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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
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| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | Soul Bound | jam | 3.45 | 3.15 | 3.25 | 3.15 | 3.55 | 2.45 | 3.35 | |||
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | Fault | jam | 2.93 | 2.64 | 3.07 | 3.36 | 3.31 | 3.57 | 2.93 | 3.50 | ||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | enRoot | jam | 1844 | 2.63 | 2.52 | 2.28 | 3.11 | 3.15 | 2.48 | 3.35 | ||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | Stardust | jam | 976 | 3.02 | 2.82 | 3.12 | 2.70 | 3.96 | 3.48 |
Linkwin leaves an average of 14.0 feedback comments each event.
Fantastic little game! Very relatable. The visual effect and sounds were excellent, I definitely felt the emotions of the character. Well done! (also [redacted] was a nice touch, made my cynical side laugh)
Great story and dialog! Very nice writing, I felt attached to the characters. Overall I enjoyed it thoroughly .
Awesome game! Love the concept, the visual indicators are great! I would love to see this idea expanded, really interesting design, a lot to explore there. Great idea and well executed.
Really great job! Simple game but has exciting moments. I like the heist concept and think it worked well. As others have said, your bullets move with the camera, which made it hard to run and gun which would add some fun imo. Also Impressive you made so many levels. Well done!
I enjoyed the mood of this a lot, story and dialog were solid. Obviously wishing for more, but great job with what you made!! The music really added to the atmosphere, and the character art was nice. I got frustrated with the rock stacking and didn't finish the cairn. All in all well done!
Super impressive aesthetics and content volume. I am very curious about the process and tools you used to create this. I really wanted to keep playing the game but its extremely punishing, and success didn't feel satisfying enough to justify that. Just having to restart from level 1 every time was a "feelsbadman" moment, where with some tweaking could tun into a "I got it this time!" moment.
However my biggest complaint is with the combat encounters. It felt like a chore clearing the level of the enemies. There was no way to get around them, just, run, turn, shoot, run, turn, shoot + not being able to move the aim reticle off the 2D plane was frustrating. Having some sort of targeting system would help a whole lot.
Even with the design flaws in the game (which I think are pretty straightforward to remedy) I think the technical achievement is massive! I'm blown away by the unique art style, procedural generation, and scope/scale of this for a 72hr jam. You should be very proud of yourselves!
Really charming little story! The dialog and character development were great, really felt like a consistent world. I would have liked to see more interaction, but the polish level as a short visual novel was excellent. Well done!
The design and implementation of this game is incredible. There are *tons* of dimensions of strategy to optimize for. Really enjoyed it. You definitely need a series of tutorials showing different strategies, and more depth on how each mechanic works. I cannot believe this was made in a few days. Great work all around! + The theme and art tied everything together nicely. I think you should make the cost scaling of the upgrades steeper. I just wanted to play over and over, each round was a treat, having more (or more ambitious) goals to go for would be even more engaging.
Amazing game. You should put more info on your page if your willing to share! Did you record the guitar? I felt like it helped draw you into the world more.
I was locked into the game, everything came together really nicly, the art stlye, the voice acting, music. Flow state achieved, Really well done. And you are extremely talented, sir! The VO was excellent!
Combat system played its role I think, breaking up the dialog. I basically just tryed att/def combos randomly.
Also I played the game on my phone in a browser, which was exciting. What tool(s) did you use to make this?
Good looking game! Really impressive. I had fun playing, it was a nice challenge, I played the android version, Im going to try on desktop also.
Nice optimization/idle clicker game. I am playong android version. I started about an hour ago and will update this post as I play without the cheat.
4/29 0205: ran into a bug, clicking on the vegetable market came up tith an option to sell resources to get more money on the 'market' which I clicked on and then it disabled all functions, clikcing on any upgrade button did nothing. I had to resart the game for it to respond again.
4/29 0249: I have tons of coal and iron, but I see no way of sellinh or doing anthing with it. Collecting resources is always fun but I dont see any immediate goals.
4/29 :0903 Have tons of resources with nothing to do but upgrade the machinery. Thinking about using the cheat now... also I have no idea what the chef is doing.
Android version is killer! Tight game loop, really challenging but not frustrating, well done!!
Interesting game! The music didn't seem to line up with the rhythm... I played the web version, so maybe that's why, or was it supposed to? I know when I worked on a rhythm game I had to make a calibrator, since every computers input delay is slightly different. Anyway, maybe something to think about. Great job overall! Animations were great and I enjoyed the art style. My only real complaint was that the controls were a bit frustrating.
PS thanks for playing my game!
Gorgeous Game! Really well done technically. Nice intuitive puzzle mechanics, got stale pretty quickly however. Super solid jam game.
PS thanks for playing my game!
Fantastic little game! I had so much fun. The exploratory feel is amazing, nailed the theme, after learning a bit more I would start going deeper and deeper. I love how there isn't a punishing feeling to dying. Great challenge, great design. The graphics could use some shaders or something, but I love the aesthetic as is. I would have been happy dropping a few bucks on this game (especially if it was an android game, very impressive for a jam game.
Congrats on your first game! It wasn't bad, really! Just keep improving =)
I don't know if this was intended, but moving left and right was really fast and jerky so it was really hard to go straight down. I found I had to hug the walls to slow my momentum. Keep up the good work!
Nice job overall. The particle effects were aa bit much, hard to look at the screen, as well as the speed of movement. I had fun playing, the slow down time power up was fun. The coin hit boxes could be bigger, as a minor note. Great job!
Had a lot of fun with this! Control scheme was very interesting, and surprisingly not unintuitive. I found it quite hard to get very far, but I thoroughly enjoyed the visuals and the experience overall. Also am very interested in Manta... your website is incredible. holy crap.
Super Cute!! Intro made me laugh, love the art style, gameplay was a bit lacking but strangely addictive! varying the speed was a good choice. Also... my 4 year old loves it =D
Nicely done! The visuals are interested and I really enjoyed the use of lighting, with that said it was very dark, I had trouble with seeing the platform and what to do to complete the puzzles. The levels were only very spread out, so I felt like I was just going all over the place (pixel hunting). Controls were quite touchy, made the platforming unnecessarily difficult. Overall great job!
Feels really good with a gamepad. Th game balance seems a bit off, I got stuck with an AI the just drained the clock by blocking everything. I really enjoyed the art and animations and the fast pace is great, I really had fun playing this. Definitely needs tutorial levels. It was hard to remember what each number meant.
I like the concept of this game, there was a visual glitch that was very annoying for me, lines kept shooting all across the screen back and forth. Other than that I enjoyed the graphics and the mechanics. It is a little difficult to tell what is going on when you use powers. If there was more evident visual feedback it would be easier to keep your eyes on the ball. Great job overall!
I love the art style! It's really nice, I had fun playing this, but have some pointers:
* For a rhythm game you have to have some kind of calibration. Different hardware has different input delays you have to account for. * Syncing of the visuals to beat needs to be frame rate independent. many times it would lag and be impossible to hit on the beat
I really loved the idea and aesthetic of this game! Having different weapons that fire at different subdivisions of the beat is a cool idea. It would be awesome if you could use multiple at once. Would love to see this more developed! Great job overall!
I did better turning off the audio and just using visual cues spitbeat.jpg
I had to clone your code and open it in unity, then i still couldn't play, do you have to have more than one controller? Upload a build of your game so it is easier to play! :)
I'm not a fan of match three but I actually had fun playing this, the monotony of match 3 had a purpose, I would like to see the more finished version! Great work!
This game was quite fun. I enjoyed how fast paced it was and the concept was cool. The graphics were pretty good everything works together. There is one issue, sometimes when looking around the camera gets stuck. All in all great job!
Great job! I was hooked from the beginning. Really impressive work!
The feel of the game is great! I enjoyed playing for a while, but the balance is pretty off. The world was very sparse which made gathering wood rather tedious. The dialog was good, and the opening drew me into the game. Nicely done!
This was a great experience. The theme incorporation is interesting, I personally like this kind of game a lot. The puzzle mechanics were refreshing. It was a little flat but challenging and rewarding nonetheless. The graphics seemed small and dated, still enjoyed the visual style though, very unique. Keep up the good work! Impressive entry!
I really enjoyed this game! The music and game play were enthralling!! I am very impressed you made this for the compo. With the being said I have a few comments (I played post jam version): * I got stuck on a chair in one of the houses * The combat was okay but felt like an afterthought (understandable for timeframe) * The city building is pretty one-dimestional * To me it felt like there was no difficulty at all (no cost for bad actions) * overall game balance is not very good which hurts gameplay experience
I have a soft spot in my heart for city building/RTS style game's. This one made me happy :) Kudos.
Well done! The balancing is not to bad, you have to move rather quickly and efficiently to stay ahead of the curve though. You could do a lot more balancing. I'm a huge fan of RTS game's wish there were more original one's. My biggest issue with the game is there is no indication of how it incorporates the theme.
Nice graphics and solid game play! As others have mentioned I wish bouncing off wall was more consistent. I think the graphics are great but this style can easily look really off unless everything matches. The background and walls had less depth than characters/enemy's and made the graphics look a bit like clip art. With a little more polish this would be a great game!
Love the idea and interpretation of theme! I was not able to get very far, I do not understand how to deal with the police, I just kept running... Anyway, I'm interested in the other games you've made, will be checking those out!
Nice solid game! I enjoyed the temporary nature of your abilities from the cards. Game play was fun but not much to the game. You could definitely expound upon this and make something cool! A few other points: * I enjoyed the music at first but it got old fast * The layout of the saloon was very repetitive just making it smaller would help * The enemy AI was fun for a while but were easy to outsmart
All in all it was pretty fun to play! thank you!
I downloaded windows 64 bit version and all the cards were basic: Solitare.jpg
Really fun game! When connecting a controller as second player the controller only works to jump and attack not to move. I really liked how the game felt. Keep up the good work!
I wasn't sure if the auto calibrate thing was working for me. And I couldn't figure out which subdivision of the beat I was supposed to tap to. I really loved this game though! Definitely one of my favorites! I'm working on a game with similar abstract concept for game play so it was really interesting to see this! Edit: just saw where you explain it has to be 2 bars will for sure play this again
Really well made! I like the idea but got bored rather quickly. Would be interested to see where you take this. As others have said: overall the feel of the game is great and has a lot of potential, just keep finding ways to make it more interesting! :)
Awesome game! Had a lot of fun! definitely needs improvements to balance. It seemed too much about luck of the draw which made it feel tedious after a bit. Overall a great game!
Hell yes, one of the most fun games I've played. Please just make controller support! It'll take no time in unity! I will play this forever if I can play with gamepad. Awesome job! I love the taking care of a pet idea, it's very original and adds depth to the platforming. I would love to see where this idea evolves!!
I really enjoyed almost everything about this game! Tying everything together with music was really effective. I got stuck at the wall jump (I assume) part. The writing was great, visual style is simple but has a huge impact. I didn't find the controls to be awkward as others have said, only the animation and that was intentional and had an interesting effect on gameplay. I would love to see a more developed version!
Interesting concept, it felt a little slow, but the setup and feel of the game were great. I wish there were some easy questions at the begging so I'm not just guessing and don't get to see the use laser/stay in correct lane trade off. And also to make me feel accomplished and want to keep playing.
I love this so much, really cute and unique. Ran into a weird issue on 2nd level if you wanna know Ill post screenshot, might just be my crappy computer.
This would be as a fun multiplayer mini-game, don't know how well it would work as a full game, but the controls feel really good.
Everytime I download I get this error: prettygame.png
Really well made, I love the variety in the enemy's. I was also annoyed with the enemy's attacking you in the house. Needs some tunes! Keep up the good work!
I can't believe this is a compo game! Well done, a few bugs (in the browser version at least) and needs some balancing, it was a little slow. But overall I really enjoyed it!
I don't really understand the theme. I like the concept and the gameplay was rewarding but overall a little flat. Keep it up!
This is amazing! I love this conception of the theme. The incompatibility of the genres give rise to some very engaging interesting puzzles, really made me think there at the end with the moving platforms. Great work! Would love to see this as a full fledged party game. And how your using playthroughs as the "AI" is genius!
As others have mentioned a FF button would be nice but there is a reason for not having it ;)
Like the concept but the controls are very frustrating.
LD55 — Summoning (4)
Drag Me From Hell by No Grapes Games 2024-04-19T00:31:27Z ♥ 1
Nicely done! Very well made and cohesive experience. I think the actual gameplay was a bit flat, but lots of potential to incorporate strategy and variety. Well done overall!
Infernal Interns by Richard Ortiz 2024-04-16T03:50:40Z ♥ 3
Cool vibes! I didn't really understand what was happening but it was well made, enjoyable writing, and wonderful artwork!
Frogs of the Round Pebble by Rugg 2024-04-16T03:32:29Z ♥ 1
The environment and music are nice. Platforming level design is decent. I enjoyed exploring the world for a bit. The main issue is with the jump physics. The jump is too quick and gravity feels static. A good jump should slow down as it approaches the peak so the jump can be timed and feel natural. Besides that and the animation polish, this is pretty solid! You should be proud!
Witch Courtier by alpacalypse 2024-04-16T02:52:09Z ♥ 3
Solid little game! Enjoyed the "important messages from the king" ;) Nice job setting the mood, the color scheme and visual effects were spot on. It also really felt like I was performing a summoning ritual! Well done!