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LanceJZ

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202455SummoningBullet Storm Extremajam9613.223.352.402.673.153.252.052.81
202354Limited SpaceSqueeze Playjam3.303.702.803.703.203.203.00
201740The more you have, the worse it isShadow and Planetjam9503.002.972.692.833.062.541.222.62

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Comments by LanceJZ

LD40 — The more you have, the worse it is

Puzzle Trubbles by rsim 2017-12-05T05:14:51Z

Cute game, love the Star Trek theme. I got sunk. LOL

Save your gold by Minemes 2017-12-05T20:48:56Z

That was really fun! I built up really big, then let them destroy it, and I had over 10k gold at the end. I hope you finish this game post LD.

Spacelitch by Flaterectomy 2017-12-05T04:18:51Z

Cool game. Just one thing I noticed, you allow the ship to drop below the visible area and hit things the player can't see. I love the graphics and this type of game. The bouncing shot is a nice touch.

Travel Light by Shivur 2017-12-05T20:49:42Z

I get a 404 on the Windows Game Link. Can't play your game. Also, all the links are the same. Now there is a price on the game? WTF

Travel Light by Shivur 2017-12-05T23:57:42Z

Interesting game. How do you get more bullets? I ran out and did not find any. The enemy is a little too easy as well.

Slightly annoying traffic by JOrbits 2017-12-05T10:20:51Z

This game is hilariously fun! Great job! This would be a great mobile game, better than using a mouse.

Collateral Damage by almost 2017-12-05T05:21:42Z

I had so much trouble playing this game, I'm just not good with using a mouse for games. Controller support would be awesome. Also, it looks like I can shoot the planets, as I've done that a few times. LOL Friendly fire, here we come! Cool game. It was fun, though I never progressed, too hard for me.

MAGNETOGRABBER 2000 by kroltan 2017-12-05T04:52:29Z

Cool idea, fun game. Not sure how it fits into the theme though. Also, kind of hard, and slow paced.

Mr. Gigafist: a post-apocalyptic brawling adventure by Shodanon 2017-12-05T04:39:02Z

OMG I love the spurting blood! Reminds me of Monty Python. Great game dude.

Chaos Cell by hoogmin 2017-12-05T05:07:23Z

Cute idea and game.

Manifold Complex by Thorneto 2017-12-11T00:32:07Z

Cute game, the level seemed very small, like four rooms? I thought of Decent too while playing it. If there are more rooms, I did not find them. The mouse needs to be locked too, I had to restart the game the first time because I clicked on my other monitor, as the mouse went over there.

Desert Express by TerraPass 2017-12-06T00:06:40Z

What a cute game! The mouse needs to be locked to the window, I kept clicking outside of it, and the window behind it would cover it. Of course, I could have just made a new desktop to play it on. Love trains and the music is perfect. Thank you for not forcing full screen.

Pirate's Escape by BobbyTables 2017-12-23T01:28:10Z

I tried to download the Windows Build but there is no exe file in it. Just DLLs for Mono. That DownGit thing sucks. I see the exe in the source code. I have to download it all now. Wow this game is awesome! I love it so much! Great idea, great way of doing it! I can't wait to see more of this!

Chopper Trap House by dbmc 2017-12-05T23:50:45Z

Your game does not quite pause. The player stops moving but the background keeps moving, and the sound stays on. Thank you for supporting the controller. Also, the chopper tilts way too much before it starts to move. I love how when you hit a person with the copper blade they scream and blood is everywhere. I also like how it is like Coplifter a little bit. Great fun. :)

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T01:52:26Z

I forgot two of the folders in the zip file, so sorry, try it again.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T02:11:23Z

I just uploaded the new zip file with the missing folders 18 minutes ago.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T02:32:00Z

It is when a missile hits an Asteroid or it is when a chunk breaks off, can happen off screen, or something I forget. Thank you! I did all the art in Magica Voxel. Jenni (My SO) Loves the asteroids too. ^.^

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T02:34:27Z

Well, of course, there could be more FSKR, I scaled to what I thought I could do in a few days. The Radar (The white dots around the ship) point you to Asteroids. LOL Yeah, I did not want to make it easy. I actually had many more plans, but you know, time and bugs. Thank you for the comment.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T02:59:59Z

Oh yeah, post-jam. I have plans, and co-op/vs is one of them. Fight for resources, and against the pirates. I'm glad you like it, and thanks! I have plans to make the camera less static too.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-05T19:42:35Z

You mean the radar? Yeah, I have an idea on how to fix that, I just ran out of time. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-06T19:43:11Z

Good advise Shodanon, thank you. You can always bounce off something to stop. ^.^ Remember, the more chests you get, the more pirates there will be. Also, the more ore you get, the more the pirates come after you. That is to fit with the theme.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-09T23:24:24Z

Did you install the .NET runtime? If not you can get it here. https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-framework-runtime/net47 If you have a Windows version older than Windows 7 that is not updated you will need it.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-22T10:24:43Z

L and R are for left and right. LOL Sorry I did not explain it better. Of course not, does Skyrim tell you how far away things are? That is part of the fun. Yeah, I did not get time to make it seem like a seemless loop. Well, how many times you need to shot a rock is random for each rock, from 5 to 20 before ore drops. That is how hard it is to get out of one rock. Yeah, the camera movement was in the plans, but I ran out of time.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-23T06:10:54Z

The music was made by an AI, so you know, I wish they separated music and sound in the ratings. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, just wait until you pick up a few chests. Remember the theme, the more you get the worse it gets. Also the more ore you carry, the more the pirate comes after you. I wanted to so much more, but I ran out of time, and some life got in the way.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-24T02:38:26Z

Yeah, I was going to do more with the lava lamps, but I ran out of time. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, if you mine first, you would be able to save up ore at the base for extra ships. Then go after the pirates.

Shadow and Planet by LanceJZ 2017-12-24T02:39:02Z

Thank you Invixel.

Galactic Avaritia by Zatherz 2017-12-05T22:10:15Z

No way to quit the game, and full screen only. Booo. I had to force close it. The game was fun and cute, the music was the best part.

Dr. Micro vs The Virus by Nekomews 2017-12-23T00:35:28Z

An interesting idea, too bad it was implemented horribly. The ship is impossible to control. Rework the controls and I bet you would have a good game. Also the voice, dude, don't do voice over if you have a horrible mic, it only ruins what little you did for this game. Also, pay to play the game? Are you kidding me? Why did you think that would be a good idea?

The Sun Revolves Around ME! by blu3bird 2017-12-28T11:40:35Z

A very cute and innovative game! Keeps you very busy, the more you get, the more trouble you are in. Great entry.

Fiscal Dungeon by Tom Panton 2017-12-23T01:00:33Z

Great game! Great idea! Love it. Hope you fix the issues.

LD54 — Limited Space

Target Ball Z by TimBeaudet 2023-10-02T22:27:28Z

I can't play the game.Open AL error.png The reverse sound keeps on going too. The sounds are hilarious.

Squeeze Play by LanceJZ 2023-10-02T21:26:33Z

I hope you enjoy my game! Please let me know what you think.

Squeeze Play by LanceJZ 2023-10-03T01:26:47Z

There is no embed. The download is hosted by Ludum. I uploaded another copy. I tested it, it is working now. It is also available on the source site.

Squeeze Play by LanceJZ 2023-10-04T04:25:25Z

All I did was upload it again. Auto fire, nope, just click the spacebar quickly. That is what I did in the recording. I am still thinking of making it auto fire for the post jam game. It looks like the gif is going faster than the game too. I'm glad you enjoyed the game! In my outline I have four differnt types of enemies, and power ups, and the walls closing in faster as it goes. Did not get time to add those features. I had more to add, but I ran into a bug in my engine that took hours of work away from me. I barely made the deadline. I did make the game from scratch. It is velocity dampening via lack of acceleration, have a look at the source code. My library ("engine") has simple acceleration/velocity in it. My engine that I'm making from scratch is in very early stages, and does not have many features. All it has is an entity manager, and content manager along with some helper functions for positioned options. It is for 2.5D games using 3D models. Of course I will check your game, I used today to recover from jam burnout. :) I also started working on the game post jam, it is in a separate github repo.

Squeeze Play by LanceJZ 2023-11-01T17:08:40Z

Yeah, it is an omnidirectional shooter like Asteroids. The keyboard and joystick/controller use the same functions. There must be something wrong with your keyboard, I tested the game mostly using the keyboard. In the completed version it will have assignable keys. I'm completing the game, you can keep up with it on github, under Squeeze-Play. I've added SFX and sound, and more enemies. I'm glad you like the concept. Thank you for your time.

HeadSpace Limited by Im not a robot 2023-10-04T04:40:05Z

That music is impressive! Hits the feels right on. Would be awesome with controller support! As it is a kind of dual stick kind of game. Had fun playing it, thank you! I've never heard of Processing. I looked at the web site, visual sketchbook, interesting. I'm more hands a dirty kind of guy, when I started making games, engines were not a thing yet. Everything was just code. :)

Tower Swap - A Card TD Game by Jeldrik 2023-10-02T22:15:58Z

Wow, that audio, so loud. No way to turn it off. x.x Can't play it, cards don't move, can't see "?" either. Just two white boxes.

Three-Story Up by vlad-r 2023-10-02T22:14:24Z

Dang, nice.

LD55 — Summoning

Rise of the CatMancer by Daniel C 2024-04-22T19:32:29Z

I got a B my first game, cool! I died as my mouse went out of window. (I have multiple screens.) I love this game, best one I've played yet. I love the theme so much I would give it a 10 out of 5.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-13T01:57:57Z

Now we think of a game that fits summoning. I'll be using raylib of course, in my own game engine.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-16T02:26:54Z

Thank you! I ran into issues near the time limit and was freaking out. Glad you enjoyed it.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-16T20:35:48Z

Thank you schizoid2k! I'm old too, arcades of the 80s were my favorites. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-19T18:33:30Z

Emaigualmc2, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! I say that because I use 3D assets, and one pixel per color. Tryx, thank you so much, that means alot to me. I had my wife play it before I uploaded it to help me. Thank you again! rainbeau, thank you! Galaga is one of my favorites, I have one from My Arcade even. <3

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-22T18:39:58Z

Thank you pegasys, I'm a one man team, and old, so I can't do 24 hour coding/art/sound anymore. I would have added more, but as I said before, Sunday I ran into an issue that took over an hour to figure out, so that also put me behind and I had to really rush it.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-22T18:42:15Z

WildCodePlay, that is not true. When you die, only the enemies left for that wave are there. You get four lives. The wave restarts of course, but with only the same number that you died with. Also the turrets do aim, at times, it is random if they do or not. I made them weaker, as they were too much help in the earlier iteration. I did not get enough time to work more in balancing them.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-22T18:45:10Z

Thanks Cshep99, that particle effect is part of my 'engine' I made in C++. It uses a pool of course. Well it is in C++ with just the raylib library. I'm old school, I grew up in arcades from the 80s.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-22T18:52:30Z

Thank you Adam Galina, I'm old school, I grew up playing Galaga in the arcade, I even have one, from Arcade1Up. Thank you, I may have spent too much time on design, and I had to rush at the end as I ran into an issue compiling the release. I had turned down the turrets, I thought they were too powerful. LOL I wanted to do more balancing but ran out of time. Oh, did I miss that issue with the turret shots. Darn it. Thank you so much for all your input! As with other Dare games, I plan on continuing it and putting it out there on my itch.io.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-24T03:24:03Z

Good tip @sleepystudios I'll make a note of that. I'm glad you liked it, retro is my vibe.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-24T03:25:14Z

Thanks ryusui, I'm glad you like it. Yeah, I ran out of time to fine tune the difficulty, as I stated before, the turrets were too much, so I turned them down, made it so they shoot more randomly.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-04-24T03:28:58Z

Thank you digital bacon, not really modern. Raiden was one of the big bullet-hell games, and it is from 1990, I love that game.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-05-01T00:59:21Z

Ah yeah, @someone, that did cross my mind, but I forgot to implement hold down for rapid fire. My bad. Ah, yeah I've had a few others tell me that, I rushed the balancing, they were too much to start, so I nerfed them too much. I'm glad you enjoyed it anyway. I'll test the keyboard issue you mention, I did not notice it while testing it. I tested it, and it all works, I can fire while moving Up/left or right and down/left or right.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-05-02T00:42:20Z

Thank you @freshd, I'm glad you enjoyed it! *bows* I made the engine for Arcade style games, 2D but use 3D assets. Again, thank you!

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-05-02T00:43:37Z

Ah, yeah, @someone you are right, and I intend to when I work on it more after the jam. Thank you for the added info.

Bullet Storm Extrema by LanceJZ 2024-05-03T21:03:08Z

Thank you ne_mene. I already have a particle engine in my engine. So it was free. Yeah, making the second one (The one you shoot for spawn points.) was harder, and took the most time. I also ran into an issue that stole a few hours near the end, for making the release. Compile errors! *screams*

The Summoners by digital bacon 2024-04-22T18:59:27Z

A great fun time, love the 8 bit looking graphics!

The In Between by Adam Gallina 2024-04-19T18:57:47Z

Dang, this game is so fun! Love it. If I only had a mouse with a fully functional mouse wheel.

Revenge of Lord Chicken by Sergio_gp11 2024-04-17T02:50:34Z

I love the graphics, and the chickens! That hat, OMG. Kind of just ends though. You could build off that for sure.

SKELEMANCER by deadjolly 2024-04-29T22:24:31Z

OMG this game is so cool! Great fun, I hope you make something out of it.

Whiskers & Wings The Great Mouse Hunt by anaastaska 2024-04-22T19:20:55Z

OMG so much fun, and wow, so much done in three days! Holy cow! How did you build all those assets? Also the mix of 2D/3D nice.

Summoned by Cshep99 2024-04-19T18:43:41Z

The problem with using Blender for a game engine is you need that version of Blender installed. Would have liked to play this one.