Snoika Man 2014 by Larzan 2014-12-09T16:19:00
Very good one. Simple but fun, which I think is the most importante. Loved it.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | Scavenger | jam | 342 | 3.66 | 3.53 | 3.53 | 3.66 | 3.59 | 3.21 | 2.48 | 3.37 | ||
| 2016 | 37 | One room | Before Nick Arrives | jam | 293 | 3.56 | 2.89 | 2.77 | 4.16 | 4.26 | 3.75 | 3.11 | 3.77 | 100 | |
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Sculpt Master | jam | 431 | 3.35 | 3.27 | 3.72 | 3.80 | 2.84 | 2.83 | 100 | |||
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Project Pigeon | jam | 493 | 3.25 | 3.19 | 3.68 | 4.00 | 2.73 | 3.58 | 3.16 | 100 | ||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Dock and Cover | jam | 274 | 3.48 | 3.43 | 3.79 | 3.00 | 3.41 | 3.05 | 2.50 | 3.17 | 100 |
Very good one. Simple but fun, which I think is the most importante. Loved it.
Lovely graphics. I always have a corner in my heart for bullet hells.
I think you made the right decision taking 24 hours more, the feeling of the second version is so much better. Love the graphics and the audio. Curiously enough, a bug on a screen was the second idea we considered for our game; we didn't choose it because we were not sure to be able to make a fun game of it. But you really did it, good job!
I think your link to Web is broken.
That was good fun! :) Nice adventure, nice atmosphere, good job!
Nice one! Superb graphics, I liked the particles and the electric arcs a lot. Good increasing difficulty.
Super playable. Addictive, challenging and fun. Graphics are clean and elegant.
I liked it. The mix puzzle+deathmatch is a great combination :)
Loved the concept, and the graphics.
Very nice concept, and nice graphics. I like that you are limited to see what will happen remotely from one screen. I couldn't scroll to the last lines of the log, though, so I don't know the ultimate fate of my settlers.
Very ejoyable. Fun!
Great game with good atmosphere. It is difficult not to die, though, but I guess it is the purpose.
Lovely graphics, a bit difficult to understand what you have to do. Nice work overall.
Challenging game. I love how you have to control the jumps. I got until the level where a black stripe chases you. It is fun.
Smooth and clean, loved the mood. Started like fun, but gets scary very quickly.
@yokcos700: Wow, you got quite far! :D Take into account that there are only 10 levels, so yes, those crises are supposed to be severe. You were mastering it! ;)
Thank you everyone for the comments.
@yokcos700: There are 10 levels, the "REAL crisis" is number 9. Number 10 is pretty much the same, but with less time. To be honest: we fixed a mistake we noticed in the physics in the last hours before the deadline, which made everything make more sense -according to the physics-, but also increased considerably the difficulty of levels 8 to 10. The timer in those levels had been tested quite a lot for the previous conditions, but should have been increased for the current -and right- ones. Damn real world. :)
And yes, of course, the whole game is inspired in that awesome scene of Interestellar, so we are very happy if it can give someone a bit of that feeling.
Regarding the theme... yes, your explanation is perfect -I mean, that was exactly our intention-, thank you for giving it.
We just wrote a post, with some hints, and two videos showing levels 3 and 8, for those of you who stopped at those levels. :)
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2014/12/09/dock-and-cover-video-of-levels-3-and-8/
Great! Loved the concept and, of course, the audio.
This is great! One of the games I have enjoyed the most. Great concept and excellent execution.
I laughed when I killed a rat by smashing it with a time machine. Also, the story is very good. And I loved the final twist :)
Loved the graphics! Very well done overall.
Nicely done, loved the graphics and played for quite a while. Well done!
Very nice graphics!
Very nice graphics, well done!
Very good and funny! I normally get a bit bored with games heavy on the narrative side, but yours is simply awesome!
Took me some attempts to interiorize the controls, but then the mood was very good, slowly flying around the room with the music.
Love the graphics. Our first idea for an unconventional weapon was pee as well. xD We chose something else at the end. Very nice implementation.
Thanks a lot for the comments! We are really happy that you like it. :D
Yes, making the pecking a bit tricky was intentional, we didn't want it to be too easy -after all, is the only thing you have to do-. :D And even so, after two or three attemps, you get quite good at it.
The shortage of balls is intentional too; you get some extra balls when you ask for a new pigeon, and in that way you can decide in which objectives you should focus first, depending on which colors you have available at the moment.
Our favourite part is the bombing scene too. :D Perhaps it would have been good to introduced more elements in the balls scene, dedicating more time to it, but making the bombing was actually a lot of fun. :)
Loved the graphics and the audio. Nice gameplay and idea. Well done!
Excellent game. Lovely graphics, fits the theme, and the gameplay is addictive. You need coordination to be able to defend and attack at the same time properly, which makes sense taking into account that you are playing music. :) It would be even more difficult if the colors were in a different order for the right and the left hand (just an idea for a different version, it's cool as it is right now). Congratulations.
Lovely art and story, congratulations!
Thank you all for the comments! :)
Regarding the two negative points that you mention more frequently:
- The absence of more explicit instructions at the beginning was kind of "intentioned". The game is short and levels are fairly simple. Having to figure out level 1 just with the instruction "Shape it" wanted to be part of the puzzle game. But probably it wouldn't harm to be a bit more explicit. :)
- Regarding the lives: yeap, totally agree. This was a last minute addition, also to make it a bit more complete / difficult; but they don't bring much to this kind of game. As soon as we added more levels, they would be definitely removed.
Thanks again to everyone! :)
Best one I have played so far. Cool graphics and atmosphere, fits the theme, and simple but yet addictive. Good work!
Good idea, great atmosphere. Well done!
Haha, well done! Keeps you wanting to play and see what happens till the end... And it is definitely worth it. :) Lovely graphics too.
Very cool idea, nice graphics, and excellent memory practice! :) Loved it.
Very nice game! Love the art, and the Trump is hilarious :)
Enhorabuena!
My favorite so far! Lovely graphics and atmosphere, very polished, excellent puzzles.
@negativice: It is. :) Since you mention the interrogation, I assume that you got to the second phase (after the phone ring). This second -and last- phase is a bit more difficult, but there is a solution. This was planned as classic point&click adventure -murder aside-, and as such there is some at some point a kind of difficult-to-guess move. But it is there. :) Thanks for playing and for asking!
Thank you everyone for you comments!
Polished game, fun to play, really nice art. Great work!
Simple mechanism, but turned into a fun game that got me playing for a fairly large amount of time! Also, I laughed with it, which had not happened yet with any other game. Well done!
The most original I have found so far, and probably the one I have played for a longer time. :) From a simple concept you created something very enjoyable. Congratulations! A bit tricky to click on some of the bills sometimes, but that is a minor detail. Well done.
Simple concept, but it matches the theme very well, since it definitely gets harder and harder as soon as you start holding a few fruits. I like the music and the graphics. Polished gameplay. Perhaps a couple of additions -for example, fruits that you should not eat- would add some variation, but of course the time limitation is always there. :) Well done!
@schu Thank you for your comment! Yes, that was intentional. The mummies are in great disadvantage while they are unaware of you (they move blindly/randomly). But as soon as they get into your smell radius, things get pretty smooth for them. Getting earlier to the exit does not help if they get there in the same turn. We could definitely have made a different choice (we considered it for a while), but we wanted to make it a bit more difficult with the elements that we had. But yes, I understand that it may feel like a strange decision. Thanks for the feedback! :)
Hey, @james-dunlap, thanks for the feedback! Very useful. Yes, we wanted to change 1) but it was sacrificed due to time constraints. Regarding 2), the tile gets lit up even if it is out of your moving range; I agree that it is visually confusing and needs to be improved. Thanks a lot! Happy that you liked it overall.
I really liked the graphics and the music. Simple concept, but well implemented. I enjoyed it, thanks for the game!
The game is fun, the idea is simple but you had time to introduce a few actions that add some variation. Good work! Especially taking into account that it was your first one and you chose Combo. Well done.
I liked the idea, the art and the audio! The text was a bit hard to read. Nicely done overall!
Liked the art and the audio. The idea is simple, but very well executed. Good work!
So simple a so addictive. :) Very nice art, sounds, and totally matching the theme. One of the most solid entries I have seen so far. Perhaps I would have increased the difficulty giving a penalty when the player types the wrong number/combination. But that's just another option. Great work.
Awesome experience. Great idea, excellent work creating the atmosphere. Congratulations, loved it!
Love the art and sounds, nicely done!
Great idea, really matching the theme. It definitely stands out for originality, the implementation feels very polished. I played it till the end and enjoyed it a lot. One of my favorites so far. Excellent work.
Very interesting idea and use of the theme. Innovative and well implemented. Great work!
Very imaginative! Nice idea and well implemented, good work.
Very nice art, easy to understand, well polished and satisfying the theme. Good work!
Fun to play, well polished. As previously stated in other comments, the connection with the theme is a bit weak, but excellent work for a first game!
I loved the graphics and the mood. Nice idea and well tuned level of difficulty. Well done!
Lovely art! Together with the audio they provide a very interesting experience. Nicely done!
Good take on the theme, very nice graphics. I love how the terrain appears as you move. Good work!