Hell Glider by TheAxe316 2020-10-13T16:00:48Z ♥ 2
@tylerkealy and @theaxe316, I thought Hell Glider was probably one of the most fun games I've played this jam - so I included it in my favourite jam games of LD47! https://youtu.be/dhUnXhgGYv0
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Super Base Jumper | jam | 300 | 3.91 | 4.16 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 3.46 | 3.50 | 3.69 | 3.64 | ||
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Infinite Rainbow Tower Smash! | compo | 93 | 3.84 | 3.84 | 3.93 | 4.07 | 3.57 | 3.74 | 3.00 | 3.66 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | YOUR RAGING SPIRIT | compo | 78 | 3.99 | 3.95 | 3.68 | 4.19 | 3.86 | 3.44 | 3.47 | 4.06 |
madbookstudios leaves an average of 40.0 feedback comments each event.
@tylerkealy and @theaxe316, I thought Hell Glider was probably one of the most fun games I've played this jam - so I included it in my favourite jam games of LD47! https://youtu.be/dhUnXhgGYv0
Awesomely addictive game. Really impressed by the graphics and the quality of the minigames! All come together really nicely for a polished finished product! Try spinning, that's a good trick!
The water was really well done with the racers bobbing along the river. Well done on getting this done so quickly! Great stuff!
Awesome, I was fully gripped by the story. Insanely good game, and brilliant writing. The text/terminal style suited it really well and the backing sounds really set the mood. Nice job!
Clever, clever concept! The uniqueness of this game is something that can't go understated and deserves praise. Really awesome work for something I see is your first game jam - congratulations!
Mood is set really well. It blends nicely with the art and the music playing. The UI took a little bit to get, but that's understandable for the short amount of time we are allowed in a compo jam! Really solid entry, I'm very impressed!
Well designed game - I really like logic games like this! Nice solid UI and the game teaches you how to play really well. Fantastic job!
So great! The art is awesome - it's rare to see a voxel game in a game jam! I really enjoyed everything about this game and am astounded you managed to achieve this in 48 hours! Mind blown :O
Awesome work! Nice use of the theme and the art was really well done. Solid controls and easily understandable!
Hahaha this got a laugh out of me, and quite a few fatal errors... I placed 4th on the leaderboard when I played with a score of 329, so pretty happy with that! Fun take on the theme, and nice job on getting a leaderboard going - it really compelled me to finish!
Neat little puzzle game. You got very creative with just a couple of simple mechanics which made for a very nice experience. The art is brilliant too :)
Really great game! Nice 3D graphics and the controls are simple but really effective. Nice work - now you've done your first jam, nothing can stop you!
This is unbelievably nice. It's so profound and moving... I really, really liked it. Something about deciding to return home to a smiling family was just wonderful :') I liked the little detail like making the eye look at the mouse too. The art and music was gorgeous - top marks from me!
Really nice concept - bizarre and fun art style! The hose mechanic is solid and I like the fact that you are on a globular planetoid type thing. Getting stuck in the loops of the hose is a really great take on the theme!
So good, the polish on this game is phenomenal. I am really impressed with the level of detail that has gone into the art style, visual effects and sound design. The screenshake, slow motion and everything just comes together so well to make a brilliant game :D
Really cool - I like the concept! Makes for a really good puzzle system. Love the quirkyness of the art too - great job!
The animations for docking onto each station are so nice. Wasn't expecting to see such clean transitions between the levels. The art is great and effective too and pairs well with the music! Nice work :)
Such a clever puzzle game with a totally unique perspective! I really liked this game and think you did an amazing job with it. Well done!
The glow is really nice and I really like how the mechanics increment with each loop. Clever and thoughtful take on the theme - well done!
The concept for this is really cool. I've always wanted to create my own dungeons and now I can haha! Nice work!
The whale art is amazing and the narrative is really well done. I was immediately captivated by the story. Nice work!
Love the difficulty of the game, and the animations for the player character are so cute. The jumps are snappy and the theme is humorously implemented here - nice work!
Wow - did not expect to see a physical game here! But awesome to see anyway! Really inventive and I feel that more people should try doing this sort of thing. Nice job on thinking so outside of the box!
Thematic. Moving. Story telling. Brilliant sound effects of you going "Pshhhhh". What more could you want? I was really impressed by this game - amazing stuff well done :D
Love the art style and the music that goes with it. Really cool looking game with awesome character design - well done!
Music is wonderful and the cannon fire animation is so satisfying! really fun little game - well done!
Cool stuff, the control scheme is oddly satisfying. I really like the different options for maps too! Great work :D
Woah, the aesthetic of this blew me away. Such a unique perspective I can't help but be impressed. Really enjoyed this game and the whole thing comes together beautifully - amazing stuff :D
The Lovecraftian theme is awesome, I really enjoyed it! Such mystery too, I liked how the events in the game were time dependent. The art was also very nice - I liked the player character a lot, he reminded me of the character from spelunky! Awesome stuff!
Cute game. The physics were nice and it made for a really interesting experience. Nice work and well done!
Awesome track. The control scheme felt unique but intuitive. The art style is really nice too and all comes together as a really great complete package!
Well that was insanely gripping, tense, scary and thrilling. I felt my heart in my stomach when I saw the figure chasing me the first time. What an incredibly good horror game - and for LD too! The rhythm you get into with opening the doors adds to the tension too, especially when you have to break rhythm to see what else is happening. Awesome work!
Wow! Really like the art style and the gameplay is fun too. The animations for the roll and attack are really nicely designed. Well done!
The puzzles are really clever! I like the game a lot - great job :D
This is so good - the music is literally stand out. Incredible job, well done!
Short and sweet. Really nice way of bringing awareness to such an important topic! Awesome stuff :)
Big love for the PICO-8! Really awesome job here. The music is nice and the dancing animation is adorable. It all comes together really nicely :))
Very cool visuals - I like the aesthetic a lot! Nice work :))
Clever concept! The card draw mechanic for upgrades was really cool and felt very thematic - like some sort of mystic creature was drawing your fate with tarot cards. Very reminiscent of The Binding of Isaac too - nice stuff! :D
Cool stuff, very unique gameplay - I really liked the use of a hexagonal movement grid! The glowing art looked really nice and the backing track sounded brilliant.
Really clever puzzle game - I like it a lot! It's really cool how the simple mechanics lead to such complex puzzles - awesome stuff :D
Really was really, really clever. The design was so unexpectedly good and made for some really innovative gameplay. Instantly understandable but really unique to me - something which is rare to see! Really fantastic job on this game, it's really great!
Nice game. Really well executed - I love the simplicity of the art style - really sets the mood well! Awesome stuff :)
Completely nailed the theme haha - nice job!
Really awesome work - what you've achieved in just 48 hours is incredible! The style reminds me so much of the old school mario kart games, it just made me smile so much! Really well done :)
Awesome work - really impressed with your first game jam game! The sound effects we just right and the concept was really fun!
So relaxing, so gentle and nice! Lovely art and a really cosy mood when combined with the music. The gameplay is simple yet effective - I particularly liked the gears section!
The parallaxing stars and the planet designs create a brilliant aesthetic. Makes a welcome relaxing alternative to a lot of the more hectic games I've played. Great stuff!
Funniest game I've played so far! Love the idea. The controls felt nice and heavy to me - like you were really pushing a portaloo from side to side! Great stuff!
Great work - played it right through to the end. There was something just really satisfying about watching the cars go round and round... Awesome stuff!
Actually incredible! Really well designed and expertly executed. Such a fan of PICO-8 - you have made an amazing game here!
So good! A clever implementation of the theme - I would never have thought of making a looping maze. Big fan of the PICO-8 too. Awesome work :D
The art for the game is brilliant! Would love to hear some music, but really great job overall :)
The art was fantastic, my favourite part about the game I think. I wish the character moved fast. The music really ties everything together nicely though.
Really like the music, chill and suits the game. The art is simple but effective. The puzzle mechanics were fun to work out and play through.
I like the idea for the game, the look is nice. Maybe a minimap or a compass would've helped naviation as it was so big I kept getting lost. Cool stuff though!
Dig the soundtrack, it's so good. The mouse controls for the shooting are a bit odd. The cube looks cool. Nice and simple game!
The music is bizarre and the game is very difficult. I like the different aspect ratio too - completely unique. So far the only game I've played that is portrait instead of landscape - nice originality!
Nice music, slick gameplay and a really clean aesthetic. Awesome work. Minimalism is cool.
Looks really nice. Crunchy SFX that match the setting - could do with music thought. Very nice!
The game is very short but I like what has been made here. The soundtrack is nice, the graphics are amazing. The narrative in this short space of time is well crafted too - so much talent on display here!
The art for this is AMAZING. Really love the style and mood created here, fits the theme nicely too. Simple but well executed gameplay - the buzzer sound really shocked me! Great work!
Unique take on the theme! Keeping the zombies alive - who would have though it! I got tired of punching the zombies, so whacked out the gun and started firing away. Does that mean I failed the morality test? aha - great work. Main improvement I can think of would be to make the zombies die/knockout faster - this would increase the pace of the game and make it even more fun!
I like the idea of a robot (something non-living) trying to keep a plant (living) alive. Almost reminds me of WALL-E! The gameplay loop of going from plant growing to water collection is well executed!
The theme, intro, music and whole stylisation of this game are so on-point its unreal. Really like what you have done here with limited time!
I found the game to be really unique and interesting! I like the combination of mechanics between the movable fruit and the pip-firing lemons. The art was great and I love the bouncing of the fruit as they move. Great work!
The controls were surprisingly intuitive, got the hang of the game almost immediately! Really neat concept, awesome work!
The art is lovely - really well drawn! The animations, the look of the game are really nice :) Found the controls a bit difficult, however.
First 3d game I've come across! I like the jump and smash attack - feels like thanos or something aha!
I like the game! Simple but implemented well! I like the bouncy effect when you successfully catch a person - nice touch :)
Amazingly polished. Brilliant idea and execution! Such a clever puzzle game with adorable art. My only suggested area for improvement would be a slight bit more time spent on developing the music. Oh, and I loved the intro sequence where you have to create the title - it shows you how the game works in a fun, interactive manner!
Had fun playing your game. Managed to beat it! It surprised me (in a good way) when i was launched into the air by the hammer dudes. Great work!
Really enjoyed the art and setting for this game!
The art is wonderful, made for a really nice setting. The UI indicators for each of the little bars were a little too small thought, so it was hard to see when I was running out of each resource. Neat concept!
Really nice concept! Some indicators for how the pieces work before they are places would be a good addition, and the sound effects were a bit abrasive. The art is really well done and probably the most unique concept I've seen so far!
The controls are really punch and sharp. I like the dashing art too. In fact, all the pixel art is sublime. Just need some thing to do in the sandbox! Would be super intrigued if you did a follow up to this post-jam.
The UI is hard to use, as you've already stated, but the music and aesthetic of the game is awesome! Well done!
Nice game. Immediately knew what to do when rocks came flying at me. Intuitive, corny art and good SFX. Music would have been a nice addition I think!
Really cool game. Awesome to see a game made in good ol' fashioned C. Fast reset time makes the difficulty just about right. The general mood of the game is really retro!
The graphics for the game are SO good. Best I've seen so far - well done!
Music and ambience is wonderful. The ball pinging sound effect is hilarious. Really unique idea for a game and executed well!
The SFX were awesome. The bouncy giant blue thing is cool and makes for some interesting gameplay. My favourite part was needing to get some food out of a small gap in the wall with the little guy so the big blue thing could eat it! Well done!
Nice graphics, the music is funky too. My favourite aspect is the spinning effect on the logs!
The look of this game is so unique. Really artistic, the colours pop so nicely!
Funny! I really like the concept, feels really unique in this jam. The dialogue is great and being able to re-animate the actors is such a good idea!
Simple gameplay but still effective. Reminds me of one tap mobile games. Would have been nice to hear some music or a different model than the yellow pill. Great foundations!
Really well made, love the voice-over. The music is maybe a bit too jolly? Still nice thought. Well done!
Music is great and the sprites are really nice. Would be cool to add some extra abilities to use more flame powers!
Leaderboard is a nice touch. Dig the music too, so chill. Really nice concept. Sometimes couldn't preemptively tell what each item would do to my bars though - ended up using trial and error to work out what does what.
Took a little while to understand what I hand to do, but once I got the hang of it, I thought the game was well executed. I can see how each of the features roll in to eachother. The most satisfying part was setting a whole string of hedges alight and watching them all burn up!
Really difficult and really fun! A great rage game :)
The jumping controls threw me off occasionally, but I really like the look of the game. The lighting effects are pretty and the particle effects stand out brilliantly.
Really cool game! Was surprised to see you managed to implement a boss too - really nice addition. The shooting is satisfying and the screen-shake is just the right amount. Awesome work!
This is great! I like how you have to strategically use different types of bushes to overcome each of the challenges. I had to dodge a car with a delicious bush several times! So satisfying to drop spiky bushes on wolves too aha!
The drums for the soundtrack are an absolute bop. The graphics are nice and fun. Really cool looking game!
Quite brilliant! The effect of being hit by a bomb made me chuckle! Links strongly to the theme too - nice!
THIS IS ADORABLE. I normally don't have the patience for these decision based games, but this one kept me hooked until the end! I can tell a lot of work when into the coding backend. The visuals are simple, but genuinely so cute. And the sound effects aren't annoying either - just the right amount of squeak! :)
Those visuals look so good. Can't wait to play it!
Got a score of 11490. The SFX were genuinely creepy! Thought it was pretty cool. I feel like the difficulty of the game could increase at a slightly slower pace, however!
So so retro. Almost felt like I was playing a game on the command line. Simple but effective, a couple of SFX or music wouldn't go amiss though!
You have such a fantastic narration voice! I found the experience to be quite moving. I've found Conway's game of life fascinating since I was little, and with the events of the past few weeks, your submission creates a wonderful homage to a great mathematician and offers some very peaceful respite during these times.
Yo this game is so serene and chill. Love the aesthetic too, so clean and crisp!
The music is really nice, and really adds to the panic of rushing to get the orders right. It's a cool concept, and nostalgically reminds me (in a good way) of the flash web games I used to play in school.
LD48 — Deeper and deeper (7)
No Way Up by gagapete 2021-05-08T13:50:45Z ♥ 2
Really cool blending of the genre's here that also used the theme really well. Would be really cool to see a polished and refined post-jam version, because this idea is really great!
Helevator by bemmu 2021-05-08T13:27:48Z ♥ 0
This was such a unique take on the theme. I liked the conversational aspect of the game - the head shaking mechanic was really cool! Nice work :D
What Happens To Corn? by ThisIsMatt 2021-05-07T18:55:47Z ♥ 1
Hahaha this game is brilliant - really funny (and educational)? The music and sound design was great and I really enjoyed the artstyle of the game as it felt really unique! The controls felt a little off sometimes when colliding with the walls, but nothing major that got in the way of completing the game. Awesome game and highly rated!
Space Cave by Timo Gass 2021-05-07T18:46:13Z ♥ 1
Really interesting game, I enjoyed the floatyness of the controls and it felt cool descending and panning up to see the next layer of the levels. I liked the combat, but sometime found it was difficult to see where the enemies were coming from, which resulted in a game-over multiple times. Overall, an enjoyable entry - well done!
Fly Away by PSV Games Studio 2021-04-29T02:33:56Z ♥ 1
I was surprised to see another game based on wingsuits and base jumping! Really good entry, I enjoyed the "Go faster" mechanic a lot, and got quite good at zipping around the levels. Awesome entry!
Annoying falling game by TomH1 2021-04-27T20:58:39Z ♥ 0
A difficult but fun challenge! I beat every level and could easily see this becoming a fun mobile game - great job!
Deeper in space by Demo20 2021-04-27T20:52:06Z ♥ 0
Enjoyed the game, really good stuff! Would love to see a bit more variation in the level layouts - perhaps some different platforms and things! It's not always easy to use pre-made art assets and ACTUALLY put them together well - but you managed it with great success!