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Crypt by Sam Flemington 2025-04-19T16:56:33Z ♥ 1

Reverb gets a 5, easy. I'm horrible at the game, maybe because it's daytime and I can't see the level properly, will try again at night.

Solid controls and very neat graphics!

Depthninja by headchant 2025-04-19T16:52:13Z ♥ 1

That's a perfect jam game! Simple, creative, and enthralling.

A Mining Game by Bewelge 2025-04-19T16:46:26Z ♥ 0

Wooo for Motherload-likes! I'm not biased at all 😄

Very nice, you got much farther into making an actual game than I did!

I do think you might have missed applying deltatime on the movement/dig speeds, I have a 165Hz screen and my dude was flying right off the bat, cross the map in 10 seconds. With the level 1 mining upgrade I would already accidentally dig new tunnels when trying to navigate existing ones.

Underwater by DragonMain 2025-04-19T16:39:13Z ♥ 0

It's very hard to see the level, even with the lights, and I didn't figure out if there was anything to do. The cookie things made a bad noise so I think they're meant to be sea mines?

But still, the controls and sound build a nice mood!

Diamond Divers by StraightUpGruntled 2025-04-18T20:04:55Z ♥ 1

I got the cart stuck in the top left of the tutorial level twice in a row :/ Besides that, really nice juiced up entry!

Refinerator by Jimbly 2025-04-18T19:51:32Z ♥ 1

Super neat! It took me a good while to understand the links only work for going UP, but when I got it makes sense

Sonar Boat Game by Joel Davis 2025-04-18T19:34:38Z ♥ 1

Wonderful idea! And a fellow Bevy jammer!

I really like the sonar charting, and the controls worked smoothly!

Web build did chug quite a bit when scanning, but didn't impact the gameplay much.

rabbit hOled by melonboy 2025-04-08T16:14:13Z ♥ 1

I'm... going to have to go back and retroactively lower all my other ratings to fit this on the scale lol.

Focus on atmosphere is underselling it! It worked really well.

The Apple of my Aperture by niterich 2025-04-08T16:09:31Z ♥ 0

I love it! Finding the angles is very fun.

I did have an issue with the web version where the cursor was stuck spinning, I pressed Escape to try to fix it and it escaped the game area and didn't lock again, so I couldn't aim properly.

Meaning by Sharks 2025-04-08T16:02:15Z ♥ 1

It's lovely to even get something done in 3 hours, good job!

But I'm either really bad at this or the vocabulary was a bit limited / using a very strict definition of synonym, I only got 3 points 😄

Caver by Harmadillo 2025-04-08T15:54:26Z ♥ 2

Impressive mood-setting with just writing and simple drawings! Very nice!

Maybe I am dumb, but I found the control scheme very confusing and a bit tedious, having to click on tiles then either explore or move, yet I never saw a situation where both options were available. A simple arrow key movement would have been more enjoyable for me.

Summoner's skirmish by cleverdumb 2024-04-23T21:43:50Z ♥ 1

It's a bit unclear if the placement of the divinities makes any difference at all (besides the poison puddle one), I suspect it doesn't? In that case I'd just have buttons to enable or disable each.

Also, there are way too many enemies on the screen, in 10 seconds my screen is pretty much full of green blobs with no escape path. Could be framerate-related, I'm on a 165Hz screen.

Besides that, fun game, straightforward in a good way and the graphics are very readable.

FEED THE CORE by GlacierEclipse 2024-04-18T00:25:27Z ♥ 0

Game just hangs the tab (infinite loop?) when I try to play it on my browser (Firefox Developer Edition)

Stupid Skellies by Opt 2024-04-18T00:14:44Z ♥ 0

Wasn't fast enough to get the screenshot in time, but I'll count this as a win 😄 2024-04-17_21-13.png

The tutorial was a very good addition! Rare to see in game jams, congrats.

The SUMmoning by Astrydax 2024-04-16T23:39:45Z ♥ 2

Had to do the same as @flying-dog-fish to get it to play (here is the direct embed link by the way https://files.jam.host/embed/$384836/25232/index.html) but I looked at the code to figure out how to play it:

1. You start with 0 points; 2. Moving over a tile consumes that many points; 3. Clicking any number will give you that many points; 4. You can't move into a number that would put you in points debt; 5. Objective is to reach pink square with exactly that many points left.

Imprisoned Soul by WAD 2024-04-16T00:53:13Z ♥ 1

Also, compo games should include source code. At the very least so you don't have to learn how to cross-compile to Linux 😄, but mainly [It's Dem Rules](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/rules)

Pest Control by jnur 2024-04-16T00:48:19Z ♥ 1

I like the colour palette and its consistency. Good job on the level design principles application too, showing the enemies before the real deal. It is a very short game, but presents its mechanic well, and what more can you ask of a jam entry!

I'm conflicted on the "shooting" mechanic. I like it in principle, but because it basically means you get very long range attacks, and the only way to nerf the player is to make them not able to see the enemies. Which in turn means the player is incentivised to shoot off-screen then move in, which I'm not sure is what you intended, and also means the player doesn't get to see what they are dealing with.

Maybe requiring line-of-sight to the cast point or something similar could nerf it a bit, but communicating that to the player would be annoying.

Date Summons by Pokopish 2024-04-16T00:30:12Z ♥ 2

Itch web embed doesn't work:

``` WebAssembly streaming compilation failed! This can happen for example if "Content-Encoding" HTTP header is incorrectly enabled on the server for file Build/DateSummonsWebGL.wasm.br, but the file is not pre-compressed on disk (or vice versa). Check the Network tab in browser Devtools to debug server header configuration. ```

Works if I open the iframe address directly for some reason though

Amareica by Marin Davys 2024-04-16T00:25:14Z ♥ 1

Hi, your web build is missing an index.html

The Wizard Games by nickCherns 2024-04-15T22:34:59Z ♥ 1

That's your first jam? Very nice! Congratulations on completing something interesting. Appreciate the audio 😄

I'll not reiterate on the challenge, but I had difficulty reading between the ASD row, I had to "read" not "identify" what key to press every time.

I suggest using a plus/cross layout in this case, with distinct shapes for each direction, even if it betrays the keyboard layout.

Necromatcher by wilsk 2024-04-15T15:40:27Z ♥ 1

I love that the music is kinda like clacking skeletons.

Very tight puzzle, great job on the level design too!

Level 2 is the one I spent the longest at, because I assumed surely I couldn't place things diagonally.

Summoner Chess by seurimas 2024-04-15T15:11:17Z ♥ 1

That's some excellent Compo work! The sound effects are very on point, I love that victory jingle. A complete game, and a fun one at that!

I did crash when trying to select the 3-mana ranged angel (I forgot the name sorry), and the text was very tiny for my terrible eyes, I would have appreciated being able to resize the window to scale (even at the expense of the pixel art)

Trying again with a debug build to see if I get a backtrace.

Why Can't I Hold All These Items? by glenugie 2021-10-08T15:31:13Z ♥ 1

That is an excellent mechanic! I have always toyed in my mind the idea of physical inventories (to no avail), but you nailed it!

The contracts are also a great way of giving the player objectives and constraints.

The navigating around the map is also very smooth.

I would love to see a full title around that mechanic, if you ever do it, yell at me and I'll buy it in a heartbeat!

Scootin’ Cubes by David Hunter 2021-10-08T15:13:28Z ♥ 1

Very neat mechanic! The tutorial is also superb, not only for compo standards but it is just plain good by retail standards too!

I second @sploky's control issue, it seems I really have to do the lightest fastest feather-touch on the directional keys or it will jump 2 lanes at once and possibly fall out of the map.

Unstable Ecosystems by mango-malarkey 2021-10-05T22:17:40Z ♥ 0

Agree with @escapade, would be neat to be able to see a list of current species and their stats (or, with a bunch more scope, a whole lineage type thing, so I could root for my favourite creatures)

With that said, I really appreciate simulation-programs! I made one myself too so it would be suspicious not to, heh. The graphics are minimalistic but to the point, the trails are really neat, and I'm not sure if it's intentional or a bug, but *sometimes* the creatures will shiver when being chased, if it's intentional then it's a nice touch!

CrazyTrain by Arvid 2021-10-05T21:58:24Z ♥ 0

17.41 is my record! I don't know if I can get much faster than that, the strategy is spam 3 piles of coal, then wait until that runs out and immediately put one last one.

I agree a bit with @hotaloca, I would have liked to have seen at least 1 other game mechanic, maybe make some use of the player movement? Since right now the gameplay boils down to functionally "press spacebar at the right moment", which is not bad, just a bit mechanically shallow. Maybe even something as simple as having multiple piles of coal that eventually run out could be enough to add some tactic to the game!

That said, for a compo game this is perfectly fine and I really liked the visuals, they are simple but effective, and the UI is very intuitive.

Nuclear Disaster by automatonvx 2021-10-04T13:36:12Z ♥ 1

Neat game! I couldn't finish it though, since I would take a lot of damage from the shooting bat-things when first entering each room (the enemies can move and shoot before I can dodge)

Where's my dynoMITE? [LD48] by miej 2021-05-02T18:16:29Z ♥ 2

THE SOUND EFFECTS, I WILL DIE THEY ARE TOO GOOD

Played this game on the stream. Really liked the mechanics. The rope was a bit too break-y, but it has been fixed in the revised version.

Super impressive entry for a first jam! Welcome to the fun!

I found the secret stash of dynamite 😃, too.

If anything, I would like to see a fail condition (right now nothing happens when you die), and maybe a less cheesable rope implementation? Even now you can do the "push rope" cheese to maneuver the dude around. Check with the guys from [Orange Diver](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deep-dive-7) how they implemented their rope! It seems to work a bit more cleanly.

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Also, I mentioned the music was similar to something I had heard before:

Sweet Dreams, by way too many people. For some reason the youtube embed is kinda broken so here is the video ID: qeMFqkcPYcg

To be fair it doesn't sound much like it, but the dynamics of the vocals kind of sounds like your melody. (no idea if those are the correct music-y terms because I don't know much about that, hope you get the idea)

ScanR by CharlieGray 2021-05-02T15:32:57Z ♥ 1

> It’s intentional that the player’s imagination comes up with the type of enemy they are encountering.

I imagined the enemies were a extendable version of the [Eater of Worlds](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Eater_of_Worlds)! Eek.

A picture of Terraria's Eater of Worlds boss, a giant brown segmented worm with pincers and an eye on every segment

Frankly I think the scanning concept works much _better_ in low-res 2D than in Scanner Sombre, at least for the intent of suspense and fostering the unknown. In SS the point density is so high that it becomes just a fuzzy rendering, but in this game, since perimeters are way visually smaller than areas, most of the screen is totally obscured, which gives a much darker tone.

The sound effects were awesome, and you tell me your mouth made all of them? Well, congratulations to your mouth!

I don't usually tell people what I rated them as, but you get all 5s!

The only things missing are polish things, which are understandably absent in a jam entry:

- Why do you need crates for the lights? Also they kinda looked like vents or a control panel or something like that; - Would have been nice to not have to hold LMB all the time; - The jump grounding detection is a bit harsh, or possibly bugged? A couple times playing I attempted to jump off an edge but the jump failed. Most of the time it worked, so no big deal. If you ever continue this, consider looking into that, and adding a little bit "coyote time"!

Escape The Employees by Benjamin Leroy 2021-05-02T15:15:55Z ♥ 4

A fun game, and I can always appreciate making procedural levels in a jam!

The art is really nice and fits very well together, and the little details like the numbers on the elevator are very neat.

The music choice was really good, too, though it was preexisting.

I did find that the hitboxes on some objects were a bit wonky, and the player and enemy have very unusual hitboxes for this kind of perspective. Usually in the games that use this tilted perspective, only about the lower 50% of the character sprite is actually physical, since the map is so compressed vertically due to "perspective".

Maybe because of that, I found the game a bit unforgiving, I couldn't finish it nor get enough money to buy the upgrade. I think the item prices could really use some tweaking, since I would often go through enough rooms to lose 2 health points just to be able to afford buying one back.

Boris with a crazy dream by Kirby 2021-05-02T15:05:46Z ♥ 1

As everyone has said before, the art is great, but watch out for the pixel resolution, it kind of breaks the façade when you mix different pixel sizes in the same game. That being said, the ambience holds up very well with the music, and that little delay after you jump into the bunker.

I admire the voice acting, too, and the death sound cracked me up.

But the game is a bit tiny and with all due respect seems a bit unfinished. Like, Boris has a weird dream, goes to his flooded bunker, then what? Was it just a dream? Is he stuck in his bunker that has no stairs for when he runs out of power for the elevator? Did the bunker work? Even a textual ending with a bit of closure would have been interesting.

Lunar Laundry by FloGames 2021-05-02T14:57:40Z ♥ 1

Took me a while, but as promised, your game is now my desktop background! The ridiculous premise is just too good.

Cover image for the game set on a Windows desktop

Really liked the modeling, and the bubbles are very fitting atmospherically. Reminds me of those old on-rails space battle games.

I want my Rare™️-brand golden sock!

Some considerations:

- The controls seem a bit suspicious, as they are not always relative to the camera's orientation, sometimes moving in a straight line moved me diagonally. The camera also appears to not follow the bends on the tube, which is mildly confusing to have to compensate for; - Agree with the visibility considerations the others mentioned, a couple times I got splatted without even noticing; - Maybe it would be cool to have some measure of progression, I think on stream I even asked if it was endless? Either a simple bar, or maybe progressive changes in the environment, would be interesting.

Maybe it would have been interesting for the controls to be "move forward", and you turn with the mouse? I'm not sure, but at least then you wouldn't have to code the automatic camera turning.

Orange Diver: The Great Drown by Prostone 2021-05-02T14:37:42Z ♥ 2

Played your game on stream yesterday.

I really like the atmosphere of the game, the scenery is very alive and the lighting is well-employed.

I did mention some things could be improved on the stream, but I'll expand here:

- The diver feels a bit floaty and difficult to control, maybe adding some more drag to the diver would make it more plausible for an underwater environment and make the controls more stable. It wasn't too bad, though; - The pickups are rather hard to see: pearls are a bit small and heart is very hard to see when it gets dark; - The background sea life is very fitting, but the larger ones seemed to be part of the playfield initially, an I was instinctively avoiding them. Consider using a visual hierarchy of color to separate foreground from background, such as using a fog color layered over non-interactive elements, or having them be less affected by light. In fact such hierarchy could also help ensure your pickups remain readable, too! - It would be interesting if the jellyfish were interactive hazards, right now they are very meek obstacles mostly for mood (with the light-emitting ones). If you just want them for mood, consider disabling collision with the player (and employ the visual hierarchy above). Or if you like the idea of making it interactive, they could damage the diver but only when touched from below.

GRAPPLE the Abyss! by lectvs 2021-04-29T02:22:35Z ♥ 2

Awesome game!

- Mechanics are solid and clearly readable and understandable; - Visuals are hella smooth and fit very well together; - The controls screen is very smartly implemented; - The lore was completely unnecessary and totally appreciated.

I don't see much of the theme here (though I'm not one to speak myself either 😅)

I do agree that the grapple could be a bit more interesting, the lava area was nice for the restrictions but also maybe some physics would be interesting? I don't entirely know of course.

plunge. by niterich 2021-04-28T16:22:36Z ♥ 0

The song was beautiful and fitting! It feels like some sort of weird siren's song, which kind of fits well with what the ending implies, given we were running out of oxygen the whole game...

The game itself was fun, maybe a bit more vertical maneuverability would be convenient, but it works fine as is. The upgrades are very nicely thought out, too.

Impressive compo!

Press Space To Jump The Gap by foolmoron 2021-04-28T16:01:26Z ♥ 1

This game is **BRILLIANT**! Re-played it and the fastest I got was 1:16.

I think you nailed the feel of tinkering with a broken project very well.

I agree that the scrolling could be a bit more responsive, or at least on subsequent visits to a certain zoom level. It was certainly very moody when I zoomed out to the desktop.

Also the pixel art of the game itself flickered a bit when zooming, especially the light lines on the bricks, which was a bit dazzling.

Enemy Territory by OldenGamer 2021-04-28T01:30:21Z ♥ 2

Interesting game, it manages to set the mood very well! Would have been nice to expand a bit on what the final rating means, I'm not sure if collateral damage was meant to be related to how aware the enemy was, or non-military damage.

The replayability mechanic was interesting.

I second @maggardjosh's observation, 3 equipment points yields 2 equipment, but 4 yields all 3 and a final count of -2 equipment points, so a bit weird there. Also, if I have both the pipe gun and the cigarettes, I don't get both options regarding the soldier.

Inner Joe by Ulisses 2021-04-27T01:28:06Z ♥ 3

First of all, I think this is the best soundtrack of any LD game I've ever played.

I really liked the concept and the delivery of the message was very impactful.

It seems some of the messages haven't been translated from Portuguese though, so it's a bit tricky for our international jammer friends.

I would have liked if I could see a little bit further down, but I guess the current setup fits thematically. Reason being I had the instinct of never let my character trail offscreen above, so I would often jump before I could see where I would land, then have to wait for the camera to catch up.

A suggestion for the artist is to watch out for scale when making pixel art. In-game, the background and walls are much higher resolution than the wooden beams. There also seems to be a different scale for the player and lantern's pixels. If you keep all sprites with the same pixel size, the art can become much more cohesive.

Nuclear blaze by deepnight 2021-04-26T21:21:30Z ♥ 2

The graphical polish here is amazing! I stopped at the room right of the first (assuming there are more) keycard door, as I couldn't figure out how to put out the fire on the platform up above without climbing onto it and getting burned.

ROOTS by TheGreenWorm 2021-04-26T20:59:08Z ♥ 3

That is awesome! One of the most well-rounded games I have seen across many compos.

Odd Jobs by ABRDs 2021-04-26T20:10:58Z ♥ 1

That's very creative! I like the absurd situations you came up with!

Also appreciate the character customization and settings on a compo game.

The little abnormality by airwaffle 2021-04-26T19:53:54Z ♥ 1

I... am speechless. Very creative use of voice synthesis, though!

SUPER RED by neonjeff 2021-04-26T19:47:23Z ♥ 2

Even noticing the lyrics on this here LD page, I was not prepared! This is awesome, you should put it up somewhere!

I didn't realize you could zoom so far away initially, but that can be filed under "replayability". 😄

Search and Resque by Hilvon 2021-04-26T19:35:38Z ♥ 3

That's some serious dedication, implementing marching cubes on a jam! And a great idea for a game.

Some annoyances, though:

- Digging is verry slow. I see you mentioned mesh rebuild frequency, maybe you could get away with using multiple disconnected volumes, and reducing the resolution a bit? That way frequent rebuilds would hurt less and the digging could be sped up. (also, hey, it's a jam game, don't beat yourself up for performance!) - Mouse sensitivity was wayyyy too high. - The door to the room with the broken floor got stuck half-open, leading me to go down first and try to dig verry far trying to find an alternate entrance, but that got me nowhere either. When I returned upstairs, the door was open.

Also, a jump button would be greatly appreciated! It was a bit frustrating to trip and get stuck on the minor clumps of dirt resulting from two full blasts of the digger.

My Dentures! by Luc-creationallabs 2021-04-26T19:09:23Z ♥ 1

Hey, this is brilliant!

Very fun concept and super neat execution, I like how you can outmaneuvre enemies to kill them on the same layer as you.

I agree with other commenters that the isometric movement is a bit unintuitive, maybe allow mouse cursor movement in a complete version?

A Well-built Castle by JaTDev 2021-04-26T18:59:22Z ♥ 1

Very moody game. A bit on the easy side, but the chilling atmosphere fits it just nice. It's better to stray a bit on the easy side for LD anyways!

Found a little bug/annoyance, where the well upgrade tooltip is layered behind the castle, cutting the top of the cloud off. It's still readable though.

That music is very good! So simple, but very cosy and fits the bill perfectly.

Zombies Come and Come by FroggiMarc 2020-10-17T22:46:26Z ♥ 0

I really like the control scheme! The graphics remind me of (a much better rendition of) one of my early jam entries, where I also went for red roofs and brown woodworks. Though the fog was a bit excessive considering how zoomed out the map can get.

The game sadly crashed at 57 population, but it was running perfectly fine until that point! Must have been a spurious error.

Loopyman by Peter Jonsson 2020-10-17T22:37:34Z ♥ 1

That is an excellent game! Very well crafted and polished.

I do agree with the idea of being able to move nodes and restart without clearing the board, it would speed up iteration time a bunch without having to change the actual game rules.

The minimal graphics did not feel "programmer-art"-ish, very cohesive! And the music is very cute and fitting.

Hyper Light Wheel Runner by backyard-dev 2020-10-17T22:11:47Z ♥ 1

Neat! Though at the higher speeds I had difficulty distinguishing low and high obstacles. Maybe they could have different shapes or colours or something of the like?

NEONWISE'89 by fmdkdd 2020-10-08T18:49:02Z ♥ 2

This game is brilliantly balanced! It always kept me on the edge without becoming frustrating in an unfair way.

I really like how you explained the mechanics without words, just gameplay.

The sound design is also very fitting for the game and the aesthetic.

What was your inspiration for this design?

Poor farmer by Hadik 2019-10-19T23:59:54Z ♥ 0

What is this, a crossover episode?

You made a production chain game about farming, and so did I! It's fantastic how the same idea can make very different games!

I liked the gameplay loop a lot, you really need to keep an eye on the production and lay out the buildings conveniently.

I managed to make 2 fields on top of each other, but that was more convenient than bothersome when it comes to bugs!

Doors by N4tticus 2019-10-19T00:34:38Z ♥ 1

That is an awesome concept! I agree that the human AI (out-of-universe, not in-universe, haha) is a bit counterproducive, but I played a solid 30 minutes of it!

The Legend of Nothing by Niarkou 2019-10-14T22:29:37Z ♥ 2

Very nice game! I reached the final area.

The web build was only playing on my left speaker, which was rather distracting, but it's probably a PICO8 bug rather than the game's.

FOREST NINJA WIZARD GHOST by johnnysix 2019-10-14T22:03:24Z ♥ 1

Agree with @zuf, down button didn't work and cats were docile, so there was no pressure to platform properly.

The art is very good and consistent, giving a nice thematic mood to the game.

Lucky Legal Llama by hijomo 2019-10-12T13:01:38Z ♥ 0

Loved the sailing mechanic! I managed to arrive at the pirate port. I presume sailing is everything there is to it? It's fine if it is, just wondering.

Neon Merge by Diego Manarim 2019-10-12T12:47:43Z ♥ 0

Loved the graphics! The controls were a bit unclear, I press space to attach to things, but I haven't figured out how to detach properly. Sometimes I hold space, or press it a whole bunch of times. Also, I found the lack of friction a bit disconcerting since it's impossible to climb the 45deg slopes back up.

Mergem by Elnu 2019-10-11T01:33:25Z ♥ 1

Finally had the chance to play your game! Lovely mechanic, congratulations!

I do wish it was a bit longer, please please make a post-LD version!

One suggestion would also be to add tooltips of some sort on hover, to help identify the elements.

NOTHING : A sentient ascendency by Rooster And Frétillant 2019-10-09T02:04:04Z ♥ 4

Nice level design! I liked the upgrades too.

Managed to get the end screen without visiting the area with the pulsating door, though. Not sure if that's a sequence break.

The controls acted _very_ weird around corners, changing my direction suddenly, often to the opposite side. The Web build had severe artifacts (light cookie texture clamping, vertex light for the player light, no initial blackout ("vision" upgrade was useless for me, reading from the comments it was supposed to be hard to see before it)

Blob of nothing by Zanthous 2019-10-09T01:38:14Z ♥ 2

I absolutely adore the mechanics! The art is nice and consistent, and I second @megalink's point about feedback, it is a bit unclear.

Also the hitboxes could use a bit of work, especially the spike balls. Often visually I thought it was fine but the hitboxes touched and I died.

NoWastelandCreationIntended by kruemelkeksfan 2019-10-09T01:29:34Z ♥ 1

Really nice, great job on the compo! I love this kind of numeric/clicker game.

Stretch goals post-jam would be to make a bit more clear what does what, costs and consequences and whatnot.

Departure by Nathaniel Jensen 2019-10-09T01:02:45Z ♥ 1

Really liked the song (please release it separately somewhere!!!)

But the only thing I managed to do was make clothing and throw the anchor rope at the bird's nest.

Any hints?

Reutemeteut (web) by croewens 2019-10-08T22:36:52Z ♥ 1

Really liked the mechanics! The wall jumping is very satisfying.

Nice interpretation on the theme, too!

Doodle Ball by Beritens 2019-10-08T01:44:36Z ♥ 1

Very nice game! Had a lot of fun on the early game. But I must be missing a control, I can only draw a single not very long stroke, so even if i place the game on my first monitor and draw a line all the way to the opposite side of the other monitor I can only ever get about 80 ink, and since I can't see where powerups are, going further than that is luck.

PXL IT by Ulisses 2019-10-08T00:32:14Z ♥ 1

Hey @ulisses! Nice game! 👍

Really liked the mechanic of painting the sprites when walking! Reminds me of the pogo minigame in Crash Bash, but that was a territory competition.

However the enemies were a bit confusing, on the second level they disappeared randomly before reaching the edge.

I wasn't able to get much farther than that.

PeonCraft - Sacrificed by Kornel Meszaros 2018-12-15T21:09:44Z ♥ 2

I **really** liked the premise, but the execution could have been a bit more creative.

Considering it's a jam game with pre-made visuals, I believe you could have dedicated more time honing the game mechanic.

Currently, the game is simply "run to a marked target 4 times". Some observations from the top of my head:

- Since you're scouting, you probably shouldn't know where the enemy buildings are. Some kind of thick actual fog obscuring the map would be good (the pretty posh way would be with a fogmap and some funny world-space fog shaders, and the cheap jam way would be a big particle system, and you delete particles from visited tiles), or at least do not put a huge bright goalpost right on the target! - Given there is no exploration, then at least some challenge, say, enemy troops you have to avoid, or a competing enemy peon you can whack to make him fall back to the base for some time. - There is a lot of flavor mechanics that don't really add to the game: - Jumping, while satisfying, is literally useless. trim it or make it useful! - Running, too, could just be always-on or removed entirely. - I think the unit responses are a great flavor, but it would be nice if they had some use (say, if you had to complain to get your next order, and acknowledge to stop being clicked). - You're using copyrighted sounds from Warcraft 3, I would suggest replacing them with your own voiceover (which if done decently can actually add to the game's character).

Overall, this is a great concept! I was smiling all the way through the game.

Witch's Escape by cristiano.m.garcia 2018-05-02T23:32:18Z ♥ 1

Nice idea, challenging when you work within the rules.

But some penalty is indeed necessary to prevent spamming!

Eyes on the Prize by phearbot 2018-05-01T00:19:50Z ♥ 2

For a first time player, the balancing is absolutely overwhelming, having to juggle a lot of enemies, not falling in a ditch and upgrading the weapon.

Also, some feedback for when the player does hit things would be good. I had no idea the spawns were damageable until you told me, and thought eyes had tiny hitboxes when in fact they had health.

Anyways, congrats on such a complex entry! Really quite a bit of systems going on there.

Dancing Club Bloodlust by SpaceMonkey 2018-04-30T23:02:22Z ♥ 1

Fantastic game!

As for my nitpicks, the tolerance area should probably be centered _around_ the matching keys, and not below. Or even perhaps 33% early tolerance 67% late tolerance, or some other ratio.

VRn't by Michael Clavell 2018-04-30T20:38:10Z ♥ 3

Hahaha fascinating game!

Blame the jam time schedule, but the hitbox for the real-life weapon seemed the same size as the virtual one. I guess it makes sense, but the animations don't reflect that. Just a minor nitpick!

I got to 11 like 3 times before giving up, roomba OP.

Just One More Flap by daneestar 2018-04-28T20:19:25Z ♥ 0

That's a really fun game! However one thing I would ask for is a keyboard shortcut to start the turn.

On The Fly by qkjosh 2018-04-27T00:50:39Z ♥ 1

Definitely hits a 5 on mood and graphics!

The sound design also is really nice.

However I have rather failed to see the theme connection.

The Imaginary Room by abductedPlatypus 2018-04-26T23:42:45Z ♥ 2

That is an amazing idea! You've probably invented a completely new kind of puzzle mechanic. I strongly encourage you to take this project further, since you might be onto something really amazing! Maybe Imaginary Room can be the next Portal!

Helsing by davidsheadgames 2018-04-25T22:53:52Z ♥ 1

Man, this has to be the best sound design in all of LD. Now I need to re-rate all the other games to fit this new baseline!

Crazy Race by Joton Ferreira 2018-04-25T21:58:46Z ♥ 2

I liked the models, reminds me of some cheap toy cars I had as a kid.

The questions bamboozled me completely, guess I need to freshen up on gaming pop culture.

A nice touch was using the AI driver's name as a credits.

Crystal Library by Goplite 2018-04-25T03:36:23Z ♥ 3

Really nice game, and quite good soundtrack, too!

Impressive to have implemented a level generator with lock-and-door support! I wish I had had time to do that on our entry haha.

Have to say though, the player sprite could use some more contrast in relation to the scenery.

Robosseum by dock 2017-12-06T23:40:26Z ♥ 1

@cenullum Just go to the Player Settings and open the splash screen section.

About the game: The graphics are absolutely gorgeous!

But I have to say, there are really a _lot_ of bugs here.

- Hitboxes have no correspondence with the visible bodies - Enemies are for the most part completely broken - They often get stuck just staring at me or blocking forever - Sometimes when killed, they "respawn" in T-pose, with 0 HP, just staring at me and moving my way, not attacking or defending - Sound is also broken, at some point I just got a repeating "clang" noise firing like 4 times a second - The coliseum "elevator" seems to fire on a timer? I didn't kill all the mobs there and it sent me up anyways - The camera is locked only horizontal rotation, and seems to be tied to the height of the character's walkcycle. And since the walk animation is so fast it basically means camera shake the whole time I'm moving.

Overall, the idea is nice, but was poorly executed in terms of programming. The graphics were excellent (I can almost bet you got some inspiration from Hob), but the logic just is not sufficient.

The lost strawberry by egordorichev 2017-12-06T11:07:07Z ♥ 1

**Really impressive game!**

**But** this is a great example of when to _not_ use screen shaking. PICO-8 already has a low-enough resolution, so any shake is of very high magnitude, plus the low-contrast color palette, cause it to be very jarring. Had to give up on the boss fight because I got nauseated by the shake. And I'm not a very sensitive person in regards to that.

There were also some severe input lag issues (at least on the web version), which I'm not sure if they are caused by the game or just by the PICO web player.

Also, there were some collision issues in the boss room, as you can see in the screenshot below. I was able to "stand midair" in any of the tiles in a 2x2 area around that point.

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Don't get me wrong though, the game was still enjolable _despite_ that!

Fluffy Space Escape by potatolain 2017-12-05T21:19:53Z ♥ 1

Very fun indeed! The music reminded me of the melody of the Brazillian song "Aquarela". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gsdp2zSCjY

Jazzy Beats by Moski 2017-12-05T20:56:41Z ♥ 5

This is fantastic! Could expect no less from the WaG team.

As always the art is very well made, and OH BOY THOSE MENUS! (for the record, I did _not_ spend more time clicking buttons in fascination than playing, ok? Good thing we cleared that up)

Nothing to complain about the coding, didn't see any bugs.

The music was really nice, but could be a bit more energetic or generally wackier, to match the art style a bit more. As a fighting game, could have a bit more, uh... _Beats_ than _Jazz_ (or, crazy idea, procedurally balance the intensity with the proportion of fans?)

A couple things I could notice could use a bit more attention (perhaps for a post-jam version? *wink wink*)

1. Hits could have a bit more feedback, either in UI or sound. Sometimes I got stuck between fans and couldn't be sure if I was hitting them or being hit. 2. Fans have very similar pallete/outlines, so it is a bit hard to identify the player amidst a bunch of them. 3. I wasn't too sure how the trumpet (E ability) worked, if I used it right to the face of fans, they would be knocked back, but if I used it a bit farther, then only one of them would be hit. Does it deal "damage"? (links to point 1)

GLORIOUS INTERNET POINTS by Ale 2017-12-04T22:19:19Z ♥ 1

"Build... the Linux Kernel - Risk 75%, Danger 82, Stupidity 9/10"

I LITERALLY (AND LITERALLY MEANT LITERALLY, NOT FIGURATIVELY) FELL OFF MY CHAIR LAUGHING.

Snake Charmer by fakeyou 2017-12-04T22:00:32Z ♥ 0

Kudos for making a web game with a _proper_ UI, leveraging the native browser stuff instead of bonkering an immediate-mode directly in the canvas!

Slowjumper by Scriptorum 2017-12-04T21:56:16Z ♥ 1

Your site needs HTTPS! Eek! (get free certificates at https://letsencrypt.org/)

Otherwise, nice game. As the others have said, controls are floaty. But not due to the Unity physics being bad! Character controls are just unrealistic to begin with, so emulating them with physics is trickier.

Five Star Dining by arcadia 2017-12-04T21:50:45Z ♥ 1

The game is REALLY nice! Could use with some keyboard shortcuts (RTS style). Most of my time was spent moving the mouse over to the menu.

Walk in the Park by kraftkar 2017-12-04T21:41:39Z ♥ 0

The controls are really finnicky, it is often unclear when I will be able to clear a jump or when it's possible to go through a small opening. This removes a lot of agency, and the best strategy I found was to just spam spacebar and hope for the best.

Sofra by voxel 2017-12-04T21:29:23Z ♥ 1

AND THE PRIZE GOES TO... *drumroll* SOFRA!!!

(LD has no prize though)

(Also, you do realize that "Sofra" means "Suffer" in Portuguese (and maybe other romance languages), right?)

Level Onslaught by OrciFried 2017-12-04T21:14:07Z ♥ 1

Really nice game! But the hit boxes are monstrously confusing. I could never tell when a hit was going to land.

Power or die by Aterlamia 2017-08-02T21:59:28Z ♥ 1

@aterlamia, I also could not build the Science Station, repeatedly. If I don't buy it when the guy tells me to, I can't buy it ever again.

Battery Life by justinooncx 2017-08-02T21:33:30Z ♥ 1

Really like the idea! Also, saw through your Cave Story inspiration for sprites... xD It seems that by keeping the batteries over the green particle thing they charge faster? Or is it just placebo?

The PowerField - LD39 Edition by Alexis Cheron 2017-08-02T00:37:28Z ♥ 1

Very nice controls, got up to 250m at 2m/s

Scrapjunk Couriers by reBTF 2017-08-01T22:05:09Z ♥ 2

Very nice resource management game! Though a quick explanation of what each part of the ship does would be welcome.

Power Station by Augusto 2017-08-01T21:33:55Z ♥ 1

Good graphics, good music, good idea, but it's almost impossible to play. It takes about 10 shots while moving around slightly to be able to hit a single robot, and it clearly varies due to collision.

RavageR - The Lone Swordsman by Ethan Allwood 2017-08-01T03:01:20Z ♥ 1

This is so incredible! Great art style and tight controls! Missing a "being hit" feedback, however.

Power Stationed by ReboundGames 2017-08-01T02:55:32Z ♥ 0

Super fun! Though I only got barely over 25k.

I like the "Please No" button :>

Slinger - Last jump to infinity. by roycocup 2017-08-01T02:41:42Z ♥ 1

Have to agree, inertia makes this game counteintuitively harder. The music is cool too, very minimalistic but sets the mood. It was a bit short though :(

Zone Slayer by mmason 2017-08-01T02:28:16Z ♥ 2

Nicely made to simulate an old game, but I think the controls were just a tad too clunky (a bit of clunkiness is good for the theme, but this was quite annoying to play),

The Torches Are Burning Low by Didactylos 2017-08-01T02:27:01Z ♥ 1

Very nice game! I love pixelated dungeon crawlers, and having one with actually great graphics gives an extremely nice effect!

World on the Tip of a Ballpoint Pen by HacksawUnit 2017-05-16T23:40:38Z ♥ 1

The art style is very reminiscent from FEZ, with these trees evoking the same kind of floaty outworldish-yet-familiar feel. As mentioned before, the pallete also strongly evokes HLD. Amazing how you managed to fit so much depth into little over 30 seconds of game.

I liked the alien writing. If you had more time, you should definitely use the pixel-alignment concept to design a font that requires the user to mask part of the text characters to transform them into something readable. That would be genius.

Starstruck Ducky by HuvaaKoodia 2017-05-02T22:35:35Z ♥ 2

Hahaha, nobody expects "duck jokes"!

I managed to go to the tour after a while. Ended up getting on a visit to Tesla with all the tiers invited! So yeah, calling your "lowly" friends is a good mechanic. To those that wanted a skip button, this is a social cue! Don't underestimate people just because of their circles.

The sounds and visuals are super cute and fitting, congratulations! I'd just have appreciated a bit of antialiasing on those relation lines, but that's nitpicking.

Its a small world by SuperMsp10 2017-05-02T21:53:26Z ♥ 1

This is the sort of game I initially thought about, but scrapped it as lack of ideas on how to implement. Very nice!

But I have to say, the movements are very annoying. It absolutely snags when you touch anything (wall, powerup, etc), and at the same time was very floaty (but that much is recognized ingame). A different skybox would allow the player to better orient their boost jumps.

The visuals are a bit too simplistic, however. I get, programmer art and whatnot, but even some silly hand-drawn sketches would be highly appreciated in that department. Throw in the standard Toon shader and you got a more believable mood (the mix of primitives with high-res textures is really quite jarring).

Polar Protector by AlexHoratio 2017-05-02T21:27:25Z ♥ 0

I really liked the idea of multiple elements, but F is a really weird keybind. Got 174 points!

One thing that confused me is the "bullet penetration". I'm not sure how many layers of unrelated enemies a bullet can go through before disappearing, it seems to vary. A bit more consistency there would make all the mechanics much tighter.

As for graphics, I'm still not sure what those sprinkler menirs are.

Asteroid Architect by Erik Larsson 2017-05-02T21:10:19Z ♥ 3

Wow, nice game! I spent about 5 rounds to get a no-penalty run, but I'm not sure if there are additional bonuses. I like the consistency, but building the dome is a little bit redundant (you _have_ to build it one way or another).

A neat feature would be being able to edit the previous colony, because rebuilding the good parts by hand is a bit tedious.

LD38: Platformer 2 by LunarFuture 2017-05-01T20:33:13Z ♥ 0

Honest review here: Interesting, I really liked the bullet mechanics. But still there are some glaring issues:

- There is no goal (or the goal is too well hidden). Killed all enemies, collected all coins, nothing happened. Maybe at least a text prompt "You won!", or ideally an end screen. - Enemies are more useful alive than dead: Since there wasn't any obvious HP system, I as a player assumed insta-death upon touching them. Surprisingly, nothing happens! They are more useful alive, because you can use them to boost-jump more easily. - Too much physics on the player: It seems like there is some sort of capsule collider for the character, but this causes a problem when jumping up ledges: if the character falls onto a ledge, it gets pushed away from it. To properly climb a ledge you have to go all the way over it so the character falls on the flat side.

The art however is quite nice, but it seems there is some sort of interpolation going on, making the enemies look blurry, and also the edges of the player sprite.

Unibrow by ViliX64 2013-12-22T22:55:00

Nice game! Reminds me of Fez. The puzzles could be a bit more intrincate, though

Bounty hunting by vallde 2013-12-20T12:31:00

Best game in LD yet!

Hammerfall by Supernaught 2013-12-20T12:16:00

Great gameplay! the hotkeys were well positioned. Got to wave 10.

One Bond by chicknstu 2013-12-17T21:09:00

By far, one of the best games in this LD. I just believe a little anti-aliasing would help the eyes.

License to One by udo 2013-12-17T10:42:00

Hmm, it seems the extractor is not working...
When selected, the camera goes full black and it gives no minerals.

FFirst Impression by chiguireitor 2013-12-17T10:37:00

Really hilarious! Walking backwards would be great, tohug.

You only have one quantum hyperdimensional nuclear fusion powered neuro-AI cube...and button by Prophet Steve 2013-12-17T10:22:00

Nice idea! Couldn't concentrate, though. Am I supposed to hold the key, or spam it?

Two Souls by tpodhraski 2013-12-17T10:16:00

Very nice game, tested on hotseat, but should be fun in MP too.

ME SO NINJA! by Beennn 2013-12-17T10:10:00

Fun game, but I found a glitch: if you walk against the invisible barrier to the right of the map, enemies will stop following you and you can shoot at will.

Solid Heart by Dustedge 2013-12-17T10:06:00

Minimalistic concept, but immensely rewarding!
The ground could be a less icy, though...

You Only Get One by drentsoft 2013-12-17T09:58:00

Works on Mac.
Though it could me more intuitive as of where to place the ones.

Golden Hamster by SUNFURY 2013-12-17T09:50:00

Nice concept, but could be a bit more fast-paced, and the enemies could variate a bit...

Game of Tao by flyingrobot 2013-04-28T16:14:00

Does it count? It uses paid middleware...

Your Mind Hates You by Peltast 2012-12-17T11:41:00

I feel so limited on what the dude understands, but nice idea.

Horizon by spolvid 2012-12-17T11:34:00

Interesting story!

Catvillain by Andrey Krivko 2012-12-17T11:29:00

The human keeps apparently teleporting to me. He stays still, then moves across the room in 0.2s

Die Block by patricklorio 2012-12-17T11:25:00

Nice concept!

Baboom:The Villain by celsyum 2012-12-17T11:23:00

Awesome game! Make an Android port and sell it for 0.99 and you'll become rich! But of course add more actions.

Mothertrucking knights by ryangoodwin 2012-12-17T11:05:00

Very nice"

Mine Sneaker by raincole 2012-12-17T11:01:00

haaha awesome game!

Noble Weapon by Meep 2012-12-17T10:57:00

I feel the same as ddionisio

Cow Stealer by ParaPup 2012-12-17T10:53:00

Nice game, but maybe a simple challenge (time limit with score requirement, for example) would make this more enjoyable.

A small village by EdoMiyamoto 2012-12-17T10:50:00

One of the best games I played this edition

Kill? by feili 2012-12-17T10:42:00

Graphically, it's cool, but has a very limited interactivity.

Hostile Nebula by SkyWolf 2012-12-17T10:36:00

Really good game! Very polished!

Liar's Lair by madmaw 2012-12-17T10:31:00

Seems interesting.

Dungeon Overlord: Master of the Queue by bwdevel 2012-12-17T10:26:00

Definitively bring it outside Compo! More monsters and knights over time and different types of defenders would make this game better. Maybe traps too?

No rest for the wicked. by Jonathan Whiting 2012-12-17T10:17:00

Really cool

We Meet Again, Mr. Mond! by Luis Anton 2012-12-16T23:23:00

Very creative!

Bad Santa by Cat Burton 2012-12-16T23:17:00

The cops are ragingly fast! They should be like 1.3x Santa's speed.

Black Knight Blockade by Smaxx 2012-12-16T22:46:00

Monty Python reference?

Rectangle Robbery by RyanArcher 2012-12-16T14:57:00

Why no webplayer version?

No Air Out Here by zkenshin 2012-04-27T00:41:00

Nice, but weird to control.

microchip by DiscoFish 2012-04-26T23:50:00

Nice, but weird sounds came when i ate blocks. I had to turn off sounds because it was too loud.

The Cheesiest Game Ever! by zorrtwice 2012-04-26T23:44:00

Extra Swiss Cheesy!

Red by olkeencole 2012-04-26T22:28:00

Great game, really enjoyed it!

ONLY DUST by kato9 2012-04-26T21:57:00

Nice game! But it was hard to know what was passable and what wasn't.

Ant Command by Aaron San Filippo 2012-04-26T01:30:00

Nice game, but could have a extra strategy factor. Also, the menu doesn't actually fit with the silent mood of the graphics

Accretion by bastiandantilus 2012-04-26T01:11:00

Nice concept, but on some big planets you can get inside them.

SimHamlet by Thief 2012-04-25T20:50:00

Nice, but now my eyes are bleeding.

Ant Slayer by Kharza 2012-04-25T20:44:00

Nice game, but could have visual feedback on damage and be a little longer.

"...find me a development environment for the web that could produce the game I just made and I'll be happy to use the web." Unity.

Lost Lapootah by orgarus 2012-04-25T20:24:00

Nooonsense! Plus, the scanners (or what they seem like) don't do damage? And the other robot got trapped in the corner because of clever footprint placement. And I didn't know that i had to run around the rectangles.

Moon Base by morganquirk 2012-04-25T20:15:00

Really nice game! The mechanics are great, but a little less gravity would be cool. It doesn't feel much "moony".

Soul Searchin' by MaximSchoemaker 2012-04-25T15:50:00

Awesome game! But I saw this concept months ago in a game site called Game Jolt. Not sure the name of the game though... Something with phantom miner or whatever.

Gods Inc. by BlackDogg 2012-04-25T01:33:00

Great game! I am amazed how many concepts emerge here in LD...

Scape by intmain 2012-04-25T01:14:00

Great game! I bet you took inspiration from that minigame in Club Penguin (oh no revealed the secret of my childhood)! Except in that game you were a fireball that melted ice, not a dude that plants trees.

The Elves end the Shoemaker by Nora Shishi 2012-04-24T20:09:00

I laughed at the nonsense.
Nice game!

LittlePlanetBigRocket by daredevildave 2012-04-24T20:07:00

Perspective is weird, but nice job.

Aether by Danik 2012-04-24T19:51:00

Nice! But the aliens destroyed the path...

Supernova by MarekkPie 2012-04-24T19:29:00

Really interesting game!
Is the rain of black food resources intentional? I got like 3k food.

SUBPIXEL by cr0ybot 2012-04-24T19:22:00

Great game! But it has 1 problem: When I shoot a pixel in the nothing, the game freezes.

The Story of a World by Mårten Jonsson 2012-04-24T16:58:00

A really nice game, seeing I'm a addict to the "Grow" series... The transition could be a little shorter though...

Another Kind of World by daandruff 2012-04-24T14:38:00

I really like the feel of the graphics, but the bombs could slide less (or bounce more)

Aloft by Chinchilla 2012-04-24T14:29:00

I really like it, but the resource collecting could be a area, not just the point where the mouse is, because many times coins fall out of the island. Also I'd like to see the other layers like you shown in the first demo.

Save Your Planet! by SFX 2012-04-24T14:17:00

Nice game!

Spitoon by Sestren 2012-04-24T01:25:00

I really like the concept! You deserve all the stars!
P5 I5 F4 T4 G3 A- H- M2

dLeIaFtEh by CoveBit 2012-04-23T20:18:00

The art was fitting, but the game didn't make much sense.

Predominantly Tiny World by Graham Weldon 2012-04-23T20:15:00

I really like the way i orbit the planet incessantly if I jump too much

When Worlds Collide by AlwaysGeeky 2012-04-23T20:09:00

The best entry I played so far! I like the flow of the game, but 2 things would make it perfect:
* Audio
* Just one more power

Predicament by orangepascal 2012-04-23T20:04:00

Great game!
I liked trying all the combinations to escape, but the ending was... unexpected.
Audio didn't work on Nightly...

Be Tiny, World! by Deozaan 2012-04-23T19:56:00

Things to improve:
* Different planet textures
* Something to deviate attention from planets
* Shoot powerups?
Overall, felt too plain, I ended up suiciding in the 6th planet because I thought it was endless.
The explosion effects are nice, but it doesn't fit the low-polyness of the planets and the resolution of the textures.

SAVE YOUR FOLKS! by ilikescifi 2012-04-23T19:50:00

Nice game! But it's hard to put the theme on this. I liked the musics and the pixels.