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Mantsje

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202456Tiny Creatures👥Ludum Dare 56jam4853.603.383.804.093.964.273.77
202455Summoning👥Vocatiojam2893.843.903.684.253.763.293.27
202354Limited Space👥Morgue Mayhemjam2673.873.573.923.834.233.783.84
202352Harvest👥Don't let them bug youjam2183.763.703.374.064.003.562.753.32
202251Every 10 seconds👥Peter OSjam1743.933.484.054.194.424.053.95
202250Delay the inevitable👥Shadow Rushjam2383.904.113.673.713.953.123.53

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Comments by Mantsje

LD50 — Delay the inevitable

Post Solis by Nikolay Zapolnov 2022-04-07T19:10:27Z

How, HOW!? How did you build this in such a short time. It is so extensive and a fresh take on base building where you have to demolish your own base all the time. just, wow

Endless Ninjas by fidrik 2022-04-06T19:56:22Z

The feel is really cool. Nice progression system, cool graphics, nice sounds. Very well done!

Fruitloose by caeonosphere 2022-04-08T21:15:32Z

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Whoops... we tried a little too hard at your game I think :p Great game and a lot of fun! :D

Fruitloose by caeonosphere 2022-04-08T22:40:43Z

@caeonosphere I think you're mistaken. We didn't break your game in any way. We simply crushed it! :smile:

== Catchbot Tournament == by WegPast 2022-04-06T19:07:02Z

Holy s**t, what an amazing game! By far the game I'v eplayed the most out of the jam till now (not including playing/testing my own game of course) great job!

Too Cute for Space Fights by YogurtTheHorse 2022-04-06T19:34:15Z

Amazing! The art, the feel, the whole style. It fits together so well and feels so polished! Very cool game!

The Endless Night by Arivenzys 2022-04-07T19:22:11Z

WOW, this game is amazing. Completely polished. great sound design, absolutely amazing art, 10/10. Best game i've played!

Beavers Inc. by ditam 2022-04-08T21:35:18Z

Awesome! such a fun puzzle game. Simple mechanics but very well executed. I've been playing Timberborn lately and this fits right up that alley. Great job!

Fifty Dollar Smash by Benjamin Gare 2022-04-06T19:23:52Z

fun game! makes me think of those old school browser games.Nice work!

Click to Continue by Daniel Foutz 2022-04-05T17:10:07Z

This was great, absolutely hilarious. It was a bit long for my tste, but still incredibly well done!

Out Of Gas! by mortalfosca 2022-04-05T16:46:51Z

Nice game guys! love the music especially. It really completes the feel

Lumberjack by DAk001 2022-04-07T18:57:13Z

Fun game, great atmosphere! Difficulty curve feels a little slow and some hotkeys for swapping the tools would be great. Otherwise the sound and graphics and gameplay over all are very good!

Alien Annihilation by MeritCoding 2022-04-05T16:42:00Z

Cool entry! as many mentioned before me it would be nice to have some more clear guidance on what to do. Overall a nice style and good work!

Great Escape by Martinek 2022-04-07T18:39:13Z

Such a fun game! great style, amazing sounds. Well executed over all, it really feels inevitable!

Genocide Greebo by WALK 2022-04-05T17:02:21Z

Cool game! Very impressed you managed to create such a 3D game. Maybe a little intro as to how the game works would have been nice. Overall cool game!

Defend the Earth by SeniorWombat 2022-04-07T18:35:09Z

Nice game! The concept is simple but really well executed. The only feedback I could think of is that it is relatively hard to aim right. I played with with the arrow keys maybe that explains it. Overall very fun game!

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-05T06:59:43Z

@Beefsock Thanks! We spend a lot of time trying to optimize it :D

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-06T12:28:02Z

@gekkie @meritcoding @mortalfosca @bios3008 @dreamscale @lintfordpickle @ffffchai thanks so much for the kind words and the feedback over all. Tweaking the cars, gameplay and polishing took a very very long time but we're very happy with the overall results as well. We're very aware of places to improve the game, but given the time this is what we could come up with.

Thanks for playing! :smile:

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-06T19:07:38Z

@tim-sims thank you!

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-07T10:48:41Z

@jrevel that's a pretty neat idea actually! We wanted to explore more features and the gameplay loop in general, but, as you can probably imagine, given the time pressure we weren't really able to do so. But we might extend on it later! Thanks for the idea

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-07T11:29:33Z

hey @wegpast we are aware of some bugs in the first level, mostly the death screen and maybe the instructions could be a bit clearer yeah! If we find the time we'll try to patch it out, but this might be outside the gamejam. In general, thanks for the feedback!

Shadow Rush by Brandsma 2022-04-10T11:51:07Z

@robin-schmitz @ocwal @angiemon Thanks for all the kind words and great (and extensive) feedback! It's so nice to hear you all enjoyed it!

LD51 — Every 10 seconds

Oroboros by Black Potion 2022-10-04T17:51:21Z

Very impressive. How did you find the time to do all this. Just wow! Great job

Armillario by Ingo_holle 2022-10-04T00:20:46Z

This is amazing. We felt like the theme pushed towards rushed and stressful games. But this is just so darn relaxing. Amazing, all of it!

OH! STUPID ENGINEER by ThatzNiko 2022-10-04T17:17:55Z

This is awesome! An idea I was sure people were gonna do, but you did it so well. the music, the feel, the stress. Great game!

NN7 Guardian by Erlioniel 2022-10-04T17:04:15Z

Nice game! Very polished and steady throughout. Well done!

Color Copy Cats by carolinewang 2022-10-03T23:06:12Z

Amazing art! Thanks for making this!

Peter OS by Brandsma 2022-10-04T07:33:51Z

Hi all thanks for the responses and your feedback., we greatly appreciate it! @okshirl For some reason the WebGL port is giving us some troubles. We should have functional versions for Mac, Windows, and Linux available (For Linux (and possibly macOS) don't forget to add executable rights to the main executable. On linux this means `chmod +x ./Peter\ OS.x86_64`). So maybe give one of those a try instead? @ale and @killerI isn't it beautiful when you have to ask yourself: "Is this a bug? or a feature?" Let's just say that we'll be patching some things in Peter OS along the way as we are dedicated to allow Peter to get more life out of his phone than is currently possible. The first patches have already been applied so maybe you could try them again for a better experience :)

@ale about the songs: yeah we know, but as stated in the description: we do not own the rights, have no commercial purpose and by playing/downloading you agree to not do that as well. On top of that we've cranked down the sampling rate in such a way that the quality is awful enough to not entice any sort of infringement :)

Peter OS by Brandsma 2022-10-04T07:58:32Z

@actuallythemoon hahaha, Slow and old phones take a while to boot you know ;) But yes it very much does, you should see it run in the editor in Unity xD It does however gives you ample time to read the little prologue which accounts for something I guess.

Peter OS by Brandsma 2022-10-04T08:48:01Z

@biggu I agree but deadlines are cruel and the crunch was real :stuck_out_tongue: Did you see all the functional ones? Music Player, Netflix, Noodle Egg, Noodle Meat, Email, SMS, Snapcat (for now)?

Peter OS by Brandsma 2022-10-05T22:35:14Z

@gryph0n @okshirl @ale @mandy858 @thomas-yanuziello @cosmonautical @killerb @actuallythemoon @biggu @senso @jeanne-rossat @thatzniko @logovostudio @vhalenn @arfilish @kilian-baptendier @sageware @talenvin @nicekot @black-potion @msplanlos @erlioniel @beefsock @dodidouda @gn0cchi @dhim @lorwon @krebzor @pragmascript @chybby @maxkyckling @arktas @savolae @yellowkamel

For all of you that are still wondering. We heard you about the bugs! As per Ludum Dare rulings we have been bugfixing a few major ones as to not limit the experience without altering the gameplay. Not all bugs have been patched from Peter OS, but at least the most obvious freeze one should be fixed.

If this was a big problem for you, maybe have another look! :smile:

Cheers

LD52 — Harvest

The Harvest of the Corn Children by Tero Pulkkinen 2023-01-11T16:53:17Z

Well, that was not what I expected xD (but in a good way!) The is game may still be in a rough state, but if you implement all of the things that you've mentioned on your page you should be able to make a cool game out of it. Well done guys!

The Last Straw by Reflextions 2023-01-09T22:37:06Z

Very fun game! We thought of a similar concept in our brainstorming phase, but your execution is awesome! the intro cinematics are also crazy for the timespan.

Awesome work!

Body Harvesters by Justin_C 2023-01-11T16:58:09Z

Very nice cross of management and sort of bullet hell. I can easily see this become a fun indie game in that genre.

If I were to give one tip I would suggest making your bullets a bit faster? It's very frustrating to run after a UFO and firing at it only for it to more or less outrun your bullets :p

Still, very nice game, I had fun :)

Harvest Rush by Steven Garberg 2023-01-09T22:05:06Z

Very fun little game. It looks very cute, but don't be deceived. Playing can get very stressful!

Click to harvest by noskro 2023-01-14T16:17:48Z

I liked your game a lot! The music was very soothing as well. Nice little casual farming game. It took me while to find out there was also a research tab, so once I had about a million carrots I found out there was more to do xD

You made a lot of content in such a short time, nice job!

Only tips I could think of is maybe to have some hotkeys for selecting cards, a button to sell all produce only (not your seeds) and maybe a way to skip the pack buying animation. Especially when looking for a specific type of seed it can get a little tedious.

Again, great job over all!

World's Best Soul Harvester by SephoWepho 2023-01-11T16:48:00Z

Very cool and polished little platformer! The small puzzles with your bag are fun too. You could probably get rather elaborate with those if you were to make a full game out of this.

One thing that kept interrupting me so to speak was that you always leave your bag in front of you, more often than not kicking it into the abyss right after dropping it xD

Overall cool game!

Don't let them bug you by Brandsma 2023-01-09T19:42:45Z

@pauljs @madcoil @huozhedexiaoc @cactusnyak It's not done yet! we're still working on building the application, but apparently the page already got published. Stay tuned and we'll message you :)

Don't let them bug you by Brandsma 2023-01-09T20:21:51Z

@pauljs @madcoil @huozhedexiaoc @cactusnyak The game is live now!

Don't let them bug you by Brandsma 2023-01-09T21:59:56Z

@takhomasac That is indeed intended. They have some choices on which path to take, because after all we thought: Bugs don't follow roads in real life either ;)

Throwing you off a little was the whole point. Thanks for playing!

Unfortunate Harvest by redemptor 2023-01-09T21:58:24Z

Very nice little platformer! I had trouble trying to get the ldjam version of WebGL running as well, but it was working on your itch.io page.

I really liked throwing all these shovels at the enemies

LD54 — Limited Space

Keyslinger by OrdiNeu 2023-10-03T17:38:09Z

Great game! It was pretty hard to frantically swap out the various actions between waves or mid-round. I like that the limited space really shined through in your actions, we had ideas similar to this as well and I'm glad to see someone else actually going through with it.

The art and sound are great, with a bit more polish, especially a slightly smoother experience swapping actions is what I am thinking, would make this a great game I'd happily play again.

Well done!

Last God's Bidding by Daxic 2023-10-03T18:11:46Z

Nice game and fun interpretation of the game! An amazing art style and complete feeling thanks to the tutorial and help screens and such. I think I spotted some times where two areas did not seem to combine entirely correctly, but otherwise a great feeling overall

Packed to the Gills by npckc 2023-10-03T18:23:22Z

oah awesome game! It is so complete and the art and music are amazing. The gameplay may be a little simple, but that resulted in a very complete game. Awesome work everyone :)

LD55 — Summoning

Glyph Tower by YogurtTheHorse 2024-04-16T06:59:26Z

Very cool game! Your execution is insane, we build a game. In a very similar niche (so for all you mouse gesture bullet haven fans have a peek :)) your game is on another level though with how complete it is, great job!

FRIED AWAY by Kyrios 2024-04-16T20:54:59Z

can only say one thing: hahahahahahaha really really funny, great game :)

Samuel, The Summoning Squirrel by Flamboozle 2024-04-15T22:10:36Z

Wow! what an awesome game, it's so complete I got dragged completely into it. The chill vibes the music give are really different from the stress of playing the game :)

Maybe you can check out our game as well (Soon to be published) it's in a very similar niche!

Orion by Ben Toosey 2024-04-16T17:29:17Z

Overall a very nice game! It was quite hard to stay alive for long. I really liked using stars to summon and figuring out how the colors worked and that I could not reuse them afterwards. Would be interesting to see where this game could go!

Summon The Waiter by PromZona 2024-04-16T17:32:57Z

Indeed who would want to hurl a cat?! At most gently spin it, but even better, pet it! :)

Nice game you all made congrats!

Cat Summoning Terminal by Patrick Pang 2024-04-16T17:24:27Z

Nice game Patrick! I wish I could articulate more commands at once ;p The game really gets fun when the cat is not satisfactory and you have to better think about what it is that is being requested and translate that to the proper commands. Some real requirements engineering going on here, well done!

Summonpalooza by tucan 2024-04-16T17:15:06Z

Nice game! the music really adds a lot to the whole feel :) Great job!

Summonware by HelperWesley 2024-04-16T17:55:49Z

Oh wow this game is insane and the graphics are really top-notch! I'm always so incredibly impressed with what artists can cook up in just such a short time span. It really gave that old-skool feel of playing mini games such as on mario back in the nintendo DS era.

Epic entry loved!

Vocatio by Mantsje 2024-04-15T23:11:51Z

Fun to hear you all had a good time. As is tradition with gamejams some things were a bit last minute and could use some polish indeed!

Overall the difficulty for us as developers is still there as well, especially the third level is really hard :)

Vocatio by Mantsje 2024-04-16T12:04:25Z

@aly-name that should show some gifs/videos of the tutorial showing how to draw spells. We saw this in a Web build too. Mind telling us which platform you're playing on? We tested both MacOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows and those seem to work fine.

It shows should show the gifs in our description basically :)

Vocatio by Mantsje 2024-04-18T13:12:41Z

@ursagames yeah even for us developers it's quite a hard game! We thought of all these concepts for different spells too, but in true gamejam fashion had to cut a lot of things from our scope :/

The pentagram gives a heal though ;)

About your request for cooldown timers, we did have that! I think (at least lvl 1) should have proper cooldowns with effects and everything but somehow the UI got borked and now in later levels it is somehow gone :s Something easy to fix I'm sure but not at 02:00 AM on a monday when the deadline is at 03:00

Thanks for the feedback though, definitely a good suggestion!

Vocatio by Mantsje 2024-04-18T13:13:50Z

@moonlightbomber what is there to explain? xD It's rome, nice little plaza, there are old guys, vespa-like scooters, and then of course Mario. Seems logical to me :smile:

Dark Lord's Revenge by Skoufakis 2024-04-16T17:03:39Z

Nice game, I felt rewarded for sticking it out until I got to kill all guys on the same day :)

Well done!

PolyMancer by MarkAis 2024-04-17T19:47:58Z

Rather proud of a score like this. The version I played (post-jam) is so smooth and has such a good drawing mechanic, it works even better than ours. Very impressive! Well done and such a complete game!

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The Bread Soceress Panini! by Aly Name 2024-04-16T17:12:07Z

Oah what an awesome game! The game is so polished and complete! Summoning bread as a primary defense is grand :) If there was anything to be requested it would be music and SFX (on the web version it did not seem to work for me at least).

Overall rating: Awesome :)

LD56 — Tiny Creatures

Woodland Pixies by Parxer 2024-10-09T20:26:20Z

wajoo this feels so complete and made in Godot that's always nice. Awesome job on this, I like the real time-puzzle aspect of this. You are constantly waying your options!

pro tip I found was that you just have to wait until the enemy takes a mushroom and then immediately take it back, that requires less force from you and ensures the enemy spores are small :)

Overall a very nice game that I could see grow into something bigger!

Turn of Taurtarus by firellon 2024-10-09T20:45:27Z

oaaah 20 levels, really? wow! very nice and addictive, before I new it I was hooked and halfway through. Getting to kill the minotaurs is so funny with those sprites xD

Very nice puzzle game, sometimes you really need to think about how to tackle this, great job on the puzzle design!

Orchid by Dining Philosopher 2024-10-09T21:19:12Z

quite a hard game if I may say so, but eventually i was able to reach the flower/star kind of thing but that took a lot of tries. Those tiny creatures at the later end are awful xD

Nice game!

Multimorph by Shakedimus 2024-10-11T10:20:10Z

@shakedimus please tag me too when you get an html build up!

Snail away by Thomas_Bringer 2024-10-09T20:20:18Z

Solid game! I love the sticking to everything mechanic it works so well and instantly messes with my perception on what is left and right xD The overall feel is also very good with the music and the sound effect, well done!

Bee Bop by Madbarron 2024-10-10T18:06:54Z

oh this is so cute! I've known about bees doing little dances to let others know where to go, but I had not seen a game about it. The memory, staying on the beat, sending the right bees at the right time, keeping the nectar in mind. It really is just enough to keep you engaged and make little mistakes.

Great job on such a complete experience!

Dusty Desk by Franci 2024-10-09T21:02:43Z

wait how do you only have 12 ratings (for now). Your game is so nice and complete! the art is amazing, the vibe is really chill and there are tons of levels. Great work you guys! I do have to mention though, who of you has this trainwreck of a keyboard because that does not look like mine I can tell you that much with the random ordering and the upside down keys xD

Great design I really liked the game!

Wink and the Fae by Pious 2024-10-09T20:33:28Z

What a charming little game! I love how they run after you, i mean look at all the friends I made! Untitled2.png

I love the coffee-stained look of the background and the overall aesthetics. Games like these always make me wish to make games with such art rather than the pixelart ones we tend to do. Overall, great entry be proud!

Microphage by ATN 2024-10-11T10:21:02Z

nice entry! a classic style game with a little twist. It did feel a little bit like there was luck involved in what combinations you can even make given the random order at the top. Otherwise a solid foundation that you could make a nice game out of!

Noah's Rabbit Chase by Jesse Martin 2024-10-09T20:39:41Z

A fun little game! never has chasing a rabbit felt so intsene. the music, the setting it is really quite something.

peeep peeep peeeeep! xD

Tiny Dance Floor by Nija463 2024-10-09T19:54:48Z

Nice game! classic mechanics and a nice beat never hurt! The art is adorable I really like it, well done!

Very! Tiny Creatures by Dfyzet 2024-10-09T20:53:19Z

Wow what a great game! I really liked the puzzle element. I was constantly trying to use less resources than you had to complete the game. I was a little bothered by not being able to see where the robots were, after which I quickly realized this was the whole point of tiny creatures xD

A very nice entry that you deserve to be proud of, great work!

Mimic by Lizz 2024-10-11T10:12:52Z

this is so cool, I love a branching narrative. WE tried this in a game once but found it incredibly hard to properly program! Any tips on how to go about that? Especially when you have earlier choices locking or unlocking later ones it became quite a nightmare for us.

In any case well done! I think I got carried out by a bird, but it was a little unclear to me so I might have been eaten after all xD

The Great Dangling by magopian 2024-10-09T20:16:11Z

nice game, the sound effects are great xD The overall feel of the game is quite polished for a gamejam game, nice job!

Beyond Fear by Arsmih24 2024-10-09T20:09:03Z

oh wow! The art and overall atmosphere in this game is awesome! It's eerie and anxiety inducing and plays like reading a twisted children's book. It was very nice when treated for what it was trying to do! 5 stars on all art aspects!

Cat and Box by DragonMain 2024-10-09T20:00:21Z

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I launched my cat a really far away and ended up outside the level xD Even though the physics are a bit finicky it is a nice concept for a puzzle game. Doing tricks with the weight and everything is really quite cool!