Grow My Thing by ChronoDK 2015-04-20T17:01:00
Lol.. first game which truly fits the theme. Hah. What did I just play?
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | bat story | jam | 223 | 3.64 | 3.45 | 3.30 | 3.94 | 4.21 | 3.60 | 2.92 | 3.62 | 69 | |
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Protector Of The Shrine | compo | 873 | 2.82 | 2.61 | 2.33 | 2.77 | 2.70 | 3.05 | 2.92 | 2.58 | 100 |
Lol.. first game which truly fits the theme. Hah. What did I just play?
Nice puzzler and rather innovative game mechanic. good job! :)
I liked the retro graphics, however I wish that there could be more to it, and sounds. good job regardless! :)
fun to play, and unconventional eye.. :D... solid work. :>
Fun concept. Would like to see how much better this could be if you could have more time to make graphics? I also suffered with similar problem :B
This is impressive and good reminder for me that if you are truly good in game development you can make great games during game jams. Nice limiting of scope to be small enough and pretty graphics. Only "bad" thing which I found were the fact that returning the sword caused slight lag to my computer. But, it was totally minor. Good job! :)
Cool game and nice graphics. The main character is though someone I have met before. hmm.. :P
Cool game! .. I really liked the retro feel of it. :) good job.
good game which could be even better with more polished graphics! :)
Wow. this game is cool. I like the graphical direction very much :O
good gameplay and nice and simple graphics. good job :)
Interesting approach to make a game. I mostly enjoyed the music and the graphics! :) Unfortunately, however, I didn't have a friend to play this with me. :(
Pretty fun game and good graphics. :D
Hmm.. too many carrots. I only wish that explosions would be bigger :B
Good game.! I liked the whistle most. Graphics were a bit raw, but it happened to me too. :D
Good entry. :) I like the feel of it.
nicely executed. Nice usage of cubes in graphics. pretty easy, but maybe I am a pro ;)
This is one of the best games I have played at this game jam. Really good job for the design of gameplay. I also had idea of making "arrow of love" but I didn't have time to implement, so I made a silly singing -skill instead. :D
good graphics and nicely put together! :)
hehe. kicking football to the face!.. spot on. :D with some UI work it would have made a big difference to this game. :)
Cute little roguelike and it was fun to try out. However, I did have some troubles to attack the enemies, and would like to see more dev of this game! :)
nice little game. Never used baguette as a weapon, I can tell you that. :B
wow. I was amazed how good this game was when I started it.. I was first skeptic about the graphics, but it worked brilliantly with the game! :D
Nice game and very well polished. I am amazed that you could do this much within game jam.
interesting entry and nice graphical direction. :) !
hehe.. nice fluid feel while playing this game. :) music were also pretty relaxing.
Nice graphics and good game idea :)
Pretty nice entry as a gamejam game and it was relatively fun to play. Textures worked great :) Controls maybe too difficult.
This is cute little game.. I liked the simple graphics which were also something which I aimed for. :)
Nice use of lightning effects and shadows.. I have no idea how to make anything like that. :D but, good start for a game. Too bad that you didn't have more time to work with this.
Pretty cool idea and nice execution. More work on the graphics would make it even better! :)
fun little game. props for making it with java. :D I like java :B
Cool little game. Would be even better if more polished. maybe you should continue it further? :)
haha.. fun idea and great execution :D I like it.!
Nice little game.. however, it would have been better with slight UI work. considering the stats at cmd etc.! :)
Pretty fun game.. I lpve the sheep's!
I mean love* :D
hehe, nice little game guys. reminded my some of the old finnish games which I used to play online when I was younger. :D
Rather good game, thanks for making it. Graphics and sounds especially were good. I only hoped that rather than clicking without character, that there could be your player in the game. Cheers!
Unfortunately I played this as a solo, but I did enjoyed the idea of it. good job! :)
Hehe. Thanks Rob for voting my game, you are a funny guy and making funny games. I remember playing "walk the plank" before and it was a really good game.
I also liked the relaxing atmosphere of this game, when I found my first bigger star I wen't crazy and tried to catch it asap before it disappears lol. :D The movement of the turtle also felt very real which I liked. However, I did miss enemies a little bit, the turtle looked so big that I thought that I could mash every enemy I face! :) Good entry regardless, see you at twitter !
I wasn't expecting this.. instant need to rate when saw the game name :D
haha. I have never enjoyed to fart that much.. I only wish that you would have made bigger and noisier fart sounds :D
Pretty good entry and nice music. However, I hope that more work would be put into simplicity of game mechanics. :) maybe you could look into improving that outside gamejam ? ;)
hehe. I like the concept of using music. good job :D !
thanks for making this. it was fun to try out :P little more work to graphics/music and would be a big difference :)
Nice game with cool graphics.. the game had a good mood too.. I waited it to be a little bit longer thought :]
hehe. fun game.. and I love dogs :D
This was fun little platformer! too bad that you didn't have time to make sounds, but I also scoped my project somewhat wrong. it happens! :)
Nicely done.. I especially love the cool red/black coloring
Pretty fun entry. Maybe could fit better jam category, therefore you could have more time to work with graphics. nice job regardless! :P
I enjoyed! And it fits the theme nicely. :)
one of the funniest typing games I have played. nicely done. :P
Wow. That was pretty impressive. It was surprising how polished you have made the game. Nice! :O
Good job guys. This was really well put together, graphics, gameplay etc. I also checked out your team image and it looked like you guys had nice hack going on! :D
Cool music and interesting game. :)
haha. :D Thanks for the comments and feedback! Really appreciated! Especially, if I managed to capture even just a slice of Ultima -feeling. ^^
Hmm.. seems that top high score among reviewers is around 5650. That is great info, I actually got close to 7000.. but because I am the game maker I give you people some slack, hehe ;)
And btw. that singing voice is my own ofc. I never sing, but game development does incredible things to programmers :D !
What comes to controls, they are indeed a bit difficult. Luckily, it makes the game harder on "purpose" :>
A quick update: My cousin just got score of 12500 :D !
@Bastienre4 it works if you are close to the enemies, or at least works for others? sword range ;)
And btw, thanks for everyone who shared feedback and tried out the game. ! I enjoy reading these comments. :)
Thanks for the feedback guys and girls(?) :D
It's always nice to see new suggestions how to improve the gameplay..!
@Firaa yea, I didn't even consider using eight direction movement with numpad. Maybe it could something which I should test in practise, I'm inspired! :P
hehe. Thanks for the comments... :D !
@smokecastles I think you are holding the third place in scores.! I have made 15150 and my cousin little over 16000 considering the time I had to balance the game.. these kind of scores are probably the maximum. :)
Thus, sorry for everyone being afk for a while. I was just too exhausted after the game jam. I will be playing all your games who commented asap. !
Nice usage of the theme. I didnt think more than a second what this was all about ! :)
Pretty raw in terms of graphics, but good job :)
Sweet gameplay and decent graphics. Nicely put together :)
interesting take, however I would have enjoyed it more with game -like graphics. :)
This was pretty unique and entertaining entry. good job :)
Hehe.. Well, surely wasn't expecting that kind of gameplay. And to be honest, I was kinda bad at this :D but good start for a game; A bit raw in terms of graphics, but would be interesting if implemented further.
I enjoyed the game. The graphics / mood.. brilliant :)
Nice take regarding the theme. very clever and creative. love it :>
hehe. nice game.. the music very also pretty weird, but cool move. :D
I struggled with the controls, but liked the concept. good job
hehe. I like the simplicity of this game, thought graphics could be a little more detailed (in the future?) ;) it was fun to play regardless :)
haha. this was good. I especially love the graphics.. 2d pixels for the winz! :D
I agree with PixlWalkr, nice mechanics.. :) only downside is that I got really hungly IRL because of the hamburgers.
Awesome game guys. And thanks for posting it to me via twitter. :D I didn't notice any major bugs or anything, sometimes enemies shoot me when I died with the knifes which were flying from previous round. Other than that, it was solid work. Too bad that it wasn't longer! :)
Nice little tank game. I really enjoyed the musics. The weird error console affected little about the game, but I managed to close it. Nice game considering that this is your first game jam entry. :) !
Nice little shooter. I wish there could be music, but I liked the game as it is now.!
Cool game. Thanks for making this, I haven't played binball's in ages.. they used to be really popular genre back in the days. :P!
Nice game and concept. This is like memory + rogue like placed together. awesome! :) With more work on the graphics this could be even better.
Nice game guys! This is definitely one of the best games at this gamejam in terms of game mechanic. :P Too bad the graphics are little raw, but regardless. good job! I died right before level 5 :P
This was ok-ish little game. :) the minor problem which bothered me were relatively raw graphics. But, I kinda suffered from the same problem. Because of time issues! good job! :)
Nice take on the theme. Very clever. Needs some polishing but good job regardless. :)
cool concept.. little more work to the graphics and it could be even better. :)
This was fun little game. I felt truly enjoyed by killing to enemies with the gas and fire. Especially those weird butterflies :P What could make this game even better could be background music and maybe some configuration with the keyboard controls.? :)
Cool game, I enjoyed the puzzles a lot!
I also used sound in my game. Fun to find people which thinks similarly :) .. sound effects for killed ppl were pretty load, but nicely put together.!
Amazing work, especially as LDJAM game. You are good in gamedev! :)
Nice little game. With more polished graphics and gameplay this could be even more promising :)
Hehe. Well this was unexpected. A bit short game, but it was fun regardless. Go toaster!
Nice take considering the theme. I enjoyed. :)
Okey, almost everything is probably said already. :D.. But regardless, I liked the way you approached the theme, this is a good idea for a more polished game. The graphics are nice and the tune is good.
If I were to criticize anything it was mostly that I had hard time to separate the work of player 1 and 2 because of the colors. Other thing which I noticed were that controls were a bit difficult to grasp as I kept making circles with my own money! :)
Really fun little game. :D I enjoyed playing it.
I liked the mood and graphics.. it definitely felt like a game :)
Hi Mats. I like the concept, graphics and audio. Good start for a bigger more polished game. Hence, if I were to give constructive criticism (as a game reviewer ;) I would left home works away probably, and just focus reviewing games. Less tasks to be made and easier to manage. Also, it would be cool if the monitor shows glimpse of the reviewed games. And, I know that hard to make that kind of stuff during game jam, but just giving some suggestions which I could come up with. Good job. :)
Brilliant game, especially the audio for the lava was hilarious.. :D cant believe this is made during a 72 hours!
Maybe the best game I have seen so far at this gamejam. Very nicely put together! so damn funny! :D
hehe. Nice take on the theme. It reminds me of one game which I played (cant remember the name) and the game said "there is no game" and you had to discover it. Bonus points for not making typical "grow a worm" game :)
Nice game, but I didn't have anyone to play it with.. (too many kilometers away) :( .. so in that sense, I failed to unlock it's full potential. The game seemed to run pretty smooth thought, music was a little bit too repetitive. But anyway, nice entry :)
Hmm.. planted some trees, chopping etc, pretty impressive for 6 hours of work, but I wish there could an ending of some sort.? Dunno what it could be. Good job anyway :)
Hmm.. I just killed the opponent while he did nothing? Then I read through explanations and realized that you guys had some troubles to finish the game on time. Well, it happens to all of us. Even I didn't finish the game as I wanted. Until next time then! :) cheers.
Cool game.. at first it was hard to play, then I realized that I could just look left part of the screen and continuously tap right arrow so it killed all enemies which came from there. :B
This is really creative game. I loved especially the ping pong match! :D.. the art looks really simple, so the game leaves a lot of details for your own imagination. Dunno if it's a good or bad thing.. increasing of stats was a _really_ good design choise :) I liked it.
Nice entry. I wish the character could have more actions .. like moving to back and forth.. and jumping by default (rather than through a pick up). Anyway, good job :)
Hmm. played your game, it was a bit raw in terms of graphics, but managed to get to a point of "boss" showing up and he beat the crap out of me.. Thus, maybe he should appear a bit sooner so it could be faster gathering of resources and they making a duel?. Anyway, good job.
Okey, cool little game.. but it was still relatively easy, I mean I could use one person to run through the field almost without touching the keyboard... then I lost the ball once and it said you lose(?) football match shouldn't work like that.. :D but on the other hand, this looks so big project that I would not have finished those features either.! :) cheers.
Hmm.. interesting story, good graphics, but no audio and a bit short in terms of gameplay. The ending screen comes so fast that because I was holding the arrow and suddenly hit something it wen't pass before I could read it. Anyway, keep working on it :) ? cheers.
Nicely made, I especially liked the mood of the game. Controllers were a bit hard to grasp because the plan was white = didn't know the direction to go. Other than that, well made.. :)
SNAKE.. SNAAAKE. lol. I love metal gear solid, I bet you too. I managed to play this game to mission 4 atm. maybe I will get back to it. :).. more work on the graphics (shadows etc, because this is a stealth game) could make this even better. Also, I would remove the weird auto-speak sounds from dialogs? Anyway, nice job^^
Nice little game you got here. I managed to get pretty far, but I did fail to eat any candies(?). Dunno if that was a bug or a feature :D.. Anyway, nice work :)
Heheh.. pretty fun game.. "MAMMA MIA".. epic audio.. and that pizzeria had some cool music.. :D I managed to get 3130 points, took a while before I realized the mechanic, but after that it was pretty fun to play. good job ! :)
Good entry.. runs smooth, good graphics and sounds.. nothing to complain really.. wanted to move with the character though :P.. cheers!
Pretty cool entry. Maybe one of the bests I have played so far. The simple graphics style fits the game & audio etc. :) well done.
Thanks for the feedback! I spent majority of my time to making those simple graphics, so it feels great to hear that. hence, I am a programmer not an artist, so it feels even better. Thus, I agree that some of the levels were made like that.. but for those reasons I added some hp pick ups here and there. (;
On of the best games I have played today. Impressive and creative. Makes me think my own life. Thanks.!
Well made game, and it was interesting to see that I wasn't the only one which made vampire game. :D There was some level which was really hard to pass, but other than that I enjoyed it. :) nice.
Very well done, it felt like a commercial mobile game. Maybe you guys should continue making this for real? :)
Solid entry, I was skeptical at first whether it's a good game or not, but then I ended up playing it through. :D.. nicely done, one of the best "growing" theme games I have played today.
Hmm.. nicely put together, but a bit too easy because monster didn't attack directly to the player? I also would have liked to see some combos. :d other than that, good job.
hehe.. Fun little game. And yes, I did got fired. :P I started picking up all kind of trash and I guess it's a reason for that. Graphics looks nice, and the game works. Hence, the mood is definitely there. I would suggest that you change to sound for emptying the garbage bad, as I felt that it was something you shouldn't do. More positive sound maybe? anyway, good job! :)
Nice game, but for me it took a while before I understood how to play it. Lack of introductions and graphics were the problem.. e.g. what is a container? :D.. then I started to click everywhere and suddenly noticed that I was out of containers.. then I realized. But yea, game fits the theme - both of them, so nothing to complain really. good job :)
Wow, this game was seriously fun. :D.. I liked the mechanics.. I noticed that I could remember maximum of three rune pairs per round, so in that sense it was a bit depressing that the system beat me every time. lol.. then I started guessing and sometimes it worked, sometimes it didnt! yay! :D
Tried out your game, it was pretty short in terms of gameplay. I couldn't find the planting square first, so I restarted the game and then it was there.. Then I plant the tree and tried to do something with boxes, but I guess those weren't implemented.. then I just wen't and fly around the map.. :D I assume that you tried to do something too ambitious within an available time-frame :o ? Anyway, keep working on it, it looks great. :)
heh.. funny idea... I was more interested about side quests than the main one.. :B
Rather cool game.. pretty short, but mine was too :) !.. with more work on the graphics/sounds etc. it could be even better. :)
lol.. it was nice to play, but the moment when I realized what this game is all about I felt a bit uncomfortable. Yet, it's still a very innovative entry. :) !
cool concept, but I didn't get to play it with my friends, they all lives kilometers away from me :( Tried my best to multitask though, but my castle were quickly destroyed. darn it. :D
Pretty good fun.. mechanic was a bit similar than previous game I just tried, but nevertheless.. good action, nice effects and graphics. :)
Pretty good entry, too a while to learn the controls.. but after that it was actually pretty simple ;)
Heheh.. that was some seriously kick-ass music. :D... I wish there could have been more audio to go with that..? For me, adding of audio usually is a crucial parts because it makes game to feel more alive. Other than that, I struggled a little bit to find controls - until I noticed READ ME file at the game root. Anyway, good job with making the game :)
Started a game in full screen, menus were kind of off so couldn't see them properly. But, after that it worked nicely. Played the game through pretty quickly, few pits were a bit handle to jump over. :). art / audio was kind of nice, more work on the mechanics of jump would have been feasible. Anyway, good job :)
Pretty good game. I liked the mood the most, and graphics/audio worked out well too.. I did struggle with the controls a bit.. e.g. player should be able to hit faster at least.? :d
lol.. well made game.. the graphics and sound "AAAAhhh" was the best part.. :D.. weird bridge -mechanic also was kind of fun to control.
Runs pretty smooth, but took a while before I understood what was the point of the game.. Then I noticed that there is time running at the bottom of the screen. :D. All in all, good graphics+smooth running game, but I would modify the game goal to be something other than the time + collecting.. :) ! this could work easily as a good platform game.
Well made game, I was a bit scared at first when I noticed that dying goes back to the start. But luckily it switched as the game progressed.. other than that, good mood/audio/graphics.. fighting the dragon was a bit easy, but fun. good job! :)