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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | 👥 | Dodge ! | jam | 431 | 3.70 | 3.62 | 3.48 | 3.87 | 3.33 | 3.70 | 3.00 | 3.37 |
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | 👥 | Apo K'Lypse IV | jam | 970 | 3.30 | 3.40 | 3.17 | 3.98 | 2.63 | 3.36 | 2.19 | 3.23 |
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | Everyone Calls Me Johnny | jam | 975 | 3.35 | 3.34 | 2.75 | 2.90 | 3.34 | 3.56 | 3.52 | 3.47 |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | Chicken Leggacy | jam | 583 | 3.64 | 3.46 | 3.24 | 3.66 | 3.78 | 3.76 | 3.78 | 3.57 |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Earth Wars | jam | 2.69 | 2.37 | 2.66 | 3.09 | 2.30 | 3.13 | 2.20 | 2.77 |
Great game, it took me a bit of time to get what was going on, but once i did it was cool! The ogre is well done and the rest of the graphics have some charm. I had a bug where the ogre goes on rampage and then dissapear for ever but i didn't loose.
+ the interface is nicely done!
i had fun! Thx for this simple yet cool game, i like that you took the time to make a how to play page
This look great but i can't run it :(
@rodi WASD and SPACE for the left player, arrows and enter for the right player. We add more detailed info in the description!
Thanks for feedback :)
@lloydcorfex
It's our first entry and didn't think about the menu to close the app.. We only realised when it was too late.
We just add a description of the controls and mecanics of the game in the game descriptions for player guidance, but it's still not enough.
Thanks for feedback!
@the-martijn Yeah you right everyone is saying the same thing, we need to have some guidance in our game, thanks for the feedback and we're glad you enjoyed it!
@bluecalx A lot of mistakes were made but we learned a lot! Thanks for the feedback! There is also the portal gun and wall-e trash buildings :)!
@5imon Yeah we agree! Thank you for the feedback :) !
@zollmaniac Thank you for the feedback! We're currently working on a better UI and a tutorial to had more clarity! A single player mod with a basic AI could be cool!
@john-snyder Thank you! Yes that's a problem, even for us it was hard to test it, i don't think next time we'll on a versus game because of that :)! Thanks for feedback!
@lerg We wanted it on HTML5 but we couldn't make it work back then.. I'll try to put it online tonight if you want to give a try :)
@ecrush11989 Thanks! And thank you for feedback!
Overqll good game! I had fun! I couldn't water the plant or sell the best seed though :)
I loved the building system, it's original! I had fun playing it for a bit good job!
A beautiful game! I hope you'll find the time to finish it!
Fun game! I mostly agree with what zagganoth said!
I'll add that i liked the story telling and the way the mute/unmute button is!
The game is really beautiful! But it misses something I think, maybe a goal or more story telling I don't know!
Great experience nonetheless!
Great game, orignal and easy to aboard!
Awesome game! It took me way longer than i'd like to admit to figure how to play, and once i finally figured it out, took me even longer to do the levels haha !
The gameplay is really deep! It respect the theme really wonderfully, so props to that!
Also TimeSplitter 4 !
What a unique game! I loved it a lot! I love the double take on the theme at the end, and the punching / sparing the enemies gameplay was satisfying! All that with a great story, well done!
A really good game! The atmosphere is well done congratulation! One of my two favorites so far!
I like how you can interact with anything, the theme is well respected, the jokes ( a confortable chair and the less confortable chair made me chuckle)
I also like how the intrigue develop and you get the know more about the characters interactions!
However there is one black spot, i tried to accuse the buttler on the very first interaction and.. well you know what happened, i did not wanted to arrest him! If the button was called "arrest" or if the buttler was away from the door, i would not have "ruined" the experience.
But it still worked fine because i wanted to know why he did it! So good job!
I really dig the art style! Fun but short experience, hope you will finish it later ;) !
Very interesting take on the theme haha !
Wow thank you all very much!!
All your comments are really on point with what we thought of the game but we did not have enough time to test the game enough to solve the issues you mentioned!
We thought about adding an easy mode where the onions are slower, and you can lay eggs even if you did it before!
We're super happy you liked it :chicken:
@maliyshock Thank you it means a lot for us!
Bit confusing, but i managed to get a bit high!
I enjoyed it a lot really; But i must say i feel like i cheated the game: I used the tanky boss to farm up some ressources, so i think you might not want to have a boss to be this tanky :p!
Still enjoyed it a lot thank you :) ! Fit the theme really well
I finished the game and it was an enjoyable experience !
Good game!! Challenge mode make it so fun
Altought the game is not the funniest, i still enjoyed the story and especially the way its told!
Good job :) !
Touching story telling in a beautiful game! My favorite game so far thank you :smiley: !
Awesome mood and atmosphere! Worked nicely despite the simple graphics! Good job ;)
I like the concept! However once you have only 1 button the intersesting part of the gameplay goes away, i think a classic health bar system would work, good job nonetheless
Innovative take on the theme! Game looks beautifull and the mood is brilliant. However is there a reason that you choosed not to get rated in audio? It is simple but works out!
It is pretty decent! Congrats for your first jam!
Mercyless game, but quite fun! Did not manage to win, as the stuff kept falling to the floor, but i got pretty close ( i think?) Dope song as well
It was fun af, tho i got stuck in my level in the first runs, great job
The game is working finely, the level design is good and the result is polished, the only downside i have is i think the connexion with the theme is thin, and the lack of a undo button could have been usefull! great entry
Also how is no one mentioning level 9, it was clearly the hardest haha
Nothing original, looks to much like overcooked for me but the execution is great and the reactor creature design is amazing! Good job
The punchlines woooooooow. Great game i really had a lot of fun, gameplay wise and story wise.
I felt the "no one will play you in three weeks", really tremendous job.
Thank you all for your feedback!
@vishwah
The idea was that the constant rules changing + the gun with too much recoil + the increasing rate of enemies spawning/ rules changing is "supposed" to make the gameplay unstable in order to fit the theme.
However we might have been a little easy with the values, and i personnaly totally understand your point of view!
Thank you all for your feedback, it is all right on point and if we work on a postjam version those will be the first things we do ( weapon types, multiples rooms, change the menu..)
@muros Maybe it is because you had a invert control rule?
Cute game, everything is said above, i quite liked it!
Great game! I totally exploited the facts that your head is not destroyed on branches haha, i think the music is a tad too fast paced for the mood to really work but i'm being picky! Great entry!
I am impressed by the game, it is amazingly done, the atmosphere, the gameplay, the feedback, the powerups, the length of it, the music and SE, the original take with the theme the tutorial.
Terrific work there, well played. The only downside i had was that it took me some time to understand the powerup system, but it was fine.. Also can we kill the boss? he's so fucking tanky lol
I really dig the graphics!
Nice concept! I seem to suck a bit at it tho with only 8 problems solved as a pb
I have the admit the game is stunning, and is working well, i especially loved the sea storm, it was very beautifull and clearly you put your heart into your work!
However it is just too easy! I just cheesed the game by putting myself in the top left corner and got hit only once from the sea to the end, but even before that dodging was just easy! Maybe it lack of differents enemies / obstacles; or technical difficulties with the plane? I really felt like i had nothing to do
Other than that, i like the idea of the weather changes for the theme, but not only it was only a visual change, but there was also a clear pattern: new scene -> nothing -> storm -> nothing -> new scene that does not fit the theme well. Maybe break the pattern and had control problems while in storms (the transitions were top notch)
Also it might lack of a pause button, and of course music but i saw you are aware of the later!
I was a bit confused about what i had to do, and when i got it, i was a tad too focus on the jauges to reallky enjoy the atmosphere that you created
But solid game, quite captivating i'd say!
Nice game, hard to figure it out at first but quite fun when you understand it, my pb is 81!
I managed to get all the badges! But only one wow haha. Sweet inovative idea that fits the theme and that is well exploited and implemented, great job!
I loved the choices, the general vibe of the game and the overall experience! The only downside for me was that i was mathematically doomed to fail, and i had no objectifs or way to win.. but maybe that's the point!
The Game is incredibly beautifull, i really dig the artstyle! However i can't seem to survive even a lil bit: even if i non stop remove the monsters from the building i keep getting a game over.. Do i have to kill them after i remove them or something?
I like the concept a lot and the art is really good! Of course the problem is you can easily spam swipes, but you are aware of that, great entry!
Beautifull and polished result! I did not managed to win but go pretty far. Awesome entry!
Reminded me of toss the turlte or learn to fly. I kept wanting to go for another round even after finding what i think is the end screen. The SE of the coins is annoying but you can tune it down wich is nice. The gameplay is polished. I liked the idea to change the coin types! Great entry overall
Game's pretty weird at first, but I quickly understood how it worked and managed to save 86 aliens as a PB! My strat was to max rocket at first, then upgrade each towers twice to optimise the travel time of the constructor thingy.
The game's really fun to play once you get the hang of it, i just think turrets are a tad to buggy and/or underpowered, i just ended up spam clicking everywhere,but I did enjoyed it.
It's a welcomed and original take on the tower defense genre that fits the theme just right, the gloomy mood works great, and the sheers speed of the monsters combined with the fact that you can barely see them in dark and their goofy trajectory works very well together.
Overall a great entry
It need balancing, especially at the first levels where it is sooo sloooooooow but i had fun later on and finished the game!
I planted 53 lucky seed and saved my village from disaster! Nice! The game is beautifull and the universe set up is great, it has a really good unique vibe. The animations are bugged tho and you are kinda lost? Is 53 good or bad? I don't know? I just tried to fill the red circle with lucky seeds. Also i could not really harvest hairs when their was up, or it was unclear that their were up.
Overall a good entry, good job
This is a brilliant idea and a flawless execution. Well fucking done.
Fun game, the tutorials is very well design and the result is polished as hell! The flying rockets might be a lil to hard to touch. My PB is 74! Great entry
Okay now this is ambitious, a souls like in a jam, you guys are nuts. Clearly the mood is working great, the dweller was a big surprise for me, and i am actually impressed by the job done here on the mood and i really had fun in exploring the level!. The spotlight guiding to firecamps was a nice addition.
I think you are well aware of the flaws, the UI indicate there is a level system but i don't think there is, the physics is buggy as hell, i litteraly did not get hit once, it is useless to kill enemies, the camera is weird... The game's not finished... take this with a grain of salt cause i'm not particulary a good jammer, but you might want to reduce the scope next time, doing a souls like that is playable and has such a good mood on 3 days is an impossible mission! And present screen shots of the game so people will want to try it out! Any screen of the village in the dark would be enough.
Nice try! i look forward too see your next games with this kind of ambition! I'll genuily will remember the dweller with his red eyes spitting flames!
Damn this is goooooood, the multiplayer with the emotes is so fun i really enjoyed it! There is nothing much to say it's amazing! Thanks to my master yo that has some skis skills, he teached me everything i need to know!
Only "downside" is i had to reload the game if i wanted to change my name, as i didn't find at first glance where i should have put it, i was stuck with unamed. But that's a really tiny inconvenience.
Balancing is great, theme is respected, amazing entry, well done!
PB : around 36000
Thank you all for the feedbacks! We really appreciate. It has been use for the post-jam version, where the jump mecanics and the UI have been sligthly improved!
@piscythe Wp on your win, it ain't easy!
@Tankou i agree, i tried to implement a camera that allows to always an optimal vision on the scene, but the downside is a kinda motionsick effect, i'll look into that
@starboihooch Wow thank you! We are really happy that you enjoyed the game! Thanks for the feedback, the shop has already been improved.
Thank you all for the feedbacks!
The game is very buggy, we have to keep using left mouse to see it
Great game! I though it look beautifull personnally and that the color fited the universe. Because elemets of the maps repeat itself i didn't tough there was an end, but i assume the chariot is the ending. The dash is so clunky but i love it. The theme is respected, the almost no UI policy pays off, and the boss fight works great ! (even if the last boss wrecked me in matter of seconds :D. The dash is very buggy when used on the ground and the gameplay loop feels a bit repetitive for replayability. Really great entry!
Great entry! The design is well done! I did not managed to get my gf back, but i now have a trampoline, wich is great
The game is crazy beautifull, it works incredibly well, with the mood and i think the theme. Although you could push a bit the interactivy with items, i liked the almost no UI choice. Great entry and experience
Game's great, i made a run and managed to get pretty far but it might be to repetitive for me to give it a second try. It's polished as hell, it's beautifull, it's innovative, it's funny. S tier entry, well done!
I had a bug where the three pots were still there despite me loosing 2 times, then the two got black all of a sudden.
It's simple yet a bit fun! The character animation is very well done, and the falling rocks particle animation as well... But it gets to quickly repetitive. I kinda dig the uselessness of our character mood-wise. The ice cube protection is a nice touch.
Very beautifull artwork, the movement is a tad to slow i think, but the game is great and the connection to the theme is good. However, i did crash once, when i went by the bottom door at the bedroom, the game freezed and nothing happened. Great entry well done
Epic entry! The gameplay is flawelessy executed, the result is polished, the dialogue is top notch. The only downside for me is that i think the theme was forcily put in a otherwise totally fine game. Amazing job well played.
Funny little game, well done!
Simple concept but it kinda works, good thing you added the sensitity options because goddamn that's a fast mouse. At my second try it already felt like i could survive forever so i think it needs more balancing but overall it's a good entry, good job for a first!
Great game! At first i was lost, fell of the level, came back stronger than ever and survived forever in the forest, but about 10minutes lost in the darkness i gave up to the bubble making sound ghosts. The atmosphere is top notch, the physics is glitchy af ( you fall off so slowly!) but as i understand you are using you own engine wich is impressive. Awesome entry well done!
On a side note, you helped me and my friends to pass the opengl class we had back at the uni, so thank you for that haha!
This is beautifull art! But couldn't manage to dodge the second meteor, great entry!
The gameplay loop is too clunky for the game to be enjoyable, the music is really strident, add a picture and a text to your ludum dare page if you want people to try it out and vote! I liked the take on the theme tho. nice try
The download button doesn't work for me :/ Tell me when it's fixed please
Okay now it's working and it's quite fun! The buildings is cool and its quite rewarding to find the right combinaison by just trying stuff ! I like the take on the theme.
I think you could improve the game by adding keyboard binding (like space bar for next turn) and making Metabolon less strong, so that you have to make a more diverse build (like using the lysoplasm). The UI is very clean, and the art is good as well.
Great entry overall good job
It's good and fun ! I can't manage to beat it though, i have to git gud. Nice take on the theme.
One suggestion could be that i think the games accelerate too much too quickly. Not that memorizing the pattern is a problem, it's just that it is frustrating that it speeds up instantly.
Still, it's enjoyable, great work !
Well done ! It was quite hard, but we had a blast playing it. Pb is 630
I had an absolute blast, it was really fun going through the files. I was only wondering if the level 8 was hidden cause i could not find it in the gamefiles, or if you had to remove it because too buggy. Really innovative take on the theme. Amazing entry, great job !!
Very interesting take on the theme, the art works fine and the gameplay seems fun but i cannot release the bumpers! I'd be interested in playing again when it's fixed or when you tell me what i do wrong !
Good job
Very original take on the theme. It gets addictive to expand everywhere when you finally understand the game. I got so big that i crashed the game ( fits the theme ! )
Sometimes i don't get why my root cell died, it lacks some kind of indicator maybe
Some suggestions:
_The loop with energy cell size 5 and green cell size 5 is too strong, maybe add a bigger cooldown so we cannot spam them ?
_The effects of the weather was not clear, so i just always put all my cells to purple and waited till the bad weather is gone. Maybe purple cells could protect their neighbours so we can still expand ?
Great entry,love the idea, had a blast, good job!
We are so op at the end that was really fun! Good job and nice execution !
Really fun game, we played it only on pvp and it was really good. At first we mostly spammed stuff without knowing what it will do but as soon as we got it, it was all mind game.
I think a small sheet reminding of the buttons could be usefull when we play as on a french keyboard the pattern was not obvious at all! Nice graphics and art overall
Great entry !
Simple yet efficient gameplay, i really felt stuck. I could not make it to the end however, and trust me i tried!
Loved it, highscore 845, we did it first try and could not beat it again! I liked the idea and it fits the theme perfectly.
Identity saved on second try!
I loved how you basicly can become super op with the rights augments, it felt i broke the game, which is really fun.( fire rate goes brrr) The art style is unique and great, the audio fits well.
The only downside is i don't think the game suited the theme.
Still, very impressive job overall, especially because you did it alone and from scratch, well done, i really had a blast playing it.
Nice mood, good gameplay, great execution. Good job ! Sometimes i got quite lost in the UI, maybe add a visual effect on the ship selected?
Beautifull game with a great mood. I think it needs some camera control. I like the take on the theme, really original. The controls felt clunky and slow, even for a chill game. Still, good job!
@tomssuli
Thank you for your honnest feedback. We really appreciate this comment, as it shows that you actually played the game.
The idea for the mouse gameplay was that you feel more constricted while keeping the gameplay minimal, but your alternative gameplay looks actually promising, we will implement that.
The desync is due to how we did the multiplayer. The first player will actually be the server, and the second the client. So there is a delay between each communications, and when we realised that, it was to late to correct. We need to correct that by having an independent server.
We had no experience doing that and learned a lot, it is not the best for the jam, as you loose so much time with the playtesting.
Also : Screenshot 2023-10-11 14.14.20.png
Game won on 4th try, it wasn't easy. I love the art in the game, the pastel colors combined with the soothing piano makes a nice mood. I understood only on my last try that i could retroactively win points, and that helped me to win ! Good job
I enjoyed it, even though i think the beginning is too slow. When you have upgraded a few times it gets quite fun ! I think the powerup should be stronger; good job
the game if pretty interesting and fun once you get past the clumsy controls and tutorial ! I really enjoyed it a lot ! The voice acting is fun and great and the puzzles well thought out. Speaking with the pnj's is a nice feature as well ! Also really impressive to do that alone in such a short time.
Please put a cover image so that people don't miss the great work you did ! Good job !
It took me wayyyyyyyyy too much tries but i'll live another day!
Really loved the game, the art, especially the animation, it suited the theme very well. Last mini game was unexpected an so funny, i felt like i could relax then bam !
I noticed when i reloaded the game that the gameplay changed drasticly, one time in all my games i had to espcape the triangles, the other in all my game i had to dodge explosions. That was weird.
A suggestion could be to altern the game mods in the rooms, or maybe you could also use your batteries to run faster and dodge your enemy ( at the risk of not having enough to go on top)
I really loved the jokes and the mood, so great job to you two! Also the music was a right pick and it made me enjoy the game a lot more!
When i pressed space it gave an incredible firerate. Love the animation, good art, nice idea. It really lacks of a gameover so that we can replay the game. Good job
Cute game, it's really immersive ! Tiny Tinies rules !
I liked it but i though it was a tad to linear maybe ? Good job though
edit: got ending 2 and 4
The litteral interpretation of the theme is good, but the camera control gave me headaches for some reason. I managed to beat the game, but i didn't feel like i was actually engaging with your core mechanics as when i failed a jump i just restarted so i would not be blocked in the further parts of the level. The art is brilliant, great animations
Congrats on your first entry, it is a nice lil' game with a funny side to it. I don't think it fits the theme at all though. Good job !
I got the pumpkin in 45.45sec
Great game, very original ! It's a bit long to do what we want to do as we always have to walk back to our tiles but the puzzle's are good. I think your undo button might be broken though, as when i used it my character went in a dark tile and i could not move, i tried to keep undoing but the game then crashed. The theme is very well exploited
Great entry !
There are no links :(
At least now you can add this entry as a first personnal accomplishment ! Well done, it's an interesting take,i enjoyed playing. Nice execution, good job!
Stolen game...
Beautiful art and the game is really clean for a jam! Especially for a first ! Suit the theme to perfection.
However, i though it was too repetitive, even though the difficulty was well dosed. I think maybe addind variety of approachs, or powerups for your guns could be a way to avoid that.
Good job !