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mikejzx

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202046Keep it aliveBloody Fantasticcompo4973.463.353.503.863.103.202.623.25
201944Your life is currencyExtraterrestrial Tower Defensejam8133.163.122.092.872.872.862.77

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Comments by mikejzx

LD44 — Your life is currency

Life Business by jk5000 2019-04-29T12:29:29Z

Haha nice game! The voice-over was great, and the music and sound effects suited the game very well! Despite finding it quite difficult, I think it is quite enjoyable.

Entity Manipulation by JCMonkey 2019-04-28T21:40:10Z

Excellent puzzle game! I quite like it - really requires some thought when playing. The artwork is also pretty good.

Soul Search by SoerenBachNielsen 2019-04-29T11:59:45Z

Excellent game. The story is great and well written, the music fits the game perfectly, and the graphics make the game less-depressing :D The ending was quite interesting also :laughing:

Spend your life by Vrixyz 2019-04-29T11:48:54Z

Hey not too bad! I honestly got a bit lost playing though :| A little information about what's going on would be nice.

Alistair's Crypt by Spudward 2019-04-29T21:42:11Z

Actually not too bad of a game, but eventually I got a bit lost. The whole rituals thing was also pretty cool. Creative!

Space Robots: Fight for Freedom by Fenderbate 2019-04-29T11:33:15Z

Sweet game! Excellent usage of the theme.

Love Defense by Tkap 2019-04-29T11:26:45Z

Nice little game! Nice to see I wasn't the only one doing a tower-defense game! Unfortunately I didn't finish in time for the Compo though :| Instead I submitted to the Jam.

SpellQuest by TheMuffinMan314 2019-04-29T21:53:42Z

Very cool game! The graphics are quite nice and the music fits well. (If it looped more smoothly it'd be even better)

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-04-29T12:38:12Z

@loadsofmana Thank you for the valuable feedback, I appreciate it :D I'll keep that in mind if I ever decide to do another tower-defense style game. (First time I'd ever tried a tower-defense game.) Also, being my first ever Ludum Dare submission, I wasn't expecting this game to do very well.

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-04-29T12:57:39Z

@loadsofmana Alrighty, thanks. :wink:

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-04-29T21:10:04Z

@Kimynay Thanks for the comment. I initially just avoided using projectiles since I decided that that would just complicate things quite a bit :| (Would need to do lot's more collision checking, and I'd need to use object pools to save GC performance.) So I just took the approach where the towers never miss a bullet. I guess I should've used at least some kind of line to indicate who is shooting what to make it a bit clearer.

And about the limit on towers, I was actually thinking of a system to do this, where maybe the amount of one tower you can have is something like the current wave. But I made sure to only allow 1 of the final tower since it's clearly OP as hell. (Maybe a bit too OP hahaha)

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-04-29T21:12:27Z

@daria-toni Thank you! And yes it is my first attempt at a tower-defense game :P I really just decided to do it since I literally could not think of anything else hahaha.

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-04-29T21:14:25Z

@NoobException Thanks for the feedback! Yes I was honestly thinking of just having a mute button or something since the SFX get a bit loud after a while. I wasn't quite sure how to handle this.

Extraterrestrial Tower Defense by mikejzx 2019-05-01T11:44:02Z

@designermap Thanks! I was honestly surprised to not see anyone else have a country-origin splash screen - it was something I always wanted to do :D

Coin Odyssey by Thermacon 2019-04-29T21:48:01Z

Great job. The camera is a bit unpleasant but still a solid game overall! Quite funny also when *he* catches you.

Take them with you by Dinorex 2019-04-29T12:24:10Z

Good work! I seem to suck at this game :laughing:. The music fits really well, and the general gameplay is nice!

Mortal: the fate of cells by pwroff 2019-04-29T12:06:08Z

Great work! The Bloodcell mission was awesome and very trippy :laughing: nearly made me dizzy!

Necrohill by Thilo 2019-04-29T12:08:04Z

Dead link :(

LD46 — Keep it alive

Flower Dreams by BradCode 2020-04-21T06:28:20Z

Well this is actually a really cool game. Certainly large amounts of satisfaction in picking the flowers.

Keep it Alive - the Rectangle that is by gonutz 2020-04-21T05:47:53Z

This is an awesome game! I managed to complete all 16 levels. Interesting soundtrack, and simple graphics, with some challenging creatively-designed levels!

Rampage by PhilStrahl 2020-04-22T23:43:52Z

Excellent game Phil! The artwork and sound effects are great. The game overall is quite enjoyable, and soon becomes challenging to keep Rémy alive after the first few levels. Love the pun in the title too!

Looking forward to seeing the Post-mortem of this!

Marx's Graffiti Squad by Rongefilet 2020-04-22T22:52:30Z

Really fun game, quite satisfying painting hammers and sickels all over people's houses of course! Certainly a challenge also.

Monster Love by Endurion 2020-04-22T23:26:34Z

Very creative idea! Took a while to get the hang of but is quite fun once you do. Also very well made. Great soundtrack and sound effects.

Kabo's Legacy by danvil 2020-04-21T07:20:49Z

The game has a nice look to it, but like @d4rkweasel I must say the game is a bit confusing. I think some more detailed instructions would be nice. :) Other than that, the game looks very cool and excellent work creating this in the weekend.

Keep The Power Plant Alive by rich 2020-04-21T06:36:21Z

Definitely an interesting concept. I have to agree with @nnnikki though, being in 1st person the game is a bit strange to work with.

Torchbearer of Love and Passion or something by CaptainDreamcast 2020-04-22T22:46:43Z

This game is hilarious, really enjoyed it! The artstyle fits the game perfectly also.

Keep Them Alive by acoto87 2020-04-21T06:50:22Z

Well, it's an interesting game! Takes the theme quite literally. The art style is indeed great. The soundtrack is a bit repetitive though.

Keep Her Happy by OrciFried 2020-04-21T07:32:12Z

Very cool game!

VirusTD by RaccoonLudos 2020-04-22T22:40:24Z

An interesting tower-defense game! I was a bit confused at first how to place towers in different positions, but quickly worked it out. The game would certainly be nicer with some sound effects!

Run, Trinki, Run! by HomoLudens 2020-04-21T09:20:09Z

Great game! Like others have said the art style really fits the game. The music is great too.

Chronocipher by Instafluff 2020-04-22T23:05:57Z

Excellent game, very well polished. Great music and voiceover!

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-21T07:47:06Z

To the anonymous commenter, thank you for the valuable feedback.

I sort of realised near the end that the design of the game is just a bit unfair in general. It is practically impossible to pass anything past 200 or so points due to the design.

The way I tried to address this problem was to simply give the player more points depending on how far to the left the player went. You may have noticed that if you directed a cell to a green "tube" you'd actually get more points than a magenta one. Additionally, your points are multiplied by a factor depending on the heart rate. Lower heart rate -> slightly more points. Clearly this wasn't enough :P

It was a bit difficult finding a good balance between 'too easy' and 'too hard.' :laughing:

I was honestly thinking of implementing a restriction mechanism, to lower the spawn rate if the player was to the far right of the screen. Guess that would've helped a lot.

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-21T07:48:01Z

@horbee Ha not too bad! Personally I was able to get to around 150 or so points!

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-21T07:48:19Z

@landerack Glad you enjoyed it!

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-22T10:53:40Z

@alex457 Sorry, yeah I had a feeling it wouldn't work well on Mac when I built it. For some reason Unity3D was exporting the .app file as a directory. :thinking:

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-22T22:34:39Z

@bulle @plantprogrammer Thanks for the feedback!

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-23T05:37:57Z

@defectivemelon Ha I actually got that feeling myself while testing the game! I'd never done progressive/dynamic music before but I think I could've done it in time, especially since I'd recorded all the tracks seperately in Audacity for the panning. :wink:

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-23T05:38:47Z

@axefall Yeah another guy mentioned that it seems like a "rhythm" game, I honestly didn't even think of that while making it. :laughing:

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-24T04:22:31Z

@captaindreamcast @rongefilet Glad you guys enjoyed it!

Bloody Fantastic by mikejzx 2020-04-28T11:22:15Z

@mantou Yeah, like the anonymous commenter said, the overall design of the game is a bit flawed. Glad you enjoyed it nonetheless!

Doggo by D4rkWeasel 2020-04-21T06:43:57Z

A fun little game! Though I should mention that I ran into a bit of a bug where Doggo was sent flying off the screen. :(

Myrion Station by JamesVaughan 2020-04-21T06:00:54Z

An interesting maze game! Sadly I ran out of oxygen before I could get "get back home"... :( Also like @wilson-taylor mentioned, it'd be a bit nicer if there wasn't a sudden lock of input during the dialogues. I'd say all that's missing is nice moody soundtrack!

Keep the run alive! by himegized 2020-04-21T09:14:17Z

Very simple but challenging game! Reminds me of good ol' Super Meatboy!

The Abomination by vano 2020-04-21T06:12:59Z

A fun little game, though I must say the motion blur was really a bit extreme... Soundtrack was great though!

Let's stick together by syo 2020-04-19T22:21:28Z

Excellent game! I wasn't able to complete level 3, but found the game quite fun and interesting. The sound effects are pretty good, though the dialogue sound is a bit too rough-sounding I think.

Corona Grocery Run by sneakycocoon 2020-04-22T23:17:07Z

Like others said, the game is very well written! Some other games I saw sort of hinted at the pandemic whereas this one just directly addresses it. Quite fun!

Competition of Living by bulle 2020-04-21T07:40:52Z

This is a really cool game, the music is really catchy too!

Mosquito by Leetchi_Heda 2020-04-22T23:10:14Z

Very fun game, quite hilarious aswell!

Heartbleed by terminal29 2020-04-21T05:38:46Z

Excellent game! The sound effects are great and the 2D light too. At first I was a bit confused about the controls at first, like @naghen said, jumping with 'w' would be nice.

Fusionator by kimist42 2020-04-22T22:59:53Z

I have absolutely no idea what I was doing, but it certainly looked cool!

Get To The Chopper! by DevParty 2020-04-22T23:33:23Z

Nice little game! Controls are smooth. Nice artwork. I think it could do with some sound effects though. Of course gotta love the Predator reference in the title! :wink:

Chaos by Sthealthinator 2020-04-22T23:21:26Z

Jesus, this certainly is what it says it is - chaos! My only complaint is the blinding game-over screen with all that bloom. Fun game overall! Certainly would be nicer with some SFX too.

Death Spacing by CORRUPTOR2037 2020-04-21T09:10:05Z

Really cool game! The soundtrack was really awesome too.

Souls Keeper by Not The Loading Screen 2020-04-21T08:59:18Z

I will have to agree with what the others have said here. There isn't much of a challenge. The audio and artstyle though is very nice.

Forest Frenzy by Catomag 2020-04-21T06:46:50Z

Wouldn't run on my Windows PC either. The log in the console reads: "Failed to load image "map.png. Reason: Unable to open file."