Flock Leader by mrnannings 2017-12-04T06:00:26Z
Cool idea. I like that it's really simple to get the hang of. I was a bit confused about the objective and I didn't know if adding to the flock helps at all.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | Game for LD50 | compo | 2.25 | 2.75 | 1.75 | 3.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 | ||||
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | Space Warehouse | compo | 237 | 3.57 | 3.35 | 3.55 | 4.18 | 3.02 | 3.09 | 2.50 | 3.28 | |
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | Super Economy Twins | compo | 667 | 2.36 | 2.32 | 1.69 | 2.06 | 2.26 | 2.56 | 2.15 |
Cool idea. I like that it's really simple to get the hang of. I was a bit confused about the objective and I didn't know if adding to the flock helps at all.
Nice, I like this version :)
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Game was really good overall and I like the character. There's no second chances so you have to either wait to burn out and die or restart the checkpoint which felt like a punishing mechanic. The burning was a good idea but didn't seem to impact gameplay at all.
Nice game... I can't recoil the last time I had this much fun!
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I like the game. Very cool idea and it's nice to have different characters. Gameplay is very random which makes it less fun for me but overall very solid reflex game.
Great game. Keeps getting better.
Cool game. I think the laser boxes are bit harsh. Would be fun to have another penalty for being hit besides instant death.
I liked building my army
Cool theme
Nice scenery
Good game. The control scheme is difficult overall. Would be good to start on the other side of an obstacle when you get knocked out. Other that those two things perfect game.
I wish that the music kept playing, and didn't restart when you reset the level.
I was confused about what the traffic cones were for
Great game. I really liked it.
I liked the game but it would have been good to have progressions of 'more' paranoid where you have 'more' weed
Cool game. I like the theme and the detail that went into the ads. Gameplay was actually a bit repetitive but it was fun!
@evandowning @el-pepi There is a point to the game. At the end you can see your score and if your score is too high then you see a message explaining it. The world map will show your overall low score for the level. The objective is to finish with zero.
Good job
Nice looking scenery
This is a really cool game. It's only annoying that you can't see the trailers ahead of time, I think you should be able to see the next piece coming.
It's fun. A bit confusing that you have to switch between the different modes. Would be a bit better if the interface was more streamlined.
Graphics and animation are superb.
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Cool. It's fun and I like the mechanic. But I had no idea what I was doing. Played for a while.
Whoa cool! It made me dizzy though.
It's cool. Confusing, but cool. Unfortunately the game itself is a bit tedious but I like what you can do in it.
Stacking boxes is really cool, there are a lot of ways you could use this to make good use of the space available.
Maybe if there was a way to stack into certain combos, there would be more depth to the gameplay.
I liked it. Simple and fun.
Cool, cute, confusing. These are just some of the awesome things about Polar Panic! At The Disco.
I think the art and modeling was really nice. The colours and environment were pleasing. The mechanics were fairly simple once you get used to them. Was a bit confused about where to click and how dragging would affect spin. At first I was clicking the ice burgs which has a weird effect but once you figure out to click on the sea it's okay.
Not much more to it than that. Simple and fun. I ranked 2/5 in the game.
It's fun. I've played it a few times over. I'm not sure if building up the base really helps that much because my current record was made with only posts.
I like this game. I had some trouble figuring out what to do. It's not clear that the baddies can die on their own or that that is the objective, so for a while the level would just seem to change randomly. I like the machine gun upgrade, wish all the weapons had auto fire.
Really cool execution overall.
Nice game. I played it til I filled up the board. It's really smooth, the animation and controls are good, the idea words well and I didn't find any bugs. It's kind of like *go* in a way because it's about area control. If you just gave a score at the end I think it would be a really fun game.
Pretty cool game. A bit difficult to start (Space is your key to press).
Was fun for a while. I didn't finish it and some of the parts were frustrating... rows moving at the same speed together are tough to get through.
It was challenging though.
Something about the randomness made it a bit repetitive. Maybe some different zones, like an asteroid belt with a slightly different mechanic just so it changes the pacing up a bit.
I can see this as fun for a while and I like that there are different levels.
Good game, thanks for making this!
This is a good game. I played it for a while and beat a few bosses.
The first time I played, I didn't really understand. I thought I couldn't see my health. And then I died. Around half way through the second playthrough I realised the effect of healing and what it does in the game. After that it was really fun.
The downside is that each encounter feels pretty repetitive. Even though there are different monsters it is all kind of a grind. I liked chaining damage combos to get a big hit.
With a few more actions you can do this would be a great game.
Nice. I wish this was on Linux or had an online version I cold play.
This is cool. I played a few levels before I got stuck. Very enjoyable puzzle game with interesting levels.
Nice game. Really cool use of the theme and fun to play, too. I think it had good replay value because there is a lot of strategy that you can use by placing adjacent units together. As long as there is space on the map to do it.
Great game, I had a lot of fun playing it.
I played for a while but the difficulty kept me back. Really slick sound and graphics.
I love the illustrations.
Pretty good game.
The controls are difficult in general and it's a very difficult game. The combination of level design and controls made it a bit frustrating to progress.
It would be better if there were more signals to the player showing which way to go in some of the larger levels. Especially since you can't see where there are spikes on the ground in some cases.
If you could wall-jump more than once that would be good.
There seems to be a problem with the instructions page that you can't go back to the menu? I had to reset the game.
Good effort overall. I think the game works, but it's a bit confusing to get into, I wasn't sure how to play properly for a while.
This is definitely fun. I played it with a friend and we had a blast. I like the different music. The battles are fun and intense!
I like this game! Very unique and original idea. I wish I had more fun playing it but it kind of ends too soon.
There is a possible exploit where you can shoot the bad guy from close range and the wall doesn't appear. It's also not explained that walls go on forever. I would have expected the wall to end on the cursor.
Some suggestions:
Increase the timer based on distance from your location. When it's random it can take 10s to walk over the screen.
Have the enemies die some other way, like timing out. That way you can make a maze and they will run out of time instead of having to shoot each one.
Give the wall gun some kind of limit to how long the shot can be. Should have a minimum and maximum size.
That would make it more playable I think.
Cool game. I like the movement of the enemy ships, it's really hard to beat. The background is cool, so is the concept. It's a well put together game.
Good, fun game. The only thing I wanted to see more of was different weapon upgrades. Thanks for making this!
Heh really nice idea and use of the theme. Cool graphics and sound, too. Overall this is a pretty nice game.
This is awesome! I liked playing it.
This is a really cool game and I enjoyed it. I liked the concept and overall it's a pretty solid effort. There are a few things that kept it from being as fun as it should have been. There should be a way to go back to the instructions from in the game. The challenge itself starts out okay, but it feels a bit confusing with the combos and the pieces never look as good as at the start. Towards the end there are so few pieces that you can do most of the work on the palette until you're finished. Making the square one colour is a bit disappointing given the theme of the game (being a painter). Maybe an alternate objective would be to form a given pixel shape or pattern, a bit like the 15-puzzle but with different mechanics. This has potential to be really good.
This is actually a really cool game, but it took me a while to figure it out and I didn't get very far.
The controls are really slick and I liked the graphics and sound.
A couple of things...
After you die you should go back the the intro screen where you can look at the instructions, to get to the instructions page you have to reload the page.
It took a while to figure out that I was dying and why. The hearts aren't obvious at first and I couldn't figure out what was hurting me. It turns out to be the blocks hurt you when your *not* jumping but they break anyway and there is no feedback that you take damage. A bit confusing especially because there are different blocks.
A push button makes no sense, should just be auto-push with the arrows. There seems to be limited use to pushing that I could think of.
Getting stuck in a column can happen. Maybe a wall jump or a way to flip through a box falling from overhead would help.
Woah nice!
This is a cool game. It's hard to get into and if there was more to it than one click then I didn't find it. It would benefit from some sort of tutorial to explain the mechanics.
Once you get into it, it's a really atmospheric and relaxing game. It's simple but challenging enough that you will come back for more.
The main problem with it is that there seems to be no way to progress past a certain point. It suits the theme but I was running out of space at about 6 months with no way to survive.
Wow this is really cool. Lots of fun to play. The movement is a bit weird sometimes I think you can get stuck on walls.
​Really cool game. I like the art style and the music and sound effects.
I think the action would be more fun with a change of pacing. The fluffies move pretty fast but they can take a while to spawn so there is some time with no enemies then bam! bam! bam! Then the next round starts... Possibly would be good to have a burndown timer rather than the numbers 3, 2, 1 because it would add more animation to the screen.
I'm playing the web version and every time I died it said Score: 0.
I can see how the theme is apparent here and I would like to see more space and area effects, maybe you can use an air blast to push them into the lava or push barrels back before they explode.
Great game!
Nice game. Really fun to play. Hope you add more animation and explosions and keep working on it!
It's intense!
apt title
@jackou The lose state is to be hit by asteroids without money for repairs and otherwise it's just survival
@deathray The colors don't mean anything, it's just a placeholder graphic. Thanks for the feedback.
@samguy Sounds like a bug
I've added an image above that hopefully explains the way trading works.
@juaxix It's written in c++ and compiled with enscripten's emcc. If you set up the environment you can use *make* from the command line.
Hi @rayaarito it should be working. Did you have enough space to place the item? Otherwise it coukd be a browser issue? Left click should place with a mouse or touch and drag on mobile.
@imphenzia The UI is not very intuitive so it's hard to find out what was going on. There is a price for every item so you would have had so sell some items first. If you run out of money you can survive by doing empire tasks. Thanks for playing!
Cool game. Lots of fun to play. The collision detection is a bit messed up (I think?). I could move over the missing squares and also jump into the background area.
Otherwise I like the animation and the special effects. Super fun survival game.
Hm curious and interesting game. It's quite the puzzler. There is some new mechanics and I like how you can progress through the difficulty. The range in which it was explored made this a winner for me. Lots of incentive to continue playing.
The movement feels a bit clumsy and making the camera height fixed at the edges instead of scrolling would look better for the level design I think.
There is a bug that blocked me on level three, if you eat red, purple, tan, you can get stuck in the WC.
Other than that it's a good game overall.
Wow! It's awesome! I like that there is a double-feature of the theme because you are running out of space on the island and on the ark too. I had a lot of fun going through all the levels. I wish my game was more like this.
It's okay. Some sound and animation would help give the feeling that something was happening here.
The motivation to expand isn't really there because you can make money off just a small shop.
Cool game. I think it would be good to be able to make your character turn in place as well.
Cool looking graphics. I like the animations and the characters. The music is pretty sweet too. If I would suggest something it's making the water a little less deadly.
This is really cool. You have different enemies and bullets, blood splatters and the boss changes shape and fits into the theme. It's really impressive that you have done all this in 48 hours. The game is fun and makes me want to keep playing it. I wish the intro screen would look a bit nicer, a black border on red text will make it easier to read.
It's cool! I like the puzzles and the graphics and the world. There is a bug though, that you can get stuck in the ship when you're pushing it.
I couldn't start the game, seems blank
It's fun. Really hard and unforgiving on the difficulty.
Great game. I think the timer needs to be a lot longer, at least for the beginning.
Wow what a great game! I loved the theme and the story. The puzzles were really fun. So awesome.
This is a cool game but the controls are a little fiddly. A bit hard to select the right point on the crew and ship which makes it hard to move your guys around quickly. Also it was hard to figure out which stations were for oxygen, etc. Good to play once you work it out.
I like the look of this game and it's challenging but there are a few problems that make it less fun. There's no timer or indication that the ground is burning so it makes it hard to see where to run. Also the walls and floor look very similar so you can't always see where to shoot. I feel like running out of space is the inevitable end of the game, so there is no way to improve or get a better score or any need to play again. If there was a bigger boundary it might be more fun.
This is a really cool game style. I like the way the art and music work together to make a fun game. I was trying to place my pieces to the beat.
I felt like I had to work really hard to get the controls down. Making the trucks move with a mouse click, or leave automatically when they are full would be good. I'd also like it if you could put packages back on the conveyor belt, and maybe have it a bit more forgiving with the lose condition.
Great game!
Wow! Really good for your first game. It might be cool to have the flames actually change in style when you hit them. Instead of having the health above there head you could shrink the body of them down to smaller sizes with each hit.
Simple but addicting! I keep trying to improve my score but after a while it feels too random. Very fun though, gg
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Thanks @marco-schneider I'm glad you played it :) I have done the jam a few times in the past. I think you are right the balance is not so good, I was hoping to add upgrades so there would be more to do.
Nice. Feels good and the effects sounded good
Lol this was cool and fun. I liked all the different objects in each level and the puzzles weren't too confusing, but I still felt a good achievement when I finished it. gg