Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → magico13
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Solar Sailor | jam | 3.28 | 3.71 | 3.42 | 3.85 | 2.78 | 3.60 | 2.85 |
I found you could hide in the bottom right T shape and nobody could hit you but you could hit them, so that helped me survive longer. Definitely got bit by my own bombs hitting me a number of times before I realized what was happening. Still, simple but fun.
Definitely some possibility for fun future expansion. The music was good so if that was your own I definitely applaud it. I agree that some more levels with the basic mechanics would have been good and while the portals are fun that level doesn't even need the "loop" mechanic to beat.
Thanks for the reviews so far! I think next time I am gonna try to get a bit more external playtesting from friends/family during the process. It's hard to judge just how hard it is when you're the one who knows all the secrets ;) If I decide to take this any further post-jam a more forgiving option is probably going to be one of the first things I look into. The intent was that you'd get knocked out and there'd be a time loop so you could explore a bit more each loop and use what you learned last time to skip areas/go faster but I can see how that could be frustrating, especially because I didn't have time to add more to make that intent clear.
This is the most complete and polished game I've played so far. Good music and design, animations and art, plenty of puzzles that are of increasing difficulty. Great job!