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Comments by Keyjale

LD58 — Collector

Cut to Pieces by Sheepolution 2025-11-03T16:00:15Z

Awesome game! Very well done, especially from the art and humor points of view.

The Pink Operator by Geckoo1337 2025-10-14T22:13:39Z

Nice game! I completed all 9 levels. Usually I'm not into minimalistic games myself, but as a fellow C++ programmer I totally get the vibe of coding something simplistic without complex engines and such.

走馬觀花/Phantasmgoria by sasajun2345 2025-10-08T06:35:30Z

As I understood, it's not the entire game, but I couldn't get past the platformer part, because I didn't know what am I supposed to do. Climbed up high, didn't find anything intereting, except blue cubes, which also didn't seem to do anything to me.

Criss Cross Catacombs by juxipolo 2025-10-22T11:53:00Z

Nice little game! I would only say that it doesn't follow the theme much. Well, yeah, you can collect items on your way to the exit, but then, as my friend said, every game where you can collect some sort of scoring items fits the theme.

Talla and the Tomb of the Takers by ryusui 2025-10-10T06:16:55Z

Great game, fully completed it! Animations are cool! Traps can become quite annoying, though. Joining those who complained about the font. But overall great quality for a jam game.

Hoopf by gagapete 2025-10-14T05:46:15Z

Good casual game! Maybe a bit too challenging right from start, yes, though I still managed to set a personal record of 38 after a while.

The Mysterious UNIT-Y by JustMars 2025-10-22T09:03:35Z

That's a nice game! Respect for 100% your own assets, that's remarkable.

Collector, Open the Door by Transkuja 2025-10-10T06:34:12Z

Cool fun game, graphics style is very pleasant to the eye! Unfortunately, was buggy for me: on the second playthrough I wasn't able to collect assets, i.e. they didn't count after I interacted with them. And weirdly, even game restart didn't help with that. Also you get can stuck surrounded by the bodies of those you slapped, lol =D It seemed as you have to slap poor guys lying on the floor to unstuck yourself =)

EDIT: I read in the comments that there is a grab mechanic, but then I guess it shouldn't be applied by those who have been slapped already =)

The Drift by S1l3Jamal 2025-10-10T11:31:24Z

Very nice! Takes time to figure out what exactly to do (I didn't get that fast that you need to craft door overrides to progress past power generator), but then it becomes quite captivating. Was able to complete the game after a while. I'd wish some mechanic to prolong your life, like I supposed those O2 tanks are for that, but nope, they turned to be one of those repair parts.

Cryptozootography by Jahwffrey 2025-10-22T12:08:43Z

Very interesting approach to graphics! On one hand it feels a bit weird to see plain sprites in 3D, on the other it's colorful and pleasant to the eye, and in general fits this concept quite well, considering the humour. And yeah, the voiceover is golden!

Bug Bequest by Bea 2025-10-11T09:53:07Z

Cute little game!

CalLecter by Bassilij 2025-10-14T16:17:48Z

Hey brothers! We also a made game about collecting mushrooms in a creepy forest =) You can check it out by going through my profile. And I saw another one in 2D dedicated to mushrooms as well. I wonder now, are there any others yet undiscovered? =)

And I must say, I really liked the visual style you achieved! Despite simplicity in details, overall atmosphere is really cool and scary.

Trick & Treat by stvnchng 2025-10-08T06:14:09Z

The mood is good with those lights and shades and music, but in terms of gameplay this kind of games needs to be more engaging right from start, otherwise it becomes boring quickly just going around in circles and shooting. Unfortunately, I didn't quite feel the upgrades, although later I noticed you can hover them and read the effects. What such games usually do is levelling-up with suggesting a new ability, like choose one of three or something like that, where you have time to pause and read carefully what options you have. At the same time, small passive bonuses like you have are also good. Of course, a variety of enemies is always nice, with tougher enemies appearing during the course of the game, but I understand it's hard to implement all those features in a jam's timeframe.

CALL LECTOR by 5apper 2025-10-22T12:40:42Z

Very nice game, should definitely receive more ratings! The concept is great and the implementation is great. I'd only wish it ends up by itself after a while, showing you the results, because I wasn't sure whether I should end up my shift myself early or not. I suppose, otherwise it goes endlessly.

Rollslop by kaliuresis 2025-10-22T08:24:20Z

That's an awesome game! It's a shame that it didn't get enough ratings so far. I think the above commentor is right, you needed to rate other people games. I'm pretty sure, if this game gets into the resulting list, it should be somewhere in high ups.

It's really hard in the beginning, but as you grasp the idea that you need to become a "ball of death" as soon as possible, it becomes understandable how to win. Thus I managed to survive till the end of timer couple times, however, I still didn't understand the final boss. It seemed like some "pillars of fire" randomly appearing nearby or I don't know what was that, but I didn't get how you kill that. So after dying a couple times, I gave up unfortunately =)

Others above already appreciated that, and I, as a programmer myself, applaud that you decided to make your own physics and succeeded in it in such a short timeframe, that's really impressive! I always wanted to dig into physics myself, never found time to do it, but I'll do at some point.

Also, can you please tell what you used for rendering? I checked the source code, but didn't manage to find anything related to graphics, though I looked too quickly.

Host Collector by kykypy3o8 2025-10-14T16:30:50Z

Весьма достойно для второй игры, особенно в соло! Арт классный! Идея имеет потенциал, как тут уже выше писали, можно было бы интересный пазл-платформер сделать. Из мелочей могу отметить, что анимации персонажей хорошо бы синхронизировать со скоростью их перемещения, в противном случае лично мне всегда слайдинг бросается в глаза.

Goblin Goopmaxxing by NuiN 2025-10-08T05:42:10Z

This is a masterpiece! Beautiful graphics, humorous and captivating gameplay. I really enjoyed it, completed all 12 orders and added myself to the collection at the end =) Making goblin parts also the ingredients is awesome move. I would only wish potions require several ingerients, that feels like a more classic potion brewing, I'd say, but maybe you wanted to avoid this idea in your case, I don't know. My only complaint is physics, can be a bit glitchy sometimes. I once had goblin stuck on the ceiling =D

Fair Trade by Puuukich 2025-11-04T09:48:11Z

Очень классная игра! Прошел после нескольких попыток, как и было предсказано =) Приятно было поразбираться в механиках и подумать над стратегиями бартера с учетом долгосрочной цели накопить большую сумму перед редким обменом.

Garbage collector's minion by Mibi88 2025-10-14T22:35:03Z

The concept is very nice and has potential, but in the current version tasks seem to be missing variety. In the final levels I thought you're supposed to allocate in different regions, but I've still been tasked to allocate in only the first one. Also, I thought you're not supposed to overwrite already allocated memory with resizes, but looks like that wasn't punished.

Garbage collector's minion by Mibi88 2025-10-15T10:20:23Z

Ah, I see now, thanks for clarification! Missed those details in my playthrough.

Mom sent me Grocery Shopping by Maïssa 2025-10-24T21:31:02Z

That's very nice concept and it turned out to be quite fun, but damn, controls are not for the faint of heart =) I tried both Xbox controller and keyboard, neither seemed intuitive to me. I would natually expect expect pushing controller stick up to accelerate in the character look direction and then slight left / right movements for steering, basically, like in some racing game maybe. Same with keyboard: W for acceleration, A+D for steering, S for moving backwards. But moving in the "key direction relative to the world" so to speak, yeah, I couldn't get used to it. And such a harsh movement always leads to loosing a lot of goods from your cart =) But then you realize there's a TV section and that's an easy way to win the game =) By the way, from there you can jump out of the store completely using the slope =D

Face Collector by pacific14 2025-10-24T21:52:25Z

Очень круто нарисовано и сюжет классный! В веб-версии был баг с зависанием, про который и вы сами написали, и выше в комментах. В скачанной нормально прошел.

Gibberwave by yiwai 2025-10-08T07:25:18Z

Beautifully drawn graphics! Gameplay, though, is a bit too simplistic, however, an ability to comment / ask question is a nice touch. I fully completed the game and the third area was quite challenging with those complex phrases.

GRIBNIK by DNK 2025-10-11T09:31:58Z

@apdt Спасибо за отзыв! Да, в процессе разработки планы менялись от намерения сделать несколько мини-игр, связанных с поеданием грибов, до желания рассказать конкретную страшную историю. В итоге пришлось все порезать и сделать две простенькие концовки, найти которые при этом не очень легко.

Сейчас в процессе допиливания версия, где будет, надеемся, чуть более понятный экспириенс, но тем не менее, мы уже смирились с тем, что у нас получился больше экспириенс, нежели игра.

GRIBNIK by DNK 2025-10-11T09:39:22Z

@ryusui yep, we didn't manage to provide interesting gameplay mechanics in the jam's timeframe, although there are still two distinct endings, one of which is a bit easier to find than another. In the end we've got more of a spooky experience than a game. In a bit polished version, which is currently in progress, we intend to make it better understandble in terms of what's going on when you're eating mushrooms and the choices you're facing as a result.

GRIBNIK by DNK 2025-10-15T09:41:58Z

@volkolak Спасибо за такой подробный совет! У нас игра начала крэшится на каком-то этапе уже при разработке, прям вместе с Unity. Но поскольку это происходило не очень часто, мы решили поразбираться с этим уже после джема. Кроме этого выяснилось, что крэшится только Windows-билд, а с WebGL-билдом все нормально. Уже после окончания джема это навело меня на мысль попробовать переключить графический API. По умолчанию в Unity стоял DirectX 12, переключил на 11-ый и крэши пропали. Но мы пока не стали обновлять выложенный Windows-билд, потому что подумали, что люди все равно скорее всего будут играть в WebGL. Но я в любом случае теперь посмотрю что там с памятью, до этого как-то даже в голову не пришло, хотя должно было бы. Самое интересное, что Terrain мы не используем. При прототипировании попробовали, поскольку я думал, что чуть холмистый лес будет смотреться интереснее, да и деревья вроде рисовать проще, но потом возникли проблемы с коллайдерами деревьев (коллизилась только небольшая часть) и заодно мы решили, что нам вполне и плоский лес подойдет, поэтому в актуальной версии земля - это просто Plane. А лес в итоге не статический, а генерируется простеньким генератором, который я написал (хотелось поупражняться в таком).

Сейчас делаем допиленную версию, в которой должно стать чуть понятнее что происходит (хотя все равно игра будет больше не игрой, а загадочным экспириенсом), крэшится эта версия уже не должна будет, и я могу тогда тэгнуть для еще одного теста.

GRIBNIK by DNK 2025-10-31T01:45:04Z

@volkolak если все еще интересно, мы таки выложили большое обновление, доступно там же на итче. Ну и я еще по этому случаю пост написал вот - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/gribnik/$423442

В общем-то, после перехода на DX11 проблем у нас больше не было. Расход памяти, насколько я вижу, тоже в норме, что-то около 700 Мб и не растет особо.

THINGS I KEEP by APDT 2025-10-14T15:54:02Z

Beatiful game, well done! I bit more animations would be nice, like Lily not simply adding the chair to inventory, rather actually carrying it in her hands, but I totally understand jam time constraints.

Pres. No Face? by yuwei 2025-10-23T10:05:07Z

Nice game, very interesting idea indeed! Quite deep.