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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | End of the Line | jam | 17 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Mini Minotaur | compo | 113 | 3.72 | 3.49 | 3.98 | 4.23 | 3.20 | 3.06 | 2.34 | 3.45 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Transmission | compo | 139 | 3.70 | 3.26 | 3.63 | 3.84 | 3.58 | 3.17 | 33 |
Like the polish of this game, feels complete. Love the graphical details and the trail of the ship. I didn't like the launching mechanism though, launching was just a guessing game for me, I would have liked to see a predicted trajectory. Also if you crash and not deliver anything it takes you to the next level anyway.
I thought the rules were understandable, I just found it too frustrating to be fun. Great effort thought, nice wobbly music too.
Won in 5.7 minutes. Died 55 times. Nice game! Simply and complete. Nice music as well. I found the four-way levels far too much though, would have liked to have seen some other interesting mechanics in play.
This is just fantastic, great mood, nice pixel art, nice animations, great attention to detail and funny! Wish there was more.
Thank you all for the feedback! I've uploaded a new build with audio and music which you can see at this link: http://www.locogame.co.uk/transmission.php
I've kept the link on this page to the old build as the audio was added in after I had made my submission.
I had no idea how to play this.
Very nice idea! I'd love to have something like this on my iPad. I agree with TeddyNashor, it would make more sense that the game starts off populated with more worlds and no time limit (or at least a game mode option), then the player will as "what's the most optimal way to connect these?" rather than just reacting to each new planet that spawns.
Also the way you interact with the UI to connect worlds doesn't feel right, I thought you had to drag-click to connect.
Any chance of a build? So many games to play I don't have the time to compile!
Neat game, I would have liked to see more planets and obstacles like moons, black holes etc.
A strange theme, bridges in space? I suppose it could have been interesting but there was no reason not just to bridge everything to everything. Would be nice to have some visual representation of bridges breaking. All that said though there's a lot of components going on here so good work for 48 hours.
Agree with AndyBrown, it's nice to see a side scroller where you don't always have to move to the right.
Impressive work for 48 hours.
Lovely game. Gorgeous style. Perhaps six minutes is too long?
5/5 Would have been better if you hummed the frozen soundtrack instead.
This is awesome, you have a good sense of humor! I can forgive it not being finished because you've achieved so much in the time. I'm curious as to why you have to map all shuffled up ;)
Looking forward to seeing this finished.
I'm impressed with the amount of mechanics you've implemented in just 48 hours. I ended up visiting about 5 stations before I found a favourable trade, and once you've found that there is no incentive to explore further. It also feels weird to trade for coal, I would like to see a currency instead (and less starting coal). Still, great work!
Alex Rose: awww nooo! I'm abroad those dates. Guess I can't really complain about being on holiday ;)
Thanks to everyone for the feedback so far! This is rather overwhelming. Definitely going to keep mini minotaur going!
Very strong entry. Gorgeous pixel art and digging the music too. Not sure I like the floaty controls.
Interesting concept. This is one of those games that takes lots of playtesting and time to balance so you've actually done alright for a jam. With a redesigned UI and proper balancin you've got a game with legs here.
Very nice and tight platform mechanics going on here. I was having fun, but then I got stuck in this part: http://i.imgur.com/91sWKfb.png and gave up. I can imagine this as larger game where as the camera zooms out further some interesting i revealed. Great work!
I really dig this idea, and can see potential to develop it further. I'd actually rather play are more logical minesweeper like game than it is now. At least this isn't as abstract as minesweeper and a lot more compelling.
If you were to continue working on this the difficulty needs work, also I wasn't sure if the killer murders and then moves or moves and then murders and the majority of citizens were not helpful. Really innovative entry though!
Neat game. With something this simple you could either have all keyboard controls (arrows + space) or all mouse controls (or both!).
Haha, never thought I'd see this subsystem made into a full game. Didn't make it to the end as I got stuck on lvl 3 I think. The difficulty curve was off but that's forgiveable. I could definitely see this playing well on a tablet. Excellent work, one of my favourites so far.
Can confirm it works on OSX 64bit.
I think you've got something promising here and you should continue to iterate on it, I'd love play some kind of alchemy game on my tablet. The first thing I would get rid of though is those fairies, they add nothing to the game other than frustrate the player, you could still leave them in as ambiance. Also I had to wait a very long time for the customer to pick up the potion, I should know if I'm right or wrong as soon as I place it on the counter.
In summary though you've made a great looking game, with promising mechanics in less than 72 hours! I'm impressed and I hope you continue to improve it.
There is just one annoying bug in this, the message log doesn't auto-scroll to the bottom. Also you can zoom out far enough to see the outside of the map.
Apart from that though this is a great looking game, audio is great too. Like you say in your description, it would be much better if events played out on the planet not in a message log (but keep the message log for reference).
The platforming is very unforgiving! Sorry, I didn't play the whole game because it was becoming so frustrating. Perhaps all it needs is for those little platforms to be more sticky. Really nice interpretation of the theme, and the music is fitting for the mood.
This is solid entry and I would buy a more fleshed out game of this.
There is some lack of feedback to the player that would improve it, for instance the boss battle should play out and show the back-and-forth damage over time. I also had to read your description a couple of times to understand what the bottom three symbols meant, I'm still not sure how elemental damage entirely works, I think that should be very clear.
Excellent work.
Getting same flagged as malicious by chrome problem.
It's a shame the managers don't do anything if you're in their line of sight, if they chased me this would have been a tense little game! Nice job though, keep at it.
I didn't get to play it with another person, but I really love the concept of this! Nice touch on the different books and powers.
ARGRGHGHGHGH I lost my mind on level 4. Great work, but you owe me a brain.
The fact you've managed to implement such solid platforming mechanics in just 3 days is black magic. Bravo. All though I have to say some of those wall jumping puzzles are hella frustrating.