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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Werewolves | compo | 387 | 3.30 | 3.16 | 2.89 | 3.27 | 3.37 | 3.31 | 3.11 | 3.17 | 40 | |
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Alien Number Attack | compo | 463 | 3.25 | 3.39 | 3.61 | 3.93 | 2.93 | 2.75 | 2.76 | 2.86 | 45 | |
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | Escape From The City | compo | 167 | 3.58 | 3.50 | 2.92 | 3.89 | 4.15 | 3.74 | 3.64 | 3.75 | 47 | |
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Balance | compo | 226 | 3.56 | 3.26 | 3.85 | 3.74 | 3.72 | 3.47 | 3.12 | 3.47 | 62 | |
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Earth. | compo | 425 | 3.31 | 3.20 | 3.29 | 4.17 | 3.37 | 2.51 | 2.38 | 2.90 | 73 | |
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | One Wish | compo | 261 | 3.30 | 3.07 | 3.60 | 3.67 | 3.12 | 1.06 | 3.39 | 3.23 | 75 |
@mcc Don't know about running backwards, but I had the same flickering problem when running it in a browser. So in the end I just downloaded it (by clicking "Windows" instead of "Web") and ran it from the command line. To run it:
java -cp PoC.jar com.mojang.escape.EscapeComponent
There are some similarities with "There is Only One Level", but it's still very inventive and there's a very impressive number of levels for such a short time. Congrats!
I think I get it. Maybe. At least I got to the end.
Very clever use of the theme, and impressive for 3 hours! Would love to see more content.
Impressively polished game!
If we're all ninjas, why can they walk on spikes and I can't? :(
It always feels great to finish something so good job on that!
The concept looks interesting and fits in the theme. The gameplay itself it kind of broken because you can't really tell what you're going to do or what you just did when you click. The number of cameras I destroy feels a bit random. I'm sure you could fix that with more time.
You should've mentioned this was windows only :(
It's obviously only a beginning but I enjoyed this. I would love to see it finished.
Cute and pretty funny too :)
The gameplay would need more work to turn this into a real game.
This looks so cute and original, it's one of those games I really wish I could play, but I don't have any windows machine :(
It's not working for me :(
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (80) and height (0) cannot be <= 0
at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:1016)
at sun.java2d.opengl.CGLGraphicsConfig.createCompatibleImage(CGLGraphicsConfig.java:200)
at java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleImage(GraphicsConfiguration.java:178)
at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.getBackupImage(SunVolatileImage.java:236)
at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.getBackupSurface(VolatileSurfaceManager.java:263)
at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initialize(VolatileSurfaceManager.java:126)
at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(SunVolatileImage.java:88)
at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(SunVolatileImage.java:98)
at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(SunVolatileImage.java:109)
at sun.java2d.opengl.CGLGraphicsConfig.createBackBufferImage(CGLGraphicsConfig.java:356)
at sun.lwawt.LWCanvasPeer.createBuffers(LWCanvasPeer.java:62)
at java.awt.Component$FlipBufferStrategy.createBuffers(Component.java:4016)
at java.awt.Component$FlipBufferStrategy.<init>(Component.java:3956)
at java.awt.Component$FlipSubRegionBufferStrategy.<init>(Component.java:4479)
at java.awt.Component.createBufferStrategy(Component.java:3833)
at java.awt.Canvas.createBufferStrategy(Canvas.java:194)
at java.awt.Component.createBufferStrategy(Component.java:3756)
at java.awt.Canvas.createBufferStrategy(Canvas.java:169)
at display.Display.getBufferstrategy(Display.java:32)
at display.Display.<init>(Display.java:29)
at yo.Game.<init>(Game.java:32)
at yo.Main.main(Main.java:71)
What I see is that the window first appears small then big. I guess it makes this check when the window is still small or something?
I'm on OSX 10.8.5 and here's my Java version:
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
Nice concept and cute graphics. I found the jumping a bit frustrating but that could be easily tuned.
The web version didn't fit on my 13" laptop screen and there's no scrollbar so I hack to change the css to be able to play :/
Great game, very addictive, I absolutely love Chicken Regroup™
Why does everyone want to kill me T_T (I beat it but it was a bit frustrating to play)
The signs got me every time. Great job!
Man I hadn't played mastermind in ages. Congrats, the games feels very polished. The music also got annoying really quick though.
When it ended it made me say "ohhh" aloud. So sad but I love it. Awesome treatment of the theme.
Love the old-school art an music! It's beautifully animated too.
A bit too demanding for my short attention span, but a lot of people like hard games too. I'm a wimp and I didn't finish it though. I killed the blue thing on the far right, but nothing happened. Then I figured I was supposed to go in the hole and gave up after being killed by the second set of mushroom guys a couple of times.
It's too bad since judging by the screenshot, I didn't see much of the game at all.
Very basic indeed but congrats for making something, and keep coding :)
Cutest shooting sound ever!
Really cute and fun! Love the sound effects.
Beautiful music, nice graphics, and great backstory. Bug god this game is depressing :(
Neat concept that fits very well in the theme, and perfect execution. The graphics are beautiful and there's great attention to detail. There's even some recoil when you throw the light (yay physics!). The sound effects really make you feel like you're underwater.
In terms of gameplay, I found it a bit too frustrating though.
I really enjoyed this game once I got the hang of it (ALWAYS USE PROBES), but it's frustrating how much you have to rely on luck (NO MORE PROBES? WELL TOO BAD, YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD).
Very polished, doesn't feel at all like a game that was made in 48 hours. Also fun.
Cute game. I expected it to be a simple cookie-clicker like, but it's actually a lot more challenging. Although maybe a bit too much? I gave up after about 5 tries.
Great graphics!
Brilliant! I just love the writing style.
Go mums!
My game is also about wishes but it puts you on the other side of the equation. Maybe check it out? :)
(PS: I found a typo. "Too cool four school")
Ok, I wondered after posting this if it was intentional. Don't you hate it when people tell you that you made a mistake that was intentional?!
Anyway, congrats again.
Simply stunning.
Such a simple premise, yet the brilliant level design is what makes it all.
I liked that you really have to think, but when you find the answer you can be sure it's the right one (most of the time).
I see people mentioning sound effects, but I couldn't hear anything (with Chrome 32 on OS X 10.8.5)
The screenshots look stunning! I really wish I could play, but I don't have any windows machine :(
Very original, but it made my head turn after a while :)
Short but it cracked me up :)
I liked the concept and how the introduction text sets up the game.
Cute little game, I really like the idea.
Surprisingly fun for such a simple gameplay. The different characters are brilliant. My only complaint is that you can sometimes shoot your arrow out of the screen and then you're screwed.
Inventive mechanics + solid level design = win
This is by far the most solid gameplay I've seen so far.
I liked that everything was intuitive enough not to require any explanation. You always get it after dying a couple of times.
I love this kind of completely random games, where you sort of understand what's going on, and you sort of don't, but that's kind of the point.
Well done.
@theholychicken Thanks! You're close, the maximum you can get is 130. In that case you get a different message. There's a total of four different message (negative score, normal score, best score, no score).
I wanted to add some audio but I really didn't have time :/
@Snail_Man If you check the source of the page it's pretty obvious which ones have the most points ;)
Looks like it could be really fun. Too bad you didn't have more time :)
Great concept! Too bad there aren't more levels (the level with 39 is the last one, right?)
Fun little game. Started out really serious, then got all kind of weird but in an entertaining way.
That was awesome! Even if the gameplay is pretty limited, I loved the dialogues, music and voice acting. Good job team :)
The level of awesome is hard to describe. One of those games that you can't believe are compo. Loved the mechanics, the music, the changing colors, how you restart without skipping a beat after dying... And of course it's tons of fun to play. Great job!
Nice an simple, great atmosphere and lovely graphics. I love how all the text moves with the waves.
The surface looks amazing, you can really see it fly as you move.
Like a lot of people, I was very confused by the gameplay at the beginning. It's funny that the game as a tutorial for using the *arrow keys*, but nothing on what the hell is going on in this game. I also found the controls to be very confusing since they don't follow the isometric world. The trick of course is to hold two arrows at the same time. I found some symbols but I can't say I finished the game. Overall the game is impressive, the concept is interesting and the mood is great, but I didn't have enough fun playing it to try and find all the symbols. I'm very curious to know what happens when you do though.
Very impressive for 48 hours! The gameplay has much more to it than you'd think at the beginning and the game seems quite long. The graphics are simple but effective.
I went quite far but I have to admit I gave up when it asked me to visit three houses to repair the sun.
It would be nice if the arrows pointing to the houses also showed the distance.
Thanks for the world map, it's very interesting :)
Very stupid but I loved it :)
Wow that's an incredibly ambitious game for 48h and with a very impressive result!
The art is beautiful of course. Can't speak that much of the gameplay because I seem to have hit some bugs like other players: I'm at level 3, my xp doesn't increase anymore and I still can't beat the 3 octopuses to free my friend.
In any case the world is beautifully rendered an the attention to detail is incredible. Well done!
Very nice take on the theme! I really like the twitchy look of the fish, certainly seems traumatized :)
A bit disappointed that there's no real twist at the end but I'm sure you ran out of time.
Very impressive for 48 hours! Entering places seems a bit buggy though (it's hard to know when you're on the right spot).
Very interesting concept and awesome use of the theme. The music fits the mood perfectly.
Lots of my workers died and I only scored 280 :/
Took me a while to figure out the controls though, and even then, I was often not sure what I was doing.
The multiplayer is a really neat idea and well executed!
I do love me a typing game. I wish there was more, I was really intrigued by the story! Great job.
Great graphics, simple and intuitive gameplay, and great use of the theme.
Although it's a bit disappointing that the only way to kill everybody seems to be to wait for them to commit suicide by volcano. Even then, I didn't manage to kill everyone. Apparently 209 people live in the countryside or something, since all the cities showed "Punished", and no planes flying anymore.
I couldn't figure out how to get "mega vulcano" either (I tried firing several volcanos in the same place, next to each other, and not missing any of them).
It's obviously missing some stuff (some kind of score and failure condition are obvious) but it's a good start. I like the shark sprite a lot, and the way the surfer can surf beneath the surface is pretty comical.
My main complaint is that it's often not possible to avoid the obstacles because there's a boat and a shark at the same time.
Neat innovative concept!
Nice game! Replaying was a bit tedious but I did it several times anyway and saved them in the end! (well the few that were still alive).
I had mixed feelings about the sunglasses thing (no spoilers). On one hand it was a pleasant/funny surprise, on the other hand it kind of clashes with the very serious atmosphere set by the rest of the narration.
Just a detail but I don't think that's how a submarine works though :) (doesn't a sub go up a down with ballasts rather than propulsion?)
Nice graphics, loved the effects (particles and blur). The music is very fitting too.
Really awesome graphics and fun concept. I'm not very good though so I'm sure I missed more cool stuff.
I kept wanting to eat the dragons :)
Great little casual game. I died a lot at first but it's true that once you figure it out it becomes a bit too easy. That could be fixed easily by adding more elements, and as it is it's a great game for one day.
My only complaint is that using the up or down arrows too much made the actual page scroll (using Chrome on OS X).
I agree with quill18 that this game has a lot of potential on mobile. Well done!
Cute, I actually "figured it out" by attempting to cheat ;)
Cool concept. Definitely needs a click counter though, otherwise you have no idea how many clicks are left. More ways to make deductions (like the numbers in minesweeper) would also be cool in my opinion.
Awesome game, really fun to play! I love how the music fades in as you dive. The graphics are very cute too and Santiago/Michael is a funny dude. Great job!
Even after reading the instructions, it took me a while to realize that yes, the game had finished loading, and to figure out what was going on. But when I did, I actually really enjoyed playing the game. Even if there's no real challenge, it's very satisfying to play (who doesn't like to collect money and power ups!)
You could add a little bit of challenge by keeping highscores based on the number of bombs dropped and/or the time taken to win.
Awesome mood, the shadows really feel alive, well done.
Pretty challenging! Nice level design too. You should really consider adding highscores to make it more addictive.
Really fun concept! My only complaint is that it's hard to remember what's valuable and what's not. It would be good to have a visual cue, or a handy cheatsheet on the screen at all times. I think this has the potential to be fleshed out into a bigger game.
Well done!
Great game! Love the concept and the graphics are really cute. The number of different backgrounds is impressive. Going through the intro again every time I lost (which I did a lot) was annoying, but that's an easy fix.
Fun concept and pretty addictive. Too bad it's so simple. The winning strategy is obvious: just keep planting the most valuable vegetable you can afford (so it quickly boils down to how fast you can plant tomatos) and by the stuff you're supposed to buy right at the end. Also all the levels are pretty much all identical. Would be nice to have things like power ups to make the game more interesting. Still, I enjoyed playing it, and the art and music are good, well done :)
Very cool! Beautiful art, especially at the beginning and end. I liked the mechanics and really enjoyed playing the game even if I felt like it dragged on a bit. The different types of weapons were cool and renew the gameplay, but all the levels are still pretty similar. Overall quite impressive for 48 hours. Good job!
Crashes for me too, I get:
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/esotericsoftware/spine/AnimationState$AnimationStateListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:120)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/esotericsoftware/spine/AnimationState$AnimationStateListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
at com.ld29.game.screens.GameScreen.create(GameScreen.java:173)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:136)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:114)
Great game! Fun to play, and the number of levels and different mechanics is impressive. Great atmosphere too. The only thing I don't like is that the premise makes me depressed :(
This is the first game I see with voice acting, great idea! Hearing you clicking and turning pages was so cute :p
It was a bit hard to understand sometimes with your accent and since I'm not a native speaker either. Subtitles would have been nice. And also I though it was... way... too... slow, with a lot of repeated/useless dialogue. You could cut a lot of it.
I was a bit disappointed that there weren't more plot twists in the story. I started by going right because it was sooo obvious that I was actually supposed to go left that I thought it must be a double bluff. I guess I was overthinking it!
Liked the graphics and innovative gameplay, but damn it's too hard for me :) My best score is 14.
OMG I'm dying of cuteness.
Very impressive graphics, and great mood, I liked the intro a lot.
I only played through once, is there a way to actually win?
Thanks for the video, I think I got very close to winning. Oh well :)
The physics are pretty comical :) It's a really simple concept but it's easy to cause your own demise by diving just a little too far. The red glow gives a great sense of urgency when you're running out of air.
Very clean and polished, doesn't look like a game made in 48 hours. Well done!
Well written, love anvil-chan.
Wow, the idea that one could create games with pdfs never crossed my mind. Loved the humor too, so many piranhas! :)
Cute little game and quite fun. You should add some kind of time pressure to make it harder.
I liked the art a lot. Well done!
I scored 2500, but I have no idea what my score means. You should either display the score in-game, or give a hint like "try to beat the game faster" or "try to get hurt less".
I encountered a small bug where on the main screen, the area I had to click for the buttons was shifted down. What I mean is that clicking "play" and "how to play" did nothing, but clicking "quit" actually started the game. This is on OS 10.9.2, java version "1.6.0_65"
Love the graphics (especially the main character's expression) and backstory.
To people wondering if it's possible to die: yes it is, I actually died several times :)
Why do those shards like hiding underneath rocks so much?!
Not bad at all for a first game!
You should add some kind of highscore to motivate the player to try again.
Nice effects with the floating and disappearing text, and the background music is pretty cool. I's kind of hard to see what' going on though.
Great game! Really nice animations, I'm impressed by everything you've managed to accomplish in 48h.
Very cool concept. A bit limited for now but I really loved the idea.
I couldn't get black holes to work though, and I'm not sure I get how this fits the theme?
Very cool concept, just wish the actual x ray screen was bigger. Awesome song, well done! :D
Thank you all for your comments!
@vinull, yes, the "speed dig" was intended (otherwise the hand and the shovel would do the same thing), but completely undiscoverable, I should really have added a help message.
The disappearing layers are also intended, I didn't want it to be too grindy so a layer disappears when there's under 20% left of it.
Also lesson learned about the sound, I'll add a mute button next time!
That sir/madam is some pretty awesome level design right there. Congrats!
Brilliant concept, congrats!
Simple fun gameplay, great graphics, fitting music and hilarious dialogue. Overall very solid entry, great job! But god I'm terrible at this game :]
Good start for a simple avoiding game. Too bad all the levels are basically identical, so it gets old very quickly. The floating texts are quite funny, but I had to look at the source code to read them, they're moving too quickly in the game :) I really like the visual effect when you pick up a tooth.
Not a new idea, but nicely done and fun. Good job browncoat! Would have been nice to have some power ups.
Very fun game! And ambitious indeed, with 3 characters and 4 planets. Simple but I enjoyed playing it a lot. Funny ending.
Nice interpretation of the theme! Simple and fun gameplay. I also dig the clean simple graphics. Would have been nice to have some music!
I gave up on the last level after a dozen tries, wrote this comment, went back... and beat it on first try :)
Very innovative and intriguing concept. The particle effects where you can see every grain of sand are really nice.
The gameplay is a bit confusing though. You say "colliding with other players will steal their sand". But if you're colliding with them, they're colliding with you... So it's not clear to me who will steal from whom, even after playing a couple of times. I played with a friend, she hid in in the bottom right corner, and I couldn't manage to steal her sand.
Nice start, the procedural worlds are well done. But it would be more fun if you could kill the bats, or maybe have some indication of where the thing you're supposed to find is?
Quit a nice game if I do say so myself!
The gameplay is really well thought through, except for one thing: there's nothing preventing you from waiting for hours before starting, collecting tons of money, then building 5 links everywhere. You can say "but the high scores!" but I don't think that works. There are the highscores, but I don't think that's enough. In a game like that, you shouldn't have to worry about highscores until you've beaten a level at least once. Here, if you don't care about highscores, the game becomes almost trivial. This could be fixed easily with a time limit for instance.
Apart from this flaw, it's a really solid game, congrats!
It's a really nice game, but it's sad that you got #27 for music that you didn't make. It's not fair to everyone that follows the rules of the compo. Next time, please either make the music yourself or enter your game in the "jam" category.
Nice fun entry. I like this kind of game, although sometimes I had to guess, and I'm still not sure what the reasoning is in the level before last. The sounds effects are hilarious. Good job!
(I didn't notice the message in the corner until I read one of the comments, because the game was too big to fit on my 13" laptop screen, so the top was cut off while I was playing)
I really like your take on the theme! Changing the enemies into healers is innovative and fits well.
However, there are a couple of problems with the gameplay. First of all, it starts really slowly. It takes a long time for there to be enough hunters that you can't just hide in a corner. There should already be some hunters scattered when you start the game.
Second, the collision with hunters doesn't work very well. Most of the time you can just run past them and nothing happens. Also, there should be feedback of some sort when you get hit.
All in all it needs some work but it's a great effort. Keep at it!
Awesome game! Fits right in the theme, trippy graphics and music, and good level design. I haven't finished it yet, but I might try again later. That (last, I hope?) level where the top left guy must drop to a stone platform below then hop on three black things is just diabolical.
It always amazes me how some people can code a game and produce so much level design, in 48 hours.
I loved your LD29 entry as well, keep up the great work!
Good demo, could have been a really nice entry if you'd had more time.
Really cute puzzle game! I just love that cat's animations and sound. Great graphics and music, all around a very polished game.
The main issue is that there's no difficulty to speak of, apart from trying not to get fooled by the mirroring. As a result it feels very repetitive. Only the last level is slightly harder, but even then, you only have to plan 2 or 3 moves at a time. I also wished you could play a bit faster.
But props to you for trying to make a puzzle game. I think it's really hard to come up with good level design, on top of developing the game, in 48 hours.
Great game! Very simple concept (the best kind of concept), with a solid execution.
I didn't think it was too hard, I only died once of twice. If anything, I think the later levels should be harder for a better sense of progression. It was probably a lot harder before you fixed the block ordering bug (but I'm glad you did, it would have been awful).
As it is, all the levels feel too similar. If you continue developing the game (which you should!), you should add more mechanics at the game progresses.
The concept great! It seems very simple at first, but levels 3-4 show that it has a lot of depth. I didn't complete level 5, however, because I got too frustrated by the god awful controls. I think the ball shouldn't move when you use the left or right arrow keys, only the camera should move. Again, the puzzle part was great, but the jumping part was extremely frustrating.
The music is hilarious!
Very fun innovative game. It really makes you appreciate how nonsensical some (most?) of these tweets are.
Definitely a favorite. Great job!
Very simple concept, the best kind of concept! Solid execution, love how the title appears on the splash screen. Great job!
Impressive amount of work for 48h! Even if I get the feeling you didn't finish it. I got to a second level with a huge enemy, that I defeated, then nothing. Is that the end or is there something I missed? I also didn't really see the connection with the theme.
I liked the background and music a lot.
This has the potential for a good incremental game. Right now it's too basic but I'd like to see it expanded.
There are some big bugs. I made lots of money because when I landed somewhere, I had a negative number of cargo/passengers, and so I could fit a lot more than I had space for :) The UI was pretty intuitive but it needs some "max" button to fill to capacity, I had to do *a lot* of clicking.
Nice concept! Too bad you didn't get to implement the full gameplay, it looks like it could have been very interesting. The controls are a bit cumbersome though.
I like the simple clean graphics and the concept was promising. I really wish there were more levels! I hope you make a post LD version.
I think it's not just beginners who think too big for, everybody has this problem :)
Nice little platformer, a bit unforgiving to my taste. It's not nice to make me start from scratch when I get hit a single time :/ Collision with coins could also use some work. I used the block on the left to cheat and look at all the levels anyway, which was useful for rating.
Nice story and take on the theme!
Cool concept that I feel could be taken a lot farther with more/better level design. The current levels feel a bit repetitive and in my opinion don't do full justice to this awesome idea.
I have a lot of respect for all the people who have made puzzle games, I couldn't possibly code a game and come up with good levels in 48 hours.
The music is terrific and gives a great mood to the game.
I hope you make a post LD version!
Interesting concept! I liked the intro and the gameplay. I wish there were more levels.
However, as other people have said, you cannot enter this in the compo if you haven't made the sprites. It's not fair to people who comply with the rules. You can enter it in the jam though.
I really like the concept, but the problem is that when you're in the blue world, you have no way of timing your jump back to the red world to avoid certain death by fireball. If you could see the two worlds side by side maybe that would have helped. Otherwise great idea and fits in the theme perfectly, nicely done.
(and I'm on mac so I went out of my way to install half a dozen lib and compile this from source, because your screenshot was intriguing!)
Cute and depressing, but that's the point. I would have liked it to be longer!
Links don't work for me.
Also, if you didn't make (or generate, see http://abundant-music.com/ and http://www.bfxr.net/) the music/sfx yourself, you cannot enter this game in the compo. It doesn't matter if the music is free, for compo you have to make it yourself in the 48 hours. You can enter it in the jam however, where the rules are more lenient.
Awesome puzzle game with lots of levels. The mechanics take a while to sink in but later levels get really interesting. However, I got stuck on "blockade" :/ Can you give me a hint?
The graphics are very smooth and clean. A few UI tweaks that could make it even better:
- More obvious highlighting of the currently selected planet
- Explanation and or more visual feedback about the radius of action
- More obvious difference between military and fortified planets. I kept forgetting which was wich. Alternatively, an on screen cheat sheet might do.
Great job overall!
Cute and well made! Nice graphics and very fitting music. I would have played longer if there was a win state, to give some sense of progress. Very polished game, congrats.
Fun concept with lots of potential! I was genuinely disappointed when it ended so soon.
Cool concept that gets interesting very quickly. Simple but clean graphics. Very polished feel overall, well done!
However, on the splash screen it says "music by <some guy who's probably not you>". If you used music you didn't make (or generate...) yourself, you're breaking the compo rules and this should be a jam entry. Please re read the rules at http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/04/25/rules-and-guide-re-written-for-maximum-clarity/ If you can't make music, you can use this generatator: http://abundant-music.com/
Thanks you all for the nice comments and suggestions.
Sorry for those who are encountering bugs. To be honest, this code is the absolute worst thing I've ever written so I'm not surprised at all that it's buggy. Fortunately, it seems to be working ok for most people. Maybe it's a browser issue, but then again, maybe not. I developed mainly on Chrome, so maybe try using that if the game isn't working for you.
@Crefossus Thanks for the comment. There's actually suppose to be a message with instructions at the start, but since this is coded like crap and there's no preloader or anything, you can miss if if you start playing before the image is loaded. I'll trying to fix that, I think it falls under "porting the game to more players". Or I can add an on-screen button...
Nice game, it took me a while to really get what was going on, but when I did the concept seemed very good to me. The last level really brings it out. However, I didn't beat it because it was quite cumbersome to play with a trackpad. I would have changed it so that you don't need to drag all the way to the destination planet, only drag in that direction. Unless you intended the dragging accuracy to be part of the difficulty, but I don't find it very entertaining.
I also liked the graphics. Overall, great job!
Neat innovative game. It's missing a bit of challenge currently, but if you had more time for level design, I think it could become very interesting. The budget thing was a good idea to prevent you from abusing the 10+ rule.
Nice little game, surprisingly fun! I'm not very good though (especially when the vegetation starts trying to kill you too) so I only made it to the boss of the second world. Good job!
Nice presentation, very polished game. Would have liked more levels!
Win detection is pretty buggy. You can cheat by putting planets on a line, which makes the game think some of the lines of that planet start on one side, and others start on the other side of the line. In truth, they should all be seen as starting from the center of the planet.
Aww so cute. I love is the sound effects!
I love the music and title screen. I found the gameplay a bit sluggish. It could be very satisfying if it was faster.
Nice job overall!
Really cool! I solved 4 in a row. The first one I got was really hard I though (#25031), the next ones were easier. It's pretty awesome that's it's procedurally-generated, it would be even awesome if you could control the difficulty, so that you could have levels, or a difficulty curve at the beginning.
The mood is really well done! It's really where this game stands out. The gameplay is a bit too simple. I wish the level was bigger, and you could hear different sounds of the parents coming and going (right now it's always the same sound, that means you get caught). Too bad the graphics are blurry, they're pretty neat otherwise.
Cute concept, and the beast has nice animations! A bit buggy though which made it frustrating to play for me. I had trouble making the flies stick, and it would "game over" randomly. There were also bugs on the tongue rendering but those are hilarious :p
@ovenchips duh, thanks for the explanation! I read your game's description, not the in games rules (or I spaced out at the end, apparently my attention span lasts one sentence :p)
Nice start. It obviously needs more polish, but it has potential. As it is, it's a bit hard to know what's going on without animations/sound, and it takes a bit too long to ramp up in my opinion. But the gameplay seems interesting.
Clean cute graphics and cool music. The gameplay is a bit simple at the moment but has lots of potential!
おめでとう/bien joué !
I also made a Godzilla themed game if you want to check if out.
Awesome game! Very creative, it takes a few moments to wrap your head around the physics.
Love the music, I'd give it 6 out of 5 if I could.
Need more levels!
Simple concept, yet quite fun. I love the character design!
Cool game mechanic! A lot deeper than it appears at first. It would be cool to have smaller, more puzzle-like levels.
Awesome twist on the ol' cookie clicker formula. I wish it as longer!
Game of the year? This deserves an academy award!
Game could be fun with some time pressure and losing condition. The fact that you can get multiple people at the same time only if they're in different columns makes it interesting. I like the monster's look, and I'm impressed you had the time to add an intro!
A bit repetitive, but still strangely addictive. There's an impressive amount of content! I went pretty far (I think), but I didn't finish it because I had to quit the game and lost my progress :/ I wish it would persist saves (or does it? there's a load button on the main screen but I couldn't figure out how to save)
Félicitations, ça a du être un sacré boulot !
Great take on the theme, awesome ending. I would have like it to be more challenging, but it was fun to play.
Simple but quite fun at the end. I would've ramped up the difficulty more quickly, it takes a while to get interesting.
Blob is cute. Crunching people is satisfying. It's too bad you can get points for doing nothing but crouching.
I love the premise. Super cute monster and cute music! Bullets are a bit hard to see though, and it's slightly buggy starting at the second level: sometimes citizens still show after you've dropped them, and/or you have to drop them again.. Also you get hit when starting a new level before you can even move, that's how I died :( The gameplay is a bit repetitive but it has potential.
I saved 30 citizens :]
I love the idea! It's fun to play, I wish there was more :) I just messed up one line...
Ha. Thanks for the lulz.
@wg_phancock Thanks for the feedback! I "made" the audio with abundant-music.com, so it's 99% random number generator, 1% me choosing a random number I like, removing some tracks I don't like, cutting it, and generating an mp3. I would have liked to change some instruments, but the new version of garangeband wasn't agreeing with me >:( And I didn't notice until after submission that it had added its stupid 2 seconds of silence at the end...
@chromebookbob, I didn't put an explicit source link, but it's just a javascript game, so the source is in the source of the page. More specifically, the (ugly) javascript is here: https://5d98f6f08e622c57ee8af7a560433f4c9108a2a2.googledrive.com/host/0B9sSi-B7GNAAa2dNc25KUmFMVjg/jeu.js
Fun and really impressive level of polish. I also considered doing a wario ware-like game at one point, but knew I couldn't produce enough content in 48h >_< I'm really impressed!
Cool app! But watering didn't seem to be working for me (I tried everything I could think of, nothing ever happened) so I'm not rating. Still I wanted to say that I played it with Cardboard and it was really cool!
Cool game! Great presentation, it's really cute, and I liked the historical context (I'd never heard of it). I like the concept and it was fun to play.
My only complaint is that I found it hard to remember what each block was doing. The objective was also a bit unclear (I thought I was more in control during my second attempt, but I actually scored less).
Well done!
Nice concept with lots of potential. I would love to see it go more into a puzzle direction, maybe by limiting the number of polarity switches you can do (right now you can solve any level with trial and error).
The presentation is very polished, congrats!
You're very harsh on yourself! I liked the game quite a lot. The graphics are great, I liked the backstory and I had fun playing.
Nice game with polished presentation, nice audio, even has a boss fight. I kind of liked the concept but at the same time it felt a bit slow, static and too easy. It would be nice to have more action and visual effects, power ups and whatnot (but of course that's hard to do in 48 hours).
I liked how being able to turn in only one direction actually makes the puzzles more difficult. The game was a bit boring at first, but later levels get more interesting. However, "skip turn" should be a separate button, so using long press to make it fit is kind of stretching the theme. Presentation is very good, solid entry.
Nice entry with potential. Controls are very hard at first, but you get slightly better at it with practice. It would be nice if power ups had more effect on the ship. As is, I didn't feel like they changed much apart from appearance/size, which only really matters in the penultimate level.
And the title is lol.
Nice innovative game, I liked the mechanics a lot and there are a lot of gameplay elements for a LD gamre. The level design was also pretty good. I liked the first level in particular. Main downside is that it was a bit buggy. And those damn spikes are way too sensitive >_>
I liked the concept a lot! Simple and effective, and fits the theme perfectly. Challenging as well! I can't say I did a very good job of protecting the earth :( With more polish (some music, difficulty ramp up, and more visual effects) this could be a very solid entry.
Love it! I like the rhythm game mixed with an RPG theme a lot. The presentation is very polished and it's lots of fun to play. If I had to nitpick, I'd say it would be nice to have more feedback: make it more obvious when I miss a key, make it more rewarding when I gain a level.
Awesome concept, and bullets *everywhere* make it very satisfying to play. I'm also impressed there's a funny, well written story to go with it (ok I'm terrible at this sort of game so I cheated I just read level.js) Great job!
I was looking for a twine game, and when I saw "Calciumtrice", I knew I was in for a treat! Great writing, had be laughing out loud. I just wish it was a bit less linear, but I liked your LD28 entry and I wasn't disappointed by this one either.
Top 10 humor, congrats!
Aww yeah! 16 points! Fun little game. Slightly disappointed by the lack of actual bar fight, but I imagine you ran out of time (what with having both 2D and 3D in a single game!)
Interesting idea. A bit hard to understand what's going on but I guess it's part of the game. I got a highscore of 21.
Clever entry! The mechanics seem really simple at first, but after playing a few minutes you realize you have more freedom of movement than you thought, thanks to momentum. The settings at the beginning are genius, and I also liked the character's animations. That being said, I didn't feel motivated enough to spend hours looking for all the treasures.
Interesting mechanic, although I found it frustrating to play. At first it's reaaally slow and you spend like 15 seconds each turn doing nothing. It gets faster later on, but I got angry at level 6 and quit, so maybe it's just not a game for me :) One thing that might help is having a more obvious order of color change, and/or a cheatsheet that shows the order, so that you can plan things better.
It's a detail but I liked the subtle different backgrounds for each level. The game fits the 2-button theme perfectly.
Nice take on the theme, a lot more original than trees! I thought it was well written, but could use a bit more action. I liked the ending with the mirror. The other ones had a nice thing going on but I found them a bit underwhelming. Keep that vibe but develop it more!
Fun little game. A bit short but it has lots of potential. I liked the grizzly bear :D
Not a terribly innovative game but all the elements are there: 2 button gameplay, health bar, increasing difficulty, and even some sound effects. I also liked the humor. My main complaint would be that it's hard to tell whether or not your are in a car's hit zone.
Nice puzzle game, a bit on the easy side even though it can get quite hairy if you don't start with a plan on the later levels.
Nice little puzzle game, I quite liked the concept. Good job!
This is the cutest thing ever. Very contemplative. I wish you could do more, I want a whole street!
Nice concept, I think it could be even more interesting by tweaking the flow of people and difficulty curve.
One flaw right now is that you can just repeat "left arrow 3 times, right arrow 3 times" to go from the left side to the right side of the truck super quickly all the time, and that will satisfy almost all customers.
Well obviously it's Conway's game of life, there isn't more to it but it's well executed, except for the green circle which for it slightly offset from my mouse which makes it a bit annoying. It would be cool to have the option to speed up or down the simulation.
Nice game with quite a lot of content, I was impressed. I particularly liked the little logic puzzle. Well done!
Awesome concept, and really well implemented. I was impressed by the amount of work that went into this.
I like the art a lot and the game feels polished. Simple gameplay but enjoyable, a good entry overall.
Simple but quite fun to play. The colors and also the black borders make it a bit more challenging than it may seem.
Ok so that could definitely use some instructions, unless part of the game is figuring out what's going one, which is fine too but maybe should be more explicit, or maybe give hints or something.
In the end I think I understood what was going on: you control the orange square. The red squares around you move to form different shapes, and you can see the next shape outlined in black. You can move the orange square to one of the red square locations.
Using this strange and unpredicatible movement mechanic, you have to try and hit the pink squares (+1), but not the green ones (-1).
It's an interesting idea but I found the shape-shifting to be too unpredictable and basically means you must not get too close to the green squares if you don't want to lose points. That being said, someone did manage to score 31 so I may be missing something.
Making it slower or maybe turn-based/puzzle oriented might be interesting.
Nice fun and short! I like rhythm games :]
I like the idea a lot, and the atmosphere is well done. I just wish the clouds would shift more, rather than just move and be masked by a shrinking circle :) But I can imagine it would be a lot harder to do (especially in 2-3 days).
Such a cool idea!
It could be more user friendly, as it's not completely clear that you have to copy/paste codes and it' easy to lose your monster that way. And more importantly, I couldn't copy paste or type anything using my keyboard! I had to right-click for everything which is super inconvenient.
That being said I had lots of fun talking to my creatures even though I had no idea how much of it actually mattered :) (probably not that much). In the end my monster "fast little bastard" won against "huge scary dekkai monster".
I wish the influence we had on the monster was a bit less random, but I love the concept in general, it has lots of potential, and my favorite part is checking what other people said to their kaiju by decoding the base64 codes :)
Here are my two monsters:
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
よくできましたね！
Nice concept. It took me a while to figure out what was going on and how to kill folks, and I had trouble with the controls so in the end I didn't manage to complete a mission :/ But I think it has potential and it could be fun with more polished controls. I also liked the bit of humor with the speech bubbles.
Regarding the controls, the fact that I don't have a real mouse (just a single button trackpad) didn't help, but also I wish you could press shift at any time to go faster (right now you have to press shift, THEN start moving), and that you knew what shape you were going to change into.
You know what I found this fun! The graphics are super simple but elegant. Overall it looks very polished, and given that you made it in less than 4 hours I'm impressed! My highscore is 132.