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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Black Magic, White Cat | jam | 330 | 3.89 | 3.32 | 2.77 | 3.17 | 3.87 | 3.26 | 3.77 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | Just Talk to People | jam | 836 | 3.16 | 2.33 | 2.84 | 3.07 | 3.07 | 2.97 | 3.52 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | Solitairey in School: The Card Game Dating Sim/Visual Novel | jam | 305 | 3.73 | 3.53 | 3.60 | 3.88 | 3.83 | 3.50 | 3.98 | |
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | 👥 | Flight of Claude | jam | 145 | 3.81 | 3.05 | 2.86 | 3.52 | 4.14 | 3.29 | 4.24 |
littleball leaves an average of 11.0 feedback comments each event.
Strong Papers, Please vibe here! The graphics were really charming and really set the mood. A suggestion would be to make the ending have more impact. It's a really solid game you have in the time limit :)
I love it! I always appreciate interesting new storytelling techniques that break the boundaries of traditional visual novels/IF.
The first ending I got (from :) on all) was very vague and not that engaging by itself. But when I got "Memories", I felt like I uncovered a huge part of the story that I originally did not see. I like the replay value!
The art style evoked the feeling of hazy reminiscence. I like that the image became more clear closer to the eye and less further away.
Nice idea, and a good way to use the theme. I like being able to see the effects of where my money was going. I do wish it was longer and showed more impact of your budgeting on the animals.
Great game! Lots of features for the time limit. Funny story. The UI is pretty clunky at times. Gameplay-wise, the combat shifted heavily towards elemental damage and then the game became really easy, since being overencumbered didn't matter at all anymore. In this way, there could be better balance so being Encumbered/"Running out of Space" has more impact in late game.
I had fun playing! Well done :)
This is an amazing concept! One of my favorite games in this Ludum Dare so far.
- I love that there are subplots that you can uncover. It really feels like what you put out in the paper makes a difference. - The dialog with the dude could use some work, but for the time limit, it got the job done. - Oniria, the world of dreams, is a really interesting idea and feels almost surreal. - I like that the center image of the newspaper seems randomized, which makes each playthrough slightly different - One suggestion I have is that once you choose a story to go into a section of the paper, it should be removed from the "Choose News" list (and put back if it's replaced)
I felt compelled to play multiple times until I uncovered the Arena plot and became a slave to tuna. For a compo submission, this is great work! I had a lot of fun!
Cute graphics! I was not entirely sure how to complete a recipe, as attacking things did not seem to contribute? I'm also not sure why the barn moves. The portraits for Player 3 and 4 also need to be updated to the green/pick versions. Overall, I think this can be fun and cute when fully implemented!
Great idea! I was not sure how to make money and kept dying quickly. Interesting resource management idea!
Great graphics!! I found it very difficult, but easier to play in full screen. One suggestion I have is more feedback when pressing Space to ensure that you picked up the dude (maybe a sound effect?).
Wow, this was creepy. Very well polished and clean! Your art is great. Not sure what it had to do with the theme, though.
Nice colors, and captured a really creepy mood. Controls were super frustrating, so it was difficult to understand.
Great idea! Execution seemed polished. It was difficult to get a high score. One issue I had was that since it was not full-screen, whenever I accidentally clicked outside the game window, my controls would (predictably) mess up.
This is awesome! It feels really polished. I like how fun it felt to beat up people and buildings. I did feel "balancing" was too easy, so I made it my mission to get population to 0. That seemed way more difficult (is it even possible??), so I played until I gave up at around 134 years. The UI graphics seem a little buggy. In full-screen mode, the labels under the gems are cut-off and the labels showing "Population" seems to move around occasionally and get cut-off sometimes.
Woah, I wasn't expecting that, haha. An impactful way to convey an idea in a fast-changing video game landscape. I liked the in-your-face and not-so-subtle changing of "Murders" to "Kills" and changing title of the game.
I also like the little touches that you made to polish up the game, like sound effects, screen shakes, highlighted stat bars on change, and "Not a real button" :P
I love the art! Nice polished little game
That was pretty fun! Once I got my godawful looking makeup ready, I hit the road... and the driving is so impossible haha. I swear the car moved by itself sometimes. I really like that part of the windshield broke after presumably a crash. And I like that there was a GUN and empty WINE bottle in the car haha... talk about a great PSA of all the things you shouldn't do while driving :P
Nice work! I like the art assets. Driving the car was so hard... also, every time my cursor was out of the game, it wouldn't adjust the car. I like the cooking part, but I burnt my first patty and the game seemed to stop.
Fix the driving part and this could be really fun! I think the cooking part looks really promising too!
Great idea! I like having to multitask both sides of the screen at once. More levels will make this super fun! I like the idea of having "easy" "medium" and "hard" levels, and having "impossible" because some people will definitely see that as a challenge!
Great job! The art is amazing for the time limit! I love the blocky pixel look since it works perfect for the city-building theme.
The controls were a little difficult to understand at the beginning. It was unclear to us that we had to use the same key to destroy the buildings and can only pick up the darkened blocks with color indicators. I also thought you had to build on your beginning square, but it turns out you get points anywhere! But once we got the hang of it, we had no problems with the controls. I also liked that we can change the controls in Settings.
I think it may be a good idea to lengthen each round's time limit to force the players to really go at each other. We spent much of the game quietly building away in our respective corners. It's really way more fun to destroy and steal the opponent's blocks!
The idea is fun, and I loved Roofing :D I can see this being really competitive with 4 players!
This was pretty fun! I do get more "tower defense" than "chess" vibes. I really like the creativity, and the look of the main title! It's definitely a unique combo, and I found it really difficult.
Great graphics!! Perfect for a cute farming-based game.
Pretty creative with the tactic of pushing water buckets to the plants to water them. Wouldn't have thought of that, myself! I like that having the buckets also makes this into a puzzle game.
I like the idea a lot! Although I was hoping for something tasty when I heard "cooking / restaurant"... :)
It's very innovative! I do wish each level (make this word, etc) could be more challenging. Worked with no problems on Mac, but I do suggest letting the user type Backspace to delete a character since it's such an instinctual response.
I love the art too! Simple and clear.
Graphics are awesome! Well done :) I think the controls aren't very friendly, though, I would prefer if they were a simple up-down-left-right than oriented to the player character. It took a little bit to figure out what part is the face.
Unfortunately I had a lot of trouble understanding the Up/Down elevation control, maybe I am just slow. I didn't see anything change when I press Up/Down, so I think maybe some sort of indication that you're at elevation level 1,2,3,4, etc. might help? I thought it worked by holding it down or something, but I think I deduced that every time you press, the elevation goes up/down a level?
This is a super well-polished, compact-but-complex strategy game! I'm really impressed by this. I must've spent an hour playing to the end. Strategy games often add too much in my opinion, and I really enjoy how simple yet engaging this was. A Ctrl-A to select all would've been really helpful, as well as the ability to zoom in and out. For extending the game, I'd recommend keeping the levels you have as-is in terms of features, and adding new levels that could include new features as well.
Again, I love how smooth and polished this game is!
The opening sequence was impressive! Visionaire seems like a powerful engine, though it may need more optimization for file size. The controls were really too difficult to understand, especially playing from a laptop with a touchpad.
Hey, I loved this! Short, sweet, and funny. Love the colors, really help the mood. Only complaints are that I'm not a fan of the controls, because it felt I couldn't move left/right and hit at the same time. I like having a dedicated finger on each control, I guess. Maybe a way for players to customize controls would be nice, though in a small game like this, definitely not necessary. Also maybe some way to tell progression, though the game is short and didn't feel long at all.
I liked that when I lost in phase two, it restarted me to the beginning of that part rather than having to play it all again :)
I loved it! Interesting idea of keeping the world close to the middle for the temperature stat, and collecting hearts for temperament (I thought those were bad initially, something about them looking menacing). And reading the little blurbs at the bottom left kept me interested until the win. Funny to go from Tesla and advanced philosophy to primates banging rocks together after one comet :D
You got a lot done in the time! I enjoyed playing and found it cute and creative.
Nice Latin touch with the u's btw :)
Love the graphics. Cute sandbox type of game. Lacking in gameplay, like what is the goal? It is a good start though, to what can be a fun multiplayer farming simulation game :)
Thank you, Hanzo mains! ;)
I actually liked this a lot! It's simple, clean time/resource management game. Certainly fits the small world theme, 4 people in a cramped boat. It really is hard to keep them alive because their stats drain so quickly, and I feel there should be more warning before they die. But once I got the hang of it, I enjoyed playing! Definitely attempts to capture the feeling of urgency and hopelessness associated with survival. Well done :)
Interesting idea! However, I must say the camera controls leave much to be desired, I was not able to get very far before feeling dizzy and frustrated. I really want to know more about Mr. Muffin though :)
Interesting concept to have your bullets become steps for the character to go on. However, I found that when walking on the edge of your bullet steps, the character will glitch out for a bit and move back and forth erratically until I jump off the edge.
Hi! I have the following suggestions for an improved user experience: - Have a different screen instead of the Main Menu for the player to go to after collecting an item. I was confused, thinking "Wait, the game just restarted?" - After collecting all 5, the "You found everything!" screen should pop up immediately, not after going back to the Main Menu and walking a couple more steps
Overall, you've got a solid base to build on. Good luck :)
I agree that there were times I wasn't able to shoot, and turning was difficult to handle. The art looks good, and overall atmosphere was pretty spot on. The childlike music suddenly seems very creepy when the bulls charge at you. The sprites are very menacing. Well done :)
It's cute and very simple. I like the graphics, which suit the game nicely. Replay value would benefit tremendously with a Replay button. Wish there were more than just two levels. Does not seem to have any sound or music? Also, I am not sure where "A Small World" comes in, other than the name of the game and the supposed name of the sketch troupe.
I also like the idea. In comedy, timing is everything, and what better way to exemplify that than judging the timing of the "slap someone with a fish" trope?
LD48 — Deeper and deeper (7)
Far Side of the Mirror by DDRKirbyISQ 2021-04-29T23:51:13Z ♥ 1
A really lovely, introspective adventure. The perfect bite-sized piece for a game jam. Short and sweet.
In terms of gameplay, I actually enjoyed the dance game a lot. It really coordinated well with the music, and the stares whenever you mess up is such a good touch. And the staring when you run. I really felt judged.
Well, that sounds fun! by Jani Nykanen 2021-04-29T23:32:25Z ♥ 0
Cute art! Deceptively challenging too. I like how simple and polished this is. Well done!
A Taste of the Past by Emily Pitcher 2021-04-27T15:24:23Z ♥ 2
Really fascinating game. The art style is beautiful. It hits pretty close to home being the child of first-generation Chinese parents. It definitely feels like a love letter to Chinese culture and part of the Asian-American experience.
I'd prefer if the speaking parts of the game had subtitles, and if that can be toggled in the moment. I often play games without sound, or in an environment where it's difficult to hear.
Great job! I'm still blown away by the art.
Deepenguin McPool - Wants a deeper pool by Bruyère Alice 2021-04-27T14:58:25Z ♥ 3
I like the style a lot! The penguins are really cute, and having the credits show up at the beginning with everyone as penguins was a nice touch.
It was difficult for me to tell when the toggle autoclick is on or off. And I wasn't sure how to get to the 3rd phase of tourists in my pool? I did notice a house icon but it doesn't seem to do anything when I click.
The game is really fun and innovative. Good job!!
Deep Fried Pancake! by Inka McAtee 2021-04-27T14:33:21Z ♥ 2
I love this idea! Super innovative. The controls are difficult, but I liked that they were different. I also loved how the bad things you pick up stick to the pancake, it was really funny. It would be cool if we saw the pancake land in the deep fryer at the end.
Edit: Just a small typo in bottom of the Unity build next to the full-screen button, the game is referred to as "Deep Freid Pancake"
Deep-fry Deeper by Ithildin 2021-04-27T14:27:41Z ♥ 2
Super cute little game. Love the graphics! I would have liked to see a scoring metric at the end.
Deepest Sword by Strega 2021-04-27T14:23:10Z ♥ 0
I still can't get past level 4 😠But I really love this art style, and it feels like a lot of thought was put into the level design. It's such a super clean and polished game. Well done!!