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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201326MinimalismDHRDRcompo6443.092.913.593.203.372.762.693.0076

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Comments by johnste

LD26 — Minimalism

RPS RTS by Logan 2013-04-29T12:16:00

Fun. I had trouble remembering what beats what during gameplay though, which made it a bit hard.

Fallen Outside by DDDBOMBER 2013-04-29T06:56:00

Great game, very frustrating and Super Meat Boy-esque. Collected all potatoes but the game froze when I started the last (secret?) level 17. :(

The music gets a bit repetitive. I like the controls and the general platforming, except for accidental wall jumps.

JOHN by LPGhatguy 2013-04-29T07:08:00

Unfortunately very short, almost felt like it ended where it should've started.

I like the presentation and the horror/insanity stuff was well done!

John and the Stairway to Zion by Dissing 2013-04-29T09:34:00

Very atmospheric, loved the music and the lighting.

Y&P by tobbez 2013-05-06T10:38:00

Very simple game. I agree with the previous comments in that the random respawning breaks the flow quite a bit. I got 33 potatoes.

OneEighty by Mekuri 2013-04-29T07:31:00

If the game doesn't work, try installing the XNA Framework Redistributable linked. I had to.

Nice little game, certainly feels like I've played similar games before though. The death messages were fun and added to the experience.

The collision detection for the spikes could be a tad more forgiving, but I guess you know that.

The Sentient Cube by Omiya Games 2013-05-08T06:04:00

Very hard to stay on the ground as you get bigger. I spent a lot of time flying around uncontrollably.

Laeser by KristianGibson 2013-04-29T09:55:00

Game works fine for me.

Looks pretty, but I get nauseous after only playing it for a short while.

The Boy Who Leapt Through Planets by ydg 2013-04-29T07:59:00

Why does he shoot with his genitals?

Good fun, had to try a lot of times to complete the game. Getting hurt by the monsters and obstacles felt a bit random, sometimes I could jump on them (the monsters) without damage, but sometimes not.

My Little Robo by m64 2013-05-06T18:47:00

Great game, I love physics puzzles and this one is great. A bit hard to see all the instructions sometimes though, I missed a few ones when I started out and made some bad choices because of that.

Art: The Game by dylanaholcomb 2013-04-29T08:53:00

I don't see why you felt the need to create a game only to offend people. :(

BLoK by BiOME 2013-05-15T18:23:00

The controls could be a lot better. Interesting game, but repetetive...

Zenboy by feyleaf 2013-04-30T12:43:00

Very odd game. What was the point of the water? To make the sand go away faster?

Reach the Moon by Nanolotl 2013-04-29T08:45:00

Fun game, I had fun experimenting my way towards the moon. I wish I could continue after finally reaching it.

Unfinite by jonnopon3000 2013-05-11T14:18:00

After dying one time, the player barely moves ahead. Tried invincibility once, which worked as expected, but when I restarted the game, I spawned into the same place as before.

These problems combined with the very slow refresh (accept java + download of lwjgl+slick each time) makes for a less than stellar experience unfortunately.

DHRDR by johnste 2013-04-29T05:53:00

Tyro: Try attaching the magnet to the box above the robot. You can sort of lift yourself out of these pits.

kogyblack: You need to install love2d to play the .love files, but the windows executable should work without any dependencies.

DHRDR by johnste 2013-04-29T08:13:00

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

Ludipe: Hm, I never experienced crashing. Does it crash during a level?

Frib: Unfortunately, no. :(

DHRDR by johnste 2013-04-29T12:14:00

wccrawford: There's a bug where the items from the last level tend to show up in the next. They're not counted towards the clutter score though, so you should be able to finish the level. That's the last one though. Thanks for playing! :)

DHRDR by johnste 2013-04-30T19:53:00

Seriously, everyone, thanks for you feedback! :D

I agree with most of what you're saying about the game and it certainly lacks a lot of polish (restart button, tweaking of mechanics, etc). I really want to create a better version with fixes and more content (levels, items).

DHRDR by johnste 2013-05-02T06:05:00

Hey Michael, saw your stream and yes - you had some interesting issues with the physics. Sorry about that. I didn't have enough time for playtesting and maybe the single biggest issue was the lack of a restart button/fail condition.

DHRDR by johnste 2013-05-02T06:11:00

I wonder what caused the weird bouncing problems though. It might have to do something with a low frame rate causing the physics timestep to be too high. Thanks for testing!

Quick Copy by koller-digital 2013-04-29T08:32:00

Fun game and nice execution! I think I experienced a bug where it thought my entire painting was wrong (exceeded 400 pixels wrong on a painting that wasn't too far off).

Z by bms 2013-05-06T20:16:00

Wow, you weren't kidding about it being short. Could be plenty fun though!

Bliss by fakeyou 2013-05-08T06:58:00

Can't download the source for this, I get a 404 error.

It's pretty. A shame it never became something more than an experiment.

Left To Right by l3dx 2013-05-06T20:20:00

Way too easy to get to the end. A lot of the time the blocks are floating in the air so you can just walk right and win...