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Jeffrey Newton-Evans

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202557Depths👥Bowldingjam7902.912.973.502.802.863.36
202046Keep it alive👥Beat Sturgeonjam5183.803.323.754.233.834.214.013.70
201944Your life is currency👥BATCLASHjam3.303.302.912.503.833.833.503.33
201843Sacrifices must be made👥AkimBearjam484.114.063.662.994.484.064.053.90

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Comments by Jeffrey Newton-Evans

LD43 — Sacrifices must be made

Colors of Your World by DDRKirbyISQ 2018-12-17T22:11:21Z

This is wonderful and an incredibly special experience. Wow. Super charming and lovely sprite work and your colour pallet is lovely from start to finish. Only hiccup for me was the Z to jump and X to dash. Maybe it's just because i'm used to a controller for platformers? regardless, I made due and persevered! Thanks for this lovely little game, it made me really happy! Ps. Starting Anew is stuck in my head!

Hamster DRUMA by shide 2018-12-29T18:53:45Z

Super polished! Found it a little hard to control the "Critters", and understanding exactly what I was supposed to do was a little cryptic. But great look to it, and I great modelling!

Bloodcaster by YongminPark 2018-12-04T07:01:06Z

Oh man! This is fantastic!!! Downwell + Pinball + Castlevania = Bloodcaster! Art is excellent and the vibes are exceptional. Amazing work! (Great name as well!)

Bloodcaster by YongminPark 2018-12-05T19:15:59Z

I keep coming back to this game! My personal favourite so far!!!

Horny Demons by Team Infernus 2018-12-06T23:29:53Z

I've never been interested in deck building games but the theme was definitely eye catching so I had to give it a shot! I ended up find it really addictive honestly. The concept and theme is really good and I like the way it plays on the concept of "sacrifice" both in terms of decision making and literal ritual sacrifice. Clever game, very entertaining, definitely interested in checking out some similar games now! The only setback is the greater demon card issue you mentioned, but it's not make or break! Keep it up :smiling_imp:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T06:46:55Z

@pawel-w, Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it.

@doctormozart Hahaha, thanks for the positive feed back. If you get the chance to try it with a controller at some point definitely give it another shot, it's a completely different experience (i.e. a much much better one :smile:)

@woofdog99 Whoa, thanks for the kind words! Hmm... Maybe we will... :thinking:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T17:29:25Z

@purrseus Ahh, so so glad you enjoyed it! Comments like this make creating this game worth it.

The last level's enemies were definitely a talking point amongst us, but in the end we decided the increase of challenge as well as tying the enemies into the game's narrative was more in line with our vision. But definitely a valid critic, thanks for the feedback!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T19:17:44Z

@f4kethis Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah... If you're playing with Mouse and Keyboard it's pretty difficult and takes some practice, but it's a much much smoother experience if you have a controller to use! Thanks for playing!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T22:20:11Z

@vodish Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T23:08:32Z

@captaincorgistan Haha, no need to limit your excitement! So glad you enjoyed it :smile: Tell your friends! :sparkles:

@gamers-blood-entertainment Hooray! Thanks for the positive feedback! Spread the word, and tell your friends!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T23:14:38Z

@leothil Thanks! Glad you had fun with it! tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T23:20:57Z

@antoine-vion Hahaha, thanks for the recommendation! great to hear you had fun!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T23:40:26Z

@kornel-meszaros Awesome! So glad you enjoyed the game! And thanks for the feed back, we couldn't get the triggers to function for some reason so we settled for bumpers instead. Tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-04T23:57:09Z

@Trifectuh Hey thanks! Had a lot of fun making it, glad you enjoyed it!

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T01:29:16Z

@eddie-li Thanks so much for the kind words! Made in 48 hours :wink: Tell your pals! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T01:41:08Z

@stu Hey thanks! :bear: :sparkles:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T01:56:23Z

@acaral One word, Thanks!!! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T02:11:49Z

@block97 Thanks for the positive response! yeah, the sacrifice of shooting while stopping movement balance was our tie in to the theme. But personally when I have some extra time left I like to just shoot at the sky for a bit haha. Glad you enjoyed it, tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T18:56:09Z

@boopsgames Thanks friend! Glad you liked it! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-05T18:58:44Z

@chaosthelegend Haha, wow! Thanks so much!! We have an Itch page if you want to help us out: https://ecmjohnson.itch.io/akimbear

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-06T18:56:54Z

@game-coder28 Thanks for giving it a shot! Sorry your stream wasn't working yesterday, but I'm glad you came back to it. Tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-06T22:51:44Z

@jaimuepe Ahh, great to hear you enjoyed it! Yeah, it's much much more manageable with a controller. The birds are still tricky with one, but it's at least do able (If it makes you feel any better, on keyboard I still haven't made it past the first level so you've done really well haha!) Definitely give it a shot with a controller if when you have the chance, and let us know what your theories on the ending are :thinking:. Thanks again for playing! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-06T23:22:59Z

@jaimuepe Oh! And if you were at all interested I put the (short) soundtrack for AkimBear on band camp for free! https://closecallstudios.bandcamp.com/album/akimbear-ost

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-08T03:43:05Z

@justinmullin Hey Justin, sorry about the late reply. To be honest, our whole team including myself have been so humbled by your lovely comment that we're a little speechless! It warms our hearts to know that you enjoyed our game so much, and we're so proud that you believe it to be something special. To me having a game be something special is the highest praise and i'm so touched that you believe our game fall anywhere near that. Thank you so much for this comment, it has legitimately made my week (and it's Smash week... sooo...). After all these lovely comments on this page, including yours, taking this game further is definitely something we're considering right now, and hearing we have something special from an outside party other than amongst our selves is definitely another layer of inspiration to do so. Have a good one Justin, and thanks so much again for taking the time to play our game! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-08T16:59:15Z

@joh Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for giving it a shot! Tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-08T17:00:43Z

@trevor-hayes Thanks for the kind words! Aiming sensitivity is definitely something we'll look into, thanks for the feed back! Re: HTML5, a version is now available from this page. Thanks for the suggestion! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-08T17:01:44Z

@lazertrax Haha, yeah I still haven't beat the first level with a keyboard! Thanks for the kind works and giving our game a try. tell your friends! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-09T18:12:20Z

@kromzem Thanks for giving it a shot, and super glad you enjoyed it! Tell your peeps :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-11T19:10:11Z

@f1krazy I'm so glad you liked it! Yeah, we wanted to be a little less literal with the theme and bake its concept into the gameplay instead of making it a game about literal sacrifice. So we're glad you got what we were going for! And yeah, haha, the birds are annoying... But we wanted to make sure there was a reason to change the direction of your shooting laterally rather than just shooting down all the time. We'll Possibly be building this game out in the future so... stay tuned! :thinking: Thanks again for playing! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-16T19:18:38Z

@alext-design Thanks for playing you two! hope you enjoyed it.

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-16T19:20:20Z

@randomphantom Hmm, intriguing... Were you playing it in browser? Haven't experienced this ourselves so thanks for letting us know. Thanks for playing! :bear:

AkimBear by ecmjohnson 2018-12-21T17:04:57Z

@keppu Aeee, so glad you enjoyed! Tell your friends!🔫🐻🔫

Cessabit by AdultLink 2018-12-28T16:37:37Z

I know it's late, but any chance of getting a mac version? I'd love to give this a shot!

Pyme's Genocide by HermesEs 2018-12-04T20:47:52Z

Any chance of getting a Mac build? Looks incredible and i'd love to try it!

Pyme's Genocide by HermesEs 2018-12-04T20:55:11Z

@juan-hust-novella Haha, no worries! Rest is our friend!

Pyme's Genocide by HermesEs 2018-12-06T22:19:09Z

W O W. I am blown away by the love that's been put into this. Not to mention how pretty and well animated everything is! Is this all made from scratch? If so, this is by far the most impressive entry this Jam in my opinion. Also thanks so much for making the Mac build! I've been anxiously waiting for one since I first saw this. Very Ooblets, VERY slime rancher, and the colours are even a little No Mans Sky. Excellent pallet and everything has so much charm. Hope you're all very proud!

Escape from Arex by Hare Software 2018-12-29T19:07:53Z

Whoa, dug the atmosphere and the attention to detail especially how those folks aim at you as you walk by if you chose not to fight them! Short, but made sense with the story you were telling. Now please... Setting this debate i'm having with my friend; was the guy you had to kill at the end the friend who's in the picture hanging in your house? Great work on this!

Food Chainz by hannaesthetic 2018-12-04T20:45:39Z

This is fantastic! Love the music, love the lyrics, love the art style. very impressed!

LD44 — Your life is currency

Inflate Me to the Moon by DDRKirbyISQ 2019-05-09T15:58:57Z

This is it, this is my favourite game from this jam. I played and loved Colours of Your World last jam and was my favourite from that jam as well! Your games have so much charm and heart put into them, from the soundtracks to the art style. Ahhh... and the chiptune fly me to the moon at the end made me laugh out loud in public, so thanks for that :smile: It reminds me of something Keita Takahashi would put together, but with a Sonic/FF6/Earthbound soundtrack. Perfection. :ok_hand: Can't wait for your next entry, great work! :sparkles: (Ps. played it on iOS and it was super smooth!)

LD46 — Keep it alive

Beat Sturgeon by ecmjohnson 2020-04-22T14:25:28Z

@moskoman Thanks for checking it out! Here's there song :eyes: https://closecallstudios.bandcamp.com/track/fetch-me-my-tools