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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | The Little World | compo | 456 | 2.81 | 2.59 | 2.96 | 3.66 | 2.64 | 2.58 |
Graphics are very nice, but gameplay appears to me as holding some arrows and just clicking 1e1e1e1e1e1e1e. Seeds will be collected, flowers will be planted, atmosphere level will rise - just keep pressing these 2 buttons. I mean the idea is not bad, but maybe there should be some penalty for making wrong actions?
More like Cardboard Cats Offline for me T_T
I will add score for the graphics...
@ilseroth I've just rated the graphics category, since it could be judged by screenshots, I didn't add bad (or good) scores for other categories just because game refusing to connect or something... But well you got the point here, I could remove my vote if you ask so.
Also tried to connect from my workplace, it has different Internet service provider, but still no luck, server is offline for me T_T.
Cool graphics and nice idea. It was a bit hard to understand how to play though, controls are not very user-friendly and it's hard to aim with rockets. I got a lot of similar cards in a row and there was no place to use them, probably their mechanics need some adjustments. But well, that all are just small cons, something like balance issues :) The game is cool overall.
Space-mouth is too hard to control >_<. On the other side, word-bulp is too easy. Actually all mini-games have easy win-conditions, maybe you should've make them a bit harder, like you need to "make a sentence" (pass 3-5 balls) with balls from preferred topics only.
Nice sound effects, but the game ts very creepy, it reminds me how dangerous is outside.
I like the the idea of "falling" level, probably it would've been even more cool if it was falling by 1 floor, not by entire screen. Also showing max capacity of platform would helped a lot too. Anyway, it was enjoyable to play your game.
Graphics are very cool, too bad music wasn't made by you, it suits the game well.
I've cleared whole game, most levels (where number is lower than 10) could be cleared by random jump spamming, infinite grapple and no boundaries of screen make the game much easier, maybe it needs limitation on one of those aspects. I also encountered couple of bugs... once I grappled and hanged in midair, being able to move (counter)clockwise with a very large radius (there was no planet with such big one). And second, maybe not really a bug, but sometimes spider becomes really slow, like flying in slow motion, I usually used grapple in those cases, because otherwise it would've took dozen of seconds to reach nearest planet.
But I enjoyed the game anyway, some levels are challenging and game is addictive; graphics are nice too.
It would be nice to have few more items that cost more than basic ones. Currently game shows whole potential very quickly.
I liked the art, but animations have few issues, Sometimes guys walking 350 degrees counterclockwise instead of 10 degrees clockwise. And there is some weird movement while gathering woods at night too.
Also, I had 2 campfires at night and 3 guys, 2 guys found the fire quickly while 3rd started to flounce between two campfires and just died =/
Pretty nice concept, but I wish there was something to reach, maybe not a "game clear", but some additional features as i said at the beginning.
First I failed to defend the "castle" using various "towers" fast enough, but then I was just buying 2nd mushrooms for all money and easily cleared the game. Usually it's opposite... guess game needs better balance.
I liked the art, sound is not very good, but not bad either.
Overall, I liked the game, but wish it could be more challenging (balanced)
Nice mechanics and design, I enjoyed the game till the end. The only thing I was confused with is main menu, spend 2-3 minutes to understand how to start the game.
Nice mechanics and design, I enjoyed the game till the end. The only thing I was confused with is main menu, spend 2-3 minutes to understand how to start the game.
I quickly ended up playing piano instead of playing game, just pressing 1234 rapidly, and 5-6 sometimes, it worked and probably it could have continued endlessly, but i got bored soon enough. I think game needs some events like climatic catastrophes and also some objectives other than just keeping some of creatures alive.
Pretty cool idea, awesome graphics. Probably worth expanding to large version with more levels. Ludum Dare version is too small unfortunately, I've more struggled with controls (trying to understand when globe is rotating and when it's not) than playing actual game D:
Got 314 points, love the idea, most cool part for me is interaction between enemies, in most games it would've been just ignoring each other, but there some unusual combinations can happen while they are acting. Art and sound are pretty cool too.
Unbridled joy Безымянный.png
Now seriously, idea is not bad, but I don't think it suits theme well. The game is not very user-friendly, my egg died 3 times and I thought it's because I made a bad combination, I understood what to do only by reading the comments, you should've add some note to incubation screen like "control the heat". I also though that game went laggy when I clicked at the box, so I restarted it once.
Making creatures is actually more enjoyable than taking care about them, it could've been more exiting if you had focused on this aspect of the game (e.g. possible to create 2-3 creatures at once and watch how they interact, restart button would've also help too)
P.S. 100% stone is best pet.
Multiplayer is always good, but honestly I am not a fan of games with no challenge. Maybe if there was some feature that allows to protect your messages from other players it could've provide more fun to such players as I.
Liked this game very much, nice mechanics, graphics and sound. I needed ~10 tries to clear the game, some places reminded me old games by their difficulty, but it's only an advantage.
When I was playing I thought it's a Jam game, really amazing that it was done in 2 days by you alone.
I was surprised a bit when played your game, because it's exactly what my friend suggested for "you control the game not the player" theme :)
Anyway, the mechanics are cool are I liked art too. Someone said that real character is better than next-level-thing, but I disagree, I liked this part too.
Maybe just levels could've been a bit larger, I've cleared each of them very fast, except for one before last. Actually you can try do add bunch of levels and maybe make them a bit larger and publish extended version of your game at some store. I've seen similar concept before, but there probably would be enough people who will wish to play such game anyway.
Played 3-5 minutes at second try, a shame that difficulty is same as on start and there is no score, so I can't boast of result here too :( But idea is nice and game is a bit addictive, so overall I liked it.
I think you should add a bunch of a new levels and maybe couple of new environment elements and try to publish your game at AppStore/Playmarket/Steam/etc. Mechanics are awesome and art is cool as well (I don't like cover much though), so your game can have a great success once it have extended version.
P.s. Guy with fastened knife made my day.
Not a bad idea, but since there are no scores, game over or win conditions, it's not very fun to play as is. It's also very hard to catch 2 objects (people) if they are moving to the opposite edges, maybe there should've been some option to be able to leave small wall for few secs at chosen place, so player can move to other place, but save people from initial side.
Just scrolled page down to write the comment and noticed word 'camera' a lot of times... yeah, camera is probably main issue, it's uncomfortably to play with such camera position, zoom out would've been OK, if you wished to make first-person view, zoom in would've been better too, current version doesn't give you much info, but disturbs by 2-3 flashing spheres that represent head of your snake.
A little bug don't hurt much, but it's plenty of them, so they lower amount of joy from the game a bit too.
As for positive sides, I liked the music and colored orbs, my score is 15, got disturbed by "fake orbs" >_<
Very nice story and graphics, I liked the end, but still I am curious what will happen with their ant world.
Mother provides.
Lovely idea and nice graphics / audio. I cleared game with 2 achievements, but third place (button which opens the door) took quite a lot of time, I spawned like 30 cans to transfer 1 of them over water. I don't know if there is another way to pass that place, but mine was quite tedious -__-.
Did I missed hidden meaning? I've cleared the game, then tried to clear it without killing (what seems to be impossible due to boss), then I just died, endings were pretty same. Besides of story the game is quite trivial, but shooting is too slow and enemies number doesn't match too?
Liked that you kept size of planets, Jupiter challenge was nice and unexpected. Disliked that anime-humor though.
Very nice graphics and quite standard, but pretty fun gameplay. The audio... did you made it by yourself? I mean literally, by your own throat? It was quite funny, but gave me feeling of watching some kind of porn -_^
I am not very skillful at TD games, but clearing this one was pretty easy, most enemies died after first right turn, I only missed wave 10 guy, which reached crystal at ~75% hp, guess game needs some balance.
By the way some towers were firing in opposite direction without any obvious reason Безымянный.png
I've survived for 28 days. I think I could've last more, but I started trying to hunt more to check what could happen, while my stats were 3/3/7. I don't really get how they are distributed, their sum is always different too, I though I could raise stats by interacting with unknown stuff, but seems like it's not the case. Text that describes the place didn't changed long enough, but I got different plants/fish by doing same activities.
I think game lacks of possibilities, strategy seems very simple - do activity which you can do best (stat is higher). If it has red beasts/plants - do second best activity; thus game doesn't provide you too much options. I would prefer to have some hard choices like work on improving your stats (can cause injury / starvation) or go find meal.
By the way "Play again" button breaks the game, it's impossible to do anything besides throwing away your food.
Nice models, gameplay is also ok, but game itself is very short and is not theme-related. Well, I believe you are aware of cons, but making something completed (half games doesn't really have that :P) is also good result for 1st LD game.
I've played till the end, but cannot tell that gameplay was cool, it's not challenging or relaxing, it just takes time to collect those crystals.
Wow, I liked your game a lot, simple but very enjoyable.
Gameplay is great, game even has different AIs. I bit disappointing that I've won most of matches just watching how opponent has charged to the red wall... Also encountered the bug once, it was at level 4, enemy falled down but was not destroyed, he just continued to dash below... I had to commit suicide to replay.
Very nice that there are multiple modes, a shame that there is no battle royal mode, wished to play it.
I believe if you add multiplayer and couple of new features your game could have success at Steam or some other game store.
First I liked some new for snake things like worm hole to other side of the map, but then i realized that in 2d you had to turn, otherwise you will bump in the wall and there you can spin around any edge as much as you want. I still died quite a lot, but it's mostly because of camera >_< Idea is good, but current version needs few alterations. I wish you will have more time for your next LD game
Art is cool, but the whole thing looks more like widget to me, rather than a game. Also I don't really understand how one could control staff in the middle of planet.
Played twice, but ended up being eaten by evil butterfly, is it intended? Game has nice, relaxing atmosphere, cool soundtrack and bright graphics. Those trees look kinda creepy for me though. It was last game which i decided to review today, like that it gave me some relaxation at the end of the day :3
I "solved" all levels by lowering 1 block and moving through all others till the door. Seems like it wasn't supposed to work like so...
I only can praise the art.
@adamalexander
:warning: There are 3 game over screens:
Green - baobabs are grown too much.
Pink - rose wasn't watered too long or you accidentally uprooted it.
Orange - volcanoes were not cleaned for too much time.
Pink is probably most common, since you really need to pay attention to that rose ;)
:heart: Thank you, everyone!
@bram-ve Yes, I agree that more visual effects depending on what user is doing would've been nice, it's not like I didn't plan to add them, just was short in time a bit, so in the end I've decided to keep things simpler to deliver game in time (barely managed to). It was first time when I was working with 3D and models, so it could seem easy to add few simple effects, but actually I've struggled with them a lot T_T. Now I think I should've made post-compo version with audio/visual improvements, most likely will add one for my next LD game.
@huvaakoodia @amras0000 Special thanks to you guys, I really appreciate that you gave me "deep" advises that could also improve my future games of same genre.
@connor-mcgrory @giusex27 I can't really agree with a score system here, these types of games usually use seconds/number of "wave" to indicate how long player last, the game use day number for this. I don't want to give player different scores for doing work faster or something like this, it should only matter how long your planet survives. Thus you will have approximately same score at the end of the same day and on my opinion it's more suitable to show the day number in that case. Maybe just like @move127 said I should've duplicate number of day from the logs to the top left corner of the screen.
@sgstair Thanks for including my game in your stream, about mixing tools...You actually lost because you have used shovel on rose and you had a lot of grown baobabs because you were watering them ;)
Game have few small bugs, like guy is not always looking to shoot direction and you can't see some text unless it's fullscreen. I also didn't get how to jump higher, sometimes it's low jump and sometimes it's higher more than in 2 times...
Gameplay is pretty classic, but enemies here have very different "danger level", small white ghost instantly killed me few times -__-. Audio suits well to the game.
Art...well, sprites are fine, but when they are combined into same game colors make too much contrast, especially main hero. Some knight in armor would suit better probably.
That broom is always camping 2-3 bottom right tables and it's hard to step on them without being hit >_<
Game is simple, but nice, audio is definitely the best part. It's pretty good overall, but probably doesn't suit theme much.
I thought that I will be able to find other games based on The Little Prince, just like my game ^_^ But our concepts are pretty different.
Your game is really calm, audio suits well here. But I've cleared all 3 levels without much effort, maybe it should've been just a little bit harder?
So, I go up - I die, I go left - I die, I go right - I die, I go down - I die, I touch the planet - I die. The goal is to make a circle? I did so after 20 tries, but got nothing. The goal is to make as much circles as possible? Well... no, thanks, it's hard as hell T_T.
Is there a game over? I reached negative numbers at each parameter at least once and nothing happened. Lost few minutes on founding controls, and not even sure that I've found all of them. You should add them to the post. Game itself has nice concept, but game process is kinda plain, nothing changes while time passes.
For next viewers: left/right arrow - spin planet: up - gather rose / bit down - plant rose
Great graphics; gameplay idea is simple, but not boring. Didn't have a change to play in a multiplayer, but single mode was kinda fun. Died a lot at wave 7 :P
Very nice art and gameplay. Last levels were too easy though, probably level 2 was hardest one. Also a bit disappointing that boss is just laying down and not doing anything; personally, I would rather prefer to play a game with just 3 levels and challenging boss. Anyway, game is very cool, it is made in Compo format, but it's quality as of Jam level game
Art is (very) nice. Gameplay is (very) ~bulp ~bulp addicting, booo cheer!
Probably jetpack should have some limitations, it's too easy now to avoid all the projectiles. I like the idea of bouncy world, it gives nice sensation, but game is a bit monotonous, I'll agree with previous commentators, enemies variationality would help, maybe some flying enemies?
Don't really know if it's possible to win, turned into a big sna..something twice and died. It's quite hard to find food and quite easy to eat it once it's found, so I didn't liked that part much, since it's not depends on player. I had some fun playing the game though.
I liked the audio, but graphics were strange. Models seem to be good, but I had feeling that I was playing as feces in stomach or something like this. I actually don't think that playing as feces in stomach is bad, but I believe it supposed to be some snake/worm at some planet, maybe you should've chose colors differently.
As far as I can see, there is no game over or win condition and no scores as well and it's pretty boring to play without that stuff. Yet, general idea is OK and graphics are cool enough, the game is just a bit incomplete, but it has potential.