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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202456Tiny CreaturesKokinscompo1093.673.353.194.234.073.283.073.88
202455SummoningDiablilloscompo1133.693.693.353.954.023.212.723.59
202148Deeper and deeperExiledcompo4753.422.822.883.944.223.663.013.83
201944Your life is currencyEssence Draincompo3.003.001.503.752.503.252.50
201841Combine 2 Incompatible GenresRogue Princesscompo3733.343.222.742.603.953.353.023.50
201740The more you have, the worse it isgrooOW!compo134.194.253.754.563.403.632.523.50
201738A Small WorldTerrartisancompo903.793.373.794.133.653.272.053.30

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Comments by ladybenko

LD38 — A Small World

Tetripolis by kasarun 2017-05-02T10:28:45Z

Very clever take on the theme! This game is fun. A bit of more guidance into the rules would have been helpful, but fun nevertheless. As @james-dunlap said, I'd love to play this ad a mobile game.

Den by La mecanique du plastique 2017-04-28T13:47:21Z

I love the atmosphere of this game: the art style, the colors, the background music… It's also very rewarding to kill those tiny people :) At first I had some problems with the controls, but I ended up getting the hang of it.

Well done! :)

Colonial Kart World by adamalexander 2017-05-02T09:52:56Z

The waves are fun to ride and shoot while you are in air. It's fun although I believe a bit of background music would have been great. I always admire those who can pull out a 3D game for the compo, congrats!

LD40 — The more you have, the worse it is

Hats On! by recursor 2017-12-08T23:03:17Z

This would be a fun, casual game to play in a mobile. Good job

A Platformer for Ants by Elendow 2017-12-07T15:14:35Z

I think I told you already, but I LOVE the concept and how well it fits the theme. I like how "roguelike" it feels as well. Congrats, this is a really nice entry :clap:

unrogue by dunin 2017-12-08T23:41:01Z

Good and interesting concept. I loved the sprites – found them very cute. After a few attempts I got till floor 6, but I'll keep trying :)

Collateral Damage by almost 2017-12-08T15:39:47Z

The controls feel really nice and the weapon upgrades are satisfying. Good job!

grooOW! by ladybenko 2017-12-07T15:03:47Z

Thanks everyone for the feedback and the kind comments :blush:

Billy the giant hates dancing paragliders on a boat by Rombus 2017-12-09T14:13:33Z

I really love the music tune in this one!

Overdose by Kashif 2017-12-08T15:33:30Z

I couldn't beat the game, but the controls feel nice, and the hearth beat effect is cool.

Artifact by Tim Eriksen 2017-12-06T16:40:09Z

The mood is great in this one, aided a lot by the music and sfx. A solid take in the theme, well done :)

Heavy Hearts by Badly Drawn Rod 2017-12-08T23:26:20Z

Solid mechanic, it reminds me of good old arcade games like Bomb Jack. The music felt a bit repetitive after a while, but the SFX are fun. Good job!

Webshop Live CMS by leffe108 2017-12-08T15:27:19Z

This is a fresh idea, although not super intuitive at first. Fun to play, nevertheless.

Captain Capsize by Lance Krasniqi 2017-12-07T14:56:29Z

The graphics are fantastic, as well as the music! But I found the controls somewhat frustrating. Great game, though!

Computer-Man RPG by Wolfo 2017-12-08T23:20:04Z

It took me a little while to figure out the combat, but it's fun! I love the art and the music

Inky Pinky Square by Psychedelia 2017-12-07T15:18:41Z

It's a nice and fun concept! Maybe I would have like it more if you already started with two squares already, so the player could be more engaged with the main mechanic. The music is fun as well. Good job

Mizu by sbarrio 2017-12-08T23:09:19Z

Nice mechanic, it fits the theme well. The controls were a bit hard for me, but I still enjoyed the game.

Blood Clot by Miguel Montero 2017-12-07T15:01:43Z

Good idea and its the theme! I think some SFX would help to give some feedback on what's going on, but I can see myself playing this as a mobile game. Well done!

Mortal Komba by kokirisandfriends 2017-12-06T16:23:53Z

This is the cutest game! I love the art and the music, and it really fits the theme. Some of the characters are significantly harder to play than others, and once there two of them at one jumping it gets really tricky. This would be a really nice mobile game. Congrats!

LD44 — Your life is currency

Seed. by AVAVT 2019-05-02T14:21:12Z

I loved this! The audio creates the perfect mood and the game is a perfect metaphor of human greed towards the environment. Gameplay-wise, it's fun and easy to get, despite no tutorial or whatsoever. Well done!

LD48 — Deeper and deeper

Secret Floors by Quetzakol 2021-04-28T21:19:36Z

I really like how the character that gives the code/clues speaks. The game is quite original, and I really loved the last code! My only "complaint" is that for the second one I had to reload the game to see the room that I missed because I couldn't find a way to "scroll" the screen. Other than that, quite fun and good job!

Deep-fry Deeper by Ithildin 2021-04-28T14:46:17Z

Loved the graphics and the cute SFX! The mechanics for the churros were fun to play

The Hookmarine by Elendow 2021-04-27T20:23:19Z

Congrats for the game! It's a well-rounded, polished submission. The game mechanic is quite interesting, although I'm clumsy for these types of games (it took me 6:46 to fetch all the barrels in easy mode). I love the whole mood of the game, set by a coherent art style, nice post-processing effects and a fitting music track.

Nail It Deep! by one-seed-fruit 2021-04-27T20:44:13Z

This is quite fun and impressive for just a few hours of development! I loved the mechanic, I got to 167m after a few tries :)

Dive into by foxy 2021-04-28T23:03:22Z

This was fun to play (although the character was a bit hard to control). The therapist comments were the best, and I also loved the enemies (mortgage, broccoli…) Good job!

Under the Stove by ruthiepee 2021-04-28T21:34:23Z

Hi! Is there a way to play this without a Roblox account? Thanks

depthscraper by lexi 2021-04-27T21:47:30Z

Fun and addictive, well done! I don't know if you plan to port it to mobile, but it would be awesome

Exiled by ladybenko 2021-05-01T09:21:22Z

Thanks everyone for playing the game and for leaving useful feedback <3

@Jeffez @quetzakol @jason-wilson You're right about the ending, that is not clear enough. Ideally, I would have wanted that with each run something _changed_ and the player could somehow lift the looping curse… Or at least tell the player what the curse was more explicitly! I agree it can be confusing. But I was so pressed with time that I couldn't wrap the ending properly.

@elendow @tom-robson @ithildin you are absolutely right, ideally the levels should be somewhat different or at least a bit nicer to explore. Changing the keys position is a nice idea, indeed!

@tomh1 yes, you're right. I did try doing so but couldn't fine tune it enough and sometimes the player could close the dialogues unintentionally. Since I didn't have a mechanism to repeat them and they're somewhat important to understand what's going on, I decided to put closing/advancing them in a separate key. But you're right, and if I continue working on the game and release a post-jam version this is something I'd like to fix.

@finntastico the silly part is that I drew a walking animation! But in the end I ran out of time and couldn't include it. I'm leaving it here as a GIF because I do think it's cute even if it's just 2 frames :)

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Exiled by ladybenko 2021-05-02T21:20:19Z

@felo07 @oune hey sorry that the ending wasn't clear! You did not miss anything, the story is supposed to be a Sisyphus myth of sorts, but I ran out of time and couldn't make an special sequence for the ending to wrap it up.

Dome Romantik by Rongo Matane 2021-05-01T16:40:23Z

This is the best jam game I played so far, it's fun and engaging, and the art is superb. If I had to say something to improve would be upgrades balance, it's kinda obvious what the best strategy is (improve the laser asap) and once you reach the best laser upgrade then the rest is kinda easy. But nevertheless, I had a blast playing it and I did get to the end. Congratulations for such a great game!

No EXIT by ValerioSevilla 2021-04-27T20:39:40Z

I really like how the music, sound effects and art complement each other to create a fun mood. Well done!

Chuck Challenger: The Hunt for Malpractice Mole by Phlip45 2021-04-27T20:27:54Z

I like how the shooting works with parabolic shots, so it takes a bit of mastery to actually be able to kill enemies. The music is nice and I liked the sound effects as well. Well done! :)

The Fall of Alice by kr4ft3r 2021-04-28T19:38:05Z

This in an interesting concept, and I loved the bookshelves and the details on them. BTW, in case you'd like to fix it, I tried to play the game with Firefox first, but hundreds of web audio errors were logged into the console and the audio sounded a bit like a modem from the 90s. I switched to Chrome and I could play the game without issues there.

Go Deeper by Jeffez 2021-04-27T20:35:09Z

This is actually quite impressive for a first game, so congrats!

ChaO.S. by Nanda 2021-04-28T19:27:35Z

I like the vibe and the atmosphere and I kept playing until I finished it. Good job! My only "but" is that I managed to unlock the final password having missed the previous one (just by guessing) so I had still one folder to unlock and I missed part of the story.

Hellfall by Tom Robson 2021-04-27T22:13:33Z

This is one of my favorite ld48 games so far. The jumping, movement, etc. feels really nice and fine-tuned. It took me a few attempts, but I managed to beat the game and had lots of fun in doing so. Good job!

Hole Down by Seeko Studios 2021-05-01T21:28:31Z

I love the aesthetics and the music of this game, they're coherent and original. Gameplay is fun, maybe I had a bit of a hard time understanding what's going on (for instance, why sometimes the character would take damage by falling and sometimes not). The mini intro at the beginning is super-polished, something you rarely see in a game jam. Congrats for such a good game!

Brubnar the Barbarian in the Deepest Dungeon by Quinn_Patrick 2021-04-28T22:01:45Z

The dungeon map is balanced and exploring feels good! Controls could be a bit more accurate, but not a big deal. I couldn't find a way to close the "scroll" with a quote, I think an in-line modal with control info could have been useful in this regard! Anyways, this is a cool entry

Brubnar the Barbarian in the Deepest Dungeon by Quinn_Patrick 2021-04-28T22:28:58Z

@quinn-patrick I use the spacebar for the sword. For the scroll, I tried Spacebar, and also Enter and Escape.

Underground by Halogen 2021-05-01T15:32:31Z

Good job! The art style and music are cute, although I found it a bit difficult to distinguish the character from the background. Also, I think I got somewhat lucky in one of my falls because I didn't get to see the lava. Congrats for finishing the game!

LostBrother by MeritCoding 2021-05-01T09:48:03Z

Hi, this was fun and I did beat the game :) I'm fond of the naïve aestetics for the game. It's consistent and effective, even though the dialogues and buttons need more polish.

About the controls, jumping felt very floaty but I still could beat the game. Something that felt a bit unfair, though, is that I wasn't able to see where the platform I was supposed to land was.

And audio was broken for me (so I didn't rate this category), but I don't know if it's a Unity issue with web audio or something else.

Overall, a good entry and congrats for finishing the Ludum Dare in compo mode, it's always super hard :)

GOBLIN HAMBURGER LASER ARENA by youthfulIdealism 2021-04-28T21:26:32Z

This was fun to play although it doesn't really fit the theme. Anyway, good controls, and firing the laser felt really satisfying!

Into The Depths by Jason Wilson 2021-04-28T21:33:06Z

Cool concept! I didn't get super far, but it was a nice mix between finding treasure / explore and managing oxygen

Unto the Eight by Threeli 2021-04-27T22:16:25Z

This is very, very cute and I have to play it again to see if I can get farther (I've only managed to deliver to two characters). I think I would have enjoyed it a bit more if it wasn't turn based but nevertheless this was fun and I loved the whole mood.

Unto the Eight by Threeli 2021-04-27T22:44:49Z

@threeli I found it a bit frustrating in the northern area, where there's some kind of wall/fence with a very narrow entrance and you need to scroll through different areas to get it. It was swarmed with enemies and it was really difficult to predict their movement and learn where to move to avoid them… specially with the stress of running out of light and warmth.

To be fair, I'm not _that_ used to play turn-based rogues, so that might be the issue here :) Anyways, it's a great submission, and just wanted to congratulate you again for a very good job.

Down Under by anactualhuman 2021-04-27T22:28:09Z

I love the idea, but I couldn't beat the game because I had lots of difficulty to jump out of a carved section in the wall. I think I could have benefited from a bit of "coyote time". Nevertheless, the jumping feels solid, the asthetics and sfx serve the game well, and all of this results in a polished entry. Good job!

Annoying falling game by TomH1 2021-04-27T21:15:41Z

Fun game! Could really be nice to play on mobile. Congrats for your first game and also for finishing the jam

LD55 — Summoning

Diablillos by ladybenko 2024-04-15T18:23:19Z

@rcxa @michael-macha @bonemane thanks for playing the game and providing feedback! I really appreciate it :)

Diablillos by ladybenko 2024-04-15T19:42:09Z

Hi @historymaker118 I forgot about the BBS, thanks for the heads up! Just posted it, you can find it at https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141743

Diablillos by ladybenko 2024-04-19T12:19:23Z

Thanks everyone for the feedback! <3

LD56 — Tiny Creatures

Kokins by ladybenko 2024-10-10T04:50:34Z

Thanks everyone for the feedback, it really helps!

@historymaker118 @dhim @dzejpi you’re right about having more mini games. My plan was to put one per different action, but it was one of things I had to cut off from scope because I ran out of time.

@dhim the key layout is indeed a PICO-8 thing but in retrospective I think mouse controls would have worked better.

Kokins by ladybenko 2024-10-12T07:23:46Z

Thanks again everyone for playing and being so kind to leave a comment! I really appreciate it.

@wisstopher I almost bought a Tamagotchi this week :laughing:

@miku you're absolutely right in that the mini-game needs more refining and tuning. Also, probably more variety.

Kokins by ladybenko 2024-10-12T14:14:07Z

@ziobob it depends on their stats when they're about to grow :)

Gull and Ray by Mathstr0fficial 2024-10-07T18:05:17Z

Hi, I'm a bit confused as well. I spoke with everyone, and then with the mayor and checked out the temples, but the UI didn't allow me to pick up any of the items I found. I'm sure I'm missing something! That aside, I think the sprites look great (sp the main character one) and I loved the ambience sound of the sea waves.

Fight or Flea by partkyle 2024-10-07T18:09:29Z

Hey thanks for making a web browser build! The game idea is nice, although it took me a while to learn what to do exactly.

Carrot Patch by Historymaker118 2024-10-07T18:14:43Z

I love this! It truly has the vibes of a classic arcade. The core mechanic is simple but very addictive, and the grey carrot hazard works great. Graphics and SFX work well and the whole game just feels very polished.

Fifty Six LilyPads by dhim 2024-10-08T16:26:36Z

Cool mechanics, the AI is not very challenging but I think it would be really interesting to play against a human player :)

Dreadzone by DzejPi 2024-10-07T17:56:26Z

This was fun to play. I played the optimized version on a web browser and it worked fine. Gameplay-wise the game has a nice loop (killing critters, picking up stuff, go kill more critters) and the music fits nicely.

Cordyception by Rakthalekk 2024-10-12T07:37:18Z

Beautiful game!

Dance with the Sprites by Flewbimo 2024-10-08T16:31:04Z

I found the mood and aesthetics of this game quite pleasant. However, I'm not sure why I hit game over. Is it one of the red lights? Something else? There's an SFX of a gong/chime that played a few times, was unsure if it was a good or a bad thing happening…

But the mechanics of knowing when to spend your light to illuminate and then remembering the level is quite interesting.

Spider Business by Vindicta 2024-10-07T18:19:48Z

hi! a visual novel with spiders, I didn't see that one coming :) I got to the part of the minigame of catching flies, but after losing it I got an IndexedDB error Screenshot 2024-10-07 at 8.19.17 PM.png

Bug Poker by heat 2024-10-08T16:35:09Z

Aesthetics and music are very cool, but I'm joining the crowd of "I'd need a tutorial", not sure how to play it even after seeing the screenshots.