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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Snowball's Chance | jam | 308 | 3.46 | 3.32 | 3.70 | 3.84 | 3.86 | 2.90 | 2.79 | 3.36 | 68 |
Great idea, and a great visual style.
Maybe I'm just lazy/stupid, but I found it nearly impossible to actually erase anything though!
Leaving behind bits of eraser and blowing them away is a lovely touch.
Definitely a novel approach to a space shooter - and it worked well. The aesthetic is uncluttered and effective, and nicely carried through the whole game.
Fantastic graphics and audio! That definitely took me back to playing Bubble Bobble on the C64 :) Great work.
It throws an error and won't load in the Unity player for me, sadly :( I'm running Safari on MacOS.
Amazing visuals and great sound. I really enjoyed the chilled vibe, thanks!
Interesting idea, and immediately very atmospheric and intriguing. Good stuff!
I'd suggest a few near-constant sound sources dotted around the world (e.g. dripping water, a snoring pig, a scuttling cockroach) so that you can use them to orientate yourself and have a more intuitive feel for how much you've turned.
Looks nice and can see this could expand to other levels as you gain friends.
It's a real shame you didn't get to finish it, as the look and feel of sailing around is great. The art-style is lovely! I hope you get to develop it further.
That combo of weapons definitely counts as unconventional! Fun game!
Very nicely put together. My only minor criticism is that the monster battle stage can be quite long and slow to progress, given the lack of interaction. Nice work!
Very impressive art and music. Liked the unusual single-button control interface - took me a minute to understand the way the skills are triggered.
Very nice looking game and it made me laugh out loud.
Great fun, and very slick - thanks!
Loving the look of the axe trails, and the whole world slowly spinning somehow makes it seem even more dangerous.
Think I'd probably prefer independent move/spin controls.
The variety in enemy types works a treat - plenty of depth from learning how to best handle each kind.
Great idea, and nicely implemented - good stuff!
(Royal Tenenbaums Tennis next please!)
Liking the overall look. The gameplay was novel and enjoyable to play, thanks!
Really fresh gameplay and very addictive - had to force myself to stop playing :) I'm not a especially drawn to pixel art, but I loved the look of this and the aesthetic fit the game perfectly. It gave me flashbacks to arcade Gauntlet. Awesome!
Hilarious weapon choice and looks nice too.
24 carrot gold! (Sorry...) I found it pretty hard, but I like one-button interface and procedural map. For some reason it hangs for me if I do a full charge (Safari, MacOS), so I had to be careful not to do that.
Lovely concept (we toyed with something along those lines, but couldn't come up with anything as good!) and lovely whole vibe to it.
Only complaint would be that it feels slow - I'd like to be able to work harder to help my cause.
Fits the theme brilliantly, and you can infer all sorts of political/social metaphors from just about every aspect of the game - really good stuff.
Very slick. Nice visuals and funny, if a bit harsh :)
I like the core idea - having to confuse/convert enemies rather than destroying them directly is a good and interesting mechanic.
I'm sure you did it for good reasons, but the 3 limit doesn't feel terribly natural, and (maybe it's a brilliant riff on the weapon itself!) often confused me.
Like the tron/circuit-board background - nice world to be playing in.
Thanks!
Looks and sounds absolutely gorgeous - nice work!
Even if it were light on specific gameplay mechanics, just wandering through a variety of worlds with that whole aesthetic would be very mellow and enjoyable.
Navigating and shooting/dodging is entertaining, and made me want to keep playing.
Nice touch having the tanks rock back when hit, and smoke rising from them works well to let you know they're dead.
I'm all for dark humour, and I know it's well intended, but I think the giving-them-cancer idea is perhaps a bit TOO nasty :-) Maybe throw nicotine patches at them to STOP them smoking/shooting!
Fun playing it - thanks!
Thanks for a truly surreal experience! Your painted textures are really unique.
Great look. I found it the difficulty curve a bit too steep, but that may just be my lack of skill :)
Loved the silhouette style graphics and the bizarre attack animation! Gameplay can be a bit unforgiving at times, consider the number of challenges in a row.
Love the pun-based name :) Nice work.
Absolutely love the writing - great stuff! Thanks!
Great overall structure of being story-heavy punctuated with totally different one-off mini-games, works really well.
Couldn't for the life of me do the fishing pole game unfortunately. (web version)
Now I'm just off to re-read Infinite Jest... honest.
Loved the dynamic elements of the platforming. Nicely done!
I like the concept. We also made a game about snowballs, with almost the same name - weird. The audio didn't work for me for some reason (Safari on MacOS), but I liked the visuals and general gameplay.
I wasn't completely sure what I was doing quite a lot of the time, but it was a fun space to explore. I really liked the tile-based map and the music is awesome. Nicely done!
I took me a while to get used to the amount of force needed. Hilarious when your population flies out of the solar system unintentionally. Good concept.
Thanks very much!
Thanks very much for the feedback folks, keep it coming!
@rplnt Definitely. We did what we could across the board within the time limit, but we'd definitely like to do more with the AI and general flow of the level. The hat collection bonus is our main feature to encourage more varied movement and risk-taking at the moment. Thanks for the feedback!
Wow, thanks again for the very supportive and constructive comments!
Thanks very much for the continued feedback - we really appreciate it!
I dig (hehe) the overall style and it feels solid. I found it pretty difficult to start with, but I was able to knock enough off over time to feel a bit better about myself :)
Awesome music and general vibe. Like the clever rotation/gravity mechanic too.
Awesome! Definitely one of my favourites so far.
Really good across the board - there's nothing that's shoddy, and plenty of stand-out aspects.
Customisation is nicely done, and a crazy thing to add to a jam game!
But basically I just love the slo-mo big hits - really classily done - sounds great, looks great, and feels wildly satisfying - nice work!
That's a really novel concept and it made for interesting play. I had quite a few occasions where I'd think I would die only to find I'd *just* converted one in time.
Tricky to master, but a great gameplay concept. Nice.
Great idea, and nicely polished - the subtle animations make a big difference to giving it some personality and energy.
The constant early losing is slightly frustrating - perhaps giving the player an easy win over a rubbish enemy in the second round, using something you learnt in the first round, but where you don't learn anything new would be a good way to reinforce the 'losing-is-learning' mechanic, and make you feel happier about future loses.
Good stuff, thanks!
Awesome overall look! FYI, it hanged on the end of game menu each time for me on MacOS.
I found it tough to remember the enemy/weapon combos, but I guess that's the idea :) Nice work!
Oddly soothing and compelling, and totally different from anything else I've seen so far - thanks!