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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Robert the Druid has Made a Terrible Mistake | jam | 98 | 3.97 | 3.73 | 3.52 | 4.10 | 4.15 | 4.05 | 3.55 | 4.00 |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Sniper and Shield | jam | 975 | 3.02 | 2.76 | 2.67 | 3.26 | 3.02 | 2.87 | 2.50 | 2.73 | |
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | The Adventures of Little Nini | jam |
Love the joke and the atmosphere, but the controls seems too hard for me side note: I had a hard time running it at first since the exe kept saying "Visual Studio C++ runtime required" but managed to get the required files at the end.
Nice solid RTS game with tutorial, multiple levels and multiple units. Excellent job indeed. However, I feel like considering the pathfinding issues, the map sizes should've been much smaller to allow for a smoother gameplay experience and let us focus more on the positives of your game rather than the issues. Also, the differences between the missions wasn't large enough for me to play all of them as it just felt like the same mission but with more complex map and more enemies. So, personally I would have preferred if the game only had 2 or 3 levels but more polish. Super great work for a jam nonetheless ^_^
Very fun game indeed Love how you "harvest" words and letters
@tigpan Thanks for the feedback. Me and bigpotato wanted the game to be as funny as possible, and hence the perfect ending XD. As for waves 7-9, I debated whether the game was too long for only 2 towers, but decided to keep it as is, because we didn't have enough time to do further balancing
@maartene Glad you liked the beginning. We had hard time balancing the end, especially making the game suitable for both TD veterans and beginners. I agree that stages 7-10 are super easy and kinda "just watch it until the end" once everything is maxed. I am planning to balance it further and add more trees after the jam
@adam-burt Glad you liked it. The game definitely needs more enemies and trees, but that was all we managed to accomplish within the jam. However, we are definitely going to improve this further
@joey-shipley I am happy that you liked our core mechanic. The crashing in the html5 last heart was a bug that we didn't notice until last minutes, because it is working as intended in the exe, so we missed noticing it.
@jeffsobel Thanks for such a nice feedback ^__^. We definitely had plans for more towers and enemies, but the jam time limit said "No!". However, we definitely want to continue this project and improve it further
@zungryware thanks for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate it. I am also glad you liked the game. For the animation, we thought that the Druid animation was sufficient, but it is true that it can be misleading at first. Pines have "homing: bullets that never miss and they shoot faster. Also, definitely the ending can be boring if you have pines in all the spots (that's my mistake for not having enough time to balance the end game)
@benk Really glad you liked the game.
The music was done by our team member Backo, but he just used tracks that he already wrote (he sometimes write music during the jam, but not this time).
I tried doing some minor EQ to lower SFX volume, but it seems it wasn't the correct level yet.
The tips are very good. I will definitely use these improvements to better the game in the future.
Glad you liked the ending, we worked so hard to make it soo silly yet serious XD.
@maartene thanks. We are definitely planning to improve it further
@khadia Glad you liked it.
Definitely the end game needs tweaking as everyone said XD. I tried to make the end game harder, but it seems I underestimated how fast it is to get maximum firepower. As for the GUI issue, I will fix it as soon as I improve the other aspects of the game.
@fluburbio Glad you loved the game.
The game definitely needs a tutorial or introductory level as many parts of the mechanics are left to the user to discover. Having a tutorial level was part of the original game idea, but the game jam time limit said "NO!" XD XD
@oddballdave Happy to have changed your mind XD. It is definitely a weird experience playing a jam entry in a genre you dislike.
Both our artist and musician did an awesome job in this jam. Made me feel that my job was to make sure everyone experience this amazing art without many bugs XD. Hopefully I succeeded
@rentem @samuli , Happy that you liked the game, and I will for sure improve it further
@wobbleblocks Thanks ^__^
@kelvin-mulungu Robert is a Druid, so plants are more or else his field of expertise XD (It is still unknown what sort of experiments he was trying to do in his house when he made the accident)
Indeed, the game has very hard start, but a very easy finish. Which is something that needs to be fixed to have a more balanced gameplay, which is our next main aim
Love the game. My score is 496 s'corns. I think I might have broken my mouse in the process XD
Love the game and atmosphere. Would love it if first enemies actually died and then progressively received harder to kill enemies
The humor is definitely strong in this one XD Just like the other person said "it is hard to not spoil the game", but I think you could still put the first picture of the game, but with no context XD
Also, it is almost impossible to use the cash, so it is better to rebalance the location to use cash
One of the best mechanics and gameplays I found so far XD. Love how the plants are both your resource and enemy. Would love for future versions to have a way to either heal or fight back. But obviously for a game jam this here is more than enough. Good job
once I understood how the game played I really liked it. with some audio and high score or losing condition it would be a very solid jam game. Great job
Got a score of 7600. Super chill and simple game, with nice juice effect for extra game addiction
Hi I think you have the project as hidden as the itch.io link leads to a 404 error
@zackary-bazzle no problems :thumbsup: . Jam panic can get to all of us :tired_face:
Glad you corrected the settings, because I really liked the atmosphere that the game tried to achieve, reminds me of Limbo and Inside . Even though I didn't understand what was the flying thing it gave me a sense of despair and smallness. I think maybe in future jams you can select a smaller scope to be able to have this level of mood and polish while still delivering the main game mechanics
Sask team here (Robert the Druid) Loved the atmosphere, just serene "stardew valley" vibes while you are collecting the harvest
Fun game. The dragging of the seeds gets tedious, especially in the last two stages, but it is funny seeing fruits vs vegetables XD
love the atmosphere and the art, really helps in selling the idea of fear and claustrophobia, but feels like the controls are bit hard to grasp especially hitting the insects with the net
Very nice game idea, I love how you linked zombie hordes with harvesting and protecting your plants :smiley: , but here are a few points to keep in mind for future improvements and other jams: -Add more screenshots to the game to make it clear what does the game involve -Try to limit file sizes in game jams, not everyone loves the idea of downloading an almost half gigabyte game -itch.io is better than google drive as it allows the game to be shown to more people, and jammers are more familiar with it -the enemies just disappearing doesn't feel rewarding, especially since you already have attack animation -the game needs more sounds -The enemies almost never attack the crops, so you need to balance between attacking the player and the plants -remember to play other people's games to receive more feedback on your game
On the plus side, one thing I really liked about your game is how you start without a weapon and then go and pick it up. It is a small detail, but very lovely (it feels as if you were farming and then switched to "killing" mode)
Hi @neonspectre Have you updated the game yet, or it is lost to time?
On a side note, I liked the character sprite and the attack animation
Very fun game. Feels like an old arcade, but with 3d art and webGL . Only thing missing is a score to give us an indication of how well we did and a way for the game to become harder (as it feels that the game wasnt getting harder, or maybe wasnt getting harder fast enough)
Sask Team here (Robert the Druid)!. I see that the game is still as hard for me as it was two weeks ago :cry: :laughing: . Not sure if the RNG was just bad or I accidently angered too many enemies at once, but I ended up facing 6 slimes, 3 frogs and 5 skeletons all at once in the 2nd level :astonished: (obviously I died XD). Nonetheless, awesome game with awesome graphics, and I especially loved that it has controller support (albeit it doesn't work for the home screen)
Made it all the way to level 14. I think it is impossible to beat the game after that XD
Very deep game indeed. Good job.
Protip: in case you skipped the tutorial, E is for interacting with doors and items.
The only thing I would like to point out is that the pacing feels very slow, especially since you have to rebuild three house
Sask team here *Robert the Druid*. Loved the game concept. I think it only needed a more polished art and some SFX, and some game balancing and it would be a very good game. Also, I found a way to "hack the score". Just kept on building water sprinklers and nothing else and ended up having a score of 455 (I think this score is very close to the theoretical limit of having all green fields).
This game is just AWESOME, in a weird way! but AWESOME. I like how it says dating simulator, but the outcome is something totally different :D
The only negative thing i found, is that no where in the game it says that you should press space after you finish each encounter, which although becomes obvious after doing it once, but the first time i played, I actually thought the game became stuck after "dating" the elephant
good job in making a patapon reference :D , it is one of my best PSP games when it was a thing XD. But the game lacks a proper tutorial (if it is hard to add it in game or time didn't permit adding it, you could still add it to the game page here or in itch. for example, what makes my characters die? what does resting do? what does crafting do? is retreat only to go and harvest things you forgot or it leads somewhere different? how to attack enemies ??!!!!(maybe some of these questions should be answered through gameplay, but to have to figure all of them out with the added complexity of actually remembering the patterns, the game becomes really difficult to understand which makes it less engaging after a while. You could also add on top of screen the patterns (as letters or as symbols) so that we do not need to switch between different tabs just to remember how to craft
I liked how the game feel. I also managed to finish the game and it felt in the right balance between easy and hard. good job :)
Very impressive game. Although requires a lot of grinding if you actually want to unlock all the things The music is good, but after playing 12 circuits (and I still didnt get all the unlockables XD ), it becomes too repetitive. I liked the idea of random upgrades, reminds me of card games (MTG, yugioh..etc) and how you just open packs and hope for the best :D
i liked how you make your own character :D , I also liked how the player moved around the levels screen. You could try to rebalance the game to make it a little bit more challenging (but not too much). at least to give the players a sense of fear of the enemies
The game is nice, the idea is innovative, but i think you should choose a different angle (maybe 80 degrees) instead of directly 90 degrees. Also, the sound is nice for a few seconds, but because it is too short, it makes the loop somehow annoying
cool concept, but the game really need some balancing (a whole day for 2 dollars, you buy cookies, and you only gain 20-40 cents (maybe because it wasn't very late, but still, if the life is soo harsh, cookies should be more profitable than this), maybe i am used to more forgiving games, but damn! this game really punishes you for everything, and nothing is worst than losing all your money, because you forgot to sell that last cookie and rushed to job!, or went to jail 10 days because you weren't paying attention to time :(
Side note, there is a glitch where you still open the apartment menu while you are working, because the word you were asked to type had the letter E
Side note 2, first time i run the game, it only showed a gray screen with text in the middle, but after i closed it and opened it, it was all fine
Also, having only .jar game isreally bad idea, because most people are not aware of how to play them. Maybe you can provide .jar and zip with .exe at the very minimum
Great game, but I do not know if i am bad at it or it is meant to be very hard, because unless the level is easy enough to give me a clear kill, I would probably die 2 or 3 times before I respawn to a level where i can actually make a kill or two (or 3 if I was very lucky). The graphics and the way you presented the game are awesome. But it would be better if the normal combat is more fair, like if you collide with someone, you also take a huge chunk of their health (currently you barely scratch them, while they could easily take half your hp if they bounced at you after hitting a wall)
The game was too hard the first two or three times because i did not know why the enemy tanks were so powerful. but once I realize how the repair works, the magical ratio for me was all tanks, 2 air strikes, 2 repair cars, and you can win within 30 seconds ^___^ XD. I liked the idea of the game, although not having a sound really affected your game.
extremely nice game, i like how it is text based but still has nice graphics and sounds :)
played thrice, lost in all of them, but still i liked the game :D ^___^
you can improve the game by making the lose condition clearer. And you can also try to make and easy mode by "stacking" the low numbers in the deck and putting the high ones in the table
The problem with the undefined, has been solved @Jason Kennedy and now the html5 should work correctly :D
@Moski thanks for your detailed feedback, I really appreciate it. I also liked how you managed to make an almost pacifist run ^___^ . And I shall try to make an even better job next time. On a side note, I really liked your game entry, although I found it a little bit more difficult (I usually play for fun, so I am quite bad at games that raise the difficulty bar XD ). My best score was killing three or four balls XD XD
the game progression is very very slow. Maybe this is on purpose since this is travelling in space, but considering there is no much going on once you reach a planet, except discovering it, i think you should either cut the time, or make some more rewarding things once you reach a planet
It is a very interesting combo indeed :D . there was one time, when i could not do any matches, it lasted around 5-10 seconds, but then it was alright (sadly I do not know how to replicate the bug to help you debug it )
If you want to make the game into something bigger, I would say you could make it into a racing game where the final level is something like a world championship, now that would be a crazy game that I would love to experience XD
i think this game is the first time i continuously typed the same word and felt happy about it. A beautiful game indeed. I really liked how the end is simply a continuous run towards the finish, reminds me of soo many games when the final level is just your final thing todo but not necessarly some crazy hard level ^_^ . I also love the music, it really improves the game feel A job well done indeed :D
On a side note, if you want to make this game even better, you can try adding more commands like, "flip", "attack", "pick up".. you can even make the game extra interesting by having different text inputs for different types of attacks and only one type will work against a certain enemy
The game is very simple, yet very amusing. good job. It would be better if you had a story mode and an endless mode, where in the story mode, you can actually escape after certain number of successful moves (maybe he is laughing so hard that he was momentarily ignoring you :D )
nice simple game :) i only played one match and I had an awful loss XD so maybe i need to play smarter. You should avoid using the installer .exe and instead use the normal ext (which is usually within a zip file) because it is easier to play the game if it is exe without installation. Also, for the controls, it might sound stupid, but you should actually mention that 4,8,6,2 are the directions and 5 is the skipping, because it took me a long while before I actually understood that :). Also, nice work on the AI, regardless of whether it is simple or complicated, the fact that it can fight you and corner you is nice indeed specially since this is your first jam :) Also, the coins should keep stacking, so in future versions (if you want to make future versions) you can add more attacks by the crane that cost more coins
the graphics are nice, but the game has a serious lag (eating both processor and graphics card while the game runs very slowly) this makes the game hard to play (I noticed that the lag disappears when I stop moving, so it could either be your camera codes or something in your cloud animation code (alternatively, you could also try putting the floors in different rooms or scenes to reduce lag)
I really liked the bodies in the top floor, although i can't understand why would a hospital hang up people XD
The music is nice, but you forgot to make it loop, so you should remember to make loop = true, or whatever is the equivalent in your coding language or program
You should add more description about your game and how to play it and how it relates to the game theme. Also, not everyone can speak French ^_^" so maybe you could add a translation to your itch.io description
Also, you should rate other people games, because this helps you get more views (and thus more ratings) in your game ^_^
All in all, really nice idea and graphics, but the execution requires a lot of improvements But, good job and hopefully you can avoid these problems in your next game :)
A fun game indeed. I really liked the audio (you father left because of you ... your mom didn't love you XD XD) . On a side note, bullying is wrong, and that is exactly how you should respond to bullying XD by hitting the f$$k out of the bullies XD XD