mephi | Ludum Dare Explorer

Year	LD	Theme			Game	Division	Rank	Ov	Fu	In	Th	Gr	Au	Hu	Mo	Co
2013	28	You Only Get One			Shooting Atoms For Peace	jam	169	3.31	3.47	3.05	3.02	3.11	3.22	1.91	2.59	100

Dream forever, live once by Volute 2014-01-05T18:23:00

Guitar hero - yey! With cool graphics and sound. But I wish the tones would be more in sync with the playing track, so one could really help play the music right. They seem to be random now.

Corn Quest by burlapjack 2014-01-05T17:56:00

Nice game concept! Lovely graphics and music! Though as others said it gets tedious very quickly.
The fact that the moving directions are changed clockwise, makes it easy and fast to make "clockwise maneuvers" like: move right, move down, move left.
However if you want to make a counter clockwise maneuver ("left, down, right"), you will wait one cycle between every move.
Some suggestions for experimentation:
- add second control, which can switch between the two cycling rotations (clockwise or counter clockwise).
- add game speed control, which would affect the direction cycling speed as well as all objects (enemies and obstacles) in the game.

Creator Story Saga Tycoon by Bruno Massa 2014-01-05T08:30:00

Nice idea! The graphics weren't so cool but the music is great! Auto saving didn't work for me in the web version.

8bit Rebellion by havana24 2014-01-05T08:15:00

Hahaha, funny idea! I got the bug with the shadow as others complained. Where you're moving only the shadow, and the hand is updated only when you click.

Food Survival by van noctar 2014-01-04T08:37:00

Hilarious!

Jameson The Pilot by rezoner 2014-01-03T20:54:00

Wow! Man your games rock! This is an amazing entry!
I've also checked QbQbQb - a killer! Hotline Trail - too!
Not to mention the music in all of them... Overall "speechless"!

Hammerfall by Supernaught 2014-01-03T16:00:00

Very cool game! I wish it would have been more rogue-like with dungeon exploring, than just defending from waves of enemies, but anyway I've enjoyed it very much!

System Control by conormn 2014-01-03T15:42:00

Very minimal, polished and hard! Great entry!

Monster Interceptor by ehtd 2014-01-03T15:17:00

Nice and original game concept! The music rocks! :)

The Follower by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou 2014-01-03T12:39:00

Amazing graphics and very nice music! Please finish this to a complete game!

KOSMOTROT by Todd Luke 2014-01-03T12:00:00

Awesome song with original lyrics! The colors are so retro :)
Overall nice mood!

The Visitor by Jezzamon 2014-01-03T11:44:00

Nice little platformer with cool graphics and sound!

clic only by nicso 2014-01-03T11:36:00

Very good concept! The games gets pretty hard from the beginning though. There could be easier levels (with more space) from the start until the player gets better with the mechanic.

Eye Fly by bigbadwofl 2014-01-03T11:20:00

Nice graphics, music and humor!

Constrained by Split82 2014-01-03T11:00:00

Very cool idea! Deserves more attention and post-compo work! Keep it up!

Touch by WhoaConstrictor 2014-01-03T10:54:00

Really beautiful and warm experience! When I was playing it, I was thinking about touching people's lives and then at the end I saw the message and it felt really good! You definitely got your message trough the gameplay which is an accomplishment by itself!
All I wanted during the play was that at the end to have the whole picture painted by all dots - and you delivered that!
What can I say except "a complete experience"! Thank you!

Only One Chance by johnfn 2014-01-03T10:35:00

Charming little companionship game! Great graphics, sound and mood!

You Are Disabled by Cory Martin 2014-01-03T09:51:00

Great graphics, sound, mood and message.

Prime Mover by andreimarks 2014-01-03T09:32:00

Great, minimal but polished game! Way too difficult at times but fun anyway!

To That Sect by gamesbyangelina 2014-01-03T08:58:00

Angelina is very interesting project! The game itself is too simple. It seem the AI got the mood, but not the play. If it have added shooting at the statues that you must avoid and a goal how much ships you have to collect, it would have been better. It felt like playing "art-message" type of game, which is kind of strange for programmatic result when you think about it. But hey, you've made an AI artist - congratulations! :)

Handle with care by Cawrtz 2014-01-03T08:29:00

Your game is great, but way too hard! I've hacked my way trough the code :)

P.O.W. Rescue by Gameko 2014-01-02T19:26:00

Awesome graphics!

Walkways of Mind by Pixelfan Games 2014-01-02T15:55:00

I couldn't understand what I am actually doing, but the graphics and the mood are great!

Princess Kingdom by ncannasse 2014-01-02T15:37:00

Very nice entry with a humorous twist :)

PUSH by Patacorow 2014-01-02T15:13:00

At first I was thinking "Sokoban with 1 push - nice!", but then I saw the shooting mechanics and the two characters which made it even better! The menu was fun too. Good job!

Carry the one by goerp 2014-01-02T12:22:00

Very clever math training concept! Nice mood too!

Glide by Alexbrainbox 2014-01-02T09:46:00

Very interesting concept! A bit too hard levels, but great anyway!

Mystery Tower by underww 2013-12-29T12:32:00

A bit too hard with the items restriction. Anyway good job!

Fantastic Franklin by Stealth 2013-12-29T11:49:00

Nice concept and graphics! Really liked the parallax backgrounds.

Open Forest by koller-digital 2013-12-29T11:36:00

Nice simulation! I got some troubles getting the hunters at first. I was clicking at the huts to provide hunters, but instead normal adventurers appeared and they were scared of the animals. Then I made huts far away of the animals and getting hunters worked there. Anyway, good job!

Nero Is Falling by LeafThief 2013-12-26T09:05:00

Definitely one of the best games in LD! Great art, sound and mood. Amazing job!

Tropic Warrior by blackmagic 2013-12-26T08:50:00

Very cool polished game with nice graphics and sound! Funny take on the theme. Having money for hit-points and using the chest for protection - genius! You did amazing job guys!

Doki Doggie by Husky 2013-12-26T08:40:00

Fun game. Sometimes when I hit the bad guys with the ball, nothing happened. I'm not sure if this is a bug or I'm missing something?

A Precious Arrow by Benjamin 2013-12-26T08:35:00

Very good and polished game! Too difficult for me. Please consider a version with a lighter difficulty, like getting to endure 3 hits for example. Anyway - amazing job!

YOGO PATH by cesisco 2013-12-26T08:28:00

Very bright little game with fun concept!

faif by Beavl 2013-12-26T08:08:00

Interesting concept. I wish there was a setting to skip the random-cycling animation.

Blight by bsowers 2013-12-26T08:00:00

Nice game with wonderful music!

Only one Cookie by Linus Lindberg 2013-12-24T10:50:00

Haha, fun concept, nice graphics and sound!

One Gunman by GaTechGrad 2013-12-24T10:46:00

Haha, fun game. Nice take on the theme!

One Button Metroidvania by mokesmoe 2013-12-24T10:42:00

Interesting experimental concept! Got me playing for a while, but man, that's hard! :)

Dungeon Raider by The Evil Cult 2013-12-24T10:36:00

Huge accomplishment for 3 days of work! Congratulations Evil Cult!
I was experiencing performance problems too, like other players said. Even died because of that. It was a bit too easy: monsters die easily and you get a lot of loot, which feels good but makes the difficulty low. Also I missed mini-map of the dungeon, which would be very nice to have.
Anyway you've done amazing job! Respect!

Match Girl by DDRKirby(ISQ) 2013-12-24T10:00:00

Superb game in any category! Amazing work for such short time! Respect!

One Shot by nzgiije 2013-12-24T09:48:00

Great little game! Gorgeous graphics and music! Man, gimme the soundtrack! :D
1010 was my best score. I would have been cool if you could move around before you place your shot. Any chance that you're Russian? (the word on the Mona Lisa vandal icon made me ask about it)

Ricochere by Knighty 2013-12-24T08:18:00

Gorgeous looking, complete game with a great concept! Music is the only missing thing. Congratulations for making it!
Level 5 is hard...

Moon's quest by JaJ 2013-12-23T20:01:00

Wonderful game and amazing accomplishment for compo entry! Great art and music! Also the battle mechanic is interesting.
I'm not a fan of Zelda-like games, but yours is a perfect creation and deserves highest ratings. Respect!

Straight Ahead by Ipsio 2013-12-23T19:45:00

Nice concept - nice game!

Cable by eemmbbeerr 2013-12-23T19:39:00

Hahaha! Great concept and humor! Funny game!

Casual Friday by TheWhiteLlama 2013-12-23T19:32:00

Nice little game with funny metaphor! Missing only sound and music.

brainstorm by cardboard 2013-12-23T19:25:00

Funny idea! Love the ironic LD point of view! :)

A Night on the Express by JimmyDelaney19 2013-12-23T19:19:00

Wonderful game! Amazing work! The mood was so right it got me hooked and wishing to start watching detective movies or read books!
However, one of the bugs that you've told not to look onto spoiled the joy: I've got the mobsters in the room and when trying to select the option "Truth", they were saying the same lines as the "Alibi" question. :(
Really want to see this title polished and released!

Square Warfare: You Only Get One by cBit 2013-12-23T19:07:00

Fun :) it's harder on zoomed in state than on zoomed out.

WaterColor by fierysquirrel 2013-12-23T18:00:00

Great concept! Amazing music!

You only get one COLOUR by soy_yuma 2013-12-23T16:57:00

Genius! The idea is great! The sound is hilarious! The difficulty is too hard at times but anyway - perfect game!

Lumen by Nelien 2013-12-23T16:39:00

Nice dark atmosphere!
A bit hard to spot the dangerous spikes, and once spotted sometimes it's a bit too hard to avoid them too in a tight tunnels.

One suggestion: put some small collectible lumen along the way. when you collect them, they might serve you as both health points, and light source (the light around the character to grow with every lumen).
Then when you get hurt by the spikes, the player might lose the lumen, lose light, but stay alive.
By this you'll give more chance to the player and some collecting mechanic might increase the fun.

COR by ENDESGA 2013-12-23T16:17:00

Nice atmosphere and corE idea ;)
However I must agree with Nelien and JaJ that it was a bit too literal. Too much story, less interaction. If you continue working on it - please consider removing texts, and letting the player guess what is happening without guiding him all the time. Give him breadcrumbs and let him build the story himself.
About "sometimes things are not what they seem" and walking on air - it's nice idea, but it's good to have some visual feedback attached to it, like "semi-transparent, almost invisible" tile once you land on it. So you actually know it's not a bug and it's supposed to behave like this.
Anyway - compliments for making such an experiment!

One Breath by steamgirl 2013-12-23T13:05:00

Diving and having to hold your breath - great take on the theme!
Cool graphics and sound also.
I too wasn't able to quit the tutorial, but refreshed the page and started a new game. I got my first two parameters half scale upgraded when I died and I found out my progress was gone :(
It's too hardcore this way.

You Only Get One Worker by Myyyvothrr 2013-12-23T12:45:00

Nice game! :) Got a bit burdensome and slow after a while. You can expand it with other mechanics to make it more fun, like battling forest creatures, growing a farm with sheep (and protect it from wolves) etc.

Atomic Fission! by Kotucz 2013-12-23T12:18:00

Man! Check my entry! We had the same idea about the chain reaction! But totally different games! :)
For yours I can say it felt more like a simulation and I couldn't understand if my action does anything more than rotating the camera?
Anyway - nice!

SUPERBLADE by folmerkelly 2013-12-23T12:07:00

Awesome game! The concept, the art, the music - all perfect! Would be great if it had multiplayer, hotseat for example. Some things felt a bit unfair though:
- the AI could move over the spikes.
- if I move over the AI's place, then I die. When it moves over me - I die again. I guess in the second case it should die instead.
- resetting of the score is a bit hardcore. You could keep the kills of both parties and compete for the difference.
It's a compo entry but without the source?
Nevertheless a great game! Congratulations!

One Arrow by 7elephants 2013-12-23T11:47:00

Really fantastic art! Visual excellence! The game feels perfect! However, if I could change a thing, it would be to add death upon collision with the enemy (instead of just temporary stun), to make it a bit more challenging. But then you should be able to retry the wave / level, otherwise it would become too hardcore.
Anyway - great game guys, congratulations!

Natural Sheep Care by nka 2013-12-23T11:11:00

Man, your art rocks, your music rocks, your gameplay rocks, and your setting rocks! You should have called it "my game rocks"! :D It was too small though, please continue and make more levels! Congrats!

Doubt by rxi 2013-12-23T10:44:00

Wonderful art and music! The gameplay wasn't that much fun, but the mood kept me going until the end!

0RBITALIS by AlanZucconi 2013-12-23T10:23:00

Man your game is a jewel! It kept me hooked until I've beaten it.
Sometimes it generated strange results, or it felt like it did (probably I didn't understand all the rules, but then they should be told in a tutorial). For example I thought my satellite would crash into the central star, but instead of that it went trough the star and got it's trajectory strangely twisted. I am not sure if the pulsation of the star has some effect over the trajectories? More feedback about the types of the planets, attract/repel, would be nice too.
Making looped orbit, ellipsis or 8-like was a great pleasure! If you add some kind of score or achievement for it will be a great bonus to the warm feeling! :)
Also, some Solaris soundtrack-like music would fit perfectly.
Anyway - a perfect game! Respect!

Prototype by Cheshyr 2013-12-21T08:46:00

A bit difficult. Controls and accelerations need minor tweaking imho. Nice idea with the upgrades!

My Old Kentucky Home by emmelineprufrock 2013-12-20T23:18:00

I was just about to write "Man, you've written a lot for two days" when I've realized you are a woman. In an instant it makes sense the protagonist to be female too.
You're very good at setting the right mood.
I see no problem with theme - "You only get one - home!"
Respect for making a text based game, which won't appeal to the mass. Was that you singing the songs?

UNDERDEEP by GeorgeBroussard 2013-12-20T22:56:00

Incredible work done for such short period of time! Respect! The game is great and feels complete with the only exception of missing music.
Is the Underdeep followed by the Underdark? ;)

Dreams of war by netmute 2013-12-20T22:40:00

Nnnice! :)

Shards of One by Gungnir 2013-12-20T22:28:00

Dark, but with a message. Moving and touching. Respect!

SPELLBREAKER by jdpalmer 2013-12-20T22:16:00

Cool idea. Reminds me of Bulls and Cows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_cows . But man that was difficult to grasp at first! It's not that the concept is hard to understand, but I think a better explanation is needed. Tutorials for sure as others suggested. Anyway - great accomplishment for such a short time!

The Trials of Chad by Aaants 2013-12-20T21:43:00

Really good game! The game design makes you forget you're playing with a square! Nice touch with the perks, I rather enjoyed it!

Monkey Rally by antila 2013-12-20T21:23:00

Wonderful game! Art, sound, mechanics - everything's excellent! I've missed the mute sound button, and there were some minor bugs - the arrows sometimes started from the middle of the screen. But other than that it's perfect! I've seen the "go all the way until obstacle" mechanic in other puzzles too, but not this mix with the pre-defined actions! Great touch! Congrats!

Spee the Sperm by Nazariglez 2013-12-20T20:06:00

Man, the idea is Awesome! Totally hilarious! Missing music, but great game anyway!

Penguins Gone Mad by _zulli 2013-12-20T18:44:00

Nice funny game! Huge variety of evil penguins! Great :)

TITAN SOULS by Claw 2013-12-20T18:31:00

Wow! Great game! Too hard, but the world, the atmosphere, the controls and movement are perfect. It's a bit frustrating though, to walk great distances to get to the place where you do the action. If the world was filled with enemies in your way to the bosses, so you could spring to immediate action, it would be perfect!

Spring Crate by torcado 2013-12-20T18:15:00

Nice idea! Looks like a complete game - congrats!

One Bullet by baton4ik 2013-12-20T17:59:00

Wow, really hardcore :) but i liked it!

One Day Fly by taaboo 2013-12-20T17:50:00

I've had the same idea for some time, about "one day/minute fly" inspired by this short brilliant movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wf8yEb1cwY
Your take is great! And it's a complete game! Congratulations! I hope you'll release it and get some attention! :)

FFirst Impression by chiguireitor 2013-12-20T17:15:00

Man that's genius and hilarious!!! Congrats for the idea and the humor! Also the way it fits the theme is original. Of course there is room for improvement and polish as always but the base is solid. Respect!

You Only Get One Chance to Impress your Girlfriend with a Game You Made by 2HitAdam 2013-12-18T22:44:00

Very nice little game! It's a bit too easy but nevertheless it got me drowning lots of pirates!
You could add "drown count" so one can get his score and impress his girlfriend too - "look babe, I've drowned lots of people in your honor"! :D
Btw I hope you've impressed her!

Ultimate Wish by Carduus 2013-12-18T22:36:00

Great graphics and idea! Only the sound is missing to complete it! I hope you'll polish it.
As said in some comments, controls need a bit tweaking or showing a prediction line. I guess some of the troubles there might be from Stencyl?

Hauptbaum by Christian S. 2013-12-18T22:19:00

Good game, extremely good audio! The music made me want to play more! :D Congrats!

Purpose by deepnight 2013-12-18T22:09:00

Really impressive! Nice idea and touching mood! Reminds me a bit about "A Company of myself". Good metaphor which fits the mechanic! Congrats! Wish I could play that with sound to complete the feeling!

Dungeoneer by Dearon 2013-12-18T21:45:00

Very nice little dungeon crawler! From game design's point of view, you've managed to find the core of the genre! Well done!

Btw you have some numbers (dices I guess?) being dumped in the console :) probably a leftover from the development.

Easel.js? We've used it last time at LD27, but now I've switched to Phaser (http://phaser.io) Give it a try, you'd like it!

One Hot Potato by Tomski 2013-12-18T21:29:00

Nice idea. Towerfall fans aren't we? :D
Great game done in no time!

One Shot Showdown by ninjacharlie 2013-12-18T21:07:00

Maaaaaaaaaan! Awesome game!!!
Please continue making it and polish it! I saved it to be played at our gaming nights with the gang!

Two suggestions:
- when you're generating the random terrain between the guys make sure there is always something blocking the direct strait-forward line of sight. I got clear line several times, which is easy shoot.

- make it for more simultaneous players. 4 at least, 6 or more if you can! It would be Uber fun!!! :)

A.D. 2101 by d2king10 2013-12-18T20:51:00

Nice game! Stunning art and mood! Congrats!
However, the shooting is a bit crippled and does not feel so good. And I don't see the theme here?

One chance to save your ass by occash 2013-12-18T20:19:00

I find it hard for me :) Is there always a way to win?
Also I couldn't exit the game, maybe a bug or something...
Why isn't there a web version since it's made with Unity?

The Wizardry of Differentiation by mortus 2013-12-18T18:01:00

Cool game! Congrats! :)
I just wish there was a way to see what spell will you have when you combine the gems, before you actually enter the dungeon. So you could check the possibilities and choose the one you most like.

Super Steve by Almax27 2013-12-18T17:45:00

Got stuck after the thief escaped and the guards were called... And I really wanted to start shooting after reading about your "pew pew" sound :)))
Anyway, nice graphics and humor! Good job!

Boomerang Boy by Mark Venturelli 2013-12-18T17:11:00

Very good job there! Congratulations! The controls felt a bit sluggish for me, but maybe I am having performance problem... (I don't see anyone else complaining about it). Will try multiplayer too :)

Uno Terra by Diptoman 2013-12-17T17:19:00

Really really cool game! Congrats! Got me hooked... Saving it to play it later again! :)

XenoSerf by My Sweet Whomp 2013-12-17T17:00:00

Lester-Dewey , LD :)))
Awesome art, music, mood and characters! Keep up the good work!

You only get one... EVERYTHING!!! by Xeke_Death 2013-12-17T16:45:00

The game is tough but well done! And you use Phaser - yeeey! :)
My favorite item was the ring, the one to rule them all! ;)

Bomb has been defused by SkyWolf 2013-12-17T16:32:00

Nice little game :) The explosion sound is hilarious!

JKSDAG by feiss 2013-12-17T08:25:00

Very cool game! Nice artwork and sound. I've started to count the Phaser game submissions. :) Mine uses it too.

Bombevo by harsanalif 2013-12-17T08:14:00

Nice little Phaser game! I will check the code, cause I'm interested how it's made. My entry uses Phaser too! :)

Pillage Rush by Jgpicatoste 2013-12-17T08:06:00

Very cool graphics! Like funselektor said, the intro could use a way to be skipped.

Mama is Sick by JaymeeMak 2013-12-17T07:59:00

Very nice mood!

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