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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Little Birdie | compo | 1109 | 2.31 | 2.00 | 1.94 | 2.77 | 1.87 | 2.59 | 57 |
This has been one of my favourite games so far. Very interesting, lots of puzzle-like challenges, and great mechanics. It was a bit frustrating at the beginning with the smaller bag, though. Felt like it slowed the pace down too much in the beginning.
Great job!
That was quite impressive. I enjoyed the idea and some of the gameplay.
As others have mentioned, though, the difficulty is pretty steep when ir ramps up.
Also, while having a jump button is nice, it really didn't do anything that I could see, so I mostly ignored that button. If there's a use for jumping, I was not able to grok it.
But, visually and audibly, this was a stellar entry. It had humour, too. A few tweaks to the gameplay would make this game truly stand out as one of the best entries.
That was pretty epic. IT took me a while to get the hang of pulling the shield back to kill difficult enemies (including the boss.
If this were a longer game, I'd suggest dialing back the difficulty initially. Those enemies who float down from above were REALLY frustrating. :D
I loved this game, though. Great job!
Nice and old-school. I enjoyed the gameplay, but it did get a little repetitive. I managed to reach a score of 1097, but it drained my enthusiasm to get that score.
More variety of enemies would be great in this.
Well done!
I enjoyed playing this game. It was a lot of fun, and attacking zombies with guitar riffs is amusing.
It was a little frustrating in some areas the zombies spawned and came constantly, with no way to hit them before they dropped on top of me. There were a number of places where my only option was to take a hit and run through without killing the zombies (and I REALLY wanted to kill the zombies).
This was an incredible experience. I'd love to see this expanded.
With only 48 hours, it's hard to call the world small, but the game did feel a little compact with only a small area to explore. That said, the layout of the world is wonderful and feels just challenging enough (or maybe a touch too easy for hardcore platform gamers).
Excellente work!
Thanks to all commenters so far! I agree with the comments so far. I'm continuing to improve the game beyond the LD Compo, and your suggestions are very welcome!
Hey, great game! I ran into a few errors, though. Couldn't reproduce them, so it may just be my machine. Links to screenshots of errors:
http://tilde.town/~marcus/Error-PortalMiner.png
http://tilde.town/~marcus/Error2-PortalMiner.png
http://tilde.town/~marcus/Error3-PortalMiner.png
Only the 3rd error actually crashed the game, I was able to continue play through the first two.
I still wonder if I could reach 10,000 points, but I settled for stopping at 7600+. :D
I actually installed OpenAL specifically for this game. I wonder what went wrong ...
Great game! I miss having some BG music, though. Managed to finish it, but had to restart once when I accidentally got stuck (even suicide did not help).
That was pretty good. I am on a track pad, so I had to be a bit tricky to finish the game, but I managed!
This was a fun little game. Felt a bit short, though. (I know, 72 hours isn't very long to develop.)
Keep up the good work!
Not bad, though I had to play through a terrible flickering of the graphics (my machine's issue, not your code, I think). Very short, and very easy, though.
I also wish there was more to the game. I enjoyed the atmosphere of this, and it seems really interesting.
This was a lot of fun! Good job! Finishing the game was a fair challenge.
This was the first game that really pulled me in, probably because I wanted to see how long it would take to buy everything.
I really enjoyed the game. The only thing that stood out to me as a possible area of improvement would be improving the upgrades. Every time I upgraded, I found I wanted to go back to the basic wand/blade/soap because I could earn more star pieces. Once I bought everything I did try and get as high as I could with the best equipment (I still have never reached the end of my endurance).
Also, it might be good to have a bit more warning for the enemies that drive straight down ... or maybe I'm just too slow to react. ;)
Anyways, excellent game!
This was a great little game. IT was at times difficult to know where next to go, but the in-game hints were sufficient to move forward, eventually.
Very well done!
The world if safe again!
Beat the compo version. Lots of fun! I did get a bit frustrated with the difficulty of some of those jumps.
A lot of my criticisms of the game look like they're being addressed in the post-compo version. Keep up the good work!
That was fun, but does it just stop after 4 levels?
I admit that ramped in difficulty very quickly, but I did manage to finish it after about 10 minutes (and about 50 tries on stage 4). Then it gave me a blank screen and the BG music.
As has been mentioned, the gravity is pretty harsh. I think that's really the only thing that makes the game so punishing. If you dropped the gravity a touch I think that's all that really would need changing (plus add an ending).
Well done!
Great fun! I did find some of it a bit frustrating, but not enough to give up.
figuring out the lantern lift in a later level wasn't as intuitive as it could be, but I did eventually figure it out. (I tried to jump on the lantern lift a couple times.)
Maybe an earlier level could have started with the lantern in a similar lift as a hint for that later level.
That's a minor thing, though. Excellent game!
While I was able to go through the tutorial, whenever I picked Normal or Expert mode, the game window disappeared. Can't play the game.
So, I came back and tried your update, and it worked. I enjoyed the game, though it reinforces just how badly I type.
I really wish this had a bit more of an Audio component. The audio it has is great, but it's very minimal.
Good game, though!
The lighting seems a bit dark, but it does do a bit to set the mood. I found the controls a bit awkward as well.
Still, some excellent work for so little time. Keep up the good work!
Wow, this is a good looking game. On the whole, though, the gameplay is frustrating. I managed to destroy a block with spikes, only to find out that I could still die by hitting the (now invisible) spikes.
With some tweaks, this could be a highly amusing and fun game!
That was thoroughly enjoyable. I felt the difficulty ramped really well, and I had to scramble on the boss level so I wouldn't lose any lives.
Well done!
Lots of fun! Took me 6 years to take the top!
I was confused for a short while on what to do (I have a bad habit of jumping in and trying to play before I read any instructions), but I eventually read your instructions. ;)
Nod bad, but incredibly difficult, at least I found it to be so. My high score is now 30 points.
The game was interesting to play and decently fun. It felt very short, though. A decent choice of unconventional weapon.
The bg music was pleasant, and there were decent sfx. However, it wasn't easy to figure out if I was actually doing any damage to the enemies. My first play through, I didn't kill any enemies until I got to the boss, because I couldn't figure out if I was doing anything by hitting them with the ball. I did figure it out on my second time through, though.
This game wasn't bad, but it felt slow. The lack of variety of enemies meant that my mind started to wander around 25 points. I managed 75 points on my second run through and didn't feel like I wanted to try for more.
The audio was ok, but not great.
Criticisms aside, this is a good first entry for LD. :D
Hey, nice game, cool idea.
I have to say, though, trying to play this with the track pad on my laptop is difficult (to put it mildly).
Welcome to Ludum Dare! I liked the concept of your game, and the sounds are hilarious! ;)
Was there a specific exit key or command? I had to ALT+TAB out and close the game window.
Lots of fun! I like the mechanic. Sometimes, though, it felt like too many buttons, which made it harder than it felt like it should have been.
Overall great game, though.
Nice feel to the game, but I agree with other comments that the difficulty ramps up pretty quickly.
Keep up the good work! :D
This was great fun! I accidentally left the game running while I got dinner and came back 75 minutes later to a screen FULL of Dinos.
Carpet Bombing Scattering Meaty Eggenerators kept me amused for a good number of minutes.
It does get a little monotonous, and the audio bothered me a little bit (might be a personal thing, but the sound and music, while pleasant, got repetitive very quickly).
All in all, great work!