WIP (actual game name) by ThomasVenner 2024-04-17T05:17:56Z ♥ 0
Cool concept! I struggled a little bit with the "too far" (I think sometimes it popped up when the block was colliding with the wall)
Impressive work for the short amount of time.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Justine Olshan
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | 👥 | Onerous Orbits | jam | 31 | 4.28 | 4.21 | 4.43 | 3.70 | 3.79 | 3.80 | 3.10 | 4.04 | |
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | The Children of the Hand | jam | 1175 | 2.71 | 2.42 | 2.87 | 3.75 | 3.52 | 2.82 | 2.58 | 2.80 | |
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | 👥 | Papers No Thank you | jam | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Soul Harvest Inc. | jam | 430 | 3.48 | 3.05 | 3.63 | 4.15 | 3.50 | 3.55 |
Justine Olshan leaves an average of 8.3 feedback comments each event.
Cool concept! I struggled a little bit with the "too far" (I think sometimes it popped up when the block was colliding with the wall)
Impressive work for the short amount of time.
I enjoyed the sounds of the blocks falling, and it was interesting to read. I too wish that we could see vertical lines clear too.
I have to admit I was sucked into the game trying to get all the flowers. Very addictive :) I had to play until the end.
One small thing that I think could make the gameplay better is making the symbols on the cards a little larger. Sometimes it was hard to see what things I needed to combine.
It could be cool to have a mechanic to request certain types of cards. Maybe it is in the game but I couldn't figure it out.
I enjoyed the graphics and sounds! It was fun to play local 2 player mode as well. I think the game could benefit from a slightly larger area to move around and maybe more candies to interact with :)
Why is "EAT" so hard? I couldn't even eat one apple, so when I finally got it I was surprised to see 4+ more. 😂
A fun simple little game. I enjoyed the voice acting and humor!
Very interesting concept. I thought the story was interesting and the questions and answers felt well thought out and moved the story along.
I echo the others about the egg gameplay -- I realize part of the theme was for it to me monotonous, but I also felt like I was completing it so I could get back to the story. It would be fun if the egg section was as engrossing as the story.
I was also a little confused by the end. I thought I did the right thing, but while the art was very cool, I'm not sure if I understood exactly what happened. 😅 Regardless, I'm glad I played and got to experience.
Cool concept and design, but I had a bit of trouble with controls. I think I also dropped the keycard behind the wall on the first playthrough. 😅 Like others said, making the controls a little bit more precise would be awesome!
Simple but fun. I felt so proud when i finally got a perfect burger.
This was perfectly paced for a game jam like this imo. Really well done and a memorable experience.
I really liked the vibe here. It's cool to see everyone else's friends. (Many of which are much more creative than mine. 😅 )
Fun and cute game! I really enjoyed the visuals and music and thought it was an interesting and unexpected spin on tower defense.
I think it would be cool if you could sell some of the organs you get to maybe buy different powerups. I wasn't sure if the different animals had different weaknesses/strengths, but that could be another way to add difficulty and strategy to the game.
This was a fun little game! A lot to do by one person in a few days!
There were some minor issues like the popups to tell me how to interact seemed misplaced at times (telling me to water my plant after I harvested it).
I could only hold one present in inventory at a time, and after I gave the present to someone the next day the visual reset to 0, but the next present would bump the counter correctly -- so just a visual error. I think it would also help to include a direction about how to switch your items.
Those were all pretty minor though, I enjoyed the game and was engaged to play til the end. :)
I'm glad that even though there weren't a lot of sounds, there was a little jingle when the puzzle was completed. A great cue to know the door opened (sometimes behind me) and I found myself really getting excited when I heard it. A very fun little game to work through.
The visuals were cool. It would have been nice to have a few more branching paths, but understandable given this is a solo game jam.
I really love the text on the cards. Made me laugh. :)
LD57 — Depths (10)
LootBot Dungeon by Tsaot 2025-04-08T20:10:34Z ♥ 1
Cool concept! I really liked the keyboard to input movement. It was pretty intuitive and worked well! We had a similar concept in our game for limiting movement to a few key actions, so it was cool to see it implemented in a different way.
One thing that would have been neat is seeing the instructions for bots lost to the dungeon. Sometimes I would get so far, but then lose the robot so it would be nice to mostly replicate the path.
DEPTHS OF HELL by Danny Hayes 2025-04-08T20:00:07Z ♥ 0
Interesting concept. So many of my souls had lizards for some reason. 😂
What Lurks Below by dxk2294 2025-04-08T04:54:40Z ♥ 2
Wait what happened at the end?! I was about to buy an upgrade and then...!
That was fun especially when it really started going!
Dumb Ways to Dive by EiZi 2025-04-08T04:21:32Z ♥ 0
Interesting concept! Not sure if I missed something but I wasn't able to progress too far.
Folder Depth by Zigtalk 2025-04-08T04:14:48Z ♥ 1
The mechanics were hard for me to understand, and I don't think I figured out how to play. Interesting concept though.
Super Mecha Diggin Dodge Idle by wheelsx 2025-04-08T04:03:00Z ♥ 2
It was cool to read your story about creating a similar game 11 years ago and still doing game jams today. This was fun!
Morally GrayStone Corp by T90. 2025-04-08T03:54:02Z ♥ 4
This game felt too real! The writing was witty and the art was also quite nice. Overall I enjoyed playing!
Depths of the Heart by chelC 2025-04-08T03:33:52Z ♥ 5
It's always cool to see games with voice acting! This was pretty funny!
Snow Ordinary Cave by kylerhoades 2025-04-08T02:54:28Z ♥ 1
Simple but fun game. One of the enemies killed me after I won though 🤣
Granny's Gotcha by Joscco 2025-04-08T01:21:29Z ♥ 1
Yay! I had a lot of fun with this one. The graphics were so cute and I enjoyed the vibe. I couldn't help but play to the end to complete all the levels.
A few small things: * I noticed I was able to pull some of the items out of the bag partially which seemed not intended by the puzzles * Some of the larger objects could only be pulled from the top which was not always intuitive.
Very minor things -- I really enjoyed this game!