was a bit too large, I got lost for a few times. Overall a really solid and impressive game!
Wonderful graphics and SFXs, which provides an awesome vibe. Gameplay is a bit hard (soul-like) but fun. It's incredible to make such a game in 48 hours. Really impressive entry!
Awesome game! I enjoyed all the four levels. It feels like our real life and we are the sardines in the game haha. Impressive art and music. Really well-polished entry!
This fun game is sooo challenging! The hardest parts to me are (seems same with some other players): 1. The rotation for some blocks required too many steps (4 types of shape in total), I was so slow to complete the rotations 2. Again, it's the rotation, I have to hit the wall to rotate, which constrained my movement a lot 3. It's hard for me to take care of both preparing to escape the incoming block and arranging a good position for it. It's so easy for me to get distracted by one of them😂
But this is very innovative and original game. I definitely love this game! I really love the concept. Art is cute and soothing. Music sounds cozy but it also provides some feeling of challenging. Well done on this entry!
Super hardcore puzzles. Racked my brain. It's a great take on the theme and well executed. The orientation of the bus was anti-intuition but it's just a part composing the difficulty. I loved the simplicity of the rules. With such simplicity, the game was full of challenges, it's an art. The game is also well-polished. Congrats on this entry!
I am the snowman king 👑 ⛄️! You son of XX, get out of my way!
A really fun game, which could have multi-player mode and become a party game! The gameplay is really enjoyable, art and sound are funny, I couldn't find any disadvantage of this game. Definitely one of my favorite ones.
This game is so hard for me! It's a great take on the theme. A solid game with fun. One minor complaint might be the death effect is too long for me.
A well polished puzzle game! The music is so relaxing that it's easy for players like me to forget time when playing. The concept is brilliant and it's well executed. Really liked the randomness of the game mechanics, it's combined very well with these puzzles. This entry is definitely one of my favorite ones. BTW, I also request for a "Undo".
This is a good take on the theme. I loved the mechanics of how the scores was calculated. The negative scoring made me think more about each step. The art is also great and soothing for the game. One minor complaint would be no music. Well done on this entry! (From your animal friends🐘🐒)
Very nice story and atmosphere. Managed to survive until saved, with 2 buddies died. This game reminds me of "60 Seconds!". I love this kind of genre and enjoy the game. Well done for the entry!
It's a good take on the theme. I played to the end and scored 2203. This game was funny and enjoyable. I love this game.
A solid entry! I love the gameplay, it's a bit tough but fun. Also the art of the toys is very nice, it makes each of them lovely (tho I died several times being attacked by them :(
Good roguelike fps game with nice minecraft-like art style. Tho mechanisms right now is a bit too few, it's a solid base for a commercial game in the future. I feel like roguelike game is very hard to balance in 72 hours, do you guys have the same feeling? Overall it's a great game. I had some fun playing it.
Damn it! This awesome platform game is sooooo difficult! Did you guys design the clumsy jump deliberately? I bet only <10% players could finish all levels. But I love this game a lot! (Probably I am a masochism, no😱) Thanks for making the game! One of my favorite ones.
A solid entry! Really love the fancy effects. Gameplay is a bit tough to me since I'm not good at this kind of shooting game. But it's still very fun. It's well polished and could be a mobile game in app stores. One of my favorite ones.
A fun game with lots of humor! To be honest, I kind of enjoyed deliberately making the passengers crashing on the obstacles and seeing the effects when they dropped 🙈 Is there any other cruel guy like me? 👀 Overall it's a great game and I had lots of fun playing it!
The concept and mechanics seem good. Just need to add more levels to expand the gameplay. Otherwise it will be a really good game.
The cut scenes are really nice! Had the issues with other players that left click to lift sometimes go outside the map, and it's hard to return. I feel like the control part could be improved a lot. But overall a nice game!
It's a really really nice puzzle. Very fun and addictive. It doesn't have any deliberately man-made rule, but still works as a puzzle. It's like an art in the natural. One of my favorite ones. Really solid entry.
Great puzzle with a relatively hardcore difficulty curve. Level 17 really took me a while to solve. About half of the remaining levels were hard levels.
One thing I am wondering is: how long did it take you to design each level? Because our game is also puzzle, it took us about 0.5-1h to design easy levels, 1-3h to design hard levels. We felt those hard ones were much more time-consuming. Also, would you mind sharing how you drew to design each level? We used excel to draw. We feel it's convenient but wonder if there are any better ways.
Overall it's a really fun and challenging puzzle, one of my favorite ones. I loved the turtle facts, too :D
Nice puzzle! Cleared all levels. It's a good take on the theme. The pixel art makes the food look really delicious. The music is really relaxing. One of my favorite ones.
Very challenging but fun game! Art and music are very soothing. Congrats on the work!
Never knew collecting trashes was that hard! It's a fun game. Graphics is simple, but works.
Really nice art! Love the cozy and relaxing gameplay and music. And I also think the resolution is a bit too big for web, had to drag the bars.
I hate my forefinger! Please cut this bad evil off right now!
Lovely game with fun gameplay. The art is so admirable! And the music is also very soothing for the game. Request for the candy with heart shape!
This is a really fun game! I love this game! It seems a bit overwhelming to remember the resources and buildings at the begining t, but soon all become clear to me. The AI-generated voice is natural, and art fits the game very well. Also this game is a very rare well-balanced simulation game in game jams. One of my favorite ones. One minor complaint is that I want a speed-up button :D
I guess the ratings of this game will be polarized. To me, it's a cozy and fun game, which I could play for hours. The graphics and audios are also wonderful! As for the gameplay, I have the same feeling with others. It really took me a while to understand the rules.
**Here is my understanding of the rules for planting new flowers** (correct me if I'm wrong): 1. **New flowers must be planted near a flower with the same color - totally hidden to players**❌️ 2. New flowers can't be planted near a flower with incompatible colors - clear to players✔️ 3. "Near" means the squares two flowers stayed share one border - not fully clear, but could be easily reasoned✔️ 4. If two flowers are not next to each other on the book, it means they are incompatible - not fully clear, but could be easily reasoned✔️
I think the gameplay itself is good, it just lacks clear explanation about **rule 1**, which could make **rule 3** and **rule 4** ambiguous. Once **rule 1** is clear to players, all rules should be clear, and it should be much easier for players to enjoy the game. Overall you guys group of freshmen made a really nice game! BTW, would you guys mind sharing how you made nice music like this one with AI tool?
Nice game with great art. I love those colors of the drinks. The table seems broad at the begining. But soon it becomes so narrow after some customer orders about 10 drinks! This game is fun tho no audios.
Yeah I agree it's a bit stressful. Allowing multi-selection for people could help a lot IMO, it could be a square to select all people within the range. And I can see it's not well-balanced. It has a great potential to be a good strategy game. Keep updating it!
A nice and fun game. It's a bit hardcore (I guess this is to show how limited the space is). One thing is the resolution doesn't fit in laptop well (the contents close to horizontal borders are not showing). But I love the art style.
Very fun puzzle game, the difficulty of the control part outweighs the puzzle part. Art is really good tho UI is a bit simple which could be polished more.
Not sure if it's bug but sometimes my character just gets stuck and I can't control him anymore.
I love this game. BTW, I feel myself more like a rotation scientist instead of a laser scientist 😎
Good concept. Apart from the troublesome system, I have to do a click for each shooting, which is kind of cumbersome. But overall great job for your first game jam!
An impressive experiment! I actually learned a lot from your summaries. BTW, the texts you wrote is really funny.
Cool puzzle game. I feel the optimal solution is very hard to find. Lovely art of dim sums. Overall a nice game!
I like this game! It's fun enough, tho art is simple. I can easliy see the potential of this simple mini game. Happened to brainstorm some random thoughts on adding more mechanics: 1. More enemy types, e.g. some could be fixed, some could charge 2. More obstacles, e.g. some could be pushed 3. Different regions, e.g. in some region player's speed could be slow down 4. Player skills, e.g. charing 5. Some maze levels
Has a potential to be a popular genre like vampire survivors. You did a really awesome job for your first game! I really like this succinct game.
Really immersive game! Managed to make it through. Impressed by the fantastic art and music! This game provides a mixed feeling of both horror game and survival game. Would be better if more oils or some kind of save points are set on the map.
Tested alone as well 😢
Impressed by the game a lot! Party game is very uncommon party in game jams. Really love the art style of mixing 2D cartoon characters and 3d scenes. Every animal is lovely and funny. Music also fits the game very well. Mini games are short but fun. Hope to see this on steam or some markets in the future!
A nice and fun entry. Graphics is simple but it works and fit the mechanics. Yeah, I also think gravity will help improve the control and increase the fun. Overall a great game!
Art is good, but some UI issues to fix. Also there seems to be some bugs, when the bot dies, the scene doesn't update. Love the idea of turn-based fighting tho.
Love the atmosphere when playing the game. The map is a bit too big while objects are too small. Game flow is not smoothy. I also encountered the issue that the music stopped at some point. But I can see the potential for this to become a good strategy or simulation game.
Really love the innovative concept in the game. Gameplay is fun though somehow mechanics is a bit few. Some levels need patience. Really love the art of the game, hope sometime I can have such an art skill or have a friend with an art skill lie this in the future. BTW, R is a bit too close to E, I mispressed R for several times, it's kind of annoying :(
Really nice graphics! The space in the game is so immersive. Love it!
A fun game. It's a bit hard to tell objects in the game. I like the atmosphere. Overall a nice game for your first game jam, well done!
A nice short version for a potentially large strategy game. I love the mechanics between units. The art and music can be improved a bit. But overall well done!
A nice TD game with unique arts! Just need a little time to fully understand the rules. But once understood, it becomes fun. It can be a good base for a great commercial game.
Well polished game, good tutorial at the begining. Just a bit lost about the goal in the mid period. Love the art and the feeling of immersion!
Best puzzle game in this LD so far! 12/12 cleared with the burnout of my brain!
Might be better if level 5 comes before level 4 (to introduce a new hiding mechanism).
Also very helpful for sharing the process of how you come up with the game! Looking forward to make my own puzzle game like this one in the future!
Awesome and unique art style! The story and objective of the game is a bit abstract. The gameplay of sunrising with invisible blocks is fun. Overall a great game!
Great and fun game! The mechanism is simple but enjoyable. More levels and machanisms (perhaps interactions between items, etc.) will adds more fun. Overall a great game!
Great job for your first game jam! The mood is awesome! Some babies are a bit hard to differentiate but not big harm. Overall a great game!
The concept of combining tower defense and delivery is really awesome! Love to explore the unknown map. The limit of picking up at most one item at the some time adds a lot of difficulty to me! Overall a great game.
Move is kind of like flappy bird but adds a lot of fun and some difficult of the game. The art style is unique and awesome. Also really love the sound effects!
A very fun game! It's really clever to make the goods to sell be consumable, which adds the strategy part of the mechanism and makes the game more compact. One of my favorite game!
Love the story of the game. Music is awesome!
Love the mood of the game! Gameplay is a bit simple but fun. Might be better if the blocking things are more noticeable. Also the 50 goal might be too high for a single run. But overall great job!
The art is really appealing! Love the feeling of exploration during delivery. How did you make it with custom engine?
Nice stealth game! Simple but fun gameplay. Really love the mood!
The best game I've ever played this jam.
Quantum Post sounds a bit hardcore, but the game is very player-friendly and fun.
I love the feeling of suddenly discovering the relation between my phantom and the puzzles and my phantom could kill me. Animation is a bit lengthy (especially when I die very early) but not annoying .
One thing I notice is dash doesn't have strong relation with time rewind or phantom, perhaps this part could be considered more?
Another thing that suddenly came to my mind during my gameplay is what if my phantom can be somehow viewed as part of the "real-me"? like the "real-me" can open doors for my phantoms, if my phantoms reach some points, it can be viewed as the "real-me" reach some points so that I can start from those points after rewind. Will this add more fun?
Anyway, reallllly love your game. (I hate those flying stones!)
A very clever idea of combining delivery with strategy genre with courage.
Seems a bit hardcore in terms of game play.
I know the difficulty of balancing the numbers of strategy game in such a short term. My dream is to develop a popular strategy game in a game jam event.
Love the feeling of being free to roam in the room, throwing parcels, turn off switch, etc...
Has a great potential of being a great sandbox simulation game. Would love to play following parts if any in the future.
The cozy music is amazing, one thing might be improved is sound effects are a bit noisy to me.
A unexpected great horror game, under the mild theme - delivery. The mood is the best in this LD, which keeps reminding me scary stories and films. I bet I won't be able to sleep well tonight.
A very solid game all in all. New mechanisms are introduced smoothly. Leaning more towards real-time operation instead of puzzles. If the puzzle part is polished more, this game will be the perfect :o
Good puzzle game with a unique art style!
The music is a bit small, I didn't notice it at the first 5 mins.
Great job!
It's very funny, with a great potential! Love the SFXs and jokes!
Fantastic mood and physics! Love the unstability when driving the spaceship, it's also very challenging!
I love the idea of punching to deliver! Good combination of the theme and puzzles!
Any tricks when the box is accidently punched to a corner?
LD55 — Summoning (20)
Summoner Survivor by SleepyStudios 2024-04-23T08:21:00Z ♥ 2
I feel like this game is a summoning version of "survivors" game. Very challenging but super fun. Art and audio are very nice and suitable. I just wish there could have been some ways to recover health since I feel like I have a desire to play it endlessly. Nice entry! This is one of my favorite games in the jam.
Damn! Jury Summons?! by kleinzach 2024-04-23T08:06:33Z ♥ 1
Super fun game! The game is short but still has its unique mechanic and requires some strategy. The art and audio are also very nice and suitable for this game. Great work!
Dead to Rites by williambsm 2024-04-23T07:45:28Z ♥ 1
A nice and neat game! The gameplay is somehow like tower defense game to me, but by casting spells to defend. Art and audio are very suitable for this game.
Temptation Summoner's Aprendice by Baluj 2024-04-23T07:20:16Z ♥ 1
Very neat game. The temptations are not very clear to me, however, I did love the idea of summoning temptation to attract humans and demons in a war. Nice game!
Leprechaun's Gold by Stowy 2024-04-23T04:29:17Z ♥ 4
I feel like this game is more like a puzzle game for me. Though UI is slight rough, the whole art style is really good. SFX is also fun. Overall a great game.
Ratastrophe by NaPlz98 2024-04-23T04:19:49Z ♥ 2
Too hard for me. But the art and audio are awesome. The different skills of cats are very funny. Great work!
Sir Lancelittle by BaggerSmurf 2024-04-23T04:11:07Z ♥ 2
Super funny. Really love the sound effects! The game play is simple but still fun. One of my favorite games.
Fiesta De Las Quimeras! by Jean-Francois 2024-04-23T03:55:28Z ♥ 4
I love the art and sounds so much, they are super fun and immersive. The gameplay is simple but fun, easy to engage in. Thanks for this entry!
Tristram by Rongo Matane 2024-04-22T13:56:10Z ♥ 4
Can't believe this is made within 72 hours. This is so far the best game I've seen in this jam. The art and sound are really good. Gameplay is also fun. One minor complain is some mechanics are not crystal clear to me. Congrats on this entry!
Siela by Gnum_ 2024-04-22T13:36:35Z ♥ 1
The overall vibe is really good. I love the awesome low-poly art and the immersive SFX. I feel the camera is a bit sensitive too, as @iellswo mentioned. Also the game mechanic is slightly simple, making the game a bit boring. But in terms of the feeling provided by the art and sound, it's really a great entry!
NECRO RUSH by helviett 2024-04-22T13:23:12Z ♥ 5
A super polished fun entry. I completed all the levels, feeling it has a great potential of being expanded to a larger game. The graphic is awesome. The music is also enjoyable though I would like it more if it sounds more rhythmic and aggresive. For user experience, I personally think a mini-map to indicate the foes' position might be helpful. Overall, this is one of my favorite games in this jam. Good job!
Duck Spawner by Myse 2024-04-22T13:00:11Z ♥ 1
Super toxic :D
Reverse Rituals by freakyzelga 2024-04-22T12:57:47Z ♥ 0
Got Ritz Richie too. The art looks really good. Nice entry!
Faust by HellHound 2024-04-22T12:54:18Z ♥ 3
The mechanic is a good take on the theme, graphics is nice and music is super relaxing. Love this entry!
DURO by Fenix131113 2024-04-22T08:50:01Z ♥ 4
A well-thought-out puzzle game with very original ideas and innovative mechanics. The music is very relaxing and the art is vivid. Impressive entry!
Devotion - A fairytale by daandruff 2024-04-22T08:25:25Z ♥ 1
A puzzle game created by a master of pixel art, with a slightly terrifying atmosphere. This is very suitable for extending to a larger game. Love this game! Thanks for making this entry.
Super Pal Summoner! by Meepster 2024-04-22T08:12:09Z ♥ 1
A super cozy game! Simple but addictive. The art is very cute and suitable for this game.
Exorcist Pianist by Aviv Levy 2024-04-22T07:55:04Z ♥ 1
A very polished game with a very innovative concept. The 1-bit art style is very suitable for the game and the vibe is very nice. Just hope my fingers are more flexible or I've learned playing piano when I was young.
Summito by RoughSkin 2024-04-22T07:17:02Z ♥ 2
A well polished card game! Completed the milestones with necromancy cards. The deck-building process is lightweight but fun enough. The vibe is cozy but charming. The music sounds peace but mysterious. UI/UX is very friendly and looks fantastic. Nice entry!
BTW, your profile introduction is also very fun :D
Grid Land by TheMixedMaster 2024-04-22T06:58:31Z ♥ 1
A super fantastic game concept to me! Love the idea of optimizing the balance of resource spending and the utilization of each creatures feature. The art is also cute. For the UX aspect, moving creatures is a bit inconvenient to me but still bearable. Love this game.