Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Mikeality
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | Allow | compo | 146 | 3.62 | 3.77 | 3.20 | 3.15 | 3.02 | 3.15 |
It was great to have you on stream working on my first Ludum Dare! Your game came out great, fits the theme very well I think. My only regret is finishing with 99% waffles. Cheers!
LOVE this game! Great premise, fits the theme well, very nicely polished. I think the simple tutorial curve was great, simple start and each level introduced a new mechanic which ended in the main levels. I can definitely see this becoming a full completed game. Nice work!
GREAT game! This one hits all the marks in my opinion. Solid puzzle game design, great engaging graphics, fun music and sound effects, and perfectly fits the theme. I particularly like the curved monitor effect, really gives it a vintage feel. The only piece of criticism is that the controls weren't always responsive, sometimes I had to click multiple times to remove a piece, and sometimes it would never get erased and I'd have to restart the level. It can also feel a bit slow, after seeing my current design fail I want to be able to quickly make changes and see if it'll work right away. But I'm also probably just being impatient haha. My complaints can be easily fixed, but considering the time constraint it is incredibly robust, fantastic job!
I made a penis. It wasn't able to get through something. Awesome game!
I got stuck as the fish :( But it was cool being God at first!
Needs more Will Smith.
Interesting premise but the game play wasn't all there for me. The combat didn't feel very good, I wasn't able to kill enemies without always taking damage. It also seems to just be the same 2 levels on repeat, I think more time should have been spent on level design. But the art is very good! The character and enemies show a lot of expression which is great, and the shop keeper is an interesting one. I also love the music! Would love to see this idea cleaned up and improved, for real!
I do need to come back and say, something about this game has me keep coming back, I discover something new every time. If I'm being totally honest, the gameplay is abysmal, the controls are a mess and it's incredibly difficult to tell what's going on. At face value, if you were to focus on this then this might appear to be a horrible game. But this game has done something truly special, despite what I mentioned before I cannot describe how fascinated I am with it. It is triggering many emotions in me. At first I was legitimately brought to tears with laughter from the dancing doctor man and incredibly broken english. Then as I began to explore the world I felt strong feelings of nostalgia, it reminded me a lot of the obscure low quality N64 games my parents would let me rent from blockbuster on occasion. And now it is this incredibly surreal experience that has me playing again and again, and showing it to my friends and coworkers. In terms of an art piece I truly believe this belongs in a museum of modern art. I am not sure what your goal was when you first sought out to create this game, if you were attempting to make an orthodox 3D platforming adventure kind of game I'm afraid you have failed miserably and I apologize if my criticism sounds too harsh. But if you are going for a more abstract piece of art you have truly created something special. I look forward to any future games you create!
Great idea, I really like the design of this game! The actual execution needs a bit more work, it's not always responsive for me and it can be hard to place blocks but totally understandable given the time limit haha. Quite polished too, the music is pleasant, funny sound effects, and everything looks cute. And the tutorial was very well done, didn't feel overbearing but got all the important points across. Good job!
Well, I killed the merchant and became the merchant and I think that beat it? Overall a neat little idea balancing your health with food rations by either training or meditating. Could make for a neat story based RPG, but the gameplay was a bit dry. It became pretty boring just sitting around clicking either train or meditate with nothing else to do... But the music is great! Overall definitely not bad.
@don-fouts Thanks for the feedback! A lot of people have actually been getting stuck in the pit which definitely surprised me. Once down there with the goal, you can double jump up the stairs to the right, and then you want to do a running long jump to get across. It's definitely a bit tricky to do with the increased speed and I'm planning to modify it for future versions.
Quite the 5 second wonder. Cute little idea that fits the theme, but there's literally 0 game play.