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Year	LD	Theme			Game	Division	Rank	Ov	Fu	In	Th	Gr	Hu	Mo	Co
2016	35	Shapeshift			Pluto's Tears	jam	28	4.12	3.94	3.64	3.51	4.36	3.80	4.08	100

Prince Charmless by Pietro Ferrantelli 2016-05-03T17:50:00

Really good, it neeeeds to be a phone game for sure (tapping mechanic would be perfect for the mirror game which I find really difficult with a mouse) :)

SHAPE.SHIFT by BulletsArePeopleToo 2016-05-03T17:39:00

Whoa, awesomely trippy! The mechanic of attacking automatically on the beat is great. The visual style is nice but the glitching is a bit strong/large maybe? the cow game is hilarious btw! Can't believe that was all made in the jam.

TamaHero by monetai 2016-04-28T12:09:00

Cute and nicely drawn.

The Quest for the Lindworm by ZYXer 2016-04-27T08:48:00

this is awesome! Although I think I almost broke my spacebar, haha. Please turn it into a full RPG. :)

In Wolf's Hide by applejam 2016-04-25T23:02:00

Great pixel art!

Light Splice by OverHook Games 2016-04-25T11:08:00

Original and cute! Flying around in the red light beams was fun. Frog form a little hard to control.

vertex. by PentaHelix 2016-04-24T23:24:00

Nice idea, great clean presentation! Would be perfect for phones and touchscreens.

Nevermore by UncleGubbsy 2016-04-24T11:18:00

Really like that the main benefit of transforming into the raven is to get a better point of view, that's a nice idea. Raven seems to get stuck in the geometry quite a bit for some reason though.

Rock scissors paper by spb_Rusty 2016-04-24T11:04:00

Fun concept! The use of rock, paper and scissors was a great idea for the competition, since the player instinctively knows the interactions. Enemies do get stuck on each other a lot, though.

Project FluffyBuns by Julxzs 2016-04-24T10:28:00

The OS X build is crashing on startup with a 'quit unexpectedly' error.

World Dominator by TomPugh1112 2016-04-24T09:48:00

Nice random map generation. Lots of potential here, it just needs some work on the combat system. Swinging the sword feels extremely slow and I seem to get stunlocked to death by level 1 enemies.

Kitsune by Lullaby 2016-04-24T09:36:00

Very pretty.

Connected-Souls by MayankUnreal 2016-04-24T09:30:00

Was unable to download the OSX build from the google drive link

TowerShifter by mzhovnach 2016-04-24T09:28:00

Nice twist on the tower defence genre. Could use some explanation about what the strengths and weakness of the enemy tower types were, was never really sure when shapeshifting was a good idea.

Work! by DevelopTech 2016-04-24T07:41:00

the idea is really original. I think this game would actually work really well as a typing game and not just a statement piece! Hoping you develop it more post-jam! Nice pixel art.

Potionshift by ekkiiiii 2016-04-24T07:31:00

haha, just wow! I laughed so hard at some of the stuff that came out.

Shapegrammer by APantaloni 2016-04-24T07:10:00

the shifting effect on the blocks is really well done! for me, rotation is really hard to deal with because it's hard to see the shape in the board with the pieces being on top of it. That would probably be an easy fix :) I like that you can pretty much just try again without a pause to start a new game. You really nailed that 'transformation' effect, it feels amazingly satisfying to switch shapes!

Shifty Shapes by simon 2016-04-24T07:00:00

fantastic visuals and mood. I was confused by the height and couldn't always tell how high I had to jump -- maybe some kind of indicator or range would help? Looks great though!

Space Cargo by josemorval 2016-04-24T06:37:00

hahah, i love this idea. nice presentation and great mood! would be great on a phone with some tweaking of the controls, you should release a version for that! thanks!:)

Mortal Ro-Sham-Bo! by dcolgan 2016-04-24T06:26:00

hilarious. and I am so terrible at this game :) Nice graphic style, especially the sprites!

Cloud Sculptor by Naca 2016-04-24T06:19:00

I like seeing what unusual interpretations people come up with for the theme, this is a very original take on the idea. I have a major thing for clouds too :) It's strangely relaxing! I think one suggestion is that when you blow the clouds, the circular edge is pretty hard-edged. A blurrier edge might match the feel of the clouds better. :)

PS, thanks for your kind comments! Will ask the organizer about the audio entry :)

Card De-Wolf by AxeTheory 2016-04-23T18:35:00

Nice work making a card game in 48 hours, it was fun!

Court Mage by urfbound 2016-04-23T17:53:00

Nicely on theme. I like that the text in the locations changes depending what form you're in even if it's not the one that solves the puzzle. The navigation is confusing though, would be better if those circular doors were just hallways.

SUBJECT 26 by MSiddeek 2016-04-21T18:03:00

I got out, but didn't save any of my pink butterfly friends :) Excellent entry, really impressed with the setting and what was achieved in such a short frame of time!

Cabin Reaver: Revenge of the Blood Shed by squidblinkgames 2016-04-21T05:42:00

bahaha what a hilarious and original idea! destroying those kids was very satisfying. I think I didn't quite understand how to use the walking dead/blood geysers? They never seemed to activate, I wondered if I was meant to move them around. I played this quite a bit, great entry.

The Frog Prince and the Iron Heart by celia14 2016-04-21T05:12:00

Very well-written, really liked how the 'shape' of the tale changed as you progressed. Great take on the theme. Would have liked to have a checkpoint or 'undo' somewhere so you didn't have to restart all the way to explore different endings, but a very enjoyable entry. Still played all the endings :)

Paperchase by DragonXVI 2016-04-21T04:37:00

seriously, 48h?! unbelievable! I had just assumed this was a jam entry from the screenshots alone. great lighting, love the paper particles, excellent (and yes why no humour to vote on?)

King of Flubles by lightspeedlucas 2016-04-21T03:55:00

It is really adorable, I think this would be great on the app store as it has all the right touches for a mobile casual game, but faster speed (like if you could just move without much pause at all) would be nice. Love the graphics.

shape, LeSS by medidog 2016-04-21T03:48:00

love the painted style! I kept getting stuck on the bit after the start (when you have to rise up). I think if the waiting and the movement were sped up it would help the gameplay a lot. Great art, lovely presentation.

Wobble Yoga by q_dork 2016-04-21T03:37:00

Fantastic style, really well-thought out, and the posing works just right. 24h? Amazing! It looks very polished. I think a version where you had other people also trying to match the pose would be great (they could be different colours on your screen so everyone else can laugh at what people create)!

'Pillars of Life by Casey Jordan 2016-04-21T03:30:00

I found it really soothing to just flap around and lay eggs everywhere. Love the game of life sort of ambience, really nice take on the theme. Great entry.

Black Heart by luquio 2016-04-21T03:12:00

Oh wow, I love the graphic style and the presentation is really slick. the flashing could be toned down a lot (I could not play adrenaline) :) Would be cool to see shape rotation as another thing you have to match up? I agree that this would make a great mobile game. Thanks for your kind review btw!

L.I.G.H.T. by Flygamer101 2016-04-21T03:03:00

Shoot, I really wanted to try this one but I can't move anywhere or do anything! Tried endless and play mode. I never see a tutorial pop up or anything.

Shapeshifter by mikekreein 2016-04-21T02:56:00

Love the presentation! Why is graphics not a thing I can vote on?

Who Are You And What Are You Doing Here?? by Shatter Point Studios 2016-04-21T02:47:00

Aww, I wanted to try this! the characters at the top left have very cute portraits. I get stuck in the screen at the back of the house, so I can't rate it yet -- shapeshifting doesn't seem to work for me :) Will be good to see after bugs are fixed :)

Shape Factory by David Cookie 2016-04-21T01:48:00

It's a really fun concept! I am pretty sure I should not have been scored as high as a B grade though :) I like the factory setting and the belt, nice :) Great entry!

Bloodbearer by emielboven 2016-04-21T01:35:00

Cute! I think maybe moving the healthbar so it doesn't seem to be falling off the top corner of the screen might help, it was actually quite hard to notice at first. And a death animation or screen could be nice :) I think removing the repeating ticking noise would greatly improve the music too, which is actually not bad! The animations were very nice, impressed for the short amount of time. Incidentally when the skeletons are at the bell, they often just get stuck on the platform, so I could just run up and poke them.

viA Morpha by Seth_senpai 2016-04-21T01:14:00

It's a nice, clean design. I think I was totally playing it not how it was meant to be played, because I would basically pick up a node and use the node to nudge the molecule to where I wanted it to go (without releasing the node). Then I went back and read the rules again, oops. So basically I never pressed spacebar... Nice idea though!

Vogue Ninja by TijmenTio 2016-04-20T17:13:00

Haha, this is excellent. Although I seem to be stuck in an infinite loop where octopuses chase me down and hunt me to my death... and there doesn't seem to be any escape. Totally can't find the giant blue one!

Who by Reallysketchy 2016-04-20T16:33:00

Love the concept. It's a bit tricky to keep track of who is who, but I got lucky with the killer trying to use the name of the murder victim quite early.

Edge Shift - Blackhole by Danoli3 2016-04-20T16:21:00

Wow, what a cool concept. I died... over and over again, haha! Love to see people making something totally far-out!

John Wizard by 2Bit 2016-04-20T13:06:00

Really original mechanic, would love to see a full game based on this!

The Skinmancer by derr 2016-04-20T12:43:00

Really nailed the retro aesthetic. I like how there were just enough clues left to be able to search around and figure out where to go after unlocking the first form without being too obvious.

Hunters and Hunted by Jadernak 2016-04-20T06:44:00

The Brotherhood is not doing well and it's all my fault...

The map movement is awesome, really liked that concept! Like the wistful audio too. Map effects like wind particles, smoke/fog would look really cool -- hoping for post-jam updates!

Phat Fishes by tentacode 2016-04-20T06:28:00

It's really cute! I had to find someone to play with me, haha. The kind of game that leads to real-life violence... I like how you can be fat/small even on the results screen. BTW, thanks for letting us know about the android issue -- I've been told just tapping or double-tapping on the pluto planet tear will get you into the game :) Sorry about that!

Space Junk by Wekaj 2016-04-20T04:06:00

tetris in space?! I had to. :) really interesting concept!

Neko Katadzukeru by mahalis 2016-04-20T03:52:00

aww man the cats are SO cute. Nice being able to stretch them and so on. Really difficult despite the cuteness!

Amorphosis by NvrSkipGameDay 2016-04-20T03:42:00

Cute idea!

anthropomorphic suspect by dunin 2016-04-20T03:17:00

Really like this one, nice Victorian-ish style. Original take on match-3, where you DON'T want to make too many random chains. .........argh, I just read the comments and didn't realise you could move vertically either. oh well, still beat hard mode, haha!

Radiant Core by PixlWalkr 2016-04-20T03:09:00

Gorgeous lighting and atmosphere! Feels really polished.

The Black Crystal by Horsed 2016-04-20T02:56:00

Visuals are so unique. I would love to spend more time in this gorgeous world.

PsychoShift by Ratmena 2016-04-20T02:47:00

Nice concept, changing mid-jump totally threw me for a loop at first!

Aeroteque by dustyroom 2016-04-20T02:40:00

Stellar graphics and style! Great audio too.

Push Putty by joezeng 2016-04-20T02:33:00

nice! i was not completely sure what the rules for moving certain rows were (like #7). kind of glad there's no move counter. :) cool take on the theme.

Aftertile by LOSTALLOY 2016-04-20T01:50:00

super cute visuals. I couldn't find the resting place, haha. I thought the player was supposed to hover over the spot that matched the pattern on the tile and then press space?

Corvid by Just Tom 2016-04-20T01:37:00

this is really good! I kept playing it a bunch. the movement feels just right, enough to be challenging. reminiscent of mind-controlling people in Syndicate, in a good way. Great atmosphere too.

Zen and the Art of Transhumanism by GreyShock 2016-04-19T22:13:00

LOVE the graphics. blade runner pottery! Great audio and atmosphere too, and the idea is very original. wish there was mouse or touch support though as it takes so much time to change tools, look up patterns etc. could totally see this being a phone hit. Great concept.

IGEO by Thought Reactor 2016-04-19T22:01:00

nice geometric visuals, I think the movement would feel better if it had less of a animation pause on it :) Love the isometric presentation though!

You're a Floor Lamp Now by blinry 2016-04-19T21:51:00

that is a hilarious concept! Awesome little game :) I like the wry text. :) Also... zapping fireflies is kind of satisfying ;p

Evolution by 3rdChance 2016-04-19T21:43:00

Beautiful graphics, great audio (that track is so jaunty, haha)! as you can no doubt tell I am a big fan of glowing things in games, and I think the glow/light effects added a lot of atmosphere to the game.

FLESH TO STONE by tjmolinski 2016-04-19T21:29:00

The core mechanic and enemy movement works very well. Would be nice expanded to a series of rooms you had to escape.

ShiftHeroes by Remicy 2016-04-19T21:00:00

the giant monsters -- great idea for amping up the OCD terror :) 'MUST HARVEST MORE' 'ARGH GIANT EYE'. I found this game frighteningly compelling!

Tetrashifter by Garazbolg 2016-04-19T20:36:00

Nice, tetraminoes! I agree keyboard controls would really be a good idea for desktop. might have improved my sad 125s score, haha. 'wait, what?' felt pretty satisfying. :)

Dís by AceyT 2016-04-19T20:33:00

Keep on creating!

Boyd, P.I. by TTFTCUTS 2016-04-19T20:27:00

The voice acting and graphics on the main character are great. Platforming is frustrating though, the hang time on the jump is just too long and it's really hard to control.

Miss Turner's Magical Pet Swap Shop by Rose 2016-04-19T20:20:00

Very cute! Being able to change the shape of parts like the ears is really nicely done.

Who Let The Chicks Out? by jdmazz 2016-04-19T20:13:00

Cute game, the jumping mechanics are too difficult though. Couldn't make it past level 2.

Tri Something! by Jerre 2016-04-19T20:10:00

I think it's a clever idea, and I like the idea of online guesses (agree it would make a good mobile game). However pulling the nodes is a bit painful with a mouse, might be that there are a lot of nodes and it takes quite a long time to create a shape. Maybe it would be better if there were pictures next to the board instead of prompting a google search? I think this would work well on a phone with zooming available (otherwise I can see the nodes being really hard to move around on that scale of screen). Very innovative.

Wood for the Trees by ratking 2016-04-19T19:55:00

this is awesome, I love the sound design and visual feel. The atmosphere is very well-realised -- and the looping concept is genius.

Sparrow & Flitt by Skruffye 2016-04-19T19:25:00

novel whistling idea, I really liked that aspect. I hope in post-compo it's developed more as I'd love to come back and play it! maybe a chart for the notes that you can pull up in-game. and checkpoints as I died a LOT. :) Great atmosphere too!

Beneath a killing moon by Holtenice 2016-04-19T19:08:00

I really liked this! lots of tries playing and still haven't beaten the game argh :) timing comes naturally from the building anims which is a smart idea.

The Masks We Wear by YepNix 2016-04-19T18:24:00

this makes me want to make a Pico 8 game. I thought it was adorable and a nice take on the theme. Wish it was longer too!

Make your Queen happy by Rafos Games 2016-04-19T18:10:00

It's SUPER cute, I could see this working really well on a phone game (looks like it's laid out that way already)! Competitive mode too maybe? :)

Ratsimili by StitchesMagoo 2016-04-19T17:58:00

The art for this is great, the audio too (although that alarm horn really is loud, almost gave me cardiac arrest the first time haha). Would play a longer game with this style too.

Plankton by Monklet80 2016-04-19T17:52:00

Nice atmosphere! I think this would be great taken further post-compo. It's pretty soothing to play.

JaJa's Bizarre Transformer by reckhou 2016-04-19T17:45:00

Simply hilarious. The scanlines/warped-tv effect really add to the visuals.

Square Off - 1v1 Multiplayer by TeamScripta 2016-04-19T17:20:00

Found this really fun! Also the start screen is very attractive, and was why I intitially clicked this one to rate. Slight lag when placing blocks. I would looove to play this on my phone with friends, please port it. :)

LD35 Fluffy Shape Racer by hnzlmnn 2016-04-19T17:13:00

I like this insane reaction game! Maybe it would ramp up less punishingly if there were less boxes to shapeshift in the beginning.

H2Olympics by MacDocBros 2016-04-19T17:07:00

Very cute blocks.

Squirm by zenmumbler 2016-04-19T17:02:00

Terrifying take on not being actually able to see what's happening to yourself! I'm stuck, but I thought the concept was very clever.

PS Why isn't there a rating available for innovation?

Abyssal Dream by esayitch 2016-04-19T16:51:00

Great retro feel! the shapeshifting idea of using combo keys is clever, this could be quite the hit if made more accessible! (could show onscreen which combo to use for the first few instances then let the player refer to the page after that maybe).

Tito's Revenge by brinkhousegames 2016-04-19T16:40:00

that 3D-glasses-ish effect is really compelling! Great graphics.

Disquieting Excerpts from My Diary by ViliX64 2016-04-19T16:25:00

I like the quiet/introspective games just as much if not more than the action-based ones. Especially the ones that have really original takes on the theme given. Great entry.

Werewolf Airline Simulator 2016 by Pestel Crew 2016-04-19T16:07:00

this is hilariously awesome! for post-compo version I request "speed boost' so you can walk faster. :) awesome entry!

Agent Shift by jollyserpent 2016-04-19T07:39:00

Very impressive concept. Definitely coming back to play post-compo version!

Infinity Access by Hyoga-3D 2016-04-19T06:58:00

nice graphics/style, I actually think the concept of a split-screen clicker's pretty interesting. you should add a short explanation/tutorial though! :)

Hexagon Battle by jerryzhao 2016-04-19T06:49:00

I could see this being really fun with an opponent! Handled nicely.

windowframe by managore 2016-04-19T06:20:00

insane genius. this concept is so original and well-executed.

Shifty by PickledBrain 2016-04-19T06:11:00

Cute idea! I love how the wanted poster popped up.

Bounds by Nervous Composers 2016-04-19T06:05:00

freezing the space is a neat concept!

Sheep Shift by A-Flat Miner Studios 2016-04-19T05:56:00

very nice graphics and interpretation of the theme, haha. laughed at the farmer's comments!

Shadow of the Red Hand by andyman404 2016-04-19T05:29:00

Whoa, not only did the WIP shots with hands crack me up on twitter, but the game itself turned out amazing! Such an original idea.

rain contact by remmy 2016-04-19T05:23:00

SUPER innovative. Also terrifying in the dark with headphones on, haha.

GeoShift by WASD 2016-04-19T05:00:00

Great style and graphics. Neat idea too!

Ro Sham Bot by huminaboz 2016-04-19T04:54:00

Fabulous art! Really clever gameplay too.

luvShape by luvShape 2016-04-19T04:52:00

super clever idea for fitting the shapes in. this is my brain on the 60s

Perception by Romixal 2016-04-19T04:46:00

whoa, really cool idea!

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